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To:
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Subject:
NORJAK
Date:
1/13/72

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 Fingerprint Photo Fingerprint Record Map Newspaper clipping Photograph Artists Conception from
Other (1) map and (1) two page memo
NWA, dated (6 min) (4 min) 1/9/72
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164-91-1853
Special handling instructions:
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DB Cooper-276901/11/72
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SA CHARLES E. FARRELL
NORJAK
Re: SEARCH
U.S. AIR FORCE SR-71 AIRCRAFT
The Sacramento Division in a teletype dated 12/3/71 (Ser. 550) advised that Beale AFB, California, had offered, free of charge to the Bureau, use of an SR-71 aircraft to photograph terrain over which the hijacked airplane had flown on its trip to Reno.
550) advised that Beale AFB, California, had offered, free of charge to the Bureau, use of an SR-71 aircraft to photograph terrain over which the hijacked airplane had flown on its trip to Reno.
This aircraft was described as an extremely sophisticated aerial reconnaissance plane which would photograph a strip 20 miles wide with photographic resolution of detecting objects on the ground 2 feet square. The film strip would then be reviewed by trained and qualified U.S. Air Force personnel.
Due to weather conditions along the route, being inclement at times, the flight never was made.
On 1/10/72 the writer contacted SAC JOHN WILLIAMS, Sacramento, and explained the results of the experiment on 1/6/72. Mr. WILLIAMS was requested to have the Air Force contacted to see if the flight could be made only over the State of Washington and perhaps from the Columbia River to a point some 30 miles north. He was also asked if the Air Force could advise what we could expect of such an over flight in the way of information which would be helpful in the search of this terrain.
In response to the above call, SA who has been handling the hijacking case at Sacramonto, advised he had contacted
In response to the above call, SA who has been handling the hijacking case at Sacramonto, advised he had contacted Beale AFE and made the request for the over flight and that he would attempt to determine if it could be made, noting that weather conditions still are effective. 164-81-1853
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Copies of the revised map of the area to be searched were forwarded the night of 1/10/72 to Sacramento, fremo. SERI INE8/72 FE. 0 12 0
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DB Cooper-27691 The attached plot indicates the envelope of possible landing points of the high jacker (HJ). It is based on the following: Aircraft position from USAF radar data from McChord AFB furnished by
- Probable jump time (0411 GMT) from an analysis of the recorded communication from the flight relative to the cabin pressure fluctuation. Flight tests conducted on January 6 confirmed that the pressure fluctuation almost certainly occurred at the time the HJ left the airplane,
- Wind information from 10,000' MSL to the ground as determined by
- Human body trajectories from data furnished by The Boeing Company (free-fall) and
occurred at the time the HJ left the airplane,
- Wind information from 10,000' MSL to the ground as determined by
- Human body trajectories from data furnished by The Boeing Company (free-fall) and who is an expert para- chutist.
- Time correlation from the above USAF radar information and from the NWA communications network tape recording.
- Airplane airspeed and altitude from the airplane's flight recorder.
The plot is explained as follows:
1. The heavy dashed line C-D-E-S defines the airplane's probable ground track.
2. Line G-1-J-K defines the westernmost, and Line L-M-N-O the easternmost probable airplane ground tracks based on the stated position tolerance of 1.5 nautical mile of the USAF radar plot.
3. Lines A-B, H-P, and O-R are the average wind vectors between 10,000' MSL and the ground, and are the lines parallel to which the HJ would drift after the parachute had opened.
4. Line H-S-T defines the northernmost (earliest) points over which the HJ probably left the airplane. Line K-F-O defines the southernmost (latest) points over which the HJ probably left the airplane. The north-south span of possible jump positions is a product of the radar position tolerance of +.
The north-south span of possible jump positions is a product of the radar position tolerance of +.5 mile, and the possible communication time determination tolerance of ±1 minute.
5. The area within the boundary defined by Points H-P-Q-R-O-K-J-I-H marks the extreme limits of probable landing points based on the above tolerances. That is, assuming the highest probable degree of inaccuracy in aircraft position, jump time, wind vector, etc., all probable HJ landing points would lie within the area defined by this line.
6. If it is assumed aircraft position, jump time, wind vector, and other inputs used are all accurate (without allowance for the above stated tolerances):
a. The HJ's landing point would be at Point A if his 'chute did not open, or if he opened it so soon that the high speed caused 'chute damage that resulted in the equivalent of a free-fall to the ground. (The horizontal body trajectory due to
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DB Cooper-27692 

DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)	January 10, 1972
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)	Sub E.
(The horizontal body trajectory due to
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DB Cooper-27692 

DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)	January 10, 1972
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)	Sub E. F.
NORJAK'	AA.

Thore is being sent under separate cover a copy of a film taken by the U. S. Air Force cameraman from a chase plane adjacent to the Northwest Boeing 727 during the simulated flight made on January 6, 1972 to determine the raactions- of the airplane to the dropping of approximately 235 pounds from the rear stops in the same manner which is believed to have been used by the hijacker.
A review of the film shows the normal flight, together with a depression of the stairway as the load descends on the steps.
The Bureau is requested, if it desires, to review the film and then return it to the Seattle office, it being the original copy. A copy has been made of the film for the U. S. Air Force per their request, and Northwest Airlines fez its review.
There are also enclosed in the same package sequential black and white still photos showing the depression of the rear stairway by the addition
There are also enclosed in the same package sequential black and white still photos showing the depression of the rear stairway by the addition of the sled and the reaction of the stairway to the actual departure of the sled, it being noted that the stairway immediately returned to a tour closed position when the weight was taken from it.
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TO :	DIRECTOR, FBI	(164-2111)
FROM:	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)

DAILY TELETYPE
NORJAK.
BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND THE RESULTS OF THE FLIGHT BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES ON JANUARY SIX, SEVENTYTWO,
NORTHWEST AIRLINES, HAS NOW REDEFINED THE POSSIBLE DROP AREA OF THE HIJACKER WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE UPPER PART OF CLARK COUNTY, WASHINGTON, AND THE LOWER PART OF COWLITZ COUNTY, WASHINGTON.
JANUARY SIX, SEVENTYTWO,
NORTHWEST AIRLINES, HAS NOW REDEFINED THE POSSIBLE DROP AREA OF THE HIJACKER WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE UPPER PART OF CLARK COUNTY, WASHINGTON, AND THE LOWER PART OF COWLITZ COUNTY, WASHINGTON. X
THE SACRAMENTO DIVISION HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO CONTACT THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AT BEALE AIR FORCE BASE CALIFORNIA, TO DETERMINE IF THE SR SEVENTYONE RECONNAISSANCE PLANE, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY OFFERED BY THE AIR FORCE, WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO PHOTOGRAPH THE NEWLY DEFINED AREA WHICH IS NOW LIMITED TO A SECTION NORTH OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER SOME THIRTY MILES.
THE BUREAU WILL BE KEPT ADVISED.
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AIRTEL
AIRMAIL
TO
:
SAC, MINNEAPOLIS
FROM : SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
SUBJECT: NORJAK
Enclosed for Minneapolis are four black and white prints showingthe sequence of dropping dummy package from aircraft involved in this matter during experiment on January 6, 1972. Also enclosed is one roll of 16 mm motion picture film taken by the Air Force during this test.
Minneapolis is requested to immediately deliver the enclosed items to Northwest Airlines.
Also enclosed is one roll of 16 mm motion picture film taken by the Air Force during this test.
Minneapolis is requested to immediately deliver the enclosed items to Northwest Airlines.
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DB Cooper-27697 Luc 7 164-81-1779NRØØ5 SE PLAIN 4: : 3222PM URGENT 12/29/71 VAB TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) SPRINGFIELD MINNEAPOLIS FROM SEATTLE (164-81) 2P
NORJAK .
RE: SEATTLE TEL TO THE BUREAU DECEMBER TWENTYEIGHT, LAST. FOR THE INFORMATION OF SPRINGFIELD, ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO HAVE VOLUNTARY AIR FORCE PERSONNEL PARACHUTE FROM THE IDENTICAL PLANE INVOLVED IN THIS CASE. ARRANGEMENTS INVOLVE AIR FORCE AND NORTHWEST AIRLINES AND JUMPS WILL BE MADE AT AN AIR FORCE TRAINING AREA NEAR MOSES LAKE, WASHINGTON. PURPOSE OF THIS EXPERIMENT IS TO PINPOINT THE TIME WHEN UNSUB ACTUALLY LEFT THE AIRCRAFT AND WHE- THER THIS WAS CAUSE OF OSCILLATION AND CABIN PRESSURE CHANGE EX- PERIENCED BY CREW.
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AIRFORCE PERSONNEL AT MC CHORD AIR FORCE BASE ARE READILY A- VAILABLE AND COOPERATIVE AND TWO INDIVIDUALS HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO PARACHUTE FROM PLANE.
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AIRFORCE PERSONNEL AT MC CHORD AIR FORCE BASE ARE READILY A- VAILABLE AND COOPERATIVE AND TWO INDIVIDUALS HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO PARACHUTE FROM PLANE. HOWEVER, AUTHORITY FROM HEADQUARTERS MILI- TARY AIR LIFT COMMAND, SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, IS NEEDED PRIOR TO AIR FORCE PARTICIPATION. MESSAGE REQUESTING INFORMATION WAS SENT THIS DATE TO SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE BY PERSONNEL AT MC CHORD, HOWEVER, THEY DO NOT EXPECT REPLY UNTIL WEEK OF JANUARY THREE, NEXT.
APRINGFIELD, /THROUGH LIAISON IS REQUESTED TO CONTACT IN EFFORT TO EXPEDITE THIS MATTER.
MINNEAPOLIS CONTACT NORTHWEST AIRLINES, AND AD- VISE OF SITUATION WHICH MAY NECESSITATE DELAY IN ABOVE MENTIONED TEST., . - P- END
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DB Cooper-2769912/23/71
FILE (164-81)
SAC, SEATTLE
NORJAK
At 8:55 AM, 12/23/71, SAC HELD called from Minneapolis. He advised he had been talking to Mr. NYROP and that arrangements were made for the same 727 to be avail- able to make the simulated flight on 12/27/71.
He suggested that agents actually ride on the plane. He advised that Mr. NYROP had told them he did not want a man to actually make the parachute jump but that we could
He advised that Mr. NYROP had told them he did not want a man to actually make the parachute jump but that we could simulate the conditions by dropping a package of similar weight.
Thereafter Northwest Airlines, caled and advised that he was going to come to Seattle on the evening of 12/26/71 and would be at the Sea-Tac Motor Inn at 8:00 AM on 12/27/71. I told him we would bring all of the maps and material that we had which has a bearing on this so that we can decide how the flight will take place.
He advised that the airplane would be avail- able for the flight around 4:30 PM. He asked that we make the arrangements for the dummy and the actual drop itself. He will make all the arrangements for the airplane. 
told me, contrary to our earlier belief, that the crew told him that they could see the lights of Portland and other distinctive lights in that area, so given knowledge of the specific area the hijacker could very easily have made a jump to a specific location.
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belief, that the crew told him that they could see the lights of Portland and other distinctive lights in that area, so given knowledge of the specific area the hijacker could very easily have made a jump to a specific location.
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TO MINNEAPOLIS (164-73).
FROM
SEATTLE (164-81)
NORJAK. 
THER ORIGINAL AND ONE COPY OF AN AIR FORCE MAP OF THE FLIGHT PATH WAS DELIVERED TO NORTHWEST AIRLINES, SEATTLE, TODAY TO BE DISPATCHED ON FLIGHT TWENTYFOUR, LEAVING AT FIVE FIFTY PM, ADDRESSED TO NW AIRLINES, MINNEAPOLIS. END FBI MP MP C CLRJYYSVUBXR 
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DB Cooper-27701
Sub. F
164-81-1508FŐ-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date: 12/15/71
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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SUB - Q
FROM:
SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60) (P)
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:
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
BUFILE 164-2111
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00: Seattle
Re Las Vegas airtel to Seattle dated 12/3/71, and Seattle airtel to Las Vegas dated 12/8/71. SUB-D 
Enclosed herewith for Seattle are two copies of FD-302 interview of Sgt.
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00: Seattle
Re Las Vegas airtel to Seattle dated 12/3/71, and Seattle airtel to Las Vegas dated 12/8/71. SUB-D 
Enclosed herewith for Seattle are two copies of FD-302 interview of Sgt. two copies of interview of 11/24/71, and two copies SUB-
of FD-302 interview of on 11/24/71, all of should have been enclosed with referenced Las Vegas airtel.
In addition, enclosed are two copies of FD-302 search of Boeing Aircraft on 11/24/71, by Las Vegas Agents and also interview d of Seattle files.
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U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1989 O . 348-090 (11)
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Reno International Airport, Reno, Nevada, advised tho Northwest Airlines 727 Flight 305 would park on the ramp approximately 150 yards cast of the airport terminal building. He said no vehicles other than service vehicles would be permitted on the ramp or runway except for
He said no vehicles other than service vehicles would be permitted on the ramp or runway except for FBI vehicles or those authorized on the airport by the FBI.
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Oa 11/24/71 at Reno, Nevada
File #
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This document contains nelther recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. If Is the property of the FBI ond Is looned to your ogoncy: It and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB Cooper-27703FET TRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
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Seattle, Washington, telephonically contacted SA at United Airlines, Reno, Nevada, and furnished the following information:
The Boeing 727 aircraft, formerly Northwest Airlines Flight 305, had been hijacked earlier in the day while en route to Seattle, Washington, from Portland, Oregon. The airplane landed at Seattle where the hijacker requested $200,000.00 and four parachutes, two chest packs and two back packs.
The airplane landed at Seattle where the hijacker requested $200,000.00 and four parachutes, two chest packs and two back packs. After the money was delivered to the hijacker in a knapsack, passengers and two of the stewardesses were allowed to deplane.
At Seattle the hijacker had specified there were to be no police or fire equipment when the plane landed. He requested an unmarked car and a representative of the airline would be allowed to approach the aircraft from a ten o'clock relative position. The only other equipment to go near the aircraft was to be the air stairs and refueling equipment.
At takeoff the hijacker had directed the aircraft to be flown at 10,000 feet with the rear door down, and flaps and landing gear down .
requested the following:
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1. No equipment with beacon lights be in evidence at Reno Airport when the aircraft landed.
2. No uniformed officers or crowds of spectators be visible from the aircraft.
3. That
United Airlines and one other individual, who could be an FBI Agent, meet the aircraft on landing in an unmarked automobile and that this automobile approach the aircraft from
That
United Airlines and one other individual, who could be an FBI Agent, meet the aircraft on landing in an unmarked automobile and that this automobile approach the aircraft from a relative position of ten o'clock
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On 11/24/71 at. · Reno, Nevada
File #
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164-81-1466-Sub.
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11/26/71
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'DB Cooper-27704LV 164-60 2
4. Following the unmarked car was to be anair stairs with one man on it in the event access was needed to the cabin of the aircraft by a means other than the rear stairway.
5. Following the air stairs a fuel truck with two other fuel trucks standing by for use when the first truck was empty. There should be only one man in each fuel truck.
6. That no attempt be made to board the aircraft While the crew was aboard unless it had been determined that the hijacker was surrendering or had departed the aircraft.
That no attempt be made to board the aircraft While the crew was aboard unless it had been determined that the hijacker was surrendering or had departed the aircraft.
further advised the aircraft would take . on 50,000 pounds of fuel and would proceed wherever directed by the hijacker. said he thought the next stop for the aircraft after Reno would be Yuma, Arizona,
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said there were three pilots and a stewardess still aboard the 727.
was unable to furnish an estimated time of arrival in Reno, Nevada.
DB Cooper-27705OPTIONAL FORM NO. 16 MAY 1042 EDITION CSA FPMR (41 CFA) [OL-11.4
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
FILE (164-81)
DATE:
12/21/71
FROM
:
SAC, SEATTLE
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
On 12/20/71 I talked to SAC HELD in Minneapolis. I told him that we had made extensive efforts to search the area where the hijacker is believed to have jumped, without discovering any evidence of his whereabouts or identity.
The Northwest Airlines people here have advised that they would be glad to simulate his flight, having'a man jump to see whether the crew experienced the same reaction as recorded on the initial flight, and if the flight
Airlines people here have advised that they would be glad to simulate his flight, having'a man jump to see whether the crew experienced the same reaction as recorded on the initial flight, and if the flight recorder records the same movement of the plane. If it did not, then it would appear that there was little use searching in the area we were searching in. If it did have the same reaction, then we would have to search an area approximately 24 miles by 6 miles of virgin timber.
I told SAC HELD I thought it would be well if possible to have the same airplane used with the same crew but I did not see any reason for them to actually jump in the same area since it would be too dangerous and we may lose the jumper, but I did think it woud be a good idea to simulate it in an area where the jumper could be recovered.
He advised he had talked to Mr. NYROP about this and that he had instructed that the crew and plane be put together for this purpose as soon as possible.
I inquired of him the status of their proposed offer of a reward and he advised Mr. NYROP had told him that the Seattle P-I Secret Witness Program had announced a $5,000 reward, which was true, and that he would give
NYROP had told him that the Seattle P-I Secret Witness Program had announced a $5,000 reward, which was true, and that he would give consideration to making another $5,000 offer for information furnished to Northwest Airlines or the FBI, furnishing the identity of the hijacker and evidence to assist in his conviction.
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DB Cooper-27706MRØ10 SE PLAIN
9:000 PM NITEL 12/17/71 DCA
TO
DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
FROM
SEATTLE (164-81)
2P
DAILY TELETYPE
NORJAK
SEATTLE HAS CONDUCTED AN EXTENSIVE SEARCH OF WHAT WAS CONSIDERED THE PRIME AREA INTO WHICH THE SUBJECT MIGHT HAVE PARACHUTED, ALL WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. THIS AREA WAS CONSIDERED PRIME DUE TO CAL- CULATIONS BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES OF THEIR FLIGHT RECORDER AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS ABOARD THE PLANE PLUS THE EXPERIENCING OF AN QUOTE OSCILLATION UNQUOTE BY PILOT.
NORTHWEST AIRLINES HAS OFFERED TO SIMULATE THE SAME CONDITIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT AS PREVAILED DURING THE HIJACK AND WILL FLY OVER THE SAME COURSE FROM
NORTHWEST AIRLINES HAS OFFERED TO SIMULATE THE SAME CONDITIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT AS PREVAILED DURING THE HIJACK AND WILL FLY OVER THE SAME COURSE FROM SEATTLE TO REMO. THEY ARE ANXIOUS TO DETERMINE IF THE CONCLUSIONS THEY HAVE REACHED ARE, IN FACT, CORRECT AND THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN DETERMINE THIS IS TO HAVE A RERUN OF THE ACTUAL CONDITIONS.
SEATTLE WILL ARRANGE, THROUGH THE MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE, FOR END PAGE ONE
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NORTHWEST TO DO THIS AT SUCH TIME AS NORTHWEST CAN DO SO.
BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED FLIGHT, SEATTLE WILL MAKE A JUDGMENT AS TO WHETHER OR NOT ADDITIONAL SEARCHING SHOULD BE CONDUCTED OVER THE PRIME SEARCH AREA OR IF PERHAPS OTHER AREAS COULD BE OPENED AS A POSSIBLE BAIL OUT POINT.
LAS VEGAS, PORTLAND, AND SAN FRANCISCO ARE BEING REQUESTED TO INTENSIFY, AS SEATTLE HAS DONE, TO HAVE THE LIST OF RANSOM BILLS GIVEN WIDER DISTRIBUTION.
INVESTIGATION OF LOOK-ALIKE SUSPECTS CONTINUES. - P- END WUM FBI WA
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FBI
Date:
12/16/71
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FROM:	SAC, MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) (P)
SUBJECT:	NORJAK	Q
Re Seattle airtel to Minneapolis dated 12/10/71.
Enclosed herewith	for Seattle are FD-302's	Oct

