FD-302 (REV. 3-17-69)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date:
December. 6, 1971
U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Rigdon b6 per DOA Ranger Station, Oakridge, Oregon, was telephonically b7C per DOA
contacted at the ranger station and provided the following information:
On December 3, 1971, and
b6 per DOA were heading for the Rigdon Guard Station about : 20. miles south of Oakridge to check on an area where a sale of forest timber was being let. About 11.a.m., they started back toward Oakridge. spotted a bright reddish orange pilot parachute in a ponderosa tree about 150 feet off the ground.This was about 100. feet from the main Rigdon road. . It was snowing and fresh snow covered the area.
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The parachute was hung up in the branches of the ponderosa pine tree and the lines from the umbrella part of the chte were holding up a white plastic type sack. They were unable to determine the exact item at the end of the lines.
When the two returned . to the ranger station, they notified the state police that this parachute had been spotted.
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, ELEVEN TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIGHJACKING, EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE SUSPECT ROBERT ARTHUR CHICK. RE LS TEL TO SEATTLE AND CINCINNATI ELEVEN THIRTY LAST. ON TWELVE .ONE INSTANT, DAVE SMITH, OWNER, DAVE SMITH FORD" COMPANY, PATASKALA, OHIO, ADVISED ROBERT ARTHUR CHICK, AKA., DAN CHICK, CURRENTLY EMPLOYED HIS COMPANY AS MANAGER OF USED CAR LOT .. CHICK BEGAN EMPLOYMENT OCTOBER NINETEEN SEVENTY.
CHICK DESCRIBED WMA, DOB NINE FOURTEEN TWENTYTWO, FRANKLIN COUNTY
OHIO, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER TWO NINE NINE - ONE ZERO - NINE FOUR ZERO EIGHT.
CHICK DESCRIBED WMA, DOB NINE FOURTEEN TWENTYTWO, FRANKLIN COUNTY
OHIO, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER TWO NINE NINE - ONE ZERO - NINE FOUR ZERO EIGHT. SMITH ADVISED HIS RECORDS SHOW CHICK WORKED FROM EIGHT THIRTY AM TO NINE PM ELEVEN TWENTY THREE AND TWENTY FOUR LAST.
CHICK INTERVIEWED INSTANT DATE ADVISED HAD NO INFORMATION AND UNABLE TO FURNISH ANY SUSPECTS RE HIGHJACKING. END PAGE ONE
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CI· 164-55
RE SUSPECT RE CITEL NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE LAST AND ALBUQUERQUE TEL .NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST.
MADE AVAILABLE
PHOTOGRAPH OF
PHOTOGRAPH FURNISHED TODAY TO SEATTLE BY TELECOPIER. GLOSSY REPRODUCTIONS BEING SENT SEATTLE AMSD. AM COPIES SENT LOUISVILLE, OMAHA, ST. LOUIS, ALBUQUERQUE, SAN FRANCISCO, OKLAHOMA CITY.
END
HOLD DCA FBI SE
DB COOPER-44914
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b6 b7c b7DIRØ04 LS PLAIN 4:34PM URGENT 11/30/71 LJF TO CINCINNATI SEATTLE
FROM LOUISVILLE (164-71) 3P
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, LAST; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
END
HOLD DCA FBI SE
DB COOPER-44914
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b6 b7c b7DIRØ04 LS PLAIN 4:34PM URGENT 11/30/71 LJF TO CINCINNATI SEATTLE
FROM LOUISVILLE (164-71) 3P
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, LAST; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE MEMPHIS NITEL TO LOUISVILLE AND SEATTLE NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE, LAST.
FOR INFORMATION OF CINCINNATI, ON NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE, LAST,
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KENTUCKY, TELEPHONICALLY SUGGESTED TO THE NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE RA AS A SUSPECT IN CAPTIONED MATTER A FORMER INMATE AT THE KSP (FNU) CHICK WHOM HE SAID HAD AN AVIATION AND PARACHUTING BACKGROUND.
THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS IDENTIFIED TODAY FROM PRISON FILES AS ROBERT ARTHUR CHICK, FBI NO. TWO ZERO SIX TWO NINE NINE TWO. THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS RELEASED FROM THE KSP MAY ONE, SIXTYSEVEN, AFTER SERVING FIVE ON CHECK CHARGES. END PAGE ONE
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INCHES, ONE SIXTYFIVE LBS, MEDIUM BUILD, BLACK HAIR, HAZEL EYES, FAIR COMPLEXION, HEAVY BEARD, AND NOSE IS FLATTENED AND CROOKED, EDUCATION NINE YEARS, SSAN TWO NINE NINE - TEN - NINE FOUR ZERO EIGHT.
SERIALIZEDFILED NOV 3 0 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
Y
DB COOPER-44915LS 164-71
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INCHES, ONE SIXTYFIVE LBS, MEDIUM BUILD, BLACK HAIR, HAZEL EYES, FAIR COMPLEXION, HEAVY BEARD, AND NOSE IS FLATTENED AND CROOKED, EDUCATION NINE YEARS, SSAN TWO NINE NINE - TEN - NINE FOUR ZERO EIGHT. HIS LAST KNOWN ADDRESS AS OF OCTOBER, SIXTYEIGHT, WAS THE GEORGETOWN OF COLUMBUS APT. COMPLEX, SEVENTYEIGHT FITZHENRY STREET, COLUMBUS, WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A MAINTENANCE MAN.
PAROLE PHOTOS ARE BEING SENT DIRECTLY TO SEATTLE FROM THE HOPKINSVILLE RA.
CINCINNATI IMMEDIATELY APPEMPT TO LOCATE SUSPECT AND ES- TABLISH HIS WHEREABOUTS ON NOVEMBER TWENFR, LAST. ARMED AND DANGEROUS. - P - END. PLS CORRECT LAST PAGE 2ND TO LAST LINE NOVEMBER GA
TABLISH HIS WHEREABOUTS ON NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, LAST. $8$ DID YOUU GET THAT? GA TU VAB FBI SEATTLE CLR
DB COOPER-44917T'
NR 04 ME PLAIN
7:58 NITEL 11-29-71 SDC
TO
LOUISVILLE
SEATTLE
FROM
MEMPHIS 164-78
2P
UNSUB, NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN
SEVENTYONE; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. . (00: SEATTLE).
ON NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE, INSTANT, CONTACTED NASHVILLE RA TO ADVISE HE
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KENTUCKY, AND PRESENTLY IS
NASHVILLE.
ON NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE, INSTANT, CONTACTED NASHVILLE RA TO ADVISE HE
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KENTUCKY, AND PRESENTLY IS
NASHVILLE. HE HAS SUSPECT IN CAPTIONED MATTER.
ADVISED THAT HE
CAME INTO CONTACT WITH AN INMATE, (FNU) CHICK, WHO PRO- FESSED TO BE A PILOT AND ALSO HAD PARACHUTING EXPERIENCE. IN CONVERSATIONS WITH CHICK, CHICK DISPLAYED CONSIDERABLE KNOWLEDGE OF EACH.
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DESCRIBED CHICK AS: WHITE MALE; IN HIS FORTIES; FIVE FEET EIGHT INCHES TO FIVE FEET NINE INCHES; ONE HUNDRED FORTY TO ONE HUNDRED FIFTY POUNDS; GRAYING HAIR AT TIMPLES; BRIDGE OF NOSE FLATTENE
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APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BROKEN.
THOUGHT CHICK HAD SUFFICIENT INTELLIGENCE AND BACKGROUND b6 b7C b7D
TO HAVE PERFORMED CAPTIONED HIJACKING AND COULD BE SUSPECT IF NOT PRESENTLY CONFINED. HE BELIEVES THAT CHICK MAY HAVE BEEN IN PAST INTE
VIEWED BY RA b6 b7C b7D
LOUISVILLE: AT EDDYVILLE: WILL DETERMINE IF (FNU) CHICK IS PRESENTLY CONFINED AT EDDYVILLE.
HE BELIEVES THAT CHICK MAY HAVE BEEN IN PAST INTE
VIEWED BY RA b6 b7C b7D
LOUISVILLE: AT EDDYVILLE: WILL DETERMINE IF (FNU) CHICK IS PRESENTLY CONFINED AT EDDYVILLE. IF NOT, DETERMINE WHEREABOUTS AND FURNISH PHOTOGRAPH TO SEATTLE.
P. END. EFEE
FBI SEATTLE CLR
DB COOPER-44919OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 182 EDITION CSA FPMR ( CFR) 101-118 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM : SPC FRANCIS E. ENTLER
SUBJECT: UNSUB;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT 305
PORTLAND to SEATTLE
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
MAKE SURE : BOEING CO. TECH 'in. Dri ..
Spc FBI New Haven, advised that he had received a telephone call from telephone
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Conn., offering information possibly relevant to captioned investigation.
advised that he is
During the
advised that he was b6 b7C
during this time
that someone involved with
might conceivably have hijacked captioned plane.
Teletype tp follow.
Eliminate
164-81-336
SERIALIZED
SEARCHED .......... INDEXED. ........ FILED
NOV 3 01971
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan DB COOPER-44920
FEE/fee (2)
DATE: 11/30/71
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ce-NRØ25 WA PLAIN 2-32 URGENT 11-30-71 SLP TO SEATTLE
Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan DB COOPER-44920
FEE/fee (2)
DATE: 11/30/71
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ce-NRØ25 WA PLAIN 2-32 URGENT 11-30-71 SLP TO SEATTLE PORTLAND LAS VEGAS SACRAMENTO
FROM DIRECTOR IP
Boeing Employees.
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 BOEING 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 THE SEATTLE OFFICE. SEATTLE INSURE THE SUMMARY TELETYPES CONTAIN UP TO DATE INVESTIGATIVE INFORMATION, END
VAB
DB COOPER-44921
164-81-
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FBI SEATTLE CLR
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HAILETTO, LIB ALLO NOV 30 1971 0 FBI - SEATTLE
15SAC, SEATTLE . (164-8]) (P) 5/17/72 b6 b7c
SA
NORJAK OO: SEATTLE
AS NORJAK suspect in this matter is identical with unknown subject in the theft of a 1964 Plymouth in
(164-8]) (P) 5/17/72 b6 b7c
SA
NORJAK OO: SEATTLE
AS NORJAK suspect in this matter is identical with unknown subject in the theft of a 1964 Plymouth in Portland, Oregon being investigated in Seattle file it is b6 recommended that this lead remain pending until all logical What b7c investigation in Seattle. case has been completed. At LEAD that time, if the identity of subject of ca'se has not. been determined, it is recommended this lead be discontinued.
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(3)
IDENTITY NOT DETERMINEO
CLOSED ADMINISTRATIVALY b6
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164-81-3429
INDEXED
*** - SEATTLE
DB COOPER-44922SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
3/3/72
SA
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NORJAK 00: SEATTLE
Re :
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Re Seattle memo of SA , DATED 1/10/72.
On February 24, 1972, of the located at
Tacoma, Washington, was shown the b6 composite drawing of the UNSUB hijacker. vised that the man, known to her did not look
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very much like the composite drawing of the person known to her as' D. B. COOPER, the NORJAK hijacker.
vised that the man, known to her did not look
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very much like the composite drawing of the person known to her as' D. B. COOPER, the NORJAK hijacker. specifically stated that face was fuller than that shown in the composite drawing and that nose was not as slender as that shown in the drawing. had more hair than that shown in the photo and was also considerably thicker. 'The hair was parted on the side as shown in the drawing. was described by as' being a male Caucasian, approximately 5'7" in height, medium build, *age late 30's to early 40's, dark blond
hair stated she felt that she would recognize if she were to see him again.
2 - Seattle BNE : kn (2)
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164-81 8423
SEARCHED
IACEXED SERVALVED MAZ FILED MR +31 -- SEATTLE 7
DB COOPER-44923NRØØ1 MP PLAIN

543 PM	NITEL 2/18/72 MEC
TO:	SEATTLE (164-81)
PORTLAND (164-41)
FROM:	MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) 2P

NORJACK.
SOURCE DASH
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RE MINNEAPOLIS TELEPHONE CALL SEATTLE FEBRUARY SEVENTEEN
- LAST.
(164-41)
FROM:	MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) 2P

NORJACK.
SOURCE DASH
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RE MINNEAPOLIS TELEPHONE CALL SEATTLE FEBRUARY SEVENTEEN
- LAST.
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SEATTLE, ADVISED
FIRST PART OF NOVEMBER NINETEEN SEVENTYONE HE WAS IN PORTLAND. HE HIRED A MAN THERE TO WHO GAVE HIS NAME AS D. B. COOPER. COOPER LATER STOLE CAR WHICH WAS RECOVERED IN TACOMA, WASH. COOPER'S JACKET WAS IN THE CAR WHEN RECOVERED. ALTHOUGH F.B. I. AGENTS TALKED TO REGARDING HIS CAR, HE DID NOT TALK TO THEM REGARDING THE HIJACKING AS HE ONLY RECENTLY OBSERVED THE ARTIST'S CONCEPTION IN A PAPER. HE NOW END PAGE ONE
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DB COOPER-44924MP 164-73
PAGE TWO
BELIEVES D. B. COOPER WHO ASSISTED HIM IS SIMILAR TO THE PHOTO. HE WANTS F. B. I. AGENTS TO CONTACT HIM IN SEATTLE. SEATTLE AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON: INTERVIEW CONSIDER DANGEROUS. PENDING.
END. JJT FBI SEATTLE CLR
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DB COOPER-44925OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION OSSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.0
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE:
1/10/72
FROM :""SA
SUBJECT:
0
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE:
1/10/72
FROM :""SA
SUBJECT: NORJAK
00: SEATTLE
Re Portland TT to Seattle, dated 12/15/71.
On January 3. 1972,
, Tacoma, Wash- ington, advised that a 1964 Plymouth-four door passenger vehicle, bearing Washington license VIN NO.
, advised that the vehicle was abandoned Tacoma, Wash- ington. On January 3, 1972,
, stated that she recalled to pick up a car 13, 1971. advised that the driver of the
having called the which was abandoned at on July vehicle e, a 1964 tan Plymouth with Washington license No. was in the possession of an individual by the advised that name of the man identified as paid her cash the amount
vised that had in his company a woman supposedly stated that early on the morning of July 13, 1971, and stated that he stated that
ad- his wife.
, but left leav-
ing the vehicle parked at
The records
reflect
that
resided at , Tacoma, Wash- b6
ington. At no time did
display any identification. b7C
furnished the following description
of .
, but left leav-
ing the vehicle parked at
The records
reflect
that
resided at , Tacoma, Wash- b6
ington. At no time did
display any identification. b7C
furnished the following description
of .. 2 - Seattle JDG : kn (2)
164-81-22602 SEARCHED ......... ... INDEXPD. SERIALSEOg FRED UM JAN 1 0 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
5010-108
DB COOPER-44926
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b6 b7CIR 007 SF PLAIN 11127PM NITEL 12-28-71 MH

TO: .	SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:	SAN' FRANCISCO (164-220)

NORJAK
RE SEATTLE AIRTEL DATED DECEMBER THIRTEEN LAST. RE INFORMATION FURNISHED BY
WILLIAM DAVENPORT, SHERIFF, MONTEREY COUNTY, AND JAMES RODRIGUES, UNDERSHERIFF, ADVISED THAT THEIR IS NO RECORD IN THEIR FILES OF A OR D. B. COOPER. NEITHER OF THEM ARE ACQUAINTED OR RECALL ANYONE BY THE NAME OF
CAPTAIN OF DETECTIVES, RECALLS THAT ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, AN INCIDENT SIMILAR TO THE ONE DESCRIBED BY WAS REPORTED TO HIM. HE STATED THAT HE RECEIVED A CALL FROM A MAN IN OREGON OR WASHINGTON CONCERNING A STOLEN
CAR.
OF
CAPTAIN OF DETECTIVES, RECALLS THAT ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, AN INCIDENT SIMILAR TO THE ONE DESCRIBED BY WAS REPORTED TO HIM. HE STATED THAT HE RECEIVED A CALL FROM A MAN IN OREGON OR WASHINGTON CONCERNING A STOLEN
CAR. STATED THAT THE CALLER HAD NO SPECIFIC INFORMATION OR ANY OTHER SPECIFICS TO JUSTIFY AN INVESTIGATION BY HIS
DEPARTMENT. STATED THAT HE TOLD THE CALLER TO NOTIFY THE LOCAL POLICE OR HIGHWAY PATROL AT THE LOCATION WHERE THE CAR WAS STOLEN AND THAT ANY INVESTIGATION IN THIS AREA WOULD BE REQUESTED BY THAT AGENCY. ADVISED THAT HE KEPT HIS END PAGE ONE
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SEARCHED. INDEXED. SERIALIZED MR FILED
DEC 2 8 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-44928
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SF 164-220
1
NOTES ON THIS CALL FOR A REASONABLE LENGTH OF TIME AND WHEN NO FURTHER REQUEST CAME FOR INVESIGATION, HE DESTROYED THE NOTES. COULD NOT RECALL IF THE ABOVE CALLER WAS NAMED
AND . THAT THE NAME OF OR D. B. COOPER IS NOT FAMILLIAR TO HIM.
PORTLAND ADVISED BY AIR MAIL. END FFEEE FBBII SEATTTE CLR
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DB COOPER-44929 IR 004 PD PLAIN 4:31 PM URGENT 12-15-71 LJQ TO: SEATTLE , (164-81) SAN FRANCISCO FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) 4P
NORJAK.
END FFEEE FBBII SEATTTE CLR
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DB COOPER-44929 IR 004 PD PLAIN 4:31 PM URGENT 12-15-71 LJQ TO: SEATTLE , (164-81) SAN FRANCISCO FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) 4P
NORJAK.
RE SEATTLE AIRTEL TO PORTLAND DECEMBER ONE THREE, SEVENTY ONE. COPY THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SUBMITTED TO SAN FRANCISCO TO FACILITATE COVERAGE OF LEAD AT MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, NOTING INFO
FURNISHED BY MAY BE EMBELLISHED IN HOPE OF REWARD. IT b6 b7C
IS NOTED THAT REPORTED HIS VEHICLE STOLEN BY A
AND NOT D. B. COOPER. ALSO, HE WAS ASKING THE NAME OF COOPER FROM THE BARMAID AT JUBITZ' TAVERN ON DECEMBER ONE ONE, SEVENTY ONE.
DEPUTY SERGEANT, MULTNOMAH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE,
ON DECEMBER ONE FOUR, LAST, FURNISHED STOLEN AUTO REPORT, THEIR ' CASE
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NUMBER
THIS REFLECTED THAT
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SEATTLE, TELEPHONE
REPORTED
THEFT OF HIS SIXTY FOUR PLYMOUTH FOUR-DOOR, TAN IN COLOR, BEARING
WASHINGTON LICENSE
END PAGE ONE
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164-81-1011
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DB COOPER-44930PD 164-41
PAGE TWO
AT SEVEN: ZERO NINE P.M., JULY TWELVE,
SEVENTY ONE.
DÉC 1 5 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-44930PD 164-41
PAGE TWO
AT SEVEN: ZERO NINE P.M., JULY TWELVE,
SEVENTY ONE. REPORTED THE INDIVIDUAL WHO STOLE HIS CAR WAS WHITE MALE AMERICAN, AGE FIVE FEET SIX TO FIVE FEET EIGHT, HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE POUNDS, BALDING , SHORT HAIR, BROWN PLAID SHIRT. FIRST MET AT APPROXIMATELY TWELVE: THIRTY P.M. ON JULY TWELVE, SEVENTY ONE, WHILE HE WAS UNLOADING HIS TURUCK AT THE NORTHWEST WAREHOUSE, NORTHWEST THIRD AND MORRISON, PORTLAND, OREGON. APPROACHED HIM AND REQUESTED TO HELP HIM UNLOAD HIS TRUCK FOR A FEE OF FIVE DOLLARS. HIS OFFER WAS ACCEPTED AND THEREAFTER 
STATED HE HAD NEVER BEEN THERE TOOK HIM TO JUBITZ' TAVERN AND HAD A FEW DRINKS WITH AND WHEN BEFORE. AT THIS TAVERN
, WENT OUT TO
CAR, HE WAS
FOLLOWED BY TOLD HIM HE WANTED TO BORROW THE CAR FOR A MINUTE IN ORDER TO THROW A PARTY FOR . BELIEVING THIS
PERSON TO BE AN OLD FRIEND OF
GAVE THE
KEYS TO THE VEHICLE. AT THIS TIME EXITED FROM THE TAVERN TO SEE LEAVING THE PARKING LOT.
BELIEVING THIS
PERSON TO BE AN OLD FRIEND OF
GAVE THE
KEYS TO THE VEHICLE. AT THIS TIME EXITED FROM THE TAVERN TO SEE LEAVING THE PARKING LOT.
END PAGE TWO
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DB COOPER-44931PD 164-41
PAGE THREE
THE STOLEN REPORT FURTHER STATED MIGHT HAVE THE IDENTI- FICATION OF OKLAHOMA; OKLA-
REPORTEDLY HOMA DRIVERS LICENSE
LOST HIS WALLET AT THE TAVERN AT APPROXIMATELY THE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS STOLEN. THE REPORT FURTHER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IMPOUNDED BY THE TURNER TOWING COMPANY, INC., TWO SIX TWO ZERO PACIFIC AVENUE, TACOMA, WASHINGTON ON JULY TWELVE, SEVENTY ONE.
, .JUBITZ' TAVERN, PORTLAND, OREGON, ADVISED
ON DECEMBER ONE FOUR, SEVENTY ONE, WITH WHO AT TIMES IS A WINDBAG SHE STATED THAT LAST
SATURDAY, DECEMBER ELEVEN, VISITED THE TAVERN AND ASKED HER
WHAT NAME WAS AND ALSO HIS DESCRIPTION. SHE STATED SHE
INFORMED
THAT TO HER RECOLLECTION
WAS APPROXIMATELY
FIVE FEET. NINE, DARK HAIR, WEARING DARK-RIMMED GLASSES, PRE- SCRIPTION TYPE AND CLEAR, AND A DARK JACKET.
SAID SHE RECALLED THE INCIDENT OF THE THEFT OF CAR, STATING THAT AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME A CUSTOMER BY THE NAME OF HAS HIS WALLET
SAID SHE RECALLED THE INCIDENT OF THE THEFT OF CAR, STATING THAT AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME A CUSTOMER BY THE NAME OF HAS HIS WALLET STOLEN AND IT WAS ASSUMED THAT THE INDI- VIDUAL KNOWN AS MAY HAVE STOLEN THE WALLET. SHE STATED SHE END PAGE THREE
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DB COOPER-44932 PD 164-41
PAGE FOUR
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HAD NEVER SEEN PRIOR TO OR SINCE THIS OCCASION AND THE ONLY ONE WHO KNEW HIM WAS › WHO BROUGHT HIM TO THE TAVERN. SHE DID RECALL AS BEING A SMART ALECK. SHE COULD PROVIDE NO FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF OR THE INCIDENT SURROUNDING THE THEFT. SHE RECALLED, HOWEVER, THAT CAR WAS RECOVERED AT A MOTEL (NAME NO." KNOWN) AT TACOMA, WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE AT TACOMA, WILL CONTACT THE TURNER TOWING COMPANY, TWO SIX TWO ZERO PACIFIC AVENUE, TO DETERMINE THE MOTEL WHERE b6 b7C
CAR WAS REPORTEDLY ABANDONED. THEREAFTER CHECK REGISTRATION AT THIS MOTEL FOR THE DATES JULY TWELVE AND THIRTEEN, SEVENTY ONE, FOR NAMES OF /
IT IS NOTED IT IS BELIVED IS ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN A REWARD BY FURNISHING INFORMATION THAT THE
THEREAFTER CHECK REGISTRATION AT THIS MOTEL FOR THE DATES JULY TWELVE AND THIRTEEN, SEVENTY ONE, FOR NAMES OF /
IT IS NOTED IT IS BELIVED IS ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN A REWARD BY FURNISHING INFORMATION THAT THE INDIVIDUAL'S NAME WAS D.B. COOPER INSTEAD OF WHICH WAS PROVIDED BY HIM AT THE TIME OF THE VEHICLE THEFT.
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END RECD. 2 TELS
· DCA FBI SE CLR
DB COOPER-44933 NR 010 PD PLAIN 5:40 PM URGENT 12-13-71 AJW TO : SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) IP
NORJAK
RE TELEPHONE CALL FROM SA TO SA THOMAS MANNING, b6 b7C
DECEMBER ELEVEN SEVENTYONE.
₫ WITNESS .
IN CONFIRMATION OF REFERENCED TELEPHONE CALL, WITNESS STATED HE RESIDES AT
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VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, PHONE AND HE KNOWS AN INDIVIDUAL HE DID NOT DESIRE TO IDENTIFY ON THE TELEPHONE. THIS PERSON HAS IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE HIJACKING. SA MANNING WAS IMMEDIATELY FURNISHED THIS INFORMATION AND SAID HE WILL APPROPRIATELY INTERVIEW WITNESS PENDING . . END ACKN NR'S 009 & 010 FEE FBI SEATTLE HOLD
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164-81-AoTo SEARCHED. INDEED. SERIALIZED 223 FILED 3 DEC 1 3 1971 -1 FBI - SEATTLE
DB COOPER-4493412/13/71
AIR MAIL
AIRTEL

TO:	BAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
FROM:
SERIALIZED 223 FILED 3 DEC 1 3 1971 -1 FBI - SEATTLE
DB COOPER-4493412/13/71
AIR MAIL
AIRTEL

TO:	BAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
FROM:	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SUBJECT:	HORJAK

