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terviewed on 11/25/71 ot Seattle, Washington File # SE 164-81
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bntoins neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI, It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency: its ore not to be distributed outside your ogency,
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FEDERA
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Washington, D. C. 20537
REPORT of the
IDENTIFICATION LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION
DIVISION

YOUR FILE NO.	164-60	November 29, 1971
FBI FILE NO.
20537
REPORT of the
IDENTIFICATION LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION
DIVISION

YOUR FILE NO.	164-60	November 29, 1971
FBI FILE NO.
LATENT CASE NO.	A-45410

TO:
SAC, Las Vegas
UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
RE:
NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT $05
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE
11-24-71
CAA - HIGHJACKING; EXTORTION
REFERENCE:
Letter 11-23-71
EXAMINATION REQUESTED BY:
Las Vegas
SPECIMENS:
Eleven transparent lifts
This report confirms and supplements Butel of 11-28-71. Latent prints on submitted lifts of no value. Lifts and identifying envelopo enclosed.
Enc. (12) 2 - Seattle (164-81) 1 - Portland
Sub. 2.
164-81-382
1
SEARCHEDA INDEXED SERTALIZED John Edgar Hoover, Dir BEC 1 1971 FBI - SEATTLE 3
THIS REPORT IS FURNISHED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
DB Cooper-2816411/30/71
AIRTEL
AIRMAIL
SUB- EVIDENCE
Ce-WITNESSES
TO
:
DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM
:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
SUBJECT:
UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT #305,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00:
SEATTLE
Enclosed for the Bureau is a 13-page copy of notes taken by Stewardess
DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM
:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
SUBJECT:
UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT #305,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00:
SEATTLE
Enclosed for the Bureau is a 13-page copy of notes taken by Stewardess aboard captioned hijacked flight. Original notes have been secured as evidence in Seattle. advised these notes were taken by her while she was in the cabin of the aircraft in flight.
2 - Bureau (Enc. 1) 2 - Seattle DSJ: mlc (4)
DB Cooper-28165
Sieb. G 164-81-361
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W/PHOTO
SUSP: :
NR' 010 SC PLAINTEXT
643PM URGENT 11-29-71 LCH TO SEATTLE (164-81) PORTLAND
SUSP; ILLUMINATED objet BENTON AIRPORT REDOINE CALIF
FROM SACRAMENTO (164-50) (5P) CC - Edince
UNSUB; NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, CAA - HIGHJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
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RE SACRAMENTO TELETYPE TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY SIX LAST; AND SACRAMENTO TELEPHONE CALL TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER · TWENTY NINE INSTANT.
ON NOVEMBER TWENTY SIX LAST,
CALIFORNIA, REPORTED HAVING OBSERVED WHAT HE BELIEVED TO BE AN ILLUMINATED OBJECT DRIFTING IN THE AREA OF BENTON AIRPORT, REDDING, AT APPROXIMATELY TEN TEN P.
ON NOVEMBER TWENTY SIX LAST,
CALIFORNIA, REPORTED HAVING OBSERVED WHAT HE BELIEVED TO BE AN ILLUMINATED OBJECT DRIFTING IN THE AREA OF BENTON AIRPORT, REDDING, AT APPROXIMATELY TEN TEN P.M., NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, AFTER WHICH THE OBJECT DESCENDED RAPIDLY AS IF FALLING TO THE GROUND. STATED THAT HE OBSERVED
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THIS AFTER BEING ALERTED TO THE SKY BY NOISES FROM AN AIRPLANE.
END PAGE ONE
Auti A 164-81-324
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DB Cooper-28166PAGE TWO SC 164-50
ON NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE INSTANT,
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REDDING, CAME TO THE REDDING RESIDENT AGENCY AND RELEASED TO SA ONE OPAQUE POLYETHYLENE BAG APPROXIMATELY TWENTY THREE INCHES BY FIFTY INCHES WHICH BAG WAS RECOVERED BY HIM ON NOVEMBER TWENTY SEVEN LAST,. AT A POINT IMMEDIATELY WEST OF BENTON AIRPORT ON THE SIDE OF A SANITARY LAND FILL. WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE OBSERVED THE SEVEN TWO SEVEN AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN INSTANT MATTER FLY OVER REDDING AT APPROXIMATELY TEN P.M., NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, ADVISED THAT HE HAS MADE INQUIRY CONCERNING
THIS BAG WITH EMPLOYEES OF HIGHES DASH AIRWEST, INC.
, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, ADVISED THAT HE HAS MADE INQUIRY CONCERNING
THIS BAG WITH EMPLOYEES OF HIGHES DASH AIRWEST, INC., REDDING, AND HAS OBTAINED THE OPINION FROM THEM THAT THIS BAG IS SIMILAR TO AND COULD BE A DISPOSAL
END PAGE TWO
DB Cooper-28167 PAGE THREE
SC 164-50
CAN LINER FROM A SEVEN TWO SEVEN PASSENGER AIRCRAFT.
ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST, A SIXTY FIVE PLYMOUTH STATION WAGON REPORTED STOLEN AT ROSEBURG, OREGON, ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, WAS RECOVERED ABANDONED NEAR BENTON AIRPORT WHERE VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY SEVENTY FIVE FEET INTO HEAVY MANZANITA BRUSH IN AN OBVIOUS ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL ITS LOCATION. A SEARCH OF THIS VEHICLE DISCLOSED THE PRESENCE OF TWO STRAPS, ONE OLIVE DRAB CANVAS MATERIAL AND THE OTHER OF YELLOW NYLON MATERIAL NOT UNLIKE MATERIAL USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARACHUTES. SEVERAL LATENT FINGERPRINTS WERE LIFTED FROM THE INTERIOR OF THIS VEHICLE.
ON NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE INSTANT,
TELE- b6
PHONICALLY ADVISED THAT HE HAD OBSERVED THE COMPOSITE DRAWING OF UNSUB AND HE CONSIDERS THE COMPOSITE TO BE END PAGE .
ON NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE INSTANT,
TELE- b6
PHONICALLY ADVISED THAT HE HAD OBSERVED THE COMPOSITE DRAWING OF UNSUB AND HE CONSIDERS THE COMPOSITE TO BE END PAGE . THREE
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DB Cooper-28168PAGE( FOUR SC 164-50
SIMILAR INMANY RESPECTS TO THE APPEARANCE OF
WHEN LAST OBSERVED IN
NINETEEN
· ON NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE INSTANT, ,
APPEARED AT THE REDDING RESIDENT AGENCY AND b6 NAMED
, AS A SUSPECT
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DESCRIPTIONS AND WAS
ON NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE INSTANT, , , OREGON, APPEARED IN REDDING AND RECOVERED
END PAGE FOUR
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DB Cooper-28169PAGE FIVE
SC 164-50
A SIXY FIVE PLYMOUTH STATION WAGON REFERRED TO ABOVE AT WHICH TIME HE ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STOLEN FROM THE PARKING LOT OF A HOSPITAL IN ROSEBURG, OREGON, ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER TWENTY THREE DASH TWENTY FOUR, LAST,
TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED b6
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THE STRAPS AS HAVING BEEN IN THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO ITS THEFT.
AS REQUESTED BY SEATTLE, WILL FORWARD POLYETHYLENE
BAG TO FBI IDENTIFICATION DIVISION FOR COMPARISON WITH
OTHER MATERIAL SUBMITED IN INSTANT MATTER.
AS REQUESTED BY SEATTLE, WILL FORWARD POLYETHYLENE
BAG TO FBI IDENTIFICATION DIVISION FOR COMPARISON WITH
OTHER MATERIAL SUBMITED IN INSTANT MATTER. WILL CONTACT OWNER OF SIXY FIVE PLYMOUTH TO
DETERMINE IF STRAPS WERE IN VEHICLE PRIOR TO THEFT OF SAME, AND IF NOT, WILL FORWARD TO SEATTLE. EN D. FEE FBI SEATTLE HOLD 1
DB Cooper-28170DIRECTOR, FBI ATTN: IDENTIFICATION DIVISION LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
11/29/71
EVIDENCE
UNSUB : NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 PORTLAND TO SEATTLE 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: SEATTLE
Northwest Airlines b6 b7C
based at headquarters in Minneapolis, who was in Seattle, has advised that when he examined the plane on 11/25/71 at Seattle-Tacoma Airport, he found the enclosed papers in the plane. They were pushed down'behind a seat.
