Document date 8 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. 286 (DB Cooper-44357), Teletype, dated 8 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-81-816 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-98/pages/286
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
NR001 SE PLAIN
3:36 AM NITEL 12/8/71 SWD
TO CHARLOTTE
FROM SEATTLE (164-81 SUB20) (3P)
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, NINETEEN
SEVENTY ONE, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
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UNSUB BOARDED CAPTIONED FLIGHT AT PORTLAND, OREGON,
HIJACKED PLANE ENROUTE SEATTLE, ALLOWED PASSENGERS TO DEPART
SEATTLE AFTER PLANE REFUELED AND TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR
PAYMENT MADE. AT SEVEN THIRTY FIVE PM PLANE TOOK OFF FOR
FLIGHT TO RENO, NAVADA AND UNSUB MISSING FROM PLANE UPON
ARRIVAL RENO. UNSUB DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, IN FORTY'S,
FIVE FEET TEN-SIX FEET, ONE SEVEN ZERO-ONE EIGHT ZERO, OLIVE
COMPLEXION, DARK BROWN - BLACK HAIR, WORE DARK GLASSES, HAD
LOW VOICE AND SPOKE INTELLIGENTLY WITH NO ACCENT AND HEAVY
SMOKER OF RALEIGH FILTER TIP CIGARETTES.
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