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NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT NUMBER THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTYONE. CAA DASH HIJACKING DASH EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE
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SHE BELIEVED THAT THE SKETCH WAS A FAIR LIKENESS; HOWEVER, SHE COULD NOT PINPOINT ANY CHARACTER ISTIC ABOUT THE SKETCH THAT SHE DID NOT PARTICULARLY LIKE, AND SHE COULD NOT CONTRIBUTE ANY FURTHER SPECIFIC ALTERATIONS.
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Dispatch Wire Services WOODLAND, Wash .. FBI agents and police fanned out in the Cascade Foothills today searching for the daring hijacker who parachuted into the wilder- ness with:$200,000 ransom ;:
Authorities held out little hope, however, that the hi- jacker would be found ..
"He's probably long gone," a. Clark County, Wash., sheriff's deputy said.
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It was the first time an aircraft hijacker had used a parachute to make his es- cape and it was the largest sum of money an air
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It was the first time an aircraft hijacker had used a parachute to make his es- cape and it was the largest sum of money an air pirate had ever escaped with: in' the United States.
The FBI said the search was being concentrated. in the Cowlitz-Clark counties area in Southern Washing- ton as a result of informa- tion provided by the crew and "strictly conjecture-on. our part."
SEARCHERS were aided by helicopters and light planes,
Described as a tall, slim man of Latin American ap- pearance in his mid-40s, the hijacker took over the three-, engine jetliner .as it flew from Portland to: Seattle on the last leg of a flight origi- nating in Washington, D.C.,
He told a stewardess. he had a bomb and that he. wanted to go to Mexico. He also demanded four paras chutes and $200,000;
The FBI said he had used, the name D. B. Cooper when. he boarded the plane in Portland ..
..! That's the name he used when he bought his ticket ! an FIB. agent said. "But
lac's probably no more D.B. Coope than i am."
Whe 1 the parachutes and the cash were delivered to him &: Scallle Tacoma In- ternat onal Airport, he al- lowed the 36 other
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Whe 1 the parachutes and the cash were delivered to him &: Scallle Tacoma In- ternat onal Airport, he al- lowed the 36 other passen- gers ind two stewardesses to de' ark. The pilot. Capt. Willian Scott, and three other crew members all from the Twin Cities, were order d to remain aboard.
AIRBORNE for a refuel- ing at Reno, the hijacker or- dered Senti to fly no higher than 10.000 Feet, with flaps and iamding gear down to keep he airliner's speed at bout 200 miles per hour. İ
He also directed that tije dear exit door of the 727 he left onen, with the stairs ex- tende't as they would be in taking on or discharging passengers on the ground.
And somewhere between Seatt.e and Reno he depart- cd. Also gone were the $200.000 and two of the four parachutes he had been giv- en.
In Seattle, Erl Cossey of Seatt e Sky Sports said he had packed all four para- , chutes delivered to the hi- jacker, including the two military 'chutes provided by o ficials at MeChord Air Force Base, near Tacoma, AVash.
COSSEY, the parachuld xpert, said it was deliv!
In Seattle, Erl Cossey of Seatt e Sky Sports said he had packed all four para- , chutes delivered to the hi- jacker, including the two military 'chutes provided by o ficials at MeChord Air Force Base, near Tacoma, AVash.
COSSEY, the parachuld xpert, said it was deliv! fred to the hijacker by mis fake. "They grabbed the first one in sight, not know- ing anything about para- chules," Cossey said. "It (the training parachute) doesn't usually go off the ground."
He said the other three parachutes were functional. In Las Vegas, Nev., an FBI special agent said one of the two 'chutes found aboard the 727 when it land- ed at Reno had been opened. but he said it had not been determined wheth er it was the unusable traint ing model.
The military 'chutes nor- mally operate with a static line which rips them open almost immediately after the jumper leaves his air- craft. The sports 'chutes permit a free fall until the jumper himself decides to release them.
Officials said three Air Force planes trailed the 727 after it left Seattle, but they refused to say whether a parachute was seen. They did say that a man using af sports parachute in a free fall could easily have been missed.
Officials said three Air Force planes trailed the 727 after it left Seattle, but they refused to say whether a parachute was seen. They did say that a man using af sports parachute in a free fall could easily have been missed.
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"He'd be away from the flaps a id other engines and go straight down."
The 727 is one of the few commercial aircraft models with an exit at its extreme rear. urder the tail.
THE HIJACKER confined Scott, flight officers Wil- liam Rataczak and H. E. Anderson and stewardess Tina Mucklow in the cockpit, after the 727 reached flight altitude on leaving Seat- fle.
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He remained alone in the passenger compartment, where the temperature dropped to 7 degrees below zero' with the rear entry door open.
His, list communication with the crew came shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday and he is be ieved to have bailed out of the aircraft at about 6: 13 p.n .. , the FBI said.
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A Washington state sheriff's deputy, helping in the manhunt for the parachutist hijacker who bailed out of a Northwest Airlines, plane with $200,000 ransom money, said aloud what I'll bet many of us have guiltily said to ourselves:
"You just can't help admiring the guy!".
I wouldn't defend the verb "admire,"exactly, but then I don't know just how I'd describe the awed gasp I ex- haled when I learned how slick the caper was.
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Now, we could fill the whole column with sternly ringing syllables of disap- proval, for such: criminal and potentially murderous activities.
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Now, we could fill the whole column with sternly ringing syllables of disap- proval, for such: criminal and potentially murderous activities. I. agree that. air piracy is a plague, an out-> rage and a terrible danger:
In no way am I rooting for this particular hijack-
er, Yet, since it happened, one can assign points without in any manner condoning what happened. Most airliner. hijackers we've read about are loonies.
My strong impression is that the boy who boarded the 727 jet at Portland, Ore., was no loony-or at least an inspired one with the American dream of hustling. $200;000 in scratch and getting away with it.
In his credit balance, let's agree he never really endan:h gered anyone (I'm making the assumption that his red cylinder "bomb" was a bluff) and that, while he incon- venienced his fellow passengers more than somewhat, hed did put them ashore at Seattle as his first move.
He collected 200 Big Ones as ransom, along with four parachutes, and ordered the driver to head for Mexico. Mexico, ha! Apparently, he hit the. silk before the plane had even gotten out of the state - having required of the pilot that he
Apparently, he hit the. silk before the plane had even gotten out of the state - having required of the pilot that he leave the aircraft's back gate open and that he be granted decent privacy to mull on his sins.
All this is grand larceny and in violation of federal laws stipulating a death penalty for violation. The.male -. factor had dash, but I don't consider him any Robin Hood.
However, let me ask you how many dozens of Big Heist movies have you enjoyed over the past 10 years? All those imaginative wrongos' who have figured outy some artistic way to get into the Chase Manhattan! Bank's petty cash room or to make off with Bess Tru- man's priceless collection of moustache cups. The cuter the caper, the better.
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DB Cooper-33796This was a very dramaturgical caper, indeed. It may be a pilot for a TV series. A bunch of us at a cocktail party over the weekend; was running up' scenarios to comply) with the iron law of the movies that no one gets away! with a Big Heist and that the cuter the heist the cuter must be the quirk of fate whereby the heister is disap- pointed of his swag .. .
Someone started it with the rudimentary idea that out hijacker jumps from the plane with the money and his parachute doesn't open. Too crude. Uncute.
Another was that the guy straps on a parachute and the moneybag, then jumps. He pulls the ripcord, but it is the cord to the moneybag and $200,000 in double-saw- bucks fills the air while he plummets downward saying "Oh shucks!"
.A macabre idea was. for him to come down in the for- est. His chute snags. on a tree and the 20-odd pounds of money, tied round his neck, slowly strangles him .-
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Naturally; I prefer my plot device. The hijacker, a seat soned professional sky-diver gets his rigging all squared way. He's wearing two parachutes for insurance, he has the money safely strapped of this person.
He : exits the aircraft, cooly calculates his free fall . and pops the chute perfectly.
He makes a perfect land, ing -- inside the walls of the Washington State Penitentiary.
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WOODLAND; Wash. (AP) - The missing air pirate who bailed out of a Northwest Airlines jetliner carry- ing a parachute and 241/2 pounds of $20 bills was "either an experienced jumper or crazy," the FBI agent. co- ordinating the search for him says.
Officials say they believe the hi- jacker parachuted from the plane over this sparsely populated area of southwestern Washington, but. add that they have found no trace of him vin two days of searching ..
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open and. torn aboard the plane when it landed in Reno, Nev. They also said there might be traces of some crew food rations, which were missing from the plane.
A: 100-man posse, aided by 10 pa- trol cars and six helicopters, fanned out Friday in a 5-mile line through the mountain foothills, but Manning said the eight-hour effort under low clouds and misty rain did not yield any useful information.
A: 100-man posse, aided by 10 pa- trol cars and six helicopters, fanned out Friday in a 5-mile line through the mountain foothills, but Manning said the eight-hour effort under low clouds and misty rain did not yield any useful information.
Crew members at a press confer- ence at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport disclosed Fri- day some additional details of the incident, which began: after the pjane took off from Portland, Ore, for Seattle, Wash., the last stop one flight that had originated in Wash- ington, D.C.
The man -described as, calm, middle-aged and well -- dressed --- : boarded, at Portland and gave a stewardess a note shortly after take: off.
"'I thought he was trying to hustle me,". stewardess Florence Shaffner; 23, 1600 E. 77th St., Richfield, said. "I stuffed the note in my purse and. he motioned that I should read it.'
His note said he had a bomb, of -? ficials. said, and he indicated he wanted to. go to Mexico. While the jet circled Seattle, the man also or-> dered. that $200,000. and four para- chutes, be brought to the plane in Seattle, and Northwest agreed.
The Air Force . disclosed .Friday that the pilots of eight chase planes.
and four para- chutes, be brought to the plane in Seattle, and Northwest agreed.
The Air Force . disclosed .Friday that the pilots of eight chase planes. which tailed: the jetliner did not see a person leave the plane. Five planes followed the jetliner all the way and. three picked it up en route to Reno.
But officials had said earlier that the chase planes would have diffi- culty spotting a skydiver at night it Jie did not. open his parachute imme- diately.
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WOODLAND, Wash. (UPI) - The FBI said Saturday aircraft would search the entire route from Seattle to Reno for a hijacker who parachuted from' an airliner with $200,000 ransom.
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(UPI) - The FBI said Saturday aircraft would search the entire route from Seattle to Reno for a hijacker who parachuted from' an airliner with $200,000 ransom.
Julius Mattson, special agent in charge in Port land, Ore., said the 'whole vector" of the jet- liner's flight would be cov- ered when the weather clear's: There is presently a 600:foot visibility ceil- ing.
The plane's route passed over Portland, Ore., Medford; Ore., and Red Bluff, Calif., before land- ing in Reno.
Saturday's activity cen- tered' around a wooded area near Woodland, Wash., where the FBI be- lieves the man might have
¡jumped with a white bag of money Wednesday night.
"We feel he's in this area,"! FBI agent Thomas Manning said of the three-by-five-mile stretch of rough timber country 35 miles north of Port- land. "If we have to, we'll cover every square foot of it.“.
Drizzling rain and low clouds forced the FBI to call off an afternoon air search of the tiny area where they believe the man might be hiding, pos- sibly with a broken leg.
The hijacker, a swarthy, middle-aged man who called himself "D. B. Cooper," took over? a. Northwest.
The hijacker, a swarthy, middle-aged man who called himself "D. B. Cooper," took over? a. Northwest. Airlines 727 with a "bomb" during a flight from Portland
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He forced the plane to land at Seattle, collected four parachutes and $200,000 in $20 bills in a white cloth bag and let the passengers off. Then he ordered the crew to fly him to Reno, Nev.
Somewhere along the way he parachuted into the night from the plane'! open rear door ..
Manning said the plane's in-flight recordey showed that at 8:10 p.m., when the plane was over the target area of the search, instruments showed the rear door being lowered.
Three minutes later, he said, a "slight change in "altitude" of the plane was frecorded, indicating that was the moment of the jump. 1
SKY-JUMPING hijacker looks something like this. composite drawing re- leased Saturday by the FBI. The man they're looking for hijacked a Northwest Air- lines jet, collected $200,000 in $20 bills and bailed out somewhere be- tween Portland and Reno Wednesday night.
The man they're looking for hijacked a Northwest Air- lines jet, collected $200,000 in $20 bills and bailed out somewhere be- tween Portland and Reno Wednesday night.
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FIRST PHASE OF HUNT FOR HIJACKER DROPPED .
WOODLAND, Wash. (IPI)-The temporary head- quarters in the search for a hijacker who parachuted from a jetliner last week with $200,000 ransom has been closed.
The FBI and Clark County sheriff's deputies ended six days of scouring a 15-square-mile area around Woodland Tuesday without a trace of the man who called himself "D. B. Cooper." He bailed out of a Northwest Airlines plane between Seattle and Reno.
The FBI would say only "the investigation is con- tinuing."
A computer in the Boeing 727 indicated that the hi- jacker, who collected the ransom in Seattle when he released the plane's passengers, probably jumped from 'the plane over Woodland.
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NORTHWEST AIRLINES, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ADVISED THAT THE HIJACKED AIRCRAFT IS NOW BEING .- UTILIZED COMMERCIALLY BY THE AIRLINE AND ITS FIRST OVERNIGHT STOP WILL BE AT SEATTLE ON DECEMBER FOUR NEXT. THE AIRCRAFT IS ARRIVING AS FLIGHT SEVEN THREE FIVE AT FIVE DASH TWENTYSIX PM SEATTLE TIME AND WILL BE IN SEATTLE OVERNIGHT.
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IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO ENTER THE PANELS WHILE THE AIRCRAFT IS IN FLIGHT INASMUCH AS THE STAIRS HAVE TO BE FULLY DESCENDED BEFORE THE PANELS CAN BE ENTERED. HE STATED IT WOULD BE REMOTELY POSSIBLE TO ENTER EITHER OF THE PANELS BUT IS NOT VERY FEASIBLE. AS YOU FACE TOWARDS THE COCKPIT THE PANEL ON THE RIGHT SIDE HAS AMPLE ROOM FOR TWO AVERAGE SIZE INDIVIDUALS. THE PANEL ON THE LEFT SIDE HAS LESS ROOM BUT COULD ACCOMMODATE ONE PERSON.
SEATTLE IS REQUESTED TO EXAMINE AIRCRAFT AFTER ARRIVAL AS FLIGHT SEVEN THREE FIVE.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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AIRCRAFT HIJACKING
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DIRECTOR
LITTLE ROCK
SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00:SE BUFILE ONE SIX FOUR - TWO ONE ONE ONE.
RE SEATTLE TEL TO MINNEAPOLIS TWELVE THREE LAST.
CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00:SE BUFILE ONE SIX FOUR - TWO ONE ONE ONE.
RE SEATTLE TEL TO MINNEAPOLIS TWELVE THREE LAST. AND CLEVELAND TEL TO BUREAU TWELVE THREE LAST. FOR INFO LITTLEROCK, RETELS SET FORTH AS POSSIBLE SUSPECT. BUREAU HAS REQUESTED THAT PHOTOS OF BE DISPLAYED TO WITNESSES BEFORE OTHER INVESTIGATION.
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URGENT
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TO:
DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
CLEVELAND
SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:
MINNEAPOLIS (164-72)
UNSUB; AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO
FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE.
CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE MINNEAPOLIS TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DECEMBER FIVE LAST.
RE: SUSPECT
NORTHWEST AIRLINES STEWARDESS
BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA, ADVISED THIS
RESEMBLE BUT ARE
DATE THAT PHOTOS OF DEFINITELY NOT IDENTICAL WITH THE HIJACKER. AND.
END. PENDING.
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· NWAL FIT #3 11/24/71 CAR - HIJACKING
BOISE.
1. Line G-I-K-M represents the airplane's flight path as it approached the Portland (PDX) VOR.
2. The cabin pressure "bump" occurred at 0410 GMT, the time being r- corded by the NUA Flight Operations Office (NWAFO) in Minneapolis :. It is a virtual certainty that the pressure "bump" marks the tir: that the high-jacker (hJ) left the airplane. The airplane was et Point A at that time, thus the HJ's body would land at Point A ix lin 'chutes did not open (unlikely).
3. If it is assumed that the HJ was a highly expert parachutict, and would thus free-fall as far as practicable to insure the boot accur- cey of his touchdown point, he would land slightly to the NE of Point A due to his drifting with the wind from the point of 'chute opening.
