ReportCitizen's account of monitoring Northwest Flight 305 radio transmissions from Wilsonville, Oregon24 November 1971page 2 of 2
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Part 88, page 240

DB Cooper-39167

Document date 24 November 1971

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WEDNESDAY, 11/24/71 [handwritten: 305]

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SUBJECT: CONVERSATIONS FROM NORTHWEST FLIGHT [strikethrough: 503] [handwritten: 305] AND ------ FREQUENCY REC[E]IVED ON: 130 TO 135 MHZ RANGE LOCATION OF RECIEVED RADIO MESSAGES; b6 b7C [redacted/struck text]XX WILSONVILLE, OREGON.

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TIME: ABOUT 8:00 P.M. PILOT/FLIGHT NORTHWEST [strikethrough: 503] [handwritten: 305], AND UNKNOWN 2ND PARTY. PILOT: "VICTOR 23, DME 1,000, FUEL ABOARD 4,000,- -PLANE OFF 0336"

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TIME: 8:28 P.M. PILOT TALKING TO UNKNOWN 2ND PARTY. "STEWARDESS TALKING TO----?-------" PILOT FURTHER SAID, " RENO LOOKS GOOD"

------------------------------------------------------------------------ SECOND TIME: PILOT TALKING TO UNKNOWN [redacted] PARTY. " AT EUGENE FORTEX---FREQENCY 134.4---MEDFORD GATE 50, MEDFORD, REDBLUFF AND RENO.

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TIME: ABOUT 9:45 A.M. [handwritten: ?] [handwritten: 305] UNKNOWN AIRCRAFTS PILOT ( NOT FLIGHT [strikethrough: 503] )"THAT HE WOULD RELAY [handwritten: *] MESSAGE TO FLIGHT [strikethrough: 503]." 2ND PARTY COULDN'T BE HEARD WELL ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND. [handwritten: 305]

[handwritten: 305] [handwritten: 503] UNKNOWN PILOT GIVING INSTRUCTIONS ( VIA RELAY ) TO FLIGHT [strikethrough: 503] SAID, "YOUR OFFICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS INSTRUCTED YOU TO CLIMB TO 11,000 FEET.

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10:10 P.M. UNKNOWN AIRCRAFTS PILOT (NOT [strikethrough: 505] [handwritten: 305]) TALKING TO UNKNOWN SECOND PARTY STATED, " FLIGHT [strikethrough: 50]5 ORDERED TO 11,000 FEET, NOT SURE IF MAN IS ABOARD, (STOPPING AT RENO THAN TO MEXICO. [handwritten: 305]

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DB Cooper-39167