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164-41 1642
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1977
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DB Cooper-14288/16/77

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

SUBJECT:
NORJAK
(00:Seattle)
BuFile 164-2111
Re: Suspect
Washington
On 8/16/77,
Oregon, telephone furnished the following b7C
information to SA
on a confidential basis: b7D
He is
Oregon, telephone
Until approximately included that area of southwest washington into which unsub parachuted on 11/24/71, with the ransom in this matter. has been aware of this investi- gation since its inception, and has been interested in it.
Approximately became aware that Washington, who had pre-
viously had
He did not connect any possible Significance with this case until it occurred to him recently that possibly
in this matter.
2-Seattle 2-Portland
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169.44-11-13
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Filed
DB Cooper-1429
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b6 b7C b7D PD 164-41
emphasized that he desired that the fact
he suggested
44-11-13
Searched
Serialirod F Indexed F
Filed
DB Cooper-1429
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b6
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b6 b7C b7D PD 164-41
emphasized that he desired that the fact
he suggested
in this matter be kept completely confidential.
LEAD
SEATTLE
AT WASHINGTON. Will conduct appropriate
investigation concerning
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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DB Cooper-1430FBI Date: 8/25/77
Transmit the following m
"Type in plaintext or code)
Via
AIRTEL
(Precedence)
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND ( 164-41)
FROM SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P) AMIRE SUBJECT: KORJAK 00: SEATTLE BUFile 164-2111
RE :
Re Seattle letter to Portland dated 5/5/77.
Enclosed for the Portland Division is a copy of State Driver's License.
On 8/16/77, a check of the Vancouver, Washington, . Telephone Directory revealed there was a listing for telephone
On the same date, a check of the Vancouver Reverse Directory revealed a
telephone Further. the Reverse Directory revealed a residing at
telephone
On 8/18/77 and 8/19/77, a check with the Vancouver Police Department, Vancouver, and the Clark County Sheriff's Office, Vancouver, failed to reveal any record whatsoever concerning except for the fact that he was booked as There
a check with the Vancouver Police Department, Vancouver, and the Clark County Sheriff's Office, Vancouver, failed to reveal any record whatsoever concerning except for the fact that he was booked as There was no other information in the Clark County files concerning
3 - Portland ( 164-41) (Enc, 3 - Seattle (164-81) JTG/jh (6)
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AUG 2 9 1977
FBI-PORTLAND
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Approved:
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w/photo
Sent
M Per Special Agent in Charge
GPO : 1995 0 - 90-992 DB Cooper-1433
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b6 b7cSE 164-81
On 8/22/77, a check at 3315 E. Fourth Plain Blvd., Vancouver, Washington, revealed there was a U-Haul business there. Contact with the individuals inside this establish- ment revealed that it had been in place there since May 20, 1977, and, prior to that time, there was a Shell Service Station.
On 8/22/77, contact was attempted with at Washington, with negative results, as no one was home. A message was left requesting to contact the Vancouver Office of the FBI. A
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check with the
in Portland, Oregon.
On 8/23/77, telephonically contacted the Vancouver Office of the FBI and stated that he was
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He in
stated he could be reached at
On 8/23/77, telephonically contacted the Vancouver Office of the FBI and stated that he was
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He in
stated he could be reached at telephone number Portland. ..
· ADMINISTRATIVE:
During the conversation with the FBI's interest in him.
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LEAD :
PORTLAND DIVISION
At Portland, Oregon
Will contact Portland, telephone and thereafter resolve this matter as it relates to NORJAK.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS .
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DB Cooper-1434FD-36 (Rev. 2 14 74)
FBI
Date: 8/30/77
Transmit the following in
(Type in plaintext or code)
Via AIRTEL
(Precedence)

TO	: SAC,	ANCHORAGE (164-59)
FROM	: SAC,	SEATTLE (164-81) (P)

SUBJECT : NORJAK (A) 00: SEATTLE BUFILE 164-2111
RE :
Re Seattle letter to Anchorage, dated 4/11/77; Anchorage letter to Seattle, dated 6/10/77.
Divisions, of former suspect
For the information of the Anchorage and Portland has been identified as the true name (Protect), of
Washington, advised that he
at the
advised that
apparently was
he worked
a couple of weeks before the statute of limitations ran out on the hijacking in
Portland has been identified as the true name (Protect), of
Washington, advised that he
at the
advised that
apparently was
he worked
a couple of weeks before the statute of limitations ran out on the hijacking in question,
the effect that it was only a couple of weeks until the statute of limitations runs out on D. B. COOPER. comments were apparently 3 - Anchorage (3 - Portland 5 - Scattle RNN : dch (11)
164-41-1646
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. Approved.
Special Agent m Charge
Sent
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ALL LEADS
410 PDG ** H DB Cooper-1435
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was shown artist's composites of the subject in this matter and advised that it could be A
current photograph of was provided with the detailed description of the subject and he stated he thought that the general description.
would fit
stated that he had an address for which was somewhat old.
This address was Oregon
telephone
Following initial contact with
persons who were said that
cigarettes which he smoked. However, persons contacted could not remember what brand cigarettes were smoked by
stated that while
would make regular remarks about him in the hijacking case.
However, persons contacted could not remember what brand cigarettes were smoked by
stated that while
would make regular remarks about him in the hijacking case. According to
would lead make the remarks concerning one to believe that he had some information in the case. However, could not remember anything specific other than the one about the statute of limitations running out in a short time.
Person who might have additional information on the following:
stated
telephone number
is
On 8/18/77, used to wear wraparound sunglasses
advised that
Ile advised b6 b7c b7D
that since previously being contacted by the FBI, he had
who is
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DB Cooper-1436
2 SE 164-81
the FBI contact
concerning
information on
stated that there is some rumor that
may be
should have more information on
this.
LEADS :
ANCHORAGE DIVISION
At
Alaska
Will locate and interview
telephone
to obtain additional information and description concerning as well as his present location and if possible, a current photograph.
LEADS :
ANCHORAGE DIVISION
At
Alaska
Will locate and interview
telephone
to obtain additional information and description concerning as well as his present location and if possible, a current photograph.
Will contact
who is
for any additional informa-
tion he may have concerning this matter.
PORTLAND DIVISION
At
Oregon
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Will attempt to determine background information and additional descriptive information by conducting appropriate neighborhood investigation in the vicinity of In addition, will determine former subscriber to telephone number and conduct appropriate credit and criminal checks.
Portland is directed to make. background information available to Seattle and Anchorage.
SEATTLE DIVISION
At Seattle, Washington
Will contact appropriate personnel at
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upon receipt of additional descriptive information b7C b7D
and attempt to obtain background information on who supposedly
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
DB Cooper-1437
3X
9/6/77

TO :	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM :	SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
SUBJECT:	NORJAK (00: Seattle) Bufile
DB Cooper-1437
3X
9/6/77

TO :	SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM :	SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
SUBJECT:	NORJAK (00: Seattle) Bufile 164-2111

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RE
Re Seattle airtel to Portland, 8/25/77
b6
which is located in the
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SA
was interviewed by on 9/2/77 concerning this matter.
It was obvious from the outset that not be identical with Unsub in this matter for the following reasons :
could b6
b7C
is only years of age at this time
being approximately
years younger than the median age
of Unsub, aka DAN COOPER:
b6
b7C
advised that during the hijacking in this b6
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matter, he was
In view of the above information, no further/investi- gation regarding this lead appears indicated.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS .
2 - Seattle
Portland
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=
164-41-1647
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Serialized:
Indexod:
IA
Tiled
DB Cooper-1438
LetKy Invest!
has eyes, complexion, light brown, very thin straight hair, and is 5'1l" in height.
2 - Seattle
Portland
MN RPH : ceh (4) Cel
=
164-41-1647
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Searched
A
Serialized:
Indexod:
IA
Tiled
DB Cooper-1438
LetKy Invest!
has eyes, complexion, light brown, very thin straight hair, and is 5'1l" in height. In addition, he has XX
10/21/77
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM :
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
00: SEATTLE
Bufile 164-2111
RE
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Re Seattle airtel to Anchorage dated 8/30/77.
Current records of the Oregon State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) identify DOB
residence Oregon as current registered owner of a 1975 Volkswagen two-door sedan, titled and expiring is listed as co-owner. They are also listed as registered owners of
b6
b7C
expiring this latter vehicle
being titled at Oregon .. A third vehicle registered to them is a 1971 Volkswagen, two-door sedan, Oregon license expiration date.
and also registered to Oregon .
DMV records further disclose is 519", 165. mounds, b6 and his driver's license is currently b7C
The driving record shows
KRA b6 RP
2 - Seattle 2 - Anchorage (164-59) : Portland RPH : sag (6) page
b7c
164-41-1648
Searched
Serilizea Indexce,
DB Cooper-1439PD : 164-41
County.
mounds, b6 and his driver's license is currently b7C
The driving record shows
KRA b6 RP
2 - Seattle 2 - Anchorage (164-59) : Portland RPH : sag (6) page
b7c
164-41-1648
Searched
Serilizea Indexce,
DB Cooper-1439PD : 164-41
County.
b6 b7C
Oregon Police
Department, advised on :9/7/77; that
several years. He advised that
b6 and brown hair
is a white male, short drives a
b7C
Volkswagen that has been
stated that
has no known arrest record in this area.
A crime report filed with Police Department
DOB b6
The crime report involved
b7C
subsequently
having been cleared.
advised that he did not consider b6 would bear any resemblance to the artist's conception b7C of unsub in this matter.
advised on 10/18/77, that is a white male in his who is about 5'7", 150 - 160 pounds,
(graying) + resides in
eyes. . He advised that: b7C
from time-to-time ... He did
stated he last saw
not see any resemblance between the artist's conception of unsub in this matter and
ADMINISTRATIVE
Oregon, (protect identity) b6 advised on 10/18/77, that they are not acquainted with
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records contain no
Information pertaining to them.
2
DB Cooper-1440
dark brown hair 1.
and
ADMINISTRATIVE
Oregon, (protect identity) b6 advised on 10/18/77, that they are not acquainted with
b7C b7D
records contain no
Information pertaining to them.
2
DB Cooper-1440
dark brown hair 1.66PD: 164-41
b6 that records disclose
Oregon :: (protect identity) advised on 9/7/77,
b7C
b7D
Oregon: The record discloses that
It appears to Portland that
does not b6 match the physical description of unsub in this matter, being younger, shorter,
b7c eyes, and
complexion and
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
3
DB:Cooper-1441OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE: 10/17/77
FROM :
SA
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
(00: Seattle)
BUfile 164-2111
b6 b7c
Re Portland letter to Seattle, 8/29/77.
Reference is made to an investigative insert reflecting
investigation conducted at
Oregon.
LEAD
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PORTLAND
AT OREGON. Will complete
background investigation regarding thereafter consider him for interview.
and
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ARMED AND DANGEROUS
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3)- Portland
RLB : cam (3) CON
010-108-02
169-11-1649
leads to
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Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB Cooper-1442UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT memorandum
DATE:
Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB Cooper-1442UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT memorandum
DATE:
10/18/717
REPLY TO
ATTN OF:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SUBJECT:
NORJAK (A)
00: SEATTLE
TO:
SAC, ANCHORAGE (164-55)
RE :
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Re Seattle airtel to Anchorage, dated 8/30/77.
Referenced communication set forth leads for the Anchorage Division at Alaska, and the Portland Division at Oregon. To date, results of that investigation has not been received by the Seattle Division of the FBI.
Anchorage and Portland are directed to forward results to Seattle expeditiously so that this important hijacking case can be brought to a logical conclusion.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS ..
3 - Anchorage (164-55) 3
4 - Seattle (164-81)
Portland (164-41 only 2 caprin Ric'd de
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MSMi 1/1/1 FILED 8m Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan DB Cooper-1443
164-41-1650
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INDEXED SERIALIZED
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OCT 2,5 1377
AND
PRAHA b6 b7C
OPTIONAL FORM NO 10 (REV. 7-70) GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11,6 5010-112
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X IN MAIL LEAD COVERED AND REPORTED KRAPD 164-41 RLB : cam 1
The
7-70) GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11,6 5010-112
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X IN MAIL LEAD COVERED AND REPORTED KRAPD 164-41 RLB : cam 1
The following investigation was conducted by SA b6 b7C
AT
OREGON
On September 9, 1977, Sheriff's Office advised that
stated that
resides in
approximately Oregon
area.
advised that
is a white male American, 5 11", 170 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes, Social Security No.
address
Oregon.
stated that was
arrested
provided a date of birth of at the time of his arrest. advised that he would attempt to determine current address and would provide the same to the FBI.
On September 13, 1977, advised that located
was residing at Oregon.
stated that
is believed to be
AT
OREGON
On September 13 and September 28, 1977, attempts were made to locate at
was not located
Oregon. It was determined that did reside
164-41-1651
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DB Cooper-1444
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b6 b7cFD-36 (Rev. 7-27-76)
FBI
TRANSMIT VIA:
PRECEDENCE:
CLASSIFICATION: Teletype Immediate Priority TOP SECRET Facsimile Airtel Routine SECRET :
VIA:
PRECEDENCE:
CLASSIFICATION: Teletype Immediate Priority TOP SECRET Facsimile Airtel Routine SECRET CONFIDENTIAL EFTO CLEAR
Date
DECEMBER 14, 1977008
FM PORTLAND (164-41) P
TO BUTTE ROUTINE
BT
CLEAR
NORJAK, 00 : SEATTLE.
MR. A. M. ROBINSON, POST OFFICE BOX 58, PECK, IDAHO 83545, CORRESPONDED WITH "THE OREGONIAN", MAJOR PORTLAND, OREGON, NEWSPAPER, TO ADVISE THAT HE HAS A SUSPICIOUS $20 BILL AND WANTED IT CHECKED AGAINST THE RANSOM MONEY IN THIS CASE. ROBINSON, WHO APPEARED TO BE AN ELDERLY MAN, DID NOT FURNISH THE SERIAL NUMBER OF THIS BILL.
IT IS REQUESTED THAT BUTTE PROMPTLY CONTACT MR. ROBINSON TO CHECK OUT THIS MATTER AND ADVISE PORTLAND AND SEATTLE OF RESULTS.
AM COPY FURNISHED SEATTLE.
BT
1-Seattle (AM) (164-81) 1-Portland
164-41-1652
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Sourahed. . Sorale
Indexod
Filed
A
# Approved: Hanging
Transmitted 808 0315
Per
(Number)
(Time)
GPO : 1977 O - 225-539
DB Cooper-1445SAC, PORTLAND (80-501) (P)
12/1/77
SA
MEDIA RELATIONS
On 11/28/77, ALAN LANSBURG, Productions Incorporated, Los Angeles, California, telephone
Sorale
Indexod
Filed
A
# Approved: Hanging
Transmitted 808 0315
Per
(Number)
(Time)
GPO : 1977 O - 225-539
DB Cooper-1445SAC, PORTLAND (80-501) (P)
12/1/77
SA
MEDIA RELATIONS
On 11/28/77, ALAN LANSBURG, Productions Incorporated, Los Angeles, California, telephone telephonically contacted SA and stated that the production concerning the hijacking of a Northwest Airlines jet at Portland on Thanksgiving Eve, 1971, is being finalized for airing in the near future. She had a number of questions she needed answered in order to make sure their script was accurate. b6
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further stated that negotiations are presently being conducted with a sponsor which should result in the airing of this program in the very near future.
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2 - Portland (1 - 80-501) ( - 164-41)
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DB Cooper-1446
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RR SE PD DE BT R. 152303Z DEC 77 FM .BUTIE (164-26) (AUC) TO SEATTLE (154-31) ROUTI .2 PORTLAND (154-41) ROUTINE 31 CLEAR
NORJAK (A), 00 : SEATILE. RE, PORTLAND TELSTYPE 10 BUTIL, BLUEMOLA 15, 1977. DECEMBER 15, 1977, A. M. KODI. NO., JOK DO, PACK , IDAHO , 92 YEARS OLD , ADVISED SAW NEWSPAPER ARTICLE I.
DECEMBER 15, 1977, A. M. KODI. NO., JOK DO, PACK , IDAHO , 92 YEARS OLD , ADVISED SAW NEWSPAPER ARTICLE I. "OALGORIA" NEWSPAPER APPROXIMATELY . NAR END OVLADEN , 1977, INDICATI .G. ANY $20.00 BILL HAVING SERIES 1971 CA EARLICH COULD DE BUL- PICIOUS AND POSSIBLY CONNECTED WITH COOPLA HIJACKING I. 1971. ROBINSON ADVISED CONTAINED 625. DE BILL CHON FIKEI LUCHAITY BANK, OROFINO, IDAHO, HAVING SERIES 19690 , SERIAL 029137424A , AND THOUGHT AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE ALVINLD. 3T
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DB Cooper-1447
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DB Cooper-1448File-Serial Charge Out FD-5 (Rev. 6-17-70)
c48-16-83475-1 GPO
File
164-41
Date

Serial No.	Class.	Case No. Last Serial
 Pending	 Closed Description of Serial	Date
6-17-70)
c48-16-83475-1 GPO
File
164-41
Date

Serial No.	Class.	Case No. Last Serial
 Pending	 Closed Description of Serial	Date Charged

1656

serial

Skipped

Employee
RECHARGE
Date
To
From
Initials of Clerk
Dato
Date Charged
Employee
Location
DB Cooper-1449OPTIONAL FORM NO .- 10 MAY 1962'EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE:
1/5/78
FROM
SA
SUBJECT: NORJAK
(00: Seattle)
Bufile: : 164-2111
Reference Portland Nemo of SA
10/17/77.
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Continued efforts to locate and interview Oregon have met with negative results.
(P)
DATE:
1/5/78
FROM
SA
SUBJECT: NORJAK
(00: Seattle)
Bufile: : 164-2111
Reference Portland Nemo of SA
10/17/77.
b7C
Continued efforts to locate and interview Oregon have met with negative results. On 1/4/78, b6 Oregon, advised her records con- stated
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tained no information identifiable with that he did reside at when
who resides at
noted that until approximately
when She advised
she has no
On 1/4/78,
was acquainted with
advised that for
a proximately.
"She advised
because
advised that
reside in
possibly in Portland, Oregon. stated that Tad
considered
It should be noted that compli ant
inviosted b6 b7C b7D
the forjak matter. In view of the above that further efforts to locate/interview warranted and no further investigation & conducted.
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(1) RLB; rlb
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5010-108-02
informaci
INDEXED IS falt LED NOE locote hir is bein JAN 6.1978
TLAND BOM b6 b7C
164-41-1657
DB Cooper-1450
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advised se b6 b7C1/13/78
TO .:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:
SAC, PORTLAND : (164-41) (P).
SUBJECT :
NORJAK
(00: Seattle)
Bufile:
164-2111
RE SUSPECT
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In November, 1977; Portland Police
Bureau, advised SA that he
SUBJECT :
NORJAK
(00: Seattle)
Bufile:
164-2111
RE SUSPECT
b6 b7C
In November, 1977; Portland Police
Bureau, advised SA that he was acquainted with an individual whom he preferred not to identify who had advised him he had a suspect in mind who might possibly be identical with unsub in this matter. stated that his source was very reluctant to reveal his suspicions but that he; was attempting to persuade the individual to come forth with whatever information he had." agreed to attempt to arrange an interview of the source with a Bureau Agent.
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On 1/3/78, advised that he had been in touch again with his source who continued to decline to be identified or to meet with a Bueau Agent. The source did advise however , that the suspect he has in mind is
white, male, American, approximately years of age,.
Washington.
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The source told
since the time of the hijacking in this matter. Another piece of identifying information is that
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2 - Seattle. 2. - Portland
ROLL
RPH :kgf (4). KA Q
164-41-1658
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Serialized
A
Indexed
V
'DB Cooper-1451
Filed PD 164-41
KA Q
164-41-1658
Searched
Serialized
A
Indexed
V
'DB Cooper-1451
Filed PD 164-41 stated that as a professional police officer, he realized the above information is minimal, but that his source is adament and refuses to provide any additional information.
LEAD
SEATTLE
AT WASHINGTON. Will through records of
identify suspect and conduct logical investigation to involve or eliminate him in this matter. Note that Portland indices are negative concerning
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
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DB Cooper-1452
2*
File - Serial Charge Out FD-5 (Rev. 10-13-89)
Date
2.11.97
File 164-41
Class.
Office of Origin
Case No.
Last Serial Pending Closed

Serial No.	Description of Serial	Date Charged
1659	Missing (can't Locate)
when purging case
00
Do Not (Remove
Last Serial Pending Closed

Serial No.	Description of Serial	Date Charged
1659	Missing (can't Locate)
when purging case
00
Do Not (Remove

Employee
RECHARGE
Date
To
From
Initials of Clerk
Date
- *
Date charged
Employee
Location
FPI-RBK DB Cooper-1453PD 164-41 RPH : kgf 1
The following investigation was conducted by
SA
AT
OREGON
On January 4, 1978, Oregon, advised her records contained no information identifiable with did reside at
stated that b6 b7c
noted that until approximately
when She advised she has no
On January 4, 1978, advised she was acquainted with
advised that
for approximately
advised that
reside in
possibly in Portland, Oregon.
b6 b7c
noted that until approximately
when She advised she has no
On January 4, 1978, advised she was acquainted with
advised that
for approximately
advised that
reside in
possibly in Portland, Oregon.
stated that
considered
had
164+41-1660
DB Cooper-1454
b6 b7C
b6 b7C
b6 b7cPD 164-41 RLB : cam 1
The following investigation was conducted by SA
AT OREGON
On September 9, 1977,
Sheriff's Office advised that
stated that
approximately b6 b7c
resides in
Oregon
area.
advised that
is a white male American, 5'11", 170 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes, Social Security No.
address
Oregon.
stated that
was
arrested
provided a date of birth of at the time of his arrest. advised that he would attempt to determine current address and would provide the same to the FRI.
On September 13, 1977, was residing at
advised that located
Oregon.
stated that
is believed to be
AT
OREGON
On September 13 and September 28, 1977, attempts were made to locate at
Oregon. It was determined that did reside
was not located
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SEARCHED INDEXED SE. VALIZED. FILED
8 JAN 1 5 1978 FBI-PORTLAND
DB Cooper-14551/13/78
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
(00: Seattle)
FILED
8 JAN 1 5 1978 FBI-PORTLAND
DB Cooper-14551/13/78
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
(00: Seattle)
Bufile: 164-2111
Re Portland letter to Seattle, 8/29/77. Enclosed herewith for Seattle are two copies each of two separate investigative inserts prepared at Portland and concerning investigation at Oregon.
It should be noted that the complainant suggesting may have information in this matter in August, 1977, indicated
the Norjak case. In view of the above information, it is felt that further efforts to locate and interview are not warranted and no further investigation to locate him is being conducted.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
KYLL
164-41-1661
Searched
Serialized 2 Indexed Filed 8
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2 Seattle (Enc. 4) 2 Portland
RPG RPH:kgf164-41-1662.
REPLY DICTATED 1/17/78 RING
SEARCHED INDRED. SERIALIZED JAN 1 7-1978
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DB Cooper-1457 2
Jan, 12, 1978
I started this letter to you on nov. 26, 1977 and did, not finish it. I have lost the article I was going to send you.
SERIALIZED JAN 1 7-1978
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DB Cooper-1457 2
Jan, 12, 1978
I started this letter to you on nov. 26, 1977 and did, not finish it. I have lost the article I was going to send you. but inclosing another one.
i he answered " hell." "
He never looked me in the eye, but down to the floor as he was walking . He walked about five feet to my left from where & was with his back to me. He stood there and I saw he was acting very nervous. On his left, where he was standing is an open stair way, going b6 b7C b7D up stairs (However he wouldn't know that). He repeated to look up the stairs and the front door. I was watching him from his back, and after about five minutes or so, I was wondering what was on his mind, if he was thinking of going up some
stairs to get away frompone, as he kept looking towards the front & then up the stairs again. a bout that time I got nervous my self and was going to find out just what he had on his mind. I went to he's right side &
that time he never moved an inch. He looked at The new Saúde and in a very low tone voice, Then suddenly, again in very low tone voice, he Sacol
He
Thanked me very politely.
He looked at The new Saúde and in a very low tone voice, Then suddenly, again in very low tone voice, he Sacol
He
Thanked me very politely. But he still stood There. I could see there was some thing very strange, he looked very, very, scared. His face showed it. DB Cooper{1458
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I had
as I finished & worked wow The tallest of These two men were right at near the
so he took the 7 while I still had my back to the two was holding I walked in back of Them
Them
all the while I was still trying to figure
to get to
Still never moved. I asked
out this man at
These two men
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some Thing
that. (I do not remember now what it was) But I do remember telling him,
any way it too was I had it figured these two men were stalling for time or something like it. Be- Cause They asked me again again I told them it was
a bout that time this man at slowly walked Towards the door in a different aisle. Doing so squeezed
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Doing so squeezed
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was watching him. He turned arround I picked it up & gently placed it back on the table, then slowly bic b6 went out b7D
Then These Two men said, or one of Them said, and it was the tallest man, who said,
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after every one left I was still rather shook up about this man at Then it hit
The like a ton of bricks, that this man at looked like a Composite picture I saw of D.B. Cooker either on T. V. or in the news paper, or both at that time. I do remember, however reading at that time, that one article said he was wearing a dark rain coat, and another article said he ( W.B. Cooper) was in a light rain coat.
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The man at
Type Complexion.
I do remember, however reading at that time, that one article said he was wearing a dark rain coat, and another article said he ( W.B. Cooper) was in a light rain coat.
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& They were eyes. He may have removed
he's glasses, when he was
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I am not very good at people's ages, could be any where from 42-50 years old. He was heavy set for his height, maybe arround 180 lbs or more. He was very neet looking , I do beleave he had on a tie, Had dark or black oxfords on.
The two men were both tall, very hansome or good looking.
suite
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the Coat was a
the waist line, if I remember correctly. also don't know if it was a zipper jacket or buttons.
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Hardto
Day, but it was not a real
the Coat was a
the waist line, if I remember correctly. also don't know if it was a zipper jacket or buttons. The tables man seemed more Talkative Then The shorter one. But both were tall men. Six foot more or little less. perhaps in Their
I had yet, after These three men left. I was sorry I didn't go out to check on what type of can they were driving if they were driving I had never seen these men befor noy since. none of these men went about or arround
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me where I men were trailing the older man. DB Cooper-14616
I repeat, that I am sorry I didn't make a note of The day I called & The detectitives came over, when I told Them, what I have written here. It Could of been in late Dec. of 1971 or Jan. of 1972. That is why I write if you contact local detectives and see if They have the notes they took from me on their records yet. I often wondered if they ever contacted your office. They told me that they thought That it was just a Coincident. I felt that they didn't think there was any Connections with, that , it was D.
They told me that they thought That it was just a Coincident. I felt that they didn't think there was any Connections with, that , it was D.B. Cooper. Over the years, I keep thinking its passable that they were here.
have taken any Time away from about the time I mentioned above. You could use the detector test on leave from detector test to
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That Time. also give a lie
D. B. Cooper Could of Especially if some of the parchutes were no good.
I have no more to add, hoping you will forgive me for so much detail. I felt it was necessary that I did. This has been on my mind for many years now, now that I have written I feel better about it. It Could be a lead. who knows? Hope to hear from you in the future.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation Portland, Oregon
DB Cooper-1463NITED STATES GOVERNMENT memorandum
DATE:
1/10/78
REPLY TO
ATTN OF:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
gmp/7
SUBJECT:
NORJAK (A)
00: SEATTLE
BUFILE 164-2111
TO:
TO:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
RE :
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Re Portland airtel to Seattle dated 8/29/77.
Cooper-1463NITED STATES GOVERNMENT memorandum
DATE:
1/10/78
REPLY TO
ATTN OF:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) (P)
gmp/7
SUBJECT:
NORJAK (A)
00: SEATTLE
BUFILE 164-2111
TO:
TO:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
RE :
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Re Portland airtel to Seattle dated 8/29/77.
Referenced communication set forth lead for the Portland Division at Wheeler, Oregon. To date results of that investigation have not been received by the Seattle Division. Portland is requested to expedite forwarding results of that investigation to Seattle.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS . 2 - Portland 3 - Seattle RNN : skh (5)
IED INDEXED 164-41-1668 SERIALIZED 12 FILED
already handled moter. recent
JAN 1 6 1978
RTLAND
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*t. S. GPO: 1977-0-241-530 3089
DB Cooper-1464
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 (REV. 7-76) GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 5010-112DB Cooper-1465
Skyjacker Cooper's 'night' recalled
What was perhaps the most famous sky- jack in history began in Portland on Thanks- giving eve six years ago.
The man identified as Dan Cooper para- chuted out of a Northwest Airlines plane on Nov. 24, 1971. He had boarded the 727 jet a few hours earlier at Portland International Airport.
The man identified as Dan Cooper para- chuted out of a Northwest Airlines plane on Nov. 24, 1971. He had boarded the 727 jet a few hours earlier at Portland International Airport.
En route to Seattle, threatening the crew with a gun and a bomb, he exhibited a note demanding four parachutes and $200,000.
When the plane landed in Seattle, the 36 passengers got off. The money and para- chutes were rounded up by Northwest, and the craft took off with only a flight crew of four and Cooper.
Somewhere over the rugged, brushy ter- rain east of Woodland, Wash., Cooper jumped out.
"It was a stormy night, with freezing rain at the high altitude and winds gusting up to 40 mph at Portland International Airport, maybe stronger along the Lewis River where he bailed out," says Ralph Himmelsbach of the FBI.
The plane continued to Reno where it land- ed, the stair door of the rear exit through which Cooper jumped still open.
He took ths 10,000 $20 bills with him in a small satchel. He left behind two of the para- chutes, including the best for his purpose, a sky diver's chute.
Cooper had no hat nor goggles.
He left behind two of the para- chutes, including the best for his purpose, a sky diver's chute.
Cooper had no hat nor goggles. He was dressed in a business suit and oxford street shoes.
"His shoes would have been snapped off his feet when he stepped out into the 196 mph slipsteam," Himmelsach said he was told by parachute experts.
"His eyes would have been blacked by the force of the wind and he probably tumbled out of control. He would have landed in his
stocking feet, blinded by the slipstream and the raging storm."
With the 28-foot canopy on his chute, the FBI agent said, Cooper "would have descend- ed 26 mph vertically." .
"Add a 30 to 50 mph wind and he would have hit at a speed of 50 to 70 mph," the agent estimated. "The experts say it is incon- ceivable that he could have escaped serious injury or instant death - even assuming his parachute opened."
When Cooper parachuted out, he took with him the note in which he threatened to blow up the plane if his demands were not met.
But he left behind the "bomb" he carried in an attache case.
"
When Cooper parachuted out, he took with him the note in which he threatened to blow up the plane if his demands were not met.
But he left behind the "bomb" he carried in an attache case. It turned out to be nothing but some highway flares and a battery.
Party to celebrate 'Cooper's Landing'
ARIEL, Wash. - D.B. Cooper, mark your calendar. You're invited to a party Nov. 26.
And your $20 bills will also be welcome.
That's the invitation going out to the sky- jacker who reputedly landed near this small community six years ago.
The organizers of the annual "Coopers Capers" say the shindig will kick off at noon at the Ariel Tavern and Store.
Hope to see you at "Cooper's Landing."
JOYCE LAIN KENNEDY
... regularly! Oregon JournalDB Cooper-1466
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ravelers were boy was seri- of the freezing low visibility impassable.
man said the ent decided to ·M. Wednesday ind stuck cars lly to a stand-
were stranded h of road, the were able to ir way off the ers waited in er 3:36 A.M. way was reo-
Battle Ground, red when the into a truck adjust its tire ", mother and and released at al.
en Weber said
clearing the highway took timebecause the numerous abandoned vehicles had to be towed
en Weber said
clearing the highway took timebecause the numerous abandoned vehicles had to be towed before sanding and plowing equipment could start working. "There was too much junk along the road," he said.
One motorist voluntarily accepted a traffic citation in exchange for driving on the closed portion of the freeway. He told police he had to tend his livestock and was willing to take a traffic ticket to be with his animals.
More than 40,000 Pacific Power & Light Co. customers from Medford to Albany lost power because of the storm.
By Wednesday, service had been re- stored to most of the customers, but some in the vicinity of Elmira and Noti did not get their power back until Thursday.
The outages resulted from snow-lad- en trees falling into power lines and by lines breaking under heavy ice.
About 9,000 customers in Medford, Grants Pass and Roseburg were with- out power for up to 10 hours.
cloudy' skies rough Friday
of night will be between 35 and 45.
In Portland, the chance for measurable rain is 80 percent through Friday.
cloudy' skies rough Friday
of night will be between 35 and 45.
In Portland, the chance for measurable rain is 80 percent through Friday.
TEMPERATUR
Precipitation (0)
HIGH TIDES, ASTORIA DISTRICT PACIFIC STANDARD TIME Nov. 25- 1:13 a.m. 7.2 .. 12:48 pm. . 8.8 Nov, 26- 1.54 a.m. 7.2., 1:21 p.m. . 8.7 Nov. 27- 2:31 am. 7.2.x 1:56 p.m. . 8.6 Nov. 28- 3:09 a.m. 7.1 .. 2:28 p.m .. 8.4 Nov. 29- 3:48 a.m. 7.1,. 3:00 p.m. . 8.2 Nov. 30- 4:27 a.m. 7.1 .. 3:41 p.m. . 7.9
Dec: 1-5:09 am: 7.2 :: "4:27.p.m.7.5 earth beaches sub.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation Portland, Oregon
Dear
Enclosed find an article from the Sunday Oregonian dated November 14, 1976. I meant to write to you soon after I read the article. Somehow I kept putting it off. Now almost six years ago and no leads to the hijacker, D.B. Cooper.
First of all, I am not seeking any phony fame. I am wondering if it's possible, what I am about to write could be of any value to you. Reading the article over several times makes me wonder if D.B. Cooper really did jump from that plane.
Reading the article over several times makes me wonder if D.B. Cooper really did jump from that plane. Furthermore, the two Air Defense Command F106 jet interceptors which followed the 727 saw nothing. Or he could of jumped some other place if he did jump other than near the Lewis River. The door could of been left open on purpose to mislead, or Cooper could have left it that way and also threw out the no good parachutes to give a person the idea he did jump. Or maybe one can give D.B. Cooper an "E" for effort-he may not be so dumb as one may think. If he didn't use the good parachutes, maybe after seeing they were no good, he decided the others were also no good. So perhaps he then did the next best thing and decided not to jump not knowing what the other parachutes wore like. He still could have jumped elsewhere, or he then could have made a deal with the pilot officers on the planc. Also, he could have hidden in the plane until they got to Reno and kept the money with him.
I did not make a note of the date when a situation took place but it was shortly after D.
Also, he could have hidden in the plane until they got to Reno and kept the money with him.
I did not make a note of the date when a situation took place but it was shortly after D.B. hijacked the plane. However, I did call our local police, and they sent over two local detectives to They have the date when this occurred. I gave them my story and they wrote it down, so if you think this incident is worth checking you could contact our local detectives and get the date, as I think the date will be very important to this incident.
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the front door. This certain day, a man near where I was
DB Cooper-1467Post Office Box 709 Portland, Oregon 97207
January 25, 1978
Dear
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Thank you for your thoughtful letter to this office concerning the hijacker known as "D. B. Cooper." The informa- tion you furnished about a possible suspect is being evaluated.
The ultimate solution to difficult cases such as this one would not be possible without the assistance of civic minded citizens such as yourself and you may be sure your consideration is appreciated.
The ultimate solution to difficult cases such as this one would not be possible without the assistance of civic minded citizens such as yourself and you may be sure your consideration is appreciated.
Very truly yours, ARTHUR G. BARGER Special Agent: in Charge
By:
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Assistant Special Agent in Charge
1 - addressee 1-Portland (164-41) ROW RPH: ja (2) 1
164-41-1664
Searched Serialized Indexed. Filed
DB Cooper-1468PD 164-41. SM: ja 1.
The following investigation was conducted by SA Oregon : b6 On January 9, 1978 telephone number advised that in recent months he
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advised to get there
advised the area
He further indicated it would not take
He. further indicated to his knowledge of the D. B. COOPER
aircraft.
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advised that while he
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in the above area,
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quite funny and rather strange.
He wanted advised that in the area, as well as other
164-41-1665
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DB Cooper-1469OPTIONAL, FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.
Memorandum
TO
SAC PORTLAND 164-41
DATE:
Feb. 5, 1978
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FROM
SPC
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SUBJECT NORJAK
NORJAT; 00 : PD
.
Memorandum
TO
SAC PORTLAND 164-41
DATE:
Feb. 5, 1978
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FROM
SPC
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SUBJECT NORJAK
NORJAT; 00 : PD
. AT APPROXIMATELY 10: 00/AM THIS DATE WRITER WAS PHONED BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IDENTIFIED HIMSELF. AS BEING:
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CALLER ADVISED THAT AFTER VIEWING AN ARTISTS DRAWING OF D. B. COOPER IN HIS DALY NEWSPAPER THIS DATE, HE IS OF THE OPINION THAT SAID INDIVIDUAL WAS VERY LIKELY THE SAME INDIVIDUAL; WHO UNTIL SATURDAY 2/4/78 WAS
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TO BE. COOPER PRESENTLY HAS A BEARD, AFTER SHADING ONE IN ONE THE DRAWING, CALLER AND OTHERS HE SHOWED THE DRAWING TO ALL SEEM TO BE OF THE OPINION THAT AND COOPER ARE VERY POSSIBLY IDENTICAB.
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CALLER ADVISED THAT THE NAME USED BY SAID TO HAVE
IN HIS POSSESSION. CALLER FURTHER ADVISED THAT
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THAT . HE WOULD GIVEN.
WITH NO DATE
TRAVEL,. CALLER THOUGHT DESTINATION UNKNOWN FOR SURE.
Caller was advised that he would be contacted by an agent and should he learn of
present location for him to again
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Consider Armed & Dangerous because of possession of
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was advised that he would be contacted by an agent and should he learn of
present location for him to again
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FURTHER. REFIS
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SOME NOT FURTHER IDENTIFIED CONCERNING MODE OF call.
1Indices Search Slip FD-168 (Rev. 3-23-71)
TO: CHIEF CLERK
Subject
Allases
Address
Date
2/5/78
Social Security Account #
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DB Cooper-1471OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 JULY 1973 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11,6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
DATE:
2/9/78
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT:
NORJACK
(00: Seattle)
Bufile: 164-2111
Re Portland memo SPC
dated 2/5/78.
On 2/6/78,
Oregon, telephone provided the following
information:
He read the 2/7/77, issue of the "Star," and noticed an article on page 42, captioned "FBI Man Vows To Hunt Down America's Parachute Skyjacker." This article contained a composite drawing of the individual known as D.
issue of the "Star," and noticed an article on page 42, captioned "FBI Man Vows To Hunt Down America's Parachute Skyjacker." This article contained a composite drawing of the individual known as D. B. COOPER. He stated that after seeing this article, he believed that an individual who has
could be identical to D. B. COOPER. He
that he
around
1977, and
/78,
his address as California, however,
town believed to be
His
vehicle was
advised that is a very unusual individual who has provided differing accounts of his background. He has at one time stated that and has on other occasions claimed to
always has
although on the according to He advised that
saw a
and as it was a Police Department. He stated at the
reported
the incident to same time was attempting to
2)- Portland
164-41-1667
DRP : sey
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DB Cooper-1472
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stated the individual he is speaking of is
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He has never caused any trouble
He has mentioned On b6
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he was using
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name unrecalled, was contacted
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were informed that the
When
78, he
was
Oregon, and
in approximately
He stated
Police
the individual he is speaking of is
He stated b6
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He has never caused any trouble
He has mentioned On b6
to
he was using
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name unrecalled, was contacted
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were informed that the
When
78, he
was
Oregon, and
in approximately
He stated
Police Department
would have information regarding
He provided the following descriptive information regarding
Race
Sex Age
5'7" to 5'10"
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Weight
Hair
155 to 160 pounds Brownish, possible reddish tint with full beard Dark
Eyes Tattoos
On 2/6/78, advised that his department is well acquainted with
Oregon
He stated that he has been
the police department when in the area.
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He was last arrested by his department on
was taken to the station and photographed and fingerprinted. At that time, the following description was obtained:
Name Race
Sex
white Male
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Date of Birth Place of Birth Height
Weight
5'10" 165 pounds
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White Male
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Hair Eyes
Brown Brown
Social Security Account No. Address
Occupation
advised that he only observed him for a moment at the time of his arrest, but it was his belief he was not identical to the composite in the "Star" magazine.
Address
Occupation
advised that he only observed him for a moment at the time of his arrest, but it was his belief he was not identical to the composite in the "Star" magazine. He stated was the arresting officer.
On 2/6/78, Oregon, Police Department, advised he was the arresting officer regarding 78. He stated it was his opinion that is not identical to the composite drawing in the "Star" magazine.
On 2/6/78,
County Sheriff's
Oregon, advised that he has had numerous contacts with He stated after viewing the composite drawing appearing in the "Star" magazine, it was his belief that is not identical to the individual portrayed. He stated
that
He stated informed him that
recently died and left him with a that
He advised Oregon,
area to
He stated that when
last
Oregon, he gave
Oregon. He stated that
individual, that he was sure that should he return to the area, there will be contact between and various law enforcement agencies.
On 2/6/78, NCIC inquiry regarding
disclosed no NCIC want, and no identifiable NCIC criminal record.
On 2/6/78, inquiry of the California CII resulted in the following information:
Name
CII No.
On 2/6/78, NCIC inquiry regarding
disclosed no NCIC want, and no identifiable NCIC criminal record.
On 2/6/78, inquiry of the California CII resulted in the following information:
Name
CII No.
Race
Sex
Date of Birth Height
Weight
Hair
Eyes
FBI No.
White
Male
5'9"
170 pounds
Brown
Brown
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His arrest record includes
Inasmuch as
does not match the physical description of the individual responsible for NORJAK, it is recommended that he be eliminated as the suspect with the above provided for information for the file.
b6 b7C
b6 b7c
DB Cooper-1475
- 4 *-2/15/78
SẠC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P.)
NORJAK (00: Seattle) Bufile: 164-2111
RE: b6 b7C
Re Portland letter to Seattle dated 1/13/78.
On 1/31/78, an individual who identified himself only as. telephoned the Portland office to talk to SA Portland NORJAK case agent. stated that he thought he might have some information pertinent to the NORJAK case. He declined to furnish any further identifying information concerning himself other than that he was
b6 b7C
b7D
He inquired as to the status and amount of any rewards currently offered for information
He declined to furnish any further identifying information concerning himself other than that he was
b6 b7C
b7D
He inquired as to the status and amount of any rewards currently offered for information leading to the identification and apprehension of UNSUB in this matter. He also expressed concern that his identity as a source of information might be disclosed.
furnished no information whatever on that occasion, but stated he would recontact the agent in a few days to discuss the matter further.
SA: On 2/14/78, again telephonically recontacted b6
and advised that the name of a person who should be b7C
checked out in this matter is "Upon being pressed b7D
for further information, furnished the first name.
He
declined to furnish any other information whatever.
It is believed probable that
was referring to b6
suspect matter at
who was subject of investigation in this b7C
b7D
Oregon, during
2 - Seattle (2 )Portland
b6 b7c
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C
0
Read
16841-1668
Searched
·Serialized: Indexed
Filed
DB Cooper-1476PD 164-41
is going b6 b7c
Since it appears that the name of to reappear in connection with this matter, it is believed prudent to attempt to resolve his possible
Indexed
Filed
DB Cooper-1476PD 164-41
is going b6 b7c
Since it appears that the name of to reappear in connection with this matter, it is believed prudent to attempt to resolve his possible connection with this case as soon as possible. Accordingly, the following lead is being setforth:
LEAD
PORTLAND
AT OREGON. Will locate and interview concerning his possible knowledge of this case and any suspects he may have in mind.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
b6 b7c
DB Cooper-1477
- 2 *-2/17/78
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
NORJAK (00: Seattle) Bufile 164-2111
RE SUSPECT
Enclosed herewith for Seattle is the original and two copies of an investigative insert prepared at Portland in this matter, and concerning suspect of the Washington, vicinity ..
Portland Office indices are negative concerning
LEAD
SEATTLE
AT WASHINGTON. Consider
as a possible suspect in this matter.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
- Seattle (Encs. 3) Portland
2
KPARPH RPH : cab (4) 200
RPA
b6 b7c
164-41-1669
Searched. Serializer indexed
A
Filed 8h
DB Cooper-1478
b6 b7C
b6 b7C
b6 b7C
b6
b7CSAC, TAMPA
2/27/78
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
NORJAK (00: Seattle) Bufile 164-2111
Enclosed herewith for Tampa and Seattle are
Serializer indexed
A
Filed 8h
DB Cooper-1478
b6 b7C
b6 b7C
b6 b7C
b6
b7CSAC, TAMPA
2/27/78
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
NORJAK (00: Seattle) Bufile 164-2111
Enclosed herewith for Tampa and Seattle are copies b6 of a letter received at Portland from Tampa b7D Florida.
b7C
For information of Tampa and Seattle, an article written, by BARRIE WATTS, World News Service, New York City, concerning captioned skyjacking, appeared in the 2/7/78 issue of the "Star," a weekly supermarket newspaper of widespread circulation. This article mentioned the name of SA case agent. The article stimulated several individuals to correspond with SA and enclosed letter is one of the contacts.
b6
Portland b7C
by SA
requests in her letter that she be contacted b6 or by another FBI agent, and she states she has b7c
b7D
LEAD
TAMPA
AT TAMPA, FLORIDA. Will contact b6
for any information she may have
b7C
relating to captioned case.
b7D
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
2 - Tampa (Enc. 1) 2 - Seattle (164-81) (Enc. 1) 2 - Portland
RAZÃO RPH : sey (6) Sech
RIU
b6
b7C
164-41-1671
Searched
Serialized
A
indexed.
Filed
A
DB Cooper-1479Post Office Box 709 Portland, Oregon 97207 February 28, 1978
California
Dear
b6 b7C b7D
Thank you
Filed
A
DB Cooper-1479Post Office Box 709 Portland, Oregon 97207 February 28, 1978
California
Dear
b6 b7C b7D
Thank you for your thoughtful letter concerning the parachute hijacking on November 24, 1971.
The solution of difficult cases such as this one may ultimately rest upon the contributions of concerned citizens such as yourself. You may be sure your suggestion is appreciated.
Very truly yours, ARTHUR G. BARGER Special Agent in Charge
By:

b6
Supervisory Special Agent	b7C

1 - Addressee 1 - Portland (164-41) (P)
Datade RPH : sey (2) Surf
Mly 164-41-1672