that the HJ was a highly expert parachutict, and would thus free-fall as far as practicable to insure the boot accur- cey of his touchdown point, he would land slightly to the NE of Point A due to his drifting with the wind from the point of 'chute opening.
4. If the HJ opened his 'chute as soon as he left the airplane, he would drift along the line A-B and would touch down at B. All lines parallel to' A-B are lines along which the HJ would. drift if he opened his 'chute relatively early.
5. The parallelogram indicated by C-D-F-E represents the boundaries , of the probable touchdown area adjusted for possible time errors and for the above described wind drift. It is probably the most fruitful search area.
6. The earliest the HJ could have jumped is 0406, and this point is represented by Point G.
7. The crew believes the pressure "bump" occurred at 0410, but in any even are certain it occurred before o415. If the hJ, jumped at 0406 (unlikely ) he would land on or near line G-H. If he jumped at 0415 he would land on or near line MN.
8. Based on the above explanation of Figure 1, and on all the assump- tions based in its preparation, the following are pertinent:
a.
Based on the above explanation of Figure 1, and on all the assump- tions based in its preparation, the following are pertinent:
a. The most likely landing point for the HJ is at, or slightly NE of Point A.
b. His landing point is more likely to be in area C-D-F-E than « any other.
c. It is possible his landing point could be anywhere within the area chown (G-H-N-M), but the probability goes down as the ends of this area are approached.
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DATE: 12/5/71
FROM
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SUBJECT:
Unsub; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT
305, PORTLAND to SEATTLE, November 24,1971
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HIJACKING, EXTORTION
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FROM:
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
UNSUB; AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, LAST; CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE MINNEAPOLIS CALL TO LOS ANGELES TODAY.
NORTHWEST
AIRLINES PARENTHESIS NWAL END PARENTHESIS, ADVISED TODAY HE RECEIVED TELEPHONE CALL FROM NWAL,
FIVE SIX ZERO ZERO CENTURY, LOS ANGELES,
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PARENTHESIS TELEPHONE
END PARENTHESIS TODAY AT
THREE FORTY-SIX P. M.
STATED
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SEEING ARTIST'S CONCEPTION WHICH APPEARED LOS ANGELES NEWS-
PAPERS .
STATED
COULD IDENTIFY UNKNOWN SUBJECT AFTER
SEEING ARTIST'S CONCEPTION WHICH APPEARED LOS ANGELES NEWS-
PAPERS .
HAD NO FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING
IDENTITY OF THIS INDIVIDUAL.
LOS ANGELES IMMEDIATELY CONTACT
AT ABOVE
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Dato. December 1,1971
Northwest Airlines stewardess, who was on the Northwest Airlines Flight 305, which was hijacked between Seattle and Portland on November 24, 1971, was shown photographs and facsimiles of 14 different males, both side and front views.
The following photographs were shown to
1.
* Date of Birth
2. WALTER H. MILNAR, Date of Birth 7/10/16, FBI Number 723 414 G
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5 subject of Minneapolis
4.
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2 Date of Birth
6.
7. Unidentified male - Federal Correctional Institution number
The following facimiles were shown to
1. Unidentified male, Cleveland, Ohio Number
2. Unidentified male, Youngstown Police Department number
3. Unidentified male, Cleveland, Ohio number
4. Unidentified male, Cleveland, Ohio number
5. Unidentified male, Cleveland, Ohio number
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advised that none of the above photographs or facsimiles displayed to her looked like or resembled the hijacker.
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Dote. December 1,1971
Northwestern Airlines stewardess who was on the Northwestern Airlines Flight 305, which was hijacked between Seattle and Portland on November 24, 1971, was shown photographs and facsimiles of 14 different males, both side and front views:
The following photographs were shown to
1.
, date of birth
2. WALTER H. MILNAR, Date of Birth 7/10/16, FBI Number 723 414 G
3.
subject of Minneapolis
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2. WALTER H. MILNAR, Date of Birth 7/10/16, FBI Number 723 414 G
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6.
7. Unidentified male - Federal Correctional Institution Number
The following facsimiles were shown to
1. Unidentified male, Cleveland, Ohio Number
2. Unidentified male, Youngstown Police Department number
3. Unidentified male, Cleveland, Ohio Number
4. Unidentified male, Cleveland, Ohio Number
5. Unidentified male, Cleveland, Ohio Number
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6. Unidentified nale, Cleveland, Ohio number Date of birth
7.
Social Security Account number Nansfield Police Department number
advised that none of the above photographs or facsimiles displayed to her looked like or resembled the hijacker.
Social Security Account number Nansfield Police Department number
advised that none of the above photographs or facsimiles displayed to her looked like or resembled the hijacker.
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Date. December 1, 1971
Northwestern Airlines stewardess, who was on the Northwestern Airlines Flight 305, which was hijacked between Seattle and Portland on November 24, 1971, was shown photographs and facsimiles of 14 different males, both side and front views.
The following photographs were shown to
1.
. date of birth
2. WALTER H. MILNAR, date of birth 7/10/16 FBI Number 723 414 G
3. subject of Minneapolis
4.
FBI Number
5.
2 date of birth
6.
7. Unidentified male - Federal Correctional Institution number
The following facsimiles were shown to
2
1. Unidentified male, Cleveland, Ohio number
2. Unidentified male, Youngstown police Department number
3. Unidentified male, Cleveland, Ohio Number
4. Unidentified male, Cleveland, Ohio Number
5. Unidentified male, Cleveland, Ohio Number
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2NRØØ5 DE PLAIN 2:13 PM URGENT 12-7-71 NMG TO CINCINNATI MINNEAPOLIS PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM DETROIT (164-115) KP) TP
UNSUB, AKA., DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT NUMBER THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOV. TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTY-ONE, CAA - HIGHJACKING; EXTORTION, 00: SEATTLE.
RE TELEPHONE CALLS FROM DETROIT TO SEATTLE AND MINNEAPOLIS, DEC.
TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTY-ONE, CAA - HIGHJACKING; EXTORTION, 00: SEATTLE.
RE TELEPHONE CALLS FROM DETROIT TO SEATTLE AND MINNEAPOLIS, DEC. TWO, LAST; DETROIT TELCALLS TO PITTSBURGH AND PHILADELPHIA, DEC. THREE, LAST. DETROIT TELCALLS PHILADELPHIA AND CINCINNATI THIS DATE.
ON NOV. THIRTY, LAST, AIRLINES, MINNEAPOLIS, RECEIVED FOLLOWING TELEGRAM,
NORTHWEST ORIENT
TELEGRAM SIGNED
164.73.80
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MINNEAPOLIS, REMAIN IN CONTACT WITH NWO OFFICIALS FOR ANY FURTHER INFO FROM
PHILADELPHIA AND CINCINNATI CONDUCT INDICES CHECK ON 
FOR ANY INFO IN FILE RELATIVE TO IDENTITY OF
PITTSBURGH, CONDUCT INVESTIGATION.
IN CONTACT WITH NWO OFFICIALS FOR ANY FURTHER INFO FROM
PHILADELPHIA AND CINCINNATI CONDUCT INDICES CHECK ON 
FOR ANY INFO IN FILE RELATIVE TO IDENTITY OF
PITTSBURGH, CONDUCT INVESTIGATION. AT
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OBTAIN PICTURE OF ANY TO SUBMIT TO SEATTLE FOR POSSIBLE IDENT.
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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) × SAC, KANSAS CITY 
SAC, LAS VEGAS SAC, NEWARK 
SAC, NEW YORK (164-627) SAC, NORFOLK SAC, PORTLAND X 
SAC, RICHMOND SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)} SAC, SPRINGFIELD (164-31) X
SAC, WFO SAC HOUSTONX 
FROM:
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE. CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE. 164-73-81 RE NEW YORK TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DECEMBER THREE LAST, NORFOLK TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DECEMBER THREE LAST, SEATTLE NITEL NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST AND SPRINGFIELD TELETYPETOha DIRECTOR
164-73-81 RE NEW YORK TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DECEMBER THREE LAST, NORFOLK TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DECEMBER THREE LAST, SEATTLE NITEL NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST AND SPRINGFIELD TELETYPETOha DIRECTOR DECEMBER ONE LAST.
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PHOTOGRAPH OF SUSPECT
DISPLAYED TO STEWARDESS
WITHOUT
IDENTIFICATION. PHOTOGRAPHS OF BY SPRINGFIELD DIVISION DISPLAYED TO STEWARDESSES
DEVELOPED
WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. BOTH STEWARDESSES
ADVISED PHOTOS OF
DEVELOPED BY KANSAS
CITY AND
NOT IDENTICAL WITH UNSUB.
WITH REGARD TO SUSPECT SUBMITTED BY NEW YORK, A SEARCH OF FLIGHT LIFT ENVELOPES BØR NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE FOR NOVEMBER TWENTYTWO,
WITH REGARD TO SUSPECT SUBMITTED BY NEW YORK, A SEARCH OF FLIGHT LIFT ENVELOPES BØR NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE FOR NOVEMBER TWENTYTWO, TWENTYTHREE, AND TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE FAILED TO DISCLOSE ANYONE BY NAME OF COOPER USED THIS FLIGHT BETWEEN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND PORTLAND, OREGON.
STEWARDESSES ON FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE DURING HIJACK ADVISED THEY OBSERVED NO ENGLISH OR SCOTTISH ACCENT DURING CONVERSATION WITH HIJACKER.
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NWA, MINNEAPOLIS, HAS LOCATED UNSUB'S TICKET LIFT COUPON FOR FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE AND COUPON IS BEING SUBMITTED TO IDENTIFICATION DIVISION BY MINNEAPOLIS. THE FOLLOWING PHOTOGRAPHS WERE ALSO SHOWN TO STEWARDESS WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS:
DEVELOPED
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DEVELOPED BY HOUSTON OFFICE; AND
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THE FOLLOWING PHOTOGRAPHS WERE ALSO SHOWN TO STEWARDESS WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS:
DEVELOPED
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DEVELOPED BY HOUSTON OFFICE; AND
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Official Business PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE, $300
POSTAGE AND FEES PAID FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FIRST CLASS MAIL
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ALBANY, New York 12207 ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico 87101 ALEXANDRIA, Virginia 22314 ANCHORAGE, Alaska 99510 ATLANTA, Georgia 30303 BALTIMORE, Maryland 21202 BIRMINGHAM, Alabama 35203 BOSTON, Massachusetts 02203 BUFFALO, New York 14202 BUTTE, Montana 59701
BUILDING
TELEPHONE
502 U. S. Post Office and Court House 518 465-7551
4303 Federal Office Building Room 500, 300 North Lee Street Room 238, Federal Building 275 Peachtree Street, N. E. 408 U. S. Post Office Building
505 CH 7-1555 703 683-2680 272-6414
404 JA 1-3900
301 LE 9-6700
Room 1400 - 2121 Building
205 322-7711
John F.
Post Office Building
505 CH 7-1555 703 683-2680 272-6414
404 JA 1-3900
301 LE 9-6700
Room 1400 - 2121 Building
205 322-7711
John F. Kennedy Federal Office Building
617
RI 2-5533
400 U. S. Court House Building
115 U. S. Court House and Federal Building
406 792-2304
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina 28202
1120 Jefferson Standard Life Building
312
431-1333
CHICAGO, Illinois 60604 CINCINNATI, Ohio 45202 CLEVELAND, Ohio 44199 COLUMBIA, South Carolina 29201 DALLAS, Texas 75201
Room 200, 1810 Commerce Street
214 RI 1-1851
DENVER, Colorado 80202
Room 18218, Federal Office Building 913 Federal Building & U. S. Court House
313 965-2323
EL PASO, Texas 79901
915
533-7451 537-9546
HOUSTON, Texas 77002
6015 Federal Building & U. S. Court House
713
224-1511
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana 46207 JACKSON, Mississippi 39201
Room 800 - First Federal Savings Building
317
632-6415
JACKSONVILLE, Florida 32202
414 U. S. Court House & Post Office Building
904 355-1401
KANSAS CITY, Missouri 64106
707 U. S. Court House Building 617 Walnut Street, Southwest
816
BA 1-6100 524-2721
LAS VEGAS, Nevada 89101
Room 2-011 Federal Office Building
702 385-1281 501 FR
Court House Building 617 Walnut Street, Southwest
816
BA 1-6100 524-2721
LAS VEGAS, Nevada 89101
Room 2-011 Federal Office Building
702 385-1281 501 FR 2-3157
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas 72201 LOS ANGELES, California 90024 LOUISVILLE, Kentucky 40202 MEMPHIS, Tennessee 38103
215 U. S. Post Office Building 11000 Wilshire Boulevard Room 701, Bank of Louisville Building
502 583-3941
MIAMI, Florida 33137
3801 Biscayne Boulevard
735 Federal Building, U. S. Court House
414
276-4684
MOBILE, Alabama 36602 NEWARK, New Jersey 07101
U. S. Post Office & Court House Building
201 622-5613
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut 06510
770 Chapel Street
203 777-6311
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana 70113
701 Loyola Avenue
504 522-4671
NEW YORK, New York 10021
201 East 69th Street
212 LE 5-7700
NORFOLK, Virginia 23502
Room 300, 870 N. Military Highway
703 420-6700
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma 731-18
405
VI 2-7471
OMAHA, Nebraska 68102
402 348-1210
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania 19107
500 Widener Building
215
LO 3-5300
PHOENIX, Arizona 85013
244 West Osborn Road
602 279-5511
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania 15222
412
471-2000
PORTLAND, Oregon 97201
Federal Building, 2800 Cottage Way
916
481-9110 CH
Building
215
LO 3-5300
PHOENIX, Arizona 85013
244 West Osborn Road
602 279-5511
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania 15222
412
471-2000
PORTLAND, Oregon 97201
Federal Building, 2800 Cottage Way
916
481-9110 CH 1-5357
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah 84111
3203 Federal Building
801
EL 5-7521
433 Federal Building
3211 Fifth Avenue
714
415 552-2155
SAN ANTONIO, Texas 78296 SAN DIEGO, California 92103 SAN FRANCISCO, California 94102 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico 00917 SAVANNAH, Georgia 31405 SEATTLE, Washington 98104
Pan Am BIdg., 255 Ponce de Leon Ave. 5401 Paulsen Street 1015 Second Avenue
912 354-9911
206 MA 2-0460
217 522-9675
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois 62702 TAMPA, Florida 33602
535 West Jefferson Street
813 228-7661
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
Room 610, Federal Office Building 506 Old Post Office Building
202 393-7100
Telephone or telegraph the Special Agent in Charge at the above address (9-10-71)
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RICHMOND, Virginia 23220
1300 Federal Office Building Crown Plaza Building 200 West Grace Street
703 644-2631
SACRAMENTO, California 95825 ST. LOUIS, Missouri 63103
2704 Federal Building
314
512 CA 5-6741 297-3361
450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36015
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LOUIS, Missouri 63103
2704 Federal Building
314
512 CA 5-6741 297-3361
450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36015
765-6000
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392 Federal Building
612 FE 9-7861
520 Federal Building
205 438-3674
841 Clifford Davis Federal Building
901 525-7373
305 379-3333
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee 37902
615
303 222-5981
DETROIT, Michigan 48226
HONOLULU, Hawaii 96813
202 U. S. Court House Building 206 Dillingham Building
803 252-1911
1529 Hampton Street
704 372-5485
Room, 905, Everett Mckinley Dirksen Building 415 U. S. Post Office & Court House Building 3005 Federal Office Building
716 856-7800
513 421-4310
216 522-1400
601 948-5000
1221 North Pennsylvania Street
213 272-6161
5104 N. Francis Street 1010 Federal Office BuildingOFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
November 29, 1971
LIST OF RANSOM BILLS PAID IN AIR PIRACY CASE
Attached is a list of currency which constitutes the ransom paid to the hijacker of a commercial airliner in return for the release of the passengers and some of the stewardesses.
20535
November 29, 1971
LIST OF RANSOM BILLS PAID IN AIR PIRACY CASE
Attached is a list of currency which constitutes the ransom paid to the hijacker of a commercial airliner in return for the release of the passengers and some of the stewardesses.
This currency is composed of $20 Federal Reserve Notes. The series year, if known, is shown after the serial number by the last two digits of the series year.
INSTRUCTIONS
It is requested that you examine all currency now in your possession to ascertain whether any of these bills have been received by you. It is further requested that you examine all currency hereafter coming into your possession for the purpose of locating any of the bills which are listed. In the event information is received concerning the location of any of this ransom money, it is requested that you immediately communicate by telephone collect with the nearest office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The location of the field offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, together with telephone numbers and addresses, is contained herein.
Your continued cooperation and assistance in this matter will be sincerely appreciated.
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L69	167	789B	63A	L70 357 6388	63A	L72	511	4798	63A	L72 885	7578 63A	L74 742	2788	63A
L69	168	8658	63A	L70 358	163B	63A	L72	513	100B	63A	472 903	4348 63A</
828	888A	63A
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169	196	4998	63A	L70 548 6738	63A	L72	525	8388	63A	L72 934	0058 63A	L74 960	895B	63A
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L69	334	329B	63A	L71 937 665B	63A	L72	769	0908	63A	173 605	9608 63A	L77 575	680A	63A
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Specimens received 12/4/71 from Philadelphia
Q3 Envelope postmarked "U. S. POSTAL SERVICE, MN 553 26 NOV PM 1971" addressed
Q4 Accompanying one-page handwritten letter dated Nov. 25, 1971, beginning
Specimen received 12/2/71 from Sacramento
Kl One copy of the final edition of the 11/26/71 issue of the MODESTO BEE
Result of examination:
Q1 through Q4 were not idertified in the Anonymous Letter File. Appropriate copies of these specimens have been added to this file for future reference.
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LISLaboratory Transmittal Form 7-72
LABORATORY
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
To: SAC, Las Vegas (164-60)
Date: December 7, 197.
Re: UNSUB;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: Seattle
1
John Edgar Hoover, Director

