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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX FD-340 (Rev. 3-8-01)
Universal Case File Number
SE * 16YA-81-1ADO
Field Office Acquiring Evidence
CV.
Serial # of Originating Document
9409
Date Received
4-16-2003
From
b6
(Name of Contributor) b7C b7E
0
(Address of Contributor)
(City and State)
By À SA
To Be Returned Yes ONo
Receipt Given Yes ONo Grand Jury Material - Disseminate Only Pursuant to Rule 6 (e) Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Yes No
Federal Taxpayer Information (FTI) Yes No
Title:
NORJAK
CAA
SE 164A-81
Reference:
(Communication Enclosing
Yes ONo Grand Jury Material - Disseminate Only Pursuant to Rule 6 (e) Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Yes No
Federal Taxpayer Information (FTI) Yes No
Title:
NORJAK
CAA
SE 164A-81
Reference:
(Communication Enclosing Material)
Description: Original notes re interview of
PAUL WHITE ;
Photo y PAUL R. WHINE.
b7E
DB Cooper-39958Re: BMV PHOTO
Page 1
b6 b7C
From:
To:
Date:
Fri, Mar 7, 2003 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: BMV PHOTO
Pls ask to have an Agent briefly interview him and forward results to our case file, SE 164A-81, with an EC and 302. I have attached information for the assigned SA.
We still get quite a few of these, but you never know. Key is description and his verified location in Nov 1971.
Thanks, for pursuing this.
SE
SE 164A-81-ANA b6 b7C
Cin Falls. 011,
PAUL WHITE
- Does not remember Sangin Someiti 14 that. -> Orioles club. wit
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5-23-1931 287-24-9862 Korea. - Army ' out 8-1953, 3 ys. 75- Infanty 18Th AAA - Sgt. when left, b6 b7C
Summit County
DB Cooper-39959
Il living of
Emp. PAUL WHITE.bmp
Page b6 b7C
PAUL R.
when left, b6 b7C
Summit County
DB Cooper-39959
Il living of
Emp. PAUL WHITE.bmp
Page b6 b7C
PAUL R. WHITE w/m 5-23-1931 287-24-9862 6 135 pounds
RE:
SE 164A-81
DB Cooper-39960FD-340 (Rev. 3-8-01)
Universal Case File Number
SE"64A -81
IA892
Field Office Acquiring Evidence
:am:
Serial # of Originating Document
Date Received
6/2/03
From
Agent
(Name of Contributor)
(Address of Contributor)
(City and State)
Bý SA
To Be Returned Yes No
Receipt Given Yes No Grand Jury Material - Disseminate. Only Pursuant to Rule 6 (e) Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Yes No
Federal Taxpayer Information (FTI) Yes No
Title:

Reference:	(Communication Enclosing Material)

Description: Original notes re interview of
b6 b7C
DB Cooper-39967
b6 b7CFD-340 (Rev. 3-8-01)
Universal Case File Number
SE 164A-81 IA893
Field Office Acquiring Evidence
om.
Description: Original notes re interview of
b6 b7C
DB Cooper-39967
b6 b7CFD-340 (Rev. 3-8-01)
Universal Case File Number
SE 164A-81 IA893
Field Office Acquiring Evidence
om.
Serial # of Originating Document
Date Received
6/2/03
From
b6
b7C
(Name of Contributor)
(Address of Contributor)
(City and State)
By SA.
To Be Returned Yes No
Receipt Given Yes No Grand Jury Material - Disseminate Only Pursuant to Rule 6 (e) Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Yes No
Federal Taxpayer Information (FTI) Yes No
Title:
Reference:
(Communication Enclosing Material)
Description: Original notes re interview of
Copy of Note from Virgil Blake
DB Cooper-39972b6 b7C
No one will help me so I have to use scrap Paper you're good at finding Things on a Comp, Look up a plane hijacking in The Tato. 60 orEarly 70° cooper was his name They never found him or The $ They never will Josh it up
6/20/03
b6 b7C
DB Cooper-39973 I found him I have the money when I get out I'm going to go get it If you Realy Want to help you can go with me to get it Il Won't be able to make
will Josh it up
6/20/03
b6 b7C
DB Cooper-39973 I found him I have the money when I get out I'm going to go get it If you Realy Want to help you can go with me to get it Il Won't be able to make it alone my Jeg's Won't take all the killing if you don't want to go d'e get. someone else Textovill
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6/02/03
DB Cooper-39974 KEEP ATTACHED TO SEATTLE EXHIBIT SE 164A-81 A8.93
DB Cooper-39975FD-340 (Rev. 3-8-01)
(TAB94 1
Universal Case File Number
SE 164A-81
Field Office Acquiring Evidence
52
Serial # of Originating Document
Date Received
4/23/2002
From
(Name of Contributor)
b6 b7C
(Address of Contributor)
PORTLAND, OR
(City and State)
By
To Be Returned Yes No
Receipt Given Yes No Grand Jury Material - Disseminate Only Pursuant to Rule 6 (e) Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Yes No
Federal Taxpayer Information (FTI). Yes No
Title: See letter seus wirkt
troppa
56 b7C Reference:
(Communication Enclosing Material)
Description: Original notes re interview of
Vised it Unselves Mysteries
(19899) Show re case
DB Cooper-39976C
DB Cooper-39977FD-340.
56 b7C Reference:
(Communication Enclosing Material)
Description: Original notes re interview of
Vised it Unselves Mysteries
(19899) Show re case
DB Cooper-39976C
DB Cooper-39977FD-340.(Rev. 3-8-01)
Universal Case File Number
SE-164A -81 
IA/895,
Field Office Acquiring Evidence
OC
Serial # of Originating Document
9429 + 9428
Date Received
12/4/2003
From
VIRGIL GUESS
(Name of Contributor)
Inmate, RB Dick CONNER CC, ODOL
(Address of Contributor)
HOMINY, OK
(City and State)
By
To Be Returned Yes No
Receipt Given Yes No Grand Jury Material - Disseminate Only Pursuant to Rule 6 (e) Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Yes No
Federal Taxpayer Information (FTI) Yes No
Title:
NORJAK;
Hijacking
Reference:
302
(Communication Enclosing Material)
Description: Original notes re interview of GUESS
DB Cooper-39978
b6 b7CFD-340 (Rev. 3-8-01)
Universal Case File Number
SE 164A-81 
/A/896

Field Office Acquiring Evidence	MP
Serial # of Originating Document	9432

Date
File Number
SE 164A-81 
/A/896

Field Office Acquiring Evidence	MP
Serial # of Originating Document	9432

Date Received
4/30/04
From
(Name of Contributor)
(Address of Contributor)
(City and State)
By
SA
To Be Returned Yes No
Receipt Given Yes No Grand Jury Material - Disseminate Only Pursuant to Rule 6 (e) Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Yes No
Federal Taxpayer Information (FTI) Yes. No
Title: NORJAK; CAA- HIJACKING
Reference:
(Communication Enclosing Material)
Description: Original notes re interview of
b6 b7C
b6
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DB Cooper-39987FD-340 (Rev. 3-8-01)
Universal Case File Number
164A -81
/A/898
Field Office Acquiring Evidence
Seattle
Serial # of Originating Document
Date Received
07/20/2004
From
(Name of Contributor)
(Address of Contributor)
(City and State)
By SA
b6 b7C
To Be Returned Yes No
Receipt Given Yes No
Grand Jury Material - Disseminate Only Pursuant to Rule 6 (e) Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Yes :
To Be Returned Yes No
Receipt Given Yes No
Grand Jury Material - Disseminate Only Pursuant to Rule 6 (e) Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Yes No
Federal Taxpayer Information (FTI) Yes No
Title:
Reference
(Communication Enclosing Material)
Description: Original notes re interview of
Mr .. FNU
(phonetic ) b6 b7C
DB Cooper-39991FD-340 (Rev. 8-7-97)
IA (89)
Universal Case File Number
SE 164A -81
Field Office Acquiring Evidence
Serial # of Originating Document
Date Received
2/1/2004
From
(Name of Contributor)
(Address of Contributor)
(City and State)
b6
b7C
By
Name of Special Agent)
To Be Returned Yes No
Receipt Given Yes No
Grand Jury Material - Disseminate Only Pursuant to Rule 6 (e) Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Yes No
Title:
Reference:
(Communication Enclosing Material)
Description: Original notes re interview of
NOTES From review of SUBfiles
1-500 by SA
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Work Copy
r- resenvisuel SE - Strongly Elimin by Evin NE - NO EVID to Connect HR-
Yes No
Title:
Reference:
(Communication Enclosing Material)
Description: Original notes re interview of
NOTES From review of SUBfiles
1-500 by SA
b6 b7C
DB Cooper-39994SE 16MA-85 b6 b7C
Work Copy
r- resenvisuel SE - Strongly Elimin by Evin NE - NO EVID to Connect HR- UNRESOLVED
SE-PH (Photo Elimination) SE-P (
SUB VOLUMES NUMBERS
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INview PDFKES
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SE Henry E. Zimmerman (deceased, "James Henry) SE SE-P
Robert Keeley SE-P 10 :- Gary E .- Sandal - SE
12. Unk ... Susp. Near Eugene,. Oregon
NEI SAME as SAME AS
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NE
SE SE SE
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29. James-D. Booth SE 5€
DB Cooper-39995
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35. Airplane seen near-Yacolt -
Summary
NEISE NE
SE
38. Anonymous not ... to-Reno Newspaper 5€
L
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58. D. B. Cooper-NF - SE
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to-Reno Newspaper 5€
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58. D. B. Cooper-NF - SE
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56. - Earl. F. Williams SE
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NE
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60. Illuminated Object, Benton Airport, Reddit SE-P SE
SE 132-P SE SE/SE-P
DB Cooper-39996& SZ SE b7C b6
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70 Ron White SE
A Unsub .. Call from Medford,- Ore:
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NO 83. Unsub. at Service Air Co., Glendale-Burbani SEINE
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SE NE SE
95. Unsub-driving-auto- Wn. Lic. AIS 674 NE SERNE,SE-P SE
100. John E. Harless SE SE
SE NE
NE b6 103". Unsub: entering Mexico - 11/29/71 /E SE-P b7D
b7C
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106. Unsub. Person in Redwood City news photove NE /SE- P .
SE
109. Unk person in Reno, Nevada Cab-at Gas SELVE Station near Sacramento 5 €
DNA *
112) Sheridan Peterson 565-30-8586 113. Lee Joseph Gilpatrick NE 114)-Harry William Celk.
Unk person in Reno, Nevada Cab-at Gas SELVE Station near Sacramento 5 €
DNA *
112) Sheridan Peterson 565-30-8586 113. Lee Joseph Gilpatrick NE 114)-Harry William Celk. SE - A/SE
-NE 
105 STRANGLE Eller by Alors Icated Never determined
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5€ - SENE -SE
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163. Ralph V. Galope SE-P 56
SE-P
SE-P NE/SE-P
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03-24-3569 NE SE
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NESE
182. Unsub on Bus.from. Portland to Reno.
- Unsub observed at Portland International Airposrt NE
NESE
182. Unsub on Bus.from. Portland to Reno. NE
b7C
b7D
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186: Oliver Reese Boyd 3 12
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JESSE SE SE
196. M. - 0.Clarke SE :
DB Cooper-40002(
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199. Douglas G. Burns /VE 200. James Ray Fugate SE 201. Unsub on, Bus from Portland to Seattle 12/13 NE
202 .- George Bryan Siegrist, Jr. SE 203. John Emil Bist SE - (2-INS) SE SE
SE
202 David Lester McCartney SE SE
SE-P.NE SEINE b6 SE-PNE b7C
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SE , SE-P 1
224. Michael Martin, dr. NF
SE
SE NE 55
SE - E
7
NE SEANE SE-P/NE
DB Cooper-40003
2.6Vb6
b7C
NE/SE SE
b7D
SE SE 226. Unsubs left autos at Portland Parking Lot
SEINE SE-P(However Adif250) SE NE SE-P
SE SEINE SE-P INE
SE-P b6
NE b7C SE-PINE b7D SE
SE
5€
SE
SF-P
ESA
NE
NEISE-P -NEUES DATO ANUN LTR
DB Cooper-40004SE-PINE b6
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b7C b7D
SEINE SEINE
SEINE (FILE EMPTY )
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SE-NE
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5€
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261. Benjamin Robert Kane SE-O/NE NE
5€
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NE/SE NEYSE
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270. Wayne.King SE DET SEINE
DB Cooper-40005(
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NE/SEP
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350. Al Eagle NE-/S2-A SE-P SAULIANYW/SUB 9 SUB Ernest OHLMACHER
SE-P
DE
DI3 8/25/30
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SEMAINE
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371. Vance Calyton Saxton SE
DUB 6/1/1922 DONALD SYLVESTER Murphy
(Rc Newsweek Article)
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14 hrs After NoJAla
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NE
SE-P/Na
416. Stewart Kime NE
SEINE NE
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482 . Anthony Daniel Gregoire SE DB Cooper-40015b6 b7C
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b6 b7C DB Cooper-40016FD-340 (Röv.4-11-03)
Bile Number
SE 164A-81 -(A(900)
Field Office Acquiring Evidence
Seattle
Serial # of Originating Document
Date Received
8/16/2006
From
SA
(N'ai- of Conubetter fixerviewee)
(Address)
(City and State)
By SA
To Be Returned :
164A-81 -(A(900)
Field Office Acquiring Evidence
Seattle
Serial # of Originating Document
Date Received
8/16/2006
From
SA
(N'ai- of Conubetter fixerviewee)
(Address)
(City and State)
By SA
To Be Returned Yes No
Receipt Given Yes No Grand Jury Material - Disseminate Only Pursuant to Rule 6 (e) Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Yes No
Federal Taxpayer Information (FTI) Yes No
Title:
Reference:
(Communication Enclosing Material)
Description: Original notes re interview of
@ 8/15/2006 b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-400171A Envelope
Case ID: SE 164A-81
b6
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SE	895	ORIGINAL NOTES EW	INTERVIEW OF GUESS
SE	896	ORIGINAL NOTES RE
SE	897	ORIGINAL NOTES RE	INTERVIEW OF MR. FNU	(PHONETIC)
SE	898	ORIGINAL NOTES RE	INTERVIEW OF MR. FNU	(PHONETIC)
SE	899	NOTES FROM
Enclosing Material)
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Case ID: SE 164A-81
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To
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SAC, PORTLAND
Date 6/4/96
From
:
FOIPA PARALEGAL SPECIALIST
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Subject:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS (FOIPA)
(FILE DESTRUCTION)
RE: D. B. Cooper:
The following listed main file(s) or serial (s) have been reviewed pursuant to an FOIPA matter and may not be destroyed:
Cooper:
The following listed main file(s) or serial (s) have been reviewed pursuant to an FOIPA matter and may not be destroyed:

FILE	-	SERIAL
164A-SE-81X

DO NOT DESTROY UNTIL
6/2002
MAINTAIN A S TOP SERIAL
DB Cooper-40022Memorand n
To :
SAC, PORTLAND
Date - 6/16/87
From :
LEGAL SECTION
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Subject :
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION-PRIVACY ACTS (FOIPA)
(File Destruction)
norjate
The following listed main files or serials have been reviewed pursuant to an FOIPA matter and may not be destroyed until indicated.
FILE - SERIAL 164-41*
DO NOT DESTROY UNTIL
6/92
MAINTAIN AS TOP SERIAL
DB Cooper-40023TTORIO1. TO ALL :53 11-3-86, CAPTIONED, : STRUCTION OF FIELD "3 AND RECORDS) 2/10/97
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DB Cooper-40024b6 b7C
NRØ02 SE PLAIN
5:57 AM NITEL
11/25/71
SWD
TO
DIRECTOR
PORTLAND
LAS VEGAS
FROM
SEATTLE (164-NEW)
SP
UNKNOWN SUBJECT ; NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
SEATTLE-TACOMA AIRPORT (SEA-TAC) CALLED AT APPROXIMATELY THREE TWENTYTWO PM, NOVERMBER TWENTYFOUR INSTANT, ADVISING
SEATTLE-TACOMA AIRPORT (SEA-TAC) CALLED AT APPROXIMATELY THREE TWENTYTWO PM, NOVERMBER TWENTYFOUR INSTANT, ADVISING THAT A MAN ABOARD INSTANT PLANE AT PORTLAND, OREGON, PASSED WORD TO THE PILOT THAT HE HAD A BOMB IN HIS BRIEFCASE AND DEMANDED TWO HUNDREDTHOUSAND DOLLARS. HE INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO GET THIS MONEY READY BY FIVE PM, AND ALSO TO FURNISH HIM TWO PARACHUTES. SUBJECT INSTRUCTED PILOT TO HAVE NO ONE MEET THE AIRCRAFT; NO ONE WAS TO APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT HE WOULD ADVISE LATER WHAT HIS FLIGHT PLANS WERE.
END OF PAGE ONE
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SEARCHED. SERIALIZED FILED
INDEXED
NOV 5 1971 FPY-PORTLAND
A
back 199
DB Cooper-40025PAGE FOUR
SE 164-NEW
PLANE WAS AIRBORNE AT SEVEN THIRTYSEVEN PM, FLYING IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION, UNDER THE SURVEILLANCE OF TWO PLANES FROM MC CHORD AIR FORCE BASE.
THE NAME DAN COOPER APPEARED ON A MANIFEST OF PASSENGERS BOARDING AT PORTLAND, OREGON. THE SUBJECT IN THIS CASE MADE HIS FIRST APPROACH TO THE STEWARDESS JUST AS THE PLANE WAS LEAVING THE FIELD AT PORTLAND, OREGON. DAN COOPER WAS NOT AMONG THE PASSENGERS DEPLANING AT SEATTLE.
THE SUBJECT IN THIS CASE MADE HIS FIRST APPROACH TO THE STEWARDESS JUST AS THE PLANE WAS LEAVING THE FIELD AT PORTLAND, OREGON. DAN COOPER WAS NOT AMONG THE PASSENGERS DEPLANING AT SEATTLE.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBJECT OBTAINED BY INTERVIEW WITH STEWARD- ESSES AS FOLLOWS :
WHITE, MALE, AMERICAN, OLIVE COMPLEXION, LATIN APPEARANCE, BLACK HAIR, NORMAL HAIR STYLE, PARTED ON LEFT, AGE MIDDLE FORTIES, SIX FEET TALL, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TO SEVENTYFIVE LBS., AVERAGE BUILD, BROWN EYES, BLACK SUIT, WHITE SHIRT, NARROW BLACK TIE, BLACK RAIN-TYPE OVERCOAT, BLACK DRESS SUIT, DARK BRIEFCASE.
SUBJECT WAS NOT KNOWN TO BE ARMED HOWEVER, WHEN HE FIRST APPROACHED THE STEWARDESS, HE TOLD HER HE HAD A BOMB IN THE BRIEFCASE AND EXHIBITED THE CONTENTS OF THE BRIEFCASE. END OF PAGE FOUR
DB Cooper-40028PAGE SIX
SE 164-NEW
PASSENGER OBSERVED STEWARDESS AND HIJACKER CONVERSING THROUGHOUT FLIGHT. IMMEDIATELY UPON LANDING AT SEA-TAC, HIJACKER ENTERED REST ROOM, REMAINED THERE ABOUT ONE MINUTE AND THEN RETURNED TO SEAT. PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED.
ONE PASSENGER SCUFFLED BRIEFLY WITH HIJACKER. SECOND PASSENGER PULLED.
IMMEDIATELY UPON LANDING AT SEA-TAC, HIJACKER ENTERED REST ROOM, REMAINED THERE ABOUT ONE MINUTE AND THEN RETURNED TO SEAT. PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED.
ONE PASSENGER SCUFFLED BRIEFLY WITH HIJACKER. SECOND PASSENGER PULLED. FIRST PASSENGER AWAY FROM HIJACKER .. NO OTHER UNUSUAL INCIDENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN PASSENGERS AND HIJACKER.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE HIJACKING WAS FURNISHED TO THE FOLLOWING OFFICES BY TELEPHONE :.
AQ, BT, SU, SD, LA, SC, SF, PX, LV; PD,DN, AND
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PARACHUTES FURNISHED TO SUBJECT TO SUBJECT ARE DESCRIBED AS: TWO FRONT CHEST CHUTES, TWENTYFORU FEET IN DIAMETER, ALL WHITE NYLON, MODEL T-SEVEN A, WHITE SHROUDS, ABOUT FOURTEEN FEET LONG .. NUMBER ONE CONTAINER HAS QUOTE ENQUOTE WRITTEN ON IT, AND IS ABOUT TEN BY THIRTEEN INCHES, OLIVE DRAB. NUMBER TWO CONTAINER
PARACHUTES
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HAS WRITTEN ON A WHITE PATCH WHICH IS SEWN TO CONTAINER.
END OF PAGE SIX
DB Cooper-40030 PAGE SEVEN
SE 164-NEW .
TWO BACK PACK CHUTES CONTAINERS WERE ORDINARY MILITARY TYPE OLIVE DRAB IN COLOR, TWO TO THREE FEET LONG, FIFTEEN TO EIGHTEEN INCHES WIDE. NUMBER ONE BACK PACK CHUTE DESCIRBED AS CIVILIAN LUXURY TYPE.
TWO BACK PACK CHUTES CONTAINERS WERE ORDINARY MILITARY TYPE OLIVE DRAB IN COLOR, TWO TO THREE FEET LONG, FIFTEEN TO EIGHTEEN INCHES WIDE. NUMBER ONE BACK PACK CHUTE DESCIRBED AS CIVILIAN LUXURY TYPE. TAN SOFT COTTON MATERIAL OUTSIDE, TWENTY SIX FOOT WHITE CANOPY INSIDE, AND HAS .A MILITARY CHUTE INSIDE OF IT, ALSO ONE OR TWO BURP SACKS, AND USUAL LEAD SEAL. . NUMBER TWO BACK PACK SHUTE WAS A -MILITARY NYLON TYPE, OLIVE DRAB GREEN OUTSIDE, TWENTY EIGHT FOOT WHITE CANOPY INSIDE, WITH TWO BURP SACKS IN BACK, LEAD SEAL. SEALS HAD NOT BEEN PULLED.
CAN IDENTIFY BOTH. INV CONTINUEING TO OBTAIN SERIAL NUMBERS.
NORHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT LOG REVEALS THAT AT EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM, WHILE IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF PORTLAND, OREGON, CAPTAIN ATTEMPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH UNSUB ON TWO OCCASIONS, AT WHICH TIME UNSUB ADVISED QUOTE EVERYTHING IS OK ENQUOTE. AT EIGHT TWELVE PM, WHILE FLYING . SOUTH OF PORTLAND, OREGON, CREW REPORTED GETTING SOME OSCILLATION IN THE CABIN AND ADVISED QUOTE MUST BE DOING SOMETHING WITH AIR STAIRS. ENQUOTE. NO FURTHER ENTRIES ON LOG AT SEATTLE. END OF PAGE, SEVEN
DB Cooper-40031
LOKALANTES
b6 b7CBulky Exhibit - Inventory of Prope" " Acquired as Evidence FD-192'(Rev.
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DB Cooper-40031
LOKALANTES
b6 b7CBulky Exhibit - Inventory of Prope" " Acquired as Evidence FD-192'(Rev. 10-6-65)
Date
Sept. 13, . 1976
Title and Character of Gase
NOR JAK .
Date Property Acquired
Source From Which Property Acquired
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Sept. 10 1976
Grants Pass, Oregon Telephone
Location of Property or Bulky Exhibit
Reason for Retention of Property and Efforts Made to Dispose of Same
Bulky Exhibit Room FBI
Portland Oregon
Evidence
Description of Property or Exhibit and Identity of Agent Submitting Same
1 Parachute (White in color) Serial No. 63-1570 Date of Mfg. June 1963.
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would like to have the parachute returned to him when the FBI is finished with it.
Returned to
5/13/07.
SEMIANNUAL INVENTORY CERTIFICATION TO JUSTIFY RETENTION OF PROPERTY (Initial and Date)
SEARCHED
INDEX
SERIALIZED. FILED.
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FBI-PORTLA
DB Cooper-40033* "Bulky Exhibit - Inventory of Prope " Acquired as Evidence FD-192 (Rev. 10-6-65)
Title and Character of Case NORJAK
Consider Original Date 12/13/79
Date Property Acquired 12/7/79
Source From Which Property Acquired
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10-6-65)
Title and Character of Case NORJAK
Consider Original Date 12/13/79
Date Property Acquired 12/7/79
Source From Which Property Acquired
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Location of Property or Bulky Exhibit Bulky Room
Reason for Retention of Property and Efforts Made to Dispose of Same Evidence
Description of Property or Exhibit and Identity of Agent Submitting Same
Black Parachute Pack
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Submitted by SA
Destroyed 021080
SEMIANNUAL INVENTORY CERTIFICATION TO JUSTIFY RETENTION OF PROPER
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Field File # 164-41
- Consider Original
DB Cooper-40034Bulky Exhibit - Inventory of Property Acquir FD-192 (Rev. 4-27-79)
s Evidence
Date
3/20/80
Title and Character of Case
NORJAK (A)
00: Seattle
(Bufile 164-2]11)
Date Property Acquired
2/12/80
Source From Which Property Acquired
Location of Property or Bulky Fh
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FBI Safety Deposit Box
Crown Plaza Branch, USNBO
Reason for Retention of Property and Efforts Made to Dispose of Same
Evidence
To Be Returned Yes No
Agent Submitting Property or Exhibit
Agent Assigned Case
SA
Plaza Branch, USNBO
Reason for Retention of Property and Efforts Made to Dispose of Same
Evidence
To Be Returned Yes No
Agent Submitting Property or Exhibit
Agent Assigned Case
SA
Description of Property or Exhibit
Packet # 1 remaining 6/10/86
Approximately $5800 in u.S. currency, Q58 contained in plastic packets numbered 1-22
NOTE: Currency maintained in safety deposit box due to deteriorated state and inexact value. contents not required as received from FBI Let Certiquation stared in a love
All packets returned To contribution 6/10/06
by SA
PLM Ime
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Field File #
PD 164-41
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DB Cooper-40035 FBI/DOJ
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CHAIN OF POSSESSION
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GPO : 1979 0 - 296-813
DB Cooper-40036Bulky Exhibit - Inventory of Property Acquir FD-192 (Rev. 4-27-79)
s Evidence
Date
3/26/80
Title and Character of Case
NORJAK (A)
00: Seattle
(Bufile 164-2111)
Date Property Acquired
2/14/80
Source From Which Property Acquired
Location of Prey
FBI Safety Deposi
Crown Plaza Branch, USNBO
Reason for Retention of Property and Efforts Made to Dispose of Same
Evidence
To Be Returned Yes No
Agent Submitting Property or Exhibit
Agent Assigned Case
C/A
Description of Property or Exhibit
Four (4) $20.00 bills (For serial numbers see-serial 1812) Q60 through Q63 contained in one plastic packet.
Submitting Property or Exhibit
Agent Assigned Case
C/A
Description of Property or Exhibit
Four (4) $20.00 bills (For serial numbers see-serial 1812) Q60 through Q63 contained in one plastic packet.
Note: Currency maintained in safety deposit box due to deteriorated state.
Certified by:
PLM : 1me
ALL Returned To Contributor 6/10/86 by SA
SEMIANNUAL INVENTORY CERTIFICATION TO JUSTIFY RETENTION OF PROPERTY (Initial and Date)
9/4/81
4/7/63
164-41-13-4
9/13/15
Field File #
164-41
00: SE 164-81
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FBI/DOJ DB Cooper-40037

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Item No. Name	Name
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9/13/15
Field File #
164-41
00: SE 164-81
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FBI/DOJ DB Cooper-40037

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GPO : 1979 0 - 296-813
DB Cooper-40038Bulky Exhibit - Inventory of Property Acquired as Evidence FD-192 (Rev. 4-27-79)
Date
2/14/80
Title and Character of Case
NORIAK
Northwest Orient airlines
Flt. 30 5
11/24/11
Date Property Acquired
2/14/80
Source From Which Property Acquired
Columbia River.
Location of Property or Bulky Exhibit
LA Section
Reason for Retention of Property and Efforts Made to Dispose of Same
Betám ao evidencia
To Be Returned Yes No
Agent Submitting Property or Exhibit
Agent Assigned Case
Himmelsbach
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A
Description of Property or Exhibit
3 plastic envelopes with money fragments
2 fill boxes with money fragmento.
No
Agent Submitting Property or Exhibit
Agent Assigned Case
Himmelsbach
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A
Description of Property or Exhibit
3 plastic envelopes with money fragments
2 fill boxes with money fragmento.
RETURNED/DESTROYED S'EX LA SECTION
SEMIANNUAL INVENTORY CERTIFICATION TO JUSTIFY RETENTION OF PROPERTY (Initial and Date) 56 b7C
9/4/87
4/7/83
164-41-165
9/13/85
Field File # 164-41
00: Seattle
DB Cooper-40039
FBI/DOAR 035 LV PLAIN
7:45 AM URGENT 11/25/71 MJH
DIRECTOR PORTLAND SEATTLE FROM LAS VEGAS (164-60)
UNSUB; HIJACKING OF NORTHWESTERN AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTY SEVEN, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR SEVENTY ONE, PORTLAND, OREGON. CAA - HIJACKING.
CAPTIONED FLIGHT ARRIVED RENO, NEVADA, ELEVEN ZERO ONE PM PST, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR SEVENTY ONE. NORTHWESTERN AIRLINE OFFICIALS FROM MINNEAPOLIS HAD PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED THAT PLANE BE ALLOWED TO LAND WITH NO POLICE OFFICIALS OR POLICE TYPE VEHICLES IN VICINITY. NORTHWESTERN ALSO REQUESTED UNITED AIRLINES, RENO, NEVADA, HANDLE ALL REFUELING AND STATION FUNCTIONS. CAPT. OF FLIGHT RADIOED REQUEST PRIOR TO LANDING THAT PLANE BE APPROACHED ONLY WHEN REQUESTED BY UNMARKED CAR OCCUPIED BY UNITED AIRLINE OFFICAL AND ONE OTHER INDIVIDUAL.
OF FLIGHT RADIOED REQUEST PRIOR TO LANDING THAT PLANE BE APPROACHED ONLY WHEN REQUESTED BY UNMARKED CAR OCCUPIED BY UNITED AIRLINE OFFICAL AND ONE OTHER INDIVIDUAL. SAC LAS VEGAS WITH UNITED AIRLINE OFFICAL. FUEL TRUCKS ON STANDBY TO LOAD APPROX. FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND LBS. FUEL. PILOT FURTHER INDICATED WOULD LAND WITH REAR DOOR OPEN AND STAIRS DOWN SINCE HIJACKER INSISTED FROM TIME OF TAKE OFF IN SEATTLE THAT PLANE FLY IN THIS MANNER. PILOT ADVISED END PAGE ONE
164-41-2
SEARCHED INDEXCO SERIALIZED ___ FILED NOV 2 5 1971 FBI -PORTLAND Albacke
DB Cooper-40040LV 164-63
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IMMEDIATELY BEFORE LANDING THAT NO OBSERVATION OR CONTACT HAD IN SOME TIME AND HIJACKER WAS ALONE IN BACK OF PASSENGER SECTION WHEN LAST OBSERVED AT APPROX. EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM. CREW CONSISTED OF THREE MALES AND ONE HOSTESS.
PLANE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO APPROX. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YARDS FROM TERMINAL. ENTIRE PERIMETER OF AIR STRIP PREVIOUSLY SURROUNDED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, (INCLUDING DOG TEAMS) AND FBI AND PLANE UNDER OBSERVATION FROM TOWER WITH BINOCULARS TO INSURE HIJACKER DID NOT DEPART PLANE DURING LANDING OR TAXIING PHASE.
SURROUNDED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, (INCLUDING DOG TEAMS) AND FBI AND PLANE UNDER OBSERVATION FROM TOWER WITH BINOCULARS TO INSURE HIJACKER DID NOT DEPART PLANE DURING LANDING OR TAXIING PHASE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REQUEST OF CAPT. NO ENTRY WAS MADE TO AIRCRAFT UNTIL CREW DETERMINED WHETHER HIJACKER WAS STILL ABOARD. WHEN CAPT. ADVISED HIJACKER NOT ABOARD, FBI AGENTS BOARDED AIRCRAFT. CREW INDICATED THEY HAD MADE CURSORY SEARCH AND HAD FOUND NO EXPLOSIVES, HOWEVER AN IMMEDIATE SEARCH OF THE PLANE WAS MADE BY BUREAU AGENTS FOR EXPLOSIVES AND ANY POTENTIAL EVIDENCE. NO EXPLOSIVES WERE FOUND AND ALL AREAS OCCUPIED BY THE HIJACKER WERE PROCESSED FOR FINGERPRINTS.
END PAGE TWO
DB Cooper-40041LV 164-60 G
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EIGHT ITEMS WHICH APPEARED TO BE DYNAMITE STICKS, BOTH COVERED AND UNCOVERED WIRE AND A DC BATTERY. NOTE WAS WRITTEN ON APPROX. SIX INCH BY NINE INCH PLAIN PAPER WITH FELT TYPE PEN AND HIJACKER INSISTED UPON RETURN OF SAME. SECOND NOTE FROM HIJACKER, ON STANDARD ENVELOPE, INDICATED HE WANTED, UPON LANDING AT SEATTLE, TO BE FURNISHED WITH FOUR PARACHUTES, INCLUDING TWO BACK PACKS AND TWO CHEST PACKS, ALONG WITH TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH IN CERTAIN DENOMINATIONS.
HE WANTED, UPON LANDING AT SEATTLE, TO BE FURNISHED WITH FOUR PARACHUTES, INCLUDING TWO BACK PACKS AND TWO CHEST PACKS, ALONG WITH TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH IN CERTAIN DENOMINATIONS. DENOMINATIONS UNRECALLED AND NOTE STATED HE WANTED ABOVE ITEMS "BY FIVE O CLOCK". HOSTESS SAT WITH HIJACKER DURING ENTIRE REMAINDER OF FLIGHT TO SEATTLE AND RELAYED REPEATED STATEMENTS FROM HIJACKER THAT ITEMS HE REQUESTED MUST BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT BEFORE PLANE LANDED.
THE HIJACKER COMMENTED TO THE HOSTESS THAT THE BOMB HE HAD WAS ELECTRICALLY FUSED AND SHE SHOULD WARN THE CREW THAT ELECTRICAL SIGNALS MIGHT DETONATE THE BOMB. IN RESPONSE TO RELAYED MESSAGES TO THE CREW THEY CONTINUALLY PROFESSED COMPLETE COOPERATION AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE HIJACKER. THE PASSENGERS WERE NOT ADVISED OF THE HIJACKING PRIOR TO LANDING AT SEATTLE.
END PAGE FOUR
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DB Cooper-40043LV 164-60
PAGE FIVE
THE PLANE LANDED AT SEATTLE AT FIVE FORY FIVE PM, PST, AND AFTER PARKING IN THE DESIGNATED AREA THE ENGINES WERE SHUT DOWN. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HIJACKERS INSTRUCTION THE CAPT. ADVISED THE PASSENGERS OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS AND INSTRUCTED ALL TO REMAIN IN THEIR SEATS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
ADVISED THE PASSENGERS OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS AND INSTRUCTED ALL TO REMAIN IN THEIR SEATS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PRIOR TO LANDING THE CAPT. STATES HE CIRCLED THE AIRPORT FOR APPROX. ONE AND ONE HALF HOURS AWAITING ARRIVAL OF THE ITEMS REQUESTED BY THE HIJACKER.
THE HIJACKER SPECIFICALLY INSTRUCTED THAT ALL PASSENGERS STAY ON BOARD UNTIL HE RECEIVED THE MONEY AND AND UNTIL THE FUEL TRUCKS HAD COMMENCED FUELING. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE HIJACKER HOSTESS LEFT THE PLANE AND OBTAINED THE MONEY BAG CONTAINING TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. SHE RETURNED TO THE PLANE WITH THE MONEY AND AFTER DELIVERING IT TO THE HIJACKER HE INSPECTED SAME AND THEN TOLD THE HOSTESS TO ALLOW THE PASSENGERS TO DEPLANE. HOSTESS MADE THREE MORE TRIPS TO BRING FOUR BRIGHT ORANGE PARACHUTES END PAGE FIVE
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DB Cooper-40044PAGE NINE
LV 164-60
CAPT. ADVISED THAT PLANE WOULD DEPART RENO, NEVADA NINE FORTY FIVE AM FOR SEATTLE AND ALL BAGGAGE WOULD BE UNLOADED AT SEATTLE. 1
PORTLAND TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED OF RESULTS OF INTERVIEWS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SAME.
ADVISED THAT PLANE WOULD DEPART RENO, NEVADA NINE FORTY FIVE AM FOR SEATTLE AND ALL BAGGAGE WOULD BE UNLOADED AT SEATTLE. 1
PORTLAND TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED OF RESULTS OF INTERVIEWS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SAME.
INVESTIGATION CONTINUING LAS VEGAS DIVISION AND ALL LEADS WILL BE GIVEN IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
P. END
Q RMB
FBI PD CLR
DB Cooper-40048OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1002 EDITION GSA'FPMR (41 CFR) tof-st.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SSC, PORTLAND
DATE:
11/25/71
FROM
:
$ SA RONALE E. S HERK
SUBJECT:
AIRPLANE HIGHJACK, CASE
SA telephoned from Seattle FBI 4:30 pm 11/25/71 with the following:
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SA MANNING, RA at Longview, has 1 Forest Service and
2 Weyerhauser Co. helicopters which wki wiah be up
on the morning of 11/26/71 looking inn that area.
RFS (1)
144-41-4 HA' back 18 %
5010-104-01
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan DB Cooper-40050NR 004 SE PLAIN 4:58 PM URGENT 11/25/71 DCA
IO DIRECTOR, FBI LAS VEGAS PORTLAND
FROM
SEATTLE (164-NEW)
1P
UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
RE SEATTLE NITEL TO BUREAU, NOVEMBER TWENTYFIVE, SEVENTYONE.
SE PLAIN 4:58 PM URGENT 11/25/71 DCA
IO DIRECTOR, FBI LAS VEGAS PORTLAND
FROM
SEATTLE (164-NEW)
1P
UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
RE SEATTLE NITEL TO BUREAU, NOVEMBER TWENTYFIVE, SEVENTYONE. INVESTIGATION IN SEATTLE DISCLOSED THAT PARACHUTES WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN USED BY SUBJECT, DESIGNATED AS CHEST CHUTE NO. ONE AND BACK CHUTE NO. ONE IN REFERENCED NITEL, ARE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS : NO. ONE CHEST PACK TYPE TWENTY-FOUR FOOT, WHITE NYLON CANOPY, WHITE NYLON SHROUDS, ABOUT FOURTEEN FEET LONG, MODEL T-SEVEN A. CHUTE CONTAINER WAS OLIVE DRAB GREEN WITH INSCRIBED CON- TAINERS, DIMENSIONS OF TEN INCHES BY FOURTEEN INCHES BY SIX INCHES. NO. ONE BACK PACK TYPE CHUTE, TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT, WHITE CANOPY, FLAT CIRCULAR MILITARY TYPE. CHUTE CONTAINER IS OLIVE DRAB MILI- TARY. CHUTE HARNESS IS CIVILIAN LUXURY TYPE MADE OF SOFT TAN COTTON MATERIAL. - P - END AJW FBI PORTLAND CLR
DB Cooper-40051
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INDEXED
SEARCHED SERIALIZED HOV:2 5 1971 FBI -- PORTLAND
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537 PM URGENT 11-25-71 GEJ TO SEATTLE AND PORTLAND FROM LAS VEGAS 164-60
ENSUB ; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTYONE.
HOV:2 5 1971 FBI -- PORTLAND
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537 PM URGENT 11-25-71 GEJ TO SEATTLE AND PORTLAND FROM LAS VEGAS 164-60
ENSUB ; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
RE LV TEL NOV. TWENTYFIVE INSTANT.
DESCRIBED UNSUB AS FOLLOWS : WHITE MALE, FIVE FT. TEN INCHES TO SIX FT., ONE EIGHT ZERO LBS .; WELL BUILT; DARK BROWN HAIR - COMBED BACK; SIDE BURNS - LOW EAR LEVEL; COLOR EYES UNKNOWN; WORE DARK GLASSES - DARK RIM D WRAP AROUND, CONCEALED EYES; MEDIUM SMOOTH COMPLEXION; LOW VOICE; TALKED INTELLIGENTLY; HEAVY SMOKER OF RALEIGH FILTER TIP CIGARETTES.
UNSUB WEARING DARK TOP COAT, BROWN SUIT, BROWN SHOES, NO ACCENT, POSSIBLY FROM MIDWEST SECTION USA.
BLACK TIE AND TIE TACK FOUND ON PLANE BELIEVED TO HAVE IBEEN LEFT BY UNSUB.
MEMBER OF
CREW WHO SAW UNSUB ON FLIGHT INTO RENO, NEVADA.
END
AJW FBI PORTLAND CLR
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DB Cooper-40052
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b6 b7CNR002 MP PLAIN 1205 AM URGENT 11-26-71 JMJ
TO
DIRECTOR
PORTTOO PORTLAND
ATTLE
FROM MINNEAPOLIS (164-NEW) 3P
UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWO FIVE, NINETEEN SEVEN ONE, CAA DASH
SERIALIZED ____ FILED __ NOV 2 5 1971 FBI - PORTLAND Track 14Ti
DB Cooper-40052
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TO
DIRECTOR
PORTTOO PORTLAND
ATTLE
FROM MINNEAPOLIS (164-NEW) 3P
UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWO FIVE, NINETEEN SEVEN ONE, CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
RE MINNEAPOLIS TELETYPES TO DIRECTOR AND SACS NOVEMBER TWO FIVE, LAST, AND MINNEAPOLIS TELEPHONE CALLS TO SEATTLE AND PORTLAND, NOVEMBER TWO FIVE, LAST.
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AIRLINES, BASED ON REVIEW OF NOTES MAINTAINED WHILE IN COMMUNICATION WITH HIJACKED AIRCRAFT FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PLUS MATHEMATICAL COMPUTATION, ADVISES POSSIBLE AREA OF LANDING OF HIJACKER COULD BE EITHER SIDE OF A LINE BETWEEN TWO POINTS: THE FIRST POINT BEING APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF THE FACE OF THE DAM ON LAKE MERWIN, WASHINGTON; WITH THE SECOND POINT BEING A POINT ONE MILE END PAGE ONE
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Attack Rick
DB Cooper-40053MP 164-NEW
PAGE THREE
WAS INFORMED BY . PORTLAND AIRPORT,
THAT TWO CHASE PLANES WHICH WERE FOLLOWING FIVE MILES BEHIND HIJACKED AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY VEERED TO THE EAST AND THEREAFTER MADE A RIGHT TURN.
PORTLAND AIRPORT,
THAT TWO CHASE PLANES WHICH WERE FOLLOWING FIVE MILES BEHIND HIJACKED AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY VEERED TO THE EAST AND THEREAFTER MADE A RIGHT TURN. THE POINT OF THEIR CHANGE OF COURSE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE PROXIMITY IN TIME AND LOCATION TO THAT BELIEVED WHERE UNSUB DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.
ALSO POINTED OUT THERE IS A SMALL AIR FIELD SUITABLE FOR PARACHUTE JUMPING AND SO MARKED ON A SECTIONAL MAP IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO AREA WHERE UNSUB IS BELIEVED TO HAVE .DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.
PENDING END.
VSORRY DID I INTERRUP YOU GA LJQ REC OK FBI PORTLAND CLR
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DB Cooper-40055NX624 WA PLAIN 7:20AM 11-26-71 DCW
AN 11-20-71 AR Sol LR PLAIN
5:55AM 11-26-71 URGENT MHR
TO DIRECTOR CINCINNATI LAS VEGAS MEMPHIS PORTLAND (; 8-/// VIA WASHINGTON) SEATTLE (VIA WASHINGTON) ! FROM LITTLE ROCK (164-NEW)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED TO SA EUGENE F.
GLENN AT ARKANSAS EARLY MORNING HOURS OF NOVEMBER
TWENTYSIX, INSTANT :
ADVISED THAT JOE JOHNSTON, FORMER RESIDENT OF WEST MEMPHIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SUSPECT FOR THE
GLENN AT ARKANSAS EARLY MORNING HOURS OF NOVEMBER
TWENTYSIX, INSTANT :
ADVISED THAT JOE JOHNSTON, FORMER RESIDENT OF WEST MEMPHIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A SUSPECT FOR THE CAPTIONED HIJACKING. HE STATED THAT JOHNSTON, AN EX-CONVICT, WHO RESIDED IN WEST MEMPHIS FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS FROM FEBRUARY TO AUGUST, SEVENTYONE, EXPRESSED INTEREST IN HIJACKINGS THAT WAS DISCUSSED ON TV NEWS, TOOK PARACHUTE JUMP LESSONS DURING HIS STAY IN WEST MEMPHIS FROM AN UNKNOWN INSTRUCTOR IN MEMPHIS, TENN., AND PURCHASED AERIAL FLIGHT FLAT MAPS OF THE FOLLOWING REGIONS IN THE WEST PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES: THE SEATTLE, WASHINGTON AREA, THE PORTLAND, OREGON AREA, AND THE RENO, END PAGE ONE
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LR 164-NEW
LAS VEGAS DIVISION WILL CONSIDER JOE HENRY JOHNSTON SUSPECT IN CAPTIONED MATTER.
MEMPHIS DIVISION CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION REGARDING ANY SCHOOLS OR PERSON TEACHING PARACHUTING.
PORTLAND DIVISION WILL CONSIDER JOE HENRY JOHNSTON SUSPECT IN CAPTIONED MATTER.
SEATTLE WILL PROVIDE DESCRIPTIVE DATA FOR UNSUB IN THIS MATTER.
PORTLAND DIVISION WILL CONSIDER JOE HENRY JOHNSTON SUSPECT IN CAPTIONED MATTER.
SEATTLE WILL PROVIDE DESCRIPTIVE DATA FOR UNSUB IN THIS MATTER.
LITTLE ROCK DIVISION AT WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS WILL CONDUCT NEIGHBORHOOD INVESTIGATION AT FORMER RESIDENCE OF SUSPECT JOHNSTON; AND WILL OBTAIN ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION RE SUSPECT FROM PAROLE OFFICER, CRITTENDEN COUNTY.
AT LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS WILL CHECK STATE PAROLE OFFICE RECORDS RE SUSPECT JOHNSTON.
LITTLE ROCK WILL PROMPTLY FURNISH ALL RECEIVING OFFICES FURTHER DATA DEVELOPED.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS. END DRCD OK SRC PD CLR
DB Cooper-40059OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-st.0 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: FILE (164-
DATE: 11/26/71
FROM : ASAC VINCENT E. RUEHL
SUBJECT: UNSUB;
Northwest Orient Airlines
Flight 305, 11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
(00: Seattle)
At 9:30 a.m., SAC CHARLES CUSICK, Cleveland Office, telephonically advised investigation disclosed reportedly resides ,
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Portland.
JOE HENRY JOHNSON is further described in Little Rock teletype, 11/26/71, as a logical suspect in instant case.
JOE HENRY JOHNSON is further described in Little Rock teletype, 11/26/71, as a logical suspect in instant case. Further details and photograph are being obtained by Cleveland and will be forwarded Portland and Seattle.
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SEARCHED INDEXED E SERIALIZED .Q.FILED NOV2 6 1971 PORTLAND
5010-108-01
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB Cooper-40060 Revised record Note FBI number
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT FEDERAL RUREND OF MMMIT-NIGUI RAWTRED.C
11-54-73 370 12
DENtáis
ELIMINATED
The following FHI record, NUMBER 514 393,4
is Iumi les FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

CENY OBVIEY OF 9INTEN727E	MES ID YUZELA	34015:10 07 ESCSAKIS	CAISSE	RXJEMIAH
PD San Francisco Calif	Joseph Henry ¿ Johnson #86053	8-10-47	stap Sec 245 PC	5-12-47 90 SS $50 fine che of tec PC
SO Colville Wash	Joseph Henry Johnson ¥1818	8-23-50	2nd deg asit	banding
SO Keiso Wash	Joe H.
370 12
DENtáis
ELIMINATED
The following FHI record, NUMBER 514 393,4
is Iumi les FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

CENY OBVIEY OF 9INTEN727E	MES ID YUZELA	34015:10 07 ESCSAKIS	CAISSE	RXJEMIAH
PD San Francisco Calif	Joseph Henry ¿ Johnson #86053	8-10-47	stap Sec 245 PC	5-12-47 90 SS $50 fine che of tec PC
SO Colville Wash	Joseph Henry Johnson ¥1818	8-23-50	2nd deg asit	banding
SO Keiso Wash	Joe H.
Johnston £14067	4-17-54	rape	diam
ED Longview Wash	Joe B. Johnston #3768	4-17-54	inv of rape	TOT SO
SO Marion Ark	Joseph Henry Johnston #7138	8-2-55	asit & batt	P40
ID Portland Oree	Joseph Henry Johnston #35463	6-18-57	asle & beat (att rape)	6-26-57 FANG

Sheriff & Tax doll Portland Creg	Joseph Henry Johnston VS0 39691	6-30-59	AsIt with a Dangerous
asle & beat (att rape)	6-26-57 FANG

Sheriff & Tax doll Portland Creg	Joseph Henry Johnston VS0 39691	6-30-59	AsIt with a Dangerous reapon	Sent to 30 in dnil 7-1-59
PD. Memphis Tenn	Joseph Henry Johnaton $74468	2-29-60 ៛	inv (s.P. - soap bad cheoko susp con man	$16-426 3-1 on chs of Ing RDL
SO Los Angeles Calif	Joseph H .. Johnston $8713-561	7-23-60	dirk driv (msc) 164-41	- 10
ELIMINATED	SERIALIZED
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Week	FILED
6- 1971
PORTLAND
DB	5Mg

2 Revised record Note FBI number
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF H EDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CASAMUTINY &# C
113-06-71 570 10
$
The following FDI need, NUMBER 514 393 A
is furnished FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

CCA1514123 45 FYRSESFANS	KIỆT AP RX412	LAISTI CHE KALAGLI	CHAS5.	MOMENT
SO Los Angeles Calif	Joe Henry Johnston
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113-06-71 570 10
$
The following FDI need, NUMBER 514 393 A
is furnished FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

CCA1514123 45 FYRSESFANS	KIỆT AP RX412	LAISTI CHE KALAGLI	CHAS5.	MOMENT
SO Los Angeles Calif	Joe Henry Johnston SB-715504	8-2-60	drk driving (msd)
SD . Portland Orez	Joseph Henry Johnston #39691	11-14-60	coc (nonsup)	11-14-60 60 das in jail 11-14-60
Sheriff & Tax Coll Portland	Joseph Henry Johnston. #SC. 39691	4-21-61	L by bailee	rel for Jack of evidence
Oreg	4-25-61
SO Portland. Oreg	Joseph Henry Johnston. #90 -39691	11-2-61	contempt os court (hon support)
ED Portland Oreg	Joseph Henry Johnston #35463	1-28-62	J-walk iny asIt. V robb ANDY
so Portland Creg	Joseph Henry Johnston #39691	1-31-62	aslt & robbery armed
BD Columbus Miss	Joseph Henry Johnston
V robb ANDY
so Portland Creg	Joseph Henry Johnston #39691	1-31-62	aslt & robbery armed
BD Columbus Miss	Joseph Henry Johnston #2812	8 3-62	false pretense (issuing worth- less checks)	60 das on. 2 cts - 120 da on: Co Ramm
SPan. Columbus Ohto	Jos-E	3-20-63	forg. 4. 0/0	1-20
Johnston #31.
6859	F
SO Portland Ores	2
Joseph Nenmy Johnston	3-26-64	Bhow Cause Order, issued	Frob Revoked
sent to - Not
<39691	9	than 2
Pen. Salem Oreg K	Jaseph 1 Johnsson 9 £30224 Y	4-30-64	i. rob by posting Lear not being	Fors
Et Vre St 10 SP2a
armed with a daris keapen. 3	Disch 8-3-63~
סין Akron Ohio	Jco 2. Johnston =56566	4-10-02	15	Tor Parole Officer
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Johnston =56566	4-10-02	15	Tor Parole Officer
DB Cooper-40062

forseeds formsand this theque suneeding individuals of the sex os stauffer waters of alas and ARS LISTAUNITED ST ES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Revised record FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20537
11-26-71 570 ID Note FBI number
following fal record, NUMBER $514 393 A is humedad for atrial use chut. brmotion shown on this Identiscotion Record represents dato furnished Fel by fingerprint contributon. WHERE IAL DISPOSITION IS NOT SHOWN OR FURTHER EXPLANATION OF CHARGE IS DESIRED, COMMUNICATE TH AGENCY CONTRIBUTING THOSE FINGERPRINTS.

CCATRAVAOR C! FACETAS	MAKE ASO. 14ONXX	AITSSISO CE NAGYED	CHARR.	MYOUTON
Akron Chio	Joseph Henty Johnston 458850	8-11-70	Comp Reg	rel not &m: SITESE
Mansfield Ohto	Joseph Henry Johnston 218611	3-9-71	Ro OL Fict Reg	17.
CCATRAVAOR C! FACETAS	MAKE ASO. 14ONXX	AITSSISO CE NAGYED	CHARR.	MYOUTON
Akron Chio	Joseph Henty Johnston 458850	8-11-70	Comp Reg	rel not &m: SITESE
Mansfield Ohto	Joseph Henry Johnston 218611	3-9-71	Ro OL Fict Reg	17.50 & 32.50
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21-20-71 $70
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OFFICIAL USE ORLY.
DATE FOR

in omr identificarus: hir auless ber in quoted.
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DATE FOR

in omr identificarus: hir auless ber in quoted.
iption and Related Data:
RCC:	White
RX:	Eale
Height:	73."
First:	151

føiz:	Brown
Eyes!	Blue
Date and Place of Dinh: 4-8-22 Sulligent Afa.

scars and Miziks: 2' Scar on left side of nech-Scar on stomach
scars and Miziks: 2' Scar on left side of nech-Scar on stomach 12"
€ in 1971) 37 Yesper Aros Ohio
Jecapzties:	Labor,

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DB Cooper-40064

Juus Edgar Hetett OhneMe33
164-41-11
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FORN HENRI & JOHNSTRON
abams
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Re sor Genti Stomach Appena iscar
2 scar left side of neck
DB Cooper-40065OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO
: FILE (164-41)
DATE:
11/26/71
FROM
: ASAC VINCENT E. RUEHL
SUBJECT: UNSUB; Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION (00: Seattle)
JOE HENRY JOHNSTON
ELIMINATED
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SÅ Resident
RUEHL
SUBJECT: UNSUB; Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION (00: Seattle)
JOE HENRY JOHNSTON
ELIMINATED
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SÅ Resident Agent, Cincinnati Office, telephonically advised a photograph is available of JOE HENRY JOHNSTON, who is further described in Little Rock teletype of 11/26/71 (serial & ).
Photo is being furnished Seattle and Portland expedi- tiously as possible. Telecopy is being furnished immediately, copy attached.
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12/26/71
MAILLEKE
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set is platizsi of tafel
Via EMZIRTIE
(Printity?
TO:
JAG PORTLAND
SEATTLE
FROHE
NOTES OF CONVERSATIONS
OSLOS FORINTOT PLACE AGED FIVE NOVERONA TWENTYFIVE, BINHARAN ENVIAXIAN, CA DE JAGG; THIS.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE RECORDED HOTES TAKEN DURING COMMUNICATIONS WITA BIJACHED FLIGHT TALES KRO FNE
CASESKEE SETERTION. THESE ARE THE NOTES OF
FORTEMEST AIRLINES, INC.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE RECORDED HOTES TAKEN DURING COMMUNICATIONS WITA BIJACHED FLIGHT TALES KRO FNE
CASESKEE SETERTION. THESE ARE THE NOTES OF
FORTEMEST AIRLINES, INC., MINNEAPOLIS, HIERECOER.
2 - Minneapolis REG:BEŞ (1) AQU
64-41-13
AINDEXED A/
SEARCHED SERIALIZED VI FILED NOV 2 6 1971
D'lack RAK FBI - PORTLAND
DB Cooper-40067
b6 b7CThe attached information was taken primarily from manually recorded notas during comminications con- nected with the high- jacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, November 24/25, 1971.
The primary method of communfontion with the flight was direct between HSPP0 (Flight Operations) and SEADD (Flight Dispatch), the flight, AL, and SFO ARING, AND Tower.
Due to the inability to copy everything exactly == and as rapidly -- as it occurred, there may be some errors in the following. It Is not believed that they are likely to be large or significant.
The following oleo Includes additional inforris = tion that developed during the incident that appeared rolevent.
11/25/71
DB Cooper-400681:0 following intommation from various sources, P
worily the radio and phone-patch communications betwoon the MSP Flight Operations Office
11/25/71
DB Cooper-400681:0 following intommation from various sources, P
worily the radio and phone-patch communications betwoon the MSP Flight Operations Office "Eapie" ine and the flight crew.
ire (GST)*
1658 Flight OFF PDX. High- jacker (HJ) apparently made his demands known shortly after this time,
Preliminary information received from MSF Planning Office (MSPPO) :
4J demanding $200,000 (denomination not restricted), 2 chost-pack parachutes, 2 beck-pick parachutes, All to be available and ready at airplane parking site before landing will be permitted ot Si ..
Apparently has a bomb in briefcase. Passenger apparently boarded at PDX.
1720* Crew advised they would hold over Lofall intersection until all material available, Hlo info yet on destination hl desired after SE. T.O. KJ had said there was to be no "funny stuff" at any time or he would detonste the bomb. Specified that only the fuel truck, air-stair truck, and automobile with the money and 'chutes approach the airplono. Thot airplane be parked in an "isolated" position, I Gave a deadline of 1900 OST for all demende to be met.
Thot airplane be parked in an "isolated" position, I Gave a deadline of 1900 OST for all demende to be met. TJ remained in tourist co bin with one stewardess sitting next to him and aware of vlet appeared to he a bomb (dynamite sticks, wire, lottery), Fas- sengers not advised that high- lacking in progress, but chat reason for the holding was "minor mechanical problem".
Crew described passenger as white, 6' 1", black hair, 1750, approximately 50, black suit, black rain coat, black brief case. (All information between cockpit and LJ being relayed by "captive" stewardess by cobin/cockpit interphone, ) b6 b7C
hj specified that no vehicles with bacons or flashing red lights or any other were to approach airplane. NOPFO agreed that captain was in full command and all his requests and wishes would be honored, Crow taking pins likewise to gain HIJ's confidence by giving him full information and coopera- tion.
hJ also specified that, after Sun londing and porking:
DB Cooper-40069
- Fueling to start as soon as engines shut down,
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and pick up
hJ also specified that, after Sun londing and porking:
DB Cooper-40069
- Fueling to start as soon as engines shut down,
b6 - Stewardess would leave airplane (and only her) b7C
and pick up money, then return for icimtes. he must soe knapsack with money lxfore any other steps taken.
" Passengers will be allowed off after money and Chutes are in his possession and fueling under way. - 3 4 93.0 Airplane Lunder KA after crew and'hij assured that money and "chutes were ave lable and in position,
Crew roquested car park at 10 to 11 o'clock position to air- plone so they could ace it properly.
Notes indicate IL! indicated at one time that airplane was open to "any number of vehicles as long as no "funny stuff' pulled;
Direct communications between crew and MEPFO maintained at all times, Coordimetion between Tower, vehicles; aml air=' plane on ground at SEA wers on Ground Control freqvency 121,7,
First fuel truck apparently ran out of fuel. Crow requested second truck, with third one to he standing by. Considerable dr-lay in getting full load of fuel and IJ was potting "nervous", saying that you must "get the show on the road".
Considerable dr-lay in getting full load of fuel and IJ was potting "nervous", saying that you must "get the show on the road".
lu! specified that he wanted to go to Mexico City non-stop, that the aircraft configuration must be poar DON, flapa at 15º, that the aft entry door must be open at all times, and tlat the afe stairs be extended after take-off, later speci- fied that stairs must be fully extended before tala :- off. HISPFO advised crew (1) che non-stop SLAA-MEX impossible with geor DOWN, flaps 15º, (2) that take-off with air-stairs full down impossiblo due to inability to rotate airplam. Then hJ advised of this he asked that afr-stairs be partially ex- tended prior to take-off. ISPFO Advised this elso impossible since stairs could not be held in any intermediate position:
WWW had previously stated that no landing within cortinental U. S. would be permitted "for fuel or anything else' . then advised of range limitation in his specified confipuration, he agreed to something short of the border. Asked about PX; advised by MAPPO that this might be within range mit that RNO would be better as far as mange
Asked about PX; advised by MAPPO that this might be within range mit that RNO would be better as far as mange was concerned. agreed to this without much, if any, objection.
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Afxplane OFF at StA.
140
14 DME S SEA VOR at 7000'. Goar DOWN, flaps extoncing to 309%
141* Stewardess allowed to go to cockpit,
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142%
HJ advised (by inter-phone) that he was having difficulty got= ting steps down,
143 nfc air-stofr warning light ON (stairs aiparently now partially extended. ) Crow had been furnished Moning procedure for exten= ding stairs in flight, Airplane now 19 DME S SRA VOR on V23, with @har boWN, flaps at 309, and at APPROACH -speed,
DB Cooper-40070MA Chief Parformance Engineer had been called to field to help. calculate; moje; etc.' Boeing Company had been contacted for assistance in mange problem, flight chuimaeteristics with wir>stairs extended; @lethor opening (stairs extend about 20> in flight, possibly more with man's weight on them) would be large enough for a minito exit, Booing assured us there would be no controllability problem, that they would got experts works ing on rango
with wir>stairs extended; @lethor opening (stairs extend about 20> in flight, possibly more with man's weight on them) would be large enough for a minito exit, Booing assured us there would be no controllability problem, that they would got experts works ing on rango problem also, that they had dropped 2-300g bozes out sir=stair opening in flight and that man could probably get out.
If A Communications people also had arrived at field to assist ir required 'phone-patch ing, other communications problems .
Nı. Nyrop, four mipervisory pilots,
1 performince engineer, many others on the scene (MSPYO) for a: si stan co .
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145*
Flight at 7000', 160KIAS, fuel flow (F/) 4500;longine, flaps 30° gear MAN. MFPFO advised they would have even more severely Limited range in the flaps 30º position, Crew given prelimin- ary information on optimum range LAS (170%), weather, air+ porta available between SE- and INO, minimum obstruction clearance altitudes, etc.
155
HSFFO asked for stewardess best recollection of exset content of IJ briefcase. She got on radio and Move following lo sic in Comme tion:
- Eight red sticks, about 5" x 1" in left corner of brief case, "look like big firecrackers.
She got on radio and Move following lo sic in Comme tion:
- Eight red sticks, about 5" x 1" in left corner of brief case, "look like big firecrackers." Two rows of sticks, four on top of four.
* Wire attached to dynamite with red insulation.
- Rattery "like fleshlight battery, but about G" high and as big around as my ofm".
" Rod sticks are about the color "of my uniform".
205% Crew called IJ on asked him if everything was O.K, and he replied thet it was. This was appecently the last communi- cation the crew hed with the I.J.
210* Croy reported oscillation of cabin rate of climb indicator. This probably due to hJ weight now on stairs, stairs extenling further, resultant effect on cabin pressure. Hay he best estimate of when he exited airplane.
ISPFO advised crew that mange to XNO now looked good (air- plane how at 10,000*, 170K, pcar DOWN, flops 15º, FP 4000:/ hour/engine, TAT -7ºC. HSPFO calculated TAS and mange from this data.
DB Cooper-40071Cabin Lights ON In forvard cabin, OFF in oft cabin. Curtain betwien first ches and tourist section was loved; craw could not see wiecher II was still aboard.
Curtain betwien first ches and tourist section was loved; craw could not see wiecher II was still aboard.
22% Last communications on MA communications frequency (131.9); *phone=patch with SEA ARING established. | Flight now 23 DMZ S PDX at 10,000', 40,0006 fiel aboord; 165KJAS, FF and con- figuration remained the sem?, Crew had previously been ad- vised to switch to ARING. on 131, 8-when W'A communications Jong, NSPFO and MSFFD communicated with flight and SEA ARING thereafter on this 'phone-patch arrangement. SEADD had bien monitoring all communications with flight And assis- "ting in all other matters.
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had also been very actively participating throughout the high-jacking. he had taken money and 'chutes to eir- plaing at SEA, coordinated with crew, fuel trucks, 00.
later called W.L at RNO and briefed them on all of the liJ's demanda, procedures to be followed at RIO, etc.
252 Flight over EUr VOR, 10,000', 170KIAS, fuel. aboord 33,500# FF and configuration remained the same. Advised that they had had .
252 Flight over EUr VOR, 10,000', 170KIAS, fuel. aboord 33,500# FF and configuration remained the same. Advised that they had had . no communications sich the Ii) for "about the last 55 minutos" despite several attempts on cockpit-to-cabin - Inter-phone and DA system, Crew was assurred that fucl was more than adequato to get to RNO, Chat RNO weather vas good, etc. . SEAUD had also been actively following, and participating in these events.
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Over HER, 10,000*, TAT -5º, 170KIAS, furl aboard 27,500}, FF and configuration the same. Some airframe icing Ixing experienced. Engine anti-icing ON for appreciable longth of time, wing AI on "intermittently", Crew seemed slightly concerned about this, but were assured that it was no problem.
330*
asked tint we sug-
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Best that flight crew slowly lower cabin temperature as much as practicable (to slow IIJ's reflexos).
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MSPFO suggested a slow climb to 11,000' at Captain's dis- cretion, to induce as much hypoxia in IJ as possible (flight had previously been supported to consider climb to as high as practicable - but that they would probably he performance 1in- ited
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MSPFO suggested a slow climb to 11,000' at Captain's dis- cretion, to induce as much hypoxia in IJ as possible (flight had previously been supported to consider climb to as high as practicable - but that they would probably he performance 1in- ited to not much above 17,000' == but not above 12,500*, Latter upper limit to prevent a cabin oxygen mask drop from excit- ing h.J. 11, 000' also needed for adequate terrain clearance RBL-RNO.
DB Cooper-40072When flight was in RBL ared, direct communications bit. wien uspro and the flight were interrupted. VAL 4331 and WAL 328 relayed .Ix ssanes and from the flight for 5
Flight now at 11,000', TAT. = 1º, all other fictor essentially the same,
58 DNE N RAL VOR, 11,000', fuol aboard 22,0002. Only evidence from cabin was aft entry door and air-stair warning lights still ON.
Flight switched to S'O AKINC on 130.6. ISrFO put on phone- patch this frequency at nami time.
Fuel aboord 17,3004.
Descent from 11,000 to 9,000! started.
Flight advised they were holding at luto OM until they had everything "in order".
Flight 1 mile out on finst approach, (At this time, ke ==: MK PYO -- were on telephone conference call.
Flight 1 mile out on finst approach, (At this time, ke ==: MK PYO -- were on telephone conference call. Other parties apparently on the Rome line were KNO Tower, FAA SEA, FAA Washington, FBI Washington, Not known whether anyone clee might have also been tuned, in. )
Tower "talked us through" his touchdown, subsequent taxi- ing. Door did not appear to go to full down position until rolatively low speed on roll-out, Flaps appeared to be "UN", Parked at It (?) comer of terminal ramp,
Trwer reported crow had exited airplane; with FBI at this time.
1 After parking, crew lad advised on STO ARING that one of them had gone luck in cobin and found no sign of Tid, They led a parently last tried to contact him via internhonc/Ps at about 0046CST with no response. At that time they were going to advise him that the air-steir would have to be retracted for landing or the c domage during landing roll-out would probably prevent subsequent take-off.
Two "little" "chutes gone,"one "big" one cut up, appar" ently to tie the money with shroud lines to KJ.
Two "little" "chutes gone,"one "big" one cut up, appar" ently to tie the money with shroud lines to KJ. Ong "big" "choto apparently still on the airplane.
Guard requested around airplane, FRI apparently scorching airplane.
Was advised (all on conference call) at this time chot w3 ccor was now under the jurisdiction of FBI in Washington. - 7 -
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and that he had previously been M'AFO advised conference call participante tive NA would hang up if they were no longer needed on that line, Was . asked to standby by either FAA or FBI Washington. Did so,
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That/hẹ alno was "signing off">
hout the flight from the time it was knon that the IJ's desired icion was liEX, preparations were made for a landing at YUM, and in, Mexico, as would have boon necessary due to the limited range IJ's
hout the flight from the time it was knon that the IJ's desired icion was liEX, preparations were made for a landing at YUM, and in, Mexico, as would have boon necessary due to the limited range IJ's specified configuration. . Prior to the RNO londing MAFO Led that crew negotiate with HIJ to pull geer and flaps UP after ke-off, that a non-stop flight to MEX would then be possible. of course, proved unnecessary,
hroughout the'whole oporation, excellent cooperation vas received Li concerned (except liJ?), including The Boeing Company, SI, and INC, ATC, SEA and RNO Towers, local FRI and Air Marshal person= nd all the osperts that furnished help,
is no doubt lait that the flight crow did a truly excellent job hout,
Northwest Airlines, Inc.
(office) (home )
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i marked with an asterisk (*) ave approximate, but believed to be ate within approximately $3 minutes, All other times are be- id to be accurate within +1 minute, '
11/25/71
DB Cooper-40074. OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY INIZ EDITION OSA FPMR (41 CPR) 101-11.4
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC PORTLAND,
DATE:
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FROM
: SAC MINNEAPOLIS:
SUBJECT: NORTHWEST AIRLINES HIJACKING
11/24/71
ROUTE OF PLANE
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
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: SAC PORTLAND,
DATE:
9/25/71
FROM
: SAC MINNEAPOLIS:
SUBJECT: NORTHWEST AIRLINES HIJACKING
11/24/71
ROUTE OF PLANE
Instant date Minneapolis Agent telephonically he interviewed airlines who determined possible escape position of hijacker.
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said believes sudden changee in aircraft pressuree between Merwin Lake, Washington to Pirma Hesson, Was hington indicate s hijacker parachuted into this area near Scholl parachutee practice area. F61 ne advis ed the office conta ct McChord AFB, Tacoma, Washington and FAA, Seattle; Also Air Traffic, Route Control Center, Seattle.
Furthermore , he said stated the. two chase aircraft in additon to the hijacked vessel vegred off course, Vector 23, North of portland for an unknown reason. Further more The Washington area is also in vector 23.
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NO ACTION FOR PRED SEATTLE HAS ABOVE INFO 23/B
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11:00KX AM URGENT 11/26/71 JJT
TO
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TICKET TO UNSUB
UNKNOWN SUBJECT ,, NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
ON NOVEMBER TWENTYSIX, SEVENTYONE AUTHORITIES AT NORTHWEST AIRLINES, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ADVISED UNSUB HAD PURCHASED TICKET FOR FLIGHT TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON AT NORTH- WEST TICKET COUNTER, PORTLAND, OREGON, AND THAT TICKET AGENT HAD BEEN INTERVIEWED BY PORTLAND FBI.
PORTLAND AT PORTLAND, OREGON .: WILL SUTEL RE INTERVIEW OF NORTHWEST TICKET AGENT ISSUING TICKET TO UNSUB AND ALSO SUBMIT RESULTS OF ANY FURTHER INVESTIGATION PERTAINING TO INDIVIDUALS HAVING CONTACT WITH UNSUB. PRIOR TO HIS BOARDING AIRCRAFT.
COVERED 11/26/11 1:28 P.M END
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DB Cooper-40076Q BT PLAIN. 1:15P.M .. URGENT 11-26-71 BSA TO : SEATTLE (164-81) PORTLAND (164-41) FROM: BUTTE (164-26) (P) UNSUB HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINE. FLT NO. 305, b6 b7C
NOVEMBER. 24, 1971 CAA-PIRACY 00: SEATTLE
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OREGON, · NAMED
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OREGON, AS POSSIBLE SUSPECT.
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DURING PUBLICIZED HIJACKING
REMARKED
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CRIMINAL RECORD. ADDRESS
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DESCRIBED AS WMA, AGE THIRTY THREE TO THIRTY FIVE, b6 FIVE FEET NINE INCHES, MEDIUM BUILD,
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WORE GLASSES, MAY HAVE
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OREGON, AND
MAY KNOW
WHEREABOUTS
IF NOT LOCATED
, PORTLAND AT CONSIDER ESTABLISHING
WHEREABOUTS ON DATE OF HIJACKING.
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UNSUB; HIGHJACKING OF NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE; NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR SEVENTY ONE; 00: SEATTLE.
RE SEATTLE TEL TO PORTLAND, NOVEMBER TWENTY SIX SEVENTY ONE. NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES, ADVISED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY TWO P.M., NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR SEVENTY ONE, WHITE MALE CAME UP TO HIM IN REGULAR ROTATION IN A LONG LINE OF CUSTOMERS AND SAID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT, "CAN I GET ON YOUR FLIGHT TO SEATTLE?" NO NERVOUSNESS OR FIDGETING NOTED. 164-11-17 ASKED IF HE WANTED ONE WAY COACH AND HE SAID "YES. " PAID WITH TWENTY DOLLAR BILL, PROBABLY WITH RIGHT HAND FOR TWENTY DOLLAR FARE. SOURCE OF MONEY FROM POCKETS NOT NOTED. WHEN ASKED NAME, PERSON SAID "COOPER, DAN COOPER." WHEN ASKED IF HE HAD BAGGAGE, HE SAID "NO." UNNOTICED WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS CARRYING ANYTHING.
WHEN ASKED NAME, PERSON SAID "COOPER, DAN COOPER." WHEN ASKED IF HE HAD BAGGAGE, HE SAID "NO." UNNOTICED WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS CARRYING ANYTHING. AFTER RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO FLIGHT AREA, PERSON DEPARTED FROM TICKET COUNTER AREA DIRECTION UNNOTICED. NEVER SEEN BEFORE NOR SINCE. 
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DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE AMERICAN, MID THIRTIES, POSSIBLY OLDER, FIVE FEET TEN OR ELEVEN INCHES, ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY POUNDS, MEDIUM BUILD, SOFT VOICE, SLIGHTLY DARKER POSSIBLY OLIVE COMPLEXION, DARK HAIR, NO GRAY NOTED, DARK CLOTHING, BUT ONLY RECALLED WHAT HE BELIEVED TO BE A CASUAL JACKET, HEADWEAR UNNOTICED, NOT NOTED WEARING GLASSES, OVERALL IMPRESSION OF LABORING TYPE MAN AS OPPOSED TO OFFICE WORKER.
UNSURE IF HE WOULD RECOGNIZE AGAIN AS THIS MAN WAS ONE OF MANY HE HANDLED THAT DAY. TWENTY DOLLAR BILL CO-MINGLED AND UNAVAILABLE.
UNSURE IF HE WOULD RECOGNIZE AGAIN AS THIS MAN WAS ONE OF MANY HE HANDLED THAT DAY. TWENTY DOLLAR BILL CO-MINGLED AND UNAVAILABLE. INVESTIGATION CONTINUES PORTLAND DIVISION.
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION, 00 SEATTLE.
NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES, PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ADVISED COULD NOT RECOGNIZE NAME DAN COOPER AS IDENTIFIABLE WITH ANY PERSON BOARDING AIRCRAFT AT PORTLAND. STATED HE RECALLS LONE WHITE MALE, AGE FIFTY HEIGHT SIX FT. ONE IN. PLUS, ONE SEVENTYFIVE LBS., SLENDER BUILD BLACK WAVY HAIR, SMARTLY DRESSED IN BLACK RAINCOAT, CARRYING BLACK ATTACHE CASE. THIS INDIVIDUAL DID NOT MIX WITH OTHER PASSENGERS AND SEEMED UNCONCERNED ABOUT BAD WEATHER. FD THREE O TWOS FOLLOW.
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THIS INDIVIDUAL DID NOT MIX WITH OTHER PASSENGERS AND SEEMED UNCONCERNED ABOUT BAD WEATHER. FD THREE O TWOS FOLLOW.
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300PM IMMEDIATE 11/26/71 CNK
TO DIRECTOR SEATTLE PORTLAND LAS VEGAS FROM SALT LAKE CITY (164-24)
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UNSUB; 8' -: (HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTY SEVEN JET, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST.
THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTION IS BEING MADE AS TO POSSIBLE IDENTITY OF UNSUB IN CAPTIONED MATTER. ,
9 AKA, IS SUBJECT BUFILE
PORTLAND FILE
LAS VEGAS FILE
SEATTLE FILE
IDENTIFICATION
ORDER NUMBER
DATED
PLACED ON TOP TEN WANTED FUGITIVE LIST ,
IS BEING SUGGESTED AS SUBJECT IN THIS MATTER IN VIEW
OF HIS
AS WELL AS POSSIBILITY SINCE HE WAS
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IT IS NOTED PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION IS NOT DIS- SIMILAR TO UNSUB.
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IT IS NOTED PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION IS NOT DIS- SIMILAR TO UNSUB.
ABOVE IS FURNISHED FOR POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER. SALT LAKE CITY DIVISION WILL ATTEMPT TO LOCATE AND INTERVIEW
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DETERMINE
SALT LAKE CITY, IN EFFORT TO LOCATION NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST.
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SU COULD YOU PLS GIVE ME THE WORD OR WORDS IN THE TITLE FOLLOWING UNSUB; AND BEFORE HIJACKING OF ARE YOU READING ME OK SU GA PLS
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URGENT 11/26/71 JJT 5:08 PM
TO,
DIRECTOR
LAS. VEGAS
MINNEAPOLIS
PORTLAND
FROM SEATTLE (164-81)
PARACHUTES NO PO LEADS
UNSUB ; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION, 00 :SEATTLE.
EARL J. COSSEY, MASTER PARACHUTE RIGGER, AND JUMP INSTRUCTOR, INTERVIEWED THIS DATE. STATES HE PACKED THREE PARACHUTES GIVEN TO SUBJECT, AND FROM AVAILABLE INFORMATION, HAS DETERMINED MISSING BACK PACK IS A MODEL N B SIX (NAVY BACK PACK SIX). CONTAINER IS SAGE-GREEN, NYLON, AND PARACHUTE IS TWENTYEIGHT FT.
THREE PARACHUTES GIVEN TO SUBJECT, AND FROM AVAILABLE INFORMATION, HAS DETERMINED MISSING BACK PACK IS A MODEL N B SIX (NAVY BACK PACK SIX). CONTAINER IS SAGE-GREEN, NYLON, AND PARACHUTE IS TWENTYEIGHT FT. NYLON WHITE FLIGHT CIRCULAR (NON STEERABLE). BACK PACK EQUIPPED WITH SPECIAL FOAM CUSHION AND HAS SAGE-GREEN NYLON HARNESS WITH NO. "D" RINGS TO MOUNT CHEST PACK.
COSSEY STATES CHEST PACK USED BY' SUBJECT IS DUMMY TRAINING RIG, WHICH IS INOPERABLE. COSSEY SPECULATES SUBJECT USED CHEST PACK FOR MONEY. SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED_FILED. END PAGE ONE
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COSSEY STATES NIGHT JUMPING VERY DANGEROUS, WHEN TERRAIN UNKNOWN AND DISTINCT POSSIBILITY SUBJECT SUFFERED ANKLE AND/OR LEG INJURIES ON LANDING AS SUBJECT UNABLE TO CONTROL RATE OF DESCENT OR JUDGE SHOCK IMPACT, ALSO, IF WEARING STREET SHOES, POSSIBILITY OF INJURY GREATER,
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE; NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR SEVENTY ONE; CAA - HIGHJACKING; EXTORTION; 00: SEATTLE.
ON NOVEMBER TWENTY SIX SEVENTY ONE,
CALIFORNIA, TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED
PORTLAND OFFICE ROBERT KEELEY
CONSIDERS KEELEY POSSIBLE SUSPECT SINCE KEELEY
FURTHER, KEELEY
FITS DESCRIPTION OF UNSUB. KEELEY DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE AMERICAN, ABOUT FIFTY YEARS OF AGE, FIVE FEET TEN AND ONE HALF INCHES, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE POUNDS, SLENDER BUILD, DARK COMPLEXION, BLACK HAIR, NEATLY TRIMMED, REGULAR SIDEBURNS, DEEP VOICE, SOFT SPOKEN. KEELEY COULD APPEAR TO BE OF SPANISH, 144-41-21 MEXICAN, OR ITALIAN DESCENT AND HAS WORN BLACK SUIT AND BLACK 1-PORTLAND
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TOPCOAT THAT LOOKS LIKE .A RAINCOAT. KEELEY HAS BEEN IN SACRAMENTO
. HE
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. HE DEPARTED SACRAMENTO IN MOTOR VEHICLE, TYPE AND DESCRIPTION UNKNOWN TO HE HAS NO CHILDREN AND IDENTITIES OF RELATIVES NOT KNOWN TO. KEELEY HAS ADDRESS OF TWO
SIX THREE THREE EL SEGUNDO RANCHO CORDOVA, CALIFORNIA. HE
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IDENTITY AND SOURCE SACRAMENTO THROUGH DLR SECURE COPIES OF KEELEY'S DRIVER'S
LICENSE PHOTOGRAPH AND EXPEDITIOUSLY FORWARD COPIES TO SEATTLE AND. PORTLAND FOR DISPLAY TO WITNESSES. IN THE EVENT LICENSE CANNOT BE LOCATED THROUGH NAME AND ADDRESS, SUGGEST CHECK OF FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RECORDS AT LOS ANGELES FOR BIRTH DATA, anex undtagenan
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DELAMOR ENTRE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR DRVCALY ENTONCESTHE ONY
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DELAMOR ENTRE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR DRVCALY ENTONCESTHE ONY
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ROST. H. KFELY ELIMINATED
FROM SACRAMENTO (164-50) (2P) UNSUB; HIJACKING OF A NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWO SEVEN FLIGHT FROM SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, SEVENTY ONE, CAA 00: SE.
ON INSTANT DATE SOURCE OF THE SACRAMENTO OFFICE ADVISED THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL HAD BEEN FIRED FROM SACRAMENTO RADIO STATION KGMS AND LEFT THE SACRAMENTO AREA ON NOVEMBER EIGHTEEN, LAST, SAYING HE WAS GOING TO OREGON AND THAT WHEN HE CAME BACK HE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY THE WHOLE RADIO STATION.
NAME ROBERT H. KEELY, TWO SIX THREE THREE EL SEGUNDO, RANCHO CORDOVA, CALIFORNIA, WM, FIFTY YEARS, FIVE FEET TEN INCHES, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE POUNDS, DARK OLIVE COMPLEXION, WEARS GLASSES, BLACK HAIR, WIFE RUTH.
KEELY, TWO SIX THREE THREE EL SEGUNDO, RANCHO CORDOVA, CALIFORNIA, WM, FIFTY YEARS, FIVE FEET TEN INCHES, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE POUNDS, DARK OLIVE COMPLEXION, WEARS GLASSES, BLACK HAIR, WIFE RUTH. KEELY REPORTED TO WEAR DARK SUITS, NARROW TIES WITH WHITE SHIRTS, RECENTLY PURCHASED BLACK RAINCOAT. WAS B SEVENTEEN PILOT IN WORLD WAR TWO AND HAS FCC LICENSE ISSUED AT 16 .1.23 END PAGE ONE
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LOS ANGELES.
ADDITIONALLY, KEELY WAS DESPONDENT AS WIFE LEFT HIM ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO FOR ANOTHER MAN. BEFORE HIS WIFE HAD LEFT HE WAS A HEAVY DRINKER, BUT REPORTEDLY HAD STOPPED SINCE HIS WIFE LEFT.
DAV CHECK REFLECTS KEELY HAS CALIFORNIA DRIVER'S LICENSE P EIGHT ZERO ONE NINE THREE FOUR WITH DOB JANUARY FOUR, SEVENTEEN, FIVE FEET TEN INCHES, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE POUNDS, GREEN EYES, BROWN HAIR, FULL NAME ROBERT HAMPTON KEELY.
SACRAMENTO IS'OBTAINING PHOTOGRAPHS OF KEELY WHICH WILL BE FORWARDED TO SEATTLE AND PORTLAND BY SEPARATE COVER.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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MEMPHIS -
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SEATTLE
JOS. HENRY JOHNSTON ELIMINATED
FROM LITTLE ROCK (164-22) 5P. UNSUB ; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY- FOUR, SEVENTYONE. ' CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. . SEATTLE ORIGIN. RE MYTEL. OF NOVEMBER TWENTY-SIX, SEVENTYONE. ON INSTANT DATE,, PAROLE RECORD FOR JOSEPH H. JOHNSTON REVIEWED WITH THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND. INFORMATION OBTAINED:
NAME : JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON, SEX: MALE, RACE: CAUCASIAN,
DOB: APRIL EIGHT, TWENTY- THREE, POS : SULLIGENT, ALABAMA, FBI NUMBER FIVE ONE FOUR DASH THREE NINE THREE A, FINGERPRINT CLASSIFICATION: - FIVE M/M, FIVE/SEVENTEEN, CAPITAL T/ CAPITAL I, SMALL T, SIXTEEN/SIXTEEN. SSAN: FOUR FOUR SEVEN DASH ZERO FIVE DASH FOUR TWO THREE NINE, HEIGHT: SIX FEET, WEIGHT: ONE END PAGE ONE
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SEVEY ZERO. RELATIVES: MOTHER, MPS.
NINE, HEIGHT: SIX FEET, WEIGHT: ONE END PAGE ONE
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SEVEY ZERO. RELATIVES: MOTHER, MPS. IDA JOHNSTON, THPEE ONE TWO SOUTH FRANKLIN STREET, ABEPDFEN, MISSISSIPPI, OR IN CARE OF
ADDRESS: PORTLAND, OREGON,
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, ADDRESS: PORTLAND, OREGON.
, ADDRESS: PORTLAND, OREGON,
ADDRESS :
, MT. VERNON, OHIO.
, ADDRESS : . UNKNOWN.
, ADDRESS: MOBILE, ALABAMA.
MOBILE, ALABAMA.
ADDRESS:
COLUMBIA,
MISSISSIPPI.
-
ADDRESS
UNKNOWN,
. DATE OF FINAL RELEASE FROM PAROLE, AUGUST THREE ONE, SEVENTYONE. OCCUPATIONS LISTED: CARPENTER'S HELPER, SALESMAN, DRAFTSMAN, IPONWORKER AND BOILEPMAKER. MILITARY SERVICE END PAGE THO
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RECORD: U.S. ARMY, FEBPHAPY ONE, FORTY-THREE TO DECEMBER THREE ZERO, FORTY-THREE, SERVICE NUMBER THREE FOUR SEVEN ZERO THREE ONE TWO THREE, RECEIVING HONORABLE DISCHARGE. WAS CONVICTED BY COURT'S MARSHAL ON FOUR OCCASIONS. EDUCATION: COMPLETED NINTH GRADE AT WILSON, ARKANSAS, OBTAINED GED WHILE IN MILITARY.
ARREST RECORD ATTACHED TO PAPOLE REPORT INDICATED NUMEROUS ARRESTS DATING FROM APRIL TEN, FORTY-SEVEN THROUGH APRIL
ARREST RECORD ATTACHED TO PAPOLE REPORT INDICATED NUMEROUS ARRESTS DATING FROM APRIL TEN, FORTY-SEVEN THROUGH APRIL TEN, SIXTY-EIGHT INCLUDING FIVE ARRESTS BY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, PORTLAND, OREGON, UNDEP NUMBER THREE NINE SIX NINE ONE AND TWO ARRESTS BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, PORTLAND, OREGON, UNDER NUMBER THREE FIVE FOUR SIX THREE. DATE OF LISTED ARRESTS BY PD, POPTLAND, OPEGON, JANUARY TWO EIGHT, SIXTY-TWO. DATE OF LISTED APPESTS BY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, PORTLAND, OPEGON, JANUARY THREE ONE., SIXTY-TWO ON CHAPGE, ASSAULT AND ROBBERY, ARMED. ON MARCH TWENTY, SIXTY-THREE, JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON WAS SENTENCED TO OHIO PENITENTIARY, COLUMBUS, OHIO, FOR A TERM OF FROM ONE TO TWENTY YEARS FOR FOUR COUNTS OF FORGERY, UNDER NUMBER ONE ONE SIX EIGHT FIVE NINE. SUSPECT TRANSFERRED TO LONDON CORRECTIONAL END PAGE THREE
DB Cooper-40093LP 1.64-99
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INSTITUTION ON MAY ONE THREE, SIXTY-THREE, WAS PAROLED ON MARCH TWENTY-SIX, SIXTY-FOUR, WAS PICKED UP AS A PAROLE VIOLATOR ON AUGUST TWO TWO, SIXTY-SIX, WAS PAROLED OCTOBER TWO SIX, SIXTY- SEVEN FROM LONDON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, WAS ARRESTED ON APRIL TEN,
ON MAY ONE THREE, SIXTY-THREE, WAS PAROLED ON MARCH TWENTY-SIX, SIXTY-FOUR, WAS PICKED UP AS A PAROLE VIOLATOR ON AUGUST TWO TWO, SIXTY-SIX, WAS PAROLED OCTOBER TWO SIX, SIXTY- SEVEN FROM LONDON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, WAS ARRESTED ON APRIL TEN, SIXTY-EIGHT, WAS RETURNED TO LONDON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION ON MAY SEVEN, SIXTY-EIGHT.
RECORDS, WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, POST OFFICE, CHECKED THIS DATE, REVEAL A FORWARDING ADDRESS FOR. JOHNSTON DATED SEPTEMBER ONE, SEVENTY- ONE, AS FOUR ZERO ZERO NORTHEAST SIXTY- NINE STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON.
CINCINNATI DIVISION AT COLUMBUS, OHIO. WILL FROM ABOVE INFORMATION PEVIEN PRISON RECORDS OF JOHNSTON, OBTAIN RECENT PHOTOGRAPH OF SUSPECT, AND SUBMIT RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION TO OFFICE OF ORIGIN.
PORTLAND DIVISION AT PORTLAND, OREGON. WILL CONTACT SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND PD OFFICIALS, PORTLAND, OREGON, TO REVIEW JOHNSTON'S ARREST PECORD FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION, OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPH, AND SUBMIT RESULTS TO OFFICE OF ORIGIN. END PAGE FOUR
DB Cooper-40094L? 164-22 PAGE FIVE WILL ALSO CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION AT FOUR ZERO ZERO NORTHEAST SIXTY-NINE STREET, PORTLAND, CONCERNING SUSPECT.
LITTLE ROCK DIVISION AT WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS.
164-22 PAGE FIVE WILL ALSO CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION AT FOUR ZERO ZERO NORTHEAST SIXTY-NINE STREET, PORTLAND, CONCERNING SUSPECT.
LITTLE ROCK DIVISION AT WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS. WILL CONTINUE LOGICAL INVESTIGATION.
PEND ING END
LJQ REC OK FBI PORTLAND CLR TII
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Date: 11/26/71
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Via
TELETYPE
URGENT
(Priority)
TO:
SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:
PORTLAND (164-41)
UNSUB; HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, ELEVEN TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE. CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
OREGON AIR NATIONAL GUARD, ADVISED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY THREE THIRTY P.M. TODAY AS HE WAS MAKING APPROACH TO PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN F-ONE ZERO ONE FIGHTER, HE HEARD A FAINT RADIO TONE SIGNAL BEING BROADCAST ON TWO FOUR THREE POINT ZERO MC, A FREQUENCE RESERVED FOR EMERGENCY AIRCRAFT RADIO TRANSMISSIONS. SIGNAL FIRST HEARD NEAR EVERGREEN AIRPORT, JUST EAST OF VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, THEN HEARD SECOND TIME NEAR REYNOLDS ALUMINUM PLANT WEST OF VANCOUVER. SIGNAL HEARD FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES, DURING WHICH TIME
ATTEMPTED TO OBTAIN RADIO FIX ON AUTOMATIC
SIGNAL HEARD FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES, DURING WHICH TIME
ATTEMPTED TO OBTAIN RADIO FIX ON AUTOMATIC DIRECTION FINDER EQUIPMENT WITHOUT SUCCESS AS SIGNAL FADED OUT. SIGNAL WAS OF
144-41-26
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PAGE TWO PD 164-41
TYPE TRANSMITTED BY EMERGENCY LOCATED BEACONS CARRIED BY GENERAL AVIATION AND MILITARY AIRCRAFT. NO SUCH BEACONS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION, EITHER ACCIDENTALLY OR FOR TEST PURPOSES, AT TIME. FOR INFORMATION.
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NITEL
11/26/71
LSB
TO
DIRECTOR
SEATTLE
PORTLAND
LAS VEGAS (164-60)
FROM
SALT LAKE CITY (164-24)
1P
UNSUB. NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE. PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, LAST.
47PM
NITEL
11/26/71
LSB
TO
DIRECTOR
SEATTLE
PORTLAND
LAS VEGAS (164-60)
FROM
SALT LAKE CITY (164-24)
1P
UNSUB. NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE. PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, LAST. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE SU TEL NOVEMBER TWENTYSIX INSTANT.
SALT LAKE CITY, STATED THIS DATE
2
SU AREA ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO EXACT DESTINATION NOT KNOWN, BUT POSSIBLE STATED HE BELIEVED
SALT
LAKE CITY IN NEAR FUTURE, EXACT DATE UNKNOWN. IATELY CONTACT SU ON RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION RE CURRENT LOCATION. P.
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Via TELETYPE	URGENT
(Priority)
TO: DIRECTOR	SEATTLE
CLEVELAND	MINNEAPOLIS
CINCINNATI	LITTLE ROCK
MEMPHIS	JACKSON
BIRMINGHAM.
UNKNOWN SUBJECT: MXMMX HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN
5-22-64)
#007
FBI
Date:
11/26/71
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Via TELETYPE	URGENT
(Priority)
TO: DIRECTOR	SEATTLE
CLEVELAND	MINNEAPOLIS
CINCINNATI	LITTLE ROCK
MEMPHIS	JACKSON
BIRMINGHAM.
UNKNOWN SUBJECT: MXMMX HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN
TWENTYSEVEN JET, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST. AIRCRAFT HIJACKING.
RE CLEVELAND TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND RECEIVING OFFICES
TWENTYSIXTH INSTANT RE SUSPECT - JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON.
MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE HAS SHOWN PHOTO OF JOHNSTON TO AIRLINE
CREW WITNESSES WHO DO NOT FEEL HE IS IDENTICAL WITH HIJACKER.
SEATTLE KNOWS JOHNSTON-S LOCATION IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON. ALL OFFICES EXCEPT SEATTLE DISCONTINUE LEADS RE JOHNSTON.
RES
WXD (1)	16%- 41-29
ALL OFFICES EXCEPT SEATTLE DISCONTINUE LEADS RE JOHNSTON.
RES
WXD (1)	16%- 41-29

