Teletype · Seattle to Chicago re Seattle witnesses viewing photo of Gary E. Sandal · 1 December 1971 · page 2 of 3AIType, title and date: 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.
Document date 1 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 98 p. 142 (DB Cooper-44198), Teletype, dated 1 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-340 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-98/pages/142
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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CHICAGO AT ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. INTERVIEW SANDAL THROUGH HIS
EMPLOYMENT AS AIR CONTROLLER AT ROCKFORD AIRPORT.
FOR INFORMATION OF CHICAGO, CAPTIONED FLIGHT HIJACKED BY UNSUB
NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, AFTER BOARDING FLIGHT FROM PORT-
LAND TO SEATTLE. ALLOWED PASSENGERS TO DEPLANE AT SEATTLE AND
AFTER RECEIVING TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, TOOK OFF IN PLANE
WITH CREW CONSISTING OF THREE MALES AND ONE HOSTESS. FURNISHED
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AS TO AIR SPEED, DIRECTION, AND AFTER CON-
VERSATIONS WITH HOSTESS INSTRUCTED PLANE TO LAND AT RENO FOR A
NECESSARY REFUELING STOP. INDICATED TO HOSTESS THAT HE WOULD GO TO
MEXICO CITY.
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FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF MONEY AND WHILE IN AIR, UNSUB APPARENTLY
OPENED REAR DOOR OF CAPTIONED PLANE AND DEPRESSED STAIRS. HAD PRE-
VIOUSLY INSTRUCTED PILOT TO FLY WITH HIS LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS
DOWN. UNSUB APPARENTLY PARACHUTED FROM PLANE AT AN UNKNOWN TIME
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