Document date 29 October 1976AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 120 p. 263 (DB Cooper-55278), Teletype, dated 29 Oct 1976, serial SE 164-81-7460 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-120/pages/263
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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SOME LENGTH OF TIME. THE LONE MALE TOLD THE COUPLE THAT [REDACTED]
HAD HIJACKED AN AIRPLANE FIVE YEARS AGO. THE LONE MALE IMPLIED
THAT HE HAD WORKED WITH [REDACTED] AT A LOCAL SHOP, NOT FURTHER DES-
CRIBED. [REDACTED] HAD DISCUSSED HIS PLANS TO HIJACK THE AIRPLANE
AND LEFT HIS EMPLOYMENT FOUR DAYS PRIOR TO THE HIJACKING. HE
HAD MENTIONED THE NEED FOR PARACHUTES AND HAD DEPARTED HIS
EMPLOYMENT IN A LAND ROVER VEHICLE WHICH [REDACTED] OWNED.
THE LONE MALE ALSO QUOTED [REDACTED] AS SAYING HE MIGHT HOLD
HOSTAGES WHILE MAKING RANSOM DEMANDS, AND [REDACTED] WAS DESCRIBED
IN THE CONVERSATION AS NOW BEING SELF-EMPLOYED IN HIS OWN
BUSINESS, PLACE NOT MENTIONED, AND AS A SKY DIVER WHO "COULD
LAND ON A DIME."
THE LONE MALE ALSO MENTIONED THE RUNNING OF THE STATUTE
OF LIMITATIONS AND STATING [REDACTED] WAS NOW JUST "SITTING TIGHT."
MRS. DALEY DESCRIBED THE LONE MALE AS WHITE, SLENDER
BUILD, 5'10", AND NEATLY CUT BROWN HAIR. SHE ALSO OBSERVED
THE YOUNG COUPLE BUT CANNOT RECALL THEM WELL ENOUGH TO
PROVIDE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTIONS.