Document date 14 January 1972AIDates: 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 18 p. 500 (DB Cooper-5834), Teletype, dated 14 Jan 1972, serial SE 164-81-1897 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-18/pages/500
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 1/14/72
Transmit the following in __________ PLAINTEXT
(Type in plaintext or code)
Via TELETYPE NITEL
(Priority)
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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
NORJAK
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ON JANUARY FOURTEEN, SEVENTYTWO, [REDACTED]
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] ADVISED THAT UNKNOWN MALE TELEPHONED HIM THIS EVEN-
ING AND SAID HE WAS D. B. COOPER AND WANTED TO MAKE A STATE-
MENT. [REDACTED] TAPE RECORDED ENTIRE CONVERSATION, WHICH LASTED
LESS THAN SIXTY SECONDS, IN WHICH INDIVIDUAL ADVISED AFTER HE
PARACHUTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, HE BROKE HIS ANKLE. HE WAS THEN
TAKEN OUT OF THE AREA BY A FRIEND, IDENTIFIED ONLY AS AN EX-
VIETNAM HELICOPTER PILOT, IN A CESSNA ONE FIFTY AIRPLANE. HE
SAID HE HAD THE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND WANTED TO
MAKE THIS STATEMENT FOR FBI'S BENEFIT. STATED WAS IN SEATTLE
BUT WILL BE MOVING FAST.
VOICE SOUNDED LIKE THAT OF A VERY YOUNG WHITE MALE,
POSSIBLY TWNTY TO TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE, WITH NO UNUSUAL
SPEECH CHARACTERISTICS.
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DCA/sla
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Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge
Sent 11:36 PM Per [signature]
DB Cooper-5834