FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet indicating 9 pages (pages 7–15) were withheld under Referral/Consult exemption for case FOI/PA# 1:16-cv-01790-03. Boxed stamp/marker indicating deleted pag…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Philadelphia to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. References a prior Seattle airtel dated 2/14/74 and encloses two FD-302 interview reports conc…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date 12-17-71. Handwritten sub-file notation 'Sub 187'. FBI interview with Charles Brownley regarding the whereabouts and background of his son Robert…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date. Handwritten sub-file notation. FBI FD-302 interview of Robert Charles Brownley. He was read his rights. He described traveling from Gettysburg,…

FBI field office file number for Philadelphia office, case 164-133. Continuation of a subject description form listing physical characteristics, identifying numbers, employment status, military seri…

Date of the document. FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Philadelphia regarding NORJAK case. Seattle requests Philadelphia forward results of investigation into suspect ROBERT C. BROWNLEY's fat…

Date, classification, and transmission type header for the teletype. Handwritten annotation indicating suspect sub-number 187. Routing header and case title block for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case…

File number and page continuation header for Los Angeles FBI field office teletype. Form fields indicating the subject states information about Robert Brownely. Source describes Robert Brownley as…

Continuation page (page 3) of an FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office (LA 164-497) directing leads to establish the whereabouts of a person named Brownley on November 24th. The rest of the…

Teletype header showing date, routing, and classification. Nitel (night teletype) plaintext message from SAC Minneapolis (file 164-73) to SAC Los Angeles. Handwritten annotation referencing NWA (Nor…

Standard FBI inter-office memo header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/17/71. Sender name is redacted. Memo describes a request made on 12/13/71 to the Washington DMV in Olym…

Handwritten annotations identifying the two suspects named in the teletype. Urgent teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A parking lot attendant at Portl…

Teletype header indicating this is page two of message PD-164=#1. Continuation of a teletype from FBI Seattle. The Seattle field office will check out suspects Clarke and Roest at Olympia and Woodla…

Document reference number and typist/page identifiers. An FBI Special Agent showed photographs to an unnamed individual in Eugene, Oregon on January 12, 1972. The individual could not identify any o…

Document header showing Portland Division case number 164-41, typist initials RPC:csm, and page 2 of the sub-document. Numbered list of individuals, apparently suspects or persons of interest in the…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, enclosing FD-302 interview reports for ROBERT LEE HORTON and one redacted individual, interviewed on 12/17…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with date December 20, 1971. FBI interview of Robert Lee Horton, a full-time student at Portland Community College. He provided his schedule for November 24…

FBI FD-302 interview report form header with revision date. An unnamed individual (redacted) confirmed via attendance records that Robert Lee Horton was present at his college classes on November 24…

FBI airtel header from SAC Portland to SAC Minneapolis regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/14/71. Portland FBI office reports on suspect Robert Lee Horton. They obtained a photograph from Multnomah Coun…

FBI lead document (PD 164-41) dated 12/14/71 identifying a person named HORTON as residing at 8410 S.W. 2nd Avenue, Portland, Oregon, a student at Portland State College. A lead is assigned to the Po…

Date of the memo. Header block of FBI AIRTEL memo from Minneapolis SAC to Portland SAC regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Minneapolis office forwards a phot…

FBI case file number for this report page. An unidentified source had no home address for suspect HORTON but provided a photograph (Multnomah County Sheriff's Office #13742, dated 5/20/70). The phot…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81 (partially redacted), dated 12/16/71, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case. Subject line (RE:) is redacted. Handwritten i…

Header block of an FBI memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 12/9/71, regarding the NORJAK case. A hospital contact (name redacted) advised SA WEBBER that during an insu…

Case file number and agent initials header block. FBI FD-302-style interview report by SA William L. Price conducted at Tum Tum, Washington on December 10, 1971. An informant (name redacted) describ…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from FBI Portland (file 164-41) to FBI Seattle (file 164-81) on December 9, 1971 at 4:35 PM. Portland FBI relays that on the instant date at…

Teletype routing header from Oklahoma City field office to Seattle (urgent) and Kansas City (nitel), dated PM December 7, 1971. Standard case subject line identifying the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijackin…

Continuation header for teletype page two, case number OC 164-56. A subject was interviewed and advised he was at a redacted location during the pertinent period, specifically November 23 and 24. Na…

FBI teletype sent 12/7/71 from Kansas City field office (file 164-80) to Oklahoma City, marked IMMEDIATE priority, regarding the UNSUB in the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking and extortion cas…

Case number and page continuation header for Kansas City FBI office file 164-80. Teletype continuation directing the Oklahoma City field office to contact a redacted individual at a redacted locatio…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated June 26, 1972, from a redacted Special Agent. A contact at the Colville Indian Agency in Nespe…

Standard USG memorandum header addressed from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated 3/29/72, regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior memo serial 2335 dated 2/23/72. On…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Investigative leads directing agents to contact individuals at the Colville Indian Agency in Nespelem, WA and an unidentified cont…

Standard US Government interoffice memo form header (Optional Form No. 10). Memo routing block: from Special Agent John A. Drake to SAC Seattle, dated February 23, 1972, regarding the NORJACK case.…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from SA William L. Price to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case (Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking), referencing a prior memo by SA Jo…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA John A. Drake to SAC Seattle, dated 12/21/71, regarding the NORJAK hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305. SA Drake reports contact with Okanoga…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding the UNSUB Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. Phil Borst, Prosec…

FBI internal memo from the Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A person in Vancouver, Washington advised on 1/5/72 that a review of her records showed a redacted individual…

Header block of an FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 12/10/71, with redacted SA name and RE line. Case name NORJAK. Reports that the Portland Division received a…

FOIA exemption codes (b6 – personal privacy, b7C – law enforcement personal privacy, b7D – confidential source) marked in the right margin at multiple points indicating redacted personal information.…

Fully redacted page. The content has been withheld under FOIA exemption codes b6, b7C, and b7D. FOIA exemption codes indicating redaction for personal privacy (b6), law enforcement personal privacy…

Return address area of the envelope, fully redacted with a black box per FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, b7D. Postage area showing a partially legible postmark dated 1971, with FOIA exemption codes b6, b7C…

FBI memo dated 5/30/72 regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case Sub. 195. Reports that suspect THOMAS H. JENSEN was interviewed on 4/28/72 at his Kent, Washington address. Jensen was determined to be born…

Header block of an FBI memo from the Seattle field office, case 164-81 (SUB 195), regarding NORJAK subject THOMAS JENSEN, referencing a prior SA memo dated 12/10/71. The memo describes repeated fail…

FBI internal memo from Seattle field office dated 12/10/71 regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References a letter received 12/6/71 by the Portland Office from a redacted source identifying Thomas J…

FBI Portland filing stamp with case number 164-81-979 Sub. 195, received and indexed December 6, 1971. Sender name and address redacted under b6/b7C. Citizen letter to the FBI dated December 2, 1971…

Page 2 of a handwritten statement from an unidentified person describing their recognition of someone who resembled the D.B. Cooper hijacker sketch. The writer initially saw the sketch on television…

Page number of the original handwritten letter. Large redacted block, content removed under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C (personal privacy). Fragment of a sentence indicating someone used to live in…

Scanned photocopy of a mailed envelope addressed in cursive handwriting to the FBI field office at the U.S. Courthouse in Portland, Oregon. The return address in the upper left corner has been redact…

Standard US Government Memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK SUB 196, referencing a Portland teletype to Seattle dated 12/9/71. SA Manning reports contacting M…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated December 17, 1971, regarding case NORJAK (164-81). FBI agents requested copies of Washington State dri…

Handwritten annotations identifying two suspects referenced in the teletype: M.O. Clarke and Herman Roest. Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle, marked URGENT, dated Dec…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype with case reference PD-164-41. Continuation of a teletype message directing the Seattle field office to check out suspects Clarke and Ro…

Standard FBI airtel transmission form header, dated February 2, 1972, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. LA Division encloses 15 c…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Banks and financial institutions in the Greater Los Angeles area were circularized to report suspicious transactions invol…

FBI Los Angeles field office file number and typist initials. Introductory paragraph stating that the listed individuals were confirmed to be in Southern California at the time of the Northwest Airl…

Continuation page header showing this is page 2 of an FBI report from the Los Angeles field office, case number 164-497, with dictator/typist initials crs/kah. Continuation of a report paragraph sta…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle and Sacramento offices, dated December 15, 1971 at 6:31 PM. Case title NORJAK with a handwritten cursive annotation, possibly a n…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Sacramento to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Sacramento is forwarding a copy of a California driver's license with photograph of a…

Teletype routing header from Sacramento FBI office to Los Angeles and Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, sent December 10, 1971 at 9:39 PM. A redacted source advised on December 9 that the composite ph…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype message with Sacramento case number 164-50. CLETS lookup results describing a suspect as a white male, 6'1", 180 lbs, brown hair. Name,…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Charles E. Farrell regarding case NORJAJ (164-81), dated March 1, 1972. A witness at a redacted office viewed a list of 14…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from an unnamed Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case. Witness Cord Spreckel was shown photographs of suspects on 2/8/72 and stat…