Sexyched Serialized
Indexed
Filed

DB Cooper-1480Post Office Box 709 Portland, Oregon 97207 February 28, 1978
New York
Dear
b6 b7C b7D
Thank you for your thoughtful letter concerning the November 24, 1971, skyjacking.
The successful solution of difficult cases such as this one may ultimately rest upon information furnished by con- cerned citizens such as
The successful solution of difficult cases such as this one may ultimately rest upon information furnished by con- cerned citizens such as yourself. You may be sure that your letter is appreciated.
Very truly yours, ARTHUR G. BARGER Special Agent in Charge
By:
b6
Supervisory Special Agent b7C
1. - Addressee 1)- Portland (164-41) (P)
RPH: sey (2) Sey
164-41-1673
l
DB Cooper-1481SAC, SAN FRANCISCO
2/28/78
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
NORJAK (00: Seattle) Bufile 164-2111
For information of San Francisco and Seattle, an article b6 concerning captioned case written by BARRIE WATTS appeared in the b7C
February 7, 1978 issue of the "Star," a weekly supermarket newspaper. The article mentioned the name of Portland case agent SA Since the article appeared, several people have written personal letters to SA offering leads and suggestions.
By letter dated 2/10/78,
New York
advised as follows:
b6
b7c
"Dear
b7D
After reading about your wanting to catch D. B. COOPER, I You can take it
for what it is worth, but this is what I found out.
He has picture, wears a great deal of gray, coat, hat black, suit gray, brown or tan shoes, drives a
He has picture, wears a great deal of gray, coat, hat black, suit gray, brown or tan shoes, drives a his license for him. Lives on
the newspaper b6
b7C
Someone obtained b7D
San Francisco, eats at
restaurant on
or down street at
I admire your not giving up your man. If this information will lead you to your man, I have helped. I expect nothing in return.
2 - San Francisco 2 - Seattle (164-81)
RAKE- Portland RPH : sey (6) self
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b7c
164.41.1674
Searchell
A
Serialized
Indexed.
Filed DB Cooper-1482PD 164-41
Wishing you and your travels safety and success. I remain,
Sincerely,
b6
b7C
b7D
P.S. If you do catch him, please let me know,
b6
b7C
b7D
Portland indices are negative concerning
b6 Portland has acknowledged
letter.
b7c
b7D
LEAD
SAN FRANCISCO
AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. Will evaluate the above b6 information furnished -by and conduct a logical investi; b7c gation to involve or eliminate the suspect suggested. b7D
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
DB Cooper-1483
2ª-
I.X Airtel
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
2/24/78
FROM:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
(00: Seattle)
Bufile 164-2111
RE
X Airtel
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
2/24/78
FROM:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
(00: Seattle)
Bufile 164-2111
RE SUSPECT
WASHINGTON
b6 b7c
For information of Seattle, during December, 1977 and New York b6
January, 1978, City, contacted Portland case agent SA by b7C
telephone from New York on several occasions for background informa- tion concerning captioned matter.
article which appeared in the 2/7/78 -issue of the "Star, " a weekly supermarket newspaper.
On 2/21/78, appeared at the Portland Office and b6 advised that as a result of the above-mentioned article, he had b7C b7D
Washington, area, whom he declined to identify, but whom he said claimed to have information concerning a possible suspect. the source or sources.
On 2/23/78, telephonically advised SA b6
from Seattle that he had interviewed a person or persons Washington, and that he had
b7c b7D
logical suspect in this matter. Identified
as the
closely resembles the description and artist's conception of UNSUB in this matter and is thought by the source to have committed
164-49-1675
PORPH : sey (4) say 2 - Seattle 2 - Portland
Identified
as the
closely resembles the description and artist's conception of UNSUB in this matter and is thought by the source to have committed
164-49-1675
PORPH : sey (4) say 2 - Seattle 2 - Portland 
RYA b6 b7C
1
DB Cooper-1484 PD 164-41
b7D this hijacking
Portland endices are negative concerning
b6 b7C
LEAD
SEATTLE
AT WASHINGTON. Will, if he has not been b6 previously eliminated, consider as a suspect in this matter. b7C
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
DB Cooper-1485
- 2 *-Airtel
TO:
SAC, DENVER
3/6/78
FROM:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
(00: Seattle)
Bufile 164-2111
RE SUSPECT LAKEWOOD, COLORADO
b6
b7C
Enclosed herewith for Denver and Seattle is one copy each
b6 of a letter received by SA Portland case agent b7c
For information of Denver and Seattle, an article written by BARRIE WATTS, reporter for World News Service, New York City, New York, concerning captioned case, appeared in the February 7, 1978 b6 issue of the "Star," a weekly supermarket. newspaper. The article mentioned the name of Portland case agent, SA and since the article appeared, SA has received several, personal letters from individuals across the country suggesting logical suspects.
The article mentioned the name of Portland case agent, SA and since the article appeared, SA has received several, personal letters from individuals across the country suggesting logical suspects. The original of enclosed letter was received at Portland, 3/6/78, and suggests Lakewood, Colorado as a suspect in this matter. The letter enclosed a clipped portion of a snapshot, partly displaying an adult male who appears to have hair. ‘A Xerox copy of this snapshot is set forth in enclosure, but did not copy very well.
LEAD
DENVER
AT. LAKEWOOD, COLORADO. Will fully identify suspect, b6 and conduct logical investigation to involve or eliminate him b7C in this matter.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
b7C
2 - Denver (Enc. 1) 2 - Seattle (164-81) (Enc.)) 2 )- Portland
164-41-1676
Begrebetl
Serialized
DB. Cooper-1486
Indexed:
A
Filed
A
RPH : sey (6) SOM
b6
b7C SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
3/14/78
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
NORJAK (00: Seattle) BUfile :164-2111
RE SUSPECT
OREGON
b6 b7C
On :3/13/78,
Oregon State
Police, Oregon; advised SA that he had a visitor in his office who claimed to have some infor- mation possibly identical with this matter.
BUfile :164-2111
RE SUSPECT
OREGON
b6 b7C
On :3/13/78,
Oregon State
Police, Oregon; advised SA that he had a visitor in his office who claimed to have some infor- mation possibly identical with this matter.
b6
b7c
put the complainant on the line and he furnished the following information:
Complainant identified himself as
who: stated he did not wish his identity b6 revealed or to become further involved in this matter. He b7C stated that for some time he has suspected b7D Oregon, as possibly being identical with generally fits the
UNSUB, aka DAN COOPER. He stated that physical description of UNSUB, resembles the artist's conception of UNSUB and reportedly has He furnished the following description of
Name
Race
White
Sex
Male
Age
Approximately 50 years b6
Height
611"
Slender b7C b7D
Build Hair Complexion Remarks Employment
Residence
164-41-1677 .b6
2. - Seattle 2- Portland . RPH : cam cam (4)
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b7C
Serialized
A
Indexed
Filed.
to
DB Cooper-1487 PD 164-41
LEAD
PORTLAND
AT OREGON .. Will conduct appropriate b6
investigation to involve or eliminate suspect Will note
b7C that Oregon State Police, advised he will begin
Will conduct appropriate b6
investigation to involve or eliminate suspect Will note
b7C that Oregon State Police, advised he will begin assembling full identifying information concerning suspect 
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
-2*
DB Cooper-1488xx Airtel
3/20/78
TO:
SAC, SAN FRANCISCO
FROM:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (₽)
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
(00: Seattle)
BUfile 164-2111
Re: Portland letter to San Francisco, dated 2/28/78.
Bv letter dated 3/5/78, complainant New York, furnished additional information pursuant
b7C to the lead in this information, including the following b7D "I trust the additional information will be of some help.
b6 ª
"His name
Lives at b6
I am not sure if it is Lives on
b7c b7D
Also in
lives
at b6
San Francisco police. COOPER
b7C b7D
alias
b6
"My information
b7c
best of luck in getting: your man. b7D
b6
b7C
b6
b7D
b7C b7D
2 - San Francisco. 2 - Seattle (164-81) 2)- Portland 
RPA RPH : cam (6) COM
Pie Searched
164-41-1678
Serialized SMC
Indexed
Filed SA
DB Cooper-1489.,PD :164-41
b6 b7C b7D
b6
b7C
LEAD
b7D
SAN FRANCISCO
AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
2 - Seattle (164-81) 2)- Portland 
RPA RPH : cam (6) COM
Pie Searched
164-41-1678
Serialized SMC
Indexed
Filed SA
DB Cooper-1489.,PD :164-41
b6 b7C b7D
b6
b7C
LEAD
b7D
SAN FRANCISCO
AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. Will carefully evaluate the above information for whatever action, if any, is deemed necessary.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
-2x-
DB Cooper-1490FD-36 (Rev. 7-27-76)
FBI
TRANSMIT VIA:
PRECEDENCE:
CLASSIFICATION: Teletype SECRET Immediate TOP SECRET Facsimile Priority Routine
1 CONFIDENTIAL Airtel EFTO CLEAR
Date
3/28/78
TO:
SAC, CHARLOTTE
PROM:
SAC, SAN ANTONIO (164-0)
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
00: PORTLAND
On 3/24/78.
San Antonio, Texas, telephone
residence
telephone telephonically contacted the San Antonio Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. advised that he had recently read an article concerning captioned matter, which appeared in the January 29, 1978 edition of the San Antonio Stor. stated that this article contained a composite drawing of unknown subject, also known as D.
advised that he had recently read an article concerning captioned matter, which appeared in the January 29, 1978 edition of the San Antonio Stor. stated that this article contained a composite drawing of unknown subject, also known as D. B. COOPER.
related that this drawing strongly resembled an individual who had been advised that this
individual's name is and described him as being a. white male, 6, 180 pounds, medium build, dark hair, approx- imately years old (in further stated that he believes that and also:
that he feels that
advised that ana stated that
SICCICU LO DO heard of
were con- further advised Chat the last .he
which was back in
stated that he had no further information to
provide.
2-Charlotte 2Portland 1-San Antonio PGH : WAK 100
164-41-1629
SEARCHED SERIALIZED
INDEXED FILED. APR 3 1978 FBI - PORTLAND Mum
Approved:
Transmitted
(Number)
(Time)
Per DB-Cooper-1491
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b6 b7C b7D
b6 b7C b7D
b6 b7C b7D SA 164-0
LEAD
CHARLOTTE
AT FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. Will at
b6 attempt to develop information concerning specifically his whereabouts in late November, 1971.
b7C
ARMED AND DANGEROUS .
Will at
b6 attempt to develop information concerning specifically his whereabouts in late November, 1971.
b7C
ARMED AND DANGEROUS .
DB Cooper-1492
2*File - Serial Charge Out FD-5 (Rev. 10-13-89)
Date
2.11.97
File
164-41
Class.
Office of Origin
Case No.
Last Serial Pending Closed

Serial No.	Description of Serial	Date Charged
1680	Missing when Purging	Case
Can'tLocate

Do Not Remove

Como
Employee
RECHARGE
Date
To
From
Initials of
₹ Clerk
Date
₹
Date charged
Employee
Location
FPI-RBK
DB Cooper-14934/4/78
TO:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM :
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
SUBJECT:
MORJAK
(00: Seattle)
Bufile : 164-2111
Re San Antonio airtel to Charlotte dated 3/26/78:
Enclosed herewith for Seattle is one copy of
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
FROM :
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P)
SUBJECT:
MORJAK
(00: Seattle)
Bufile : 164-2111
Re San Antonio airtel to Charlotte dated 3/26/78:
Enclosed herewith for Seattle is one copy of referenced San Antonio airtel to Charlotte setting forth a lead for investigation in this matter at Fayetteville, North Carolina.
For information of Charlotte and San Antonio, Seattle is origin in captioned matter.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS .
2 - Seattle (Enc. 1) Charlotte (164-101) San Antonio (164-111) Portland
RRA
b6 .b7C
RPH : KGf (7) 8
164-41-1681
Searched Serialized 8h Indexed. Filed 8h
DB Cooper-1494Airtel
4/18/78
TO:
SAC ;: PITTSBURGH
FROM:
SAC, PORTLAND (164-41) (P).
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
(00: Seattle)
Bufile: 164-2111:
Enclosed herewith for Pittsburgh is the original of a letter received 4/17/78 by Portland. Enclosed herewith for Seattle is a xerox copy of that letter.
For information of Pittsburgh, an article concerning the Norjak case appeared in the 2/7/78 issue of "The Star" a nationwide supermarket newspaper. This article mentioned the name of Portland case Agent SA
b6 b7C
The enclosure was sent to SA
by
Pennsylvania The b6
b7C
b7D
letter encloses a photograph of an unidentified
This article mentioned the name of Portland case Agent SA
b6 b7C
The enclosure was sent to SA
by
Pennsylvania The b6
b7C
b7D
letter encloses a photograph of an unidentified young man and suggests him as a possible suspect in captioned matter. The writer of the letter stated that the last she heard of this suspect in San Francisco, California. She also stated that if anymore information were needed and she could help, she would gladly do so.
2 - Pittsburgh (Enc. 1) 2 - Seattle (164-81) (Enc. 1) 2 - Portland
b6 b7C
RPH : kgf (6)080
164-41-1682
DB:Cooper-1495.
Searched Serialized
Indexed FiledPD 164-41
LEAD
PITTSBURGH
AT PENNSYLVANIA .. . Will contact b6 for additional identifying information concerning her suspect and set out appropriate leads for investigation considered necessary. In this respect it is noted that Unsub was described as being in his 40's or early 50's in 1971 at the time of captioned hijacking and it may be possible to eliminate this suspect based upon age alone.
b7C b7D
ARMED AND DANGEROUS.
DB.Cooper-1496
2*b6
b7C b7D
Pa
U.A. Dept of Justice Federal Bureauof Investigation Portland cream.
DB.Cooper-1496
2*b6
b7C b7D
Pa
U.A. Dept of Justice Federal Bureauof Investigation Portland cream. b6 b7C
dear fin;
after seeing the composite picture and Reading the article in the star sometime ago. It has haunted me until Ifinally found my picture of a man what to me is a younger version of your picture.
1
So I called the plan and had them give me your name. and where you were located I called 4-8-78 to your office and and. he b6 b7C
talked to a told me to send the picture. Iam doing this in hopes that it might be what you are looking for The last I heard 16404f-1683
SEARCHED. INDEXED SERIALIZED SMILED Si APR 1 7 1978 FBI - PORTLAND
DB Cooper-1497of this man he was San Francisco, Cal.
If you need any more information and I can help I will gladly do so. Sincerely
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82
Pa
APR ID PIE
1978
ITIE 401
United States ISe ==
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1
b6
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U.S. Hept Justice Federal Bureau Of Investigation P.O. 709 Portland, Oregoni 97207
Att:
b6 b7C
DB Cooper-1498OPTIONAL FORM NO.
Hept Justice Federal Bureau Of Investigation P.O. 709 Portland, Oregoni 97207
Att:
b6 b7C
DB Cooper-1498OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 JURY 1973 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11,6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
FILE
(164-41)
DATE:
4/27/78
FROM
:
SAC ARTHUR G. BARGER
SUBJECT:
NORJAK
At approximately 12:31 p.m., PST, 4/27/78, a telephone call was received in the Portland Division from MIKE WALLACE, CBS, New York.
By way of background, WALLACE called for SA on 4/25/78, at 10:37 a.m. and again on the morning of 4/26/78. was engaged in a police school which prevented a return of either of these telephone calls. On the occasion of the second call, I was informed of the receipt of the telephone calls in the absence of SA Having had previous knowledge of the interest of MIKE WALLACE of "60 Minutes" in the D. B. COOPER matter and the story which was being prepared for "60 Minutes," I had discussions with SAC, Seattle, and FBIHQ Press Office, During these conversations, I learned of WALLACE's attempt to get information from the FBI with respect to his story.
COOPER matter and the story which was being prepared for "60 Minutes," I had discussions with SAC, Seattle, and FBIHQ Press Office, During these conversations, I learned of WALLACE's attempt to get information from the FBI with respect to his story. informed me that TOM COLL had handled the inquiry and had, for all practical purposes, declined to furnish information to WALLACE.
b6 b7C
Upon receipt of advice of WALLACE's attempts to reach I concluded that WALLACE's interest obviously related to the "60 Minutes" program. I therefore contacted TOM COLL directly and discussed my intentionswith respect to WALLACE's inquiry at Portland, advising COLL that I felt it was necessary from a business and professional point of view to return WALLACE's call but that WALLACE would not be permitted to ask any questions of if it related to . COLL was in agreement and it was also decided that if WALLACE was persistent, he should be referred to TOM COLL in Washington.
b6 b7C b7D
AGB: 1ấm
5010-110
164-41-1684 b6 b7c
SEARCHED SERIALIZED
ASACAR
INDEXED FILED
API
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB Cooper-1499PD 164-41
At 8:30 a.
b6 b7C b7D
AGB: 1ấm
5010-110
164-41-1684 b6 b7c
SEARCHED SERIALIZED
ASACAR
INDEXED FILED
API
Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB Cooper-1499PD 164-41
At 8:30 a.m., 4/27/78, with SA in my office, I placed a telephone call to MIKE WALLACE through the New York Office, NY telephone 975-2997. Upon talking to Mr. WALLACE's assistant, I was informed that WALLACE was unavailable, and he would return my call within two hours. I asked that WALLACE call me direct, identifying myself by name and title. When WALLACE called at approximately 12:31 p.m., he asked for
b6 b7C b7D
was at that time busy on another telephone call and the switchboard, having had been previously alerted to the call from WALLACE's office, routed the call to me. When I was connected with WALLACE, he adyised initially that he had determined that the was a complete hoax, that he had quite a bit of television footage shot on this story, and they had quite a bit of information but wanted to talk to the FBI to get answers to several other questions. I asked him specifically if it related to and he obliquely deferred, suggesting to the contrary; however, he did not definitely disavow that
I asked him specifically if it related to and he obliquely deferred, suggesting to the contrary; however, he did not definitely disavow that this was his intentions. I then informed him that I had been apprised of his detailed conversation with TOM COLL at Headquarters, and I had personally talked to Mr. COLL of his impending interest in the Portland Office, and since it all had been discussed with COLL, no further contact would be made by the Portland Division. He then asked if it were therefore impossible for him to talk on the telephone
with SA and I advised him that was the case. He then became belligerent making remarks such as, "This sounds like the old Bureau, not the new Bureau, that we were in a police state, " etc. I told WALLACE that he knew better than that and that the Bureau had cooperated, but if he felt that further discussion was necessary on this matter, he should direct his inquiries to TOM COLL in Washington. At his request, I gave him the telephone number 324-3691 which was Mr. COLL's extension at Bureau Headquarters.
At his request, I gave him the telephone number 324-3691 which was Mr. COLL's extension at Bureau Headquarters.
A few minutes after termination of this call I tried to telephone Mr. COLL only to discover that he was at that moment on the telephone with MIKE WALLACE. The party answering the telephone in Mr. COLL's office said he did overhear COLL saying on the telephone, "MIKE, we have been through all of that, let's not rehash it." When I asked if I could hold for COLL, the person said that he was in a listening mode at that time and it might be some time before he would be free to talk to me. COLL will return my call as soon as he completes his conversation with MIKE WALLACE.
DB Cooper-1500
-2-PD 164-41
TOM COLL returned my call advising that he had finished having an extensive conversation with WALLACE in which they regurgitated the conversation that they had previously, with WALLACE also advising him that he was satisfied that the original story was a hoax.
Bureau has decided as a consequence of a series of telephone calls and previous interviewsd granted to members of the media by (with
Bureau has decided as a consequence of a series of telephone calls and previous interviewsd granted to members of the media by (with Bureau concurrence) that MIKE WALLACE or one of his staff will be permitted to interview as background only. The interview will not be conducted over the telephone and will not be conducted on camera. COLL said that the information furnished by would be background in nature concerning the investigation and was to be used by WALLACE only as background and won retribution. I told him we had only minor reservations with respect to this in that the office of origin has not kept us informed of the full extent of the investigation, particularly with respect to the outcome of numerous suspects. COLL said that would be no particular problem, that should get to a position where he does not have the information being sought, that he could merely state that in all likelihood the information would be known to the Seattle Office, who was coordinating the whole investigation. I pointed out that this reservation was accompanied by the overall reservations we had considering the treatment afforded to
I pointed out that this reservation was accompanied by the overall reservations we had considering the treatment afforded to the FBI by "60 Minutes" on an earlier matter. In this regard, I desired a copy of the recording of the interview so that we would be in a position to dispel: any slanted or perverse reporting. COLL responded by saying that the interview by WALLACE or his associate was not to be recorded by WALLACE or his associate except in note-taking form. He concluded by saying that he would telephone WALLACE and inform him that the interview was approved; however, that all arrangements must be made through the SAC of the Portland Division personally.
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ADDENDUM: 4/28/78 called today, identifying himself as being associated with MIKE WALLACE's "60 Minutes, " and advised that he is currently in the city of Phoenix, Arizona. He advised that he had talked to TOM COLL this morning and COLL had OK'd his coming to Portland to conduct a general background interview in the NORJAK case. He said he expects to finish his present assignment on Monday or Tuesday of next week, anticipates coming to Portland
He said he expects to finish his present assignment on Monday or Tuesday of next week, anticipates coming to Portland perhaps Tuesday and will be in the office Wednesday to conduct the interview. He said he would call on Tuesday to
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confirm his arrival. I informed him I may be out of town at that time; however, he can confirm his arrival and the through ASAC or my availability of
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did appear at SAC's office 83fm 5/4/78 and after introductory gound rules were was permitted to interview LA b6 b7C
discussed,
was denied identity of
any witnesses and no mention was made by re any heretofore unreleased indance and certainly no mention was made of any by SA specifi Likewise no discussion was had concerning shagents developed . although did allude to the Speculating themis advanced by others he did
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SA JERRY G. WILSON
NORJAK (00: Seattle)
Re suspect
Oregon.
On 4/18/78,
State Police,
Oregon, telephone
that he had written a report concerning
Oregon advised
On 4/18/78,
State Police,
Oregon, telephone
that he had written a report concerning
Oregon advised and had furnished same to Oregon State Police Headquarters in Salem, Oregon, after conversing with complainant resides at
who
telephone
stated that his department was conducting no further investigation, as he was of the opinion that had absolutely no basis or justification to believe that who is Oregon, and resides at Oregon is identical to or in any way resembles D. B. COOPER.
On 4/19/78,
time stated that resides stated that
telephone was contacted, and at that approximately age He
Oregon, and believes he
previously unknown. He stated that
and is described as a white male, approximately 60", pounds, with dark colored, neat hair. He said that there is nothing that he can put his finger on concerning why he believes might be D. B. COOPER,
other than he had seen an artist's conception several years ago and felt there was some resemblance. He stated that 
however, he does not believe He feels more than
that
would make.
other than he had seen an artist's conception several years ago and felt there was some resemblance. He stated that 
however, he does not believe He feels more than
that
would make. He stated that
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person, and there is no other reason for his feeling that D. B. COOPER. He indicated that which is usually his residence.
On 4/19/78, visual observation of the disclosed a 1970 Ford station wagon, bearing Oregon license
On 4/20/78, an inquiry was made to the Department of Motor Vehicles, Salem, Oregon, via State Teletype concerning Oregon license and via return State Teletype, the Department of Motor Vehicles advised that this plate appears on a 1970 Ford four-door wagon, VIN license
expiring registered to
residing at
DOB and DOB
Oregon.
On 4/20/78, a second State Teletype was sent to the Driver's License Section of the Department of Motor Vehicles concerning born and via return State Teletype, the Department of Motor Vehicles advised that residing at
Oregon, holds Oregon
On 4/20/78, a second State Teletype was sent to the Driver's License Section of the Department of Motor Vehicles concerning born and via return State Teletype, the Department of Motor Vehicles advised that residing at
Oregon, holds Oregon driver's license number
which was issued
and expires
DOB was given as and he was described as a male, 6 0" tall, pounds. As of 4/20/78, the operator's license was valid, and there were no entries of citations.
LEADS
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NORJAK (A), 00: SEATTLE.
THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF FACTS REPRESENTS WHAT SEATTLE, CONSIDERS THE ONLY INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE RELEASED TO THE PRESS :
"A LONE WHIE MALE BOARDED NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT NUMBER 365. AT PORTLAND , OREGON, ON NOVEMBER 24, 1971.
THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF FACTS REPRESENTS WHAT SEATTLE, CONSIDERS THE ONLY INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE RELEASED TO THE PRESS :
"A LONE WHIE MALE BOARDED NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES FLIGHT NUMBER 365. AT PORTLAND , OREGON, ON NOVEMBER 24, 1971. . AT APPROXIMATELY 3:22 PM, WHILE THE FLIGHT WAS EN ROUTE TO SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, HE INDICATED TO A STEWARDESS THAT HIS BRIEFCASE CON- TAINED. A BOMB WHICH WOULD BLOW UP THE PLANE UNLESS HIS DEMANDS WERE MET .
"THE HIJACKER DEMANDED. $220,000 AND FOUR PARACHUTES. IN
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MAY 4: 1978 LAND b6 b7C PAGE TWO DE HQ 0030 UNCLAS EXCHANGE FOR. THE SAFETY OF THE 36 PASSENGERS ABOARD THE PLANE . WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT SEATTLE, NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES COMPLIED WITH HIS INSTRUCTIONS. AFTER HE RECEIVED THE PARACHUTES AND MONEY, THE HIJACKER ALLOWED ALL PASSENGERS AND TWO OF THE AIRLINES. STEWARDESSES TO DEPLANE .
"HE THEN ORDERED THE REMAINING CREW MEMBERS INTO THE FIRST CLASS SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND INFORMED THEM HE DESIRED TO. FLY TO MEXICO CITY. THE HIJACKER INSTRUCTED THAT THE PLANE PROCEED IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AND FLY AT A LOW ALTITUDE AND SLOW SPEED.
THE HIJACKER INSTRUCTED THAT THE PLANE PROCEED IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AND FLY AT A LOW ALTITUDE AND SLOW SPEED. WHICH ENABLE THE REAR DOOR OF THE PLANE TO BE OPEN DURING THE FLIGHT .
"THE HIJACKER APPARENTLY BAILED OUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SEATTLE AND RENO , NEVADA, WHERE , WHEN THE PLANE LANDED, IT WAS DETERMINED THE HIJACKER, AND THE RANSOM MONEY, HAD DISAPPEARED.
"ARTIST CONCEPTION DRAWINGS OF THE HIJACKER WERE PREPARED BY THE FBI EXHIBIT SECTION. HE IS. DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS : "WHITE MALE, AGE MIDDLE. 40S, HEIGHT 5'10" TO 6'C", WEIGHT 170 TO 180 POUNDS, COMPLEXION OLIVE, LATIN. APPEARANCE , MEDIUM SMOOTH, HAIR DARK BROWN OR BLACK, PARTED ON THE LEFT AND COMBED BACK, EYES POSSIBLY BROWN. DURING LATTER PART, OF FLIGHT HE
DB Cooper-1506PAGE THREE DE HQ ,0030 UNCLAS PUT ON DARK WRAP AROUND SUNGLASSES WITH DARK RIMS, VOICE. LOW , SPOKE INTELLIGENTLY, NO PARTICULAR ACCENT, POSSIBLY FROM THE MID -WESTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES; CHARACTERISTICS SMOKER OF RALEIGH FILTER TIP CIGARETTES, WEARING APPAREL : BLACK OR BROWN SUIT; NARROW BLACK TIE, BLACK DRESS SUIT; BLACK RAIR-TYPE OVERCOAT OR DARK TOP
INTELLIGENTLY, NO PARTICULAR ACCENT, POSSIBLY FROM THE MID -WESTERN PART OF THE UNITED STATES; CHARACTERISTICS SMOKER OF RALEIGH FILTER TIP CIGARETTES, WEARING APPAREL : BLACK OR BROWN SUIT; NARROW BLACK TIE, BLACK DRESS SUIT; BLACK RAIR-TYPE OVERCOAT OR DARK TOP COAT; DARK BRIEFCASE OR ATTACHE CASE, CARRIED A PAPER BAG 4 X 12 X 14 INCHES; BROWN SHOES., REMARKS : VERY POLITE AT ALL TIMES.
"ANYONE HAVING ANY INFORMATION OR KNOWLEDGE BELIEVED TO PERTAIN TO THIS INDIVIDUAL, PLEASE NOTIFY THE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE NEAREST FBI FIELD OFFICE, THE . TELEPHONE NUMBER OF WHICH. APPEARS ON THE FIRST PAGE OF MOST LOCAL. TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES ." THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE AT FBIHQ ADVISED SEATTLE THAT THEY DESIRED TO BE PRECLUDED FROM RESPONDING. TO PRESS INQUIRIES CON - CERNING THIS MATTER.
ANY ADDITIONAL PRESS INQUIRIES CONCERNING THIS HIJACKING, SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE SEATTLE DIVISION. SEATTLE IS ESPECIALLY DESIROUS. TO LIMIT ALL SPONTANEOUS PRESS RELEASES BY OTHER FIELD DIVISIONS OTHER THAN SEATTLE BECAUSE I IS DURING THESE PRESS RELEASES THAT CONTRADICTIONS OCCUR AND CONFIDENTIAL
DB Cooper-1507PAGE FOUR DE HQ 0030 UNCLAS INFORMATION IS MOST LIKELY TO BE RELEASED INADVERTENTLY.
OTHER THAN SEATTLE BECAUSE I IS DURING THESE PRESS RELEASES THAT CONTRADICTIONS OCCUR AND CONFIDENTIAL
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TO:	DIRECTOR, FBI	(164-2111)
AFFAIRS OFFICE
ATTN.	PUBLIC
FROM:	SAC,	PORTLAND	(164-41) (P)

MEDIA MATTERS
ReButel to all Field Divisions dated 5/5/78, captioned, "NORJAK. "
Referenced airtel instructs that any additional press inquiries concerning this 6 1/2 year old investigation be referred to the Seattle Division for handling and sets forth the text of what Seattle considers the only information that should be released to the press.
Portland concurs in the theory that all media inquiries be handled by one Bureau spokesman in any investiga- tion which has national or regional interest. Certainly NORJAK falls within this area and Seattle, as office of origin, should indeed respond to all media inquiries to the extent deemed appropriate by Seattle and the Bureau.
Certainly NORJAK falls within this area and Seattle, as office of origin, should indeed respond to all media inquiries to the extent deemed appropriate by Seattle and the Bureau.
Portland feels, however, that its media credibility will not be enhanced with this posture in this case at this point in time. As the Bureau and Seattle are aware, Portland, at Bureau instructions, has been responding since NORJAK began to the national media inquiries, including cooperation in a 30-minute TV documentary. Further, Portland case Agent, again at Bureau request, responded to a background type
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interview by WALLACE for "60 Minutes," CBS, New York, on 5/4/78, just prior to the issuance of retel.
For the Portland Division at this point in time to take a non-cooperative posture with the media can only diminish the credibility of this Division's media relations, not to mention the overall Bureau credibility with the media. I am confident that the information released prior to my arrival in the Portland Division and am equally certain
I am confident that the information released prior to my arrival in the Portland Division and am equally certain that the information released subsequent to my arrival in the Portland Division has in no way invaded the privacy of witnesses or otherwise had any adverse affect on the prosecutive potential of this case. To the contrary, it has been the notoriety generated by Portland's cooperation with the media that has maintained a steady flow of information coming from the general public. It can be readily understood that the failure to solve this case is not the type of publicity which any individual office of the Bureau as a whole would be soliciting. With the lack of positive investigative leads, the cooperation of the public is for all practical purposes the only source of informa- tion which may lead to the solution of the case. The text of the release suggested by Seattle certainly does not give the public (our source of leads in this matter) a full profile of "D. B. COOPER."
It is Portland's recommendation that the Bureau adopt the general policy of one Bureau spokesman in any
"
It is Portland's recommendation that the Bureau adopt the general policy of one Bureau spokesman in any investigation which has national or regional interest and that the information to be released be coordinated by the SAC of that office and the Public Affairs Office at FBIHQ, and that this practice and procedure be established at the outset of the investigation to preclude the very reasons that are articulated by Seattle in retel. Obviously, it then becomes the responsibility of the spokesman office to meet the entire media responsibilities for the Bureau as a whole for the life of the investigation.
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TRANSMIT VIA:
PRECEDENCE: TOP SECRET Teletype SECRET Facsimile CONFIDENTIAL EFTO CLEAR
Date
5/16/78
MM

TO:	SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
FROM:	SAC, CHARLOTTE (164-101) (RUC)

NORJAK (A) (00: PORTLAND)
Re San Antonio airtel to Charlotte, 3/28/78.
CONFIDENTIAL EFTO CLEAR
Date
5/16/78
MM

TO:	SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
FROM:	SAC, CHARLOTTE (164-101) (RUC)