FBI File No.	164-2111
Lab. No.	D-711206032 LL
D-711206033 LL
D-711203049
Re: UNSUB;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: Seattle
1
John Edgar Hoover, Director

FBI File No.	164-2111
Lab. No.	D-711206032 LL
D-711206033 LL
D-711203049 LL

Examination requested by: Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Sacramento
Reference:
Airtels 11/30/71, 12/3/71, 11/30/71
Examination requested: > Document - Fingerprint
DO NOT INCLUDE ADMINISTRATIVE PAGEIS) INFORMATION IN INVESTIGATIVE :PRINT
Remarks:
Q1 through @4 will be returned with the fingerprint report.
Sacramento is referred to Las Vegas teletype to the Bureau, dated 11/30/71, requesting photographs of Ql and Q2 for CII, Sacramento. These photographs are enclosed for Sacramento and are to be delivered to Supervisory Special Agent, CII, for comparison with the Zodiac case. The hand printing on Ql is disguised and nothing of significance was noted in the comparison with the questioned hand printing in the case "Zodiac; Extortion, 00: Sacramento," Sacramento file 9-68, Bureau file 9-49911.
The hand printing on Ql is disguised and nothing of significance was noted in the comparison with the questioned hand printing in the case "Zodiac; Extortion, 00: Sacramento," Sacramento file 9-68, Bureau file 9-49911. No connection could be established by the Laboratory between Q1 and Q2 in captioned case and the Zodiac case.
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TO :	DIRECTOR, FBI BALTIMORE SEATTLE (164-81)
PORTLAND (164-41)
FROM:	MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)

UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE; CAA - HIJACKING.
SEATTLE (164-81)
PORTLAND (164-41)
FROM:	MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)

UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE; CAA - HIJACKING. 00: SEATTLE.
RE PORTLAND TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR, ET AL, DECEMBER SEVEN, LAST.
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DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, BORN
FIVE FEET
ELEVEN, TWO HUNDRED NINE POUNDS, BROWN GRAYING CREW-CUT
HAIR,
SECURITY NUMBER
SPEND A FEW DAYS
NOW EN ROUTE
IN-VIEW OF -ABOVE _NO. FURTHER INQUIRY-CONCERNING
APPEARS NECESSARY_
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Information shown on this Identification Record represents data furnished FBI by fingerpri -.: contributors, Where final disposition is not shown or further explanation of charge is desired, cost- municate with ocency contributing those fingerprints. Notations indicated by + are i.OT based on fingerprints in FBI files but are listed only as investi- gative leads as bring possibly identical with subject of this :acord. U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING AFS CE .
OT based on fingerprints in FBI files but are listed only as investi- gative leads as bring possibly identical with subject of this :acord. U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING AFS CE . 11/1 G4 .. ...UNWED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STI 12-3-71
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATI WASHINGTON, D.C. 20537
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YOUR FILE NO.	164-81	December 7, 1971
FBI FILE NO.	164-2111
LATENT CASE NO.	A-45410

TO: SAC, Seattle
UNSUB .; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 RE: PORTLAND TO SEATTLE 11-24-71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
REFERENCE:
Letter 11-29-71
EXAMINATION REQUESTED BY:
Seattle
SPECIMENS:
Three paper items
Twenty-four latent fingerprints and five latent palm prints of value developed specimens. One latent fingerprint made by tip area of finger and one latent fingerprint made by lower joint area of finger.
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OLIVER REESE BOYD

RACE:	WHITE
SEX:	MALE
REIGHT :	5 FT 11 INCHES
WEIGHT :	178
HAIR:	BROWN, GRAYING
EYES :	BROWN
BIRTHDATE:	MARCH 25, 1921
BIRTHPLACE:	LOGAN, UTAH
SSAU:	528-14-4428
ARMY SN:	39912154
FBI #:	288.9029
OCCUPATIONE	SALESMAN, AUDITOR. PILOT
TATOOS :	"MIRNA", "LOVE YOUTS AND
A IR PLANB ON BUTTOCKS
MARKS :	OPERATION SCAR LEFT SIDE OF FACE
1971
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OLIVER REESE BOYD

RACE:	WHITE
SEX:	MALE
REIGHT :	5 FT 11 INCHES
WEIGHT :	178
HAIR:	BROWN, GRAYING
EYES :	BROWN
BIRTHDATE:	MARCH 25, 1921
BIRTHPLACE:	LOGAN, UTAH
SSAU:	528-14-4428
ARMY SN:	39912154
FBI #:	288.
9029
OCCUPATIONE	SALESMAN, AUDITOR. PILOT
TATOOS :	"MIRNA", "LOVE YOUTS AND
A IR PLANB ON BUTTOCKS
MARKS :	OPERATION SCAR LEFT SIDE OF FACE WHICH IS SUNKEN

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TO :
LOS ANGELES
PORTLAND (164-41) 
SEATTLE (164-81) 
FROM:
MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
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TO :
LOS ANGELES
PORTLAND (164-41) 
SEATTLE (164-81) 
FROM:
MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
UNSUB, AKA D. B. COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, LAST; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE PORTLAND TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES DECEMBER EIGHT, LAST. ON DECEMBER NINE, LAST,
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AS A MAILING ADDRESS ONLY. MAIL TO HIM ONCE A WEEK TO AN
ADDRESS DESIGNATED BY HIM.
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LAST.
ADVISED
HOWEVER, SHE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT
TYPE OF BUSINESS HE IS ASSOCIATED WITH.
FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION BASED
ON
HEIGHT - FIVE FEET TEN
WEIGHT - TWO HUNDRED POUNDS
HAIR - BROWN, MEDIUM LENGTH AGE - EARLY FORTIES
ADDRESSES THAT ARE
FREQUENTLY USED BY
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WEIGHT - TWO HUNDRED POUNDS
HAIR - BROWN, MEDIUM LENGTH AGE - EARLY FORTIES
ADDRESSES THAT ARE
FREQUENTLY USED BY
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PORTLAND AT
OREGON, CONDUCT INVESTIGATION
TO DETERMINE IF
ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE IDENTITY OF OCCUPANT OF
ON DECEMBER THREE, LAST, AT PORTLAND
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
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TO:
DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
HOUSTON (164-118) 
JACKSON 
SALT LAKE CITY
SEATTLE (164-81) 
FROM:
MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
UNSUB, AKA D. B. COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, LAST; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, LAST; CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE HOUSTON TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DECEMBER EIGHT, LAST. ( SUSPECT OLIVER REESE BOYD, FBI NUMBER TWO EIGHT NINE NINE ZERO TWO NINE).
SUSPECT'S PHOTO DISPLAYED TO NORTHWEST AIRLINES
STEWARDESSES ON DECEMBER NINE, INSTANT. BOTH STEWARDESSES ADVISED BOYD NOT IDENTICAL WITH HIJACKER OF CAPTIONED FLIGHT. NORTHWEST AIRLINES
STEWARDESS UNAVAILABLE FOR PHOTO DISPLAY UNTIL
DECEMBER ELEVEN, NEXT.
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U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
MAY 1962 TSITION
GSA PPMR (41 CPR) 101-11,5
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
ΤΟ
:
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
ATTN: SA
(P)
DATE:
12/9/71
FROM
:
SA WESLEY A. ANDERSON
SUBJECT:
UNSUB, aka,
Dan Cooper
Hijacking of Northwest Airlines
Flight #305
11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING-EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
On
ANDERSON
SUBJECT:
UNSUB, aka,
Dan Cooper
Hijacking of Northwest Airlines
Flight #305
11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING-EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
On 12/2/71
Minnesota, advised
that who did desire that his identity not be disclosed told that
resembled artist's
conception published in this case.
furnished two photographs of which have been furnished to SA
along with
background information concerning described as follows:
who is
Age
DOB
POB
Race
White
Height
6'1"
Weight
174
Hair
Brown
Eyes
Blue
Scars
None
(2)- Minneapolis
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TO:
DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111) ,
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
7:00
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) 10 ?!
SAC, WFO (164-69)
FROM :
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
NORJAK
RE WFO AIRTEL TO SEATTLE, PORTLAND AND MINNEAPOLIS
DATED TWELVE SEVEN SEVENTYONE (SUSPECT
SUSPECT'S PHOTO DISPLAYED TO NORTHWEST AIRLINES
ON TWELVE TEN SEVENTYONE.
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SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
NORJAK
RE WFO AIRTEL TO SEATTLE, PORTLAND AND MINNEAPOLIS
DATED TWELVE SEVEN SEVENTYONE (SUSPECT
SUSPECT'S PHOTO DISPLAYED TO NORTHWEST AIRLINES
ON TWELVE TEN SEVENTYONE. BOTH STEWARDESSES ADVISED NOT IDENT WITH HIJACKER OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, ELEVEN TWENTYFOUR SEVENTONE.
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Skydiver Questioned In Hijacking
SEATTLE (UPI) - It was a case of mistaken identity, but Bill Whitney admits he was almost a per- fect suspect.
The 33-year-old champion skydiver was questioned over five hours by the FBP in their search for the man who hijacked a plane Nov. 24 and parachuted with $200,000 ransom.
WHITNEY said Sunday that he wears dark glasses, lacked a strong alibi, was coholder of the Northwest Sky-jumping altitude record and looked remarkably like an FBI
WHITNEY said Sunday that he wears dark glasses, lacked a strong alibi, was coholder of the Northwest Sky-jumping altitude record and looked remarkably like an FBI sketch of the sky- jacker.
"I know a lot of jumpers up and down the coast. I un; derstand a lot of them looked at that sketch and thought of me," he said.
Whitney, interrogated by FBI agents Thursday, said he didn't think the daring skyjacking feat was very difficult.
"I could have done it, yes, but I didn't," said the bach- elor businessman, whose height, weight, age and complexion were different from those given of the aeri- al bandit.
THE SKYJACKER bailed out of a Northwest Airlines 727 jetliner after showing the stewardess what he said was a bomb, and released the passengers in Seattle for $200,000 and four para- chutes. The FBI said the man,, who called himself "D. B. Cooper" could have jumped anywhere between Seattle and Reno, Nev. 4
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7 St. Paul Dispatch St. Paul, Minn.

Date:	Dec. 6, 1971
Edition:	Evening
Author: Editor:
H.
Date:	Dec. 6, 1971
Edition:	Evening
Author: Editor:
H.G. Burnham Jr.
Title:

Character: or
Classification :
Submitting Office:
Minneapolis Being Investigated
164-73-115
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SERIAL DD FIL DY DEC 1 3 1971
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FEDER BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Washington, D. C. 20537
REPORT of the
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION

YOUR FILE NO.	164-133
FBI FILE NO.	164-2111
LATENT CASE NO.	A-45410

December 10, 1971
To: SAC, Philadelphia
RE: UNSUB .; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 PORTLAND TO SEATTLE 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
REFERENCE:Airtel 12/3/71
EXAMINATION REQUESTED BY: Philadelphia
SPECIMENS: Envelope, 03
Letter, 04
Enclosed specimens described separate Laboratory report.
TO SEATTLE 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
REFERENCE:Airtel 12/3/71
EXAMINATION REQUESTED BY: Philadelphia
SPECIMENS: Envelope, 03
Letter, 04
Enclosed specimens described separate Laboratory report.
Five latent fingerprints of value developed 04. No latent prints of value developed 03.
Two latent fingerprints identical elimination
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Date:
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(Priority)
TO: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) FROM : SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
NORJAK
RE SEATTLE TELETYPE TO MINNEAPOLIS DECEMBER TEN LAST.
RE :
NORTHWEST
AIRLINES, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ADVISED HE HAD NO RECOLLECTION CONCERNING
NHA, RECALLED THAT ON THE NIGHT OF THE HIJACKING THE NAME WAS ASSOCIATED WITH
WAS INVOLVED IN AN ALTERCATION ABOARD A NORTHWEST AIRCRAFT IN WHICH
IS
OPINION HAS NO
CONNECTION WITH THIS CASE.
NHA, RECALLED THAT ON THE NIGHT OF THE HIJACKING THE NAME WAS ASSOCIATED WITH
WAS INVOLVED IN AN ALTERCATION ABOARD A NORTHWEST AIRCRAFT IN WHICH
IS
OPINION HAS NO
CONNECTION WITH THIS CASE.
ADVISED THAT IN REVIEWING CONVERSATIONS HELD
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BY THE PILOT DURING THE HIJACKING THE COMMENT WAS MADE BY THE HIJACKER CONCERNING IER CLEARANCE, "YOU CAN PICK IT UP IN THE AIR." THIS INDICATES TO THAT
THE HIJACKER HAS FLYING BACKGROUND INASMUCH AS HE KNEW PROCEDURES FOR IFR CLEARANCE.
PENDING.
END.
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Date:
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TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SAC, DABEAS
SAC, DENVER
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
NORJAK
RE:
JAMES RAY FUGATE
FU
FUGATE WAS
5-22-64)
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Date:
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TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SAC, DABEAS
SAC, DENVER
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
NORJAK
RE:
JAMES RAY FUGATE
FU
FUGATE WAS FURNISHED TO THE MINNEAPOLIS DIVISION AS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT BY
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THAT
WERE HIGHLY SUSPECT AND IT WAS DETERMINED BY FUGATE HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR AND CONFINED FOR FRAUDULENT AND CON GAME ACTIVITIES. FUGATE HAS A FLYING BACKGROUND > AND AT ONE TIME WAS CHARGED WITH THE THEFT OF AN AIRCRAFT.
FUGATE FORMERLY WAS
RESIDENCE AT TIME WAS
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S.G. TIPA 164.73.121
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FIFTYEIGHT FUGATE WAS CONVICTED OF PASSING NO ACCOUNT CHECKS ON A GOVERNMENT RESERVATION AND WAS STRIPPED OF RANK IN THE NATIONAL GUARD FOR THIS OFFENSE.
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FIFTYEIGHT FUGATE WAS CONVICTED OF PASSING NO ACCOUNT CHECKS ON A GOVERNMENT RESERVATION AND WAS STRIPPED OF RANK IN THE NATIONAL GUARD FOR THIS OFFENSE. IN AUGUST NINETEEN FIFTYNINE HE WAS CONVICTED OF MAIL FRAUD AND SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR AND ONE DAY AT LUBBOCK FEDERAL PENITENTIARY, LUBBOCK, TEXAS. IN FEBRUARY FIFTYNINE HE WAS CONVICTED OF A CON GAME AND OF THE INTERSTATE THEFT AND TRANSPORTATION OF AN AIRCRAFT. BECAUSE OF HIS CONVICTION FOR MAIL FRAUD, FUGATE RECEIVED PROBATION CONCERNING THE CON GAME AND WAS NOT PROSECUTED FOR THE AIRCRAFT THEFT. FUGATE'S MOST RECENT ADDRESS OBTAINED BY MINNEAPOLIS, b6 b7C b7D
WAS ROUTE TWO, BOX NINE SIX, AURORA, OREGON. HIS LEGAL ADDRESS WAS LISTED AS THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON, P. O. BOX THREE ONE THREE ONE, PORTLAND, OREGON. FUGATE IS DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, DOB JANUARY EIGHT, THIRTYONE, POB PORTLAND, OREGON, SIX FEET ONE INCH TALL, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY POUNDS, OLIVE COMPLEXION, DARK, SLIGHTLY GRAYING HAIR, EDUCATION
>DENVER UNIVERSITY, OCCUPATION PILOT, USAF AND UNITED AIRLINES;,
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ONE INCH TALL, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY POUNDS, OLIVE COMPLEXION, DARK, SLIGHTLY GRAYING HAIR, EDUCATION
>DENVER UNIVERSITY, OCCUPATION PILOT, USAF AND UNITED AIRLINES;,
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ENGINEER WITH MARTIN DASH MARRIETTA CORP., DENVER, COLORADO; AIR CARRIERS, INC., AURORA, OREGON DASH PRESIDENT.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT A PHOTO OF FUGATE WAS DISPLAYED TO THE STEWARDESSES OF FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, AND THEY ADVISED HE WAS TOO YOUNG, GOOD-LOOKING, AND CLEANCUT TO BE THE SUBJECT; HOWEVER, THIS PHOTO IS AN ENLARGED SNAPSHOT WHICH WAS TAKEN ABOUT NINETEEN SIXTYEIGHT.
PORTLAND AT AURORA, OREGON, WILL CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION CONCERNING SUSPECT'S CURRENT LOCATION AND WHEREABOUTS DURING PERTINENT PERIOD. WILL ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN A CURRENT PHOTO, NOTING SUSPECT WAS LISTED AS PRESIDENT OF AUR CARRIERS, INC.
DENVER AT DENVER, COLORADO WILL CONDUCT APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION CONCERNING SUSPECT, NOTING HE WAS SUBJECT OF FEDERAL CASE INVOLVING MAIL FRAUD AND POSSIBLE .
DENVER AT DENVER, COLORADO WILL CONDUCT APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION CONCERNING SUSPECT, NOTING HE WAS SUBJECT OF FEDERAL CASE INVOLVING MAIL FRAUD AND POSSIBLE ." SUBJECT IN A CRIME ON GOVERNMENT RESERVATION CASE INVOLVING PASSING OF FRAUDULENT CHECKS. WILL ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN A CURRENT PHOTO OF SUSPECT.
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DALLAS AT LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WILL CONTACT FEDERAL PENITENTIARY. ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH SUSPECT'S CURRENT LOCATION AND OBTAIN CURRENT PHOTO.
IN VIEW OF NATURE OF CRIME SUBJECT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.
PENDING. END.
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date
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Northwest Airlines, Inc., Minnesota, advised as follows:
Flight 305, which was hijacked on November 24, 1971, involved a Boeing 727, a tri-jet.
, Minnesota, advised as follows:
Flight 305, which was hijacked on November 24, 1971, involved a Boeing 727, a tri-jet. As you stand in front of the rear stairs facing the pilots cockpit, there are panels which open on the right and left sides of the aircraft. These panels can be opened and the panel on the right side has sufficient room for two average-sized males. The panel on the left side has sufficient room for one average male.
However, these panels cannot be entered unless the stairs are 100 per cent down. In his opinion these panels could not be entered at all while the aircraft is in flight, even though the stairs are partially decended.
Under the best conditions while the aircraft is on the ground, it is a difficult matter for an individual with- out assistance to enter these panels and then re-close the doors. In his opinion, it would be practically impossible for the unknown subject to have entered and concealed himself in either one of these compartments.
On 12/3/71 at Minneapolis, Minnesota
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Doto December 3, 1971
, Northwest Airlines, Inc., furnished the following
information:
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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. Il ts tho proporly of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; It and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB Cooper-33892FD-302 (RFV. 3.17-69)
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Doto December 15, 1971
Northwest Airlines, Inc., advised that after reviewing his notes and technical records concerning the operation of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971, he had drawn the following conclusions concerning the possible vicinity where the hijacker bailed
technical records concerning the operation of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971, he had drawn the following conclusions concerning the possible vicinity where the hijacker bailed out of the air- craft and the possible area in which he landed. furnished a map with an overlay of the hijacker's landing area.
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DB Cooper-33900OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1952 EDITION GSA FPMR (4 CFR) 101-11.5 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC (164-73)
DATE:
12/2/71
FROM :
SA
(P)
SUBJECT:
UNSUB; aka Dan Cooper;
NWA Flt. 305, PORTLAND TO
SEATTLE 11-24-71
CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: Seattle
30
5210 am 12-3.
Re Seattle telephone calls 12/2/71 Seattle Tel to Little Rock, Philadelphia and Minneapolis 12/2/71. b6 b7C
At approximately 12:15AM this date, ASAC BIBLER, Seattle Office, telephonically advised that there would be a teletype coming and a facsimile photo of a newly
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At approximately 12:15AM this date, ASAC BIBLER, Seattle Office, telephonically advised that there would be a teletype coming and a facsimile photo of a newly developed suspect identified as He advised b6 this person was developed through an Informant of the Seattle PD. He desired that photo be exhibited to b7C NWA stewardesses
telephone
and to · 9 anni
telephone
was supposed to be in the Little Rock area and that office was having difficulty in locating her. BIBLER stated there is a dire need to have these persons contacted immediately and results furnished Seattle by 9AM, PST. There is some difficulty with the PD and they are fighting a time problem.
The writer telephonically contacted at her residence and she will be available for interview anytime early in the AM of 12/2/71. Little Rock was advised of her location in Minneapolis.
The Seattle teletype and facsimile photo were received and aopies were made of the photo of
At 3:15AM this date, SA DON STEELE, Seattle Office, advised that a glossy photo of has been placed with NWA and will arrive Minneapolis 1:10PM CST on a non-stop flight that departs Seattle 8:15AM PST.
were received and aopies were made of the photo of
At 3:15AM this date, SA DON STEELE, Seattle Office, advised that a glossy photo of has been placed with NWA and will arrive Minneapolis 1:10PM CST on a non-stop flight that departs Seattle 8:15AM PST. STEELE explained that tonight viz., 12/1/71 the Chief of POLice, Seattle, demanded that an Agent appear at the PD for information concerning the hijacker.
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b6 b7CSTEELE and another SA presented themselves at the PD and in the Office of the Chief were advised by an Assistant Chief and Sgt. that an informant of a Seattle Officer alleges that the hijacker is now in Seattle, that he had "washed" the Day off ransom money, destroying all but 70,000, This man
The informant related that this person also had a good knowledge of aircraft - The
onlykone meeting this criteria is
The big problem is this, A Sgt. of the Seattle, PD, and the local prosecutor have made arrangements with NWAat Seattle to fly the Sgt. to Minneapolis and exhibit photo to the witnesses. If they identify, the local DA intends to file charges.
to Minneapolis and exhibit photo to the witnesses. If they identify, the local DA intends to file charges. Apparently ASAC BIBLER on learning of this inquired of the Chief as to to their jurisdiction in this matter, and the answer he received was that they would figure out some sort of a charge. The above is the reason why it is so important that if an ident is made, the Bureau do it firts.
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DB Cooper-33904OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1002 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.4 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P)
DATE:
12/7/71
FROM
: SA
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SUBJECT: UNSUB, aka
Dan Cooper
NWA Flight 305,
Portland to Seattle,
11/24/71
CAA - HIGHJACKING;
EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
On 12/6/71
Minneapolis,
telephone number
home telephone
tele-
phonically contacted SA and advised that
Minn., had informed that he knew the highjacker of the above-captioned flight.
advised that became very upset when he saw the artist's composite drawing of the highjacker.
told
that the suspect is
further alleged that he feels the suspect is capable of performing a crime such as
told
that the suspect is
further alleged that he feels the suspect is capable of performing a crime such as the highjacking.
further advised would prefer not to be interviewed before 8:30 p.m. any week night.
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2 - Minneapolis RAA:rfr (2) of Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
16. 1.73- 125
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8 OLIS
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DB Cooper-33905 FD-36 (Rev. 3-22-64)
FBI
Date:
12/12/71
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TELETYPE
NITEL
(Priority)
TO:
DIRECTOR (164-2111)
HOUSTON (164-118)
JACKSON
PORTLAND (164-41)
SALT LAKE CITY
SEATTLE (164-81)
WFO (164-69)
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FROM:
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NORJAK

RE SUSPECT:	OLIVER REESE BOYD
SUSPECT:

PHOTOS OF BOYD DISPLAYED TO NORTHWEST
AIRLINES STEWARDESS
ON TWELVE TWELVE SEVENTYONE.
ADVISED NEITHER SUSPECT IDENT WITH HIJACKER OF NORTHWEST
AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, ELEVEN TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE.
ADVISED NEITHER SUSPECT IDENT WITH HIJACKER OF NORTHWEST
AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, ELEVEN TWENTYFOUR SEVENTYONE.
UNSUB SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.
PENDING.
END
1) 1 Minneapolis
16%.73.127
Searched Serial :. : 3
Indexed 
Filed
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1
Special Agent in CRON
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135
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Approved:
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2OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1M2 EDITION GSA FPMR (# CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P)
DATE:
12/13/71
ATTENTION:
SA
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT:
NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
On 11/29/71, Airlines, who was on captioned flight, was shown the follow- ing photograph which included a photograph of :
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WALTER MILNAR;
Unknown male,
advised that she did not recognize any of the photographs as being identifiable with the hijacker.
On 12/1/71, was shown photographs of the following individuals, including born
A facsimile of a photograph of and a 5" by 7" color photograph of JAMES RAY FUGATE, JR.
On 12/1/71, was shown photographs of the following individuals, including born
A facsimile of a photograph of and a 5" by 7" color photograph of JAMES RAY FUGATE, JR. Also shown at this time were photographs of
advised
that none of the photographs or facsimiles displayed was identifiable with the hijacker.
On same date, Northwest Airlines, who was on captioned flight, was shown same photographs that was shown that day, which included photographs of FUGATE and
for b6 b7C
advised that none of the photographs or facsimiles displayed looked like the hijacker.
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On 12/7/71, was shown the following
photographs which included photographs of and
both of these individuals are suspects developed by the Houston Office and a suspect developed by the Seattle Office. Also shown were the following photographs:
advised that none of the photographs resembled or looked like the hijacker.
Anzug Dangerous
-2-
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DB Cooper-33910OPTIONAL, FORM NO.
Also shown were the following photographs:
advised that none of the photographs resembled or looked like the hijacker.
Anzug Dangerous
-2-
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DB Cooper-33910OPTIONAL, FORM NO. 10 MAY 1802 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.8
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P)
DATE: 12/13/71
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT: UNSUB, aka
Dan Cooper
NWAL Flight 305,
Portland to Seattle,
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING;
EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
Re memo of SA
dated 12/7/71.
On 12/8/71
(protect identity),
Minnesota,
advised the artist's composite drawing of the hijacker of NWAL Flight 305. bore a very close resemblance to
California,
who
stated that
advised that
claimed
further advised that
furnished the following description of
:
Age 
Height 5'7" or 5'8"
Weight
140-145 pounds
Hair
Brown, receeding hairline
Complexion
Sallow, medium
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When was advised of the of the description of the hijacker, he advised that could alter his appearance with make-up, however, advised he could not
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rationalize the discrepancies in height, age, or complexion.
further advised if he could not be contacted at , his home address is He , Minnesota, telephone number
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Based on the discrepancies between the descriptions o£ and the above captioned hijacker, it is recommended no further investigation be conducted regarding
UNSUB SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.
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DB Cooper-33912FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date:
12/14/71

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(Type in plaintext or code)
Via TELETYPE	URGENT

(Priority)
5-22-64)
FBI
Date:
12/14/71

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Via TELETYPE	URGENT

(Priority)

TO :	DENVER PORTLAND (164-41) SEATTLE ( 164-81)
FROM:	MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)

NORJAK
RE: JAMES RAY FUGATE
RE MINNEAPOLIS TELETYPE DECEMBER THIRTEEN, LAST; DALLAS TELETYPE TO MINNEAPOLIS DECEMBER THIRTEEN, LAST. FOR INFO PORTLAND AND DENVER, REFERENCED DALLAS TELETYPE TO MINNEAPOLIS RELATED NO FEDERAL PENITENTIARY LOCATED AT LUBBOCK, TEXAS.
IT IS REQUESTED THAT DENVER AND PORTLAND, DURING COURSE OF INVESTIGATION, DETERMINE INSTITUTION OF INCARCERATION FOR FUGATE AND SET OUT APPROPRIATE LEADS CONCERNING BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPH.
UNSUB SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.
164.73.132 PENDING. END.
Searched
Serialize:
1 - MINNEAPOLIS
Indexed
D RWG : RAS (1)
Rett
1480 PD
DB Cooper-33913
Approved:
Sent 1:54, 56
T
M Per 3
Special Agent in Cha
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135FD-36 (Rev.
Serialize:
1 - MINNEAPOLIS
Indexed
D RWG : RAS (1)
Rett
1480 PD
DB Cooper-33913
Approved:
Sent 1:54, 56
T
M Per 3
Special Agent in Cha
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date:
12/14/71
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URGENT
(Priority)
TO:
DIRECTOR, FBI (164-211)
TJT SAC, CHICAGO RUE SAC, DETROIT (164-115) WLB SAC, PITTSBURGH (164-93) SAC, PHILADELPHIA (164-133) GSD SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) FET
FROM :
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
NORJAK
RE PITTSBURGH TELETYPE TO CINCINNATI, DDETROIT, PHILADELPHIA, AND SEATTLE DECEMBER EIGHT LAST.
RE:
INFORMANT
NORTHWEST AIRLINES,
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ON DECEMBER THIRTEEN LAST RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM
1) - Minneapolis RNG : dja , (1)
WP- IST- 721 PM
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Per earch JVC
1
Approved: Miso Special Agent in Charge
DE-WUS - 8:47 P. Sent M Serialin7 PG - 11 -11 PM ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-138
SF - FI - 10:00P
Filed DB Cooper-33914
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PAGE TWO
ON DECEMBER FOURTEEN INSTANT
WHO IDENTIFIED
HIMSELF AS
PHONED
AND STATED HE
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PAGE TWO
ON DECEMBER FOURTEEN INSTANT
WHO IDENTIFIED
HIMSELF AS
PHONED
AND STATED HE
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AND
NWA, BOTH IDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPH OF
PITTSBURGH PD NUMBER b6 b7C b7D
FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE CHICAGO DIVISION, NWA RECEIVED
TELEGRAM NOVEMBER THIRTY LAST b6 b7C b7D
Approved:
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I U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135
DB Cooper-33915FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
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PAGE THREE
NO SUCH INDIVIDUAL
LOCATED
AND INVESTIGATION BY SEVERAL FIELD
DIVISIONS HAS REVEALED
ABOVE INFORMATION BEING FURNISHEDI BUREAU IN EVENT PRESS INQUIRIES RECEIVED.
CHICAGO AT CHICAGO, WILL ATTEMPT TO LOCATE AND REINTERVIEW
WILL CONSIDER CONTACT
WITH
IN REGARD TO INFORMATION
FURNISHED TO HIM BY
CONSIDER UNSUB DANGEROUS. PENDING, END.
Approved: Sent M Per
,
Special Agent in Charge
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-4$3-135
DB Cooper-33916
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b6 b7C b7D OPTIONAL FORM NO.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-4$3-135
DB Cooper-33916
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b6 b7C b7D OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (n) CFR) 101-11.5 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS ( 164-73) (P) -
DATE: 12/12/71
FROM :
SA
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Northwest Airlines Flight 305,
Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
Referen œ Memo from SA
to SAC dated 12/2/71. b6 b7C
12/3/71 that
Sioux Falls, SD. advised on is presently out of town and not expected to return until 12/6/71.
Sioux Falls, S". advised on 12/6/71 inasmuch as he has not seen for about the past years he could not say whether is identical or resembles artists conception of unknown
b6 b7C subject in this case. Sioux Falls some years ago and the last he heard Rochester, Minnesota. He has no idea as to is presently residing, however, he feels that
where
who is employed at Sioux Falls, may be able to furnish information as to his presently whereabouts. His only reason to suspect a person like
He stated that inasmuch as he feels that unknown subject in this
His only reason to suspect a person like
He stated that inasmuch as he feels that unknown subject in this case must have had some experience with parachuting, he felt that b7C
could be a suspect.
Telephone and City Directories and Credit Bureau, Sioux Falls, S.D. were checked on 12/7/71 with negative results concerning
.
5010-108-01
SJB - 1 -
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b6
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b6 b7c and residing Sioux Falls. S.D.
advised on 12/7/71 that in Sioux Falls about years ago/ for resided in Rochester, Minnesota a number of years and to his knowledge are presently residing in Kansas City, Missourk He believes
the b was a paratrooper in the Army some years ago and he heard that
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was displayed artists conception of unknown sub ject and he stated in his opinion photograph in no way resembles , who he last saw about years ago.
Inasmuch as above indicates no specific information to indicate to be identical with unknon subject, possible
Inasmuch as above indicates no specific information to indicate to be identical with unknon subject, possible leads are being left to the discretion of agent to whom case assigned.
SJB
Ansub Dangerous
DB Cooper-33918FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date:
12/15/71
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TO:
SAC, SAN FRANCISCO
BORTLAND (164-41)
SACRAMENTO
SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM :
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
NORJAK
RE:
INFORMANT
NWA, MINNEAPOLIS,
MINNESOTA, RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM
CALIFORNIA, AND WHO REQUESTED INORMATION CONCERNING POSSIBLE REWARD FOR FURNISHING INFORMATION ABOUT IDENTITY OF UNSUB. STATED A REWARD WOULD BE
POSSIBLE ON A COD BASIS IF ACCURATE INFORMATION WAS FURNISHED QUESTIONED AS TO THE AMOUNT OF THE
REWARD AND ASKED PER CENT OF THE AMOUNT OBTAINED BY THE HIJACKER WOULD IN ORDER. STATED THAT THIS
WAS POSSIBLE. 1 4 Minneapolis RWG : dja (1)
WAS REFERRED TO THE NEAREST FBI OFFICE; 164.
1 4 Minneapolis RWG : dja (1)
WAS REFERRED TO THE NEAREST FBI OFFICE; 164.73.136 Searched Serializa D Indexed Filed 1
$
MACIEJ
DD 4,06%
Approved:
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Special Agent in Charge
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135
DB Cooper-33919 #2
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HOWEVER, NO CITY WAS MENTIONED.
SAN FRANCISCO AT WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA, CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION IN ATTEMPT TO LOCATE INTERVIEW HIM CONCERNING INFORMATION HE MAY POSSESS ABOUT IDENTITY OF UNSUB. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT NWA HAS ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER OFFERING A REWARD ON A COD BASIS. INFORMATION ABOVE SENT TO SACRAMENTO IN VIEW OF FACT
AND WAS NOT SURE OF OFFICE: WHERE WOULD APPEAR.
UNSUB SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. PENDING. END.
Approved: Sent M Per
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U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE; 1971-419-135
DB Cooper-33920
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Approved: Sent M Per
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U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE; 1971-419-135
DB Cooper-33920
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b6 b7C b7DFD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date:
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TO:	SAC, WFO (164-169) SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:	SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)