On December 11, 1971, Vancouver, Hashing ton, telephone telephonically contacted SA MAX FisHER at the Portland Office of the FBI. He advised he has information concerning a person who could possibly identify the hijacker in captioned matter.
In December 11, 1971, SA THOMAS J. MANNING telephonically contacted and spoke with who gave
an address of Seattle, Washington, and stated that he does not have a Listed phone mumber. that approximately
advised
this person rave the name of
then stole his which bore Washington license on Which he filed a stolen report with the Portland, Oregon Police Department, or the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office.
than drove this vehicle b6 b7c
that time. The car was recovered in the vicinity of in Tacoma.
2 - Portland 2 - San Francisco (2)- Seattle TJW/r18 (6)
164-81-130
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DB COOPER-44935
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b6 b7cSE 164-81
advised that he could not give an exact date
2 - Portland 2 - San Francisco (2)- Seattle TJW/r18 (6)
164-81-130
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DB COOPER-44935
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b6 b7cSE 164-81
advised that he could not give an exact date of this that, but stated that this individual told him that he was from California,
possibly this individual is identical to the person who had teken hin ce could not elaborate on information sheriff's Office; however,
he pointed out that the information secured from that office was under the name of also stated that
this individual
Fiatal that this person
but no location of this employment was given.
described this person as follows:
Sex
Male
Baco
White
Height
5' 10"
Build
Slim, 160 - 170 pounds
Complexton
Buddy to dark, possibly olive Recording bairline
Hair
This individual wore dark glasses and and the individual whose composite photograph was depicted in the newspapers looks quite a bit like this particular person.
continued that he is interested in securing any reward which Northwest Airlines may be offering for the arrest and conviction of the hijacker, and requested that if the information which he fumisbes is positivo, and assists in identifying the hijacker that he be
interested in securing any reward which Northwest Airlines may be offering for the arrest and conviction of the hijacker, and requested that if the information which he fumisbes is positivo, and assists in identifying the hijacker that he be contacted by a representative of the airline, in order that the reward money may be claimed. was told, as he was told by SA FISHER in the Portland Division that at this time no information has been published concerning a reward, but that his request for this will be kept on file by the FBI.
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DB COOPER-44936b6 b7c
GB 164-81
also stated that several people at the
(last name unknown) being at that knows or recalls this person, establishment.
LOADS:
PORTLAND
AT PORTLAND OREGON:
1.Contact Portland Police Department and Multnomah County Sheriff's Office for a theft report on license Washington
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Upon locating this signed thert report, set appropriate leads for investigation to be conducted at Tacoma, Washington, which is allared to be the place of recovery, particularly at to determine if registration cards can be secured at that location. It is to be noted that date of that will further identify date
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2.
set appropriate leads for investigation to be conducted at Tacoma, Washington, which is allared to be the place of recovery, particularly at to determine if registration cards can be secured at that location. It is to be noted that date of that will further identify date
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2. Contact (last name unknown) at Jublitz truck stop Harina View Drive, Borth Portland, and ceteraine if the name D.B. COOPER: is familiar to ber or to any other individuals who are permanently employed at that location.
SAN FRANCISCO
AR MORREREY, CALIFORNIA:
Contact personnel of the Montarey County Sheriff's Office on information furnished by and conduct credit chedc in the name of to attempt to identify this individual. Socure full description and 3 photographs to be forwarded to the Seattle Division to be shown to witnesses in the event is identified.
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SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE, JASHTRORONE
Upon results of investigation requested at San Francisco and Portland, set appropriate load for investigation to be conducted at Tacoma, Washington.
DB COOPER-44937NR 015 PD PLAIN
8:33 PM URGENT 11-30-71 AJW
TO :
SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:
PORTLAND (164-41)
SUSP. D. B. COOPER
b6 b7C HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
DB COOPER-44937NR 015 PD PLAIN
8:33 PM URGENT 11-30-71 AJW
TO :
SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:
PORTLAND (164-41)
SUSP. D. B. COOPER
b6 b7C HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, ET AL; CAA -
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OFFICER MC MINNVILLE, OREGON ADVISED NOVEMBER b6 TWENTYEIGHT SEVENTYONE HE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM CHARLES MOORE, AGE SEVENTYFOUR, WITH SHARP MIND, THAT ONE D.B. COOPER RESEMBLES . ARTIST'S SKETCH OF UNSUB. COOPER IS FIVE FEET EIGHT INCHES DASH FIVE FEET NINE INCHES, ONE FORTYFIVE TO ONE SIXTY POUNDS, BROWN HAIR GRAYING, AGE FIFTY, FORMER NAVY FROGMAN, AND ATBONE TIME EMPLOYED BY ROBINSON COLD 'STORAGE, NEAR WOODLAND, WASHINGTON.
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ADVISED NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE, SEVENTYONE THAT
RESEMBLES ARTIST'S SKETCH OF UNSUB. IS QUOTE
END QUOTE.
HE IS BELIEVED TO BE RESIDING
WASHINGTON ON
Manning adding
END
D FEE
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12-1-71
SEARCHED ............... INDEXED ... SERIALIZED ....... FILED. NOV 3 0 1971
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FBI · SEATTLE
25
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DB COOPER-4493812/13/71
AIRTEL AIRMAIL - REGISTERED
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM :
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
Re Seattle airtel to Portland,
NOV 3 0 1971
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FBI · SEATTLE
25
Man
DB COOPER-4493812/13/71
AIRTEL AIRMAIL - REGISTERED
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM :
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
Re Seattle airtel to Portland, 12/8/71.
RE:
SUSPECT
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The following investigation was conducted by
at Portland, Oregon, on 12/10/71:
SA
was contacted at his place of b6 b7c
business' and through observation alone by Special Agent conducting investigation, was noted to weigh approximately 230 te 240 pounds and to be. 6'1" tall. No further investigation is being conducted regarding
Seattle (AM) (RM). 2- Portland
JWR: tms (4)
164-81-7182 b6 b7C
25. DB COOPER-4493912/8/71
1071 ,3 עיל יוסי ת Vancouver. . Je Department. Perfarver, Washington, advised that lur AIRTEL₹, 4 A.M.
TO :
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
FROM: " 1" SAC,' SEATTLE (164-81) (P) 4
denrica, Dan cooper Northwest Airlines Flight 305 Portland to Seattleaph of Maltno: ah11/24/71. . . alladination sarpos CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: Seattle
RE: SUSPECT
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Re Portland teletype to Seattle, dated 11/30/71.
On December 6, 1971, Sheriff BILL CLOSNER, Skamania County, Washington, advised that resides near Washington, and is employed at b6 b7C
On December 6, 1971, Sheriff BILL CLOSNER, Skamania County, Washington, advised that resides near Washington, and is employed at b6 b7C
CLOSNER described as white male, approximately 35 years old, 5' 10", 170, olive complexion, generally fitting composite description. He added that
On December 1, 1971, was developed b6 as a suspect in captioned matter. b7C
* 2 =
2. - Portland 2) - Seattle NDS:bfr repronuu (4)149
Sprializeo Indexed
Filod 164.81-7000 b6 b7C
DB COOPER-44940
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b6 b7CSE 164-81
12/9/71
On December 3, 1971, Vancouver Police Department, Vancouver, Washington, advised that her records revealed , born ,
white male, 5' 10}", 160 pounds, brown hair and Multnomah Co
Office, Portland, Oregon. (2)
LEADS :
PORTLAND. ; 104-81) (1)
AT PORTLAND, OREGON Conduct appropriate investigation to determine if is identical to unsub.
2. , Procure photograph of
at Multnomah .Co. SO for elimination purposes. CIA - FILGANG; IXA GIN
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
RE SUSFACT
3. Portland slots; : to Seattle, dated 21/10/72 . Ve Dealbert, 2071, Showing WILL CLOSEER, Student
Huetnoten, and is mylord ac Wyvern Enviar
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ard, 170,
Ve Dealbert, 2071, Showing WILL CLOSEER, Student
Huetnoten, and is mylord ac Wyvern Enviar
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ard, 170, olive completion, easttally fitting . watts " Button, the , "wir tha"
- 2 -
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DB COOPER-44941NR 015 PD PLAIN
8:33 PM URGENT 11-30-71 AJW
TO .: SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: PORTLAND (164-41)
SUSP. D.B. COOPER SUSP: 7
b6 b7C HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, ET AL; CAA -
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OFFICER MC MINNVILLE, OREGON ADVISED NOVEMBER b6 TWENTYEIGHT SEVENTYONE HE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM CHARLES MOORE, AGE SEVENTYFOUR, WITH SHARP MIND, THAT ONE D.B. COOPER RESEMBLES . MINI ARTIST'S SKETCH OF UNSUB. COOPER IS FIVE FEET EIGHT INCHES DASH FIVE FEET NINE INCHES, ONE FORTYFIVE TO ONE SIXTY POUNDS, BROWN ' HAIR GRAYING, AGE FIFTY, FORMER NAVY FROGMAN, AND ATHONE TIME EMPLOYED BY ROBINSON COLD STORAGE, NEAR WOODLAND, WASHINGTON.
b6
ADVISED NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE, SEVENTYONE THAT RESEMBLES ARTIST'S SKETCH OF UNSUB. BOVEY IS QUOTE
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END QUOTE.
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ADVISED NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE, SEVENTYONE THAT RESEMBLES ARTIST'S SKETCH OF UNSUB. BOVEY IS QUOTE
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END QUOTE.
HE IS BELIEVED TO BE RESIDING
WASHINGTON ON
manning adminy
END
D FEE
164-81-357 b6
FBI SEATTLE CLR
12-1-71
SEARCHED ...... INDEXEDununu SERIALIZEDFILED _....... NOV 3 0 1971
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FBI · SEATTLE
1
Rand
DB COOPER-44942NR 10 SD PLAIN

545	PM URGENT	12-29-71 DDC
TO	SEATTLE	164-81
FROM	SAN DIEGO	164-91 IP

NORJAK
RE LA TEL TO SD DECEMBER THIRTEEN LAST.
RE SUSPECT
b6 b7C ELIMINATED AS POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN INSTANT HIJACKING. EMPLOYED AS FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY. 
SAN DIEGO,
ALSO ATTENDING CALIFORNIA. VIEWED COMPOSIT OF UNSUB AND ADVISED UNKNOWN TO HIM. AIRMAIL COPY SENT TO LOS ANGLES. ARMED AND DANGEROUS. END DCA
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FBI SEATTLE
164-81-7598
SEARCHED ________ INDEXED, SERIALIZED 12 FILED DEC 2 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
DB COOPER-44943NR 013 LA PLAIN 600 PM NITEL 12-13-71 LLS TO SEATTLE (
END DCA
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FBI SEATTLE
164-81-7598
SEARCHED ________ INDEXED, SERIALIZED 12 FILED DEC 2 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
DB COOPER-44943NR 013 LA PLAIN 600 PM NITEL 12-13-71 LLS TO SEATTLE (164-81) SAN DIEGO FROM LOS ANGELES (164-497) 2P
NORJAK.
RE BUTTE TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES AND SEATTLE, NOVEMBER
THIRTY LAST.
RE SUSPECT
FOR INFORMATION SAN DIEGO,
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ADVISED BEARS STRIKING RESEMBLANCE
TO ARTISTS' SKETCH OF UNSUB. DURING INTERVIEWS OF b6 b7c b7D
ADVISED HE WOULD DISCOUNT AS POSSIBLE SUSPECT. DESCRIBED AS
, BORN BLOND HAIR, BLUE
END PAGE ONE
DB COOPER-44944
164-81- 7125 b6 b7C
SEARCHED .....___ INDEXED, SERIALIZER My Filed BEC 1-3 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
10PAGE TWO
EYES, ONE NINE FIVE POUNDS, SIX FEET ONE INCH, CURRENTLY RESIDING IN AREA AND A
LAST SEEN AT
. NOVEMBER TWENTY SEVEN LAST,
AND WEARING MUSTACHE.
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SAN DIEGO CONDUCT LOGICAL INVESTIGATION TO ESTABLISH
WHEREABOUTS AND INTERVIEW IN EFFORT TO DEVELOP SUSPECTS b6 b7C IN THIS MATTER.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
BUTTE ADVISED AIR MAIL. PENDING.
END
IIM FBI SEATTLE
CLR
1.
DB COOPER-44945 b6 b7C
NR 030 LA PLAIN 11:59 PM NITEL 12-1-71 RWM TO SEATTLE (164-81) BUTTE (164-26)
DB COOPER-44945 b6 b7C
NR 030 LA PLAIN 11:59 PM NITEL 12-1-71 RWM TO SEATTLE (164-81) BUTTE (164-26) PORTLAND (164-'41) HONOLULU (164-85) VIA WASHINGTON
NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO' CINCINNATI (164-55)
FROM LOS ANGELES (164-497) 8P.
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
RE CINCINNATI TELETYPE TO BUREAU NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST; BUTTE TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES AND SEATTLE DATED NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST; PORTLAND TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES AND SEATTLE . DATED NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST, AND LOS ANGELES AIRTEL TO SEATTLE DATED DECEMBER ONE INSTANT.
RE: SUSPECT
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ON NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST, DETECTIVE , CALIFORNIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT, ADVISED UNKNOWN DB COOPER-44946
END PAGE ONE
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SEARCHED ...... INDEXED
b7C SERIALIZED /I'LL FILED ...... DEC 21971 FBI - SEATTLELA 164-497
PAGE TWO
TO OFFICERS THAT AGENCY AND FILES CONTAIN NO RECORD IDENTIFIABLE
WITH
ON SAME DATE
ADVISED IS
ONLY OPERATION CURRENTLY LOCATED AT AIRPORT. HAS BEEN
AIRPORT YEARS AND KNOWS NO ONE
IDENTIFIABLE WITH
YEARS AND
INTERVIEWED AND CAN NOT RECALL
HAS BEEN
AIRPORT YEARS AND KNOWS NO ONE
IDENTIFIABLE WITH
YEARS AND
INTERVIEWED AND CAN NOT RECALL ANYONE IDENTIFIABLE WITH
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ADVISES LAST OUTFIT ASSOCIATED WITH SPORT JUMPING :b6 AT AIRPORT CALLED PARACHUTES, INC. THIS GROUP DISCONTINUED b7C OPERATIONS LOCALLY SIXTY TWO OR, SIXTY THREE, AND
BELIEVES GROUP CURRENTLY OPERATING IN ORANGE, MASSACHUSETTS. ON THE SAME DATE, RECORDS OF THE ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA; REVEALED FILE NUMBER , DESCRIBED
b6 b7c AS FOLLOWS :
MALE, WHITE, AMERICAN, BORN AT CALIFORNIA, FIVE FEET TEN INCHES TALL, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE POUNDS, BLOND HAIR, BLUE EYES, MEDIUM BUILD, MEDIUM END PAGE TWO
DB COOPER-44947. LA, 164-497
PAGE THREE
COMPLEXION, MARITAL STATUS
, OCCUPATION
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, EMPLOYER
, CALIFORNIA, RESIDENCE
, CALIFORNIA
(AS OF
, CALIFORNIA (AS OF
APRIL
, MOTHER
CALIFORNIA, FBI NUMBER.
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CII NUMBER
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SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER , FINGERPRINT, CLASSIFICATION
PREVIOUS ARRESTS
CALIFORNIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT NUMBER
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END PAGE THREE
DB COOPER-44948 LA' 164-497
PAGE FOUR
b6
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CII NUMBER
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SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER , FINGERPRINT, CLASSIFICATION
PREVIOUS ARRESTS
CALIFORNIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT NUMBER
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END PAGE THREE
DB COOPER-44948 LA' 164-497
PAGE FOUR
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MILITARY SERVICE,
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ON DECEMBER ONE INSTANT
SUPERIOR COURT,
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, REVEALED THAT.
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IN SUPERIOR COURT, LONG BEACH,
CALIFORNIA.
ON SAME DATE,
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, CALIFORNIA.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF
OBTAINED, FACSIMILE
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FURNISHED SEATTLE DIVISION AND PHOTOGRAPH SENT AIR MAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTANT DATE. END PAGE. FOUR
DB COOPER-44949'LA 164-497
PAGE FIVE
Elimi
RE: 'SUSPECT MICHAEL CHARLES SULLIVAN
ON DECEMBER ONE INSTANT, MICHAEL CHARLES SULLIVAN, BORN DECEMBER FOURTEEN FORTY AT KELLOGG, IDAHO, LOCATED AND INTER- VIEWED. AT RESIDENCE IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. SULLIVAN DISPLAYED PASSPORT AND SALES SLIPS TO VERIFY HIS PRESENCE IN JAPAN DURING PERTINENT PERIOD. SULLIVAN ABROAD FROM NOVEMBER TWENTY ONE LAST UNTIL RETURN TO PASADENA DECEMBER ONE INSTANT AND ACCOMPANIED BY DURING ENTIRE TRIP.
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RE: , SUSPECT
RECORDS
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE,
CALIFORNIA
REVEALED
BORN WAS
b6 `b7C ARRESTED BY ABOVE AGENCY ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST AT
WHEN OBSERVED
CALIFORNIA.
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RE: , SUSPECT
RECORDS
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE,
CALIFORNIA
REVEALED
BORN WAS
b6 `b7C ARRESTED BY ABOVE AGENCY ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST AT
WHEN OBSERVED
CALIFORNIA.
ADVISED.
PICK UP TRUCK STUCK IN SAND AND HE WAS SEEKING HELP.
RELEASED FROM CUSTODY SAME DATE AS INTENT COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED.
LAST HE WAS AGAIN ARRESTED BY b6 SAME AGENCY WHEN OBSERVED PARKED IN GREEN CHEVROLET PICK UP BEARING OREGON LICENSE
ON NOVEMBER
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REMOVED BY
OFFICERS TO
HOSPITAL
END PAGE FIVE
DB COOPER-44950
Elin
b7CLA 164-497
PAGE SIX
RECORDS OF ABOVE AGENCY SHOWS LOCAL RESIDENCE OF
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CALIFORNIA. INTERVIEWED BY SPECIAL AGENT THIS DATE
AT ABOVE ADDRESS AND STATES
ARRIVED
LAST,
DRIVING GREEN PICK. UP TRUCK.
OREGON, AND STATES CLOSE ACQUAINTANCE OF
ADVISED
NOVEMBER TWENTY THREE LAST AND
DROVE DIRECTLY TO
ARRIVING ABOUT TWO A.M., ON
b6 NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST.
b7C
RESIDENCE UNTIL MORNING OF NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST, WHEN.
OBSERVED SIGHTS IN AREA INCLUDING
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ABOUT
LAST, LEFT RESIDENCE b7c
ALONE TO
AND WAS UNAWARE OF
ACTIVITIES HE STATES S COMVERSATION WITH
REVEALED NO STATEMENTS OR ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT
ADVISED HE WAS AWARE
INSTANT DATE AL SECRET SERVICE AGENT,
LAST, LEFT RESIDENCE b7c
ALONE TO
AND WAS UNAWARE OF
ACTIVITIES HE STATES S COMVERSATION WITH
REVEALED NO STATEMENTS OR ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT
ADVISED HE WAS AWARE
INSTANT DATE AL SECRET SERVICE AGENT, LOS ANGELES, ADVISED HE SEARCHED VEHICLE DESCRIBED AS CHEVROLET PICK UP BEARING OREGON LICENSE FOLLOWING
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END PAGE SIX
DB COOPER-44951 + LA 164-497
PAGE SEVEN
ARREST OF BY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON NOVEMBER b6 per USSS TWENTY FIVE LAST. STATED ONLY ITEMS FOUND IN SEARCH WERE b7C SEVERAL SMALL HAND TOOLS. SECRET SERVICE INTEREST, IN DUE TO SECURITY OF PRESIDENT NIXON UPON ARRIVAL AT ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST.
WHEREABOUTS ESTABLISHED IN WITHIN b6 FEW HOURS AFTER HIJACKING AND HE WAS DRIVING SAME VEHICLE WHICH DEPARTED ON NOVEMBER TWENTY THREE LAST .. , NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED.
b7C
RE: PARACHUTE CLUBS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
b6 ON NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST,
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, CALIFORNIA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
SKY DIVER MAGAZINE, ADVISED
RESIDES , CALIFORNIA,
RESIDENCE NEGATIVE THIS DATE.
INSTANT DATE, TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED LOS ANGELES OFFICE AND INTERVIEW ARRANGED FOR PURPOSE OF OBTAINING ALL INFORMATION AVAILABLE RE PARACHUTE CLUBS, OBTAINED ATOM
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INSTANT DATE, TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED LOS ANGELES OFFICE AND INTERVIEW ARRANGED FOR PURPOSE OF OBTAINING ALL INFORMATION AVAILABLE RE PARACHUTE CLUBS, OBTAINED ATOM
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INFORMATION
RE LOCATION AND MEMBERSHIP OF
AND FURNISH
END PAGE SEVEN
DB COOPER-44952 LA 164-497
PAGE EIGHT
ARTISTS SKETCH AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA ON UNKNOWN SUBJECT THIS MATTER IN EFFORT TO DEVELOP SUSPECTS. IN UNITED STATES,
CONSIDERED AUTHORITY IN HIS FIELD AND HAS INDICATED WILLING NESS TO COOPERATE IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.
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PORTLAND AND SEATTLE DISCONTINUE REGARDING
BUTTE AND SEATTLE DISCONTINUE REGARDING MICHAEL CHARLES SULLIVAN.
LOS ANGELES, INTENSIVE INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED. TO LOCATE
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AT LONG BEACH FOR INTERVIEW.
LOS ANGELES WILL FOLLOW, SET OUT APPROPRIATE LEADS AND. CONDUCT INVESTIGATION BASED ON RESULTS OF EXTENSIVE INTERVIEW OF AND EXAMINATION OF AVAILABLE PHOTOGRAPHS
AND MEMBERSHIP RECORDS IN HIS POSSESSION.
b6 b7C END KSWD FBI SEATTLE CLR
DB COOPER-44953 NR 006 BT PLAIN 6:39 PM 11-30-71 NITEL DD TO; SAC, LOS ANGELES SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SAC, BUTTE (164-26) 2P UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT NUMBER THREE ZERO
b6 b7C END KSWD FBI SEATTLE CLR
DB COOPER-44953 NR 006 BT PLAIN 6:39 PM 11-30-71 NITEL DD TO; SAC, LOS ANGELES SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: SAC, BUTTE (164-26) 2P UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT NUMBER THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE. CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
MONTANA, TODAY MADE AVAILABLE
COPY OF , SEVENTY ONE ISSUE OF SKY DIVER - MAGAZINE. , DEPICTED AMONG OTHERS, IS INDIVIDUAL NAMED , WHO BEARS STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO ARTISTS CONCEPTION OF UNSUB.
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YEARS AGO; HOWEVER, DOES NOT KNOW CURRENT WHEREABOUTS.
ADVISED PUBLISHER ABOVE MAGAZINE
IS
CALIFORNIA, WHO MAY BE ACQUAINTED WITH AND COULD FURNISH ORIGINAL NEGATIVE FOR ABOVE PICTURE.
END PAGE ONE
164-81-318
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SEARCHED ......... INDEXED SERIALIZED 1ML FILED Yaz NOV 30 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
L.A. Handling
DB COOPER-44954BT 164-26
PAGE TWO
WILL ALSO POSSESS INFO WHERE
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FOR INFO SEATTLE, ELIMINATED AS SUSPECT, FULL DAY NOVEMBER TWO FOUR, LAST, AT MONTANA, AND SPENT NOVEMBER TWO FIVE, LAST, WITH FAMILY AND SEEN BY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.
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FOR INFO SEATTLE, ELIMINATED AS SUSPECT, FULL DAY NOVEMBER TWO FOUR, LAST, AT MONTANA, AND SPENT NOVEMBER TWO FIVE, LAST, WITH FAMILY AND SEEN BY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. LOS ANGELES IMMEDIATELY CONTACT OBTAIN
NEGATIVE ABOVE PHOTO AND LOCATION
b7C b7D 
SUBMIT PHOTOGRAPHS TO SEATTLE AND MINNEAPOLIS." SET FORTH LEADS FOR LOCATION AND POSSIBLE ELIMINATION OF . END.
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DB COOPER-44955FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI Date: · 12/17/71
Transmit the following in
(Type in plaintext or code)
AIRTEL

Via	(Priority)
TO:	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:	NOME,
SAC, DALLAS (164-191) (P)
SUBJECT :	NOR JAK
Enclosed are inserts and	FD-302	re investigation
conducted	concerning :
3. WILLIAM F. JOHNSTON 4. EARL F. WILLIAMS	Sub 27 Sub
5-22-64)
FBI Date: · 12/17/71
Transmit the following in
(Type in plaintext or code)
AIRTEL

Via	(Priority)
TO:	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:	NOME,
SAC, DALLAS (164-191) (P)
SUBJECT :	NOR JAK
Enclosed are inserts and	FD-302	re investigation
conducted	concerning :
3. WILLIAM F. JOHNSTON 4. EARL F. WILLIAMS	Sub 27 Sub 56

ARMED AND DANGEROUS
 2 - Seattle
2 - Dallas
(Enc. 45)
HJM : ddh
(4)
Sub 56 164-81-1392.
45)
HJM : ddh
(4)
Sub 56 164-81-1392.
INDEXED CERTAINS IM FRED DEC QJ1971 I BI - SEATTLE
ga

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pproved:
Sent M Per
DB COOPER-44956
Special Agent in ChargeDL 164-191
RE: EARL FELTON WILLIAMS
Sub. 56 164.81-7386
15
DB COOPER-44957DL 164-191 HJM:gh 1 The following investigation was conducted by
SA HARRY J. MORGAN:
AT DALLAS, TEXAS
On December 1, 1971. Shakey's Pizza Parlor, General Executive Office, 5846 Abrams Road, Dallas, Texas, advised she checked her records but could not locate any former employment for an EARL F. WILLIAMS.
She contacted Store Number 3, Shakey's Pizza Parlor, Grand Prairie, Texas, and spoke with a who was employed at this store. stated that he recalled an EARL WILLIAMS. 
stated that an EARL WILLIAMS was employed by Shakey's Pizza Parlor but he is no longer in this employ and he could not furnish any information concerning him.
stated that an EARL WILLIAMS was employed by Shakey's Pizza Parlor but he is no longer in this employ and he could not furnish any information concerning him.having been employed at Shakey's Pizza Parlor.
SA MORGAN interviewed
Pizza Parlor, Grand Prairie. , Texas, employed at Shakey's b7c stated there was an EARL F. WILLIAMS who formerly worked there between the age of 30 to 35, white male, about 5'll", fair complexion and thought he weighed about 150 to 160/pounds.
of the Shakey's Pizza Parlor, Grand Prairie, Texas, on December 4, 1971, advised that there was an EARL WILLIAMS employed as a piano player by Shakey's Pizza Parlor. WILLIAMS does have a pilot's license and is supposed to be living in an apartment complex in Fort Worth, Texas. He said he did not know the name of the complex but it was located at Meadowbrook and Hanley, north of the shopping center on a northeast corner. He said WILLIAMS was staying with a and the manager of the apartments is supposed to know WILLIAMS quite well and would be able to advise what apartment he lived in.
He said WILLIAMS was staying with a and the manager of the apartments is supposed to know WILLIAMS quite well and would be able to advise what apartment he lived in.
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DB COOPER-44958 ジ 164-191
On December 4, 1971, Shakey's Pizza Parlor, Northwest Highway, Dallas, Texas, stated that EARL WILLIAMS used to play the piano for them for several months sometime ago, but he did not know his whereabouts.
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DB COOPER-449591 DL 164-191
JCH : ddh
The following investigation was conducted by SA on December 6, 1971: b6 b7C
AT FORT WORTH, TEXAS
The following persons were contacted with negative results regarding a criminal record on EARL FELTON WILLIAMS:
Officer Identification Division, Tarrant County Sheriff's Office;
Officer Identification Division, . Fort Worth, Texas Police Department.
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Sub. 56 164-81-1387
1
90.
DB COOPER-44960FD-302 (REV, 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
1
Date of transcription 12/16/71
Fleetwood Square Apartments, b6 b7C
2121 North Handley, was contacted and questioned whether there was a residence at her apartment complex by the name of EARL F.
1
Date of transcription 12/16/71
Fleetwood Square Apartments, b6 b7C
2121 North Handley, was contacted and questioned whether there was a residence at her apartment complex by the name of EARL F. WILLIAMS. After a search of her records she advised that there was such an individual who resides in apartment 96 and that he had been at this residence since March, 1971.
advised that she knows very little of Mr. WILLIAMS, except that he pays his rent on time and that he works for Papa's Pizza Parlor in Fort Worth, Texas, and that he seems to have a very modest income and has shown no recent display of wealth.
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Sub.56
164-81-1388
Interviewed on 12/6/71 ot Fort Worth , Texas
File #
Dallas 164-191
1
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Date dictated
20/71 1 b6 b7C
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the fel and is looned to your agen It and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
2nd val. sub 9
DB COOPER-44961៛D:302 (REV, 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
1
Date of transcription_12/16/71
EARL F. WILLIAMS was contacted at his residence, 2121 North Handley, Apartment 96, and questioned regarding his knowledge of/or
WILLIAMS was contacted at his residence, 2121 North Handley, Apartment 96, and questioned regarding his knowledge of/or involvement in the hijacking of a Northwest Airlines 727 Jet on November 24, 1971, flying out of Seattle, Washington. WILLIAMS stated that he was no way involved in such a crime and that he knew nothing of such incident, only by hearing it from news reports. WILLIAMS stated that he does possess a pilot license for a small aircraft, but that he has never made any parachute jumps nor has he been in or near the Seattle area as long as he can remember.
area with WILLIAMS stated that he resides at the Fort Worth that he is employed by Papa's Pizza Parlor on Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas, and that prior to this he was employed by Skelly Oil Company in Oklahoma. WILLIAMS stated that in order to verify his whereabouts on the date of November 24, 1971, his manager at his place of employment, could be contacted and that he could clear up any doubt about his attendance at work for that day.
order to verify his whereabouts on the date of November 24, 1971, his manager at his place of employment, could be contacted and that he could clear up any doubt about his attendance at work for that day.
The following description of WILLIAMS was obtained from observation and interview:
Name
EARL FELTON WILLIAMS Ma le
White Date of birth June 16, 1919
Healdton, Oklahoma
Place of birth
Height
5'11" 185 pounds
Weight Hair Eyes
Scars and marks
Remarks
Brown Green No easily identifiable scars, marks or tattoos At time of interview was wearing trifocal glasses which he states that he needs to wear at all times in order to be able to see Sub .56
164-81-1389
Interviewed on
13/6/71
at Fort Worth, Texas
Fite # Dallas -164-191 :
SA
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Date dictated
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DB COOPER-44962
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Residence
Telephone Occupation Employment
Manager at place of employment Marital status Wife Social Security Number Pilot's license number
2121 North Handley, Apartment 96, Fort Worth, Texas
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DB COOPER-44962
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Residence
Telephone Occupation Employment
Manager at place of employment Marital status Wife Social Security Number Pilot's license number
2121 North Handley, Apartment 96, Fort Worth, Texas 451-4221 Musician Papa's Pizza Parlor, Fort Worth, Texas, piane player
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447-07-4701
486569 issued on February 5, 1958 for a single engine land aircraft issued in the name of WILLIAMS with the address of Post Office Box 227, Velma, Oklahoma.
DB COOPER-44963FD-302 (REV. 11-27 70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
1
Date of transcription
12/16/71
Manager Papa's Pizza Parlor, Fort Worth, Texas, was contacted at the place of business on Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas, and questioned regarding the presence and attendance at work for EARL FELTON WILLIAMS on the date of November 24, 1971. b6 b7C
After a review of his personnel records advised that WILLIAMS was at attendance for the full time on November 24, 1971, from the hours of 7:30 PM to 1:00 AM on November 25, 1971. also verified that WILLIAMS was at work on the date preceeding and the date following the 24th all from the hours of 7:30 PM to 1:00 AM.
also verified that WILLIAMS was at work on the date preceeding and the date following the 24th all from the hours of 7:30 PM to 1:00 AM. stated that as far as he knows WILLIAMS Mas never been Involved in any criminal activity and that he could not have been in the Seattle area on the date of November 24, 1971.
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Dub. 56
164-81-1390
Interviewed on
12/6/71
Fort Worth, Texas
Fite #
Dallas-164-191
SA
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Dote dictated
12/10/7
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and Not.
DB COOPER-44964 ÆRØ02 DL PLAIN NITEL DATED 12-6-71 SENT 6:52 AM 12-7-71 JRH
TO DIRECTOR SEATTLE (164-81) FROM DALLAS (164-191)
Skri.
UNSUB; HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTY SEVEN JET, ELEVEN TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING ; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE OKLAHOMA CITY TELETYPE NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST.
EARL FELTON WILLIAMS, TWO ONE TWO ONE NORTH HANDLEY, APARTMENT NINE SIX, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, WAS INTERVIEWED THIS DATE RE HIS KNOWLEDGE OF OR
EARL FELTON WILLIAMS, TWO ONE TWO ONE NORTH HANDLEY, APARTMENT NINE SIX, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, WAS INTERVIEWED THIS DATE RE HIS KNOWLEDGE OF OR INVOLVEMENT IN CAPTIONED HIJACKING. WILLIAMS DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT IN INSTANT MATTER AND ADVISED THAT HE ONLY KNEW OF THIS HIJACKING BECAUSE OF THE NEWS MEDIA. WILLIAMS ADVISED THAT HE IS PRESENTLY EMPLOYED AS PIANO PLAYER AT "POPPA'S PIZZA PARLOR" IN FORT WORTH WHERE HE WORKS FROM SEVEN PM TO MIDNIGHT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND THAT HIS ATTENDANCE AT WORK ON THE DATE OF THE HIJACKING CAN BE VERIFIED.
END PAGE ONE
DB COOPER-44965 sub 56
164-81-746
SEARCHED SERIALIZED A FILEO . J .... DEC 71971 FBI - SEATTLE
7PAGE TWO
DL 164-191
WILLIAMS ADVISED FURTHER THAT HE DOES POSSESS A PRIVATE PILOT'S LICENSE WHICH WAS VERIFIED TO BE NUMBER FOUR EIGHT SIX FIVE SIX NINE, ISSUED IN WILLIAMS' NAME ON FEBRUARY FIVE, NINETEEN FIFTYEIGHT, FOR A SINGLE ENGINE LAND AIRPLAINE. THE ADDRESS SHOWN ON THE LICENSE IS P.O. BOX TWO TWO SEVEN, VELMA, OKLAHOMA. WILLIAMS ADVISED THAT HE HAS DONE NO FLYING IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
BOX TWO TWO SEVEN, VELMA, OKLAHOMA. WILLIAMS ADVISED THAT HE HAS DONE NO FLYING IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
REGARDING HIS EMPLOYMENT, WILLIAMS STATED THAT PRIOR TO COMING TO FORT WORTH HE WAS EMPLOYED BY SKELLY OIL COMPANY IN OKLAHOMA.
ON DECEMBER SIX INSTANT POPPA'S PIZZĄ PALOR, FORT WORTH, ADVISED WILLIAMS WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT HIS JOB ON NOVEMBER TWENTYTHREE, FOUR AND FIVE FROM THE HOURS OF SEVEN THIRTY PM TO ONE AM. REGARDS WILLIAMS AS A GOOD EMPLOYEE.
WILLIAMS IS DESCRIBED FROM OBSERVATION AND INTERVIEW AS WHITE MALE, BORN JUNE SIXTEEN, NINETEEN NINETEEN, HEALDTON, OKLAHOMA, FIVE ELEVEN, ONE HUNDRED EIGHTYFIVE POUNDS, BROWN HAIR WITH SLIGHT TOUCH OF GRAY, GREEN EYES, SLIGHTLY RUDDY COMPLEXION, NO DISTINCTIVE SCARS OF MARKS. WILLIAMS WEARS TRIFOCAL GLASSES WHICH, ALTHOUGH NOT UNUSUALLY THICK, HE CLAIMS HE MUST WEAR AT ALL TIMES,
FD THREE ZERO TWOS FOLLOW.
AIR MAIL COPY TO OKLAHOMA CITY.
P END
SWD FBI SEATTLE RECEIVED TWO TELS CLR
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DB COOPER-44966'b6 b7C
SUSP: EARL F. WILIAMS
NRØØS OC PLAIN 7:00PM 11-30-71 NITEL WDM
TO DIRECTOR DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO, AND SEATTLE
ALS .
WILIAMS
NRØØS OC PLAIN 7:00PM 11-30-71 NITEL WDM
TO DIRECTOR DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO, AND SEATTLE
ALS . :
FROM OKLAHOMA CITY (164-56) P
UNSUB; HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWO SEVEN JET, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, LAST, CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION .. 00: SEATTLE.
RE -CINCINNATI TELETYPE TO BUREAU, NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE, LAST.
FOR INFORMATION DALLAS, b6 ADVISED TODAY THAT COMPOSITE OF UNSUB THAT APPEARED b7D
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ON THE TODAY SHOW ON NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE, LAST, WAS . BELIEVED TO LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE AN, EARL F. WILLIAMS, WHO
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END PAGE ONE
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DB COOPER-44967
RCHCO .......... INDEXED SERIALIZEO AM FILED NOV 3 0 1971 FBI. SEATTLEFD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date:
11/16/72
Transmit the following in
(Type in plaintext or code)
AIRTEL
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TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM : CEW/AP. SAC, NEW HAVEN (164-77) (RUC)
SUBJECT :
NORJACK
00: Seattle
Re Chicago airtel/to NYO 8/18/72 and NY airtel to NHO
9/12/72.
was contacted by 
SA on 11/16/72 and stated he is currently employed for United Airline headquarters.
was contacted by 
SA on 11/16/72 and stated he is currently employed for United Airline headquarters. NYC .. He said in 1965 he was working
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Ax
said unsub could possibly have been could not offer any
involved information of lead value. was shown an artist's conception of unsub. He said he had seen it before in "Airline, Pilot" magazine and the photo reminds him of no acquaintance or associate, past or present.
11
b6 b7C 2 - Seattle 1 - New York (164-627) (info) 1 - Chicago (164-297) (info) 1 - New Haven
capi?
iPLS ENCLOSE : 1420 764-81-7121
GFW : md (5)
ELIMINATE
THERE TO ANE PIS att d. P.N
SEARCHED ......... INDEXED ..... SERIALIZED ITTHEO AC NAV 1.2 272.
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Approved:
Sent M Per
Special Agent in Charge
SY U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135
DB COOPER-44969
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(Priority)b3 b7E
9/12/72
AIRTEL
TO:
SAC, NEW HAVEN
FROM:
SAC, NEW YORK ( 16 4-627) (RUC)
SUBJECT: MORGACK
(00:SE)
SUS P SUBR SUBJ SIX INCLUIR SEIAL DAS
Enclosed for New Haven is copy of Chicago airtel dated 8/18/72 and one artist conception of unknwon subject.
NEW YORK ( 16 4-627) (RUC)
SUBJECT: MORGACK
(00:SE)
SUS P SUBR SUBJ SIX INCLUIR SEIAL DAS
Enclosed for New Haven is copy of Chicago airtel dated 8/18/72 and one artist conception of unknwon subject.
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Numerous attempts were made to make an
appointment with
by calling his home 
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telephone
United Airlines advised that the home residence
Roxbury, Connecticut,
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LEAD
NEW HAVEN
AT ROXBURY,' CONNECTICUT. Contact exhibit artists conception and conduct investigation set forth in enclosed airtel.
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2 - New Haven 1 - Chicago (INFO) 1 Seattle' (INFO) - New York
JS:tm (5)
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754-81-389,8
SEARCHED INDEXED "SERIALIZED 1 FILED
SEP 1 4 1972 FBI-SEATTLE
DB COOPER-44970
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8/18/72
Jue 
AIRTEL
TO
:
SAC, NEW YORK (164-627)
FROM
:
SAC, CHICAGO (164-297) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJACK
00: SEATTLE
for information of New York, during recent conference conducted for United Air Line Flight Personnel,
United Air Lines, advised 
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He believes the aircraft used were leased by
X 
was
He further advised a for the
HARTZ that 727 aircraft wee utilized by
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He believes the aircraft used were leased by
X 
was
He further advised a for the above operation, employed by United Air Lines
› i.s
currently a
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New York requested to interview determine if unsub could have been involved in
and
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ARMED AND DANGEROUS
2 - New York 2 Seattle (164-81) 1 - Chicago REH/kal (5) 
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164-81-3808
SEARCHED .......... INDEXED. SERIALIZEDLL FILED 11
AUG 2 3 1972 FBI-SEATTLE
DB COOPER-44971
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b6 SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
12/11/71 1
SA
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UNSUB; aka Dan Cooper NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305 Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: SE
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On 12/11/71.
telephonically advised he
obtained some information which may be of assistance in the Hijack- ing case.
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2 SE (164-81) GRF
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164-81-1081
SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALISED.LI//2,SILED
On DEC 1 2 1971
FBI - SEATTLE
7
DB COOPER-44972OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (4 CFR) 101-11.
LI//2,SILED
On DEC 1 2 1971
FBI - SEATTLE
7
DB COOPER-44972OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (4 CFR) 101-11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC
(164-81) (P)
DATE:
12/8/71
FROM : SA
SUBJECT: UNSUB, aka
Dan Cooper;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT 305
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING;
EXTORTION
SUB- P. - 0 - G.
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RE: Boeing Technical Data
00: SE
RE :
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On 12/2/71,
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following information:
Seattle, Washington, furnished the
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He was
testing of this aircraft.
It is physically impossible to make a take-off in the 727 with the rear stairs extended. He explained that if this were attempted the stairs would strike the runway at the point of rotation just prior to liftoff.
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$010-100
JCN/djs (3)
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14.0/2000 SEARCHID ... ..... ...... X b3 SERIAZA az Teco 13 b7E DEC 08 1971 181-SE1.11.6
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB COOPER-44973SE 164-81
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On the 727, the rear stairs cannot be lowered from the pilot's compartment. They can be lowered only from the passenger compartment in the rear of the plane or externally if the plane is on the
They can be lowered only from the passenger compartment in the rear of the plane or externally if the plane is on the ground.
advised that once the operation of the rear stairs has started there is no way to stop them until they have extended to the full position. On the ground when the rear stairs are extended, the weight of the stairs actually carries them to the full open position. If the stairs are extended in flight, the pressure of the wind keeps them from opening to the full position.
On several occasions
extended the rear stairs while in flight. This was done at speeds of approximately 150 knots. Opening the rear stairs in flight at speeds at 150 to 170 knots would not suck any items from the passenger cabin. There would be a slight change in pressurization but this would not remove any papers or cushions from the passenger cabin.
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DB COOPER-44974DECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY DERIVED FROM:

ARØØ9 WA CODE	FBI AUTOMATIC	DECLASSIFICATION GUIDE
3:20AM 12-4-71 DCW.
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DB COOPER-44974DECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY DERIVED FROM:

ARØØ9 WA CODE	FBI AUTOMATIC	DECLASSIFICATION GUIDE
3:20AM 12-4-71 DCW.	DATE 09-26-2024	BY	b3 b6
3:07AM	12-4-71	b7C
URGENT 12-3-71 MWM
TO	DIRECTOR	SUSP:
ALEXANDRIA (MAIL)	...... ....
BUTTE
LOS ANGELES
MINNEAPOLIS	(MAIL)	.
ANGELES
MINNEAPOLIS	(MAIL)	.
NEWARK	SUB	BOEING	TECH	DATA
NORFOLK (MAIL)'	PARACHUTES.
PHOENIX (MAIL)'
RICHMOND (MAIL)
SAN DIEGO
td>
RICHMOND (MAIL)
SAN DIEGO
SAN FRANCISCO
SEATTLE
ALL OFFFICES VIA WASHINGTON
FROM WASHINGTON FIELD (164-169) (SEVENTEEN PAGES)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES
VIA WASHINGTON
FROM WASHINGTON FIELD (164-169) (SEVENTEEN PAGES)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST; CAA -
HIJACKING; EXTORTION, 00:SE.
RE PHOENIX AIRTEL TO SEATTLE NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE
LAST; SEATTLE TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND WFO DECEMBER ONE LAST;	b3
SAN	FRANCISCO TELETYPE TO SEATTLE AND WFO DECEMBER TWO	LAST;	b7E
LOS	ANGELES NITEL TO PHOENIX, SEATTLE, AND WFO	DECEMBER	164-81-640
TWO,	LAST; WFO TELEPHONE CALL TO LOS ANGELES. DECEMBER	THREEARCHED SERIALIZED.	INDEXED FILED.
INSTANT; NEWARK	TELETYPE TO BUREAU	AND
INDEXED FILED.
INSTANT; NEWARK	TELETYPE TO BUREAU	AND OTHERS	DECEMBER	THREE DEC.	4 1971.
FBI	- SEATTLE
INSTANT.	12:05
END	PAGE ONE	3	DB	COOPER-44975

PÁGE, TWO
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DB COOPER-44976PAGE THREE
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DB COOPER-44977PAGE FOUR
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RE: SUSPECT "THE HERO" REFERRED TO IN REFERENCED LOS ANGELES NITEL TO PHOENIX, SEATTLE, AND WFO, DATED DECEMBER TWO LAST: TODAY, SHERATON b6 b7C
CARLTON HOTEL, SIXTEENTH AND K STREETS, NORTHWEST, . WASHINGTON, D.C. (WDC) TELEPHONE NUMBER (AREA CODE
ADVISED SUITE
WHICH INCLUDES ROOMS
HOTEL RECORDS DISCLOSED THAT ON NOVEMBER TWENTY
SEVEN LAST, b6 b7C
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DB COOPER-44978PAGE FIVE
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NOT LISTED, RECIEVED CONFIRMATION OF RESERVATIONS FOR TWO
ROOMS
HOTEL RECORDS DISCLOSED THAT ON NOVEMBER TWENTY
SEVEN LAST, b6 b7C
END PAGE FOUR
DB COOPER-44978PAGE FIVE
SPRINGFIELD", STATE b6 b7C
NOT LISTED, RECIEVED CONFIRMATION OF RESERVATIONS FOR TWO NIGHTS STAY BEGINING ON SAME DATE. RECORDS FURTHER REFLECTED THAT CHECKED IN HOTEL AND REGISTERED IN SUITE
NOVEMBER
TWENTYSEVEN LAST. AT TIME OF REGISTRATION, LISTED HOME ADDRESS AS
INDIANA, AND REFLECTED HIS EMPLOYMENT AS NO ADDRESS LISTED.
FURTHER REVIEW OF HOTEL RECORDS DISCLOSED THAT
ON NOVEMBER TWENTY EIGHT LAST,
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REPRESENTING
CHECKED
IN HOTEL AT AND REGISTERED IN SUITE
FOR TWO NIGHTS STAY. FROM HOTEL RECORDS IT
APPEARS AS THOUGH THE AFORMENTIONED
WAS ORIGINALLY
REGISTERED IN ROOM
AND SUBSEQUENTLY
MOVED TO SUITE
UPON ARRIVAL.
END PAGE FIVE
DB COOPER-44979 PAGE SIX
RECORDS ALSO REVEAL (FIRST NAME UNKNOWN (FNU) )
JOINED
IN SUITE
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FROM ANOTHER ROOM WHICH HE INITIALLY OCCUPIED ON AN UNKNOWN DATE. IN THIS REGARD, HOTEL RECORDS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE BUT ARE BEING LOCATED BY
ACCORDING TO SUITE
WAS b6 b7c
ALSO OCCUPIED BY ANOTHER UNKNOWN WHITE MALE AMERICAN, DESCRIBED AS "DEAN MARTIN" TYPE,
IN THIS REGARD, HOTEL RECORDS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE BUT ARE BEING LOCATED BY
ACCORDING TO SUITE
WAS b6 b7c
ALSO OCCUPIED BY ANOTHER UNKNOWN WHITE MALE AMERICAN, DESCRIBED AS "DEAN MARTIN" TYPE, SIX FEET, ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY POUNDS, WHITE HAIR, WHO SPOKE WITH A TEXAS ACCENT AND WHO ALWAYS WORE SWEATER AND SLACKS AND PRESENTED SUAVE APPEARANCE.
PROVIDED FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION CONCERNING OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN SUITE , BUT UNABLE TO POSITIVELY ASSOCIATE NAMES WITH DESCRIPTIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
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END PAGE SIX
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DB COOPER-44980WFO 164-169 PAGE TEN
A CHECK WITH METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT, WDC, DISCLOSED THAT SOMETIME- BETWEEN-ONE-OCLOCK-A.M: "AND-EIGHT OCLCOK-A.M .; DECEMBER ONE LAST, SUITE WAS BURGLARIZED AND b6
THREE ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS AND TEN TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS WERE TAKEN FROM WALLET WHICH WAS THE PROPERTY OF
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, WHITE MALE, DATE OF BIRTH
RESIDING
WORTH, TEXAS, TELEPHONE NUMBER (AREA CODE
EMPLOYMENT IS LISTED ON POLICE REPORT AS
FORT WORTH,
TEXAS.
SEARCH OF SUITE
BY BUREAU AGENT REVEALED b6
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THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
NUMBEROUS WDC NEWSPAPERS FROM WHICH HEADLINES AND OTHER LARGE PRINT HAVE BEEN CLIPPED, SUCH AS, FOOD ADVERTISEMENTS,
SEARCH OF SUITE
BY BUREAU AGENT REVEALED b6
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THE FOLLOWING ITEMS:
NUMBEROUS WDC NEWSPAPERS FROM WHICH HEADLINES AND OTHER LARGE PRINT HAVE BEEN CLIPPED, SUCH AS, FOOD ADVERTISEMENTS, ETC.
FOUR EMPTY BOTTLES WHICH APPARENTLY CONTAINED VARIOUS END PAGE TEN
DB COOPER-44984WFO 164-169
PAGE FOURTEEN
VALIDATED STAMP. NEW ISSUED ACCORDINGLY. LICENSED
AS AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA ON
b6 per USCG b7C per USCG
LICENSE NUMBER
THE FILE CONTAINED NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
ON DECEMBER ONE LAST A SEARCH WAS MADE AT THE
, UNITED STATES COAST
b6 per USCG b7C per USCG
GUARD HEADQUARTERS AND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED:
ON OCTOBER TWENTY ONE, LAST
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON OF WHICH
BOUND FROM THE PORT OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ONE OR MORE PORTS IN THE FAR EAST, EITHER DIRECT OR VIA ONE OR MORE PACIFIC COAST PORTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA INCLUDING ALASKA AND SUCH OTHER PORTS AND PLACES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE MASTER MAY DIRECT, AND BACK TO A FINAL PACIFIC COAST PORT OF DISCHARGE IN THE END PAGE FOURTEEN
b6 per USCG b7C per USCG
· DB COOPER-44989 WFO 164-169 PAGE FIFTEEN
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, FOR A TERM OF TIME NOT
SIGNED OFF THE b6 per USCG
PLACES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE MASTER MAY DIRECT, AND BACK TO A FINAL PACIFIC COAST PORT OF DISCHARGE IN THE END PAGE FOURTEEN
b6 per USCG b7C per USCG
· DB COOPER-44989 WFO 164-169 PAGE FIFTEEN
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, FOR A TERM OF TIME NOT
SIGNED OFF THE b6 per USCG EXCEEDING NINE CALENDAR MONTHS." 
LAST.
b7C per USCG
LISTS HIS NEXT OF XIN AS
THE
RECORDS CONTAIN NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
WFO SENDING FACSIMILE PHOTOGRAPH OF TO
b6
b7C SEATTLE WITH THIS COMMUNICATION.
RE SUSPECT
INVESTIGATION AT CENTRAL OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION AND
NATURALIZATION SERVICE (INS), WDC, DISCLOSED INS FILE
CONCERNS b6 per USCIS
AND FILE
. BOTH FILES ARE CURRENTLY CHARGED OUT TO INS, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. BASED ON AVAILABLE INFORMATION, NO RECORD LOCATED AT PASSPORT OFFICE, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE (USDS), END PAGE FIFTEEN
· DB COOPER-44990 WFO 164-169 PAGE SIXTEEN
WDC, IDENTIFIABLE WITH
DATE OF BIRTH
LEADS
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LOS ANGELES AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. WILL
CONTACT
RE INFORMATION CONCERNING
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SUSPECT "THE HERO."
NEWARK AT NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. WILL CONTACT INS AND REVIEW INS FILES
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AND
PERTAINING
TO
RESPECTIVELY.
"
NEWARK AT NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. WILL CONTACT INS AND REVIEW INS FILES
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AND
PERTAINING
TO
RESPECTIVELY.
SAN DIEGO, AT IMPERIAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA. WILL
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CONTACT
AND DETERMINE CURRENT WHEREABOUTS OF SUSPECT
END PAGE SIXTEEN
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DB COOPER-44991NRØ12 SE PLAIN 2:01PM URGENT 12/1/71 VAB TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) WFO FROM SEATTLE (164-81)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SE- ATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00 : SE
RE NEW HAVEN TELETYPE TO BUREAU, SEATTLE AND WFO DATED DE- CEMBER ONE INSTANT.
b3
END
FBI WFO MWM CCLRRRRRRR
DB COOPER-44993 b7E
164-81-363
b3NRØ02 NH PLAIN
3:04PM URGENT
12/01/71 VEM
TO .: DIRECTOR SEATTLE WFO
FROM:
NEW HAVEN (164-77)
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UNSUB: NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, . NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION, 00:SEATTLE.
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1.338
INDEXED FILED 1 1971
· SEATTLE
END, ,PAGE ONE
Mr. La DB COOPER-44994
!!Memorandum
To :
SAC, SEATTLE (164A-SE-81) (P)
Date 6/4/90
EFSLAD
From :
SẮC, SALT LAKE CITY (164A-SE-81) (P)
Subject:
NORJAK
00: SEATTLE
Memorandum
To :
SAC, SEATTLE (164A-SE-81) (P)
Date 6/4/90
EFSLAD
From :
SẮC, SALT LAKE CITY (164A-SE-81) (P)
Subject:
NORJAK
00: SEATTLE

 164-81-320 Auf 58
ora , pay Rolls - cium.

For purposes of information, during the last week of 4/90, JERRY REX ADAMS was in the Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Resident Agency to install vertical blinds and during this procedure, inquired from SAS if the FBI had ever caught D. B. COOPER. ADAMS then provided the following information: ADAMS stated that during the time frame of the NORTHWEST AIRLINES hijacking, there was a number of newspaper articles which revealed the likeness or showed photographs of an individual who used the name of D. B. COOPER during this hijacking. ADAMS stated these pictures closely resembled an individual known to him as MIKE SULLIVAN, who worked with ADAMS as a volunteer fireman in the Kellogg, Idaho, Volunteer Fire Department. 5
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ADAMS stated that SULLIVAN was a sport parachutist and used to keep his parachute hung up
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ADAMS stated that SULLIVAN was a sport parachutist and used to keep his parachute hung up in the fire department hose tower. ADAMS added that when SULLIVAN left the fire department, he went to either Los Angeles or San Francisco, California, and obtained work as a baggage handler for one of the major airlines, although, ADAMS could not remember which airline SULLIVAN worked for. ADAMS stated that he has not seen SULLIVAN since SULLIVAN left the fire department and traveled to California.
ADAMS thought SULLIVAN would have been in his mid to late 20s at the time of the hijacking incident. ADAMS stated SULLIVAN was approximately 6'0 tall, well built, 150-160 pounds, having dark black hair which may have been curly, and sometimes wore a beard. ADAMS described SULLIVAN as a nice guy, but a dare devil who was a con-man, in that money lent to him would never be . returned. .
ADAMS advised that SULLIVAN's mother lived in Spokane, Washington, although he could not recall SULLIVAN's mother's first name.
ADAMS advised that SULLIVAN's mother lived in Spokane, Washington, although he could not recall SULLIVAN's mother's first name. ADAMS believed that SULLIVAN was born in Spokane, Washington. 2- Seattle 2 - Salt Lake City TRN/km (4)
ELIMINATI 516 SUS 58
164 A- 81 -sub58
DB COOPER-44996
JUN2 3700
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ADAMS stated that SULLIVAN worked for the BUNKER HILL MINING COMPANY in Kellogg, Idaho, although it may have been called the PITLER MINES at that time. ADAMS advised that the main office for the BUNKER HILL MINING COMPANY was in the COEUR D'ALENE MINES Building located at 501 Front Street, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
ADAMS stated that he provided this information to the police department in Kellogg, Idaho, during the time of the press coverage, although he felt that they did not do anything about it.
ADAMS stated that FRANK CRNKOVICH, Sheriff, Shoshone County, Idaho, knew SULLIVAN and may know more about the incident. ADAMS added that the only other individuals he could think of who may have known SULLIVAN would have been .
ADAMS added that the only other individuals he could think of who may have known SULLIVAN would have been .
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who lives in Post Falls, Idaho, or his brother, who lives in Kellogg, Idaho.
The following information was obtained concerning ADAMS through interview and a driver's license vehicle check:

Name	JERRY REX ADAMS
Date of birth	1/30/32
Height	5'7
Weight	170 pounds
Social Security
Account Number	506-32-8129
Address	2441 South Fairway Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Telephone number	(208) 667-5855

The vehicle registration check showed three addresses for ADAMS being as follows:
Post Office Box 2172 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 1028 Coeur d'Alene Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
2441 South Fairway Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
DB COOPER-44997
-2 *-FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI Date: 2/2/72
Transmit the following in
(Type in plaintext or code)
Via AIRTEL
AIR MAIL
(Priority)
Sub M
5-22-64)
FBI Date: 2/2/72
Transmit the following in
(Type in plaintext or code)
Via AIRTEL
AIR MAIL
(Priority)
Sub M

TO:	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:	SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P)
RE:	NORJAK

Re Seattle teletype to Butte dated 12/20/71.
Enclosed for Seattle are 15 copies of an investigative insert containing the names of individuals who were the subjects of investigation and whose whereabouts were established by the Los Angeles Division and/or results of investigation and interviews revealed the person whose name was furnished to the Los Angeles Division as a possible suspect, did not appear to warrant further consideration as a logical suspect at that time.
Details of investigation will be retained in the Los Angeles case file for captioned matter.
Referenced Seattle teletype requested contact with logical informants, banks, news media and review of bank robbery suspects to insure maximum coverage and development of logical suspects.
Referenced Seattle teletype requested contact with logical informants, banks, news media and review of bank robbery suspects to insure maximum coverage and development of logical suspects.
A memorandum setting forth details of the hijacking has been disseminated to all Agents in the Los Angeles Division requesting all logical informants be contacted and Special Agents concerned with bank robbery suspects have been requested to remain alert for individuals who could be considered logical suspects in this matter. - Seattle (Encls. 15) (AM) Brd 2 - Los Angeles
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crs/kah (4)
DB COOPER-44998 Sub.58 164-81-2186
SEARCHED ________ INDEXED SERIALIZED _._ FILED FEB 71972
FBI - SEATTLE
Approved:
1stor
Special Agent in Charge
Sent M Per 20
+ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1969 O + 346-090 (11)LA 164-497
All banks and financial institutions in the Greater Los Angeles area have been circularized with the request that they immediately report any suspicious or unusual financial transactions concerning twenty dollar Federal Reserve Notes.
Officers of the Central Deposit Vaults of major banks and savings and .
that they immediately report any suspicious or unusual financial transactions concerning twenty dollar Federal Reserve Notes.
Officers of the Central Deposit Vaults of major banks and savings and .loan institutions in Los Angeles have been furnished copies of the list of ransom money in this matter and copies of this list have been disseminated to branch financial institutions, news media and other businesses and institutions in the Los Angeles area upon request.
UNSUB SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS ..
- 2 -
DB COOPER-449991 LA 164-497 crs/kah
AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Through review of appropriate records and interviews of employers, associates or other persons in a position to know of their whereabouts, it has been reported that the following listed individuals were in the Southern California area at the time the Northwest Airlines plane was hijacked on November 24, 1971. In view of this, they do not appear to warrant further consideration as logical suspects at this time:
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HENRY GRADY EPPERSON NELSON ROLAND FORTIER LEE JOSEPH GILPATRICK
EARL BENJAMIN ODEKIRK
MICHAEL CHARLES SULLIVAN
JAMES WAINWRIGHT
The names of the persons listed below were referred to the
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HENRY GRADY EPPERSON NELSON ROLAND FORTIER LEE JOSEPH GILPATRICK
EARL BENJAMIN ODEKIRK
MICHAEL CHARLES SULLIVAN
JAMES WAINWRIGHT
The names of the persons listed below were referred to the Los Angeles Division of the FBI for consideration as possible suspects. Interviews of persons who have recently " associated with these possible suspects were conducted and an artist's conception of the hijacker was displayed. It
Sub.58
164-81-2185

SEARCHED	INDEXED.
SERUN IZED	FILED

FEB 7 1972 FBI-SEATTLE
Les0
DB COOPER-450002 LA 164-497 crs/kah
was reported there were noticeable differences in the appearance of these possible suspects and the artist's conception or available descriptive data as furnished by witnesses in this case.
In view of the above, they did not appear to warrant further consideration as possible suspects and no additional investigation was conducted:
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DB COOPER-45001b6 b7C
NR 030 .LA PLAIN 11:59 PM NITEL 12-1-71 RWM TO SEATTLE (164-81) BUTTE (164-26) PORTLAND (164-'41) HONOLULU (164-85) NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO'
VIA WASHINGTON
CINCINNATI (164-55)
FROM LOS ANGELES (164-497)
LA PLAIN 11:59 PM NITEL 12-1-71 RWM TO SEATTLE (164-81) BUTTE (164-26) PORTLAND (164-'41) HONOLULU (164-85) NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO'
VIA WASHINGTON
CINCINNATI (164-55)
FROM LOS ANGELES (164-497) 8P.
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
, RE CINCINNATI TELETYPE TO BUREAU NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST; BUTTE TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES AND SEATTLE DATED NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST; PORTLAND TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES AND SEATTLE DATED NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST, AND LOS ANGELES AIRTEL TO SEATTLE DATED DECEMBER ONE INSTANT.
RE: SUSPECT b6 b7C
ON NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST, DETECTIVE CALIFORNIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT, ADVISED END PAGE ONE
UNKNOWN DB COOPER-45002
Sub 58 164.81-459
SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED /12 FILED ..... · DEC 21971 FBI - SEATTLELA 164-497
PAGE TWO
TO OFFICERS THAT AGENCY AND FILES CONTAIN NO RECORD IDENTIFIABLE
WITH
ON SAME DATE
, ADVISED IS ONLY OPERATION CURRENTLY LOCATED AT AIRPORT. HAS BEEN
AIRPORT YEARS AND KNOWS NO ONE
IDENTIFIABLE WITH
YEARS AND
INTERVIEWED AND CAN NOT RECALL ANYONE IDENTIFIABLE WITH
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ADVISES LAST OUTFIT ASSOCIATED WITH SPORT JUMPING AT AIRPORT CALLED PARACHUTES, INC.
YEARS AND KNOWS NO ONE
IDENTIFIABLE WITH
YEARS AND
INTERVIEWED AND CAN NOT RECALL ANYONE IDENTIFIABLE WITH
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ADVISES LAST OUTFIT ASSOCIATED WITH SPORT JUMPING AT AIRPORT CALLED PARACHUTES, INC. THIS GROUP DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS LOCALLY SIXTY TWO OR SIXTY THREE, AND
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BELIEVES GROUP CURRENTLY OPERATING IN ORANGE, MASSACHUSETTS. ON THE SAME DATE, RECORDS OF THE ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, . SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, REVEALED FILE NUMBER
, DESCRIBED
AS FOLLOWS :
MALE, WHITE, AMERICAN, BORN
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b6 AT , CALIFORNIA, FIVE FEET TEN INCHES TALL, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE POUNDS, BLOND HAIR, BLUE EYES, MEDIUM BUILD, MEDIUM END PAGE TWO
DB COOPER-45003 LA, 164-497
PAGE THREE
COMPLEXION, MARITAL STATUS
OCCUPATION
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, EMPLOYER
CALIFORNIA, RESIDENCE
CALIFORNIA
(AS OF
CALIFORNIA (AS OF
APRIL
), MOTHER
CALIFORNIA, FBI NUMBER.
CII NUMBER
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
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FINGERPRINT CLASSIFICATION
, PREVIOUS ARRESTS
CALIFORNIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT NUMBER
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END PAGE THREE
DB COOPER-45004 LA' 164-497
PAGE FOUR
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MILITARY SERVICE,
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ON DECEMBER ONE INSTANT
SUPERIOR COURT,
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA,
SECURITY NUMBER
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FINGERPRINT CLASSIFICATION
, PREVIOUS ARRESTS
CALIFORNIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT NUMBER
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END PAGE THREE
DB COOPER-45004 LA' 164-497
PAGE FOUR
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MILITARY SERVICE,
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ON DECEMBER ONE INSTANT
SUPERIOR COURT,
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, REVEALED THAT
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IN SUPERIOR COURT, LONG BEACH,
CALIFORNIA.
ON SAME DATE,
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, CALIFORNIA.
PHOTOGRAPHS. OF OBTAINED, FACSIMILE b6
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FURNISHED SEATTLE DIVISION AND PHOTOGRAPH SENT AIR MAIL SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTANT DATE. END PAGE. FOUR
DB COOPER-45005LA 164-497
PAGE FIVE
RE: 'SUSPECT MICHAEL CHARLES SULLIVAN
Elimi
ON DECEMBER ONE INSTANT, MICHAEL CHARLES SULLIVAN, BORN DECEMBER FOURTEEN FORTY AT KELLOGG, IDAHO, LOCATED AND INTER- VIEWED. AT RESIDENCE IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. SULLIVAN DISPLAYED PASSPORT AND SALES SLIPS TO VERIFY HIS PRESENCE IN JAPAN DURING PERTINENT PERIOD. SULLIVAN ABROAD FROM NOVEMBER TWENTY ONE LAST UNTIL RETURN TO PASADENA DECEMBER ONE INSTANT AND ACCOMPANIED BY DURING ENTIRE TRIP. b6
RE: SUSPECT
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RECORDS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, INDIO, CALIFORNIA,"_
BORN WAS REVEALED
ARRESTED BY ABOVE AGENCY ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST AT
WHEN OBSERVED
CALIFORNIA.
ADVISED.
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RE: SUSPECT
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RECORDS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, INDIO, CALIFORNIA,"_
BORN WAS REVEALED
ARRESTED BY ABOVE AGENCY ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST AT
WHEN OBSERVED
CALIFORNIA.
ADVISED.
PICK UP TRUCK STUCK IN SAND AND HE WAS SEEKING HELP.
RELEASED FROM CUSTODY SAME DATE AS INTENT COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED.
ON NOVEMBER LAST HE WAS AGAIN ARRESTED BY b6
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SAME AGENCY WHEN OBSERVED PARKED IN GREEN CHEVROLET PICK UP BEARING OREGON LICENSE REMOVED BY
OFFICERS TO
HOSPITAL FOR
END PAGE FIVE
DB COOPER-45006LA 164-497
PAGE SIX
RECORDS OF ABOVE AGENCY SHOWS LOCAL RESIDENCE OF
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CALIFORNIA. INTERVIEWED BY SPECIAL AGENT THIS DATE
AT ABOVE ADDRESS AND STATES
ARRIVED
LAST,
DRIVING GREEN PICK UP TRUCK.
OREGON, AND STATES CLOSE ACQUAINTANCE OF
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ADVISED
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NOVEMBER TWENTY THREE LAST AND
DROVE DIRECTLY TO
ARRIVING ABOUT TWO A.M., ON
NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST.
RESIDENCE UNTIL MORNING OF NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST, WHEN.
OBSERVED SIGHTS IN
AREA INCLUDING
ABOUT
LAST,
LEFT RESIDENCE b6
ALONE. TO
AND WAS, UNAWARE OF
ACTIVITIES HE STATES S COMVERSATION WITH
REVEALED NO STATEMENTS OR ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT
ADVISED HE WAS AWARE
INSTANT DATE AL SECRET SERVICE AGENT, LOS
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TO
AND WAS, UNAWARE OF
ACTIVITIES HE STATES S COMVERSATION WITH
REVEALED NO STATEMENTS OR ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT
ADVISED HE WAS AWARE
INSTANT DATE AL SECRET SERVICE AGENT, LOS
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ANGELES, ADVISED HE SEARCHED VEHICLE DESCRIBED AS CHEVROLET PICK UP BEARING OREGON LICENSE FOLLOWING END PAGE SIX
DB COOPER-45007 - LA 164-497 PAGE SEVEN
ARREST OF BY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON NOVEMBER b6 per USSS b7C TWENTY FIVE LAST. STATED ONLY ITEMS FOUND IN SEARCH WERE SEVERAL SMALL HAND TOOLS. SECRET SERVICE INTEREST. IN DUE TO SECURITY OF PRESIDENT NIXON UPON ARRIVAL AT ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST ..
WHEREABOUTS ESTABLISHED IN WITHIN b6 FEW HOURS AFTER HIJACKING AND HE WAS DRIVING SAME VEHICLE
b7C WHICH DEPARTED ON NOVEMBER TWENTY THREE LAST. ', NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED.
RE: PARACHUTE CLUBS, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
ON NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST, b6 b7C
,
CALIFORNIA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
SKY DIVER MAGAZINE, ADVISED
RESIDES
CALIFORNIA,
RESIDENCE NEGATIVE THIS DATE.
INSTANT DATE TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED LOS ANGELES
OFFICE AND INTERVIEW ARRANGED FOR PURPOSE OF OBTAINING ALL INFORMATION AVAILABLE RE PARACHUTE CLUBS, OBTAINED
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INFORMATION
RE LOCATION AND
INSTANT DATE TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED LOS ANGELES
OFFICE AND INTERVIEW ARRANGED FOR PURPOSE OF OBTAINING ALL INFORMATION AVAILABLE RE PARACHUTE CLUBS, OBTAINED
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INFORMATION
RE LOCATION AND MEMBERSHIP OF END PAGE SEVEN
AND FURNISH
DB COOPER-45008 LA 164-497
PAGE EIGHT
ARTISTS SKETCH AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA ON UNKNOWN SUBJECT THIS MATTER IN EFFORT TO DEVELOP SUSPECTS. IN UNITED STATES, b6 b7C
: CONSIDERED AUTHORITY IN HIS FIELD AND HAS INDICATED WILLING NESS TO COOPERATE IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.
PORTLAND AND' SEATTLE DISCONTINUE REGARDING
BUTTE AND SEATTLE DISCONTINUE REGARDING MICHAEL CHARLES SULLIVAN.
LOS ANGELES, INTENSIVE INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED. TO
- LOCATE
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AT LONG BEACH FOR INTERVIEW.
LOS ANGELES WILL FOLLOW, SET OUT APPROPRIATE LEADS AND CONDUCT INVESTIGATION BASED ON RESULTS OF EXTENSIVE INTERVIEW OF AND EXAMINATION OF AVAILABLE PHOTOGRAPHS
AND MEMBERSHIP RECORDS IN HIS POSSESSION. END KSWD FBI SEATTLE CLR
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DB COOPER-45009SUSP;
NR 008 BT PLAIN 6:47 PM 11-30-71 NITEL DD TO: SAC, LOS ANGELES SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) FROM: SAC, BUTTE (164-26) 2P UNSUB: NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOV.
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DB COOPER-45009SUSP;
NR 008 BT PLAIN 6:47 PM 11-30-71 NITEL DD TO: SAC, LOS ANGELES SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) FROM: SAC, BUTTE (164-26) 2P UNSUB: NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOV. TWO FOUR, ONE NINE SEVEN ONE. CAA - HIJACKING .; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE. VIEWING ARTIST-S b6
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CONCEPTION OF HIJACKING IN "SPOKESMAN REVIEW" SPOKANE, WASH., NOV. TWO NINE ISSUE, SEE STRONG RESEMBLANCE WITH MICHAEL C. SULLIVAN, PART-TIME FIREMAN AROUND ONE NINE SIX FIVE. SULLIVAN, FROM PROMINENT SPOKANE FAMILY; FATHER HENRY M. SULLIVAN RESIDES FIVE SEVEN ZERO THREE NORTH SUTHERLAND, SPOKANE.
IN ONE NINE SEVEN ZERO, MICHAEL C. SULLIVAN EMPLOYED UNKNOWN JOB WESTERN AIRLINES RESIDING ONE ONE ONE FIVE EAST CORDOVA, PASADENA, CALIF. WHILE ON KELLOGG FIRE DEPARTMENT SULLIVAN INTERESTED IN SKYDIVING AND OWNED PARCHUTE, BUT NEVER KNOW TO HAVE END PAGE ONE
DB COOPER-45010
Sub: 58 164-81-320
B
SEARCHED _.____ INDEXED. SERIALIZED FILED 1
NOV 30 1971 FBI- SEATTLE
L.A.BT 164-26 PAĢE TWO
ACTUALLY JUMPED. DESCRIBED - BORN DEC. ONE FOUR, ONE NINE " FOUR .ZERO, PLACE UNKNOWN, SIX FEET, MEDIUM BUILD, DARK HAIR, SSN APPEARS OLDER THAN TRUE AGE.
ZERO, PLACE UNKNOWN, SIX FEET, MEDIUM BUILD, DARK HAIR, SSN APPEARS OLDER THAN TRUE AGE. LOS ANGELES AT PASADENA DETERMINE SULLIVAN-S WHERABOUTS
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PERTINENT PERIOD. END.
`ACKN NR'S 006, 007 & 008 FEE
FBI SEATTLE CLR
DB COOPER-45011OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (4 CFR) 101-11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum

TO .	: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)	DATE:	12-9-71
FROM	: SA	b6
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SUBJECT: NORJAK
(RE: JUST TRIPPET, SUB 59)
Re Portland teletype to Seattle 12-1-59.
The following investigation was conducted in Winlock. Washington, on December 3, 1971, by SA
, Postal Employee, Winlock, Washington, advised he has seen JUST TRIPPET and provided the following description: White male American, 50 to 55 years old, 6'2", 185 to 190 pounds, light complexion, sandy brown hair, heavy build. further advised the composite picture of the hijacker does not resemble JUST TRIPPET.
further advised the composite picture of the hijacker does not resemble JUST TRIPPET.
Postmaster, Winlock, Washington, advised he has seen JUST TRIPPET and provided a description similar to that given by stated TRIPPET does not resemble the composite drawing of the airplane hijacker.
In view of the above, it appears that JUST TRIPPET is not identical with the subject. 11
JEG/ksw
(3)
ELIMINATE
Sub.59. 164-81-1083 SEARCHED ......... . . INDEXED SFRIALZOMM FILED z DEC 9 1971 FBI - SEATTLE 1
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$010-100
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB COOPER-4501214 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 12/1/71
namit the following in PLAINTEXT ( Type in plaintext or code),
TELETYPE URGENT
(Priority) SUSP
TO: SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
1_P
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, SEVENTY ONE; CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION: 00: SEATTLE.
* ON DECEMBER ONE, SEVENTY ONE,
PORTLAND, TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED THIS OFFICE RENE COMPOSITE SKETCH OF UNSUB WHICH APPEARED IN THE PORTLAND NEWSPAPERS CLOSELY
* ON DECEMBER ONE, SEVENTY ONE,
PORTLAND, TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED THIS OFFICE RENE COMPOSITE SKETCH OF UNSUB WHICH APPEARED IN THE PORTLAND NEWSPAPERS CLOSELY RESEMBLES AN INDIVIDUAL, JUST TRIPPET, IN PORTLAND.
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DESCRIBED AS BEING SIX FEET ONE INCH TALL, MIDDLE AGED, SLENDER BUILD, SOFTSPOKEN, LAST KNOWN RESIDENCE WINLOCK, WASHINGTON.
STATED TRIPPET IS AVID OUTDOORSMAN WHO IS ALWAYS ATTEMPTING SOUNTHING SPECTACULAR.
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SEATTLE AT WINLOCK, WASHINGTON. CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTI- GATION TO LOCATE JUST TRIPPET, AND DIMITRINIE 'S HARCOL WITH WECHSEL 50
164-81-339
1-Portland
DEC- 14971 1 SEARCHED ........ INDEXED 2SKIFAILED ........ FILED
FBI - SEATTLE.
M F
Special Agent in Charge
Lead
Apiloved:
DER
Sent
Yv.s.ONEXL 1071-412-135
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DB COOPER-4501312/21/71
AIRTEL
AIRMAIL - REGISTERED
TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC,
(P)
SUBJECT: NORJACK
Re Sacramento teletype to Seattle dated 11/29/71, Portland teletype to Seattle and Sacramento dated 12/1/71, and Sacramento airtel to Portland captioned "Ungub: 1965 Plymouth stationwagon, Oregon license ITSMY, CO: SACRAMENTO.
Seattle dated 11/29/71, Portland teletype to Seattle and Sacramento dated 12/1/71, and Sacramento airtel to Portland captioned "Ungub: 1965 Plymouth stationwagon, Oregon license ITSMY, CO: SACRAMENTO."
Enclosed for Seattle are two straps mentioned in referenced Sacramento airtel.
On 12/14/71, the two straps found in the 1965 Plymouth stationwagon were shown to the registered owner Acme
Personnel Services, 348 S ... Jackson, Roseburg, Oregon, and he advised that same were not in the vehicle at the time of theft and do not belong to him.
LEADS
SEATTLE
AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. Will determine if enclosed straps are related to parachutes furnished to hijacker.
: 2 - Seattle (Enc. 2)(AL) (RM)
1 - Sacramento (AM) (RM) 3 - Portland (2 - 164-41) (1 -
AJR :pjb
164-81-1544 b6
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AIRTEL
AIRMAIL
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:
SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50)
FROM
$
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
Re Sacramento airtel to Seattle dated 11/30/71.
Being returned to Sacramento under separate cover is' the opaque polyethylene bag forwarded to Seattle.
The bag was closely examined by appropriate maintenance and management personnel at Northwest Airlines and they have advised
The bag was closely examined by appropriate maintenance and management personnel at Northwest Airlines and they have advised that it is not any part of their plane.
The bag is being returned at your request.
3 - Sacramento (Encl 1) (1 - package) Seattle (164-81) (164-81-Sub G) 2
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2.2
Re FALL OF LADING
Sie Ser 164-81-324
504 1183
MAISTRY # 176164
12/27/21 LOYAZ'S INITIAL
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The following personnel at Northwest Airlines, SeaTac International Airport, were interviewed on December 6, 1971, by SA EDWARD J. ANDERSON, regarding the Opaque polyethylene bag alluded to in the Sacramento airtel to Seattle, November 29, 1971. Each stated that the type bag displayed is not the standard type used by Northwest Airlines nationwide. It is possible that this bag may have been substituted aboard #305 on November 24, 1971, by airline personnel somewhere along the line, but it is highly improbable: j
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INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED 0
DEC 1 41971 FBI -SCALILE
卡
DB COOPER-4501635 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date:
11/30/71
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(Type in plaintext or code) AIRMAIL - REGISTERED
Via
AIRTEL
(Priority)
SUB. G
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
42 MEROM: SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50) (P)
UNSUB; Northwest Airlines Flight #305, 11/24/71, Portland, Oregon CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
ReSCtel to Seattle, 11/29/71.
Enclosed for Seattle is opaque polyethylene BAG bag alluded to in retel.
Inasmuch as no connection has been made between captioned incident and enclosed bag, this bag is being. forwarded to Seattle in order that it may be displayed to Northwest Airlines personnel to determine if there is any possible connection.
It is being left to Seattle's discretion as to whether or not this bag will be sent to the FBI Laboratory for fingerprint examination. It is noted that the bag has been turned inside out to protect the exterior.
left to Seattle's discretion as to whether or not this bag will be sent to the FBI Laboratory for fingerprint examination. It is noted that the bag has been turned inside out to protect the exterior. from handling. The bag is known to have been handled by the contributor, and one both of California, whose fingerprints can be phina if necessary.
164-81-209
3- Seattle (Enc. 1) (RM) '1- Package 2 - Sacramento
SEARCHED INDEXED SERVIDAS 13 FILED DEC @ 1971
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Approved:
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Special Agent in Charge
if They can ilet on faity them plan .
SY U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135
# DB COOPER-45017
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=>-AIRTEL AIRMAIL - REGISTERED
TO:
SAC, PORTLAND
(P) FROM: SAC,
UNSUB; 1965 Plymouth Station Wagon, Oregon License ITSMV 00: SC
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ReSCtel to Seattle, 11/29/71, captioned "UNSUB; Northwest Airlines Flight #305, 11/24/71, Portland, Oregon; CAA - Hijacking; Extortion".
Enclosed for Portland are two straps alluded to in retel, which were found upon examination of captioned vehicle.
LEADS:
PORTLAND:
AT OREGON:
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Will display streps to vehicle owner, to determine whether they were located in vehicle at time of theft and if so, will return to
LEADS:
PORTLAND:
AT OREGON:
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Will display streps to vehicle owner, to determine whether they were located in vehicle at time of theft and if so, will return to If not identifiable by will
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164-81-505
1
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1- 1- 164-50
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DB COOPER-45018$$ (Rv. 5:22-64)
FBI
Date:
12/1/71
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PLAINTEXT
(Type in plaintext or code)
TELETYPE
URGENT
(Privtity)
TO SEATTLE (164-81)
SACRAMENTO (164-5)
PROM PORTLAND (164-41) [ P
UNSUB; NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER THO FOUR LAST, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00 SEATTLE.
7 RE SACRAMENTO TELETYPE TO SEATTLE AND FORTLAND, SEVEN ZERO SIX P.M., NOVEMBER TWO NING, SEVENTY OKE.
SIXTYFIVE PLYMOUTH STATION WAGON, OREGON LICENSE
VIN REPORTED , AS STOLEN TO ROSEBURG, OREGON) PD SEVEN:THIRTY A. M., NOVEMBER THO FOUR LAST. THEFT OCCURRED BETWEEN ELEVEN P.M., ROVEMBER TWO THREE
AND SEVEN: THIRTY A. M., NOVEMBER TWO FOUR, REGISTERED OWNER,
OREGON, INTERVIEWED AND STATES NO STRAPS WERE IN VEHICLE PRIOR TO THEFT.
, NOVEMBER TWO FOUR, REGISTERED OWNER,
OREGON, INTERVIEWED AND STATES NO STRAPS WERE IN VEHICLE PRIOR TO THEFT. VEHICLE BACK IN REGISTERED OWNER'S POSSESSION AND CURRENTLY IN SHOP FOR REPAIRS. ACCORDING TO STRAPS WERE TAKEN AND HELD BY BUAGENTS OR LOCAL OFFICERS AT . REDDING, CALIFORNIA.
SACRAMENTO AT REDDING, WILL FORWARD STRAPS. TO SEATTLE AS RE-
QUESTED IN RETEL. L - portland
anzie
Regalo
DB COOPER-45019
Sent
M
TH.MAIS
Special Agent in Charge
JMD- FBI. SE 3:15 pm by Juanmile
DEC 11971
Pet- 1 /199
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Susp. Illuminated Object Benton Airport Redding, Calif
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.
RE SACRAMENTO TELETYPE TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY SIX LAST; AND SACRAMENTO TELEPHONE CALL TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE INSTANT.
ON NOVEMBER TWENTY SIX LAST,
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, 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 b6 b7C
THIS AFTER BEING ALERTED TO THE SKY BY NOISES FROM AN AIRPLANE.
END PAGE ONE
164-81-324
MARCHED INDEXER SEMALIZED. DYR FILED M. NOV 209 1971 0 FBI - SEATTLE 1
SC handling
DB COOPER-45020 PAGE TWO
SC 164-50
ON NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE INSTANT,
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REDDING, CAME TO THE REDDING RESIDENT AGENCY AND RELEASED TO SA ONE OPAQUE POLYETHYLENE BAG APPROXIMATELY TWENTY THREE INCHES BY FIFTY INCHES WHICH BAG WAS RECOVERED BY HIM ON NOVEMBER TWENTY SEVEN LAST, AT A POINT IMMEDIATELY WEST OF BENTON AIRPORT ON THE SIDE OF A SANITARY LAND FILL. ? WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE OBSERVED THE SEVEN TWO SEVEN AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN INSTANT MATTER FLY OVER REDDING AT
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 TWO
DB COOPER-45021PAGE THREE
SC 164-50
CAN LINER FROM A SEVEN TWO SEVEN PASSENGER AIRCRAFT.
ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST, A SIXTY FIVE PLYMOUTH STATION WAGON REPORTED STOLEN AT ROSEBURG, OREGON, ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR LAST, WAS RECOVERED ABANDONED NEAR BENTON AIRPORT WHERE VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY SEVENTY FIVE FEET INTO HEAVY MANZANITA BRUSH IN AN OBVIOUS ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL ITS LOCATION. A SEARCH OF THIS VEHICLE DISCLOSED THE PRESENCE OF TWO STRAPS, ONE OLIVE DRAB CANVAS MATERIAL AND THE OTHER OF YELLOW NYLON MATERIAL NOT UNLIKE MATERIAL USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARACHUTES. SEVERAL LATENT FINGERPRINTS WERE LIFTED FROM THE INTERIOR OF THIS VEHICLE.
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,
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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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SC 164-50
SIMILAR IN MANY RESPECTS TO THE APPEARANCE OF NINETEEN
WHEN LAST OBSERVED IN b6 b7C b7D
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APPEARED AT THE REDDING RESIDENT AGENCY AND ,
DESCRIPTIONS AND WAS
ON NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE INSTANT, OREGON, APPEARED IN REDDING AND RECOVERED
END PAGE FOUR
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SC 164-50
A SIXY FIVE PLYMOUTH STATION WAGON REFERRED TO ABOVE AT WHICH TIME HE ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STOLEN FROM THE PARKING LOT OF A HOSPITAL IN ROSEBURG, OREGON, ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER TWENTY THREE DASH TWENTY FOUR, LAST, TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED THE STRAPS AS HAVING BEEN IN THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO ITS THEFT.
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The following investigation was conducted by Special
Agent
AT EUGENE, OREGON
shown to
On January 12, 1972, the following photographs were who resides at b6 b7C
advised that he could not identify any of the individuals in the photographs as being the hijacker of the Northwest Airlines airplane. The photographs are as follows:
240-HENRY GRADY EPPERSON; 230- "BUZZ" (last name_unknown) (LNU) ;
145 -PETER A. PARLO;
25%-JOHN NEAL MARLER:
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174-LESLIE GENE MINCE;
65 -DONALD LOUIS COOPER; 61- HAROLD LEE DOWELL, Solano County Sheriff's Office (CSSO), Number V62310; 189-ROBERT LEE HORTON, Multnomah County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) Number
174-LESLIE GENE MINCE;
65 -DONALD LOUIS COOPER; 61- HAROLD LEE DOWELL, Solano County Sheriff's Office (CSSO), Number V62310; 189-ROBERT LEE HORTON, Multnomah County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) Number 13742;
DELBERT EARL DOWNING, Eugene, Oregon Police Department (EOPD) Number 2746; 165-JAMES CONRAD CLIFFORD;
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162 .- RALPH VINCENT GALOPE, DC 166858;
9- ROBERT HAMMOND KEELY; 69- JOHN GORDON HOSKINS; / - JOSEPH H. JOHNSTON, Mansfield, Ohio Police Department Number 18611;
FLLOYD J. SNIDER:
50-BEN LEIBSON, Carson City, Nevada Police Department Number 17931; 6 -JAMES HENRY ZIMMERMAN: ..
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DB COOPER-45026OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1042 EDITION GSA FPMR (4 CFR) 101-1L6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, SEATTLE
(164-81) (₽)
DATE: 1/7/72
FROM :
SA LOUIS M. HARRIS, JR.
SUBJECT:
UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT 305
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00 : SEATTLE
BUfile 164-2111
Sub 6/
On 12/13/71 photographs of the individuals listed below (except that of
SUBJECT:
UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT 305
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00 : SEATTLE
BUfile 164-2111
Sub 6/
On 12/13/71 photographs of the individuals listed below (except that of ROBERT HAMMOND KEELY which was shown on 11/29/71) were shown to He advised that he could not identify any of these suspects as being identical with instant hijacker based
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LMH (17) 2-164-81
1 each -164-81 subs 9 ROBERT HAMMOND KEELY
61 HAROLD LEE DOWELL
J MORRIS STANLEY BROWNE
96 DOUGLAS COOPER
163 RALPH V. GALOPE
145 PETER A. PARLO
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB COOPER-4502712/23/71
AIRTEL
AIRMAIL - REGISTERED
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50) (P)
NORJAK 00: SE
ReSFtel to Seattle, 12/8/71. Re: Suspect HAROLD LER DOWELL, Born 9/26/26, Denver, Colorado
On 12/23/71, SC determined that no prison file for DOWELL could be located at the California Department of Corrections, Sacramento.
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that no prison file for DOWELL could be located at the California Department of Corrections, Sacramento.
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2- Seattle (RM) I - San Francisco (RM) 1 - Sacramento WAH: epg (4)
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DB COOPER-45028SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
12/14/71
SA ROBERT H. WICK
NORJAK
Re Denver teletype to Seattle, 12/6/71.
Re suspect HAROLD LEE DOWELL
On December 8, 1971, Probation and Parole Division, Olympia, Washington, advised that DOWELL was formerly on probation in the State of Washington, but was removed and his file was destroyed on April 5, 1961.
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On December 8, 1971, the Polk's City Directory for Aberdeen-Hoquiam, the Aberdeen-Hoquiam Telephone Directory and the files of the Aberdeen Police Department were reviewed and contained no reference to HAROLD LEE DOWELL.
On December 8, 1971, records of the Grays Harbor Sheriff's Office at Montesano, Washington, disclosed that HAROLD LEE DOWELL, date of birth September 26, 1926, Denver, Colorado, 6' 1, 160 pounds, brown eyes, brown hair, was charged with destroying Insured
Office at Montesano, Washington, disclosed that HAROLD LEE DOWELL, date of birth September 26, 1926, Denver, Colorado, 6' 1, 160 pounds, brown eyes, brown hair, was charged with destroying Insured property in 1960, disposition this case was dismissed. In 1961, he was charged with grand larceny, three counts, case dismissed. On April 24, 1963, he was charged with mental illness and released to Western State Hospital at Steilacoom, Washington.
On December 8, 1971, Credit Durem , Grays Harbor County, Aberdeen, Washington, advised that their files, under the name of HAROLD LEE DOWELL contained no information more recent than 1968, when they were advised that he was residing at 112 Carey Drive, Concord, California.
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Credit Bureau files failed to disclose a present
address for There were two references who died
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DB COOPER-45029
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TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE:
12/14/71
FROM
: SA
SUBJECT: UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION
On 12/14/71
was contacted at
STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE:
12/14/71
FROM
: SA
SUBJECT: UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION
On 12/14/71
was contacted at
Seattle and was shown
photographs of the following persons, with throw downs, and he elliminated each person.
3. HAROLD LEE DOKELL, SUB 61 4. JOIN GORDON HOSKINS, SUB 69 5. WILLIAM F. JOHNSTON, SUB 27
8. PETER A. PARLO, SUB 145
SUB J
2.MORRIS STANLEY BROWNE
5. HERMAN LEWIS JONES
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SEARCHED INDEXED.
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB COOPER-45031
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156 PM URGENT 12-13-71 GEO TO: SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) (P) IP
NORJACK.
RE SACRAMENTO AIRTEL TO SEATTLE DATED DECEMBER SIX, SEVENTYONE. SUSPECT, HAROLD LEE DOWELL.
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EMPLOYEES OF NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES, OBSERVED A PHOTOGRAPH OF SUSPECT AND STATED THEY BELIEVED IT WAS NOT THE, HIJACKER.
END
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BRANCHEDINDEXED SERIALIZED 1712 FILED DEC 1-3 1971 FBI - SEATTLE FD-36 (Rev.
END
DB COOPER-45032
Aub: 61: 164-81-7128
BRANCHEDINDEXED SERIALIZED 1712 FILED DEC 1-3 1971 FBI - SEATTLE FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 12/6/71
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Via AIRTEL	AIR MAIL
(Priority)
TO:	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
Uf
FROM:	SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50) (P)
UNSUB, aka Dan Cooper; Northwest Airlines, Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: Seattle
06
Remytel, 12/3/71.	A
Enclosed herewith for receiving offices is one copy
each of a photo of HAROLD LEE DOWELL, Solano County, California, Sheriff's Office number V62310. Two copies of this photo being furnished Seattle.
5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 12/6/71
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(Type in plaintext or code)

Via AIRTEL	AIR MAIL
(Priority)
TO:	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
Uf
FROM:	SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50) (P)
UNSUB, aka Dan Cooper; Northwest Airlines, Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: Seattle
06
Remytel, 12/3/71.	A
Enclosed herewith for receiving offices is one copy
each of a photo of HAROLD LEE DOWELL, Solano County, California, Sheriff's Office number V62310. Two copies of this photo being furnished Seattle.
Photo should be displayed to appropriate witnesses.