NORJAK (A) (00: PORTLAND)
Re San Antonio airtel to Charlotte, 3/28/78.
On 5/12/78.
N. C., advised he has and
been
recalls an individual named
being in
and apparently has
He stated all
were
St. Louis, Missouri.
advised he was the only other
at the time at the
who was
He stated
and when he
to his He
stated he has no idea of the but that it could be
St. Louis, Missouri.
Information copy is being forwarded to San Antonio in the event . " inquiry from is made regarding
airtel.
the information contained in referenced 164-41-1688
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P 19.237Z MAY . 73 FM. SEATILE (164-31) (P) TO ATLANTA PRIORITY PORTLAND PRIORITY BI UNCLAS NORJAK
RE IMMEDIATE SUEL TO ATLANTA PORTLAND AND SEATTLE , MAY 18, 1973.
FOLLOWING TELETYPE WAS FURNISHED TO SURLAU IN REPLY TO BUREAU TELCALL TO SEATTLE AND IS FURNISHED YOUR OFFICE FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
rec 'd 8:40 5/18/18 SOT
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SAC advised
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SECTION I' OF 2 ATTENTION: . PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE; GENERAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION. NORJAK (A). 00 :. SEATTLE. RE SEATTLE AIRTEL TO BUREAU, MAY 15, 1976; SEATTLE TEL TO BUREAU, JULY 22, 1977; LITTLE ROCK TEL. TO BUREAU, JULY. 20, 1977; DENVER TEL TO BUREAU, JULY 23, 1977; SEATTLE TEL ,TO BUREAU, JULY 19, 1977; ATLANTA AIRTEL TO BUREAU, MAY 13, 1977; WFO AIRTEL TO' BUREAU, MARCH 2, 1977; LOS ANGELES AIRTEL TO.
20, 1977; DENVER TEL TO BUREAU, JULY 23, 1977; SEATTLE TEL ,TO BUREAU, JULY 19, 1977; ATLANTA AIRTEL TO BUREAU, MAY 13, 1977; WFO AIRTEL TO' BUREAU, MARCH 2, 1977; LOS ANGELES AIRTEL TO. BUREAU, JANUARY 24, 1977.
IT: IS NOTED ABOVE REFERENCES ARE PERTINENT TO THE QUESTIONS RAISED BY MIKE WALLACE OF CES "60 MINUTES" TC BUREAU OFFICIALS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO PRINCIPALS INVOLVED :
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CONCERNING MIKE WALLACE 'S CLAIM THAT
BUREAU REFER b6 TO LITTLE ROCK. TELETYPE TO BUREAU, JULY. 26, 1977, WHICH
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SEATTLE FILE DOES NOT REFLECT ANY INSTANCE WHERE BY THE FBI .
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BECAUSE OF PASSAGE OF OVER SIX YEARS SINCE INCIDENT OCCURRED, LACK OF PHYSICAL RESEMBLANCE TO UNSUB AND BECAUSE OF OTHER REASONS SET FORTH HEREINAFTER .
CONCERNING THE, "DROP IN CABIN PRESSURE", SEE SEATTLE REPOR OF SA CHARLES Z. FARRELL , FEBRUARY 16, 1972, EXPERIMENT WITH AIRSTAIRS, PAGES 200-235. THE CREW DID NOT NOTICE A DROP IN. PRESSURE WHEN THE DOOR TO AIRSTAIRS WAS OPENED BUT NOTED AN INCREASE IN PRESSURE WHEN AIRSTAIRS CLOSED DUE
PRESSURE WHEN THE DOOR TO AIRSTAIRS WAS OPENED BUT NOTED AN INCREASE IN PRESSURE WHEN AIRSTAIRS CLOSED DUE TO AIR. PRESSURE AGAINST THEM WHEN UNSUB JUMPED FROM THE STAIRS. THIS
b6 WAS DISCUSSED WITH OF CBS DURING RECENT INTERVIEW b7C AT SEATTLE.
SEATTLE FILE REFLECTS THAT COFFELT HAS MADE NUMEROUS CLAIMS. THAT HE KNEW PROMINENT PERSONS INCLUDING FORMER FBI DIRECTOR J. EDGAR HOOVER. THE CURRENT INDICATION THAT HE ALSO KNEW
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FORMER SEN. HUBERT HUMPHREY . IS BRAND WAW. COFFELT'S ARREST RECORD AND BACKGROUND WOULD TEND . TO DISCREDIT SUCH GRANDIOSE CLAIMS. THERE IS ALSO NO INDICATION IN SEATTLE FILE OF WHO VISITED. COFFELT WHEW HE WAS IN PRISON IR AILAKIA AND WALLACE'S ALLEGATION THAT SAC, ATLANTA WAS COFFELI'S ONLY VISITOR IS HIGHLY DOUBTFUL AND BORDERS ON THE LUDICROUS.
SEATTLE FILE DOES NOT REFLECT ADY FACTS THAT WOULD
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COFFELT HAS BEEN PRINCIPALLY ELIMINATED AS A SUSPECT
BECAUSE OF A NUMBER OF FACTORS : (1)
WOULD 'PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN.
SEATTLE FILE DOES NOT REFLECT ADY FACTS THAT WOULD
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OBSERVATIONS: . THE INQUIRY BY "60 MINUTES" IS BASED ON
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MENTATION OF THE WORJAK PLAN INDICATES UNSUA EXITED FROM PLANE WER: SOUTHERN WASHINGTON WITH WO CHANCE OF LANDING IN OREGON: IN. 19.76, AFTER COFFELT'S DEATH, AT THAT TIME
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BUREAU. SHOULD NOTE THAT
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BTFM SEATTLE (164-31) (P.) TO DIRECTOR (164-2111) IMMEDIATE BT UNCLAS SECTION 2.0F 2 ATTENTION : PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE; GENERAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION. NORJAK (A). 00 : SEATTLE .
DB Cooper-1520PAGE EIGHT SE 164-31 UNCLAS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN ALTERED TO MORE CLOSELY. FIT KNOWN NORJAK FACTS.
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EVIDENCE TO DATE POINTS TO THE FACT THAT COFFELT IS NOT IDENTICAL WITH UNSUB .
IN A CASE SUCH AS THIS, THE BUREAU WILL RECOGNIZE IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO REFUTE CERTAIN STATEMENTS , PAR :- TICULARLY CONCERNING PROMINENT DECEASED PERSONS . IT IS EQUALLY VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO POSITIVELY ELIMINATE MANY SUSPECTS AND INDEED SEATTLE HAS REOPENED SEVERAL PREVIOUSLY "ELIMINATED" SUSPECTS BECAUSE NEW EVIDENCE HAS, COME TO LIGHT AT THE PRESENT TIME WE HAVE INVESIGATED.
IT IS EQUALLY VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO POSITIVELY ELIMINATE MANY SUSPECTS AND INDEED SEATTLE HAS REOPENED SEVERAL PREVIOUSLY "ELIMINATED" SUSPECTS BECAUSE NEW EVIDENCE HAS, COME TO LIGHT AT THE PRESENT TIME WE HAVE INVESIGATED. A TOTAL OF 939 SUSPECTS WITH ONLY 18 STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION; HOWEVER , THIS FIGURE INCREASES AS THE ANNIVERSARY DATE IS APPROACHED EACH YEAR
BY SEPARATE COMMUNICATION, SEATTLE IS FORWARDING A CONFIDENTIAL REPORT:
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DB Cooper-1522PAGE TEN SE 164-31 UNCLAS SAME REASON.
BUREAU SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THE QUESTIONS RAISED BY WALLACE ARE
IT, IS FELT CSS WILL CONTINUE b6 TO RAISE MORE OF THESE SAME QUESTIONS IN AN ATTEMPT TO b7C b7D UPDATE THE SCRIPT BY OBTAINING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE BUREAU OR :TO "MUDDY THE WATER" BY .CLAIMING .A. "COVER UP" BY THE BUREAU AS TO COFFELI'S ALLEGED ASSOCIATION WITH THE FBI .
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RE BUTEL TO ATLANTA, SEATTLE AND PORTLAND, MAY 19, 1978, SEATTLE TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR, MAY 19, 1978, ATLANTA TELCALL TO BUREAU, MAY 19, 1976. REVIEW OF ATLANTA FILE REFLECTS
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PENITENTIARY FILES ALSO DISCLOSE DAVID BRYANT COFFELI RECEIVED AT PENITENTIARY . APRIL. 28, 1949, TC ELEVE TEN YEARS ON CONVICTION IN WESTERE DISTRICT OF TEWLESSLE AT MEMPHIS ON CHARGES OF ITSMV AND . ATTEMPTED ESCAPE. ON JANUARY 11, 1954 , HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO USP AT LEAVENWORTH. ALCORDS AT LEAVER- WORTH REFLECT HE WAS GRANTED CONDITIONAL RELEASE FROM THAT INSTITUTION JULY 24, 1955, AND .FURTHER RECORDS . HAVE BEER FORWARDED TO GSA, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI .
ALCORDS AT LEAVER- WORTH REFLECT HE WAS GRANTED CONDITIONAL RELEASE FROM THAT INSTITUTION JULY 24, 1955, AND .FURTHER RECORDS . HAVE BEER FORWARDED TO GSA, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI .
THIS INFORMATION OBTAINED AS RESULT OF INTERVIEW OF
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UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
SEATTLE-TACOMA AIRPORT (SEA-TAC) CALLED AT APPROXIMATELY THREE TWENTYTWO PM, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR INSTANT, ADVISING THAT A MAN ABOARD INSTANT PLANE AT PORTLAND, OREGON, PASSED WORD TO THE PILOT THAT HE HAD A BOMB IN HIS BRIEFCASE AND DEMANDED TWO HUNDREDTHOUSAND DOLLARS. HE INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO GET THIS MONEY READY BY FIVE PM, AND ALSO TO FURNISH HIM TWO PARACHUTES. SUBJECT INSTRUCTED PILOT TO HAVE NO ONE MEET THE AIRCRAFT; NO ONE WAS TO APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT HE WOULD ADVISE LATER WHAT HIS FLIGHT PLANS WERE.
SUBJECT INSTRUCTED PILOT TO HAVE NO ONE MEET THE AIRCRAFT; NO ONE WAS TO APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT HE WOULD ADVISE LATER WHAT HIS FLIGHT PLANS WERE.
SUBSEQUENTLY THE PILOT CIRCLED THE FIELD AT SEA-TAC UNTIL FIVE FORTYTHREE PM, WHEN THE PLANE LANDED. THE TIME WAS CONSUMED IN OBTAINING THE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND IN OBTAINING PARACHUTES. IT IS NOTED THAT SUBJECT, DURING THIS TIME, CHANGED HIS REQUEST FOR PARACHUTES TO
start FOUR IN ALL, TWO BACK PACKS AND TWO SEAT PACKS.
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SUBJECT'S INSTRUCTIONS FOR HANDLING THE MONEY AND THE PARACHUTES TO THE PLANE WERE THAT NO ONE WAS TO APPROACH THE PLANE EXCEPT ONE REFUELING TRUCK; A BUS TO TAKE OFF THE PASSENGERS AND THE MESSENGER WITH THE MONEY AND THE PARACHUTES. THE SUBJECT STATED THAT HE WOULD ALLOW ONE OF THE STEWARDESSES TO LEAVE THE PLANE; GET THE PARACHUTES AND THE MONEY AND DELIVER THEM TO HIM.
THE SUBJECT STATED THAT HE WOULD ALLOW ONE OF THE STEWARDESSES TO LEAVE THE PLANE; GET THE PARACHUTES AND THE MONEY AND DELIVER THEM TO HIM. HE STATED HE WOULD RELEASE THE REST OF THE PASSENGERS AND THE OTHER TWO STEWARDESSES AFTER THE PARACHUTES AND MONEY WERE ON BOARD. SEVEN IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PLANE CARRIED THIRTYSIX PASSENGERS; THREE MALE CREW MEMBERS AND THREE STEWARDESSES.
PILOT AND NORTHWEST AIRLINES OFFICIALS WERE POSITIVE IN THEIR STATEMENT THAT THEY WANTED NO ONE ELSE TO GO NEAR THE PLANE WHICH WAS PARKED ON A FAR CORNER OF THE FIELD AND WANTED NO INTERFERENCE IN THE REFUELING. OPERATION AND DELIVERY OF THE MONEY AND PARACHUTES.
THE MONEY AND PARACHUTES WERE DELIVERED BY
NORTHWEST AIRLINES AT SEATTLE. THIRTYFIVE SIX OF THE PASSENGERS AND TWO STEWARDESSES LEFT THE PLANE AND CAME INTO THE TERMINAL. THE PLANE WAS REFUELED TO FULL
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CAPACITY. THE SUBJECT GAVE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PILOT THAT CREAR HATCH DOOR OPEN THE PLANE WAS TO FLY WITH THE LANDING GEAR/DOWN AND THE FLAPS AT A FIFTEEN DEGREE ANGLE. IT IS NOTED THAT INSTANT PLANE IS A BOEING SEVEN TWO SEVEN WHICH HAS A LOWER REAR DOOR UNDERNEATH THE AIRPLANE. NORTHWEST OFFICIALS ADVISE THAT WITH THE FUEL ON HAND AND FLYING IN THIS CONDITION AT APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY KNOTS, THAT THEY HAD SUFFICIENT FUEL TO FLY TO SACRAMENTO OR RENO. PLANE WAS AIRBORNE AT SEVEN THIRTYSEVEN PM, FLYING IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION, UNDER THE SURVEILLANCE OF TWO PLANES FROM MC CHORD AIR FORCE BASE.
THE NAME DAN COOPER APPEARED ON A MANIFEST OF PASSENGERS BOARDING AT PORTLAND, OREGON. THE SUBJECT IN THIS CASE MADE HIS FIRST APPROACH TO THE STEWARDESS JUST AS THE PLANE WAS LEAVING THE FIELD AT PORTLAND, OREGON. DAN COOPER WAS NOT AMONG THE PASSENGERS DEPLANING AT SEATTLE.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBJECT OBTAINED BY INTERVIEW WITH STEWARDESSES AS FOLLOWS:
WHITE, MALE, AMERICAN, OLIVE COMPLEXION,
DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBJECT OBTAINED BY INTERVIEW WITH STEWARDESSES AS FOLLOWS:
WHITE, MALE, AMERICAN, OLIVE COMPLEXION, LATIN
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APPEARANCE, BLACK HAIR, NORMAL HAIR STYLE, PARTED ON LEFT, AGE MIDDLE FORTIES, SIX FEET TALL, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TO SEVENTYFIVE LBS., AVERAGE BUILD, BROWN EYES, BLACK SUIT, WHITE SHIRT, NARROW BLACK TIE, BLACK RAIN-TYPE OVERCOAT, BLACK DRESS SUIT, DARK BRIEFCASE.
SUBJECT WAS NOT KNOWN TO BE ARMED HOWEVER, WHEN HE FIRST APPROACHED THE STEWARDESS, HE TOLD HER HE HAD A BOMB IN THE BRIEFCASE AND EXHIBITED THE CONTENTS OF THE BRIEFCASE. STEWARDESS SAID THAT THE SUBJECT DISPLAYED THE CONTENTS OF A BLACK VINYL BRIEFCASE TO HER WHICH CONTAINED A BUNDLE OF RED COLORED STICKS, SIX TO SEVEN INCHES LONG, ABOUT ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. SUBJECT STATED THAT THE STICKS WERE DYNAMITE. SHE SAID THAT THESE STICKS WERE WRAPPED IN A BUNDLE WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE RED PLASTIC TAPE.
SUBJECT STATED THAT THE STICKS WERE DYNAMITE. SHE SAID THAT THESE STICKS WERE WRAPPED IN A BUNDLE WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE RED PLASTIC TAPE. SHE SAID THAT A RED WIRE LED FROM THE BUNDLE BUT WAS NOT ATTACHED TO ANYTHING. SHE STATED THAT THE MAN HELD THE WIRE IN HIS HAND AS THOUGH HE COULD DETONATE THE DYNAMITE BY MAKING A CONNECTION WITH THE WIRE. SHE SAID THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE IN THE BRIEFCASE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN A BATTERY, ALTHOUGH SHE DID NOT KNOW.
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INTERVIEWS OF ALL PASSENGERS AND TWO STEWARDESSES COMPLETED AT SEA-TAC. SOME SOM PASSENGERS REALIZED HIJACKING IN PROGRESS ABOUT TEN MINUTES OUT OF PORTLAND. HIJACKER BOARDED AT PORTLAND AS ONE OF THE LAST PASSENGERS AND TOOK MIDDLE SEAT IN RIGHT REAR ROW OF COACH SECTION. HIJACKER CARRIED DARK COLORED ATTACHE CASE AND PAPER BAG ABOUT FOUR INCHES BY TWELVE INCHES BY FOURTEEN INCHES. PASSENGER OBSERVED STEWARDESS AND HIJACKER CONVERSING THROUGHOUT FLIGHT.
HIJACKER CARRIED DARK COLORED ATTACHE CASE AND PAPER BAG ABOUT FOUR INCHES BY TWELVE INCHES BY FOURTEEN INCHES. PASSENGER OBSERVED STEWARDESS AND HIJACKER CONVERSING THROUGHOUT FLIGHT. IMMEDIATELY UPON LANDING AT SEA-TAC, HIJACKER ENTERED REST ROOM, REMAINED" THERE ABOUT ONE MINUTE AND THEN RETURNED TO SEAT PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED.
ONE PASSENGER SCUFFLED BRIEFLY WITH HIJACKER. SECOND PASSENGER PULLED FIRST PASSENGER AWAY FROM HIJACKER. NO OTHER UNUSUAL INCIDENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN PASSENGERS AND HIJACKER.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE HIJACKING WAS FURNISHED TO THE FOLLOWING OFFICES BY TELEPHONE:
AQ, BT, SU, SD, LA, SC, SF, PX, LV, PD, DN,
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PARACHUTES FURNISHED TO SUBJECT ARE DESCRIBED
AS :
TWO FRONT CHEST CHUTES, TWENTYFOUR FEET IN. DIAMETER, ALL WHITE NYLON, MODEL T-SEVEN A, WHITE SHROUDS, ABOUT FOURTEEN FEET LONG. NUMBER ONE CONTAINER HAS QUOTE
ENQUOTE WRITTEN ON IT, AND IS ABOUT TEN BY THIRTEEN INCHES, OLIVE DRAB.
NUMBER ONE CONTAINER HAS QUOTE
ENQUOTE WRITTEN ON IT, AND IS ABOUT TEN BY THIRTEEN INCHES, OLIVE DRAB. NUMBER TWO CONTAINER HAS WRITTEN ON A WHITE PATCH WHICH IS SEWN TO CONTAINER. CONTAINERS TWO BACK PACK/CHUTES/WERE ORDINARY MILITARY TYPE OLIVE DRAB IN COLOR, TWO TO THREE FEET LONG, FIFTEEN TO EIGHTEEN INCHES WIDE. ANEXXOXXXWMXRREEXWXXNXKKERERX .
NUMBER ONE BACK PACK CHUTE DESCRIBED AS CIVILIAN LUXURY TYPE , TAN SOFT COTTON MATERIALOUTSIDE, TWENTY SIX DOT white CANOPY INSIDE, AND HAS A MILITARY CHUTE INSIDE OF IT, ALSO ONE OR TWO BURP SACKS, AND USUAL LEAL SEAL. NUMBER TWO BACK PACK CHUTE WAS A MILITARY NYLON TYPE, OLIVE DRAB GREEN OUTSIDE, TWENTY EIGHT FOOT WHITE CANOPY INSIDE WITH TWO BURP SACKS IN BACK, LEAD SEAL. SEALS HAD NOT BEEN PULLED. CAN IDENTIFY BOTH. INV CONTINUEING b6 b7c
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NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT LOG REVEALS THAT AT EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM, WHILE IN
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NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT LOG REVEALS THAT AT EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM, WHILE IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF PORTLAND, OREGON, CAPTAIN ATTEMPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH UNSUB ON TWO OCCASIONS, AT WHICH TIME UNSUB ADVISED QUOTE 8:12 P. EVERYTHING IS OK ENQUOTE. AT EIGHT TWELVE PM, WHILE FLYING SOUTH OF PORTLAND, OREGON, CREW REPORTED GETTING SOME OSCILLATION IN THE CABIN AND ADVISED QUOTE MUST BE DOING SOMETHING WITH AIR STAIRS. ENQUOTE. NO FURTHER ENTRIES ON LOG AT SEATTLE.
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OBTAINED BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES FROM SEATTLE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, WHO HAD EARLIER MICROFILMED ENTIRE CONTENTS. MICROFILM BEING OBTAINED AM OF TWENTYFIFTH INSTANT, AT WHICH TIME WILL BE FORWARDED TO BUREAU BY PILOT COURIER.
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UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING ; EXTORTION ..
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UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING ; EXTORTION ...
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SEATTLE-TACOMA AIEPORT (SEA-TAC) CALLED AT APPROXIMATELY THREE TWENTYTWO PM, NOVERMBER TWENTYFOUR INSTANT, ADVISING THAT A MAN ABOARD INSTANT PLANE AT PORTLAND, OREGON, PASSED WORD TO THE PILOT THAT HE HAD A BOMB IN'HIS BRIEFCASE AND DEMANDED TWO HUNDREDTHOUSAND DOLLARS. HE INSTRUCTED. THE PILOT TO GET THIS MONEY READY BY FIVE PM, AND ALSO TO FURNISH HIM TWO PARACHUTES. SUBJECT INSTRUCTED PILOT TO HAVE NO ONE MEET THE AIRCRAFT; NO ONE WAS TO APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT' AND THAT HE WOULD ADVISE LATER WHAT HIS FLIGHT PLANS WERE.
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SUBSEQUENTLY THE PILOT CIRCLED THE FIELD. AT SEA-TAC. UNTIL FIVE FORTYTHREE PM, WHEN THE PLANE LANDED. THE TIME WAS CONSUMED IN OBTAINING THE TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND IN OBTAINING PARACHUTES. IT IS NOTED THAT SUBJECT, DURING THIS TIME, CHANGED HIS-REQUEST FOR PARACHUTES TO FOUR IN ALL, TWO BACK PACKS AND TWO CHEST PACKS.
IT IS NOTED THAT SUBJECT, DURING THIS TIME, CHANGED HIS-REQUEST FOR PARACHUTES TO FOUR IN ALL, TWO BACK PACKS AND TWO CHEST PACKS. SUBJECT'S INSTRUCTIONS FOR HANDLING THE MONEY AND THE PARACHUTES TO THE PLANE WERE THAT. NO ONE WAS TO APPROACH THE PLANE EXCEPT ONE REFUELING TRUCK; A BUS TO TAKE, OFF. THE PASSENGERS AND THE MESSENGER WITH THE MONEY AND THE PARACHUTES. THE SUBJECT STATED THAT HE WOULD ALLOW ONE OF THE STEWARDESSES TO LEAVE THE PLANE; GET THE PARACHUTES AND THE MONEY AND DELIVER THEM TO HIM. HE STATED HE WOULD RELEASE THE REST OF THE PASSENGERS AND THE OTHER. TWO STEWARDESSES AFTER THE PARACHUTES AND MONEY WERE ON BOARD. END OF PAGE TWO
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IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PLANE CARRIED THIRTYSEVEN PASSENGERS; THREE MALE CREW MEMBERS AND THREE STEWARDESSES.
PILOT AND NORTHWEST AIRLINES OFFICIALS WERE POSITIVE IN THEIR STATEMENT THAT THEY WANTED NO ONE ELSE TO GO NEAR THE PLANE WHICH WAS. PARKED ON A FAR CORNER OF THE FIELD AND WANTED NO INTERFERENCE IN THE REFUELING OPERATION AND DELIVERY OF THE MONEY AND PARACHUTES.
PARKED ON A FAR CORNER OF THE FIELD AND WANTED NO INTERFERENCE IN THE REFUELING OPERATION AND DELIVERY OF THE MONEY AND PARACHUTES.
THE MONEY AND PARACHUTES WERE DELIVERED BY.
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NORTHWEST AIRLINES AT SEATTLE. THIRTYSIX OF THE PASSENGERS AND TWO STEWARDESSES LEFT THE PLANE AND CAME INTO THE TERMINAL. THE PLANE WAS REFUELED. TO FULL CAPACITY. THE SUBJECT GAVE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PILOT THAT THE PLANE WAS TO FLY WITH THE LANDING GEAR DOWN, REAR HATCH DOOR OPEN AND THE FLAPS AT A FIFTEEN DEGREE ANGLE. IT IS NOTED THAT INSTANT PLANE IS A BOEING SEVEN TWO SEVEN WHICH HAS A LOWER REAR DOOR UNDERNEATH THE AIRPLANE: . NORTHWEST OFFICIALS ADVISE THAT WITH THE FUEL ON HAND AND FLYING IN THIS CONDITION AT APPROX- INATELY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY KNOTS, THAT THEY HAD SUFFICIENT FUEL TO FLY TO SACRAMENTO OR RENO. END OF PAGE THREE
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PLANE WAS AIRBORNE AT SEVEN THIRTYSEVEN PM, FLYING IN.A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION, UNDER THE SURVEILLANCE OF TWO PLANES FROM MC CHORD AIR FORCE BASE.
THE NAME DAN COOPER APPEARED ON A MANIFEST OF PASSENGERS BOARDING AT PORTLAND, OREGON.
A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION, UNDER THE SURVEILLANCE OF TWO PLANES FROM MC CHORD AIR FORCE BASE.
THE NAME DAN COOPER APPEARED ON A MANIFEST OF PASSENGERS BOARDING AT PORTLAND, OREGON. THE SUBJECT IN THIS CASE MADE HIS FIRST APPROACH TO THE STEWARDESS JUST AS THE PLANE WAS LEAVING THE FIELD AT PORTLAND, OREGON. . DAN COOPER WAS NOT AMONG THE PASSENGERS DEPLANING AT SEATTLE.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBJECT OBTAINED BY INTERVIEW WITH STEWARD- ESSES AS FOLLOWS :
WHITE, MALE, AMERICAN, OLIVE COMPLEXION, LATIN APPEARANCE, BLACK HAIR,. NORMAL HAIR STYLE, PARTED ON LEFT, AGE MIDDLE FORTIES, SIX FEET. TALL, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY. TO SEVENTYFIVE LBS., AVERAGE BUILD, BROWN EYES, BLACK SUIT, WHITE SHIRT, NARROW BLACK TIE, BLACK RAIN-TYPE OVERCOAT, BLACK. DRESS SUIT, DARK BRIEFCASE.
SUBJECT WAS NOT KNOWN TO BE ARMED HOWEVER, WHEN HE FIRST APPROACHED THE STEWARDESS, HE TOLD HER HE HAD A BOMB IN THE BRIEFCASE AND EXHIBITED THE CONTENTS OF THE BRIEFCASE. END OF PAGE FOUR
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STEWARDESS SAID THAT THE SUBJECT DISPLAYED THE b6 b7C
CONTENTS OF A BLACK VINYL BRIEFCASE TO HER WHICH CONTAINED A BUNDLE OF RED COLORED STICKS, SIX TO SEVEN INCHES LONG, ABOUT ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. SUBJECT STATED THAT THE STICKS WERE DYNAMITE. SHE SAID THAT THESE STICKS WERE WRAPPED IN A BUNDLE WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE RED PLASTIC TAPE. SHE SAID THAT A RED WIRE LED FROM THE BUNDLE BUT WAS NOT ATTACHED TO ANYTHING SHE STATED THAT THE MAN HELD THE WIRE IN HIS HAND AS THOUGH HE COULD DETONATE THE DYNAMITE BY MAKING. A CONNECTION WITH THE WIRE. SHE SAID THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE IN THE BRIEFCASE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN A BATTERY, ALTHOUGH SHE DID NOT KNOW.
INTERVIEWS OF ALL PASSENGERS AND TWO STEWARDESSES COMPLETED AT SEA-TAC.
SOME PASSENGERS REALIZED HIJACKING IN PROGRESS ABOUT TEN MINUTES OUT OF PORTLAND. HIJACKER BOARDED AT PORTLAND AS ONE OF THE LAST PASSENGERS AND TOOK MIDDLE SEAT IN RIGHT REAR ROW OF COACH SECTION. HIJACKER CARRIED DARK COLORED ATTACHE CASE AND PAPER BAG ABOUT FOUR INCHES BY TWELVE INCHES BY FOURTEEN INCHES. END OF PAGE FIVE
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HIJACKER CARRIED DARK COLORED ATTACHE CASE AND PAPER BAG ABOUT FOUR INCHES BY TWELVE INCHES BY FOURTEEN INCHES. END OF PAGE FIVE
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PASSENGER OBSERVED STEWARDESS AND HIJACKER CONVERSING THROUGHOUT FLIGHT. IMMEDIATELY UPON LANDING AT SEA-TAC, HIJACKER ENTERED REST ROOM, REMAINED THERE ABOUT ONE MINUTE AND THEN RETURNED TO SEAT PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED.
ONE PASSENGER SCUFFLED BRIEFLY WITH HIJACKER. SECOND PASSENGER PULLED FIRST PASSENGER AWAY FROM HIJACKER. NO OTHER UNUSUAL INCIDENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN PASSENGERS AND HIJACKER.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE HIJACKING WAS FURNISHED TO THE FOLLOWING OFFICES BY TELEPHONE:
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PARACHUTES FURNISHED TO SUBJECT TO SUBJECT ARE DESCRIBED AS: TWO FRONT CHEST CHUTES, TWENTYFORU FEET IN DIAMETER, ALL WHITE NYLON, MODEL T-SEVEN A, WHITE SHROUDS, ABOUT FOURTEEN FEET LONG. NUMBER ONE CONTAINER HAS QUOTE ENQUOTE WRITTEN ON IT, AND b6 b7C
IS ABOUT TEN BY THIRTEEN INCHES, OLIVE DRAB. NUMBER TWO CONTAINER HAS WRITTEN ON A WHITE PATCH WHICH IS SEWN TO CONTAINER.
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IS ABOUT TEN BY THIRTEEN INCHES, OLIVE DRAB. NUMBER TWO CONTAINER HAS WRITTEN ON A WHITE PATCH WHICH IS SEWN TO CONTAINER.
END OF PAGE SIX
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TWO BACK PACK CHUTES CONTAINERS WERE ORDINARY MILITARY TYPE OLIVE DRAB IN COLOR, TWO TO THREE FEET LONG, FIFTEEN TO EIGHTEEN INCHES WIDE. NUMBER ONE BACK PACK CHUTE DESCIRBED AS CIVILIAN LUXURY TYPE. TAN SOFT COTTON MATERIAL OUTSIDE, TWENTY 'SIX FOOT WHITE CANOPY INSIDE, AND HAS A MILITARY CHUTE INSIDE OF IT, ALSO ONE OR TWO BURP. SACKS, AND USUAL LEAD SEAL. NUMBER TWO BACK PACK SHUTE WAS A MILITARY NYLON TYPE, OLIVE DRAB GREEN OUTSIDE, TWENTY EIGHT FOOT WHITE CANOPY INSIDE, WITH TWO BURP SACKS IN BACK, LEAD SEAL. SEALS HAD NOT BEEN. PULLED.
CAN IDENTIFY BOTH. INV CONTINUEING TO OBTAIN SERIAL NUMBERS. NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT LOG REVEALS THAT AT. EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM, WHILE IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF PORTLAND, OREGON, CAPTAIN ATTEMPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH UNSUB ON TWO OCCASIONS, AT WHICH TIME UNSUB ADVISED QUOTE EVERYTHING IS OK ENQUOTE.
EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM, WHILE IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF PORTLAND, OREGON, CAPTAIN ATTEMPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH UNSUB ON TWO OCCASIONS, AT WHICH TIME UNSUB ADVISED QUOTE EVERYTHING IS OK ENQUOTE. AT EIGHT TWELVE PM, WHILE FLYING SOUTH OF PORTLAND, OREGON, CREW REPORTED GETTING SOME OSCILLATION IN THE CABIN AND ADVISED QUOTE MUST BE DOING SOMETHING WITH AIR STAIRS. ENQUOTE. NO FURTHER ENTRIES ON LOG AT SEATTLE. END OF PAGE SEVEN
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TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OBTAINED BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES FROM SEATTLE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, WHO HAD EARLIER MICROFILMED ENTIRE CONTENTS. MICROFILM BEING OBTAINED AM OF TWENTYFIFTH INSTANT, AT WHICH TIME WILL BE FORWARDED TO BUREAU BY PILOT COURIER. END
EBR FBI WASH DC.
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UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING ; EXTORTION.
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SEATTLE-TACOMA AIEPORT (SEA-TAC) CALLED . AT APPROXIMATELY THREE TWENTYTWO PM, NOVERMBER TWENTYFOUR INSTANT, ADVISING THAT A MAN ABOARD INSTANT PLANE AT PORTLAND, OREGON, PASSED WORD TO THE PILOT .
AT APPROXIMATELY THREE TWENTYTWO PM, NOVERMBER TWENTYFOUR INSTANT, ADVISING THAT A MAN ABOARD INSTANT PLANE AT PORTLAND, OREGON, PASSED WORD TO THE PILOT . THAT HE HAD A BOMB IN HIS BRIEFCASE AND DEMANDED TWO HUNDREDTHOUSAND DOLLARS. HE INSTRUCTED THE PILOT TO GET THIS MONEY READY BY FIVE PM, AND ALSO TO FURNISH HIM TWO PARACHUTES. SUBJECT INSTRUCTED PILOT TO HAVE NO ONE MEET THE AIRCRAFT; NO ONE WAS TO APPROACH THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT HE WOULD ADVISE LATER WHAT HIS FLIGHT PLANS WERE. END OF PAGE ONE
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SUBSEQUENTLY THE PILOT CIRCLED THE FIELD AT SEA-TAC UNTIL FIVE FORTYTHREE PM, WHEN THE PLANE LANDED. THE TIME WAS CONSUMED IN OBTAINING THE TWO. HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND IN OBTAINING PARACHUTES. IT IS NOTED THAT SUBJECT, DURING THIS TIME, CHANGED HIS REQUEST FOR PARACHUTES TO FOUR IN ALL, TWO BACK PACKS AND TWO CHEST PACKS.
SUBJECT'S INSTRUCTIONS FOR HANDLING THE MONEY AND THE PARACHUTES TO THE PLANE WERE THAT NO ONE WAS TO APPROACH THE PLANE EXCEPT ONE REFUELING TRUCK; A BUS TO TAKE OFF THE PASSENGERS.
SUBJECT'S INSTRUCTIONS FOR HANDLING THE MONEY AND THE PARACHUTES TO THE PLANE WERE THAT NO ONE WAS TO APPROACH THE PLANE EXCEPT ONE REFUELING TRUCK; A BUS TO TAKE OFF THE PASSENGERS. AND THE MESSENGER WITH THE MONEY AND THE PARACHUTES. THE SUBJECT STATED THAT HE WOULD ALLOW ONE OF THE STEWARDESSES TO LEAVE THE PLANE; GET THE PARACHUTES AND THE MONEY AND DELIVER THEM TO HIM. HE STATED HE WOULD RELEASE THE REST OF THE PASSENGERS AND THE OTHER TWO STEWARDESSES AFTER THE PARACHUTES AND MONEY WERE . ON BOARD. END OF PAGE' TWO
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IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE PLANE CARRIED THIRTYSEVEN : PASSENGERS ; THREE MALE CREW MEMBERS AND THREE STEWARDESSES. PILOT:AND. NORTHWEST AIRLINES OFFICIALS WERE POSITIVE IN THEIR STATEMENT THAT THEY WANTED NO ONE ELSE TO GO NEAR THE PLANE WHICH WAS PARKED ON A FAR CORNER OF THE FIELD AND WANTED NO INTERFERENCE IN THE REFUELING OPERATION AND DELIVERY OF THE MONEY AND PARACHUTES.
THE MONEY AND PARACHUTES WERE DELIVERED BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES AT SEATTLE. THIRTYSIX OF THE PASSENGERS AND TWO STEWARDESSES LEFT THE PLANE AND CAME INTO THE TERMINAL.
THE MONEY AND PARACHUTES WERE DELIVERED BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES AT SEATTLE. THIRTYSIX OF THE PASSENGERS AND TWO STEWARDESSES LEFT THE PLANE AND CAME INTO THE TERMINAL. THE PLANE WAS REFUELED TO FULL CAPACITY. THE SUBJECT GAVE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PILOT THAT THE PLANE WAS TO FLY WITH THE LANDING GEAR DOWN, REAR HATCH DOOR OPEN AND THE FLAPS AT A FIFTEEN DEGREE ANGLE. IT IS NOTED THAT INSTANT PLANE IS A BOEING SEVEN TWO SEVEN WHICH HAS A LOWER REAR DOOR UNDERNEATH THE AIRPLANE. NORTHWEST OFFICIALS ADVISE THAT WITH THE FUEL ON HAND AND FLYING IN THIS CONDITION AT APPROX- INATELY ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY KNOTS, THAT THEY HAD SUFFICIENT FUEL TO FLY TO SACRAMENTO OR RENO.
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SE 164-NEW
PLANE WAS AIRBORNE AT SEVEN THIRTYSEVEN PM, FLYING IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION, UNDER THE SURVEILLANCE OF TWO PLANES FROM MC CHORD AIR FORCE BASE.
THE NAME DAN COOPER APPEARED ON A MANIFEST OF PASSENGERS BOARDING AT PORTLAND, OREGON. THE SUBJECT IN THIS CASE MADE HIS FIRST APPROACH TO THE STEWARDESS JUST AS THE PLANE WAS LEAVING THE FIELD AT PORTLAND, OREGON.
THE SUBJECT IN THIS CASE MADE HIS FIRST APPROACH TO THE STEWARDESS JUST AS THE PLANE WAS LEAVING THE FIELD AT PORTLAND, OREGON. DAN COOPER WAS NOT AMONG THE PASSENGERS DEPLANING AT SEATTLE.
DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBJECT OBTAINED BY INTERVIEW WITH STEWARD- ESSES AS FOLLOWS:
WHITE, MALE, AMERICAN, OLIVE COMPLEXION, LATIN APPEARANCE, BLACK HAIR, NORMAL HAIR STYLE, PARTED ON LEFT, AGE MIDDLE FORTIES, SIX FEET TALL, ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TO SEVENTYFIVE LBS., AVERAGE BUILD, BROWN EYES, BLACK SUIT, WHITE SHIRT, NARROW BLACK TIE, BLACK RAIN-TYPE OVERCOAT, BLACK DRESS SUIT, DARK BRIEFCASE.
SUBJECT WAS NOT KNOWN TO BE ARMED HOWEVER, WHEN HE FIRST APPROACHED THE STEWARDESS, HE TOLD HER HE HAD A BOMB IN THE BRIEFCASE AND EXHIBITED THE CONTENTS OF THE BRIEFCASE.
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DB Cooper-1547PAGE FIVE. ŞE. 164-NEW
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STEWARDESS SAID THAT THE SUBJECT DISPLAYED THE CONTENTS OF A BLACK VINYL BRIEFCASE TO HER WHICH CONTAINED A BUNDLE OF RED COLORED STICKS, SIX TO SEVEN INCHES LONG, ABOUT ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. SUBJECT STATED THAT THE STICKS WERE DYNAMITE.
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STEWARDESS SAID THAT THE SUBJECT DISPLAYED THE CONTENTS OF A BLACK VINYL BRIEFCASE TO HER WHICH CONTAINED A BUNDLE OF RED COLORED STICKS, SIX TO SEVEN INCHES LONG, ABOUT ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. SUBJECT STATED THAT THE STICKS WERE DYNAMITE. SHE SAID THAT THESE STICKS WERE WRAPPED IN A BUNDLE WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE RED PLASTIC TAPE. SHE SAID THAT A RED WIRE LED FROM THE BUNDLE BUT WAS NOT ATTACHED. TO ANYTHING .. SHE STATED THAT THE MAN HELD THE WIRE IN HIS HAND AS THOUGH HE COULD DETONATE THE DYNAMITE BY MAKING A CONNECTION WITH THE WIRE. SHE SAID THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE IN THE BRIEFCASE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN A BATTERY, ALTHOUGH SHE DID NOT KNOW.
INTERVIEWS OF ALL PASSENGERS AND TWO STEWARDESSES COMPLETED AT SEA-TAC.
SOME PASSENGERS REALIZED HIJACKING IN PROGRESS ABOUT TEN MINUTES OUT OF PORTLAND. HIJACKER BOARDED AT PORTLAND AS ONE OF THE LAST PASSENGERS' AND TOOK. MIDDLE SEAT IN RIGHT REAR ROW OF COACH SECTION. HIJACKER CARRIED DARK COLORED ATTACHE CASE AND. PAPER BAG ABOUT FOUR INCHES BY TWELVE INCHES BY FOURTEEN INCHES .. END OF PAGE FIVE
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SE 164-NEW
PASSENGER OBSERVED STEWARDESS AND HIJACKER CONVERSING THROUGHOUT FLIGHT.
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SE 164-NEW
PASSENGER OBSERVED STEWARDESS AND HIJACKER CONVERSING THROUGHOUT FLIGHT. IMMEDIATELY UPON LANDING AT SEA-TAC, HIJACKER ENTERED REST ROOM, REMAINED THERE ABOUT ONE MINUTE AND THEN RETURNED TO SEAT PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED:
ONE' PASSENGER SCUFFLED BRIEFLY WITH HIJACKER. SECOND PASSENGER PULLED FIRST PASSENGER AWAY FROM HIJACKER. . NO OTHER UNUSUAL INCIDENTS OCCURRED BETWEEN PASSENGERS AND HIJACKER.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE HIJACKING WAS FURNISHED TO THE FOLLOWING OFFICES BY TELEPHONE:
AQ, BT , SU, SD, LA, SC, SF, PX, LV, PD, DN, AND b7D
PARACHUTES FURNISHED TO SUBJECT TO SUBJECT ARE DESCRIBED AS: TWO FRONT CHEST CHUTES, TWENTYFORU FEET IN DIAMETER, ALL WHITE NYLON, MODEL T-SEVEN A, WHITE SHROUDS, ABOUT FOURTEEN FEET LONG. NUMBER ONE CONTAINER HAS QUOTE ENQUOTE WRITTEN ON. IT, AND b6 IS ABOUT TEN. BY THIRTEEN INCHES, OLIVE DRAB. NUMBER TWO CONTAINER b7C HAS WRITTEN ON A WHITE PATCH WHICH IS SEWN TO CONTAINER.
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DB Cooper-1549PAGE SEVEN
SE 164-NEW
TWO BACK PACK CHUTES CONTAINERS WERE ORDINARY MILITARY TYPE OLIVE DRAB IN COLOR, TWO TO THREE FEET
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SE 164-NEW
TWO BACK PACK CHUTES CONTAINERS WERE ORDINARY MILITARY TYPE OLIVE DRAB IN COLOR, TWO TO THREE FEET LONG, FIFTEEN TO EIGHTEEN INCHES WIDE. . NUMBER ONE BACK PACK CHUTE DESCIRBED AS CIVILIAN LUXURY TYPE. TAN SOFT COTTON MATERIAL OUTSIDE, TWENTY SIX FOOT WHITE CANOPY INSIDE, AND HAS A MILITARY CHUTE INSIDE OF IT, ALSO ONE OR TWO BURP SACKS, AND USUAL LEAD SEAL. NUMBER TWO BACK PACK SHUTE WAS A MILITARY. NYLON TYPE, OLIVE DRAB GREEN OUTSIDE, TWENTY EIGHT FOOT WHITE . CANOPY INSIDE, WITH TWO BURP SACKS. IN BACK, LEAD SEAL .. SEALS HAD NOT BEEN PULLED.
CAN IDENTIFY BOTH. INV, CONTINUEING TO OBTAIN SERIAL NUMBERS.
NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT LOG REVEALS THAT AT EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM, WHILE IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF PORTLAND, OREGON, CAPTAIN ATTEMPTED TO COMMUNICATE WITH UNSUB ON TWO OCCASIONS, AT WHICH TIME UNSUB ADVISED QUOTE EVERYTHING IS OK ENQUOTE. AT EIGHT TWELVE PM, WHILE FLYING SOUTH OF PORTLAND, OREGON, CREW REPORTED GETTING SOME OSCILLATION IN THE CABIN AND ADVISED QUOTE MUST BE DOING SOMETHING WITH AIR STAIRS.
AT EIGHT TWELVE PM, WHILE FLYING SOUTH OF PORTLAND, OREGON, CREW REPORTED GETTING SOME OSCILLATION IN THE CABIN AND ADVISED QUOTE MUST BE DOING SOMETHING WITH AIR STAIRS. ENQUOTE. NO FURTHER ENTRIES ON LOG AT SEATTLE. END OF PAGE SEVEN
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DB Cooper-1550PAGE EIGHT SE 164-NEW
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OBTAINED BY NORTHWEST AIRLINES FROM SEATTLE FIRST NATIONAL BANK, WHO HAD EARLIER MICROFILMED ENTIRE CONTENTS. MICROFILM BEING OBTAINED AM OF TWENTYFIFTH INSTANT, AT WHICH TIME WILL BE FORWARDED TO BUREAU BY PILOT COURIER. E N. D. RMB FBI PD HLODING FOR ONE MORE
DB Cooper-1551OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION G FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO :
SAC, SEATTLE (164-
DATE: 11/24/71
FROM :
ASAC PAUL R. BIBLER
SUBJECT:
UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305,
11/24/71
CAA - EXTORTION
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Sea-Tac, called at approximately 3:22 PM, 11/24/71. He said that a man was on Flight #305, a Boeing 727, from Portland to Seattle; that he had advised the pilot that he had a bomb in a brief case and was requesting $200,000 and two parachutes by 5:00 PM.
He said that a man was on Flight #305, a Boeing 727, from Portland to Seattle; that he had advised the pilot that he had a bomb in a brief case and was requesting $200,000 and two parachutes by 5:00 PM. The plane was due in Seattle at 3:27 PM and the UNSUB had told the pilot that no one was to meet the aircraft; no one was to approach the airplane; there were to be no FBI Agents and that he would advise them later what his flight plans were.
I called the Bureau and furnished this information to ROBERT PETERSON on duty in Division 6. I told the Bureau I would call them back as soon as the plane was on the ground. At approximately 10 minutes later, I was advised by Northwest that the plane was on the ground. Guar 10 min lato I called the Bureau again and told them the plane was not going to land immediately, but that the pilot was going to circle the field until the hijacker made up his mind just what he wanted done. The Bureau requested that we set up an open line with them and with the SAC when he arrived at the airport and this was done. At the request of HANK SHUTZ of the Bureau, I had agents telephone all of the Western FBI offices and have them have personnel standby to take
At the request of HANK SHUTZ of the Bureau, I had agents telephone all of the Western FBI offices and have them have personnel standby to take care of this situation if their office was involved. A list of those offices are as follows:
DN, and AQ, BT, SU, SD, LA, SC, SF, PX, LV, PD, 164-81-2 b7D
The passenger list contained the name of DAN COOPER as one of those aboard. During the course of the evening the Bureau came up with an identification record FBI who was born in for
5010-108
Washington, who had an arrest for
on
in Washington. SHUTZ requested that a
usted
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FARRELLI
DB Cooper-1552SE 164
check be made on this individual for purpose of identifying him with the hijacker. Subsequently I was advised by ASAC RUHL at Portland, that he had definitely eliminated this person, since he had had a policeman at go and personally talk to this man, FBI # and he is definitely not on the plane but is in Oregon. I advised SHUTZ of this.
Oregon,
At the suggestion of the Bureau I called Butte and asked them to check on to see if he had
Butte
Oregon,
At the suggestion of the Bureau I called Butte and asked them to check on to see if he had
Butte called back and advised this was negative and subsequently I was advised by at the airport that was no relation to DAN COOPER.
At approximately 8:20 PM, after the plane had departed from Sea-Tac, I got a description of the UNSUB which had obtained from one of the stewardesses. I called RUHL down at Portland, passing this description on to him and requested that he have the Agents at the airport recontact Northwest personnel who were on duty at the time the plane departed Portland, to determine again whether they could further identify the UNSUB.
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DB Cooper-1553b6 b7c
SAC, SEATTLE (164- 11/24/71
ASAC PAUL R. BIBLER
UNKNOWN SUBJECT; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT #305, 11/24/71 CAA - EXTORTION
Sea-Tac, called at approximately 3:22 PM, 11/24/71. He said that a man was on Flight #305, a Boeing 727, from Portland to Seattle; that he had advised the pilot that he had a bomb in a brief case and was requesting $200,000 and two parachutes by 5:00 PM.
He said that a man was on Flight #305, a Boeing 727, from Portland to Seattle; that he had advised the pilot that he had a bomb in a brief case and was requesting $200,000 and two parachutes by 5:00 PM. The plane was due in Seattle at 3:27 PM and the UNSUB had told the pilot that no one was to meet the aircraft; no one was to approach the airplane; there were to be no FBI Agents and that he would advise them later what his flight plans were.
I called the Bureau and furnished this information to ROBERT PETERSON on duty in Division 6. I told the Bureau I would call them back as soon as the plane was on the ground. At approximately 10 minutes later, I was advised by Northwest that the plane was on the ground.
I called the Bureau again and told them the plane was not going to land immediately, but that the pilot was going to circle the field until the hijacker made up his mind just what he wanted done. The Bureau requested that we set up an open line with them and with the SAC when he arrived at the airport and this was done. At the request of HANK SHUTZ of the Bureau, I had agents telephone all of the Western FBI offices and have them have personnel standby to take care of this
At the request of HANK SHUTZ of the Bureau, I had agents telephone all of the Western FBI offices and have them have personnel standby to take care of this situation if their office was involved. A list of those offices are as follows:
DN, and AQ, BT, SU, SD, LA, SC, SF, PX, LV, PD, 164-81-2 b7D
The passenger list contained the name of DAN COOPER as one of those aboard. During the course of the evening the Bureau came up with an identification record for FRT who una harn in b6 Washington, who had an arrest for b7C PRB:k:1b (2)
on in Washington. SKUTZ requested that a 5
DB Cooper-1554SE: 164
check be made on this individual for purpose of identifying him with the hijacker. Subsequently I was advised by ASAC RUHL at Portland, that he had definitely eliminated this person, since he had had a policeman at go and personally talk to this man,
Oregon, FBI # and he is definitely not on the plane but
is in Oregon. I advised SHUTZ of this.
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At the suggestion of the Bureau I called Putte and asked them to check on to see if he had
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Butte called back and advised this was negative and subsequently I was advised by at the airport that was
the suggestion of the Bureau I called Putte and asked them to check on to see if he had
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Butte called back and advised this was negative and subsequently I was advised by at the airport that was no relation to DAN COOPER.
At approximately 8:20 PM, after the plane had departed from Sea-Tac, I got a description of the UNSUB which had obtained from one of the stewardesses. I called RUHL down at Portland, passing this description on to him and requested that he have the Agents at the airport recontact Northwest personnel who were on duty at the time the plane departed Portland, to determine again whether they could further identify the UNSUB.
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DB Cooper-1555SEATAC SEC. CH 3-6058
CP - Dispatch office Flight operations NW hanger 2nd. floor CH 2-2141 x481
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NW Flight 305 Boeing 727 Originated at Wn. D.C. Made stops at: Minneapolis, St. Paul, Great Falls, Montana, Missoula, Spokane, Wn., Portland, Oregon. UNSUB got on at Portland.
There are 36 passengers and a crew of 6.
UNSUB wants two back pack shutes; t1 bus placed at NW fuel area; car to escort the bus part way
At NW operations there are
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NW Operations telephone CH 3-8000
Ch 3-4500 "
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$200,000
UNSUB wants two back pack shutes; t1 bus placed at NW fuel area; car to escort the bus part way
At NW operations there are
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NW Operations telephone CH 3-8000
Ch 3-4500 "
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$200,000 Money will be ready at 5:00; coming from downtown bank all requests for UNSUBX will be honored N.W. employee will be currier b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-1556Northwest flight 305 Boeing 727 Originated at Wn. D.C. made stops at MP, St. Paul, Great Falls, Montana, Missoula, Spokane, Portland.
Unsub got on at Portland
Plane carries 36 passengers and a crew of 6
Unsub wants two back pack shutes, and wants bus placed at Northwest fuel area; wants car to escort the bus part way. b7E At the airport there are
Money to be avail at 5pm. all request will be honored for unsub.
b6 NW employee, will b7c The courier.
164-81- 2 B) SEARCHED. INDEXED SERIALIZED_AMA FILED HOV 800 FBI-SEATTLE 1
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DB Cooper-1557OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.
INDEXED SERIALIZED_AMA FILED HOV 800 FBI-SEATTLE 1
9
DB Cooper-1557OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO :
SAC, SEATTLE (164-NEW)
DATE:
11/25/71
FROM :
ASAC PAUL R. BIBLER
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Northwest Flight 305
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
of Minneapolis advised that Northwest Airlines had figured out by pressure changes the rate of. descent, a very small area in which they felt the subject might have descended. Northwest Airlines on the phone. said that.
talked to of in looking at a road map, one reference point should be north northwest of Crawford, Washington, about four miles just west of Highway I-S. The second reference point is two miles south southwest of AAdil, Washington. A line drawn between these two points should cover the place of descent of the Unsub. ARIEL
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SERIALIZED.
FILED
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8 NOV 75 97! FBI-SEATTLE