NORJAK
NWA, MINNEAPOLIS,
MINNESOTA, ADVISED ON DECEMBER FOURTEEN LAST HE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM
WEST VIRGINIA, WASHINGTON, DC PHONE NUMBER
HOME PHONE
AREA CODE
ADVISED HE RECENTLY CONTACTED SPECIAL
AGENT OF FBI WDC, AND ADVISED OF IDENTITY OF FORMER PARATROOPER HE CONSIDERS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN CONNECTION WITH HIJACKING, AS THIS SUPECT APPEARS IDENTICAL TO ARTIST'S CONCEPTION PUBLISHED BY NEWS MEDIA.
WFO ADVISE MINNEAPOLIS AND SEATTLE RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION CONCERNING THIS SUSPECT.
UNSUB CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.
0 12 /37
Search. :
Seria?
PENDING. END.
PL'
001
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WF 4:340
Aprtoved 1)
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Special Agent in Charge
TY U.
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Aprtoved 1)
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Special Agent in Charge
TY U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135
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TO
: SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (174-73) (₽)
DATE:
12/15/71
FROM
: SA
SUBJECT: UNSUB, aka
Dan Cooper
NWA Flight 305
Portland to Seattle
11/24/71
CAA-HIGHJACKING; EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
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Re memo of SA
12/2/71.
On 12/6/71 Wayzata, Minn., was interviewed and she advised that she suspected that was the highjacker of the above-captioned flight. She alleged that the artist's composite drawing shown in the newspaper resembled and that she had information that was residing in either Idaho, Washington, or Oregon on or near the date of the highjacking, 11/24/71.
advised that
contacted her
Minn., and
She claims did in
After several telephone calls, the last around the first of November to
name and addressunknown,
learned
that was on the West Coast.
, and
She claims did in
After several telephone calls, the last around the first of November to
name and addressunknown,
learned
that was on the West Coast.
On or about 11/29/71
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Washington,
The return address, Edina, Minn., a pre-stamped return address in the left corner of the envelope, had been crossed off. (v: 1: 139
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APOLIS
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advised that in view of the resemblance to the composite drawing and the unusual circumstances outlined above, she suspected CROOKS may have done the high- jacking.
described
as follows:
Age Hair
Height Weight Complexion Speech
Sandy blond, thin and receding No taller than 6' Medium build
Pale and freckled soft-spoken and slow
In view of the discrepancies between the above description of and the description of the subject as given by witnesses on the captioned NWA flight, it is recommended that no further investigation be conducted regarding
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In view of the discrepancies between the above description of and the description of the subject as given by witnesses on the captioned NWA flight, it is recommended that no further investigation be conducted regarding
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DB Cooper-33924 1-221 (Rev. 8-20-63)
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20537
TO:
Date
12-14-71
1
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Your inquiry
SAC, Seattle
L
RE: NORJAK b6 b7C
BUREAU FILE #164-2111 Attached furnished in reply to your inquiry. Attached furnished In compliance with request Irom Only record available attached. This matter is receiving attention and you will be advised at an early date. Supplementing FBI Laboratory report dated Records FBI # are furnished since there is a possibility that one may pertain to the subject in whom you are interested. Fingerprint files fail to disclose Confirming FBI wire of A wanted notice has not been placed as subject appears to be in custody.
Fingerprint files fail to disclose Confirming FBI wire of A wanted notice has not been placed as subject appears to be in custody. When you no longer desire your notice maintained, please advise. If you determine subject to be in custody, please advise so that your notice may be canceled. Subject of your inquiry searched in name indices only. Enclosed record(s) possibly identical. If identical, resubmit request and wanted (or flash) notice will be placed. If it Is determined that the subject of this record Is not the individual In whom you are interested, please advise. Your communication Is returned. Attached records may contain pertinent information in captioned matter.



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SAC,	Minneapolis
SAC,	Little Rock	(1)

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ARGUED
INDEXOD
LEC AC 1371
John Edgar Hoover Director
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1
HAS '14 MONTHS TO LIVE' New 'hijacker' letter claims
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - A person claiming to # be the man who bailed out of a jetliner with $200,000 . he extorted from North- west Airlines says he is dying and committed the crime "to gain a few fast grains of peace of mind."
In a copy of a typewrit- ten note received Monday by the Los Angeles Times, a man signing the name "D. B. Cooper" said he knew he wouldn't be caught because of his dis- guise, lack of fingerprints and other unspecified means he said he used to baffle authorities: î
"I am no modern day Robin Hood," the note
said. "Unfortunately I do have only 14 months to live."
The letter was the latest of several received by var- ious newspapers.
The hijacker armed with what appeared to be a bomb, took control of a je- tliner on a flight from Portland, Ore.
The hijacker armed with what appeared to be a bomb, took control of a je- tliner on a flight from Portland, Ore., to Seattle on Thanksgiving eve. Aft- er receiving $200,000 in $20 bills at Seattle, the man ordered the plane to ? Mexico and bailed out be- tween Seattle and a re- fueling stop at Reno, Nev.
The hijacker is believed to be a man who boarded the plane at Portland un- der the name "D. B. Coop- er."
"I've come and gone on several airline flights and am not holed up in some obscure backwoods town," the man said in the note postmarked in Seat- tle last Satuday. "Neither am I a psychopathic killer. As a matter of fact, I've ? never even received a speeding ticket."
The letter was turned over to FBI agents.
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2A Minneapolis Star Minneapolis, Minn.
Date: Dec. 14, 1971 Edition: Evening
Author:
Editor:
Robert W. Smith
Title:
Character: Or
Classification:
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Alleged Hijacker Writes .
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1 Papers 1
The Los Angeles Times SEATTLE - Several newspapers received a half-boastful, half-plaintive leiter Monday from a per- son claiming to be the man who hijacked an airliner and parachuted out the back door with $200.000.
The Los Angeles Times received a copy of the let- ter, postmarked in Seattle last Saturday, as did the Se- attle Times, Copies also went to the New York Times and the Washington Post, the letter-writer indi- cated. The Washington Post had not received such a let- ter as of Monday night.
The Northwest Orient 727 airliner was hijacked on the night before Thanksgiving on a flight from Portland, Ore .. to Seattle,
The writer of the typewrit- len letter, which was re- ceived in Los Angeles Mon- day, said he "knew from the
start" that he wouldn't be caught because he wore a disguise, left no fingerprints and used other, unspecified means of confounding auth- orities.
the typewrit- len letter, which was re- ceived in Los Angeles Mon- day, said he "knew from the
start" that he wouldn't be caught because he wore a disguise, left no fingerprints and used other, unspecified means of confounding auth- orities.
The letter, the latest of several received by various newspapers, was turned over to FBI agents. The EBI headquarters in Wash- ington refused to comment.
"I didn't rob Northwest Orient because I thought it would be romantic, heroic or any of the other euphe- misms that seem to attach themselves to situations of high risks," said the letter. writer.
฿ the fastest and most profita- ble way to gain a few fast grains of peace of mind. I don't blame people for hat- ing me for what I've done nor do I blame anybody for wanting me to be caught and punished, though this can never happen."
He said he wore a toupee and putty makeup which would make it impossible for anyone to recognize him from a composite picture distributed by the FBI.
"I've come and gone on several airline flights and 'am not holed up in some ob- scure backwoods town," he said. "Neither am I a psy- chopathic killer. As a mat- ter of fact, I've never even received a speeding ticket.
"Neither am I a psy- chopathic killer. As a mat- ter of fact, I've never even received a speeding ticket."
He typed at the bottom the name "D. B. Cooper," which was the name giver by the hijacker when he bought a ticket to Seattle at Portland. Underneath the
name on the copy of the let. ter sent to the Los Angeles Times was this sequence of numbers and letters: "7698 QA 2753." The Seattle Times letter had different numbers at the bottom.
Airline crew members who saw the hijacker before he bailed out between Seat- tle and Reno said he was be- tween 40 and 50 years old, stood about six foot and weighed about 175 pounds. They said he had a receding hairline.
The FBI has given no iny dication of whether it has any good leads on the where- abouts of the hijacker, but did announce Friday that it has released to banks and department stores the serial numbers of the bills he took. The entire $200,000 was in $20 bills. Identifica- tion will be difficult because the 10,000 series numbers are not in sequence.
The entire $200,000 was in $20 bills. Identifica- tion will be difficult because the 10,000 series numbers are not in sequence.
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2 St. Paul Pioneer Press St. Paul, Minn.
Date: Dec. 14, 1971 Edition: Morning
Author:
Editor: Donald J. O'Grady Title:
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TO:	DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111 ) SACS, CHICAGO (164-297) DETROIT (164-115) PITTSBURGH (164-93) PORTLAND (164-41) ST. LOUIS (164-63) SEATTLE ( 164-81)
FROM:	SAC, MINNEAPOLIS ( 164-73)

NORJAK
RE:
- SUSPECT
RE PITTSBURGH TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR, ET AL, DECEMBER
LOUIS (164-63) SEATTLE ( 164-81)
FROM:	SAC, MINNEAPOLIS ( 164-73)

NORJAK
RE:
- SUSPECT
RE PITTSBURGH TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR, ET AL, DECEMBER FIFTEEN, LAST.
SUSPECT'S PHOTO DISPLAYED TO NWAL STEWARDESS
ON DECEMBER SIXTEEN, INSTANT.
ADVISED
NOT IDENTICAL WITH HIJACKER.
NWAL STEWARDESSES
UNAVAILABLE FOR PHOTO DISPLAY UNTIL DECEMBER EIGHTEEN, NEXT.
UNSUB SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS
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REPORT of the
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION

YOUR FILE NO.	164-73
FBI FILE NO.	164-2111
LATENT CASE NO.	A-45410

December 15, 1971
TO:
SAC, Minneapolis
RE: NORJAK
REFERENCE:
Airtel 12-8-71
EXAMINATION REQUESTED BY:
Minneapolis
A-45410

December 15, 1971
TO:
SAC, Minneapolis
RE: NORJAK
REFERENCE:
Airtel 12-8-71
EXAMINATION REQUESTED BY:
Minneapolis
SPECIMENS:
Northwest Airlines ticket
No latent prints of value developed enclosed ticket. This report supplements and confirms Butel of 12-14-71.
Enc. 2 - Seattle (164-81) 2 - Portland (164-41)
John Edgar Hoover, Director
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December 13, 1971
Northwest Airlines, Minneapolis, Minnesota, furnished from their files the original of flight coupon number 1 of Northwest ticket which had been issued to a DAN COOPER on November 24, 1971, at Portland, Oregon. advised that COOPER had paid cash for this ticket which was one North- west Flight 305, the flight which had been hijacked on the same date at Seattle, Washington. advised that the
amount of the ticket was advised that this paid coupon had been handled by many Northwest employees and that he doubted if it would be of any value in processing it for fingerprints.
advised that the
amount of the ticket was advised that this paid coupon had been handled by many Northwest employees and that he doubted if it would be of any value in processing it for fingerprints.
advised that this was the only ticket issued on Flight 305 on that day between Washington, D.C., and Portland to a man using the name COOPER.
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ST. LOUIS (164-63)
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NORJAK
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RE PITTSBURGH TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR TWELVE FIFTEEN LAST;
MINNEAPOLIS TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR TWELVE SIXTEEN LAST.
SUSPECT'S PHOTO DISPLAYED TO NORTHWEST AIRLINES
STEWARDESSES ON INSTANT DATE.
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FROM :	MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)

NORJAK
RE : SUSPECT -
RE DENVER AIRTEL TO SEATTLE, ET AL, DATED DECEMBER ELEVEN, LAST.
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INSTANT. STEWARDESSES ADVISED NOT IDENTICAL WITH
HIJACKER OF CAPTIONED FLIGHT.
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RE SEATTLE TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DECEMBER TWENTY, LAST.
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NORJAK
RE SEATTLE TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DECEMBER TWENTY, LAST. MINNEAPOLIS DIVISION IS CONTINUING REVIEW OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES PERSONNEL RECORDS. EARLY EMPHASIS OF REVIEW WAS ON NORTHWEST EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE A BACKGROUND IN THE PORTLAND AND SEATTLE AREAS. FILE REVIEW HAS NOT BEEN RESTRICTED TO PILOTS OR PILOT APPLICANTS, BUT TO ALL MALE EMPLOYEES.
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4. Furnish descriptive data and fingerprint classification only when FBI number not available.
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To: DIRECTOR, FBI Attention: Identification Division
Date
12/9/71
Re NORJAK
Field File No. 164-115
Furnish The Known Identification Record of the Following:
Name
FBI No.
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Other No.
Aliases

Sex	Race	Birth Date	Birthplace	Residence
Height	Weight	Build	Hair	Eyes	Complexion	Age

Fingerprint Classification	Scars, marks and tattoos
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NORJAK. 00: SEATTLE
RE BUREAU AIRTEL TO SAC, ALBANY DECEMBER SEVEN LAST.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ADVISED HE IS OF OPINION THERE ARE PROBABLY NO MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED PARACHUTISTS IN THE UNITED STATES WHO WOULD HAVE THE SKILL TO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY JUMPED FROM THE SEVEN TWO SEVEN.
? WHO HOLDS A CLASS D LICENSE, SUGGESTED CONTACT WITH U. S. PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION, MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA. THIS ASSOCIATION COULD FURNISH IDENTITY AND PHOTOGRAPHS AND OTHER DESCRIPTIVE DATA OF HOLDERS OF CLASS D LICENSES. HE FURTHER POINTED OUT MOST PARACHUTISTS ARE ALSO PILOTS AND COULD HAVE.
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IF NOT ALREADY DONE, THE SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE CONTACT THE U. S. PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF REVIEWING THEIR RECORDS FOR THE OBTAINING OF POSSIBLE SUSPECTS. ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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TO :	DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:	SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)

NORJAK.
TO :	DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:	SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)

