#35463	1-28-62	J-walk/inv aslt U robb AWDW
SO Portland Oreg	Joseph Henry Johnston #39691	1-31-62	asit & robbery armed
PD Columbus Miss	Joseph Henry Johnston #2812	8-3-62	false pretense ( issuing worth- less checks)	60 das on 2 cts - 120 das on Co Farm
SPen Columbus	Joe H.	3-20-63	forg 4 c/c	1-20
Ohio	Johnston #116859
SO Portland Oreg	Joseph Henry Johnston #39691	3-26-64	Show Cause Order issued	Prob Revoked sent to Not more than 2 v
SPen Salem Oreg	Joseph H. Johnston #30224	4-30-64	rob by putting in fear not being armed with a dang weapon	at Ore St Pen
2 yrs Oregc SPen Disch 8-3-65
PD Akron Ohio	Joe H. Johnston #56568	4-10-68	PV	TOT Parole
Officer

Notations indicated by * ARE NOT BASED ON FINGERPRINTS IN FBI files.
#56568	4-10-68	PV	TOT Parole
Officer

Notations indicated by * ARE NOT BASED ON FINGERPRINTS IN FBI files. 'The notations are based on data formerly furnished this Bureau concerning individuals of the same or similar names or aliases and ARE LISTED ONLY AS INVESTIGATIVE LEADS. · 36-70557-6 0.5, GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE DB COOPER-438623
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20537
12-14-71 610 EB
* The following FBI record, NUMBER
514 393 A , is furnished FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY. Information shown on this Identification Record represents data furnished FBI by fingerprint contributors. WHERE FINAL DISPOSITION IS NOT SHOWN OR FURTHER EXPLANATION OF CHARGE IS DESIRED, COMMUNICATE WITH AGENCY CONTRIBUTING THOSE FINGERPRINTS.

CONTINSUTOR OF .. FINGERPRINTS	NAME AND NUMBER	ARRESTED OR RECEIVED	CHARGE	DISPOSITION
FD Akron Ohio	Joseph Henry Johnston #58850	8-11-70	Comp Reg	rel not an arrest
PD Mansfield Ohio	Joseph Henry
CONTINSUTOR OF .. FINGERPRINTS	NAME AND NUMBER	ARRESTED OR RECEIVED	CHARGE	DISPOSITION
FD Akron Ohio	Joseph Henry Johnston #58850	8-11-70	Comp Reg	rel not an arrest
PD Mansfield Ohio	Joseph Henry Johnston #18611	3-9-71	No OL Fict Reg	17.50 & 32.50
PD Longview Wash	Joseph Henry Johnston #11279	11-24-71	DRI
no operator's license (never had one)
.Since neither fingerprints
identifying mimber which
in our files accompanied
FBI cannot guarantee in
that this material. concerns
individual in whom you	nor an
is indexed
your request, ?
any manner.
the
are interested

Notations indicated by * are NOT based on fingerprints in FBI files but are listed only as investigative leads os being possibly identical with subject of this record.
the
are interested

Notations indicated by * are NOT based on fingerprints in FBI files but are listed only as investigative leads os being possibly identical with subject of this record. DB COOPER-43863 John Edgar Hoover DirectorUNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE EDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20537
12-14-71 610 EB

The following information from FBI record, HUMBER 514 393 A is fornished FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY,
All descriptive factors (if any) furnished by you match those in our identification file unless herein quoted.
Description and Related Data:
Race: White
Sex :. Male
. Height: 6'
Weight: 155 1bs
Hair: grey.
Eyes: blue
Date and Place of Birth: 4-18-23, Alabama

Scars and Marks: 2" scar on left side of neck- scar on stomach 12"
Address: Portland, Oregon (in 197])
20537
12-14-71 610 EB

The following information from FBI record, HUMBER 514 393 A is fornished FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY,
All descriptive factors (if any) furnished by you match those in our identification file unless herein quoted.
Description and Related Data:
Race: White
Sex :. Male
. Height: 6'
Weight: 155 1bs
Hair: grey.
Eyes: blue
Date and Place of Birth: 4-18-23, Alabama

Scars and Marks: 2" scar on left side of neck- scar on stomach 12"
Address: Portland, Oregon (in 197])

Occupation: Architect
since neither fingerprints nor ans identifying number which is indexes in our files accompanied your request FBI cannot guarantee in any
Architect
since neither fingerprints nor ans identifying number which is indexes in our files accompanied your request FBI cannot guarantee in any manner that this material concerns the individual in whom vou are interested

John Edgar Hoover Director
DB COOPER-43864OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10
MAY 19H LOTION
GLA PPHA (A CHA) POI-LA
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE:
11/30/71
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FROM
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SA
SUBJECT:
UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT #305,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
· 11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING;
EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
BUfile 164-2111
On 11/30/71, witness CORD H. Z. SPRECKEL was shown photographs of suspects GARY EVAN JOSEPH SANDAL, ROBERT HAMPTON KEELY, JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON and SPRECKEL
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in his opinion.	four	photographs	displayed	was	the
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of suspects GARY EVAN JOSEPH SANDAL, ROBERT HAMPTON KEELY, JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON and SPRECKEL
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advised
subject	that hone of the
in his opinion.	four	photographs	displayed	was	the
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan DB COOPER-4386511/29/71
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
ASAC PAUL R. BIBLER
UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: SEATTLE BUfile 164-2111
Re: JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON
Officer of the Longview,
BIBLER
UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: SEATTLE BUfile 164-2111
Re: JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON
Officer of the Longview, Washington Police Department advised on 11/26/71, that JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON DOB 4/8/23, Sulligent, Alabama, was arrested at 2:25 AM, 11/24/71, by the Longview Police Department on a charge of driving while intoxicated and was still in jail at Longview. He said JOHNSTON gave his address as 4005 NE 69th Street, Portland. JOHNSTON is described as:
Height:
6ª
Weight:
155 1bs.
Hair: Grey
Eyes:
Blue
Complexion: Medium
Build:
Medium
PRB:klb (2)
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TO

