Part 109
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Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet associated with case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. Lists 16 deleted pages with exemption codes. Pages 27-29, 78, 101, and 108 were…
Page 2Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. On 4/24/72, Bibler called the San Francisco FBI office and advised a supervisor that a package of ph…
Page 3Memo header identifying the SAC Seattle office, case 164-81, agent Charles E. Farrell, and the NORJAK case subject line with a redacted source name. An SA at the New York City Airport RA confirmed r…
Page 4Teletype routing header indicating a message from the FBI Director to the Seattle field office, filed at 7:55 PM on April 24, 1972, regarding the NORJAX (D.B. Cooper) case. Directive from the FBI Di…
Page 5Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office to FBI San Francisco, dated April 23, 1972, referencing case file 164-81. FBI Seattle reports that Campbell at Greyhound bus stop fountain in Woodland…
Page 6Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. FBI agents reinterviewed a redacted subject at his residence in Seabeck, Washington. The subject was confronte…
Page 7FBI Seattle field office case number and typist initials. An interviewee (name redacted) was shown a photograph of a white male in a sweater, tie, and dark sunglasses at the corner of 5th and Pacifi…
Page 8FBI case file number and dictation/typist codes for the Seattle field office. An unnamed individual contacted CARL FLEMING in California to ask whether FLEMING thought they had the right person. FLE…
Page 9Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated April 24, 1972, marked URGENT priority via TELETYPE. Teletype from Seattle SAC to San Francisco SAC regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Ref…
Page 10Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Date, transmittal method, and priority fields are blank, indicating this is a continuation page. Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype or airtel unde…
Page 11Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message from Los Angeles FBI field office to the Director, Seattle, and New York offices, dated April 23, 1972. Teletype body referencing the NORJAK case…
Page 12Page header showing continuation page and FBI case number. Continuation of an FBI teletype regarding an interview lead. A person (name redacted) was contacted in Los Angeles; his father is in New Yo…
Page 13Teletype header showing message routing from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office regarding NORJAK case, sent at 2:56 AM on April 23, 1972. Handwritten annotation indicating the document relate…
Page 14Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype with Portland case file number 164-41. An individual whose name is redacted made no identification from a photo shown by a redacted party, but d…
Page 15Urgent teletype from Portland (164-41) to Seattle (164-81) dated 4/23/72 regarding the NORJAK case. Reports that a second suspect photo was displayed to a Portland witness associated with Northwest A…
Page 16Header of an FBI memo filed under 164-81, dated 4/23/72, addressed to SAC J. E. Milnes regarding the NORJAK case. The RE line references a redacted source name. The SAC recounts a 4/23/72 phone call…
Page 17Header block of FBI memo with file number 164-81, dated 4/22/72, addressed to SAC J.E. Milnes, subject NORJAK. Memo describes a phone call on 4/22/72 to Asst. Director Bates in Washington regarding…
Page 18FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper case (NORJAK), file 164-81. The author called Special Agent Bob Stranger in Los Angeles, relayed information received from Mr. Bates, and ins…
Page 19File number, date, addressee, and case name header for the memo. SA Bob Stranger reports from Los Angeles that Karl Fleming could not be located at his residence or answering service. A redacted con…
Page 20Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI field office to FBI Director and Minneapolis office, sent at 11:54 PM on April 22, 1972. Case codename NORJAK and subject line indicating unknown subject (UN…
Page 21Page header indicating this is page two of document with Seattle field office case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype regarding witnesses viewing photographs of a possible hijacker suspect. O…
Page 22Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36), dated April 22, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Teletype from Seattle SAC to Los Angeles SAC regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case.…
Page 23Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header, continuation page with blank date and routing fields. Page two of an FBI teletype (SE 16481) describing an investigation of a subject who drove a yellow F…