NORJAK.
RE SEATTLE TELEPHONE CALL TO MINNEAPOLIS JANUARY
FIVE, LAST, AND BUREAU TELEPHONE CALL JANUARY SIX, INSTANT.
RE:
NORTHWEST AIRLINES STEWARDESSES
DISPLAYED SUSPECT'S PHOTO.
STATED SUSPECT DEFINITELY NOT SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO UNSUB.
STATED DID NOT BELIEVE SUSPECT SIMILAR TO UNSUB BUT WOULD LIKE TO SEE GLOSSY PHOTO OF SUSPECT.
STEWARDESS
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WILL RETURN JANUARY ELEVEN, NEXT.
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MILWAUKEE LOCATE AND INTERVIE7
RE IDENTITY AND LOCATION OF STUDENT MAKING REFERENCE TO ABOVE INFORMATION, AND ATTEMPT TO LOCATE AND INTERVIEW. MINNEAPOLIS PORTLAND AIR MAIL COPIES BEING SENT TO MILWAUKEE AND SEATTLE. CONSIDER SUBJECT DANGEROUS.
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IN SONG, T-SHIRT, SEARCH
1
Daring Deeds of NW A. Hijacker Live On
By MARY PAT MURPHY SEATTLE () The deeds of D. B. Cooper, the Ihysterious hijacker who parachuted into the night , with $200,000, live on in song and T-shirt-and in the minds of searchers who hope to
Cooper, the Ihysterious hijacker who parachuted into the night , with $200,000, live on in song and T-shirt-and in the minds of searchers who hope to recover the Ioot.
" D. B. Cooper, a name, authorities doubt is his own, bailed out of a Northwest Airlines 727 jet- liner somewhere between Seattle and Reno, Nev., on Thanksgiving eve. With him went the $200,000 he had extorted from the air- line by threatening to blow up the plane.
After about four days, the official search around Woodland, Wash., the area where Cooper was believed to have landed, was canceled, But an un- official treasure hunt be- gan in earnest.
COWLITZ COUNTY Sheriff Charles Gill says information released by the FBI indicates that if the hijacker bailed out in the Woodland area, the odds are he didn't. make land-safely.
"Definitely the people in this area feel that if what we hear is true-that he jumped near Pigeon Springs-he's still up there," Gill said.
On the chance that D. B. Cooper may be dangling from a tree somewhere in the Washington forest with the $200,000 buried in a nearby snowbank, a number of local people have been combing the areas on trail bikes,
Cooper may be dangling from a tree somewhere in the Washington forest with the $200,000 buried in a nearby snowbank, a number of local people have been combing the areas on trail bikes, Gill said.
WOODLAND POLICE
Chief Joe May, a private pilot, says he has logged 20 hours in his own plane , looking for the missing , hijacker,
"Just about all the fliers in Oregon and Washington are searching, but in my opinion some hunter will .probably find him," May said.
If the searchers do find : the $200,000, U.S. Atty, .Stan Pitkin says, the . money must be returned : to the airline. Pitkin says he knows of no reward of- fered for recovery of the money, which was given to Cooper in $20 bills- their serial numbers re- corded by authorities.
To the delight of promo- ters and the displeasure of law and airline officials, the saga of D. B. Cooper is being popularized in a twangy ballad that's sold 1,500 copies and depicted on a T-shirt that shows a parachute floating down- ward with a case of money.
The title of the song and the caption of the T-shirt illustration are the same: "D. B. Cooper, Where Are You?
The title of the song and the caption of the T-shirt illustration are the same: "D. B. Cooper, Where Are You?"
THE SHIRT is the crea- tion of Dick Kaiser, a 29- year-old restaurant em-
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ploye who said he present- ed his first one as a joke to a deputy sheriff who predicted D. B. Cooper would be caught before Christmas Eve.
Kaiser says he's since sold about 2,400 of the T- shirts at $1.50 each, wholesale, and reports or- ders from Texas, Arkan- sas, California and Ne- vada.
Kaiser sold some shirts to the gift shop at Seattle- Tacoma International Airport.
50 each, wholesale, and reports or- ders from Texas, Arkan- sas, California and Ne- vada.
Kaiser sold some shirts to the gift shop at Seattle- Tacoma International Airport. A spokesman for Host International, which operates the gift shop, said the shirts were not resold and because North -. west felt they were in bad taste.
"I don't believe we con- trol what the gift shop sells," an airline spokes-+ man' said. "However, I don't think they are in the best of taste."
THE SONG "D. B. Cooper, Where Are You?" has received a similarly cool reception from law enforcement officers, al- though several Seattle ra- dio stations report hundreds of requests for the record, sung by local nightclub singer Tom Bresh on the Thunder Tummy label.
"Was D. B. Cooper, a Robin Hood, or just anoth- er thief in the night?" the song asks. "He took from the rich and gave it all to himself. Now was that wrong or right?"
"D. B. Cooper was a ro- mantic-type figure who caught people's imagina- tions," said the song's publisher. M. K. Bakker. "It's just this idea. Here's this guy who takes this airplane and jumps out of it - who jumps out of a jet.
"It's just this idea. Here's this guy who takes this airplane and jumps out of it - who jumps out of a jet."
U. S. MARSHAL Charles Robinson of Seat- tle disapproves of the im- age of Cooper as folk_ hero.
"Cooper is neither a hero of sorts nor a Robin Hood by any definition," he says. "He endangered the lives of innocent peo- ple and his actions en- courage similar behavior by others who might also have aberrent inclina- tions.
"Kidnaping and threats of murder hardly deserve glorification," Robinson said.
Sheriff Gill agrees. "I am a little bit disturbed that even the general pubs lic thinks he's some kind of a Robin Hood, He isn't. Think of all the fear he put the crew through."
Nonetheless, the inter- est continues in the mys- terious Mr. Cooper. In Montana, the Helena In- dependent Record signed its post-Christmas editori- als, "Merry Christmas D. [B. Cooper, wherever you', are."
The paper has received -no reply to its message.
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Date
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residence
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telephone
informed as follows:
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described the hijacker generally as a white male, age 38-45, olive complexion, height 73 inches, weight 165-170 pounds, slim build, and hair dark brown or black.
She was unable to describe his eyes as he wore hore-rimmed dark glasses at all times she observed him while aboard the flight, and she further pointed out that permitted to leave the plane at Seattle.
When questioned further to further define various characteristics of the hijacker, she described his
When questioned further to further define various characteristics of the hijacker, she described his head as oval, eyes unknown, eyebrows average, nose small, mouth small, thick lower lip, thin upper lip, chin pointed, ears average, cheek and cheekbone average, hair straight, and slightly balding. She could not make any comment concerning facial lines, and said he did not have a moustache, beard or pockmarks and skin irregularities.
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was then exhibited a "Facial Identification Catalog, " depicting various types of heads, eyes, etc., and thereafter picked the following identified photos as being best representative in her opinion, of the hijacker: Head - KA3-9, Eyes - unknown, Eyebrows - OC1-10, Nose - OD4-1, mouth KE9-11, Chin KF3-17, Ears
picked the following identified photos as being best representative in her opinion, of the hijacker: Head - KA3-9, Eyes - unknown, Eyebrows - OC1-10, Nose - OD4-1, mouth KE9-11, Chin KF3-17, Ears - KG1-12, Cheek and cheekbone - OH1-9, Hair KJ1-1. As previously indicated, she did not suggest any particular number for facial lines, moustache, beard or pockmarks and skin irregularities.
was subsequently exhibited a facsimile copy of an artist's conception, based on information furnished to the artist by Stewardess Her first comment upon viewing this drawing was, "That's him"; however, she later made the following suggestions, which in her opinion would make the drawing a closer likeness to the hijacker: the man depicted is too young; the hair-line is good, but the hair should be thinner. His ears were slightly smaller in the fleshy area, and not so squared off. The nose should be thinner. Mouth - bottom lip is good but not quite so wide; more hollow below cheekbone and jaw. Chin possibly smaller.
In addition to the above, had made the following additional comments concerning the hijacker:
His clothing consisted of dark pants, white shirt, black or dark tie, coat dark, and wore
In addition to the above, had made the following additional comments concerning the hijacker:
His clothing consisted of dark pants, white shirt, black or dark tie, coat dark, and wore black horn-rimmed colored glasses. He looked very clean cut, was a very heavy smoker, no noticeable accent, very soft spoken, and he did not impress her as being athletically inclined.
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stewardess, Northwest Orient
Air Lines, home address Minnesota, telephone then at Northwest's Operations,
informed as follows:
On viewing a facsimile copy of an artist's con- ception of the hijacker on Northwest Flight 305, on November 24, 1971, she stated that the conception was not, in her opinion, a good likeness of the hijacker. She requested permission to examine the Facial Identification Catalog, and immediately picked out photo number KK5-1, in the Facial Lines Section, stating, "that is him, except for the ears and hair." She explained that the person depicted in that particular number photo closely resembled the man; however, the ears of the hijacker did not protrude as far from the
" She explained that the person depicted in that particular number photo closely resembled the man; however, the ears of the hijacker did not protrude as far from the head, and she felt that the hair line should be some lower than that on the man depicted in photo number KK5-1. She was very adamant in her insistence that the artist's con- ception shown to her was not a good likeness of the hijacker.
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stewardess, Northwest Orient Air Lines, home address Minnesota, on her return to Northwest's Flight Operations, advised as follows:
On viewing a facsimile copy of the artist's con- ception of the hijacker, based on information furnished by her earlier that date to Special Agents of the FBI, advised that the drawing is a good likeness of the
a facsimile copy of the artist's con- ception of the hijacker, based on information furnished by her earlier that date to Special Agents of the FBI, advised that the drawing is a good likeness of the hijacker; however, . she would make the glasses wider on the head, and the face should be a little longer. This was the only correction she could suggest at this time.
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DB Cooper-33964OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1982 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P)
DATE:
1/13/72
FROM : SA
SUBJECT: NOR.JACK
Re Minneapolis memos dated 11/29/71 rnd 1/5/72
Minnesota advised that he know
about years ago. was not sure of the correct spelling of but thought that
and moved to the Seattle area.
gave the following description of
HE IGHT 1 5'5"
WEIGHT - 135#
AGE 1
HAIR - Brown
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gave the following description of
HE IGHT 1 5'5"
WEIGHT - 135#
AGE 1
HAIR - Brown
Because of the large discrepancies in the height and weight and age of as compared to the description of the hijackers given by the stewardesses, it is not recommended any further investigation be conducted into whereabouts.
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ATTN: MARVIN L. SHAY
DATE: 12/21/71
FROM
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SUBJECT:
NORJAK
On 12/20/71
North Dakota.
advised that about 12 weeks ago he saw an artist's conception of the hijacker on the Today show. The drawing was a very good likeness of
knew at Lake Elisnor, California in about He further commented that the drawing was a fairly good likeness of another former acquaintance, FNU)
who
Although has not had recent contact with
The drawing was a very good likeness of
knew at Lake Elisnor, California in about He further commented that the drawing was a fairly good likeness of another former acquaintance, FNU)
who
Although has not had recent contact with eith of these individuals, he suggested that
Farmington, Minnesota, be contacted in this regard. would know first name and possibly his present whereabouts has also had recent contact with
LEAD
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SUBJECT:
MORJAK
On January 5, 1970, ? an investigator for Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad (MANS), 51.º Grain Exchange Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota, phone 7 contacted and shown the artist's conception of the unknown subject connected with this hijacking.
º Grain Exchange Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota, phone 7 contacted and shown the artist's conception of the unknown subject connected with this hijacking. stated he did
not feel the artist's conception was a good likeness to
who was in the Marine Corps with approximately
who for- years ago. In addition, he stated that
merly was a U.S. Maring Corps , was not old enough to fit the description of the unknown subject of this case. In addition, he stated that the artist's conceptions were not rood likenesses of first name and was
. He stated he could not recall not sure of the location of either J but again advised that he did not feel either individual fit the physical description, in particular, the age group of the uknown subject in the hijacking.
In view of the above information, no additional leads are being set out to completely identify and
CONSIDER DANGEROUS
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FROM : SA
SUBJECT: NOR.JAK
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CHICAGO
HOUSTON
LOS ANGELES
PORTLAND ( 164-41)
WASHINGTON FIELD
FROM:
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RE LOS ANGELES TELETYPE TO CHICAGO JANUARY TWENTY
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FROM:
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NORJAK
RE LOS ANGELES TELETYPE TO CHICAGO JANUARY TWENTY
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HE WAS
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DESCRIBED AS: WHITE, MALE, DOB
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RESIDENCE ADDRESS 1
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
NORTHWEST AIRLINES,
MINNEAPOLIS, ADVISED HAVE SEEN ON
APPROXIMATELY TWELVE OCCASIONS AND DID NOT FEEL HE STRONGLY RESEMBLED ARTIST'S CONCEPTION OF UNSUB; HOWEVER, WAS NOT DISSIMILAR ENOUGH TO ELIMINATE. STATED HE SAW APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO, AND MASON WAS WEARING
IN PORTLAND, OREGON. HE BELIEVED HAD BOAT MENTIONED IN REFERENCED TELETYPE AT THAT TIME. NO PHOTO OF AVAILABLE IN NORTHWEST PERSONNEL FILES.
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ALL OFFICES ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN PHOTO OF SUSPECT FOR DISPLAY TO APPROPRIATE WITNESSES.
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ALL OFFICES ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN PHOTO OF SUSPECT FOR DISPLAY TO APPROPRIATE WITNESSES. WILL ALSO ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH SUSPECT'S LOCATION DURING PERTINENT TIME PERIOD. CONSIDER DANGEROUS.
PENDING. END.
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
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DATE: 1/31/72
FROM
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SUBJECT:
NOR JACK
On 1/27/72 SAC HELD advised he had received a telephone call from the Palm Plaza Motel, 78th Street, Bloomington, Minnesota. Mr HELD advised that said there was a man staving in Room
The man had Anchorage, Alaska.
'The desk clerk said the man resembled the artist sketch of the hijacker out in Portland.
On same day SA's
interviewed
palm plaza Motel, 78th Street, Bloomington. He advised that 
had checked in on and registered as advised that 
was driving a yellow Chevrolet Nova, a rental car, Minnesota License advised that
had been brought to the motel in a car with
had checked in on and registered as advised that 
was driving a yellow Chevrolet Nova, a rental car, Minnesota License advised that
had been brought to the motel in a car with Minnesota
, who supposedly was
This License car was registered to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
had an American Express Credit Card
which expired The rental date of birth as which
agreement also had makes him years old.
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SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50) SAC, JACKSON (164-32) SAC, ANCHORAGE (164-59) (VI) WASHINGTON)
FROM :
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NORJAK. 00: SEATTLE.
RE JACKSON AIRTEL DATED JANUARY TWENTY ONE, LAST; ANCHORAGE AIRTEL DATED JANUARY TWENTY FOUR, LAST; SACRAMENTO AIRTEL DATED JANUARY TWENTY FIVE, LAST; AND HOUSTON NITEL DATED FEBRUARY FOUR, LAST, ALL TO SEATTLE.
INSTANT DATE THE FOLLOWING PHOTOGRAPHS AND/OR FACSIMILES
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ADVISED THAT NONE OF THE ABOVE PICTURES RESEMBLED THE HIJACKER. FD THREE ZERO TWO'S TO SEATTLE WILL FOLLOW. AIRMAIL COPIES TO PORTLAND, EL PASO, AND KANSAS CITY.
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TO : 
SACS, MIAMI
SEATTLE (164-81)
PORTLAND (164-41) ¿ 
FROM:
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
NORJAK. 00: SEATTLE.
RE SUSPECT
ON FEBRUARY FOURTEEN, LAST,
SOUTH DAKOTA, A REPUTABLE INDIVIDUAL, FURNISHED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO SA GEORGE D. O'CLOCK REGARDING A POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN CAPTIONED HIJACKING:
WHITE MALE,
WAS EMPLOYED
SOUTH DAKOTA, FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR. IN OCTOBER,
NINETEEN SEVENTY, LEFT THE
AREA AND
STARTED THE 17- MINNEAPOLIS RWG : RAS (1) 212
164-73.
IN OCTOBER,
NINETEEN SEVENTY, LEFT THE
AREA AND
STARTED THE 17- MINNEAPOLIS RWG : RAS (1) 212
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FLORIDA. RESIDES
FLORIDA.
BELIEVED IS CAPABLE OF PERPETRATING THIS TYPE OF CRIME AND BASED HIS BELIEF AND SUSPICIONS ON
THE FOLLOWING SIMILARITIES:
CLOSELY FITS THE DESCRIPTION OF THE UNKNOWN SUBJECT AND STRONGLY RESEMBLES THE ARTIST'S CONCEPTION PHOTOGRAPH THAT APPEARED IN SOME UNRECALLED PUBLICATION RECENTLY. IS AN ARDENT PARACHUTIST AND HAS ENGAGED IN THE SPORT OF SKY DIVING WHILE HE RESIDED IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
MIAMI
FLORIDA, CONDUCT APPROPRIATE
INVESTIGATION ON SUSPECT IN EFFORT TO
POSSIBLY DETERMINE HIS WHEREABOUTS ON PERTINENT DATES TO FURTHER DEVELOP OR ELIMINATE HIM AS A SUSPECT.
MIAMI
FLORIDA, CONDUCT APPROPRIATE
INVESTIGATION ON SUSPECT IN EFFORT TO
POSSIBLY DETERMINE HIS WHEREABOUTS ON PERTINENT DATES TO FURTHER DEVELOP OR ELIMINATE HIM AS A SUSPECT.
CONSIDER DANGEROUS.
PENDING. END.
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TO :
SACS SEATTLE (164-81)
PORTLAND (164-41) 
FROM : SAC MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) 
NORJACK.
SOURCE DASH
#1 
RE MINNEAPOLIS TELEPHONE CALL SEATTLE FEBRUARY SEVENTEEN
LAST.
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.
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 0 - MinneapolisSearched. 2 b6 b7C
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PAGE TWO BELIEVES D. B. COOPER WHO ASSISTED HIM IS SIMILIAR TO THE PHOTO. HE WANTS F.B. I. AGENTS TO CONTACT HIM IN SEATTLE. SEATTLE AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON: INTERVIEW CONSIDER DANGEROUS. PENDING. END.
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
DATE: 2/29/72
TO
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
FROM
:
· SA
SUBJECT: NORJACK
On 2/29/72 at 4:30 AM
Minnesota telephonically furnished the following information:
He just recently returned from a trip to
DATE: 2/29/72
TO
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
FROM
:
· SA
SUBJECT: NORJACK
On 2/29/72 at 4:30 AM
Minnesota telephonically furnished the following information:
He just recently returned from a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada. Further, he had seen in one of the FAA publications an artists conception of D. B. COOPER and he believes he saw an individual who strongly resembled this artists conception. The person he saw in Las Vegas. He recalls
can be reached at the fims following
number: .
LEAD Set out appropriate lead to have the above described individual checked out.
mitel mar1, 72
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(Priority)
TO:
DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SAC, NEW YORK
SAC,
5-22-64)
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TO:
DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SAC, NEW YORK
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
SAC, WFO (164-169)
FROM:
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
NORJAK
RE WFO TELETYPE, FEBRUARY TWENTY NINE, LAST.
RE SUSPECT 2
NORTHWEST AIRLINES STEWARDESS
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, SHOWN PHOTO SUSPECT AND POSITIVELY STATED HE IS NOT IDENTICAL AND DOES NOT RESEMBLE UNSUB. MINNEAPOLIS WILL DISPLAY PHOTO TO OTHER STEWARDESSES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
CONSIDER UNSUB DANGEROUS.
PENDING
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BUREAU OF-CUSTOMS
DATE:February 22, 1972
FILE:
TO : FILE
FROM :
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TASOS Staff
SUBJECT: Identification Procedure
On February 12, 1972 at approximately 1100 hours, I was at the , when an employee, mentioned that she had read b6 Per BOC
Memorandum
BUREAU OF-CUSTOMS
DATE:February 22, 1972
FILE:
TO : FILE
FROM :
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TASOS Staff
SUBJECT: Identification Procedure
On February 12, 1972 at approximately 1100 hours, I was at the , when an employee, mentioned that she had read b6 Per BOC a recent article concerning the North West Orient b7C Per BOC hijacking on November 24, 1971. stated that b7E Per BOC she remembered a . Customs Security Officer which started on and ended .
CSO and a friend, CSO also from were talking to her about the recent hijackings and , told her he was a pilot. In stated to her b7C Per BOC
b6 Per BOC the conversation that followed, that the way to hijack a plane and b7E Per BOC and
escape would be to bail out using a parachute. He also stated that he could not wait to get back to the wilds of Oregon. I asked if she had mentioned this to anyone else and she stated that. she had talked to a Colonel several weeks before. I told not to devulge any additional information concerning the in- cident,
After leaving the cleaners, I proceeded to our office, where I looked up the two individuals mentioned.
· CSO post of duty was Portland, Oregon and CSO b6 Per BOC most of duty was New York.
cident,
After leaving the cleaners, I proceeded to our office, where I looked up the two individuals mentioned.
· CSO post of duty was Portland, Oregon and CSO b6 Per BOC most of duty was New York. On Monday, b7C Per BOC I mentioned the above conversation I b7E Per BOC had with to my supervisor, Special Agent Air Security Coordinator.
164-73-299
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URGENT
(Priority)
004
TO:
DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
/ SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SAC, NEW YORK
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
SAC, WFO (164-169)
FROM:
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
NORJAK
RE WFO TELETYPE, FEBRUARY TWENTY NINE, LAST
RE
SUSPECT
NORTHWEST AIRLINES STEWARDESS MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, SHOWN PHOTO SUSPECT AND POSITIVELY STATED HE IS NOT IDENTICAL AND DOES NOT RESEMBLE UNSUB. MINNEAPOLIS WILL DISPLAY PHOTO TO LAST STEWARDESS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
CONSIDER UNSUB DANGEROUS.
PENDING.
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END.
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TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SAC, LOS ANGELES (164-497)
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)-
SAC, LAS VEGAS 
FROM:
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
NORJAK
