Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet associated with Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790. Lists 18 deleted pages, all withheld under the Referral/Consult exemption. Pages:…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated April 14, 1976. SA Jerry G. Wilson reports that on 11/20/75 a source at the Douglas…

FBI Portland case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Physical description of a suspect (olive complexion, dark receding hair) followed by redacted interview details. A source stated the…

Continuation of an investigative interview. Sources know little about the subject's background. The subject claims to receive a pension; sources believe the subject is financially independent but not…

Case file number for the Portland field office D.B. Cooper investigation. An unidentified individual states that a redacted person in no way resembles the D.B. Cooper composite drawing. On 12/17/75…

FBI Portland field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. An individual states he does not believe a redacted person is identical with D.B. Cooper. However, if the FBI is not convince…

Document header indicating this is an FBI Airtel communication. Date of the airtel. FBI Airtel from Director to multiple SAC offices regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Discusses a publicity campa…

Header block of the airtel listing the recipient SAC offices and the case reference NORJAK. Discussion of reward money logistics: $5,000 for the first ransom bill turned in, or $1,000 each for the f…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed from SA Jerry G. Wilson to SAC Portland, regarding NORJAK case (164-41), dated May 11, 1976. The RE line is fully redacted. SA Wilson telephonica…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Portland with case number 164-41, from a Special Agent whose name is redacted. Subject line is NORJAK (FBI codename for the D.B.…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated 5/12/76, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block identifying the memo as from SAC Seattle to Director FBI regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle office i…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case, Seattle field office file 164-81. Seattle field office indicates it will prepare an all-SAC airtel with a brief synopsis of the D.B. Cooper case facts…

Memo header addressed from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle, dated 5/18/76, regarding the NORJAK case. The suspect name is redacted. Body of memo referencing a Kansas City letter to Portland dated 1/2/76…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated May 21, 1976. Sender is an SC whose name is redacted. An unidentified individual visited the Portl…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Portland, dated June 9, 1976, regarding the NORJAK case. An FBI Special Agent physically observed a person in Oregon on…

Date of the airtel. Airtel from SAC Portland to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Portland newspapers (Oregonian and Oregon Journal) were contacted about republishing serial numbers of the extorti…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, dated 7/10/76, regarding case NORJAK (164-41). Sender SA name is redacted under b6/b7C. An anonymous male caller telephoned the Po…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated July 8, 1976, from an unidentified Special Agent (redacted). Body of memo references a prior memo by S…

Header block of FBI memo from SAC Portland to Director FBI, Identification Division, regarding NORJAK case, dated 7/16/76. On July 10, 1976, a redacted individual called the Portland FBI Office to r…

Document/case identifier at top of page. A redacted witness statement about MARION MOONEY's occupation, stating he did not know MOONEY's past occupation and believes MOONEY is currently retired. Sev…

Standard header for a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Portland, dated 7/26/76, regarding the NORJAK case. A female informant visited the Portland FBI office on 7/7/7…

Case identifier header for the Portland division file 164-41. Continuation from previous page; a female had attributed the hijacking allegation to the interviewee. An individual in Oregon was inter…

FBI case file number for the Portland field office D.B. Cooper investigation. A person close to the suspect states it is inconceivable the suspect would jump from a plane with a parachute, as it wou…

Teletype routing header from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Portland and SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case, Office of Origin Seattle. An unidentified individual from Oregon wrote to Northwest Orient Airlin…

Page two of an FBI teletype (MP 164-73) dated December 31, 1976. A redacted individual also advised a redacted person in a letter to contact the FBI in Seattle, Washington with any information he has…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Portland (file 164-41), dated August 4, 1976. Sender is a Special Agent whose name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Subject…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated August 2, 1976, sent via NITEL teletype in plaintext. Routing information: teletype sent from Portland field office to Minneapolis and Seat…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL sent via AIRMAIL on August 4, 1976. Routing block of the FBI airtel addressed from Portland SAC to the FBI Director's Identification D…

Standard FBI Identification Division header for a Latent Fingerprint Section report, form 1-336 revised 7-16-73. File reference numbers and addressee field of the FBI report, directed to Special Age…

FBI form identifier and revision date Document header with transcription date An individual residing in Oregon was interviewed by an FBI Special Agent regarding an allegation that he was D.B. Coope…

FBI Portland field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of a physical description form for a suspect. Hair is described as brown, slightly receding, parted on left side…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date. Document title and transcription date. An individual from Oregon voluntarily appeared at the Portland FBI Office after receiving a tele…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, from an unnamed Special Agent, regarding NORJAK (FBI code name for D.B. Cooper case), dated August 19, 1976. An FBI Special Agent…

FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report header, addressed to SAC Portland, dated August 20, 1976. Case reference line identifying the NORJAK case (FBI code name for the D.B. Co…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date. FD-302 interview of Marion Henry Mooney. Mooney is a self-employed Christmas tree cutter and land speculator residing on Jasper…

Case file number and page indicator. Subject MARION HENRY MOONEY states he has never been in trouble and consents to be photographed by an FBI Special Agent. Exemption/redaction codes b6 and b7C an…

Header of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle, dated 8/27/76, regarding the NORJAK case with Seattle as the Office of Origin. Portland office reports that Marion Henry Mooney o…

FBI filing stamp showing case number 164-91-1551, with searched/indexed/serialized/filed checkboxes, dated September 1, 1976, from FBI-Portland office. FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and…

FBI form identifier and revision date. Header of FD-302 form with transcription date. An employee of Royal Globe Insurance Company in New York City was interviewed on August 25, 1976 about an anony…

Heavily redacted FBI document page. A 'PHONE' field label is visible with its value redacted. Two large redaction boxes obscure most content. FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law e…

Date written at top right of the letter. A citizen writes to the FBI requesting information about D.B. Cooper's airplane hijacking between Oregon and Idaho. The writer also asks about Bigfoot sighti…

Return address area has been redacted with a white rectangle, likely for privacy under b6/b7C exemptions. Circular postmark stamp from San Bernardino, CA dated August 26, 1976. 13-cent US postage s…

Newspaper masthead identifying the publication, page number, and date. Article about Oregon legislative bills HB 2221 and HB 2216 to add judges to Lane County and other Oregon counties, with Lane Co…

Scanned envelope mailed from Eugene, Oregon on August 9, 1976, addressed to Globe Indemnity Co. at 150 William Street, New York, N.Y. A receiving stamp indicates it arrived at the New York Office Adm…

Heavily degraded image showing what appears to be a photograph or photocopy of an envelope. A diagonal line bisects the rectangular outline, suggesting a sealed envelope viewed from the back. The num…

Header referencing Globe Indemnity Co. and a date of 7/30/76. A tip letter addressed to investigators stating that D.B. Cooper is actually Marion Mooney, living at Rt. 1 Box 140 on Jasper Road, Spri…

Location header fragment indicating the letter originates from or references Eugene. Author claims to have provided information to the FBI about a person named Mooney being D.B. Cooper. Describes a…

Date of the AIRTEL memo. FBI AIRTEL memo from ADIC New York to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Encloses FD-302 forms documenting contact with a redacted individual at Royal Glo…

FBI case file number from the New York field office. The writer of a letter claims prior contact with the FBI in Eugene, Oregon. The Portland field office will review the letter's contents and decid…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo addressed from Seattle SAC to Portland SAC regarding the NORJAK case, with a redacted RE line protected under b6/b7C exemptions. Seattle office r…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date of September 23, 1976. An individual from Oregon reported finding a white parachute with cut rigging while coyote hunt…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, with Office of Origin Seattle and Bureau file number 164-2111. Portland office reports that a reda…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Portland to SAC Mobile, dated 10/4/76, regarding the NORJAK case (OO: Seattle, BuFile 164-2111). References a prior Portland letter to Seattle dat…

Continuation of a previous page describing a subject's travel plans and understanding of arrangements. Heavy redactions obscure the subject's name, destinations, and other details. States that a red…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated October 6, 1976. Routing block showing an airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, referencing an unsub and a parac…

FBI airtel routing header from NORJAK case file, Seattle office to Portland office, with registry number 406918, dated 10/19/76 and received 10/20/76, shipped via registered mail. FBI airtel regardi…

FBI Airtel transmission header from SAC Portland to Director FBI, Identification Division, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), office of origin Seattle. An unidentified Oregon telepho…

Case file number for this FBI document. An individual states that he and another person considered contacting authorities about a resemblance between a redacted individual and the artist conception…

Case file number for Portland Division file 164-41. AIRS records in Lane County, Oregon were checked on 10/15/76 for a redacted individual with no record found. Oregon DMV advised via teletype that…

Date of the airtel memo. Standard FBI airtel header. Sent from SAC Portland to SAC Mobile regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), with Seattle as office of origin. Portland file number 16…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, from an SPC (name redacted), regarding NORJAK possible suspect, office of origin Portland. A tipster telephoned the FBI Portland o…

Handwritten FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case. FBI Portland field office filing stamp indicating the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on November 2, 1976. Handwritte…

A handwritten letter addressed to Julius Mattson from an unidentified sender (name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions) proposing a theory about how D.B. Cooper escaped. The writer suggests Cooper had a…

Circular USPS postmark from Lincoln, NE, dated 26 OCT 1976. FBI FOIA redaction exemption codes indicating personal privacy redactions (b6 = personal privacy, b7C = law enforcement personal privacy).…

