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DB Cooper-1419Serials 164-2111, SE 164-81

Document date 31 May 1977

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FD-204 (Rev. 3-3-59)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Copy to: 1 - USA, Seattle 1 - USA, Portland

Report of: SA [REDACTED] Office: Seattle, Washington Date: 5/31/77

Field Office File #: 164-81 Bureau File #: 164-2111

Title: NORJAK

Character: CRIME ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT- HIJACKING; EXTORTION

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Synopsis: All investigation to identify unsub to date has been negative. On 11/24/76, a U.S. Grand Jury in Portland, Oregon, returned an indictment charging unsub as JOHN DOE, aka Dan Cooper, with violations of aircraft piracy and Hobbs Act statutes. Bond fixed at $500,000. The $5,000 reward formerly offered by the Seattle Post Intelligencer newspaper was withdrawn as of 12/31/76. A manual search of the missing persons indices at FBI Headquarters was conducted based on the presumption that unsub may have parished during the jump and a missing persons report may have been filed with the FBI. Twenty-one possible suspects were developed as a result of this search and they are currently being processed as suspects. Investigation continuing at Seattle and other divisions. ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

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DETAILS:

All investigation to identify unsub to date has been negative.

On 11/24/76, a U.S. Grand Jury in Portland, Oregon, returned an indictment charging unsub as JOHN DOE, aka Dan Cooper with violations of aircraft piracy and Hobbs Act statutes. A bond was fixed at $500,000.

By letter, dated 11/30/76, ROBERT E. THOMPSON, Publisher and Editor of the Seattle Post Intelligencer news- paper, advised that he was withdrawing his previous offer of a $5,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of unsub, aka D. B. Cooper. THOMPSON stated the reward would be with-

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This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. DB Cooper-1419 U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1970 O - 406-840

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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's name is redacted. Synopsis summarizing the status of the NORJAK investigation as of May 1977. All efforts to identify the unknown subject have been negative. A Grand Jury indictment was returned 11/24/76 in Portland, OR charging the unsub as John Doe aka Dan Cooper with aircraft piracy and Hobbs Act violations, bond set at $500,000. The $5,000 reward from the Seattle Post Intelligencer was withdrawn as of 12/31/76. A manual search of FBI HQ missing persons indices, based on the theory the hijacker may have perished during the jump, produced 21 possible suspects being processed. Case remains armed and dangerous. Beginning of the DETAILS section reiterating investigation status and Grand Jury indictment, then describing a letter dated 11/30/76 from Robert E. Thompson, Publisher and Editor of the Seattle Post Intelligencer, advising withdrawal of the $5,000 reward offer for the arrest and conviction of the unsub aka D.B. Cooper. Text is cut off at bottom of page. Standard FBI document disclaimer footer with Bates stamp DB Cooper-1419 and government printing office mark.

Clean typewritten FBI report page
Small redaction box over Report of field (SA name redacted)
Classification markings b6 and b7C visible in upper right margin

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