2- Seattle (Enc.
2- Seattle (Enc. 2) ~ ~ 1-Las Vegas (Enc. 1) 1-Portland (Enc. 1) 1-San Francisco (Enc. 1) 2-Sacramento

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ERI . SEATTLE

Approved: ( Special Agent In Charge
Sent M Per DB COOPER-45033
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SOLANQ CO. S.O
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DB COOPER-45034NR 019 SF PLAIN 12:19AM NITEL 12/7/71 FCO SENT 12-8-71 RAS
TO :
SEATTLE , (164-81)
SACRAMENTO
(164-50)
FROM: SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) (P) IP
UNKNOWN SUBJECT; AKA DAN COOPER;
O
V: 62310 10 11-66
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DB COOPER-45034NR 019 SF PLAIN 12:19AM NITEL 12/7/71 FCO SENT 12-8-71 RAS
TO :
SEATTLE , (164-81)
SACRAMENTO
(164-50)
FROM: SAN FRANCISCO (164-220) (P) IP
UNKNOWN SUBJECT; AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT
THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWO FOUR, LAST, CAA-
HI JACKING ; EXTORTION.
RE SACRAMENTO TELETYPE TO SEATTLE, DENVER, AND SAN FRANCISCO, DECEMBER THREE, LAST.
RE HAROLD LEE DOWELL, WHITE MALE ADULT, DATE OF
BIRTH SEPTEMBER TWO SIX, NINETEEN TWENTY-SIX, DENVER, COLORADO.
DOWELL DETERMINED TO BE RESIDING CARE OF POST OFFICE BOX SIX NINE SEVEN, LOWER LAKE, CALIFORNIA. UNPLOYED, CURRENTLY NOT AT RESIDENCE. EXACT WHEREABOUTS NOT KNOWN, BUT BELIEVED TO BE OUT OF LOWER LAKE AREA AT PRESENT. SHERIFF'S OFFICE SUB-STATION, LOWER LAKE, ACQUAINTED WITH SUBJECT AND WILL NOTIFY FBI WHEN DOWELL RETURNS TO AREA.
SEATTLE ADVISE SAN FRANCISCO WHEN DOWELL'S PHOTOGRAPH DISPLAYED TO WITNESSES IF ANY IDENTIFICATION IS MADE OF UNKNOWN SUBJEC
SAN FRANCISCO WILL HOLD FURTHER INVESTIGATION IN ABEYANCE UNTIL PHOTOGRAPH IS EXHIBITED TO WITNESSES.
INVESTIGATION CONTINUING.
Sub.
WHEN DOWELL'S PHOTOGRAPH DISPLAYED TO WITNESSES IF ANY IDENTIFICATION IS MADE OF UNKNOWN SUBJEC
SAN FRANCISCO WILL HOLD FURTHER INVESTIGATION IN ABEYANCE UNTIL PHOTOGRAPH IS EXHIBITED TO WITNESSES.
INVESTIGATION CONTINUING.
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END TIM FBI SEATTLE
164-81-825
SEARCHED ._____ INDEXED. SERIALIZED FILED DEC 1971 FBI - SEATTLE 7
DB COOPER-45035
LRIR 008 DN PLAIN 10:02PM NITEL 12-6-71 PJS
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TO :
SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM : DENVER (164-98) 3P
UNSUB; AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST. CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE SACRAMENTO TELETYPE TO SEATTLE, DECEMBER THREE LAST. MICROFILM RECORDS, STATE OF COLORADO, DEPARTMENT OF PAROLE, REFLECT THAT HAROLD LEE DOWELL WAS PLACED ON THREE YEARS PROBATION IN DISTRICT COURT, MONTROSE, COLORADO, ON NOVEMBER SEVEN, NINETEEN FIFTYSEVEN, PROBATION TO EXPIRE NOVEMBER SEVEN, NINETEEN SIXTY. DOWELL CHARGED WITH BURGLARY AND LARCENY FOR BREAKING AND ENTERING AND THEFT OF TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT. RECORDS CONTAINED A LETTER FROM OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON PAROLE DEPARTMENT DATED JULY TWENTY FIVE, NINETEEN FIFTYEIGHT, STATING THAT 
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RECORDS CONTAINED A LETTER FROM OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON PAROLE DEPARTMENT DATED JULY TWENTY FIVE, NINETEEN FIFTYEIGHT, STATING THAT 
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. AND REQUESTING STATUS OF HIS PROBATION. RECORDS INCLUDE SEVERAL COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN . PAROLE OFFICES, OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON AND DENVER, COLORADO INDICATING THAT DOWELLS PROBATION WAS TRANSFERRED TO WASHINGTON ON NOVEMBER THREE, NINETEEN FIFTYEIGHT AND INDICATING DOWELL
SEVERAL PROBATION REPORTS REFLECTED SATISFACTORY
ADJUSTMENT FOR DOWELL, AND IN NINETEEN FIFTYNINE WAS IN WAR SURPLUS BUSINESS
IN NINETEEN SIXTY OWNED HIS OWN MECHANIC BUSINESS IN WESPORT. DOWELL ARRESTED IN OCTOBER, NINETEEN SIXTY, CITY NOT IDENTIFIED, CHARGED WITH FELONY AND CHARGES SUBSEQUENTLY DISMISSED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE. SUBJECT'S PROBATIONARY PERIOD TERMINATED NOVEMBER SEVEN, NINETEEN SIXTY. FILE CONTAINS NO FURTHER BACKROUND INFORMATION, EXCEPT ONE PENCILED NOTATION OF WASHINGTON PAROLE DEPARTMENT REPORT, "WHITE, DOB JANUARY EIGHTEEN, NINETEEN TWENTYNINE".
FILE CONTAINS NO FURTHER BACKROUND INFORMATION, EXCEPT ONE PENCILED NOTATION OF WASHINGTON PAROLE DEPARTMENT REPORT, "WHITE, DOB JANUARY EIGHTEEN, NINETEEN TWENTYNINE". END PAGE TWO.
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DB COOPER-45037 DN 164-98
PAGE THREE
SEATTLE, AT OLYMPIA, CONTACT PAROLE OFFICE IN EFFORT TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL BACKROUND INFORMATION ON DOWELL. SEATTLE, AT , CONTACT
IN EFFORT TO DETERMINE DOWELL'S CURRENT WHEREABOUTS AND ANY ADDITIONAL BACKROUND INFORMATION AND ANY INFORMATION INDICATING HE IS FORMER PILOT AND JUMPER.
AIRMAIL COPIES TO SACRAMENTO AND SAN FRANCISCO. END TEL. (P) TIM FBI SEATTLE LR
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DB COOPER-45038 NR 02 SC PLAINTEXT
11:20 AM URGENT 12-3-71 LXL
TO
SEATTLE (164-81)
DENVER
SAN FRANCISCO
FROM
SACRAMENTO
(164-50)
4P
UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY- FOUR, LAST. CAA - HIJACKING ; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE SEATTLE TEL TO SACRAMENTO, DECEMBER ONE, LAST. FOR INFORMATION DENVER AND SAN FRANCISCO, RE TEL ADVISED AS FOLLOWS:
WASHING - TON, AFTER VIEWING ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF SUBJECT, ADVISED HE STRONGLY RESEMBLES HAROLD L.
FOR INFORMATION DENVER AND SAN FRANCISCO, RE TEL ADVISED AS FOLLOWS:
WASHING - TON, AFTER VIEWING ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF SUBJECT, ADVISED HE STRONGLY RESEMBLES HAROLD L. DOWELL, SIX TWO ZERO, CAROLINA STREET, VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA. DOWELL IS FORMER PILOT AND JUMPER, ALSO ON PAROLE FROM COLORADO AND CAPABLE OF COMMITTING THIS CRIME. END PAGE ONE
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sub 61 164-81-492
SEARCHED ........ INDEXED
SERIALIZED FILED! DEC 3 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
7
DB COOPER-45039SC 164-50
PAGE TWO
CALIFORNIA PAROLE AUTHORITIES AT VALLEJO ADVISE THEY HAVE NO PAROLEE BY NAME OF DOWELL. REVIEW CURRENT TELEPHONE AND CITY DIRECTORIES HAVE NO LISTING FOR DOWELL, NINETEEN SIXTY-SEVEN VALLEJO CITY DIRECTORY LISTS , RESIDING
VALLEJO CITY OFFICES LIST WATER
SERVICE LATTER ADDRESS, NAME OF
VALLEJO POLICE DEPARTMENT RECORDS NEGATIVE ON DOWELL. SOLANO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, FAIRFIELD, CALIFORNIA, DISCLOSE HAROLD LEE DOWELL BOOKED OCTOBER ELEVEN, SIXTY-SIX, LOCAL CHARGES. BOOKING DESCRIBED DOWELL WMA, BORN SEPTEMBER TWENTY-SIX, TWENTY-SIX, DENVER, COLORADO, SIX FEET ONE INCH, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE POUNDS, BLACK HAIR, BROWN EYES, RUDDY COMPLEXION, TWO-INCH SCAR RIGHT EYE,
DESCRIBED DOWELL WMA, BORN SEPTEMBER TWENTY-SIX, TWENTY-SIX, DENVER, COLORADO, SIX FEET ONE INCH, ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE POUNDS, BLACK HAIR, BROWN EYES, RUDDY COMPLEXION, TWO-INCH SCAR RIGHT EYE, SELF-EMPLOYED AUTO MECHANIC, FBI NUMBER FOUR FOUR THREE TWO EIGHT ZERO, CALIFORNIA BUREAU OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION- TION NUMBER THREE ONE FOUR NINE SEVEN SEVEN, CALIFORNIA END PAGE TWO
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DB COOPER-45040SC 164-50
PAGE THREE
DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER D EIGHT FIVE TWO SIX NINE NINE, SSAN FIVE ONE FOUR DASH ONE SIX DASH ON SEVEN NINE SIX. AT TIME OF ARREST, DOWELL OWENR OF NINETEEN FIFTY-EIGHT LINCOLN, FOUR-DOOR, CALIFORNIA LICENSE D T E FOUR TWO ONE. PHOTOS OBTAINED.
VALLEJO, ADVISED
DOWELL HAS NOT RESIDED THAT ADDRESS SINCE AND IS UNKNOWN TO FURTHER ADVISED
AT WHICH TIME DOWELL IN UKIAH, CALIFORNIA.
DENVER CONTACT COLORADO PRISON AUTHORITIES AND DETERMINE IF DOWELL COLORADO PAROLEE AND IF SO OBTAIN PAROLE LOCATION AND AVAIL- ABLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
SAN FRANCISCO AT UKIAH, MAKE INQUIRY CONCERNING DOWELL IN END PAGE THREE
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DB COOPER-450415
SC 164-50
PAGE FOUR
EFFORT TO ASCERTAIN WHEREABOUTS NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, LAST, AND ANY INFORMATION
SAN FRANCISCO AT UKIAH, MAKE INQUIRY CONCERNING DOWELL IN END PAGE THREE
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DB COOPER-450415
SC 164-50
PAGE FOUR
EFFORT TO ASCERTAIN WHEREABOUTS NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, LAST, AND ANY INFORMATION INDICATING HE IS FORMER PILOT AND JUMPER.
PHOTOS WILL BE FURNISHED SEATTLE, SAN FRANCISCO, LAS VEGAS, AND PORTLAND.
AIRMAIL COPIES TO LAS VEGAS AND PORTLAND.
END.
VAB
FBI SEATTLE
DO YOU HAVE AONOTHER FOR US &- GA FBI SE CLR
DB COOPER-45042NNRØ10 SE PLAIN 1:330PM URGENT 12/1/71 VAB TO SACRAMENTO
FROM SEATTLE (164-81)
UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAA-HIJACK- ING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
b6 b7C S' b7D AFTER VIEWING ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF SUBJECT, ADVISED HE STRONG- LY RESEMBLES HAROLD L. DOWELL, SIX TWO ZERO CAROLINA STREET, VAL- LEJO, CALIFORNIA. DOWELL IS FORMER PILOT AND JUMPER. ALSO ON PAROLE FROM COLORADO AND CAPABLE OF COMMITTING THIS CRIME. Sacramento SAN FRANCISCO AT VALLEJO, CONDUCT INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE IF DOWELL IDENTICAL WITH SUBJECT. - P- END
VLS FBI SACRAMENTO HOLD
sub 61 164 - 81-342
DB COOPER-45043FD-36 (Rev.
Sacramento SAN FRANCISCO AT VALLEJO, CONDUCT INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE IF DOWELL IDENTICAL WITH SUBJECT. - P- END
VLS FBI SACRAMENTO HOLD
sub 61 164 - 81-342
DB COOPER-45043FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI Date: 2/2/72
Transmit the following in
(Type in plaintext or code)
Via
AIRTEL
AIR MAIL
(Priority)
Sub M
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:
SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497) (P)
RE:
NORJAK
Re Seattle teletype to Butte dated 12/20/71.
Enclosed for Seattle are 15 copies of an investigative insert containing the names of individuals who were the subjects of investigation and whose whereabouts were established by the Los Angeles Division and/or results of investigation and interviews revealed the person whose name was furnished to the Los Angeles Division as a possible suspect, did not appear to warrant further consideration as a logical suspect at that time.
Details of investigation will be retained in the Los Angeles case file for captioned matter.
Referenced Seattle teletype requested contact with logical informants, banks, news media and review of bank robbery suspects to insure maximum coverage and development of logical suspects.
Referenced Seattle teletype requested contact with logical informants, banks, news media and review of bank robbery suspects to insure maximum coverage and development of logical suspects.
A memorandum setting forth details of the hijacking has been disseminated to all Agents in the Los Angeles Division requesting all logical informants be contacted and Special Agents concerned with bank robbery suspects have been requested to remain alert for individuals who could be considered logical suspects in this matter. . - Seattle (Encls. 15) (AM) Per 2 - Los Angeles
crs/kah (4)
DB COOPER-45044
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164-81-2186
SEARCHED _....... INDEXED SERIALIZED __._ FILED FEB 71972
FBI - SEATTLE
Approved:
Lustr
Sent
Special Agent in Charge
+ U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1969 O > 346-090 (11)
M Per 200LA 164-497
All banks and financial institutions In the Greater Los Angeles area have been circularized with the request that they immediately report any suspicious or unusual financial transactions concerning twenty dollar Federal Reserve Notes.
Officers of the Central Deposit Vaults of major banks and savings and loan institutions in Los Angeles have been furnished copies of
Officers of the Central Deposit Vaults of major banks and savings and loan institutions in Los Angeles have been furnished copies of the list of ransom money in this matter and copies of this list have been disseminated to branch financial institutions, news media and other businesses and institutions in the Los Angeles area upon request.
UNSUB SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
DB COOPER-45045
- 2 -- Lub.
1 LA 164-497 crs/kah
AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Through review of appropriate records and interviews of employers, associates or other persons in a position to know of their whereabouts, it has been reported that the following listed individuals were in the Southern California area at the time the Northwest Airlines plane was hijacked on November 24, 1971. In view of this, they do not appear to warrant further consideration as logical suspects at this time:
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HENRY GRADY EPPERSON
LEE JOSEPH GILPATRICK
EARL BENJAMIN ODEKIRK
MICHAEL CHARLES SULLIVAN
JAMES WAINWRIGHT
The names of the persons listed below were referred to the Los Angeles Division of the FBI for consideration as possible suspects.
logical suspects at this time:
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HENRY GRADY EPPERSON
LEE JOSEPH GILPATRICK
EARL BENJAMIN ODEKIRK
MICHAEL CHARLES SULLIVAN
JAMES WAINWRIGHT
The names of the persons listed below were referred to the Los Angeles Division of the FBI for consideration as possible suspects. Interviews of persons who have recently associated with these possible suspects were conducted and an artist's conception of the hijacker was displayed. It
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164-81-2185
SEARCHED ......._ INDEXED. SERIALIZED ___ FLEO.
FEB 7 1972 FBI -SEATILE
What
DB COOPER-450462 LA 164-497 crs/kah
was reported there were noticeable differences in the appearance of these possible suspects and the artist's conception or . available descriptive data as furnished by witnesses in this case.
In view of the above, they did not appear to warrant further consideration as possible suspects and no additional investigation was conducted:
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DB COOPER-45047b6 b7C
NR 030'LA PLAIN 11:59 PM NITEL 12-1-71 RWM
TO SEATTLE (164-81) BUTTE (164-26) PORTLAND (164-'41) HONOLULU (164-85) NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO'
VIA WASHINGTON
CINCINNATI (164-55)
FROM LOS ANGELES ( 164-497) 8P.
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND.
59 PM NITEL 12-1-71 RWM
TO SEATTLE (164-81) BUTTE (164-26) PORTLAND (164-'41) HONOLULU (164-85) NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO'
VIA WASHINGTON
CINCINNATI (164-55)
FROM LOS ANGELES ( 164-497) 8P.
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND. TO SEATTLE,
NOVEMBER. TWENTY FOUR LAST, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
RE, CINCINNATI TELETYPE TO BUREAU NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST; BUTTE TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES AND SEATTLE DATED NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST; PORTLAND TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES AND SEATTLE DATED NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST, AND LOS ANGELES AIRTEL TO SEATTLE DATED DECEMBER ONE INSTANT.
RE: SUSPECT b6 b7C ON NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST, DETECTIVE , CALIFORNIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT, ADVISED, UNKNOWN DB COOPER-45048 END PAGE ONE
164-81-459
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SEARCHED ......... INDEXED ...... SERIALIZED:/411 FILED ........ DEC 21971 FBI - SEATTLELA 164-497
PAGE TWO
TO OFFICERS THAT AGENCY AND FILES CONTAIN NO RECORD IDENTIFIABLE
: b6 WITH
ON SAME DATE
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, ADVISED IS ONLY OPERATION CURRENTLY LOCATED AT AIRPORT. HAS BEEN
AIRPORT YEARS AND KNOWS NO ONE
IDENTIFIABLE WITH
YEARS AND
INTERVIEWED AND CAN NOT RECALL ANYONE IDENTIFIABLE WITH
ADVISES LAST OUTFIT ASSOCIATED WITH SPORT JUMPING b6 AT AIRPORT CALLED PARACHUTES, INC.
HAS BEEN
AIRPORT YEARS AND KNOWS NO ONE
IDENTIFIABLE WITH
YEARS AND
INTERVIEWED AND CAN NOT RECALL ANYONE IDENTIFIABLE WITH
ADVISES LAST OUTFIT ASSOCIATED WITH SPORT JUMPING b6 AT AIRPORT CALLED PARACHUTES, INC. THIS .GROUP' DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS LOCALLY SIXTY TWO OR, SIXTY THREE, AND
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BELIEVES GROUP CURRENTLY OPERATING IN. ORANGE, MASSACHUSETTS. ON THE SAME DATE, RECORDS OF THE ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, · SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, REVEALED FILE NUMBER
, DESCRIBED
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AS FOLLOWS : MALE, WHITE, AMERICAN, BORN b6
b7C AT , CALIFORNIA, FIVE FEET TEN INCHES TALL, ONE HUNDRED
SIXTY FIVE POUNDS, BLOND HAIR, BLUE EYES, MEDIUM BUILD, MEDIUM END PAGE TWO
DB COOPER-45049 LA 164-497
PAGE FIVE
Elini
RE: 'SUSPECT MICHAEL CHARLES SULLIVAN
ON DECEMBER ONE INSTANT, MICHAEL CHARLES SULLIVAN, BORN DECEMBER FOURTEEN FORTY AT KELLOGG, IDAHO,. LOCATED AND INTER- VIEWED, AT RESIDENCE IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. SULLIVAN DISPLAYED PASSPORT AND SALES SLIPS TO VERIFY HIS PRESENCE IN JAPAN DURING PERTINENT PERIOD. SULLIVAN ABROAD FROM NOVEMBER TWENTY ONE LAST UNTIL RETURN TO PASADENA DECEMBER
b6 ONS' INSTANT AND ACCOMPANIED BY , DURING ENTIRE TRIP.
SULLIVAN ABROAD FROM NOVEMBER TWENTY ONE LAST UNTIL RETURN TO PASADENA DECEMBER
b6 ONS' INSTANT AND ACCOMPANIED BY , DURING ENTIRE TRIP.
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RECORDS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, INDIO, CALIFORNIA,
BORN , WAS REVEALED
ARRESTED BY ABOVE AGENCY ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FIVE LAST AT
WHEN OBSERVED
CALIFORNIA.
ADVISED.
PICK UP TRUCK STUCK IN SAND AND HE WAS SEEKING HELP.
RELEASED FROM CUSTODY SAME DATE AS INTENT COULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED.
ON NOVEMBER
LAST HE WAS AGAIN ARRESTED BY
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SAME AGENCY WHEN OBSERVED PARKED IN GREEN CHEVROLET PICK UP b7c
BEARING OREGON LICENSE
REMOVED BY
OFFICERS TO
HOSPITAL FOR
END PAGE FIVE
DB COOPER-45052IR 007 PD PLAIN 6:28 PM URGENT 11-30-71 AJW
TO :
LOS ANGELES
SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:
PORTLWND (164-41)
(P)
3P
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND . TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
CAPTIONED FLIGHT WITH BOEING SEVEN TWO SEVEN AIRCRAFT WAS HI- JACKED BY INDIVIDUAL DESCRIBED AS: SIX FOOT ONE; ONE SEVENTY TO ONE SEVENTYFIVE POUNDS; MID-FORTIES; OLIVE COMPLEXION; BGOWN EYES; BLACK HAIR, CONVENTIONAL STYLE, PARTED ON LEFT SIDE; SLIM
WAS HI- JACKED BY INDIVIDUAL DESCRIBED AS: SIX FOOT ONE; ONE SEVENTY TO ONE SEVENTYFIVE POUNDS; MID-FORTIES; OLIVE COMPLEXION; BGOWN EYES; BLACK HAIR, CONVENTIONAL STYLE, PARTED ON LEFT SIDE; SLIM BUILD; BLACK SUIT, TIE AND TOP COAT. TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PAID TO HIJACKER AT SEATTLE AND ON FLIGHT FROM SEATTLE TO RENO, HE PARA- CHUTED FROM AIRCRAFT, POSSIBLY ABOUT EIGHT P.M., NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, IN BAD WEATHER. NO TRACE OF HIJACKER HAS BEEN FOUND TO DATE.
PORTLAND OFFICE RECEIVED CALL NOVEMBER TWENTY NINE, SEVENTYONE,'
FROM WHO SAID
BEARS A
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STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF HIJACKER AND HAS, END OF PAGE ONE
164-81-352.
SEARCHED ________ INDEXED. SERIALIZED ......___ FILED.
NOV 3 0 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
DB COOPER-45056PD 164-41 PAGE TWO
IN THE PAST,
ON NOVEMBER THIRTY, SEVENTYONE,
ADVISED
NOVEMBER TWENTYTHREE, 4
SEVENTYONE.
A SIXTYFIVE CHEVROLET
PICKUP, OREGON LICENSE IS DESCRIBED AS DOB SIX FOOT ONE; ONE SIXTY
POUNDS; SHORT, DARK, RECEEDING HAIR WITH NO SIDEBURNS AND PARTZD ON LEFT SIDE; MEDIUM COMPLEXION; WEARS PRESCRIPTION SUN- GLASSES; NEAT DRESSER AND, STATED A DOCTOR AT
CALIFORNIA, CONTACTED HIM TELEPHONICALLY NOVEMBER
TWENTYEIGHT,
WITH NO SIDEBURNS AND PARTZD ON LEFT SIDE; MEDIUM COMPLEXION; WEARS PRESCRIPTION SUN- GLASSES; NEAT DRESSER AND, STATED A DOCTOR AT
CALIFORNIA, CONTACTED HIM TELEPHONICALLY NOVEMBER
TWENTYEIGHT, SEVENTYONE, AND STATED
HAD BEEN PICKED UP BY FEDERAL AGENTS FOR ATTEMPTING TO ENTER END OF PAGE TWO
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DB COOPER-45057 PD 164-41 PWGE THREE
A ROPED OFF AREA AT A HOSPITWL THAT WAS BEING DEDICATED BY MAMIE EISENHOWER ON NOVEMBER SEVENTYONE b6 b7C
LOS ANGELES AT
CALIFORNIA:
HOSPITAL AND OBTAIN ANY INFORMATION ON b6 CONTACT
AS TO HIS WHEREABOUTS DURING THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER
b7C TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. ATTEMPT TO PHOTOGRAPH AND SEND SAME TO SEATTLE AND PORTLAND.
WILL DETERMINE IF SUBJECT WAS IN POSSESSION OF ABOVE-MENTIONED PICKUP. END
DB COOPER-45058OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1982 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-1L6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM : SA
SUBJECT: NORJAK
DATE: 2/22/72
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On January 7, 1972, witness CORD SPRECKEL, business address 624 Yale Avenue North, Seattle, Washington, telephone number 623-2984, was shown the photographs of the following individuals whom he positively eliminated as the
CORD SPRECKEL, business address 624 Yale Avenue North, Seattle, Washington, telephone number 623-2984, was shown the photographs of the following individuals whom he positively eliminated as the subject of the above captioned case: (SPRECKEL based this opinion on his observation of hijacker aboard the flight)
2 BION EMIL LISTE. Sub. 203
5. GEORGE BRYAN SIEGRIST.
202
9. . CHARLES D. BAKER,
63 -
13. RODNEY HOLBROOK PACK,
232
14. WAYNE KING, SUD. 270
16. KENNETH DOWIE. Sub. 250
17. JOHN NEAL MARLEN,
25/
20. ANTHONY FERNANDEZ,
23
22. ROBERT HAROLD SHORES,
107
27. GEORGE B. SIEGRIST,
202
Sub. 63
29. ROLAND CECIL LIND.
42
30. PETER A. PARLO,
145
164-81-2327
31. JOHN NEAL MARLER,
25/
32. BUZZ (LNU) , 238
DEXED
SERIALIZED.
FILED
(35) DSJ/slb
FEB 2 21972 FBI-SEATTLE
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
215
5050-100
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DB COOPER-45059OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1912 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-1L4
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO :
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
DATE: 1/7/72
FROM :
SA LOUIS M. HARRIS, JR.
SUBJECT:
UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT 305
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING ; EXTORTION
00 : SEATTLE
BUfile 164-2111
Sub
SUBJECT:
UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT 305
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING ; EXTORTION
00 : SEATTLE
BUfile 164-2111
Sub 63
On 7/6/72 Seattle, Washington was shown a group of photographs which are indicated below. This witness could not identify any of these suspects as being identical with instant hijacker based solely on the provided photo.
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LMH (37 )
2-164-81
1-164-8
WAYNE KING
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JAMES CONRAD CLIFFORD
100 JOHN EMIL LIST
GEORGE BRYAN SIEGRIST
63.
CHARLES D. BAKER
RODNEY HOLBROOK PACK
Sub. 63
142 "BUZZ" (LNU)
164-81-1829
:: 100 1972
HAT -
1010-100
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB COOPER-45060» 164-81 LMH
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JOHN NEAL MARLER PETER A.PARLO
ANTHONY " FERNANDEZ
ROBERT HAROLD SHORES
WILLIAM THOMAS EDWARDS GEORGE B. SIEGRIST ROLAND CECIL LIND
270 WAYNE KING
2*
DB COOPER-45061 12/28/71
AIRTEL
AIRMAIL

TO:	SAC, PHOENIX (164-100)
FROM:	SAC, ST. LOUIS (164-63) ₱
RE:	MORJAK

12/8/71.
AIRMAIL

TO:	SAC, PHOENIX (164-100)
FROM:	SAC, ST. LOUIS (164-63) ₱
RE:	MORJAK

12/8/71.
Re St. Louis teletype to Seattle and Phoenix
Reference:
CHARLES D. BAKER, aka Chuck Baker.
On 12/17/71, CHARLES EDWARD BAKER telephonically contacted the Poplar bluff, Mo. Resident Agency. BAKER was thereafter interviewed at the home of his whole, ROY KEGLY, Route 1, Bragg City, Mo. BAKER advised that he had been informed by his uncle when he returned to Hayti from Calif- ornia that the FBI had been looking for him. In regard to his travels and activities. BAKER advised that on the night of 11/22/71 he checked into the Glenwood Motel, 5701 Alameda Ave., El Paso, Texas. They stayed there until 11/24/71 when they checked out. They then traveled to Phoenix, Ariz. where they stayed at the Coliesum Inn on Grand Ave. on 11/25 and 11/26/71. He then traveled to Kingman, Ariz. where he stayed on the night of 11/27/71.
BAKER advised that he is acquainted with Ariz. He related that he had boon in fast vicinity approximately one year ago and had been dating had found out
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about and became
He related that he had boon in fast vicinity approximately one year ago and had been dating had found out
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about and became angry with him when he left and would not take her with him. He ade vised that he has not seen either for approximately one year.
2 - Phoenix 2 - Seattle 2 - St. Louis WRB:MY (6)
Sub. 63 164-81-1649. my Ung gar
DB COOPER-45062
b6 b7cOPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION CSA FPMR (4) CFR) X1-1L6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE:
12/22/71
FROM : SA"
SUBJECT: NORJACK
On 12/22/71 SA exhibited photographs of the following persons, with throw downs, to , Seattle, who
elliminated each person. CHARLES D. BAKER, Sub 63 
JAMES CONRAD CLIFFORD, Sub 165
GEORGE BRYAN STEGRIST. Sub 202
DONALD ELMORE TURNER, Sub 72
2-164-81 CC 1 each of the above CNG 14
Sub. 63
164-81-1493
SEARCHED.
SERNUZED PAR FILED INDEXED DECSO : 171 FBI-SEATTLE
1/20
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5010-100
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan DB COOPER-45064

12/18/71
AIRTEL
Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan DB COOPER-45064

12/18/71
AIRTEL
TO:	SAC, SEATTLE	(164-81)
FROM:	SAC, PHOENIX	(164-100)	(P)
HOR JAK
00: SEATTLE
Re suspect CHARLES D. BAKER, aka CHUCK BAKER.
RePItel to Bureau, 12/2/71.
suspect.	Enclosed for Seattle are two photographe of referenced HA 12)
COMSIDER UMSUB DANGEROUS.