RE LOS ANGELES AIRTEL TO SEATTLE, JANUARY THIRTY ONE, LAST; PORTLAND AIRTEL TO SEATTLE, JANUARY THIRTY ONE, LAST; SEATTLE AIRTEL TO MINNEAPOLIS, FEBRUARY FOUR, LAST; LOS ANGELES AIRTEL TO SEATTLE, FEBRUARY SEVEN, LAST; LOS ANGELES NITEL TO SACRAMENTO, FEBRUARY EIGHT, LAST.
RE SUSPECTS:
NORTHWEST AIRLINES STEWARDESSES, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, HAVE BEEN SHOWN FOLLOWING PHOTOGRAPHS AND ADVISED THESE
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INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT IDENTICAL WITH OR RESEMBLE THE UNSUB.
FURNISHED BY SEATTLE;
LOS ANGELES;
PORTLAND;
LOS
ANGELES ;
LOS ANGELES.
RE CHANGED
SUSPECT'S NAME MARKED
CHANGED TO INDICATE MIDDLE NAME OF
NORTHWEST AIRLINES PERSONNEL ADVISED SUSPECT EMPLOYED FROM
SUSPECT
RESIGNED IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, AND NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REEMPLOY- MENT. BECAUSE PERSONNEL RECORDS ARE PURGED AFTER SEVEN YEARS, NWA HAS NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING SUSPECT.
RE (FNU)
MINNESOTA, TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE THAT HE RECENTLY VIEWED ARTIST CONCEPTION OF UNSUB AND HE FELT A
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RE (FNU)
MINNESOTA, TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE THAT HE RECENTLY VIEWED ARTIST CONCEPTION OF UNSUB AND HE FELT A
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WHO HAD NAME TAG
EMPLOYED AT THE
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, RESEMBLED UNSUB.
LAS VEGAS AT LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. WILL CONDUCT APPROPRIATE
INVESTIGATION CONCERNING (ENU) AT
SEATTLE AT SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. WILL CONDUCT APPROPRIATE
INVESTIGATION IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOCATE SUSPECT
CONSIDER UNSUB DANGEROUS.
PENDING. END.
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TO
: SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P)
DATE:
3/2/72
FROM
: SA
SUBJECT: NORJAK
CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
At 8:30 AM. 2/29/72 FAA
, advised that he had noticed a haunting resemblance between D.
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P)
DATE:
3/2/72
FROM
: SA
SUBJECT: NORJAK
CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
At 8:30 AM. 2/29/72 FAA
, advised that he had noticed a haunting resemblance between D. B. COOPER and one with whom he had worked when employed by Northwest Orient Airlines in the 1950'6.
said he last saw in 1956 after termination from Northwest Orient, He mentioned that was highly incensed at Northwest at the time of his termination,
home address is
Minnesota,
LEADS
MINNEAPOLIS
AT
MINNESOTA 
Will contact and interview at FAA display photos of COOPER, and deter- mine whether COOPER is identical with
AT BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA
Will review personnel file of in order to ascertain possibility of his being identical with D. B. COOPER. Consider Dangerous
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TO
:
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P)
DATE:
3/2/72
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT:
NOR JACK
On 2/26/72 was interviewed in
6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P)
DATE:
3/2/72
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT:
NOR JACK
On 2/26/72 was interviewed in connection with an incident at the Minneapolis - St. paul International Airport, at which time made an
utterance to the effect . This investigation is Minneapolis file number Since the description of was similar to the description of the Nor jack hijacker, was questioned as to his whereabouts on Thanksgiving eve and Thanksgiving. He advised, along with that they spent a quiet Thanksgiving at home and that he worked until 5:00 PM on Thanksgiving eve, at
was asked if he could give the FBI a photo of himself for our file and he did. The photo was taken around and showed that he had long sideburns.
advised he has had sideburns .
advised that he has never been in any trouble, not even for speeding. He advised he was a in the United States Navy. at one time.
Consider Diagrama
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NITEL
(Priority) 
TO:
SAC, OKLAHOMA CITY
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) 
FROM:
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
NORJAK
RE
P EMPLOYEE OF FAA,
ADVISED HE BELIEVES THERE IS
A RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN UNSUB D. B. COOPER AND ONE
WITH WHOM HE WORKED WHEN EMPLOYED BY NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES IN APPROXIMATELY NINETEEN FIFTYTWO. WAS DISMISSED FROM NORTHWEST AIRLINES AND NORTHWEST AIRLINES
PERSONNEL ADVISED MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF
IN FILE. AFTER LEAVING NWA,
WAS
BUT WAS WWASHED OUT OF THE PROGRAM IN
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APPROXIMATELY NINETEEN FIFTYSIX. ADVISED THAT THE OLD
ARE MAINTAINED BY FAA AT OKLAHOMA CITY.
DESCRIBED AS WHITE MALE, AGE MID FORTIES, FIVE FEET ELEVEN INCHES, TWO HUNDRED POUNDS.
OKLAHOMA CITY AT OKLAHOMA CITY. WILL THROUGH FAA RECORDS, ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION CONCERNING SUSPECT AND SET OUT APPROPRIATE LEADS.
UNSUB CONSIDER DANGEROUS.
PENDING. END.
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO :
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (₽)
DATE: 3/8/72
FROM : SA
SUBJECT: NORJACK
Northwest Airlines (NWAL), Minneapolis-St.
4
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO :
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (₽)
DATE: 3/8/72
FROM : SA
SUBJECT: NORJACK
Northwest Airlines (NWAL), Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, telephonically contacted the Minneapolis Office of the FBI and spoke with SA on 3/7/72
advised that he was just reading a report of the National Transportation Safety Board on
.
advised that the report indicates that
is years old
advised that and resembles the artist conception of the hijacker out in Portland on Thanksgiving.
also mentioned that .
may have
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AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
Contact
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and photos for display to 2 - Minneapolis HDL; kao WAS
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DB Cooper-34031
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information regarding witnesses. Consider Dangerous 16-1: 307 SEARCHED ... ______ MOEXED. SERIALIZEO. : .... FILES .. MAR G 1972SAC, MINNEAPOLIS 164-73
3-11-72
NC,
Unsur, Threat to Hijack Nwa Elite 347, CAA
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At 3:35AM this date Airlines, telephonically contacted this
MAR G 1972SAC, MINNEAPOLIS 164-73
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NC,
Unsur, Threat to Hijack Nwa Elite 347, CAA
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At 3:35AM this date Airlines, telephonically contacted this office to relay the following info:
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At approx. 3:30AM this date
received an anonymous call at her residence, Minn., phone # believed
the caller to be male. vrs. old. The caller stated.
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sub ject and asked At this point caller changed what she was wearing. stated she was wearing sleeping apparel. Caller at this point requested take her sleeping apparel off. When refused caller hung up.
advised it is true she is working . The following
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is a schedule of
Mucklow advised receiving a Crank letter in Dec.
1971 from a in which at the end of letter he advised if she was hijacked again to take her cloths off.
2-Minneapolis AGL:agl (2)
164-13-310
SEARCHED INO SERIALIZED_FIND_) MAR 1 1 1972 FEL-MINNEAPOLIS
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TO
:
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P)
DATE:
3/10/72
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
Attached is a copy of NTSB report dated
6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P)
DATE:
3/10/72
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
Attached is a copy of NTSB report dated 2/4/72. On 3/10/72 NWAL, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, 34th Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, furnished a copy of the National Transportation Safety Board report of
Page 3 of this report, under the heading "Background and Underlying Facts, " shows that at
Based on this information, it is recommended that no other investigation be conducted on
until his photograph, which is attached to rear of report, is displayed to Minneapolis witnesses.
LEAD
MINNEAPOLIS
AT MINNEAPOLIS , MINNESOTA
Will display photograph of (Appendix I, Page 4) to stewardesses in Minneapolis.
Minneapolis
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AS WE NEED ENCL? only photograph at und
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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
Docket No
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Complain Defeitos 's Government's Respondent's Protestant's Applicant's Interveiox's
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APPENDIX I, Page 1
DB Cooper-34034 Dear Fellow Americans:
I come to you for aid in a battle, not against the structure of the govern- ment, but against the injustice imposed by two individuals within the government structure. The two individuals have misused the power of their offices, granted to them by the federal government, in an attempt to destroy my means of sup- port for my wife and four small children, one which is an invalid for life.
This is what happened. Long before my wife came into my life or my children were born, I was a convict. I served all of my time and thought that I had paid my debt to society.
During my time in Federal prison, I was directed to a rehabilitation pro- gram in aviation; in previous years as a private pilot I had logged 9.815 hours. The Federal Prison education system purchased the necessary books, brought in outside instructors to prepare me for the FAA written examinations
The Federal Prison education system purchased the necessary books, brought in outside instructors to prepare me for the FAA written examinations for Commercial Pilot and Flight Instructor. After I completed the studies, the FAA examiners came into the Federal prison and gave me the examinations, which I passed successfully.
I was released from federal prison 14 years ago and became a professional pilot, licensed by the FAA. While making my livelihood in flying and through much more study, I earned by Airline Transport Pilot Rating, the highest at- tainable license that a pilot can hold.
One year after I was released from federal prison, I won the Eastern U. S. aerobatic championship. Nine years after my release from federal prison, I flew solo around the world from east to west, following the route of Amelia Earhart.
On August 1, 1968, Dr. Dalton Hoffman, Assistant Flight Surgeon of the Ft. Worth FAA region. grounded me because of my police record, although I have not had an arrest in all of these years since I left prison. I had learned to fly in 1944, and in the following 26 years and 22,000 hours, I have never had an airman
I had learned to fly in 1944, and in the following 26 years and 22,000 hours, I have never had an airman violation.
In my 2% years of personal battle with Hoffman and Dr. Seigle, Federal Air Surgeon, a frightening thing has become apparent to me. Americans no longer are led by the pride of the federal government; rather, they are driven in fear of it.
For instance, I have a friend who owns a large trucking company. He is afraid to openly come to my rescue in my- battle with the FAA because of re- prisals against his Interstate Commerce Commission license. I have another friend who directs a large television station and for the same reason, he stands in fear of losing his Federal Communication license. Yet another friend owns a large casino in Las Vegas. Although he is honest with his taxes. is afraid because of the Internal Revenue Service. I also have many friends in aviation who are afraid to help because of their fear that the Federal Aviation Agency will take reprisal against their operators licenses.
I also have many friends in aviation who are afraid to help because of their fear that the Federal Aviation Agency will take reprisal against their operators licenses.
What has happened to America when even large corporations operate in frozen fear of the Federal Government. It is true that the fears of these Amer- icans are justified, and it is time that someone stood up to fight. I am not joining or forming any left or right or radical groups. I am standing up as a citizen and I hope to be heard and listened to.
While I was in the U. S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, I was a school teacher, and one of the subjects that I taught was history. This is one reason that I can see what has happened to our nation.
The story of what has happened to our nation is similar to the story of a person who had a beautiful rich and green forest. This person decided to build a rail fence around the forest to protect it. After cutting trees and building the protective fence, the person looked about and there were no trees left to protect.
In my travels all over the world, again because of my history teaching background, I have looked at the other systems
In my travels all over the world, again because of my history teaching background, I have looked at the other systems carefully. Let me assure you that our forefathers designed the best government system in existance on the face of the earth today.
I would compare our government, at this time, to a fine stone house: a house which has unwavering foundations, uncracked walls; but the doors, win- dows and roof are deteriorating through the lack of proper care. I am sure the eyes of every American has viewed such a house.
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DB Cooper-34036The deterioration to our fine government structure has, in the main part, occured during World War II, and since that time. During this time, the people that we have sent to represent us in Washington have been of four types. The first type are those who have been led to vote by the glitter of military heroes, The second type are those who have voted in total ignorance. The third type, and the most dastardly, are those who see money kickbacks in their vote.
who have been led to vote by the glitter of military heroes, The second type are those who have voted in total ignorance. The third type, and the most dastardly, are those who see money kickbacks in their vote. The fourth, and rare, are the minority who have fought for the people and-have preserved what little we have now. Otherwise we would have a total military dictatorship. God bless these few.
The thing that has been our greatest blunder, but was intended to be an honor of faith, was the priority of employment of military connected people. Do you know that more than nine out of ten of the employees in the Federal Government that are making decisions for you are ex-military trained people? You say, so what? )
This is so what. I will take the example in aviation, because this is where I am an expert. We take a man who has spent his life in the Air Force and retired at 20 years. He has unquestionably become an expert in aviation, so he is employed through military priority into the Federal Aviation Agency. He now draws his military retirement check and a high Federal Aviation Agency pay, This man is financially secure, and his mind never has to dwell on how to make ends meet.
He now draws his military retirement check and a high Federal Aviation Agency pay, This man is financially secure, and his mind never has to dwell on how to make ends meet.
Let's go back through this man's career. Twenty years ago, he went into the service and learned to fly. During this time and since, he has never bought the first gallon of gasoline for his aircraft or suffered any financial burden in its operation. All that he has had to do was contact Capitol Hill, and in turn, Capitol Hill told the Treasury to write another hot check on the Treasury De- partment of the United States. This is the reason that our national debt is into the billions.
This man, through his aviation career In the service, discovered many good safety devices, and had them installed on all the military aircraft, not having to worry about their cost. So now, this man is working for the FAA and he remembers the safety devices that he developed in the service. Granted, they are good, but again not worrying about the cost of these devices, he writes the order to all civil aircraft owners.
Granted, they are good, but again not worrying about the cost of these devices, he writes the order to all civil aircraft owners. By a certain date, they must have this device installed on their aircraft. even if the device, in some cases, costs as much as the original aircraft. At this point, the aircraft owner is told to either comply or get out of the airplane business.
In all branches of government, this procedure has come about from the military minds. Their demands for our welfare and security has become more than we can afford. If we write hot checks to comply with their demands, we go to jail because we do not have the privileges of the Secretary of the Treasury. Through this procedure, there have been thousands of businesses forced to close, even though these businesses have been operated successfully within a family structure for generations.
The military mind in our civil agencies has become a disaster to the nation. The military should have its reward, for past wars fought and wars yet to come, but what about the poor guy who has stayed at home and worried years off his life trying to support the
The military should have its reward, for past wars fought and wars yet to come, but what about the poor guy who has stayed at home and worried years off his life trying to support the waste and blunders of the wars won or in pre- paration of those to come?
I need only your moral backing and any type of financial assistance is very much needed and appreciated. Your financial support will not be used to make bombs, set fires, or destroy our fine governmental system; but will be used to extract those individuals who are driving our government machinery in such a manner as to create fear of the machine. You can purchase the finest aircraft, ship, train, truck, or farm; place inconsiderate or incompetent people in charge of these investments and you are headed for disaster. This is the condition of our Federal Government Agencies. They are creating a disaster in our nation. -
Sincerely, Marion M. Cooper Capt. Marion M. Cooper P. O. Box 1166, Woodward, Oklahoma 73801 Phone (405)256-2318
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DB Cooper-34037OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1952 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 GFR) 10t-11.
Box 1166, Woodward, Oklahoma 73801 Phone (405)256-2318
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DB Cooper-34037OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1952 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 GFR) 10t-11.8 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
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SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
DATE:
3/23/72
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
Wright County Sheriff's Office, advised on March 21, 1972, that an unidentified caller told the dispatcher that D. B. COOPER who got the $250,000 in the airplane hijacking, was really from Duluth, Minnesota. The caller said that D. B. stood for The caller would not give his name or telephone number and did not say how he got this information.
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TO
: SAC, PORTLAND (164-43)
SAC, SEATTLE (164-83) 
FROM
: SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
NORJAK.
SOURCE DASH
NORTHWEST AIRLINES
ADVISED
THIS DATE RECEIVED TELEPHONE CALL FROM WHO IDENTIFIED
HIMSELF AS HILLSBORO,
SOURCE DASH
NORTHWEST AIRLINES
ADVISED
THIS DATE RECEIVED TELEPHONE CALL FROM WHO IDENTIFIED
HIMSELF AS HILLSBORO, OREGON, TELEPHONE
NUMBER STATED HE HAD PREVIOUSLY INDIVIDUAL CLOSELY RESEMBLING ARTIST'S CONCEPTION. THIS INDIVIDUAL NATIVE OF HILLSBORO AREA. STATED HE HAD FURNISHED THIS INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY TO FBI AGENTS.
PORTLAND AT HILLSBORO, CONTACT AND DETERMINE IDENTITY
OF SUSPECT.
CONSIDER DANGEROUS.
Search.ed. Serialized Indexed 3 #14 !":304
PENDING. END.
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REPORT of the
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
To:
Mr. Euzena A. Cotton
Sheriff of Clark County
Vancouver, Washington 98660
April 4, 1972
ATRAIL
This examination has been made with the understanding that the evidence is connected with an official investigation of a criminal matter and that the Laboratory report will be used for official
This examination has been made with the understanding that the evidence is connected with an official investigation of a criminal matter and that the Laboratory report will be used for official purposes only, related to the investigation of a subsequent criminal prosecution. Authorization cannot be granted for the use of the Labotatoty report in connection with a civil proceeding.
Re:
URIDENTIFIED FEMALE DECEASED
FOUND NEAR WOODLAND, WASTENGTON
MARCH 29, 1972
) Edgar Hoover John Edgar Hoover, Director
YOUR NO.
FBI FILE NO.
LAB. NO.
FC-15876 XS JM NU
Examination requested by
Reference:
Letter 3/30/72
Examination requested:
Microscopie Analysas - Chemical Analyses -
Fingerprint
Specimens:
41-42
Ivo honda
Result of amstration: No soll of value for ofontficant comparisons ves found in the fingernail scrapings frue 01 or 02. No bairo or fibara were found in the fingermail scrapinge from Q1 and 02 or on specimens Q1 and Q2. The fingermails on specimens Q1 and 02 ware examined for any materials of value for carelogies1 ammain- tion but none are located.
You are being advised by mepareto report of the ramiles of the fingerprint extration and the disposition 64-73 164-73-329 SEARCHED
You are being advised by mepareto report of the ramiles of the fingerprint extration and the disposition 64-73 164-73-329 SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED J FILED 6 APR 6 1972 FBI-MINNEAPOLIS 1-Norjak (164-2111) CI-SAC, Minneapolis 1-SAC, Portland 1-SAC, Seattle (164-81)
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FBI Still After D. B. Cooper; Army Helps in Newest Search
LAKE MERWIN, Wash. (UPI) - It appears the FBI hasn't given up the . search for the parachut- ing hijacker D. B. Cooper - in fact they've launched a new search with an undetermined amount of Army person- nel.
A Portland television station (KATU-TV) re- ported an Army guard was turning away cars in an area near Lake Mer- win, Wash., Tuesday. Ther station said the Seattle of- fice of the FBI confirmed " the Army activity was,
connected with the Thanksgiving Eve hijack.
A MAN using the name D. B. Cooper highjacked a Northwest 727 on a flight from Portland to Seattle. At Seattle, Cooper de- manded and received $200,000 ransom money and four parachutes.
Cooper highjacked a Northwest 727 on a flight from Portland to Seattle. At Seattle, Cooper de- manded and received $200,000 ransom money and four parachutes.
After / the money and parachutes were deliv- ered to the plane the craft took off for Reno, Nev., and FBI agents said somewhere along the route Cooper parachuted from the plane. They feel southwestern Washington,
was the most likely spot. Earlier this year a Port- land FBI agent told UPI that as soon as warm weather returned the FBI ' planned to launch a full- scale search for Cooper.
FEDERAL agents feel : the hijacker did not sur- vive the jump in near-zero temperatures and his body and the $200,000 must be in the surround- ing hills.
It was believed the Army units were camping in a park belonging to Pa- cific Power and Light here.
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28 St. Paul Dispatch St. Paul, Minn.
Date:
March 22, 1972
Edition:
Evening
Author:
Editor:
H.G. Burnham Jr.
Title:
Character: or
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DB Cooper-34043FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOI/PA
5-13-99)
LABORATORY FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION QUANTICO, VA 22135
To:
Seattle
Date:
March 3, 2005