/
There is no apparent connection between these papers and the hijacker; however, so they may be properly examined the Bureau is requested to process these papers for any latent fingerprints and return them for future use if needed,
3 - Bureau (Encl .
and the hijacker; however, so they may be properly examined the Bureau is requested to process these papers for any latent fingerprints and return them for future use if needed,
3 - Bureau (Encl .- 1) 1 - Seattle JEM : eon (4)
PALM PRINTS OF VALUE DEVELOPED SU LAB LETTER 9 :12-7-71.
₹ Papers picked up by SA
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DB Cooper-28172
Suite 2.
164-81-295NRØ29 WA PLAIN
4: 16PM URGENT 11-29-71 LRS TO SEATTLE PORTLAND
LAS VEGAS SACRAMENTO FROM DIRECTOR (164-2111) 1P
UNKNOWN SUBJECT, NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, CAA DASH HIJACKING.
RECEIVING OFFICES PROMPTLY ALERT HOSPITALS, CLINICS AND DOCTORS IN THE EVENT UNKNOWN SUBJECT ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN MEDICAL AID IN YOUR RESPECTIVE AREAS.
SEATTLE ASCERTAIN THE WEIGHT OF THE LOOT IN POSSESSION OF THE UNKNOWN SUBJECT. SEATTLE ADVISE THE BUREAU. THE RESULTS OF THE DISPLAY OF THE ARTIST CONCEPTION TO WITNESSES. SUTEL. END Read
Sub. G.
164-81-250
NOV 2 9 1971 FBI - SEATTLE 3
DB Cooper-28173STANDARD FORM NO. 64
Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO
:
FILE (164-81)
DATE:
11/29/71
FROM
:
SAC, SEATTLE
Ce- EVIDENCE
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305
portlaND TO
64
Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
TO
:
FILE (164-81)
DATE:
11/29/71
FROM
:
SAC, SEATTLE
Ce- EVIDENCE
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305
portlaND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
done
SA HENRY SHUTZ called me on 11/29/71 at 10:00 AM and advised there was some reference to some torn paper found at the aircraft and he wanted to know if this was sentito the Bureau for examination. He said that the stewardess had taken a note from the UNSUB but he believes it was given back to him.
Light pe
This matter should be pursued and the Bureau advised.
SAel Campbell 11/29/7/ 02
JEM : eon
(1)
Sub. G 164-81-228
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INDEXED FILED NOV 2 9 1971 FBI-SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-28174

DIRECTOR, FBI ATTENTION: FBI LABORATORY	11/26/71
SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60) (P) CC- EVIDENCE UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71

CAA - HIGHJACKING; EXTORTION 00: Seattle
G 164-81-228
SEARCHED
SERIALIZED
INDEXED FILED NOV 2 9 1971 FBI-SEATTLE
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DB Cooper-28174

DIRECTOR, FBI ATTENTION: FBI LABORATORY	11/26/71
SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60) (P) CC- EVIDENCE UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71

CAA - HIGHJACKING; EXTORTION 00: Seattle
Enclosed for the Laboratory are eleven latents lifted from certain areas of the highjacked aircraft.
determine
purposes.	It is requested that these latents
whether any of these have any value	be examined to
for identification
Advise Las Vegas, Seattle and Portland of the results.
No VALUE
Sub. G 164-81-238

0
2-Bureau (Encs.
12 ~ Duplicate; Page 17 ~ Duplicate; Page 18 ~ Duplicate;
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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Laboratory Transmittal Form
LABORATORY .A.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20335
To:
SAC, Los Angeles (164-497)
Date:
April 19, 1974
SGG
From: Director, FBI
·Sub Z
FBI File No.
164-2111
Re:
NORJAK
00: Seattle
Lab. No.
Examination requested by:
Los Angeles, Las Vegas
Reference:
Airtels 3/27/74 & 4/5/74
Examination requested:
Microscopic Analyses - Fingerprint
Remarks: It should be noted that the captioned crime was committed on November 24, 1971. Due to the amount of time that has passed since this date, the value of any further hair comparisons with the Q2 head hair clipping is very limited.
You are being advised of the result of the fingerprint. examination and the disposition of the "Also Submitted". items by a separate report.
Specimen K7 is being returned to the Los Angeles field office as an enclosure to this report.
The "Resubmitted" glass microscope slide is being returned to the Las Vegas field office as an enclosure to their copy of this report.
The "Resubmitted" glass microscope slide is being returned to the Las Vegas field office as an enclosure to their copy of this report.