2 Seattle (Encl 2 Phoenix
REL : Lub
(4)
aula 63 164-81-1426

100%

DB COOPER-45065NR12 SL PLAIN 1252AM
4)
aula 63 164-81-1426

100%

DB COOPER-45065NR12 SL PLAIN 1252AM 12-9-71 NITEL 12-8-71 WMF
TO
SEATTLE (164-81)
PHOENIX
FROM ST. LOUIS (164-63)
NORJAK
RE ST. LOUIS NITEL DECEMBER THREE LAST. RE: CHARLES D. BAKER, AKA CHUCK BAKER.
BONNIE KEGLEY, ROUTE ONE BRAGG CITY, MO., RECONTACTED DEC. EIGHT INSTANT. SHE HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER POSTCARD FROM CHARLES EDWARD BAKER. IT WAS POSTMARKED AT LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA AND THE DATE APPEARS TO BE DECEMBER TWO LAST.
PREVIOUS POSTCARDS RECEIVED BY KEGLEY SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS; NUMBER ONE: POSTMARKED NOV. TWENTYTHREE SEVENTYONE BY U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, TEXAS. ZIP CODE SEVEN SIX ZERO EIGHT THREE. CARD BORE PHOTOGRAPH OF DALLAS AND ACCORDING TO KEGLEY, HANDWRITING WAS BAKER'S . IT WAS SIGNED CHUCK. · NUMBER TWO: POSTMARK PARTIALLY ILLEGIBLE, HOWEVER, BORE PHOTOGRAPHS OF JUAREZ, MEXICO. ALSO BORE A MEXICAN STAMP AND POSTMARK DATE APPEARED TO BE TWENTYTHREE NOVEMBER SEVENTYONE END PAGE ONE
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ALSO BORE A MEXICAN STAMP AND POSTMARK DATE APPEARED TO BE TWENTYTHREE NOVEMBER SEVENTYONE END PAGE ONE
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NUMBER THREE: POSTMARK ALMOST ENTIRELY ILLEGIBLE AND BORE PHOTOGRAPH OF DEMING, NEW MEXICO.
NUMBER FOUR: PREVIOUSLY REPORTED POSTCARD FROM KINGMAN, ARIZONA. POSTMARKED NOVEMBER TWENTYSEVEN SEVENTYONE.
NONE OF THE CARDS HAD A RETURN ADDRESS AND NONE OF THEM FURNISHED ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THE
ULTIMATE DESTINATION. b7c
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IN VIEW OF BAKER'S DESCRIPTION BEING A WHITE MALE, SIX ONE OR SIX TWO INCHES, OVER TWO HUNDRED POUNDS AND POSTCARD DATED IN TEXAS AND MEXICO ONE DAY PRIOR TO HIJACKING NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION RE THIS SUSPECT BEING, CONDUCTED BY SL UAC.
END ARMED AND DANGEROUS
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DB COOPER-45067.NRØ02 PX PLAIN
158PM NITEL 12/4/71 GLN
TO
SEATTLE
ST. LOUIS (164-63) (AM)
FROM
PHOENIX
164-100 1P
UNSUB, AKA, DAN COOPER, NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE; PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, LAST, CAA' - HIJACKING; EXTORTION, 00: SEATTLE.
LOUIS (164-63) (AM)
FROM
PHOENIX
164-100 1P
UNSUB, AKA, DAN COOPER, NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE; PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, LAST, CAA' - HIJACKING; EXTORTION, 00: SEATTLE.
RE ST. LOUIS TELETYPE TO PHOENIX, DECEMBER THIRD, LAST.
ARIZONA, WERE DIS- PLAYED THE ARTIST CONCEPTION OF THE UNSUB., AND BOTH ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT APPEAR IDENTICAL TO A CHARLES BAKER. BOTH AD- VISED THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW OF BAKER'S WHEREABOUTS ON DAY OF HI JACKING.
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PHOENIX IS TRANSMITTING PHOTOGRAPHS OF BAKER TO SEATTLE SO THAT THEY CAN BE DISPLAYED TO WITNESSES. PENDING. ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
END
NJS FBI SEATTLE CLR
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164-81-656
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DB COOPER-45068NRØ23 SL PLAIN 02110 NITEL 12-3-71 WMC
TO
SAC; PHOENIX (164-100)
SAC, SEATTLE
FROM ST. LOUIS (164-63) 2P
UNSUB, AKA, DAN COOPER, NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE; PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOV. TWENTYFOUR LAST, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION , 00: SEATTLE
RE PHOENIX TEL TO BUREAU DEC. TWO LAST, SEATTLE NITEL TO SL DEC. TWO LAST, SL TEL CALL TO PHOENIX DEC.
TWENTYFOUR LAST, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION , 00: SEATTLE
RE PHOENIX TEL TO BUREAU DEC. TWO LAST, SEATTLE NITEL TO SL DEC. TWO LAST, SL TEL CALL TO PHOENIX DEC. THREE INSTANT. RE: CHARLES D. BAKER, AKA, CHUCK BAKER ELSIE F. SCHMIDT, CANALOU MO., MOTHER OF CHARLES EDWARD BAKER, A WHITE, MALE BORN MAY FIRST NINETEENTWENTYFOUR AT ST. LOUIS, AS INTERVIEWED TODAY. BAKER WAS IN MO. UNTIL THREE WEEKS AGO AT WHICH TIME HE HAD LEFT
b6 b7C 164-81-538 Siel. 63 BAKER DID NOT TELL SCHMIDT WHERE HE WAS GOING, HE HAS NOT HEARD FROM HIM AND DOESN'T KNOW HIS PRESENT WHEREABOUTS. BAKER SERVED IN U.S. ARMY FOR APPROXIMATELY EIGHT YEARS, AS A PARATROOPER AND WAS DISCHARGED IN NINETEEN FORTYSIX OR FORTYSEVEN. SCHMIDT DID NOT KNOW BAKERS SERVICE NO., HIS FATHERS NAME WAS EDWARD REILEY BAKER WHO DIED IN NINETEEN FORTYTWO. SHE DESCRIBED BAKER AS BEING SIX FEET ONE INCH LLMAND WEIGHING OVER TWO HUNDRED POUNDS. END PAGE ONE
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DB COOPER-45069" PAGE TWO
HE WAS LAST KNOWN
SCHMIDT HAS NOT SEEN
MANY YEARS.
DEC 3 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
1810
DB COOPER-45069" PAGE TWO
HE WAS LAST KNOWN
SCHMIDT HAS NOT SEEN
MANY YEARS.
SHE IDENTIFIED HENRY SCHMIDT AS A BROTHER OF HER FORMER HUSBAND, JOHNNIE SCHMIDT NOW DECEASED. HENRY LIVES IN FULTON, MO. AND SHE IS POSITIVE HE HAS NOT SEEN CHARLES EDWARD BAKER FOR MANY YEARS AND WOULD ACTUALLY BE NO RELATION TO BAKER.
SCHMIDT DID NOT KNOW ANYONE NAMED
BONNIE KEGLY, BRAGG CITY MO. AN AUNT OF CHARLES EDWARD BAKER WAS INTERVIEWED. SHE STATED, BAKER HAD BEEN LIVING IN HAYTI MO. UP UNTIL THREE WEEKS AGO, WHEN BAKER SAID THEY WERE LEAVING FOR CALIFORNIA. KEGLY HAS RECEIVED FOUR POSTCARDS FROM BAKER SINCE HE LEFT. THE MOST RECENT WAS POSTMARKED AT ARIZONA ON NOV. TWENTYSEVEN LAST. THE POSTMARKS ON THE OTHERS ARE PARTIALLY ILLEGIBLE AND NO DATES CAN BE ASCERTAINED, HOWEVER, ONE OF THEM WAS POSTMARKED IN TEXAS AND ANOTHER IN JUAREZ, MEXICO. BOTH OF THESE WERE RECEIVED B
KEGLY PRIOR TO THE ONE POSTMARKED AT KINGMAN.
INQURIY AT IDENTIFIED
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BOTH OF THESE WERE RECEIVED B
KEGLY PRIOR TO THE ONE POSTMARKED AT KINGMAN.
INQURIY AT IDENTIFIED
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PHOENIX AT ARIZONA, ASCERTAIN FROM
WHERE BAKER WAS ON NOV. TWENTYFOUR LAST.
ST. LOUIS WILL RECONTACT BAKER'S RELATIVES
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IN EFFORT TO DETERMINE HIS WHEREABOUTS.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
P.
DB COOPER-45070
END
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TELETYPE
TO:
SAC, ST. LOUIS
FROM :
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
:
UNSUB; AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT
THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR,
SEVENTYONE. CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE PHOENIX TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR, DECEMBER TWO,
INSTANT.
RE: CHARLES D. BAKER AKA CHUCK BAKER
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CHARLES BAKER, AKA CHUCK IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SHE FELT COULD BE'
SUBJECT OF THIS MATTER. SHE STATED THAT BAKER'S MOTHER ELSIE SCHMIDT
RESIDES AT POST OFFICE BOX TWENTYEIGHT, CANALOU, MISSOURI,
AND HIS UNCLE HENRY SCHMIDT RESIDES AT SIKESTON,
MISSOURI.
ST. LOUIS AT CANALOU AND SIKESTON, MISSOURI.
SHE STATED THAT BAKER'S MOTHER ELSIE SCHMIDT
RESIDES AT POST OFFICE BOX TWENTYEIGHT, CANALOU, MISSOURI,
AND HIS UNCLE HENRY SCHMIDT RESIDES AT SIKESTON,
MISSOURI.
ST. LOUIS AT CANALOU AND SIKESTON, MISSOURI.
CONTACT BAKER'S MOTHER AND UNCLE IN AN EFFORT TO DETERMINE
HIS WHEREABOUTS AT TIME OF CAPTIONED HIJACKING.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
JSD/rse (2) ¿
DB COOPER-45071
Sub. 63 164-81-476NR 04 PX PLAIN 1229 PM URGENT 12-2-71 LLR'
-
TO '
DIRECTOR 164-2111
SEATTLE 164-81
FROM
PHOENIX 164-100
(IP)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWO SEVEN, PORTLAND, OREGON, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST; CAA - HIJACKING. 00: SEATTLE.
RE: SUSPECT CHARLES D. BAKER, AKA CHUCK BAKER. RE PHOENIX TELETYPE TO BUREAU, DEC. ONE, LAST. ON INSTANT DATE
, ARIZONA, WAS REINTERVIEWED.
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SUPPLIED
SHE FURTHER PROVIDED . ADDRESSES FOR BAKER'S MOTHER, ELSIE SCHMIDT, P. O. BOX TWO EIGHT, CANALOU, MISSOURI, SIX THREE EIGHT THREE EIGHT, AND BAKER' S UNCLE, HARRY SCHMIDT, SIKESTON, MISSOURI. NO LEADS ARE BEING SENT TO ST. LOUIS UNLESS SEATTLE DEEMS NECESSARY. "
SEATTLE AT SEATTLE: DISPLAY PHOTOGRAPH OF CHARLES BAKER TO APPROPRIATE WITNESSES.
LOUIS UNLESS SEATTLE DEEMS NECESSARY. "
SEATTLE AT SEATTLE: DISPLAY PHOTOGRAPH OF CHARLES BAKER TO APPROPRIATE WITNESSES. BEING SENT TO SEATTLE
**
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UNDER SEPARATE COMMUNICATION, AIRMAIL. ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
PENDING. END
VAB
FBI SEATTLE CLR
Sub.63
164-81-452
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DB COOPER-45072

AR 019	PX PLAIN
1036PM	12/1/71	NITEL:	JDD

TO
DIRECTOR
KNOXVILLE
SEATTLE
FROM PHOENIX (164-100)
NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACKING. 00 SEATTLE.
RE KX TEL TO PHOENIX DECEMBER ONE INSTANT.
ON INSTANT DATE,
ARIZONA, WAS INTERVIEWED.
ADVISED THAT SHE DID TALK TO A WHILE WORKING IN THE CAFE,
TENN.,
STATED THAT SOMEHOW THE SUBJECT OF THE HIJACKING WAS BROUGHT UP DURING THE CONVERSATION AND SHE TOLD THAT THE DESCRIPTION OF THE HIJACKER FIT CHARLES D. BAKER, AKA CHUCK BAKER.
ADVISED THAT SHE AND
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HAD KNOWN BAKER
· SHE STATED THAT THEY
HAD NOT SEEN BAKER SINCE PHONE CALL SOMETIME
ADVISED THAT SHE AND
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HAD KNOWN BAKER
· SHE STATED THAT THEY
HAD NOT SEEN BAKER SINCE PHONE CALL SOMETIME DURING
BUT SHE RECEIVED A TELE-
DB COOPER-45073
Sub. 63. 164-81-428
END PAGE ONE
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FURTHER STATED THAT SHE HAS NOT SEEN THE COMPOSITE OF THE HIJACKER. SHE STATED THAT SHE BELIEVED BAKER TO BE AN EX- PARATROOPER. BAKER OFTEN SPOKE OF HOW MANY PARACHUTE JUMPS HE HAD MADE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
ADVISED THAT SHE WOULD
PHOTO OF BAKER
AND ADDRESSES OF BAKER'S RELATIVES. SHE STATED THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE THIS INFORMATION ON TWELVE TWO NEXT.
DESCRIBED BAKER AS FOLLOWS: WMA, AGE FORTYSEVEN- FORTYEIGHT, SIX FEET, ONE FIFTYFIVE, MEDIUM COMPLEXION, SANDY HAIR, RECEEDING HAIR LINE AND GREYING AT TEMPLES, TATTOO ON TOP LEFT FOREARM
WITH WORD "MOM", NOTICEABLE LIMP OF LEFT LEG, AND PROFICIENT IN BOTH JUDO AND KARATE, KNIFE SCAR IN MIDDLE OF. BACK BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES.
PHOENIX AT
ARIZONA, WILL RE-INTERVIEW
AND EXHIBIT COMPOSITE DRAWING OF HIJACKER.
BACK BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES.
PHOENIX AT
ARIZONA, WILL RE-INTERVIEW
AND EXHIBIT COMPOSITE DRAWING OF HIJACKER. b6 b7C b7D
WILL CONDUCT CREDIT AND CRIMINAL CHECK RE CHARLES D. BAKER AND
ATTEMPT TO UNCOVER FURTHER INFO OF LEAD VALUE RE BAKER.
PENDING.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
END
DB COOPER-45074
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FROM KNOXVILLE (164-35)
UNKNOWN SUBJECT: NORTHWESTERN AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAA, HIJACKING, 00. SEATTLE.
TELEPHONE
, TENNESSEE, APPEARED AT THE CHATTANOOGA RA THIS DATE AND FURNISHED SA THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK AGO WHILE PASSING THROUGH
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ARIZONA, HE STOPPED'AT FOR A MEAL. , ENGAGED HIM IN A CONVERSATION. SHE TOLD HIM SHE KNEW THE IDENTITY OF THE SUBJECT IN THIS CASE. STATED HIS NAME IS CHUCK BAKER, WHO IS A PILOT AND FORMER PARATROOPER ..
PHOENIX. AT ARIZONA. INTERVIEW
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END
Px
VAB
FBI SEATTLE CLR
sub 63 164-81-346
SEMIALIZED .
PHOENIX. AT ARIZONA. INTERVIEW
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END
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FBI SEATTLE CLR
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SEMIALIZED ......... FILED. DEC 1 1971
FBI - SEATTLE
1
DB COOPER-4507512/8/71
AIRTEL
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE
FROM:
SAC, DETROIT (164-115) P
RE:
UNSUB;
Northwest Airlines, Flight 305
Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING (EXTORTION)
(00: Seattle)
Elim
Re Washington Field teletype to Director, 11/30/71.
(PAUL R. DAVIDS - Suspect) . 
Qn .12/1/71,
Identification Section, Mus-
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kegon Police Department, advised that there was no record for
the suspect.
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On 12/1/71, Identification Section, Ottawa County Sheriff's Office, advised that there was no record for the suspect.
On 12/1/71, Credit Bureau of Greater Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, advised that there was a record for the suspect, showing that he resides Muskegon, Michigan and has resided at that address since he moved from Nunica, Michigan, in March of 1970. She further advised that the suspect resided in Stevensville, Michigan, up until 1959, when he moved to Nunica, Michigan.
She further advised that the suspect resided in Stevensville, Michigan, up until 1959, when he moved to Nunica, Michigan.
She stated that DAVIDS filed bankruptcy on 11/26/69 at Grand Rapids, Michigan under file number 33176. The records also showed he was listed as self-employed as a pilot mechanic, 12/69 through 11/71:
3 2 - Seattle 2-'_ Detroit RPS: nar (4)
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DB COOPER-45076
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On 12/1/71, Postmaster, Nunica, Mich- b6 b7c
igan, was shown the composite drawing of the unknown: subject and stated that he did not recognize him as anyone he knew. He advised that had seen him on many occasions but stated that the composite did not look like DAVIDS. He further advised that DAVIDS had once been in Paraguay some time in 1968 and was suspected of smuggling some illegal items from country to country by aircraft. He said that this was only a rumor and was rebutted in an article by Mr. DAVIDS which appeared in the Muskegon Sunday Chronicle on 8/22/71, which said that he was flying cigarettes from Paraguay to Argentina and that they were not illegal commodities in
DAVIDS which appeared in the Muskegon Sunday Chronicle on 8/22/71, which said that he was flying cigarettes from Paraguay to Argentina and that they were not illegal commodities in that those that purchased them in the receiving countries, were liable to pay the taxes.
provided the interviewing Agents with a copy of the newspaper article.
was interviewed at her place of employment, . , Michigan, and stated that she could not identify the composite of the unknown subject. She stated that
On 12/1/71.
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On 12/1/71,
stated that he did not recognize the composite of the unknown subject as anyone that he knew and could provide no information concerning DAVIDS, except that he knew him to be a pilot who would leave home periodically for a day or two. He stated that he did not know of DAVIDS being involved in any illegal activities. He stated he did not know whether DAVIDS was at home on 11/24/71.
On 12/1/71,
Michigan, stated that he did not recognize the com- posite of the unknown subject and that it did not look like anyone that he knew. He stated that DAVIDS, who he knew only slightly, was a pilot and was known to come and go every few days for periods of
He stated that DAVIDS, who he knew only slightly, was a pilot and was known to come and go every few days for periods of two to three days. He stated that he did not know whether DAVIDS was at home on 11/24/71.
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DB COOPER-45077
- 2 -DE 164-115
On 12/1/71,
Michigan, said that he did not recognize the composite of the unknown subject as anyone he knew. He said that he did not know DAVIDS at all except to say "Hi" to him on the streets and that he was a pilot who flew out of the Grand Haven Airport. He further advised that he did not know if the suspect was home on 11/24/71 and he did not know of him being involved in any illegal activities.
On 12/4/71, PAUL R. DAVIDS was interviewed at the Holiday Inn, 28th Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and stated that on 11/24/71, he flew into Detroit Metropolitan Airport in his Cessna 172, leaving Grand Haven at approximately 1 p.m., arriving in Detroit at approximately 2:30 p.m. He left Detroit Metropolitan Airport in the late afternoon and arrived at approximately 7 p.
, arriving in Detroit at approximately 2:30 p.m. He left Detroit Metropolitan Airport in the late afternoon and arrived at approximately 7 p.m. at Grand Haven Airport.
He landed at the freight terminal at Metropolitan Air-
He port and
said BAKER is assigned to New York for Pan Am operations in New York but recides in Los Angeles. He also advised that accompanied him on the flight and Mich- that could be located at
igan. He further advised that he did not recognize the com- posite of the unknown subject as anyone he knew and stated that he had been very active in parachuting clubs until be injured his back approximately two years ago.
DAVIDS had some obvious dissimilarities, especially in his face, when compared to the composite, particularly his nose which was shorter and more broad and the shape of his face more rounded. In addition, DAVIDS has blond hair and blue eyes and a fair ruddy complexion. The suspect stated that he did not have a photo of himself but that he had a passport from 1968 and that his photo should be on file somewhere in Washington.
The suspect stated that he did not have a photo of himself but that he had a passport from 1968 and that his photo should be on file somewhere in Washington.
The following description of the suspect, PAUL R. DAVIDS was obtained through observation and interview:

Race	White
Sex	Male
Height	6'

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DB COOPER-45078DE 164-115

Weight	190 pounds
Hair	Blond
Eyes	Blue
Complexion	Fair, ruddy
DOB	6/4/30
POB	Sharon, Pennsylvania

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On 12/6/71, Michigan, advised that he was with PAUL DAVIDS on 11/24/71 When they flew together from Grand Haven Airport, Grand Haven, Michigan, to Metropolitan Airport in Detroit. He stated that they flew in DAVIDS' Cessna 172, number: 7481 T and departed Grand Haven about 1:00 p.m. with a stop at Grand Rapids for fuel, and arrived at Detroit Metropolitan at 2:30 p.
He stated that they flew in DAVIDS' Cessna 172, number: 7481 T and departed Grand Haven about 1:00 p.m. with a stop at Grand Rapids for fuel, and arrived at Detroit Metropolitan at 2:30 p.m. He said that the employees at the airport freight terminal could verify that they were there at approximately 2:30 p.m. He stated that they to Muskegon, arriving in Muskegon at 6:30 p.m.
UNKNOWN SUBJECT IS CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.
DB COOPER-45079 3/28/72
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SAC, SPRINGFIELD (164-31) (RUC)
NORJAK
RE: DANIEL COOPER
Re Springfield letter to Seattle dated 3/7/72.
On 3/22/72, DANIEL LOUIS COOPER telephonically contacted this office and advised that he had heard that agents of this office were checking on him, attempting to learn of his where- abouts. COOPER advised that he is desirous of learning the reasons for the inquiries concerning him and would be willing to appear at the Springfield Office of the FBI for interview.
At 3:10 PM, COOPER appeared at the Springfield Office of the FBI and was interviewed concerning captioned matter. He was provided a voluntary appearance form which he read, advised he understood and signed.
At 3:10 PM, COOPER appeared at the Springfield Office of the FBI and was interviewed concerning captioned matter. He was provided a voluntary appearance form which he read, advised he understood and signed. COOPER advised that he terminated his employment with Illinois Bell Telephone on 7/9/71 and on 7/13/71 he flew to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, by way of St. Louis, Missouri, for the purpose of becoming employed by the Oki Electronics Company. Upon his arrival in Fort Lauderdale he stayed at the Marina Motor Inn, Southeast 17th Causeway, for approximately two days while he looked for housing. He worked for Oki continuously until the first part of August. On an unrecalled date in July
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On approximately 9/5/71, he vacated b6
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their house at Fort Lauderdale and moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina, as he had a job lined up with Patrick Ford Dealership. Upon his arrival in Fayetteville, be learned that the job fell through.
On approximately 9/5/71, he vacated b6
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their house at Fort Lauderdale and moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina, as he had a job lined up with Patrick Ford Dealership. Upon his arrival in Fayetteville, be learned that the job fell through. He registered for unemployment in Fayetteville and received unemployment compensation until 12/1/71, at which time he went to work for the Bloom Furniture Company, Fayetteville, North Carolina. He worked continuously for the Bloom Furniture 2 - Seattle (164-81) 1 - Miami (Info) 1 - Charlotte (Info) 1 - Springfield (164-31) MJV/mab (5)
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JAS
DB COOPER-45089SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
3/7/72
SAC, SPRINGFIELD (164-31) -P- NORJAK RE: DANIEL COOPER
Re Minneapolis teletype to Director, 12/7/71.
Attempts to locate current whereabouts of DANIEL L. COOPER by Springfield Division negative to date. Re Minneapolis teletype advised that photos of DANIEL L. COOPER displayed to stewardesses involved in instant matter with negative results.
LEADS
SEATTLE DIVISION
Seattle is requested to advise Springfield whether further investigation re DANIEL L.
LEADS
SEATTLE DIVISION
Seattle is requested to advise Springfield whether further investigation re DANIEL L. COOPER is desired.
THIS INDIVIDUAL IS BEING SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXTORTION OF $200,000 FROM NORTHWEST AIRLINES BY THREATENING THE CREW OF THE AIRLINE WITH A PACKAGE WHICH HE STATED CONTAINED A BOMB."HE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. 2 Seattle (164-81) 2 - Springfield (164-31) MJV/jac (4)
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SEARCHED INDEXED SERIANZED 1M FILED my MAR 11 1972 FBI - SEATTLE
DB COOPER-45093V-" -
PD 164-41 RPC : csm" 1
The following investigation was conducted by Special
Agent .. AT EUGENE, OREGON
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shown to
On January 12. 1972, the following photographs were who resides at b6
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advised that he could not identify any of the individuals in the photographs as being the hijacker of the Northwest Airlines airplane. The photographs are as follows:
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290-HENRY GRADY EPPERSON; 239- "BUZZ" (last name unknown) (LNU);
145 -PETER A. PARLO;
2.5%-JOHN NEAL MARLER:
174-LESLIE GENE MINCE:
65 -DONALD LOUIS COOPER; 61 - HAROLD LEE DOWELL, Solano County Sheriff's Office (
5%-JOHN NEAL MARLER:
174-LESLIE GENE MINCE:
65 -DONALD LOUIS COOPER; 61 - HAROLD LEE DOWELL, Solano County Sheriff's Office (CSSO), Number V62310; 189-ROBERT LEE HORTON, Multnomah County Sheriff's Office b6 (NCSO) Number 13742; b7c
DELBERT EARL DOWNING, Eugene, Oregon Police Department (EOPD) Number 2746; 165-JAMES CONRAD CLIFFORD;
202-GEORGE BRYAN SIEGRIST; MARVIN JOHN COOPER, Washington County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) Number 22048;
DB COOPER-45094
Sub. LE
164-81-1990 PD 164-41 RPC: csm 2
163 -RALPH VINCENT GALOPE, DC 166858;
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9- ROBERT HAMMOND KEELY; 69- JOHN GORDON HOSKINS; 1 - JOSEPH H. JOHNSTON, Mansfield, Ohio Police Department Number 18611:
FLLOYD J. SNIDER:
50-BEN LEIBSON, Carson City, Nevada Police Department Number 17931; 6 -JAMES HENRY ZIMMERMAN: -..
DB COOPER-45095

AR	006 PD	PLAIN
7:09 URGENT	12-17-71 LJQ
TO: SEATTLE	(164-81)

FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) 1P
NOR JAK
RE DENVER AIRTEL TO SEATTLE DECEMBER ELEVEN SEVENTYONE; WFO AIRTEL TO SEATTLE, DECEMBER
TO: SEATTLE	(164-81)

FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) 1P
NOR JAK
RE DENVER AIRTEL TO SEATTLE DECEMBER ELEVEN SEVENTYONE; WFO AIRTEL TO SEATTLE, DECEMBER NINE SEVENTYONE. SUSPECTS: LESLIE GENE MINCE DANIEL LOUIS COOPER 4
WITNESSES
NORTHWEST AIRLINES EMPLOYEES, PORTLAND, OREGON, VIEWED PICTURES OF SUSPECTS MINCE AND COOPER AND DID NOT RECOGNIZE EITHER PICTURE AS UNSUB. PENDING. END
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SEARCHED ....... INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED. DEC 19 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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DB COOPER-4509612/9/71
AIRTEL

TO:	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:	SAC, WFO (164-169) (P)

: NORJAK (00:SE)
80
Enclosed for each receiving office is one photo-
Re suspect
1A graph of
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AR 007 MP PLAIN
5:41 PM NITEL 12/7/71 CMH
TO
DIRECTOR (164-2111)
SUB - TICKET " - EVIDENCE
VANCÁC CITY
LAS VEGAS NEWARK NEW YORK_ (164-627) NORFOLK PORTLAND RICHMOND
SEATTLE (164-81) SPRINGFIELD (164-31) WFO HOUSTON
FROM
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DB COOPER-4509710
AR 007 MP PLAIN
5:41 PM NITEL 12/7/71 CMH
TO
DIRECTOR (164-2111)
SUB - TICKET " - EVIDENCE
VANCÁC CITY
LAS VEGAS NEWARK NEW YORK_ (164-627) NORFOLK PORTLAND RICHMOND
SEATTLE (164-81) SPRINGFIELD (164-31) WFO HOUSTON
FROM MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)

Ben Leibern -50 - El.
Daniel C. Cooper - 65
Donald This Bumante

Douglas Cooper 96 Ronald Lee white - 70
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO b6
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SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE. CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE NEW YORK TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DECEMBER THREE LAST, NORFOLK TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DECEMBER THREE LAST, SEATTLE DB COOPER-45099 NITEL NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST AND SPRINGFIELD TELETYPE TO sub 65 DIRECTOR DECEMBER ONE LAST. 164-81-790 END PAGE ONE
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100OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (4) CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum

TO :	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
FROM :	SA LOUIS M.
6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum

TO :	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
FROM :	SA LOUIS M. HARRIS, JR.
SUBJECT:	UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: SEATTLE
BUfile 164-2111

DATE:
12/4/71
on 12/4/2/
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, was shown a group of photographs which contained a photo of Daniel Jumis Coque advised that this individual is not identical with his recollection of the hijacker in this case.
LMH (3) -164-81 1-164-81 Sub 65
sub 65 164-81-754 1
DEC . 1 .. 1
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Run IT & Casinoe Ronde Beaularla on the Dawnall Savings PlanOPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (4) CFR) 101-11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM
: SA
SUBJECT: UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION
On 12/6/71
SA
DATE:
12/6/71
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contacted
telephone
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telephone
.
6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM
: SA
SUBJECT: UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION
On 12/6/71
SA
DATE:
12/6/71
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contacted
telephone
b6
telephone
.
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SA GIESE exhibited to a group of photographs, including that of DANIEL LOUIS COOPER , a suspect in the instant matter.
eliminated this suspect, based upon his recollection of the hijacker in this case.
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Sub. 65 164-81-669
DEC 6 1971 tel-SCHIOIF
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DB COOPER-45103OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1002 EDITION CSA FPMR (( CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE:
12/3/71
FROM
: SA
SUBJECT:
UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT #305,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
BUFILE 164-2111
b6
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RE : SUSPECTS
DANIEL LOUIS COOPER DAVID GEORGE ALLEN LAWERANCE EDWARD FRANK BEN LEIBSON
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Witness CORD HARMS SPRECKEL was shown pictures of the above noted suspects. SPRECKEL could not positively identify any of the photographs as that of the hijacker.
BUFILE 164-2111
b6
b7C
RE : SUSPECTS
DANIEL LOUIS COOPER DAVID GEORGE ALLEN LAWERANCE EDWARD FRANK BEN LEIBSON
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Witness CORD HARMS SPRECKEL was shown pictures of the above noted suspects. SPRECKEL could not positively identify any of the photographs as that of the hijacker. He said that all of the people shown in the photographs could be eliminated in his opinion with the exception of He said that resembled the hijacker in
photosz numbered 5 and 6. He said that in photo #5 is sitting in a manner much like the way the hijacker was sitting on the plane. He said that although there is a good resemblence in the photograph he could not positively identify as the hijacker unless he say him in person.
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Sub.65 164-81-566
SEARCHED _____ INDEXED.
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no
DB COOPER-45104
n ZZP Chinga Boule Regularly on the Payroll Savings PlanTRØ09 SI PLAIN 757 PM URGENT ' 12-1-71 AEF TO DIRECTOR (164-2111)
SEATTLE
MINNEAPOLIS
Sub 65
FROM SPRINGFIELD (164-31) (8P)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACKING, 00: SEATTLE.
RE BUREAU AIRTEL TO ALL OFFICES EXCEPT SEATTLE, PORTLAND AND LAS VEGAS, NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE, LAST.
RE BUREAU AIRTEL TO ALL OFFICES EXCEPT SEATTLE, PORTLAND AND LAS VEGAS, NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE, LAST. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SUPPLIED IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT BELOW SUSPECT MATCHES DESCRIPTION OF UNSUB IN THIS MATTER.
ON NOVEMBER THIRTY, LAST, ILLINOIS, TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED SPRINGFIELD DIVISION AND ADVISED THAT HE HAS POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN INSTANT MATTER. INTERVIEWED BY AGENTS AND ON NOVEMBER THIRTY, LAST.
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ADVISED DANIEL L. COOPER, APPROXIMATELY FORTYFIVE YEARS OF AGE, FIVE FEET TEN INCHES, ONE EIGHTYFIVE POUNDS, BLACK HAIR, DARK EYES, WHO IS AN EX-GREEN BERET, A SMOOTH TALKER END PAGE ONE. sub 65
164-81-606
SEARCHED ________.... INDEXED. SERIALIZED _._____ FILED. DEC 1 1971
FBI · SEATTLE 125
DB COOPER-45105:
BPAGE TWO
AND SOMEWHAT OF A CON-MAN, CLOSELY RESEMBLES COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH OBSERVED IN LOCAL SPRINGFIELD NEWSPAPER.
b6
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COOPER FORMERLY EMPLOYED BY ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY AS AN EXPEDITOR AND DEPARTED SPRINGFIELD IN JULY, SEVENTYONE, TO WORK FOR THE OKI ELECTRONIC COMPANY, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA.
b6
b7C b7D ADVISED
COOPER FORMERLY EMPLOYED BY ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY AS AN EXPEDITOR AND DEPARTED SPRINGFIELD IN JULY, SEVENTYONE, TO WORK FOR THE OKI ELECTRONIC COMPANY, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA. COOPER LEFT EMPLOY OF OKI IN END OF SEPTEMBER, SEVENTYONE, AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE SINCE. ADVISED COOPER HARDUP FOR MONEY,
AND BELIEVED TO HAVE HAD A
CRIMINAL RECORD.
SPRINGFIELD INDICES REVEALED DANIEL LOUIS COOPER SUBJECT IN THREE MATTERS, SPRINGFIELD FILE TWENTY SIX - ONE FOUR SEVEN SIX SIX, IN WHICH MATTEP COOPER STOLE RENTAL CAR FROM HERTZ, WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA IN JULY, FIFTYEIGHT. VEHICLE RECOVERED RIVERTON, ILLINOIS. COOPER ARRESTED BY BUREAU AGENTS PLED GUILTY AND RECEIVED THREE YEARS PROBATION. INTERVIEW OF COOPER AT THAT TIME REVEALED HE WAS IN WASHINGTON, D. C. TO APPLY FOR JOB AT END PAGE TWO
DB COOPER-45106 PAGE. THREE
CIVIL AERONAUTICS AGENCY. PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT WAS THAT OF AN ENGINEER AT GLEN R. MARTIN COMPANY, DENVER, COLORADO, ON A GUIDED MISSLE PROJECT. FURTHER REVIEW OF FILE REVEALED THAT ON JULY TWENTYSIX - TWENTYSEVEN, FIFTYEIGHT, COOPER PASSED SEVERAL NO-ACCOUNT TRUE-NAME CHECKS IN ST.
FURTHER REVIEW OF FILE REVEALED THAT ON JULY TWENTYSIX - TWENTYSEVEN, FIFTYEIGHT, COOPER PASSED SEVERAL NO-ACCOUNT TRUE-NAME CHECKS IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AREA AND WARRANT ISSUED BY FLORRISANT, MISSOURI POLICE DEPARTMENT. . NO DISPOSITION SHOWN IN FILE. UNDER
b3 FILE
A REVIEW OF SAME
REVEALED
UNDER SPRINGFIELD FILE SEVENTYTHREE- THREE NINE ONE, A REVIEW REVEALED THAT ON SEPTEMBER TWENTYONE, SIXTYFIVE, COOPER REQUESTED A PARDON SO THAT HE COULD OBTAIN FULL RIGHTS AS A CITIZEN. FILE REFLECTED COOPER MEMBER OF JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY AND HE COMMENTED MEMBERSHIP WAS TO RECEIVE ANTI-COMMUNISM LITERATURE IN ORDER FOR HIM TO FURTHER .HIS ANTI-COMMUNISM FIGHT AND TO REGAIN MILITARY RESERVE STATUS. COOPER ADVISED THAT HE IS LOYAL TO THE UNITED STATES AND BELIEVES HIS ATTACKS AGAINST COMMUNISM WERE END PAGE THREE
DB COOPER-45107
b6 b7C b7EPAGE FOUR
FUTILE AT THAT TIME BUT MAY HAVE BEEN SOME SMALL KELP TO THE GOVERNMENT.
. INTERVIEW WITH
" b6 b7C ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, ON DECEMBER ONE, INSTANT, BY SA , REVEALED COOPER HIRED AS A DRAFTSMAN IN JUNE, SIXTYTWO.
INTERVIEW WITH
" b6 b7C ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, ON DECEMBER ONE, INSTANT, BY SA , REVEALED COOPER HIRED AS A DRAFTSMAN IN JUNE, SIXTYTWO. COOPER TOOK MILITARY LEAVE IN SEPTEMBER, SIXTYSEVEN, AND RETURNED IN SEPTEMBER, SEVENTY. COOPER RESIGNED FROM TELEPHONE COMPANY IN JULY, SEVENTYONE, FOR OTHER EMPLOYMENT AS HE DID NOT HAVE JOB SECURITY AT BELL. UNSUBSTANTIATED INFORMATION RECEIVED. FROM , b6 b7C ILLINOIS. BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, THAT AN UNKNOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT IN FLORIDA HAD RECENTLY CONTACTED THE TELEPHONE COMPANY REGARDING A STOLEN RENTAL VEHICLE THAT COOPER WAS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN. COULD NOT VERIFY OR DENY THIS INFORMATION BUT ADVISED THAT SOMETIME AGO A
APPEARED IN SPRINGFIELD AND BELIEVED SHE WAS
. THIS INFORMATION LOOKING FOR COOPER,
NOT CONFIRMED AS DID NOT HAVE RECORDS REGARDING THIS.
RECONTACT WITH ON DECEMBER ONE, INSTANT; b6 REVEALED THAT AS OF JANUARY ELEVEN, SIXTYEIGHT, COOPER HAD BEEN LOCATED BY HIM AT THE SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING GROUP, END PAGE FOUR
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DB COOPER-45108PAGE FIVE
SPECIAL WARFARE CENTER, FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA AND, HE BELIEVED COOPER TO HAVE BEEN A WARRANT OFFICER, LATER
HIM AT THE SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING GROUP, END PAGE FOUR
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DB COOPER-45108PAGE FIVE
SPECIAL WARFARE CENTER, FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA AND, HE BELIEVED COOPER TO HAVE BEEN A WARRANT OFFICER, LATER PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT, CAPTAIN AND/OR MAJOR. b6
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COULD NOT CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT COOPER IN GREEN BERET. THE FOLLOWING COMPOSITE DESCRIPTION AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF COOPER OBTAINED THROUGH SPRINGFIELD FILES, BRIEF PERSONNEL RECORDS AT ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY AND
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DANIEL LOUIS OR LEWIS COOPER, DOB MARCH SIXTEEN, TWENTY- NINE AT WASHINGTON, D.C .; SCOTCH-IRISH DECENT; FIVE FEET TEN AND ONE-HALF INCHES; ONE SIXTYFIVE POUNDS CAS OF NINETEEN SIXTYONE); BLACK HAIR; BROWN EYES, NO GLASSES; NO SPEECH DEFECT OR ACCENT; TEETH -FALSE UPPERS AND LOWERS (UNCONFIRMED); DARK COMPLECTED; SCARS - TWO AND ONE-HALF INCH . SCAR OUTSIDE RIGHT KNEE FROM TUMOR OPERATION; TATTOOS - HEART WITH THREE LEAVES AND WORD DAN IN THREE COLORS OW RIGHT FOREARM; MARKS - SUFFERED POLIO AS A CHILD RESULTING IN SHORT ACHILLIES TENDONS CAUSING HIM TO WALK ON BALLS OF FEET; WEARS COWBOY BOOTS . OR SHOES WITH LARGE HEELS TO COMPENSATE; b6 b7C
END PAGE FIVE
DB COOPER-45109PAGE SIX
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SSAN FIVE
OR SHOES WITH LARGE HEELS TO COMPENSATE; b6 b7C
END PAGE FIVE
DB COOPER-45109PAGE SIX
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SSAN FIVE SEVEN SEVEN - THREE FOUR - NINE b6 ZERO EIGHT ZERO; FBI NUMBER NINE FOUR TWO SIX FOUR SEVEN C; EDUCATION'- MC KINLEY TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, WASHINGTON, D.C., OBTAINING HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALANCY IN NAVY; CLAIMS TWO YEARS ATTENDANCE AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C., CLAIMED ON FINGERPRINT CARD TO BE AN AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER, CLAIMS COMPLETED COURSE AT JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY IN FLUID MECHANICS; RAP SHEET SUMMARY - CSC, THREE NINE, FORTY- FIVE; POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, AS APPLICANT MAY TWENTYTHREE, FORTYFIVE; RECEIVING, AND INDUCTION DIVISION, NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D.C., AS APPLICANT, JANUARY THIRTYONE, FORTYSEVEN; OSI, WASHINGTON, D.C., APPLICANT, AUGUST TWENTYONE, FIFTY; OSI, WASHINGTON, D.C., APPLICANT, PRI REC, JULY THIRTY, FIFTYFOUR; US MARSHAL, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, JULY TWENTYEIGHT, FIFTYEIGHT, DYER' ACT; CSC, APRIL ELEVEN, FORTYSIX; CIA, WASHINGTON, D.
, APPLICANT, PRI REC, JULY THIRTY, FIFTYFOUR; US MARSHAL, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, JULY TWENTYEIGHT, FIFTYEIGHT, DYER' ACT; CSC, APRIL ELEVEN, FORTYSIX; CIA, WASHINGTON, D.C., APPLICANT, JULY TWENTY, FORTYEIGHT; FBI, SPRINGFIELD, INQUIRY, AUGUST TWENTY- . ONE, FIFTYEIGHT; FBI, SPRINGFIELD, APACS, SEPTEMBER TWENTY- EIGHT, SIXTYFIVE; US MARSHAL, SPRINGFIELD, PROBATION VIOLATION, JULY ELEVEN, SIXTYONE, DISPOSITION EIGHTEEN MONTHS, TERRE END PAGE SIX
DB COOPER-45110PAGE SEVEN
HAUTE, INDIANA. ,MILITARY SERVICE - FEBRUARY SIX, FORTYSEVEN THROUGH JANUARY, FIFTYONE, US NAVY UNDER SERIAL NUMBER FOUR . FOUR NINE SIX FIVE SIX ONE; ONE AND ONE-HALF YEARS, US AIR FORCE, ENDING APPROXIMATELY DECEMBER THIRTEEN, FIFTYTWO, UNDER SERIAL NUMBER ONE THREE THREE THREE ONE EIGHT SIX SEVEN; SEPTEMBER, SIXTYSEVEN TO AUGUST, SEVENTY, US ARMY UNDER SERIAL NUMBER W THREE TWO FIVE ZERO EIGHT SIX FOUR; HIGHEST RANK ATTAINED WARRANT OFFICER, US ARMY; MOTHER - KATHERINE WOODS HOFFMAN, THREE FIVE ONE TWO SHEPHERD, MOUNT RANIER, MARYLAND, AS OF SIXTYFIVE; LAST. KNOWN ADDRESS - THREE SIX ZERO SIX LANCASTER ROAD, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, (AS OF JULY, SEVENTYONE).
KNOWN ADDRESS - THREE SIX ZERO SIX LANCASTER ROAD, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, (AS OF JULY, SEVENTYONE). UPON DISCHARGE FROM SERVICE IN SIXTYSEVEN, MAIL WAS TO BE FORWARDED IN CARE OF MR. AND MRS. T. HAYES, BOX TWO ONE ONE, SPRING CITY, TENNESSEE, THREE SEVEN THREE EIGHT ONE; HOBBIES - READS GERMAN AND SPANISH, AVIATION-AIRCRAFT, ELECTRONICS, GUN COLLECTOR, PAINTING, BUILDING MODEL PLANES, BOATS AND TRUCKS.
FOR INFORMATION OF SEATTLE, MAJOR CASE PRINTS AND HAND- WRITING EXEMPLARS TAKEN WHEN ARRESTED IN NINETEEN FIFTYEIGHT BY FBI SPRINGFIELD. FURTHER INFORMATION REVEALED WHEN SUBJECT END PAGE SEVEN
DB COOPER-45111'PAGE EIGHT
RESIDING IN DENVER, COLORADO APPROXIMATELY FIFTYSEVEN- FIFTYEIGHT, COOPER DEFAULTED ON FHA TITLE. ONE LOAN IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED NINETYFOUR DOLLARS, FORTYFOUR CENTS WHICH WAS WRITTEN OFF IN SIXTYONE BY FHA.
FACSIMILE PHOTOGRAPHS OF COOPER BEING FORWARDED TO SEATTLE AND MINNEAPOLIS AS CREW OF PLANE BASED MINNEAPOLIS. SEATTLE AND MINNEAPOLIS KEEP SPRINGFIELD ADVISED AS TO DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING THIS SUSPECT.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF COOPER BEING FORWARDED TO SEATTLE AND MINNEAPOLIS AS CREW OF PLANE BASED MINNEAPOLIS. SEATTLE AND MINNEAPOLIS KEEP SPRINGFIELD ADVISED AS TO DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING THIS SUSPECT.
INVESTIGATION CONTINUING AT SPRINGFIELD. P. END SE .ACK THEN RETURN TO TALKK FOR PHOTOS GA DCA FBI SEATTLE !
DB COOPER-45112UNISUB; MORTAKEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71 CAA - HEJACKING
SUSPECT: DANIEL LOUIS COOPER
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DB COOPER-45113

