Standard FBI FD-302 form identifier and revision date in top-left corner. FD-302 interview summary. A redacted U.S. Forest Service contact at the Rigdon Ranger Station, Oakridge, Oregon reported tha…

Standard FBI FOI/PA header identifying this as a Deleted Page Information Sheet associated with FOI/PA case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. Lists 12 deleted pages from the document, all withheld as duplica…

Teletype routing header: message number NR 014, sent December 1, 1971, from FBI Cincinnati field office (case 164-55) to FBI Director and Seattle field office (case 164-2111). Handwritten routing or…

Page two of an FBI teletype message bearing case identifier CI 164-55. References a suspect (name redacted) and prior teletype communications dated November 29 and November 30. States that a photogra…

Urgent teletype from FBI Louisville field office to Cincinnati and Seattle, dated November 30, 1971, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking (UNSUB, Northwest Airlines Flight 305, November 24). Reference…

Teletype reference number LS 164-71, continuation page three. Continuation of physical description of suspect: 165 lbs, medium build, black hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion, heavy beard, flattened…

FBI teletype routing header. Message number 4 from Memphis, transmitted in plain text at 7:58 on November 29, 1971, from the Memphis field office (file 164-78, 2 pages) addressed to the Louisville an…

Partially legible handwritten or stamped routing notation in top-left corner. Page continuation header identifying this as page two of a teletype. File number ME 164-78 likely references the Memphis…

Standard US Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle under case 164-81, dated 11/30/71, from SPC Francis E. Entler. Subject concerns the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flig…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent November 30, 1971 from the FBI Director to the Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas, and Sacramento field offices. Handwritten annotation reading 'B…

FBI lead routing communication addressed to SAC Seattle, dated May 17, 1972, regarding the NORJAK investigation. States that the NORJAK suspect is identical with an unknown subject in a 1964 Plymouth…

Internal FBI memo routing header addressed to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) Seattle office, file number 164-81, dated March 3, 1972. References the NORJAK case (code name for the D.B. Cooper hija…

FBI NITEL (teletype) message from Minneapolis field office to Seattle and Portland field offices, dated February 18, 1972, regarding the NORJACK case. A redacted source, who had previously contacted…

This is page two of a teletype message (MP 164-73). A subject believes that D.B. Cooper, who assisted him, is similar to a photo. He wants FBI agents to contact him in Seattle. A name is redacted und…

Standard U.S. Government Memorandum form header. Addressed to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Seattle field office, case file 164-81, dated January 10, 1972. Sent from a Special Agent whose…

Teletype routing header showing message number, timestamp, originating and receiving FBI field offices with case file numbers. Case code name NORJAK, the FBI's internal designation for the D.B. Coop…

Page two of a teletype message with file reference SF 164-220. The text describes notes taken on a phone call; when no further investigation request came, the subject destroyed the notes. The subject…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 4:31 PM on December 15, 1971, from Portland FBI field office (case 164-41) to Seattle (164-81) and San Francisco. Case identifier 'NORJAK…

Handwritten page or sequence annotation at top left corner. FBI teletype form identifier and page indicator. Form number PD 164-41, second page of a multi-page teletype. Narrative account of a car…

Form identifier and page number header for FBI document PD 164-41, page three. Stolen vehicle report indicates a redacted individual may have had Oklahoma identification; they reportedly lost their…

Document identifier and page number indicating this is page four of teletype PD 164-41. A witness states she had never seen the redacted subject before or since the occasion. The only person who kne…

Teletype header identifying this as message number 010, sent urgent at 5:40 PM on December 13, 1971, from Portland FBI (case 164-41) to Seattle FBI (case 164-81), initialed AJW. NORJAK is the FBI co…

Header block of FBI Airtel memo dated December 13, 1971, from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland, regarding the NORJAK case (the D.B. Cooper hijacking). Body of the Airtel describes two telephonic contacts…

A redacted witness advised that he could not give an exact date of a theft, and stated the individual in question told him he was from California. The witness believed this individual may be identica…

Case file identifier SE 164-81 appearing at the top of the page. Redacted passage indicating that an unidentified individual (last name unknown) stated that several people at an unidentified establi…

Teletype transmission header identifying message number, priority (URGENT), timestamp, originating field office (Portland, case 164-41), and receiving field office (Seattle, case 164-81). Handwritte…

Date of the airtel document. FBI Airtel header identifying this as a registered airmail communication from the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Portland field office to the SAC of the Seattle fi…

Header block of an FBI Airtel dated 12/8/71, file number BE 164-81 (Seattle field office). Addressed from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland. Opens with a paragraph referencing a December 3, 1971 report fro…

FBI case file identifier SE 164-81 with document date December 9, 1971. Vancouver Police Department, Vancouver, Washington advised on December 3, 1971 of a record for a redacted individual — white m…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent plain-text message sent at 8:33 PM on November 30, 1971, from the Portland FBI field office (case 164-41) to the Seattle FBI field office (case 164-81).…

Teletype routing header: urgent message number 10, sent 5:45 PM on December 29, 1971, from FBI San Diego (case file 164-91) to FBI Seattle (case file 164-81), marked PLAIN (unencrypted). NORJAK is t…

Small unidentified graphic or FBI seal in top-left corner of the teletype page. FBI teletype from Los Angeles field office (case 164-497) to Seattle (164-81) and San Diego, dated December 13, 1971,…

Header area with redacted identifier box and two circular routing or classification stamps at top of page. Page continuation label indicating this is the second page of the teletype message. Contin…

Teletype routing header showing this message was sent at 11:59 PM on December 1, 1971 from the Los Angeles FBI field office (case 164-497) to multiple field offices: Seattle, Butte, Portland, Honolul…

Page two of a teletype document filed under case LA 164-497. Reports that an unidentified agency contact (redacted) advised that only one operation is currently at the airport and has no knowledge of…

Document reference number and page label for this FBI subject file page. Structured biographical and identifying data form fields for a subject in the DB Cooper investigation. All personal data valu…

Case number header and page number designation for this teletype transmission. Large redacted block, personal and law enforcement privacy exemptions applied. Reference to a subject's military servi…

Case file number LA 164-497, this is page five of the document. Michael Charles Sullivan, born December 14, 1940 in Kellogg, Idaho, was located and interviewed at his residence in Pasadena, Californ…

Page Six of FBI teletype LA 164-497 related to the DB Cooper investigation. Records show a California address for a redacted subject. A Special Agent interviewed the subject, who stated that a redact…

Case number header and page number for this continuation page. Reports an arrest by a Sheriff's Office on November 25. A search found only small hand tools. The Secret Service had interest in the in…

Page eight of an FBI teletype under case LA 164-497. Discusses distribution of an artist's sketch and descriptive data on an unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) to develop suspects. Notes that a redacted i…

Teletype routing header from SAC Butte to SAC Los Angeles and SAC Seattle, referencing the DB Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, November 24, 1971). A source…

Teletype reference number BT 164-26, page two header. Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype. A named suspect (redacted) has been eliminated as a suspect for the full day of November 24 because…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel form header with date 12/17/71, transmitted via AIRTEL. FBI Airtel from SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK investigation. Encloses inserts and FD-302 reports on mul…

FBI file reference number, Dallas field office prefix DL, file number 164-191. Subject line identifying the individual under investigation or reference: Earl Felton Williams. Handwritten annotation…

Document reference number, agent initials, and page number. FBI SA Harry J. Morgan investigated whether EARL F. WILLIAMS had been employed at Shakey's Pizza Parlor. The General Executive Office in D…

Dallas FBI field office case file reference number. A redacted individual at Shakey's Pizza Parlor in Dallas stated that EARL WILLIAMS had previously played piano there for several months but his cu…

File reference block indicating Dallas field office file number DL 164-191 and typist initials JCH:ddh. FBI Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C) conducted an investigation on December 6, 1971,…

Standard FBI interview report form identifier and revision date. Centered agency heading at top of form. The FD-302 was transcribed on December 16, 1971. A redacted female subject (apartment manag…

FBI FD-302 form header. Page 1 of interview report. Transcription date December 16, 1971. Earl F. Williams was interviewed at his residence regarding potential involvement in the D.B. Cooper hijacki…

Dallas FBI field office file reference number for this investigative document. Personal background information on a subject: residence in Fort Worth, TX; occupation as musician and piano player at P…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with transcription date of December 16, 1971. An FBI agent interviewed the redacted manager of Papa's Pizza Parlor in Fort Worth, Texas to verify the alibi of Earl Fe…

Teletype routing header identifying the message as NR002 DL PLAIN, sent from Dallas field office (case 164-191) to Director and Seattle field office (case 164-81), dated December 6, 1971, sent Decemb…

Partial stamp or seal artifact visible in the top-left corner of the page; content is not legible. Continuation (page two) of a teletype message under case reference DL 164-191. Reports that a subje…

Handwritten suspect label identifying Earl F. Williams written across the top of the document. FOIA privacy exemption markings indicating personal information (b6) and confidential law enforcement s…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel form header. Dated November 16, 1972. Transmission method is AIRTEL (Air Teletype). Routing header of the Airtel. Sent from SAC New Haven (case 164-77) to SAC Seattle (164-…