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164-81-6219
Enclosures (3) (2 Lab report, K7) 2-SAC, Las Vegas (164-60) Enclosures (3) (2 Lab report, Q2 Medmicroscope slide). 3SAC, Seattle (164-81) Enclosures (2) (2 Lab report)
ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE
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APR 2 21974 FBI -- StalILE
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DB Cooper-28177
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FBT LABORATORY
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 320535
To: SAC, Los Angeles
Re: NOR.JAK 00: Seattle
Lab. No.
Date: April 19, 1974
FBI File No.
164-2111
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Specimens received 4/3/74 from SAC, Los Angeles, under cover of airtel dated 3/27/74
K7 Head hair sample from
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Also Submitted: Finger and palm prints of
Specimens received 4/11/74 from SAC, Las Vegas under cover of airtel dated 4/5/74
Resubmitted from
One glass microscope slide Containing hairs from specimen Q2.
Result of examination: . The head hair clipping of Caucasian origin previously found on.
received 4/11/74 from SAC, Las Vegas under cover of airtel dated 4/5/74
Resubmitted from
One glass microscope slide Containing hairs from specimen Q2.
Result of examination: . The head hair clipping of Caucasian origin previously found on. Q2 is microscopically dissimilar to the hairs present in the K7. head hair sample from According1,b6 the head hair clipping could not be associated with the same source as the K7 hairs.'
Sub G 164-81-6218 SEARCHED _____ INDEXED SERINVED ZZYFIED APR 2 21974 FBI-StATILE
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DB Cooper-28178FD-36 (Rey, 5-22-78)
FBI
TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: Immediate
CLASSIFICATION: TOP SECRET SECRET Teletype Facsimile AIRTEL Priority Routine CONFIDENTIAL UNCLAS E F TO UNCLAS
Date
3/17/80
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE
WASVER
FROM:
SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) (Sq.10) (P)
SUBJECT :
NORJAK
00: SEATTLE
SUBS: B, C,G.J. M.R
Re San Francisco telephone call to Seattle, dated
3/5/80.
Being forwarded to the Seattle Office is one copy each of the following:
A letter dated 2/20/80 from
showing a xerox copy of a twenty dollar bill marked exhibit "A".
Being forwarded to the Seattle Office is one copy each of the following:
A letter dated 2/20/80 from
showing a xerox copy of a twenty dollar bill marked exhibit "A".
A xerox copy of a letter dated 3/6/80 to the FBI
from and a copy of an article captioned"Take the money and jump-how he foiled FBI" dated May 12-18-Berkeley Barb.
As mentioned in referenced telephone call the San Francisco Office contacted after the receipt of his first letter of 2/20/80. stated that he had obtained the plate of the twenty dollar bill which was published in the Berkeley Barb sometime in November, 1972. 2) -Seattle (Enc. 2) 2 -San Francisco DJB/ jab
SUBG
164-81-8371 SEARCHED INDEREOD SERIALIZED FIL.CI
MAR 2 0 1980
Approved:
Transmitted
(Number) (Tima)
Fer
DB Cooper-28179
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b6 : b7C% ACADEMIC PUBLISHING, INC. Box 27 ·Berkeley, California 94701 A NON-PROFIT ACADEMIC SERVICE
20 February 1980
Federal Bureau of Investigation 450 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco California
SUB G
The following purports to be a copy of one of the twenty dollar bills taken by skyjacker "D.
Box 27 ·Berkeley, California 94701 A NON-PROFIT ACADEMIC SERVICE
20 February 1980
Federal Bureau of Investigation 450 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco California
SUB G
The following purports to be a copy of one of the twenty dollar bills taken by skyjacker "D.B. Cooper" when he jumped from a 727 on 24 November 1971.
I wonder whether the. serial numbers correspond to any of the stolen currency.
Su Fc-09/64-220 FILES
Curiously.
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NEISCO
responce
EXHIBIT
&D STATES
OF AMERICA
THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL OLETS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
L 51279635 A
12
WASHINGTON, D.C.
LA
12
L 51279635 A
Dx4
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Diemcg 12 Sunday & tomaty
DB Cooper-28181
SUB G 164-81-83-30 164,220-1-15ACADEMIC PUBLISHING, INC. Box 27 Berkeley, California 94701 A NON-PROFIT ACADEMIC SERVICE
SUBG 6. March 1980
FBI Seattle Operations Office c/o SF/FBI
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Here is a copy of page 11 of the May 12, 1972 alledged interview with D.B. Cooper.
