Document date 17 December 1971AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 66 p. 18 (DB Cooper-27707), Teletype, dated 17 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-H03 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-66/pages/18
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
NR010 SE PLAIN
9:000 PM NITEL 12/17/71 DCA
TO DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 2P DAILY TELETYPE
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NORJAK
SEATTLE HAS CONDUCTED AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH OF WHAT WAS CONSIDERED
THE PRIME AREA INTO WHICH THE SUBJECT MIGHT HAVE PARACHUTED, ALL
WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. THIS AREA WAS CONSIDERED PRIME DUE TO CAL-
CULATIONS BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES OF THEIR FLIGHT RECORDER AND OTHER
INSTRUMENTS ABOARD THE PLANE PLUS THE EXPERIENCING OF AN QUOTE
OSCILLATION UNQUOTE BY PILOT.
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NORTHWEST AIRLINES HAS OFFERED TO SIMULATE THE SAME CONDITIONS
OF THE AIRCRAFT AS PREVAILED DURING THE HIJACK AND WILL FLY OVER THE
SAME COURSE FROM SEATTLE TO RENO. THEY ARE ANXIOUS TO DETERMINE IF
THE CONCLUSIONS THEY HAVE REACHED ARE, IN FACT, CORRECT AND THE
ONLY WAY THEY CAN DETERMINE THIS IS TO HAVE A RERUN OF THE ACTUAL
CONDITIONS.
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SEATTLE WILL ARRANGE, THROUGH THE MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE, FOR
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