FBI Portland filing stamp dated November 5, 1976, with a case or serial number handwritten above it. The page appears to be a mostly blank page or the reverse side of a document that was serialized a…

Header block of an FBI airtel (internal communication) dated 11/3/76, sent from SAC Mobile to SAC San Diego regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), with Office of Origin Seattle and Bureau file 164-2111…

Case file number MO 164-34, page 2 of the document. Instructions to locate and interview a redacted individual per a Portland letter lead. Suggests reviewing the referenced report and 'Investigation…

Header and metadata of an FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report dated November 4, 1976, addressed to SAC Portland, regarding case NORJAK. Report states that latent impression…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated November 10, 1976, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC San Diego directing San Diego to discontinue investigation of a s…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated November 12, 1976, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block identifying the airtel as being sent from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the…

Case file number for the document. A redacted individual stated to someone that he was afraid if he furnished information about a suspect to the FBI, the FBI would cheat him out of the reward money.…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated November 10, 1976, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel addressed from SAC Seattle to SAC San Diego regarding the NORJAK case, with Seattle as Office of Or…

FBI filing and indexing stamp showing the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on November 18, 1976. A handwritten case or serial number 164n/4l - 1572 appears above the stamp. FOIA…

Handwritten letter dated 11-14-76 from an anonymous tipster addressed to 'Sirs' offering to help the FBI locate the D.B. Cooper hijacking money and/or the hijacker. The writer claims to be able to fi…

A handwritten note from a person identifying themselves as 'Truman,' apparently a tipster calling from out of state offering to help the FBI locate something or someone related to the D.B. Cooper cas…

The sender's return address has been redacted with a black bar, consistent with FOIA privacy redactions. Handwritten mailing address on the envelope directed to the FBI Portland field office at 1500…

FBI filing and serialization stamp showing case number 164-41-1573, with SEARCHED/INDEXED/SERIALIZED/FILED fields, dated November 22, 1976, with illegible initials. FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal…

Header of a U.S. Government memorandum from SAC Portland to SAC Indianapolis regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior report dated 5/30/73 by a redacted Special Agent at Seattle. An anonymous lett…

Memo header addressed to SAC Portland, dated 11/18/76, from a redacted Special Agent, subject Media Relations. In anticipation of media inquiries about the NORJAK case, a Public Information Officer…

Document sub-file designation for this FBI report page. IRS assessment stating that anyone claiming to be D.B. Cooper after 11/24/76 would owe $217,523.00 in taxes (growing with interest), plus poss…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated November 24, 1976. Teletype from Portland FBI field office to Director and Seattle reporting that a U.S. Grand Jury in Portland, Oregon retu…

FBI letterhead from the Portland, Oregon field office, dated November 24, 1976. Press inquiry directive instructing that questions about the possible indictment of D.B. Cooper be referred to the U.S…

FBI filing stamp with case number 164-41-1580, showing SEARCHED/INDEXED/SERIALIZED processing stamps from FBI Portland field office, with a partially legible November date. Partial handwritten repet…

Top portion of the legal form with line numbers and what appears to be a partial signature or initials near line 4. Federal court caption for a criminal indictment in the District of Oregon. The Uni…

Continuation of a prior count describing the hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 between Portland, Oregon and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, charging violation of Section 902(i)…

Partially visible official stamp or seal at the top of the page. Continuation of the indictment charging that the defendant (John Doe a/k/a Dan Cooper) hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines aircraft…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated November 26, 1976, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Memo from SAC Portland to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Encloses copy of indictment returned 11/24/…

Handwritten FBI case file number, partially legible. FBI field office processing stamp indicating the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed at the Portland field office on November 3…

A handwritten letter dated September 26, 1976 addressed 'Dear Sir' from an anonymous tipster who claims to know the identity of Dan Cooper. The writer enclosed a photograph for comparison with FBI sk…

A handwritten tip letter to the FBI from an anonymous source (name redacted) suggesting a suspect in the D.B. Cooper case. The writer describes someone who committed fraud for money, had a persuasive…

Scanned image of a mailed envelope addressed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Portland, Oregon. Postmarked November 26, 1976. The handwriting shows apparent misspellings of 'Investigation' a…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Portland to SAC Chicago regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), referencing a suspect in Chicago, Illinois, and a prior report from 5…

FBI Nonsymbol Source Administrative Page for Portland Division case 164-41. The source identity and location details are redacted, with only 'Oregon' visible. FOIA exemption codes b6, b7C, and b7D ar…

Header addressing the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) of the Portland FBI office, case number 80-501 Sub 1, dated 11/29/76, from a redacted Special Agent. On November 1, 1976, a redacted individual fr…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL sent via AIRMAIL, dated December 2, 1976. Routing information showing the memo is from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJA…

Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge John G. Devine, Portland office, declining an offer from a Chicago, Illinois resident who volunteered to search the ground area of Southwest Washington where h…

FBI response letter from Special Agent in Charge John G. Devine declining a citizen's offer of services and assistance to help locate D.B. Cooper, citing lack of authority and funds for such an arran…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header, dated December 8, 1976, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block indicating an AIRTEL from SAC Portland to SAC New Orleans regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper…

File or case designation number at top of page. Leads section directing the New Orleans field office to contact a redacted individual in Louisiana regarding a suspect she has identified, and to cond…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. An AIRTEL sent via AIRMAIL from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), dated 12/8/76. A source in Portland, Oregon reported…

Case/file reference number for Portland field office file 164-41. Lead assignment directing the Seattle field office to contact a redacted individual by telephone in Washington for full details of t…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, specifically about a parachute found by a redacted individual. Seattle Division…

FBI file reference numbers and dictation/typist codes for this report page. An FBI Special Agent in Eugene, Oregon recontacted a male subject on November 1 and November 12, 1976. The subject reporte…

Header block of an FBI memo from SAC Portland to the Director, FBI, dated 12/7/76, regarding Media Relations. Cover note enclosing two copies of a Sunday Oregonian newspaper article dated 11/14/76 a…

File reference number for the document. SAC John G. Devine, Media Relations Coordinator, instructs that a redacted Special Agent familiar with the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation since its incept…

FBI Portland field office sub-file designation for the D.B. Cooper case. Continuation of a list of media outlets and reporters (names redacted under b6/b7C exemptions) who were involved in broadcast…

FBI case file sub-number reference. A reporter (name redacted) for the Oregon Journal newspaper in Portland prepared an article similar to one in the Oregonian. The Journal contributes to UPI and th…

Standard header for a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum form (Optional Form No. 10, July 1973 edition). Routing block of the memo. Sent from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK cas…

Date of the airtel document. FBI AIRTEL routing header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), with office of origin listed as Seattle. An individual from Oregon conta…

Continuation page (page 2) of an FBI report under case PD 164-41. Assigns a lead to the Seattle field office to conduct appropriate investigation at Aberdeen, Washington. Page number indicator showi…

Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Portland to SAC Anchorage regarding the NORJAK case, dated 12/21/76. An informant from Oregon telephonically reported on 12/20/76 that approximately in No…

Portland field office case number reference for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. An unnamed individual requested that their suggestion of a possible source of information in the Cooper case b…

Standard US Government memorandum header from Optional Form No. 10. FBI interoffice memo from SAC Indianapolis to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). An SA interviewed a person in Indi…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date. An employee of Pacific Power and Light Company reported finding a piece of nylon cord approximately 12 feet 8 inches long in Sa…

FBI Portland field office return address and date of letter. Recipient address in Virginia and salutation, both redacted under b6/b7C FOIA exemptions. FBI Portland office responds to a letter from…

Continuation of a letter indicating the FBI office is unaware of any book providing accurate detailed coverage of the D.B. Cooper incident, and apologizing for not being able to furnish the requested…

FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 29, 1976. Subject line identifying an unidentified suspect and a redacted complainant name. P…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated January 3, 1977. The Re: line is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Se…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmittal header dated 11/15/76, sent via Air Mail. Routing block: From ADIC Los Angeles (file 164-497) to SAC Seattle (file 164-91), regarding NORJAK case, office of ori…

Continuation from previous page. An unnamed source states he is not yet at liberty to discuss details but acknowledges specific data would be needed for the US Attorney to form a prosecutive opinion…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office, case 164-497. Large redacted paragraph; contents fully withheld under privacy and law enforcement exemptions. An unidentified individual appea…

Continuation of an interview or report in which an unidentified individual discussed obtaining a written document immunizing someone from prosecution related to a hijacking. The individual stated he…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. An AUSA (Assistant US Attorney) in Los Angeles was contacted on 11/12/76 by a redacted individual and on 11/15/76 advised SA Stranger that, in…

Date stamp at top of page. FBI AIRTEL routing header from SAC Seattle to ADIC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK case, referencing unknown subject with redacted identifying information. Seattle FBI offic…

Header of FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated January 10, 1977. Portland FBI office reports on investigation of a suspect identified in Oregon. The individu…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header. From SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle, dated January 4, 1977, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Office of Origin is Seattle. Body…

FBI case file number for the Las Vegas field office, file 164-60. A redacted individual states something about an occasion related to the captioned case. Most substantive details are redacted. Cont…

FBI case file number for the Las Vegas field office. A redacted individual in Las Vegas acknowledged information on 12/28/76 regarding the D.B. Cooper matter and discussed an attempt to establish so…