Case ID No .:	SE 164A-81-DNA
Lab No .:	040123006 PG DQ

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Reference:	Communication dated January 15, 2004
Your No .:
Title:	NORJAK CAA - HIJACKING

Date specimens received:
January 23, 2004
The item listed below was received under cover of Phoenix communication dated January 15, 2004, and examined in the Latent Print Unit: K4 Fingerprints of Arthur Burge Derham, FBI #460851L2
This report contains the results of the latent print examinations.
Results of Examinations:
The unidentified latent fingerprints and latent impression previously reported in connection with this case were compared with the submitted fingerprints of DERHAM without effecting an identification.
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This Report is Furnished for Official Use Only DB Cooper-34045Remarks:
No palm prints are available here for the aforementioned individual for comparison with the
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This Report is Furnished for Official Use Only DB Cooper-34045Remarks:
No palm prints are available here for the aforementioned individual for comparison with the latent impression and the previously reported latent palm prints.
Item K4 is being returned to the Phoenix Division under separate cover.
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FBI
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TO :
DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
SAC, SALT LAKE CITY (164-81)
SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM: SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
NORJAK. 00: SEATTLE.
RE SEATTLE AND SALT LAKE CITY TELEPHONE CALLS TO MINNEAPOLIS APRIL ELEVEN LAST; AND SALT LAKE CITY TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR APRIL ELEVEN LAST.
THIS DATE A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS CONTAINING THAT OF RICHARD FLOYD MC COY WAS SHOWN TO NORTHWEST STEWARDESSES AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.
THE THREE STEWARDESSES STATED THERE WERE SOME SLIGHT SIMILARITIES, BUT EACH WAS QUITE CERTAIN THAT MC COY WAS NOT IDENTICAL WITH COOPER.
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SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES IN PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT
164-73-343 WERE NOTED WERE THAT MC COY'S EARS STUCK OUT FURTHER FROM HIS HEAD THAN THOSE OF COOPER, COOPER'S HAIR WAS FULLER THAN TH.
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THAT OF MC COY'S, MC COY'S NOSE WAS BROADER THAN THAT OF
COOPER; AND
THE ONLY STEWARDESS WHO SAW
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COOPER WITHOUT HIS GLASSES, STATED THAT COOPER'S EYES WERE BROWN. IT IS NOTED FROM THE PHOTOGRAPH OF MC COY, HIS EYES WERE BLUE. ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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DB Cooper-34048OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1882 EDITION GSA FPMR (4 CFIt) 1Dt-11.5 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P)
DATE:
4/10/72
FROM
:
SAC RICHARD G.
5 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P)
DATE:
4/10/72
FROM
:
SAC RICHARD G. HELD
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
SAC EARL MILNES, Seattle Division, telephonically advised at 4:15 p.m., this date, that important information has been received indicating that it is entirely possible that the highjacker of the United Airlines plane at Salt Lake City, Utah, is identical to the subject of captioned case. He stated that the Salt Lake City subject's picture is very similar to the artist's conception previously prepared on the NORJAK subject.
SAC MILNES requested that
contacted for the following information: 1 Northwest Airlines, he
He requested that all tickets for flights from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington, and Seattle, Washington, to Portland, Oregon, for the period 11/10/71 through 11/24/71 be checked to see whether any of them were listed under the following names:
RICHARD FLOYD MC COY R. MC COY D. COOPER or DAN COOPER
He stated that it had been determined that the subject of the Salt Lake City case had made a trial run a week prior to this highjacking, and it was
COOPER or DAN COOPER
He stated that it had been determined that the subject of the Salt Lake City case had made a trial run a week prior to this highjacking, and it was the opinion of those at the Bureau that possibly the NORJAK subject did the same thing. If any ticket coupons are located under any of the above names all pertinent information regarding the flight should be checked out. This matter is to receive immediate attention.
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TO
: SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P)
DATE:
4/18/72
FROM : SA
SUBJECT:
KORJACK
Re Seattle airtel to Las Vegas dated 3/6/72; Memo of SA dated 3/10/72.
On 3/29/72 photographs of
and were displayed to Northwest Airlines advised that neither of these photographs resembled the hijacker.
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TO
: SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
DATE:
4/22/72
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT: NORJAK
On 4/22/72 SAC EARL MILNES, Seattle Division telephonically advised that the Bureau was sending photographs out on a Northwest airlines flight this afternoon and he requested we locate In order that these photos be shown immediatley and that he be telephonically advised of the results. He advised that WFO would call and let us know which flight the photos were on.
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On 4/22/72 WFO advised the photographs were in the custody of arriving at 10:42 PM.
He advised that WFO would call and let us know which flight the photos were on.
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On 4/22/72 WFO advised the photographs were in the custody of arriving at 10:42 PM.
Minneapolis Northwest Airlines flight No.
SA HAS BEEN ADVISED AND IS HANDLING.
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TO :	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM :	SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)

NORJAK.
RE WFO TELETYPE TO MINNEAPOLIS FOUR TWENTYTWO LAST AND MINNEAPOLIS TELEPEONE CALL TO SEATTLE FOUR TWENTY ONE SEVENTYTWO.
REFERENCE PHOTOGRAPHS OF UNIDENTIFIED SUSPECT, ALSO KNOWN AS D.B. COOPER, FURNISHED WFO AND MINNEAPOLIS BY BUREAU APRIL TWENTYONE LAST, AND APRIL TWENTYTWO LAST.
ON APRIL TWENTYONE SEVENTYTWO NWA
VIEWED PHOTO OF SUSPECT WEARING
MULTICOLORED CAP.
COOPER, FURNISHED WFO AND MINNEAPOLIS BY BUREAU APRIL TWENTYONE LAST, AND APRIL TWENTYTWO LAST.
ON APRIL TWENTYONE SEVENTYTWO NWA
VIEWED PHOTO OF SUSPECT WEARING
MULTICOLORED CAP.
POSITIVELY ADVISED NOT IDENT,
REQUESTED TO VIEW ADDITIONAL PHOTOS .
LARGE PHOTO OF SUSPECT WEARING NO HAT DISPLAYED TO BOTH
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BOTH ADVISED NOT IDENT WITH UNSUB,
CONSIDER UNSUB DANGEROUS. END.
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TO:
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SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
WFO
FROM:
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73)
NORJAK.
RE: NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPH OF UNSUB, AKA D. B. COOPER.
RE SEATTLE TELETYPE TO MINNEAPOLIS AND PORTLAND, DATED APRIL TWENTY-SEVEN, LAST; AND MINNEAPOLIS TELEPHONE CALL TO WFO, DATED APRIL TWENTY-EIGHT, INSTANT.
NORTHWEST AIR LINES (NWAL)
DISPLAYED PHOTOGRAPH OF CAPTIONED INDIVIDUAL WEARING NO HAT, BALD, AND WITH DARK GLASSES AND BOTH ADVISED NOT IDENTICAL WITH UNSUB.
NORTHWEST AIR LINES (NWAL)
DISPLAYED PHOTOGRAPH OF CAPTIONED INDIVIDUAL WEARING NO HAT, BALD, AND WITH DARK GLASSES AND BOTH ADVISED NOT IDENTICAL WITH UNSUB. PHOTO-
GRAPH OF CAPTIONED INDIVIDUAL FURNISHED WHO DEPARTED MINNEAPOLIS ON FLIGHT NWAL, ARRIVING WASHINGTON, D.C., THREE THIRTY-THREE EASTERN STANDARD TIME.
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WFO TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED OF THIS IN REFERENCED TELEPHONE
CALL. DEPARTING DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ON FLIGHT THREE HUNDRED, SIX A.M., AND ARRIVING NATIONAL AIRPORT, WASHINGTON, D. C., SEVEN FIFTY-SEVEN A. M., SATURDAY, APRIL TWENTY-NINE, NEXT. HAS TWELVE
HOUR LAYOVER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. WFO REQUESTED TO DISPLAY PHOTOGRAPH TRANSPORTED TO WASHINGTON, D.C. BY
UPON HER ARRIVAL APRIL TWENTY-NINE,
NEXT.
WFO REQUESTED TO DISPLAY PHOTOGRAPH TRANSPORTED TO WASHINGTON, D.C. BY
UPON HER ARRIVAL APRIL TWENTY-NINE,
NEXT. CONSIDER UNSUB DANGEROUS.
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DB Cooper-34054
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b6 b7CFD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63)
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2 charged in plot to impersonate 'D. B. Cooper' United Press International
Seattle, Wash. Two men were arrested by FBI agents. Tuesday on charges of trying to bilk a magazine-editor by selling him a fake interview with parachuting skyjacker "D. B. Cooper" for $30,000.
William J. Lewis, 33, sil- verdale, Wash.,/and Don- ald S. Murphy .. 49, Bre- merton, Wash., were charged with conspiracy to defraud Karl +P. Flem- ing, a former contributing editor of Newsweek maga- zine.
The suspects were ar- raigned before U.S. Magis- trate Charles Schaaf who set bail at $50,000 for Lewis and $8,000 for Mur- phy.
The charges said that Lewis responded to news- paper advertisements placed by Fleming ' who said he wanted to contact "Cooper" for a confiden- tial interview.