reflecting interviews with
Northwest Airlines, ₹
for Seattle are FD-302's	Oct

reflecting interviews with
Northwest Airlines, ₹
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
UNSUB SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS
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W U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-415-133
DB Cooper-27709*FD-302 (REV, 3-17-69)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Ecco Bor 3, 2071
Dale
Northwest Airlines, Inc.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-415-133
DB Cooper-27709*FD-302 (REV, 3-17-69)
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Ecco Bor 3, 2071
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Northwest Airlines, Inc., furnished tho following
information:
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File #
IT 164-79
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hab
Date dictated
12/80/71
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DB Cooper-27710The attached information was taken primarily from manually recorded notes during communications con- nected with the high-jacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, November 24/25, 1971.
The primary method of communication with the flight was direct between MSPFO (Flight Operations ) and SEADD (Flight Dispatch), the flight, SEA and SFO ARING, RNO Tower.
Due to the inability to copy everything exactly -- and as rapidly -- as it occurred, there may be some errors in the following. It is not believed that they are likely to be large or significant.
Due to the inability to copy everything exactly -- and as rapidly -- as it occurred, there may be some errors in the following. It is not believed that they are likely to be large or significant.
The following also includes additional informa - , tion that developed during the incident that appeared relevant.
11/25/71
DB Cooper-27711HIGH-JACKING, NA FLIGHT SUD, NUVERDER 24/20, 1971 5
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The following information s from various sources, ph marily the radio. and 'phone-patch communications 'between the MSP Flight Operations Office. "Eagle' line and the flight crew.
Time (CST)*
1658 Flight OFF PDX. High- jacker (HJ). apparently made his demands known shortly after this time.
Preliminary information received from MSP Planning Office (MSPPO) : HJ demanding $200,000 (denomination not restricted), 2 chest-pack parachutes, 2 pack-pack parachutes. All to be available and ready at airplane parking site before landing will be permitted at SEA.
Apparently has a bomb in briefcase. Passenger apparently boarded at PDX.
1720* Crew advised they would hold over Lofall intersection until all material available.
Passenger apparently boarded at PDX.
1720* Crew advised they would hold over Lofall intersection until all material available. No info yet on destination HJ desired ! after SEA T.O. HJ had said there was to be no "funny stuff" at any time or he would detonate the bomb. Specified chat only the fuel truck, air-stair truck, and automobile with the money and 'chutes approach the airplane. That airplane be parked in an "isolated" position. I Gave a deadline of. 1900 CST for all demands to be met. HJ remained in tourist cabin with . one stewardess sitting next to him and aware of what appeared to be a bomb (dynamite sticks, wire, battery). Pas- sengers not advised that high-jacking in progress, but that reason for the holding was "minor mechanical problem".
Crew described passenger as white, 6' 1", black hair, 175#, approximately 50, black suit, black rain coat, black brief case. (All information between cockpit and' IJ being relayed . by "captive" stewardess by cabin/cockpit interphone. ) b6 b7C
KJ specified that no vehicles with beacons or.
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KJ specified that no vehicles with beacons or. flashing red lights or any other were to approach airplane. MSPFO agreed that captain was in full command and all his requests and wishes would be honored. Crew taking pains likewise to gain HJ's confidence by giving him full information and coopera- tion.
HJ also specified that, after SEA landing and parking:
- Fueling to start as soon as engines shut down. '
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and pick up money, then return for 'chutes. lie must see knapsack with money before any other steps taken.
-: Passengers will be allowed off after money and Chutes are in his possession and fueling under way. . DB Cooper-277121930 *- $ . Airplane lande SEA after crew and HIJ as red that money and 'chutes were available and in position.
Crew requested car park at 10 to 11 o'clock position to air- plane so they could see it properly.
Notes indicate HJ indicated at one time that airplane was open to "any number of vehicles as long as no 'funny stuff' pulled.
Notes indicate HJ indicated at one time that airplane was open to "any number of vehicles as long as no 'funny stuff' pulled.
Direct communications between crew and MSPFO maintained at all 'times. Coordination between Tower, vehicles, and air- · plane on ground at SEA were on Ground Control frequency 121.7.
First fuel truck apparently ran out of fuel. Crew requested second truck, with third one to be standing by. Considerable delay in getting full load of fuel and IIJ was getting "nervous" saying that you must "get the show on the road".
HJ specified that he wanted to go to Mexico City non-stop, that the aircraft configuration must be 'gear DOWN, iflaps at 15°, that the aft entry door must be open at all times, and that the aft stairs be extended after take-off. Later speci- fied that stairs must be fully extended before take-off. MSPFO advised crew (1) that non-stop SEA-MEX impossible with gear DOWN, flaps 15º, (2) that take-off with air-stairs full . down impossible due to inability to rotate airplane. When HJ advised of this he asked that air-stairs be partially ex- tended prior to take-off.
down impossible due to inability to rotate airplane. When HJ advised of this he asked that air-stairs be partially ex- tended prior to take-off.' MSPFO advised this also impossible since stairs could not be held in any intermediate position.
HJ had previously stated that no landing within continental U.S. would be permitted "for fuel or anything else". When · advised of range limitation in his specified configuration, he agreed to something short of the border. Asked about .PHX. Advised by MSPFO that this might be within range but that RNO would be better as far as range was concerned. Agreed to this without much, if any, objection.
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· Airplane OFF at SEA.
2140
14 DME 'S SEA VOR at 7000'. Gear DOWN, flaps extending to 30°.
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HiJ advised (by inter-phone) that he was having difficulty get - ting steps down.
2143
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Aft air-stair warning light. ON (stairs arparently now partially extended. ) Crew had been furnished Boeing procedure for exten- ding stairs in flight. Airplane now 19 DME S SEA VOR on V23, with gear DOWN, flaps at 30°, and at APPROACH -speed.
) Crew had been furnished Boeing procedure for exten- ding stairs in flight. Airplane now 19 DME S SEA VOR on V23, with gear DOWN, flaps at 30°, and at APPROACH -speed.
DB Cooper:27,713NWA Chief Per Ormance Engineer had been lled to field to help calculate range, etc. Boeing Company had been contacted for assistance in range problem, flight characteristics with air-stairs extended, whether opening (stairs extend about 20° in flight, possibly more with man's weight on them) would be large enough for a man to exit. Boeing assured us there would be no controllability problem, that they would get experts work- ing on range problem also, that they had dropped 2-300# boxes out air-stair opening in flight and that man could probably get out.
N A Communications people also had arrived at field to assist in required 'phone-patching, 'other communications problems.
Mr. Nyrop, four supervisory pilots, b6 1. performance engineer, many others. on the scene (MSPFO) for assistance.
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Flight at 7000', 160KIAS, fuel flow (FF) 4500#/engine, flaps 30° gear DOWN. MSPFO advised they would have even more severely limited range in the flaps 30° position.
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Flight at 7000', 160KIAS, fuel flow (FF) 4500#/engine, flaps 30° gear DOWN. MSPFO advised they would have even more severely limited range in the flaps 30° position. Crew given prelimin- ary information on optimum range IAS (170K), weather, air - ports available between SKA and RNO, minimum obstruction · clearance altitudes, etc.
· 2155
MSPFO asked for stewardess best recollection of exact content of HJ briefcase. She got 'on radio and gave following basic information:
- Eight red sticks, about 6" x 1" in left corner of brief . case, "look like big firecrackers." Two rows of sticks, four on top of four.
- Wire attached to dynamite with red insulation.
- Battery "like flashlight battery, but about 6" high and as big around as my arm".
- Red sticks are about the color "of my uniform".
2205* · 2210*
Crew called l:J and asked him if everything was O.K. and he replied that it was. This was appatently the last communi- cation the crew had with the l.J.
Crew reported oscillation of cabin rate of climb indicator. This probably due to HJ weight now on stairs, stairs extending further, resultant effect on cabin pressure.
This probably due to HJ weight now on stairs, stairs extending further, resultant effect on cabin pressure. May be best estimate of when he exited airplane.
MSPFO advised crew that range to RNO now looked good (air- plane now at 10,000', 170K, gear DOWN, flaps 15°, FF 4000#/ hour/engine, TAT -7ºC. MSPFO calculated TAS and range from this data.
· DB Cooper-27714
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% Cabin lights in forward cabin, OFF in ft cabin. Curtain between first class and tourist section was closed; crew could not see whether HJ was still aboard.
2222*
Lost communications on NA communications frequency (131.9); 'phone-patch with SEA ARING established. Flight now 23 DME S PDX at 10,000', 40,000% fuel'aboard, 165KIAS, FF and con- f: guration remained the same. Crew had previously been ad- · vised to switch to ARING on 131.8 when NWA communications lost. MSPFO and MSPFD communicated with flight and SEA ARING thereafter on this 'phone-patch arrangement. SEADD had been monitoring all communications with flight and assis- ting in all other matters.
MSPFO and MSPFD communicated with flight and SEA ARING thereafter on this 'phone-patch arrangement. SEADD had been monitoring all communications with flight and assis- ting in all other matters.
had also been very actively participating throughout the high-jacking. He had taken money and 'chutes to air- plane at SEA, coordinated with crew, fuel trucks, etc.
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later called UAL at RNO and briefed them on all of the HJ's demands, procedures to be followed at RNO, etc. Flight over EUC VOR, 10,000', 170KIAS, fuel aboard 33,500#, FF and configuration remained the same. Advised that they had had no communications with the HIJ for "about the last 55 minutes" despite several attempts on cockpit-to-cabin inter-phone and PA system. Crew was assurred that fuel was more than adequate to get to RNO, that RNO weather was good, etc. SEADD had also been actively following, and participating in these events.
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Over MFR, 10,000', TAT -5º, 170KIAS; fuel aboard 27,500#, FF and configuration the same. Some airframe icing being experienced. Engine anti-icing ON for appreciable length of time, wing AI on "intermittently!
Some airframe icing being experienced. Engine anti-icing ON for appreciable length of time, wing AI on "intermittently!'. . Crew seemed slightly concerned about this, but were assured that it was no problem.
2330*
. asked that we sug- ..
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gest that flight crew slowly lower cabin temperature as much as practicable (to slow HJ's reflexes).
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MSPFO suggested a slow climb to 11,000' at Captain's dis- cretion, to induce as much hypoxia in liJ as possible (flight had previously been suggested .. to consider climb to as high as practicable -- but that they would probably be performance lim- ited to not much above 17,000' -- but not above 12,500'. Latter upper limit to prevent a cabin oxygen mask drop from excit- ing liJ. 11,000' also needed for adequate terrain clearance RBL-RNO. :
DB Cooper-277-15 2342
When flight was in. RBL area, direct communications between. MSPFO and the flight were interrupted. UAL 4331 and WAL 328 relayed messages to and from the flight for us.
2347.
Flight now at 11,000', TAT -1º, all other factor essentially the same.
UAL 4331 and WAL 328 relayed messages to and from the flight for us.
2347.
Flight now at 11,000', TAT -1º, all other factor essentially the same.
0005 : 58 DME N RBL VOR, 11,000', fuel aboard 22,000#. Only . evidence. from cabin was aft entry door and air-stair warning lights still ON.
0030
Flight switched to SFO ARING on: 130.6. MSPFO put on 'phone- patch this frequency at same time.
0017 Fuel aboard 17,300#.
0039*
Descent from 11,000 to 9,000' started.
. Flight advised they were holding at RNO OM until they had everything "in order".
0049 0100 Flight 1 mile out on final approach. (At this time, we -- MSPFO -- were on telephone conference call. Other parties apparently on the same line were RNO Tower, FAA SEA, FAA Washington, FBI Washington. . Not known whether anyone else might have also been tuned in. )
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Tower "talked us through" his touchdown, subsequent taxi- ing. Door did not appear to go to full down position until relatively low speed on roll-out. Flaps appeared to be "UP". Parked at NE (?) corner of terminal ramp.
0116 Tower reported crew had exited airplane; with FBI at this · time.
Parked at NE (?) corner of terminal ramp.
0116 Tower reported crew had exited airplane; with FBI at this · time.
Unknown
After parking, crew had advised on SFO ARING that one of them had gone back in cabin and found no sign of HiJ. They had apparently last tried to contact him via interphone/PA at: about 0046CSf with no response. At that time they were going to advise him that the air-stair would have to be retracted for landing or that damage during landing roll-out would probably prevent subsequent take-off.
Two "little" 'chutes gone, 'one "big" one cut up, appar- ently to tic the money with shroud lines to IlJ. One "big" 'chute apparently still on the airplane.
Guard requested around airplane, FBI apparently searching airplane.
· DB Cooper-27716
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Was advised (all on conference call) at this time that matter was now under the jurisdiction of FBI in Washington.FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date
December 15, 1071
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
, 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 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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On 12/4/71 ol Minneapolis, Minnesota
Filo # MID 164-73
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This document contains nelther recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI, It Is the property of the FBI and Is loaned to your agency; It and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB Cooper-2771812/14/71
AIRTEL
AIRMAIL - REGISTERED
TO:
DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
SUB E. F. Y
FROM: SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50) (P)
NOR JAK 00: SE
Enclosed for the Bureau are two aeronautical charts on which the flight path of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 has been drawn with a green marker pen.
It is noted that tracking of the aircraft was handed over from FAA, Oakland, to Reno air control approach at a point just north of Portola, California.
It is noted that tracking of the aircraft was handed over from FAA, Oakland, to Reno air control approach at a point just north of Portola, California.
2 - Bureau (Enc. 2) (RM) 1 Seattle (164-81) (RM) 1 - Sacramento WAW:epg (4)
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DB Cooper-27721NRØ27 WA PLAIN 5:20 PM URGENT 12-15-71 LMR TO PORTLAND (164-41) SEATTLE (164-81)
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RE PORTLAND AIRTEL DECEMBER. SIX SUBMITTING ENVELOPE, PRINTED MESSAGE AND CLIPPING. NO LATENT PRINTS DEVELOPED. CONFIMING. END BBAB. FBI SEATTLE CLR
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SEATTLE (164-81)
LAS VEGAS (164-60).
PORTLAND (164-41).
FROM SACRAMENTO (164-59) 1P
NORJAK. 00: SEATTLE.
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RE SACRAMENTO TEL, DEC. TEN, LASI
RE: SUSPECT
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SINCE MAY POSSIBLY BE b6
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ATTEMPT TO COVER HIMSELF AS SUSPECT IN THIS MATTER.
TEN, LASI
RE: SUSPECT
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RECEIVING OFFICES REQUESTED DISPLAY PHOTO OF TO WITNESSES
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ATTEMPT TO COVER HIMSELF AS SUSPECT IN THIS MATTER. ADVISE . SACRAMENTO RESULTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO OSI, TRAVIS AFB, MAY BE, ADVISED. CONTACT. THIS DATE WITH BEALE AFB REVEALED SR-SEVEN OEN PHOTO- GRAPHIC FLIGHT NOT YET ACCOMPLISHED DUE TO ADVERSE VISIBILITY ALONG
POPTIONS OF ENTIRE ROUTE; HOWEVER, FLIGHT. WILL TAKE PLACE FIRST DB Cooper-27723
POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY.
END.
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FBI SEATTLE CLR
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11:42 AM URGENT 12-14-71 LXL
TO
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SEATTLE
(164-31)
FROM
SACRAMENTO
(164-50)
1P
NORJAK. 00: SEATTLE.
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RE SACRAMENTO TEL TO SEATTLE, DEC. THIRTEEN, LAST.
AERIAL SEARCH OF ROUTE TAKEN. BY NORTHWEST FLIGHT NO THREE ZERO FIVE IN CAPTIONED MATTER CONDUCTED DEC. THIRTEEN, LAST, BY BUAGENTS, ALL OF WHOM WERE EITHER EXPERIENCED PILOTS OR PARACHUTISTS, WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. AIRCRAFT UTILIZED WAS RENTAL CESSNA ONE EIGHT TWO.
THIRTEEN, LAST, BY BUAGENTS, ALL OF WHOM WERE EITHER EXPERIENCED PILOTS OR PARACHUTISTS, WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. AIRCRAFT UTILIZED WAS RENTAL CESSNA ONE EIGHT TWO. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN MOUNTAINS ALONG WITH FOG AND RAIN IN NORTHERN
CALIF. VALLEY PRECLUDED SEARCH OVER WEEKEND, DEC. ELEVEN-TWELVE, LAST. END.
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DB Cooper-27724PLAINTEXT
TELETYPE
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12/9/71
TO SAC SACRAMENTO	(164-50)
FROM DIRECTOR FBI	(164-2111)	Sul;	E.
NORJAK.
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REURTEL DECEMBER EIGHT LAST REQUESTING AUTHORITY TO RENT A CESSNA AIRCRAFT FOR TERRAIN SEARCHES IN CONNECTION WITH CAPTIONED MATTER AND BuTELCALL TODAY.
YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO RENT THIS AIRCRAFT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INFORMATION FURNISHED IN REFERENCED TELETYPE.
YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO RENT THIS AIRCRAFT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INFORMATION FURNISHED IN REFERENCED TELETYPE. KEEP BUREAU CURRENTLY ADVISED OF ANY DEVELOPMENTS. COPY MAILED SEATTLE. 1 SEATTLE (INFORMATION)
DB Cooper-27725
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i/yFD-302 (REV. 3-17-69)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Dato. 12/1/71
WILLIAM A. SCOTT, residence 262 Peninsula Road, Minneapolis, Minnesota, telephone Liberty 5-5524, was interviewed at the Reno Airport, Reno, Nevada, on the late evening of November 24, 1971, and early morning hours of November 25, 1971. He advised that he was the captain on Northwest Airlines Flight 305.
Captain SCOTT advised that he was present during the interview of all of his crew members and that events, as supplied by them, were correct to the best of his recollection and he had no pertinent additional information to provide at this time. . He added that he personally had no direct contact or observation of the hijacker and was, therefore, unable to provide a physical description.
He added that he personally had no direct contact or observation of the hijacker and was, therefore, unable to provide a physical description.
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On 11/24/71 at Reno, Nevada Filo # LV 164-60
by SAC HAROLD E. CAMPBELL, JR. and SA-H. E. HINDERLITER -JJR.
(IIEH :Gkh-)
Date dictated
11/30/71
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It Is the property of the FBI and Is loaned to your ogency: I ond Its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB Cooper-27726FD-302 (Rov. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date.
11/30/71
residence
was interviewed at the Reno Airport, Reno, Nevada, on the late evening of November 24, 1971, and early morning hours of November 25, 1971. She identified herself as a hostess on Northwest Airlines Flight 305.
Shortly after takeoff from Portland, Oregon, en route to Seattle, Washington, in the afternoon hours of November 24, 1971, a male
Shortly after takeoff from Portland, Oregon, en route to Seattle, Washington, in the afternoon hours of November 24, 1971, a male passenger on the flight, who was seated gave a note to Hostess showed the note to Hostess who was also (in the rear passenger compartment. The note indicated that the male individual was hijacking the plane and wanted the hostess to sit beside him. The note further indicated that he had a bomb and wanted $200,000.00. stated she went back to the male
· passenger seated with the note, at which time he indicated that he was hijacking the plane and was not kidding. He added that he wanted "no funny stuff". He had a black attache-type case in his lap, which case was partially open and he had his hand inside same. At this time sat down alongside the individual in seat and after lighting a cigarette for the passenger, she told him that they would cooperate. Her best recollection is that it was while he told her he wanted no kidding and no funny stuff that he first partially opened the attache case and permitted her to see the contents.
Her best recollection is that it was while he told her he wanted no kidding and no funny stuff that he first partially opened the attache case and permitted her to see the contents. She recalls the contents as approximately eight cylindrical objects about six to eight inches long with four of the items being placed on top of the others and banded together with some kind of tape. She also recalled some covered and uncovered wiring running from the cylindrical objects to a dry cell type battery which had terminals on one end. She could not recall whether the wires were connected to the terminals. The battery was described as approximately eight inches long and about two and one-half inches in diameter. She stated that she had the impression upon observing the contents of the attache case that it was
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SEMATIZED ____ FILEO
DEC 1 31971
On 11/24/71 af " Reno, Nevada
File #
LV 164-60
FBI -SCHIILE
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SA H. E. HINDERLITER, JR.
by SAC HAROLD E. CAMPBELL, JR. (HEC: tlw)
Date dictated 11/26/71
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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI.
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Date dictated 11/26/71
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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It Is the property of the FBI and is looned to your agency: il ond its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB Cooper-27727FD-302 (Rov. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
1
Date.
12/1/71
residence
P was interviewed at the Reno Airport, Kap, Nevada, on the late evening of November 24, 1971, and early morning hours of November 25, 1971. He
on Northwest Airlines
Flight 305.
advised that according to some notes he had made concerning the incident, it was at 2759 Zulu time or 3:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time that he received an emergency signal from hostess on the intercom with a series of bells signaling that they had trouble on board. They had a pre-arranged, flight signal for such emergencies and he made a notation in his book of the time of this notification.
from Almost immediately thereafter, he. received a note advising she thought they were being hijacked and added she was not kidding.
from Almost immediately thereafter, he. received a note advising she thought they were being hijacked and added she was not kidding.
Subsequently, hostess brought a note on what appeared to be a standard 6 x 9 tablet written with a felt pen as well as an envelope that had notations also containing the figure $200,000, two back parachutes, two chest packs and under it a time of 5:00 p.m.
Hostess then went back to the compartment and sat with the hijacker at which time he insisted that all- of the above items be physically present and waiting for them at the Seattle Airport upon their arrival and prior to their landing.
received the impression that the above hijacking had been carefully thought out in advance in that the hijacker specified that the money was to be furnished in a knapsack and even insisted that a discarded match cover be returned to him. He also insisted on the return of the original note and the envelope and appeared especially careful to see that nothing of his was left behind.
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File #
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164-81-1035
SEARCHED SERIENDET ML INDEXED
On 11/24/71 at Reno, Nevada
File #
LV-164-60
DECY 31971 FBI -SEAL ILS Oco
SAC IIAROLD E. CAMPBELL, JR., and
SA H. E. HINDERLITER, JR. HEH/skh
Dato dictated
11/30/71
by ' This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI, It is the property of the FBI and Is Iocnad to your agencys It and its contents are not to be distributed outside your ogeney.
DB Cooper-27736
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b6 b7CEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
- Dale. 12/2/71
Department of Motor Vehicles. Nevada, advised that Nevada license was listed to a 1971 Datsun, 2-door sedan, Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Registered
owner is
On June 9, 1971. the title was issued to the
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In 11/30/71 at
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Filo # LV 164-60
1
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Date dictated
12/1/71
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vis document contoins neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI ond is loaned to your ogancy: and Its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
It is the property of the FBI ond is loaned to your ogancy: and Its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB Cooper-27741 FD-302-(REV. 3-17.69)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date.
12/1/71
residence
telephone 0
was inter-
Viewed at the Rono Airport, Reno, Nevada, on the late evening of November 24, 1971 and early morning hours of November 25, 1971. He advised Northwest Airlines Flight 305.
noted that he was present during the . b6 interviews of hostess and third officer b7C
and concurred with the information as supplied by them.
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He recalled that the hijacker had indicated the bomb had an electrical fuse and instructed the hostess that radio transmissions be limited as much as possible so that they would not set it off.
He advised that the landing at Seattle was made at 5:45 P.M., Pacific Standard Time, and that the hijacker had indicated that once the money and parachutes were brought on board and that re fueling was simultaneously taking place, the passengers would be permitted to depart.
, Pacific Standard Time, and that the hijacker had indicated that once the money and parachutes were brought on board and that re fueling was simultaneously taking place, the passengers would be permitted to depart.
also stated that there was a delay on the ground in securing the chest-type parachutes and when they did not arrive as quickly as had been hoped for, the crew, through hostess requested permission to land anyway without them and the hijacker refused permission for same. At some point in negotiations with the hijacker, he indicated an awareness that parachutes would be obtained from Mcchord Air Force Base and indicated that it was only 20 miles away from the Seattle Airport.
added that after take-off at 7:36 P.M., they received a call from the hijacker around 7:42 P.M., at which time he indicated that he was unable to get the stairs lowered in flight. They then slowed down the aircraft air speed and subsequently observed the cockpit signal light that the roar stairs were down. At that time the Captain instructed the hijacker to sound the bell on the intercom in the event he wished to make any further contact with them, Which he agreed to do.
At that time the Captain instructed the hijacker to sound the bell on the intercom in the event he wished to make any further contact with them, Which he agreed to do.
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164-81-2034
On 11/24/71 at Reno, Nevada
Filo #
LV 164-60
SAC HAROLD E. CAMPBELL, JR. and by SA .H. F. HINDERLITER, JR. (HEHeskh.)
SEARCHED INDEXED
SERIAUZEO, 201 FILED
Dote dictated
ISee / 34971 FBI-SEAISLE and
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It Is the property of the FBI and is leaned to your ag C It and Its contents are not to be distributed outside your ogency.
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DB Cooper-27743FD-302 (Rov. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Data
11/30/71
1
Reno Evening Gazette, Reno, Nevada, advised that the head office of that newspaper had opened an envelope on November 27, 1971, between 8:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. and had found a note composed from words cut from a newspaper and pasted to a plain white sheet of paper.
and had found a note composed from words cut from a newspaper and pasted to a plain white sheet of paper. The note said, "Attention! Thanks for Hospitality was in a rut D. B. Cooper, ". The envelope in which the note was mailed was a white envelope postmarked, "Oakdale, Ca., 95361, November 27, 1971, PM". It was addressed to "Reno Newspaper", "Reno, Nevada." The address was printed in pencil.
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advised that at least eight employees of the newspaper had handled the note.
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On 11/29/71 at Reno, Nevada
Flle # IV 164-60
by SA
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Dato dictated 11/30/71 b6 This document contains nelthor recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agencyt It and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB Cooper-2774470-802 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Data
12/2/71
Sheriff's Office, b6
b7C
h Nevada, advised that
He stated that the records of the Sheriff's Office indicate she is described as follows:
'Race Sex
White Female
' Date of Birth Height Weight
b6 b7C
Eyes Hair
4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Data
12/2/71
Sheriff's Office, b6
b7C
h Nevada, advised that
He stated that the records of the Sheriff's Office indicate she is described as follows:
'Race Sex
White Female
' Date of Birth Height Weight
b6 b7C
Eyes Hair Complexion
Build
Place of Birth Occupation
Social Security Number
further related that their records
b6
indicate
b7C
He further related that she
.b6
b7C
continued that
Sac. F b7C
164-81-2018-
On 12/2/71 D
Nevada
File #
LV 164-60
M
b6
b7C
24
SA
mtc
Dato dictated
12/2/71
by
This document contains nelther recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is foaned to your agency: it and Its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. .
DB Cooper-27745FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
12/2/2)
2
LV 164-60
Sheriff's office,
and no disposition
is known.
Roight Eyes Halx Complexion But La Place of Mirth Dacuvation Social Security Number
further related that their records
b6
b7C
He Further related Fant she
b6 b7C
CERimes That
14:2/71
SA
Date dictated,
32/2/71
as document contains neither socome andathena vie enretiens of the Fish. It to the property of the I'LL cad to lorned to your agente .
Fant she
b6 b7C
CERimes That
14:2/71
SA
Date dictated,
32/2/71
as document contains neither socome andathena vie enretiens of the Fish. It to the property of the I'LL cad to lorned to your agente ... 's Its contents are not to be chcetetud outside your mes y.
D8 Cooper-27746
b6 b7C
b6 b7C
b6 b7C
b6 b7CFD-302 [Rov. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date. 12/2/71
Deputy Sheriff's Office, Nevada, advised that on November 29, 1971, he was called to the residence of a person who identified himself to him as
- This person,
identical to number .
stated that this person is positively Sheriff's Office
b6 b7C
b6 b7C
Sub. P. 164-81-2019
DEC 20 1001 94
On 12/2/71 at
Nevada
Flio # LV 164-60
by SA
mtc
Date dictatod
12/2/71
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It Is the property of the FBI and Is loaned to your agoneyt It and Its contents are not to be distributed outside your agoney.
DB Cooper-27747
b6 b7C FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Dato. 11/30/71
1 Chief, Reno Tower, Federal b6 Per FAA
b7C Per FAA
Aviation Administration, Reno, Nevada, 1900 National Guard Way, Reno, Nevada 89502, made available a transcript of the
11/30/71
1 Chief, Reno Tower, Federal b6 Per FAA
b7C Per FAA
Aviation Administration, Reno, Nevada, 1900 National Guard Way, Reno, Nevada 89502, made available a transcript of the taped radio conversations between Reno Tower and Northwest Airlines, flight 305, which had been hijacked while enroute from Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington.
stated that all times appearing on b6 Per FAA the transcript are Greenwich Mean Time and. that this can b7C Per FAA be converted to Pacific Standard Time by subtracting eight hours. He also stated that the "31" referred to in the conversation is the transponder code "3100" indicating that the aircraft has been hijacked. The Code Il is a standard transponder code for an aircraft on instruments. The C 130 referred to is an Air Rescue aircraft in the vicinity of the Northwest Airlines aircraft.
Sub. 7
164-81-1033 SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZER MOS FILED DEC 1 31971 FBI-SEALILE Duo
On 11/29/71 ct Reno, Nevada
Filo #
LV 164-60
by SA
:mtc
Dato dictated
11/30/71 :
b6
b7C
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI.
SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZER MOS FILED DEC 1 31971 FBI-SEALILE Duo
On 11/29/71 ct Reno, Nevada
Filo #
LV 164-60
by SA
:mtc
Dato dictated
11/30/71 :
b6
b7C
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and Is loaned to your agency: It and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agoney.
DB Cooper-27748 0632 GHT . ;
REKO
OFK ARTIS: LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GIVE YOU A HANSP HONENEST THREE ZERO FIVE
I DON'T SER ANYATING WEST YET
OAK ARTOC: OKAY STRETCH YOUR RAMAR WAY CUP TO THE HORTINEST
0633 CIE
RIO EM DR: CKAY I'M OUT TO FIFTY HILES HOW OAK ANTOC: OKAY
HD INR DB:' IS IE CHILL ON THIRTY ORE
OAK ARROC: NIE'S ON THIRTY CHE WE HAVE A ALSO CODE DEEVEN THIS IS A AIR RESCUE FIVE ZERO NIEE BICHE THREE
OAK ARTCC: ARD THE LET I GIVE YOU THE TYPE I DON'T REON IF HE'S GOING TO FOLLOW HIM MI FOR A LANDING
CAK AMICO; AND IT'S A C ONE MIMY COPY
YEAH
OAK ARRCO: CKAY
0634 GMT
RADAR CONTACT HOMBREEST TURBE ZORO FIVE AF FORTY TWO MILES
OAK ARZCC:
FORTY TWO WEST HORFINEST OF TICHO HEADING ZERO SIX ZERO ONE CHE WTOUSAND
DB Cooper-27750KHO IHR DR: ; LT.
QAK ANTOCE OKAY RESCUE FIVE ZERO THE EICHT TARSE IS AHL SIX IT MAIL FIVE .
TWO MILES
OAK ARZCC:
FORTY TWO WEST HORFINEST OF TICHO HEADING ZERO SIX ZERO ONE CHE WTOUSAND
DB Cooper-27750KHO IHR DR: ; LT.
QAK ANTOCE OKAY RESCUE FIVE ZERO THE EICHT TARSE IS AHL SIX IT MAIL FIVE .. MILES PROVIDING HIS OWN SEPARATIO !!
NHO TAR DR: OKAY I DON'T DAVE JDN YER
MAAK ARTOC: OKAY IE'S OH CODE ELEVER HOWEVER HE IS AR ONE TWO THOUSAND
RNO TAR DR:
0735 GUT
OAK ARTOO: WAIT. WHAT FREQUENCY FOR REMO APPROACH
1010 THR DR: TUT HIM ON CHE UNO EXX FOIRE TERZE
OAK ARTOCE ONE THO SIX THREE
RNO TWR DR:
OK ARTOC: WILL DO
IN:305: RENO APPROACH THIS IS TOREMEDY MIRES ZERO FIVE ELEVEN THOUSAND HEADING ZERO GIX ZERO
PO TAR DR: NORTHWEST WARE ZERO FIVE RENO APPROACH RADAR CONTACT THIRTY HILLES NORTHWEST OF RESO UCISG NUMMAY ONS SIX WIRED ZERO THO ZERO DROREES VARIABLES ATT SUVEN AUFRISTER WAARDE ZERO ORE ZERO NAISTADI FIEGERT HEADING FOR VECTOR TO ME ILS FTAL APPROACH COURSE EXPECT LOWER AUMMUDE AH CORRECTION EXPECT A LOWER ALTITUDE IM TWENTY MILES . :
H305: OKAY MU. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE COFFACT WITH THE BACK FOW ARD AH WE'RE GOING TO GET THEICE DICES UP DRECKS WE CAN MAKS OUR LANDING SO ALL WE'LL PROCEED IN AND AN VERE LLADLE TO BREAK IT OFF AT SOME FOINA AND HE'LL KEEP YOU ADVICED
COFFACT WITH THE BACK FOW ARD AH WE'RE GOING TO GET THEICE DICES UP DRECKS WE CAN MAKS OUR LANDING SO ALL WE'LL PROCEED IN AND AN VERE LLADLE TO BREAK IT OFF AT SOME FOINA AND HE'LL KEEP YOU ADVICED
0536 GET
DB Cooper-27751AND AH WE ARE UNABLE TO DO THIS WE WOULD LIKE TO SECURE THE AIRCRAFT WE'LL LEAVE THE BEACON OF WE'RE GOING TO WELL PACT OF THE MATTER IS WE'RE GOING TO GUUT EVERYMIING DOEST WE'RE GODT TO TAKE LEAVE CF THE AIRCRAFT WE WOULD RECHAIST THAT AN WE HAVE GROUND TRANSPORTATION IP YA WOULD AH WE DON'T HLED THIE PUSHERS VE COMMADILY MUNK TERA FOR STANDING BY AID EVERYCHE ELSE WE REALLY APTRICIATS THE CUPFORE AND HELP VE GOR AND IF WE COULD GET ECHE AN TRANSFORMATION INTO AU WELL AS I IMIMAX UNUIMED HAS AN OPERATIONS AH DEPARRENT BERCE DO THEY HOR
OTI4 GMT
HNO TUR LC: ITRES ZERO FIVE ASPIENAFIVE DO SOF TOUCH ANYTHING ON THE AIRCRAFT DEPART TES AIRCRAFT FROM THE FRONT ENTRARCE DO NOT TOUCH ARYTRING ON IT JUST DEPARE IT FROM THE FRONT WE WILL HAVE FRANCFORTARTON AVAILABLE
NU305 OKAY ANI DE ADVISED AI WS GOF HO FRONT AM GETTS ARD AH WE JUST SOOX NOT HAVE ANYONE COME OUT IRERE AN WE'LL GO DOWNI TRE MACK STERS ANO MI AH WE'LL BE TAKING LSAVE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SCHUTTING IT
OKAY ANI DE ADVISED AI WS GOF HO FRONT AM GETTS ARD AH WE JUST SOOX NOT HAVE ANYONE COME OUT IRERE AN WE'LL GO DOWNI TRE MACK STERS ANO MI AH WE'LL BE TAKING LSAVE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND SCHUTTING IT COM AT THIS TOE AND WE'LL STAND AK OH THE FORWARD PART OF THE AIRCRAFT AWARING AR TRANSPORTATION
RTO WHER LO: DO YOU CAN YOU REMEMBER THE LAST TIME YOU VISUALLY OBSCUR OB OBSERVED SA WHIS ILJACKER
16305: I'M SORRY I AU AR WE BAVE AM KREN GIVEN CHERS IF YOU'LL IF YOU'LL PARDON US FOR AN BOF CUTTING YA SHORT BUT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN ORDERS NOT TO HOT TO AM ATISMER ANY QUESTIONS AR WOS TINE
0715 CHF
THESE ZERO FIVE CAR YA SWIRD BY ONE MTWUMTS PLEASE
TW305: OKAY STANDING BY
RNO THR LC: ALL RIGHT YOU'RE GONNA EXIT THIS AIRCRAFT NOW AID STAND BY THE FRONT IS THAT CORRECT
TM305: THAT IS AFFIRMATIVE 'TE ORGY THING BIAT WE'LL NEED QUE HERE IS A GROUND TRANSPORTATION CHE THE OWEER GENTLEMAN AM WE'VAIK THEI VERY MUCH AS MHT WO ALONG WITH YOU TOFLE FOR WIE CUPFORF THAT YOU ---------- WE'LL DS IN THE ROSE OF THE AIRCRAFT AWAITING ALI TRANSPORTATICE
DB Cooper-27762CD-362 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Data
12/2/71
Sheriff's b6
b7C
Office, Nevada, advised his department under file mimber
4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Data
12/2/71
Sheriff's b6
b7C
Office, Nevada, advised his department under file mimber has records reflecting that stated that fingerprints of were returned from the FBI Identification Division with a notation to the effect there was no criminal arrest records on file with the FBI.
b6
b7C
Background data on reflects that he is a white male, born five feet inches, 160 pounds, brown
hair, brown eyes,
He listed the following residences:
b6 b7C
Such 7 16.4-81-1024
Der
Fingerprints records returned by California State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, Sacramento, California under number reflect b6
was fingerprinted by
Sheriff's b7C
On 11/30/71 at
Nevada
File #
LV 164-60
b6
b7C
SA
mtc
Dato dictated
12/2/71
by
This document contains neither recommendations nar conclusions of the FBI. It Is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency: it and Its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB Cooper-27765 ,
b6 b7CFD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date
:12/1/71
advised her files reflect Nevada, worked
b6 b7C
4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date
:12/1/71
advised her files reflect Nevada, worked
b6 b7C
She stated he has Social Security Number
b6 b7C
Sub 164-81-1025
DEC
gão
On 11/30/71
Nevada
File #
LV 164-60
b6
at
b7C
by SA THOMAS J. WILLIAMS/sf
Date dictated
11/30/71
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It Is the property of the FBI and Is loanod to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB Cooper-27767LV 164-60 TJW: kmc 1.
ADMINISTRATIVE DATA:
A well placed source advised
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b7C b7D
The source stated
DB Cooper-27768
Sub 7 164-81-2017:
DEC DOCT No1
FD-302 (Rev. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Data.
11/26/71
Stewardess, indicated to Special Agents JOHN F. RICKS and ALF T. STOUSLAND the two seats which she had observed to: be occupied by the unknown subject. Thereafter, those areas were processed for fingerprints. In addition the telephone, the area around the rear door, the rear door and four plastic drinking glasses found in the trash receptacle by the back door were also processed for
In addition the telephone, the area around the rear door, the rear door and four plastic drinking glasses found in the trash receptacle by the back door were also processed for fingerprints. · Fingerprint impressions obtained were all initialed by SA STOUSLAND. In addition, a cloth towel affixed to the rear of one of the seats reportedly occupied by the unknown subject was removed and initialed by SA STOUSLAND. On that towel was noted what appeared to be a short human hair.
b6 b7C
Sub. 7 164-81-1029
SEARCHED INDEXED SERIALIZED 224 FILED DEC 1 31971 FBI-SEATTLE na
On 11/25/71 at Reno, Nevada
Flie #
LV 164-60
SA JOHN F. RICKS
SA ALF T. STOUSLAND
ATS:js
by
Doto dictated
11/26/71
This document contains neither recommendations not conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is looned to your agency It and Its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB Cooper-27769FD-302 (REV. 3-17-69)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date.
12/2/71
Division of Drivers License,
b6
Department of Motor Vehicles,
Nevada,
b7C
advised that Nevada drivers license 18 8
valid Nevada drivers license issued to
mmber unknown.
12/2/71
Division of Drivers License,
b6
Department of Motor Vehicles,
Nevada,
b7C
advised that Nevada drivers license 18 8
valid Nevada drivers license issued to
mmber unknown.
was described as:
b6
b7C
Race:
Sex:
Date of Birth:
Height:
Weight:
Hair:
Eyes:
Social Security
Number:
Sich 7 164-81-2029
Dio
' On
11/30/71
Nevada
Filo #
LV 164-60
b6
b7C
by SA
ir
Dato dictated
12/1/71
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI ond Is loaned to your agency: It and Its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB Cooper-27770FD-302 (Rov. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Data 12/1/71
advise Nevada, formerly
Nevada,
further advised
had telephone number
Nevada.
b6 b7C
b6 b7C
Lub. 7 164-81-1026 Ez gio
11/30/71
Nevada
File # LV 164-60
b6
On ct
b7C
by SA THOMAS J. WILLIAMS :kmc
Dato dictated
11/30/71
This document contains nofther recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and Is loaned to your agency: it and Its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
It is the property of the FBI and Is loaned to your agency: it and Its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB Cooper-27771FD.302 [REV. 3-17-69)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Dato
12/2/71
Department of Motor Vehicles, Nevada, advised that Nevada license is
b6 b7C
Listed to a 1968 Volkswagen, 2-door Stationwagon, Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Registered and
legal owner was shown as
This vehicle was
b6
b7C
Sub 7 164-81-1022
DEC
Oso
On 11/30/71 at
Nevada
Filo # LV 164-60
b6
b7C
by SA
Dato dictated
12/2/71
This document contains nelther recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It Is the property of the FBI and Is looned to your agency: It and Its contents ore not to be distributed outside your agancy.
DB Cooper-27772** D.302 (Rov. 4-15-64)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Data.
12/1/71
Division of Driver's License, Department of Motor Vehicles, Nevada, furnished the attached copies of application for driver's license, road test score, record of examination, inquiry regarding renewal of driver's license, and record of
+ b6 b7C
Seitz 7 164-81-2023
DEC Duo
On 11/30/71.
of Driver's License, Department of Motor Vehicles, Nevada, furnished the attached copies of application for driver's license, road test score, record of examination, inquiry regarding renewal of driver's license, and record of
+ b6 b7C
Seitz 7 164-81-2023
DEC Duo
On 11/30/71.at
Nevada Filo # I.V 164-60 b6 b7C
by SA THOMAS J. WILLIAMS:komc
Date dietatod
11/30/71
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency: It and Its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB Cooper-2777312/8/71
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
ASAC PAUL R. BIBLER
UNSUB, aka Dan Cooper; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT $305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71' CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: SE
On 12/8/71, I called ASAC TED ROSACK at Sacramento, and told him that Bureau Supervisor b6 b7C
had called Seattle today and that he pointed out all offices had conducted a search in this case of some type with the exception of Sacramento.
I told ROSACK that wanted us to call Sacramento and tell them a search must be conducted. I told him to put something in their daily teletype and tell us about their progress in this regard.
I told him to put something in their daily teletype and tell us about their progress in this regard.
PRB: klb (3)
b6 b7C
Sub. 7 164-81-1044 DFC
7
DB Cooper-2778212/8/71
AIRTEL
AIRMAIL - REGISTERED
TO:
DIRECTOR, FBI (164-2111)
Course-F. - E.
FROM: SAC, SACRAMENTO (164-50) (P)
UNSUB, aka Dan Cooper; Northwest Airlines Flight #305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: SE
Enclosed for the Bureau are two aeronautical charts on which the flight path of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 has been drawn with a green marker pen.
It is noted that tracking of the aircraft was handed over from FAA, Oakland, to Reno air control approach at a point just north of Portola, California. 2 - Bureau (Inc. 2) (RM) 1 - Seattle (164-81) (RM) I - Sacramento WAW: epg (4)
Selb. 7
164-81-1085

DEC 0 :	21
1 1 1

A
M
DB Cooper-27783AR Ø2 SC CODED
4:20 PM URGENT 12-9-71 LXL
TO
DIRECTOR
(164-2111)
SEATTLE (164-21)
LOS ANGELES
SAN DIEGO
(164-91)
FROM SACRAMENTO (164-5€) 2P
Sil
0
E 0 F.
A
M
DB Cooper-27783AR Ø2 SC CODED
4:20 PM URGENT 12-9-71 LXL
TO
DIRECTOR
(164-2111)
SEATTLE (164-21)
LOS ANGELES
SAN DIEGO
(164-91)
FROM SACRAMENTO (164-5€) 2P
Sil
0
E 0 F.
b6 b7C
· NORJAK . 00: SEATTLE.
4
RE SAN DIEGO AND SACRAMENTO TELS, DEC. EIGHT, LAST. FOR INFO BUREAU. AND SEATTLE, INCLEMENT WEATHER, SACRAMENTO DIV., THIS DATE CAUSED CANCELLATION OF USAF PHOTO RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHT, AND RENTAL AIRCRAFT SEARCH OF PATH OF HIJACKED AIRCRAFT.
FOR INFO LOS ANGELES, RE SAN DIEGO TEL SET FORTH THE PORTLAND
DIV. RECEIVED INFO FROM RESEMBLED ARTIST'S SKETCH OF UNSUB.
SO, PORTLAND, THAT CERTAIN b6
b7C
DESCRIBED AS WMA, BORN
FIVE FEET ELEVEN, ONE HUNDRED FORTY POUNDS, BROWN HAIR, BROWN EYES.
b6 b7C
CALIF. DEPT OF AGRI-
CULTURE, ADVISED THIS DATE
END PAGE ONE
B
DB Cooper-27784
bub F 164-81-960
SEARCHED ...________. INDEXED. GERIALIZED. 2-FILEOR DEC 9 1971 FBI . SEATTLE
200FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date:
12/3/71
Transmit the following in
Via
AIRTEL
(Type in plaintext or code)
AIRMAIL
(Priority}
Sub F E Comisi G.
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) .
FROM SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60) Kas UNSUB, aka Dan Cooper HIJACKING NORTHWEST FLIGHT #305, 11/24/71; CAA ~ HIJACKING; EXTORTION
FROM SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60) Kas UNSUB, aka Dan Cooper HIJACKING NORTHWEST FLIGHT #305, 11/24/71; CAA ~ HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: Seattle
And SUB. MAPS .
Re Sacramento teletype, 12/2/71, requesting routing of hijacked plane from California to Nevada.
Enclosed, herewith, for Sacramento and Seattle are two copies of insert of investigation concerning same by SA and one copy for each office of a map of the radar tracking on Northwest Flight #305 from Frenchmen's Reservoit, California, to Municipal Airport, Reno, Nevada.
b6 b7C
- Seattle (Enc. 2) N | 2 - Sacramento (Enc. 2) 1 - Las Vegas HEH:jx (5)
K
Sub- 7 164-81-408
SEARCHED INDEXED. SERIALIZED /11/2 FILED L3 DEC (2 1971 FBI - SEATTLE. 0
5
DB Cooper-27786
Sent
M Per
Approved:
Special Agent in Charge
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICK: 1971-413-138LV 164-60 MTB : jhp 1
Period November 25- 26, 1971
On November 25, 1971, FAA, Tower Supervisor, Municipal Airport, Reno, Nevada, furnished SA
b6 Per FAA b7C Per FAA
a map of the Radar Tracking of Northwest Flight Number 305, November 24, 1971, from Frenchmen's Reservoir California, to Municipal Airport, Reno, Nevada.
Airport, Reno, Nevada, furnished SA
b6 Per FAA b7C Per FAA
a map of the Radar Tracking of Northwest Flight Number 305, November 24, 1971, from Frenchmen's Reservoir California, to Municipal Airport, Reno, Nevada. This plane entered the State of Nevada at a point approximately twenty-five miles north and fourteen miles west of Reno, Nevada, aiport. .
and
On November 26, 1971, SAs THOMAS G. DEMPSEY with Washoe County conducted an air search over the above flight pattern area of Nevada. Nothing pertient in this case was found.
b6 Per FAA b7C Per FAA
Sub. f. 164-81-HOT
SEARCHED RIDEXED SERIALIZNO JMA FILED DEC C/ 1971
FBI . SEATTLE
7
DB Cooper-27787 164-60-33FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI
Date:
12/3/71
Transmit the following in
(Type in plaintext or code)
Via
ATRTEL
(Priority)
AIRMAIL
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROMANY SAC, LAS VEGAS (164-60)
SUB- D E F G H
UNSUB, aka
Dan Cooper
HIJACKING NORTHWEST FLIGHT #305
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: Seattle
Enclosed, herewith, for Seattle are two copies each of FD-302s and inserts of all investigation conducted to date by the Las Vegas Division, copies of which have not previously been forwarded to Seattle:
INTERVIEW OF CREW:
11/24/71
SA H.
are two copies each of FD-302s and inserts of all investigation conducted to date by the Las Vegas Division, copies of which have not previously been forwarded to Seattle:
INTERVIEW OF CREW:
11/24/71
SA H.E. HINDERLITER, JR. SAC HAROLD E. CAMPBELL, JR.
11/24/71 SAC HAROLD E. CAMPBELL, JR. SA H. E. HINDERLITER, JR.
11/24/71 SAC, HAROLD E. CAMPBELL, JR. SA H. E. HINDERLITER, JR.
Sub. 7
2- Seattle I - Las Vegas HEH:jr (3)
164-8 1-1037 KED CERTALIZM FILM DFC Y. 1371 FCI - SEATTLE In
Approved:
Sent
M Per DB Cooper-27788
Special Agent in Charge
SY U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1971-413-135
b6 b7C
b6 b7C
b6 b7CFD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
2
Date of transcription,
12/9/71
Washington,
b6
b7C
advised he heard a large aircraft fly over his home about 8:10 PM on November 24, 1971, during a driving rainstorm. The plane was traveling toward Portland, Oregon.
Sub. 7
Interviewed on 11/28/71 at
Washington File # SE 164-81
1895 b6 b7C
by SA
:bfp
Dote dictaled 12/4/71
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and Is Jooned to your agency; it and its contents ore not to be distributed outside your agency.
It is the property of the FBI and Is Jooned to your agency; it and its contents ore not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB Cooper-27792FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
1
Date of transcription
12/9/71
, Washington,
, advised that on
November 24, 1971, at about 8:15 p.m. he heard a large plane fly over his · He stated that the plane was extremely low and sounded as though it was stalling out and then started to operate correctly. He stated that the wind was coming from the west at about 15 miles per hour and it was raining hard. He added that the elevation where his is located is about .
b6 b7C
Sub. 7
Interviewed on
11/28/71
al Washington
File #
SE 164-81
-1824 b6 b7C
by SA
bin
Date dictated
12/4/77
This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency: it ond its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.
DB Cooper-27793FC.v.2 (REV, 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
1
Date of Ironscription,
12/6/71
Washington, provided the following information:
advised that on 11/24/71, at
2 (REV, 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
1
Date of Ironscription,
12/6/71
Washington, provided the following information:
advised that on 11/24/71, at approximately 8:30 PM he heard a low flying jet plane traveling over his house. He stated he would mt have noticed this plane, however, it must have been flying extremely low because of the noise it made. This plane ws flying directly over his house and in a direction north to south.
stated that the weather at this time was extremely bad as there was a heavy overcast and it wasraining.
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provided the following information: advised that on the evening of 11/24/71 at approximately 8:00 PM he noticed the sound of a low flying jet near his house. This plane was flying from north to south an unusually low, advised he could see the lights of the plane and they appeared to be going on and off at a slow rate. These lights did not appear to be blinking normally but at unusually long intervals.
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Date of transcription
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Washington, provided the following
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription
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Washington, provided the following information: ,
advised that in the evening of November 24, 1971, somewhere between the hours of 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM both he and his wife heard a low flying jet plane go over his house. This plane was flying from north to south and created enough noise to shake house. advised
that both he and his wife walked however, they could not see the plane as it was raining and the sky was covered with clouds.
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DB Cooper-27796 NRØ03 PH PLAIN 610 PM URGENT 12-3-71 DCC TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) SEATTLE (164-81) FROM PHILADELPHIA (164-133)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY- FOUR LAST, CAA - HIJACKING; 00: SEATTLE
RE PH TEL
DCC TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) MINNEAPOLIS (164-73) SEATTLE (164-81) FROM PHILADELPHIA (164-133)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY- FOUR LAST, CAA - HIJACKING; 00: SEATTLE
RE PH TEL CALL TO SEATTLE DEC. TWO LAST, AND SEATTLE TELETYPE TO PH DATED DEC. ONE LAST. ON DEC. TWO LAST, STEWARDESS, NORTHWEST AIRLINES, RESIDING
PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFO:
WHEN SHE DEPARTED PLANE IN SEATTLE TO PICK UP TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, HIJACKER INDICATED HE WAS GOING TO USE THE LAVATORY AND STARTED TOWARD THE AFT LAVATORYM WHEN SHE RETURNED TO THE PLANE WITH THE MONEY, HE WAS IN HIS SEAT. SHE DOES NOT RECALL HIJACKER CHANGING CLOTHES OR HAVING ANY OTHER CLOTHES IN HIS POSESSION AND TO THE BEST OF HER KNOWLEDGE, HE WAS END PAGE ONE
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THE ATTACHE CASE WHEN HE WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE AFT LAVATORY. HE WAS CARRYING THE CASE ON ITS SIDE IN HIS LEFT HAND WITH HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE CASE.
OBSERVED AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER A GREEN SHOPPING TYPE BAG ON TOP OF ATTACHE CASE, SIZE OF BAG APPROXIMATELY THAT OF A DRESS SHIRT SIZE BAG FROM A CLOTHING STORE.
OBSERVED AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER A GREEN SHOPPING TYPE BAG ON TOP OF ATTACHE CASE, SIZE OF BAG APPROXIMATELY THAT OF A DRESS SHIRT SIZE BAG FROM A CLOTHING STORE. HIJACKER WORE NON-LACE TYPE SHOES OF ANKLE LENGTH. THE HIJACKER DID NOT BRING FOOD ONTO THE PLANE OR EAT ANY FOOD EXCEPT FOR HAVING A DRINK OF LIQUOR.
PRIOR TO TAKE OFF FROM SEATTLE AIRPORT, HIJACKER GAVE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS TO PILOT:
"WE ARE GOING TO MEXICO CITY. FLAPS DOWN, YOU CAN TRIM THEM TO FIFTEEN, YOU CAN STOP ANYWHERE IN MEXICO TO REFUEL, BUT NOWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES, AFT DOOR TO BE OPEN, STAIRS DOWN, CABIN LIGHTS OUT, EVERYONE TO BE FORWARD OF FIRST CLASS CURTAIN, AND ALTITUDE UNDER TEN THOUSAND FEET." THERE WAS NO MENTION BY HIJACKER OF A HEADING OR AIR SPEED FOR FLIGHT.
ADVISED IT WAS HER RECOLLECTION THAT HIJACKER INITIALLY WANTED HER TO LOWER THE REAR STAIRS OR LADDER AND LATER CHANGED END PAGE TWO
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HIS MIND AFTER AIRCRAFT TOOK OFFM SHE WAS IN THE COCKPIT WITHIN FIVE MINUTES AFTER TAKE OFF AND RECALLS TEN MINUTES AFTER BEING IN COCKPIT THAT ONE OF THE COCKPIT CREW RECEIVED AN INTERPHONE CALL FROM HIJACKER ADVISING HE COULD NOT
SHE WAS IN THE COCKPIT WITHIN FIVE MINUTES AFTER TAKE OFF AND RECALLS TEN MINUTES AFTER BEING IN COCKPIT THAT ONE OF THE COCKPIT CREW RECEIVED AN INTERPHONE CALL FROM HIJACKER ADVISING HE COULD NOT LOWER THE LADDER SO THE PILOT LEVELED THE AIRCRAFT OFF AND REDUCED SPEED. SHE RECALLS SEEING THE RED LIGHT GO ON THE SECOND OFFICER'S PANEL INDICATING THE REAR LADDER HAD DROPPED AND WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF THE FIRST CALL A SECOND CALL WAS RECEIVED BY ONE OF THE OFFICERS FROM HIJACKER WHICH WAS THE LAST COMMUNICATION WITH THE HIJACKER.
ON DECEMBER TWO LAST, INVESTIGATION AT PHILADELPHIA INTERNATION- AL AIRPORT REVEALED THAT THERE IS AN ACCESS PANEL IN THE REAR LADDER. WELL ON EITHER SIDE OF THE WELL ENABLING MECHANICS TO REACH EQUIPMENT BETWEEN WELL AND OUTER FUSELAGE OF THE SHIP IN THE TAIL. THIS PANEL CAN BE OPENED FROM INSIDE THE WELL AND THE FUSELAGE WITHOUT TOOLS. FACING THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT IT IS NOTED THAT THE AREA BEHIND THE PANEL ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WELL CONTAINS SUFFICIENT ROOM FOR TWO OR THREE MEN TO BE INSIDE. THE END PAGE THREE
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SAME ROOM IS AVAILABLE BEHIND THE RIGHT PANEL, HOWEVER, A MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE AIR DUCTS CONTAINED WITHIN
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SAME ROOM IS AVAILABLE BEHIND THE RIGHT PANEL, HOWEVER, A MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE AIR DUCTS CONTAINED WITHIN THAT WALL WOULD CAUSE THE HEAT INSIDE THE PANEL TO BE TOO HOT FOR MAN TO SURVIVE.
SEATTLE CONSIDER CHECK OF LEFT REAR TAIL PANEL SECTION OF HIJACKED AIRCRAFT TO DETERMINE IF IT IS POSSIBLE THAT HIJACKER MAY HAVE UTILIZED THIS SPACE TO CONCEAL HIMSELF DURING FLIGHT. ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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DB Cooper-27812OPTIONAL FORM NO. TS MAY 12 EDITION CSA PAMR (4 (FR) 101-51.4 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum

TO	:	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)	DATE:	12/1/71
FROM	:	ASAC PAUL R. BIBLER	CC-	COURSE

SUBJECT:
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71
SEARCH WITNESSES
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: SE
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He is the one doing the interviews with So far, all the pictures shown to her, including have been non-idents. They are sending us a teletype but he wanted us to know that and he also wanted us to know that wants to be thoroughly re-interviewed since she feels she can now recall things which she did not furnish previously. They are going to do this in the morning.
He said that she told him that the subject told her he wanted to take off with the ladder down ,the gear down and "we'll be flying with 15 degrees." She said the pilot told her to tell him that they could not take off with the Ladder down and he muttered. "Yes you can, but that's alright, we can tower it later."
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told us he thought this was significant since this would indicate the subject knew a lot about airplanes, perhaps that he might have worked on the 727 at one time. He also thought it was significant that "we'll be flying with 15 degrees" since this is pilot talk, meaning 15 degrees of flaps. I asked him if mentioned whether or not the subject gave instructions as to the course to fly.
He also thought it was significant that "we'll be flying with 15 degrees" since this is pilot talk, meaning 15 degrees of flaps. I asked him if mentioned whether or not the subject gave instructions as to the course to fly. He said that the subject did not, that he did not give any headings, he did not outline any course, but simply said to take him to Mexico.
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They will be reinterviewing her tomorrow and furnish a teletype.
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URGENT
(Priority) WITNESS
TO: SAC, PHILADELPHIA
FROM: SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
UNSUB, AKA DAN COOPER; NORTHWEST AIRLINES, FLIGHT
THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR,
SEVENTYONE, CAA DASH HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SEATTLE
RE TELEPHONE. CALL TODAY FROM PHILADELPHIA DIVISION. IT IS UNDERSTOOD STEWARDESS IS TO X BE REINTERVIEWED AT HER REQUEST ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER TWO, SEVENTYONE.
IT IS UNDERSTOOD STEWARDESS IS TO X BE REINTERVIEWED AT HER REQUEST ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER TWO, SEVENTYONE. IT IS REQUESTED THAT THE FOLLOWING POINTS BE COVERED IN THE INTERVIEW: ONE. SUBJECT REPORTEDLY WENT TO THE MEN'S ROOM. DID HE IN FACT GO THERE. 
TWO. HOW LONG WAS HE IN THE RESTROOM. THREE. DID HE CHANGE ANY CLOTHING, ETC. FOUR. DID HE CARRY THE ATTACHE CASE INTO THE MEN'S ROOM AND IF SO DID HE CARRY IT BY THE HANDLE OR IN SOME OTHER MANNER.
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SEATTLE (164-81)
LAS VEGAS
(164-60)
FROM
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT NO. THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOV. TWENTYFOUR, LAST. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00 : SEATTLE.
RE SACRAMENTO TEL, DEC. ONE, LAST. MAP DESCRIBING ROUTE OF FLIGHT CAPTIONED AIRCRAFT OBTAINED FROM FAA, OAKLAND, CALIF., AND FURNISHED NORTHERN CALIF. RESIDENT AGENCIES FOR ASSISTANCE IN SEARCH AND DISSEMINATION TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMANT.
, AND FURNISHED NORTHERN CALIF. RESIDENT AGENCIES FOR ASSISTANCE IN SEARCH AND DISSEMINATION TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMANT. NO INDICATION ANY INDIVIDUAL CONNECTED WITH HIJACKING HAS SOUGHT MEDICAL AID ALONG FLIGHT ROUTE.
SACRAMENTO PRESENTLY AWAITING BUREAU AUTHORITY TO EXPEND FUNDS FOR AIRCRAFT TO BE USED FOR SEARCH.
FOR INFO LAS VEGAS, RENO APPROACH CONTROL TOOK OVER DIRECTION OF AIRCRAFT AT PORTOLA, CALIF. FROM FAA, OAKLAND, AT APPROXIMATELY TEN THIRTYFIVE PM, NOV. TWENTYFOUR, LAST.
LAS VEGAS DETERMINE FROM FAA OR RENO AIRPORT OFFICIALS PRECISE END PAGE ONE
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ROUTE OF CAPTIONED FLIGHT OVER CALIF. AFTER RELEASED BY FAA, OAKLAND, AND FORWARD MAP TO SACRAMENTO WITH ROUTE FROM PORTOLA TO NEVADA BORDER MARKED THEREON.
END.
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DB Cooper-27817IR^10 PH PLAIN 11:18 PM 12-1-71 URGENT RJC TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) SEATTLE MINNEAPOLIS
FROM PHILADELPHIA (164-133) (P)
ce- COURSE JUB F BOEING.
VAB FBI SEATTLE CLR
DB Cooper-27817IR^10 PH PLAIN 11:18 PM 12-1-71 URGENT RJC TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) SEATTLE MINNEAPOLIS
FROM PHILADELPHIA (164-133) (P)
ce- COURSE JUB F BOEING. SUB P. WITNESSES.
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR LAST; CAA - HIJACKING - EXTORTION, 00: SEAT LE RE MINNEAPOLIS TELETYPE TO BUREAU DATED NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE NINETEEN SEVENTYONE AND BUREAU AIRTEL TO ALL OFFICES DATED NOVEMBER TWENTYNINE NINETEEN SEVENTYONE.
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WITHOUT EFFECTING AN IDENTIFICATION
ADVISED THAT SHE RECALLS THE FOLLOWING REGARDING FLIGHT OF HIJACKING WHICH SHE MAY NOT HAVE RELATED TO FBI PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF HER EMOTIONAL STATE. HIJACKER INDICATED TO HER END PAGE ONE
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HE HAD A GRUDGE TO SETTLE, NOT WITH HER AIRLINE, JUST A GRUDGE. PRIOR TO TAKE OFF WITH CHUTES AND MONEY, KE REQUESTED PILOT TAKE OFF WITH REAR LADDER DOWN, TO FLY WITH FIFTEEN PERCENT FLAPS AND GEAR DOWN.
PRIOR TO TAKE OFF WITH CHUTES AND MONEY, KE REQUESTED PILOT TAKE OFF WITH REAR LADDER DOWN, TO FLY WITH FIFTEEN PERCENT FLAPS AND GEAR DOWN. PILOT ADVISED AIRCRAFT COULD NOT BE TAKEN OFF WITH LADDER DOWN. THIS WAS CONFIRMED THROUGH. OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES, MINNEAPOLIS. SHE LATER LEARNED THROUGH
THAT IT WAS DETERMINED FROM BOEING THAT PARTICULAR. TYRE
OF AIRCRAFT COULD TAKE OFF WITH REAR LADDER DOWN. , HIJACKER, AFTER 5 BEING TOLD PILOT COULDN'T TAKE SHIP OFF WITH LADDER DOWN, COMMENTED IN A LOW VOICE, "YES YOU CAN, BUT GO AHEAD AND RAISE IT, WE CAN LOWER IT ONCE WE'RE IN THE AIR."
HIJACKER, WHILE ON GROUND, BECAME IRRITATED AT DELAY IN TAKE OFF AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE PILOT HAD. TO FILE A FLIGHT PLAN TO WHICH HE ANSWERED, "HE CAN CALL THEM OVER THE RADIO ONCE WE'RE UP AND FILE IT." ONCE AIRBORN, HE SAID, "WE'RE GOING TO MEXICO," DID NOT GIVE A HEADING, BUT INDICATED HOW HE WANTED PLANE FLOWN WITH FLAPS SETTING AND GEAR DOWN. HE FURTHER WANTED THE PLANE END PAGE TWO
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FLOWN UNDER TEN THOUSAND FEEET THEN STATED, "THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T GO OVER TEN THOUSAND," REFERING TO THE PILOT.
HE FURTHER WANTED THE PLANE END PAGE TWO
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FLOWN UNDER TEN THOUSAND FEEET THEN STATED, "THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T GO OVER TEN THOUSAND," REFERING TO THE PILOT. ADVISED b7C b6 OXYGEN MASKS FOR AIRCRAFT SET TO ROP AT FOURTEEN THOUSAND FEET ALTITUDE.
FURTHER ADVISED HIJACKER AWARE OF PORTABLE OXYGEN UNITS IN REAR OF PLANE WHICH SHE INDICATED IN, HER OPINION, WERE NOT NOTICEABLE PLACE TO PUBLIC.
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· PHILADELPHIA WILL REINTERVIEWE
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DB Cooper-27820FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
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Date: 11/30/71