Page 24Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header, dated April 22, 1972, marked IMMEDIATE priority via TELETYPE. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SACs in Los Angeles and Phoenix regarding the NORJAK (D.B. C…
Page 25Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header with blank date, transmit method, and priority fields. Page two of a teletype under case SE 164-81 instructing receiving offices to immediately de…
Page 26Header block of an FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, from SA Charles E. Farrell, regarding the NORJAK case (164-81), dated April 22, 1972. On April 22, 1972, an SA showed a photo spread to…
Page 27Memo header identifying the SAC Seattle office, case number 164-81, date 4/22/72, addressed to ASAC Paul R. Bibler, regarding NORJAK. SA Ralph Himmelsbach reported from Portland that he showed a pic…
Page 28Header block of an FBI internal memo regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, file number 164-81, dated 4/21/72, addressed to SAC Seattle. An SA reports calling the Los Angeles FBI office on 4/20/72…
Page 29File number, date, addressee, and case name header for the memo. Assistant Director BATES and a redacted SA called from Bureau headquarters regarding a manuscript received from Henry Peterson at DOJ…
Page 30Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message from Portland FBI field office to Seattle FBI field office, dated April 22, 1972, referencing case file numbers 164-81 (Seattle) and 164-41 (Portl…
Page 31Teletype routing header from Washington Field Office to FBI Director and field offices in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Portland, and Seattle, marked URGENT, dated April 22, 1972. Case name NORJAK (FBI…
Page 32Header block of an FBI internal memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated 4/22/72, regarding NORJAK. A witness in Eugene, Oregon was shown 12 photographs including one of…
Page 33Header of an FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated 4/22/72. Special Agent St. John reports that a witness (name redacted) observed a striking facial simi…
Page 34Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle (case 164-81), directed to SAC J.E. Milnes, regarding NORJAK case, dated 4/22/72. A Special Agent at the Washington Field Office reported that the stewardess (na…
Page 35Header block of an FBI internal memo regarding NORJAK case file 164-81, dated 4/22/72, addressed to SAC J.E. Milnes. The author called SA Ralph Himmelsbach in Portland on 4/22/72. Himmelsbach report…
Page 36Internal FBI memo dated 4/22/72 from file 164-81, addressed to SAC J.E. Milnes regarding NORJAK. A Special Agent (name redacted) called from the Washington Field Office (WFO) and reported that an ind…
Page 37Header of FBI internal memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated April 21, 1972, regarding NORJAK case number 164-81. Recipient name redacted under b6/b7C/b7D exemptions. Subject line in…
Page 38File number and date header, addressed to SAC Seattle. ASAC from Atlanta advised that phone number 404-237-9766 in Atlanta is listed to Joseph B. Cumming Jr., Bureau Chief for Newsweek in Atlanta. T…
Page 39Header block of an FBI internal memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 4/23/72, regarding the NORJAK case. The RE line and source name are redacted. Memo recounts a series of phone call…
Page 40FBI teletype form header indicating an urgent teletype dated April 23, 1972. Urgent teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, SAC New York, and SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle re…
Page 41Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header with blank date, transmission method, and priority fields. Page two of a teletype regarding case SE 164-81. Discusses a telephone call traced to F…
Page 42Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header. Date and routing fields are blank on this continuation page. Page three of an FBI teletype (SE 164-81) describing an interview and financial tran…
Page 43Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, transmission type, and priority fields. Page four of an FBI interview report in the D.B. Cooper case (SE 164-81). A subject named Fleming…
Page 44Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header with date and routing fields left blank. Case number and page indicator with a partially illegible handwritten annotation, possibly initials or ed…
Page 45Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, type, and priority fields. Page six of an FBI teletype (case SE 164-81) discussing an interview with a woman (name redacted) who was part…
Page 46Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, transmission method, and priority fields. Continuation (page 7) of an FBI teletype or airtel under case SE 164-81. Instructs the New York…