Confirmation of the serial number on the reproduced bill will form the basis of a short item in a magazine article I have submitted.
I would like to know of any further confirmation or disputation of the details in the enclosed article.
I would like to know of any further confirmation or disputation of the details in the enclosed article.
I may be reached c/o the above address.
trstru ly
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DB Cooper-28182 SUBG 164-81-8319TAKE THE MONEY AND JUMP MAY 12-18 BERKEL.BY BARB PAGE 11
HOW HE FOILED FBI
SUBG 164-81-8318
DB Cooper-28183
Last November24th, a man identifying himself as . Cooper' parachuted from a Northwest Orient dines. 727 jetliner between Seattle and Reno Nevada with a parcel containing 10,000 twenty dollar bills which was the ransom money that had been delivered to him while he held the planes crew hostage at the Seattle- Tacoma international airport.
The F.B.L and other state and local law enforcement agents assisted by companies of G.L.'s from Fort Lewis have futilly wasted many hours and thousands of tax- payers dollars looking for cooper.
So far Cooper has successfully eluded his following in the same ingenious manner that he pulled off his skyjack caper, cooly staying a safe distance away from danger.
" The F.
So far Cooper has successfully eluded his following in the same ingenious manner that he pulled off his skyjack caper, cooly staying a safe distance away from danger.
" The F.B.L headquaters'in Seattle has vowed to ser- ;: utinize every foot of land between the Sea-Tac airport and Reno to turn up clues in the case.
Despite rewards of 5,000 dollars-by the Medias " Fink on your Friends" programe the public has generally granted Cooper adoration and somewhat a hero status.
anonymous Interviewer from the twice weekly newspaper the 'Seattle Flag' has produced a story from a taped interview with D.B. Cooper which is validated by the presentation of one of the recorded twenty dollar bills included in the ransom money."
This story was run in the 'Flag' because the inter- viewer was unable to send it to the 'Post-Intellingener' because they had the 5,000 dollar reward out for Coopers head also television stations would have requested a jape from which voice prints could possible be produced. Therefore,' running the story in the Flag was the only , solution, 1
Cooper 'said that the witnesses description were off by about fifteen pounds and a couple of inches.
Therefore,' running the story in the Flag was the only , solution, 1
Cooper 'said that the witnesses description were off by about fifteen pounds and a couple of inches. Also that the artist's impression were very poor. When asked why we was stil in Washington state he added that he felt it As safer to hide where no one would imagine him to be rather then to go to some place like Mexico or South Amcrica where the authoritieswould naturally expect him to go.
He said he started actual work on his skyjacking plan Last June . The Mea ' ! come to him while he was
it was a calculated risk that's why he jumped in bad weather and at night, also he waited a little longer than usual before pulling his ripcord. Adding that his free fall was about 5,000 of the total 7,000 feet. Which was very risky doing at night.
He came down about a hundred miles away from S. W .. Washington contrary to the F.B.I. report that he touched down near Vancouver Washington.
The first thing he did on landing was bury his chute, : : he was within five miles of where he had intended in an evergreen wooded terrain.
The first thing he did on landing was bury his chute, : : he was within five miles of where he had intended in an evergreen wooded terrain. He credited this .accuracy to his projected calculations and his japanese watch. He wouldn't say whether he had an accomplice on the. ground, He said he had lived in Seattle and had once.
two parachutes he had ordered. A stewardess came back with the money in a canvas bag to where coxper was holding another stewardess as hostage in the rear of the passenger cabin.
Cooper checked out the loot, first thing and noticed that they reeked of duplicating flud. Then the stewardess made two more trips out on to the run way to bring in the chutes.
Then one of the fuel trucks pulled up ... then he ord- ered the passengers off the plane, and everyone else into the cockpit ... a middle-aged, executive looking man started to push his way back through the line into the tourist cabin. Cooper tensed up expecting the guy to try something heroic - but he had just left his briefcase on his seat and was retrieving it .
Cooper tensed up expecting the guy to try something heroic - but he had just left his briefcase on his seat and was retrieving it .. .
20
EXHIBIT "A
OF AMERICA
AD STATES
IMJS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DISTS, PUBUC AND PRIVATE
L 51279635 A
12
WASHINGTON,D.C.