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URGENT
(Priority)
CC: SEARCH
IS: COURSE
TO :
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
FROM :
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (-P-)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE,
11/24/71, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SE
FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF PORTLAND IN CONDUCTING
SEARCH IN THIS MATTER,
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FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF PORTLAND IN CONDUCTING
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MINNEAPOLIS, IN A CONVERSATION WITH THIS OFFICE ON NOVEMBER
TWENTYNINE LAST, ADVISED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PASSING
INFORMATION ON TO US BASED ON THE QUOTE PRESSURE BUMP ENQUOTE
INDICATING THAT THE MAN HAD JUMPED NORTH OF PORTLAND. HE
SAID IT WAS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT THE MAN DID NOT
JUMP WHEN THIS PRESSURE BUMP TOOK PLACE. IT. WAS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT HE SAT ON THE END OF THE STAIRS TO CHECK OUT HIS REFERENCE POINTS BEFORE HE JUMPED. IF HE DID THIS FOR EVEN A SHORT TIME, HE COULD HAVE EASILY LANDED ACROSS THE RIVER IN OREGON. HE POINTED OUT IN THIS CONNECTION THAT THERE IS AN AURORA FIELD NEAR DONALD, OREGON.
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DB Cooper-27821OPTIONAL FORM NO. 15 MAY 1922 EDITION CSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO .
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FILE (164-81)
DATE:
11/30/71
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SAC, SEATTLE
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COURSE SEARCH
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
On 11/29/71 I talked to
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DATE:
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SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
On 11/29/71 I talked to
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I pointed out to him that I had examined the log of this flight very carefully and it would appear that the area in which we are currently searching is the most logical one to search. However, I was curious to know if the pilot would be able to detect a difference in the trim of the plane, caused by the added weight brought about through the hijacker's descent on the stairway.
said this would very likely be detected by the pilot were it not for the fact that the plane was on "automatic pilot" during the flight, which he des- cribed as being a normal procedure. He continued, however, and said he had examined minutely the flight recorder record and was unable to detect any similar occurrence in the airplane at the site we are presently searching. He advised that in view of this very likely there would be no other logical place to commence a search at this time.
He advised that in view of this very likely there would be no other logical place to commence a search at this time.
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INDEXED SERIALIZED_2 FILED 1 NOV'S 0 1971 FBI-SEATTLE 7
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SAC, SEATTLE (16481) (P)
SA THOMAS J. MANNING
UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: SEATTLE
Investigation at Longview RA territory, 11/30/71, consisted of contacts with all hospitals, doctor's clinics, in Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis, and Wahkiakum counties, all negative. Doctors and other medical locations being circularized with descriptive information and composite photograph by interested medical authorities.
A four seater helicopter of the Bonneville Power Administration conducting air search in an area 20 X 20 miles with negative results. The three-day use of helicopters and fixed wing aircraft in the prime search areain the opinion of the writer has been completed.
The three-day use of helicopters and fixed wing aircraft in the prime search areain the opinion of the writer has been completed. No information of value has been uncovered in this aerial surveillance.
Information concerning
? has been previously furnished in teletype sent to the Las Vegas Division this date. Close observation of terrain features in the search area composed of 500 square miles and has been flown for three days consists of the following:
Around Lake Merwin in the northern most part of the search area there is a ridge line which averages 1700 feet' running in an east to westerly direction with dense timber, extremely heavy undergroth and few clearings. Proceeding north and east of this location into Cowlitz County the terrain becomes more timbered with heavy growth of underbrush along the flight path
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: FILE (164-81)
July ory
DATE: 11/29/71 X Weather
FROM
:
SAC, SEATTLE
SUBJECT: UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 PORTLAND TO
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: FILE (164-81)
July ory
DATE: 11/29/71 X Weather
FROM
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SAC, SEATTLE
SUBJECT: UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
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PARACHUTE
For record purposes, I called SAC WHALEY at Albuquerque on 11/29/71, and told him I understood that there was a research project at Hodloman Air Force Base in New Mexico dealing with the effect on a body of high altitude parachuting and the effect of low temperatures on a body in case a jump was made. I asked him to see if he could contact the person responsible for the survey to give us some notions about what effect this would have on the man making this jump.
I told him that the weather was clear to 1500 feet, broken clouds to 5,000, solid above, and that the jump was possibly made around 7,000 to 10,000 ft. at a time when the "total average temperature" was minus 7 degrees.
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SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
ASAC PAUL
Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan 11/29/71
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
, Minneapolis, called
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1. He said that 90% of the skydivers are licensed by the U.S. Parachute Association, P.O. Box 109, Monterey, California. The license has a photograph of the individual; however, he does not believe that the association maintains these photos although they do maintain descriptions.
2. Northwest people have discussed this jump with a pilot who has made 500 parachute jumps, including two at night. He said that with a lighted target, a man could come within 1000 feet of the target from the height that they were flying on the night in question, and that you could guide yourself as much as 45 degrees in either direction with a plain survival type parachute, if you had the knowledge.
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3. He stated that theyhave been passing information on to us based on the "pressure bump" indicating that the man had jumped
He stated that theyhave been passing information on to us based on the "pressure bump" indicating that the man had jumped north of Portland. He said it was entirely possible that the man did not jump when this "pressure bump" took place. It was entirely possible that he sat on the end of the stairs to check out his reference points before he jumped. If he did this for even a short time, he could have easily landed across the river in Oregon.
He pointed out in this connection that there is Aurora Field near Donald, Oregon.
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DB Cooper-27827FD-46 (Rov, (5-22-64)
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Date: 11/26/71
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TO :
DIRECTOR, FBI
SEARCH PARA CHY:
FROM :
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (-P-)
UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, PORTLAND TO SEATTLE, 11/24/71, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. 00: SE. AIR SEARCH CONDUCTED IN AREA WHERE HIJACKER BELIEVED TO HAVE LEFT PLANE, UTILIZING TWO ARMY HELICOPTERS FROM GRAY FIELD; ONE WEYERHAUSER COMPANY HELICOPTER AND ONE
AIR SEARCH CONDUCTED IN AREA WHERE HIJACKER BELIEVED TO HAVE LEFT PLANE, UTILIZING TWO ARMY HELICOPTERS FROM GRAY FIELD; ONE WEYERHAUSER COMPANY HELICOPTER AND ONE BONNEVILLE POWER ADM., HELICOPTER. FOR PURPOSE OF SEARCH, AREA WAS DIVIDED INTO SIX SECTIONS AND DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS, ONLY THREE WERE COVERED TODAY. SEARCH WAS NEGATIVE. A LIMITED GROUND SEARCH ALSO CONDUCTED WHICH WAS NEGATIVE, EXCEPT FOR MIO INDIVIDUALS CHEMIA NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE SEARCH AREA, WHERE TWO INDIVIDUALS MADE COMMENTS CONCERNING A LOW FLYING AIRPLANE AT THE PERTINENT TIME, BUT SAW NOTHING DROPPING FROM PLANE.
RELATIVE TO SUSPECT PHOTO
DISPLAYED WITH OTHERS, TO WITNESS AND WN., SEATTLE,/WHO ADVISED PHOTO OF DEFINITELY NOT
IDENTICAL. HE STATED HIJACKER HAD A MUCH BROADER FACE AND NOSE. PHOTO OF
BEING DISPLAYED TO OTHER WITNESSES
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LABORATORY FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
To:
SAC, Seattle
Date:
April 2, 2002

Case ID No .:	SE-164A-81
Lab No .:	010904012 HL MD

Reference:
Communication dated August 23, 2001
Your No .:
Title:
NORJAK;
CAA - HIJACKING
Date specimens received:
September 6, 2001
Specimens:
RESUBMITTED ITEMS FROM FBI LABORATORY NUMBER PC-H5141 MC GX: Specimens Q40 Tie, Q41 Tie clip and Also
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Title:
NORJAK;
CAA - HIJACKING
Date specimens received:
September 6, 2001
Specimens:
RESUBMITTED ITEMS FROM FBI LABORATORY NUMBER PC-H5141 MC GX: Specimens Q40 Tie, Q41 Tie clip and Also Submitted Airline ticket.
This report contains the results of the DNA examinations. The submitted items and the probed DNA membrane will be returned to you under separate cover by overnight express. In addition to the evidence in the case, any remaining processed DNA from specimens examined by DNA analysis is also being returned to you. The processed DNA can be found in a package marked PROCESSED DNA SAMPLES: SHOULD BE REFRIGERATED/FROZEN. It is recommended that these samples be stored in a refrigerator/freezer and isolated from evidence that has not been examined.
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Report of Examination
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Date: April 2, 2002
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Report of Examination
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Results of Examinations:
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) amplification via the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of the nine short tandem repeat (STR) loci and the amelogenin locus (for gender determination) in the AmpF STR® Profiler PlusTM PCR Amplification Kit was performed on DNA obtained from specimens Q40/Q41 (combined for analysis).
The STR typing results for specimens Q40/Q41 (combined for analysis) indicate the presence of DNA from more than one individual. The typing results from the amelogenin locus indicate the presence of male DNA in the DNA obtained from specimens Q40/Q41 (combined for analysis).
The DNA profile from specimens Q40/Q41 (combined for analysis) will be entered into the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) and maintained by the FBI Laboratory for future comparisons.
No other DNA examinations were conducted.
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE
Date: 07/23/2002
To: Los Angeles
Seattle
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Case ID #: SE 164A-81-G- (Pending)
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Title: NORJAK;
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ARMED AND DANGEROUS
Synopsis: All Los Angeles 164-497 files and 1A exhibits concerning captioned matter are being sent to FBI Seattle to be consolidated into their file, SE 164A-81-G.
Reference: SE 164A-81-G Serial 2
Administrative: This is in reference to FBI Seattle's EC to FBI Los Angeles dated February 19, 2002.
Package Copy: Being forwarded under separate cover via Federal Express are two (2) boxes containing the following:
1. Fourteen (14) volumes for file 164-497 containing documentation of the investigation conducted by FBI Los Angeles concerning captioned matter.
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Fourteen (14) volumes for file 164-497 containing documentation of the investigation conducted by FBI Los Angeles concerning captioned matter.
2. Eight (8) volumes of file 164-497 1As, containing 1A1-1A72.
3. One (1) volume of file 164-497 Sub A, containing investigation at the Elsinore Paricenter, Inc. located in Elsinore, California.
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LABORATORY FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535
To:
SAC, Seattle
Date:
April 2, 2002