DIRECTOR	CINCINNATI
CLEVELAND	LAS VEGAS
MINNEAPOLIS	PORTLAND

LITTLE ROCK
ALL VIA WASHINGTON, D. C. -----
FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 1P
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOV. TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE.
-----
FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 1P
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOV. TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
SUSPECT JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON ELIMINATED. LONGVIEW, WASH- INGTON, POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRESTED JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON, DOB APRIL EIGHT, TWENTYTHREE, POB SULLIGENT, ALA., ADDRESS FOUR ZERO ZERO FIVE NE SIXTYNINTH ST., PORTLAND, AT TWO TWENTYFIVE PM, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST, FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED AND HE IS STILL IN LONGVIEW JAIL AT THIS TIME. END
WJM R E RELAY FBI WA
Sub. 1
164-81-791
DB COOPER-43867SAC, SEATTLE. (164-81) (P)
SA CHARLES E. "FARRELL
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING EXTORTION (00:SE)
11/27/71
RE: SUSPECT JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON
Investigation concerning captioned suspect has resulted in obtaining a good photograph of him which has been shown to witnesses and b6 Both witnesses say that he does not resemble b7C the subject.
Further investigation showed that subject was in custody of the Longview Police Department since early morning of November 24, 1971, and is therefore, definitely eliminated.
Further investigation showed that subject was in custody of the Longview Police Department since early morning of November 24, 1971, and is therefore, definitely eliminated.
Other offices having leads to investigate this suspect have been advised to discontinue.
Copies of Ser. 42, 50151 in main file not made for this file as susp: eliminated
2-Seattle CEF/rah (2) Ident. read -Ser 1/20
164-81-Juli

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164-81-93
DB COOPER-43868IR 014 CI PLAIN
945' PM URGENT 11/26/71) KCB
TO
DIRECTOR
SEATTLE
CLEVELAND
FROM CINCINNATI (164-55) IP
UNSUB, NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY- FOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00:SE.
, OHIO, INTERVIEWED RE CORRESPONDENCE WITH JOE H. JOHNSTON WHILE LATTER WAS INMATE AT LONDON OHIO CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE.
JOHNSTON WROTE TO
THAT HIS EX-FATHER-
IN-LAW, EDWIN ROWE, LIVES AT COLVILLE, WASHINGTON, ALLADDIN STAR ROUTE, . ROWE LIVES ON CATTLE RANCH ACCORDING TO JOHNSTON.
JOHNSTON WROTE TO
THAT HIS EX-FATHER-
IN-LAW, EDWIN ROWE, LIVES AT COLVILLE, WASHINGTON, ALLADDIN STAR ROUTE, . ROWE LIVES ON CATTLE RANCH ACCORDING TO JOHNSTON. ON JOHNSTON WROTE HE WAS THEN EMPLOYED AT SUMMIT STEEL COMPANY AT AKRON, OHIO AND LIVING AT TWO FIVE EIGHT KENMORE IN AKRON, TELEPHONE SEVEN SIX TWO NINE ZERO ONE SIX.
SEATTLE CONTACT EDWIN ROWE, COLVILLE, WASHINGTON RE WHEREABOUTS OF JOHNSTON.
CLEVELAND CONTACT SUMMIT STEEL COMPANY, AKRON, AND CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION AT TWO FIVE EIGHT KENMORE, AKRON, END
Sub 1 164-81-80
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TO: DIRECTOR	SEATTLE
CLEVELAND	MINNEAPOLIS
CINCINNATI	LITTLE ROCK
MEMPHIS	JACKSOM

BIRMINGHUM
FROM: PORTLAND (164-41)
------ ALL OFFICES VIA WASHINGTON ------
UNSUB: HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTYSEVEN JET, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST.
BIRMINGHUM
FROM: PORTLAND (164-41)
------ ALL OFFICES VIA WASHINGTON ------
UNSUB: HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTYSEVEN JET, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST. AIRCRAFT HIJACKING.
RE CLEVELAND TELETYPE TO BUREAU AND RECEIVING OFFICES TWENTYSIXTH INSTANT RE SUSPECT - 'JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON.
MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE HAS SHOWN PHOTO OF JOHNSTON TO AIRLINE CREW WITNESSES WHO DO NOT FEEL HE IS IDENTICAL WITH HIJACKER. SEATTLE K OWS JOHNSTONS LOCATION IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON. ALL OFFICES EXCEPT SEATTLE DISCONTINUE LEADS RE JOHNSTON. END DCA
FBI SEATTE CLR
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DB COOPER-43870DE FBI SE GA
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11:00PM
NITEL
11-26-71 DMB
TO DIRECTOR
CINCINNATI
LAS VEGAS
LITTLE ROCK
PORTLAND
SEATTLE
FROM MEMPHIS (164-78)
UNSUB, NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE; CAA - HIJACKING ; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE.
RE LITTLE ROCK NITELS TO BUREAU NOV. TWENTYSIX, INSTANT. ON NOV. TWENTYSIX, INSTANT, ALL AIR FACILITIES IN VICINITY OF MEMPHIS, TENN., ALL PARACHUTE ORGANIZATION, NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL PARACHTISTS, AND PRIVATE AIRPLANE COMPANIES
TWENTYSIX, INSTANT, ALL AIR FACILITIES IN VICINITY OF MEMPHIS, TENN., ALL PARACHUTE ORGANIZATION, NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL PARACHTISTS, AND PRIVATE AIRPLANE COMPANIES CATERING TO PARACHUTISTS CONTACTED BUT NO IMFORMA- TION RECEIVED WHICH IS OF VALUE IN IDENTIFYING JOE HENRY JOHNSTON OR TO INDICATE AN INDIVIDUAL BY THIS NAME HAS BEEN ACTIVE AS A PAPACHUTIST OR HAS TAKEN LESSONS IN PARACHUTE JUMPING. INQUIRIES IN EFFORT TO IDENTIFY JOHNSTON CONTINUINGCHED.
MEMPHIS PD RECORDS INDICATE JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON ARRESTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED FEDRUARY TWENTYNINE, SIXTY,
DB COOPER-43871
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ME 164-78
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MPD NO. SEVEN FOUR FOUR SIX EIGHT. IN VIEW OF THE FACT OHIO STATE PENITENTIARY HAS MORE RECENT PHOTOGRAPH, AS REFLECTED IN REFERENCED LITTLE ROCK NITEL, MEMPHIS PD PHOTO NOT BEING FORWARDED TO OFFICE OF ORIGIN. P. END. JRW FBI SE CLR
DB COOPER-43872IRØ46 WA CODE 1030PM
9:50 PM URGENT 11-26-71 SLO