Page 47Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36), dated April 23, 1972, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK case. Instructs that photo…
Page 48Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to New York, marked urgent, dated April 23, 1972. NORJAK case designation (FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Seattle FBI office not…
Page 49Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is NITEL (night teletype) with Priority designation. Date field appears blank or illegible. Handwritten routing notations and FOIA exe…
Page 50Teletype header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) message from Minneapolis FBI field office (file 164-73) to Seattle FBI field office (file 164-81), dated April 23, 1972. Handwritten annotation, p…
Page 51Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header with date April 23, 1972, sent via teletype. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK case. Seattle is sending photographs by…
Page 52Teletype routing header from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle, marked URGENT, dated April 22, 1972, case number 164-81. NORJACK teletype from San Francisco FBI to Seattle FBI providing telephone num…
Page 53Urgent teletype from FBI Charlotte (file 164-101) to FBI Seattle (file 164-81) regarding the NORJAK case. Charlotte responds to a Seattle teletype to the Director dated April 22, providing a telephon…
Page 54Teletype routing header from New York field office to FBI Director, marked urgent, dated April 22, 1972. New York FBI office responds to Seattle teletype of April 21, 1972 regarding NORJAK case. NY…
Page 55FBI teletype (NITEL) sent from Los Angeles field office to Seattle on April 22, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. LA responds to a Seattle teletype, reporting that certain phone numbers…
Page 56Header block of an FBI internal memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated April 22, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (file 164-81). RE lines reference a redacted source, an UNSUB informant…
Page 57High-contrast black-and-white photocopy of a photograph labeled 'DB COOPER-49515'. The image depicts a man wearing dark sunglasses and what appears to be a dark suit and tie. There is foliage or brus…
Page 58Handwritten case code name NORJAK (FBI code name for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case) written at top of page. A ruler or scale bar printed across the top of the page, marked in inches, used for photo…
Page 59ASAC Paul R. Bibler memo to SAC Seattle regarding a phone call to the Bureau on 4/21/72 about a Polaroid photo forwarded by the NY office. The photo showed a street scene with license numbers and a b…
Page 60Header block identifying the file number 164-81, dated 4/22/72, addressed to SAC J.E. Milnes, regarding NORJAK case. Memo documenting phone calls made on 4/22/72 coordinating the distribution and sh…
Page 61Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated 4/22/72, regarding NORJAK case with an unnamed informant. Agent name and informant identity redacted under b6/b7C/b7D exe…
Page 62FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. A redacted block with FOIA exemption codes b6 and b7c noted in the right margin. An unnamed individual describes contact…
Page 63FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation, Seattle field office. An unidentified individual (name redacted under b6/b7C) stated he planned to contact his attorney about the situation an…
Page 64Teletype from FBI Los Angeles to Director and Seattle regarding NORJAK case. A source positively identifies photos of an unidentified male wearing a black and white jockey-style cap as the same indiv…
Page 65Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle documenting a phone call received on 4/22/72 from a Newsweek reporter (name redacted) inquiring about recent activity in the D.B. Cooper case…
Page 66Teletype routing header from FBI Phoenix to FBI Seattle, marked IMMEDIATE priority, dated April 22, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Phoenix FBI office reports on Kenneth C. Grandy. Hi…
Page 67Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Director, Seattle, and San Francisco, classified MEDIATE and URGENT priority, dated April 21, 1972. Subject line identifies this as a NOR…
Page 68FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. An agent and a redacted individual departed Los Angeles on February 22 with technical equipment, flew Western Airlines to Seattle, and took a t…
Page 69Case number and page header for FBI Los Angeles field office teletype. Page three of an FBI teletype describing a surveillance or undercover operation at a pre-arranged beach site. Fleming remained…
Page 70Case number and page header for FBI report page four. Witness describes an interview with an unsub (unknown subject) and Fleming. The unsub is described as a white male in his forties, five feet ten…
