Part 12, page 358

DB Cooper-2538Serials PX 164-100, SE 164-81

Document date 1 December 1971

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 12 p. 358 (DB Cooper-2538), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-12/pages/358

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NR 015 PX PLAIN 1040PM 12/1/71 NITEL JDD

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TO SEATTLE FROM PHOENIX (164-100)

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NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACKING. OO SEATTLE.

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A [redacted] ADVISED THE PHOENIX OFFICE THAT ONE [redacted] FORMERL[Y] RESIDED IN [redacted] AND THAT [redacted] CLOSELY RESEMBLED THE UNSUB OF THIS INVESTIGATION. ACCORDING TO [redacted] WORKED FOR [redacted] WAS GONE SEVERAL DAYS AT A TIME; AND [redacted] SHORTLY AFTER THE PLANE WAS HIJACKED.

INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED AT PHOENIX TO FURTHER IDENTIFY [redacted] TO DETERMINE IF HE IS POSSIBLY IDENTICAL WITH UNSUB.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

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164-81- N29 SEARCHED___INDEXED SERIALIZED 4/13 FILED /13/ DEC 0 1971 FBI - SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-2538

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Teletype transmission metadata: message number 015, sent plain text at 10:40 PM on December 1, 1971, NITEL (night teletype) priority. Routing information: message sent from Phoenix field office (file 164-100) to Seattle field office. Case subject line identifying Northwest Airlines Flight 305, hijacked November 24, 1971. CAA (Crime Aboard Aircraft) classification. Office of Origin is Seattle. A source advised the Phoenix FBI office that an unnamed individual formerly resided in a redacted location and closely resembled the UNSUB (unknown subject) of the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. The individual worked for an unidentified employer, was gone for several days at a time, and was absent shortly after the hijacking. Phoenix is conducting further investigation to determine if this person is possibly identical with the UNSUB. Subject noted as armed and dangerous. FBI Seattle filing stamp showing the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed in December 1971 under case number 164-81. Bates-style document number from the FBI Vault D.B. Cooper file.

Multiple redacted (blacked-out) sections obscure names, locations, and employer details
Exemption codes b6, b7C, b7D visible in right margin indicating FOIA privacy redactions

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