Standard FBI AIRTEL routing header. Sent from SAC New York (case file 164-627, RUC) to SAC New Haven. Subject line references 'HORGACK' with classification notation (00;SE). New York SAC forwards a…

FBI AIRTEL routing header dated August 18, 1972, sent from SAC Chicago to SAC New York, concerning the NORJACK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Origin office is Seattle. Body of the AIRTEL reporting th…

FBI memo dated December 11, 1971, addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81. Concerns the UNSUB known as Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle hijacking on November 24, 1971. A r…

Standard U.S. Government Memorandum header. Addressed to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) under case number 164-81(P), dated December 8, 1971. From a redacted Special Agent. Subject is the UNSUB kno…

Document identifier or serial number, likely an FBI case/serial reference. A fully redacted block, presumably containing identifying information about a source or subject, withheld under FOIA exempt…

Declassification authority stamp indicating document was declassified under FBI Automatic Declassification Guide on 09-26-2024. Teletype routing header. Sent urgent from Washington Field to FBI Dire…

Header label indicating this is page two of a multi-page teletype or document transmission. Large rectangular section with content fully redacted/withheld. A diagonal handwritten stamp reading 'CONF…

Header indicating this is page three of a multi-page FBI document. Handwritten annotation reading 'no Suspects' with FOIA exemption codes b3 (statutory exemption) and b6 (personal privacy) marked in…

Large redacted block occupying the upper portion of the page, content withheld under FOIA exemptions. Page four of a teletype message concerning a suspect referred to as 'The Hero,' referenced in a…

Page five of a teletype document describing hotel records related to the DB Cooper investigation. A redacted individual received confirmation for a two-night reservation, checked into a hotel suite o…

Page six of a multi-page FBI teletype. Records reveal that an individual (FNU, name redacted) joined a redacted subject in a hotel suite on December 2, having moved from another room on an unknown da…

Page ten of FBI teletype WFO 164-169 reports that between 1:00 AM and 8:00 AM on December 1 (year not stated), a suite in Washington D.C. was burglarized. Three $100 bills and ten $20 bills were stol…

Continuation page (page 14) of a Washington Field Office (WFO) teletype in the D.B. Cooper investigation. Describes a USCG (United States Coast Guard) records check performed on a subject. A validate…

Page fifteen of a multi-page FBI teletype (WFO 164-169) continuing a report on a D.B. Cooper suspect. The text references: a subject who signed off the continental United States for no more than nine…

Document header identifying this as page sixteen of WFO (Washington Field Office) case file 164-169. References a subject identifiable with a redacted name and redacted date of birth. Redactions are…

FBI teletype sent at 2:01 PM on December 1, 1971, marked URGENT, from Seattle field office (file 164-81) to Director (file 164-2111) and WFO. Subject line references UNSUB on Northwest Airlines Fligh…

FBI teletype routing header sent URGENT on December 1, 1971 at 3:04 PM from the New Haven field office (file 164-77) to the Director, Seattle, and Washington Field Office (WFO). Subject line identifi…

FBI inter-office memorandum header. Sent from SAC Salt Lake City to SAC Seattle, dated June 4, 1990, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. Introduction explaining that Jerry Rex Adams v…

Two FBI routing or classification stamps appear at the top of the page above the case number header. FBI case file number header identifying this document as part of the 164A-SE-81 file series. ADA…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel form header indicating transmission via Airtel/Air Mail dated February 2, 1972. Handwritten annotation 'Sub M' in upper right corner, likely a filing or routing notation.…

FBI Los Angeles field office case file reference number. This continuation page (page 2) of an FBI memo describes actions taken in the Greater Los Angeles area: all banks and financial institutions…

Document identifier showing FBI Los Angeles field office file number LA 164-497 and typist initials crs/kah. Geographic header indicating this report segment pertains to the Los Angeles, California…

Page number indicator (2), case file reference LA 164-497, and typist/author initials crs/kah. Continuation of a report stating that noticeable differences existed between possible suspects and the…

Routing header of a NITEL (night teletype) dated December 1, 1971 at 11:59 PM, sent from the Los Angeles FBI field office (case 164-497) to multiple field offices: Seattle (164-81), Butte (164-26), P…

Case file number and page designation for this teletype continuation. Page two of a teletype reporting that agency files contain no record identifiable with a redacted subject. On the same date, a r…

Page three of an FBI subject identification or background investigation form filed under case number LA 164-497. The form captures personal descriptors and identifying information including complexio…

Document header identifying Los Angeles FBI field office file number 164-497 and indicating this is page four of a multi-page teletype. Redacted information about a subject's background, including a…

FBI teletype case number LA 164-497, page five of a multi-page transmission. Michael Charles Sullivan, born December 14, 1940, in Kellogg, Idaho, was located and interviewed at his Pasadena, Califor…

Page six of FBI teletype under case LA 164-497. A subject (name redacted, b6/b7C) residing in California was interviewed by a Special Agent. The subject stated that an associate (redacted) arrived on…

Case file number LA 164-497, page seven of the teletype document. Reports the arrest of a redacted individual by a Sheriff's Office on November 25. A search found only small hand tools. Secret Servi…

This is page eight of FBI teletype LA 164-497. It describes dissemination of an artist's sketch and descriptive data on the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) to develop suspects. A redacted individual in…

FBI NITEL teletype header dated November 30, 1971 at 6:47 PM. Transmitted from SAC Butte (file 164-26) to SAC Los Angeles, SAC Seattle (164-81), and SAC Portland (164-41). Subject line references UNS…

Page two of a teletype message (BT 164-26) describing a suspect who actually jumped. The subject is described as born December 14, 1940, place of birth unknown, six feet tall, medium build, dark hair…

Standard US Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle under file 164-81(P), dated December 9, 1971. From a redacted Special Agent. Subject is NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper hijacking case), ref…

Standard FBI teletype routing header. Dated December 1, 1971, transmitted in plaintext at urgent priority from Portland field office to Seattle field office. Handwritten notation 'SUSP' (suspect) add…

FBI AIRTEL routing header dated December 21, 1971. Addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81. Sender is a redacted SAC field office (likely Sacramento based on body context). Subject is NORJACK, t…

FBI AIRTEL/AIRMAIL header block dated 12/21/71, from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento, concerning the NORJAK investigation (FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Seattle advises Sacramento…

Document reference identifier for Seattle FBI field office case file 164-81, authored/typed by EJA/slb. Page 1 of the sub-document. Handwritten notation in top-right margin, likely a cross-reference…

Standard FBI Airtel transmission form header, dated November 30, 1971. Sent via Airtel with Airmail Registered priority. Routing header of the Airtel. From SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle. Subject lin…

FBI AIRTEL dated 11/30/71 from an unidentified SAC field office to SAC Portland, referencing the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight #305, 11/24/71). The memo transmits two physical…

Standard FBI teletype form header (FD-36 Rev. 3-22-64). Dated December 1, 1971. Transmission type: PLAINTEXT. Priority: URGENT. Teletype routing: sent to FBI Seattle (file 164-81) and FBI Sacramento…

Teletype routing header: message number, urgency, timestamp, sending office (Sacramento), and receiving offices (Seattle and Portland). Handwritten subject annotation describing the lead topic of th…

Routing or classification markers, likely redacted reference identifiers at top of teletype page. Page two of a teletype reporting that a redacted individual came to the Redding Resident Agency on N…

Header identifying this as page three of teletype SC 164-50. Continuation from prior page referencing a garbage can liner from a 727 aircraft. Describes recovery of a 1965 Plymouth station wagon sto…

Page four of a multi-page FBI teletype (file SC 164-50) related to the D.B. Cooper investigation. Heavily redacted under FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, and b7D. The legible content describes an individual…

Two circular marks or stamps at the top of the page, likely redaction or classification indicators. Page five of a teletype message with case reference SC 164-50. Describes a 1965 Plymouth station w…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for case FOI/PA# 1:16-cv-01790-03. Lists 28 total deleted pages from the document set. Pages are categorized as either Duplicate (pages 9, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35…

FBI form header with document identifier PD 164-41, initials RPC:csm, and page number 1. FBI investigation report documenting that on January 12, 1972, a Special Agent (redacted) showed photographs…

Document header identifying Portland Division file number PD 164-41, typist initials RPC:csm, and page or attachment number 2. An FBI index or lead-sheet listing multiple named individuals with asso…

Standard US Government Memorandum header. Dated January 7, 1972, from SA Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle. Subject is the DB Cooper hijacking case: Unknown Subject, Northwest Airlines Flight 305,…

FBI AIRTEL from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle, dated 12/23/71, referencing a prior teletype dated 12/8/71. The subject is suspect Harold Lee Dowell, born 9/26/26 in Denver, Colorado. A Special Corres…

FBI memo header identifying sender as SAC Seattle under case number 164-81, dated December 14, 1971, addressed to SA Robert H. Wick, regarding the NORJAK (hijacking) case and suspect Harold Lee Dowel…

Standard U.S. Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated December 14, 1971. Sender is an SA whose identity is redacted under b6/b7C FOIA exemptions. Subject line iden…

Teletype header identifying this as an urgent plain-language message sent December 13, 1971 from the FBI Portland field office (case 164-41) to the FBI Seattle field office (case 164-81). Portland F…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel form header indicating transmission via Airtel/Air Mail, dated December 6, 1971. Routing block identifying sender as SAC Sacramento and recipient as SAC Seattle. Subject li…

First set of booking mugshots showing a male subject in profile (left-facing side view) and frontal view. The subject has dark hair, is wearing a dark suit jacket and tie. The frontal photo displays…

Teletype header indicating message number, transmission time, date, and routing. Sent from San Francisco to Seattle and Sacramento field offices. Standard FBI case subject line identifying the D.B.…

Teletype routing header. Sent from FBI Denver field office to FBI Seattle field office on December 6, 1971 at 10:02 PM. Handwritten annotation 'Sub 61' in upper right margin, likely a subject or sub…

Document identifier and page number header. DN likely denotes Denver field office. This is page two of a multi-page report. Continuation of a report on subject DOWELL. Documents communications betwe…

Document number and page indicator for this teletype page. Continuation (page three) of a teletype directing FBI Seattle to contact the Parole Office in Olympia and a redacted contact to obtain back…

Teletype header showing message type, timestamp, date, routing destinations (Seattle, Denver, San Francisco), and originating office (Sacramento). Body of teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper hijackin…

Document reference number SC 164-50, continuation page two of a teletype message. California Parole Authorities at Vallejo report no parolee named Dowell. Telephone and city directories show no list…

Teletype case number header and page designation. Subject DOWELL's driver's license number (D852699), Social Security number (514-16-0796 [guess]), vehicle ownership (1958 Lincoln four-door, CA lice…

Teletype reference number SC 164-50, page four of a multi-page transmission. Continuation of a teletype directing field offices to ascertain a suspect's whereabouts as of November 24, noting the sub…

Teletype routing header: urgent message sent at 1:30 PM on December 1, 1971 from Seattle field office (case file 164-81) to Sacramento field office. Case caption identifying the subject as UNSUB aka…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel form header. Dated February 2, 1972. Transmission method is AIRTEL via AIR MAIL. Routing block. From SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle. Subject matter is NORJAK (FBI codename…

FBI Los Angeles field office case file number reference. This page reports that all banks and financial institutions in the Greater Los Angeles area have been notified to report suspicious transacti…

Handwritten annotation and typed file reference number with initials, indicating this is page 1 of FBI Los Angeles file LA 164-497, prepared by staff with initials crs/kah. Introductory paragraph st…

Handwritten annotation or page/file reference in top-left margin, possibly a file code or indexing mark. Page continuation marker ('2'), FBI file reference 'LA 164-497', and initials 'crs/kah' indic…

Teletype routing header. Message number NR 030 sent from Los Angeles field office at 11:59 PM on December 1, 1971, addressed to Seattle, Butte, Portland, Honolulu (via Washington), New York, San Fran…

Case number and page header for this teletype continuation page. Officers at an unspecified agency report no record identifiable with a redacted subject. A redacted source advises they are the only…

FBI case file reference number LA 164-497, page five of a multi-page document. Michael Charles Sullivan (DOB December 14, 1940, Kellogg, Idaho) was located and interviewed at his Pasadena, Californi…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Los Angeles and Seattle field offices, sent urgently at 6:28 PM on November 30, 1971. This teletype summarizes the D.B. Cooper hijacking of…

Page two of a teletype message (PD 164-41) describing a suspect associated with the D.B. Cooper investigation. An unidentified source advised on November 30, 1971 about events from November 23, 1971.…

Page three of a teletype message designated PD 164-41. The message references a roped-off area at a hospital being dedicated by Mamie Eisenhower in November 1971. It instructs agents in Los Angeles t…

Standard United States Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle under case file 164-81, dated February 22, 1972. From a Special Agent whose name is redacted. Subject is NORJAK (the D.B.…

Standard US Government Memorandum header. Memo addressed to SAC Seattle under case file 164-81, from Special Agent Louis M. Harris Jr., dated 1/7/72 (possibly 7/7/72). Subject is the DB Cooper hijack…

Case or file reference number 164-81 with initials LMH, likely a file/serial identifier and agent initials. FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy) appl…

FBI AIRTEL (airmail memo) header block dated 12/28/71, routed from SAC St. Louis to SAC Phoenix, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation). References a prior St. Louis teletype…

Standard US Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle under case file 164-81, dated December 22, 1971. Subject is NORJACK (FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Sender is a S…

Date of the airtel communication. FBI Airtel from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding suspect Charles D. Baker aka Chuck Baker. References a prior teletype to the Bureau dated 12/2/71 and encloses…

Teletype routing header. Transmitted 12:52 AM December 9, 1971; NITEL dated December 8, 1971 (initials WMF). Sent from FBI St. Louis (case 164-63) to FBI Seattle (164-81) and FBI Phoenix. Case design…

Page and reference number header for this teletype communication, identified as page two of SL 164-63. Continuation of a teletype report (page two of SL 164-63) describing four postcards related to…

Teletype routing header sent from Phoenix FBI field office to Seattle and St. Louis on December 4, 1971 at 1:58 PM. Subject line identifying the case: UNSUB known as Dan Cooper, hijacking of Northwe…

Teletype routing header identifying the message as sent from St. Louis field office to SAC Phoenix and SAC Seattle on December 3, 1971. Case subject line identifying the UNSUB as Dan Cooper, Northwe…

Continuation header and partially redacted opening lines indicating Henry Schmidt has not seen the subject for many years. The interviewee identified Henry Schmidt as her former husband Johnnie Schm…

Teletype dated December 2, 1971, from SAC Seattle to SAC St. Louis, directing St. Louis to contact the mother (Elsie Schmidt, PO Box 28, Canalou, MO) and uncle (Henry Schmidt, Sikeston, MO) of suspec…

Teletype routing header: urgent message sent at 12:29 PM on December 2, 1971, from FBI Phoenix field office to FBI Director and FBI Seattle. Phoenix FBI reports reinterview of a redacted individual…

Teletype routing header indicating message number 019, plain text, sent at 10:36 PM on December 1, 1971 via NITEL, operator initials JDD. Routing block: teletype sent from FBI Phoenix field office (…

Page header markers, likely teletype routing or classification indicators. Page two of a teletype reporting a witness interview. A redacted female source stated she had not seen the hijacker composi…

Teletype routing header from Knoxville FBI field office to Bureau headquarters, Seattle, and Phoenix field offices. Transmitted December 1, 1971 at 4:04 PM. Case subject line identifying this as the…

FBI AIRTEL dated 12/8/71 from SAC Detroit to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (UNSUB, Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71). Handwritten annotation or ini…

Document identifier/case file number at top left of page. Interview on 12/1/71 with a redacted Postmaster in Nunica, Michigan. The subject was shown the composite drawing of the unknown subject (D.B…

FBI case file identifier at top of page. A redacted individual in Michigan was interviewed on 12/1/71. They stated they did not recognize the composite of the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) as anyone…

Document identifier or file reference number at top left of page. Physical description of a subject: 190 lbs, blond hair, blue eyes, fair/ruddy complexion, date of birth 6/4/30, place of birth Sharo…

Routing header of FBI inter-office memo dated 3/28/72 from SAC Seattle to SAC Springfield, under case NORJAK, regarding subject DANIEL COOPER. References a prior Springfield-to-Seattle letter of 3/7/…

Memo header identifying recipients as SAC Seattle and SAC Springfield, dated March 7, 1972, regarding NORJAK case and subject Daniel Cooper. References a Minneapolis teletype to the Director dated 1…

Document header with form number PD 164-41, typist initials RPC:csm, and page number 1. FBI Special Agent (redacted) conducted an investigation at Eugene, Oregon. On January 12, 1972, photographs we…

Document header with form number PD 164-41, initials RPC:csm, and page or item number 2. List of individuals with associated reference numbers and, in some cases, police department identifiers. Seve…

Urgent teletype from FBI Portland field office to Seattle field office, dated December 17, 1971, regarding NORJAK. Reports that Northwest Airlines employees in Portland, Oregon, viewed photographs of…

FBI AIRTEL dated December 9, 1971 from SAC Washington Field Office to SAC Seattle, transmitting a photograph of a redacted individual in connection with the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. The ph…

Teletype header identifying this as message NR 007, sent via NITEL at 5:41 PM on December 7, 1971, addressed to the FBI Director at file 164-2111. Handwritten subject line annotations reading 'SUB -…

Standard US Government memorandum form header identifying the form number and edition. Routing block of the memo. Sent from SA Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle on 12/4/71. Subject is the D.B. Coo…

Header block of a US Government Memorandum form addressed to SAC Seattle, dated December 6, 1971. Subject is the D.B. Cooper hijacking case — UNSUB on Northwest Airlines Flight 305, November 24, 1971…

Standard U.S. Government Memorandum form header identifying the document type and form number. Memo routing header. Addressed to SAC Seattle under case 164-81, dated December 3, 1971. From a redacte…

Teletype routing header identifying message priority (URGENT), timestamp, sending office (Springfield), and recipient offices (Director, Seattle, Minneapolis). Case subject line identifying the hija…

Continuation from page one describing a subject as somewhat of a con-man who closely resembles a composite photograph seen in a local Springfield newspaper. Identifying details of the source/advisor…

Page three of a multi-page teletype. Describes the subject COOPER's prior employment at the Civil Aeronautics Agency and as an engineer at Glen R. Martin Company in Denver, Colorado on a guided missi…

Page four of a multi-page FBI investigative report regarding a subject named Cooper. An interview with a redacted employee of Illinois Bell Telephone Company in Springfield, conducted by a redacted S…

Page five of a teletype or FBI communication describing a composite physical description and background of a suspect named Daniel Louis or Lewis Cooper. Includes date of birth (March 16, 1929), birth…

Page six of a teletype background/rap sheet summary on a redacted individual. Provides SSN (577-34-9080 in spoken form), FBI number (942647C), education history (McKinley Technical High School DC; cl…

Page seven of a multi-page FBI teletype describing background information on an unnamed DB Cooper suspect. Details include military service history across three branches (US Navy 1947-1951, serial 44…

Page eight of a teletype message reporting that a suspect named Cooper, who resided in Denver, Colorado around 1957-1958, defaulted on an FHA Title One loan of $194.44, written off in 1961. Facsimile…

Document header identifying the subject matter as an FBI investigation into the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. 'INSUB' likely means 'In Subject' referencing the inve…

Case header identifying this as a suspect photo page related to the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking. The suspect is identified as Daniel Louis Cooper, and the photographs were taken in July 1…

FBI case header identifying the document as related to the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. Identifies suspect as Daniel Louis Cooper with photographs take…

Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler, Seattle field office, dated 12/1/71. Reports that SAC Tom Farrow called from Springfield to advise that they have developed a suspect named Daniel Lewis Co…

Date of the AIRTEL communication. Standard FBI AIRTEL header. Sent from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle. Subject is the UNSUB known as Dan Cooper, related to the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking fro…

Two black circular document control marks at the top of the page, typical of FBI teletype or routing documents. Document reference number identifying this as Bureau Teletype number 164-26. Page 2 o…

Standard US Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle under case 164-138, dated 12/5/71. From a redacted Special Agent. Subject concerns the D.B. Cooper hijacking: UNSUB; Northwest Airli…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 4:00 PM on December 1, 1971, from Seattle field office (case 164-81) to Butte field office. Subject line identifying the case: UNSUB know…

Standard U.S. Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC (Special Agent in Charge), file number 164-81. Dated 11/29/71. Sender name redacted under b6/b7C. Subject line identifies the case as UNSU…

Standard US Government Memorandum form header, Optional Form No. 10, May 1962 edition. Routing header of the memo. Sent from SAC Portland to SAC Jackson, dated December 17, 1971. Subject is NORJAK (…

Document header with form number PD 164-41, typist initials JJH:sao, and page number 1. FBI Special Agent (name redacted) conducted an investigation in Portland, Oregon on December 1, 1971. A female…

Teletype routing header showing an urgent message sent at 9:17 AM on December 7, 1971, from Seattle field office (164-81) to Pittsburgh and Charlotte (164-101). Case identification block for the D.B…

Teletype transmission header identifying sending office as St. Louis, recipients as Pittsburgh and Seattle field offices, dated December 6, 1971 at 8:43 PM. Subject line identifies the investigation…

Page header identifying this as page three of an FBI teletype/airtel under case reference 164-NPRC-M, originating from the St. Louis (SL) field office. Physical description of a suspect (white male,…

Page four of a teletype from SL (St. Louis FBI field office), reference number 164-NPRC-M. Instructs recipient to consider the unknown subject (UNSUB, i.e. D.B. Cooper) dangerous. Notes that Charlott…

Teletype routing header: Night Letter (NITEL) from Baltimore field office (file 164-103) to FBI Director and Seattle field office, transmitted 7:54 PM on December 6 [1971]. Subject line identifying…

Teletype routing header identifying this as a plain-language NITEL message sent at 6:11 PM on December 2, 1971, from the Charlotte FBI field office (file 164-101) to St. Louis, Portland (file 164-41)…

Document identifier and page indicator for this teletype continuation page. Page two of a Charlotte-originated FBI teletype reporting negative results on credit and identification checks (locations…

Routing header for an FBI teletype message sent at 12:30 AM on December 1, 1971, covering a prior-evening message (PM 11-30-71). Sent from Jackson field office (case 164-32) to Charlotte, Portland (1…

Document header identifying this as page two of teletype JN 164-32. Opening line states subject advised he was [redacted]. A redacted subject observed an artist conception drawing of the hijacker pu…

Page three of a teletype message (JN 164-32) directing the Charlotte, N.C. field office to attempt to further identify a redacted subject, and directing Seattle and Portland to conduct credit and arr…

Teletype routing header identifying this as message number 015 from San Francisco field office to Seattle field office, transmitted at 11:34 PM on December 3, 1971. Subject line for the D.B. Cooper…

Page header identifying this as page two of teletype document SF164-220. Two circular black marks near top center, likely microfiche hole punch markers or document handling artifacts. Page two of a…

Teletype routing header indicating message NR018, sent urgent at 4:23 PM on December 1, 1971, from Seattle field office (case 164-81) to San Francisco field office. Case caption identifying the subj…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype message; case reference number 164-81. Body of teletype message (page two). A redacted subject who wore sunglasses advised that another redacted…

FBI Airtel/Airmail header dated 11/29/71 from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (UNSUB; Northwest Flight 305, 11/25/71). A confidential source (identity protecte…

Document reference number, likely a Sacramento field office case file reference. A source (identity redacted) advised that from the composite drawing, the suspect's mouth, nose, and chin closely res…

FBI Portland Division FD-302 continuation page header. 'RPC:csm' represents the reporting agent's and typist's initials. '1' indicates page 1 of this sub-report. An FBI Special Agent (name redacted)…

Document header indicating file reference PD 164-41, typist/agent initials RPC and csm, and page or enclosure number 2. A numbered list of individuals, apparently subjects or leads in the D.B. Coope…

Standard U.S. Government Memorandum header. Addressed to Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Seattle field office, case file 164-81. Dated December 14, 1971. Sent by a Special Agent whose name is redacted…

Urgent teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle, dated December 10, 1971, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). References a Sacramento airtel (December 8, 1971) and a prior Portland te…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle FBI field office, sent urgently at 8:45 PM on December 3, 1971. Standard FBI teletype subject/case caption identifying the unsub (un…

Teletype routing header: urgent message sent at 3:36 PM on December 1, 1971, from FBI Seattle (file 164-81) to FBI Sacramento (file 164-50). Case identification line identifying the unknown subject…

FBI AIRTEL (Air Mail) memo header. Dated 11/29/71, from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle. Subject is the UNSUB hijacking of a Northwest Airlines 727 flight from Seattle, Washington on 11/24/71 (the D.B.…

Document reference/case file number SC 164-50. California DMV records check identified a driver's license issued to JOHN GORDON HOSKINS on 9/11/70 with license number H0913818. Personal description…

Header of an FBI internal memo dated 2/15/74 addressed to SAC Seattle, referencing NORJAK case, originating office Seattle, regarding Sub RON WHITE, Sub #70. Body of memo describes a Spokane Residen…

Urgent FBI teletype from Portland field office to Seattle, dated December 22, 1971. References the NORJAK investigation. Reports that an individual (name redacted) at Hood Machine Company, 2029 Eastm…

NITEL teletype dated December 21, 1971, sent from Seattle FBI (case 164-81) to Portland FBI (case 154-41) regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Reports that suspect Ronald Lee White was i…

Routing header identifying the Seattle SAC office, case number 164-81, date 12/21/71, and a redacted Special Agent name. FBI internal memo under case name NORJAK (D.B. Cooper). References a memo by…

Page number, FBI file/serial number, and typist initials. Opening line identifying the investigating Special Agent, whose name is redacted. FBI interview summary. On December 9, 1971, Mrs. Virginia…

Page 2 of an FBI document (case file SE 164-81, typed by TBW:kn). The subject advised he has never done parachute jumping, was not involved in the hijacking, and could not identify any possible suspe…

Teletype routing header showing message number 007, transmitted at 5:41 PM on December 7, 1971, from Minneapolis field office to the FBI Director and multiple field offices. Handwritten annotations…

Teletype routing header sent from Portland FBI field office to Seattle and Minneapolis field offices, marked URGENT, dated December 3, 1971. Handwritten subject number designation 'Sub 70' in upper…

Page two of FBI teletype PD 164-41. Describes a suspect named WHITE who has done aerial spraying by helicopter from Tacoma, WA to California. Provides physical description: DOB 8 December 1934, Ukiah…

Standard US Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle under file 164-81, dated December 1, 1971. Sent by a redacted Special Agent. Subject is the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: UNSUB, North…

Continuation of an FBI report paragraph noting that a subject referred to as WHITE or WHITES had his FAA license suspended. A redacted source had not seen or heard from WHITE in approximately a redac…

Teletype routing header identifying this as an urgent message sent at 11:00 AM on December 1, 1971, from Seattle field office (164-81) to Portland field office (164-41). Case caption identifying the…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype message, with file/sequence reference 164-81. Continuation (page two) of a teletype message describing suspect Ron White: employed by Northwest…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for case 1:16-cv-01790-03. Lists 16 total deleted pages: pages 25-28 withheld due to Referral/Consult, and pages 37, 38, 41, 42, 58, 72, 109, 181, 184, 185,…