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Special Agent in Charge
K U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971 -413-135 DB Cooper-40104NR005 .ME PLAIN
11-26-71: DMB 9:48PM NITEL 1.
DIRECTOR
CINCINNATI LAS VEGAS
LITTLE ROCK PORTLAND 'SEATTLE Jos. HENRY JOHNSTON ELIMINATED
FROM MEMPHIS (164-78)
UNSUB, NORTHWEST . FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00 : SEATTLE.
RE LITTLE ROCK NITELS TO BUREAU NOV. TWENTYSIX, INSTANT. ON NOV. TWENTYSIX, INSTANT , KALL AIR FACILITIES IN VICINITY OF MEMPHIS, TENN., ALL PARACHUTE ORGANIZATION NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL PARACHTISTS, AND . PRIVATE AIRPLANE COMPANIES CATERING TO PARACHUTISTS CONTACTED BUT NO IMFORMA- TION RECEIVED WHICH IS OF VALUE IN IDENTIFYING JOE HENRY JOHNSTON OR TO INDICATE AN INDIVIDUAL BY THIS NAME HAS BEEN ACTIVE AS A PAPACHUTIST.
PRIVATE AIRPLANE COMPANIES CATERING TO PARACHUTISTS CONTACTED BUT NO IMFORMA- TION RECEIVED WHICH IS OF VALUE IN IDENTIFYING JOE HENRY JOHNSTON OR TO INDICATE AN INDIVIDUAL BY THIS NAME HAS BEEN ACTIVE AS A PAPACHUTIST. OR HAS TAKEN LESSONS IN PARACHUTE JUMPING. INQUIRIES IN EFFORT TO IDENTIFY JOHNSTON CONTINUING. MEMPHIS PD RECORDS INDICATE JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON ARRESTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED FEBRUARY TWENTYNINE, SIXTY, / 64-41-30 END PAGE' ONE
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MPD NO. SEVEN FOUR FOUR SIX EIGHT. IN VIEW OF THE FACT OHIO STATE PENITENTIARY HAS MORE RECENT PHOTOGRAPH, AS REFLECTED IN REFERENCED LITTLE ROCK NITEL, MEMPHIS PD PHOTO NOT BEING FORWARDED TO OFFICE OF ORIGIN. P. END. RMB
FBI PD CLR
DB Cooper-40106NR046 WA CODE 1030PM
9:50 PM URGENT 11-26-71 SLO
TO
DIRECTOR
SEATTLE
PORTLAND
CINCINNATI
MINNEAPOLIS
JACKSON.
MEMPHIS
LITTLE ROCK
BIRMINGHAM
ALL OFFICES SENT VIA. WASHINGTON DC JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON 'ELIMINATED
FROM CLEVELAND 164-NEW
UNKNOWN . SUBJECT ; HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTYSEVEN JET, NOV.
WASHINGTON DC JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON 'ELIMINATED
FROM CLEVELAND 164-NEW
UNKNOWN . SUBJECT ; HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTYSEVEN JET, NOV. TWENTYFOUR LAST. AIRCRAFT HIJACKING.
RE BUREAU TELCALL TO CLEVELAND, NOV. TWENTYSIX INSTANT; CLEVELAND TEL CALLS TO. BUREAU, SEATTLE, PORTLAND, MINNEAPOLIS, NOV. TWENTYSIX INSTANT.
SUSPECT : JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON ?
RECORDS, MANSFIELD PD, MANSFIELD, OHIO, REFLECT SUSPECT ARRESTED MARCH EIGHT LAST, CHARGED OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE WITH LICENSE PLATES ISSUED TO ANOTHER PERSON. ALSO, ON SAME DAY WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT OPERATOR'S LICENSE. FINED THIRTYFIVE DOLLARS AND COSTS. SUSPECT AT TIME OF ARREST RESIDED THIRTYSEVEN VESPER, AKRON, OHIO. SUSPECT IDENTICAL WITH MANSFIELD PD. NO. ONE EIGHT SIX ONE ONE. PHOTO OF SUSPECT OBTAINED. RECORDS, AKRON, OHIO PD, REFLECT SUSPECT UNDER NO. FIVE SIX FIVE SIX E EIGHT, WAS PROCESSED BY PD ON OCT. ELEVEN END PAGE ONE 164-41-31
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DB Cooper-40107CV 164-NEW
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SEVENTY, AS A COMPULSORY REGISTRANT, LISTING ADDRESS AS PORTAGE HOTEL, AKRON.
ELEVEN END PAGE ONE 164-41-31
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DB Cooper-40107CV 164-NEW
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SEVENTY, AS A COMPULSORY REGISTRANT, LISTING ADDRESS AS PORTAGE HOTEL, AKRON. RECORDS FURTHER INDICATE SUSPECT INDICATED MOTHER IDA MAE JOHNSTON, AGE SEVENTYTHREE, RESIDES SULLIGENT, ALABAMA. FURTHER
DECEASED
, ADDRESS UNKNOWN
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ADDRESS UNKNOWN
,
· ADDRESS UNKNOWN,
ADDRESS UNKNOWN.
9 ADDRESS
UNKNOWN,
. SUSPECT LISTED THE FOLLOWING
ADDRESS UNKNOWN.
RECORDS, AKRON PD INDICATE SUSPECT AT TIME OF REGISTRATION WAS UNDER PAROLE SUPERVISION FOR ONE YEAR TO HAVING ,
BEEN PREVIOUS COMMITTED TO OHIO STATE PENAL SYSTEM ON MARCH TWENTY SIXTYTHREE, AFTER BEING SENTENCED KNOX COUNTY, OHIO FROM ONE TO TWENTY YEARS FOR CRIME OF FORGERY. AKRON PD RECORDS INDICATE SUSPECT IS ALCOHOLIC AND FREQUENTED SALVATION ARMY HOUSING FACILITIES. AKRON PD RECORDS FURTHER INDICATE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED FOR INTOXICATION AND END PAGE TWO
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CV 164-NEW
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SUSPICION OF UNARMED ROBBERY. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED SUSPECT MADE FALSE REPORT TO AKRON PD AND HAD IN ACTUALITY ABSCONDED WITH EMPLOYERS FUNDS .
INVESTIGATION DETERMINED SUSPECT MADE FALSE REPORT TO AKRON PD AND HAD IN ACTUALITY ABSCONDED WITH EMPLOYERS FUNDS .
, ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY, AKRON, OHIO, ADVISED SUSPECT WAS PAROLED JUNE TWENTY FIVE SEVENTY AT WHICH TIME HE INDICATED HE WAS RESIDING AT AKRON, OHIO, 
. IN JAN. SEVENTYONE SUSPECT MOVED TO SALVATION ARMY CENTER, ONE ZERO ZERO SIX GRANT ST., AKRON, OHIO. ON MARCH EIGHT LAST NOTATION IN PAROLE OFFICERS CONTACT SHEET REVEALED WAS RESIDING
PORTLAND, OREGON. ON MARCH EIGHT LAST SUSPECT RECEIVED PERMISSION TO LEAVE AKRON TO VISIT WITH MOTHER, IDA JOHNSTON, THREE ONE TWO SOUTH FRANKLIN ST., ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI. ON MAY FOURTEEN LAST, ARKANSAS PAROLE AUTHORITIES INDICATED SUSPECT RESIDING AT ONE ONE ONE WEST BOND ST., WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, AND WAS EMPLOYED BY SPEER AND WOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY. SUSPECT WAS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF PAROLE OFFICER, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS. OHIO PAROLE AUTHOR- b6 ITIES TRANSFERRED SUPERVISION TO ARKANSAS PAROLE AUTHORITIES IN AUG.
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DB Cooper-40109CV 164-NEW
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SEVENTYONE.
OHIO PAROLE AUTHOR- b6 ITIES TRANSFERRED SUPERVISION TO ARKANSAS PAROLE AUTHORITIES IN AUG.
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DB Cooper-40109CV 164-NEW
PAGE FOUR
SEVENTYONE. NO FURTHER INFO WAS CONTAINED IN THIS PAROLE FILE.
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE REFLECTS SUSPECT FORWARDED CHANGE OF ADDRESS EFFECTIVE MARCH THIRTY SEVENTYONE FROM AKRON TO ONE SEVEN SEVEN ONE TAHITI LANE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUSPECT UNDER MANSFIELD PD NO. ONE EIGHT SIX ONE ONE FORWARDED VIA TELECOPIER TO SEATTLE, PORTLAND AND MINNEAPOLIS DIVISIONS. SAME PHOTOS SENT VIA NORTHWEST AIRLINES NOV. TWENTYSIX INSTANT TO ABOVE THREE OFFICES.
SUSPECT DESCRIBED AS WM, SIX FEET, ONE SIXTY LBS., HAIR BROWNISH GRAY, EYES BLUE OR BROWN, MEDIUM BUILD, FAIR COMPLEXION. DOB APRIL EIGHT TWENTYTHREE, SELLIGENT, ALA. SSW FOUR FOUR SEVEN - ZERO FIVE - FOUR THREE TWO NINE. SCARS AND MARKS, TWELVE INCH AND THREE INCH OPERATIONAL SCARS ON STOMACH. FIVE INCH CUT SCAR ON OUTER LEFT THIGH. SIX INCH CUT SCAR ON CHEST. EIGHT INCH CUT SCAR ON BACK. FOUR INCH CUT SCAR ON NECK AND FIVE INCH CUT SCAR ON RIGHT SIDE OF NECK AND CHEEK.
EIGHT INCH CUT SCAR ON BACK. FOUR INCH CUT SCAR ON NECK AND FIVE INCH CUT SCAR ON RIGHT SIDE OF NECK AND CHEEK. END PAGE FOUR
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PAGE FIVE
BIRMINGHAM ASCERTAIN IF MOTHER STILL RESIDES SILLIGENT, ALABAMA. IF SO, OBTAIN ALL PERTINENT INFORMATION.
CINCINNATI CONDUCT APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION KNOX COUNTY, OHIO.
JACKSON ASCERTAIN IF SUSPECT'S MOTHER RESIDES ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI AND IF SO OBTAIN ALL PERTINENT INFORMATION.
LITTLE ROCK AT WEST MEMPHIS AND JONESBORO, CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION AT ONE ONE WEST BOND ST., AND THROUGH CONTACT WITH
MEMPHIS CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION AT ONE SEVEN SEVEN ONE TAHITI, MEMPHIS, TENN.
PORLAND CONTACT - END
INVESTIGATION CONTINUING CLEVELAND.
DB Cooper-40111NR003 WA PLAIN SENT 200AM 11-27-71 10:20 PM URGENT 11/26/71 DČA
TO DIRECTOR. CINCINNATI CLEVELAND LAS VEGAS MINNEAPOLIS PORTLAND LITTLE ROCK ALL VIA WASHINGTON, D. C. ----- \ , FROM SEATTLE (164-81) , 1P
Jos , HENRY JOHNSTON ELIMINATED
UNSUB ; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOV.
----- \ , FROM SEATTLE (164-81) , 1P
Jos , HENRY JOHNSTON ELIMINATED
UNSUB ; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOV. TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - 'HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
SUSPECT JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON ELIMINATED. 'LONGVIEW, WASH- INGTON, POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON, DOB APRIL EIGHT, TWENTYTHREE, POB SULLIGENT, ALA., ADDRESS FOUR ZERO ZERO FIVE NE SIXTYNINTH ST., PORTLAND, AT TWO TWENTYFIVE PM, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST, FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED AND HE IS STILL IN LONGVIEW JAIL AT THIS TIME. END
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DB Cooper-40112OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.5 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE:
11/26/71
FROM :
SA
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Hijacking of Northwest Airlines
Flight #305
11/24/71 CAA-HIJACKING
00: PORTLAND
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The below-listed radio and television stations were notified 11/25/71 of the description of the unknown subject by SAS and were asked to request the public to pro- vide any information concerning any
Airlines
Flight #305
11/24/71 CAA-HIJACKING
00: PORTLAND
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The below-listed radio and television stations were notified 11/25/71 of the description of the unknown subject by SAS and were asked to request the public to pro- vide any information concerning any parachuting which occurred between the hours of 7:00 and 9:00 p.m., 11/24/71:
KATU-TV (Channel 2) (ABC) KGW Radio & TV (Channel 8) (NBC) KOIN Radio & TV (Channel 6) (CBS) KPTV (Channel 12)
KEX Radio KISN Radio KPOJ Radio KXL Radio KYXI Radio
- Portland
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DB Cooper-40113FD-302 [REV. 3-17-69}
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date
November 26, 1971
Portland International Airport, residence , Northwest Orient Airlines, b6 b7C
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,
+ furnished the following information concerning the events prior to the hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington, on November 24, 1971:
He was on duty
f or Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. He could not recognize any of the passengers by name, as he handles on a daily basis thousands of names.
He could not recognize any of the passengers by name, as he handles on a daily basis thousands of names. However, he remembers one particular individual who stood out in his mind. It was raining at the airport that date and all the passengers were making comments and jokingly stating they were going to have to run through a great deal of rain in order to board Flight 305 to Seattle. The only individual who was not mixing with other passengers and joking about the rain was a man whom he described as a white male, age 50, height 6'1" plus, 175 to 180 lbs., slender build, with black wavy hair, smartly dressed, wearing a black raincoat and carrying a black attache case.
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stated he has a habit of noticing individual dressed in black and this was the reason he remembers the above- described individual. The man described above had a "blah" attitude and was quite unaffected by the inclement weather b6 conditions prevailing at the time, which noticeably bothered
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The man described above had a "blah" attitude and was quite unaffected by the inclement weather b6 conditions prevailing at the time, which noticeably bothered
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is not sure whether he would recognize the individual described above if he were to see him again,