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FILED
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8 NOV 75 97! FBI-SEATTLE

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DB Cooper-1558SAC, SEATTLE (164-ITEW)
11/25/71
ISAC PAUL R. BIBLER
UNSUB; Northwest Flight 305 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
of Minneapolis advised that Northwest Airlines had figured out by pressure changes the rate of descent, a very small area in which they felt the subject might have descended. Northwest Airlines on the phone. talked to of said that in looking at a road map, one reference point should be north northwest of Crawford, Washington, about four miles just west of Highway I-S. The second reference point is two miles south southwest of Aeril, Washington. A line drawn between these two points should cover the place of descent of the Unsub.
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164-81-3 SEARCHED ________. INDEXED SERIALIZED_ FILED_J NOV- 3-71 FBI-SEATTLE
7
DB Cooper-1559KING COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY CASE EPORT
DIST. NO.
FBI
CASE NO.
INDEXED SERIALIZED_ FILED_J NOV- 3-71 FBI-SEATTLE
7
DB Cooper-1559KING COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY CASE EPORT
DIST. NO.
FBI
CASE NO.
71-89202
TYPE OF OFFENSE
AIRCRAFT HI-JACK
DATE
11-24-71
RC:
1520
AT:
VICTIM
North West Orient Airlines
(Il business, give name of premises)
ADDRESS OF. VICTIM
Seattle-Tacoma Int'l Airport
TIME AND DATE OF OFFENSE
1520 11-24-71
ADDRESS OF OFFENSE
In flight to Sea/Tac/Int'l Air.
TYPE OF PREMISES. Airport
(House, service station, otc.)
REPORTED BY.
HOME PHONE
BUS. PHONE
CH-3-8000
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HOME ADDRESS
RELATIONSHIP
(Ownor, Managor, Employoo, oto.)
TYPE OF VEHICLE USED N/A
LIC. NO. COLOR
PERSONS ARRESTED None
(Name, Address, etc.)
SUSPECTS: (1)
(2)
Age Height Weight
Age Height Weight
Build
Comp.
Build
Comp.
Hair Color
Eyes color.
Hair Color.
Eyes color.
Marks/Dress
Marks/Dress
Add.
Add.
JUVENILE SUSPECTED :. Yes NoneNo
WHY SUSPECTED;
WITNESSES: (1)
(2)
Address:
Address:
Home Phone:
Home Phone:
Bus. Phone:
Bus. Phone:
FACTS OF INVESTIGATION: (Reconstruct the crime, summarize details, list and describe property taken, serial nos.
Phone:
FACTS OF INVESTIGATION: (Reconstruct the crime, summarize details, list and describe property taken, serial nos. etc., give valuation. Describe physical and other evidence at scene, where found, and disposition of evidence.
Complainant called via phone stating that a company aircraft, NWA 727, Flt #305 en route from Portland, Oregon was due, ETA at Sea/Tac at 1536 hrs this date and that a hi-jacker was on board.
& was immediately advised. Operations contacted by Calls were made to Tower, POS Fire Dept., b6 FBI and all Police agencies concerned. (County, U.S. Marshall, WSP)
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NWA advised that Flt #305 had 36 passengers on board, seven crew members. Complainant advised that two (2) back pack & two (2) chest pack parachutes were in demand by the hi-jacker. Also in demand was a sum of $200,000 and fuel trucks to re-fuel the 727 in question. The hi-jacker directed that he would permit the aircraft to land at Sea/Tac when all conditions were met. No police marked vehicles would be involved. Escort for fuel trucks would be handled by one (1) vehicle.
No police marked vehicles would be involved. Escort for fuel trucks would be handled by one (1) vehicle. A bus would be permitted to - approach the aircraft between both runways to pick up passengers from the hi-jacked aircraft.
arranged for chutes from Issaquah, Wn. WSP transported chutes to NWA Freight Bldg for further disposition. (CONT'D) b6
INVESTIGATING OFFICERS: 177 Shift- Airport Police, Sea/Tag/T.+can Ammort PATROL CHEM. TEST: YES NO REFUSED 
FURTHER FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION INDICATED: YES NO b6
REASON:
FINGERPRINTS: YES NOT AVAILABLE
APPROVED BY
Airport
PORTCE FARRELL
€
KCDPS C-118 (1)253067 .
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(1.) CASE REPORT (3.) INVESTIGATOR'S	71-89202
(2.
PHONE
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CONTINUATION SHEET	DISTRICT NUMBER	CASE NUMBER
(1.) CASE REPORT (3.) INVESTIGATOR'S	71-89202
(2.) FOLLOW-UP ACCIDENT REPORT

HI-JACKED AIRCRAFT- NWA Orient Airlines
1645 - WSP called this station. Chutes en route from Issaquah, Wn. 1700 - Hi-jacker desires lighted area for operation at Sea/Tac 1720 - Tower called - aircraft holding until all conditions are met. (Chutes still en route)
1722 - Asst Chief directed car #97 to meet WSP vehicle on 188th w/chutes 1727 - WSP veh arrived w/chutes - escorted to NWA Air Freight Bldg. 1730 - Flt #305 on final to land on Runway 16 R.
1735 - NWA dispatching fuel truck as directed w/escort. 1742 - Touchdown NWA Flt #305. 1746 - Aircraft all stop - south on runway 16 R
1753 - Commenced deplaning passengers
1757 - One stewardess picked up chutes as directed
1759 - Chutes aboard aircraft - fueling operation to commence
1800 - One stewardess off aircraft
1801 - Stewardess back on aircraft
1805 - Stewardess to
1757 - One stewardess picked up chutes as directed
1759 - Chutes aboard aircraft - fueling operation to commence
1800 - One stewardess off aircraft
1801 - Stewardess back on aircraft
1805 - Stewardess to cabin of aircraft w/package 1812 - 2nd fuel truck en route to aircarft for fueling operations
1815 - Bus positioned between active runways to pick up passengers 1826 - Bus directed to B-2 VIP Room. FBI on board bus. Bystanders . cleared as directed.
1832 - Hi-jacker directed 3rd fuel truck for re-fueling operation
1843 - One stewardess permitted to deplane from aircraft
1844 - 3rd fuel truck to aircraft
1847 - 4th fuel truck standing by
1849 - two stewardesses entered cab of fuel truck
1850 - 4th fuel truck moving to aircraft
1858 - 3rd fuel truck mal-function. Could not pump fuel. 4th fuel truck resumed operations. . 5th truck standing by.
1920 - Doors on 727 Flt #305 closed.
1925 - Navigation lights on. Prepared for taxi and take off
1927 - Aircraft taxing
1936 - Flt #305 - hi-jacked aircraft air borne. Aboard aircraft are: three (3) crew members one (1) stewardess hi jacker b6
INVESTIGATING OFFICED
INVESTIGATING OFFICER Airport Police
SPD/KCDPS/WSP
SERIAL UNIT b7C ALL AIRPORT
Aboard aircraft are: three (3) crew members one (1) stewardess hi jacker b6
INVESTIGATING OFFICED
INVESTIGATING OFFICER Airport Police
SPD/KCDPS/WSP
SERIAL UNIT b7C ALL AIRPORT POLICE (SELEM DAY/Swing) and
KCSD-C-102 1-68 - ℮
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CONTINUATION SHEET	DISTRICT NUMBER	CASE NUMBER
(1.) CASE REPORT (3.) INVESTIGATOR'S	71-89202
72.) FOLLOW-UP- ACCIDENT REPORT

