Document date 2 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 24 p. 614 (DB Cooper-2807), Teletype, dated 2 Dec 1971, serial 16-81-522 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-24/pages/614
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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SUPPORT. THIS WOULD ENTAIL FLYING U-TWO AIRCRAFT OVER THE
AREA AT THIRTY OR FORTY THOUSAND FEET AND WOULD YIELD A
RESOLUTION OF TWO OR THREE. IN OTHER WORDS, OBJECTS ON THE
GROUND WOULD HAVE TO MEASURE A MINIMUM OF TWO OR THREE FEET IN
SIZE TO BE DETECTED. MR. KRUEGER POINTED OUT THAT THIS PROCESS
WOULD PROBABLY NEVER LOCATE A FOLDED OR COLLAPSED PARACHUTE,
ONLY ONE WHICH WAS SPREAD OUT IN A TREE OR ON THE GROUND. THE
NECESSARY AIRCRAFT FOR THIS ALTERNATIVE WOULD HAVE TO BE
OBTAINED THROUGH THE SAC OR UNITED STATES AIR FORCE U-TWO
SQUADRON AT TUCSON, ARIZONA. NASA COULD ALSO PROVIDE SUCH
AIRCRAFT, BUT NOT UNTIL THE WEEK OF DECEMBER THIRTEEN NEXT AT
THE EARLIEST.
MR. KRUEGER EXPRESSED HIS DESIRE TO AID THE BUREAU BY
INITIATING CONTACTS WITH THE NECESSARY MILITARY OFFICIALS IN
THE EVENT EITHER OF THE ABOVE ALTERNATIVES SHOULD BE DESIRED
BY THE BUREAU. HE INDICATED THAT IF REQUESTED, MILITARY
AIRCRAFT COULD POSSIBLY BE DEPLOYED TO THE AREA WITHIN TWO OR
THREE DAYS.