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KNR021 SE PLAIN
12:45 AM NITEL 3/9/72 DCA
TO DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 3P
NORJAK.
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EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED THUS FAR HAS NOT
DEVELOPED INFORMATION RE IDENTITY OF SUSPECT NOR HAVE IN SPITE
OF EXTENSIVE CIRCULARIZATION ANY OF THE BILLS PAID TO HIJACKER
SHOWED UP. THROUGH DETAILED ANALYSIS OF FLIGHT LOGS, TIME AND
FLIGHT PATH BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES, U. S. AIR FORCE, TOGETHER
WITH SIMULATION OF FLIGHT CONDITIONS BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES
USING ACTUAL AIRPLANE USED IN HIJACKING, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED
THAT VERY LIKELY UNSUB LEFT THE PLANE AT SITE NEAR VICINITY OF
LA CENTER, WASH. AT APPROXIMATELY EIGHT TWELVE P.M. ON NIGHT
IN QUESTION. APPROXIMATE SITE OF DROP, ALLOWING FOR
DRIFT THROUGH WIND AND DELAY OF OPENING PARACHUTE, ESTABLISHES
THAT UNSUB VERY LIKELY CAME DOWN SOMEWHERE IN A WOODED AREA
APPROXIMATELY THREE AND ONE HALF MILES WIDE AND SIX MILES
LONG. SOME OF AREA HAS BEEN CLEARED, OTHER PARTS HAVE SECOND