Header block identifying this as an FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. Lists 3 deleted pages (pages 2–4), each withheld under FOIA exemptions b6 (personal…

FBI Director's transmittal form sending material via facsimile to SAC Seattle and SAC Chicago regarding the UNSUB Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. An attachment described as a rep…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. List of 16 deleted pages with reasons for deletion. Page 11 was withheld under FOIA exempti…

FBI internal memo from an SA (Special Agent) in the Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, file 164-81. References a prior memo dated 6/6/73. States that a previously investiga…

FBI internal memo from SAC Seattle office dated January 30, 1973, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A redacted individual (6'2", 188 lbs, blue eyes, light brown hair, balding/almost completely…

Handwritten sub-file or subdivision reference number. FBI case file number and dictation/typist initials for the Seattle field office NORJAK case. An SA in Seattle reports that an anonymous letter…

Case file number and dictation identifiers for FBI Seattle field office file 164-81. FBI agents checked Seattle Police Department records on December 6, 1972, concerning a redacted individual. Resul…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, from Special Agent Robert H. Wick regarding the NORJAK case. Subject line (RE:) is redacted under privacy exemptions b6/b7C. Report of a…

FBI internal memo from SAC Seattle office dated 12/20/72 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior memo from an SA dated December 5, 1972. Notes that on 12/11/72, a person in Winslo…

FBI Record Request form (FD-125) dated December 1972 requesting credit and criminal background checks on an individual to eliminate them as a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) suspect. The form was rout…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from an unidentified Special Agent, dated December 5, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. An anonymous letter sent to the Seattle Post…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK/D.B. Cooper investigation. Lead assigned to Olympia, WA office to obtain a copy of a redacted individual's Washington State Driver's License…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated March 1, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten annotation 'Elim' (likely short for 'Eliminate'),…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding case NORJAK (164-81), dated December 15, 1971. The sending Special Agent's name is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exempti…

Two dark circular stamps or marks at the top of the page, largely illegible. A letter or statement fragment addressing the FBI, urging them to investigate a specific individual (name redacted) as a…

Date stamp at the top center of the page. FBI Airtel memo from SAC Albuquerque to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports that extensive efforts to locate Alvin Earle Cooper yielded negative resu…

Standard FBI airtel transmittal header with date 3/12/73, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC El Paso to SAC Albuquerque regarding NORJAK case. References updated artist composites distributed to all d…

Continuation (page 2) of an FBI report referencing case EP 164-52 (D.B. Cooper hijacking). The fragment instructs that during the pertinent period of the case (November 24, 1971), a U.S. Probation Of…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated March 8, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC El Paso to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References prior communications…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated March 1, 1972, regarding case NORJAJ (file 164-81). A witness was shown photographs of suspects on March 1,…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81 (NORJAK). Sender is a Special Agent whose name is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Dated Febr…

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

Standard FBI memo header on Optional Form 10 addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated February 11, 1972. A witness in Seattle was shown…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Albuquerque regarding NORJAK case. References an earlier Albuquerque airtel dated 1/17/72 concerning Alvin Earle Cooper. States that photo…

Date of the airtel document. Airtel from SAC Albuquerque to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Alvin Earle Cooper (FBI No. 503 192 B). References earlier airtels that furnished photographs of Coop…

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

File/case number and office or agent initials at top of page. Structured list of names in boxed sections, likely an index of persons of interest or suspects related to the D.B. Cooper case. Names ar…

Date of the airtel memo. Standard FBI airtel routing header from SAC Albuquerque to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. FBI Albuquerque reports negative results in efforts to locate Alvin Earle Coop…

Standard USG interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 12/22/71, regarding case NORJACK. The sender SA name is redacted under FOIA exemptions b6/b7C. An FBI Special Agent showed…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated February 2, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Routing block indicating memo is from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. All banks and financial institutions in the Greater Los Angeles area were circularized requesting they report suspicious transactions involving…

Case file number and office identifier for the Los Angeles FBI field office. FBI report from the Los Angeles field office clearing several named individuals as suspects in the Northwest Airlines hij…

Continuation page header showing this is page 2 of an FBI Los Angeles field office report, case file 164-497, typist initials crs/kah. Concluding paragraph of an FBI investigative report stating tha…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle and Portland, regarding NORJAK case. Los Angeles field office reports on suspect Earl Benjamin Odekirk in response to Portland te…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office (file 164-497). States that a person with a noticeable bulging left eye was examined; a redacted source notes no resemblan…

Teletype routing header indicating a night teletype message sent from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle and FBI Los Angeles, dated December 16, 1971. FBI teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) suspect Ea…

Memo header identifying recipient (SAC Seattle), assigned Special Agent, case name NORJAK, and office of origin. Date of the memo. Handwritten signature or routing initials, partially illegible. M…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, transmitting FBI Identification Record and California CII photo for suspect Ward Ferdinand Bark. A…

FBI case file number and dictation initials for this report page. Continuation of a report paragraph describing a subject resembling BARK possibly attending a skydiving school in the Sonoma area. A…

FBI Identification Record header for record number 802 716 C, stamped December 11, 1971, signed by J. Edgar Hoover as Director. Criminal history table for Ward Ferdinand Bark (FBI #802 716 C) showin…

Header of page 2 of an FBI criminal identification record (rap sheet) for FBI record number 802 716 C, with the FBI director's printed signature. Criminal history table (page 2) for Ward Ferdinand B…

Standard FBI Identification Record header with record number 802 716 C, stating the record is for official use only and based on fingerprint contributor data. FBI Identification Record table showing…

Standard FBI Identification Record header indicating record number 802 716 C, furnished for official use only, with instructions to contact contributing agencies for disposition or charge details. C…

Teletype header from Albuquerque field office to Seattle, dated 12/28/71, regarding NORJAK suspect William Jacob Stickle. Albuquerque reports on suspect William Jacob Stickle (FBI No. 607539B) in re…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype with Albuquerque file number 149-131. FBI located Stickle at his workplace, Kent Nowlin Construction Company in Albuquerque, where he is…

FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Milwaukee to SAC Albuquerque, dated 12-14-71, regarding NORJAK case. SA James B. Bennett of the Milwaukee Office believes the UNSUB in the NORJAK case resembles the subject o…

Header block identifying the FBI offices (Seattle and Portland), case name NORJAK, date 1/10/74, and sub-file 226. Report of investigation at Hood River, Oregon. Sheriff Robert Gillemouthe of Hood R…

Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, SUB 226. Seattle requests Portland forward results of an investigation into a 1970 Chrysler located at Portland I…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the UNSUB skyjacking of Northwest Airlines on 11/24/71. An FBI interview conducted on 12/18/71 in…

Teletype header indicating an urgent message from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated December 17, 1971. Portland office reports results of recon…

Case file number and page continuation header for Portland field office D.B. Cooper file. Page two of a teletype directing FBI field offices (Seattle, Portland) to investigate two vehicles left at P…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle, marked urgent, dated December 29, 1971. Handwritten initials or routing notation, partially illegible. Portland FBI office reports…

Case number and page continuation header for a Pittsburgh Division teletype, page two. Continuation of a teletype report stating that an individual was at his residence during November 24–25, 1971,…

Teletype from FBI Pittsburgh to Seattle and Portland offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A redacted individual from Pennsylvania reported meeting a suspect at a week-long sales meeting i…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a multi-page teletype. Description of a suspect or person of interest: white male, approximately six feet tall, 180 pounds, average build, sallow s…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated February 22, 1972. The Special Agent author name is redacted. Witness Cord Spreckel, located at 624 Y…

Header of a US Government memorandum 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. A witn…

File/case reference number 164-81 and initials LMH, likely an internal FBI file designation. Hierarchical organizational chart showing names in connected boxes. Appears to depict a chain of command…

FBI teletype from Minneapolis field office dated January 6, 1972, sent to the Director and 12 other field offices regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Reports that suspect photographs were shown to N…

Case number and page continuation header. Continuation of a suspect list furnished to the Minneapolis FBI Division by Northwest Airlines. Names include Peter A. Parlo, John Emil List, and Bernard J.…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle and Chicago, marked URGENT, dated January 6, 1972. NORJAK teletype referencing multiple prior communications between FBI field offic…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI Seattle airtel to Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Encloses six photographs of a redacted individual who has been a fugitive in a case involving theft of In…

Standard US Government memorandum header from an FBI Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated 12/22/71, regarding case NORJACK (164-81). An FBI Special Agent showed photographs and throw-…

FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Richmond to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a prior Buairtel to Albany dated 12/7/71. Identifies a possible suspect (name, SSN, and DOB redacted under b6/b7C ex…

FBI teletype from Richmond field office to Director and multiple field offices regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References an airtel to Albany dated December 7 and discusses a possible suspect wh…

Page two of an FBI teletype (RH 164-74) regarding a suspect (UNSUB) who has been a fugitive for two years in a case out of Jacksonville. A photograph is being forwarded to Seattle by airtel for witne…

FBI Director teletype to Richmond, Portland, and Seattle field offices regarding NORJAK case. States that latent fingerprints in this case are not identical to the fingerprints of a redacted individu…

Teletype routing header from Milwaukee FBI field office to Seattle FBI field office, sent at 9:36 AM on December 18, 1971, marked IMMEDIATE priority. Milwaukee FBI office reports results of contact…

Case number and page indicator for this teletype continuation. Continuation of a teletype describing an investigation involving a person and friend in Jacksonville, and Capitol Drive Airport records…

Teletype routing header from Springfield field office sent at 8:35 PM on December 18, 1971, addressed to the FBI Director and multiple field offices including Seattle, Jacksonville, Milwaukee, and Ri…

Page two of an FBI teletype regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect. The Jacksonville FBI office reviewed a file and noted a listing of sky divers in a Florida telephone directory. Instructions are given to…

Teletype routing header from Jacksonville FBI field office to Director, Seattle, and Richmond offices, sent urgent at 1:17 PM on December 18, 1971. Jacksonville field office reports on a suspect wit…

Continuation header showing this is page two of a teletype from Jacksonville field office, case number 164-109. Jacksonville Division reports that over a two-year intensive investigation to locate a…

Teletype routing header from Miami field office to Seattle, Richmond, Jacksonville, Minneapolis, and Portland, sent at 9:17 PM on December 17, 1971. Miami field office reports on NORJAK (D.B. Cooper…

Page two of an FBI teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. The message references a subject described in 1971 as having scars (details redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions). It instruc…

FBI teletype from Jacksonville Division to Director, Richmond, and Seattle offices regarding NORJAK case. References a Richmond teletype from December 17 about a possible suspect (identity redacted u…

Urgent teletype from FBI Phoenix to Director and Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Phoenix reports that their file on a possible suspect (name redacted) fails to reveal any data regarding parachutin…

Memo header showing destination (SAC Seattle), case number 164-81-1817, date 1/26/72, addressed to a redacted Special Agent, with case name NORJAK and Office of Origin Seattle. Subject line is redac…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK investigation. Page 2 of a report discussing a person whose last communication was a letter with a return address in Reno, Nevada 89501, mail…

Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 12/30/71. SA name redacted. Case designation NORHAK, office of origin Seattle. On 12-23-71, a protected source advised th…

Urgent teletype from FBI New York to FBI Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. A redacted female individual in New York telephonically contacted the NYO and reported she had read a newspaper article abo…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 3/2/72, from an unnamed Special Agent, regarding NORJAK suspect whose name is redacted. Reports that on February 22, 1972, bo…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 2/9/72, regarding NORJAK suspect. SA name and suspect name redacted. An informant in Seattle reported on January 14, 1972, that an individual resem…

Header of FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case NORJAK (164-81), dated January 7, 1972. The reporting Special Agent name and RE line are redacted. Two Seattle University students reported…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper skyjacking. Lead instruction directing the Seattle field office to continue attempts to contact a redacted female individual for an interview…

Teletype routing header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle, marked URGENT, dated December 17, 1971. An informant in Portland furnished information on 12/17/71 that acquaintances who frequent a locatio…

Handwritten sub-file number 231 circled at top of page. FBI NITEL (night teletype) dated March 2, 1972, sent from Minneapolis field office to Seattle, Los Angeles, Portland, and Las Vegas regarding…

Case file number and page continuation indicator. Continuation of a paragraph noting that certain named individuals are not identical with or do not resemble the UNSUB. Names mentioned include Jay W…

Case file number and page indicator for page three of a multi-page teletype. Continuation (page 3) of an FBI teletype directing the Las Vegas and Seattle field offices to conduct investigations. A r…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Memo from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated March 1, 1972, regarding the NORJAJ (D.B. Cooper) case, subject: showing photos to witnesses…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent (redacted) to SAC, Seattle, file 164-81, dated February 28, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Witness Cord Spreckel of 624 Yale…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from an unnamed Special Agent (redacted under b6/b7C/b7D), dated 2/11/72, regarding NORJAK. A witness in Seattle was shown photogra…

Date of the airtel. Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Minneapolis regarding NORJAK subject Jay Whiteford, marked Armed and Dangerous. Whiteford became a suspect based on in…

FBI Seattle memo dated 1/26/72 regarding NORJAK suspect Jay Whiteford. A Seattle First National Bank employee at the Mercer Island Branch reported that Whiteford applied for a $50,000 loan in October…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. An individual at the Mercer Island Branch of Seattle First National Bank activated the bank's cameras and took 51 pictures of the subject. On…

Letterhead of Jay Whiteford & Associates, Inc. in Seattle, WA, identifying this as a supplement to an SBA Form 4 loan application, Question 8 regarding personal history. Jay Whiteford's personal his…

Memo header identifying the recipient (SAC Seattle), the author (SA Donald J. Steele), the case name (NORJAK), and the subject (Suspect Jay Whiteford), dated December 17, 1971. A Seattle First Natio…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 22, 1972. Witness Cord Spreckel, located in Seattle, was shown photo…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 2, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case.…

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

FBI file number and typist initials for the Los Angeles field office report. Introductory paragraph stating that record reviews and interviews confirmed the following individuals were in Southern Ca…

Page 2 of an FBI Los Angeles field office report, file number LA 164-497, dictated by agent with initials crs, typed by kah. Conclusion of a suspect comparison analysis. The subjects reviewed showed…

FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Sacramento reports that on 2/1/72 a check of the California Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investiga…

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

Teletype routing/handling codes and hold instruction. Teletype header showing message number, date/time, recipient offices (Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, Seattle), and sender (FBI Director). FBI Dire…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Addressed 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/…

FBI case file number 164-81 and initials IMH, likely identifying the file and handling agent. A list of names in boxed groupings, likely suspects or persons of interest in the D.B. Cooper case. Name…

Handwritten routing annotation. Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle, dated January 5, 1972. Los Angeles FBI teletype to Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Rod Pak, tr…

Case number and page indicator for continuation page of FBI teletype/report. Continuation of FBI teletype regarding Rodney B. Pack. A redacted source in Los Angeles confirmed on January 4 that Pack…

Date of the airtel document. FBI Sacramento airtel to Seattle and Los Angeles field offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Sacramento checked California DMV records for the name ROD PAK wi…

Teletype routing header from Sacramento field office to Los Angeles and Seattle, marked urgent, dated December 21, 1971. FBI Sacramento teletype regarding NORJAK suspect Rod Pak. Pak is described as…

Case number and page continuation header for Sacramento FBI teletype, page two. Continuation of a teletype describing a person named Pak who was employed as a stunt man by an unknown movie studio an…

FBI Seattle teletype to Sacramento dated 12/29/71 regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A sky diver informant reports the unsub may be identical with Rod Pak, an acrobatic parachutist in California wh…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header from SPC (redacted agent name) to SAC Seattle, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, dated 12/18/71. A tipster contacted the FBI at 11:42 PM on 12/17/7…

Document type designation: AIRTEL (airmail teletype) Header of FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC San Antonio to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Richard E. Mitlyng, correcting the spelling of his name an…

Seattle field office case number reference. An unidentified source (redacted) advised upon return on 12/28/71 that MITLYNG returned from temporary duty on 11/19/71 and departed the base on 12/2/71.…

Header block of the teletype showing date, classification (PLAIN), transmission type (NITEL), and handwritten sub-file notation. FBI teletype from Indianapolis field office to San Antonio regarding…

Teletype header block showing date 12/15/71, page two of teletype IP 164-62, with handwritten signature or initials in the coded/approval field. Continuation of teletype (page two) reporting that a…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated April 24, 1972. Airtel from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing multiple prior communications from Seattle, Kans…

Memo header addressed from Seattle SAC to Minneapolis SAC regarding NORJAK case, dated April 13, 1972. The Re: line is redacted. Seattle office reports that photographs of a redacted suspect were sh…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Seattle FBI field office, case file 164-81. Written by Special Agent Daniel S. Jacobs reg…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from an unnamed Special Agent, regarding NORJACK case, dated 12/22/71. A Special Agent showed photographs (with throw downs) of sev…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81 and date January 7, 1972. Memo is from an unnamed Special Agent regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten annotation 'Eliminated' is written dia…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Seattle FBI field office, file number 164-81, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the…