UNSUB:	NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71
CAR -	HIJACKING

SUSPECT:
DANIEL LOUIS COOPER
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SUSPECT - DANIEL LOUIS COOPER Taken July, 1958
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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
12/1/71
ASAC PAUL R. BIBLER
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: SE 1
RE :
DANIEL LEWIS COOPER
SAC TOM FARROW
BIBLER
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: SE 1
RE :
DANIEL LEWIS COOPER
SAC TOM FARROW called from Springfield on 12/1/71. He says they have developed a suspect in one DANIEL LEWIS COOPER who was a Green Beret; is a con man; has an arrest record and has a hobby of aviation. They have a photo which is 10 years old, but they think it is a good photo and it looks like the composite.
They are going to send us a teletype and put the photo on the facsimile machine.
I requested also that they send it to Minneapolis and that they pursue this vigorously in order to determine COOPER's background and particularly where he is now.
PRB:k1b (3)
Dub 65 164-81-347
SEARCHED _____ INDEXED. SERULITED __ FILED DECI 1071 FBI-SEATTLE
DB COOPER-4511618/7/71
AIRTEL
AIRMAIL
TO:
BAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM :
SAC, BUTTE (164-26) (P)
SUBJECT: UNBUB, aks
Dan Cooper;
Northwest Airlines
Flight #305
Portland to Seattle
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; XXTORTION
00: Seattle
Re :
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Reurtel, 12/1/71.
located b6 Montana, and advised-as.
(P)
SUBJECT: UNBUB, aks
Dan Cooper;
Northwest Airlines
Flight #305
Portland to Seattle
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; XXTORTION
00: Seattle
Re :
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Reurtel, 12/1/71.
located b6 Montana, and advised-as.follows !... .
DOB
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He is
b6
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a short story entitled,
The plot of the story was that b6
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BT #164-26
characters of plot escaped with
money.
stated that at the time
only two copies were made. the original of which was given
retaimed the second copy and bas it in his possession. He has never attempted to publish this story and, consequently, never has sent it to a publishing house.
eliminated as suspect on basis of age and physical description and be states he has no .
contacted. Advised_be has original copy of story in his possession, has never
bears no physical similarities to hijacker.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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DB COOPER-45118
- 2 -OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
To : SAC, SEATTLE (164-138)
DATE: 12/5/71
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT:
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES,
FLIGHT #305,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE
6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
To : SAC, SEATTLE (164-138)
DATE: 12/5/71
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT:
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES,
FLIGHT #305,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
b6 b7C
On 12/5/71 Detective Spokane, Washington advised that
Spokane Police Department. b6 Spokane. Wash, had advised the police department that Mont. who is about years old, 6 ft. I in., 180 lbs, black wavoy hair, wrote a book which he says is the "exact story" of instant hijacking: said the book was never published but he thought there might be a tie in with this case.
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164-81-806
ED INDEXED DEC 0/1971
FBI - SEATTLE
5010-108
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DB COOPER-45119NRØ17 SE PLAIN 4:00PM URGENT 12/1/71 VAB TO BUTTE FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 1P
UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER. NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE PORTLAND TO SEATTLE. NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE :
ON NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE
, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, ADVISED SGT.
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE :
ON NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE
, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, ADVISED SGT. SPOKANE POLICE DEPART-
MENT, THAT HE HAD READ A BOOK BY
, MONTANA, WHICH WAS UNPUBLISHED FICTION AND DESCRIBED HI- JACKING VERY SIMILAR' TO INSTANT HIJACKING.
BUITE AT MISSOULA. INTERVIEW CONCERNING BOOK AND HI- b6 b7C JACKING.
' ARMED AND DANGEROUS. END
TMT
FBI BT CLR
DB COOPER-45120
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164-81-368
b6 b7C OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (« CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC(164-81)
DATE:
11/29/71
FROM
:
SUBJECT:
UNSUB ;
MIA
FLT 305
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE
11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING, EXTORTION
b6 b7C
On 11/29/71 SGT. Detective Division, Spokane PD advised
b6 they hadve a report wherein a , Spokane advised theri office that he had read a book by b7C à ,Montana, which was unpublished,
fictón,
that described a very similar hijacking as took place in this case.
SUGGESTED LEAD Advise Butte to interview regarding this unpublished b6
bock and to ascertain if in fact it does describe a similar
b7c hijacking.
SUGGESTED LEAD Advise Butte to interview regarding this unpublished b6
bock and to ascertain if in fact it does describe a similar
b7c hijacking.
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164-81-359
SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED
NOV 3 0 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
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5010-400
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DB COOPER-45121OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, JACKSON (164-32)
DATE: 12/17/71
FROM
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
Re Jackson teletype to Charlotte, Portland, and
Seattle, dated 11/30/71.
Enclosed for Jackson, Charlotte, and Seattle are two copies each of an insert reflecting an investi- gation at Portland, Oregon, relative to an individual known as
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The investigation was negative at Portland. 2-Jackson (Encs. 2) 2-Charlotte (Encs. 2) 2-Seattle (Encs. 2) 2-Portland. 
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5010-108-01
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB COOPER-45122PD 164-41 JJH :sao 1
The following investigation was conducted by SA on December 1, 1971: b6
b7c AT PORTLAND, OREGON
Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB COOPER-45122PD 164-41 JJH :sao 1
The following investigation was conducted by SA on December 1, 1971: b6
b7c AT PORTLAND, OREGON
home telephone
of employment,
who resides at was contacted at her place b6 b7C
located in the telephone ,
advised
that she was formerly She viewed the composite sketch of the skyjacker and stated that she was unable to recall any of her acquaintances as matching the general description. stated that she would immediately contact the FBI should any person matching with the description come to her attention.
The following persons and agencies were contacted
b6 relative to the possible hijack suspect known as b7C
white, male, American, 5'8", 145 pounds, with negative results :
Files Division,
Portland Police Department; b6 b7C
The Retail Credit Association of Portland, Inc., Pittock Block, 921 SW Washington,
The 1971 Portland City Directory.
164-81-7472 b6
SEARCHED .... INDEXLAS b7C
DEC 221971 FBI -- SEMILLE
gio
DB COOPER-45123NR005 SE PLAIN 9:17AM URGENT 12/7/71 VAB TO PITTSBURGH CHARLOTTE (164-101) FROM SEATTLE (164-81)
UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE,
221971 FBI -- SEMILLE
gio
DB COOPER-45123NR005 SE PLAIN 9:17AM URGENT 12/7/71 VAB TO PITTSBURGH CHARLOTTE (164-101) FROM SEATTLE (164-81)
UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA-HIJACK- ING; EXTORTION. 00: SE.
RE BALTIMORE TELETYPE DECEMBER SIX LAST. RE: SUSPECT -
1
HAS BEEN LOCATED AT WHERE HE
AND WAS AT WORK ON AFTERNOON OF NOVEMBER
TWENTYFOUR LAST.
DISCONTINUE RE . END
KMK FBI PG
CLR THANKS
b6 b7C
b6 b7C
164-81-70T b6 b7C
DB COOPER-45124 IRØ9 SL PLAIN 8:43PM NITEL 12-6-71 NEH TO PITTSBURGH SEATTLE (164-81) FROM ST. LOUIS (164-NPRC-M)
UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER, NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR LAST. CAA - HIJACKING
EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE. BUFILE: ONE SIX FOUR - TWO ONE ONE ONE.
RE SUSPECT
b6 b7C
RE MYTEL DECEMBER THREE, LAST. PITTSBURGH AND SEATTLE ADD FOLLOWING TWO PAGES TO ST. LOUIS TEL
164-81-740 b6
SEARCHED.
b7C
INDEXED.
SERIALIZED.
a
9
DEC/ 6 1971
FBI - SEATTLE
DB COOPER-45125
END PAGE ONEPAGE THREE
SL (164-NPRC-M)
BORN
WHITE MALE; HEIGHT: FIVE FEET, EIGHT INCHES; WEIGHT: ONE HUNDRED SIXTY POUNDS; BROWN HAIR AND EYES;
a
9
DEC/ 6 1971
FBI - SEATTLE
DB COOPER-45125
END PAGE ONEPAGE THREE
SL (164-NPRC-M)
BORN
WHITE MALE; HEIGHT: FIVE FEET, EIGHT INCHES; WEIGHT: ONE HUNDRED SIXTY POUNDS; BROWN HAIR AND EYES; MEDIUM BUILD; SELECTIVE SERVICE NUMBER
.
PARENTS!
1
RECORDS INDICATE APPLIED FOR EMPLOYMENT WITH b6 b7C
BUT NO ADDRESS FOR
IN THIS CORRESPONDENCE.
PITTSBURGH CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION CONCERNING b6
AS SUSPECT. HANDLE PER INSTRUCTIONS IN BUREAU AIRTEL DATED NOVEMBER TWENTY-NINE LAST.
END PAGE THREE
b6 b7C
b6 b7C
b7C
トモモ肉
DB COOPER-45126 SL 164-NPRC-M
PAGE FOUR
CONSIDER UNSUB DANGEROUS. CHARLOTTE ADVISED BY AIRMAIL COPY. P. END.
43:38;3$ ) RECEIVED SL'S 01 AND 09
178 FBI SEATTLE TIM CLR
?
DB COOPER-45127NR 016 BA PLAIN 7:54 PM NITEL 12-6-
HJS
TO DIRECTOR SEATTLE
FROM BALTIMORE (164-103) RUC
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST, CAA DASH HIJACKING DASH EXTORTION, 00: SEATT E
RE PITTSBURGH TEL CALL OF SA JOHN CHADWICK TO BALTIMORE, DECEMBER
FOUR LAST.
INTERVIEWED INSTANT DATE INASMUCH AS A
b6 b7C b7D
SOURCE HAD ADVISED THAT THE ARTIST SKETCH OF THE UNSUB IN INSTANT CASE
RESEMBLED
b6 b7C
INTERVIEWED INSTANT DATE INASMUCH AS A
b6 b7C b7D
SOURCE HAD ADVISED THAT THE ARTIST SKETCH OF THE UNSUB IN INSTANT CASE
RESEMBLED
b6 b7C
ON NOVMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST, IN OFFICE FROM EIGHT THIRTY AM UNTIL THREE THIRTY PM. PRESENCE VERIFIED BY
AT APPROXIMATELY THREE THIR
TY
PM. ALSO VERIFYING
b6 b7C
, AND SA
WHO SPOKE TO IN TH
DB COOPER-45128 AT APPROXIMATELY TWO PM ON THE DATE
164-81-7200G b7c
OF INSTANT CRIME.
NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION ANTICIPATED IN CONNECTION WITH
END JJT FBI SEATTLE
SEARCHED ALLATHLE INDEXED SERIALIZED. 16 FILED DEC 6 19717 FBI - SEATTLE 7 NRØ12 CE PLAIN 6:11 PM NITEL 12-2-71 DAM TO: ST. LOUIS, PORTLAND 164-41, AND SEATTLE 164-81 FROM: CHARLOTTE 164-101 2P
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, CAA - HIJACKING. 00; SEATTLE.
RE JACKSON TELETYPE TO CHARLOTTE DATED NOVEMBER THIRTY, LAST.
FOR INFORMATION ST. LOUIS, A SOURCE, UPON VIEWING ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF UNSUB IN NEWSPAPER, ADVISED IT IS A GOOD LIKENESS TO
HAS NOT SEEN OR HEARD FROM
b6
b7C b7D
SINCE NINETEEN SIXTY.
LOUIS, A SOURCE, UPON VIEWING ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF UNSUB IN NEWSPAPER, ADVISED IT IS A GOOD LIKENESS TO
HAS NOT SEEN OR HEARD FROM
b6
b7C b7D
SINCE NINETEEN SIXTY. END PAGE ONE
164-81-503
SEARCHED. INDEXES SERIALIZED MOR FILED.
b6
DEC 2)1971 az
b7C
FBI - SEATTLE
DB COOPER-45131** - CE-164-101
PAGE TWO
CREDIT AND IDENTIFICATION CHECKS N. C., NEGATIVE, POST LOCATOR, , N. C., NEGATIVE, AND NO OTHER RECORD AVAILABLE AT TO IDENTIFY
INQUIRY AT RECORDS HOLDING, REVEALED
AND ALL RECORDS TRANSFERRED TO ST. LOUIS REPOSITORY.
, FOR INFORMATION SEATTLE THEIR LOOK ALIKE AS FURNISHED BY PHOENIX IDENTIFIED AS. OTIS P. FREEDLE, RETIRED ARMY AND REPORTEDLY RESIDING FT. BRAGG, N. C.
ST. LOUIS ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY IN MILITARY RECORDS AND SET FORTH LEAD TO IDENTIFY AND / OR ELIMINATE HIM AS SUBJECT.
CHARLOTTE INVESTIGATION CONTINUING.
END
JJT FBI SEATTLE CLR
b6 b7C
b6 b7C
DB COOPER-45132 NR008 PLAIN JN SENT 12:30 AM 12-1-71 FOR PM 11-30-71JWD PM NITEL 11-30-71 JWD
TO
CHARLOTTE
PORTLAND (164-41) SEATTLE
FROM. JACKSON (164-32)
UNSUB: HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTYSEVEN JET, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST.
JACKSON (164-32)
UNSUB: HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTYSEVEN JET, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST. AIRCRAFT HIJACKING.
ON ELEVEN THIRTY, SEVENTYONE,
, ADVISED HE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM
, MISS., RE HIJACKING.
ADVISED HAD OBSERVED ARTIST CONCEPTION DRAWING
OF HIJACKER IN MEMPHIS, TENN. NEWSPAPER AND BELIEVED HE RECOGNIZED THIS DRAWING.
AND LOOKED UP
b6 b7C b7D
PICKED OUT PHOTOGRAPH OF
, WHO WAS
AS INDIVIDUAL RESEMBLING HIJACKER.
OBSERVED
AND ARTIST CONCEPTION DRAWING AND
ADVISED THERE IS A GOOD LIKENESS.
b6
b7C b7D
(PROTECT IDENTITY BY REQUEST)
TELEPHONE
END PAGE ,ONE
F
164-81-360
SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED _______ FILED. NOV 30 1971
FETT SEATTLE
#
DB COOPER-45133
b6 b7C
b6 b7c b7D ----
JN 164-32
PAGE TWO
ADVISED HE WAS
b6
b7C b7D
OF OBSERVED ARTIST CONCEPTION DRAWING IN "MEMPHIS PRESS SCIMITAR" ELEVEN TWENTYNINE, SEVENTYONE AND IMMEDIATELY BELIEVED HE RECOGNIZED THIS INDIVIDUAL. STATES WHEN HE RETURNED TO HIS RESIDENCE HE EXAMINED AND IDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPH AS INDIVIDUAL HE THOUGHT RESEMBLED HIJACKER.
STATES WHEN HE RETURNED TO HIS RESIDENCE HE EXAMINED AND IDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPH AS INDIVIDUAL HE THOUGHT RESEMBLED HIJACKER. DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET EIGHT INCHES, ONE FORTYFIVE TO ONE FIFTYFIVE POUNDS, LIGHT BROWN FINE HAIR, WHO POSSIBLY HAD WOULD NOW BE APPROXIMATELY THIRTY TO THIRTYTHREE YEARS OF AGE. 
WAS STILL AT
LEFT FOR
CAREER IN
HAS NOT SEEN OR' HEARD FROM SINCE THAT TIME.
END PAGE TWO
b6 b7C b7D
b6 b7C b7D
b6 b7C b7D
DB COOPER-45134JN 164-32
PAGE THREE
CHARLOTTE AT , N. C. WILL ATTEMPT TO FURTHER
b7C
b6 IDENTIFY IN EFFORT TO IDENTIFY AND/OR ELIMINATE HIM AS SUBJECT.
SEATTLE AND PORTLAND CONDUCT CREDIT AND ARREST CHECKS ON TO FURTHER IDENTIFY AND/OR ELIMINATE HIM AS b6 b7C SUBJECT. END
FEE FBI SEATTLE CLR
DB COOPER-45135 NR 015 SF PLAIN
11:34PM NITEL 12/3/71 CRH
TO :
SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:
SAN FRANCISCO (164-220)
SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS, AKA DAN COOPER, NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, - NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, LAST, CAA DASH HIJACKING ; EXTORTION, 00: SEATTLE
RE SEATTLE TELETYPE
11:34PM NITEL 12/3/71 CRH
TO :
SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:
SAN FRANCISCO (164-220)
SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS, AKA DAN COOPER, NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, - NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, LAST, CAA DASH HIJACKING ; EXTORTION, 00: SEATTLE
RE SEATTLE TELETYPE TO SAN FRANCISCO, DECEMBER ONE,
LAST.
RE
ON DECEMBER TWO DASH THREE LAST,
ElIM, b6 b7C
, SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA, WAS INTERVIEWED BY BUAGENTS AT HIS PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT,
b6 b7C
SAN FRANCISCO.
HAD BEEN EMPLOYED
SAN FRANCISCO, FROM
AND | DB COOPER-45136
NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, LAST, AND COULD FURNISH NO WITNESSES TO
END PAGE ONE
164.81-533 b6 b7C
SEARCHED ....._ INDEXED. SERIALIZED AMB FILED DEC 3 1971 FBI · SEATTLE
Dasb6 b7C
PAGE "TWO
SF164-220
SUBSTANTIATE TRIP.
SUBSTANTIATE FACT THAT WAS PRESENT UNTIL APPROXIMATELY TWELVE THIRTY PM NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR. UNITED AIRLINES, SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ADVISED THAT NO AIRLINES IN THE BAY AREA COULD MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH NORTH- WEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, AFTER TWELVE NOON. IT IS TO BE NOTED THAT DOES NOT
b6 b7C SMOKE TOBACCO AND IS YEARS OF AGE.
IS DESCRIBED FROM INTERVIEW AND EMPLOYMENT
RECORDS AS A WHITE MALE, BORN
?
IT IS TO BE NOTED THAT DOES NOT
b6 b7C SMOKE TOBACCO AND IS YEARS OF AGE.
IS DESCRIBED FROM INTERVIEW AND EMPLOYMENT
RECORDS AS A WHITE MALE, BORN
? SIX FEET ONE INCH, ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY POUNDS, BLACK HAIR, OLIVE COMPLEXION.
NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION RE BEING CONDUCTED
b6 b7c AT SAN FRANCISCO.
END
DCA
FBI SEATTLE CLR
DB COOPER-45137NRØ18 SE PLAIN 4:23PM URGENT 12/1/71 VAB TO SAN FRANCISCO FROM SEATTLE (164-81)
UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER. NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE PORTLAND TO SEATTLE. NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE SACRAMENTO AIRTEL TO SEATTLE NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE, NINETEEN b6 b7C SEVENTYONE.
RE:
(PROTECT) AD-
VISED COMPOSITE DRAWING OF UNSUB GREATLY RESEMBLES WHO
b6
b7c b7D
WAS
WAS PROSECUTED
DESCRIBED AS MID-THIRTIES, SIX FOOT ONE, ONE HUNDRED
b6 EIGHTY -ONE HUNDRED EIGHTYFIVE LBS., OLIVE COMPLEXION, ALMOST ALWAYS b7C END PAGE ONE
164-81.485 b6 b7C
DB COOPER-45138PAGE TWO 164-81
WORE SUNGLASSES
ADVISED b6
b7C
FORMERLY WORKED AT SAN FRANCISCO AND b7D
BELIEVED TO BE WORKING FOR , ADDRESS UNKNOWN, IN SAN FRANCISCO.
485 b6 b7C
DB COOPER-45138PAGE TWO 164-81
WORE SUNGLASSES
ADVISED b6
b7C
FORMERLY WORKED AT SAN FRANCISCO AND b7D
BELIEVED TO BE WORKING FOR , ADDRESS UNKNOWN, IN SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO AT SAN FRANCISCO, CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION
% TO DETERMINE WHEREABOUTS OF ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
AT TIME OF INSTANT HIJACKING. b6
b7C END
AND HOLD
MC C FBI SAN FRANCISCO
164-81-485 b6 b7c
DB COOPER-45139 11/29/71
AIRTEL
AIRMAIL
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE
FROM:
SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50) (P)
SUBJECT: UNSUB; Northwest Flight 305
11/25/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: Seattle
On 11/29/71,
(PROTECT IDENTITY),
b6 b7C b7D
advised SA that he had seen a composite drawing of unknown subject in the 11/28/71, edition of the 'Fresno Bee" newspaper. advised that this photo greatly resembles one who was a
It is noted
during
was prosecuted California, for
Fresno in late .
According to
is in b6
his is about 6' 1", 180 - 185 pounds, olive complexion, and almost always wore sunglasses
b7C b7D
said
is soft spoken; and although he has no arrest record to his knowledge, he has been ; and he is capable of performing a plane hijacking.
olive complexion, and almost always wore sunglasses
b7C b7D
said
is soft spoken; and although he has no arrest record to his knowledge, he has been ; and he is capable of performing a plane hijacking. said he understands
€2 Seattle 1 - San Francisco (Info.) , 2 - Sacramento JDC: ccm (5)
164-81-364 b6
SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED
b7c
IRC : 1971
FBI · SETTLE
7
DB COOPER-45140SC 164-50
b6
b7C
b7D
said that from the composite drawing he has seen, the suspect's mouth, nose, and chin are quite similar to . He said
San Francisco area for the
years or more.
said
San Francisco
employer unknown, b7c b7D
and that he is now believed to be working for address unknown, in San Francisco.
added there should be a photograph of in the "Fresno Bee" morgue files.
b6 b7C b7D
b6
b6
b7C b7D
A photograph of has been obtained from the files of the "Fresno Bee", and there appears to be similarity between this photograph and the composite drawing. This photograph is being forwarded to the Seattle office direct from the Fresno Resident Agency.
Seattle is requested to exhibit photograph to witnesses and furnish results to Sacramento since has advised that
b6
b7C
the b7D
San Francisco area.
Seattle is requested to exhibit photograph to witnesses and furnish results to Sacramento since has advised that
b6
b7C
the b7D
San Francisco area.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
2
DB COOPER-45141 PD 164-41 RPC : csm 1
The following investigation was conducted by Special
Agent
AT EUGENE, OREGON
shown to
On January 12, 1972, the following photographs were who resides at b6 b7C
advised that he could not identify any of the individuals in the photographs as being the hijacker of the Northwest Airlines airplane. The photographs are as follows:
b6 b7C
290-HENRY GRADY EPPERSON; 23P- "BUZZ" (last name unknown) (LNU);
145 -PETER A. PARLO;
25%-JOHN NEAL MARLER:
77Y -LESLIE GENE MINCE;
65 -DONALD LOUIS COOPER; 61 - HAROLD LEE DOWELL, Solano County Sheriff's Office (CSSO), Number V62310; 189-ROBERT LEE HORTON, Multnomah County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) Number 13742;
DELBERT EARL DOWNING, Eugene, Oregon Police Department (EOPD) Number 2746; 165-JAMES CONRAD CLIFFORD;
202-GEORGE BRYAN SIEGRIST; MARVIN JOHN COOPER, Washington County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) Number 22048; Elemente Sub.
LEE HORTON, Multnomah County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) Number 13742;
DELBERT EARL DOWNING, Eugene, Oregon Police Department (EOPD) Number 2746; 165-JAMES CONRAD CLIFFORD;
202-GEORGE BRYAN SIEGRIST; MARVIN JOHN COOPER, Washington County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) Number 22048; Elemente Sub. 69
164-81-1990-
DB COOPER-45142
b6 b7C
b6
b7CPD 164-41 RPC: csm 2
163 -RALPH VINCENT GALOPE, DC 166858;
9- ROBERT HAMMOND KEELY; 69- JOHN GORDON HOSKINS; 1- JOSEPH H. JOHNSTON, Mansfield, Ohio Police Department Number 18611.
b6 b7C
FLLOYD J. SNIDER!
50-BEN LEIBSON, Carson City, Nevada Police Department Number 17931; 6 -JAMES HENRY ZIMMERMAN:
: DB COOPER-45143OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION CSA PPMR (4 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE:
12/14/71
FROM
: SA
b6 b7C
SUBJECT: UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION
An 12/11/71
was contacted at
Seattle and was shown b7c
b7D
b6 photographs of the following persons, with throw downs, and he elliminated each person.
3. HAROLD LEE DOWELL, SUB 61 14. JOHN GORDON HOSKINS, SUB 69 5. WILLIAM F. JOHNSTON, SUB 27
8. PWVIER A. PARLO. SUB 145
SUB J
2. MORRIS STANLEY BROWNE
5.
JOHN GORDON HOSKINS, SUB 69 5. WILLIAM F. JOHNSTON, SUB 27
8. PWVIER A. PARLO. SUB 145
SUB J
2. MORRIS STANLEY BROWNE
5. HERMAN LEWIS JONES
b6
b7C
b6 b7C
2-164-81 cc
11 CNG 13
$010-100
sub 69 164-81-1168
SEARCHED
INDEXED.
ATiLED DEC 1 41971 FBI -SEATTLE
1920
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan DB COOPER-45144NR 004 PD PLAIN 2:05 PM URGENT 12-10-71 GEO

TO:	SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:	PORTLAND (164-41) (P)	IP

NORJAK
RE FER SACRAMENTO AIRTEL TO SEATTLE, DECEMBER IEGHT, SEVENTY ONE, AND PORTLAND TELETYPE TO SEATTLE, DECEMBER THREE, SEVENTY ONE.
SUSPECT -- JOHN GORDON HOSKINS.
REAIRTEL REQUESTS HOSKINS BE LOCATED AND HIS WHEREABOUTS ON NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, SEVENTY ONE, BE ESTABLISHED. HOSKINS WAS ELIMINATED AS SUSPECT BY WITNESS PORTLAND WILL NOT COVER LEAD AT CASCADE LOCKS UNLESS OTHER- WISE ADVISED BY SEATTLE
b6 b7C
END VAB FBI SEATTLE CLR
Sub. 69 164-81-400
SEARCHED ........ INDEXED SERIALIZED IM FILED DEC 100 1971 FBI - SEATTLE JAG
DB COOPER-45147IR 013 PD PLAIN 8:45 PM
INDEXED SERIALIZED IM FILED DEC 100 1971 FBI - SEATTLE JAG
DB COOPER-45147IR 013 PD PLAIN 8:45 PM URGENT 12/3/71 TLA TO : SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: PORTLAND (164-41)
UNSUB; N.W. AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE; PORTLAND TO SEATTLE
NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION; 00: SEATT
E
RE SACRAMENTO AIRTEL TO SEATTLE NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE SEVENTYONE. SUSPECT JOHN GORDON HOSKINS.
PHOTO OF SUSPECT HOSKINS SHOWN TO , N.W. b6 b7C AIRLINES, PORTLAND, ON DECEMBER TWO SEVENTYONE AND
OF OPINION
SUSPECT NOT IDENTICAL TO UNSUB. END
amb .69
164-81-609
SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED. FILED, DEC 5 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
010
DB COOPER-45148NRØ16 SE PLAIN 3:36PM URGENT 12/1/71 VAB TO SACRAMENTO (164-50) FROM SEATTLE (164-81
UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER. NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE PORTLAND TO SEATTLE. NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE: JOHN GORDON HOSKINS
SEATTLE DESIRES TO LIMIT SHOWING OF PHOTOGRAPHS TO WITNESSES IN ORDER TO AVOID CONFUSION.
RE: JOHN GORDON HOSKINS
SEATTLE DESIRES TO LIMIT SHOWING OF PHOTOGRAPHS TO WITNESSES IN ORDER TO AVOID CONFUSION. SACRAMENTO IS REQUESTED TO CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE WHEREABOUTS OF HOSKINS AT TIME OF INSTANT HIJACKING IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE HIM OR ESTABLISH HIM AS SUBJECT.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS. P.
1 END
REC TWO OK LXL FBI SACRAMENTO TU
DB COOPER-45149
Sub. 69
164-81-36911/29/71
AIRTEL AIR MAIL
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE
FROM:
SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50) (P)
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Hijacking of a Northwest Airlines
727 Flight from Seattle, Washington
11/24/71
CAA
00: SEATTLE
Enclosed for Seattle, Portland, and Las Vegas is one copy of California driver's license number H0913818.
The following investigation was conducted by SC
AT SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA:
'Qa 11/29/71, one Sacramento, telephonically contacted the Sacramento Division of the FBI regarding captioned, unknown subject.
advised that closely resembled the person whose picture appeared in the newspaper over the past weekend as the hijacker in captioned matter.
advised that closely resembled the person whose picture appeared in the newspaper over the past weekend as the hijacker in captioned matter. described this individual as JOUN GORDON HOSKINS of Sacramento, California.
2 - Seattle (Enc. 1) 2 - Portland (Enc. 1) 2 - Las Vegas (Enc. 1) 2 - Sacramento PRH : ml (8)
Sub. 69
164-81-365
INDEXED FILED
SEARCHED SERIALIZED DFP 1 1971
FE! . SE TTLE
7
DB COOPER-45150
b6 b7C
b6 b7C
b6 b7CSC 164-50
A check of the records of the California Department of Motor Vehicles reveals California driver's license number H0913818 was issued 9/11/70 and described JOHN GORDON HOSKINS as follows:

Name	JOHN GORDON HOSKINS
Residence	6032 34th Avenue Sacramento, California
Date of Birth	8/25/37
Sex	White Male
Height	5'9"
Weight	140 pounds
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Brown
Marital Status	Married

A check of the records of the California Bureau of Criminal
9"
Weight	140 pounds
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Brown
Marital Status	Married

A check of the records of the California Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (CII) failed to locate any arrest record for HOSKINS. CII advised that record number 2 200 232 was located which is a record containing[, applications for employment. No photograph available in their files.
- 2* -
DB COOPER-45151SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
2/15/74
SA
NORJAK 00: SEATTLE Re Sub RON WHITE, Sub #70
Sube 70
SA Spokane Resident Agent, advised Spokane, Washington, had con- tacted him on 1/17/74 and stated that in 1971, he, reported RONALD WHITE, age 36-37, as a D. B. COOPER suspect. , and they have been living in Spokane. Recently, both have left Spokane, and their where- abouts are unknown. is wondering if WHITE is a logical
suspect. stated WHITE is a pilot and capable of com- mitting such a crime.
further advised that WHITE may have gone to
Houston, Texas. advised
Salem, Oregon. concluded be was
merely furnishing the above information for FBI use.
further advised that WHITE may have gone to
Houston, Texas. advised
Salem, Oregon. concluded be was
merely furnishing the above information for FBI use.
The above information is being recorded in, RON WHITE's Sub File #70 for information purposes only.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
5 32 3 - Seattle (164-81) RNN:rtr (3)
Néz
Sub 70 164-81-6132
SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED 1X FILED. 47 FEB 15 1974 FBI-SEATTLE
b6 b7C
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DB COOPER-45152NR 007 PD PLAIN 3:53 PM URGENT 12-22-71 LJQ TO: SEATTLE (164-81) FROM: PORTLAND (164-41) 1P
NORJAK.
RE RONALD LEE WHITE; SEATTLE TELETYPE TO PORTLAND DATED DECEMBER TWENTYONE, LAST.
ON DECEMBER TWENTYTWO, SEVENTYONE, HOOD MACHINE COMPANY, TWO ZERO TWO NINE EASTMAN, GRESHAM, OREGON, REVIEWED TIME CARDS FOR NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE, AND ADVISED WHITE WAS WORKING THE THREE THIRTY PM TO MIDNIGHT SHIFT ON THAT DATE. (P) END
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DB COOPER-45153NR.@13. SE PLAIN 11466 PM NITEL 12/21/71 FEE TO PORTLAND (164-41) FROM SEATTLE (164-31) 1P
NOP.
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DB COOPER-45153NR.@13. SE PLAIN 11466 PM NITEL 12/21/71 FEE TO PORTLAND (164-41) FROM SEATTLE (164-31) 1P
NOP.JAK.
PE RONALD LEE WHITE.
WHITE, WHO WAS NAMED SUSPECT IN THIS MATTER WAS INTERVIEWED IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, AND ADVISED THAT ON NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR , SEVENTY-ONE, HE WORKED THREE THIRTY P. M. UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR HOOD MACHINE COMPANY, GRESHAM, OREGON.
PORTLAND, AT GRESHAM, OREGON. VERIFY WHITE'S. PRESENCE AT WORK NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTY-ONE. - P- END REC'D THREE TELS AJW
FBI PPORTLAND CLR TU
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Sub. 70 164-81-1478b6 b7C
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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SA
NORJAK 00: SEATTLE
Re memo of SA CHARLES E. FARRELL dated 11/26/71, Seattle, and portland teletype to Seattle, 12/3/71.
Enclosed are two copies cach of two separate in- serts in this case reflecting investigation at Spokane, Washington, and vicinity.
It is noted that should it be deemed necessary to further verify the whereabouts of RONALD LEE WHITE OA November 24, 1971, a lead should be set out for the Portland Office.
It is noted that should it be deemed necessary to further verify the whereabouts of RONALD LEE WHITE OA November 24, 1971, a lead should be set out for the Portland Office.
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The following investigation was conducted by SA
AT SPOKANE, WASHINGTON
On December 9, 1971, Mrs. VIRGINIA SMITH, North 4013 Post, Spokane, Washington, advised that RONALD LEE WHITE is her son, and until recently had resided in the Portland, Oregon, area. She said that up until the pre- vious week he had been employed by some machine company in Gresham, Oregon. She said he had come to Spokane on Deogmber 4th, and was planning to be remarried in Spokane on December 10, 1971. She said that her son is a helicopter pilot and a light plane pilot, but that she had never known him to do any parachute jumping.
Mrs. SMITH stated that she was sure that her son was not involved in any illegal activity of any kind, and while he was not there at this particular time, he would be available for interview on the morning of December 10th.
SMITH stated that she was sure that her son was not involved in any illegal activity of any kind, and while he was not there at this particular time, he would be available for interview on the morning of December 10th.
On December 10, 1971, RONALD LEE WHITE was in- terviewed at North 4013 post Street, where he is temporarily residing with his mother. Ho advised that he was born De- cember 8, 1934, at Ukiah, Oregon, is 6' tall, weighs 205 lbs, has dark hair, thinning, hazel eyes, medium complexion and a tattoo of COLLEEN" and a cross on his left bisep. He said he is divorced but was remarrying on that day, December 10, 1971.
Mr. WHITE stated that he had been employed by Hood Machine Company, Gresham, Oregon, and that on November 24, 1971, the day before Thanksgiving, he worked the swing shift from 3:30 PM until midnight. He said that up until the time he left for work, he had been at the home of his fiancee at 2016 S. E. 122nd Street, Portland, Oregon, and had been driven to Gresham, Oregon, where Hood Machine Company is located. Mr. WHITE stated that his whereabouts from 3:30 until midnight on November 24, 1971, could be verified at the Hood Machine Company, Gresham, Oregon.
WHITE stated that his whereabouts from 3:30 until midnight on November 24, 1971, could be verified at the Hood Machine Company, Gresham, Oregon. 164-81-4460
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Mr. WHITE advised that he is licensed helicopter pilot, but has not flown fixed wing aircraft since 1961.
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He advised he has never done any parachute jumping, was not involved in instant hijacking and could not offhand think of any possible suspects in this matter.
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5:41 PM NITEL 12/7/71 CMH
· TO DIRECTOR (164-2111)
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LAS VEGAS NEWARK NEW YORK (164-627) NORFOLK PORTLAND
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SEATTLE (164-81) SPRINGFIELD (164-31) WFO HOUSTON FROM MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
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Douglas Cooper 96 Ronald Lee white - 70
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE. CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
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RE NEW YORK TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DECEMBER THREE LAST, NORFOLK TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DECEMBER THREE LAST, SEATTLE DB COOPER-45158 NITEL NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST AND SPRINGFIELD TELETYPE TO sub 70 DIRECTOR DECEMBER ONE LAST. 164-81-790 END PAGE ONE
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MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
FROM:
PORTLAND (164-41)
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UNSUB; N.W. AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION; 00: SEATT E
RE SEATTLE TELETYPE DECEMBER ONE SEVENTYONE. SUSPECTS RONALD LEE WHITE.
SALEM, OREGON, SAID
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HER KNOWLEDGE.
HAS NOT SEEN HIM SINCE AND DOESN'T KNOW HIS PRESENT WHEREABOUTS.
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Contact MachenPD 164-41 PAGE TWO
WHITE HAS DONE SPRAYING FROM HELICOPTER FROM TACOMA, WASHINGTON, TO CALIFORNIA.
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Contact MachenPD 164-41 PAGE TWO
WHITE HAS DONE SPRAYING FROM HELICOPTER FROM TACOMA, WASHINGTON, TO CALIFORNIA. HE IS DESCRIBED AS DOB EIGHT DECEMBER NINETEEN THIRTYFOUR AT UKIAH, OREGON, (LOOKS OLDER), SIX FOOT ONE, ONE NINE ZERO POUNDS, HAZEL EYES, HAIR , COAL BLACK, THINNING ON TOP, COMBED OVER THIN AREA, COMPLEXION MEDIUM AND TAN, WEARS CONSERVATIVE DARK SUITS OR SPORTS CLOTHES. THINKS b6
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REFORESTATION SERVICE, INC. SALEM, OREGON, RECORDS DISCLOSE WHITE. EMPLOYED FROM JULY NINETEEN SEVENTY TO SEPTEMBER FOURTEEN NINETE H.
SEVENTY WHEN HE LEFT JOB AT. HAPPY CAMP NEAR YREKA, CALIFORNIA. WHITES MOTHER, VIRGINIA SMITH, RESIDES FOUR ZERO ONE THREE NORTH POST
ST., SPOKANE, WASHINGTON. PHOTO OF WHITE SHOWN TO WITNESS N.W. AIRLINES b6
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ONE PHOTO, OF WHITE BEING FORWARDED MINNEAPOLIS TO DISPLAY TO WITNESSES. END DCA
FBI SE FOR TWO TELS CLR
DB COOPER-45162OPTIONAL FORM NO.
ONE PHOTO, OF WHITE BEING FORWARDED MINNEAPOLIS TO DISPLAY TO WITNESSES. END DCA
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DB COOPER-45162OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1842 EDITION GSA PPMR (" CPR) 101-11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
SAC, SEATTLE 164-81
FROM
SA
SUBJECT: UNSUB;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES FL.305
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE
11-24-71
CAA,HIJACKING; EXTORTION
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DATE: 12-1-71
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At approximately 11:00pm, 11-30-71, an individual by the name of Washington appeared at the Yakima
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Washington PD and advised that he had a photograph of an individual whom he believed hijacked the airplane and that he wished to speak to an FBI agent.
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identified the photo as being that of one RON WHITE, He stated that WHITE was from Salem, Oregon, and that he , WHITE, use to reside on He : stated that WHITE was a licensed helicopter piolet and that he worked as a cropduster out of Salem for Northwest Reforestration Products. He said that WHITE had flown the area between Salem, regon , to Longview, Sub.
WHITE was a licensed helicopter piolet and that he worked as a cropduster out of Salem for Northwest Reforestration Products. He said that WHITE had flown the area between Salem, regon , to Longview, Sub. 70 164-81-427 Washington, and was familier with that area. He stated that he believed
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DB COOPER-45163that WHITES FAA license had recently been suspended and further re- lated that had not seen nor heard from him in about
He said that the only description he could give of WHITE was that he was a WMA, 6', brown hair, and 36 years of age.
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by and that of the artists drawing appears almost identical) A teletype was dictated to the Portland Div. on 12-1-71 on this matter with leads to contact for further background information and photo-z)
Attatched im the photo furnished by
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE,