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% TO FROM SUBJECT: OPTIONAL FORM NO. fo MAY 1982 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 105-11.6 Ur-WED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) DATE. 11/28/71 SA THOMAS J. MANNING UNSUB; NORTHWEST AIRLINES PORTLAND TO SEATTLE — we pie YA 11/24/71 . CAA - HIJACKING; EXTORTION 00: Seattle On November 28, 1971, an intensive door to door canvass being conducted in the area previously designated as a search area for the hijacker. In the course of these contacts, an individual in the Yagolt, Washington yjginity advised that a two-seater grey a_aifplane arouse er suspicions. She pointed out that smali, landing strips cy cy < * probably out of the Portland, Oregon area. This plane has a very large red light on the top of the tail and it was described by individuals who had seen it as “abnormally large” for a plane that size. Further, this plane was flying in the vicinity of the small air strips on the night of November 24, 1971, and never made a landing and it was dark at the time. The plane made a number of passes over various locations in that vicinity with its landing lights on as if it was looking for some- thing. Also information was developed that a car, make and model unknown at this time with an unknown license plate was parked on a road in the vicnhity of the location at which the aircraft was making the night passes on November 24, and also on November 25, 1971. DB Cooper-183i Information has been developed that the partial registration number of the gray Cessna is numerals not recorded and unknown.