Standard US Government memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated February 11, 1972. Sender is a redacted Special Agent. Subject is NORJAK (FBI codename for D.B. Cooper case). On Febru…

Date of document. FBI airtel from SAC Milwaukee to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK extortion case (D.B. Cooper / Dan Cooper). Milwaukee encloses two copies of a photograph of Robert Francis Hetchle…

FBI case file number for the Milwaukee division, file 164-37. A lead assignment directing the Seattle Division to show a photograph of Robert Hetchler to individuals who could identify the subject i…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Milwaukee to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports on background investigation of ROBERT FRANCIS KETCHLER of 1239 Kentucky Str…

Milwaukee field office case number designation. Reports that all three parachuting/skydiving clubs in and around Milwaukee, Wisconsin were contacted with negative results regarding a subject named H…

File and dictation unit identifiers for the Milwaukee FBI field office. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation on December 20, 1971 in Wisconsin regarding ROBERT F. HETCHLER. A source provi…

FBI case file number, dictation initials, and page number. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation on December 17, 1971, requesting a search of Racine, Wisconsin Police Department files rega…

FBI case number header and page number, indicating this is page 2 of a sub-document under case MI 164-37. Police complaint record table listing dates from 1963 to 1971 with complaint numbers and ass…

FBI case file header with file number MI 164-37, dictator/typist initials VDK/lj, and page 3 of the sub-document. Review of specific reports referencing a complaint dated June 18, 1971. Investigatio…

Header of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Milwaukee regarding the NORJAK hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305, 11/24/71). A redacted individual visited the Minneapolis FBI of…

FBI field office case number designation. A redacted source stated that HETCHLER bore resemblance to the artist's conception of the unidentified subject (Unsub), was on the West Coast making payment…

FBI inter-office memo dated 6/27/73 from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Douglas Gibson Burns (Sub 199) has been omitted/cleared as a suspect based on investigation b…

Teletype from the FBI Acting Director to Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. States that latent prints previously reported in the case are not identical to the fingerprints…

Date of the airtel document. Airtel memo from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, Sub No. 199, suspect Douglas Gibson Burns. San Francisco reviewed Burns' bank robbery file (91-7…

FBI San Francisco field office file number and dictation initials for the D.B. Cooper case. Continuation of a suspect description noting features on the left hand (little and ring fingers). States n…

Header block of FBI memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage, dated 6/11/73, regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle, sub-file 199. Alaska State Troopers in Anchorage advised SA James H. Frazi…

FBI transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL sent via AIRMAIL dated June 4, 1973. AIRTEL from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI regarding NORJAK subject Douglas Gibson Burns (Sub No. 199). Burn…

FBI Seattle field office case number for NORJAK investigation. Physical description and identifying information for suspect Douglas Gibson Burns, including tattoos on both forearms. Request to FBI…

Memo header identifying sender (SAC Seattle), recipient (SAC Anchorage), case name NORJAK, and office of origin SE (Seattle). Handwritten notations indicating a date and file sub-number reference.…

FBI case file number for the document. An informant or law enforcement contact discusses suspect BURNS, who was released from Anchorage State Jail on 5/17/71 and returned to Portland, Oregon. The co…

Standard FD-302 form header with date of transcription. FBI FD-302 interview report documenting an interview conducted in Anchorage, Alaska. An unnamed witness (redacted) was interviewed in the pres…

Page number of the original document A redacted witness states that BURNS was knowledgeable about aircraft and flight operations, read periodicals on the subject, and was allegedly a pilot and/or pa…

Page continuation number indicating this is page 3 of the document. FBI Anchorage field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Interviewee states BURNS has been released from ch…

FBI case file number for the Anchorage field office. A redacted source advised that a redacted individual was a witness to a conversation with BURNS about his plan to do something that would make ne…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 12/4/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Flight 305. Handwritten notation in cursive identifying t…

San Francisco Police Department booking/master record card for Douglas Gibson Burns, DOB 10-21-24, white male, 71 inches, 175 lbs, brown/grey hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, laborer. Tattoos on bot…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Detroit to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/29/72. References a prior Seattle letter to Detroit and encloses a copy of an article from th…

Internal Detroit Hilton hotel memo dated November 15, 1972, addressed to all department heads regarding the Michigan Newspaper Society event. Notes 65 rooms committed with 20 picked up as of 11/17/72…

Organization letterhead and page number for a multi-page convention planning document. Convention arrival information for Thursday, November 22. Describes hotel room accommodations with a rate of $4…

Header identifying the organization and page number of a multi-page program document. Schedule for Friday, November 24, 1972, listing exhibit setup in Statler Rooms, security in Parlor F, hospitalit…

Header identifying this as page three of a Michigan Numismatic Society document. Brief section about garage/driving logistics for members and a note about donating used items. LB/ry appears to be ty…

Page header identifying this as page five of the Michigan Numismatic Society convention program, continued. Convention schedule for Sunday, November 26, 1972 listing three time blocks: exhibits and…

Page number and date range header for the newspaper issue. Masthead and publication information for the Georgia Straight, a Vancouver underground newspaper. Lists membership in various alternative p…

Introduction to D.B. Cooper case and summary of a claimed taped interview published in the twice-weekly 'Seattle Flag' newspaper. Describes Cooper's skyjacking, the FBI's failed search, public adorat…

Hotel check-in metadata fields showing a guest checked into room 1478 on November 26, 1971 at 8:53 AM, with a departure date of November 28 and a room rate of $30.00. Main Hilton hotel registration…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle, dated December 4, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. FBI memo investigating JAMES RAY FUGATE, JR. (suspect #200) as a poss…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office D.B. Cooper investigation. A witness recalls being in Sacramento for three days and returning the evening of 11/25/71, during which time the FUG…

McCulloch International Airlines expense account form for employee James R. Fouare of the Marketing department, covering travel expenses from November 16 to November 30, 1971. The form documents a se…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. Statement that the Los Angeles field office is ceasing investigation unless Seattle requests further action. Subject designated as armed and da…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated November 9, 1972, sent via airtel airmail priority. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK suspect #200, James Ray Fu…

Date of the document. FBI Airtel memo header from SAC Cleveland to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten routing or review annotation in upper-right area. Bureau of Vital Statistics…

Continuation of an FBI investigative report under case CV 164-88. A redacted passage references people being located in different areas around the U.S. It notes that FUGATE never indicated he was a J…

FBI AIRTEL form header dated July 7, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block: from SAC Portland to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten annotation reading 'Sub 200' next to the F…

Case or document reference number. Directive to Cleveland field office to examine death certification records for the pilot of a Buckeye Air Service Beechcraft airplane that crashed at Toledo Expres…

FBI Seattle teletype to multiple field offices (Los Angeles, Portland, Milwaukee, Cleveland) regarding NORJAK case. The message states that suspect James Ray Fugate was previously named as a suspect…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to Seattle, Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Portland offices, sent July 3, 1972. NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) teletype regarding suspect James Ray Fugate. Ref…

Case number and page header for Los Angeles FBI field office file 164-497, page two of a multi-page communication. Page two of an FBI teletype regarding James R. Fugate. Efforts to locate and interv…

Case file number and page indicator for FBI Los Angeles field office file 164-497, page three. Continuation of an FBI report (page 3) describing a subject with smooth complexion, cleft chin, amputat…

Case number and page designation for this teletype page. Page four of a teletype regarding a civil suit: James R. Fugate vs. Aircraft Tank Service. A mandatory settlement conference was held in Supe…

Case number and page indicator for this teletype page. Continuation of FBI teletype (page 5) directing Portland to contact Chief of Police Larry Edlund at Portland Airport to gather information on F…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to Los Angeles, Cleveland, Portland, and Seattle, dated June 30, 1972, sent at 5:16 PM via NITEL. Minneapolis teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B. Co…

Case number and page indicator for continuation of teletype. Continuation of FBI teletype describing suspect Fugate's criminal history including arrests for fraud, con games, passing bad checks on a…

Continuation header for teletype page three, Minneapolis field office case number 164-73. Physical description and background of suspect Fugate: 6'1", 170 lbs, olive complexion, dark slightly grayin…

Case number and page indicator for multi-page teletype. Page four of a multi-page FBI teletype (case MP 164-73) regarding a James (Ray) Fugate currently residing at Newport Beach, CA, who is schedul…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent December 17, 1971 at 4:07 PM from Cleveland FBI office (file 164-88) to multiple field offices via Washington DC. Cleveland FBI office repor…

Page two of a teletype message under case number CV 164-88, directing all receiving offices to discontinue their investigation concerning an individual named Fugate. The message ends with standard te…

Teletype routing header showing an urgent message dated December 16, 1971, sent from Portland FBI field office to six other field offices. Portland FBI reports on NORJAK suspect James Ray Fugate, wh…

Case number and page indicator for this teletype continuation. Page two of a teletype directing the Cleveland FBI field office (at Toledo, Ohio) to verify the death of FUGATE, who was reportedly kil…

Teletype routing header from Denver field office to Seattle, El Paso, Portland, and Minneapolis offices, sent December 15, 1971 at 6:06 PM. Denver office reports that a search of public source recor…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype or report with Denver file number 164-98. Page two of an FBI teletype or report concerning Second Lieutenant James R. Fugate (serial number AO30…

Page header with page number and case file number DN 164-98. Fugate was sentenced to one year and one day on November 13, 1959, for federal mail fraud charges. No FBI number was on file. Postal Insp…

Continuation header for page four of FBI teletype, case number DN 164-98. Physical description of Fugate: WMA, born January 8, 1931, Portland, Oregon; 6'1", 170 lbs, olive complexion, dark slightly…

Urgent FBI teletype from Minneapolis to Denver, Portland, and Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect James Ray Fugate. References prior teletypes from Minneapolis and Dallas dated December 13. Dallas repor…

Teletype routing header showing urgent message sent December 13, 1971 at 1:16 PM from Minneapolis field office to Seattle, Dallas, Denver, and Portland. Minneapolis FBI teletype regarding James Ray…

Page two of a teletype or report detailing the criminal history of a subject named Fugate. Fugate was charged with theft of an aircraft, convicted of passing no account checks on a government reserva…

Page three of a multi-page teletype regarding suspect Fugate in the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Fugate's background includes Denver University, occupation as pilot (USAF and United Airlines)…

Final page (page four) of an FBI teletype, likely from the Seattle field office. Instructs Dallas division at Lubbock, Texas to contact a federal penitentiary to establish a suspect's current locatio…

Teletype from FBI Dallas to Minneapolis (via Seattle) regarding NORJAK suspect James Ray Fugate. Dallas reports there is no federal penitentiary at Lubbock, Texas, and checks with the district clerk'…

Header identifying document as an FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. Lists 8 pages deleted from the release as duplicates: pages 42, 43, 48, 55, 56, 112, 12…

Internal FBI memo from SAC Seattle dated 8/1/72 regarding NORJAK case. References an UNSUB who traveled by bus from Portland to Seattle on 12/13/71. States that based on a prior memo dated 7/5/72 and…

Header block of an FBI memo from the Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), file number 164-81, dated 7/5/72, referencing a prior memo dated 4/20/72. The Special Agent name is…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10, May 1962 edition). Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 5/15/72. From a Special Agent whose name is redacte…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 4/20/72. SA name redacted. Case name NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. Report on unsuccessful repeated attempts to contact a redacted…

Header block of FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 12/16/71, regarding NORJAK case. References a prior memo from a complaint clerk dated 12/13/71. A bus driver fro…

Memo header with case number 164-81 addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 12/13/71. Redacted subject line followed by case code name NORJAK. Handwritten annotation summarizing that an unidentified subjec…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C) to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated February 22, 1972, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). W…

Document identifier and typist initials with page number. An FBI Special Agent in Eugene, Oregon showed photographs to an unidentified witness on January 12, 1972. The witness could not identify any…

Page header with case identifier PD 164-41, typist initials RPC:csm, and page number 2. Continuation of a numbered list of individuals, some associated with police departments and identification num…

Standard government memo header from SA Louis M. Harris Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown hijacker of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (D.B. Cooper case). Case file 164-81, Bureau file 164-2111.…

File reference number and initials, likely case file designation and analyst/agent initials. A structured list of names in bordered boxes, likely suspects or persons of interest in the D.B. Cooper c…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SA Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle, dated 1/7/72, regarding the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305…

FBI case file number 164-81 and initials LMH identifying the document. Hierarchical link analysis chart showing relationships between named individuals. Box 1 contains Marler and Parlo at the top, c…

FBI Seattle teletype to Los Angeles directing discontinuation of leads regarding George Bryan Siegrist, Jr. as a NORJAK suspect. Siegrist was located in Houston, Texas, and confirmed to have been in…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Investigation into suspect George Bryan Siegrist, Jr. (SUB 2…

Subject description block for an individual later identified as George Siegrist. Lists occupation as pilot and metal worker, scars/marks including scar on forehead and false teeth, current and previo…

Teletype routing header from Houston FBI field office to Director, Seattle, and Kansas City offices, marked urgent, dated January 5, 1971. Handwritten routing notation or signature, partially illegi…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype from the Houston FBI field office, case number 164-118. Houston field office reports that suspect Siegrist was last arrested in May 1971 at Bell…

Teletype routing header from Kansas City field office to Seattle and Houston, sent at 7:255 PM on December 28, 1971. Handwritten sub-file notation indicating Sub 202. Kansas City FBI field office t…

Page two of a Kansas City FBI teletype regarding suspect Siegrist. Cassie Siegrist displayed a letter postmarked Dec. 14 from the suspect giving a Houston, TX address (3810 Fannin) and phone number (…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, and Miami offices, marked urgent, dated December 23, 1971. Portland FBI office reports on NORJAK case. Ref…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Discusses suspect George Bryan Siegrist, Jr. A photograph of the suspect taken 5/13/6…

FBI case file number for the document. Continuation of a report noting that Maney Aircraft records would be maintained. On December 16, 1971, Stockton Police Department and San Joaquin County Sherif…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from an unnamed Special Agent (redacted), regarding NORJACK case, dated December 22, 1971. An FBI Special Agent showed photo arrays…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmission form header dated December 16, 1971, sent via Airtel with Air Mail priority. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, specifically susp…

FBI case file number for the Seattle division D.B. Cooper investigation. Records show subject changed address to 241 South Dawes Avenue, Stockton, CA on 8/2/69. A redacted source advised that his dr…

FBI case file number for this document. FBI Kansas City Division lead assignment directing agents in Topeka, Kansas to review a DMV driver's license record (#814528659592112723l) for information lea…

Urgent teletype from FBI Portland (164-41) to FBI Seattle (164-81) regarding the NORJAK case. References a prior LA teletype sent to Seattle, Kansas City, Portland, and Sacramento on December 14, 197…

FBI teletype from Sacramento field office to Seattle, Kansas City, Portland, and Los Angeles regarding NORJAK suspect George Bryan Siegrist, Jr. Sacramento reviewed California Department of Correctio…

Page two of an FBI teletype (case SC 164-58) continuing a suspect background description. Subject was located in Stockton, California, with a prior address at Stockton State Hospital as an alcoholic.…

Third and final page of an FBI teletype (case SC 164-50, the D.B. Cooper case). Sacramento field office is directed to obtain photographs at CII (Criminal Identification and Investigation bureau) in…

Urgent FBI teletype from Los Angeles field office to Seattle, Kansas City, Portland, and Sacramento regarding NORJAK case. Reports suspect George Bryan Siegrist, Jr. as possibly responsible for the D…

File number and page indicator for Los Angeles FBI field office teletype, page two. Physical description of Siegrist: white male American, DOB 11/27/1923, 5'9", 168 lbs, brown hair, blue eyes, fair…

Date and classification header for the teletype. Urgent FBI teletype from Kansas City to Los Angeles regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Reports that individuals in Kansas (names redacted) are of t…

Page two of an FBI teletype from Kansas City (KC 164-80) continuing a physical description of a suspect: 168 pounds, brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, FBI number 68940B. No recent photograph av…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL. Date is February 13, 1990. 1989 annual NORJAK case status report from SAC Seattle to FBI Director. Reports 1,003 suspects at start o…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated March 29, 1972, from a Special Agent whose name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions, regarding the…

Small handwritten mark or initials in the top-left corner, partially obscured. Two large black circular redaction marks obscuring what may have been header or sender/recipient information. An anony…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated February 22, 1972. Sender SA name redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Subject is NORJAK (FBI codename for D.B. Cooper ca…

Header block of an FBI Airtel memo from Director, FBI to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 6, 1972. FBI Director instructs Seattle office regarding a suspect who was eliminated b…

Document header identifying this as an FBI Airtel dated January 14, 1972, marked as best available copy. FBI Director sends airtel to SACs in Jacksonville, Seattle, and Portland regarding the NORJAK…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Jacksonville to Director FBI (Latent Fingerprint Section) regarding NORJAK case. Jacksonville notes a distinct similarity in physical appearance and desc…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to Director FBI regarding the NORJAK case. A photograph of John Emil List (I.O. #3380) was shown to witnesses in Minneapolis and Seattle, and…

Standard US Government memorandum header from Special Agent Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Fil…

File/case reference number and initials, likely a sub-file designation under the D.B. Cooper case. Structured list of ten individuals organized into boxed groupings, possibly an organizational chart…

FBI teletype from Minneapolis field office to the Director and 12 other field offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that suspect photographs were shown to Northwest Airlines person…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from FBI Boston to the Director, Seattle, and Newark offices on January 3, 1972. FBI Boston teletype drawing attention to the similarity bet…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 12/22/71, from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding case NORJACK (the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking). A Sp…

Date of the memo. Handwritten sub-file annotation indicating this is Sub 203 of the NORJAK case. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Newark to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. John Emil List is identified…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum (AIRTEL) from SAC St. Louis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK, dated 12/14/71. NPRC records check form for John Emil List (Army Service Numbers 16 177…

Urgent FBI teletype from Newark field office to Seattle, Portland, and Minneapolis regarding NORJAK suspect John Emil List. References a prior Portland teletype dated December 15. Reports that List's…

Date of the memo. FBI Air Tel memo from SAC Newark to FBI Director (attention FBI Laboratory Photographic Unit) regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a recent photograph of JOHN EMIL LIST for the Bureau a…

Header block of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to the SAC in Seattle, dated December 15, 1971, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Brief cover me…

An anonymous tipster writes to suggest that John E. List, a fugitive wanted for murdering his family, bears a definite resemblance to the artist's conception of D.B. Cooper. The writer notes List has…

Urgent teletype from FBI Portland to Seattle, Newark, and Minneapolis regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A redacted individual in Oregon forwarded a picture of suspect John Emil List to the edi…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with Portland file number 164-41. Continuation of a teletype requesting the Newark field office furnish Seattle, Portland, and Minneapo…

Teletype routing header from Philadelphia field office to Director, Las Vegas, Newark, and Seattle offices regarding NORJAK case. Philadelphia office reports that an individual from Way Associates (…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header from the New York field office, dated December 13, 1971. Handwritten annotation, likely an investigator's note identifying the subject as John C.…

Teletype routing header from Newark FBI field office to Director, Seattle, and St. Louis, marked urgent, dated December 13, 1971. Newark FBI office reports a strong physical resemblance between the…

Page two of an FBI teletype (NK -164-196) continuing a suspect description for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The subject weighs 180 lbs, has straight black-graying hair, a mastoid operation scar beh…

Teletype routing header from FBI Albany field office to Director and Seattle, sent at 8:55 PM on December 15, 1971. Albany field office teletype regarding NORJAK case, referencing a New Haven airtel…

Page two of an FBI teletype, likely from FBI Seattle, regarding a suspect associated with a correctional facility who was further investigated and ultimately eliminated as a suspect in the D.B. Coope…

Date of the airtel document. FBI AIRTEL from SAC New Haven to the Director and other offices regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper). New Haven suggests a possible suspect based on similarity of MO (attache…

Teletype routing header from FBI Anchorage (file 164-59) to FBI Seattle (file 164-81) via Washington DC, dated December 16, 1971. Anchorage FBI office responds to a Portland teletype regarding a D.B…

Urgent teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle and Anchorage (via Washington) regarding the NORJACK case. Seattle Airport Police reported a suspect who boarded a flight from Seattle to Por…

FBI memo header identifying the case as the Dan Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305, Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71. Filed under Seattle office, case number 164-81 and Bureau file 164…

An FBI Special Agent (SA) reported at 3:25pm that an individual had been contacted at the Portland Airport and additional personal data (name, address, SSAN, DOB) was furnished. An officer advised th…

Portland FBI field office teletype to Seattle and Los Angeles offices regarding NORJACK suspect John R. Richardson (aka John Ellis Richardson). References a prior LA nitel from December 16, 1971. A s…

Teletype routing header from FBI Los Angeles to Seattle and Portland field offices, dated December 16, 1971. FBI Los Angeles reports on NORJAK suspect John R. Richardson (AKA John Ellis Richardson,…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of an FBI teletype, Los Angeles file number 164-497. FBI teletype continuation reporting that Los Angeles indices were negative and California DMV rec…

Teletype routing header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle and SAC Los Angeles, transmitted 12-13-71 and sent 12-14-71. Portland FBI reports suspect John R. Richardson, aka Jack, identified as a dead…

Cover memo from SAC Philadelphia to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a remytel (remote teletype) dated 12/14/71 to Seattle, Las Vegas, and Minneapolis. Encloses copies…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date December 27, 1971. A female informant (name redacted) from Pennsylvania advised the FBI that she and relatives independently concluded that the D.…

FBI field office file number for Philadelphia office, case 164-133. Continuation of an FBI interview with a female source discussing a subject who was arrested in late 1970 for corrupting the morals…

FBI routing slip (FD-6) from SAC Las Vegas (Harold E. Campbell Jr.) to SAC Seattle, dated December 18, 1971, regarding case NORJAY (D.B. Cooper), file SE 164-81, sub 207. References a Las Vegas telet…

Handwritten note stating that McCartney has no arrests according to Reno Police Department. An attached photo was taken when McCartney registered for employment with the William J. Burns Detective Ag…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas field office to FBI Director, Philadelphia, and Seattle offices, sent 8:56 PM on December 15, 1971. NORJAK investigation teletype regarding suspect David Leste…

Page two of an FBI teletype or report documenting witness interviews regarding a person named David and Mc Cartney. Witnesses describe visiting a trailer at Sun Valley, noting the subjects were alway…

Page three of a teletype report describing the interview of McCartney at his residence on December 14. Physical description: white male, born May 3, 1928 at Mt. Eagle, Pennsylvania; 5'9", 190 lbs, me…

Page header indicating this is page four of a multi-page teletype. FOIA exemption codes indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6) and law enforcement source information (b7C). Continuation of…

Header line indicating plaintext teletype with urgent priority. FBI Director teletype to SACs in Las Vegas and Philadelphia regarding NORJAK case. A woman from Pennsylvania wrote a letter to the Bur…

Header of teletype message directing communication to SACs (Special Agents in Charge) in Las Vegas and Philadelphia, regarding the NORJAK case. Continuation of a teletype (page 2) instructing field…

Document type header indicating this is an FBI Airtel communication. Date of the Airtel memo. Routing block showing the memo is from the FBI Director to SACs in Las Vegas, Philadelphia, and Seattle…

Date and location header of the letter. Citizen tip letter to the FBI regarding the Nov. 24 hijacking over Washington State. The author describes a person (name redacted) now living in Reno, Nevada,…

Page 2 of a citizen tip letter to the FBI identifying David L. McCartney of 275 Lovitt Lane, Reno, Nevada as a suspect. The writer describes McCartney as soft-spoken and courteous when under pressure…

Teletype routing header from Philadelphia FBI field office to Director, Las Vegas, and Seattle, marked URGENT, dated December 14, 1971. Philadelphia field office reports that a female informant and…

Header line with sender/recipient information fully redacted with black circles and bars. Continuation of description of subject McCartney: distinctive speech, good vocabulary, military and polite m…

Header of FBI airtel memo dated January 8, 1974, from SAC Charlotte to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case. Redaction exemption codes indicating redacted personal information (b6 = personal privacy,…

FBI AIRTEL memo dated 1/8/72 from SAC Charlotte to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Sacramento airtel to Seattle dated 12/28/71. An investigation was conducted by…

FBI case file number for the document. Heavily redacted passage referencing records or communications. Two entries are partially visible: one associated with Petaluma, California and one with Wilmin…

Document date stamp FBI Airtel header from SAC Seattle to SAC Charlotte regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. Body of the airtel referencing a Sacramento communication dated 12/28/71 tha…

Standard USG memorandum header from an FBI Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, subtopic HH — demonstration of photographs to witnesses. A witness was shown photographs of several ind…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of an FBI interview (likely an FD-302) in which a witness compares photographs and a composite sketch…

Standard FBI interoffice memo header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated December 19, 1973. Sending agent's name is redacted. A witness in Renton, Washington was shown photographs…

Header of a U.S. Government memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated 12/19/73, regarding the NORJAK case and demonstration of photographs to witnesses, sub-file HH. Witn…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed from Special Agent Ronald N. Nichols to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated September 12, 1972. Body of the memo documenti…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. A list of individuals with associated reference numbers, partially redacted. LESLIE GENE MINCE is listed with number 174, S…

FBI Sacramento office AIRTEL to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports on prison records from San Quentin showing suspect was discharged from Folsom Prison, California on 9/28/70. S…

FBI case file number for this document. Lists the subject's visitors and correspondence contacts, with names redacted. Locations include California, North Carolina, and Delaware. Subject's parole p…

FBI Seattle field office case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. Investigative instruction to determine, through a redacted source, whether a redacted suspect was involved on 11…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel header indicating communication from SAC San Francisco to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper) and a redacted suspect name. San Francisco o…

Date of the airtel document. Standard FBI AIRTEL routing header from SAC Charlotte to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. An artist (Mr. KELLY) who assists law enforcement with composite drawing…

Case file number header for this FBI report page. A detainer should be on record for the subject. A lieutenant reported all witnesses describe the subject as a very quiet-spoken, polite individual e…

FBI Charlotte Division file number for this case document. Closing statement indicating the Charlotte Division has suspended further investigation on the named subject (redacted under FOIA exemption…

Standard US Government memorandum header from Special Agent Ronald N. Nichols to SAC Seattle, dated September 12, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Record of a photograph demonstration conducted on S…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. List of individuals with associated reference numbers. Some entries and a signature block are redacted. A witness (name re…

Case number, typist initials, and page number header. FBI report documenting a photo lineup shown to a witness in Eugene, Oregon on January 12, 1972. The witness was unable to identify any of the in…

Case number header, typist initials, and page number for this continuation page of an FBI Portland field office report. Continuation of a numbered list of persons of interest or suspects in the D.B.…

Date of the airtel memo. Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding a NORJAK suspect. The suspect name is redacted. SA Thomas J. Dugan reports that a Gresham, Ore…

Portland field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. An FBI Special Agent reports that on 12/10/71 an individual at the Portland PD Identification Division made available two ph…

Date and teletype header classification markings. Routing information showing the teletype was sent from Milwaukee field office to Dallas field office. Handwritten annotation, partially illegible,…

Case number and page continuation header. General Ryerson recalls a redacted individual being present with him on an administrative matter around 4 PM on November 24. The individual was reported off…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header (FD-36), dated December 13, 1971, sent via NITEL priority teletype in plaintext. Routing information: teletype sent from Dallas field office (file 164-…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header with blank date, type/code, and priority fields. Left margin slightly cropped. Reports that per a phone call to a duty agent sergeant at the Personnel…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated February 22, 1972. Witness Cord Spreckel, a business p…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C/b7D), regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated 2/14/72. Handwritten annotation, likely…

Standard US Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10, May 1962 edition). Internal FBI memorandum from Special Agent Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijac…

File number and initials identifying the document within the FBI case file system. Hierarchical organizational chart or relationship diagram showing names in boxes connected by lines. John Neal Marl…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. On 12/22/71, a source in Sacramento furnished an enclosed copy of a California driver's license bearing…

Urgent FBI teletype from Los Angeles field office to San Francisco and Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a San Francisco teletype to Seattle dated December 17. A suspect formerly resided in t…

Case number and page continuation header for FBI Los Angeles field office file 164-497. Continuation of an FBI teletype describing an individual who contacted a woman on the morning of December 20,…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle and San Francisco, dated December 17, 1971 at 7:27 PM. NORJAK teletype from Los Angeles referencing a San Diego nitel dated Decem…

Urgent FBI teletype from San Francisco field office to Seattle and Sacramento, dated 12/17/71, regarding a NORJAL (D.B. Cooper hijacking) suspect previously referenced in a San Diego teletype of Dece…

Header identifying this as page two of a San Francisco FBI field office teletype, case number SF 164-220. Continuation of a teletype describing a subject who departed on the morning of December 16 w…

FBI teletype routing header from San Diego field office to Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Portland offices, sent at 10:16 PM on December 14, 1971. An anonymous tipster from California cont…

Page continuation header indicating this is page two of a multi-page document. Large redacted block of text, exempted under FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, and b7D (personal privacy and law enforcement con…

Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype or report. Large redacted block covering the upper portion of the page. FOIA exemption codes b6, b7C, b7D noted in the right margin…

Case file number SD 164-41 (likely San Diego field office) and page indicator for page four of a multi-page document. Heavily redacted passage. Only visible fragments are 'HE' at the start and 'BELI…

Header identifying this as page five of document SD 164-91. A redacted individual states they could not be more definite regarding an unspecified matter. Large rectangular area that appears to be en…

Final page (page six) of an FBI Seattle teletype directing the Los Angeles and San Francisco field offices to further determine the identity, location, and whereabouts of a redacted individual at the…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco field office to Seattle, Sacramento, Portland, and Minneapolis offices, sent at 11:32 PM on 12/15/71. San Francisco FBI office teletype regarding NORJAK ca…

FBI teletype from Minneapolis field office to San Francisco, Portland, Sacramento, and Seattle regarding NORJAK case. An informant at NWA (Northwest Airlines) in Minneapolis, Minnesota received a pho…

Page two of an FBI teletype (likely from FBI Seattle) directing the San Francisco field office at Walnut Creek, California, to conduct an investigation to locate a redacted individual and interview h…

Header of an FBI memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 8/2/72, regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior memo dated 7/25/72. An individual in Longview, Washington was in…

FBI internal memo from SA (Special Agent) to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case (164-81). Encloses copies of serials 2030 and 2592 for RA handling. Assigns a lead to the Seattle field office to locate…

Inter-office FBI memo from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Encloses three xerox copies of a Las Vegas letter to Bureau dated 11/26/71 per Seattle's request of 7/…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header from Special Agent Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle, regarding the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71.…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated May 4, 1972. The sending Special Agent's name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. A witness viewed p…

Date of the airtel document. Airtel memo from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Las Vegas is enclosing a photo and two copies of an FD-302 interview. The memo reports that Las…

Date of the AIRTEL memo. AIRTEL routing header from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior Seattle airtel dated 3/16/72. The subject line after RE: is fully redacted…

FBI file number for the Las Vegas field office D.B. Cooper case (164-60). An individual had no formal written record of the subject's background but had taken snap shots during the subject's period…

FBI Las Vegas field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. The Las Vegas office states the preceding information is for Seattle's use only. Photographs of a redacted individual w…

Date of the airtel memo. Standard FBI airtel header routing the memo from the Seattle field office to the Las Vegas field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle office requests Las…

Date of the airtel memo. Standard FBI AIRTEL header from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The Re: line is fully redacted. Las Vegas field office reports results…

FBI Las Vegas field office case number reference. Continuation of an investigative report describing a subject who was placed at a redacted location, stayed about one week, then left without notice…

Standard FBI AIRTEL header from SAC Seattle to SAC Las Vegas regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated January 24, 1972. The RE line is redacted. An unidentified person advised that the NORJAK…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, from an unnamed Special Agent, dated January 12, 1972. Subject line is NORJAC (the FBI codena…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, prepared by SA Thomas J. Manning, subject NORJAC, dated 12/13/71. An individual in Washington state advised that after viewing the NO…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 1/21/72, regarding NORJAK case subfile 214 concerning Michael Martin. Handwritten annotations indicat…

Memo header identifying the SAC Seattle office, case number 164-81, date 12/14/71, Special Agent Thomas J. Manning, and NORJAC case designation. Lead information tracing a jump school in Washington…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81-[redacted], dated 5/2/72, from an SA (Special Agent) whose name is redacted, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten initials or signa…

Memo header identifying the recipient as SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 12/14/71, from SA Thomas J. Manning, regarding NORJAC. An informant in Washington reported that an individual who work…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, Los Angeles, and Oklahoma City offices, dated January 11, 1972. Seattle teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Two suspects,…

Teletype routing/transmission header markings. Teletype addressing block: sent at 7:30 PM on January 11, 1972 from the FBI Director to Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, and Seattle field offices. Handwri…

Handwritten annotation, likely a name or routing note. Urgent teletype from FBI Oklahoma City to FBI Seattle regarding NORJACK case. A suspect was interviewed in Oklahoma on 12-16-71 in reference to…

Page two of an FBI teletype under Oklahoma City case number 164-56, referencing events from November 24-25. States no further investigation being conducted. Portions redacted under b6/b7C exemptions.…

Teletype routing header from FBI Los Angeles to Seattle and Oklahoma City field offices, sent urgently on December 15, 1971. LAPD lieutenant relays tip from a confidential source about a NORJAK susp…

Page header identifying this as page two of an FBI Los Angeles field office document, file number LA 164-497. Redacted section containing residence address, phone number, and living arrangement deta…

Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype under Los Angeles field office case number 164-497. Continuation of a teletype describing a suspect as a white male American, 5'9",…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81-1236, dated 1/42/72 (likely a typo for 1/12/72). SA name redacted. Case: NORJAK. Witness/Suspect classification indicated,…

Header of an FBI memo from a Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC of the Seattle field office, referencing case NORJAK (164-81-1236), a witness/suspect in Washington state, and a Portland nitel (…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation, Seattle field office. Employment verification of a redacted individual employed since May 12, 1969, described as a white male America…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. A redacted individual was questioned about Thanksgiving Day activities. He stated he spent the day at a redacted home, arrivin…

FBI case file number for this document. An individual in Bellevue was advised that an FBI Agent could not contact him immediately but an interview would be arranged later. Records checks conducted…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office, sent December 15, 1971 at 6:53 PM. A witness residing near the Columbia River adjacent to Portland International Airport repor…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC WFO (164-169) to SAC Seattle (164-81), dated December 3, 1974, regarding NORJAK case with OO:SE designation. Redaction boxes with exemptions b6, b7C,…

Page 2 of a WFO (Washington Field Office) memo identifying the suspect referenced in a Seattle letter dated 11/25/74 as Ralph V. Galope. States all information known to WFO about Galope is in the enc…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-38), dated December 6, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. Handwritten sub-file notation. Handwritten page or priority number below the pri…

Standard FBI transmittal form header with blank date, transmission type, and priority fields. Page three of a WFO teletype regarding a suspect named Galope. WFO investigation revealed Galope has a p…

FBI teletype from Seattle field office dated 12/7/71 sent to WFO, Portland, and Minneapolis regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Requests glossy photographs of suspect Ralph V. Galo[p/r]e be sen…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 3:29 AM on December 7, 1971 from Seattle field office to WFO, Minneapolis, and Portland. Handwritten routing annotations and what appears…

Date of the airtel document. Handwritten notation, likely a routing or sub-file number. Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Washington Field Office to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper…

FBI NITEL teletype from Minneapolis field office to Director, Portland, Seattle, and WFO regarding NORJAK investigation. Suspect Ralph V. Galope's photo was shown to Northwest Airlines stewardesses o…

Handwritten sub-file notation 'Sub 163' in upper right area of page. FOIA exemption codes stamped on the right margin indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6), source identity (b7C), and conf…

Teletype header from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office, marked URGENT, dated December 13, 1971, regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten sub-file number annotation. Body of teletype reporting tha…

Urgent FBI teletype from Minneapolis field office to Washington Field and Seattle offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A redacted NWA security officer in Minneapolis reports receiving a p…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating a plaintext teletype sent via NITEL on 12/16/71. Teletype from SAC Washington Field Office to SACs Minneapolis and Seattle regarding NORJAK case…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL sent via Air Mail dated December 26, 1973. Routing block showing the AIRTEL is from SAC Seattle to SAC Washington Field Office regardi…

Date of the airtel memo. Handwritten sub-file annotation indicating sub-file number 163. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Washington Field Office to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a suspect…

Header of FBI Identification Record form dated 12-3-71, FBI record number 467 901 F, signed by J. Edgar Hoover as Director. FOIA exemption codes b6, b7C, b7D noted. FBI criminal history table for Ra…

FBI Identification Record header for record number 467 901 F, dated 12-3-71, stating the record is for official use only and instructs recipients to contact contributing agencies for final dispositio…

Routing header of FBI inter-office memo from Minneapolis field office to SAC at WFO and SAC at Seattle, dated 11/25/74, regarding NORJAK case with Seattle as Office of Origin. Body of memo referenci…

FBI AIRTEL memo dated 12/26/73 from SAC Seattle to SAC WFO regarding the NORJAK case. References a Minneapolis teletype from December 1971 and requests WFO review their file to furnish Seattle with t…

Urgent FBI teletype from Minneapolis field office to Washington Field and Seattle, dated 12-15-71. A redacted NWA employee in Minneapolis reports receiving a phone call from a redacted individual in…

Header of FBI inter-office communication (airtel) from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated January 10, 1974. A redacted block appears below the NORJAK subject line. FBI memo ref…

Header of an FBI airtel memo dated 12/27/73 from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle FBI division requests Portland to forward results of a background investigation on a r…

Teletype header indicating a night teletype message sent from FBI Seattle (file 164-81) to FBI Portland on December 15, 1971. FBI Seattle teletype to Portland regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) cas…

Internal FBI memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. The memo states that attached information was furnished by someone (redacted) from…

Typed statement indicating that the FBI composite sketch of the D.B. Cooper hijacking suspect strongly resembles a specific person whose identity follows. Redacted rectangular area likely containing…

FBI Las Vegas field office memo to SAC Seattle and SAC Las Vegas regarding NORJAK investigation. References a prior letter to Las Vegas dated 11/25/74 and encloses two Las Vegas teletypes to Portland…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Portland, marked URGENT, dated December 2, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest F…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle dated 11/25/74 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Las Vegas is requested to advise Seattle of investigation results concerning an unnamed…

Teletype routing header from SAC Portland to SAC Las Vegas and SAC Seattle, sent 11:15 PM on December 15, 1971, regarding NORJAK case. Portland field office relays information from a protected ident…

Teletype routing header: urgent message sent at 1:18 AM on 12-15-71 from Las Vegas FBI field office (file 164-60) to Seattle (file 164-81) and Portland. Handwritten notation 'FNU' (First Name Unknow…

Page two of an FBI teletype from the Seattle field office. Reports that records from the Carson City Sheriff's Office were negative under the name FNU (First Name Unknown) for a redacted individual.…

Night teletype from SAC Portland to SAC Las Vegas and SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. References a Las Vegas tel dated December 22, 1971. A source (identity protected) in Oregon disclosed a su…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet for case 1:16-cv-01790-03. Lists 11 deleted pages. Pages 50–54 were withheld under FOIA exemptions b6 (personal privacy), b7C…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated May 18, 1972. SA name redacted. Case designation NORJAK. RE line redacted. Follow-up to SA Robert H. Wick's memo of 1/21/72. A red…

Memo header identifying recipient (SAC Seattle), author (SA Robert H. Wick), case name NORJAK, case number 164-81, and redacted RE line. Follow-up to a memo dated 1/7/72. On January 17, 1972, an age…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated January 7, 1972. Sender is a redacted Special Agent. Case codename NORJAK with redacted suspect name. Reference to prior Seattle mem…

Header block identifying the memo as directed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 12/21/71, with Special Agent name redacted. Case name NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. A female informant in…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle FBI, sent urgently on December 22, 1971. San Francisco FBI teletype to Seattle regarding NORJACK case. References a Dallas NITE…

Teletype routing header from FBI Dallas office to San Francisco and Seattle offices, dated December 21, 1971, regarding the NORJAK case. References a prior Seattle teletype from December 20 and stat…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK suspect JACK R. BRACK, dated 12-30-71. FBI investigation of NORJAK suspect Jack R. Brack. Cri…

FBI Seattle teletype sent urgently on 12/29/1971 to San Francisco, WFO, and Houston field offices instructing them to discontinue efforts to locate suspect Jack R. Brack in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) c…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco field office to Seattle, marked urgent, dated December 27, 1971. FBI San Francisco teletype regarding NORJAK suspect Jack R. Brack. References a Houston te…

Washington Field Office teletype to FBI Director and field offices in San Francisco, Seattle, and Houston regarding NORJAK suspect Jack R. Brack. A contact at the Democratic-Republican Independent Vo…

Teletype routing header from Houston FBI field office to Director, Seattle, WFO, and San Francisco, sent urgently at 2:40 AM on December 21, 1971. Handwritten annotations, likely an analyst's note r…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with Houston field office file number 164-118. Description of a suspect relayed via Washington D.C.: white male, age 44-48, 5'9", 155 lbs, dark…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/19/73. A witness in Renton, Washington was shown photographs of indi…

Standard FBI memo header on Optional Form No. 10, addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, subject is demonstration of photographs to witnesses, sub-file HH. Sender SA name is redacted under b…

Header of a US Government memorandum from an unidentified Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated 12/19/73, regarding the NORJAK case, specifically the demonstration of photographs to witnesses. On 11/2…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of a witness or analyst statement comparing photographs and a composite of D.B. Cooper to an unknown subject…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC El Paso to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. El Paso reports that Albuquerque forwarded photographs of a redacted El Paso resident to Seattle for wit…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI AIRTEL routing header from SAC Albuquerque to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Subject is considered armed and dangerous. References a prior airtel d…

FBI case file number for this document. A redacted individual based in El Paso, Texas, associated with NMSU, has been active as a skydiver in an El Paso skydiving club for approximately three months…

FBI Albuquerque field office case number reference. Continuation of a memo noting that the suspect (name redacted) lives in El Paso and works at a designated location in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The…

Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC El Paso to SAC Albuquerque, dated 12/17/71, file number 164-52. Subject line is fully redacted. Office of Origin is SE (Seattle). An unnamed individual in…

El Paso field office case file number, partially legible. Continuation of an investigative report describing a suspect as an odd individual, parachute jumper with special forces experience, possibly…

Case file reference number for the EP (El Paso) field office, file 164-52. FBI field office instructions: El Paso division will attempt to locate and interview a redacted individual at NMSU in Las C…

Redacted classification or routing stamps at top of page. Date of the airtel memo. Handwritten annotation or routing note in cursive, partially illegible. FBI airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seatt…

Date of the airtel. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case subject William Latham. A photograph of Latham enclosed from Anchorage is deemed poor quality and insufficient for w…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case. Encloses insert and photograph concerning suspect William Latham of Tigard, Oregon, for distribution to Seat…

FBI file numbers and dictation/typist initials with page number 1. Memo regarding William Latham as a person resembling the D.B. Cooper composite sketch. Emery W. Chapple, Jr., Commissioner of Publi…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Butte is enclosing a Xerox copy of a nitel (night telegram) dated 12/11/71 that was sent to the Bureau and…

Teletype from FBI Butte field office to FBI Director and Seattle office regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports result of a phone call to Butte on 12/11/71 from a person in Missoula, Montana. T…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior airtel dated 3/8/74 and reports that a review of the Butte file shows that on 12/11/71…

Header of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte, dated 4/8/74, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Office of Origin is Seattle. Two redacted blocks present with b6, b7C, b7D exe…

Date of the airtel communication. FBI Airtel header showing communication from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte regarding NORJAK case. Seattle Division is reviewing the NORJAK file and notes that a Butte m…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References earlier communications dated 12/11/71 and 12/17/71. Encloses a copy of a memo f…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Butte, regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated December 11, 1971. The FBI Bureau relayed a tip from an individual in Miss…

Standard US Government memo header addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 22, 1972. Witness Cord Spreckel, a business person from Seattle,…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated February 14, 1972. The sender SA name is redacted under b6/b7C. Subject is NORJAK (FBI code n…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Memo from Special Agent Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown hijacker of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71).…

FBI file/case number and office code at top of page. A list of names in boxed/tabular rows, likely subjects, suspects, or persons of interest in the D.B. Cooper investigation. Names are grouped in t…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated 12/17/71, regarding the NORJAK case and an unnamed suspect. The SA name is redacted. A letter with four attachments was received on…

Redacted sender address block showing only 'Washington' as the state. Recipient address for the FBI field office in Everett, Washington. Left edge of page cuts off first characters. Salutation line…

Standard US Government interoffice memo header, from a Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC in Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (164-81), dated January 5, 1972. Memo documents negative results…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle, dated 12/22/71, subject NORJAK. The sender's personal name is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Cover m…

Photocopy of the front of a mailed envelope addressed to 'Sky Marshalls, Portland Airport.' A U.S. postage stamp is affixed in the upper right corner with a circular postmark. The return address area…

Teletype routing header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle, marked URGENT, regarding NORJAK case. Portland FBI office reports an anonymous letter mailed 12/16/71 to Sky Marshalls at Portland Airport.…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated January 21, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (164-81)(P). Handwritten routing or administrative notation, part…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle, dated December 22, 1971. Case code name NORJAK with witness identification listing Ira Stines and a second reda…

Case file number and page indicator for Portland FBI office file 164-41, page two. Portland Police Department records disclosed information (redacted for privacy under b6/b7C exemptions) over the pa…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated May 18, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. The sender's name and part of the subject line are redacted unde…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell to the SAC in Seattle, dated March 1, 1972, regarding case NORJAJ (D.B. Cooper case). An unidentified witne…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated February 22, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The sending Special Agent's name is redacted under b6/b7C exempt…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 11, 1972. The sending Special Agent's name is redacted. A witness in Seat…

FBI Seattle memo dated 12/23/71 regarding a Canadian citizen who surrendered himself to Armed Forces Police in Seattle the night of 12/23/71. The individual generally fits the NORJAK unsub descriptio…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated February 22, 1972. Witness Cord Spreckel, located at 624 Yale Av…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated February 14, 1972. Sender is a Special Agent whose name is redacted under b6/b7C FOIA exemptions. Su…

Internal FBI file reference and page designation. An FBI Special Agent (name redacted) showed photographs to a witness (name and address redacted) in Eugene, Oregon on January 12, 1972. The witness…

File reference header indicating Portland Division case 164-41, dictated by RPC, transcribed by csm, page 2 of the document. Numbered list of named individuals, likely suspects or persons of interes…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Filed under ca…

FBI file number 164-81 and initials LMH identifying the case file and author/office. Hierarchical organizational or reference chart listing individuals associated with index numbers 251 and 270. Num…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to FBI Director and 12 other field offices, sent evening of January 6, 1972. Minneapolis reports that suspect photos were shown to Northwest Air…

Teletype routing header from Portland field office to Seattle and Chicago, marked URGENT, dated January 6, 1972. Reference line citing NORJAK case and prior communications (airtels, nitels, teletype…

Date and classification markings at top of page. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Identifies suspect John Neal Marler (aliases: John Calvan Douglas, John He…

Case or file reference number header. Subject identification numbers including FBI number, SSN, and driver's license. Background information on JOHN NEAL MARLER from a 1960 Los Angeles FBI case, id…

FBI Los Angeles field office file number for this document. Continuation of a bulletin requesting arrest and notification of the Superintendent at the California Institution for Men Complex in Chino…

Date of the airtel. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect JOHN NEAL MARLER. Sacramento encloses an escapee bulletin and identification record from California Departm…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. Leads section directing the Seattle field office to display photographs to witnesses because MARLER's whereabouts are…

Teletype routing header from FBI Los Angeles to Seattle, Portland, and Minneapolis field offices, sent 5:33 PM on December 22, 1971. Case code name NORJAK indicating this teletype pertains to the D.…

File number and page continuation header for Los Angeles FBI field office teletype. Page two of an FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office regarding John H. Marler as a D.B. Cooper suspect. I…

Date of document. Standard FBI AIRTEL routing header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten case file annotation with circled number. Portland SAC relays tip from Denn…

Document form number reference, likely an FBI field office report designation. Lane County Sheriff's Office records show a redacted individual was sentenced by Lane County Circuit Court. At the time…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 2/19/74, regarding NORJAK case. SA name and RE/SUB lines are redacted. On 12/21/73, a Washington State DMV check returned informat…

Standard header of a US Government memorandum from Special Agent Louis M. Harris, Jr. to the SAC in Seattle regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Flight 305, 11/24/71). A witness viewed p…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated May 4, 1972. A witness viewed photographs of listed individuals on April 11, 1972, and stated non…

FBI internal memo from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior memo from SA Charles S. Duke dated 2/7/72. States that on February 18, 1972, an ind…

FBI internal memo from SA Charles S. Duke regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References information received on January 13, 1972, from the Washington State Department of Motor Vehicles in Olymp…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated 12/20/71, assigned to SA Charles S. Duke, subject NORJAK. An anonymous tipster telephoned the Seattle FBI office on Dec…

Introductory note stating this letter compiles current events and background on a redacted individual, supplementing prior information sent to the USA's (US Attorney's) Office. A redacted individual…

Board minutes from Monte Cristo Developers, Inc. meeting on November 27, 1970 reflect authorization to develop Shoultes Mobile Home Park in Marysville, Washington, per FHA commitment letter dated Nov…

Credit Bureau file records showing filings dated July 23, 1968 and February 1, 1971. Specific names, amounts, and details are redacted. Department of Motor Vehicles driver's license information for…

FBI suspect description form entry. Physical description codes indicate: Male, Blue eyes, 6 feet 0 inches tall, 180 pounds, wears glasses (RSTR/GLASSES). Personal identifying details are redacted und…

Teletype routing header from Pittsburgh FBI field office to Seattle and Los Angeles offices, dated December 29, 1971, regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten routing or acknowledgment notation, possibly…

Teletype page header with case reference number and page indicator. Continuation of a teletype describing suspect Edward Cooper. He traveled to Los Angeles on business during the first week of Novem…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to Seattle and Pittsburgh, dated December 23, 1971, regarding the NORJAK case. A source from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office in Santa…

Case number and page continuation header for Los Angeles field office file 164-497. Continuation of a teletype (page two) describing a witness who read newspaper articles about the hijacking and ini…

Header line identifying the SAC Seattle office, case number 164-81, priority (P), dated 3/14/72. SA name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. FBI NORJAK memo regarding Suspect #253, Robert R. Irwin, in…

Header block of an FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 1/10/72, regarding NORJAK subject #253 Robert R. Irwin, referencing a SAC letter dated 12/23/71. The Special Agent na…

Brief acknowledgment letter from FBI Seattle SAC J. E. Milnes to a redacted recipient in Seattle, thanking them for their letter of December 22, 1971 regarding a matter brought to the FBI's attention…

Sender's redacted address and date line from Seattle, WA 98177, dated December 22, 1971. Anonymous tip letter to the FBI Seattle office, dated Dec. 22, 1971, suggesting two fellow employees at Ruben…

Header of FBI memorandum from a Special Agent (redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case, suspect Ray Harold Ingold, Sub 254, dated 2/25/72. Handwritten notations indicating sub-file number 25…

Header of FBI memo from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, dated 1/21/72, regarding NORJAK suspect Ray Harold Ingold, Sub 254. Reference line citing a prior memo from an unnamed (redacted) SA dated 1…

Header block of an FBI memo from the Seattle field office, dated January 7, 1972, regarding NORJAK case, suspect Ray Harold Ingold, Sub 254. The Special Agent name is redacted. Washington State DMV…

Form acknowledgment letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes at the Seattle field office, dated December 23, 1971, responding to a citizen letter received December 22, 1971. The letter th…

Return address block with sender redacted and date/location visible. Anonymous tip letter to FBI Seattle office suggesting two coworkers at Rubens & Pratt consulting engineers as possible suspects i…

Header of an FBI internal memo from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, case 164-81 (NORJAK), dated April 7, 1972, regarding a redacted suspect number. A witness in Seattle, contacted on April 3, 1972,…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Flight #305, 11/24/71). FOIA exemption mark…

Date of the document. FBI airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK investigation. Reports that RALPH WILLIAM CONKLIN of Brownsville, Oregon was investigated as a possible suspec…

Date of the memo. Routing header of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, specifically concerning Ralph Conklin. Seattle Office received a letter from a red…

Handwritten cursive notation, likely an FBI analyst's note identifying the subject of the tip as Ralph Conklin. Return address and date line of the letter. Sender's name/city redacted under b6/b7C e…

Teletype routing header from Indianapolis FBI field office (file 164-62) to Seattle FBI field office (file 164-81), sent at 6:48 PM on March 22, 1972. Indianapolis field office responds to Seattle r…

Teletype header indicating an urgent message from Seattle field office (case 164-81) to Indianapolis, regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle FBI requests Indianapolis FBI to verify the whereabouts of su…

Handwritten sub-file number and date annotation at top of page. Handwritten routing instruction directing this document to be sent to Seattle via facsimile for the personal attention of SAC Milnes.…

Header block of a US Government inter-office memorandum from the US Marshal, Western District of Washington, to the US Marshal, Southern District of Indiana, requesting investigative assistance. Mem…

Standard U.S. Government Memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, dated February 22, 1972, subject NORJAK. Witness Cord Spreckel, located at 624 Yale Avenue North i…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 2/14/72. Sender (SA) is redacted. Handwritten notations include 'Sub 258' and 'F lim' (possibly 'Film').…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header from SA Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71). Classif…

FBI case file number 164-81 (NORJAK / D.B. Cooper case) with initials IMH and a partial notation. Structured index or chart listing persons of interest or suspects investigated in the D.B. Cooper ca…

Standard US Government interoffice memo header addressed from U.S. Marshal to SAC Seattle, dated 12/23/71, regarding NORJAK case. U.S. Marshal relays that on 12/22/71, U.S. District Court Judge Walt…

FBI Seattle field office case file number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Physical description of a suspect: white male, American, 6 feet tall, 150 lbs, brown hair, blue eyes. Photo, rap…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated March 1, 1972, regarding NORJAJ (D.B. Cooper case). A witness was shown a list of suspect photographs on Mar…

Header of a US Government inter-office memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated 2/28/72, from an unnamed Special Agent (redacted under b6/b7C), regarding the NORJAK case. Witness…

Standard header of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum from an unidentified Special Agent to the SAC in Seattle, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated February 11, 1972. A witness in S…

Standard FBI FD-36 AIRTEL transmission header dated January 27, 1972. AIRTEL routing from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Northwest Airlines stewardesses (na…

Teletype header indicating a plain-text night teletype sent at 5:48 PM on January 12, 1972, from the Portland FBI field office (file 164-41) to the Seattle FBI field office (file 164-81). Handwritten…

Date of the airtel document. Document type and transmission method headers. Airtel from SAC Salt Lake City to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a Bureau teletype dated 12/28/71. Enclose…

Date of the airtel memo. Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Salt Lake City to FBI Director regarding the hijacking of American Airlines Flight 47 on 12/26/71, route Rock Springs, Wyoming to…

FBI letterhead with office location and date. A file number or reference block is redacted. FBI report describing a hijacking incident on December 26, 1971. An unidentified man attempted to hijack A…

Redacted identifier or stamp at top of page FBI report describing an individual who possessed a commercial pilot license, was a member of the Parachute Club of America (P.O. Box 409, Monterey, CA),…

Redacted header block, likely containing subject/case identification information. Describes seizure of a plastic weapon and fish knife from a suspect (name redacted) aboard Flight 47. The knife was…

Urgent teletype from FBI Director to Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Portland, and Seattle field offices directing that photos and a detailed description of a redacted individual be forwarded to Seattle…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated 2/10/72, regarding NORJAK case suspect whose name is redacted. FBI attempted to locate a suspect in Washington on January 17, 197…

Page 2 of an FBI interview/observation report (case SE 164-81). An unnamed individual voluntarily gave written consent for an FBI Special Agent to take typewriting samples. The subject is described a…

Form identifier and revision date printed in top-left corner. FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Dated January 27, 1972, referencing a letter from 1/…

Header of FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 27, 1972. FBI Laboratory examination of typewriter samples (K3) from a Smith-Corona Electric Portabl…

Memo header identifying the SAC Seattle office, case number 164-81, Special Agent Donald J. Steele, the NORJAK case designation, and a redacted suspect name. A source advised on Dec 29, 1971 that a…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with FBI seal. An individual from Enumclaw, Washington, employed as a crew member, states that on November 24, 1971 he was on a crew that departed Seattle for P…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle to FBI Director and Minneapolis field office, sent as a NITEL (night teletype) on January 21, 1972. File numbers 164-2111 (Director), 164-73 (Minneapolis), an…

Document reference number and typist initials header. An FBI Special Agent showed photographs to a redacted witness in Eugene, Oregon on January 12, 1972. The witness could not identify any individu…

Case reference number, typist initials, and page number for this document. Numbered list of individuals, some associated with police departments and badge/ID numbers. Several entries are redacted wi…

Header block of an FBI memo from SAC Seattle to the Director/FBI Laboratory, dated 1/21/72, regarding NORJAK case. Suspect name is redacted under b6/b7C. References a Bureau airtel dated 1/6/72 requ…

Header block of an FBI memo from SA (Special Agent) to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated January 11, 1972, regarding a NORJAK suspect. A female source in Seattle advised on 12/29/71 that a redacted in…

Case number and subject line identifying a suspect whose name is redacted. An FBI Special Agent checked records at Snohomish County Sheriff's Office and Everett Police Department on 12/29/71. The Sh…

Header block of an FBI Airtel memo from the Director, FBI to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 6, 1972. Director instructs Seattle to follow up on a suspect who was eliminated bec…

Header identifying this as an Airtel communication to the Seattle FBI field office regarding the NORJAK case. Continuation of instructions to consider persons with access to a machine as suspects, i…

FBI teletype form header FD-36 dated January 19, 1972, transmitted via NITEL. Routing block indicating the teletype is from SAC Seattle to Director FBI and SAC Minneapolis, regarding NORJAK case, Su…

FBI teletype from Minneapolis field office to Director and multiple field offices dated January 6, 1972, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that suspect photographs were shown to Northwest…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office to Seattle and Chicago, marked urgent, dated January 6, 1972. Subject line is NORJAK (FBI code name for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case). References m…

FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form dated January 5, 1972, signed by J. Edgar Hoover, directed to SAC Washington Field Office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References an Airtel from 12/28/71 a…

Header of an FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC, Washington Field Office regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 5, 1972. FBI Laboratory examination results for specimen K2, a typewritten lette…

Date of the document. FBI AIRTEL from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a Seattle teletype dated 12/29/71. Encloses photographs of a redacted individual (with SSAN r…

Teletype routing header from FBI Director to Seattle field office, urgent priority, dated December 29, 1971. FBI Director informs Seattle that latent prints from the NORJAK case are not identical to…

Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. SA Donald Steele called from the Pan American Administration Office at SEA-TAC reporting that record…

Urgent FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Washington Field Office (WFO) dated 12/30/71 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle's investigation determined something about a redacted in…

Date of the document. FBI Airtel memo from SAC WFO to Director FBI (FBI Laboratory), regarding NORJAK case. A suspect is being considered due to: (1) similarity of name to that used by hijacker, (2)…

Washington Field Office case number reference. FBI memo requesting the FBI Laboratory to compare typewriting and handwriting from an enclosed letter against previously received letters allegedly fro…

Urgent teletype from Washington Field Office to FBI Director and Seattle field office dated December 30, 1971, regarding the NORJAK case. Reports results of further review of Air Line Pilots Associat…

Page two of a teletype describing a D.B. Cooper suspect who attended University of Nebraska for two years, held a commercial pilot's license, had a social security number on file, and was denied loss…

Continuation (page 3) of an FBI teletype referencing an account number (redacted under b6/b7C exemptions) located at San Francisco International Airport. The subject is noted as dangerous. Message en…

Memo header identifying the addressee (SAC Seattle), author (ASAC Paul R. Bibler), case name NORJAK, and a redacted suspect reference. Supervisor Matheison reported that the FBI Laboratory had compa…

Header of internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a redacted suspect name. SA Chuck Harvey from the Washington Field Office called regarding…

FBI seal/logo stamp in top-left corner of page. Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 3:52 PM on 12/29/71 from the Seattle field office (file 164-81) to the San Francisco fiel…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype under case file 164-81. Continuation of an FBI teletype regarding a suspect presently stationed in Seattle who transferred from San Francisco on…

Teletype routing header from FBI Director to Seattle field office, urgent message dated December 29, 1971, referencing case 164-81. FBI Director informs Seattle that typewriting analysis on a letter…

Header indicating this is page two of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of an FBI laboratory communication regarding typewriter analysis. The document notes that similar typewriting characteristic…

Teletype routing header from Washington Field Office to FBI Director and Seattle field office, urgent priority, case name NORJAK. Washington Field Office reports contacting the Air Line Pilots Assoc…

Page header indicating this is page two of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of a teletype describing a subject whose date of birth, employee number, and addresses are redacted. The subject served…

Page three of an FBI teletype. A redacted individual made available the original of a typed letter, which is being forwarded by WFO to the FBI Laboratory for comparison with typing on previously rece…