Manpower responded to the emergency from the following agencies: FBI, Us Marshal, US Customs, WSP, KCDPS, and Airport Police.
Further Investigation well be handled by the FBI.
LATE ENTRY - Aircraft en route to Reno, Nevada - landing for re-fueling operation. Destination unknown.
All Airport Police (Shifts day and re
NVESTIGATING OFFICER Airport Police
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DB Cooper-1562ANR 005 LV PLAIN
7:25 AM URGENT 11/25/71 MJH
TO : DIRECTOR
PORTLAND
SEATTLE
FROM LAS VEGAS (164-60)
UNSUB ; HIJACKING OF NORTHWESTERN AIRLINES SEVEN .
Marshall SPD/KCDPS/WSP UNIT
KCSD-C-102 1,68 C
DB Cooper-1562ANR 005 LV PLAIN
7:25 AM URGENT 11/25/71 MJH
TO : DIRECTOR
PORTLAND
SEATTLE
FROM LAS VEGAS (164-60)
UNSUB ; HIJACKING OF NORTHWESTERN AIRLINES SEVEN . TWENTY SEVEN, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR SEVENTY .ONE, PORTLAND, OREGON. CAA - HIJACKING.
CAPTIONED FLIGHT ARRIVED RENO, NEVADA, ELEVEN ZERO ONE PM PST, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR SEVENTY ONE .. NORTHWESTERN AIRLINE OFFICIALS FROM MINNEAPOLIS HAD PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED THAT PLANE BE ALLOWED TO LAND WITH NO POLICE OFFICIALS OR POLICE TYPE VEHICLES IN VICINITY. . NORTHWESTERN- ALSO REQUESTED UNITED AIRLINES, RENO, NEVADA, HANDLE ALL REFUELING AND STATION FUNCTIONS. CAPT. OF FLIGHT RADIOED REQUEST PRIOR TO. LANDING THAT PLANE BE APPROACHED ONLY WHEN REQUESTED BY UNMARKED CAR OCCUPIED BY UNITED AIRLINE OFFICAL AND ONE OTHER INDIVIDUAL. SAC LAS VEGAS WITH UNITED AIRLINE OFFICAL .. FUEL TRUCKS ON STANDBY TO LOAD APPROX. FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND LBS. FUEL. PILOT FURTHER INDICATED WOULD LAND WITH REAR DOOR OPEN AND STAIRS DOWN SINCE HIJACKER INSISTED FROM TIME OF TAKE OFF IN SEATTLE THAT PLANE FLY IN; THIS MANNER.
PILOT FURTHER INDICATED WOULD LAND WITH REAR DOOR OPEN AND STAIRS DOWN SINCE HIJACKER INSISTED FROM TIME OF TAKE OFF IN SEATTLE THAT PLANE FLY IN; THIS MANNER. PILOT ADVISED END PAGE ONE
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IMMEDIATELY BEFORE LANDING THAT NO OBSERVATION OR CONTACT HAD IN SOME TIME AND HIJACKER WAS ALONE IN BACK OF PASSENGER SECTION WHEN LAST OBSERVED AT APPROX. EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM. CREW CONSISTED OF THREE MALES . AND ONE HOSTESS .
PLANE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO APPROX. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YARDS FROM TERMINAL. . ENTIRE PERIMETER OF AIR STRIP PREVIOUSLY SURROUNDED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, (INCLUDING DOG TEAMS) AND FBI AND PLANE UNDER OBSERVATION FROM TOWER WITH BINOCULARS TO INSURE HIJACKER DID NOT DEPART PLANE DURING LANDING OR TAXIING PHASE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REQUEST OF CAPT. NO ENTRY WAS MADE TO AIRCRAFT UNTIL CREW DETERMINED WHETHER HIJACKER WAS STILL ABOARD. WHEN CAPT. ADVISED" HIJACKER NOT. ABOARD, FBI AGENTS BOARDED AIRCRAFT.
NO ENTRY WAS MADE TO AIRCRAFT UNTIL CREW DETERMINED WHETHER HIJACKER WAS STILL ABOARD. WHEN CAPT. ADVISED" HIJACKER NOT. ABOARD, FBI AGENTS BOARDED AIRCRAFT. CREW INDICATED THEY HAD MADE CURSORY SEARCH AND HAD FOUND NO EXPLOSIVES, HOWEVER AN IMMEDIATE SEARCH OF THE PLANE WAS. MADE BY BUREAU AGENTS FOR EXPLOSIVES AND ANY POTENTIAL EVIDENCE. NO EXPLOSIVES WERE FOUND AND ALL AREAS OCCUPIED BY THE HIJACKER WERE PROCESSED FOR FINGERPRINTS. END PAGE TWO
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CAPT. ACCEDED TO FULL INTERVIEW OF ENTIRE CREW AS SOON AS HE HAD TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED NORTHWEST AIRLINES HEADQUARTERS IN MINNEAPOLIS. THIS IN ACCORD WITH PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS. CREW ESCORTED' BY BUAGENTS TO BRIEFING ROOM AT AIRPORT WHERE CONTACT MADE WITH NORTHWEST HEADQUARTERS AND INTERVIEWS IMMEDIATELY COMMENCED. :
CREW ADVISED HOSTESS (WHO DEPLANED AT SEATTLE) FURNISHED ORIGINAL NOTE BY HIJACKER INDICATING . HE WAS HIJACKING THE PLANE AND SHE SHOULD SIT NEXT TO HIM SINCE. b6
HE HAD A BOMB. COMMUNICATED WITH HOSTESS b7c
WHO COMMUNICATED WITH THE COCKPIT TO EFFECT PLANE BEING HIJACKED.
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HE HAD A BOMB. COMMUNICATED WITH HOSTESS b7c
WHO COMMUNICATED WITH THE COCKPIT TO EFFECT PLANE BEING HIJACKED. FOLLOWING INITIAL CONTACT WITH
HOSTESS WAS IN CONTINUOUS CONTACT WITH THE HIJACKER THEREAFTER AND ALL MESSAGES FROM THE HIJACKER WERE RELAYED TO THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CREW BY HER. HIJACKER INDICATED- HE WAS DEADLY SERIOUS. . HE CARRIED A BLACK 'ATTACHE TYPE CASE IN WHICH OBSERVED UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS APPROX. END PAGE . THREE
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PAGE FOUR. EIGHT ITEMS WHICH APPEARED TO BE DYNAMITE STICKS, BOTH COVERED AND UNCOVERED WIRE AND A DC BATTERY. ' NOTE WAS WRITTEN ON APPROX. SIX. INCH BY NINE INCH PLAIN PAPER WITH/ FELT TYPE PEN AND HIJACKER INSISTED UPON RETURN OF SAME. SECOND NOTE FROM HIJACKER, ON STANDARD ENVELOPE, INDICATED HE WANTED, UPON LANDING AT SEATTLE, TO BE FURNISHED WITH FOUR PARACHUTES, INCLUDING TWO BACK PACKS AND TWO CHEST PACKS, ALONG WITH" TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH IN CERTAIN DENOMINATIONS. DENOMINATIONS .UNRECALLED AND NOTE STATED HE WANTED ABOVE ITEMS "BY FIVE O CLOCK".
LANDING AT SEATTLE, TO BE FURNISHED WITH FOUR PARACHUTES, INCLUDING TWO BACK PACKS AND TWO CHEST PACKS, ALONG WITH" TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH IN CERTAIN DENOMINATIONS. DENOMINATIONS .UNRECALLED AND NOTE STATED HE WANTED ABOVE ITEMS "BY FIVE O CLOCK". HOSTESS ENTIRE REMAINDER OF FLIGHT TO SEATTLE AND RELAYED REPEATED STATEMENTS FROM HIJACKER THAT ITEMS. HE REQUESTED MUST BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT BEFORE PLANE LANDED.
SAT WITH HIJACKER DURING b6 b7c
THE HIJACKER COMMENTED TO THE HOSTESS THAT THE BOMB HE HAD WAS ELECTRICALLY FUSED AND SHE SHOULD WARN THE CREW THAT ELECTRICAL SIGNALS MIGHT DETONATE THE BOMB. IN RESPONSE TO RELAYED MESSAGES TO THE CREW THEY CONTINUALLY PROFESSED COMPLETE COOPERATION AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE HIJACKER. THE PASSENGERS WERE NOT ADVISED OF THE HIJACKING. PRIOR TO LANDING AT SEATTLE. END PAGE FOUR
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THE PLANE LANDED. AT SEATTLE AT FIVE FORTY FIVE PM, PST, AND AFTER PARKING IN THE DESIGNATED AREA THE ENGINES WERE SHUT DOWN. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HIJACKERS INSTRUCTION THE CAPT. ADVISED THE PASSENGERS OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS AND INSTRUCTED ALL TO REMAIN IN THEIR SEATS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
ADVISED THE PASSENGERS OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS AND INSTRUCTED ALL TO REMAIN IN THEIR SEATS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PRIOR. TO LANDING THE CAPT. STATES HE CIRCLED THE AIRPORT FOR APPROX. ONE AND ONE HALF HOURS AWAITING ARRIVAL OF THE ITEMS REQUESTED BY THE HIJACKER.
THE HIJACKER SPECIFICALLY INSTRUCTED THAT ALL PASSENGERS STAY ON BOARD UNTIL HE RECEIVED THE MONEY AND AND UNTIL THE FUEL TRUCKS HAD COMMENCED FUELING. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE HIJACKER HOSTESS LEFT THE PLANE AND OBTAINED THE MONEY BAG CONTAINING TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. SHE. RETURNED TO THE PLANE WITH THE MONEY AND AFTER DELIVERING IT TO THE HIJACKER HE. INSPECTED SAME AND THEN TOLD THE HOSTESS TO ALLOW THE PASSENGERS TO DEPLANE. HOSTESS MADE THREE MORE TRIPS TO BRING FOUR BRIGHT ORANGE PARACHUTES END PAGE FIVE
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TO THE HIJACKER.
FOLLOWING. DEPARTURE OF PASSENGERS, HIJACKER ALLOWED TWO HOSTESSES TO DEPLANE, BUT INSTRUCTED THAT HOSTESS ON BOARD SO SHE COULD OPERATE THE REAR DOOR FOR HIM WHILE IN FLIGHT.
DEPARTURE OF PASSENGERS, HIJACKER ALLOWED TWO HOSTESSES TO DEPLANE, BUT INSTRUCTED THAT HOSTESS ON BOARD SO SHE COULD OPERATE THE REAR DOOR FOR HIM WHILE IN FLIGHT. PREVIOUSLY THE HIJACKER INSTRUCTED THAT THE REAR DOOR WAS TO REMAIN OPEN. AND STAIRS' DOWN. DURING TAKEOFF WHEN HE WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT MECHANICALLY POSSIBLE HE ACCEDED TO DOOR BEING CLOSED AND. STAIRS ELEVATED UNTIL. PLANE AIRBORNE.
REMAIN b6
b7C
HIJACKER INDICATED PLANE WOULD NOT GO TO HAVANA, CUBA , BUT WOULD GO TO MEXICO CITY. HE ALSO INSISTED THAT. PLANE BE FLOWN WITH LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS DOWN AND ALL CABIN LIGHTS OUT. ALSO INSTRUCTED THAT CREW SHOULD NOT FLY OVER TEN THOUSAND FEET ALTITUDE AND SHOULD NOT LAND IN U. S. FOR ANY REASON. HOSTESS AND CREW STATED HIJACKER OBVIOUSLY AQUAINTED WITH SEVEN TWENTY SEVEN TYPE AIRCRAFT AND HAD GOOD BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF FLYING PRINCIPLES.
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKE OFF AT SEVEN THIRTY STY PM PST,
HIJACKER INSTRUCTED HOSTESS TO SHOW HIM HOW TO OPEN REAR DOOR AND DEPRESS STAIRS. HE THEN TOLD HOSTESS TO GO FORWARD TO THE FIRST END PAGE SIX
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CLASS SECTION AND CLOSE CURTAINS BEHIND HER.
HE THEN TOLD HOSTESS TO GO FORWARD TO THE FIRST END PAGE SIX
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CLASS SECTION AND CLOSE CURTAINS BEHIND HER. HOSTESS. COMPLIED GOING THROUGH FIRST CLASS SECTION INTO PILOT COCKPIT AND LOCKING DOOR BEHIND HER. . PRIOR TO HOSTESS. DEPARTING FROM. PASSENGER. CABIN, HIJACKER TOLD HER. MONEY BAG WAS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS AND TO CUT UP ONE OF THE PARACHUTES TO REWRAP THE MONEY.
WHILE HIJACKER WAS IN CABIN, CREW WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH HIJACKER VIA INTERCOM IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. WHEN CREW TOLD HIJACKER NON-STOP TO MEXICO CITY IN MEXICO WAS IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO RANGE OF FUEL, HIJACKER SUGGESTED STOP .AT PHOENIX. WHEN TOLD PHOENIX FLIGHT TOO LONG, HE SUGGESTED YUMA, ARIZ. AND THEN INDICATED PREFERENCE FOR RENO, NEVADA.
LAST COMMUNICATION IN CABIN AND HIJACKER IN PASSENGER VIA INTERCOM EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM, PST. CALLS THEREAFTER UNANSWERED. SOMETIME WITHIN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES AND PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AT PORTLAND CREW EXPERIENCEDOSCILATION" WHICH THEY SPECULATED AT THE TIME AND CONFIRMED DURING- INTERVIEW WAS PROBABLY .
SOMETIME WITHIN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES AND PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AT PORTLAND CREW EXPERIENCEDOSCILATION" WHICH THEY SPECULATED AT THE TIME AND CONFIRMED DURING- INTERVIEW WAS PROBABLY . OCCASIONED END PAGE SEVEN
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BY HIJACKER DEPARTING FROM AIRCRAFT VIA REAR DOOR. OSCILATION REPORTED BY RADIO TO NORTHWEST HEADQUARTERS MINNEAPOLIS AT TIME.
IN SUMMARY, CREW DESCRIBED HIJACKING AS OBVIOUSLY WELL PLANNED BY INDIVIDUAL KNOWLEDGEABLE RE THIS AIRCRAFT. AND FLYING
GENERALLY AND BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS AT ALL TIMES COOL AND
CALCULATING ALSO SPECULATED SUBJECT WELL AQUAINTED WITH SEATTLE -- PORTLAND AREA GENERALLY, AND PROBABLY PARACHUTED FROM PLANE EITHER WITHIN OR IN PROXIMITY OF PORTLAND OREGON. PRIOR TO LEAVING PLANE HIJACKER TOLD CREW HE WOULD EITHER TAKE EXPLOSIVE DEVICE WITH HIM OR WOULD DISARM SAME.
PRESS INQUIRY IN RENO AND .LAS VEGAS ANSWERED TO EFFECT THAT HIJACKER DEPARTED PLANE PROBABLY BY REAR DOOR AND BY PARACHUTE SOME- WHERE BETWEEN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON AND PORTLAND, OREGON.
PRESS INFORMED FBI CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION TO IDENTIFY AND APPREHEND
HIJACKER.
LAS VEGAS ANSWERED TO EFFECT THAT HIJACKER DEPARTED PLANE PROBABLY BY REAR DOOR AND BY PARACHUTE SOME- WHERE BETWEEN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON AND PORTLAND, OREGON.
PRESS INFORMED FBI CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION TO IDENTIFY AND APPREHEND
HIJACKER. END PAGE EIGHT
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CAPT. ADVISED THAT PLANE WOULD DEPART RENO, NEVADA NINE FORTY FIVE AM FOR SEATTLE AND ALL BAGGAGE WOULD BE UNLOADED AT SEATTLE.
PORTLAND TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED OF RESULTS OF INTERVIEWS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SAME.
INVESTIGATION CONTINUING LAS VEGAS DIVISION AND ALL LEADS WILL BE GIVEN IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
P END SWD FBI SEATTLE CLR
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PORTLAND
SEATTLE
FROM LAS VEGAS (164-60)
UNSUB; HIJACKING OF NORTHWESTERN AIRLINES SEVEN TWENTY SEVEN, FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR SEVENTY ONE, PORTLAND, OREGON. CAA - HIJACKING. 11:01 P.M.
CAPTIONED FLIGHT ARRIVED RENO, NEVADA, ELEVEN ZERO ONE PM PST, NOVEMBER TWENTY FOUR SEVENTY ONE. NORTHWESTERN AIRLINE OFFICIALS FROM MINNEAPOLIS HAD PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED THAT PLANE BE ALLOWED TO LAND WITH NO POLICE OFFICIALS OR POLICE TYPE VEHICLES IN VICINITY.
NORTHWESTERN AIRLINE OFFICIALS FROM MINNEAPOLIS HAD PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED THAT PLANE BE ALLOWED TO LAND WITH NO POLICE OFFICIALS OR POLICE TYPE VEHICLES IN VICINITY. NORTHWESTERN ALSO REQUESTED UNITED AIRLINES, RENO, NEVADA, HANDLE ALL REFUELING AND STATION FUNCTIONS. CAPT. OF FLIGHT RADIOED REQUEST PRIOR TO LANDING THAT PLANE BE APPROACHED ONLY WHEN REQUESTED BY UNMARKED CAR OCCUPIED BY UNITED AIRLINE OFFICAL AND ONE OTHER INDIVIDUAL. SAC LAS VEGAS WITH UNITED AIRLINE OFFICAL. FUEL TRUCKS ON STANDBY TO LOAD APPROX. FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND LBS. FUEL, PILOT FURTHER INDICATED WOULD LAND WITH REAR DOOR OPEN AND STAIRS DOWN SINCE HIJACKER INSISTED FROM TIME OF TAKE OFF IN SEATTLE THAT PLANE FLY IN THIS MANNER. PILOT ADVISED END PAGE ONE
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IMMEDIATELY BEFORE LANDING THAT NO OBSERVATION OR CONTACT HAD IN SOME TIME AND HIJACKER WAS ALONE IN BACK OF PASSENGER SECTION WHEN LAST OBSERVED AT APPROX. EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM. CREW CONSISTED OF THREE MALES AND ONE HOSTESS.
THAT NO OBSERVATION OR CONTACT HAD IN SOME TIME AND HIJACKER WAS ALONE IN BACK OF PASSENGER SECTION WHEN LAST OBSERVED AT APPROX. EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM. CREW CONSISTED OF THREE MALES AND ONE HOSTESS.
PLANE LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND TAXIED TO APPROX. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YARDS FROM TERMINAL. ENTIRE PERIMETER OF AIR STRIP PREVIOUSLY SURROUNDED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, (INCLUDING DOG TEAMS) AND FBI AND PLANE UNDER OBSERVATION FROM TOWER WITH BINOCULARS TO INSURE HIJACKER DID NOT DEPART PLANE DURING LANDING OR TAXIING PHASE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REQUEST OF CAPT, NO ENTRY WAS MADE TO AIRCRAFT UNTIL CREW DETERMINED WHETHER HIJACKER WAS STILL ABOARD. WHEN CAPT. ADVISED HIJACKER NOT ABOARD, FBI AGENTS BOARDED AIRCRAFT. CREW INDICATED THEY HAD MADE CURSORY SEARCH AND HAD FOUND NO EXPLOSIVES, HOWEVER AN. IMMEDIATE SEARCH OF THE PLANE WAS MADE BY BUREAU AGENTS FOR EXPLOSIVES AND ANY POTENTIAL EVIDENCE. NO EXPLOSIVES WERE FOUND AND ALL AREAS OCCUPIED BY THE HIJACKER WERE PROCESSED FOR FINGERPRINTS. END PAGE TWO
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CAPT. ACCEDED TO FULL INTERVIEW OF ENTIRE CREW AS SOON AS HE HAD TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED NORTHWEST AIRLINES HEADQUARTERS IN MINNEAPOLIS.
ACCEDED TO FULL INTERVIEW OF ENTIRE CREW AS SOON AS HE HAD TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED NORTHWEST AIRLINES HEADQUARTERS IN MINNEAPOLIS. THIS IN ACCORD WITH PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS. CREW ESCORTED BY BUAGENTS TO BRIEFING ROOM AT AIRPORT WHERE CONTACT MADE WITH NORTHWEST HEADQUARTERS AND INTERVIEWS IMMEDIATELY COMMENCED.
CREW ADVISED HOSTESS (WHO DEPLANED AT SEATTLE) FURNISHED ORIGINAL NOTE BY HIJACKER INDICATING HE WAS HIJACKING THE PLANE AND SHE SHOULD SIT NEXT TO HIM SINCE HE HAD A BOMB. COMMUNICATED WITH HOSTESS
WHO COMMUNICATED WITH THE COCKPIT TO EFFECT PLANE BEING HIJACKED. FOLLOWING INITIAL CONTACT WITH
HOSTESS WAS IN CONTINUOUS CONTACT WITH THE HIJACKER THEREAFTER AND ALL MESSAGES FROM THE HIJACKER WERE RELAYED TO THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CREW BY HER. HIJACKER INDICATED HE WAS DEADLY SERIOUS. HE CARRIED A BLACK ATTACHE TYPE CASE' IN WHICH OBSERVED UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS APPROX. END PAGE THREE
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EIGHT ITEMS WHICH APPEARED TO BE DYNAMITE STICKS, BOTH COVERED AND UNCOVERED WIRE AND A DC BATTERY.
END PAGE THREE
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PAGE FOUR
EIGHT ITEMS WHICH APPEARED TO BE DYNAMITE STICKS, BOTH COVERED AND UNCOVERED WIRE AND A DC BATTERY. NOTE WAS WRITTEN ON APPROX. SIX INCH BY NINE INCH PLAIN PAPER WITH FELT TYPE PEN AND HIJACKER INSISTED UPON RETURN OF SAME. SECOND NOTE FROM HIJACKER, ON, STANDARD ENVELOPE, INDICATED HE WANTED, UPON LANDING AT SEATTLE, TO BE FURNISHED WITH FOUR PARACHUTES, INCLUDING TWO BACK PACKS AND TWO CHEST PACKS, ALONG WITH TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH IN CERTAIN DENOMINATIONS. DENOMINATIONS UNRECALLED AND NOTE STATED HE WANTED ABOVE ITEMS "BY FIVE O CLOCK". HOSTESS SAT WITH HIJACKER DURING ENTIRE REMAINDER OF FLIGHT TO SEATTLE AND RELAYED REPEATED STATEMENTS FROM HIJACKER THAT ITEMS HE REQUESTED MUST BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT BEFORE PLANE LANDED.
THE HIJACKER COMMENTED TO THE HOSTESS THAT THE BOMB HE ID WAS ELECTRICALLY FUSED AND SHE SHOULD WARN THE CREW THAT ECTRICAL SIGNALS MIGHT DETONATE THE BOMB, IN RESPONSE RELAYED MESSAGES TO THE CREW THEY CONTINUALLY PROFESSED PLETE COOPERATION AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE CKER.
SHE SHOULD WARN THE CREW THAT ECTRICAL SIGNALS MIGHT DETONATE THE BOMB, IN RESPONSE RELAYED MESSAGES TO THE CREW THEY CONTINUALLY PROFESSED PLETE COOPERATION AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEMANDS OF THE CKER. THE PASSENGERS WERE NOT ADVISED OF THE HIJACKING R TO LANDING AT SEATTLE.
AGE FOUR
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THE PLANE LANDED AT SEATTLE AT FIVE FORTY FIVE PM, PST, AND AFTER PARKING IN THE DESIGNATED AREA THE ENGINES WERE SHUT DOWN. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HIJACKERS INSTRUCTION THE CAPT. ADVISED THE PASSENGERS OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS AND INSTRUCTED ALL TO REMAIN IN THEIR SEATS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PRIOR TO LANDING THE CAPT. STATES HE CIRCLED THE AIRPORT FOR APPROX. ONE AND ONE HALF HOURS AWAITING ARRIVAL OF THE ITEMS REQUESTED BY THE HIJACKER.
THE HIJACKER SPECIFICALLY INSTRUCTED THAT ALL PASSENGERS STAY ON BOARD UNTIL HE RECEIVED THE MONEY. AND AND UNTIL THE FUEL TRUCKS HAD COMMENCED . FUELING. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE HIJACKER HOSTESS LEFT THE PLANE AND OBTAINED THE MONEY BAG CONTAINING TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. SHE RETURNED TO THE PLANE WITH THE MONEY AND AFTER DELIVERING IT TO THE HIJACKER HE INSPECTED SAME AND THEN TOLD THE HOSTESS TO ALLOW THE
SHE RETURNED TO THE PLANE WITH THE MONEY AND AFTER DELIVERING IT TO THE HIJACKER HE INSPECTED SAME AND THEN TOLD THE HOSTESS TO ALLOW THE PASSENGERS TO DEPLANE. HOSTESS MADE THREE MORE TRIPS TO BRING FOUR BRIGHT ORANGE PARACHUTES END PAGE FIVE
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TO THE HIJACKER.
REMAIN
FOLLOWING DEPARTURE OF PASSENGERS, HIJACKER ALLOWED TWO HOSTESSES TO DEPLANE, BUT INSTRUCTED THAT HOSTESS ON BOARD SO SHE COULD OPERATE THE REAR DOOR FOR HIM WHILE IN FLIGHT. PREVIOUSLY THE HIJACKER INSTRUCTED THAT THE REAR DOOR WAS TO REMAIN OPEN AND STAIRS DOWN DURING TAKEOFF WHEN HE WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT MECHANICALLY POSSIBLE HE ACCEDED TO DOOR BEING CLOSED AND STAIRS ELEVATED UNTIL PLANE AIRBORNE.
HIJACKER INDICATED PLANE WOULD NOT GO TO HAVANA, CUBA, BUT WOULD GO TO MEXICO CITY. HE ALSO INSISTED THAT PLANE BE FLOWN WITH LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS DOWN AND ALL CABIN LIGHTS OUT. ALSO INSTRUCTED . THAT CREW SHOULD NOT FLY OVER TEN THOUSAND FEET ALTITUDE AND SHOULD NOT LAND IN U.S. FOR ANY REASON. HOSTESS AND CREW STATED HIJACKER OBVIOUSLY AQUAINTED WITH SEVEN TWENTY SEVEN TYPE AIRCRAFT AND HAD GOOD BASIC
HOSTESS AND CREW STATED HIJACKER OBVIOUSLY AQUAINTED WITH SEVEN TWENTY SEVEN TYPE AIRCRAFT AND HAD GOOD BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF FLYING PRINCIPLES.
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKE OFF AT SEVEN THIRTY SIX PM, PST, HIJACKER INSTRUCTED HOSTESS TO SHOW HIM HOW TO OPEN REAR DOOR AND DEPRESS STAIRS. HE THEN TOLD HOSTESS TO GO FORWARD TO THE FIRST END PAGE SIX
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CLASS SECTION AND CLOSE CURTAINS BEHIND HER. HOSTESS COMPLIED GOING THROUGH FIRST CLASS SECTION INTO PILOT COCKPIT AND LOCKING DOOR BEHIND HER. PRIOR TO HOSTESS DEPARTING FROM PASSENGER CABIN, HIJACKER TOLD HER MONEY BAG WAS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH INSTRUCTIONS AND TO CUT UP ONE OF THE PARACHUTES TO REWRAP THE MONEY.
WHILE HIJACKER WAS IN CABIN, CREW WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH HIJACKER VIA INTERCOM IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. WHEN CREW TOLD HIJACKER NON-STOP TO MEXICO CITY IN MEXICO WAS IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO RANGE OF FUEL, HIJACKER SUGGESTED STOP AT PHOENIX. WHEN TOLD PHOENIX FLIGHT TOO LONG, HE SUGGESTED YUMA, ARIZ. AND THEN INDICATED PREFERENCE FOR RENO, NEVADA.
WHEN TOLD PHOENIX FLIGHT TOO LONG, HE SUGGESTED YUMA, ARIZ. AND THEN INDICATED PREFERENCE FOR RENO, NEVADA.
LAST COMMUNICATION IN CABIN AND HIJACKER IN PASSENGER VIA INTERCOM EIGHT ZERO FIVE PM, PST. CALLS THEREAFTER UNANSWERED. SOMETIME WITHIN THE NEXT TEN MINUTES AND PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AT PORTLAND CREW EXPERIENCED "OSCILATION" WHICH THEY SPECULATED AT THE TIME AND CONFIRMED DURING INTERVIEW WAS PROBABLY OCCASIONED END PAGE SEVEN
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PAGE EIGHT
BY HIJACKER DEPARTING FROM AIRCRAFT VIA REAR DOOR. OSCILATION REPORTED BY RADIO TO NORTHWEST HEADQUARTERS MINNEAPOLIS AT TIME.
IN SUMMARY, CREW DESCRIBED HIJACKING AS OBVIOUSLY WELL PLANNED BY INDIVIDUAL KNOWLEDGEABLE RE THIS AIRCRAFT AND FLYING GENERALLY AND BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS AT ALL TIMES COOL AND CALCULATING. ALSO SPECULATED SUBJECT WELL AQUAINTED WITH SEATTLE -- PORTLAND AREA GENERALLY, AND PROBABLY PARACHUTED FROM PLANE EITHER WITHIN OR IN PROXIMITY OF PORTLAND OREGON. PRIOR TO LEAVING PLANE HIJACKER TOLD CREW HE WOULD EITHER TAKE EXPLOSIVE DEVICE WITH HIM OR WOULD DISARM SAME.
PRIOR TO LEAVING PLANE HIJACKER TOLD CREW HE WOULD EITHER TAKE EXPLOSIVE DEVICE WITH HIM OR WOULD DISARM SAME.
PRESS INQUIRY IN RENO AND LAS VEGAS ANSWERED TO EFFECT THAT HIJACKER DEPARTED PLANE PROBABLY BY REAR DOOR AND BY PARACHUTE SOME- WHERE BETWEEN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON AND PORTLAND, OREGON.
PRESS INFORMED FBI CONDUCTING INVESTIGATION TO IDENTIFY AND APPREHEND
HIJACKER. END PAGE EIGHT
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CAPT. ADVISED THAT PLANE WOULD DEPART RENO, NEVADA NINE FORTY FIVE AM FOR SEATTLE AND ALL BAGGAGE WOULD BE UNLOADED AT SEATTLE.
PORTLAND TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED OF RESULTS OF INTERVIEWS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SAME.
INVESTIGATION CONTINUING LAS VEGAS DIVISION AND ALL LEADS WILL BE GIVEN IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
P. END
SWD FBI SEATTLE CLR
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TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. RE SEATTLE TELEPHONE CALL THIS DATE. MINNEAPOLIS REQUESTED TO OBTAIN ELIMINATION PRINTS FROM ALL MEMBERS OF CREW OF HIJACKED PLANE AND FORWARD TO BUREAU IMMEDIATELY.
MINNEAPOLIS ALSO REQUESTED TO EXHIBIT FACSIMILE OF ARTIST'S CONCEPTION PREPARED BY BUREAU TO WITNESSES FOR EVALUATION AND ADVISE BUREAU IMMEDIATELY. P.
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UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING ; EXTORTION.
RE SEATTLE TELEPHONE CALL THIS DATE. MINNEAPOLIS REQUESTED. TO OBTAIN ELIMINATION PRINTS FROM ALL MEMBERS OF CREW OF HIJACKED PLANE AND FORWARD TO BUREAU IMMEDIATELY. MINNEAPOLIS ALSO REQUESTED TO EXHIBIT FACSIMILE OF ARTIST'S CONCEPTION PREPARED BY BUREAU TO WITNESSES FOR EVALUATION AND ADVISE BUREAU IMMEDIATELY P
END AGL FBI .
MINNEAPOLIS ALSO REQUESTED TO EXHIBIT FACSIMILE OF ARTIST'S CONCEPTION PREPARED BY BUREAU TO WITNESSES FOR EVALUATION AND ADVISE BUREAU IMMEDIATELY P
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CLR
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5 DB Cooper-1583NR003 SE PLAIN
3:25 PM. URGENT 11/25/71 DCA
TO
DIRECTOR, FBI
MINNEAPOLIS :
FROM
SEATTLE (164-NEW)
1P
UNSUB ; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
RE SEATTLE TELEPHONE CALL THIS DATE. MINNEAPOLIS REQUESTED TO OBTAIN ELIMINATION PRINTS FROM ALL MEMBERS OF. CREW OF HIJACKED PLANE AND FORWARD TO BUREAU IMMEDIATELY. MINNEAPOLIS ALSO REQUESTED TO EXHIBIT FACSIMILE OF ARTIST'S CONCEPTION PREPARED BY BUREAU TO WITNESSES FOR EVALUATION AND ADVISE
BUREAU IMMEDIATELY. - P - END / . WASH DC HOLD (KAC).
164-81-7
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Date:
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(Type in plaintext or code) URGENT
(Priority)
TO:
DIRECTOR, FBI;
SAC, LAS VEGAS;
SAC, PORTLAND
FROM :
SAC, SEATTLE (164-NEW)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE.
plaintext or code) URGENT
(Priority)
TO:
DIRECTOR, FBI;
SAC, LAS VEGAS;
SAC, PORTLAND
FROM :
SAC, SEATTLE (164-NEW)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
FIVE
RE SEATTLE NITEL TO BUREAU, NOVEMBER TWENTYFOUR, SEVENTYONE.
INVESTIGATION IN SEATTLE DISCLOSED THAT PARACHUTES WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN USED BY SUBJECT, DESIGNATED AS CHEST CHUTE NO. ONE AND BACK CHUTE NO. ONE IN REFERENCED NITEL, ARE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
NO. ONE CHEST PACK TYPE TWENTY-FOUR FOOT, WHITE NYLON CANOPY, WHITE NYLON SHROUDS, ABOUT FOURTEEN FEET LONG, D MODEL T-SEVEN A. CHUTE CONTAINER WAS OLIVE DRAB GREEN WITH A INSCRIBED CONTAINERS, DIMENSIONS OF TEN INCHESEBY FOURTEEN INCHES BY SIX INCHES.
NO. ONE BACK PACK TYPE CHUTE, TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT, WHITE CANOPY, FLAT CIRCULAR MILITARY TYPE. CHUTE CONTAINER IS OLIVE DRAB MILITARY. CHUTE HARNESS IS CIVILIAN LUXURY TYPE
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MADE OF SOFT TAN COTTON MATERIAL. P.
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Special Agent in ChargeNR004. SE PLAIN: 4:25 PM URGENT 11/25/71 DCA TO DIRECTOR, FBI LAS VEGAS. PORTLAND FROM SEATTLE (164-NEW) 1P.
R
UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION.
RE SEATTLE NITEL' TO BUREAU, NOVEMBER TWENTYFIVE, SEVENTYONE. INVESTIGATION IN SEATTLE DISCLOSED THAT PARACHUTES WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN USED BY SUBJECT, DESIGNATED AS CHEST CHUTE NO. ONE AND BACK CHUTE NO. ONE IN REFERENCED NITEL, ARE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: NO. ONE CHEST PACK TYPE TWENTY-FOUR FOOT, WHITE NYLON CANOPY, WHITE NYLON SHROUDS, ABOUT FOURTEEN FEET LONG, MODEL T-SEVEN A.
b6 CHUTE CONTAINER WAS OLIVE DRAB GREEN WITH INSCRIBED CON- b7C TAINERS, DIMENSIONS OF TEN INCHES BY FOURTEEN: INCHES BY SIX INCHES. NO. ONE BACK PACK TYPE CHUTE, TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT, WHITE CANOPY, FLAT CIRCULAR MILITARY TYPE. CHUTE CONTAINER IS OLIVE DRAB MILI- TARY.
ONE BACK PACK TYPE CHUTE, TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT, WHITE CANOPY, FLAT CIRCULAR MILITARY TYPE. CHUTE CONTAINER IS OLIVE DRAB MILI- TARY. . CHUTE HARNESS IS CIVILIAN LUXURY TYPE MADE OF SOFT TAN COTTON MATERIAL. - P - 1 END Cc-Sub. D OK RECEIVED YOU 004 164-81-8 KAÇ FBI WASHINGTON DC OB
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TO
DIRECTOR, FBI
LAS VEGAS
PORTLAND
FROM . SEATTLE (164-NEW)
1P
UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTYONE. CAA - HIJACKING ; EXTORTION.
RE SEATTLE NITEL TO BUREAU, NOVEMBER TWENTYFIVE, SEVENTYONE. INVESTIGATION IN SEATTLE DISCLOSED THAT PARACHUTES WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN USED BY SUBJECT, DESIGNATED AS CHEST CHUTE NO. ONE AND. BACK CHUTE NO. ONE IN REFERENCED NITEL, ARE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: NO. ONE CHEST PACK TYPE TWENTY-FOUR FOOT, WHITE NYLON CANOPY, WHITE NYLON SHROUDS, ABOUT FOURTEEN FEET LONG, MODEL T-SEVEN A. CHUTE CONTAINER WAS OLIVE DRAB GREEN WITH INSCRIBED. CON- b6 b7C TAINERS, DIMENSIONS OF TEN INCHES BY FOURTEEN INCHES BY SIX INCHES. NO.
CHUTE CONTAINER WAS OLIVE DRAB GREEN WITH INSCRIBED. CON- b6 b7C TAINERS, DIMENSIONS OF TEN INCHES BY FOURTEEN INCHES BY SIX INCHES. NO. ONE BACK PACK TYPE CHUTE, TWENTY-EIGHT FOOT, WHITE CANOPY, FLAT CIRCULAR MILITARY TYPE. CHUTE CONTAINER IS OLIVE DRAB MILI- TARY. CHUTE HARNESS IS CIVILIAN LUXURY TYPE MADE OF SOFT TAN COTTON MATERIAL. END AJW
FBI PORAND CLR