FBI AIRTEL (Airmail) routing header dated February 3, 1972, sent from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle under the NORJAK case designation (FBI internal codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation)…

Teletype routing header: urgent message from Seattle field office to Portland field office, dated December 1, 1971. Case identification: subject is UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, hijacking of Northwest Airli…

Standard US Government Memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle under case number 164-81, dated December 1, 1971. Subject line references the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305…

Standard FBI teletype cover sheet header. Date 12/22/71. Transmission in plaintext via Teletype at NITEL priority. Teletype from Mobile field office to New Orleans. References a prior Seattle NITEL…

Standard FBI teletype transmission header form with fields for date, transmission type (plaintext or code), and priority routing. Fields are blank/unfilled. Form number partially visible at upper lef…

Header block of an FBI Airtel/Airmail memo dated December 22, 1971, from SAC Mobile to SAC New Orleans, regarding case subject NORJAK. Body of memo states that FD-302 interview reports and photograp…

FBI FD-302 form version identifier printed in top-left corner. FBI letterhead with two circular seal emblems and the date of transcription. Page number '1' indicating this is the first page of this…

Continuation page (page 2) of an FBI interview document regarding Donald Turner, case MO 164-34. Turner states persons can verify his whereabouts on November 24, 1971 (date of the D.B. Cooper hijacki…

Teletype header identifying this as an FBI NITEL message sent at 6:32 PM on December 23, 1971, from the New Orleans field office (case 164-136) to the Seattle field office (case 164-81), under the NO…

Page two of a teletype message from FBI Seattle. A redacted source in Iberia, Louisiana advised that Donald E. Turner was working on an offshore oil rig from November 19 through December 23, 1971. Tu…

Standard United States Government Memorandum form header. Addressed to SAC Seattle under case file 164-81 (NORJACK), dated December 22, 1971, from a redacted Special Agent. A Special Agent showed ph…

FBI teletype dated December 21, 1971, sent from Seattle field office to Mobile field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation. An unnamed source in Riverton, Wyoming reported…

Page continuation header identifying this as page two of a teletype; case/serial reference SE (164-81). Continuation of a teletype directing the Mobile, Alabama FBI office to: (1) contact GMAC and W…

Letterhead and date of the letter from attorney John L. Reeder, Twisp, Washington, dated December 6, 1971. Letter is addressed to the FBI Seattle field office, attention a redacted Special Agent, re…

Standard United States Government Memorandum header. Addressed to Special Agent in Charge, Seattle Field Office, case file 164-81. Dated December 9, 1971. Sender identity redacted under b6/b7C exempt…

Teletype routing header sent from Denver FBI field office to Seattle at 5:11 PM on December 1, 1971. References the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, Nov…

Document identifier DN 164-98, page two continuation header. Two redacted blocks at top of body text; exemptions cited are b6, b7C, b7D (personal privacy / law enforcement). A source (name redacted…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype. A redacted source advised that redacted individuals in Seattle, WA had numerous contacts with a subject named Turner at Twisp, WA. Turner was last contacted a…

Teletype routing header identifying this as a night letter sent at 5:45 PM on December 6, 1971, from FBI Boston field office to FBI Seattle and FBI St. Louis. Case caption identifying the subject as…

Teletype header identifying message number, urgency, timestamp, routing (to Seattle and St. Louis), and originating office (San Antonio). San Antonio FBI reports that a Master Sergeant at the Milita…

Teletype header identifying this as SA 164-RC, page two. Body of teletype page two. Identifies Richard W. Ruthel (SSAN 020-34-6672) as an Air Force Reserves enlisted member whose address in December…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 2:16PM on December 1, 1971 from Seattle FBI field office (file 164-81) to St. Louis and San Antonio field offices. Identifies the subject…

Page header indicating this is page two of a document with case or serial reference 164-81. A redacted source provided a document showing Ruthel's instructor's license number as CF-115953. The sourc…

Teletype routing header showing urgent message sent at 11:40AM on December 1, 1971 from Indianapolis field office to Seattle. File number 164-62, 2 pages. Case subject line identifying the matter as…

Teletype reference number and page indicator. Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype. A redacted source stated that a subject named Richard R. Ruthel was active in sky diving while stationed at…

Standard FBI NITEL teletype routing header. Message number 007, transmitted at 5:41 PM on December 7, 1971. Sent from Minneapolis (file 164-73) to the Director and multiple field offices including Se…

Standard US Government Memorandum header. Dated December 3, 1971, from Special Agent Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle. Subject is the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Unknown Subject, Northwest Airline…

Header block of FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 12/3/71. Written by SA Donald J. Steele and a second redacted SA. Subject is the UNSUB known as Dan Cooper, North…

FBI Seattle field office case file number header, indicating this is a continuation page within file SE 164-81. Partial sentence (continuation from prior page) discussing an individual cited as a go…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle under case 164-81, dated 12/3/71. Subject is the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, on 11/24/71. Filed unde…

Standard US Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC, Seattle under case number 164-81, dated December 2, 1971. Sent by a redacted Special Agent. Subject is the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwe…

Teletype routing header. Sent at 11:58 PM on December 1, 1971 from the Seattle FBI field office (case number 164-81) to the FBI Director. Classified as NITEL (night teletype) plain text. Case subjec…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype or message with serial/sequence number SE 164-81. Continuation of a teletype message. A redacted portion (names withheld under b6/b7C/b7D exempt…

Teletype routing header showing message number NR023, sent at 11:17 PM on December 1, 1971, from Seattle field office to Little Rock, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, and Portland field offices. Case subj…

Header identifying this as page two of a teletype message with case/routing identifier SE 164-81. Continuation (page two) of a teletype message directing FBI field offices in Minneapolis and Philade…

Header block of FBI internal memo addressed to ASAC Paul R. Bibler from SAC Seattle, dated December 2, 1971. Subject is the UNSUB (Dan Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to…

Teletype routing header showing message number, transmission time (5:51 PM, December 2, 1971), and addressees: Director (164-2111), Seattle (164-81), Portland (164-41), Little Rock, Philadelphia. Sen…

Page two of FBI teletype message MP 164-73. Describes a suspect named Fotier: formerly employed by Northwest Airlines (NWA) at Seattle, resided at 765-154th Place Northeast, Bellevue, Washington. Phy…

Routing header of an internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 12/2/71, referencing the UNSUB Dan Cooper hijacking case on Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, o…

Page marker and decorative or section-divider marks at top of page. FBI internal memo header addressed from SAC Seattle file 164-81 to ASAC Paul R. Bibler, dated December 2, 1971. Subject is the UNS…

Memo header identifying the document as addressed to SAC Seattle, authored by ASAC Paul R. Bibler, dated 12/2/71. Subject line concerns the UNSUB known as Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #305,…

FBI internal memo header addressed to ASAC Paul R. Bibler from SAC Seattle field office, dated December 2, 1971. Subject line identifies the case as UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #3…

FBI memo header identifying sender as SAC Seattle (case 164-81), addressed to ASAC Paul R. Bibler, dated 12/2/71. Subject line identifies UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland…

Routing header of an FBI AIRTEL (Air Mail) memo dated January 23, 1973. Sent from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland. Subject is the NORJAK investigation (origin office Seattle), referencing sub-file on sub…

FBI Airtel form header routing a priority communication dated January 9, 1973, from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking). An anonymous male caller from Portland,…

Physical description of subject GRIFFIN as provided by a redacted witness. White male, American, in his 30s, 5'10", 160 lbs, dark brown hair, possibly brown eyes, wears slacks neatly, olive complexio…

Page number, FBI file reference number SE 164-81, and typist/agent initials JEC/lal. FBI Special Agent [redacted] interviewed a woman (identity redacted) on June 12, 1972 in Everett, Washington. She…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated June 28, 1972, regarding NORJAK suspect Ralph L. Griffin, Number 75. The originating SA's name is redacted. Body of memo states that attempts to lo…

Memo header identifying recipient as SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, operation NORJAK, regarding subject RALPH L. GRIFFIN. Sending agent's name is redacted under b6/b7C. A Washington State Parole O…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to the Special Agent in Charge, Seattle field office, case 164-81. Dated 5/22/72, relating to NORJAK investigation, subject Ralph L. Griffin (Subject #75), refer…

Case file reference number for the Seattle FBI field office. A redacted individual (name withheld under FOIA b6/b7C exemptions) is identified as being located in Everett, Washington, but has left wi…

FBI memo dated April 28, 1972, from SAC Seattle, filed under case 164-81 (NORJAK, the D.B. Cooper investigation). References a prior memo dated 3/27/72. A source in Lacey, Washington advised that a r…

FBI internal memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated April 7, 1972, from a redacted Special Agent, concerning Ralph L. Griffin as Suspect No. 75 in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. A reda…

Standard U.S. Government Memorandum form header. Memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated March 27, 1972, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJACK case. Body of memo referencing a prior mem…

Subject identification block for RALPH LEONARD GRIFFIN. Contains physical descriptors, FBI number, Social Security number, and partially redacted relatives information. File reference SE 164-81. Nar…

Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 3/3/72. Re: RALPH L. GRIFFIN, Sub 75, referencing a prior Seattle memo dated 2/14/72. Typed by BME:kn. A redacted source…