Header of FBI memo from SA (Special Agent, name redacted) to SAC Portland, dated January 11, 1977, regarding NORJAK case with Office of Origin in Seattle. Reference line citing a redacted subject an…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated January 12, 1977, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Memo addressed from SAC Portland to the FBI Director, External Affairs Division, regarding media r…

FBI form number identifier for this sub-document. On 12/27/76 a conference was held at the Portland FBI Office between ASAC and a TV production crew. The crew wanted to interview the lead Special Ag…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 7, 1977. Routing block identifying the airtel as sent from ADIC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, with an unknown…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office D.B. Cooper investigation. On January 3, 1977, a contact at Burbank Studios of Warner Brothers - Columbia Studios in Burbank, CA advised that no…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number header. A Chevrolet Corvette owned by General Motors Corporation in Los Angeles was found stripped and abandoned in Chicago, Illinois. A theft report had bee…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. An investigative lead assigned to the Los Angeles field office directing agents to locate and interview a redacted individ…

Memo header addressed to SAC Portland, dated January 6, 1976, with redacted SA (Special Agent) name. An Allen Landsberg Productions representative repeatedly contacted the FBI writer regarding use o…

Case/file reference number for the document. Continuation of a memo discussing the TV series 'In Search Of' which was expected to air in spring 1977. A redacted individual agreed to try to provide t…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an airtel sent via air mail dated January 19, 1977. Routing block showing the airtel is from the Assistant Director in Charge (ADIC) of the Los…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office, NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case. The LA office notes that all information on this lead originated from the Las Vegas Division. A person (name redacted)…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle requests Portland to reinterview an individual in Oregon and ascertain the n…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Encloses an FD-302 interview of a redacted individual in Alaska. Portland office also designated for i…

Standard USG memorandum header from an SA (Special Agent) to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) of case 80-501-Sub 1, dated January 19, 1977, regarding media relations. An Oregonian newspaper reporte…

Header identifying the program as the 'AT LARGE' series, subject D.B. Cooper. A personal release form dated 1/19/77 from Alan Landsburg Productions, Inc. (Beverly Hills) granting the production comp…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated January 24, 1977, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL precedence. Routing block of the airtel. Sent from ADIC Los Angeles to FBI Director, Identifi…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. FBI memo reporting that information about a TV documentary titled 'Still at Large' by Alan Landsburg Productions concernin…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Introduction to a witness or source statement, heavily redacted. Someone explained information related to another person w…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office, case 164-497. A partially redacted passage in which an unidentified individual is making references to his notes but was not certain of the inf…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for this report. Continuation from a prior page discussing information allegedly provided to the Los Angeles FBI. The LA Division recommends investigation to…

Continuation of investigative leads under LA file 164-497. Instruction to verify the death of Bryant Coffelt via Vital Statistics and obtain cause of death and next of kin information. Portions redac…

FBI Los Angeles field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Lead assignment for the Los Angeles field office indicating the office will maintain contact with a redacted individu…

FBI teletype from Los Angeles field office to Director and Portland, dated February 1, 1977, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. References a prior airtel from January 24, 1977 and a t…

Teletype page header indicating this is page two of message 164-497, sent in the clear (unencrypted). Heavily redacted passage with personal information removed under Privacy Act (b6) and source-ide…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, case 164-41, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJACK, dated January 31, 1977. A female caller from Oregon reported on 1/8…

FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director, Alexandria, Los Angeles, and Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case subject Bryant Jack Coffelt (sub 869). References an Alexandria teletype…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of teletype SE 164-81. An Assistant U.S. Attorney in Seattle advised on February 8, 1977 that a subpoena for records should originate from the Portlan…

Handwritten FBI case file number, likely referencing NORJAK case 164-41, sub-file 1618. FBI administrative filing stamp indicating the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on Februa…

Grand Jury subpoena issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, dated February 10, 1977, commanding an unnamed (redacted) individual to testify and bring documents. The subpoena not…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 2/11/77, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block: Portland SAC to Alexandria SAC regarding NORJAK case, specifically subject Bryant Jack Coffelt (…

Case file reference number for the Portland FBI field office. States that indictments have been returned against the subject for crime aboard aircraft, aircraft piracy, and Hobbs Act violations. The…

File number, dictation initials, and page number for this FBI report page. An FBI Special Agent interviewed a member of the Oregon Police Department in Albany, Oregon on January 19, 1977. The interv…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 18, 1977. Portland FBI office received a postcard from an anonymous co…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 18, 1977. A Washington State Patrol member in Goldendale, WA contacted…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date of February 24, 1977. An unnamed individual (redacted) furnished items to the FBI interviewing agent pursuant t…

FBI transmittal form header indicating communication sent via Airtel, dated February 24, 1977. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Alexandria to SAC Portland regarding the…

Case file number reference for the document. Partially redacted statement indicating original microfilm records are being maintained at an unspecified location. FOIA exemption codes b3, b6, and b7C…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated March 1, 1977, sent via AIRTEL / AIRMAIL. Routing information: from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, with Seattle as the office…

Case file number for the Portland FBI field office D.B. Cooper case. A redacted source advises that they have thought extensively about the hijacking and concluded it is not realistic to assume the…

Routing header of an FBI inter-office memo from Las Vegas to Seattle, dated 2/28/77, regarding the NORJACK case with Seattle as the Office of Origin. An individual in Las Vegas, whose name is redact…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header indicating a message sent via AIRTEL on March 4, 1977. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle is r…

FBI file reference numbers and dictation/typist codes for this FD-302 or investigative insert. FBI investigative insert documenting a voluntary interview at the Eugene, Oregon FBI Resident Agency on…

File numbers, dictation initials, and page number for this continuation page of the FBI report. Continuation of an FBI interview regarding a person who resembled D.B. Cooper. The interviewees descri…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated March 4, 1977. Routing information: airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). SAC Portland…

Case file reference number for the document. Lead assignment directed to the Seattle field office instructing agents in Aberdeen, Washington to: (1) conduct investigation to further identify a redac…

Header of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland, dated March 7, 1977, regarding the NORJAK case. The RE line references a redacted suspect name. An individual appeared at the Por…

FBI inter-office memo from Chicago to SAC Seattle and SAC Chicago, dated 3/11/77, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A suspect from Chicago, Illinois was investigated. An informant/contact on 3…

FBI case file number for Chicago field office, file 164-297. Redacted FBI investigative text. A source advised about a subject with no apparent financial problems. Another source could not locate or…

Teletype routing header from FBI Los Angeles field office transmitting a ROUTINE priority message to FBI Director and multiple field offices including Alexandria, Honolulu, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Po…

Page two of an FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office (file 164-497) describing a lead in which a source related information about a person who was possibly the hijacker known as D.B. Cooper.…

Header line indicating this is page three of a teletype under Los Angeles file number 164-497, marked CLEAR. Large redacted block with exemption codes b6, b7C, b7D indicating personal privacy and so…

Page four of an FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office (case LA 164-497) regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. The document directs investigative leads to the Honolulu and Washin…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Airtel is checked as the transmit method. Date is 3/29/77. FBI airtel memo from SAC, WFO to Director, FBI regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper case). WFO encloses an FD-…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. An individual in Washington, D.C. was interviewed by telephone and provided information. The person stated som…

Case file number from Washington Field Office and page number (page 2 of sub-document). Redacted statement from an unidentified source indicating something; content fully obscured by FOIA b6/b7C/b7D…

FBI memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. An SA conducted an investigation in Albany, Oregon, interviewing a contact at the Albany Oregon Police Department ab…

Date of the memo Inter-office FBI memo header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing subject Bryant Jack Coffelt and an Alexandria airtel dated 2/24/77. An envelope…

Document identifier and dictation/typist codes for this FBI report page. An FBI Special Agent at Bend, Oregon contacted the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office and Bend Police Department regarding BRY…

Case number, agent initials, and page number for the FBI report. Standard FBI report form line indicating the investigation was conducted by a Special Agent (name redacted) at Portland, Oregon. Six…

FBI Chicago office memo to SAC Seattle reporting that efforts were made April 12–27, 1977 to return evidence to a redacted individual in Illinois. On April 28, 1977, the person was contacted and item…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle and Portland offices, dated May 7, 1977, classified as ROUTINE priority. Teletype body regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Refer…

Continuation header for page two of Los Angeles field office teletype, case number LA 164-497. Continuation of a teletype describing an interview in which a redacted individual stated that Bureau ag…

FBI FD-263 cover page for the NORJAK case, reported from the Seattle office, dated 5/31/77, covering the investigative period 11/24/76 through 4/11/77. Character of case is CAA - Hijacking; Extortion…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Status update on suspect investigations: 908 total suspects with 880 eliminated. No promising suspects remain. Individual sus…

FD-204 cover sheet for an FBI report on the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), dated 5/31/77, filed by the Seattle field office. Field Office File 164-81, Bureau File 164-2111. The reporting agent'…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case, Seattle field office. Continuation of FBI report on the D.B. Cooper case. As of 12/31/76, a manual search of FBI Headquarters missing persons indices w…

Classification or routing marker at top-left of page. Date of the memo. FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References subject BRYANT JAC…

Classification or routing marking at top left of page. Date of the memo. FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing a redacte…

FBI filing stamp with case serial number and processing checkboxes. Date stamp indicating August 1977 receipt or processing date, with partially obscured additional text. FOIA exemption codes b6 (p…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and report date. A redacted individual appeared at the Las Vegas FBI Office and was identified to SAs including ALVIN J. ZIMMERMAN by…

FBI case file number from Las Vegas field office (LV 164-60), page 2 of the document. A single partially visible line with a redacted name followed by 'said that' and further redacted content, indic…

FBI case file number from Las Vegas field office (LV 164-60), page 3 of the document. Entire paragraph redacted under FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, b7D (personal privacy and confidential source). Mostly…

FBI Las Vegas field office case number LV 164-60, page 4 of the report. Heavily redacted passage describing someone who made photographs available. The photographs appear to be of different sizes, i…

Routing or classification marker at top left of page. FBI airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle, dated 8/4/77, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Las Vegas is enclosing photographs and an F…

Small header text, likely classification or routing mark. Date of the memo. FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A confidential informant…

Continuation of an FBI Portland field office report (case PD 164-41). A redacted individual emphasized that his/her suggestion regarding this matter should be kept completely confidential. Exemption…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel cover sheet header with date 8/25/77, transmitted via AIRTEL. Routing information for NORJAK case airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland. References Seattle letter to Port…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, Seattle field office. On August 22, 1977, agents checked an address in Vancouver, WA and found a U-Haul business that had been operat…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated August 30, 1977, sent via AIRTEL. Routing information: airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage regarding NORJAK case, with Bureau file number…

A redacted individual was shown artist's composite sketches of the D.B. Cooper hijacking subject and stated the composites could be a current photograph of someone. After being provided with a detail…

Continuation of a report referencing an FBI contact who relayed a rumor about a redacted individual; another redacted party should have more information. Leads assigned to the Anchorage Division to…

Classification or routing marks at top of document with an 'X' stamp. FBI airtel (internal memo) from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle dated 9/6/77 regarding the NORJAK case. A subject was interviewed on…

Classification or routing marking at top left of page. FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), dated 10/21/77. References Buf…

Case file reference number header for Portland Division file 164-41. An officer from an Oregon Police Department advised on 9/7/77 about a suspect who is a white male with short brown hair who drive…

Case file reference number for the Portland FBI field office document, page continuation. A source in Oregon whose identity is protected advised on 9/7/77 about records that were checked. The Portla…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Internal FBI memorandum from a Special Agent in Portland to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing an investigative insert a…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage regarding the NORJAK case, dated October 18, 1977. The RE line is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. The memo refere…

Case file number, typist initials, and page number header for Portland field office file 164-41. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation in Oregon. On September 9, 1977, a Sheriff's Office c…

FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header. Sent via Teletype, Routine precedence, CLEAR (unclassified), dated December 14, 1977. Teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Butte regarding the NORJAK (D.B. C…

Header line identifying this as a memo to the SAC of the Portland FBI office, case number 80-501, dated 12/1/77, from a redacted Special Agent. Subheading indicating the subject matter of the memo.…

FBI teletype from Butte field office to Seattle and Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A. M. Robinson of Falk, Idaho, age 52, reported on December 15, 1977 that he read an Oregonian ne…

NCIC (National Crime Information Center) teletype response dated December 15, 1977 at 15:53 hours. The query references message 0039 and returns a 'NO RECORD' result for serial number C29167484A, typ…

FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) for file 164-41. Handwritten notation indicates serial 1656 was skipped. No dates charged, employee names, or other fields are filled in. The form is otherwise…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from an SA (Special Agent) in Portland to SAC Portland, dated January 5, 1978, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The memo documents contin…

Date of the memo. FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, with suspect name redacted. A Portland Police Bureau contact informed an FBI SA in November 19…

A redacted individual, described as a professional police officer, acknowledged the information provided is minimal but stated the source is firm and will not provide further details. Lead assigned…

FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) dated February 1, 1997, for file 164-41, serial number 1659. The serial is noted as missing (can't locate) when purging the case, with an instruction 'Do Not Re…

Case file number, typist initials, and page number header. FBI investigation report dated January 4, 1978. A Special Agent in Oregon interviewed at least two female individuals (pronouns 'she/her' u…

Case file number and typist/dictation identifiers for Portland Division file 164-41. An unidentified Sheriff's Office in Oregon contacted the FBI on September 9, 1977, reporting a suspect described…

Date of the memo. Inter-office FBI memo header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Portland FBI office transmits two investigative inserts to Seattle regarding an investigat…

FBI filing stamp with case number 164-41-1662, showing the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed, date-stamped approximately January 17, 1978, with an illegible signature or initials.…

Page number indicator at top of page Date of the letter Author explains delay in sending the letter, originally begun Nov. 26, 1977, and notes enclosure of a replacement article. The writer descri…

Original page number '3' handwritten between two hole punches at top of page. Opening fragment of a witness statement, with the subject's identity redacted. Large empty rectangular box, possibly re…

Page number 4 of original multi-page handwritten document. Witness describes a man who turned around, picked something up, gently placed it back on the table, then slowly went out. Witness describe…

Witness describes a man estimated 42–50 years old, heavyset around 180+ lbs, neatly dressed with a tie and dark or black oxford shoes. Witness describes two tall, handsome men in suits. Discusses th…

The letter writer apologizes for not noting the exact date they called local detectives, estimating it was late December 1971 or January 1972. They express frustration that the detectives dismissed t…

Redacted return address block, obscured by a white rectangle covering the sender's identity. FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted personal information (b6 — personal privacy, b7C — law enforceme…

Header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). The RE line is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions…

FBI Vault reference number stamped on the page. Main headline of the newspaper article recalling D.B. Cooper's skyjacking. Cartoon illustration accompanying the article. Main article text recounti…

News article about severe winter storm impacts along I-80 corridor in Oregon. Travelers were stranded, vehicles abandoned, roads impassable due to freezing conditions and low visibility. Over 40,000…

Date and redacted sender information at top of letter. Address block directed to a redacted individual at FBI Portland, Oregon. Writer encloses a Sunday Oregonian article from November 14, 1976 abo…

FBI Portland field office return address and date of the letter. FOIA privacy exemption codes applied to the redacted recipient name and address block. Form letter from FBI Portland SAC Arthur G. B…

Document header showing Portland field office case number 164-41, dictated by SM, typed by ja, page 1. An FBI Special Agent in Oregon conducted an investigation. On January 9, 1978, an unidentified…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, file 164-41, dated February 5, 1978, from an SPC (Special Agent) whose name is redacted. Subject is NORJAK (the FBI cod…

FBI Indices Search Slip (FD-168) dated 2/5/78 requesting a search of all references through the Chief Clerk. Subject information is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. The Remarks column contai…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header. From a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Portland, dated February 9, 1978, regarding the NORJACK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), Office of Origin Seattle,…

Case file number header for this page. Heavily redacted narrative about a person who has never caused trouble, who mentioned something to someone, and who was contacted in Oregon in 1978. A Police D…

Continuation of a personal description form showing hair (brown), eyes (brown), with redacted Social Security number, address, and occupation. A witness or officer states he only briefly observed th…

FBI case file number for the Portland field office NORJAK investigation. The document discusses a suspect whose arrest record was reviewed. Because the suspect's physical description does not match…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 2/15/78, referencing Bureau file 164-2111. An anonymous individual contacted the Portland F…

FBI Portland Division case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. The author notes that a redacted individual's name keeps appearing in the investigation, and it is prudent to resolve their…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Portland encloses an investigative insert concerning a redacted suspect from a location in Washington s…

Memo header showing recipients (SAC Tampa, SAC Portland), case name NORJAK, office of origin Seattle, and Bureau file number. Body of memo explains that a newspaper article by Barrie Watts in World…

FBI Portland field office letterhead and date. Redacted recipient address in California and salutation. Redaction codes b6, b7C, b7D noted in right margin. Form response letter from FBI Special Age…

FBI Portland field office return address and date of letter. Recipient name and address redacted; only 'New York' is visible. Response letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge Arthur G. Barger thank…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo addressed to SAC San Francisco and SAC Portland, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), with Office of Origin Seattle and Bureau file number 164-2111. An a…

FBI case file number for the Portland field office, file 164-41. Closing of a citizen letter to the FBI wishing them success in the D.B. Cooper investigation. The writer asks to be notified if Coope…

FBI Airtel header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), dated 2/24/78. The suspect line is heavily redacted but references Washington. A person from New Yor…

FBI case file number for the document. Continuation of prior page text referencing the hijacking. Portland indices (records) are negative concerning a redacted individual. Lead assigned to Seattle…

Header block of an FBI Airtel memorandum from SAC Portland to SAC Denver regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated March 6, 1978. The memo describes an article by reporter Barrie Watts in the F…

Routing header for an FBI internal memo from Portland to Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 3/14/78. Subject line identifying the memo as concerning a suspect in Oregon. The suspect's name is…

FBI Portland field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Lead assignment for the Portland field office to conduct investigation in Oregon to involve or eliminate an unnamed sus…

FBI Airtel header from SAC Portland to SAC San Francisco regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated March 20, 1978. Body of Airtel relaying information from a complainant in New York who provide…

Portland field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted personal information (b6 = personal privacy, b7C = law enforcement personal pri…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Airtel method is checked. Date is 3/28/78. No precedence or classification boxes appear checked. Routing information: Airtel from SAC San Antonio to SAC Charlotte…