Case ID No .:	SE-164A-81- G-3
Lab No .: 010904012 HL MD

Reference:
Communication dated August 23, 2001
Your No .:
Title:
NORJAK;
CAA - HIJACKING
Date specimens received:
September 6, 2001
Specimens:
RESUBMITTED ITEMS FROM FBI LABORATORY NUMBER PC-H5141 MC GX: Specimens Q40 Tie, Q41 Tie clip and Also Submitted Airline ticket.
This report contains the results of the DNA examinations. The submitted items and the probed DNA membrane will be returned to you under separate cover by overnight express.
The submitted items and the probed DNA membrane will be returned to you under separate cover by overnight express. In addition to the evidence in the case, any remaining processed DNA from specimens examined by DNA analysis is also being returned to you. The processed DNA can be found in a package marked PROCESSED DNA SAMPLES: SHOULD BE REFRIGERATED/FROZEN. It is recommended that these samples be stored in a refrigerator/freezer and isolated from evidence that has not been examined.
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE
Date: 02/19/2002
To: Los Angeles
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From: Seattle
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Case ID #: SE 164A-81-G-2 (Pending)
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Title: NORJAK;
CAA
Synopsis: Locate evidence possibly returned to Los Angeles.
Enclosure (s) : Previously faxed to Los Angeles, and enclosed, is a Laboratory report dated 4/19/1974 returning evidence to Los Angeles in captioned case.
Enclosure (s) : Previously faxed to Los Angeles, and enclosed, is a Laboratory report dated 4/19/1974 returning evidence to Los Angeles in captioned case.
Details: As outlined in previous telephone call, Los Angeles is requested to located the below items returned to Los Angeles: glass microscope slide with hair sample.
Although the report indicates that this item was returned to Las Vegas with their copy of the report, Las Vegas has no record of it being received.
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Precedence: ROUTINE
Date:
08/23/2001
To: Laboratory
Attn: DNA
From: @Seattle
Squad 5/ PSVCTE
Contact:
(206) 262-2503
Approved By:
Drafted By:
Case ID #: SE 164A-81
₩SE 164A-81-G (Pending)
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Title: NORJAK; CAA-HIJACKING
Synopsis: To submit evidence for DNA analysis.
Package Copy: Being forwarded under separate cover is one original airline ticket (1B21) and one snap on black tie with gold tie clip (1B7) .
Enclosures: Original Laboratory reports regarding above items.
Details: As the Laboratory is aware, captioned case involves the hijacking of Northwest flight 305 destined for Seattle on
Details: As the Laboratory is aware, captioned case involves the hijacking of Northwest flight 305 destined for Seattle on 11/24/1971 by an unknown subject. In spite of exhaustive investigation over the years, the subject remains unidentified. This case has national significance and remains the only unresolved airplane hijacking in U.S. history. As this was a capital offense at the time, no statute of limitation exists. Retrieval of any DNA could be very useful as a DNA profile could be used to eliminate subjects that'are still being brought to the attention of Seattle
The above items were originally submitted to the Laboratory in late 1971 for fingerprint analysis (ticket) and manufacture analysis (tie and clip) with negative results. No DNA testing was ever done. Prior reports from the LAB related to the examination of the tie and clip are attached for reference. As these are the only items absolutely known to have been handled by the UNSUB in this case, they are being resubmitted at this time for DNA analysis.
As these are the only items absolutely known to have been handled by the UNSUB in this case, they are being resubmitted at this time for DNA analysis. If appropriate, and following the DNA work, the ticket (1B21) should be also resubmitted for latents.
See Main file Seria19387 For DNA result
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Dan Cooper bill ¿not given to boy
Brian Ingram, the 8-year-old Van- couver, Washi., boy who discovered some of the Dan Cooper skyjacking ran- som last week, was not given one of the deteriorated bills, as was reported Tues- day in some editions of The Oregonian. The boy actually was given a $20 bill made to look like one of the tattered bills, in addition to a certificate praising him for his find. Both items came from . the Hough Elementary School PTA. Meanwhile in Washington, D.C., FBI laboratory technicians have been unable to determine how much money was in the three bundles of Cooper's recovered as a result of young Ingram's find.
"The $20 bills were so badly deteri -.
, FBI laboratory technicians have been unable to determine how much money was in the three bundles of Cooper's recovered as a result of young Ingram's find.
"The $20 bills were so badly deteri -. orated that we have been unable to count it," said FBI spokesman Otis Cox. He said no fingerprints were found on the bills.
. The bills were identified as part of Cooper's $200,000 by their serial num. bers.
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33 SOUTH FIFTH STREET MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402 TELEPHONE [612] 339-4911
TELECOPIER (612] 339 4181 TWX 910-576-2737
February 14, 1980
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Mr. Bill Baker Assistant Special Agent in Charge Federal Bureau of Investigation P. O. Box 709 Portland, Oregon 97207
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Re: D. B. Cooper
Dear Mr. Baker:
We have become aware that some of the money given to D.
Box 709 Portland, Oregon 97207
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Re: D. B. Cooper
Dear Mr. Baker:
We have become aware that some of the money given to D. B. Cooper has been recovered. This letter is to advise you that our client, Globe Indemnity Company, reimbursed Northwest Airlines for the money which was given to D. B. Cooper. It is our opinion, based on the terms of the contract pursuant to which such indemnification was made, that Globe Indemnity is entitled to receive any recovery made until the full amount of indemnification has been repaid.
We would appreciate being kept advised of what recovery is or has been made.
Very truly yours,
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The Loot Reveals New Clues to the Fate of D.B.
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Date:
2/15/80
Edition:
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Title:" NORJAK
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Submitting Office:
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ByJohn O'Ryan
VANCOUVER. Wash. - Eight FBI agents digging on a Columbia River beach in a snowstorm found no more of D.B. Cooper's hijack ransom yester- day. but they revealed new clues to the fate of the legendary parachutist.
Special agent Ken Moore of Seat- tle. in charge of the digging. said a geologist's report indicates that the money which has been found drifted up on this beach within the past two years.
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a respite from the frigid digging. the ingney came downstream, and proba- bly reached the Columbia from the Washougal River, or one of several smaller streams which enter the big river above here.
the ingney came downstream, and proba- bly reached the Columbia from the Washougal River, or one of several smaller streams which enter the big river above here.
It isn't likely. he said, that the money came upstream, with tidal cur- rents. from the Lewis River - which drains Lake Merwin. where Cooper has long been thought to have per- ished.
Moore thought for a few moments. then said:
"Tourists who want to look for more Cooper money probably should
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look on the Washougal River."
All of which indicates that Cooper, with $200.000 in a canvas suitcase strapped to his body, jumped from a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727 a little southeast of the point originally esti- mated by the FBI.
Hle apparently landed southeast dif Lake Merwin which is just off 1-5 near Woodland. in the drainage of the Washougal River, or nearby streams, in hilly, wooded country.
"There is nothing infallible about our original estimate of where he landed." said John Pringle, assistant . special agent in charge of the Seattle
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"Because of strong wind currents, and other variables. we could have been a little off in our original codi mexes.'
According to Pringle, only one money bundle from the $200,000 hi- jack ransom was found on this beach nine miles downstream from the bridge over the Columbia River at Vancouver.
But since Cooper had all of his money in one canvas container. ac- cording to Moore, if any of the money is scattered - all of it is likely to be scattered.
Cooper, whose real identity bas never been learned, literally dropped out of sight the night he plunged from the airliner. He had collected his bijaek e loot in Seattle - bundles of money wrapped in a package six inches high, one foot scross. and about IS inches long - later stuffed into a bag tied to his waist.
No trace was found of Cooper or his money until a family picnicking on this north bank of the Columbia, on property owned by the Fazio Brothers Sand Co. and dairy cow farm. found tattered bills three to six inches deep in the sand.
of Cooper or his money until a family picnicking on this north bank of the Columbia, on property owned by the Fazio Brothers Sand Co. and dairy cow farm. found tattered bills three to six inches deep in the sand.
" It was "Seattle day" at the FBI dig. sings on the Columbia River yester- day. The previous day, 10 FBI agents from the Portland bureau carried out the digging.
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Seattle bureau were hard at work. The beach is roped off, and a Clark County sheriff's car was parked at the entrance to the Fazio property to Keep the public out.
Sand was piled around the original money discovery area. because the FBI had been using a backhoe to ex- cavate there .. Agents were working . yesterday with shovels and rakes.
Moore said a Portland Stale Un: iversity Geologist is the one who do- termined that the money had floated? onto the beach within the last two !: years.
This, Moore said, was based on al determination that there is only about six to eight inches of sand on this beach, and beneath it is a clay that was placed bere hy a channel dredg- ing project carried out in 1974.
This, Moore said, was based on al determination that there is only about six to eight inches of sand on this beach, and beneath it is a clay that was placed bere hy a channel dredg- ing project carried out in 1974.
The clay, he said. appears "undis- turbed," but the sand contains soft - drink containers and other debris
from pienickers. It appears to be of recent origin, and the money was found only about three to six inches deep in it.
Moore said the Army Corps of En- gineers had scuttled the theory that the money had drifted upstream with tidal currents from the mouth of the Lewis River, which enters the Colun. . bia downstream from here.
"I talked to the engineers, and " they said that it is most unlikely that anything drifted unstream against the current," Moore saidi.
If no more money is found, the . ¿FBI's digging on the beach will end today, Moore said.
But he expressed the belief that "the departure of the FBI will not end' the sifting through this strip of sand. "After we leave, probably 2.500 people will digging here the next day," he said.
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Date: 2/13/80 Edition: Final
Title:
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FBI agents digging in search of more clues
By Bud May The Daily News
PORTLAND .- An 8-year-old boy : accomplished with a sweep of his hand Sunday something the FBI has been trying to do for more than eight years.
Brian Ingram, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dwayne Ingram of Van- couver, provided the first major breakthrough in the D.B. Cooper skyjacking case when he accidental- ly uncovered part of the $200.000 ran- som Cooper had when he bailed out of a Northwest Airlines jet in the Lewis River area on Thanksgiving Eve, Nov. 24, 1971.
The FBI said Tuesday the discovery of more than $3,000 in bad- ly deteriorated $20 bills was made Sunday while the Ingram family was on an outing on a Columbia River beach about five miles northwest of Vancouver on the Washington side.
The FBI said Tuesday the discovery of more than $3,000 in bad- ly deteriorated $20 bills was made Sunday while the Ingram family was on an outing on a Columbia River beach about five miles northwest of Vancouver on the Washington side.
Meantime, the FBI is conducting an intensive grid search of the beach area where the money was found. Agents reported finding bits and pieces of money Tuesday afternoon, some of it as deep as three feet in sand.
However, the pieces were so small it was not possible to determine the amount of money.
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hydrologist, George Holmes, said he would review information about where the hijacker jumped in rela- tion to where the money was found.
He said the Washougal River was' i the only Columbia tributary that y might have carried the cash, and! even that is a remote possibility.
Not everyone shares that opinion.
Some experts feel that because of the Columbia's currents, the money could have come from the Lewis River and washed upstream.
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The FBI has a'so contacted the Ar- my Engineers, which continuously dredges sand in that area, on the chance that dredging brought the money up from the bottom of the river.
The FBI has a'so contacted the Ar- my Engineers, which continuously dredges sand in that area, on the chance that dredging brought the money up from the bottom of the river. A spokesman for the Army Engineers said today that it is a definite possibility. While they con- stantly dredge in that area, the last time they deposited the dredged sand on that beach was in October 1974.
Agents said the money, in bundles, without question is part of that given the man known as Cooper.
"The packaging and numbered se- quence indicate the bills have not been separated and are in much the same order as when given to the hi- jacker." explained Bill Baker, assis- tant agent in charge at the Portland office.
Baker could not say whether the Ingram family will get a reward, since the FBI can not offer one, but he indicated there is a good possibili- ty that the airline or another source; would provide one.
' The elder Ingram and his wife, Patricia, told dozens of news media, people at a press conference in the Portland FBI Office Tuesday how
the money was found.
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' The elder Ingram and his wife, Patricia, told dozens of news media, people at a press conference in the Portland FBI Office Tuesday how
the money was found.
"I was about to build a fire on the!" beach," said Ingram, "and had myi- arms full, but before I could set it;, down, my son said, 'Wait a minute' daddy.' He scooped off some sand, and this money rolled to the top."
A UPI reporter who talked with the family Tuesday said Brian and bis 5-year-old cousin, Denise In- gram, shouted, "Look! It's money that we found!"
The Ingrams said they didn't con- . neet the money to the Cooper case at the time, but realized it must be im- portant to someone, so they notified . . the Portland FBI Office of the find.
Asked by a reporter why he con- tacted the FBI instead of local . authorities, Ingram responded. "Because I figured if I turned it over to police, I would never see it again."
He didn't . elaborate on that remark, but continued to answer questions from newspaper, televi- sion and radio reporters.
Asked if he considered keeping the money, Ingram laughingly replied. "No, it looked in such bad shape I didn't think I could spend it.
Asked if he considered keeping the money, Ingram laughingly replied. "No, it looked in such bad shape I didn't think I could spend it."
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By Bud May The Daily News
The body of , skyjacker D.B. Cooper lies on the bottom of Lake Merwin, most likely hung up on a snag.
Retired FBI Agent Tom Manning of Longview has held that theory for several years, and still does.
The fact that some of the ransom money Cooper got from Northwest Airlines was found Sunday on a Col- umbia River
The fact that some of the ransom money Cooper got from Northwest Airlines was found Sunday on a Col- umbia River beach north and west of Vancouver has not changed his con- viction in the least.
Manning, now manager of the Longview Chamber of Commerce. had charge of the massive searches conducted in the Lewis River area after the infamous skyjacking of a Northwest . Airlines jet on Thanksgiving Eve in 1971.
Because he worked so long on a case that has never been solved, the former resident agent has taken a lot of ribbing from friends and ac- quaintances.
"Some still call me D.B. Cooper," he said with a chuckle Tuesday night.
Manning never believed the sky- jacker survived the jump with $200,000 in ransom money, and was among the first to say so.
"I said several years ago that I think he may be hung up on a snag at the bottom of Lake Merwin, and I still think so," Manning said after learning Tuesday that some of the ransom money had been found.
Manning said the fact that the money was found upstream, rather than downstream from the mouth of the Lewis River, doesn't disprove his theory.
Manning said the fact that the money was found upstream, rather than downstream from the mouth of the Lewis River, doesn't disprove his theory.
He said it could have been moved upstream by tides and currents.
George Holmes, a hydrologist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, says that would not have been im- possible, but he considers it unlikely that currents would have moved the Ecash that far upstream.
! "However," Holmes, emphasized, "I'm not taking issue in any way swith the theory of where the hijacker may have come down after leaving the plane, or where the rest of the money might be."
Manning recalls vividly the inten-
sive search . conducted. cast of Woodland in the Lewis River area.
He says Charles Farrell of Seattle was the FBI agent in charge of the case, while Manning coordinated the ' searches. Other agents from the Seattle and Portland FBI offices were also involved. In addition, about 200 soldiers from Fort Lewis were used in an inch by inch grid . search conducted in March of 1972 after the winter snows melted.
Despite the fact that no trace of Cooper was found, Manning and other agents remained convinced he
Despite the fact that no trace of Cooper was found, Manning and other agents remained convinced he had jumped somewhere in the Lewis River-Lake Merwin area, where crewmen of the Boeing 727 noted al: fluctuation in the cabin rate of pressure indicator about 8:10 p.m.
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Minutes carlier lights came on in! the cockpit indicating the rear airstair of the aircraft had been lowered.
"Using the same aircraft, we made some tests three days after the hijacking, and the results gave credence to the theory that he jumped in the area the crew told us about," Manning said.
Manning was aboard the plane, flown by the chief pilot of the airline, when it was taken over the Pacific Ocean off the Hoquiam bombing . range for the tests. Also present was the same flight engineer who was on duty the night of the incident.
"We took along some wooden sleds with sandbags to approximate the weight of Cooper, the parachutes - given him and the ransom money; and dropped them from the plane when the flying conditions were the same as they were at the time he bailed out," Manning recalled.
"We took along some wooden sleds with sandbags to approximate the weight of Cooper, the parachutes - given him and the ransom money; and dropped them from the plane when the flying conditions were the same as they were at the time he bailed out," Manning recalled.
The airstair was lowered, and the sleds dropped.
"The engineer said the plane reacted the same as it had before when the weight was released," Manning said Tuesday.
According to Manning, the FBI, and the airline were convinced then that the man calling himself D.B. Cooper bailed out of the jet in thej Lewis River area, and nothing has happened to shake that belief.
Where he landed has never been determined, but Manning still thinks Lake Marwin is a conn' lint
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By Donna duBeth The Daily News
The handful of residents who live along the beach where part of D.B. Cooper's Icot was found Sunday are kicking themselves for not building more sand castles.
They also wonder whether they should have paid more attention to the sand dredging operations along the beach.
Tina Bar is a stretch of sandy beach on the Washington side of the Columbia River northwest of Vancouver. The lonely country road that winds along the beach, Lower River Road, dead-ends about three miles from where a Vancouver family found about $3,000 beneath the sand Sunday while on a picnic. Rabbits bounce on the side of the road at night, starti- · ed by occasional passing cars.
Less than 10 houses are along the 12-mile stretch of beach road.
Rabbits bounce on the side of the road at night, starti- · ed by occasional passing cars.
Less than 10 houses are along the 12-mile stretch of beach road. Most of the land belongs to large dairy farms. The Fazio Bros. Sand Co. also fronts the river. A road leading through the Fazio gate is a popular path to the beach. It is the same path used by the family the day they found the money. On the east side of Fazio Bros. is Leeward Isle Marina, with a public fishing boat launch and one or two house boats.
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During fishing season, the beach is packed from end to end, say local residents Clarence and Barbara Ellis. They have lived in their mobile home just down the road from Fazio Bros. for the past 30 years.
Every day Clarence takes his outboard skiff along Tina Bar patrolling the river and the beach for renegade logs that could damage other boats.
Ellis says that the Army Corps of Engineers con- tinuously dredges sand directly off the shore from where the money was found.
"I betcha that dredging brought that money up and
most of it's been destroyed by the dredging," he said.
"I betcha that dredging brought that money up and
most of it's been destroyed by the dredging," he said. . "Even the FBI is going to be able to figure that one out."
Today a spokesman for the Army Engineers said they were working closely with the FBI, checking out that lead. The sand sucked up from the bottom of the river and spewed onto the beach could have contain- ed some or all of the long-sought money. While the dredging is continuous, the last time sand was deposited in that spot was in October 1974.
Another resident of the area said that the money was found too far from the water to have washed up. "It had to be the dredging. Maybe I'll go get me a shovel," said Mrs. J.W. Freeman.
The FBI dug all day Tuesday, finding bits and pieces of $20 bills. An agent guarding the site Tuesday evening said the amount they found during.the day . was less than the $3.000 orginally dug up.
Tuesday night the Ellis family sat in their home decorated with fishing gear and large plants, amazed that some the D.
Tuesday night the Ellis family sat in their home decorated with fishing gear and large plants, amazed that some the D.B. Cooper money was showing up on the same beach their children grew up on.
. "To think I worked like a slave all my life and here this money was right in my front yard," said Ellis. "When I think of the times my kids took the four- · wheel drive right over that spot. I mean that's our. beach. It belongs to the people we lease from and that's the beach we use."
His wife, Barbara, said she felt "kinda sick" not finding it. But she added that she would have turned it in. "Somebody could have lost it," she said.
The beach property actually belongs to the Hans Egger family of Vancouver. A baby sitter at the home said the Eggers were on vacation in California. They learned the money had been found on their property when they listened to a television newscast Tuesday night.
"They were shocked," said the baby sitter.
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How it all started
On Nov. 24, 1971, a calm, middle-age man calling himself Dan Cooper bought a ticket for a Northwest Airlines flight to Seattle.
Shortly after takeoff, he handed a note to stewardess Florence Schaffner.
Thinking the man was try- ing to "hustle" her, she stuff- ed the note in her purse, but he motioned for her to read it.
The note said he had a bomb, and wanted to go to Mexico.
While the jet circled Seattle before landing, the skyjacker also ordered that $200,000 cash and four parachutes be brought to the plane.
The airline agreed, 36 passengers and part of the crew were allowed to leave, and the plane took off with the man and his ransom.
As it flew south, the rear airstair was lowered, and minutes later the plane 'reacted in a manner that con- vineed the crew that the sky- jacker had bailed out somewhere in the Lewis River-Lake Merwin area east of Woodland.
As it flew south, the rear airstair was lowered, and minutes later the plane 'reacted in a manner that con- vineed the crew that the sky- jacker had bailed out somewhere in the Lewis River-Lake Merwin area east of Woodland.
Thus began the legend of D.B. Cooper (the name Dan Cooper somehow got lost in news media accounts of the in- cident.)
Cooper has never been found, but interest in the case is still strong, and flared Tues- day when the FBI announced a Vancouver family had found several thousand dollars of the! ransom money on a Columbia River beach northwest of Van- couver.
Several stories about the case appear in today's issue of The Daily News.
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FBI agents yesterday called off their search on a sandy beach of the Columbia River west of Van- couver for more evidence of D.B. Cooper and the $200,000 be carried when he parachuted from a skyjacked airliner in November 1971.
"When the agents get back here next .week, we'll discuss what diree- tion to take next," said Jack Pringle, an FBI agent in Seattle.
One partly decomposed bundle of marked $20 bills from the Cooper loot was found Sunday by a family pic- nicking beside the river nine miles below Vancouver.
It probably will be at least a week' before the FBI laboratory in Washing- ton, D.
One partly decomposed bundle of marked $20 bills from the Cooper loot was found Sunday by a family pic- nicking beside the river nine miles below Vancouver.
It probably will be at least a week' before the FBI laboratory in Washing- ton, D.C., will report on how. much money was found, said Bill Williams. of the FBI office in Portland, Ore., whose agents dug and sifted the sand carlier this week.
Cooper is believed to have para- · chuted over Lake Merwin in Cowlitz County. No trace of him or the money