Page 71Page five of an FBI teletype (LA 164-497) describing arrangements made with a person named Fleming involving a film or sound recording. A redacted individual advised on initial arrangements with Flem…
Page 72Standard US Government interoffice memo header addressed to SAC Seattle from a Special Agent, dated April 21, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. An unidentified female source describes a person of int…
Page 73Teletype routing header indicating a night-time message sent from the Los Angeles FBI field office (file 164-497) to the Seattle FBI field office (file 164-81) on April 21, 1972. Body of teletype id…
Page 74Urgent teletype from Washington Field Office to FBI Director and Seattle field office regarding NORJAK case. In response to a Seattle teletype of April 21, a redacted source advised that telephone nu…
Page 75Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to Director and multiple field offices, marked URGENT, dated April 21, 1972. NORJAK teletype reporting that Carl Fleming registered at the Edgew…
Page 76Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with reference number 164-81. Section listing a collect call associated with the Los Angeles and New York City offices. Subscriber details and…
Page 77Standard FBI FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A representative of the Edgewater Inn in Seattle reported that Karl Fleming checked in on Feb 20, 1972 to Room 136, switche…
Page 78FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A redacted source advised that Mr. FLEMING paid his hotel bill with an American Express card (number provided) expiring July…
Page 79Hotel guest registration form for Karl Fleming of Newsweek Magazine, staying in room 136 at the Edgewater Inn in Seattle, WA. Home address 12231½ Gorham Ave, Los Angeles, CA. Departure date 2/24, nig…
Page 80Hotel guest registration and billing folio from the Edgewater Inn in Seattle, WA for guest Karl Fleming, room 136, arriving 2/20, with charges spanning FEB 21-23. Address listed as 12231 1/2 Gorham A…
Page 81Hotel guest registration and billing card from the Edgewater Inn in Seattle, WA for guest Karl Fleming of L.A., California. The bill shows charges on February 23, 1972, including an FBI lodging charg…
Page 82FBI teletype from Los Angeles field office to Director, Seattle, and San Francisco regarding NORJAK case. Two subjects were located at residences in Tarzana and Van Nuys, California. Simultaneous int…
Page 83Case number and page indicator for the teletype continuation. Continuation of an FBI teletype describing how an individual, after FBI contact, consulted Karl Fleming of Newsweek Magazine. Fleming re…
Page 84Page three of an FBI teletype (LA 164-497) describing an interview conducted by Fleming with an unidentified person in Seattle. The interview lasted about twenty minutes. A redacted individual depart…
Page 85Page four of an FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office (LA 164-497) continuing a description of a suspect's cap (black and white triangles radiating from center), tan trench coat, and black s…
Page 86Header block of an FBI memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated 4/21/72, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). An unidentified individual, initially shaken when approached by FBI age…
Page 87FBI case file number for this document. Continuation of an FBI interview describing a covert meeting and equipment setup operation organized by FLEMING in the Seattle area. The interviewee describes…
Page 88FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Physical description of a suspect: white male, age 45, 5'8"-5'9", 160 lbs, slender build, wearing a peaked woolen ski cap with sma…
Page 89File number and date header with addressee SAC, Seattle and a redacted recipient block. An FBI Special Agent from Los Angeles called to report that two individuals had been located. One refused to b…
Page 90Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case, dated April 17, 1972. Subject line identifying this as regarding an unkno…
Page 91FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of a list of Seattle downtown hotels (Olympic Hotel and Heart of Seattle Hotel from a previous page), followed by a paragraph des…
Page 92Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from San Francisco field office at 12:07 PM on April 19, 1972, addressed to the FBI Director, Seattle, and Los Angeles offices, with respecti…
Page 93Page two of a teletype from FBI Seattle to Los Angeles requesting that Los Angeles locate a redacted individual through the California DMV and a Van Nuys telephone number so that person and another r…
Page 94Teletype routing header indicating urgent message sent from Seattle FBI field office to Los Angeles and San Francisco offices on April 17, 1972. FBI NORJAK teletype from Seattle office responding to…