Document identifier / case reference number in upper-left margin. A redacted source stated that subject GRIFFIN was well known for passing bad checks at Bob's Java Jive; GRIFFIN also arranged photog…

Standard USG Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81(P), dated 2/14/72. From a Special Agent (name redacted b6/b7C). Subject is NORJAK (code name for D.B. Cooper hijacking case)…

Case file identifier SE 164-81 with classification marker PTS. This is page 2 of a multi-page FBI document. Continuation of prior page. An unnamed source (redacted) stated that subject GRIFFIN had b…

Standard U.S. Government Memorandum form header. Addressed to SAC Seattle under case number 164-81-1953, dated January 26, 1972. Subject is NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case). Sender is a Special Agent wh…

Standard FBI memo header identifying the recipient as SAC Seattle, with case number 164-81 (P), dated 12/28/71. The sending SA's name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Document is filed under the…

Subject profile / physical description for RALPH LEROY GRIFFIN, age 27, DOB 6/17/43. A handwritten annotation beside the DOB reads '[guess: too young]', suggesting this lead was reviewed and the subj…

Standard U.S. Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle (case file 164-81), dated November 30, 1971, from Special Agent Richard Avery Dyer. Subject is the UNSUB in the Northwest Airlines…

Standard US Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81 P, dated January 17, 1972. From SA Richard Avery Dyer. Subject is NORJAK case, regarding Ralph L. Griffin. Handwritten…

Standard FBI AIRTEL transmission form header (FD-36), dated February 2, 1972, to be sent via Airtel/Air Mail. Routing header of the AIRTEL: from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK…

Two large circular black redaction marks at the top of the page, likely covering identifying information or routing stamps. FBI Los Angeles field office case file reference number. This page (page…

File reference number and initials for the Los Angeles FBI field office document. FBI Los Angeles Division report stating that the following individuals were confirmed to be in the Southern Californ…

Continuation page (page 2) of an FBI investigative report filed under Los Angeles file number 164-497. States that noticeable differences existed between possible suspects and the artist's composite/…

FBI AIRTEL (Air Mail) header dated January 27, 1972, sent from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking). Body of AIRTEL referencing a Sac…

Teletype routing header identifying this as a NITEL (night teletype) sent at 9:34 PM on January 10, 1972, from Sacramento FBI office to Los Angeles (case file 164-497) and Seattle (case file 164-81).…

Page two of a teletype or inter-office communication (SC 164-50). States that a redacted subject recently moved to a redacted location in California with unknown place of employment. The Los Angeles…

Teletype routing header indicating this NITEL message was sent at 10:53 PM on January 3, 1972, from the Louisville FBI field office to Los Angeles (case file 164-497), Seattle (164-81), and Sacrament…

Two large circular redaction marks at the top of the page, likely covering identifying information or images. Page two of an FBI teletype originating from FBI Seattle. Reference number LS 164-71. Da…

FBI Airtel from SAC Louisville to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. Louisville field office reports that numerous attempts to contact a redacted subject at her Kentucky reside…

Teletype routing header indicating the message originated from the Los Angeles FBI field office at 7:32 PM on December 21, 1971, addressed to Seattle (case 164-81) and Louisville (case 164-71). Marke…

Page two of an FBI teletype (file LA 164-497) regarding the D.B. Cooper investigation. Provides physical descriptions of two redacted male suspects associated with Pacific Bell in Santa Monica, CA. T…

FBI teletype routing header transmitted urgent on December 1, 1971 at 8:36 PM from Louisville field office to the Director, Los Angeles, and Seattle field offices. Subject line identifying the case…

This is page two of a teletype message directing the Los Angeles field office at Santa Monica to conduct a background investigation on a redacted individual to determine if he might be identical with…

FBI NITEL (night teletype) from San Francisco field office to Seattle field office, sent 8:57 PM on December 9, 1971. Two-page transmission related to the NORJAK investigation (D.B. Cooper hijacking…

Page two of an FBI teletype from the San Francisco field office (case SF 164-220). A redacted individual advised that a described subject — a White Male Adult, six feet tall, 150 pounds, slender buil…

Routing header of an FBI AIRTEL (air mail memo) dated November 29, 1971, sent from SAC Salt Lake City to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. A redacted…

FBI case/file reference number for this document series. FBI investigative instructions directing field offices to show composite photographs of the Unknown Subject (D.B. Cooper) to Universal Airlin…

Standard FBI teletype form header showing the form revision date (Rev. 5-22-64), document date of December 2, 1971, communication type TELETYPE, and priority level URGENT. Routing header of the tele…

FBI teletype (NITEL) from San Francisco field office (case 164-220) to Sacramento and Seattle offices, dated December 1, 1971. Reports that a detective from the Pleasanton Police Department called SF…

Continuation header identifying this as page two of teletype SF 164-220. Continuation of a teletype message describing a suspect as five feet ten inches tall, stocky, and balding. The date of birth…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC, dated 12/9/71, under case number 164-81, related to the NORJAK operation (D.B. Cooper hijacking), originating office Seattle. Subject line references a redacted susp…

FBI memo header identifying the sending office as SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated December 2, 1971. Subject is the UNSUB from the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking (Portland to Seattle,…

Teletype routing header showing message sent urgently at 11:00 AM on December 7, 1971 from Sacramento field office (case 164-50) to Seattle (164-81), with San Francisco (164-2-0) also listed. Subjec…

Document identifier and page label indicating this is page two of a teletype or communication with identifier SC 164-50. A redacted line stating that a named individual (redacted under b6/b7C) comme…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 7:29PM on December 3, 1971 from the San Francisco FBI field office (file 164-220) to Seattle (164-81), San Diego, and Sacramento field off…

Two circular alignment markers at the top of the page, typical of teletype or microfiche documents. Continuation page (page two) of a teletype message bearing case reference SF 164-220. It instructs…

Teletype routing header. Message number 15, sent from San Diego (case 164-91) to San Francisco (164-220) and Seattle (164-81). Transmission times indicate sent 12-2-71, PM 12-1-71 via NITEL LLC. Sub…

FBI teletype header identifying message number 012, transmitted at 8:45 PM on December 9, 1971. Sent from San Francisco field office (file 164-220) to Seattle field office (file 164-81). Handwritten…

Date of the airtel communication. Routing header for an FBI Airtel sent via Air Mail from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle, regarding the UNSUB D.B. Cooper case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portl…

Teletype header identifying message number, priority, date/time, originating office (Seattle, case 164-81), and destination office (San Francisco, case 164-220). Subject line identifying the case: u…

Teletype header identifying message number NR 017, transmitted via NITEL at 10:28PM on December 1, 1971, from FBI San Francisco (file 164-220) to FBI Seattle (file 164-81). Subject line identifying…

Page two of an FBI teletype or report (case reference SF 164-220). A female source provided a photo of an unidentified male (redacted) and stated she had not seen him since a redacted date. The subje…

Page header identifying this as page three of teletype case SF 164-220. Continuation (page three) of a teletype regarding an UNSUB subject named CANNON. Describes physical characteristics: born Sept…

FBI NITEL teletype dated December 29, 1971, sent at 10:59 PM from Portland (case 164-41) to Los Angeles (164-4997) and Seattle (164-81). Concerns NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. A redacted witnes…

Teletype routing header indicating message number 006 from Los Angeles FBI field office, sent at 6:11 PM on December 6, 1971, addressed to Portland (case 164-41) and Seattle (case 164-81), originatin…

Page two of an FBI teletype or airtel filed under Los Angeles case number LA 164-497, part of the D.B. Cooper investigation. The document describes an interview with a redacted subject in the Glendal…

Page header identifying this as page three of teletype/communication LA 164-497. Reports that an attempt to locate a redacted individual or entity was unsuccessful. Public source data also failed to…

FBI teletype routing header sent urgently at 12:41 PM on December 2, 1971 from Portland field office (case 164-41) to FBI Director, Seattle field office (case 164-81), and Los Angeles. Subject line r…

Form identifier PD 164-41, page two designation. Two large black circular redactions appear at the top of the page, likely covering identifying information or photographs. A source recalled a subje…

This is page three (the final page) of a multi-page FBI teletype on form PD 164-41. The Los Angeles field office states it will attempt to locate a redacted individual at a redacted address in Califo…

FBI airtel dated January 8, 1974 from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). References a prior Seattle airtel to Portland dated 12/27/73. States that Portland files con…

Airtel/Airmail from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland, dated December 27, 1973, regarding the NORJAK investigation. Seattle references a December 2, 1971 Portland teletype in which Portland advised it woul…

Teletype routing header. Urgent message sent at 12:50 PM on December 2, 1971 from Portland field office (case 164-41) to Seattle field office (case 164-81). Portland FBI relays a tip from a Springfi…

Teletype routing header identifying this as message number 011 from San Francisco field office, sent as plaintext via NITEL at 7:36PM on December 8, 1971, by operator JAK. Teletype routing block: me…

Teletype routing header identifying message number, urgency, date/time, sending and receiving FBI field offices with case file numbers. Subject line identifying the case: the UNSUB known as Dan Coop…

Teletype header identifying this as an urgent plain-text message, number 013 from San Francisco field office, sent at 4:37 PM on December 6, 1971, addressed to Seattle, Portland, and Sacramento field…

