Document date 7 December 1971AIDates: 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 14 p. 165 (DB Cooper-3529), Teletype, dated 7 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-786 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-14/pages/165
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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LV 164-60
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AT TIME OF INITIAL CONTACT INSTANT FLIGHT MAINTAINED
ALTITUDE OF ELEVEN THOUSAND FEET AND WAS NOT AT A LOW ALTITUDE
UNTIL THE TIME THAT IT CIRCLED OVER THE SPARKS - RENO AREA.
IT MADE TWO CIRCLES OVER THIS AREA AND THIS AREA IS A HEAVILY
POPULATED AREA WITH RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS TYPE STRUCTURES.
LAS VEGAS COMPLETED DETAILED SEARCH OF ENTIRE ROUTE OF
TRAVEL OF HIGHJACKED AIRCRAFT IN NEVADA FROM SMALL LOW FLYING
SLOW SPEED AIRCRAFT SUPLEMENTED BY FOUR WHEEL DRIVE LAND VEHICLE
IN ANY AREA DEEMED NOT TO HAVE BEEN COVERED BY AIRCRAFT
OBSERVATION. SEARCH REVEALED NO INDICATION OF PARAPHERNALIA
WHICH OR INDIVIDUAL WHO MIGHT BE CONNECTED WITH CAPTIONED
HIJACKING.
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AS STATED FLIGHT PROCEEDED DUE EAST AND THE ONLY TIME IT
COULD BE SAID THAT [REDACTED]
WAS WHEN IT WAS OVER ABOVE - MENTIONED RENO - SPARKS AREA.
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