On	11/24/71 of Portland, Oregon	File # Portland 164-41 .35A

by	SA	djl	11/26/71 Date dictated

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DB Cooper-4011411/26/71
AIRTEL

TO:	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:	SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
RE:	UNSUB; Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION (00: Seattle)

view of Enclosed for Seattle are two copies of FD-302 inter-
Airlines, Portland International Airport.
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
RE:	UNSUB; Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION (00: Seattle)

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DB Cooper-40115

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 1D MAY 1942 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 301-11.5 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE:
11/26/71
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Hijacking of Northwest Airlines
Flight #305
11/24/71
CAA - HI JACKING
00: SEATTLE
LIAISON WITH PIA
At approximately 4:21 p.m., 11/24/71, the writer met with representatives of the Port Police Portland International Airport, and Northwest Airlines.
, Liaison and monitoring of Flight #305 was set up and communications established between Northwest Terminal, Portland FBI Office, Seattle Air Traffic Control Center, and Seattle FBI Office. SAS
joined the writer at approximately 4:30 p. m. and the above emergency procedures were finalized.
SAS
joined the writer at approximately 4:30 p. m. and the above emergency procedures were finalized.
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On November 24. 1971. the following individuals were contacted by SA with negative results regarding DAN or D. B. COOPER having rented or returned a vehicle on or about November 24, 1971;
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, Agent Airways Rent-A-Car Portland International Airport
Agent
Hertz Rent-A-Car Portland International Airport
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AIRTEL
AIR MAIL
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Northwest Airlines Flight 305
Portland to Seattle
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: SE
On 11/27/71, Northwest Flight Services, Pearson Air Park, Vancouver, Washington, Airport, (Office telephone and residence phone with
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residence address of
that SA
of the Seattle Office had talked to him
advised
11/27/71.
Flight Services, Pearson Air Park, Vancouver, Washington, Airport, (Office telephone and residence phone with
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that SA
of the Seattle Office had talked to him
advised
11/27/71. Since conversation with 9 he has thought of another suspect, whose photograph he has, and also additional description relative to another suspect, he PREVIOUSLY identified to
LEAD
SEATTLE
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) FACSIMILE
NITEL
(FHenty)
TO SEATTLE AND PORTLAND
FROM CHICAGO
HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWO SEVEN,
ELEVEN TWENTYFOUR LAST. CAA = HIJACKING.
GARY E. J. SANDAL COVERED
RE SEATTLE TELEPHONE CALL TO CHICAGO ARD CHICAGO TELEPHONE
CALL TO SEATTLE ELEVEN TWENTYSENEN INSTANT.
ROCKFORD AIRPORT ADVISED
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THERE IS NO PHOTO OF GARY E. I. SARDAL AI ROCKFORD AIRPORT.
IWO COPIES OF ID. CARD PHOTO SENT TO FAA KANSAS CITY. PERSON TO.
CONTACT AT KANSAS CITY IS THROUGH FAA PRONE
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SANDAL EMPLOYED AT ROCKFORD SINCE MAY, SEVENTY.
CONTACT AT KANSAS CITY IS THROUGH FAA PRONE
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SANDAL EMPLOYED AT ROCKFORD SINCE MAY, SEVENTY. SANDAL REQUESTED SF ONE SIX ZERO FAM FLIGHT AND WAS SCHEDULED TO FLY O'HARE TO PORTLAND NORTHVES AIRLINES FLIGHT SEVEN THREE FIVE OR ELEVEN TWENTYTHREE LAST AND RETURN SCHEDULED
WORTHHES FLIGHT FIVE SIX EIGHT PORTLAND TO O'HARE ELEVEN
SF ONE SIX ZERO FAM FLIGHT IS A TWENTYSEVEN INSTANT 2 RRA
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FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT FOR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS, SANDAL WOULD HAVE LEGITIMATE REASON FOR ASKING PILOTI ABOUT CONTROL PROBLEMS, BUT NOT ABOUT PARACHUTES IN FLIGHT AND LOWERING RAMPS, SANDAL IS A SKY DIVER AND BRAGS ABOUT OVER ONE HUNDRED JUMPS, HOWEVER NONE IN LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SANDAL APPARENTLY TOOK VIOLATION OF REGULATIONS. SANDAL DESCRIBED BORN SIX TWENTYSIX THIRTY- WINE, JAMESTOWN, N.
SANDAL APPARENTLY TOOK VIOLATION OF REGULATIONS. SANDAL DESCRIBED BORN SIX TWENTYSIX THIRTY- WINE, JAMESTOWN, N.D. FIVE NIRE TO FIVE TEN, ONE SEVENTY- FIVE TO ONE EIGHTY POUNDS, BLUE EYES, HAIR DARK BROWN TO BLACK, CUT SHORT, STRAIGHT , PARTED AND COMBED BACK RECEDING SLIGHTLY AI SIDES, NORMAL SIDEBURNS, SOMETIMES WEARS GLASSES, MEDIUM TO MUSCULAR BUILD, MEDIUM COMPLEXION, NOSE CROOKED APPARENTLY FROM OLD BREAK, QUICK TO SMILE OR LAUGH, RELAXED AND GLIB, NEAT DRESSER NORMALLY WEARS SHIRT AND TIE AND WING TIP SHOES
ROCKFORD . SANDAL NOT KNOWN TO HAVE FINANCIAL TROUBLES OR TO BE A BIG SPENDER OR TO HAVE TALKED OF HIJACKINGS.
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PORTLAND TO O'HARE NORTHWEST FLIGHT FIVE SIX EIGHT AS SCHEDULED .
SEE PALO TEL TO SE 1/27/71 - ser 39
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TO DIRECTOR, FBI
PORTLAND MINNEAPOLIS LAS VEGAS
SUMMARY TELETYPE NO PD LEADS
SEE PALO TEL TO SE 1/27/71 - ser 39
DB Cooper-40121NR005 SE PLAIN
7:10 PM NITEL 11/27/71 DCA
TO DIRECTOR, FBI
PORTLAND MINNEAPOLIS LAS VEGAS
SUMMARY TELETYPE NO PD LEADS
FROM SEATTLE (164-81). 2P
UNKNOWN SUBJECT ; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORION. 00: SEATTLE.
AIR GROUND SEARCH CONDUCTED VICINITY OF WOODLAND, WASHINGTON, THIS DATE. AIR SEARCH COMPLETED WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. GROUND SEARCH IN AREA CONTINUING, TWENTYEIGHTH NEXT. PORTLAND DIVISION INSTITUTING AIR SEARCH, WEATHER PERMITTING AM TOMORROW ON FLIGHT PATH FROM PORTLAND TO EUGENE, OREGON. NUMBEROUS SUSPECTS REPORTED. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE AVAILABLE HAVE BEEN DISPLAYED TO WITNESSES THIS DIVISION, ALL OF WHOM HAVE BEEN REJECTED.
KANSAS CITY DIVISION ENDEAVORING TO OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPH
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OF SUSPECT, GARY E. SAMDEL, REFERRED TO IN SEATTLE TELETYPE TWENTYSEVENTH INSTANT TO BUREAU FOR DISPLAY TO WITNESSES.
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SE 164-81
OF SUSPECT, GARY E. SAMDEL, REFERRED TO IN SEATTLE TELETYPE TWENTYSEVENTH INSTANT TO BUREAU FOR DISPLAY TO WITNESSES. SAMDEL IS REPORTED TO HAVE MADE AN EXCESSIVE ONE HUNDRED SKY DIVES. ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF HIJACKER DISTRIBUTED TO PRESS.
CASE CONTINUES TO RECEIVE INTENSIVE INVESTIGATIVE ATTENTION. - P - E N D
RMS FBI PD CLR
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Date:
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Via	TELETYPE	URGENT
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TO:
SEATTLE
CHICAGO
FROM:
PORTLAND (164-41)
NO ACTION
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE CHICAGO NITEL TO PORTLAND, AND SEATTLE, W PORTLAND CALL TO CHICAGO AND SEATTLE AND SEATTLE CALL TO PORTLAND ELEVEN TWENTYSEVEN INSTANT.
NORTHWEST AIRLINES ADVISED THAT ONE
DEPARTED
ON FLIGHT FIVE SIX EIGHT TO O'HARE AIRPORT THIS DATE. ALSO
ADVISED ACCOMPANIED BY A MAN UP UNTIL FLIGHT DEPARTURE BUT UNABLE TO DESCRIBE MAN ACCOMPANING .
ALSO
ADVISED ACCOMPANIED BY A MAN UP UNTIL FLIGHT DEPARTURE BUT UNABLE TO DESCRIBE MAN ACCOMPANING . PORTLAND IS TAKING NO FURTHER ACTION PENDING THE SHOWING OF" PHOTO OF SAMDAL TO WITNESS WHO WOULD RECOGNIZE UNSUB.
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DB Cooper-40124
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UNITED STATES. GO , ERNMENT Memorandum
TO
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE: 11-27-71
FROM
SA THOMAS J. "DUGAN
SUBJECT:
UNSUB: Hijacking of
Northwest Airlines
Flight 305, 11-24-71
Aircraft Hijacking
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RE:
Suspect
ELIMINATED
Sgt .: PD, Oregon City, Oregon zeceibed information on 11-26-71 that a described 35, 5-9, 180 was a
from the Ogugon City area,
recently
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TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE:
11/27/71
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Northwest Airlines Flight 305
11/24/71.
Portland, Oregon
CAA - HIJACKING EXTORTION
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On 11/27/71, at about 6:50 a.m., , Oregon City, Oregon, telephone contacted the Portland Office telephonically and advised he believes he has a suspect in this matter. He believes is a logical suspect because he -
is described as follows:
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could not recall seeing
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were employed at
together until
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2 .- Portland
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5018-108-01

Race	White Male
Sex
Nationality	· American
Height	5'8-9"
Weight	175-190
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Race	White Male
Sex
Nationality	· American
Height	5'8-9"
Weight	175-190 pounds
Build	Stocky
Complexion	Medium
Hair	Gray
Age	years old
Eyes	Light blue