Page 95FBI teletype from Los Angeles field office to Director, Seattle, and San Francisco offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Dated April 17, 1972. References earlier communications from LA and…
Page 96Page two of an FBI report (LA 164-497) describing an individual who traveled to Seattle, Washington, for an undisclosed purpose. Upon arrival at Seattle-Tacoma Airport, they were met by a person in a…
Page 97Case number and page designation for this teletype page. A conversation indicates a trip to Seattle took place on a Monday, either February 28 or March 6. The subject is described as a white male, 5…
Page 98Case number and page designation for this teletype page. A person from Hollywood, California returned rental equipment on the afternoon of February 28. They had paid for items described as enough to…
Page 99Page 5 of an FBI teletype (LA 164-497) describing a subject with brown hair and eyes living at 2034 1/4 North Highland Avenue in the Hollywood District. The flight manifest for Western Airlines Fligh…
Page 100Case number and page identifier for this teletype continuation page. FBI teletype directing Seattle to identify a telephone subscriber and advise San Francisco and Los Angeles of significance. Los A…
Page 101Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI field office to Director, Seattle, and Los Angeles, sent April 14, 1972 at 9:58 PM. Case name NORJAK (FBI code name for D.B. Cooper case) with office o…
Page 102FBI Seattle teletype to Director, Los Angeles, and San Francisco offices regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Seattle concurs with Los Angeles' plan to interview redacted individuals simultaneously i…
Page 103FBI Los Angeles field office teletype to Director, Seattle, and San Francisco regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that telephone records were reviewed for toll calls billed to a redacted…
Page 104Case number and page identifier for the teletype continuation. Telephone billing records showing a series of calls made to a redacted Los Altos telephone number from mid-January through late Februar…
Page 105Case number and page indicator for this teletype page. Page three of a teletype from the Los Angeles FBI field office recommending simultaneous interviews of redacted individuals by Los Angeles and…
Page 106Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI field office to Director, Los Angeles, and San Francisco offices, dated April 3, 1972 at 7:36 PM. Case designation NORJAK (FBI code name for D.B. Cooper hija…
Page 107FBI San Francisco teletype to Director, Los Angeles, and Seattle offices regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports results of subscriber check on a telephone number linked to a William [REDAC…
Page 108Page header identifying this as page two of FBI San Francisco field office file 164-220. Describes a male individual from Van Nuys, CA (6 ft, 220 lbs, brown hair and eyes). DMV check identifies Norm…
Page 109Page header with page number and San Francisco case file number. Notes that a redacted address is a former residence of a redacted individual in a commune area. Palo Alto police records describe the…
Page 110FBI teletype from Los Angeles field office to Director, Seattle, and San Francisco offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior LA nitel dated November 24. San Francisco is inv…
Page 111Case number and page indicator for the FBI document. Page two of an FBI teletype (case LA 164-497) describing an investigation into individuals who flew to Seattle via Western Airlines Flight 622 on…
Page 112Case number and page header for Los Angeles field office teletype, page three. An employee at the Reseda branch of Great Western Savings and Loan in Reseda, California confidentially advised the FBI…
Page 113Case number and page identifier for the teletype continuation. Continuation (page four) of an FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office. A redacted individual made reservations in San Francisco…
Page 114Date of teletype. Urgent FBI teletype from SAC Seattle to Director FBI and SACs in Los Angeles and Philadelphia regarding NORJAK. Reports that Seattle records show a vehicle was rented to a redacted…
Page 115Teletype header identifying this as NITEL number 029 from Los Angeles field office, sent at 7:06 PM on March 24, 1972, to FBI Director and Seattle office regarding the NORJAK case. References prior…
Page 116Case number and page header for Los Angeles FBI field office file 164-497, page two. Page two of an FBI report on an unidentified subject connected to a Los Angeles case. The subject was associated…
Page 117Page three of an FBI teletype (LA 164-497) reporting on a D.B. Cooper suspect investigation. Great Western Bank in Reseda, CA shows the subject has a joint savings account with no unusual deposits or…