Continuation sheet header. The upper portion of the page is blank, consistent with a second page of a teletype transmission. Page two of a teletype. A redacted source at Treasure Island, California…

Teletype routing header showing an urgent message sent at 12:49 PM on December 2, 1971 from SAC Portland to SAC San Francisco and SAC Seattle. Handwritten annotation summarizing the tip subject matt…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle under case file 164-81 (NORJAK/D.B. Cooper), dated January 4, 1972, referencing a prior memo by SA Thomas J. Manning dated 12/1/71. Author SA name is redacted…

Case file reference number for Seattle FBI field office, file 163-81. A redacted subject drove south from near Chehalis, WA to Kelso, WA, dropped off a hitchhiker, visited Mary's Tavern to purchase…

Two circular stamps or seals appear at the top of the page. Their content is not legible. This FBI memo, dated December 1, 1971, is from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper…

FBI memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Phoenix, dated July 16, 1974, referencing the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). States that EUGENE LEROY WATSON, designated as Subject #87, has apparently been eli…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Sent from SAC Los Angeles (case file 164-497) to SAC Seattle, dated June 12, 1974. Subject is NORJAK (FBI codename for D.B. Cooper hijacking), office of orig…

Concluding paragraph of an FBI report regarding suspect EUGENE WATSON. The Los Angeles field office determined Watson is not a logical suspect and has discontinued further investigation. Document co…

FBI inter-office memo dated 5/22/74 from SAC Seattle to SAC Phoenix under NORJAK (D.B. Cooper investigation). Concerns subject Eugene Leroy Watson, Subject #87. Marked Armed and Dangerous. References…

Standard US Government Memorandum header identifying sender as SAC Phoenix, recipient as SAC Seattle, dated April 24, 1974, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper investigation), Bureau file 164-2111, subject…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview report form identifier and revision date. Routing or file stamp in upper right corner; date of transcription is April 23, 1974. Introduction paragraph identifying subj…

Form fields on page 2 of an FBI interview summary for subject WATSON. Marital status and a personal information box are redacted. Education listed as San Francisco high school graduate with three yea…

Document reference header: file number PX 164-100, initials REL:dpm, page 3 of the sub-document. WATSON provided personal background: smokes Larks cigarettes, not an alcoholic, no safe deposit box,…

Standard US Government Memorandum header. Sent from SAC Phoenix (case 164-100) to SAC Seattle (case 164-81), dated February 22, 1974. Subject is NORJAK (FBI codename for D.B. Cooper hijacking investi…

Document reference number and author/typist initials. Geographic heading indicating the location context of this memo section. Memo body stating intent to contact Eugene Leroy Watson at 2615 Air La…

Header of an FBI report (file PX 164-100) documenting an investigation conducted by a Special Agent at Phoenix, Arizona. Notes that on January 16, 1974, a Driver's License Records search was run thro…

Document reference number, initialing, and page number indicating this is page 2 of a document indexed as PX 164-100, initialed REL/hmc. On February 19, 1974, agents attempted to contact and intervi…

Document control reference line indicating file number PX 164-100, author initials REL/hmc, and page or attachment number 1. Handwritten sub-file or sub-document reference number 87, appearing twice…

Document reference number, initials, and page number header for this FBI investigative document. A redacted source stated that a subject named WATSON has a $2,000.00 unsecured commercial loan and fi…

Document reference code and initials, likely a prosecution or FBI exhibit identifier with typist/agent initials and page or item number. Entry number 5 in what appears to be a larger list of financi…

Two redacted elements at the top of the page, rendered as filled black circles. FBI AIRTEL (Air Mail) communication header dated December 27, 1973. Sent from SAC Seattle (case 164-81) to SAC Phoenix…

Case file reference number SE #164-81 appearing as a header/identifier at the top left of the page. Numbered paragraph 3 directing further processing of suspect WATSON as a NORJAK (DB Cooper hijacki…

Standard US Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated December 19, 1973. From a redacted Special Agent. Subject is NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper hijacking case), originatin…

Two large circular black redaction stamps appear at the top of the page, likely covering identifying seals or stamps. Document identifier or file number header in upper left margin. Continuation of…

Standard FBI memorandum header. Dated 12/19/73, addressed to SAC Seattle under case file 164-81(P). Originating SA's name is redacted under FOIA b6/b7C exemptions. Subject is NORJAK (the DB Cooper hi…

Standard US Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle under case 164-81(P), dated 12/19/73. Sent from a Special Agent whose name is redacted. Subject is NORJAK (DB Cooper case), with ori…

FBI teletype from Phoenix field office to Seattle field office, dated December 9, 1971, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Phoenix investigation identified that a previously referred indi…

Page two of an FBI teletype from the Phoenix Division. Phoenix recommends that a photograph of the referenced suspect be shown to witnesses for possible elimination before initiating a wider investig…

Teletype routing header showing urgent message sent at 1:46PM on 12/9/71 from Seattle field office to Phoenix field office. Seattle FBI requests Phoenix FBI explain how Frank Morgan was identified a…

Standard FBI Airtel transmission header indicating the document is dated December 7, 1971 and transmitted via Airtel priority. Airtel from SAC Phoenix to Seattle regarding DB Cooper hijacking suspec…

Teletype routing header from Phoenix FBI field office to Seattle, transmitted at 10:40 PM on December 1, 1971. Message number NR 015, plain text, NITEL channel, operator initials JDD. Phoenix FBI of…

Standard US Government Memorandum form header. Addressed to SAC (Special Agent in Charge) Seattle, case file 164-81, dated February 22, 1972. Sent by an SA (Special Agent) whose identity is redacted…

FBI internal memorandum dated 2/14/72 from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, under the NORJAK case. Reports that on 2/11/72, photographs of five named subjects ('BUZZ' LNU, Anthony (Tony) Fern…

Standard U.S. Government Memorandum form header. Memo dated January 7, 1972, addressed to SAC Seattle under case file 164-81, from Special Agent Louis M. Harris Jr. Subject is the D.B. Cooper hijacki…

File/case reference number 164-81 with initials LMH, likely identifying the file and handling agent. FOIA exemption codes: b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy), indicatin…

Airtel memo from SAC Mobile to SAC Seattle, dated 12/23/71, referencing an earlier Mobile airtel of 12/10/71. Transmits three photographs of a suspect to Seattle Division for investigative assistance…

FBI AIRTEL (airmail memorandum) header block dated 12/10/71, from SAC Mobile to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK investigation (the D.B. Cooper hijacking case). The RE field is redacted under b6/b7C…

Two circular classification or routing stamps at the top of the page, content obscured or redacted. FBI case file number designation for this document. A redacted subject came to the U.S. from Aust…

FBI case file identifier for this document. Describes subject's travel reservation: booked via American Air Lines in Washington D.C., departing Montgomery, Alabama on 12/1/71, en route to Atlanta an…

Document reference number, initials of preparer/reviewer, and page number. SA (name redacted) conducted an interview on December 1, 1971 with a Major (name redacted) stationed at Maxwell Air Force B…

FBI teletype transmitted at 2:54 AM on December 2, 1971, from Washington Field office to Director, Mobile, and Seattle field offices. Subject line references Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (Portland t…

Teletype routing header. Message number 035 sent from Los Angeles field office at 10:41 PM on December 2, 1971, addressed to New Haven and Seattle field offices with their respective case file number…

Case file number and page designation for the Los Angeles FBI field office. A redacted individual viewed an artist's conception (composite sketch) of the unknown subject (UNSUB) in December and stat…

Page three of an FBI Los Angeles teletype (case LA 164-497) related to the D.B. Cooper investigation. A composite drawing of the UNSUB was shown to a redacted individual, who advised that the hair li…

Case number header and page continuation marker for FBI case LA 164-497, page four of the teletype document. Records check on a redacted subject indicating employment as of July 1971 with Ralph M. P…

Page five of a multi-page FBI teletype under case LA 164-497. Reports information furnished by a redacted source to New Haven on or around December 1. On December 2, an individual (redacted) was cont…

File reference number and page indicator for this teletype transmission. Summary of a suspect interview: a subject was described physically (details redacted), tattoos unknown. An artist's conceptio…

Case number header and page number for this teletype page. An individual (identity redacted) provided telephone numbers of club members, describing a local skydiving/parachute club with 10-20 member…

FBI teletype from New Haven field office to Director, Seattle, and Los Angeles, dated December 1, 1971 at 11:32 PM urgent. Reports a tip received at approximately 5:15 PM EST that day: a redacted ind…

Page two of FBI teletype NH 164-77. A redacted subject advised his home telephone number and office contact. He will be available at a redacted location on December 2 (year not stated). An interview…

Standard United States Government Memorandum header (Optional Form No. 10, May 1962 edition). Addressed to SAC (Special Agent in Charge), Seattle, case file 164-81, dated February 22, 1972. Originati…

Standard US Government Memorandum form header. Addressed to SAC Seattle under file 164-81, dated February 14, 1972, from Special Agent Charles N. Giese. Subject is NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case codena…

Header of a United States Government Memorandum dated January 7, 1972, from Special Agent Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle. The subject pertains to the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Unknown Subject,…

Date of the AIRTEL communication. FBI AIRTEL (Air Mail) memo header. Sent from Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Butte field office to SAC Seattle field office. Subject is NORJAK (the FBI codename for t…

