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. 135 (DB Cooper-8113), Teletype, dated 1 May 1972, serial SE 164-81-3013 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-25/pages/135
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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THREE: HE STATED HE HELD STEWARDESS HOSTAGE BEHIND GALLEY
CURTAIN AND IN THE TOILET. THIS IS NOT TRUE ACCORDING TO
STEWARDESS'S PRIOR ACCOUNT.
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 STEWARDESS.
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 DELEIVERED
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.
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