LetterCitizen letter to SA Farrell, FBI Seattle, requesting hijacking details, with mailing envelope10 December 1976page 1 of 2
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Part 39, page 8

DB Cooper-1DB Cooper-15165Serials SE 164-81-7259

Document date 10 December 1976

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 39 p. 8 (DB Cooper-1, DB Cooper-15165), Letter, dated 10 Dec 1976, serial SE 164-81-7259 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-39/pages/8

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December 10, 1976

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Mr. Farrell Federal Bureau of Investigation 915 2nd Avenue Seattle, Wash 98174

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Dub6

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Dear Mr. Farrell:

RE: Telephone conversation 9:20 a.m. this date

The following is information I need to solve the skyjacking involving North West Air Lines in 1971, by Cooper:

1. Date of skyjacking.

2. Time 727 jet was airborn (air strip).

3. Compass heading after level flight.

4. Compass heading when skyjacker finished adjustment of personal effects.

5. Time skyjacker disappeared from sight on plane.

6. Time skyjacker was definitely not on plane.

7. When act occurred, elevation of plane starting at zero level; ground level temperature; and barometric reading.

8. Wind knots, and direction.

9. Whether he had 1 or 2 parachutes; weight of chute(s); weight of money; approximate weight of clothing and boots.

10. Estimate of height and weight of skyjacker.

Sincerely,

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b6 b7C

b6 b7C

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FOOTNOTE: Did anyone happen to notice if he had a [guess: freefall] deverter, which is a webbing that goes between the legs, [redacted] anything that looked like a triangle with [guess: material] snaps o[redacted] the edges.

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164-81-7259

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DB Cooper-15165