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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 JULY 1973 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) DATE: 4/8/77

FROM : SA [REDACTED] b6 b7C

SUBJECT: NORJAK OO: SEATTLE BUFILE 164-2111

RE: SEARCH AREA SUB E WIND AND WEATHER- SUB U

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Re memo of SA [REDACTED] dated 3/14/77. b6 b7C On March 29, 1977, [REDACTED] [REDACTED], Washington, home telephone [REDACTED] was contacted at his home and he provided the following information:

[REDACTED] stated he was flying on Continental Flight b6 306 which originated in Burbank, California, with a stop b7C over in San Jose, California, and another stop in Portland, Oregon, and then the final destination was Seattle, Washington. [REDACTED] stated he landed in Seattle at approximately 5:30 P.M. on November 24, 1971. [REDACTED] advised that it was his recollection that Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 landed at Seattle- Tacoma International Airport at approximately 5:32 P.M. on that same night. [REDACTED] advises estimated time of departure was 6:10 P.M., but he actually left Seattle at about 7:09 P.M. to fly back to Portland, Oregon.

[REDACTED] advised that when he landed at Portland the b6 wind was from 160 degrees at 35 knots and this was approxi- b7C mately 7:49 P.M. During the flight down to Portland, [REDACTED] noticed that his cruising altitude of about 13,000 feet that he was flying into a headwind of about 60 knots. [REDACTED] explained that on the way to Seattle from Portland his ground speed was 480 knots, but on the way back down to Portland his ground speed was only 420 knots. According to [REDACTED] the wind apparently was shifting from approximately 160 to approximately 200 degrees.

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SEARCHED _____ INDEXED [REDACTED] _____ FILED

APR 8 1977

FBI-SEAT

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(4) - Seattle

Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan

DB Cooper-32055

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