Handwritten or stamped mark in upper left, possibly a page number or routing mark. A tipster describes a suspect matching the airline hijacker: a man approximately 6'1" and roughly 175 lbs, a pilot…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from an FBI Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C) to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated February 22, 1972, regarding NORJAK (the FBI codena…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case (164-81), dated February 14, 1972. A witness in Seattle was shown photographs o…

File reference and dictation codes for the FBI report page. An FBI Special Agent showed photographs to an unnamed witness in Eugene, Oregon on January 12, 1972. The witness was unable to identify an…

Document header showing case/file number PD 164-41, typist initials RPC:csm, and page number 2 of the sub-document. Continuation of a numbered list of persons of interest or suspects. Several entrie…

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

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

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to Seattle, Minneapolis, Detroit, and Chicago offices, sent December 29, 1971 at 6:05 PM. Los Angeles FBI office reports that the FAA confirmed…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype under Los Angeles case number 164-497. FAA license for Condon is in inactive status due to no physical checkup since issuance. Los Angeles indic…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Chicago to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses three photos of suspect Bernard J. Condon (aka Bernie Condon) taken in early 1960s, distribute…

Teletype routing header from Chicago field office to FBI Director and four field offices (Detroit, Minneapolis, Seattle, Los Angeles), sent the evening of December 20, 1971. Chicago field office tel…

Page continuation header indicating this is page two of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of teletype describing a suspect who held a commercial pilot license (approved 1964, number 1287954), work…

Internal FBI memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the Norjak (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that a letter dated 1/14/72 was received at the Tacoma Resident Agency from a previously i…

Header identifying the memo as from an FBI Special Agent in Tacoma, WA, dated January 14, 1972. Numbered list of incomplete details from a conversation regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Points co…

FBI memo from SAC Seattle dated 12/30/71 regarding NORJAK case. A redacted individual was contacted at his home in Washington on December 27, 1971, and relayed information previously sent in a letter…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Continuation of an FBI interview report describing a suspicious pilot aboard a 727 aircraft. The pilot discussed parachute…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Description of the hijacker's coat as having a high sloping collar covering the neck, knee-length, not full, suggesting the person…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of a report describing smoke jumpers who boarded the plane at Sandpoint, Idaho, noting the pilot and the hij…

Date line of the letter. Letter from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to U.S. Senator Henry M. Jackson acknowledging receipt of Jackson's December 14th communication that enclosed a letter from a redact…

Official letterhead of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services listing all committee members and chief of staff. Cover letter from U.S. Senator Henry M. Jackson (Washington) to the FBI…

FBI exemption codes b6 and b7C stamped in margin, indicating redaction categories for personal privacy and law enforcement. Date of the letter, partially obscured. Likely Dec. 12, 1971. Return stam…

Handwritten routing or classification notation at top right of page. A short typed letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes, dated December 21, 1971, addressed to a redacted individual a…

Northwest Orient Airlines internal routing memo form dated 12/9/71. No checkboxes appear to be marked. The 'TO' and 'FROM' fields are redacted (b6/b7C exemptions). Handwritten note from an unidentif…

Date of the letter. Addressee: Superintendent of Stewardesses at Northwest Orient Airlines, Seattle-Tacoma Airport, Washington. Writer asks Northwest Orient to identify the blonde stewardess workin…

Notes from a stewardess interview indicating Boeing confirmed no 727s in military inventory, no flight training manuals for personnel drops, and CIA-related firm listings are classified. The subject…

Header line indicating this is the third page of notes regarding a stewardess interview, dated December 7, 1971. A handwritten letter from an unidentified individual (signature redacted) discussing…

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

A witness account suggesting the D.B. Cooper hijacker may have been a "smoke jumper" whose identity could be found in USDA District 6 personnel files in Portland. The author describes seeing someone…

Continuation of a witness statement describing a group of men in all-black costumes (leather or shiny plastic coats, half-kepi caps, lacy-patterned glasses hiding their eyes). The witness describes t…

Continuation of a numbered list of observations or questions. Point 2 discusses Department of Agriculture smoke jumper camps, noting none at Sand Point but at least four in Montana and Idaho with per…

FBI inter-office memo header from Seattle field office to Portland field office regarding NORJAK case, dated March 22, 1972. Portland field office reports on follow-up investigation in Burns and Hin…

Case file number for the Portland Division FBI file. On March 16, 1972, an individual in Hines, Oregon was contacted and advised a particular name did not appear on his records. Telephonic contact w…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated March 6, 1972. The memo discusses a suspect known as "BUZZ" (last name unknown). A snapsh…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated February 22, 1972. Sender SA name redacted under b6/b7C. Subject is NORJAK (the FBI codename for the…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated 2/14/72. Handwritten annotation reads 'Elim' (elimination) and '…

Case and document identifiers for the FBI report page. An FBI agent at Eugene, Oregon showed photographs of suspects to a redacted witness on January 12, 1972. The witness could not identify any ind…

FBI Portland field office case header, page 2 of a sub-document. Case number 164-41 is the Portland D.B. Cooper file. RPC:csm are typist/dictator initials. Continuation of a numbered list of persons…

Standard government memo 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. A witness in Seattle wa…

File/case reference number and initials, likely indicating FBI file 164-81 and reviewer/clerk initials LMH. List of names in separate boxed groupings, likely an index of persons of interest or suspe…

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

Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent from Portland FBI office to Seattle and Chicago offices on January 6, 1972. Case name reference for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Refere…

Teletype routing header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) message sent from FBI Anchorage to Seattle and Portland field offices via Washington DC on December 30, 1971. NORJACK teletype reporting a…

Page continuation header indicating this is the second page of a teletype. Continuation of FBI teletype instructing Portland field office to attempt to locate a redacted individual in Burns, Oregon,…

Urgent teletype from Portland FBI field office to Anchorage and Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated December 29, 1971. References a Houston teletype from December 21, 1971. Discuss…

Teletype header indicating this is page two of document PD 164-41. FBI teletype continuation stating that the Portland field office is attempting to locate a redacted individual in Oregon for an int…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Houston to the Director and field offices regarding the NORJAK case, specifically a suspect known as BUZZ (last name unknown). References a Houston t…

Page 1 of a 3-page urgent FBI teletype from Houston field office (164-118) to the Director, Seattle, and Portland offices regarding NORJAK suspect 'Buzz' (last name unknown). A source in Harris Count…

Document header showing Houston field office file number 164-118, page two of multi-page teletype. Page two of a teletype from the Houston field office describing a tip about a person known as 'Buzz…

Houston Office file number and page indicator for this teletype continuation. Page three of an FBI teletype from the Houston Office. A witness in Portland, Oregon was shown a composite sketch of the…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated December 5, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten routing or filing annotations, partially…

Standard US Government Memorandum header for case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper), from a Special Agent (redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated December 5, 1972. A witness (name redacted) viewed photographs of seven…

Standard FBI interoffice memo header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, specifically the demonstration of photographs to witnesses under Sub-file HH. Sender's name is r…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 10/10/72, regarding NORJAK case. References a prior Seattle memo dated 8/1/72. SA name redacted under b6/b7C. On 8/8/72 and again…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office file 164-81). Physical description and background data of an unidentified individual obtained through observation and int…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. The sender (Special Agent) name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. A witness (name redacted) was show…

A list of named individuals with associated numbers (possibly weights in pounds). Some names and the number for BURNS are redacted. Part of FBI case SE 164-81. A redacted source states that most ind…

FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy) appear repeatedly in the right margin, corresponding to redacted blocks throughout the page. FBI internal memo f…

Case file number and agent/typist initials for Seattle field office file 164-81. FBI Special Agent interview report from Edmonds, WA. In April 1972, multiple attempts were made to locate and intervi…

FBI Seattle field office memo dated 3/2/72 regarding a NORJAK suspect. Records checks at Seattle Police Department (2/1/72), King County Sheriff's office (2/3/72), and Seattle Credit Bureau (2/2/72)…

FBI lead assignment directing the Seattle field office at Everett to locate and interview a redacted individual to determine his whereabouts on 11/24/71 (the date of the D.B. Cooper hijacking), or to…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated February 28, 1972, from an unidentified Special Agent, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Subject line is redacted. Records checks con…

FBI memo from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case. On 2/14/72, the Department of Motor Vehicles in Olympia, Washington provided a photograph from a license issued to a redacte…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated February 2, 1972, regarding the NORJACK case. A Boeing Company source in Renton, WA reported on 1…

Physical description fields for a suspect: 5'11"-6'0", 155-160 lbs, brown eyes (blind in left eye), brown hair, single. Previous address listed as Canyonville, Oregon. Multiple personal fields (POB,…

Header block of an FBI internal memo dated December 21, 1971, addressed to SAC J. E. Milnes, regarding the NORJACK case. The subject line references a redacted suspect name. A Boeing Company employe…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 2, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Los Angeles is enc…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Banks and financial institutions in Greater Los Angeles were asked to report suspicious transactions involving $20 Federal…

FBI file reference number and office code for the Los Angeles field office. Narrative paragraph stating that the listed individuals were confirmed to be in Southern California at the time of the Nor…

Page 2 header of an FBI Los Angeles field office report, case number LA 164-497, with typist initials crs/kah. Continuation of a report paragraph stating that possible suspects showed noticeable dif…

Document header with Portland Division case number and dictation initials. FBI report of a photo lineup shown to a redacted witness in Eugene, Oregon on January 12, 1972. The witness could not ident…

Document header showing Portland file number 164-41, dictator/typist initials RPC:csm, and continuation page number 2. Numbered list of persons of interest or suspects in the D.B. Cooper case. Each…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Minneapolis, Portland, and Honolulu (via Washington DC), dated December 27, 1971. FBI teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case) eliminating He…

FBI airtel transmission header dated December 22, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel addressed from SAC Honolulu to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case, referencing suspect Henry Gra…

FBI case file number for this report page. Chronological employment history of the subject spanning 1940 to 1971, listing various positions as cable splicer, Army service, civilian Navy employee, el…

Case file number header for Honolulu field office file 164-85. Biographical and financial details about suspect EPPERSON: ex-wife JUNE nee BLOOR, divorced late 1969; SSN, passport number with issue/…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle, dated December 23, 1971. Handwritten annotation, likely an analyst note. Appears to read 'Eliminate' with possible classificatio…

Teletype routing header from Honolulu FBI field office to Director, Seattle, and Los Angeles via Washington, dated December 21, 1971. Honolulu FBI office reports on new NORJAK suspect Henry Grady Ep…

Page header indicating this is page two of a multi-page teletype. Background information on a subject: born July 3, 1918 in Akron, Ohio. Employed from November 1969 to June 1971, left voluntarily du…

Page three of an FBI teletype directing multiple field offices (Los Angeles, Honolulu, Portland, Minneapolis) to conduct investigation to locate and eliminate suspect Epperson. Los Angeles is to atte…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. Lists 10 deleted pages with reasons. Page 20 was withheld under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated June 28, 1972. Witness CORD HARMS SPECKEL vi…

Standard US Government Memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle (file 164-81) from Special Agent Charles R. St. John, dated June 5, 1972, regarding NORJAK. Handwritten notation 'Sub 261' appears n…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated 3/1/72, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). On 12/29/71, a contact at the Kitsap County Sheriff's…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header on Optional Form No. 10, from SA John A. Drake to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, dated 1/26/72. SA Drake reports on records check at Walla Walla State…

FBI Airtel routing header from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/21/71. Airtel body referencing prior communication (reurairtel 12/20/71) about subject Benjamin Robert Kane ak…

Physical description of an individual associated with case BT #164-26, including height, age, eye color, hair color, and residence. A redacted source states that KING served time for arson in Montan…

Date stamp at top of page FBI teletype lead assigning the Seattle Division to contact Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla to determine the whereabouts of a person named KANE during a pertin…

Case identification numbers and dictation/typist initials for FBI report page 1. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation at Deer Lodge, Montana on December 7, 1971. A redacted female employe…

Document reference number, author initials, and page number. SA Harry V. Ryan conducted investigation in Lewistown, Montana on December 9, 1971. He interviewed the Chief of Police, Fergus County She…

File reference header indicating case number BT #164-26, dictated by HVR/hgb, page 2 of the document. First National Bank reported on December 9, 1971 that a review of their records going back 20 ye…

File reference number and dictation/typist initials for this report page. An SA (Special Agent) conducted an investigation in Boise, Idaho. On December 6, 1971, a redacted source at the Idaho State…

Page header with case reference number, typist initials, and page number. Criminal record for inmate KANE (#8877), received at Idaho State Penitentiary on April 30, 1954 for 1st degree arson with a…

Filing stamp with handwritten initials, likely indicating document was filed and reviewed. Header block of an FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, with case file number 164-81, dated August 1…

Header block of an FBI NORJAK report addressed to SAC, dated 5/17/72, originating office Seattle, regarding an individual identified only as (FNU — First Name Unknown). On 1/4/72 an individual was i…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Results of credit and criminal background checks conducted on a redacted individual in Seattle on 3/22/72 returned no…

FBI internal memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to the SAC in Seattle, dated 12/15/71, transmitting information received from a redacted source at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer under their Sec…

Page or exhibit numbering in upper-left corner, partially illegible. A citizen tip regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The writer's son has a friend who jokingly (or seriously) claimed involvement…

FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, no precedence or classification checked, dated 9/19/89. Airtel from SAC Pittsburgh to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encl…

FBI case number and dictation identifier for the report. FBI interview report (FD-302 style) of a female witness conducted at the Pittsburgh FBI office on September 8, 1989. The witness had previous…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office case 164A-SE-81). A female source states that when she provided information about WHITTAKER to the FBI Chicago office, sh…

FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated August 7, 1989. Transmission method is AIRTEL; no precedence or classification boxes are checked. Handwritten routing annotations and stamps in the upp…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle (case 164-81) from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell, dated March 1, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. A witness was shown a…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 2/28/72. Sender is a Special Agent whose name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Subject is NORJAK…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated February 11, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Sender SA name is redacted. An FBI agent showed photographs of listed s…

FBI AIRTEL transmission header from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated January 27, 1972. Minneapolis field office reports that Northwest Airlines stewardes…

Header of an FBI airtel memo dated January 20, 1972, from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAX case. Seattle FBI office informs Portland that suspect Jack Whitaker's true name is Charles…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Honolulu to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References Phoenix nitel dated 1/10/72 concerning suspect Charles Allen Whitaker. Encloses 9 copies of an…

FBI file number, typist initials, and page number for this investigative report. FBI SAs Melone and Bruhl interviewed Charles Allen Whitaker at his residence in Hawaii on January 10, 1972. Whitaker…

Document header showing case file number HN 164-85, typist initials TFB/ctm, and page number 2. Continuation from previous page noting a female individual has returned to the mainland with a forward…

Continuation header for FBI report, file number HN 164-85, page 3, typist initials TFB/ctm. A female witness told SAs MELONE and BRUHL she specifically recalled the evening of November 24, 1971, bec…

FBI form identifier and revision date. AIRTEL handling designation stamp. FBI AIRTEL from SAC St. Louis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Charles Allen Whitaker. Reports results of a National…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Portland to SAC San Diego regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Portland requests San Diego advise whether a photograph of suspect Jack Whitaker, refe…

Teletype header showing transmission from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office, dated January 12, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Handwritten page or sub-file number '263'. Port…

Teletype routing header indicating a night telegram sent from Honolulu FBI office to Seattle FBI via Washington on January 11, 1972 at 1:25 AM. Handwritten routing notation or signature, largely ill…

Page two of an FBI teletype regarding the investigation of a suspect named Whitaker in the D.B. Cooper case. Multiple witnesses confirmed Whitaker's presence in Hawaii on the night of November 24 (th…

FBI Seattle teletype to Chicago and San Diego offices dated January 11, 1972, regarding NORJAK case subject Charles A. Whitaker. Whitaker was located and interviewed in Honolulu, and his presence in…

Teletype routing header from Chicago field office to Director, San Diego, and Seattle, dated January 11, 1972. References a prior San Diego teletype dated December 30, 1971 regarding suspect Charles…

Page two of an FBI teletype regarding a suspect named Whitaker, described as a 31-year-old white male, 5'10", soft spoken, who drove a red VW and a Triumph motorcycle. He held a top parachutist licen…

Standard FBI 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 from Portla…

File/case reference number and initials, likely indicating the FBI field office file number and author initials. A structured chart or list of names in rectangular boxes, likely persons of interest,…

FBI San Diego teletype to Seattle and Phoenix field offices correcting a previous communication (January 6) regarding the NORJAK case. The correction adds relatives of a subject: Allen Whitaker (fath…

Teletype routing header from FBI Phoenix office to multiple field offices dated January 7, 1972. FBI Phoenix teletype regarding NORJAK case. References San Diego tel to Seattle from January 6, 1972…

Page header indicating this is page two of teletype PX 164-100. Page two of an FBI teletype regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect lead. Allen Whitaker, the suspect's father, was interviewed in Phoenix on…

Teletype transmission header with message number, priority, date, and operator initials. Routing header showing the teletype is sent from San Diego field office to Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, an…

Page and case number header for FBI San Diego field office file 164-91. Investigation at San Diego on January 5 revealed that Whitaker was employed by a San Diego bank from October 1959 to September…

Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype, serial number SD 16491. Employment and schooling history of a redacted individual in Phoenix, Arizona. Details U.S. Army service w…

Page header indicating this is page four of a teletype with San Diego case number 164-91. Continuation of a teletype regarding suspect Whitaker. His address is listed as 801 West Corona, Phoenix, Ar…

Teletype from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle and San Diego regarding NORJACK investigation. Reports that records of the United States Parachute Association (USPA) in Monterey, California s…

Date of document FBI Airtel memo from SAC San Diego to SAC Minneapolis regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a San Diego teletype to the Director dated 12/30/71 concerning suspect Charles…

Teletype routing header from San Diego field office to FBI Director and field offices in Seattle, Chicago, and San Francisco, sent the evening of December 30, 1971. San Diego field office reports on…

Page two of a multi-page FBI teletype concerning efforts to locate a current address and photograph of a person named Whitaker. Redacted witnesses in San Diego and California advised they did not hav…

Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of a multi-page teletype regarding investigation of Charles A. Whitaker as a possible suspect in the D.B. Cooper case…

Final page (page four) of an FBI teletype. San Diego office will conduct credit and criminal checks on a person named Whitaker. An agent will maintain contact with a redacted individual in attempts t…

Teletype routing header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) sent at 7:15:55 PM on 12-29-71 from the Chicago FBI field office to the Director, San Diego, and Seattle offices. A Continental Airlines s…

Handwritten routing annotation, partially legible. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK investigation. A source advised on January 17, 1972 that a suspect matching the g…

Portland Division case file number for NORJAK investigation. Two Northwest Airlines employees were shown a photograph of a redacted individual on 1/24/72 and both stated the person is definitely not…

Date of the airtel document. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior airtel dated 12/13/71. Encloses two copies of an FD-302 interview…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Albuquerque to SAC Seattle, dated 12/13/71, enclosing nine copies of FD-302 interview forms related to the UNSUB hijacking of Northeast Airlines Fli…

FBI form header with page number and transcription date. An informant visited the Albuquerque FBI office after seeing a TV composite of the D.B. Cooper unknown subject. The informant identified a fo…

Handwritten routing initials or signature at top of page. Teletype from Portland FBI (164-41) to Seattle FBI (164-81) regarding NORJAK suspect Everett R. Coovert. SA John N. Campbell contacted Coove…

FBI Seattle teletype to FBI Portland requesting verification of whether suspect Everett R. Coovert was at work on November 24, 1971 (the date of the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking). Sent January 11, 19…

Teletype header showing message number, time, date, and routing from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office, regarding the NORJAK case. Portland FBI office reports on suspect Everett R. Coovert i…

Date of the document. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle is forwarding two copies of a page containing information received by the Seat…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), dated December 15, 1971. The sender is a redacted Special Agent. A han…

An anonymous tipster reports a man named Coovert who works as a Driver's Examiner for the state in Gresham, Oregon, as a possible D.B. Cooper suspect. The tipster notes that Coovert fits the physical…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header on Optional Form No. 10, addressed to SAC Seattle (case 164-81) from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell, dated March 1, 1972, subject NORJAJ. A witness was…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 2/28/72, subject NORJAK. The sender SA name is redacted. Witness Cord Spreckel of Seattle was shown photographs…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81 (NORJAK), dated February 11, 1972. The originating Special Agent's name is redacted under b6/b7C/b7D exempti…

Case file identifier and page number for this FBI report. An FBI Special Agent showed photographs of suspects to a redacted witness in Eugene, Oregon on January 12, 1972. The witness could not ident…

Document header showing Portland field office case number 164-41, dictation initials RPC:csm, and continuation page number 2. Continuation of a numbered list of individuals, some associated with pol…

Teletype routing header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) sent at :13 PM on January 17, 1972 from Portland (164-41) to Seattle (164-81). FBI NORJAK teletype from Portland to Seattle reporting that…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Chicago to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Chicago is forwarding one photograph of a redacted individual taken 4/15/68, in response…

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

Case number and page indicator for a multi-page FBI teletype. Continuation of a list of suspect names, some furnished to the Minneapolis FBI Division by Northwest Airlines. Several entries are redac…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle and Chicago, dated January 6, 1972, marked URGENT. Portland FBI office reports on NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). References mu…

FBI teletype from Chicago field office to Director, Minneapolis, Portland, and Seattle offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Chicago SAs (Special Agents) note that an artist conception of…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 5/16/72, case NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. Opening of memo referencing a Sacramento airtel dated 12/15/71. A credit and crimi…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Agent reviewed the Seattle telephone directory on March 15, 1972 and found two individuals (names redacted) in Seattle wi…

Handwritten routing annotation indicating a credit bureau check requested 1/6/72, requesting charge information. FBI Record Request form (FD-125) for Robert D. Cooper, also known as Robert Cooper. S…

Microfilm processing stamp with date and regional indicator (Northwest). FBI criminal record sheet for Robert Day Cooper (a.k.a. Robert D. Cooper), FBI #4941507. Lists arrest records from multiple C…

Seattle Police Department booking form for Robert Day Cooper, arrested September 28, 1952 at 5:30 AM. Occupation listed as Seaman. Suspected of Robbery. Property: Bulova wrist watch. Cell number 442,…

Seattle Police Department arrest report for Robert Day Cooper, a 21-year-old white male merchant seaman, arrested on September 28, 1952, at 3:00 AM for an open robbery charge. He was arrested in the…

Police report on person investigated form for Robert Day Cooper, a 22-year-old white male arrested on 9-28-52 at 3 AM at 2000 block East 45th for robbery. He was unemployed (former seaman), had come…

Police department statement form header with case number 255720, dated September 28, 1952. Handwritten statement by Bob Cooper (Robert Day Cooper) describing borrowing a gun from a tall thin friend…

Header of Washington State Patrol criminal record transcript for file number 253635, dated 3-3-53, microfilmed. Chief James A. Pryde. FBI number 4941507 with fingerprint classification numbers. Crim…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated February 28, 1972. The sending Special Agent's name is redacted. References a prior airtel dated 12/15/…

Small handwritten marking in upper-left corner, possibly a routing or filing notation. FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation, Seattle field office. Continuation of an FBI investiga…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated December 15, 1971, sent via AIRTEL / AIRMAIL - REGISTERED. Routing block: from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle, NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle.…

Case file number header for the document. A redacted individual reviewed records for the name COOPER, finding two shipments: one on 12/10/70 to Robert D. Cooper at 23 West Galer, Apt. 309, Seattle,…

Case file number for the Sacramento field office. A redacted individual provided a parachute equipment catalog with glossary of terms to assist in interviews with parachuting contacts. A copy was en…

FBI inter-office memo from Los Angeles SAC to Seattle SAC regarding NORJAK case. References prior airtel dated 12/23/71 and Seattle letter dated 1/14/72. Encloses a wallet belonging to a redacted ind…

Header of an FBI airtel memo from Los Angeles field office to Seattle, dated January 14, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. References a prior airtel dated 12/23/71. Sheriff Gene Cotton of the Clark C…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with date 12/23/71, sent via AIRTEL. Routing information: airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Los Angeles PD dete…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper investigation. Description of wallet contents including a photograph with writing on the back referencing Washington, and news cli…

Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 1/6/72, regarding NORJAK case and subject Lauren G. Poston. SA name is redacted. Records from Tacoma Police Department show Laur…

FBI airtel header dated January 5, 1972, from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. FBI airtel describing an investigation on 1/5/72 in which a Special Agent searched…

Page 2 of an FBI report under case PD 164-41. States that an individual (name redacted) was associated with the Retail Credit Association in Portland, and that the indices (records check) of the Port…

FBI Airtel header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, subject Lauren G. Poston, dated December 30, 1971. A Notary Public in Tacoma, Washington reported that on December 20, 1971,…

Continuation from a previous page directing the development of background information on LAUREN G. POSTON to assess his possible involvement in the matter under investigation. Portland field office…

Memo header addressed to SAC with NORJAK case designation, office of origin Seattle, dated 12/29/71. Sending SA name is redacted. A notary public in Tacoma, Washington reported that on 12/20/71 two…

Date of the memo. Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Tampa regarding NORJAK suspect Wayne King. Seattle encloses a Detroit teletype dated 1/6/72. King's whereabouts are unknown. Tampa has most Norj…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo routing block addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 22, 1972. Witness Cord Spreckel,…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle correcting the suspect's name in a previous airtel dated 1/11/72. The name was erroneously listed as WAYNE B. KANE and should have be…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle confirming that ASAC Vincent E. Ruehl (Portland) and ASAC Paul Bibler (Seattle) discussed suspect Wayne B. Kane on 1/6/72. No…

FBI Detroit teletype to Director regarding NORJAK suspect Wayne B. King of Jackson, Michigan. King was a bookkeeper for over 20 years at Michner Plating Company. An IRS audit in summer 1971 revealed…

Case number and page header for continuation page of FBI report. Describes suspicion directed toward a person named King. Someone maintained interest in King's activities. King was hired as a bookke…

FBI file number and page continuation marker. Continuation of FBI investigative report on subject KING. Describes a plane hired by King that was returned on Dec. 31, 1971, with its log showing trave…

Continuation (page four) of a teletype under case DE 164-115. States that prosecution of an individual named King is not being contemplated at this time, and it is unknown what action will be taken a…

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. Dated 1/7/72 t…

File/case number and office designator in upper-left corner of page. FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement – personal privacy) marked in the right margin. A vertically…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Louis M. Harris Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. Handwritten sub-file…

Case number 164-81 and initials LMH, likely a file reference and author/office code. A structured list of names in boxed sections, likely persons of interest or suspects associated with the D.B. Coo…

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

Standard US Government memorandum header from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated January 6, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten annotation, likely a section or serial reference numbe…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis FBI field office to Director and Seattle, sent urgently on January 6, 1972. Minneapolis FBI reports on showing a photo of suspect Wayne King to Northwest Air…

FBI transmittal cover sheet from Director, FBI to SACs in Seattle, Portland, and Minneapolis regarding NORJAK case. A photograph is being transmitted by facsimile in plaintext, estimated 6 minutes tr…

Handwritten name label identifying the person in the photograph below. Formal portrait photograph of an older Caucasian man with receding hair, wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and dark tie. He is…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated 1/5/72, from a redacted Special Agent. FBI memo under NORJAK case regarding suspect Wayne King. On 1/5/72, a redacted Agent in Cha…

Header block identifying this as a Seattle field office memo in case file 164-81 dated January 5, 1972, regarding NORJAK suspect Wayne King. An SA from the Bureau relayed information from the Legat…

Header block of an urgent FBI teletype dated 1/3/72, from the Director of the FBI (file 164-2111) to Legal Attaché Managua, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten annotation reads 'Sub 270'. Body of…

Header identifying this as a teletype sent to the FBI Legal Attaché in Managua, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Physical description of a person referred to as KING: white male, late 40s to…

Teletype header showing message number, time, date, and routing from Tampa FBI office to Director and Seattle office with case file numbers. Case code name NORJAK, the FBI designation for the D.B. C…

Page header indicating this is page two of a multi-page document. Source information with large redacted block covering the source identity and most of the narrative. FOIA exemptions b6 (personal pr…

Page three of a multi-page teletype requesting the FBI Bureau to advise EGAT (legal attaché) in Managua, Nicaragua to contact sources for additional background information on Wayne King and to invest…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated March 16, 1972. Office of Origin is Seattle. SA name redacted under b6/b7C. Handwritten initials or signature, likely an approval…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated 2/28/72, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case. Reference line citing a prior memo from a Special Clerk dated 1/1/72 rega…

Header of a United States Government memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle (case 164-81), dated January 1, 1972, from an SPC whose name is redacted. Subject is the D.B. Cooper hijacking case involving…

Date of the AIRTEL memo. Routing header of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a Los Angeles teletype dated 1/3/72. Suspect name redacted und…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Sacramento field office file 164-50). Multiple individuals who have known a redacted person since summer 1971 stated they felt confident the p…

FBI Sacramento field office case number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. FBI non-symbol number source page identifying a confidential source located in California who was contacted by a S…

FBI teletype (NITEL) sent from Los Angeles field office to Seattle, Sacramento, and Las Vegas offices on January 3, 1972 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The message concerns a possible suspe…

Case number and page identifier for Los Angeles FBI field office teletype. Describes a subject characterized as extremely bold, sharp, and very capable, who served as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army…

Case number and page indicator for a multi-page FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office. Page three of an FBI teletype (LA 164-497) directing the Las Vegas field office to conduct credit and…

Header of an FBI AIRTEL memo dated 1/14/72, from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. FBI memo body describing investigation of EDWARD JOHN RYDER, JR. as a NORJA…

FBI San Francisco field office case number and dictator/typist initials. Continuation (page 2) of an FBI memo stating that based on a prior interview, no further investigation will be conducted in t…

Teletype from FBI Phoenix to FBI Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Edward John Ryder, Jr., AKA Dr. T. Carson. Phoenix reports negative results contacting suspect and notes a vehicle with Washington li…

FOIA exemption redaction codes (b6 = personal privacy, b7C = law enforcement personal privacy) with black polygon redaction shape obscuring information. NCIC/law enforcement computer query codes for…

Teletype header showing message from FBI Phoenix (164-109) to Seattle (164-81) and San Francisco, dated January 7, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. FBI Phoenix teletype reporting on suspect Edward J…

Page header with page number and case/teletype identifier PX 164-100. Continuation of an FBI investigative report on a D.B. Cooper suspect. The suspect travelled via Air West Airlines to and from Sa…

Page three of an FBI teletype directing the San Francisco field office at Santa Cruz, California, to conduct an investigation through an appropriate source (redacted under b6/b7C) to verify a suspect…

FBI teletype header from Phoenix field office to Seattle, dated January 3, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Priority NITEL, sent in plain text. Handwritten routing annotations, receipt date, and suspect…

Standard FBI communication form header with blank date and transmission fields. Page two of an FBI teletype describing a suspect in the D.B. Cooper case: white male, born February 21, 1922, 6 feet 2…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81 (P), dated 1/19/72, from a redacted Special Agent, re: NORJAK. Handwritten signature or initials of the Special Agent, partially obscured. On 1/10/…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAC case, dated January 4, 1972. A Washington Police Department contact reported that a femal…

FBI inter-office memo dated 1/19/72 regarding the NORJAK case. The memo is addressed from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland, stating that a parachute found at Portland, Oregon is being transmitted by separ…

Urgent teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle reporting that a parachute was located the previous evening by the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office at a redacted address in Portland, Oregon. The ch…

Date of the memo. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Milwaukee to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Milwaukee is forwarding an FD-302 interview of Terry Frederick Scheer conducted in Oshkos…

FBI file number, dictating agent initials, and page number designation. FBI investigation report documenting a review of Selective Service (draft board) records for Terry Frederick Scheer at Local D…

FBI report header with case number MI 164-37, dictator/typist initials JJM:mjk, and page continuation indicator -2-. Continuation of a report on Terry F. Scheer. A redacted source advised that Schee…

Case file header indicating this is page 3 of document MI 164-37, typed by JJM:mjk. Criminal record table listing two prior offenses for the subject: a probation violation in 1969 and a speeding cha…

FBI report header showing case file number MI 164-37, agent initials JJM, typist initials mjk, and page number 4 of the report. SCHEER attempted to use bad checks to purchase airline tickets. When h…

FBI report header showing case file number MI 164-37, dictator/typist initials JJM:mjk, and page indicator -5-. A redacted individual brought SCHEER to a location and demanded cash payment. SCHEER c…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date. FBI interview (FD-302) of Terry Frederick Scheer, an inmate at Winnebago County Jail. Scheer was a freshman at UW-Oshkosh who l…

FD-302 continuation form header with case number MI 164-37, page 2. SCHEER denied ever being approached by anyone who discussed aircraft hijacking and stated he had never discussed hijacking any air…

Teletype routing header from Milwaukee field office to FBI Director, Chicago, Seattle, and Minneapolis offices, dated January 14, 1972. Milwaukee FBI field office reports on interview of Terry Frede…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype or communication under Milwaukee field office case number 164-37. Continuation of an FBI teletype regarding a subject named Scheer. After leavin…

Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype, Milwaukee field office case number 164-37. Airlines refused to honor Scheer's ticket due to a returned personal check marked accou…

Teletype routing header from Chicago field office to FBI Director, Milwaukee, and Seattle offices, sent urgently at 5:05 PM on January 12, 1972. FBI teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) suspect T…

Page header indicating this is the second page of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of a teletype regarding a subject named Schear who stated he would have two hundred thousand dollars by Sunday p…

FBI Milwaukee teletype (NITEL) to Director, Chicago, and Seattle offices regarding the NORJAK case. Milwaukee reports negative results in attempting to locate and interview a redacted individual at t…

FBI teletype from Chicago field office (164-297) to Director, Seattle, and Milwaukee offices dated January 6, 1972. Subject is NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References a previous Chicago teletype to Bur…

Second page of an FBI teletype directing the Milwaukee field office to locate and interview a redacted individual regarding the identity and location of a student making reference to above informatio…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. Handwritten sub-file reference annotations in upper right of the form. An individual in Eugene, Oregon was sh…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with date 10/4/72, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK. Reports that a revised color artist's concepti…

Portland field office case number reference. Lead assigned to Portland field office to display suspect photographs and a color-revised artist's conception of the unknown subject (Unsub) to a witness…

Header of a U.S. Government memorandum from Special Agent Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown hijacker of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (D.B. Cooper case). Filed under case numb…

Standard US Government memorandum header from an FBI Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C) to SAC Seattle, dated May 4, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. An unidentified witness was shown photog…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated April 24, 1972, transmitted via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK. References multiple prior communications…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated April 5, 1972. Investigation by SA C. Robert Stranger into Anthony Lambert Cole,…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. On 12/28/71, Cole reopened his PO box in Burbank. His California Driver's License number A723342 was on file. Mail recipients at the box includ…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number. Interview of an unidentified female on 3/28/72 in Los Angeles regarding ANTHONY LAMBERT COLE of 560 Via Liniosa, Santa Barbara, CA. The interviewee stated C…

Applicant fingerprint card (Form 1207A-2) from Lockheed-California Company, a division of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in Burbank, California. The subject was fingerprinted on 1-7-69, with a date of…

FBI file stamps, exemption codes (b6, b7C for privacy), case/inventory numbers, and a date stamp. Lockheed-California Company employment application filled out by Anthony Cole on November 15, 1968.…

Training and credentials section of a Lockheed employment application. Applicant lists Royal Air Force courses (Goblin, Avon, Gyros engine/gunnery/physics courses), MBA candidacy at University of Was…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 11, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK case. Seattle Credit Bur…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle office, case 164-81, dated January 21, 1972. Sender SA name is redacted. Subject is NORJAK. Memo regarding NORJAK suspect lead Antho…

Handwritten name appearing to be a subject reference annotation. Airtel header block from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, NWA Flight…

FBI San Francisco field office file number and dictation initials. Continuation of a report about Anthony Cole, a Boeing employee believed to be divorced, involved in a business enterprise concernin…

Header of FBI memo from Portland to Seattle SAC offices regarding NORJAK subject Raymond Torrey Heald, Sub #278. Investigation report on Raymond Torrey Heald, arrested in 1972 by Jackson County Sher…

FBI case file number for the Portland field office NORJAK investigation. Physical description details of suspect HEALD: American, born 10/24/31, age 42, 5 foot 3 inches, 123 pounds, hazel eyes, blon…

Short FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Raymond Torrey Heald. Portland advises Seattle that Oregon does not yet photograph drivers for license purposes,…

FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Subject is Raymond Torrey Heald, SUB #278. Seattle notes that a previous communication (8/6/73) requested Portlan…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, subject RAYMOND TORREY HEALD, DOB 3/30/39. Handwritten sub-file number annotation. FBI agents…

Case file number for the Los Angeles FBI field office. States that obtaining a photograph of HEALD from the Oregon DMV (Drivers Licenses Division) will be left to the discretion of the Portland and…

Internal FBI reference or routing numbers at top of page. Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file reference 'Sub 27.8 ONLY' (possibly Sub 278 ONLY). FBI Seattle records check on Raymond Torrey H…

Header block of FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report form 1-336, addressed to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK case, dated August 17, 1973. Handwritten sub-file annotation m…

FBI Record Request form (FD-125) for a credit and criminal background check on Raymond Torrey Heald, a white male, age 34, born 3/30/39 in Attleboro, Massachusetts. The form requests all background a…

Standard FBI airtel transmission header form dated August 6, 1973. Memo addressing block identifying this as a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) communication from SAC Los Angeles to FBI Director, Identification…

Continuation of an interview about suspect RAYMOND T. HEALD, described as a parachutist in his early thirties familiar with the Seattle and Portland areas, last seen about two years prior in Antioch,…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. Witnesses describe RAY HEALD's background—working as a disc jockey and studying to be a TV sportscaster in Ashland, Oregon. After viewing the D…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. HEALD traveled to Phoenix and called in sick to his Santa Monica duty, but was actually judging a parachuting contest. A redacted source descr…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. Physical description and background of Raymond Torrey Heald, a suspect or person of interest. White male, born 3/30/39 in Attleboro, MA, 5'11",…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number reference. FBI Los Angeles field office lead assignments: Burbank office to recontact Pete Picciolo to obtain a color photograph of suspect HEALD for Seattle…

Teletype from Portland FBI (164-41) to Seattle FBI (164-81) dated January 17, 1972 regarding NORJAK suspect Ray Heald. Members of the Northwest Parachuting Council and Portland Parachuting Club were…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype under Portland case number 164-41. Continuation of a suspect description (age 32-35, 5'10", 185-200 lbs, long dark brown bushy hair, extremely h…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas field office to FBI Director and Seattle office, regarding NORJAK subject Ray Heald. An FAA official in Las Vegas, in charge of the area since 1951, states he…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office (164-81) to Portland field office (164-41), sent 11:10 PM on January 11, 1972. Teletype regarding NORJAK suspect Ray Heald. A redacted source believ…

Page header indicating this is page two of a Seattle field office teletype, case number 164-81. A person named COSSEY provides a physical description of suspect HEALD: white male, 5'10", 175 lbs, 35…

Teletype routing header from New York field office to FBI Director, Los Angeles, and Seattle offices, sent 5:05 PM on January 11, 1972. A redacted individual in New York was interviewed and stated t…

Page two of an FBI teletype from Seattle regarding a person named Heald, a former civilian air traffic controller in Las Vegas (~1969), who was reportedly judging a parachute jump near Issaquah, Wash…

Teletype routing header from Newark field office to FBI Director and field offices in Las Vegas, New York, and Seattle, transmitted 5:55 PM on January 10, 1972. Newark FBI office reports that a sour…

Page two of an FBI teletype directing New York to contact a redacted individual, determine others in a discussion, interview all while showing a composite sketch, and advise Las Vegas and Seattle. A…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Memo from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated March 1, 1972, regarding NORJAK case (164-81). Subject is showing photos to witnesses. An u…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 2/28/72, from an unidentified Special Agent (redacted under b6/b7C), regarding NORJAK case. Witness Cord Sprec…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), dated February 11, 1972. The Special Agent's name is redacted. A witness in Sea…

FBI FD-36 Airtel transmittal form header dated January 27, 1972. Routing block indicating the Airtel is from the Minneapolis SAC to the Seattle SAC regarding the NORJAK case. Northwest Airlines ste…

FBI Record Request form (FD-125) for Lawrence Allison Hobart, requesting credit and criminal checks. Subject is a Caucasian male weighing 240 lbs. Physical description was the specific information de…

Memo header with destination (SAC Seattle), case file number 164-81-1979, date 1/26/72, sending SA name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions, and NORJAK case designation. Memo body regarding suspect #27…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Richard Avery Dyer to SAC Seattle, dated January 19, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (file 164-81, sub 279). An unnamed female witness was interviewe…

Teletype routing header from Portland (164-41) to Seattle (164-81), sent as a NITEL (night teletype) on January 17, 1972. Handwritten sub-file number annotation: Sub 279. FBI Portland NITEL to Seat…

Date and classification of the memo. FBI airtel memo from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case suspect Lawrence Allison Hobart. Encloses photograph and provides physical description:…

Date of the airtel document. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Portland regarding NORJACK suspect Lawrence Allison Hobart. References a Los Angeles nitel to Seattle dated 1/6/72. Encloses c…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of an investigative report. A redacted source advised that California driver's license S383614 was issued on…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle FBI field office, dated January 10, 1972, sent at 7:37 PM. FBI Los Angeles reports to Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Laurence A…

Case number and page indicator for the teletype continuation. Continuation of a teletype directing FBI Seattle to conduct investigation at a hospital in Tacoma, Washington, to locate Garnet Hollis,…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office (164-497) to Seattle (164-81) and Sacramento, sent January 6, 1972 at 11:32 PM. FBI teletype regarding NORJACK suspect Lawrence Allison Hoba…

Case number and page header for continuation page of FBI teletype or report. Continuation of an FBI report describing a subject believed to be career Army nearing retirement. After Hobart and Hollis…

FBI case file number and page indicator for Los Angeles field office file 164-497, page three. An informant in California describes a subject named Hobart who discussed criminal capers, claimed to b…

Page four of an FBI teletype (LA 164-497) discussing a subject named Hobart. An employer inquiry regarding someone named Garnet is referenced — a letter mailed from Washington indicated she intended…

Case number and page indicator for FBI Los Angeles field office teletype, case LA 164-497, page five. Physical description of subject Hobart: white male, born October 23, 1930 in Rochester, New York…

Case number and page indicator for an FBI Los Angeles field office communication, page six. Continuation (page six) of a teletype noting that Hobart has a prior bank robbery conviction involving a w…

Header block of FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 10/30/72, file number 164-81, regarding NORJAK case and suspect Sgt. Don John Page. Handwritten notation 'Sub 280' in upper right. T…

FOIA exemption codes indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6) and law enforcement personal privacy (b7C). Pacific Northwest Bell (or similar carrier) telephone billing statement for JOHN D. P…

FBI Privacy Act redaction exemption codes stamped on page. Pacific Northwest Bell telephone billing statement dated November 25, 1971, for subscriber JOHN D PAGE at RT 3 BX 31 E, TROUTDALE OR 97060,…

Pacific Northwest Bell (or similar carrier) telephone billing statement dated November 25, 1971 for subscriber John D. Page of Troutdale, OR 97060, telephone number CC5-8512, from the Gresham exchang…

Pacific Northwest Bell telephone bill dated September 25, 1971 for John D Page at RT 3 BX 31 E, Troutdale OR 97060, telephone 665-8512. Lists nine long-distance calls, many to Kalispell MT, plus call…

Pacific Northwest Bell telephone bill for John D. Page, Troutdale OR, for billing period ending June 25, 1971. Shows long-distance calls to Missoula MT, Los Angeles CA, Kalispell MT, an unidentified…

Handwritten routing or filing notations at top of page. FBI NITEL (night teletype) dated March 2, 1972, from Minneapolis field office to Seattle, Los Angeles, Portland, and Las Vegas, regarding the…

Case number and page continuation header for teletype page two. FBI teletype continuation describing investigation of named suspects who do not match the UNSUB. Jay Whiteford was furnished by the Se…

File number and page indicator for page three of a multi-page teletype. Continuation (page 3) of an FBI teletype directing Las Vegas and Seattle field offices to conduct investigations. A person wit…

Standard US Government memorandum header identifying this as an internal FBI memo from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell to the SAC in Seattle, filed under case 164-81 (NORJAJ), dated March 1, 1972.…

FBI memo from SA Daniel S. Jacobs to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. On 2/8/72, witness Cord Spreckel was shown photographs of suspect John Donald Page (Sub 193). Spreckel could not positively…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header on Optional Form 10. Addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, from a redacted Special Agent, dated February 11, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. A redacted w…

Standard FBI airtel transmission form header, FD-36, dated January 31, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Portland encloses t…

Dark photocopy artifacts and bleed-through marks at the top of the page, likely from an adjacent page or cover sheet. Portland Division FBI case file number reference. Continuation of an FBI report…

Teletype routing header from FBI Butte field office to Portland and Seattle, dated January 11, 1972, marked urgent. FBI Butte reports on NORJAK suspect John Donald Page. He was employed by Johnson F…

Page header indicating this is page two of teletype message, case number 164-26. Continuation of FBI teletype regarding a suspect named Page who works as a tug boat captain out of Portland, Oregon,…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office to Seattle and Butte offices, marked urgent, dated January 19, 1971. Portland FBI office reports suspect John Donald Page developed as NORJAK suspect…

Teletype header showing FBI case number 164-41, page two of the message. Continuation of suspect background: served as deputy sheriff in Multnomah County (1958-59), private investigator (1958). Dist…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet associated with case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. Lists 7 total deleted pages, all removed because they were duplicates. The dele…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated January 19, 1972, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case and a redacted suspect. References a prior Seattle memo dat…

Standard US Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10). Memo routing block. Addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the unknown subject of the Northwest Airl…

FBI Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Portland reports that a person of interest, whose name is redacted, was contacted by telephone on 8/22/72 and is c…

Date of the airtel document. Standard FBI airtel routing header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. An unidentified witness was re-interviewed on 5/17/72. He stated he retur…

FBI lead assignment directing agents to locate and interview BOB EDWARDS regarding the D.B. Cooper case (SE 164-81). The purpose is to determine if Edwards knows a redacted individual. The subject is…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, classified (P), dated July 6, 1972. Filed under NORJAK (FBI code name for D.B. Cooper case). Office of Origin is Seattle. References a prior…

Header of FBI memo from SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, case name NORJACK, referencing a Portland airtel to Seattle dated January 4, 1972. The SA name and sources are redacted. Investigative lead f…

FBI agents made repeated unsuccessful attempts to contact an individual at a Vancouver, Washington address during February through April 1972. On May 10, 1972, a source in Vancouver advised that the…

Handwritten notation indicating 'Unsub' (unknown subject) with a redacted name and the word 'Sources'. Likely an analyst's routing or indexing note. FBI AIRTEL memo dated 1/4/72 from SAC Portland to…

Header block of FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, codename NORJAK, referencing prior Portland nitel and Seattle memo. Interview conducted March 14, 1972 with a subject…

Header block of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC in Seattle, dated 2/10/72, regarding the NORJACK case. Body of memo referencing a Portland ni…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle, dated January 7, 1972, sent at 6:38 PM. Portland field office reports a tip received December 31, 1971. A caller in Oregon telephon…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell, dated March 1, 1972, regarding NORJAK. A witness (name and phone r…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case, dated 2/28/72. Witness Cord Spreckel of Seattle was shown suspect photographs…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated February 11, 1972. Sender is a Special Agent (name redacted). Subject is NORJAK (FBI code name for t…

FBI teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office (file 164-73) to Seattle, Houston, Sacramento, Jackson, and Anchorage offices, sent 6:16 PM on February 7, 1972. Case name NORJAK (D.B. Coop…

Page two of an FBI teletype from the El Paso field office (case 164-73). A witness named Joseph (surname redacted under b6/b7C) advised that none of the photographs shown resembled the hijacker. FD-3…

Standard FBI airtel header with date and transmission details. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References multiple prior communications. Encloses two pho…

Black-and-white photograph of a person, likely a mugshot or identification photo. Image is degraded due to photocopying. Continuation (page 2) of an FBI report under Portland file number PD 164-41,…

Date of the document. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References a Phoenix nitel from 1/6/72. Encloses investigative inserts and a photo for Se…

FBI file number, agent initials, and page number header. Subject line of the report, fully redacted. SA Robert H. Tober interviewed a member of a parachutists' club in Anchorage on January 10, 1972…

Standard FBI teletype transmission header showing date of January 6, 1972, sent in plaintext via teletype with NITEL (night letter) priority. FBI teletype from Phoenix to Anchorage field office rega…

Standard FBI transmittal form header with blank date, transmission method, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI airtel or teletype. A source provided information that a redacted individual was in…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell regarding NORJAK (the FBI code name for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Memo body…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 2/11/72. Sender is a Special Agent whose name is redacted. Subject is NORJAK (FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hi…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated February 28, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. The sender SA name is reda…

Header line with office designation, case number, and date. Agent designation (redacted), case name NORJAK, subject Lawrence Lyster Kennedy Sub #285, referencing a prior memo of SPC dated 1/7/72. Ex…

Header block of a U.S. Government memorandum from an SPC (Special Agent) in the Seattle FBI office to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge), Seattle, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (file 164-81…