TO	DIRECTOR	SEATTLE	PORTLAND
CINCINNATI	MINNEAPOLIS	JACKSON
MEMPHIS
JRW FBI SE CLR
DB COOPER-43872IRØ46 WA CODE 1030PM
9:50 PM URGENT 11-26-71 SLO

TO	DIRECTOR	SEATTLE	PORTLAND
CINCINNATI	MINNEAPOLIS	JACKSON
MEMPHIS	LITTLE ROCK	BIRMINGHAM

ALL OFFICES SENT VIA WASHINGTON DC
FROM CLEVELAND 164-NEW
UNKNOWN SUBJECT; HIJACKING OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTYSEVEN JET
NOV. TWENTYFOUR LAST. AIRCRAFT HIJACKING.
RE BUREAU TELCALL TO CLEVELAND, NOV .. TWENTYSIX INSTANT; CLEVELAN
TEL CALLS TO BUREAU, SEATTLE, PORTLAND, MINNEAPOLIS, NOV. TWENTYSIX INSTANT.
SUSPECT - JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON.
RECORDS, MANSFIELD PD, MANSFIELD, OHIO, REFLECT SUSPECT ARRESTED MARCH EIGHT LAST, CHARGED OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE WITH LICENSE PLATES ISSUED TO ANOTHER PERSON. ALSO, ON SAME DAY WAS CHARGED WITH OPERATING
MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT OPERATOR'S LICENSE. FINED THIRTYFIVE DOLLARS AND
164-81- Sub.1 COSTS. SUSPECT AT TIME OF ARREST RESIDED THIRTYSEVEN VESPER, AKRON, OHIO. SUSPECT IDENTICAL WITH MANSFIELD PD NO.
SUSPECT AT TIME OF ARREST RESIDED THIRTYSEVEN VESPER, AKRON, OHIO. SUSPECT IDENTICAL WITH MANSFIELD PD NO. ONE EIGHT SIX ONE ONE. PHOTO OF SUSPECT OBTAINED. RECORDS, AKRON, OHIO PD, REFLECT SUSPECT 164-81-95 UNDER NO. FIVE SIX FIVE SIX E EIGHT, WAS PROCESSED BY PD ON OCT. ELEVE

