Part 26, page 256

DB Cooper-8654Serials 164-2111, IP 164-62, SE 164-81, SE 164-81-3521

Document date 8 June 1972

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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)

FBI

Date: 6/8/72

Transmit the following in ______ (Type in plaintext or code) Via AIRTEL (Priority)

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TO: SAC, Seattle (164-81) FROM: SAC, Indianapolis (164-62) (P)

UNSUB, aka Dan Cooper NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 PORTLAND TO SEATTLE 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION

OO: Seattle BUFILE: 164-2111

RE: [REDACTED]

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For information of receiving offices, on 6/7/72, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Gary Post Tribune, Gary, Indiana, appeared at the Gary Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and advised he had been paging through a recent issue of the Airline Pilots Magazine and saw the composite photograph of D. B. COOPER. He believed that COOPER looked like the same individual he flew from Indianapolis, Indiana to Chicago's Midway Airport about one and a half to two years ago. The individual representing himself as [REDACTED] approached [REDACTED] at the Indianapolis Airport requesting a flight to Ypsilanti, Michigan. [REDACTED] quoted [REDACTED] a price and [REDACTED] decided it was too much. [REDACTED] stated he then sug- gested [REDACTED] fly to Chicago Midway Airport and then catch a commercial flight to Detroit, Michigan. [REDACTED] agreed to this and produced a money order to pay for the flight to Midway

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[partially obscured distribution list] 2 - Seattle 2 - Detroit [guess: office] 2 - Louisville 2 - Indianapolis

JMS:met (8)

164-81- 3521

SEARCHED......INDEXED SERIALIZED...FILED JUN 1 2 1972

DB Cooper-8654

Approved: [signature] Special Agent in Charge Sent _____ M Per

*U.S. Government Printing Office: 1972 -- 455-574

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Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with date 6/8/72, sent via AIRTEL priority. Routing block identifying this as a communication from SAC Indianapolis to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. Office of Origin is Seattle, BUFILE 164-2111. A person associated with the Gary Post Tribune in Gary, Indiana visited the FBI's Gary office on 6/7/72 after seeing the D.B. Cooper composite photograph in a recent issue of Airline Pilots Magazine. The visitor believed Cooper resembled an individual he had flown from Indianapolis to Chicago Midway Airport approximately one and a half to two years prior. That individual had initially requested a flight to Ypsilanti, Michigan but found the quoted price too high, so the pilot suggested flying to Chicago Midway instead to catch a commercial flight to Detroit. The individual agreed and paid with a money order. Distribution list showing copies sent to Seattle, Detroit, Louisville, and Indianapolis offices. Document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on June 12, 1972. Approved by Special Agent in Charge. Document reference DB Cooper-8654.

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