Case or file reference number at top of page. Lead assigned to the Charlotte field office directing agents at Fayetteville, North Carolina to develop information concerning a redacted individual's w…

FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) dated 2/11/97 for file 164-HI, serial number 1680. Handwritten note indicates the serial was missing when purging the case and could not be located. Marked 'Do…

Date of the memo Internal FBI memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Portland forwards a copy of a San Antonio airtel to Charlotte that contains an investigat…

Header block of an FBI Airtel memo dated April 18, 1978, from SAC Portland to SAC Pittsburgh regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, with Seattle as office of origin and Bureau file number 164-2111.…

Case file number for the Pittsburgh field office document. Lead assignment for the Pittsburgh FBI field office to contact a redacted person in Pennsylvania for additional identifying information abo…

Redacted address or date block for the sender, with FOIA exemption codes b6, b7C, b7D marked in margin. A citizen writes to the FBI Portland office after seeing the D.B. Cooper composite sketch and…

Closing portion of a handwritten letter from an unidentified person offering further help or information about a man associated with San Francisco, California. The sender's name and other identifying…

Standard USG memorandum header. Filed under case number 164-41 (NORJAK), dated April 27, 1978, from SAC Arthur G. Barger at the Portland Division. SAC Barger documents CBS journalist Mike Wallace's…

Portland Division case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. An FBI agent (likely Portland SAC) recounts a phone call with CBS journalist Mike Wallace on 4/27/78. Wallace had television foo…

Case file number for Portland Division, file 164-41. TOM COLL reported back that he spoke extensively with WALLACE, who confirmed he was satisfied the original story was a hoax. The Bureau decided…

Continuation of typed text from a previous page regarding confirming someone's arrival. The author notes they may be out of town and provides alternate contact through ASAC and another redacted indiv…

Header block identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Portland, case 164-41, dated 4/27/78, from SA Jerry G. Wilson, regarding NORJAK case with Office of Origin Seattle. On 4/18/78 an Oregon State P…

Continuation of a prior paragraph about an individual who has no other reason for his feeling that someone is D.B. Cooper. The subject indicated something about his usual residence. Most identifying…

FBI teletype from Director to all field offices, classified UNCLAS, regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Contains a press-release summary of the November 24, 1971 hijacking of Northwest Ori…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of an unclassified teletype message from HQ, message number 0030. Continuation of a teletype describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Details the exchang…

Continuation of suspect physical description from a teletype: dark wrap-around sunglasses, low voice, spoke intelligently with no particular accent, possibly from mid-western United States. Smoked Ra…

Final page (page four) of an unclassified FBI headquarters teletype. Concludes with a warning that information is most likely to be released inadvertently, and notes the subject is armed and dangerou…

Date of the memo. Memo header showing it is addressed from the SAC of Portland to the Director of the FBI, Public Affairs Office. Portland FBI office memo regarding media handling for the NORJAK (D…

Case file number for Portland Division file 164-41. Reference to an interview by Mike Wallace for CBS '60 Minutes' in New York on 5/4/78, just prior to the issuance of a referenced teletype. The Po…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Airtel is the selected transmit method. Dated 5/16/78. Airtel routing from SAC Charlotte to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, with Portland as Office of Origin.…

FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Atlanta and Portland offices, priority classification, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References an immediate Bureau teletype from May 18, 1973. St…

FBI teletype from Seattle field office to the Director, marked IMMEDIATE and UNCLAS, referencing the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Section 1 of 2. Directed to Public Affairs Office and General Investiga…

Classification and page header for a teletype continuation, case number SE 164-81, marked UNCLAS (unclassified). Continuation of a teletype regarding Mike Wallace's claim. References a Little Rock t…

Continuation header for page three of Seattle teletype, file 164-81, unclassified. States that the Seattle file does not reflect a particular instance (redacted) by the FBI. Notes passage of over si…

Continuation of a teletype (page four) discussing a subject named Coffelt. States that Coffelt's claim involving former Senator Hubert Humphrey is new, and that Coffelt's arrest record and background…

Page header indicating this is page five of an unclassified FBI communication with case file number SE 184-81. A redacted individual is referenced with instructions to see the Washington Field Offic…

Continuation of a teletype (page six) regarding the NORJAK case. States that Coffelt's fingerprints were compared to NORJAK partials with negative results, and there is no indication of parachute tra…

Teletype page header indicating page seven from the Seattle field office, case number 164-81, unclassified. A large redacted block is followed by a partial sentence stating that more details are con…

Second section (2 of 2) of an unclassified FBI teletype from the Seattle field office (file 164-31) to the FBI Director (file 164-2111), marked immediate priority. Directed to the Public Affairs Offi…

Page 8 of a multi-page unclassified teletype from the Seattle FBI field office (file 164-81, NORJAK case). The heavily redacted page discusses a suspect named Coffelt whose story appears to have been…

Page nine of a multi-page teletype (SE 164-81, UNCLAS). States that evidence shows suspect Coffelt is not identical with the UNSUB. Acknowledges the difficulty of refuting statements about prominent…

Page ten of a multi-page teletype from Seattle field office (SE 164-31, unclassified). Continues a discussion about questions raised by Wallace that are redacted. States that CBS is expected to conti…

Teletype routing header from FBI Atlanta field office (file 164-254) to FBI Director, Portland, and Seattle offices, sent May 19, 1978 at 1645Z, marked PRIORITY and UNCLASSIFIED. Body of NORJAC (D.B…

Header indicating this is page two of a multi-page document, case file 164-234. Penitentiary records for David Bryant Coffelt showing conviction in Western District of Tennessee at Memphis for ITSMV…

Page three of a multi-page unclassified FBI teletype referencing several prior communications (teletypes and airtels) between the Atlanta field office, Washington Field, and the FBI Director during m…

Internal FBI memorandum header addressed to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Portland field office from a FOIPA Paralegal Specialist, dated June 7, 1996. The subject concerns FOIPA file destr…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed from Legal Section to SAC Portland regarding FOIPA file destruction for the NORJAC (D.B. Cooper) case. Statement that the listed files/serials have been revi…

FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet for Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790. Lists 13 total deleted pages (pages 55, 87, 97, 98, 99, 100, 172, 173, 178, 209, 210, 211, 212), all withheld due to Referr…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36), dated 11/24/71 with possible correction to 11/25/71. Routing information: teletype from SAC Seattle (case 164-NEW) to FBI Director, with additi…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, transmission type, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI transmittal describing D.B. Cooper's instructions for delivering money and para…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype/airtel transmittal form header with date, transmission type, and priority fields left blank. This is a continuation page (page three). Continuation of FBI teletype or air…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype/transmittal form header with date, type, and priority fields left blank. This is a continuation page. Continuation of subject description: black hair parted on left, mid-…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype/airtel transmittal form header with blank date, transmit type, and priority fields. Page five of an FBI teletype summarizing passenger and stewardess interviews conducted…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header with date, transmission type, and priority fields left blank. Page six of a multi-page FBI teletype describing the four parachutes furnished to th…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date, transmission type, and priority fields left blank. Page seven of a multi-page FBI teletype or airtel. Reports that Northwest Airlines flight log…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to Director, Portland, and Las Vegas offices, sent at 5:10 AM on 11/25/71. File number 164-NEW, 8 pages. Subject line identifying the case as an…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype under Seattle field office case number 164-NEW. Continuation of teletype describing D.B. Cooper hijacking events: the pilot circled SEA-TAC unti…

Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype with Seattle field office case number 164-NEW. Notes that the hijacked plane carried 37 passengers, three male crew members, and three steward…

Page header indicating this is page four of FBI teletype with Seattle case number 164-NEW. Continuation of FBI teletype describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The plane was airborne at 7:37 PM flying…

Page header with page number and FBI case file identifier. A stewardess (name redacted) described the hijacker showing her a black vinyl briefcase containing red sticks he claimed were dynamite, wra…

Page header indicating page six of Seattle field office teletype, case file SE 164-NEW. Passenger observations during the hijacking: stewardess conversed with hijacker throughout the flight; hijacke…

Page header indicating this is page seven of Seattle FBI teletype SE 164-NEW. Detailed physical description of two back pack parachute containers: one civilian luxury type with tan cotton exterior a…

Page header indicating this is page eight of a teletype under Seattle file number 164-NEW. Final paragraph of a teletype message stating that the $200,000 ransom was obtained by Northwest Airlines f…

Teletype header from FBI Seattle field office sent at 5:57 AM on 11/25/71 to the Director, Portland, and Las Vegas offices regarding an unknown subject on Northwest Flight 305 on November 24, 1971, c…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype or report filed under Seattle case number 164-NEW. Continuation of an FBI teletype describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The pilot circled SEA-T…

Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype with Seattle field office case number 164-NEW. Continuation of an FBI teletype describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The plane carried 37 pass…

Page header indicating this is page four of a teletype with Seattle office file number 164-NEW. Continuation of teletype describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The plane was airborne at 7:37 PM flyin…

Page header showing this is page five of a teletype or report under Seattle file number 164-NEW. FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted information (b6 = personal privacy; b7C = law enforcement pe…

Page header indicating this is page six of a teletype or report filed under Seattle file number 164-NEW. Passenger account of hijacker behavior during the flight. Hijacker conversed with stewardess…