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319 PM URGENT 11/28/71 FEE TO PORTLAND
FROM SEATTLE . (164-81) 2P.
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTY-ONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE SEATTLE TELEPHONE CALL THIS DATE.
AN INDIVIDUAL IN. YAGOLT, WASHINGTON, WHICH IS IN THE PERTINENT AREA, ADVISED THAT A TWO-SEATER GREY CESSNA AIRPLANE WHICH HAS A VERY LARGE RED LIGHT ON THE TOP OF THE TAIL,, WAS SEEN FLYING, IN VICINITY OF SOME SMALL AIR STRIPS IN THE YACOLT AREA ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTY-ONE.
IN THE PERTINENT AREA, ADVISED THAT A TWO-SEATER GREY CESSNA AIRPLANE WHICH HAS A VERY LARGE RED LIGHT ON THE TOP OF THE TAIL,, WAS SEEN FLYING, IN VICINITY OF SOME SMALL AIR STRIPS IN THE YACOLT AREA ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTY-ONE. THE PLANE MADE A NUMBER OF PASSES WITH ITS LANDING LIGHTS ON. INFORMATION HAS, ALSO BEEN DEVELOPED THAT A CAR, MAKE AND MODEL UNKNOWN, WITH UNKNOWN LICENSE PLATE WAS PARKED ON ROAD IN VICINITY OF THIS LOCATION ON NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR AND TWENTY-FIVE, SEVENTY-ONE.
SOURCE ADVISED THAT
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Hemmusical 11-23.91
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SOURCE SAID THAT
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SMALL LANDING STRIPS IN THE b7C b7D
VICINITY OF YACOLT AND LA CENTER, WASHINGTON.
REGISTRATION NUMBER OF THE GREY WITH NUMERALS UNKNOWN. > CESSNA AS
PORTLAND REQUESTED TO ATTEMPT THROUGH INFORMATION FURNISHED ASOVE TO IDENTIFY THIS AIRCRAFT. - P- END AJW FBI PORTLAND TU CLR
DB Cooper-40128 NR004 WA PLAIN 7:44 PM URGENT 11-28-71 REM TQ LAS VEGAS (164-60) SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM DIRECTOR 12.
- P- END AJW FBI PORTLAND TU CLR
DB Cooper-40128 NR004 WA PLAIN 7:44 PM URGENT 11-28-71 REM TQ LAS VEGAS (164-60) SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM DIRECTOR 12.
PORTLAND ''LATENTI PRINTS NO PO. LEAD
UNKNOWN SUBJECT ; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACK- ING; EXTORTION.
RE LAS VEGAS LETTER NOVEMBER TWENTYSIX LAST . ' LATENT PRINTS LIFTS NO VALUE. CONFIRMING.
END
RETURN TO TALK PLS
SAC motofil, 5:07 PM, 11-Rx-71. Dan.
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NoLiaDOPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1942 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 GFR) 101-11.5 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
FROM :
SA
4 
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305, 11/25/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
At 7:32 P.M., 11/28/71,
telephonically
Clatskanie, Oregon, phone . advised that the composite sketch of the "skyjacker" bore a striking resemblance to a person he knew, but hadn't seen or heard of in three or four years.
He advised that this individual was who had at one time worked for
a
advised
that
Vancouver, Washington.
He advised that this individual was who had at one time worked for
a
advised
that
Vancouver, Washington. He said that resemblance to the composite sketch was startling, and that he matched the description of the skyjacker in all respects, except for age, which he estimated at
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DB Cooper-40130
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2-Portland JAM/rmb
DATE: 11/28/71OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY ICR EDITION GSA FPMR (4) CPR) 10 :- 11.4
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC PORTLAND (164-41)
DATE: 11/27/71
FROM
:
SPC
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SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE
11/24/71,
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
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At 7:45 P.M., 11/27/71,
Northwest Airlines advised the following:
stated Portland area, until recently, was
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did not believe
description on news media fit man in question, however he offered information anyway as possible lead.
Airlines advised the following:
stated Portland area, until recently, was
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did not believe
description on news media fit man in question, however he offered information anyway as possible lead.
advised he is at his residence
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stated he is more than willing to cooperate with authorities in any manner, but wished to remain anonymous publicly.
COVERED-SUSPECT ELIMINATE !? INSERT 11/30/11-
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DB Cooper-40131 ****. 0714
0075 MMP 11/28/71 0713 APB OREGON
POSSIBLE LOCATION ØF "CHUTIST-HIJACKER"
MAN ANSWERING DESCRIPTION OF "HIJACKER" ØF NORTHWEST AIRLINES JET WAS TENTIVELY IDENTIFIED. AS HAVING BEEN IN A MONMOUTH CAFE BY WITNESS. WITNESS STATED THAT SUSPECT LOOKS LIKE DESCRIPTION AND ARTISTS .SKETCH AS SEEN IN NEWSPAPER. WITNESS ADVISES THAT SUBJECT. HAD A CUP OF COFFEE, THEN LEFT THE AREA IN A BLUE SEDAN ( NO OTHER DESC.) AND WAS HEADED SOUTH ON 99W.
RE: OFFICER PD MONMOUTH, OREGON LP
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No ACTION, NON SPECIFIC MB
164-41-46
**** 0716
0077 MMP 11/28/71- 0716 APB ØREGØN
RE: OFFICER PD MONMOUTH, OREGON LP
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No ACTION, NON SPECIFIC MB
164-41-46
**** 0716
0077 MMP 11/28/71- 0716 APB ØREGØN
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BVB
ADDITIONAL INFO: HIJACKER SUSPECT WAS LAST SEEN IN MONMOUTH AREA AT APPROX. 0230 HRS. PD MOUNMOUTH, ØREGØN L
DB Cooper-40132 OF'TIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY THE COMTION CHA PPEN (A CƠM) 101-11.5 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE :..
11/28/71
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT:
UNSUB ;
N.W. Flight 305
11/24/71
Etc.
CAA - HIJACKING ; EXTORTION
00: SE
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On 11/28/7] Officer Monmouth. P.D. advised that Independence, Oregon, b7C
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thought he saw a man' that looked like the hijacker in the Wagon Wheel Cafe at 2:30 am, this date .. The unknown male was dressed in a suit and was having a cup of coffee at the cafe. The unknown make departed in a blue sedan heading south on 99W.
WAGON wheel CAFE Is IN MONMOUTH OREGON. NO ACTION, NON SPECIFIC.
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DB Cooper-40133 OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 19& EDITION GSA PPMR (41 CPR) 101-11.4
0
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (p)
DATE: 11/27/71
FROM
SA
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SUBJECT: UNSUB; N.W. Flight 305 11/24/71, Etc. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: SE
WITNESS INDEX
On 11/27/71. caller identifying himself as
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. Wilsonville, Oregon,
telephone
stated:
He is a
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listening to various radio transmissions, including aircraft. On the night of 11/24/71, he overheard conversation between Northwest Airlines plan, Flight 305, and the Airlines Minneapolis and other offices of the airline. He made notes of these radio transmissions and felt his notes might be of value to FBI investigation. He has entries with times from 8:00 p.
He made notes of these radio transmissions and felt his notes might be of value to FBI investigation. He has entries with times from 8:00 p.m. to" 8:28 p.m .; plane would have been in close proximity to Wilsonville at this pertinent period, otherwise he would not have been able to read the transmissions.
can be contacted at Wilsonville or he would be b6 willing to come to the Portland FBI Office for interview. b7C
is HANDLING.
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D
TO
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41). (P)
DATE:
11/28/71
FROM
SA
SUBJECT:
UNSUB ;
N.W. Flight 305
11/24/71,
Etc.
CAA - HIJACKING ; EXTORTION
00: SE
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On 11/28/71 Cosmopolitan Motor Inn, advised that while on duty at the Cosmopolitan a man, looking very much like the hijacker, checked into the motor inn at about 8:00 pm on 11/26/71.
CAA - HIJACKING ; EXTORTION
00: SE
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On 11/28/71 Cosmopolitan Motor Inn, advised that while on duty at the Cosmopolitan a man, looking very much like the hijacker, checked into the motor inn at about 8:00 pm on 11/26/71. The man paid for his room in cash and would not let 'handle a briefcase he was carrying. The man was also in possession of additional luggage and was driving what appeared to be a rental car, which he parked himself.
described the man as:
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White Male 519" 160 lbs. receding hairline
stated he could not recall the man's name or the room number. he was assigned. He said he was trying to determine if the man was still at the motel, and that he would advise FBI, Portland, if he develops any additional b6 information.
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DB Cooper-40135OPTIONAL KHUÀ NO. 10 MAY 1942.COMTION OLA ITME (4) CHO 101-11.6 0 D
UNITED STATES -GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE:
11/29/71
FROM'
SA
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SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Northwest Airlines Flight 305
Portland.
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UNITED STATES -GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE:
11/29/71
FROM'
SA
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b7C
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Northwest Airlines Flight 305
Portland. to Seattle
11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING ;. EXTORTION
00: SE
SUSPECT ELIMINATED SER 285 At .8:55am this date an unknown female advised she had viewed the composite drawing of the suspect in captioned matter and the individual resembles an acquaintance of hers, She advised b6 from the Marine Corps. .b7C
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She said lives somewhere in Northeast Portland and she does not known if he has had any experience with parachutes .. .. She mentioned and then
hung up when an attempt was made to question her further.
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
DATE:
11/29/71
2
FROM
:
SA RONALD E. SHERK
SUBJECT:
UNSUB; SKYJACK, 11/24/71
The following individual should be interviewed, furnished
SHERK
SUBJECT:
UNSUB; SKYJACK, 11/24/71
The following individual should be interviewed, furnished description of Unsub and shown photo of artists conception.
He should also be asked for any information about a trip made by a group of sky divers a year or two ago when a Bowing 727 was used in a skydiving exercise in the southwest. /
Tel.
Answering service is
MO
He will be at between 3:30 and 4:00 pm today. Tel. No. there is This is next door to
·
SAC MATTSON wangs SA DUGAN to handle this lead.
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DB Cooper-40137OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA SPMR (4) CFR) 101-11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND
(164-41)
DATE:
11/29/71
FROM
:
SA RONALD E. SHERK
SUBJECT:
UNSUB; SKYJACK, 11/24/71
S
The following individual should be interviewed, furnished description of Unsub and shown photo of artists conception.
He should also be asked for any information about a trip made by a group of sky divers a year or two ago when a
He should also be asked for any information about a trip made by a group of sky divers a year or two ago when a Boeing 727 was used in a skydiving exercise in the southwest.
Tel He will be working all day 11/30/71
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URGENT
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TO :
SAC, PORTLAND
FROM:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT $305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
11/24/71, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SE.
RESE TELECALL THIS DATE.
¿ NORTHWEST AIRLINES, MINNEAPOLIS, CALLED ON NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE INSTANT. HE SAID
A
OF PORTLAND, TELEPHONE
៛ . OR IN CARE OF THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, HAD CALLED NORTHWEST IN MINNEAPOLIS, HE SAID THAT A
MAN NAMED
ì IN THE
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; THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAD
THE PORTLAND AIRPORT.
NORTHWEST IN MINNEAPOLIS, HE SAID THAT A
MAN NAMED
ì IN THE
b6 b7C b7D PORTLAND AREA, LOOKED LIKE THE ARTIST CONCEPTION AND WAS AN EXCELLENT SUSPECT. HE SAID THAT
; THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAD
THE PORTLAND AIRPORT.
PORTLAND CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION RE
AND ADVISE BY SOTEL.
164-41-52
INDEED
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1971
AR
LEAF Approved: 1
a
Special Agentin Charge
A
Sent
M Per
003
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DB Cooper-40139FD-36 (Rev. 3-32-54)
FBI
Date:
11/29/71
Transmit the following in PLAINTEXT
(Type in plaintext or code)
Via
TELETYPE
URGENT
(Priority}
TO : SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE; CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. OFFICE OF ORIGIN: SEATTLE.
SEATTLE, WHO IS
7 RECALLS A WHITE MALE, NAME UNKNOWN, WHO WAS PARACHUTIST IN THE PAST, AND CONSIDERS THIS PERSON LOGICAL SUSPECT.
SUSPECT FORMERLY ASSOCIATED WITH
OREGON, AND QUOTE UNCUOTE $ Ì WASHINGTON.
SUSPECT ALSO KNOWN TO
ASSOCIATED WITH
WHO MIGHT STILL BE PORTLAND, AND WHO USED TO LIVE SANDY, OREGON.
SUSPECT ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO PURPORTEDLY
WASHINGTON 9
SUSPECT FREQUENTLY
AT SOCIAL
GATHERINGS.
SUSPECT ALSO KNOWN TO
ASSOCIATED WITH
WHO MIGHT STILL BE PORTLAND, AND WHO USED TO LIVE SANDY, OREGON.
SUSPECT ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO PURPORTEDLY
WASHINGTON 9
SUSPECT FREQUENTLY
AT SOCIAL
GATHERINGS. DESCRIBED AS SIX FEET, LEAN, TOUGH, AND NOW MIDDLE AGED.
CRG/rnh (1)
Handled 12-3-11 MEMO prepared RIK
164-41-53
$83720
LE EXED
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Apróved. Approved:
Special Vient in Charge
Sent
A
Se: 1911 -4:3-135
y
DB Cooper-40140
004
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Date:
smit the following in
(Type in plaintext of code)
{Priority)
SE 164-81
PAGE THO
PORTLAND INTERVIEW
F IF NOTHING PRECLUDES IT, AND b6 b7C
REGARDING IDENTITY THIS SUSPECT. SET OUT APPROPRIATE LEADS. P
DB Cooper-40141FD-36 (REV. 5-22.04)
FBI
Date:
11/29/71
Transmit the following in PLAINTEXT
( Type in plaintext of code)
Via TELETYPE
URGENT
(Priority)
TO : SAC, PORTLAND
COVERED
TEL TO SE 11/29/21
FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
VOR EQPT
INDRY
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE, CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION, OFFICE OF ORIGIN: SEATTLE.
INFORMATION DEVELOPED NOVEMBER TWENTYEIGHT LAST AT VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, THROUGH CONTACT WITH EXPERIENCED AVIATION PERSONNEL REFLECTS POSSIBILITY
INFORMATION DEVELOPED NOVEMBER TWENTYEIGHT LAST AT VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, THROUGH CONTACT WITH EXPERIENCED AVIATION PERSONNEL REFLECTS POSSIBILITY THAT A VOR RECEIVING DEVICE, POSSIBLY COMPOSED OF TRANSISTERIZED COMPONENTS, AND SMALL ENOUGH TO BE PLACED IN A POCKET, COULD HAVE BEEN USED BY THE SUBJECT TO MAKE GROUND CONTACT EVEN THOUGH VISUAL CONTACT WAS IMPOSSIBLE.
SEATTLE DIVISION SECURING LIST OF DISTRIBUTORS OF VOR COMPONENTS AT A AVIATION COMPANY IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, .AND IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT ANOTHER MANUFACTURER OF SUCH COMPONENTS IS HILLSBORO AVIATION AT HILLSBORO, OREGON.
PORTLAND, AT HILLSBORO, OREGON, CONTACT HILLSBORO AVIATION SECURE LIST OF DISTRIBUTORS OF SMALL VOR UNITS AND CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE PURCHASED SUCH ITEMS FROM THE DISTRIBUTORS. P.
164-41-54
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Sent
Peric-conla ND M
Approved!
O Special Agent in Charge
8
SY U. G. GOVE
SACHLA
DB Cooper-40142
002
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TJM/rmh (1)
TELTO SE 11/29/11CATANUAL FORMAND TO MAY 124 FIATEN ESA FPMA in CEM) FR-It.
GOVE
SACHLA
DB Cooper-40142
002
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TJM/rmh (1)
TELTO SE 11/29/11CATANUAL FORMAND TO MAY 124 FIATEN ESA FPMA in CEM) FR-It.S UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum®
: SAC, PORTLAND
DATE:
11/29/71
M SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
4
ECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT $305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING: EXTORTION 00 : SEATTLE BUFILE 164-2111
Re:
SUSPECT - GARY EVAN SANDAL
Enclosed is photo of captioned subject.
LEADS

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PORTLAND DIVISION
Display photo to subject.
who recalls
164-41
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SEMIALIZED
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FEMLAND
8216
2
1 - Portland (Encl 1) 1 - Seattle CEP :klb
(2) LEAD
DB Cooper-40143
AOPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6
$ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: FILE (164-41)
DATE:
11/29/71
FROM
: ASAC VINCENT E. RUEHL
SUBJECT: UNSUB;
NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES
FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
GARY SANDALL COVERED
FEL TO SE
11/29/11
At 11:17 a.m., 11/29/71, ASAC PAUL BIBLER, Seattle, furnished ASAC RUEHL following information:
Seattle is
RUEHL
SUBJECT: UNSUB;
NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES
FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
GARY SANDALL COVERED
FEL TO SE
11/29/11
At 11:17 a.m., 11/29/71, ASAC PAUL BIBLER, Seattle, furnished ASAC RUEHL following information:
Seattle is transmitting photo of GARY SANDALL, who has been developed as a possible suspect in instant case. Seattle requests Portland display photo of SANDALL to
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and Northwest Airlines both of whom may possibly recognize subject.
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telephone , Eugene, Oregon, passengers aboard airliner who was able to furnish a description of subject.
COVERED SER 51
Bureau is currently in process of drawing another artist's concept of the subject without sunglasses. It is necessary as exact as possible a description of the eyes be obtained. ASAC BIBLER stated Bureau has instructed Portland promptly contact with the official identification kit and have select the eyes which are most similar to those of the subject.
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SA Eugene RA, was instructed to promptly handle above lead with and telephone results to Portland, in order that this information can be furnished Bureau and Seattle without delay.
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SA Eugene RA, was instructed to promptly handle above lead with and telephone results to Portland, in order that this information can be furnished Bureau and Seattle without delay.
VER: dj1 (2)
gl DER
164-41-56
SEARCHED
SERIALIZED FILED NOV2 9 1971
Betfrey In5
1000
5010-108-01
UGXPEPITE Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB Cooper-40144 OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.5 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
FILE (164-41)
TO Val FROM ASAC RUEHL
DATE:
11/29/71
SUBJECT: UNSUB; NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
ARTIST'S SKETCH
COVERED
Re my memo, 11/29/71, regarding telephone call ASAC BIBLER at 11:17 a.m.
At 12:20 p.m., 11/29/71, SA Eugene RA, tele- ৳6 b7C
phonically advised as best likeness of suspect's eyes.
had chosen KB 1-1
VER : dj1 (2) se SAC Silves, Seattle Office was
telephoneally famished phone at 12 p 11/29/11. It wice famille same to Bus . VER
164-41-57.
SEARCH"D M'CEXED SERIALIZED ...... FILED NUV2 9 1971 Boiling Tips F / PORTLAND
5010-108-01
Buy U.
VER
164-41-57.
SEARCH"D M'CEXED SERIALIZED ...... FILED NUV2 9 1971 Boiling Tips F / PORTLAND
5010-108-01
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB Cooper-40145 11/26/71
AIRTEL
AIRMAIL

30	: SAC, SEATTLE
FROM	: SAC, SACRAUITMIO (154-50) (P)

PORT, H. KEELY ELIMINATED
SUBJECT: UNSUB; Hi jacking of a Northwest Airlines 727 Flight from Seattle, Washington 11/24/71 CAA 00: SE
Re Sacramento teletype to Seattle and Portland,
11/26/71.
Enclosed herewith for Seattle and Portland are tto copies ench of tuo photographs of ROMERT HNEIND KASTY information concerning whom is set forth in referenced teletype.
ELIMINATED BY
N.W. AIRLINES ). b6 1/29/11 PER SA PO TEL TO SE 11/29/71 2 - Seattle (Encs.4) 2 Portland (Encs.4) 2 - Sacramento IPR/RCA (6)
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164-41-58
SEARCHED SERIALIZED
FBI -PORTLAND
23
DB Cooper-40146OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO :
FROW :
SAC, PORTLAND
DATE: November 26, 1971
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO :
FROW :
SAC, PORTLAND
DATE: November 26, 1971
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
SUBJECT: UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305 PORTLAND TO SEATTLE 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: Seattle
There is attached a map which has been prepared by the Air Force showing the route taken by the airplane from Seattle to the California - Oregon line.
2) Portland (Enc. 00 2 - Las Vegas (Encj1) 2 - Seattle JEM/cjw (6)
- 1-12
164-41-59
SERIALIZED FILED
1
FBI-PORTLAND
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
5010-108
DB Cooper-40147OPTIONAL FORM NO. 19
.MAY 1941 EDITION
OMA ITME (41 CM) 101-11.8
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO
SAC
DATE:
11/29/71
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INDEY
b6 b7C SUSPECT
On 11/29/71 Monmouth: Ore telephonically advised that on. that date ,.
Independance, Ore b6
told that a composite of Unsub looked similar to whom he had last seen in 1964. : , At that time in the Woodland, WN. area.
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was
LEAD
at Peoria,: Ore
Eleminate
as a suspect.
: , At that time in the Woodland, WN. area.
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was
LEAD
at Peoria,: Ore
Eleminate
as a suspect.
b6
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(1)
A SIGNTO
164.41-60
INDEXEM
SEARCHED FILED ৳6 b7C
V SERIALIZED
FBI-PORTLAND
3010-108-03
Buy. U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB Cooper-40148
FROM
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;,
Northwest .Flt 305
11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTIONS
00: SENRØ03 LV PLAIN 233 PM URGENT 11-29-71 JEG
TO DIRECTOR - PORTLAND SEATTLE - SACRAMENTO FROM LAS VEGAS (164-60)
D.D. COOPER LETTER RENO
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO NO PD LEADS FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST, PORTLAND, OREGON. CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
b6 b7C
3 RENO EVENING GAZETTE, RENO, NEVADA, THIS DATE ADVISED ENVELOPE RECEIVED THIS DATE BY NEWSPAPER ADDRESS TO,"RENO NEWSPAPER, RENO, NEVADA", AND POSTMARKED OAKDALE, CA. P.M. NOV. TWENTYSEVEN, SEVENTYONE.
ENVELOPE OPENED AND FOUND TO CONTAIN FOLLOWING WORDS APPARENTLY CUT FROM NEWSPAPER AND PASTED TO PLAIN WHITE PAPER.
"ATTENTION: THANKS FOR HOSPITALITY WAS IN A RUT D.
ENVELOPE OPENED AND FOUND TO CONTAIN FOLLOWING WORDS APPARENTLY CUT FROM NEWSPAPER AND PASTED TO PLAIN WHITE PAPER.
"ATTENTION: THANKS FOR HOSPITALITY WAS IN A RUT D.D.
COOPER". FACSIMILE BEING SENT SACRAMENTO.
NOTE HANDLED BY AT LEAST EIGHT PERSONS AT NEWSPAPER. ELIMINATION PRINTS BEING OBTAINED.
NOTE BEING FORWARDED IDENTIFICATION DIVISION FOR LATENT PRINT EXAMINATION BY SEPARATE COVER.
DB Cooper-40149
END PAGE ONE
164-41-61
NOLEAD
DAS Basta IN3PAGE TWO
PRESS INQUIRIES WILL BE ANSWERED ACKNOWLEDGING THAT LETTER HAS BEEN FURNISHED TO FBI AND THAT APPROPRIATE INQUIRIES BEING CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY AND LOCATE THE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE, UACB. END HOLD FOR ANOTHER
DB Cooper-40150NRØØ4 LV PLAIN
235 . PM URGENT 11-29-71 -JEG. TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) SEATTEL (164-81) -. PORTLAND LOS ANGELES - SALT LAKE CITY (164-24) 1 FROM LAS VEGAS (164-60)
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NO PO LEADS UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST , PORTLAND, OREGON. . CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
FOR INFORMATION LOS ANGELES, CAPTIONED FLIGHT HIJACKED BY UNSUB NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, AFTER BOARDING.
FOR INFORMATION LOS ANGELES, CAPTIONED FLIGHT HIJACKED BY UNSUB NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, AFTER BOARDING. FLIGHT FROM PORTLAND 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 CONVERSATIONS WITH HOSTESS INSTRUCTED PLANE TO LAND AT RENO FOR A NECESSARY REFUELING STOP. INDICATED TO HOSTESS THAT HE WOULD GO TO MEXICO CITY.
FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF MONEY AND WHILE IN AIR UNSUB APPARENTLY OPENED REAR DOOR OF CATPIONED PLANE AND DEPRESSED STAIRS. . HAD END PAGE ONE
DB Cooper-40151
164-41-62
INDEXED
FUI-LUKILAND
Becky
NOLEADPAGE TWO
PREVIOUSLY INSTRUCTED PILOT TO FLY WITH HIS LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS DOWN. UNSUB APPARENTLY PARACHUTED FROM PLANE AT AN UNKNOWN TIME FOLLOWING TAKEOFF FROM SEATTLE. CREW OF PLANE STATES THEY TALKED TO HIJACKER VIA THE INTERCOM AT EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM BUT HAD NO FURTHER CONTACT WITH HIM. PLANE LANDED AT RENO, NEVADA, ELEVEN ZERO ONE PM, PST, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, WITH ONLY CREW ABOARD .
PLANE LANDED AT RENO, NEVADA, ELEVEN ZERO ONE PM, PST, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, WITH ONLY CREW ABOARD .
AKA, FORMER TOP TEN, IO NUMBER 
HAS BEEN SUGGESTED AS SUSPECT IN THIS MATTER IN VIEW b6 b7C OF
· SALT LAKE CITY DIVISION CONTACTED
SALT LAKE CITY, WHO HAS STATED THAT
SALT LAKE CITY AREA ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS b6 b7C
AGO EXACT DESTINATION NOT KNOWN BUT POSSIBLY
STATED HE BELIEVED
SALT LAKE CITY IN NEAR FUTURE BUT EXACT DATE
UNKNOWN.
LYON COUNTY, NEVADA, SHERIFF'S OFFICE ADVISED THIS DATE THEY HAVE INFORMATION THAT b6 b7C
END PAGE IWO
DB Cooper-40152 PAGE THREE
, CALIFORNIA, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
INFORMATION AVAILABLE INDICATES HE WAS HEADING FOR LOS ANGELES AND THAT THE BARSTOW SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS AWARE OF THIS. IT WAS THOUGHT POSSIBLY THE BARSTOW SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAD SOME SORT OF COVERAGE ON .
LOS ANGELES AT BARSTOW CONTACT SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR ANY DETAILS CONCERNING AND ATTEMPT TO LOCATE HIM IF LOCATED, ASCERTAIN WHEREABOUTS ON NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE.
LOS ANGELES AT BARSTOW CONTACT SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR ANY DETAILS CONCERNING AND ATTEMPT TO LOCATE HIM IF LOCATED, ASCERTAIN WHEREABOUTS ON NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. END LJQ
REC TWO TELS NUMBERS 003 - 004 FBI PORTLAND CLR
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DB Cooper-40153NR008-SE PLAIN 3: 19PM' URGENT 11/29/71 VAB TO DIRECTOR DETROIT . LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND FROM SEATTLE (164-81) (P) 5P
DESCHUTES NATE FORESTA REDMOND SISKIYOU NAPL FOREST, GRANTS PASS.
INSPY
RE: UNSUB: NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE NAUGHT FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE; CAA-HIJACKING; EXTOR- TION; 00: SEATTLE
RE SFTEL TO BUREAU NOVEMBER TWENTYSIX LAST RE US PARACHUTE - ASSN. (USPA)
SF AMSD TO SE THE LIST OF AFFILIATED CLUBS OF USPA. SE ANTICI- PATES HAVING ALL THESE CONTACTED IN PERSON BY AGENTS OF VARIOUS DIVI- SIONS WHERE LOCATED WITH FACTS. THIS CASE AND COMPOSITE LIKENESS. SF ALSO DETERMINE SOONEST ISSUE "THE PARACHUTIST" IN WHICH ITEM RE UNSUB AND PHOTO COULD BE INCLUDED AND WHETHER THIS IS FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE TO USPA. BUREAU AUTHORITY THIS REGARD WILL BE SOUGHT.
SF ALSO DETERMINE SOONEST ISSUE "THE PARACHUTIST" IN WHICH ITEM RE UNSUB AND PHOTO COULD BE INCLUDED AND WHETHER THIS IS FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE TO USPA. BUREAU AUTHORITY THIS REGARD WILL BE SOUGHT. END PAGE ONE
are handling
164-41-63 b6 b7C
SEARCHED INDEXED 2 SEMALIZED FILED 2
i: WWF E 1971
FBI-MOBILAND
LA
DB Cooper-40154PAGE TWO
164-81
LA IDENTIFY REPORTED "LATIN SKY-DIVERS," AN ORGANIZATION IN LA ALLEGEDLY COMPOSED EXCLUSIVELY OF PARACHUTISTS OF LATIN DESCENT OR BACKGROUND, AND DETERMINE IF THIS IS NATIONAL ORGANIZATION WITH PUB - LICATION IN WHICH ITEM RE UNSUB MIGHT BE PLACED. IF ONLY LOCAL, LA DISPLAY COMPOSITE PHOTO WHICH IS BEING FORWARDED AMSD BY R/S, TO RE- SPONSIBLE OFFICERS OF CLUB AND ANY OTHERS THEY SUGGEST.
COPIES COMPOSITE PHOTO ALSO BEING SENT PORTLAND AND IS TO BE DISPLAYED TO PROPER SOURCES AT DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST OFFICE, RED- MOND AIR BASE, AND AT SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST OFFICE, GRANTS PASS, OREGON, FOR POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION AND SUGGESTIONS AS TO WHERE AND 
TO WHOM LIKENESS MIGHT ALSO BE PROFITABLY DISPLAYED. LIKLIHOOD EXISTS SUBJECT HAD EXPERIENCE IN PARACHUTING AS FOREST FIRE FIGHTER, AND' FOREGOING ARE BASES FOR THIS ACTIVITY.
LIKLIHOOD EXISTS SUBJECT HAD EXPERIENCE IN PARACHUTING AS FOREST FIRE FIGHTER, AND' FOREGOING ARE BASES FOR THIS ACTIVITY.
DETROIT CONTACT 9 "OVER . FORTY SO - b6 b7C
CIETY," AKA "POPS," ALLEGEDLY AN ELITIST GROUP OF PARACHUTISTS FORTY END PAGE TWO
DB Cooper-401551
*
PAGE THREE
164-81
AND OVER, FOR INFO AS TO CHAPTERS AND THEIR LOCATIONS, AND WHETHER ORGANIZATIONS HAS PUBLICATION THROUGH WHICH PUBLICITY RE UNSUB MIGHT BE CIRCULATED. "POPS" HEADQUARTERS AT TWENTYTHREE FORTYFIVE PANDY (?), FLINT, MICHIGAN. PHOTOS FOLLOW.
FOR INFO OFFICES RECEIVING, UNSUB HI-JACKED NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTYSEVEN NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST AND PARACHUTED FROM THIS FLIGHT WITH TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS EXTORTED FROM NORTHWEST ON THREAT TO BLOW UP THE SHIP, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SEATTLE AND RENO, NE- VADA. CIRCUMSTANCES INDICATE UNSUB EXPERIENCED AND WELL VERSED IN ALL PHASES OF PARACHUTING, POSSIBLY AS SKY-DIVER OR FIRE FIGHTER. DESCRIBED AS WHITE, MALE, MID FORTIES, FIVE TEN TO SIX FEET, ONE SE- VENTY TO ONE EIGHTY, OLIVE COMPLEXION, LATIN APPEARANCE, DARK BROWN OR BLACK HAIR, NORMAL STYLE, PARTED ON LEFT AND COMBED
DESCRIBED AS WHITE, MALE, MID FORTIES, FIVE TEN TO SIX FEET, ONE SE- VENTY TO ONE EIGHTY, OLIVE COMPLEXION, LATIN APPEARANCE, DARK BROWN OR BLACK HAIR, NORMAL STYLE, PARTED ON LEFT AND COMBED STRAIGHT BACK, SMOKED RALEIGH CIGARETTES.
END CORR: SHD BE 3P INSTEAD OF 5P 1 END
LJQ REC OK FBI PORTLAND CLR TU
DB Cooper-40156NR 07 SC PLAINTEXT
3:39 PM URGENT 11-29-71 LXL
TO
SEATTLE
PORTLAND
FROM SACRAMENTO (164-50) 3P
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE.
NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, LAST. CAA - HIJACKING. 00 :. SEATTLE:
ON NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE, INSTANT,
SOUTH b6 LAKE TAHOE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ADVISED EARLIER' THAT DATE HE HAD BEEN CONTACTED BY " WHO ADVISED SHE RECENTLY SAW COMPOSITE OF UNSUB IN NEWSPAPER AND THAT SHE DEFINITELY FEELS THAI
2 BORN
? , BEARS STRONG RESEMBLANCE TO COMPOSITE AND COUND BE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIME. SHE ADVISED LAST SAW
YEARS AGO AT WHICH TIME
9 OREGON, RESIDING
, TRAVELED FREQUENTLY
BY AIR TO AND FROM SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.
SHE ADVISED PRIOR
END PAGE ONE
164-41-64
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DB Cooper-40157
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SC 164-50
MENTIONED
, HOWEVER, HE NEVER ELABORATED + SHE ALSO
ADVISED THAT WHILE SHE IS NOT AWARE OF ANY
PAGE ONE
164-41-64
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DB Cooper-40157
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SC 164-50
MENTIONED
, HOWEVER, HE NEVER ELABORATED + SHE ALSO
ADVISED THAT WHILE SHE IS NOT AWARE OF ANY PRIOR ARRESTS FOR SHE DEFINITELY FEELS HE COULD BE CAPABLE OF COMMITTING SUCH A CRIME.
SHE ADVISED
EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT AND WELL EDUCATED, SHE ALSO ADVISED · , HOWEVER, DOES NOT PRESENTLY
SHE ALSO STATED b6
IF
RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIME,
DESCRIBED
AS WHITE MALE, FIVE FEET TEN AND ONE HALF INCHES, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE POUNDS, DARK BROWN HAIR, SLIGHTLY WAVY, RECEDING AT TEMPLES, DARK BROWN EYES, DARK OR OLIVE COMPLEXION,
WEARS DARK HORNED RIMMED GLASSES, HEAVY BEARDED GIVING IMPRESSION IN CONSTANT NEED OF SHAVE.
PORTLAND AT SALEM, OREGON. ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN PHOTO OF b6 b7C
END PAGE TWO
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DB Cooper-40158PAGE THREE
SC 164-50
b6 b7C END .
FROM LOGICAL SOURCES AND ATTEMPT TO DESCREETLY ASCERTAIN WHEREABOUTS DURING PERTINENT PERIOD TO DETERMINE IF HE COULD BE 1 CONSIDERED LOGICAL SUSPECT THIS MATTER.
FBI PORTLAND GEO CLR
DB Cooper-40159NR029 WA PLAIN 5:45PM URGENT 11-29-71 LRS TO SEATTLE PORTLAND LAS VEGAS SACRAMENTO FROM DIRECTOR (164-2111)
UNKNOWN
FBI PORTLAND GEO CLR
DB Cooper-40159NR029 WA PLAIN 5:45PM URGENT 11-29-71 LRS TO SEATTLE PORTLAND LAS VEGAS SACRAMENTO FROM DIRECTOR (164-2111)
UNKNOWN SUBJECT, NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO . FIVE-, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, CAA DASH HIJACKING.
ALERT HOSPITALS COVERED
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
LJQ.
REC OK FBI PORTLAND CLR TU
164-41-65
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INDEXED
SERALFRED
3
2 FILED Af 0 1071 b6 b7C
LENE
HANDLED 1/19/79
: DB Cooper-40160FBI
Date:
11/29/71
imit the following in PLAIN
(Typs ia plointext or codel
TEUSTYPE
MIXED
(Priority)
TO
:
SẮC
PHOENIX (164-100) (WITEL)
SAC PORTLAND (164-41) URGENT (FACSIMILE)
SEATTLE (164-81) (NITEL)
FROM : SAC, BUTTE (164-26) ()
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, SEVENTY ONE', CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION, 00 SEATTLE,
RE PHOENIX NITEL,
URGENT (FACSIMILE)
SEATTLE (164-81) (NITEL)
FROM : SAC, BUTTE (164-26) ()
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, SEVENTY ONE', CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION, 00 SEATTLE,
RE PHOENIX NITEL, NOVEMBER TWENTY EIGHT, LAST. FOR INFO PORTLAND, ₿ CALIFORNIA, WAS ADVISED WAT ARTIST
CONCEPTION OF UNSUB APPEARS QUITE SIMILAR TO
3 HEO FOR U. S. FOREST SERVICE (UGES), STATES OF WASHINGTON, IDAHO AND OREGON,
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RECORDS, REGION ONE, USES, MISSOULA, MONTANA, WIEG COVERING ESEUDES ONLY WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA, MONTANA, NORTHREN IDARO, AND WESTERN WASHINGTON, REVEAL NEVER EMPLOYED AT REGION ONE. REGION SIX, USES, COVERS REMAINDER OF WASHINGTON AND ALL OF OREGON.
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SUMEET CONTACT
そ REGION SIX, USES, PORTLAND, OREGON, TO DETERMINE IF
VER EMPLOYED.
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SUMEET CONTACT
そ REGION SIX, USES, PORTLAND, OREGON, TO DETERMINE IF
VER EMPLOYED.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS:
DB Cooper-40162 OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (4) CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
DATE:
11/29/71
FROM
:
SA RONALD E. SHERK
SUBJECT:
UNSUB; SKYJACK, 11/24/71
RE:
CIRCULARIZATION OF DOCTORS AND
HOSPITALS.
Arrangements were made with
, for use of the OMA addressograph to run off letters to all Oregon Physicians. Number required is .
Arrangements were made with the Oregon Hospital Assn. to use their list of hospitals. has the list in the mail to us. Number is . These will have to be addressed by hand as no addressograph available.
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TO
:
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10 MAY IN BOITION BRA FPHR (n) CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum®
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41). (P)
DATE:
11/29/71
FROM
SA
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SUBJECT:
UNSUB, · Aka
D.B. Cooper
Hi jacking of Northwest Air Lines
Flight #304
11/24/71 .:
CAA-HIJACKING
telephone
number
, furnished the following
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bears a striking resemblance to the artist's. conception of the hijacker. stated that and that his address is in the local telephone directory.
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Varicouver, Washington.
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(3) 1971 City directory lists one. Portland
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE:
11/29/71
FROM
:
SA
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SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Northwest Airlines
WITNESS!
Flight #305 11/24/71, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION (00: SE) REFERENCES SER 49
COVERED
On 11/29/71,
Cosmopolitan b6 Motor Inn, Portland, was recontacted and stated he still could not remember the man who checked into the motel on 11/26/71 and resembled the hijacker.
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DB Cooper-40165OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.
Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB Cooper-40165OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES
ERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND
(164-41)
DATE:
11/29/71
FROM
:
SA RONALD E. SHERK
SUBJECT:
UNSUB, SKYJACK, 11/24/71
SA , Seattle Division, atelephoned from Vancouver RA at 12:05 pm this date.
He wants to know when SA HIMMELSBACH was flying in the Yacolt area and description of his plane. This is for elimination purposes re plane sightings.
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DB Cooper-40167OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMAR (4T CFA) 103-11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC MATTSON (164-41)
DATE:
11:29/71
FROM
:
SA RONALD E. SHERK
SUBJECT:
UNSUB; SKYJACK, 11₡24/71
SA Seattle Division, telephoned from Vancouver b6 b7C
RA at 12:05 pm this date.
Seattle desires expedite interview with . Following
who lives
questions should be asked:
Did he notice a small silver-greay plane in the area on 11/23/71 and on the night of
Following
who lives
questions should be asked:
Did he notice a small silver-greay plane in the area on 11/23/71 and on the night of 11/24/71?
Did he notice a strange white & car between 3 and 5 pm on 11/23/71 and between 9:00 and 11:00 am on 11/24/71.
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works at Portland, Ore. , Check of telephone directory and call to information discloses no
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ADDENDUM: Having been unable to raise any Seattle cars, I telephoned the Seattle Office at 3:30 pm and they will inform that they will have to interview at home. 
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Date:
11/29/71
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ViA FALimiLE
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Via
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URGENT
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TO:
SEATTLE
FROM:
PORTLAND (164-41)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER
Four TWENTYFLY, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. U. S. FOREST SERVICE HAS TWO SMOKE JUMP CENTERS IN OREGON.
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TO:
SEATTLE
FROM:
PORTLAND (164-41)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER
Four TWENTYFLY, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. U. S. FOREST SERVICE HAS TWO SMOKE JUMP CENTERS IN OREGON. PORTLAND HANDLING CONTACTS THERE.
· ONE U. S. FOREST SERVICE SMOKE JUMP CENTER IN STATE OF WASHINGTON, LOCATED INTER-CITY AIRPORT BETWEEN TWISP AND WINTHROPA , WASHINGTONU, MANAGER, SEATTLE HANDLE: b6
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FBI
Date:
11/29/71
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TO: SEATTLE 164-81
FROM: PORTLAND (164-41)
UNSUB} NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, TWENTYFOURTH INSTANT. CAS - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
ANONYMOUS MALE CALLER TELEPHONED PORTLAND OFFICE ONE FORTY P.M. TWENTYNINTH INSTANT. STATES DESCRIPTION AND ARTISTS CONCEPTION IN LOCAL NEWSPAPER STRONGLY RESEMBLE ONE
IS ABOUT AND HAIR IS LIGHT BROWN,
OTHERWISE FITS DESCRIPTION OF UNSUB.
STATES DESCRIPTION AND ARTISTS CONCEPTION IN LOCAL NEWSPAPER STRONGLY RESEMBLE ONE
IS ABOUT AND HAIR IS LIGHT BROWN,
OTHERWISE FITS DESCRIPTION OF UNSUB. IS NAMED
RESIDED SOME YEARS AGO ON
SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA. NOW BELIEVED RESIDING IN SEATTLE AREA.
INFORMANT STATES HE IS HENCE WONT GIVE NAME. HE WOULD FURNISH NO FURTHER DESCRIPTION OR DETAILS. SAYS
TO HIS KNOWLEDGE.
164-41-71
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Date:
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URGENT
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TO: SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM : PORTLAND (164-41) (P) (2P)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION, 00: SEATTLE.
INSTANT DATE, PORTLAND POLICE ADVISED RECEIVED TELEPHONE CALL FROM CHIEF OF POLICE JOE MAY, WOODLAND, WASHINGTON, WHO ADVISED THAT ONE
PORTLAND,
OREGON, TELEPHONE
APPEARED
IN WOODLAND THIS A.
INSTANT DATE, PORTLAND POLICE ADVISED RECEIVED TELEPHONE CALL FROM CHIEF OF POLICE JOE MAY, WOODLAND, WASHINGTON, WHO ADVISED THAT ONE
PORTLAND,
OREGON, TELEPHONE
APPEARED
IN WOODLAND THIS A. M. AND TOLD CHIEF OF POLICE MAY THAT
ONE , PORTLAND, LOOKED LIKE THE COMPOSITE SHOWN IN PAPER OF INSTANT UNKNOWN SUBJECT.
PORTLAND INDICES, PORTLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS, MULTNOMAH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECORDS, AND DLR, SALEM, OREGON, NEGATIVE
ON . DMV SHOWS
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ADDRESS PORTLAND, OREGON, AS ,
164-11-72
REGISTERED OWNER OF NINETEEN SIXTYEIGHT DODGE VALIANT, OREGON 7 6 1 - Portland KBM: pjb (1)
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PAGE TWO
LICENSE WITH LEGAL OWNER CHRYSLER CREDIT CORPORATION, SEATTLE BRANCH, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE AT WOODLAND. CONTACT CHIEF OF POLICE MAY REGARDING AT SEATTLE INSTANT INFORMATION AND OBTAIN COMPLETE DETAILS.
SEATTLE AT WOODLAND. CONTACT CHIEF OF POLICE MAY REGARDING AT SEATTLE INSTANT INFORMATION AND OBTAIN COMPLETE DETAILS. CHECK CHRYSLER CREDIT CORPORATION AND LOCAL AGENCIES.
PORTLAND AT PORTLAND, OREGON. CONTINUE ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT
CONSIDER CONTACT WITH AS APPROPRIATE.
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DB Cooper-40172
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b6 b7C b7DFD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date:
11/29/71
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TO:	SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:	PORTLAND (164-41)	1 pages