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DB COOPER-43873
NOV 2 6 1971 FBI - SEATTLE
7CV 164-NEW
PAGE TWO
SEVENTY, AS A COMPULSORY REGISTRANT, LISTING ADDRESS AS PORTAGE HOTEL,
AKRON. RECORDS FURTHER INDICATE SUSPECT INDICATED MOTHER IDA MAE JOHNSTON, AGE SEVENTYTHREE, RESIDES SULLIGENT, ALABAMA. FURTHER DECEASED. ADDRESS UNKNOWN "
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JAMES, AGE SIXTY, ADDRESS UNKNOWN. SISTERS, EDITH NOLAN, AGE FIFTY, ADDRESS UNKNOWN, RESIDING MISSISSIPPI.
ADDRESS UNKNOWN.
ADDRESS
UNKNOWN,
SUSPECT LISTED THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN.
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ADDRESS UNKNOWN.
RECORDS, AKRON PD INDICATE SUSPECT AT TIME OF REGISTRATION WAS UNDER PAROLE SUPERVISION FOR ONE YEAR TO HAVING BEEN PREVIOUS COMMITTED TO OHIO STATE PENAL SYSTEM ON MARCH TWENTY SIXTYTHREE,
RECORDS, AKRON PD INDICATE SUSPECT AT TIME OF REGISTRATION WAS UNDER PAROLE SUPERVISION FOR ONE YEAR TO HAVING BEEN PREVIOUS COMMITTED TO OHIO STATE PENAL SYSTEM ON MARCH TWENTY SIXTYTHREE, AFTER BEING SENTENCED KNOX COUNTY, OHIO FROM ONE TO TWENTY
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YEARS FOR CRIME OF FORGERY. AKRON PD RECORDS INDICATE SUSPECT IS ALCOHOLIC AND FREQUENTED SALVATION ARMY HOUSING FACILITIES. AKRON PD RECORDS FURTHER INDICATE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED FOR INTOXICATION AND END PAGE TWO
DB COOPER-43874CV 164-NEW
PAGE THREE
SUSPICION OF UNARMED ROBBERY. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED SUSPECT MADE FALSE REPORT TO AKRON PD AND HAD IN ACTUALITY ABSCONDED WITH EMPLOYERS FUNDS.
ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY, AKRON, OHIO, ADVISED SUSPECT WAS PAROLED JUNE TWENTY FIVE SEVENTY AT WHICH TIME HE INDICATED HE WAS RESIDING AT AKRON, OHIO,
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IN JAN. SEVENTYONE SUSPECT MOVED TO SALVATION ARMY
CENTER, ONE ZERO ZERO SIX GRANI ST., AKRON, OHIO. ON MARCH EIGHT LAST NOTATION IN PAROLE OFFICERS CONTACT SHEET REVEALED
WAS RESIDING
PORTLAND, OREGON. ON MARCH EIGHT LAST SUSPECT
RECEIVED PERMISSION TO LEAVE AKRON TO VISIT WITH MOTHER, IDA JOHNSTON,
THREE ONE TWO SOUTH FRANKLIN ST.
ON MARCH EIGHT LAST SUSPECT
RECEIVED PERMISSION TO LEAVE AKRON TO VISIT WITH MOTHER, IDA JOHNSTON,
THREE ONE TWO SOUTH FRANKLIN ST., ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI, ON MAY FOURTE N
LAST, ARKANSAS PAROLE AUTHORITIES INDICATED SUSPECT RESIDING AT ONE ONE ONE WEST BOND ST., WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, AND WAS EMPLOYED BY SPE R AND WOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY. SUSPECT WAS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF
PAROLE OFFICER, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, OHIO PAROLE AUTHOR
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PAGE FOUR
SEVENTYONE. NO FURTHER INFO WAS CONTAINED IN THIS PAROLE FILE.
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE REFLECTS SUSPECT FORWARDED CHANGE OF ADDRESS EFFECTIVE MARCH THIRTY SEVENTYONE FROM AKRON TO ONE SEVEN SEVEN ONE TAHITI LANE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, PHOTOGRAPHS OF SUSPECT UNDER MANSFIELD PD NO. ONE EIGHT SIX ONE ONE FORWARDED VIA TELECOPIER TO SEATTLE, PORTLAND AND MINNEAPOLIS DIVISIONS. SAME PHOTOS SENT VIA NORTHWEST AIRLINES NOV. TWENTYSIX INSTANT TO ABOVE THREE OFFICES.
SUSPECT DESCRIBED AS WM, SIX FEET, ONE SIXTY LBS.
SAME PHOTOS SENT VIA NORTHWEST AIRLINES NOV. TWENTYSIX INSTANT TO ABOVE THREE OFFICES.
SUSPECT DESCRIBED AS WM, SIX FEET, ONE SIXTY LBS., HAIR BROWNISH GRAY, EYES BLUE OR BROWN, MEDIUM BUILD, FAIR COMPLEXION, DOB APRIL EIGHT TWENTYTHREE, SELLIGENT, ALA. SSN FOUR FOUR SEVEN - ZERO FIVE - FOUR THREE TWO NINE. SCARS AND MARKS, TWELVE INCH AND THREE INCH OPERATIONAL SCARS ON STOMACH. FIVE INCH CUT SCAR ON OUTER LEFT THIGH. SIX INCH CUT SCAR ON CHEST. EIGHT INCH CUT SCAR ON BACK. FOUR INCH CUT
SCAR ON NECK AND FIVE INCH CUT SCAR ON RIGHT SIDE OF NECK AND CHEEK. END PAGE FOUR
DB COOPER-43876CV 164-NEW
PAGE FIVE
BIRMINGHAM ASCERTAIN IF MOTHER STILL RESIDES SILLIGENT, ALABAMA. IF SO, OBTAIN ALL PERTINENT INFORMATION.
CINCINNATI CONDUCT APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION KNOX COUNTY, OHIO.
JACKSON ASCERTAIN IF SUSPECT'S MOTHER RESIDES ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI AND IF SO OBTAIN ALL' PERTINENT INFORMATION.
LITTLE ROCK AT WEST MEMPHIS AND JONESBORO, CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION AT ONE ONE WEST BOND ST., AND THROUGH CONTACT WITH
MEMPHIS CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION AT ONE SEVEN SEVEN ONE TAHITI, MEMPHIS, TENN.
, AND THROUGH CONTACT WITH
MEMPHIS CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION AT ONE SEVEN SEVEN ONE TAHITI, MEMPHIS, TENN. PORTLAND CONTACT
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INVESTIGATION CONTINUING CLEVELAND.
END
DOAZZ
DB COOPER-43877AR 003 LR PLAIN
6:25 PM 11/26/71 URGENT LEF
TO DIRECTOR CINCINNATI LAS VEGAS MEMPHIS PORTLAND SEATILE FROM LITTLE ROCK (164-22) 5P UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY- FOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. SEATTLE ORIGIN. RE MYTEL OF NOVEMBER TWENTY-SIX, SEVENTYONE. ON INSTANT DATE, PAROLE RECORD FOR JOSEPH H. JOHNSTON REVIEWED WITH THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND INFORMATION OBTAINED: NAME: JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON, SEX: MALE, RACE: CAUCASIAN, DOB: APRIL EIGHT, TWENTY- THREE, POB : SULLIGENT, ALABAMA, FBI 5 1 4 3. 9 3 A