L
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L 51279635 A
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TWENTY DOLLARS6
worked at Beoing's on the construction of the first Boeing 727 in 1963 and got to know the 727 from the .. inside out.
The reason he was attracted to the plan was the alignment of the three Pratt & Whitney engines two on the sides of the rear fuselage and the third at the base of the T-tall- assembly. Also the down-flaps stalling speed. One hundred ..... ... . .. ...... .. ...
He figured if the F.B.L. was going to make a move it would be at Sea-Tac. Everybody but the stewardess he was holding ' hostage and the three man crew was clear of the plane. Buzzing the cockpit ho asked the captain what the hold-up was. Trouble with the vapor lock was the answer. And another truck was coming. Cooper told the Captain: "Not more than one fuel truck at aFD-350 (Rev.
And another truck was coming. Cooper told the Captain: "Not more than one fuel truck at aFD-350 (Rev. 12-5-78)
(Mount Clipping in Space Below)
FBI geologist favors. Washougal River
3
(Indien''> ige, name of Newspaper, city und state.)
ro. 15, The Columbian Vancouver, Ma. Date: 2/15/20 Edition:
Title:
Character: 1.64-81
or
Classification;
Submitting Office:
SE
landing for D.B. BuBS: B, E. G.M.
By MYRON STRUCK States News Service WASHINGTON - Did D.B. Cooper land in, or near, the Washougal River rather than the Lewis River?
In the personal opinion of the chief FBI. geologist who worked on the case, D.B. Cooper may have landed in the Washougal River, not near the Lewis River where it had been presumed that he came to earth -
before about $5,800 in compressed, wel and eroded money was found along the banks of the Columbia River in February upstream from the Lewis.
The Washougal River scenario is the private view of geologist Chris Fiedler, who handled the soil analysis on the money, and not part of the agency's official report to the Seattle field office coordinating the
investigation.
is the private view of geologist Chris Fiedler, who handled the soil analysis on the money, and not part of the agency's official report to the Seattle field office coordinating the
investigation.
Still, it seems to be the only cluc - that might help the investigation the FBI was able to glean from a recert analysis of the bills in its Washington, D.C., research area known as The Laboratory. ¿
The official report says little was found on the wad of money. The basis for the new information is Fielder's research of the sand particles found
among the bills and his discussions with federal geologists in the field.
Hle has concluded that the range of sind particles found among the bills ill similar to sediment along the Columbia River and a number of its tributaries.
Fiedler's opinion has been disavowed firmly by his mineralogy division section chief.
"He could have landed in the
Columbia River," Fiedler said. "Or he could have come down in the Washougal. The latter is where my; training, and instincts. tell me is more likely, based on the data I have available." 0
The sand tests involve little in the way of complicated equipment - only a simple microscope and some geological
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The sand tests involve little in the way of complicated equipment - only a simple microscope and some geological reference material that discuses the characteristics of sand
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SUBG 164-81-8315-
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DB Cooper-28185Laboratory Transmittal Form 7-72
LABORATORY
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
To:
SAC, Portland (164-41)
March 18, 1980
From: Director, FBI
FBI FILE NO.
164-2111
LAB. NO.
00304057 D LL VJ
Re:
NORJAK
SUBS: G;M,
Examination requested by:
Portland
Reference:
Airtel dated February 29, 1980
Examination requested:
Remarks:
Document - Mineralogy - Fingerprint Enclosures (2) (2 Lab report) : lab reputed 2 - Seattle (164-B1) Enclosures (2) (2 Lab report) " 1
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SUB G 164-81-8914 SEARCHED DASINDEXED. MÁR 1 9 1980 FBI-SEATTLE
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REPORT of the
LABORATORY
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D.
MÁR 1 9 1980 FBI-SEATTLE
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REPORT of the
LABORATORY
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
To:
SAC, Portland (164-41)
March 18, 1980
FBI FILE NO.
164-2121
LAB. NO.
00304057 D LL V3
Re:
NORJAK
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Specimens received
February 8, 1980
Four United States Twenty Dollar Bills described as follows:

SPECIMEN	SERIAL NUMBER
Q60	G03072381B
Q61	L1091932LA
Q62	L55066857A
Q63	I.32987392A

Result of examination: Specimens Q00 through Q63 contained mineralogical material which was similar to the Q59 sand previously submitted.