Page 118Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36), dated March 24, 1972, sent via teletype with urgent priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Chicago regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case.…
Page 119Header block of FBI memo from SA Bob Stranger, Los Angeles Division, to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, file 164-81, dated 3/24/72. SA Bob Stranger called from Los Angeles to relay information a…
Page 120FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. A redacted individual reportedly travelled with the Free Speech Movement to Berkeley. Another redacted person suggested invest…
Page 121Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to FBI Director, Seattle, and Philadelphia, sent at 6:50 PM on March 23, 1972. NORJAK teletype from Los Angeles reporting that records of Southe…
Page 122Page header showing this is page two of a multi-page document under FBI Los Angeles field office case number LA 164-497. Continuation of an FBI investigative teletype regarding Hertz rental car reco…
Page 123Page header with page number and FBI Los Angeles field office case number. Handwritten annotation noting '52 Miles', likely a distance calculation related to the car rental mileage discrepancy. Han…
Page 124Date stamp of document. FBI NITEL teletype from SAC Los Angeles to Director FBI regarding the NORJAK case. References a prior LA NITEL to Bureau dated January 16. Reports that telephone company reco…
Page 125File number and page continuation header for Los Angeles FBI field office file 164-497. Continuation of an FBI investigative report describing a lead involving Jon Koester. A source reviewed records…
Page 126Date line and transmission method header for the airtel. Standard FBI airtel routing header identifying sender (Sacramento), recipient (Los Angeles), subject NORJAK, and referencing a prior LA airte…
Page 127Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to Director, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles offices, sent at 11:56 PM on March 22, 1972. FBI Seattle teletype regarding the NORJAK (D.B.…
Page 128Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with case file number 164-81. Page two of an FBI teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper investigation. Continental Airlines and Western Airlines in…
Page 129Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to FBI Director, Seattle, and Philadelphia offices, dated March 22, 1972 at 5:20 PM. FBI teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Los Angel…
Page 130Case number and page indicator for continuation of FBI teletype. On March 17, 1971, a known individual (name redacted) in Los Angeles was investigated. California DMV records reveal driver's license…
Page 131Case number and page continuation header for FBI Los Angeles field office file 164-497, page three of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of a teletype reporting that a review of flight manifests (b…
Page 132Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated March 14, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Routing block: from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Sacramento, subject NORJAK (the FBI case n…
Page 133Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to FBI Director, Philadelphia, and Seattle offices, dated March 16, 1972. Subject line identifying the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case with Office of…
Page 134Case number and page continuation header for LA field office file 164-497. Investigation of telephone subscribers reveals at least twelve linked to film/motion picture companies; two were restaurant…
Page 135FBI Los Angeles teletype (NITEL) to Director, Philadelphia, and Seattle offices dated March 14, 1972 regarding the NORJAK case. A confidential informant (CI) has developed additional information from…
Page 136Page header indicating this is page two of FBI teletype with Los Angeles case number 164-497. FBI agents report that a subject departed for an undisclosed location on the evening of March 13 and wil…
Page 137Page header indicating this is page three of FBI report with Los Angeles field office case number 164-497. Describes observation of a redacted subject's residence in Tarzana, noting it is an older r…
Page 138Page header identifying this as page four of FBI Los Angeles field office document, case number LA 164-497. Investigation step to identify telephone subscribers contacted from a redacted number, in…
Page 139FBI Los Angeles teletype to Director, Philadelphia, and Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that telephone toll records were obtained for an unidentified subscriber's phone numbe…
Page 140Telephone billing analysis showing that calls from a redacted individual's residence in Tarzana to Newsweek Magazine numbers would appear as multi-message unit calls. None of the numbers on the subje…