Page header indicating this is page seven of a teletype under Seattle field office case number 164-NEW. Description of the two back pack parachutes provided to the hijacker. Number one was a civilia…

Page header indicating this is page eight of a teletype, filed under Seattle case number 164-NEW. Continuation of teletype describing that the $200,000 was obtained by Northwest Airlines from Seattl…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 11/24/71, regarding unknown subject on Northwest Airlines Flight #305, classified as CAA - EXTORTION. An…

Internal FBI page/section identifier for the Seattle field office report. The author requested a check on a suspect to identify the hijacker. ASAC RUHL at Portland reported he had definitively elimi…

Header block identifying the memo as from the Seattle SAC office, addressed to ASAC Paul R. Bibler, regarding the unknown subject hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71, classified a…

San Francisco field office serial number reference. The writer reports that ASAC RUHL at Portland had definitively eliminated a suspect after sending a policeman in Oregon to personally interview th…

Header identifying SeaTac security office with phone number CH 3-6058, and CP (Command Post) dispatch office and flight operations at NW hanger 2nd floor with phone extension. A name or identifier is…

Typed summary of Northwest Orient Flight 305 hijacking details: Boeing 727 originating in Washington D.C. with stops at Minneapolis, St. Paul, Great Falls, Missoula, Spokane, and Portland. The unsub…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle dated 11/25/71 regarding the NORJAK hijacking. A source in Minneapolis reported that Northwest Airlines ca…

Memo header identifying the recipient (SAC Seattle), author (ASAC Paul R. Bibler), case subject (UNSUB on Northwest Flight 305, hijacking and extortion), and date. An individual from the Minneapolis…

Header and administrative fields of King County case report for aircraft hijacking on November 24, 1971. Case number 71-89202. Victim is Northwest Orient Airlines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airp…

Header block of a King County Sheriff's Department continuation sheet, page 2 of 3, case number 71-89202, marked as an Investigator's Accident Report. Chronological log of events during the D.B. Coo…

Header of a King County Sheriff's Department continuation sheet, page 3 of 3, case number 71-89202. Lists agencies that responded to the emergency: FBI, US Marshal, US Customs, WSP, KCDPS, and Airpo…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office (file 164-60), marked URGENT, sent at 7:25 AM on 11/25/71 to Director, Portland, and Seattle. Subject line identifying the case: unknown subje…

FBI file number and page continuation marker. Continuation of an FBI teletype describing events after a hijacked plane landed. The hijacker was last seen alone in the back passenger section at appro…

Teletype header with Las Vegas field office file number and page designation. Page three of a teletype from the Las Vegas field office describing the FBI interview of the Northwest Airlines crew aft…

Case number and page indicator for this teletype continuation. Page four of an FBI teletype describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Details the bomb device (eight apparent dynamite sticks, wire, DC ba…

Case file number and page header for this FBI report page. Page five of an FBI report describing the hijacking event. The plane landed in Seattle at 5:45 PM PST. Engines were shut down in a designat…

Case file number and page designation for this teletype page. Continuation of hijacking narrative: after passengers deplaned, hijacker kept one hostess aboard to operate the rear door. He wanted sta…

Case file number and page designation for this teletype page. Continuation of hijacking narrative: the hostess closed curtains and went to cockpit. Hijacker complained money bag did not match instru…

Teletype page header with Las Vegas field office case number and page indicator. Continuation of teletype (page 8) describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Reports oscillation detected when hijacker de…

Page header indicating this is page nine of a multi-page teletype, with Las Vegas field office case number 164-60. Concluding page of an FBI teletype. A captain advised that a plane would depart Ren…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas field office to FBI Director, Portland, and Seattle offices. Marked urgent, sent 7:25 AM on 11/25/71. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case:…

Case number and page continuation header for an FBI Las Vegas field office teletype. Continuation of an FBI teletype describing the landing of the hijacked aircraft. The crew reported no observation…

Teletype reference number and page indicator. Page three of a teletype from the Las Vegas FBI field office (LV 164-60) describing events after the hijacking. The aircraft captain agreed to a full cr…

Case number and page designation header for an FBI report, Las Vegas field office file 164-60, page four. Continuation of an FBI report describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Details the bomb device…

Teletype routing identifier and page number. Page five of a teletype describing the hijacked plane landing at Seattle at 5:45 PM PST. The engines were shut down and the captain told passengers there…

Case number and page designation for this teletype page. Continuation of teletype describing hijacker's instructions after passenger departure. He allowed two hostesses to deplane but kept one to op…

Case number and page identifier for this teletype page. Continuation of teletype narrative describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The hostess complied with instructions to close curtains and lock her…

Teletype routing identifier and page number. Continuation from a previous page describing the hijacker departing the aircraft via the rear door, with oscillation reported by radio to Northwest headq…

Page header indicating this is page nine of a multi-page teletype, with Las Vegas field office case number 164-60. Conclusion of a teletype message reporting that a captain advised the plane would d…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header indicating urgent teletype dated November 25, 1971. Urgent teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Minneapolis requesting elimination fingerprints from a…

Urgent FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director FBI and Minneapolis, dated 11/25/71, regarding the UNSUB on Northwest Flight 305 hijacking on November 24, 1971. Seattle requests Minneapolis…

Urgent FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director FBI and Minneapolis, dated 11/25/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. Seattle requests Minneapolis…

FBI teletype form header FD-36 dated November 25, 1971, transmitted via teletype with urgent priority. FBI teletype from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, SAC Las Vegas, and SAC Portland regarding the D.…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header with blank date, transmit method, and priority fields. Continuation (page two) of a teletype under case SE 164-NEW. The single line of content des…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to Director FBI, Las Vegas, and Portland, sent urgently on November 25, 1971. Subject line identifying the unknown subject (UNSUB) in the hijack…

Urgent FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director FBI, Las Vegas, and Portland, dated November 25, 1971, describing the parachutes believed to have been used by the UNSUB (D.B. Cooper) in the…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmission form header, dated November 25, 1971, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. FBI teletype from SAC Seattle to Director FBI regarding the UNSUB D.B. Cooper hi…

Teletype header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) message sent from FBI Seattle field office to FBI Director at 5:10 PM on November 25, 1971. Case number 164-NEW, priority 1P. Subject line identif…

Header of a US Government memorandum from Special Agent Reese H. Chipman to SAC Seattle, dated 11/25/71, regarding the hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. This is Memo No. 2. Bod…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10). Memo header block identifying recipients, sender, date, and subject. Addressed to SAC Seattle (file 164 New), from Special Age…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Reese H. Chipman, dated 11/25/71, regarding the unsub on Northwest Flight 305 hijacking/extortion on November 24, 1971. Mark…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo addressed to SAC Seattle office regarding the UNSUB (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 on 11/24/71, classified as CAA - Hijacking;…

Header of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB (unknown subject) of the Northwest Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71, classified under Civil Aeronautics Act - Hijacking; Extortion.…

Standard header of a US Government inter-office memorandum from Special Agent Max L. Wilson to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case, NW Flight 305 on 11/24/71. SA Wilson recei…

Header block of an FBI memo from SA Max L. Wilson to SAC Seattle regarding the Northwest Flight 305 hijacking case, dated 11/25/71. SA Wilson reports receiving an anonymous phone call on 11/25/71 at…

Header block of an FBI memo from SA Max L. Wilson to SAC Seattle, regarding the UNSUB on Northwest Flight 305, dated 11/25/71, classified as CAA - Hijacking; Extortion. Minneapolis office reports th…

FBI Seattle field office case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper case. Continuation from a previous page describing that the victim aircraft crew had approximately 15 minutes between flights a…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from Special Agent Max L. Wilson to SAC Seattle, dated 11/25/71, regarding the UNSUB on Northwest Flight 305 hijacking/extortion case of 11/24/71. The…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Continuation of a prior page's narrative describing that the victim crew had approximately 15 minutes between flights and tha…

Standard US Government memorandum header identifying the memo as being from SAC J. E. Milnes to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. SAC Milnes rep…

Memo header identifying the Seattle SAC office, case number 164-NEW, dated November 25, 1971, addressed to SAC J. E. Milnes. Subject line identifying the case as an unsub (unknown subject) hijacking…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from an unnamed Special Agent (redacted under b6/b7C) to SAC Seattle, dated 11/25/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 on 11/24…

Internal FBI memo from the Seattle field office dated 11/25/71 regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 on 11/24/71. ASAC Paul R. Bibler contacted the Minneapolis Division about obtainin…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from SA J. E. Milnes to SAC Seattle, dated 11/25/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. SA Held from the Minn…

Internal FBI memo from SAC Seattle to SACJ E. Hilmes dated 11/25/71 regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Reports that the Minneapolis office called to advise th…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from SAC J. E. Milnes, Seattle field office, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. SAC Milnes reports calling the Bureau at…

FBI Seattle field office case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. An FBI Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions) recommended contacting various organizations—parach…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying a memo from SAC J. E. Milnes to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71, dated 11/25/71. SAC Mil…

Seattle field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. An FBI Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions) advised that investigators would need to contact various organiz…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (Northwest Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71). Sender is an SPC whose name is redacted. An unidentified so…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo routing fields: addressed to SAC Seattle (file 164-new), from Special Agent Max L. Wilson, regarding the UNSUB on Northwest Flight 305 on 11/24/…