UNSUB; NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE, CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
RE TELCALL OF ASAC PAUL BIBLER, SEATTLE TO ASAC VINCENT E. RUEHL, NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE SEVENTYONE, AND SACRAMENTO TELETYPE TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYSIX SEVENTYONE.
NORTHWEST AIRLINES PORTLAND, · STATES PHOTO OF SUGGESTED SUSPECT, GARY EVAN SANDAL, DOES NOT APPEAR TO HIM AS THE SUBJECT.
NORTHWEST AIRLINES PORTLAND, · STATES PHOTO OF SUGGESTED SUSPECT, GARY EVAN SANDAL, DOES NOT APPEAR TO HIM AS THE SUBJECT. HE LOOKS TOO YOUNG AND FULL IN THE FACE. STATES THE PHOTOS OF SUGGESTED SUSPECT, ROBERT H. KEELY, DOES NOT APPEAR TO HIM AS THE SUBJECT AS HIS MOUTH IS TOO LARGE AND GENERAL HEAD SHAPE TOO SQUARE. PENDING.
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DB Cooper-40173
00FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 11/29/71
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URGENT
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TO:
SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
2 PAGES
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIGHJACKING; EXTORTION, 00: SEATTLE.
RE SEATTLE TELETYPE TO PORTLAND, NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE, SEVENTY- ONE; AND PORTLAND TELEPHONE CALL TO SEATTLE, SAME DATE.
, WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT A VOR RECEIVING DEVICE WOULD BE TOO BULKY TO BE CARRIED ABOARD THE FLIGHT UNSEEN, AND DUE TO THE TECHINICAL EFFORT OF THE DEVICE, IT WOULD
, WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT A VOR RECEIVING DEVICE WOULD BE TOO BULKY TO BE CARRIED ABOARD THE FLIGHT UNSEEN, AND DUE TO THE TECHINICAL EFFORT OF THE DEVICE, IT WOULD PROBABLY REQUIRE A GOOD DEAL OF TRAINING IN ORDER TO OPERATE IT. HE ADVISED THAT THE SMALLEST MODEL OF THE VOR RECEIVING DEVICE IS TWO POINT SIX INCHES BY THREE POINT TWO INCHES BY TEN POINT SEVEN IN LENGTH, WIEGHING E TWO POINT SEVEN POUNDS. SUCH A RECEIVER WOULD REQUIRE A TWELVE VOLT BATTERY TO OPERATE PROPERLY, AND A HORIZONTAL - POLARIZED ANTENNA APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET IN LENGTH WHICH WOULD EITHER HAVE TO BE EXTENDED FROM THE AIRPLANE OR ATTACHED TO THE WINDOW IN A 16.4-41.74 VERTICAL POSITION.
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TY U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1977 -413-135
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ADVISED THAT THE MOST LIKELY DEVICE TO BE USED IN SUCH A MANNER, AND DUE TO THE FLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WOULD BE BACON THE MARKER BECON RECEIVER, WHICH ACCORDING TO COULD BE MADE BY ANY PERSON WITH THE SLIGHTEST
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ADVISED THAT THE MOST LIKELY DEVICE TO BE USED IN SUCH A MANNER, AND DUE TO THE FLIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WOULD BE BACON THE MARKER BECON RECEIVER, WHICH ACCORDING TO COULD BE MADE BY ANY PERSON WITH THE SLIGHTEST KNOWLEDGE OF COMMUNICATION OR RADIO EQUIPMENT. SUCH A DEVICE COULD BE THE SIZE OF A PACKAGE OF CIGARETTES OR FOR A MORE EXACTING DEVICE, COULD BE ANY SIZE. BeKON ADVISED THAT THE BEGON RECEIVER WOULD WORK ON A NINE VOLT L TRANSISTOR BATTERY AND SERIES WITH A NORMAN FLASHLIGHT BATTERY. SUCH .A DEVICE CAN BE PURCHASED FROM ANY OF THE AVIATION COMPANIES FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED SEVENTYFIVE DOLLARS, WHICH ADVISED IS THE MINIMUM PRICE. ACCORDING TO , THE MARKER BECON RECEIVER WILL NOT INTERFER WITH ANY OF THE AIRCRAFT INSTRU- A MENTS, NOR CAN IT BE DETECTED WHILE IN USE.
ADVISED THE DISTRIBUTORS OF SUCH A DEVICE IS NARCO AVIONICS, WHICH HAS DISTRIBUTORS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING FIVE IN OREGON AND FIVE IN WASHINGTON.
BASED UPON THE ABOVE INFORMATION AND PORTLAND TELEPHONE CALL TO SEATTLE, IT IS SUGGESTED SEATTLE DIVISION REEVALUATE LEADS SET OUT IN REFERENCED COMMUNICATION.
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BASED UPON THE ABOVE INFORMATION AND PORTLAND TELEPHONE CALL TO SEATTLE, IT IS SUGGESTED SEATTLE DIVISION REEVALUATE LEADS SET OUT IN REFERENCED COMMUNICATION.
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DB Cooper-40175
$ FD-36 (Rev. S-22-64)
FB1 #006
Date:
11/29/71
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Via	TELETYPE	NITEL
(Priority)

TO:
SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM : PORTLAND (164-41) (P) 1 P
UNSUB; HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINE FLIGHT NUMBER THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, SEVENTY ONE; CAA-PIRACY; 00: SE.
RE BUTTE TELETYPE TO SEATTLE AND PORTLAND, DATED NOVEMBER TWENTY SIX, SEVENTY ONE.
EFFORTS TO LOCATE
OREGON, NEGATIVE TO DATE.
PERSON PURPORTED TO KNOW WHEREABOUTS HAS BEEN
, TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED AS
› NEGATIVE TO DATE. , OREGON, BUT EFFORTS TO LOCATE
INVESTIGATION CONTINUING AT
OREGON .
1-Portland
JAM : smp (1) 1
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* U.
1-Portland
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₾
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* U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135
DB Cooper-40178
b6 b7C
b6 b7COPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1942 EDITION GSA FPMR (4) CFR) 101-11,6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
DATE:
11/29/71
FROM
:
SA RONALD E. SHERK
SUBJECT:
UNSUB; SKYJACK, 11/24/71
The following individual should be interviewed, furnished description of Unsub and shown photo of artists conception.
He should also be asked for any information about a trip made by a group of sky divers a year or two ago when a Boeing 727 was used in a skydiving exercise in the southwest.
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Portland AFB. Tel. Go in main gate and continue straight ahead to end of road.
He will be there until 4:00 pm today.
RES
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DB Cooper-40179"OPTIONAL FONN NO. 10 MAY 1ÀN EDITION ĐỊA PPHA (4 CPN) NI-11-
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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SAC, PORTLAND (
10 MAY 1ÀN EDITION ĐỊA PPHA (4 CPN) NI-11-
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
9
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TO
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
DATE: 11/29/71.
FROM
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SUBJECT: UNSUB ;. NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 ;. PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71 CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION .00: SEATTLE b6
Courtesy Chevrolet, 9th and Butler, b7C Medford, Oregon, telephonically contarted this office. and furnished the following information: .
· Saturday morning, wma fitting unsubs descripion came to car lot and wanted to purchase car. furnished name of b6
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Roseburg, Oregon. "A price was discussed and said he would pay cash. . He then got nervious and left the lot. . That was the last time he was seen.
TELEPHONICALLY WAS ADVISED OF ABOVE b7c
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706PM URGENT 11-29-71 L CH TO SEATTLE (164-81) PORTLAND
FROM SACRAMENTO (164-50) ' (5P)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST,
010 SC PLAINTEXT
706PM URGENT 11-29-71 L CH TO SEATTLE (164-81) PORTLAND
FROM SACRAMENTO (164-50) ' (5P)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, CAA - HIGHJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE SACRAMENTO TELETYPE TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER. TWENTY SIX LAST; AND SACRAMENTO- TELEPHONE CALL TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE INSTANT.
ON NOVEMBER TWENTY SIX LAST, b6 b7C
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 THIS AFTER BEING ALERTED TO THE SKY BY NOISES FROM AN "AIRPLANE. END PAGE ONE ADVISED RE THEFT OF 65 PLYMOUTH 9:37 AM 11/30/7/ ABB.
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ON NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE INSTANT, b6 b7C
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
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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., REDDING, AND HAS OBTAINED THE OPINION FROM THEM THAT THIS BAG IS SIMILAR TO AND COULD BE A DISPOSAL END PAGE TVO
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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
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-
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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SIMILAR IN MANY RESPECTS TO THE APPEARANCE OF