- NUMBER FIVE ONE FOUR DASH THREE NINE THREE A, FINGERPRINT CLASSIFICATION: FIVE M/M, FIVE/SEVENTEEN, CAPITAL T/ CAPITAL T, SMALL T, SIXTEEN/SIXTEEN, SSAN: FOUR FOUR SEVEN DASH ZERO FIVE DASH FOUR TWO THREE NINE, HEIGHT: SIX FEET, WEIGHT: ONE END PAGE ONE
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- NUMBER FIVE ONE FOUR DASH THREE NINE THREE A, FINGERPRINT CLASSIFICATION: FIVE M/M, FIVE/SEVENTEEN, CAPITAL T/ CAPITAL T, SMALL T, SIXTEEN/SIXTEEN, SSAN: FOUR FOUR SEVEN DASH ZERO FIVE DASH FOUR TWO THREE NINE, HEIGHT: SIX FEET, WEIGHT: ONE END PAGE ONE
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DB COOPER-43878b6 b7C
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LR 164-22 PAGE TWO SEVEN ZERO. RELATIVES: MOTHER, MRS. IDA JOHNSTON, THREE ONE TWO SOUTH FRANKLIN STREET, ABERDEEN, MISSISSIPPI, OR IN CARE OF
ADDRESS: PORTLAND, OREGON,
ADDRESS: PORTLAND, OREGON.
ADDRESS: PORTLAND, OREGON,
ADDRESS :
MT. VERNON, OHIO. HALF
BROTHER: JAMES JOHNSTON, ADDRESS: UNKNOWN.
ADDRESS: MOBILE, ALABAMA.
MOBILE, ALABAMA.
ADDRESS:
COLUMBIA,
MISSISSIPPI.
ADDRESS
UNKNOWN,
DATE OF FINAL RELEASE FROM PAROLE, AUGUST THREE ONE, SEVENTYONE. OCCUPATIONS LISTED: CARPENTER'S HELPER, SALESMAN, DRAFTSMAN, IRONWORKER AND BOILERMAKER. MILITARY SERVICE END PAGE TWO
DB COOPER-43879LR 164-22
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RECORD: U.S. ARMY, FEBRUARY ONE, FORTY-THREE TO DECEMBER THREE ZERO, FORTY-THREE, SERVICE NUMBER THREE FOUR SEVEN ZERO THREE ONE TWO THREE, RECEIVING HONORABLE DISCHARGE.
ARMY, FEBRUARY ONE, FORTY-THREE TO DECEMBER THREE ZERO, FORTY-THREE, SERVICE NUMBER THREE FOUR SEVEN ZERO THREE ONE TWO THREE, RECEIVING HONORABLE DISCHARGE. WAS CONVICTED BY COURT'S MARSHAL ON FOUR OCCASIONS. EDUCATION: COMPLETED NINTH GRADE AT WILSON, ARKANSAS, OBTAINED GED WHILE IN MILITARY.
ARREST RECORD ATTACHED TO PAROLE REPORT INDICATED NUMEROUS ARRESTS DATING FROM APRIL TEN, FORTY-SEVEN THROUGH APRIL TEN, SIXTY-EIGHT INCLUDING FIVE ARRESTS BY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, PORTLAND, OREGON, UNDER NUMBER THREE NINE SIX NINE ONE AND TWO ARRESTS BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, PORTLAND, OREGON, UNDER NUMBER THREE FIVE FOUR SIX THREE. DATE OF LISTED ARRESTS BY PD, PORTLAND, OREGON, JANUARY TWO EIGHT, SIXTY-TWO. DATE OF LISTED ARRESTS BY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, PORTLAND, OREGON, JANUARY THREE ONE, SIXTY-TWO ON CHARGE, ASSAULT AND ROBBERY, ARMED. ON MARCH TWENTY, SIXTY-THREE, JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON WAS SENTENCED TO OHIO PENITENTIARY, COLUMBUS, OHIO, FOR A TERM OF FROM ONE TO TWENTY YEARS FOR FOUR COUNTS OF FORGERY, UNDER NUMBER ONE ONE SIX EIGHT FIVE NINE. SUSPECT TRANSFERRED TO LONDON CORRECTIONAL END PAGE THREE
DB COOPER-43880'LR 164-22
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OHIO, FOR A TERM OF FROM ONE TO TWENTY YEARS FOR FOUR COUNTS OF FORGERY, UNDER NUMBER ONE ONE SIX EIGHT FIVE NINE. SUSPECT TRANSFERRED TO LONDON CORRECTIONAL END PAGE THREE
DB COOPER-43880'LR 164-22
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INSTITUTION ON MAY ONE THREE, SIXTY-THREE, WAS PAROLED ON MARCH TWENTY-SIX, SIXTY-FOUR, WAS PICKED UP AS A PAROLE VIOLATOR ON AUGUST TWO TWO, SIXTY-SIX, WAS PAROLED OCTOBER TWO SIX, SIXTY- SEVEN FROM LONDON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, WAS ARRESTED ON APRIL TEN, SIXTY-EIGHT, WAS RETURNED TO LONDON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION ON MAY SEVEN, SIXTY-EIGHT.
RECORDS, WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, POST OFFICE, CHECKED THIS DATE, REVEAL A FORWARDING ADDRESS FOR JOHNSTON DATED SEPTEMBER ONE, SEVENTY- ONE, AS FOUR ZERO ZERO NORTHEAST SIXTY- NINE STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON.
CINCINNATI DIVISION AT COLUMBUS, OHIO. WILL FROM ABOVE INFORMATION REVIEW PRISON RECORDS OF JOHNSTON, OBTAIN RECENT PHOTOGRAPH OF SUSPECT, AND SUBMIT RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION TO OFFICE OF ORIGIN.
PORTLAND DIVISION AT PORTLAND, OREGON. WILL CONTACT SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. AND PD OFFICIALS, PORTLAND, OREGON, TO REVIEW JOHNSTON'S ARREST RECORD FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION, OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPH, AND SUBMIT RESULTS TO OFFICE OF ORIGIN.
AND PD OFFICIALS, PORTLAND, OREGON, TO REVIEW JOHNSTON'S ARREST RECORD FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION, OBTAIN PHOTOGRAPH, AND SUBMIT RESULTS TO OFFICE OF ORIGIN. END PAGE FOUR
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WILL ALSO CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION AT FOUR ZERO ZERO NORTHEAST SIXTY-NINE STREET, PORTLAND, CONCERNING SUSPECT.
LITTLE ROCK DIVISION AT WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS. WILL CONTINUE LOGICAL INVESTIGATION.
PENDING END
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DB COOPER-43882SAC, SEATTLE (184-81)
11/26/71
SA J. DAVID JACKSON (A)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT NO. 305 PORTLAND TO SEATTLE 11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: SEATTLE
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This refers to lead to identify alleged owner of 1960 Dodge, Washington license No. . address of Pullman, Washington.
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tablo of Pullman, who has for many years. Pullman Police Department ro- GUIved a teletype on Tuesday of this week, November 23, 1971, from the Longview, Washington, Police Department requesting verification of sale of above .
Pullman Police Department ro- GUIved a teletype on Tuesday of this week, November 23, 1971, from the Longview, Washington, Police Department requesting verification of sale of above .car
