Part 34, page 251
DB Cooper-12885Serials 164-2111, SE 164-81
Document date 31 May 1974
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FD-204 (Rev. 3-3-59)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Copy to:
Report of: SA[REDACTED] Office: SEATTLE Date: 5/31/74
Field Office File #: 164-81 Bureau File #:164-2111
Title: UNKNOWN SUBJECT, also known as Dan Cooper NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, PORTLAND, OREGON TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON NOVEMBER 24, 1971 Character: CRIME ABOARD AIRCRAFT - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
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Synopsis: Investigation to identify Unsub. to date has been negative. Information disseminated during the prior hunting season produced leads, but no positive results. A new reward has been offered by the Portland, Oregon Journal of $1,000 for the first missing $20 bill recovered. Investigation con- tinuing. ARMED & DANGEROUS.
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DETAILS:
Investigation to identify Unsub. to date has been negative.
Prior to the hunting season which began in October, 1973, the Seattle Division again disseminated information con- cerning this matter to hunters via the Washington State Game Wardens responsible for the area into which Unsub. parachuted.
At the end of the 1973 hunting season, no positive results were achieved from the leads that were received because of the publicity made available to Pacific Northwest hunters.
On 12/17/73, EARL COSSEY advised that the parachute supplied to Unsub. was made of a white "rip-stop" material in- vented since 1945. Several of the canopies shown to him as possibly being identical with Unsub.'s parachute were made of a "twill" material manufactured prior to 1945. Further, COSSEY stated, the parachutes supplied to Unsub. were of a nonstearable variety with no stearing devices whatever.
It is noted that although COSSEY "packed" Unsub.'s
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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. DB Cooper-12885
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1970 O - 406-819