TeletypeSacramento to Seattle and Butte re SR-71 overflights of NORJAK exit area17 February 19721 page
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Part 71, page 205

DB Cooper-30475Serials SC 164-50, SE 164-81

Document date 17 February 1972

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DE FBI SE GA

NR 04 SC CODE 3:30 PM URGENT 2/17/72 VLS TO SEATTLE (164-81) BUTTE FROM SACRAMENTO (164-50) 2P

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NORJAK. OO: SEATTLE.

RE SACRAMENTO TEL, FEB. TEN, LAST. PHOTOGRAPHIC OVERFLIGHT USING SR-SEVENTY ONE AIRCRAFT PERFORMED BY BEALE AFB PERSONNEL FEB. FOUR AND ELEVEN, LAST, AND AGAIN TODAY. ON ALL THREE FLIGHTS, NO PHOTOS OBTAINED DUE TO LIMITED VISIBILITY FROM VERY HIGH ALTITUDE. TODAY [REDACTED] SR-SEVENTY ONE FLIGHTS FROM BEALE AFB, ADVISED EACH SUCH FLIGHT REQUIRES MINIMUM OF ONE WEEK ADVANCE CLEARANCE WITH FAA DUE TO SONIC BOOM PROBLEM, SPECIALIZED COMPUTER PROGRAMMING OF AIRCRAFT, FILING OF FLIGHT PLAN AND COMPLIANCE WITH FAA REQUIREMENTS. ACCORDINGLY, WEATHER ON FLIGHT DATE CANNOT BE ACCURATELY PREDICTED. HE STATED NO FUTURE FLIGHTS OVER SPECIFIC AREA WHERE HIJACKER THIS CASE POSSIBLY EXITED IN SOUTHER WASHINGTON ABLE TO BE PRESENTLY SCHEDULED SINCE SR- SEVENTY ONE OTHERWISE COMMITTED FOR MILITARY MISSIONS NEXT MONTHS. END PAGE ONE

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[handwritten] duo.0 [handwritten] 164-81-[illegible] b6 b7C SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED [illegible] FILED [illegible] FEB 14 1972 FBI—SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-30475