Part 43, page 18
DB Cooper-17196Serials SD 164-91-8163, SE 164-81
Document date 9 November 1978
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 43 p. 18 (DB Cooper-17196), Teletype, dated 9 Nov 1978, serial SD 164-91-8163 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-43/pages/18
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FD-36 (Rev. 3-24-77) FBI
TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: XX Teletype [ ] Immediate [ ] TOP SECRET [ ] Facsimile [ ] Priority [ ] SECRET [ ] ________ [X] Routine [ ] CONFIDENTIAL [ ] E F T O XX CLEAR Date 11/9/78
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FM SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
MINNEAPOLIS ROUTINE
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NORJAK (A), OO: SEATTLE.
ON NOVEMBER 8, 1978, COWLITZ COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, KELSO, WASHINGTON, PROVIDED A PHOTOGRAPH OF A PORTION OF A DECAL FOUND BY AN INDIVIDUAL APPROXIMATELY TWELVE MILES DUE EAST OF CASTLE ROCK, WASHINGTON, IN A REMOTE AREA. THIS DECAL, WHICH WAS MADE OF WHITE PLASTIC WITH DARK RED LETTERING, WAS TORN BUT READ "...URGENCY..IT HANDLE, AFT AIR STAIR, TO OPERATE, ACCESS DOOR, PULL ON RE...,...DOE. LOCK WIRE WILL BRE..,...EGN HANDLE IS PULLED". AT THE BOTTOM WERE THE LETTERS AND NUMBERS BAC27DPA.
IN AN UNRELATED INCIDENT, APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH AGO, ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL REPORTED A PARACHUTE IN A TREE. THE AREA WHERE THE PARACHUTE WAS REPORTED WAS WITHIN TWO TO THREE MILES OF THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED DETAIL. CONTACT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL'S WIFE
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Approved: [signature] P8M/[illegible] Transmitted ________ 23502 Per [illegible] (Number) (Time) 164-91-8163
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DB Cooper-17196 FBI/DOJ