Part 74, page 209

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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63)

(Mount Clipping in Space Below)

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P-I Secret Witness Offering $5,000 For Plane Hijacker

BY WALTER A. EVANS

The Post-Intelligencer's Secret Witness program has established a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of "D. B. Cooper," the hijacker who bailed out of a Northwest Airline jet Nov. 24 with $200,000 in cash.

The reward will be paid by The P-I promptly after the hijacker's conviction and the denial of a motion for a new trial.

Anyone who has information as to the identity of the man known to law enforcement officials as "D. B. Cooper" (the name he used when he obtained his ticket on the Northwest Airline jet), should call the Secret Witness editor at 622-7078, or write the Secret Witness Editor, P.O. Box 298, Seattle, Wash, 93111.

The bizarre case got under way when the hijacker who had boarded the plane in Portland, approached a stewardess with a note demanding $200,000 and four parachutes.

He displayed a brief case that contained several cylinders connected by pieces of wire.

While the plane flew from Portland to Seattle, [guess: Northwest] officials were notified and they began frantically collecting (and recording serial numbers) of the 10,000-$20 bills from local financial sources.

They also obtained the parachutes from Seattle Skysports, Inc.

The short flight from Seattle to Portland had taken a numbing 2½ hours, but the other 35 passengers aboard the plane were unaware of the drama going on down on the ground — or in the aircraft.

At 5:40 p.m. everything was ready and the plane touched down at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport five minutes later.

Within 20 minutes, the passengers had left, the money and parachutes were on the plane and the cabin crew and stewardess Tina Mucklow were hostages.

Difficulties in fueling operations delayed the takeoff for a tense hour, but by 7:40 p.m. the jetliner was airborne and headed for Reno, Nev.

Somewhere in the dark night, with the plane flying at low speed, the cabin depressurized and the door open, "D. B. Cooper" parachuted into the black night.

There's the description given — a man in his mid-40's, 6'1" tall, 175 pounds, wearing a dark business suit and dark glasses.

The description is all that remains. "D. B. Cooper" disappeared into the darkness on Nov. 24 and, despite an intensive search in Clark County, he never has turned up.

The reward for "Cooper" is the first established under The P-I's new Secret Witness plan. Others, to help law enforcement officials solve major unsolved crimes, will be offered in the near future.

Rules for participating in the Secret Witness program accompany this article.

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SUB-R.W. — B

p. A1 Seattle Post- Intelligencer Seattle, Wash.

Date: 12/12/71 Edition: Sunday Author: Walter A. Evans Editor: Dick Lyall Title: NORJAK

Character: CAA-HIJACKING; or EXT sub. W Classification: 164-81 — Submitting Office: Seattle

☐ Being Investigated

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[stamps] INDEXED SERIALIZED ......FILED ...... 1371 FBI—SEATTLE

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