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DB Cooper-1588FD-36 (Rev. 5-22-64)
FBI 005
Date:
11/25/71
Transmit the following in
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TELETYPE
(Type in plaintext or code) NITEL
(Priority)
TO:
DIRECTOR, FBI
DAILY TEL
FROM :
SAC, SEATTLE (164-NEW)
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE,
NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION. THOSE WITNESSES IN SEATTLE WHO OBSERVED SUBJECT BEING RE-INTERVIEWED TO EVALUATE ARTIST'S CONCEPTION TODAY. BUREAU WILL BE ADVISED.
Ser 58
MINNEAPOLIS HANDLING CREW MEMBERS. MINNEAPOLIS ALSO OBTAINING ELIMINATION PRINTS FROM CREW MEMBERS. MICROFILM CONTAINING SERIAL NUMBERS OF PAY-OFF MONEY FORWARDED TO BUREAU BY AIR COURIER TODAY.
TERRAINE SEARCH IN LOGICAL AREA OF WASHINGTON STATE NORTH OF PORTLAND, OREGON, BEING CONDUCTED BY BUREAU
TERRAINE SEARCH IN LOGICAL AREA OF WASHINGTON STATE NORTH OF PORTLAND, OREGON, BEING CONDUCTED BY BUREAU AGENTS. AIR SEARCH NOT AUTHORIZED BY MILITARY. INTENSIVE INVESTIGATION CONTINUING INCLUDING CONTACT WITH SKY-DIVING CLUBS AND SIMILAR GROUPS. P.
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OCA
Special Agent in Charge
DB Cooper-1589NR005 SE PLAIN 5:10 PM NITEL 11/25/71 DCA : TO . DIRECTOR, FBI FROM. SEATTLE (164-NEW) 1P
UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT THREE ZERO FIVE, NOVEMBER TWENTY- FOUR, SEVENTYONE, CAA - HIJACKING ; EXTORTION.
THOSE WITNESSES IN SEATTLE WHO OBSERVED SUBJECT BEING RE- INTERVIEWED TO EVALUATE ARTIST'S CONCEPTION TODAY. BUREAU WILL BE. ADVISED.
MINNEAPOLIS HANDLING CREW MEMBERS. MINNEAPOLIS ALSO OBTAINING ELIMINATION PRINTS FROM CREW MEMBERS.
MICROFILM CONTAINING SERIAL NUMBERS OF PAY-OFF MONEY FORWARDED TO BUREAU BY AIR COURIER TODAY.
TERRAINE SEARCH IN LOGICAL AREA OF WASHINGTON STATE NORTH OF PORTLAND, OREGON, BEING CONDUCTED BY BUREAU AGENTS.
TERRAINE SEARCH IN LOGICAL AREA OF WASHINGTON STATE NORTH OF PORTLAND, OREGON, BEING CONDUCTED BY BUREAU AGENTS. AIR SEARCH NOT AUTHORIZED BY MILITARY.
INTENSIVE INVESTIGATION CONTINUING INCLUDING CONTACT WITH SKY- DIVING CLUBS AND SIMILAR GROUPS. - P - END
TRC FBI WDC
164-81-9 3
DB: Cooper-1590OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1862 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE
164 New
DATE:
11/25/71
FROM : SA REESE H. CHIPMAN
MEMO
NO 2
SUBJECT: UNSUB: NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305,
NOVEMBER 24, 1971
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
Div 6, Ext 3592, b7C
b6
At 6:30 AM, call was received from Bureau, and he advised Mr SCHUTZ (Ph) gave following instructions to be given Seattle:
1- Consider having an aeriel survey of the flight route terrain which flight 305 probably would have taken, during daylight hours, to see if parachute can be spotted.
2- Bureau would like FD 388 forms, (FBI Facial Identification fact sheet) prepared based on interview of each witness, for immediate forwarding to Bureau, so that artist can commence work on composite.
2- Bureau would like FD 388 forms, (FBI Facial Identification fact sheet) prepared based on interview of each witness, for immediate forwarding to Bureau, so that artist can commence work on composite.
He was informed that very few of the passengers on the plane were able to give any descriptive data concerning hijacker's face
b6 b7C
3- In submitting data concerning the recorded money, it was suggested Seattle follow instructions in the manual section on KIDNAPPING, under item "Ransom Money".
Val I - Section 66 Pages 10, 11, 11A
164- RHC (2)
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DB Cooper-1591OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE 164 New
DATE:
11/25/71
FROM
: SA REESE H. CHIPMAN
SUBJECT: UNSUB: NOKTIVIST FLIGHT 305,
NOVI PER 24, 1971
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
At 6:30 AM, ca'l was received from Bureau, and he advised Mr SCHUTZ (Ph) cave following instructions
Div 6, Ext 3592, b6
CHIPMAN
SUBJECT: UNSUB: NOKTIVIST FLIGHT 305,
NOVI PER 24, 1971
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
At 6:30 AM, ca'l was received from Bureau, and he advised Mr SCHUTZ (Ph) cave following instructions
Div 6, Ext 3592, b6
b7C to be given Seattle:
1- Consider having an aeriel survey of the flight route terrain which flight 305 probably would have taken, during daylight hours, to see if parachute can be spotted.
2- Bureau would like FD 388 forms, (FBI Facial Identification fact sheet) prepared based on interview of each witness, for immediate forwarding to Bureau, so that artist cam commence work on composite.
He was informed that very few of the passengers on the plane were able to give any descriptive data concerning hijacker's face
3- In submitting data concerning the recorded money, it was suggested Seattle follow instructions in the manual section on KIDNAPPING, under item "Ransom Money".
b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-1592OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.
Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
DB Cooper-1592OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC, SEATTLE
164 New
DATE:
11/25/71
FROM
:
SA REESE H. CHIPMAN
SUBJECT: Unsubx: NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305,
November 24, 1971.
MEMORANDUM number 3
CAA - HIJACKING ; K _ EXTORTION
b6
Re: Memorandum No 2, this date of SA CHIPMAN setting forth instructions received from Div 6, Bureau. b7C
SAC was advised of above instructions and instructed following be done
RE No 1 Telephone
NorthWest Airlines Flight b6
b7C
Operations Office CH-2-2140, or at home Tel
A - Ascertain from him who can furnish the flight route of Flight 305
B - Then contact SA Tacoma RA and have him arrange if b6 possible for helicopter to survey the above mentioned route with an Agent aboard .
b7C
RE No 2. Bureau request re preparation of FD 388 forms with respect to each witness. Contact Mr. BIBLER who is to handle .
Re No 3. Re Submission of data concerning recorded Money. Read Section 66, Volume 3, M of I, Tages Re Kidnapping - "Ransom Money See pages 10,11 and 11A.
Re Submission of data concerning recorded Money. Read Section 66, Volume 3, M of I, Tages Re Kidnapping - "Ransom Money See pages 10,11 and 11A.
Advise Mr. MILNES-what instructions are.
83Pm I Called - 3 W Flight Operations - for Flight plan of 305. He advised to call Flight Dispatch (NW) Ch-3-6497. I gave this info to Bate 164-81-11
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DB Cooper-1593OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.5 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
: SAC SEATTLE (164-NEW)
DATE: November 25, 1971
b6 b7C
FROM :
SA
SUBJECT: UNSUB:
NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
b6
@xE Washington,
advised that when
b7C
discussing the hijacking, they discussed the
b7D
possibility of
in Portland felt that
would be the man.
with
b6 ** b7C
in Portland.
b7D
He is probably
advised that he has a recent photograph of and will make it available to the Seattle FBI.
b7D
He is probably
advised that he has a recent photograph of and will make it available to the Seattle FBI. b7C
b6
b7D
@ - Seattle GET/get
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DB Cooper-1594SAC SEATTLE (164-NEW)
November 25, 1971
SA
b6 b7C
UNSUB : NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
b6
Qxg Washington,
advised that when discussing the hijacking, they discussed the in Portland felt that
b7c b7D
possibility of
would be the man.
with
b6
b7C
in Portland,
b7D
Ile is probably
advised that he has a recent photograph of b6 and will make it available to the Seattle FBI. b7C b7D
2 - Seattle GET/get
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DB Cooper-1595OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1952 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-new)
DATE: 11/25/71
FROM :
SA MAX L. WILSON
SUBJECT:
UNSUB; NW FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
(
At about 12;15Pm, 11/25/71 SA WILSON received a telephone
call from an
WILSON
SUBJECT:
UNSUB; NW FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
(
At about 12;15Pm, 11/25/71 SA WILSON received a telephone
call from an anonymous person who stated he was
was well acquainted with
Oregon. According to He described as 36 to 40 years of age, 517" to 518", 170 lbs., medium brown hair, complexion, medium stocky to muscular build. average appearing face.
b6 b7C b7D
According to the unknown caller,
may be the unknown subject. (2) 164-new MLW :
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11/25/71 SA ED ANDERSON CHECKED WITH SEATTLE PD AND KING COUNTY SO AND FOUND NO RECORD CONCERNING
neues
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ATTLE
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DB Cooper-1596SAG, SEATTLE (164-new)
11/25/71
SA MAX L. WILSON
UNSUB; NW FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
At about 12;15Pm, 11/25/71 SA WILSON received a telephone call from an anonymous person who stated he was was well acquainted b6 b7C b7D
Oregon. According to
He described as 36 to 40 years of age, 5'7" to 5 8, 170 complexion, medium stocky to
lbs.
According to
He described as 36 to 40 years of age, 5'7" to 5 8, 170 complexion, medium stocky to
lbs., medium brown hair, muscular build, average appearing face.
According to the unknown caller, subject.
may be the unknown
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La el
DB Cooper-1597 11/25/71
SAC, SEATTLE (164-NEW)
SA MAX L. WILSON
UNSUB; Northwest Flight 305 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
On the morning of November 25, 1971, Duty Clerk at Minneapolis Office telephonically advised that Stewardess a witness in this case, was presently enroute Minneapolis via Northwest Flight 392, arriving in Minneapolis at about 4:25 p.m. He advised that the airlines had set up an interview room and would be immediately interviewed by an Agent at the airport. The Agent would have the facsimile identifi- cation cat log and FD 383 in his possession to conduct the interview.
The Agent would have the facsimile identifi- cation cat log and FD 383 in his possession to conduct the interview. Minneapolis will then immediately provide Bureau with facsimile of form.
Sea-First Bank, b6 b7c
on the morning of November 25, 1971, advised that he would provide the microfilm of the photographed serial numbers on ransom currency at 10:30 or 11:00 a.m. He did not know the size of the microfilm. He said it would be possible to identify the money obtained by the Unsub from that left in the Sea-First vault.
Fort Lewis, Washington, was provided with the descriptions of the two back packs provided Unsub in Seattle. He was told that we had no description of the two small chest packs which were also given Unsub. advised that looking for the chutes would be most difficult and likened it to searching for a needle in a haystack. telephone number
is stated that he would like to talk to the Captain of the ill-fated Northwest flight concerning the route taken.
164-87-14 Northwest Airlines,
Sea-Tac Airport, on November 25, 1971, was advised of request and provided with telephone number stato
and
164-87-14 Northwest Airlines,
Sea-Tac Airport, on November 25, 1971, was advised of request and provided with telephone number stato
and that of the duty officer at Fort Lewis.
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b6 b7C
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that the victim crew had about 15 minutes in between flights and that he would ask the Captain to call as requested. b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-1599OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO :
SAC, SEATTLE (164-NEW)
DATE:
11/25/71
FROM :
SA MAX L. WILSON
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Northwest Flight 305
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
On the morning of November 25, 1971, Duty Clerk at Minneapolis Office telephonically advised that Stewardess a witness in this case, was presently enroute Minneapolis via Northwest Flight 392, arriving in Minneapolis at about 4:25 p.m. He advised that the airlines had set up an interview room and would be immediately interviewed by an Agent at the airport.
He advised that the airlines had set up an interview room and would be immediately interviewed by an Agent at the airport. The Agent would have the facsimile identifi- cation catalog and FD 383 in his possession to conduct the interview. Minneapolis will then immediately provide Bureau with facsimile of form.
b6 b7C
b6 b7C
Sea-First Bank, on the morning of November 25, 1971, advised that he would provide the microfilm of the photographed serial numbers on ransom currency at 10:30 or 11:00 a.m. He did not know the size of the microfilm. He said it would be possible to identify the money obtained by the Unsub from that left in the Sea-First vault.
Fort Lewis, Washington, was provided with the descriptions of the two back packs provided Unsub in Seattle. He was told that we had no description of the two small chest packs which were also given Unsub. advised that looking for the chutes would be most difficult and likened it to searching for a needle in a haystack. telephone number
b6 b7C is stated that he would like to talk to the Captain of the ill-fated Northwest flight concerning the route taken.
telephone number
b6 b7C is stated that he would like to talk to the Captain of the ill-fated Northwest flight concerning the route taken.
164-81-14
Sea-Tac Airport, on November 25, 1971, was advised of request and provided with telephone number
Northwest Airlines, b6 b7C 
and that of the duty officer at Fort Lewis. stated
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that the victim crew had about 15 minutes in between flights and that he would ask the Captain to call as requested. 
b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-1601OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-NEW)
DATE:
11/25/71
FROM
:
SAC J. E. MILNES
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Northwest Airlines Flight 305
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
At 2:00 p.m. on November 25, 1971, I advised SA of the Washington Field Office that the microfilm in this case was delivered to
of United Airlines Flight 150, departing Sea-Tac 1:05 p.
on November 25, 1971, I advised SA of the Washington Field Office that the microfilm in this case was delivered to
of United Airlines Flight 150, departing Sea-Tac 1:05 p.m., arriving Friendship Airport 10:10 p.m. tonight and asked him to deliver it to Division 6.
b6 b7C
JEM: bfr (2) MY
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DB Cooper-1602SAC, SEATTLE (164-ITEW)
11/25/71
SAC J. F. MILNES
UNSUB; Northwest Airlines Flight 305 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
At 2:00 p.m. on November 25, 1971, I advised SA of the Washington Field Office that the microfilm in this case was delivered to of
United Airlines Flight 150, departing Sea-Tac 1:05 p.m., arriving Friendship Airport 10:10 p.m. tonight and asked him to deliver it to Division 6.
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DB Cooper-1603OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO :
SAC, SEATTLE (164-NEW)
DATE:
11/25/71
b6 b7C
FROM :
SA
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Northwest Flight 305
11/24/71
CAA
6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO :
SAC, SEATTLE (164-NEW)
DATE:
11/25/71
b6 b7C
FROM :
SA
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Northwest Flight 305
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
ASAC PAUL R. BIBLER contacted
of the Minneapolis Division who advised thathe would handle details in obtaining the crew's schedule Stewardess
for Northwest Airlines, for the next check.
advised ASAC BIBLER that he would advise the Bureau and Seattle of the details of schedule.
b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-1604 SAC, SEATTLE (164-NEW)
SA
UNSUB; Northwest Flight 305 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
ASAC PAUL R. BIBLER contacted of the Minneapolis Division who advised thathe would handle details in obtaining the crew's schedule for Northwest Airlines, for the next check.
Stewardess
advised ASAC BIBLER that he would advise the Bureau and Seattle of the details of schedule.
11/25/71
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b6 b7C
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advised ASAC BIBLER that he would advise the Bureau and Seattle of the details of schedule.
11/25/71
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DB Cooper-1605 OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO :
SAC, SEATTLE (164-NEW)
DATE: 11/25/71 .
FROM :
SACJ. E. MILNES
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Northwest Airlines Flight 305
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
On November 25, 1971, SA HELD of the Minneapolis Office, called and advised that the Northwest Airlines, after angulating the plane's position and reviewing the log, concluded that the last known point when the subject was in the plane was over Merwin, Oregon (actually in Washington), the center of a triangle, the base of which was Amboy, Oregon, one leg of which was at Cougar, Washing- ton, the other leg at Pigeon Springs, Washington. An examination of the map, however, revealed all points are in Washington.
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An examination of the map, however, revealed all points are in Washington.
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SAC, SEATTLE (164-NEW)
SICJ. E. MILNES
UNSUB; Northwest Airlines Flight 305 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
On November 25, 1971, SACHELD of the Minneapolis Office, called and advised that the Northwest Airlines, after angulating the plane's position and reviewing the log, concluded that the last known point when the subject was in the plane was over Merwin, Oregon (actually in Washington), the center of a triangle, the base of which was Amboy, Oregon, one leg of which was at Cougar, Washing- ton, the other leg at Pigeon Springs, Washington. An examination of the map, however, revealed all points are in Washington.
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At 1:25 p.m. on November 25, 1971, I called SA at the Bureau. I advised him that thus far we had been unable to get the services of the Army or the Air Force to participate in the search and that we were seeking permission of a general officer at Scot Air Force Base to accomplish this, when we learned that an Agent by the name of at the Bureau was attempting to make similar arrangements with the Pentagon. He advised that a Brigadier General HIXON at the Pentagon had called the Bureau and referred to a law enacted on June 18, 1878 precluding the use of the military forces for this purpose without the permission of the White House. I told him in view of this, we would forget it and try to make other arrangements. I advised him that Northwest Airlines had triangulated the location of the aircraft at 8:05 p.m. on November 24, 1971, which was the latest time the subject was known to be in the air plane and had established this location in the vicinity of Merwin, Washington.
on November 24, 1971, which was the latest time the subject was known to be in the air plane and had established this location in the vicinity of Merwin, Washington. In view of this, were were having the helicopters of the Air National Guard move to that area and we would try to get additional equipment for the search.
In addition, we have sent Agents down to do a ground search. He wanted us to get the prints of the crew for elimination purposes and I told him this was being done by Minneapolis. I then advised that we wanted to make a press release, releasing the description of the Unsub along with the artist's conception which the Bureau was preparing and notify the press of the area of search, urging all to be alert for a parachutist in that area. He advised this was satisfactory. Permission was later obtained from SA DON NANNING of the Crime Records Section to get this release.
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SA advised that we would have to contact a variety of organizations, i.
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SA advised that we would have to contact a variety of organizations, i.e. a parachutists club, VFW, American Legion, survival wilderness groups, and any group who may have knowledge of a person of this description.
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DB Cooper-1609 OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. Memorandum
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TO
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SAC, SEATTLE (164-NEW)
DATE:
11/25/71
FROM :
SAC J. E. MILNES
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Northwest Airlines Flight 305
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACING; EXTORTION
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At 1:25 p.m. on November 25, 1971, I called SA at the Bureau. I advised him that thus far we had been unable to get the services of the Army or the Air Force to participate in the search and that we were seeking permission of a general officer at Scot Air Force Base to accomplish this, when we learned that an Agent by the name of at the Bureau was attempting to make similar arrangements with the Pentagon. He advised that a Brigadier General HIXON at the Pentagon had called the Bureau and referred to a law enactedon June 18, 1878 precluding the use
He advised that a Brigadier General HIXON at the Pentagon had called the Bureau and referred to a law enactedon June 18, 1878 precluding the use of the military forces for this purpose without the permission of the White House. I told him in view of this, we would forget it and try to make other arrangements. I advised him that Northwest Airlines had triangulated the location of the aircraft at 8:05 p.m. on November 24, 1971, which was the latest time the subject was known to be in the air plane and had established this location in the vicinity of Merwin, Washington. In view of this, were were having the helicopters of the Air National Guard move to that area and we would try to get additional equipment for the search.
In addition, we have sent Agents down to do a ground search. He wanted us to get the prints of the crew for elimination purposes and I told him this was being done by Minneapolis. I then advised that we wanted to make a press release, releasing the description of the Unsub along with the artist's conception which the Bureau was preparing and notify the press of the area of search, urging all to be alert for a
I then advised that we wanted to make a press release, releasing the description of the Unsub along with the artist's conception which the Bureau was preparing and notify the press of the area of search, urging all to be alert for a parachutist in that area. He advised this was satisfactory. Permission was later obtained from SA DON HANNING of the Crime Records Section to get this release.
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SA advised that we would have to contact a variety of organizations, i.e. a parachutists club, VFW, American Legion, survival wilderness groups, and any group who may have knowledge of a person of this description.
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DB Cooper-1611 OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
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TO
: SAC, SEATTLE (164-NEW)
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FROM: SPC
SUBJECT: UNSUB ;
NORTHWEST FLIGHT #305
11/24/71
CAA - HIHACKING; EXTORTION
DATE:
11/26/71
SUSP
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telephonically contacted this office at 3:25 A, M.
FROM: SPC
SUBJECT: UNSUB ;
NORTHWEST FLIGHT #305
11/24/71
CAA - HIHACKING; EXTORTION
DATE:
11/26/71
SUSP
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telephonically contacted this office at 3:25 A, M.
this date to advise of the following :
that had learned from
alleges to
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Washington, area. It was further advised by
morning and has not been heard from since. was described as being in his late 40's.
advised that he may be reached at his residence the entire day.
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TO
:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-new)
DATE:
11/25/71
FROM
:
SA MAX L. WILSON
SUBJECT:
UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
SRA THOMAS MANNING on this date advised that he would use Police Department, Woodland, Washington, as his base of oper- ations and that he and his RAs could be located through that department.
WILSON
SUBJECT:
UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
SRA THOMAS MANNING on this date advised that he would use Police Department, Woodland, Washington, as his base of oper- ations and that he and his RAs could be located through that department.
SA MANNING further advised that Weirhauser Company will have a "chopper" in the area tomorrow. He will also contact the US Forest Service for their assistance in searching the terraine.
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SAC, SEATTLE (164-new)
SA MAX L. WILSON
UNSUB; NORTHWEST FLIGHT 305, 11/24/71 CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
SRA THOMAS MANNING on this date advised that he would use Police Department, Woodland, Washington, as his base of oper- ations and that he and his RAs could be located through that department.
SA MANNING further advised that Weirhauser Company will have a "chopper" in the area tomorrow. He will also contact the US Forest Service for their assistance in searching the terraine.
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He will also contact the US Forest Service for their assistance in searching the terraine.
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DB Cooper-1615OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, SEATTLE
DATE: 11-26-71
FROM
:
SA
SUBJECT:
NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT SKYJACKING
On 11-24-71, Agent
Butte Office was advised at 4:53 PM, that an individual by the name of was to have boarded NWAL flight 305 at Missoula, Montana earlier that day.
Information received from the Bureau identified
He was further advised that one D. COOPER boarded the plane at Portland, Oregon, enroute to Seattle, although if any, is not known at this time.
was requested to immediately ascertain from
NWAL and/or
the pos- sibility of being identical with UNSUB. He was furnished physical description of UNSUB as available at that time.
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DB Cooper-1616OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO : SAC (164-
)
DATE:
11-26-71
FROM : SA
SUBJECT:
UNSUB; NWA FLIGHT 305
PORTLAND TO SEATTLE
11-24-71
CAA-HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00:SE
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The following passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 305 from Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington, on November 24, 1971. were interviewed by SA and all stated they had no knowledge of the hijacking of that plane, the infaxmanimm the person committing the hijacking or any other data relating to the incident:
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the person committing the hijacking or any other data relating to the incident:
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The following passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 305 from Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington, on November 24, 1971. were interviewed by SA and all stated they had no knowledge of the hijacking of that plane, the imRmxmanimm the person committing the hijacking or any other data relating to the incident:
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DB Cooper-1618OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum
TO
:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE:
11/26/71
FROM :
SA
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Northwest Airlines
Flight 305
Portland to Seattle
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: Seattle
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Based on descriptions furnished by best
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TO
:
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81)
DATE:
11/26/71
FROM :
SA
SUBJECT:
UNSUB;
Northwest Airlines
Flight 305
Portland to Seattle
11/24/71
CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION
00: Seattle
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Based on descriptions furnished by best witnesses . available, subject is described as follows:

Race :	White
Sex:	Male
Age :	Mid 40's
Height:	5' 10" to 6'
Weight:	170 to 180
Build:	Medium
Hair:	Black, medium length parted on left side
Eyes:	Brown
Complexion :	Olive
Dress :	Wearing a black business suit, white shirt, narrow black tie, black overcoat, black dress shoes

Subject had dark frame sunglasses with brown lenses. He was carrying a black business-like briefcase described as very ordinary. Subjeet. Subject believed to have used parachutes described as follows:
1. Chest pack type 24 foot white nylon canopy, white nylon shrouds, about 14' length, model T-7A.