FBI memo from SA Max L. Wilson to SAC Seattle dated 11/25/71 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Flight 305. SRA Thomas Manning reports he will use the Woodland, Washington Poli…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed from a redacted Special Agent to the Special Agent in Charge, Seattle, dated November 26, 1971, regarding the Northwest Airlines flight skyjacking…

Standard US Government memorandum header from a Special Agent (SA) to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case, NWA Flight 305, dated November 26, 1971. The s…

Header block of an FBI internal memo addressed to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) from a Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C), regarding the UNSUB NWA Flight 305 hijacking case, Portland to S…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated 11/26/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Physical description…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated 11/26/71. SA name redacted. Case identification block identifying the subject as UNSUB on Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to the SAC in Seattle regarding the NORJAK hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11-24-71. An NWAL employee maintained…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 11-26-71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 from Portland to Seattle on 11-24-71, classified as CAA-Hi…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71). Reports t…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated 11/26/71, regarding the unknown subject who hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight #305 from Po…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, FD-36, dated November 26, 1971, marked URGENT priority, transmitted via teletype in code type CO2. Urgent FBI teletype from SAC Seattle to Director FB…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office (file 164-81) to Director, Las Vegas, and Minneapolis, marked URGENT, dated 11/26/71 at 10:34 AM. Teletype from Seattle regarding the D.B. Coope…

Teletype header from FBI Seattle field office (file 164-81) sent urgently on 11/26/71 at 10:38 AM to the Director, Las Vegas, and Minneapolis offices. FBI teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper hijackin…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, FD-36, dated November 26, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Minneapolis regarding the D.B.…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 9:59 AM on 11/26/71 from Seattle field office (case 164-NEW) to the FBI Director and Minneapolis office. Teletype message regarding the D…

Urgent FBI teletype from the Seattle field office to the Director and Minneapolis, dated 11/26/71 at 9:13 AM, regarding the UNSUB in the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking/extortion case. A witn…

Teletype transmission header with routing codes, timestamps, and priority designation URGENT. Routing block listing recipient FBI field offices and originating office (Little Rock), with case number…

Page header identifying this as page two of document LP 164-NEW, referencing the Nevada area. Continuation of an FBI interview or report (page two). A source describes a subject who would spend long…

Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype or lead document from the Little Rock FBI field office, file 164-NEW. Criminal records check from an Arkansas police department on a suspect.…

Page header indicating this is page four of a teletype from Little Rock office, file number 164-NEW. Directives to multiple FBI field divisions: Las Vegas and Portland to consider a redacted suspect…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 5:55AM on November 26, 1971 from the Little Rock FBI field office to the Director, Cincinnati, Las Vegas, Memphis, Portland, and Seattle o…

Header identifying this as page two of FBI document LR 164-NEW concerning the Nevada area. Heavily redacted FBI teletype continuation describing a person of interest in the D.B. Cooper case. The sub…

Page header and case file number for FBI Little Rock field office case 164-NEW. Criminal records from an Arkansas PD describe a Caucasian male suspect: 5'11", 165 lbs, mixed gray hair, no scars or m…

Continuation header indicating this is page four of teletype LR 164-NEW. Continuation of an FBI teletype assigning investigative leads to multiple field divisions (Las Vegas, Memphis, Portland, Seat…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to FBI Director, Seattle, and WFO, sent urgently at 7:45 PM on 11-25-71. Subject line identifying the case as the hijacking of Northwest Flight…

Continuation header for page two of a teletype under case MP 164-NEW. Continuation of a teletype describing crew feedback on a facial identification drawing for the D.B. Cooper case. Crew members ag…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to FBI Director, Seattle, and WFO, marked urgent, dated November 25, 1971 at 7:45 PM. Subject line identifying the case as the hijacking and ext…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, case file MP 164-NEW. Page two of a teletype message regarding the D.B. Cooper facial identification composite. Crew members compared the suspe…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Seattle and Portland, marked URGENT, dated November 25, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines F…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Seattle and Portland, marked URGENT, dated November 25, 1971. Subject line identifying the case as the Northwest Flight 305 hijacking and e…

Header of a US Government memorandum from Special Agent Max L. Wilson to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 on 11/24/71, dated 11/25/71. SRA Thomas Manning repor…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Reese H. Chipman to SAC Seattle, dated 11/26/71, regarding the NORJAK hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. ASAC Bob Kent…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmission form header, dated November 26, 1971, marked URGENT priority, transmitted in plaintext. Urgent teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the unknow…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a redacted agent to SAC Seattle, dated 11/26/71, regarding the UNSUB on Northwest Flight 305 hijacking/extortion case. An unnamed individual tel…

Two dark oval stamps or seals at the top of the page, likely FBI routing marks. FBI memo dated 11/26/71 from SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB (D.B. Cooper) case. An unidentified person telephonically…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo header identifying this as a communication from SAC J.E. Milnes to all agents regarding the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 from Por…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Page 2 of an FBI report on the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Describes the crew and passengers aboard the plane from Portland to Seattle, how only 36…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Continuation of a suspect physical description for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Describes complexion as olive/Latin, dark…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from SAC J.E. Milnes to all agents (#75), dated 11/26/71, regarding the unknown subject who hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight #305 from Portland to Se…

FBI case file number header for the D.B. Cooper case. Continuation of an FBI report on the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Describes the crew remaining in the cabin, the 37 passengers plus 6 crew loaded at P…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Physical description of the D.B. Cooper hijacking suspect, covering complexion, hair, eyes, voice, habits, and cloth…

FBI teletype from Minneapolis field office to Director, Portland, and Seattle, dated 11-26-71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 on November 25, 1971. Northwest Airlines, based on…

Teletype header indicating message number MP 164-NEW, page two of the message. Continuation of a teletype describing computations for the UNSUB's likely jump location north-northwest of Heisson, Was…

Teletype header indicating this is page three of message MP 164-NEW. Continuation of a teletype message (page 3) describing how two chase planes following five miles behind the hijacked aircraft sud…

Header of a US Government memorandum from SAC J. E. Milnes to File 164-81, dated November 26, 1971, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/7…

Memo from SAC J. E. Milnes to File 164-81, dated November 26, 1971. Milnes reports contacting SA Campbell in Las Vegas regarding fingerprint dusting of the hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight #305 air…

Standard US Government memorandum header on Optional Form No. 10, addressed to FILE 164-81, dated 11/26/71, from SAC Seattle, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/7…

Standard US Government memorandum header on Optional Form No. 10, from SAC J. E. Milnes to FILE (164-81), dated 11/26/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 from Portland…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. SA Chipman reports that Henry Schutz from FBI Bureau headquarters called at 7:08 AM on 11/26/71 advising that the military at the Pentagon has concer…

Standard US Government memorandum header indicating the memo is filed under case 164-81, from SAC Seattle, regarding the UNSUB on Northwest Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. SAC Seattle called SA Sh…

The author describes the planned search area to SA Shutz: approximately 20 miles square north of Woodland, Washington, then continuing along the air flight pattern approximately 100 miles to Eugene,…

Standard US Government memorandum header identifying this as a file memo from SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK hijacking case, dated November 26, 1971. Memo body describes ASAC RUEHL in Portland rep…

Standard US Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10, May 1962 edition). Memo from SAC Seattle to file (164-81) dated 11/26/71 regarding the NORJAK hijacking case. SA James Bland call…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying the document as an internal FBI memo from SAC Seattle to case file 164-81, dated 11/26/71, regarding the NORJAK hijacking of Northwest Airlines…

Header of a US Government memorandum from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 11/26/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71. A reporter…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo routing block: filed under 164-81, from SAC Seattle, dated 11/26/71. Subject is the UNSUB on Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, 1…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo from SAC Seattle to file 164-81 dated 11/26/71 regarding the NORJAK UNSUB case. An SA in Columbus called about a suspect, advising he had a photog…

Handwritten annotation indicating this document relates to a ticket subscription or ticket subject. FBI teletype from Portland to Seattle field office describing a Northwest Orient Airlines ticket a…

Case number and page indicator for a multi-page teletype. Page two of a teletype describing a suspect as a white male American, mid-thirties, approximately 5'10"-5'11", 180 lbs, medium build, soft v…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with date. Introduction identifying the interviewee as an NWA stewardess who was working on Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. Personal details are redacted.…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, Seattle field office. A stewardess recounts the initial moments of the D.B. Cooper hijacking. She sat behind the hijacker, who handed her an…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation (Seattle field office file 164-81). A female witness asked the man again if he was kidding; he replied 'No Miss.' The redacted witne…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office case 164-81). Continuation of an FBI interview with a female flight attendant (stewardess) describing the D.B. Cooper hij…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Witness (stewardess) describes the hijacker acting childish, offering tip money (change from a $20 bill used to pay for a…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation, Seattle field office. Physical description of the hijacking subject: black straight hair parted on left, olive complexion, wearing a…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. Redacted witness identifying information including home address and phone number in Washington state. Witness boarded NW Fligh…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation (Seattle field office file 164-81). Witness describes the dimensions of a package (approximately 2 ft x 1 ft x 1.5 ft). The stewardes…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated November 26, 1971, marked URGENT priority, transmitted in plaintext code OO7. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento regarding the D.B…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated 11/26/71. Sender name redacted under b6/b7C. Subject is the UNSUB (unknown subject) of the Northwest Airline…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header, FD-36, dated November 26, 1971, marked URGENT via TELETYPE. Handwritten page or routing number '006' in upper right corner. FBI Seattle teletype to SA…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank Date, Type, and Priority fields. This is a continuation page (page two). Continuation of a suspect physical description or BOLO message. Describ…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message from FBI Seattle (file 164-81) to FBI Little Rock. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portla…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype under case SE 164-81 describing a suspect's personal effects and clothing: Raleigh filter tip cigarettes, black or brown suit, white shirt, narrow black tie…

