Document date 7 December 1971AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 91 p. 221 (DB Cooper-40608), Teletype, dated 7 Dec 1971, serial PD 164-41-296 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-91/pages/221
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
NR 004 SE PLAIN
6:22K AM URGENT 12/7/71 SWD
TO WFO
MINNEAPOLIS
PORTLAND
FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 2P
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SUSPECT: RALPH V. GALOPE
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UNSUB; AKA DAN COOPER, NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE,
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OO: SEATTLE
RE WFO TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR, DECEMBER SIX INSTANT.
RE SUSPECT RALPH V. GALOPE
FOR INFORMATION OF PORTLAND AND MINNEAPOLIS, INFORMATION
RECEIVED FROM [REDACTED] (PROTECT) THAT GALOPE
RESEMBLES COMPOSITE AND APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO STATED HE
WAS TIRED OF BEING BROKE AND THINKING OF HIJACKING AN AIRPLANE.
HE STATED WORDS TO EFFECT HE WOULD DEMAND RANSOM IN CONNECTION
WITH THE HIJACKING. ALSO HAS USED ALIAS OF COOPER AND
CLAIMED PREVIOUS MILITARY DUTY WITH EIGHTY-SECOND AIRBORNE
DIVISION. GALOPE DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, FORTY-TWO YEARS OLD,
BORN JULY SEVEN, NINETEEN TWENTYNINE, WASHINGTON, D.C.,
MEDIUM HEIGHT, ONE HUNDRED SIXTYFIVE POUNDS, THINNING BROWN
HAIR, DEEP VOICE, ITALIAN EXTRACTION, HEAVY SMOKER AND DRINKER.
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