is known to have been found until the discovery Sunday.
Williams said yesterday that Leon- ard Palmer, a geologist at Portland State University, concluded that the money drifted onto the river bank sometime after August 1974. The money lay in sand on top of spoil from a dredging operation that was conducted that month, Palmer told the FBI.
Pringle said that sooner or later the recovered money will be returned to its owner.
"We don't know who that is and it's not up to us to determine," be said. "It might be that a court will have to decide."
The $200,000 was delivered to . Cooper aboard a Northwest Airline plane in Seattle after he skyjacked it.
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The $200,000 was delivered to . Cooper aboard a Northwest Airline plane in Seattle after he skyjacked it.
Brent Baskfield, a Northwest pub- lic relations officer in St. Paul, Mion., said Northwest paid the money but has been reimbursed for most of it by The Globe Insurance Co. in New York City.
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Pickings are slim in Cooper treasure hunt
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Federal Bureau of Investigation treasure hunters re- turned to a cold and sandy Columbia River beach down- stream from Vancouver, Wash,, today seeking more clues to the eight-year-old D.B. Cooper skyjacking mystery.
The F.B.I. mixed a little science and technology with a lot of old-fashioned elbow grease yesterday in continued digging at the beach. Agents continued to find scraps of $20 bills in the area where a picnicking Vancouver family found three bundles of money Sunday.
Through serial numbers, those decomposed bundles of bills have been identified as "several thousand dollars" of the $200,000 given to the man who hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 in November, 1971, then parachuted from the jet with his loot. The F.B.I. believes he jumped somewhere in the vicinity of LaCenter, about 25 miles northeast of the beach where the money was found ..
Yesterday's search, aided by a backhoe and advice from a Portland State University geologist, provided no?
Yesterday's search, aided by a backhoe and advice from a Portland State University geologist, provided no? clues how the money got to the beach or where it has been since the hijacking.
F.B.I. agents said the money still was packaged in ! the same order as it was given to the hijacker. The geolo- gist said the money probably had been there for less than two years.
Kenneth Moore, a Seattle F.B.I. agent assigned to. the case, said, "One reason for conducting an exhaustive search of this area would be to find other indications of what happened - pieces of clothing, pieces of bag, pieces of parachute or human remains, which in this case would be only bones."
The beach area is 71/2 miles northwest of Vancouver! on a stretch of shoreline used heavily by fishermen and lined with industrial plants and farms.
Moore and other agents said it would be just specula- tion to suggest that Cooper might have come down near . the Columbia River beach, or that the search site might give any clue besides additional pieces of money.
the Columbia River beach, or that the search site might give any clue besides additional pieces of money. The round shape of the wads of money suggested that the cash could have tumbled along the river bed, agents said,
The farmers who own the shoreland, Al and Richard' Fazio, said the place where the money was found.is peri- odically underwater during high river runoff, like last week.
. Moore said the currency might have been pumped on the beach during the dredging, but that was doubted by Dr. Leonard Palmer, Portland State geologist.
Palmer said the scraps of money had been found in looser sand, not in dredging spoils. The river last was dredged there in 1974.
Moore said the meager evidence suggests the hi- : jacker "may have landed in the water, although not nec- essarily the Columbia."
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Speculation that Cooper could have dropped into Lake Merwin, a reservoir on the Lewis River, was re- placed this week by speculation he could have landed in the Washougal River watershed. The Lewis River enters t downstream from the search area, the Washougal up- stream from Vancouver.
But Moore said there were no plans to search upriver "unless evidence leads us to a more specific area.".
Small pieces of currency were found yesterday in . scattered places as they combed through sand several hundred feet downstream from Sunday's discovery sitef.
Other fragments showed up as agents shoveled sand] through wire screens around the main site. The largest" piece discovered yesterday was about the size of a stick of chewing gum. It was several layers thick.
Moore said the new fragments may once have been . part of the destroyed bundles discovered Sunday.
Although there were several rewards offered for the. discovery of the money or the arrest of D.B. Cooper, fed- eral agents said it looked as if the Harold Ingram family is out of luck. Ingram's son, Brian, 8, uncovered the money.
Cooper, fed- eral agents said it looked as if the Harold Ingram family is out of luck. Ingram's son, Brian, 8, uncovered the money.
"As far as I know, all reward offers have been can- celed," a Portland F.B.I. agent, Bill Williams, said.
Roy Erickson, a spokesman for Northwest. Orient in St. Louis, said the airline had settled with its insurance company, Globe of New York, several years ago and re- ceived $180,000.
"Our loss was covered by our insurance and so we : are out of the situation now," he said.
Ralph Himmelsbach, a Portland F.B.I. agent who has worked on the D.B. Cooper case since 1971, said the finding of the money gave him "a certain sense of satis- faction," the Associated Press reported.
"The case isn't solved," Himmelsbach said, "but this is certainly a major milestone.
"So we know at least that he (Cooper) never spent , this money, and we know that none of the money he was given has ever turned up in circulation."
Himmelsbach said Cooper's skeleton probably never will be found if it is in the forested mountain area where he is supposed to have landed.
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Himmelsbach said Cooper's skeleton probably never will be found if it is in the forested mountain area where he is supposed to have landed.
"Unlike the money, Cooper is biodegradable," Him- melsbach said.
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FBI: Cooper likely dead man
By KERRY WEBSTER STINT Staff Writer
It's more likely than ever that the legendary D. B. Cooper is just a grinning skeleton in a nylon shroud, say FBI agents raking the sand for the last of his mouldering stash.
"The discovery of the money adds credence to the theory that he probably did not survive the jump," said Bill Williams, a special agent in Portland.
On the north bank of the Colum- bia River today, more than 30 FBI agents worked behind a cordon of armed sheriff's deputies, spading over every square foot of sand along 150 feet of shoreline.
The site is where eight-year-old Brian Ingram of Vancouver, digg- ing idly in the sand with a stick on Sunday, turned up a sodden wad of $20 bills.
The site is where eight-year-old Brian Ingram of Vancouver, digg- ing idly in the sand with a stick on Sunday, turned up a sodden wad of $20 bills.
Serial numbers on the money - 12 stacks of twenties, still in their bank wrappings - matched some of those given to "Dan Cooper" when he hijacked Northwest Air- lines Flight 305 on. Thanksgiving Eve, 1971.
Flourishing what looked like a stick of dynamite, "Cooper" or- dered the plane to fly from Seattle- Tacoma International Airport to Reno, Nev., after first demaninding $200,000 and four parachutes.
The Boeing 727's flight recorder indicated that he jumped from the plane's lowered rear stairwell somewhere near Ariel, a tiny logg- ing town in Southwest Washington.
No trace of Cooper or the hijack- ling loot had shown up in the past "nine years. The mysterious air pi- rate in that time has become a cult figure, with sweatshirts, bumper- stickers and endless pulp-magazine stories dedicated to the exploit.
FBI agents, who have been the butt of D. B. Cooper jokes for nine years, did not conceal a certain grim satisfaction when they an- nounced the finding of the money in, Seattle and
Cooper jokes for nine years, did not conceal a certain grim satisfaction when they an- nounced the finding of the money in, Seattle and Portland press confer- ences yesterday.
The fact that the money appears to have washed up on the river- bank, rather than having been pur- posely buried there, increases the chances that Cooper is dead.
"There is no way we can tell if he is dead or alive," said John Pringle, assistant agent in charge of the Seattle office. "We only know that if he is alive, he doesn't have this money."
The site of the find is about nine miles downriver from the Inter- state 5 bridge over the Columbia between Portland and Vancouver. Young Ingram made the discovery while picnicking with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dwayne Ingram.
The elder Ingram told reporters yesterday he was preparing to build a fire when his son "ran up and said, 'Wait a minute, Daddy.' He raked a place out in the sand, and there it was."
Ingram told The Associated Press he didn't even consider spending the money, because it looked so badly deteriorated.
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Ingram told The Associated Press he didn't even consider spending the money, because it looked so badly deteriorated.
The decomposed money was being sent today to the FBI crime lab in Washington, D.C., for exami- nation. Pringle said there is a pos- sibility that mud and soil deposited in the bundles may give a clue as to where they were washed from.
"We're going to be doing some study of tide tables and flood records, also," added Portland agent Williams today. "That'll tell us whether examining any of the
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The Washougal River flows into the Columbia below the money site,1 and its origins are deep in the woods over which Cooper is be- lieved to have jumped.
However, Williams noted, the Columbia is frequently dredged and often floods where the money was found, so the situation could be very confused.
However, Williams noted, the Columbia is frequently dredged and often floods where the money was found, so the situation could be very confused.
. Pringle said Cooper jumped with the money tied around his waist, and he said he believed "it was in a bag which would have de- teriorated over this length of time."
He said a major objective of the search going on now is to find some other object that is connected to Cooper.
"We could find bones, or a piece of parachute," he said. "Nylon does' not deteriorate rapidly."
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Agents using spades and rakes have discovered a few more pieces of $20 bills, about the size of nick- els and dimes, according to the FBI. The new discoveries were made within a three-foot radius of the original finding.
"We are planning to bring in . some heavy equipment tomorrow to speed things up," Williams said. "The problem when you dig up a spadeful of sand is, what do you do with the sand?"
In Ariel, meanwhile, tavern owner Dave Fisher said the little town will go on with plans for its annual "D. B. Cooper party" at his Ariel Store & Tavern this-Nov 24
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by Richard Zahler fjand Steve Johnston Times staff reporters
VANCOUVER, Wash. - The Federal Bureau of Investigation brought a backhoe and experts in soil, archeology and river currents to a sandy Columbia River beach west of here today to seek more clues into the 8-year-old D.B. Coo- per hijacking mystery.
An 8-year-old boy Sunday uncov- ered on the beach a small part of- the $200,000 the legendary hijacker had strapped to his body when he parachuted from a Northwest Ori- ent Airlines 727 over Southwestern Washington November 24, 1971.
An 8-year-old boy Sunday uncov- ered on the beach a small part of- the $200,000 the legendary hijacker had strapped to his body when he parachuted from a Northwest Ori- ent Airlines 727 over Southwestern Washington November 24, 1971.
F.B.I. agents yesterday found more fragments of $20 bills while digging at the beach. Paul Hud- son, the F.B.I.'s on-site coordina- tor, said the fragments - the size of nickels and quarters - were found as much as 5 feet away from where the money was found Sunday. Some fragments were 3 feet under the surface.
Hudson said the bureau is trying to determine possible ways the money reached the beach. The "river recently covered the beach, he said.
Hudson also noted that the Co- lumbia River channel is dredged periodically and sand from the riv- er bottom is pumped on the shore.
"It's possible that it washed up here a period of time ago . . . not 9 years ago but not necessarily recently," Hudson said.
Brian Ingram Got scoop on skyjacker "
Discovery of the money "prob- ably raises as many questions as it does answers," Hudson said. "In my own mind I can rule out the possibility that (the money) was buried here.
Brian Ingram Got scoop on skyjacker "
Discovery of the money "prob- ably raises as many questions as it does answers," Hudson said. "In my own mind I can rule out the possibility that (the money) was buried here."
Hudson said whether searchers might find Cooper's remains in the area is "one of the questions we hope to answer today."
The beach is about nine miles west of Vancouver, adjacent to a dairy farm and a popular spot for steelhead fishing. Today a Clark County deputy sheriff was at the
farm gate, turning away fisher- men and the curious.
One longtime fisherman, Sidney Tipper, 80, of Vancouver, was ad- mitted to fish. Tipper said, "I've !! been going up and down this river for 10 years. The money wasn't very deep. If it had been here (a . long time) I think we'd have seen it."
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The F.B.I. said yesterday it pre- sumes the money had been washed downstream, possibly from a tributary to the Columbia. An Army Engineers hydrologist , said that the Washougal River was the only tributary that might have carried the money. The Washou- gal is the first Washington tribu- tary upstream from Vancouver.
An Army Engineers hydrologist , said that the Washougal River was the only tributary that might have carried the money. The Washou- gal is the first Washington tribu- tary upstream from Vancouver.
William M. Baker, assistant spe- cial agent for the Portland F.B.I. office, said he expected searches would be carried out along the Cof lumbia to the mouth of the Wal shougal and possibly up the Wall shougal.
The money recovered Sunday, : in three bundles of decomposing $20 bills, was discovered by Brian Ingram, 8, of Vancouver. The boy
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by Richard Zahler- Times staff reporter
ARIEL; Cowlitz County - Not much happens in Ariel, a small logging community 11 miles east of Woodland.
Until a hijacker vanished mys- teriously over Southwest Washing- ton more than eight years ago, probably nothing happened in Ariel.
But D.B. Cooper put the town on the map, and yesterday and last night the telephones at the Ariel Store & Tavern were "ring- ing off the hook" said
Cooper put the town on the map, and yesterday and last night the telephones at the Ariel Store & Tavern were "ring- ing off the hook" said Dave Fish- er, the owner.
Ariel happens to be near Lake Merwin, and a number of theorists suggested that Cooper might have gone into the reservoir behind the Ariel dam.
Since 1976 the Ariel Tavern has hosted an annual D.B. Cooper par- ty on November 24, the anniversa- ry of the hijacking in 1971. Every year 200 to 300 people have shown up to eat buffalo stew and see whether Cooper would answer the standing invitation to join the party.
He never has, of course.
Fisher bought the tavern and the tradition 15 months ago, and until 3:30 yesterday afternoon, "I wasn't expecting a thing tonight .; It's pretty dead in winter."
But then the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced in Seattle and Portland that part of $200,000 given to the Injacker had been found along the banks of the Co- lumbia River near Vancouver,
The moldering money, about : $4,000, was found by a family pic. . I nicking along the river north of.
announced in Seattle and Portland that part of $200,000 given to the Injacker had been found along the banks of the Co- lumbia River near Vancouver,
The moldering money, about : $4,000, was found by a family pic. . I nicking along the river north of. Portland. A young boy digging in the sandy riverbanks with a stick uncovered the loot.
After that, Fisher said, "It was just like the D.B. Cooper party."
Fisher said he had been on the run answering telephone calls from television-network reporters . in New York and newspapers and. radio stations all over the West Coast.
'Only about' 20 or 30 patrons:, were in the Ariel Tavern last . night, and most were paying as4 much attention to playing pool as to the Cooper talk. A weekly Tues- day-night pool match with the Riv- , erside Tavern in Woodland had. been moved to Ariel last night at : the request of a Portland televi- sion station interested in filming reaction to the discovery of the. money.
Fisher and others said they were mystified as to how the mon- ey arrived on the banks of the Co -! lumbia River, but they still would .. have to be persuaded. that the hi- jacker didn't survive after he bailed out of the Boeing 727.
lumbia River, but they still would .. have to be persuaded. that the hi- jacker didn't survive after he bailed out of the Boeing 727.
"I still think he's alive, until+ ;they find some bones," Fisher said.
He said the finding could lead to other developments, pointing out that the discovery by the boy was; a strange first trace of Cooper after so many years.
Then the telephone rang in the next room, Fisher raced to an- swer it, laughed and announced, "San Jose calling.'
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i Passengers on Flight- 305 re- !membered the man as a quiet- spoken sort wearing a dark brown' suit. He took the last seat on the right-hand side of the Northwest Orient Airline's flight out of Port- land heading for Seattle.
The only thing unusual about the man was that he wore sun glasses, unusual because it was a rainy day on November 24, 1971, a day before Thanksgiving.
The man checked aboard the Boeing 727 under the name of "Dan Cooper" in Portland, the last leg of the flight that had start- ed in Washington, D.C.
By the time the plane finally set down in Reno several hours later, the man who became known as "D.B. Cooper" was gone, along with $200,000 in $20 bills, two para- chutes and a briefcase which Coo- per told the stewardess contained a bomb.
Cooper" was gone, along with $200,000 in $20 bills, two para- chutes and a briefcase which Coo- per told the stewardess contained a bomb.
Somewhere in Southwest Wash- ington, D.B. Cooper had bailed out at 10,000 feet into dark storm clouds and into history. He would remain to this day the only hi- jacker in the United States ever to . escape arrest.
Over the last seven years, the F.B.I. has questioned more than 1,000 possible suspects, chased down thousands ' of 'leads and; heard from hundreds of people who claim either to be Cooper or, to know his whereabouts.
But it took an 8-year-old Van- couver, Wash., boy to uncover the only piece of concrete evidence that Cooper really did bail out into . the dense forest of Southwest Washington.
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Until Brian Ingram dug up 12. packets of $20 bills while on a pic" nic with his family along the Co- lumbia River, law enforcement of- ficers only assumed D.B. Cooper' jumped over Southwest Washing- ton. The plane's recorder showed a "low pressure bump" at 8:11 p.m. near Woodland, and when the plane landed in Reno, the hijacker couldn't be found.
The plane's recorder showed a "low pressure bump" at 8:11 p.m. near Woodland, and when the plane landed in Reno, the hijacker couldn't be found.
Hundreds of searchers spread out over the area around Wood- land, hoping either to find the body or the money or just a piece of the parachute dangling from a tree. Most parachute experts con- sulted at the time agreed it would be almost impossible. for Cooper to survive the plunge.
But within days of the hijack; ing, the legend of D.B. Cooper
started to build. People started tų "talk about him as a modern-day Robin Hood. They admired the daring, the planning and the ex- ecution of the jump.
Slowly but surely, the reports of encounters with Cooper started to come out. A man in Woodland said someone knocked at his back door on November 24 about the time Cooper would have landed, but he didn't answer. Other people start- ed turning in friends who looked like Cooper, in hopes of collecting the $25,000 reward.
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The now defunct Seattle · Flag ran several pages of purport- ed interview with Cooper, and two
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Five months ago, two Tacoma Inen said they had talked with D.B. Cooper, who, they said, was living in Puyallup. The man told them that the money was buried under a pile of garbage at the Puyallup dump.
Mostly, however, people just have had fun with the D.B. Cooper story. T-shirts with the picture of D.B. Cooper in his sunglasses and bearing the legend, "D.B. Cooper, Where Are You?" became popu- : lar, and there even was a song written about him.
The residents of Ariel, Cowlitz County, near where Cooper sup- posedly bailed out, started holding an annual "D.B. Cooper Day" to' commemorate the event. The fes- tival, called the "Cooper Caper," featured buffalo stew and sky divers and attracted 'more than 800 people. But not, apparently, D.B. Cooper.
. As for the two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents who have been on the case since it began, they say they believe D.
As for the two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents who have been on the case since it began, they say they believe D.B. Cooper probably died the night he went but the plane.
"It is my personal opinion that he is dead," said Joseph O'Con- nell, who has retired. "He jumped out of a plane at 10,000 feet on a cold, raw night and he jumped in an area densely populated with Douglas fir and ponderosa pine." Ralph Himmelsbach, Portland F.B.I. agent who is to retire Feb- ruary 29, said he was "dellaincluidas > about the money being found. Her EB 16 1980 said the find reduced the chances of Cooper ever being found alive!'FBI . SEATTLE to "less than 50-50."
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FBI agents yesterday found bits of more $20 bills buried in the sand be- side the Columbia River near Van- couver, Wash., and said it was more of the $200,000 ransom collected in 1971 by airline hijacker D.B.
yesterday found bits of more $20 bills buried in the sand be- side the Columbia River near Van- couver, Wash., and said it was more of the $200,000 ransom collected in 1971 by airline hijacker D.B. Cooper.
Agents speculated earlier in the day that the muck and sand the money was buried in may have been dredge material. But they discounted . that theory after a geologist examined the site, about 10 miles northwest of Vancouver.
"His (the geologist's) feeling is thal; the probabilities are that the materiall was washed ashore rather than (being! sin) dredged sand." FBI - Agent Raip !! Himmelsbach of Portland told The Post - Intelligencer last night.
Children on a family outing on Sunday found the first half - decom- posed packets of $20 bills with which Cooper had parachuted from a North- west Orient jetliner on Thanksgiving Eve, Nov. 24, 1971.
The total was between $1,000 and $4.000, Himmelsbach said, and serial numbers checked matched numbers on the marked bills given Cooper.
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The money was found farther downriver from Vancouver than FBI agents bad estimated Tuesday, when they announced the discovery, and it caused Himmelsbach to return to the theory he has had since 1971 that Cooper landed - dead or alive - in the vicinity of Lake Merwin on the Lewis River about 25 miles north of Vancouver.
Himmelsbach, the agent in charge of the investigation since the hijack- ing took place, said he believes the dozen packets of greenbacks were 'gradually washed down the Lewis River and into the Columbia River Then, he said, ocean tides could havej pushed them several miles up the Columbia to where they were found.
There was speculation Tuesday
·that the site was too far up the Colum- bia for the money to have come from the Lewis River.
However, Himmelsbach said. yes- terday, "My understanding is that this is. tidal water, and if so, there are times that this (river) runs backward. So it could have run upstream that . far."
Did Cooper, lightly dressed and . buffeted by wind and freezing rain when be parachuted from the airlin- er, drop the money on the way down?
"That's a good possibility," Him- melsbach said.
buffeted by wind and freezing rain when be parachuted from the airlin- er, drop the money on the way down?
"That's a good possibility," Him- melsbach said. "There's also the possi- bility that he just took the money, and neither be por the money left there (where be landed).
."I feel this is an indication that > probably he didn't make it (alive), and it has been my feeling that probably he didn't make it because of the cir- cumstances of the jump and the fact that, he didn't have the proper equip- ment for parachuting," Himmelsbach continued.
"He didn't have a hardhat, goggles, leather gloves, jump suit or jump boots. He didn't have any of those things and he sure needed them all. .
"I don't think the fall killed him," "Himmelsbach theorized, "but there : was that sudden stop. I think probably
there was good likelihood he was in "jured during the fall and didn't have any help . . . and was unable to extri- cate himself (from wherever he fell). " And probably is still there."
Agents continued digging yester- day, and Himmelsbach said he didn't know how long they would continue.
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Agents continued digging yester- day, and Himmelsbach said he didn't know how long they would continue.
There was no trace at the site of the legendary extortionist nor of his parachute, and Himmelsbach indi- cated he didn't expect to find such evidence there.
The ransom money was given to 'Cooper at Seattle - Tacoma Interna- tional Airport after he threatened to blow up the 727 trijet while on a flight from Portland. At Sea . Tac, he al- lowed all the passengers and all but four members of the crew to leave, demanded and received the $200,000 and four parachutes, and had the plane depart for Reno, Nev.
The skyjacker bailed out over Southwest Washington.
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Sunday's find was particularly sat- Visfying for Himmelsbach, who on Fch. 29 is scheduled to retire from the FBI fafter a career of nearly 29 years - more than eight of which were spent trying to solve the Cooper caper. The discovery of the money was the firstp solid break in the case.