Date of the document. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to Director FBI regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Reports that on November 25, 1971, a representative from Seattle-First National Bank,…

Case file reference number header, continuation from a previous page. Continuation of a report listing serial number ranges for $20 bills from the $200,000 ransom. Explains that 98 serial numbers be…

Header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated 11/26/71, regarding the unknown subject hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on…

Memo addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated November 26, 1971. Memo from a Special Agent whose name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Subject block identifying the D.B. Cooper h…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated November 26, 1971, transmitted in plain text via teletype with urgent priority. Teletype addressed from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding unknown s…

Teletype routing header showing urgent message from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office, dated November 26, 1971. Handwritten annotation, likely a routing or subject note reading 'Ticket. Subt…

Teletype routing header from FBI Butte field office to Seattle and Portland, sent urgently on November 26, 1971 at 3:05 PM. A circular stamp or marking indicating 'SUSP' (suspect), likely a classifi…

Page two of an FBI teletype (file 164-26) directing the Portland field office to consider establishing the whereabouts of a redacted individual (last name unknown) in Oregon who may know the whereabo…

Header block of FBI memo identifying the file number, recipient SAC J. E. Milnes, and the subject as the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. The author recounts calling SA…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An FBI Special Agent obtained passenger lists from a Northwest Airlines employee at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for No…

Standard US Government memorandum header identifying a memo from SAC J. E. Milnes to file 164-81, dated November 26, 1971, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71.…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Addressed to case file 164-81 from SAC J. E. Milnes, dated November 26, 1971, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305, Portland to Se…

Header of a U.S. Government memorandum from SAC J. E. Milnes to the file for case 164-81, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71. A sour…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC J. E. Milnes regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71, classified under CAA - Hijacking; Extor…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum form header. Memo header fields identifying case file 164-81, authored by SAC J. E. Milnes, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight…

Handwritten annotation labeling this document as relating to a suspect. FBI teletype from Salt Lake City field office dated 11/26/71 sent to Director, Seattle, Portland, and Las Vegas offices. Sugge…

Case number and page indicator for this teletype continuation page. Page two of a teletype noting that an individual's physical description is not dissimilar to the UNSUB (unidentified subject). The…

Handwritten annotation identifying the suspect name Robert Keeley, likely added by a reviewing agent. NITEL (teletype) from Portland FBI office to Sacramento and Seattle offices dated 11/26/71. An u…

Case number and page indicator for this teletype page. Continuation of a teletype message (page two) describing a subject named KEELEY who wore a topcoat resembling a raincoat, has been in Sacrament…

Handwritten annotation marking this document as relating to a suspect, numbered 9. Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 4:50 PM on November 26, 1971 from Sacramento field off…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype under Sacramento case file 164-50. Redacted lines providing additional information about Keely. Personal details are obscured by b6/b7C/b7D exem…

Teletype routing header from FBI Little Rock field office (file 164-22), sent urgently on November 26, 1971 at 6:25 PM to the Director and five field offices. FBI Little Rock reports reviewing a par…

Header identifying the document as page two of case file LR 164-22 (Little Rock field office, hijacking file). The line 'SEVEN ZERO. RELATIVES:' introduces a relatives section; all content is redacte…

Case file number and page indicator for this continuation page. Subject's record and education fields, all heavily redacted. Notes that an arrest record attached to a parole report indicated numerou…

Case number and page identifier for this continuation page of a teletype. Continuation of an FBI teletype assigning investigative leads to the Cincinnati and Portland divisions. Cincinnati Division…

Continuation (page 5) of an FBI teletype under Little Rock file number 164-22. Directs that appropriate investigation will be conducted at a redacted location in Portland concerning a redacted suspec…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis FBI field office to Director FBI and Seattle, marked URGENT, dated 11-26-71 at 7:33 PM. Rubber stamp or handwritten annotation reading DESCRIPTION, likely a…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating a facsimile sent in plaintext with urgent priority, dated November 26, 1971. Routing block of FBI teletype from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Portland…

Introductory memo explaining that the attached information was compiled from manually recorded notes taken during communications related to the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November…

Aircraft landed; crew confirmed money and parachutes in position; crew requested car parked at 10 to 11 o'clock position relative to the airplane for visibility. Subject HJ indicated the airplane wa…

Header and introductory statement indicating the document compiles information from radio and phone-patch communications between MSP Flight Operations Office (codenamed 'Eagle') and the flight crew.…

NWA Chief Performance Engineer and Boeing consulted on flight characteristics with air-stairs extended. Boeing confirmed no controllability issues, noted they had dropped 2-3000 boxes out the air-sta…

Crew reports cabin lights status and that the curtain between first class and tourist was closed; crew could not confirm if the hijacker was still aboard. At time 122*, NWA communications on frequen…

Continuation of a chronological FBI log documenting the D.B. Cooper hijacking flight events. Entries cover the flight's progress through RBL area with communications relayed via UAL 4331 and WAL 326,…

Continuation of conference call log. FAA/FBI advises NWA that no further conference call participation is required. Participants sign off the line. Multiple names and identifiers are redacted under b…

FBI Seattle office AIRTEL to Minneapolis requesting Xerox copies of recorded notes related to NORJAK case, as the facsimile copy received on 11/26/71 was of poor quality. Distribution list and typis…

Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Minneapolis regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle requests that Minneapolis forward Xerox copies of recorded notes from a redacted individual, as the facsimile copy p…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI field office to Director and Seattle, sent urgently on November 26, 1971 at 6:35 PM. Handwritten routing annotations indicating copies and publication…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype from the San Francisco field office, case number 164-220. The source notes that firefighters could be members of the parachuting association and…

Continuation header indicating this is page three of a teletype or communication filed under San Francisco case number 164-220. Continuation of a teletype message describing that an association's me…

Handwritten annotation marking the document as relating to a suspect. Handwritten notation near Cleveland addressee line, possibly a routing or suspect reference. Urgent FBI teletype from Cincinnat…

Header block of a US Government memorandum from an FBI Special Agent (name redacted) to case file 164-81, dated 11/26/71, regarding the UNSUB on a Northwest flight from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/7…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header. From Special Agent Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 11/26/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305, Portland…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation (Seattle field office). An unidentified object was spotted on a bluff south of the lake near the hijacked aircraft's flight path. Hel…

Header block of an FBI memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 11/26/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. Ground search of the pertinent area…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. An unidentified object was spotted on a bluff on the south side of a lake near the hijacked aircraft's flight path.…

Header block of an FBI memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 11/26/71, regarding the hijacking and extortion of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. Ground search of the pertin…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking. An unidentified object was spotted on a bluff south of a lake near the hijacked aircraft's flight path. Helicopter attempts to vie…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Reese H. Chipman to SAC Seattle, dated November 25, 1971, regarding the NORJAK hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. SA Chipman doc…

Page header indicating this is page 2 of a multi-page document. Description of military back pack chute number two: olive drab green exterior, 28-foot white canopy, two burp sacks, foam pad cushion.…

Page continuation header indicating this is page 3 of a multi-page document. An unidentified caller from Washington state phoned at 5:00 AM to share his opinion that jumping from a forward door woul…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum form header. Memo header fields identifying sender (SAC J. E. Milnes), recipient (SAC Seattle), date (11/27/71), and subject (Northwest Flight 305 hijac…

FBI internal memo from SAC Seattle office dated 11/27/71 regarding Northwest Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. An informant contacted the Washington State Patrol and described something about the nig…

Teletype routing and reference codes for the APB transmission. All Points Bulletin issued by the State of Washington providing a composite physical description of the unidentified skyjacker (D.B. Co…

Copy designation letter at top of page. Teletype message from Olympia Police Department to FBI Seattle requesting all available descriptive information on the recent skyjacker who bailed out of a No…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, regarding the unknown subject (UNSUB) of the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. SA Farrell proposes…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper case. Instruction item number 4 directing that once the composite sketch is finalized, sufficient copies should be made for press and televis…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from SAC J. E. Milnes to SAC Seattle, dated 11/27/71, regarding Northwest Flight 305 hijacking/extortion case. SAC Milnes describes calling the Bureau…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC J. E. Milnes to SAC Seattle, dated 11/27/71, regarding Northwest Flight 305 hijacking/extortion case. SAC Milnes reports receiving a call at 8:15 a.…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo routing block: from SAC J. E. Milnes to SAC Seattle, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71, classified as C…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from SAC J. E. Milnes to SAC Seattle, dated 11/27/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Handwritten annotation in…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo addressed to SAC Seattle from SAC J. E. Milnes regarding the UNSUB on Northwest Flight 305 hijacking/extortion case, dated 11/27/71. Handwritte…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo routing block: from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated 11/27/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 30…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from an unidentified Special Agent, regarding the UNSUB (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Lead…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. A source states that a man was apparently the same individual a Police Department had in custody. The source did not know the…