The Longview Police Department had in custody JOSEPH F. JOHNSTON, who apparently had custody of vehicle and unable to prove ownership.
At request of Longview Police Department, the Pullman Police Department determined that on October 28, 1971, this vehicle was wold to JOSEPH H. JOHNSTON by Neill Motors in Pullman. Neill Motors had taken the vehicle on a trade and had not changed the registration.
b6 b7C JOHNSTON furnished the address to Neill Motors of 4005 K. E. 69th, Portland, Oregon, telephone Ko. 284-3851. He said he was an iron worker, member of Union Local #14, 33 Mission West in Portland and was employed by one of the contractors on the new Coliseum under construction at Washington State University, Pullman. He was described as a white male, approximately 55 years, 5'10", 150 lbs, short gray hair, no glasses. He lived at the Pullman Hotel and was friendly with a young black man, whose identify was not knowa by the Pullman Police Department.
He lived at the Pullman Hotel and was friendly with a young black man, whose identify was not knowa by the Pullman Police Department. JOHNSTON still owes Neill Motors $100 on the car.
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According to Detective JOHNSTON is apparently the same man as the one Longview Police De- partment had in custody. He did not know the reason for the arrest by the Longview Police Department and had no further information regarding this matter,
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UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
HIGHJACKING OF NORTHWESTERN
AIRLINES 727 JET, 31/24/71
HIGHJACKING; INFORMATION CONCERNING
JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON
Suspect
Race:
White
Sex:
Hale
Birth Data:
April 8, 1923
Social Security Number:
447-05-4329
Eyes:
Blue
Hair:
Grey
Height:
6ª
Weight:i
160 pounds
Mansfield, Ohio,
Police Dopt, Number:
18611
Arrest Record:
Hansfield, Ohio
3/3/71 Operating Motor Vehicle
$10 and costs
with Plates Issued to Other Person
3/8/71 Operating Motor Vehicle
$25 and costs
Without Operator's License
Address at tine of above offenses:
Ohio,
Police Dopt, Number:
18611
Arrest Record:
Hansfield, Ohio
3/3/71 Operating Motor Vehicle
$10 and costs
with Plates Issued to Other Person
3/8/71 Operating Motor Vehicle
$25 and costs
Without Operator's License
Address at tine of above offenses: 37 Vespor, Akron, Ohto
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DB COOPER-43886FILE (164-81)
November 26, 1971
SAC J. E. MILNES
UNSUB; Northwest Airlines Flight #305 Portland to Seattle 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: Seattle
RE: Suspect JOE HENRY JOHNSTON
On November 26, 1971, SA at the Bureau advised me that the suspect had served time in the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, Oregon in 1964 and that the Police Department and Sheriff's Office in Portland had photographs of him. He advised the Bureau had not communicated with Portland concerning this matter. I told him I would.
I made a call to ASAC VINCENT E. RUEHL in Portland and suggested that he have JOHNSTON's photograph displayed to loading agent at Northwest immediately. In addition, obtain photograph of him from the available sources and run a background check on who currently resides in Portland but that I would not contact her at this moment.
In addition, obtain photograph of him from the available sources and run a background check on who currently resides in Portland but that I would not contact her at this moment.
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November 26, 1971
SAC J. E. MILNES
UNSUB; Northwest Airlines Flight #305 Portland to Seattle 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: Seattle
RE: Suspect JOE HENRY JOHNSTON
I received a call from Cleveland who advised that a photograph of JOE HENRY JOHNSTON was being placed of Northwest Flight 723 scheduled to arrive in Portland at 5:26 PM today. That flight, under number 27, would depart to Seattle fom Portland, arriving in Seattle at 8:09 PM. The photograph would be with I told him I would tell Portland.
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November 26, 1971
SAC J. E. MILNES
UNSUB; Northwest Airlines Flight #305 Portland to Seattle 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: Seattle
RE: Suspect JOE HENRY JOHNSTON
On
MILNES
UNSUB; Northwest Airlines Flight #305 Portland to Seattle 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: Seattle
RE: Suspect JOE HENRY JOHNSTON
On November 26, 1971, at 11:20 AM, I called Assistant Director WALTERS at the Bureau and requested that he forward a facsimile of the identification record under number 514 393 A for JOHNSTON to Las Vegas, Portlandy Seattle and Minneapolis. I also told him that Las Vegas had dusted the airplane for prints, that latents were being sent via currier and immediately upon receipt, I asked that they be processed and results furnished to me.
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DB COOPER-43889FILE (164-81)
November 26, 1971
SAC J. E. MILNES
UNSUB; Northwest Airlines Flight #305 Portland to Seattle 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: Seattle
RE: Suspect JOE HENRY JOHNSTON
On November 26, 1971, I contacted SA CAMPBELL in Las Vegas. He advised that they had dusted the airplane for latent fingerprints but he doubted that they would be good enough for identification.
He advised that they had dusted the airplane for latent fingerprints but he doubted that they would be good enough for identification. I advised him to forward by currier to the Bureau immediately these fingerprints. (2 )- Seattle JEM/ cjw (2)
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DB COOPER-43890FILE (164-81)
