Document date 30 November 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 99 p. 374 (DB Cooper-44910), Teletype, dated 30 Nov 1971, serial SE 164-81-372 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-99/pages/374
The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
NR005 SE PLAIN
11:07AM URGENT 11/30/71 VAB
TO LAS VEGAS
FROM SEATTLE (164-81)
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SE-
ATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTOR-
TION. OO: SEATTLE.
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RE SUSPECT - BEN LEIBSEN.
INFORMATION DEVELOPED NOVEMBER THIRTY, SEVENTYONE, REFLECTS
BEN LEIBSEN, NINE SIX ONE ARMORY LANE, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, POS-
SIBLE SUSPECT IN CAPTIONED HIJACKING.
LEIBSEN RENTED HOUSE RURAL AREA COWLITZ COUNTY, WASHINGTON,
NEAR RADIO BEACON ON WHICH HOMING DEVICE COULD HAVE CENTERED. HE
PAID THE RENT WITH A CHECK DRAWN ON THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF NE-
VADA, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, WHICH CHECK HAD HIS NAME ONLY AND NO AD-
DRESS. THE HOUSE RENTED WAS NEVER LIVED IN AND LEIBSEN DESCRIBED
AS WMA, AGE FORTYFIVE, SIX FEET TALL, ONE SEVENTY POUNDS, HIGH CHEEK-
BONES, DARK COMPLEXION, SANDY DARK HAIR. HE MOVED HIS BELONGINGS
IN A WHITE DATSUN STATIONWAGON.