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NINETEEN .
ON NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE INSTANT, ,
APPEARED AT THE REDDING RESIDENT AGENCY AND
NAMED
AS A SUSPECT
IN INSTANT MATTER. NO SPECIFIC REASONS EXCEPT THAT
RESEMBLED
DESCRIPTIONS AND WAS
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A SIXTY FIVE .
DESCRIPTIONS AND WAS
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A SIXTY 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, O.N THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER TWENTY THREE DASH TWENTY FOUR, LAST, b6
TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED b7C
THE STRAPS AS HAVING BEEN IN THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO ITS THEFT.
min
AS REQUESTED BY SEATTLE, WILL FORWARD POLYETHYLENE BAG TO FBI IDENTIFICATION DIVISION FOR COMPARISON WITH OTHER MATERIAL SUBMITTED IN INSTANT MATTER. WILL CONTACT OWNER OF SIXTY FIVE' PLYMOUTH TO DETERMINE IF STRAPS WERE IN VEHICLE PRIOR TO THEFT OF SAME, AND IF NOT, WILL FORWARD TO SEATTLE. END HOLD
DB Cooper-40185·NR 011 SC PLAINTEXT 714PM NITEL 11-29-71 LCH TO SEATTLE. (164-81) PORLAND (164-41)- LAS VEGAS FROM SACRAMENTO '(164-50) (2P)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, ' CAA . - HIGHJACKING; EXTORTION, 00: SEATTLE.
SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, ON THIS DATE ADVISED THAT AFTER SEEING THE COMPOSITE
SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, ON THIS DATE ADVISED THAT AFTER SEEING THE COMPOSITE DRAWING IN THE NEWSPAPER , HE BELIEVED THAT IT CLOSELY RESEMBLED
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STATED HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE
INVESTIGATION, AND HE KNOWS HE WAS AN
AND HE ALSO HAD
END' PAGE ONE
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LOT? : 1971 i2PORLAND
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IN ADDITION, SAID HE BELIEVED THAT WAS CAPABLE. STATED THE LAST INFORMATION HE HAD WAS THAT IN SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, AND HAD ALSO BEEN IN RENO, NEVADA.
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SAID SHERIFF GEORGE ALLEN, LYONS COUNTY, NEVADA, NAD A LARGE FILE ON . IT IS NOTED THAT WAS A TOP TEN FUGITIVE
IN NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT AND HAD I O NUMBER . ABOVE IS BEING FURNISHED TO SEATTLE AS POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN THIS MATTER. END REC'D 2011 AND 919 AJW F3I PORTLAD CLR
DB Cooper-40187NR 003 .BT PLAIN . 9:59 PM 11-29-71 NITEL DD TO: ANCHORAGE VIA WASHINGTON .DC. SAC, PORTLAND SAC, SEATTLE
FROM: SAC,, BUTTE (164-26) 1P.
9:59 PM 11-29-71 NITEL DD TO: ANCHORAGE VIA WASHINGTON .DC. SAC, PORTLAND SAC, SEATTLE
FROM: SAC,, BUTTE (164-26) 1P. UNSUB ; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, SEVENTY ONE. CAA - HIJACKING ;. EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
MONTANA b6
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ADVISED AFTER VIEWING COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH OF . UNSUB IN
SPOKANE PAPER NOVEMBER TWO NINE, COMPOSITE RESEMBLED ONE
SEATTLE AREA. PHOTOGRAPH SHOULD
BE ON FILE WITH
ANCHORAGE.
ANCHORAGE OBTAIN PHOTO OF AND FORWARD TO SEATTLE.
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SEATTLE ASCERTAIN BACKGROUND OF
PORTLAND CHECK OREGON FOR BACKGROUND AND
DB Cooper-40188
PHOTO.
Cb 11/29/1 97 H. Beck
ADVISED 9:37 AM. 11/30/1 0kg
INDEXED
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FILED to SERIALIZER 1971
t
164-41-80 b6 END ::
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FBI PORTLAND CLR.NR- 067 SU PLAIN
SENT 11/30/71 1:10 AM PM NITEL 11/29/71 ACJ
TO
DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SAC, PORTLAND
SAC, LOS ANGELES
4
SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-6)
FROM SAC, SALT LAKE CITY (164-24)
UNKNOWN SUBJECT ; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORION.
AM PM NITEL 11/29/71 ACJ
TO
DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SAC, PORTLAND
SAC, LOS ANGELES
4
SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-6)
FROM SAC, SALT LAKE CITY (164-24)
UNKNOWN SUBJECT ; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORION. 00 :SEATTLE.
RE SEATTLE NITEL TO SU NOVEMBER TWENTYSEVEN, LAST AND LAS VEGAS TEL TO BUREAU, SEATTLE, PD, LA, AND SU, NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE, INSTANT.
RE : SUSPECT .
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END.
FBI PD SRC CL R
164 11.81
DB Cooper-40189MACJE SE FLAIR 9:55AM URGENT 11/30/71 VAB TO PORTLAND (164-41 FROM SEATTLE (164-51)
RE:
- INDIY
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UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT NO. THREE ZERO FIVE, PORT- LAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SE.
RE SEATTLE TEL TO PORTLAND, NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE, NINETEEN SEVEN- TYONE, WHEREIN LEADS SET FORTH TO INTERVIEW RE IDENTITY OF UNKNOWN SUSPECT. b6
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ON NOVEMBER THIRTY, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE, , 33- b7D
ATTLE, RECALLED NAME OF UNKNOWN SUSPECT AS RENTLY PURPORTED TO SY , WASHINGTON.
WHO IS CUR-
PORTLAND DISCONTINUE.
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ATTLE, RECALLED NAME OF UNKNOWN SUSPECT AS RENTLY PURPORTED TO SY , WASHINGTON.
WHO IS CUR-
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1.0-11-82,
DB Cooper-40190PAGE TEd 164-81
ADMINISTRATIVE: FOR BACKGROUND ONE ZEROX COPY OF MEMO OF SA
NOVEMBER TWENTYSIX SEVENTYONE SHOULD ACCOMPANY b6 b7C
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PROBABLY IDENTICAL WITH PREVIOUSLY INTERVIEWED IN
BY FBI AT AND CLAIMED PERSECUTION BY PORTLAND PD AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN GENERAL.
END
FBI PORTLAND GEO CLR
DB Cooper-40191OFTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
DATE:
11/30/71
FROM
:
SA RONALD E. SHERK
SUBJECT:
UNSUB; SKYJACK, 11/24/71.
RE: MARVIN JOHN COOPER - SUSPECT
Ore. ,
Tel
telephoned 11/29/71 to suggest following as a suspect, solely on resemblance to artistis conception and physical description:
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MARVIN JOHN COOPER FBI No. 354-326 E, Wash. Co. SO # 22048. DOB 8/1/27.
Photo taken 5/19/67 and background are available from Washington County SO.
SO # 22048. DOB 8/1/27.
Photo taken 5/19/67 and background are available from Washington County SO. It is not known to whether
COOPER is presently in custody and has no knowledge that COOPER has ever been a skydiver or aviator.
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DB Cooper-40192OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1052 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 105-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE:
11/30/71
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Northwest Airlines Flight 305
Portland to Seattle
11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
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On 11/29/71,
, Oregon, telephone number
advised that he saw a picture of the hijacker published in the news- paper by the FBI and it closely resembled an individual who by the name of
stated that
number to contact
Portland, telephone stated that if the FBI is unable in Portland, he knows they have .
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in the news- paper by the FBI and it closely resembled an individual who by the name of
stated that
number to contact
Portland, telephone stated that if the FBI is unable in Portland, he knows they have .
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5010-108-02
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Memorandum
TO
: FILE (164-41)
DATE: 11/30/71
FROM
: ASAC VINCENT E. RUEHL
SUBJECT: UNSUB;
NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES
FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
(00: Seattle)
SA
advised Forest Service aircraft b6 being made available this date and an air search will be conducted b7C along the line of flight in the Medford area.
SA THOMAS G. ACKERMAN advised aircraft will be available for his use this afternoon and he will conduct a visual inspection of the line of flight in the Eugene area.
If either Agent observes anything of significance to instant case, Portland will be promptly advised.
Foregoing should be furnished Seattle to be included in daily teletype summary.
VER:djl (2) A.C SER
IEL TO SE 11/30/71 ADVISING OF ABOVE, NAO
164-41-84
5010-108-OF
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Foregoing should be furnished Seattle to be included in daily teletype summary.
VER:djl (2) A.C SER
IEL TO SE 11/30/71 ADVISING OF ABOVE, NAO
164-41-84
5010-108-OF
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan DB Cooper-40194NR001 SE PLAIN 9:53AM URGENT 11/30/71 VAB TO PORTLAND (164-41) FROM SEATTLE (164-81)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND: TO SE- ATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE. | CAA - HIJACKING; 1 EXTORTION, 00: SEATTLE
THROUGH INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON CONCERN- ING FLYING SCHOOLS AND AIRCRAFT COMPANIES, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT NORTHWEST NATIONAL AVIATION INC. HAS BEEN OUT OF BUSINESS FOR SIX MONTHS. THIS COMPANY'S FORMER ADDRESS WAS FIVE NINE FIVE ZERO - SIXTH AVENUE SOUTH, SEATTLE. WHO CURRENTLY RESIDES AT
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OREGON.
PORTLAND DISPLAY ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF UNSUB TO
END
RAGSDALE ADVISED
1:27PM 11/30/11 130 b6 b7C
ASSIGNED
164-41-85
INDEXED
SEARCHED
FILLED 2
SERIALIZED
***** = 1971
DB Cooper-40195NR 05 SC PLAIN
11:00 AM URGENT 11/30/71 VLS
TO
PORTLAND (164-41)
SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM SACRAMENTO (164-50) 2P
INDEX b6 b7C
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ORE,
UNSUB; NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES
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ASSIGNED
164-41-85
INDEXED
SEARCHED
FILLED 2
SERIALIZED
***** = 1971
DB Cooper-40195NR 05 SC PLAIN
11:00 AM URGENT 11/30/71 VLS
TO
PORTLAND (164-41)
SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM SACRAMENTO (164-50) 2P
INDEX b6 b7C
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ORE,
UNSUB; NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO . FIVE, NOVEMBER WENTY FOUR, LAST .. CAA-HIJACKING; EXORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
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THIS DATE., , LASSEN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. b6 SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SUSANVILLE, CALIFORNIA, ADVISED THAT ON NOVEMBER TWENTY EIGHT, LAST, AN UNKNOWN PERSON DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, DARK COMPLECTED, APPEARING SOMEWHAT INDIAN, BUT NO. INDIAN, SIX FEET - SIX FEET TWO INCHES, BLUE DENIM TROUSERS , BROWN COWBOY HAT, WHITE SWEATER, WAS IN STATE CAFE AND BAR AND. ROUNDUP ROOM, AT WHICH BAR IN SUSANVILLE HE HAD BEEN DRINKING, AND OFFERED PERSONS FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO DRIVE HIM OUT OF TOWN. THIS. PERSON WAS OBSERVED TO HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF BILLS IN HIS WALLET, DENOMINATIONS NOT KNOWN. PERSON DESCRIBED WAS OBSERVED ENTERING AUTOMOBILE BEARING END PAGE ONE
ADVISED
1/30/7/ 253
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SEARCHED SERIALIZED
INDEXED FILED
1971
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DB Cooper-40196SC 164-50
PAGE TWO
OREGON LICENSE
THIS PERSON WAS OBSERVED BY b6 b7C
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END PAGE ONE
ADVISED
1/30/7/ 253
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SEARCHED SERIALIZED
INDEXED FILED
1971
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DB Cooper-40196SC 164-50
PAGE TWO
OREGON LICENSE
THIS PERSON WAS OBSERVED BY b6 b7C
PORTLAND AT PURILAND. IDENTIFY THE OWNER OF OREGON LICENSE / DONE.
OBTAIN COPY OF DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR DISPLAY .- Mo P. PiaURE TO WITNESSES AT SEATTLE AND.TO AT SUSANVILLE. CONDUCT CREDIT AND ARREST INVESTIGATION. - 2 . 1 SACRAMENTO AT SUSANVILLE. WILL DISPLAY. COMPOSITE PHOTO OF
UNSUB TO
END
LJQ REC OK FBI PORTLAND . CLR TU
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DB Cooper-40197NRØ25 WA PLAIN 3-49PM URGENT 11-30-71 SLP TO SEATTLE PORTLAND LAS VEGAS SACRAMENTO
FROM DIRECTOR IP NO PO LOANS
UNSUB, NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, CAA DASH HIJACKING, 00 SEATTLE.
IN VIEW OF SUBJECT'S APPARENT KNOWLEDGE OF BOEING SEVEN TWENTY SEVEN, SEATTLE SHOULD CONSIDER PAST AND PRESENT EMPLOYEES OF BOEING AIRCRAFT AS SUSPECTS IN CAPTIONED MATTER. ALSO CONSIDER CIRCULARIZING ARTIST SKETCH AT BOZING AND DETERMINE IF . PARACHUTE CLUB EXISTS AT BOEING WHERE SUSPECTS COULD BE DEVELOPED.
ALL RECEIVING OFFICES INSURE RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION ARE FURNISHED THE SEATTLE OFFICE IN TIME FOR THE DAILY SUMMARY TELETYPE SUBMITTED BY
ALL RECEIVING OFFICES INSURE RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION ARE FURNISHED THE SEATTLE OFFICE IN TIME FOR THE DAILY SUMMARY TELETYPE SUBMITTED BY THE SEATTLE OFFICE. SEATTLE INSURE THE SUMMARY TELETYPES CONTAIN UP TO DATE INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION.
END LJQ REC OK FBI PORTLAND CLR TU
11.4 - 41.89
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NR008 SE PLAIN 1:12PM URGENT 11/30/71 VAB TO PORTLAND FROM SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT . NUMBER THREE ZERO . FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE; ÇAA- HIJACKING; EXTORTION ;. 00: SEATTLE; BUFILE ONE' SIX FOUR - TWO ONE ONE ONE. IN WHO WORY RE PREVIOUS . COMMUNICATIONS ON PLANE USING /NAME IT HAS b6 BEEN DETERMINED THIS IS COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSION OF PRIVATE PILOT'S UTI- LIZING CITIZENS BAND RADIO INFORMATION RE IDENTITY MAY BE SECURED FROM
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TRUE NAME UNKNOWN, AND BELIEVED TO LIVE
IN OREGON.
END PAGE ONE
164-41 -90 SEARCHED SERIALIZED ₹ : 1971 ROK Fax -- CUKILAND # BACH
575 -969
LEAD
COTAPRED TEL TO SE 1/3/71
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DB Cooper-40201PAGE TWO
164-81
MM
PORTLAND AT BEAVERTON, OREGON, ATTEMPT TO CONTAC IN EVENT CAN NOT BE CON-
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END PAGE ONE
164-41 -90 SEARCHED SERIALIZED ₹ : 1971 ROK Fax -- CUKILAND # BACH
575 -969
LEAD
COTAPRED TEL TO SE 1/3/71
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DB Cooper-40201PAGE TWO
164-81
MM
PORTLAND AT BEAVERTON, OREGON, ATTEMPT TO CONTAC IN EVENT CAN NOT BE CON-
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TACTED, ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY AND SECURE SAME INFORMATION SETTING APPROPRIATE LEADS RE IDENTIFICATION.
END
FBI PORTLAND GEO CLR
DB Cooper-40202the following in 010
FBI
Date:
11/30/71
flype is plaintevi ot codel
TELETYPE
URGENT
(Priont;) ARTIST'S SKETCH
TO:
DIRECTOR, FBI (164-211]) &
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
FROM:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
UNSUB; KORTEWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT RO, THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION, 00; SEATTLE,
SEATTLE WITNESS WASHINGTON, EXHIBITED ARTIST'S SKETCH OF UNSUB WITHOUT GLASSES NOVEMBER THIRTY, BBVERTYONE, STATES RESEMBLANCE GOOD, BYES GOOD, BUT SUGGESTS FORBREAD BR BROADENED, NOSTRIL AREA OF NOSE BE BROADENED AND CHEEHE MADE ROUNDER.
ON THIS DATE, SUBMITTED REVISED SERTCE OF UNSUB WITH GLASSES. REVISION PREPARED BY
SUGGESTS SKETCH WITHOUT GLASSES INCOR- PORATE FOREHEAD OF REVISED SKETCH WITH GLASSES, WHICH IS BEING FORWARDED TO BUREAU BY FACSIMILE.
REVISION PREPARED BY
SUGGESTS SKETCH WITHOUT GLASSES INCOR- PORATE FOREHEAD OF REVISED SKETCH WITH GLASSES, WHICH IS BEING FORWARDED TO BUREAU BY FACSIMILE. BELIEVES
BASE OF NOSE IN REVISED SKETCH TOO BROAD
164-41-91
CNG : kn (1) \ LIME
GEENCONED t SESINIZED FILED 2
1971
FOI-FURILAND HIBACHI
COVERED-
Sent TEL TO BUR 1/20/ 11 WEB
Per
approved: Az
Speciul Agent in Charge
DB Cooper-40203
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(Prionty)
PAGE TWO
SE 164-81
SEATTLE WITNESSES DID NOT SEE UNSUB WITHOUT GLASSES.
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SUTEL RESULTS TO BUREAU,
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DB Cooper-40204SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P).
11/29/71
SA . THOMAS .. J .. DUGAN.
UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305. 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: . SEATTLE
Re ::
POSSIBLE SUSPECT.
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Portland,
Oregon, : telephone advised that after seeing the sketch of the skyjacker in the "Oregonian" on 11/28/71, she believed he resembled who formerly portland) .
She stated that about a year or so ago;
that .
: telephone advised that after seeing the sketch of the skyjacker in the "Oregonian" on 11/28/71, she believed he resembled who formerly portland) .
She stated that about a year or so ago;
that . he Canby, Oregon, and that bis parents did live in Seattle, Washington.'
She stated that she and that b6
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him,
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NO INFO THAT HE IS! OPÉ DRIVERS LICENSE
AS OF 7/7/70 ABB :2 - Portland
64-41-92.
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DB Cooper-40205OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.5 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE: 11/29/71
FROM
:
SA THOMAS J. DUGAN
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
Re : D. B. COOPER
POSSIBLE SUSPECT
McMinnville, Oregon, PD, advised on 11/28/71 that he had interviewed CHARLES MOORE a 74-year-old man at Michaels Rest Home, McMinnville. stated that this individual appeared to have a "sharp mind. "
He advised that MOORE, upon viewing the sketch of the skyjacker in the "Oregonian" newspaper, called the police to
"
He advised that MOORE, upon viewing the sketch of the skyjacker in the "Oregonian" newspaper, called the police to report a possible suspect, one D. B. COOPER, whom he be- lieves still lives at Woodland, Washington. He described COOPER as about 5'8" to 5'9", 145 to 160 pounds, hair brown starting to get gray, age 50 years. He commented that COOPER was in the Navy as a frogman in World War II. He stated that and he believes that at one time COOPER worked for Robinson Cold Storage which is located near Woodland, Washington.
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DB Cooper-40207
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b6 b7COPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 13 EDITION GLA PPME (41 CHR) 101-11.4
UNITED STATES: GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO
-SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE :: : 11/30/71
FROM :
SA
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Northwest Airlines Flight 305
Portland to Seattle
.11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: . SEATTLE
SUSPECT
ELIMINATED
INDEX
Op. 11/29/71,
SER.198 (protect, identity), Portland, Oregon, telephone : number
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laat known address
11/29/71,
SER.198 (protect, identity), Portland, Oregon, telephone : number
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that he was!
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resided At
Portland, Oregon.
described
as follows:
Race
White
Sex
Male
Nationality.
American
Height
5'10"-5 11"
Weight '160 pounds
Hair
Dark
Build
Thin
Complexion
Dark. swarthy
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Scar on forehead polite
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Palo Alto, California
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telephone (believed
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TO	SAC,	PORTLAND.
18 MAY IHM EDITION CỦA PPHAR (H CFR) 101-11.8 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum

TO	SAC,	PORTLAND. (164-41) (P)	DATE: 11/29/71
FROM :	SA THOMAS. J. DUGAN

SUBJECT: UNSUB ;. NORTHWEST . FLIGHT 305 11/24/71
SUSPECT:
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CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
Re :
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POSSIBLE SUSPECTS
On 11/28/71 , telephoned the Port- land Office. She advised that after seeing the sketch of the. hijacker in the "Oregonian" she believed that it resembled three different people .. She explained that she was for the Olson-Gladstone Drug, 1200- Portland, Gladstone, Oregon, and that she resides at Oregon, telephone She stated that in the event she has to be recontacted; she would prefer to be re- contacted at home. :
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She stated that sometime prior to 11/22/71; possibly one or two days, an individual who resembled the sketch of the hijacker came into the drug store in Gladstone and made inquiries concerning theatrical makeup. She said that about two days after the above person came into the drugstore, another individual came in who could possibly have been the same man as mentioned above. She stated that this man pre- sented a prescription and she noted at that time that his name was listed as She struck up a conversation with him and asked him if he were related to whom she knows and she stated this individual did not claim any relationship .. She said she checked the telephone directorie listed and his and noted that there is a
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She advised that prior to working for the pharmacist in Gladstone, she worked as
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in Oregon City, Oregon.
She said that about
years ago there was working out of the hospital by the name of
who that also fits the description of the sketch in the "Oregonian" and She stated that he could be identical with one of Oregon.
She said Oregon. +
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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 1º_ MAY TOR EDITION GSLA FPMA (41 CFR) 101-15.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
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TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE: 11/30/71
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Northwest Airlines Flight 305
Portland to Seattle
11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
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On 11/29/71,
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business address
9 telephone number , advised, that he had, over the weekend, conversed with an unrecalled Special Agent of the FBI from. the Seattle Division at which time
he gave the name
or stating that
he could not recall which was the real name.
ad- vised that is the man's real name and that he is from the Oregon, area.
the Seattle Division at which time
he gave the name
or stating that
he could not recall which was the real name.
ad- vised that is the man's real name and that he is from the Oregon, area.
stated that
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Washington. described as being a white, male, American, 5'10", 165 pounds, black hair, dark complexion,
was &
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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1982 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) [01-11-5 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE: 11/29/71
FROM
:
SA THOMAS .J. DUGAN
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
Re :
POSSIBLE SUSPECT
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Portland,
Oregon, telephone advised after seeing the 'Oregonian" newspaper on 11/28/71 that Spelling of the last name
hewas not sure but believed to be
in Portland but was now believed to
in Cook,
00: SEATTLE
Re :
POSSIBLE SUSPECT
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Portland,
Oregon, telephone advised after seeing the 'Oregonian" newspaper on 11/28/71 that Spelling of the last name
hewas not sure but believed to be
in Portland but was now believed to
in Cook, Washington, Washington
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OFTIONAL FOREM NO. 19 MAY 19 EDITION PERNMENT CỦA PPHR (4 CFA) 101-11-8 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE:
11/29/71
FROM
:
SA THOMAS J. DUGAN
SUBJECT :.
UNSUB;
NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
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Re : POSSIBLE SUSPECT
A male individual telephoned the portland Office b6 on 11/28/71; refused to furnish his name, but did state that b7C the sketch of the skyjacker in the "Oregonian" news paper bore quite a resemblance tol who has been employed INDEX at Ghi Portiand for the
He said that
in Orchard, Washington.
resides presently at
Portland.
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He said that
in Orchard, Washington.
resides presently at
Portland.
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DB Cooper-40213 :unselectd:
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 B MAY TH EDITION GRA FPMR (4) CAR) 101-11.# UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum®
TO
SAC, PORTLAND: (164-41) (P);
DATE: 11/29/71
FROM
SA THOMAS J. DUGAN
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; . EXTORTION
00:
SEATTLE
Re :
LEE GILPATRICK
POSSIBLE * SUSPECT
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Sheriff's Office, Portland, Oregon, advised on 11/28/71 that he had received information from an informant who suggested 'a good look-alike of the skyjacker was LEE GILPATRICK.
stated. GILPATRICK did time at the Washington State Penitentiary for armed robbery either in 1958 or 1959 and that he was a skydiver and was last known to be operating a dust crop plane. in El Centro, California. GILPATRICK also at one time operated an upholstery shop near the Vancouver, Washington, airport site.
GILPATRICK also at one time operated an upholstery shop near the Vancouver, Washington, airport site.
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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1052 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) $01-11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE: 11/29/71
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:
SA
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SUBJECT: INSUB; NW Flight 305, 11/24/71 CAA-Hi jacking; Extortion 00:SE
Re memgo of SA THOMAS J. DUGAN, 11/29/71, on LEE GILPATRICK.
On instant date, MCSO furnished the following xxXX b6 b7C further info:
The full name of the suspect he had in mind is LEE JOSEPH GILPATRICK, who is described as follows:
WMA 8 5'11" XXX 140 lbs (1956 weight) 6/13/32 Brown hair & eyes OSB #160706 last arrest on 1/22/58 " Washington State Pen #2611(served 2 consecutive sentences 0-15 yrs for Grand Larceny) b6
Remarks: #x฿ (1) (2) is ex sky
(1956 weight) 6/13/32 Brown hair & eyes OSB #160706 last arrest on 1/22/58 " Washington State Pen #2611(served 2 consecutive sentences 0-15 yrs for Grand Larceny) b6
Remarks: #x฿ (1) (2) is ex sky diver and pilot in Vancouver, Wash. area b7C (3) believed to be presently working as pilot-cropduster in El Centro, Calif: area (near San Diego) . (4) informant last saw GILPARRICK in PD (5) had upholstery shop near Vancouver airport formerly.
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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1942 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE: 11/29/71
FROM
:
SA THOMAS J. DUGAN
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305
Suspira.
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
ELIMINATED
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Re :
POSSIBLE SUSPECT
, Beaverton, Oregon, b6 1
telephone +
advised on 11/28/71 that the sketch of the skyjacker appearing in the "Oregonian" looks very similar to
He stated that the
Portland PD has information concerning
advised that a
, telephone
concerning BERK. + Portland, also
address
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to recontact him, that
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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 0 MAY 19 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CPR) 101-11.5 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum®
1
TO
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE: 11/29/71
FROM
SA THOMAS J. DUGAN
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING;
EXTORTION
SUSPECT:
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POSSIBLE SUSPECT
Portland, b6 'b7C
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looks very similar to the sketch. He advised that he has no information as to the present where- abouts of but he was last known to be in Sweet Home, Oregon.
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DB Cooper-4017
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1M2 EDITION OSA FPMR (4! CFR) 101-15.0 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE: 11/29/71
FROM
:
SA THOMAS . J. DUGAN
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305
11/24/71 -
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
SA THOMAS G. ACKERMAN, on. 11/28/71 advised that on 11/25/71 he heard over station KPNW Radio in Eugene, Oregon, comments made by of Harrisburg, Oregon. She b6
commented that sometime around 9 or 9:15 p.m. on 11/25/71
b7C She heard a train, then a plane and then an explosion.
SA ACKERMAN believed that he had furnished this information previously to SA ·
SA at Salem was also provided with this information on 11/28/71 ner instructions of the SAC with a request to recontact at telephone and be sure she had been interviewed concerning her comment s.
SA ACKERMAN believed that he had furnished this information previously to SA ·
SA at Salem was also provided with this information on 11/28/71 ner instructions of the SAC with a request to recontact at telephone and be sure she had been interviewed concerning her comment s.
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telephone , telephoned the portland Office on 11/28/71.
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He advised that after had seen the sketch of the skyjacker in the "Oregonian" he believed' that should be interviewed in person, He stated that in view of the fact he was he preferred,
that an agent contact him in
This information was furnished to SA
on
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telephone advised that
'he lives
He stated that on the night of the skyjacking of the Northwest Airline he heard a helicopter flying in the vicinity. He stated that he could not see it but he was sure it was a helicopter.
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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 19 MAY IN EDITION CỦA FPMR (n GFR) It-11-5 .. . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE: 11/29/71
FROM
SA. THOMAS J. DUGAN
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
Re :
UNKNOWN SUSPECT; PILOT FOR
UMATILLA ARMY DEPOT
POSSIBLE SUSPECT
Umatilla, Oregon,
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He said he believes this man
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DB Cooper-40219 :unselectd:
OPTIONAL FORM.NO. 10 MAY 1942 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE:
11/29/71
FROM :
SA THOMAS J.
6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE:
11/29/71
FROM :
SA THOMAS J. DUGAN
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Northwest Flight 305,
November 24, 1971
CAA - HIJACKING;
EXTORTION
(00: Seattle)
POSSIBLE SUSPECT
Portland, Oregon, telephone , telephonically contacted the Portland FBI Office on 11/29/71 and advised that to him, the sketch of the skyjacker appearing in the Sunday issue of the "Oregonian" newspaper on 11/28/71 was a good likeness as far as facial features were concerned. of one who did live at
, Oregon.
He further advised that age, dark hair and wears sunglasses.
is about years of b6
He also stated he did not know
military background, but he did report that working for Troutdale, Oregon,
requested that his name be kept
confidential, inasmuch as
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He pointed out that
was
had been
A check of the current city directory, east suburban district.
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He pointed out that
was
had been
A check of the current city directory, east suburban district. Portland, shows a employed as address
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The same directory lists the address of
, Oregon, as having a residing at that address. There is no listing in the telephone croce street directory issued 11/71 for an address of .
Current telephone directory for Portland does
list an
A recheck with the cross street directory shows that this is the address for *
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FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date:
11/30/71
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES, FLIGHT NO. THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
FOREST SERVICE MAKING AVAILABLE AIRCRAFT TODAY AND SEARCH WILL BE MADE ALONG LINE OF FLIGHT IN MEDFORD, OREGON AREA.