Page 141Page three of FBI report LA 164-497 describing investigative checks in Tarzana, California. California DMV records linked a redacted individual to a 1948 station wagon registered at a redacted addres…
Page 142Page header identifying this as page four of an FBI teletype under Los Angeles case file 164-497. Continuation of an FBI teletype reporting on investigative checks in the Los Angeles area related to…
Page 143FBI Los Angeles teletype to Director, Philadelphia, and Seattle offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. An unidentified individual contacted someone on the night of March 9, 1972, to develop…
Page 144Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to FBI Director, Philadelphia, and Seattle offices, sent at 11:59 PM on March 9, 1972. Subject line identifies case as NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijac…
Page 145Page three of an FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office (LA 164-497) describing a person of interest: a white male aged 28-29, 5'10", 160 lbs, dark brown or black hair, medium length, mustach…
Page 146Teletype routing header from Philadelphia field office to FBI Director, Seattle, and Los Angeles, sent at 3:40 AM on March 9, 1972. Case subject line identifying the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking/e…
Page 147Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype. Continuation (page three) of an FBI teletype regarding a confidential informant (CI) who has provided reliable information in the…
Page 148Memo header identifying the recipient as SAC Seattle (file 164-81), routed through ASAC Paul R. Bibler, regarding the NORJAK case, dated 3/8/72. SAC Joe Jameson called from Philadelphia to report th…
Page 149Header section of FBI Form FD-192 documenting bulky evidence inventory for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 5/19/72, with evidence stored in cabinets 164-81, submitted by Special Agent Charles E.…
Page 150Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. Listing of 40 deleted pages with reasons: 7 pages marked as Duplicate (pages 27-32, 37) plu…
Page 151Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, with case number 164-81, dated 9/13/72. SA name and another field are redacted. Case name NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. Introduction stating…
Page 152FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper case. Instruction (item 4) to segregate MURPHY-related serials for pre-trial and trial handling, followed by an introduction to a list of ser…
Page 153Seattle field office case file number header for the D.B. Cooper case (164-81). A listing of serial numbers within FBI case file 164-81, enumerating individual serials and ranges. Serials listed are…
Page 154FBI Record Request form (FD-125) dated December 1, 1988, requesting credit and criminal background checks on Donald S. Murphy, a white male born June 17, 1922, residing in Silverdale, WA. FBI number…
Page 155Header/routing codes for a credit data services lookup on Donald S. Murphy, including an LCS reference number, SSN fragment, and year of birth 1922. Credit bureau record for Donald S. Murphy of Silv…
Page 156Seattle Police Department records request form dated 12/13/88, submitted by the FBI (Criminal Justice Agency) for criminal investigation case 164A-81. The request seeks rap sheet, conviction, and vic…
Page 157FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. AIRTEL is checked as the transmit method. Dated 10/21/88. Routing information: from SAC Little Rock to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAC (the FBI code name for the D.B.…
Page 158FBI file reference number for this report page. Physical description of a subject: white male, approximately 5'6" to 5'11", stocky build, late 40s or early 50s, with turning gray short-trimmed beard…
Page 159FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 5/20/87, subject NORJAK. From field is redacted. Indices/Manual/FOIMS/Confidential checkbox block at right. A caller conta…
Page 160Office of origin and date header for the airtel. FBI New York airtel to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports locating a Polaroid photo of an individual using the name D.B. Cooper…
Page 161Header of a United States Government memorandum from Acting Associate Director W. Mark Felt to SAC Seattle, regarding subject Donald Sylvester Murphy with aliases, classified under hijacking, extorti…
Page 162FBI Seattle field office case number and dictation/transcription initials for the memo. An unidentified individual leasing premises in Bremerton, WA was contacted on May 2, 1972. He reported that th…
Page 163Official FBI letterhead with Seattle field office address, date, and file number. Recipient name and address redacted under FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, b7D. FBI letter requesting information be furnis…