Teletype (NITEL) message sent at 4:25 PM on December 11, 1971, from the Butte FBI field office (case 164-26) to the Seattle FBI field office (case 164-81) regarding the NORJACK investigation (D.B. Co…

Teletype identifier and page continuation marker. Continuation of a subject description: physical characteristics including brown hair, hazel eyes, light complexion, and reading glasses. States elim…

Date header (December 6, 1971), classification PLAIN, transmission type TELETYPE NITEL, with a redacted recipient/routing block. Routing lines showing teletype sent from Salt Lake City FBI office (c…

Case file reference number SU 164-24, page two of a multi-page teletype or communication. Two lines of text fully redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement privac…

Date, classification, and message type header. Dated December 2, 1971. Marked PLAIN (unencrypted) and URGENT. Routing header. Message sent from Special Agent in Charge, Butte field office (file 164-…

Routing header of FBI NITEL (teletype) dated December 1, 1971 at 10:10PM, transmitted from SAC Salt Lake City to Director FBI and multiple SAC offices (Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas, Butte). Subject…

Page two of an FBI teletype from the Salt Lake City field office (SU 164-24) regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect lead. A female source (identity redacted) stated her last contact with the suspect was som…

Page three of a teletype message under case reference SU 164-24. States that the unknown subject should be considered armed and dangerous due to the nature of the crime and the threat of explosives.…

Standard FBI FOI/PA header block identifying this as a Deleted Page Information Sheet under FOIA/Privacy Act case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. Lists 21 deleted pages (pages 36, 39, 54-76) all withheld a…

FBI memorandum header on Optional Form No. 10 (May 1962 edition). Addressed to SAC Seattle under case 164-81, dated 12/14/71. Sender is a redacted Special Agent. Subject line identifies the D.B. Coop…

Standard US Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated December 9, 1971. From Special Agent Robert H. Wick. Subject is the UNSUB in the NWA Flight 305 hijacking…

Standard US Government Memorandum form header. Memo is from Special Agent Robert H. Wick to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Seattle field office, dated December 1, 1971, regarding the D.B. C…

Letterhead identifying the issuing agency as Thurston County Sheriff, Olympia, Washington, with the document typed as an Officer's Report. FOIA privacy exemption markers (b6 = personal privacy; b7C…

A law enforcement officer, after viewing a composite drawing of the proposed D.B. Cooper hijacker at the Thurston County Sheriff's Department in Olympia, Washington, states that the individual he obs…

Standard US Government Memorandum header. Directed to SAC Seattle under file number 164-81, dated January 17, 1972. Authored by SA Richard Avery Dyer. Subject is NORJAK (FBI codename for the D.B. Coo…

Standard US Government Memorandum header. Memo dated December 1, 1971, from Special Agent Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle. Subject is Northwest Flight 305, dated 11/24/71, classified under CAA - Hijack…

Standard United States Government Memorandum form header. Addressed to SAC Seattle under case number 164-81, dated March 1, 1972, from SA Charles E. Farrell. Subject is NORJAC (the D.B. Cooper hijack…

Standard United States Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC (Special Agent in Charge), Seattle, file number 164-81, dated February 28, 1972. From a Special Agent whose name is redacted. Sub…

Standard US Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle under case 164-81, dated December 6, 1971. From Special Agent Louis M. Harris, Jr. Subject is the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Unknow…

Standard U.S. Government Memorandum form header identifying the form number and edition. Memo addressed to SAC Seattle under case 164-81, dated December 6, 1971, from a redacted Special Agent. Subje…

Standard U.S. Government Memorandum form header identifying the form version and regulatory authority. Memo routing block. Addressed to Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Seattle under case file 164-81.…

Standard U.S. Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle under case number 164-81, dated December 2, 1971. Subject is the D.B. Cooper hijacking/extortion case (Northwest Airlines Flight 3…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated December 1, 1971. From a redacted Special Agent. Subject is the D.B. Cooper hijacking/extortion case involving…

A black-and-white photographic print mounted or affixed to a degraded background page. The photograph shows two views of the same male subject: a profile view on the left and a front-facing (mugshot-…

Handwritten index card containing physical description and identifying information for a subject named David George Allen. Describes a White Male Adult born February 1, 1937 in Wichita, Kansas; heigh…

FBI letterhead dated 6-12-70 with document time stamp '48 SAM', a handwritten file reference number (partially illegible), J. Edgar Hoover's handwritten signature as Director, and the FBI identificat…

FBI Identification Record form header. Document number 980 341 D, dated 6-12-70, classified FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY. Instructs recipients to contact contributing agency for missing disposition or charg…

FBI FD-36 Airtel form header indicating date of 2/2/72, transmitted via Airtel by Air Mail priority. Routing block: from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacki…

FBI Los Angeles field office case file reference number for this document. This page (page 2 of the document) describes actions taken in the Greater Los Angeles area regarding the D.B. Cooper ransom…

Page number, Los Angeles field office case number (LA 164-497), and typist initials (crs/kah). FBI Los Angeles memo stating that through records review and interviews, the listed individuals were co…

Page number 2, FBI file reference LA 164-497, initials crs/kah indicating typist or preparer codes. Continuation of a report paragraph noting that possible suspects had noticeable differences from t…

FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Minneapolis, dated December 8, 1971, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, November 24, 1971). States…

Teletype routing header: message number 024 from Los Angeles field office (case 164-497) to Seattle field office (case 164-81), transmitted 10:27 PM on December 7, 1971. Handwritten routing or filin…

Teletype routing header: urgent message number 006, sent 6:05 PM on 12/6/71, from Seattle field office (case 164-81) to Los Angeles, page 2. Case subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking i…

Page and case identifier header for this teletype continuation page. Continuation (page two) of a teletype directing the Los Angeles field office at Sepulveda, California to discreetly determine the…

Standard FBI memo header identifying the case: D.B. Cooper hijacking/extortion, Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71. Memo dated 12/3/71, addressed to SAC Seattle, authored…

Document header showing FBI Seattle field office file reference SE 164-81, with a redacted continuation phrase beginning 'from Seattle as'. Body of the memo discusses a suspect named FORTIER whose c…

Routing header of an FBI NITEL teletype dated December 2, 1971, sent from Minneapolis (case 164-73) to Director, Seattle, Portland, Little Rock, and Philadelphia field offices. Handwritten annotatio…

FBI memo header identifying the case: UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71, hijacking and extortion. Originating office SAC Seattle, case number 164-81.…

Teletype header identifying message number, transmission time (10:43 PM), date (December 1, 1971), routing codes, and originating/destination field offices. Handwritten routing/case annotation notin…

Standard US Government Memorandum routing block. Addressed to SAC Seattle under case 164-81, dated January 7, 1972. From Special Agent Louis M. Harris, Jr. Subject concerns the D.B. Cooper hijacking…

US Government Memorandum dated December 30, 1971 from SAC Newark (164-196) to SAC Seattle (164-81), regarding NORJAK investigation. The memo transmits nine copies each of two investigative inserts fr…

Page number and file/typist reference for this investigative document. Introduction of the FBI investigation conducted on December 10, 1971, at the Newark, NJ Immigration and Naturalization Service.…

Page number and FBI case/routing reference with initials of the preparing agent. A male subject (referred to as COOPER) was departing Boston on July 11, 1956 via BOAC airline to Great Britain for bu…

FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated December 15, 1971. Two items in the header are redacted (shown as black circles). Transmission method is AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC…

Standard United States Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC (Special Agent in Charge), Seattle, file number 164-81, copy type (P). Dated December 9, 1971. Sender is a Special Agent whose na…

Standard U.S. Government Memorandum header on Optional Form No. 10. Addressed to SAC, Seattle, under case number 164-81, dated December 9, 1971. The sending Special Agent's name is redacted under b6/…

Teletype routing header indicating message transmitted at 5:30 PM on December 8, 1971, from Norfolk field office to Director and field offices in Cleveland, Newark, and Seattle. Handwritten annotati…

Page two of a teletype or FBI report concerning a subject named Cooper, employed as a salesman at Clayton's Men's Store in Newport News, VA. His employer verified his presence at Clayton's until 6:00…

Page header for page three of a multi-page teletype transmission. Multiple blocks of text fully redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 (personal privacy), b7C (law enforcement - personal privacy), and b7…

Page four of a multi-page FBI teletype. Directs the Cleveland field office to conduct a discreet investigation to determine if a redacted subject was at work during the critical hours of the captione…

FBI NITEL teletype routing header dated December 7, 1971 at 5:41 PM. Sent from Minneapolis field office (file 164-73) to Director and multiple field offices including Seattle, New York, Springfield,…

Newark FBI field office teletype to Director, New York, and Seattle field offices, dated December 6, 1971, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. R…

Page two of a teletype message (NK 164-196) from FBI Seattle. Reports that calls received purportedly from Cooper were from a soft-spoken individual with no particular accent. A redacted source also…

Teletype routing header. Sent at 5:21 PM on December 4, 1971 from Seattle field office (case 164-81) to Newark, New York, Norfolk, and WFO (Washington Field Office). Subject line identifies the case…

Declassification authority header with transmission timestamps and urgency designation. Declassified under FBI Automatic Declassification Guide on 10-11-2024. Message transmitted at 3:07AM and 3:20AM…