Q60 through Q63 wore photographed and will be returned with the results of the fingerprint examination.
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Date of transcription
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Portland State
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University, home address home telephone number work
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University, home address home telephone number work telephone number was interviewed following Tena Bar in Vancouver, Washington, where portions of $20 bills had been found. These $20 bills were among the money furnished a person identifying himself as D. B. COOPER during a 1971 airplane high-
was interviewed by SA jacking attempt. of the Portland, Oregon, FBI Office.
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advised that he found the beach area in the vicinity where the money was found to be in approximately four different layers. These layers consisted of an upper sand · layer, a post dredging sand layer, a clay lump (dredge) sand layer, and below that an older sand layer. The upper layer con- sisted of six inches to eight inches of reworked beach sand and is the sand which contained the fragments and bundles of the recovered money. This sand also contained soda pop cans and other debris, which were not severely damaged or rusted. The post dredging sand contained older soda pop cans, rusted nails and spikes, and other rusted artifacts, which were in a much more
The post dredging sand contained older soda pop cans, rusted nails and spikes, and other rusted artifacts, which were in a much more deteriorated condition. The clay lump (dredge) sand was a mix- ture of course sand and fragments of organic clay material, ranging from one inch to five inches in size. Based on U.S. Corps of Engineering records which reflect that they dredged the Columbia River at this site in 1974, stated this clay layer b6 b7C
in all probability, was deposited during that 1974 dredging. The older sands, which were light in color and uniform in texture and which were found below the clay lump sand, were deposited prior to the 1974 dredging.
advised that in the post dredging layer, he found cross bedded course and medium sand, which in- dicated the river and river waves had worked repeatedly on this layer since 1974. The upper six inches to eight inches of re- worked beach sand is the active layer which is currently being worked by the water of the Columbia River.
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Based on the condition of the money through observation, advised that the money was probably washed into the location where it was
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Based on the condition of the money through observation, advised that the money was probably washed into the location where it was found by natural river flow and was probably placed at the location of Tena Bar during the last rise in the Columbia River in the past two or three months.
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Investigation cn
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based this belief on three facts. The first . fact being that the money was rounded off on the corners, which would indicate a rolling motion and would indicate the flow : of the river. The second fact was that the money was found in the surface layer of the upper reworked beach sand. The third fact was that the distribution of the money was in this surface layer only, and none was found to be in the post dredging sand.
The third fact was that the distribution of the money was in this surface layer only, and none was found to be in the post dredging sand. When reminded of the fact that the rubber bands holding the money together were still in place, but extremely brittle and crumbled upon touch,
stated that the condition of the rubber bands would tend to lend credence to the assumption that the money had been at the location where found a longer period of time. Even with this, he still felt the money was not at the site for more than a year. At the height found, the money was definitely de- posited more than four years after the dredging of the Columbia River in 1974. He also added that he felt certain that the money did not work its way up through the post dredging sand to the upper layer.
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found during his work at the site and areas surrounding the site, that the clay lump (dredged) sand ranging from a depth of approximately four feet, 25 yards from the money site, to only two feet where the money was found. He advised that this could be caused by many reasons, but most probably caused by the different elevations of the
He advised that this could be caused by many reasons, but most probably caused by the different elevations of the beach sand at the time the dredging occurred.
Regarding the fact that the money itself was remark-
ably well preserved, advised that sand is sterile, and in nature, is probably the best preservative of any soil. This could also be the reason that the rubber bands were still in place around the money, although they were badly deteriorated, and would also lead credence to the fact that the money had been deposited in sand the major portion of the time since it was lost. The money would not have lasted for more than a year in nature unless protected. He added that fragments of the money could have been washed anywhere down stream in the Columbia, but. he doubted that any additional money found would be as well pre- served unless it had been deposited in an upper layer of sand.
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displayed a U.S. Geological Survey- Topographical Map, Bridal Veil Washington - Oregon Section, which reflected a twelve mile cross section of the drainage basin for the Washougal River.
Geological Survey- Topographical Map, Bridal Veil Washington - Oregon Section, which reflected a twelve mile cross section of the drainage basin for the Washougal River. It is from this area, felt
the money likely originated from. He stated that there was ap- proximately one stream per mile of land in this area. If a person parachuted in this basin, he would most probably come to earth on
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