Document date 1 May 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 25 p. 131 (DB Cooper-8109), Teletype, dated 1 May 1972, serial SE 164-81-3013 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-25/pages/131
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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FOUR: HE STATED HE KNEW RANSOM BILLS WERE
XEROXED BEFORE THEY WERE DELIVERED BECAUSE HE COULD
SMELL XEROX FLUID. THIS IS COMPLETELY INACCURATE.
FIVE: HE SAID "BOMB CONSISTED OF FIVE GILLETTE
SHAVING CREAM CANS PAINTED RED AND RIGGED WITH PRIMA
CORD. THIS DOES NOT MEET THE DESCRIPTION FURNISHED
BY STEWARDESSES.
SIX: HE STATES HE SELECTED THE NAME "D.B.
COOPER" FROM TELEPHONE DIRECTORY. HIJACKER NEVER USED
THIS NAME, BUT USED NAME DAN COOPER.
SEVEN: HE STATED NOTE HE GAVE STEWARDESS
SAID, "I'M HIJACKING THIS AIRCRAFT. RELAY INSTRUCTIONS
TO THE GROUND THAT I WANT TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN
TWENTIES AND TWO PARACHUTES DELIVERED TO ME WHEN THE
PLANE LANDS. I HAVE A BOMB." STEWARDESS [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] ADVISED FIRST NOTE ADVISED, "MISS I HAVE A BOMB
HERE AND WOULD LIKE YOU TO SIT BY ME." HE LATER DICTATED
OTHER NOTES CONTAINING FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS.
EIGHT: HE STATES HE RECEIVED TWO PARACHUTES,
AND THAT HE CUT THE CHEST PACK INTO STRIPS TO TIE THE MONEY
TO HIS BODY. ACTUALLY THE HIJACKER RECEIVED FOUR PARACHUTES
AND LEFT TWO ON THE PLANE.