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D. B. Cooper — Part 1

35 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Nov 24, 1971 · Broad topic: General · Topic: D. B. Cooper · 33 pages OCR'd
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE . FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to Portland, Oregon File No. ’ ae te Ne ad dw wt ee ee December 8, 1971 UNKNOWN SUBJECT, also known as | Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #305, -~ Portland to Seattle, November 24, 1971 _ oo Sek a: 20 "The Daily Telegraph", a London, England, newspaper, 21 i contained an article on May 28, 1971, on Page 4, describing.. - 03 a plot by an unknown subject using the name "Mr. Brown". . sae This individual hoaxed the Qantas Airline at the Sydney - Pe ge nop CON TEA TPA ING ot eS g pi iw N oo International Airport, apparently in Australia, into paying. : 235,000 pounds ransom money after a bomb threat. The fo aircraft involved was a Boeing 707 Airliner. "Mr. Brown" {4s not described in the article, but an “Identikit" picture of him bears a resemblance to an artist's sketch of an a unknown subject who hijacked an airliner between Portland, - = Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, on November 24, 1971, and °~ -extorted $200,000 from Northwest Orient Airlines. This individual is described as white male, 6'1" tall, 170-175 14 pounds, age-mid-forties, olive complexion, brown eyes, ; black hair, conventional cut, parted on left; slender build. J ee ta wn . cage msg meh He Nites ee ce ve a a LAT SEE EPA Pg Pg Pade tetede tne ee tae bat ~ wo Ss SFA EEA SIE TET goa 10 ER Eee A sets oe
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