"It doesn't increase my (retirement) annuity any, but it does make me happy," Himmelsbach said.
The discovery of the money was the firstp solid break in the case.
"It doesn't increase my (retirement) annuity any, but it does make me happy," Himmelsbach said.
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D.B.'s Loot!
Kids Dig Up Hijack Cash
By Neil Modic
More than eight years after D.B. Cooper parachuted into rainy dark- ness from a hijacked airliner, part of . bis $200.000 loot was found buried in a river bank near Vancouver, Wash.
Cooper parachuted into rainy dark- ness from a hijacked airliner, part of . bis $200.000 loot was found buried in a river bank near Vancouver, Wash., the FBI announced yesterday. .
Badly weathered and apparently washed ashore from the Columbia River, the stacks of $20 bills say noth- ing encouraging about the fate of the legendary hijacker.
"It can tell you a number of things - cither he dropped the money or he's dead," commented Jobn D. Prin- gle, assistant special agent in charge of the FBI office in Seattle. "We can't tell at this point."
For Ralph Himmelsbach of Port- land, the FBI agent in charge of the investigation since it began, the dis- covery reinforces his opinion that Cooper died after he parachuted from a Northwest Orient 727 trijet on Thanksgiving Eve, 1971.
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Himmelsbach said the find re- duced to "less than 50 - 50" the odds f. that Cooper is still alive.
'The money was found Sunday by an 8-year-old Vancouver boy, Brian Ingram, and his 5-year-old cousin, Denise, as they were digging in the sand with sticks along the river bank 1.
'The money was found Sunday by an 8-year-old Vancouver boy, Brian Ingram, and his 5-year-old cousin, Denise, as they were digging in the sand with sticks along the river bank 1. during a family outing.
"This clue is the first we've bad since the night of the occurrence,' said Bill Baker, assistant special agent in charge of the Portland office, which the Ingram family contacted on Monday.
The money was found about 25 miles southwest of the area where the FBI had thought it most likely Cooper landed after he parachuted from the jetliner into a freezing rainstorm on Nov. 24. 1971.
The hijacker, who had used the name "Dan Cooper" to buy his airline ticket, boarded the jet in Portland, threatened to blow it up with what he . claimed was a bomb in bis briefcase, `then forced it to fand in Seattle to col- ect the ransom.
Cooper allowed 36 passengers aboard the flight to leave, then or- dered the crew of four to fly it to Reno after $200,000 in marked bills and four parachutes demanded by the hijacker were brought on board.
As the southbound airliner passed over Southwest Washington, the hi- jacker - wearing only a business suit and street shoes - parachuted
As the southbound airliner passed over Southwest Washington, the hi- jacker - wearing only a business suit and street shoes - parachuted through a rear stairwell door. .
As "Dan Cooper" became a legend. the name "D.B. Cooper" - as an FBI , agent had initially identified him - became the name that stuck.
The FBI said his chances of sur- vival were slim because he was lightly dressed for jumping into a howling wind and a freezing rain in a? :parachute not likely to work.
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VANCOUVER, Wash. - (AP) - Brian Ingram, the &-year-old who uncovered some of D.B. Coo- per's hijack loot, will get to keep one of the frayed $20 bills as a souvenir.
The Federal Bureau of Investi -. gation also gave the Vancouver boy a certificate praising him for.
The Federal Bureau of Investi -. gation also gave the Vancouver boy a certificate praising him for. his discovery.
Brian was helping his father, Harold, build a fire on a Columbia. River beach February 10 when he; uncovered three bundles of weath- ered $20 bills. The bills were the first evidence uncovered in the case since Cooper hijacked the! jetliner in 1971.
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By Thomas Ryll Vancouver Columbian
· VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) - It started as a Sunday! picnic on a chilly river beach for a Vancouver, Wash., ' family and became a new chapter in the legend of D.B. Cooper.
With one sweep of his arm, 8-year-old Brian Ingram discovered Sunday what thousands of searchers failed to find - a bundle of $20 bills, now deteriorated, demanded by the infamous, parachuting skyjacker in 1971.
Tuesday night in an interview with the Vancouver Col- umbian, Brian, his father, H. Dwayne, and his mother, Patricia, recounted the events of a casual outing that unearthed what one official called the "most important discovery" in the 812-year-old case. At the same time, the elder Ingram described finding several thousand dollars of soggy cash as "heartbreaking" without a pen- ny of reward money in sight.
The family and two relatives were walking along the Columbia River near a sand company about 3:30 p.
The family and two relatives were walking along the Columbia River near a sand company about 3:30 p.m. Sunday. They decided to gather wood for a fire to take j : the chill off the 40-degree temperature.
"I gathered an armload of firewood," said Ingram, 28, ja painter for U-Cart Manufacturing, a Vancouver firm. "He (Brian) was doing his part, happy and enthusiastic. I was about ready to set the wood down and he said, 'Wait a minute, Daddy."""
Brian, a second-grader at Hough Elementary School, knelt beneath his father to smooth a spot for the fire. He swept the river sand only once, uncovering three worn bundles of $20 bills.
"I seen that money, I thought "Wow!"" recalled the slender, towheaded youngster, who said it was the first money he ever found. "I went over to my parents and they thought it was counterfeit."
Unknown to them, Brian had uncovered part of a $200,000 ransom handed over to a man calling himself Dan Cooper on Nov. 24, 1971. Cooper demanded the cash as ransom and hijacked a Northwest Airline Boeing 727 jel in Seattle.
24, 1971. Cooper demanded the cash as ransom and hijacked a Northwest Airline Boeing 727 jel in Seattle.
As the plane flew south to Reno, Nev., Cooper bailed out from the jet's rear-stairway with the bundled money wrapped in a parachute and tied to his body.
Authorities believe he jumped over southwest Washington.
The Ingrams, who moved here from Oklahoma less than a year ago, said they were aware of the D.B. Cooper saga but did not connect it to their find.
Neither did the buried treasure put a damper on the "afternoon activities. "We had a picnic," said Ingram. "We forgot about the money and had a great time."
Back home about 5:30 p.m. Sunday, the bills, erroded into lozenge-shaped piles, were placed unceremoniously atop a kitchen cabinet to dry.
"I was thinking about decoupaging them and putting. them on a board," said Mrs. Ingram, 26.
"I thought it might have been mob money or lost money. I just didn't know what to think, but it was just money that looked useless to me."
Monday, during his 10 a.
I just didn't know what to think, but it was just money that looked useless to me."
Monday, during his 10 a.m. coffee break, Ingram call- ed a local bank to see whether the battered bills could be . exchanged for new ones. A bank employee told him it could be done if the serial numbers were intact, but add- ed a check would be made of the numbers.
Ingram said he brooded on that the rest of the day and called the Portland FBI office Monday evening, reading? several serial numbers to an agent.
When Ingram called back 30 minutes later, "they said they'd like to talk to me."
It was not until Tuesday morning that he learned the money was part of the Cooper caper,
Tuesday evening, the couple watched themselves on national television. By then, they had grown weary of the day's hectic activities and exuded disappointment in learning that apparently no reward awaits their hones- ty.
"It's just heartbreaking that nothing may come of this," Ingram said.
"I went from a rich man to a poor man without hardly making a move.
"It's just heartbreaking that nothing may come of this," Ingram said.
"I went from a rich man to a poor man without hardly making a move."
Supporting a family of four and making the $200 a month rent payment for their ragged westside home is tough at times, Ingram said, adding "If all this fame came with a little fortune, I would talk to everyone in the world about this story."
He abruptly ended the interview minutes later, turn- Ing his eyes to the television set, saying, "If you don't! mind, I've waited five years to see this movie (The Exor-) cist) on television."
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WASHINGTON-A young Van- couver, Wash., family on an cuting along the Columbia River last Sunday suddenly stumbled across 12 stacks of moldering money-part of the $200,
000 that the notorious airline hijacker "D. B. Cooper" made off with more than eight years ago, the FBI said Tuesday.
, family on an cuting along the Columbia River last Sunday suddenly stumbled across 12 stacks of moldering money-part of the $200,
000 that the notorious airline hijacker "D. B. Cooper" made off with more than eight years ago, the FBI said Tuesday.
With the bills now having been! traced definitely to the Cooper loot, 30 agents from the Portland and Seattle FBI offices have begun an ex- tensive search of the area for more of the money-and possibly for some sign of Cooper or, more likely, his re- mains.
The money-"several thousand dollars," according to one official- was found in Washington about five miles northwest of the Interstate 5 bridge that spans the Columbia and separates Washington, from Oregon, FBI agent William M. Baker told a news conference in Portland.
Discovery of the money by Harold Dwayne Ingram, 27, his wife, Patricia, 26, and their sons, 8 and 3, marked the latest twist in the bizarre saga of the now-legendary Cooper, who pa- rachuted from a Northwest Airlines jetliner on Thanksgiving Eve, 1971, never to be seen or heard from again. When found by the Ingrams, the stacks of $20 bills were bound by de- composing rubber bands, the FBI said.
When found by the Ingrams, the stacks of $20 bills were bound by de- composing rubber bands, the FBI said. But there was "no trace of D. B. Cooper," according to the agency.
. Shortly after the hijacking, a cult sprang up around D. B. Cooper, a name that never has been traced to its origins.
A private club was named in his honor, D. B. Cooper T-shirts were manufactured, bumper stickers were run off and anniversary parties were held.
Baker said in Portland that wheth- er Cooper got away with the rest of the money was an open question. . .
Law enforcement authorities long have believed that Cooper died in his plunge from the Boeing 727 because he was wearing only a business suit and street shoes when he jumped into a howling wind and freezing rain in an unreliable parachute. It has been estimated that he hit the ground at a speed of 50 to 70 m.p.h.
The saga began when "Cooper" boarded the jetliner in Portland for an evening flight to Seattle. Once air- borne, he demanded that the airline have $200,000 in $20 bills and three parachutes on hand when the plane landed in Seattle.
Once air- borne, he demanded that the airline have $200,000 in $20 bills and three parachutes on hand when the plane landed in Seattle. He threatened to blow up the plane if his demands were not met.
The airline complied, providing the parachutes and money. However, the FBI said Tuesday that the serial numbers of the bills had been record- ed.
Cooper permitted the airliner's 36 passengers to leave the plane in Seat- tle. He then ordered the crew to take the plane to Reno and told the pilot to fly at a relatively low altitude and to. open the plane's rear stairway.
Crew members last heard his voice on the plane's intercom when they were over the Washington-Oregon border. They said they believe .he jumped, using the least reliable para- chute.
The decomposed money was found 17 to 20 miles from the jump site by the Ingrams' older son, Brian. The bills were partly buried in sand that the Ingrams were scooping out to build a fire.
"Here's some more wood for the fire, Daddy " the father recalled his son as saying.
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"Here's some more wood for the fire, Daddy " the father recalled his son as saying.
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V ANCOUVER, Wash. - William M. Baker, assistant agent Twelve packets of $20 in charge of the Portland FBI bills, used eight years office, said discovery of the money ago as part of the $200,- lends credence to the FBI theory 000 paid to airline hijacker "D.B. that Cooper died in the hijacking Cooper," have been found on a attempt.
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Columbia River beach near here,' Cooper's extortion effort was the the FBI announced yesterday. Ifirst time a jet had been hijacked Harold D. Ingram, 27, his wife, for ransom. A number of hijack- Patricia, 26, and their two sons, ings for cash have been carried out were picnicking on what is known since the Cooper escapade. as Tena's Bar last Sunday when Baker said the FBI could not be their older son. discovered , the certain how much money was in money. the packets, but said it amounted
Eight-year-old Brian Ingram was to "several thousand dollars." helping his father gather firewood The money has been sent to the and had scooped out sand for a FBI laboratory in Washington, fire. As his father was about to D.C., and Baker hopes the lab will drop an armload of wood, young be able to pick fingerprints off the Ingram said, T'Wait a minute, bills, which could lead to the Daddy." suspect. .
Recalling his find yesterday, . "That would be a. hell of a Brian said, "I seen that money, I break."He said. , " thought, wow."
But his parents remained calm, the son recalled.
hell of a Brian said, "I seen that money, I break."He said. , " thought, wow."
But his parents remained calm, the son recalled. "They thought It was counterfeit."
The 'tattered and worn bills young Ingram found were the first to be recovered by law enforce- ment agencies since Nov. 24, 1971, when a passenger hijacked a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727.
The man, identified on the flight list as Dan Cooper, parachuted out of the airliner somewhere over southwestern Washington.
The serial numbers on the bills discovered by young Ingram matched those on the money given Cooper by the FBI in INTI.
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2 ORTLAND, Ore. - "The" mystery surrounding D.B. Cooper's skyjacking and disappearance eight years ago has been rekindled by a Vancouver, Wash,, family's inad- vertent discovery of worn packets of $20 bills on the Columbia River shoreline - part of Cooper's $200,- 000 ransom.
The saga which changed the nature of airline piracy began on Thanksgiving Day, 1971, when Cooper boarded Northwest Air- lines flight 305 for a flight from Portland to Seattle. Once aboard, he handed a crew member a note, saying he was carrying a bomb in a satchel and wanted $200,000 in unmarked $20 bills.
When the jetliner landed at the Seattle-Tacoma International Air- port that evening, authorities had arranged the cash and had also obtained four parachutes, as in. . structed by Cooper.
Cooper then allowed the flight's 38 passengers and all crew mem.
When the jetliner landed at the Seattle-Tacoma International Air- port that evening, authorities had arranged the cash and had also obtained four parachutes, as in. . structed by Cooper.
Cooper then allowed the flight's 38 passengers and all crew mem. bers but two pilots and one stew. ardess to disembark. He then ordered the aircraft to take off for Reno, Nev.
At. one point in that flight, the crew felt a fluctuation in cabin pressure, which suggested the jet- liner's rear cabin door had opened.
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Agent 'explains' 'peachfront deposit
PORTLAND (UPI) - Ralph Himmelsbach, the Federal Bureau of Investigation agent who has headed the D.B. Cooper case since the 1971 hijacking, outlines this "possible scenario" to explain how some of the Cooper money washed up on the beach west of Vancouver:
"Probably the money (in the bag) came down close to the bank of a stream. When the water got high enough it washed down- stream, bumping along the bot- tom. The bag finally degraded.
"Perhaps it could have burst on impact, but that is not likely. We think finally, tumbling down the ;river bottom, it broke open and, the money was carried on, wear -! ing off little bits and pieces around; the edges, grinding it down like it; "had been ground with sandpaper or a file, leaving the center portion.'
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ing off little bits and pieces around; the edges, grinding it down like it; "had been ground with sandpaper or a file, leaving the center portion.'
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Undiente page, name of newspaper, city and state.) p . Al. Seattle Times Seattle, Wa.
Date: 2/12/80 Edition: Final
Title:
Character: or Classification: 164-81
Submitting Office: Seattle
Compiled from news services WASHINGTON - The Federal " Bureau of Investigation has found "about $4,000 of the money that they' legendary hijacker, D.B. Cooper, carried with him when he para- chuted from a commercial . jet over Southwest Washington in ·1971, a bureau spokesman said Tuesday.
The spokesman, who asked not to be named, said a family wan- dering along the banks of the Co- lumbia River north of Portland, Ore.
The spokesman, who asked not to be named, said a family wan- dering along the banks of the Co- lumbia River north of Portland, Ore., found a packet of money this week.
Held together by a rubber band, the packet of $20 bills was so bad- ly deteriorated the F.B.I. could not make an exact count of the amount, the spokesman said.
Despite the deterioration, the spokesman said the F.B.I. was able to identify the money as part of the $200,000 ransom given to Cooper in Seattle nine years ago. When the money was given to the hijacker, the F.B.I. kept records iof the serial numbers.
The packet was found 20 miles "downstream from the point where' Cooper is believed to have bailed
out of the Northwest Airlines 727, the spokesman said.
He added that with floods along the river it was likely that in nine : `years the packet had been carried some distance.
. The Portland and Seattle offices of the F.B.I. were conducting a . search in the area, but the spokes- man said it was unlikely that dis- covery of the money packet would aid in the search for Cooper, the only parachute-ransom hijacker in United States history who has not
in the area, but the spokes- man said it was unlikely that dis- covery of the money packet would aid in the search for Cooper, the only parachute-ransom hijacker in United States history who has not been apprehended.
Cooper boarded a Northwest"
flight in Portland on Thanksgiving Eve, 1971, using the name Dan Cooper. Before the plane reached Seattle, Cooper threatened to ex- plode a "bomb" in his brief case if he were not given $200,000 in $20 bills and four parachutes and flown to Reno, Nev.
The plane circled Seattle for 21/2 hours while authorities gathered the parachutes and money.
The passengers and two of the three stewardesses were allowed! to leave the plane, The money and parachutes were loaded and the plane took off for Reno. The pilot
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was ordered to fly as slowly asf possible.
Somewhere over Southwest !: Washington, the hijacker, the! ·money and one of the parachutes · disappeared out of the plane's rear exit, opened in flight. The ap- proximate place of departure was guessed at from cabin-pressure readings on the flight recorder.
The flight recorder and crew testimony indicated Cooper had jumped near the little town of Ari- el, Cowlitz County, about 30 miles north
The flight recorder and crew testimony indicated Cooper had jumped near the little town of Ari- el, Cowlitz County, about 30 miles north of Portland, a densely wood ;;; ed area in the foothills of.the Cas"
cade Mountains.
Despite intensive searches of the area, the only item connected with the hijacking ever found was a rear door from the 727.
Nothing ever was seen'of Coo- per or the $200,000.
The F.B.I. has said since shortly after the hijacking it believed Coo- per probably was killed when he landed.
a In 1977, just to make sure the hi-fi jacker didn't escape prosecution via the statute of limitations, he' was indicted on federal charges in absentia.
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IDENTIFICATION DIVISION, LATENT. FINGERPRINT SECTION
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Ro Portland teletype to FBIHQ, attention 2/12/80.
9 Forwarded under separate cover to the Bureau are 12 plastic packets, each containing an unknown quantity of U.
9 Forwarded under separate cover to the Bureau are 12 plastic packets, each containing an unknown quantity of U. S. currency in a deteriorating condition.
REQUEST OF THE FBI LABORATORY, DOCUMENT SECTION
Separate curremy to determine exact amount contained therein.
Examine soil residue co-mingled with currency, to determine soil type, to assist in determining possible other location where currency may have been besides sandy beach area.
REQUEST OF THE IDENTIFICATION DIVISION, LATENT FINGERPRINT SECTION
Examine currency for any latent fingerprints contained thereon.
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RE PORTLAND TELETYPE TO FBIHQ, ATTENTION: DATED FEBRUARY 12, 1980.
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RE PORTLAND TELETYPE TO FBIHQ, ATTENTION: DATED FEBRUARY 12, 1980.
BEING FORWARDED TO FBIHQ BY FEDERAL EXPRESS IS A PACKAGE CONTAINING EVIDENCE TO BE EXAMINED BY THE LABORATORY DIVISION AND THE IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. THE BILL OF LADING NUMBER IS L-0,683,547.
PACKAGE IS TO ARRIVE AT FBIHO AROUND NOON ON FEBRUARY 14, 1980.
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PD0004 1432319 00.SE LA SF SD SC DN LV SU MP DE PD 0 12230IZ FEB 80 FM PORTLAND (164-41) P TO SEATTLE (164-81) IMMEDIATE LOS ANGELES IMMEDIATE DENVER IMMEDIATE LAS VEGAS IMMEDIATE SALT LAKE CITY IMMEDIATE MINNEAPOLIS IMMEDIATE
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FOR. INFO RECEIVING OFFICES, AT. 3:03 PM, PST, TODAY, . FEBRUARY 12, 1989, PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD IN PORTLAND OFFICE WHICH WILL ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING : ARKTUR G.
FEBRUARY 12, 1989, PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD IN PORTLAND OFFICE WHICH WILL ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING : ARKTUR G. BARGER, SPCIAL ACENT. IN CHARGE OF THE FBI FOR OREGON, HAS ANNOUNCED .A DEVELOPMENT. IN A CRIME WHICH BEGAL ON THE NIGHT, OF NOVEMBER 24, 1971, AT PORTLAND INTER- NATIONAL AIRPORT, PORTLAND, ORDOOU, AND HAS BECOME WIDELY · KNOWE SINCE THAT TIME AS THE D. B. COOPER HIJACKING CASE. ON THE NIGHT BEFORE THANK, SUIVIEC, 1971, A MAN WHO GAVE
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DB Cooper-27909PAGE TWO : PD. 164-41 UNCLAS THE NAME DAN COOPER BOUGHT A ONE-WAY TICKET ON NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 305 FROM PORTLAND, OREGON, TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. UPON DEPARTING PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, COOPER NOTIFIED 'A STEWARDESS THAT HE WAS HIJACKING THE AIRCHAFT AND DISPLAYED TO HER WHAT HE SAID WAS A BOMB IN HIS BRIEFCASE. THE FLIGHT . PROCEEDED TO SEATTLE, WHERE AFTER MAINTAINING A KOLDING PATTERN FOR SEVERAL HOURS, IT VAS PERMITTED TO LAOD . AND KEFUEL. AFTER $200,000 AND FOUR PARACHUTES DEMANDED BY THE HIJACKER WERE BROUGHT ON BOARD, 'HE RELEASED ALL OF THE
AFTER $200,000 AND FOUR PARACHUTES DEMANDED BY THE HIJACKER WERE BROUGHT ON BOARD, 'HE RELEASED ALL OF THE PASSENGERS AND ALL BUT FOUX MEMBERS OF THE CREW. THE FLIGHT THEN TOOK OFF AND PROCEEDED SOUTH THROUGH WASHINGTON TO'AD RENO, NEVADA. THE HIJACKER INSTR :3125. THAT THE FLAPS ALD GEAR A RAIN LOWERED AND THE HEAR STAIR LOOR OPEN. AS THE AIRCRAFT PA"SED OVER LACENTER, WASHINGTON, CASIN PRESSURE FLUCTUATION WAS OBSERVED, WHICH WAS LATER D. TERMINED TO INDICATE HIS DEPARTURE FROM THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE REAP STAIRWELL DOOR. SINCE THAT TIME NO TRACE OF THE HIJACKER, THE PARACHUTES, OR THE MONEY HAS BEEN FOUND UBTIL SUNDAY, FESAbr .. Y 10, 1980.
ON THAT DATE WHILE ON AN OUTING
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WASHINGTON,' DISCOVERED A SUM OF MONEY PARTIALLY BURIED BY SAND IN THE NORTH RIVER BANK OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER, APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES DOWN RIVER FROM THE U.S. INTERSTATE 5 BRIDGE CROSSING BETWEEN PORTLAND AND": VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON : THE FBI AND AN EXAMINATION. OF THE BADLY DECOMPOSED $20 BILL'S REVEALS THAT THEY BEAR SERIAL NUMBERS IDENTICAL TO A.
INTERSTATE 5 BRIDGE CROSSING BETWEEN PORTLAND AND": VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON : THE FBI AND AN EXAMINATION. OF THE BADLY DECOMPOSED $20 BILL'S REVEALS THAT THEY BEAR SERIAL NUMBERS IDENTICAL TO A. PORTION OF THOSE GIVEN TO THE HIJACKER. : BECAUSE OF THE DECOMPOSED NATURE OF THE BILLS AN EXACT ESTIMATE OF. THE RECOVERED MONEY IS NOT POSSIBLE PENDING A LABORATORY EXAMINATION, HOWEVER, IT APPEARS TO BE. SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE PACKAGING AND THE NUMBERED SEQUENCE INDICATE THAT THE BILLS HAVE NOT BEEN SEPARATED AND ARE IN MUCH THE SAME ORDER AS WHEN GIVEN TO THE HIJACKER. THE BILLS WILL BE SENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE FBI LABORATORY FOR ADDITIONAL EXAMINATION.
IT APPEARS LOGICAL THAT THE PACKAGE OF BILLS COULD HAVE BEEN CARRIED DOWNSTREAM ON ONE OF THE WASHINGTON TRIBUTARIES OF TRE COLUMBIA RIVER TO THE SITE WHERE THEY WERE FOUND.
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b6 b7CUNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

TO :	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81, Sub D) (P) DATE:
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

TO :	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81, Sub D) (P) DATE:	11/29/79
FROM :	SA	Sub D
NORJAK 00: SEATTLE	SUB G
SUBJECT:

On November 12, 1979, Deputy Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office, Kelso, Washington, advised by tele- phone that some loggers found an orange and white parachute under approximately two inches of decomposed leaves. He stated this parachute was found in the vicinity of Camp Kalama in the woods. He said, in addition, an empty plastic bottle of Visine was found nearby. The Deputy indicated that of the Sheriff's Office was in possession of the parachute and would have additional information.
A review of pertinent serials in captioned file revealed that the two parachutes utilized by D. B. COOPER were not orange and white in color.
On November .13, 1979, Sheriff LES NELSON, Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office, Kelso, Washington, advised he was certain that the parachute found was orange and white