Part 19, page 81
DB Cooper-5936Serials SE 164-81, SE 164-81-1940
Document date 30 December 1971
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 19 p. 81 (DB Cooper-5936), Memo, dated 30 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-1940 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-19/pages/81
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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)(P) DATE: 12/30/71
FROM : SA [redacted] [signature: partially illegible]
SUBJECT: NORJAK [redacted]
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Re: [redacted]
[redacted] was contacted at his home, Tacoma, Washington, on December 27, 1971. [redacted] stated basically the same information as pro- vided in his letter to U.S. Senator HENRY M. JACKSON. This information is in essence as follows:
[redacted] got on Northwest Orient Flight #45, Minneapolis to Seattle, on Monday, September 13, 1971. A person got on the plane at Billings, Montana, approximately 8:00 a.m. This person is hereafter referred to by [redacted] as "the pilot." The pilot got off the plane to stretch at Great Falls and upon returning to his seat for the flight to Missoula, Montana, [redacted] and the pilot struck up a conversation. While flying over the Great Falls area, [redacted] asked the pilot if he knew the identity of any of the buildings below them. The pilot identified many of the buildings, indicating that he had flown over the area many times in the past. In addition the pilot told [redacted] the requirements for landing an aircraft at a field such as that required in Great Falls, Montana. Through conversation it was obvious to [redacted] that the pilot was familiar with both Missoula and Great Falls airports. [redacted] then asked about the aircraft which was a 727 and asked the pilot if there was a built-in skid that hit the ground every time on the take-off which produced a characteristic noise. The pilot then responded, no, that the noise heard was the landing wheels being brought up at the exact moment when the pilot begins his climb. This led to a discussion of the 727 aircraft. 164-81-1940 [redacted] asked if the pilot had ever flown a 727 at which time the pilot stated that he had piloted a 727 and had made "numerous low-level flights for the military dropping personnel and supplies in places that were other- wise inaccessible." [redacted] asked the pilot if he had ever
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SEARCHED......INDEXED SERIALIZED...FILED... DEC 3 0 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan DB Cooper-5936