SAC J. E. MILNES
UNSUB; Northwest Airlines Flight #305 Portland to Seattle 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: SEATTLE
11/26/71
RE: SUSPECT JOE HENRY JOHNSTON
At 12:05 p.m., on 11/26/71, I called ASAC ROBERT KENT in Minneapolis. I told him about JOE JOHNSTON being a suspect. He has received a facsimile photograph from Cleveland of JOHNSTON. He now has Agents showing picture and will notify me when completed.
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM
:
SA
DATE:
11/30/71
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SUBJECT:
UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT #305,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING;
EXTORTION
00:
Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM
:
SA
DATE:
11/30/71
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SUBJECT:
UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES
FLIGHT #305,
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
11/24/71
CAA-HIJACKING;
EXTORTION
00: SEATTLE
BUfile 164-2111
On 11/30/71, witness CORD H. 2. SPRECKEL was shown photographs of suspects GARY EVAN JOSEPH SANDAL, ROBERT HAMPTON KEELY, JOSEPH HENRY JOHNSTON and · SPRECKEL advised that hone of the four photographs displayed was the subject in his opinion.
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB COOPER-43892SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
11/30/71
SA
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 11/24/71 CAA-HYJAKCING; EXTORTION
In 11/30/71 The Boeing Co., 7755 East Mardinal Way South, Seattle, Washington advised that a review of Boeing personnel records failed to reveal any listing for a from 1963 to the present.
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She explained that the Boeing 727 was on the drawing boards in 1963, but manufacture did no start until a later date, 1968 or 1969.
She suggested that the unsub might have become familiar with the 727 through working for an airline using the 727.
She suggested that the unsub might have become familiar with the 727 through working for an airline using the 727.
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DB COOPER-43893· NR002 SE PLAIN 6:28 AM NITEL : 11/25/71 SWD
TO
DIRECTOR
PORTLAND
LAS VEGAS
FROM SEATTLE (164-NEW) 8P
UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
SEATTLE-TACOMA AIEPORT' (SEA-TAC) CALLED AT APPROXIMATELY THREE TWENTYTWO PM, NOVERMBER TWENTYFOUR INSTANT, ADVISING THAT A MAN ABOARD INSTANT PLANE AT PORTLAND, OREGON, PASSED WORD TO THE PILOT THAT HE HAD A BOMB IN HIS BRIEFCASE AND DEMANDED TWO HUNDREDTHOUSAND DOLLARS. HE INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO GET' THIS MONEY READY BY FIVE PM, AND ALSO TO FURNISH HIM TWO PARACHUTES. SUBJECT INSTRUCTED PILOT TO HAVE NO ONE MEET THE AIRCRAFT; NO ONE WAS TO APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT HE WOULD ADVISE LATER WHAT HIS FLIGHT PLANS WERE.
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SUBSEQUENTLY THE PILOT .
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SUBSEQUENTLY THE PILOT . CIRCLED THE FIELD AT. SEA-TAC UNTIL FIVE FORTYTHREE PM, WHEN THE PLANE LANDED. THE TIME WAS CONSUMED IN OBTAINING THE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND IN OBTAINING PARACHUTES. IT IS NOTED THAT SUBJECT, DURING THIS TIME, CHANGED HIS REQUEST FOR PARACHUTES TO FOUR IN ALL, TWO BACK PACKS AND TWO CHEST PACKS.
SUBJECT'S INSTRUCTIONS FOR HANDLING THE MONEY AND THE PARACHUTES TO THE PLANE WERE THAT NO ONE WAS TO APPROACH THE PLANE EXCEPT ONE REFUELING TRUCK; A BUS TO TAKE OFF THE PASSENGERS AND THE MESSENGER WITH THE MONEY AND THE PARACHUTES. THE SUBJECT STATED THAT HE WOULD ALLOW ONE OF THE STEWARDESSES TO LEAVE THE PLANE; GET THE PARACHUTES AND THE MONEY AND DELIVER THEM TO HIM. HE STATED HE WOULD RELEASE THE REST OF THE PASSENGERS AND THE OTHER TWO STEWARDESSES AFTER THE PARACHUTES AND MONEY WERE ON BOARD. END OF PAGE TWO
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IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PLANE CARRIED THIRTYSEVEN PASSENGERS; THREE MALE CREW MEMBERS AND THREE STEWARDESSES.
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IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PLANE CARRIED THIRTYSEVEN PASSENGERS; THREE MALE CREW MEMBERS AND THREE STEWARDESSES.
PILOT AND NORTHWEST AIRLINES OFFICIALS WERE POSITIVE IN THEIR STATEMENT THAT THEY WANTED NO ONE ELSE TO GO NEAR THE PLANE WHICH WAS PARKED ON A FAR CORNER OF THE FIELD AND WANTED NO INTERFERENCE IN THE REFUELING OPERATION AND DELIVERY OF THE MONEY AND PARACHUTES.
THE MONEY AND PARACHUTES WERE DELIVERED BY $
NORTHWEST AIRLINES AT SEATTLE. THIRTYSIX OF THE PASSENGERS AND TWO STEWARDESSES LEFT THE PLANE AND CAME INTO THE TERMINAL. THE PLANE WAS REFUELED TO FULL CAPACITY. THE SUBJECT GAVE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PILOT THAT THE PLANE WAS TO FLY WITH THE LANDING GEAR DOWN, REAR HATCH DOOR OPEN AND THE FLAPS AT A FIFTEEN DEGREE ANGLE. IT IS NOTED THAT INSTANT PLANE IS A BOEING SEVEN TWO SEVEN WHICH HAS A LOWER REAR DOOR UNDERNEATH THE AIRPLANE. NORTHWEST OFFICIALS ADVISE THAT WITH THE FUEL ON HAND AND FLYING IN THIS CONDITION AT APPROX- INATELY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY KNOTS, THAT THEY HAD SUFFICIENT FUEL TO FLY TO SACRAMENTO OR RENO.
NORTHWEST OFFICIALS ADVISE THAT WITH THE FUEL ON HAND AND FLYING IN THIS CONDITION AT APPROX- INATELY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY KNOTS, THAT THEY HAD SUFFICIENT FUEL TO FLY TO SACRAMENTO OR RENO.
