Part 53, page 153
DB Cooper-22491Serials CV 164-88, SE 164-81
Document date 30 November 1971
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 53 p. 153 (DB Cooper-22491), News clipping, dated 30 Nov 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-53/pages/153
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Clark County search for hijacker called off as trail grows dimmer
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Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and Clark County deputy sheriffs continued today to check out all reports that might lead to the whereabouts of the Thanksgiving Eve jet hijacker.
But actual search efforts in Clark County have been halted for the time being.
Clark County Sheriff Eugene Cotton said:
"There's nothing new and we've taken our men off unless something else turns up. We're continuing to check
put every lead."
J. Earl Milnes, special agent in charge of the Seattle office of the F. B. I., said simply: "The investigation is continuing."
Temporary search headquarters in Woodland City Hall in Cowlitz County were vacant today.
Search efforts had been concentrated in the area east of Woodland because it was the last time there was contact between the hijacker and the crew of the Northwest Orient Airlines 727 he
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commandeered November 24.
Indicator lights in the cockpit showed the stairwell from an open rear exit on the plane was operated at that time--arousing suspicion the hijacker might have parachuted from the plane at that time with his $200,000 ransom.
The hijacker, who used the name D. B. Cooper, could have bailed out anywhere between there and Reno, where the 727 landed without the hi-
jacker aboard. Aerial checks of the entire flight route are expected in hopes of spotting a parachute.
A mystery letter sent to a Reno newspaper was turned over to the F. B. I. yesterday for investigation of whether it was a prank or was really from the hijacker.
The letter -- printed words pasted to a piece of paper, was addressed to Reno Newspaper, Reno, Nev. It read: "Attention. Thanks for hospitality. Was in a rut, D. B. Cooper." It was postmarked Oakdale, Calif., a small town southeast of Stockton.
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(Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.)
p, A16 Seattle Times Seattle, Wash.
Date: 11/30/71 Edition: Sports Final Author: Editor: Henry McLeod Title: UNSUB; aka Dan Cooper; Northwest Airlines Flight 305, ED CharterSE, 11/24/71 or CAA-HIJACKING; EXT Classification: 164-81 Submitting Office: Seattle
[ ] Being Investigated
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COPY SENT TO BUREAU 164-88 - [illegible] SEARCHED ......... INDEXED ......... SERIALIZED ......... FILED ........... DEC 1 1971 FBI -- SEATTLE
DB Cooper-22491