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PLANE WAS AIRBORNE AT SEVEN THIRTYSEVEN PM, FLYING IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION, UNDER THE SURVEILLANCE OF TWO PLANES FROM MC CHORD AIR FORCE BASE.
THE NAME DAN COOPER APPEARED ON A MANIFEST OF PASSENGERS BOARDING AT PORTLAND, OREGON. THE SUBJECT IN THIS CASE MADE HIS FIRST APPROACH TO THE STEWARDESS JUST AS THE PLANE WAS LEAVING THE FIELD AT PORTLAND, OREGON. DAN COOPER WAS NOT AMONG THE PASSENGERS DEPLANING AT SEATTLE.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBJECT OBTAINED BY INTERVIEW WITH STEWARD- ESSES AS FOLLOWS:
WHITE, MALE, AMERICAN, OLIVE COMPLEXION, LATIN APPEARANCE, BLACK HAIR, NORMAL HAIR STYLE, PARTED ON LEFT, AGE MIDDLE FORTIES, SIX FEET TALL, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TO SEVENTYFIVE LBS., AVERAGE BUILD, BROWN EYES, BLACK SUIT, WHITE SHIRT, NARROW BLACK TIE, BLACK RAIN-TYPE OVERCOAT, BLACK DRESS SUIT, DARK BRIEFCASE.
SUBJECT WAS NOT KNOWN TO BE ARMED HOWEVER, WHEN HE FIRST APPROACHED THE STEWARDESS, HE TOLD HER HE HAD A BOMB
SUBJECT WAS NOT KNOWN TO BE ARMED HOWEVER, WHEN HE FIRST APPROACHED THE STEWARDESS, HE TOLD HER HE HAD A BOMB IN THE BRIEFCASE AND EXHIBITED THE CONTENTS OF THE BRIEFCASE. END OF PAGE FOUR
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STEWARDESS SAID THAT THE SUBJECT DISPLAYED THE CONTENTS OF A BLACK VINYL BRIEFCASE TO HER WHICH CONTAINED A BUNDLE OF RED COLORED STICKS, SIX TO SEVEN INCHES LONG, ABOUT ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. SUBJECT STATED THAT THE STICKS WERE DYNAMITE. SHE SAID THAT THESE STICKS WERE WRAPPED IN A BUNDLE WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE RED PLASTIC TAPE. SHE SAID THAT A RED WIRE LED FROM THE BUNDLE BUT WAS NOT ATTACHED TO ANYTHING. SHE STATED THAT THE MAN HELD THE WIRE IN HIS HAND AS THOUGH HE COULD DETONATE THE DYNAMITE BY MAKING A CONNECTION WITH THE WIRE. SHE SAID THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE IN THE BRIEFCASE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN A BATTERY, ALTHOUGH SHE DID NOT KNOW.
INTERVIEWS OF ALL PASSENGERS AND TWO STEWARDESSES COMPLETED AT SEA-TAC.
SOME PASSENGERS REALIZED HIJACKING IN PROGRESS ABOUT TEN MINUTES OUT OF PORTLAND.
INTERVIEWS OF ALL PASSENGERS AND TWO STEWARDESSES COMPLETED AT SEA-TAC.
SOME PASSENGERS REALIZED HIJACKING IN PROGRESS ABOUT TEN MINUTES OUT OF PORTLAND. HIJACKER BOARDED AT PORTLAND AS ONE OF THE LAST PASSENGERS AND TOOK MIDDLE SEAT IN RIGHT REAR ROW OF COACH SECTION. HIJACKER CARRIED DARK COLORED ATTACHE CASE AND PAPER BAG ABOUT FOUR INCHES BY TWELVE' INCHES BY FOURTEEN INCHES. END OF PAGE FIVE
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PASSENGER OBSERVED STEWARDESS AND HIJACKER CONVERSING THROUGHOUT FLIGHT. IMMEDIATELY UPON LANDING AT SEA-TAC, HIJACKER ENTERED REST ROOM, REMAINED THERE ABOUT ONE MINUTE AND THEN RETURNED TO SEAT PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED.
ONE PASSENGER SCUFFLED BRIEFLY WITH HIJACKER. SECOND PASSENGER PULLED FIRST PASSENGER AWAY FROM HIJACKER. NO OTHER UNUSUAL INCIDENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN PASSENGERS AND HIJACKER.
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INFORMATION CONCERNING THE HIJACKING WAS FURNISHED TO THE FOLLOWING OFFICES BY TELEPHONE:
b7D AQ, BT, SU, SD, LA, SC, SF, PX, LV, PD, DN, AND .
PARACHUTES FURNISHED TO SUBJECT TO SUBJECT ARE DESCRIBED AS: TWO FRONT CHEST CHUTES, TWENTYFORU FEET IN DIAMETER, ALL WHITE NYLON, MODEL T-SEVEN A, WHITE SHROUDS, ABOUT FOURTEEN
PARACHUTES FURNISHED TO SUBJECT TO SUBJECT ARE DESCRIBED AS: TWO FRONT CHEST CHUTES, TWENTYFORU FEET IN DIAMETER, ALL WHITE NYLON, MODEL T-SEVEN A, WHITE SHROUDS, ABOUT FOURTEEN FEET LONG. NUMBER ONE CONTAINER HAS QUOTE ENQUOTE WRITTEN ON IT, AND IS ABOUT TEN BY THIRTEEN INCHES, OLIVE DRAB. NUMBER TWO CONTAINER
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TWO BACK PACK CHUTES CONTAINERS WERE ORDINARY MILITARY TYPE OLIVE DRAB IN COLOR, TWO TO THREE FEET LONG, FIFTEEN TO EIGHTEEN INCHES WIDE. NUMBER ONE BACK PACK CHUTE DESCIRBED AS CIVILIAN LUXURY TYPE. TAN SOFT COTTON MATERIAL OUTSIDE, TWENTY SIX FOOT WHITE CANOPY INSIDE, AND HAS A MILITARY CHUTE INSIDE OF IT, ALSO ONE OR TWO BURP SACKS, AND USUAL LEAD SEAL. NUMBER TWO BACK PACK SHUTE WAS A MILITARY NYLON TYPE, OLIVE DRAB GREEN OUTSIDE, TWENTY EIGHT FOOT WHITE CANOPY INSIDE, WITH TWO BURP SACKS IN BACK, LEAD SEAL. SEALS HAD NOT BEEN PULLED.
CAN IDENTIFY BOTH. INV CONTINUEING TO OBTAIN SERIAL NUMBERS.
NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT LOG REVEALS THAT AT EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM, WHILE IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF PORTLAND, OREGON,
NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT LOG REVEALS THAT AT EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM, WHILE IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF PORTLAND, OREGON, CAPTAIN ATTEMPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH UNSUB ON TWO OCCASIONS, AT WHICH TIME UNSUB ADVISED QUOTE EVERYTHING IS OK ENQUOTE. AT EIGHT TWELVE PM, WHILE FLYING SOUTH OF PORTLAND, OREGON, CREW REPORTED GETTING SOME OSCILLATION IN THE CABIN AND ADVISED QUOTE MUST BE DOING SOMETHING WITH AIR STAIRS. ENQUOTE. NO FURTHER ENTRIES ON LOG AT SEATTLE. END OF PAGE SEVEN
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TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OBTAINED BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES FROM SEATTLE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, WHO HAD EARLIER MICROFILMED ENTIRE CONTENTS. MICROFILM BEING OBTAINED AM OF TWENTYFIFTH INSTANT, AT WHICH TIME WILL BE FORWARDED TO BUREAU BY PILOT COURIER. END
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