Page 164DOJ/FBI letterhead with Seattle field office address, file number 164-81, and date June 29, 1972. Letter addressed to an unknown redacted recipient requesting that they furnish unspecified informati…
Page 165A federal search warrant issued by the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington on May 2, 1972. FBI Agent Charles E. Farrell presented an affidavit establishing probable ca…
Page 166United States District Court Search Warrant (Form A.O. 93) for the Western District of Washington, authorizing FBI agents to search a one room office and walk-in vault at the Seven Beaver Lakes offic…
Page 167Page 2 of an FBI complaint/affidavit issued May 2, 1972 by U.S. Magistrate Charles A. Schaaf, charging individuals including Donald Sylvester Murphy with a federal violation. The affidavit of Special…
Page 168Karl Fleming, a Contributing Editor at Newsweek magazine stationed in Los Angeles, received two telephone calls around February 1, 1972 from an individual (name redacted) who subsequently identified…
Page 169Redacted header area listing D.B. Cooper and Karl Fleming, likely identifying parties in the affidavit. The complainant affirms that Karl Fleming's statements to FBI Special Agents are accurate, and…
Page 170Continuation of affidavit testimony describing a woman closing an office as the FBI was arriving, taking papers from a vault. Details telephone calls made on or about February 1, 13, and 20, 1972 to…
Page 171Standard search warrant return form header indicating the warrant was received and executed on May 2, 1972, with the premises searched at approximately 7:21. The name of the person with whom the warr…
Page 172FOIA exemption codes indicating redaction for personal privacy (b6) and law enforcement personal information (b7C). Handwritten FBI case file number, likely 164-81-3863 though last digits are not fu…
Page 173Standard federal court form header identifying this as an Affidavit for Search Warrant, Form A.O. 106 (Rev. 1970), for the Western District of Washington. Case caption showing United States of Ameri…
Page 174FOIA exemption codes indicating personal privacy information (b6) and law enforcement source identity (b7C) have been redacted from this page. Handwritten case or serial number, likely an FBI file r…
Page 175Title header for the document listing persons of interest or involved parties. A cast of characters list identifying individuals connected to the D.B. Cooper case, including an attorney in Atlanta,…
Page 176FBI file number and agent initials header block. FBI Special Agents conducted an investigation in Port Angeles, WA. A female source (name redacted) advised that a person previously resided at an add…
Page 177FBI transmittal form header (FD-36) dated 5/19/72, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Routing block: From SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #305 h…
Page 178FBI Los Angeles field office file number and dictation initials. An FBI report noting that on May 15, 1972, a redacted individual at Western Airlines, Los Angeles International Airport, reported tha…
Page 179FBI FD-302 interview form documenting that certain information was obtained from records of a redacted entity in California. Notes that the information can only be obtained by issuance of a subpoena…
Page 180FBI form number and revision date header. FD-302 interview report documenting contact with a redacted individual at his office in New York. FBI Special Agents THOMAS T. [REDACTED] and JEREMIAH J. SM…
Page 181FBI case file number and continuation page indicator (page 2). A redacted individual advised on May 1, 1972, that he had discussed a redacted matter with the United States Attorney and was now relea…
Page 182FBI Airtel from Acting Director to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. References a May 2 airtel submitting major case prints of a redacted individual. States that latent prints remaining unidenti…
Page 183Standard FBI Laboratory transmittal form header with address. FBI Laboratory transmittal addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, signed by Acting Director L. Patrick Gray III. References an…
Page 184Header block of an FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated May 11, 1972. FBI Laboratory examination results for specimens received 5/8/72. The e…
Page 185FBI form identifier and revision date. Document header with transcription date. FBI agent SA Reep executed a search warrant on a walk-in vault at 6608 Kitsap Way. The vault contained safe deposit b…
Page 186Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with form revision date and transcription date. FBI Special Agent Reep, pursuant to a search warrant issued May 2, 1972, accompanied by a redacted individua…
Page 187Page 2 of FBI report filed under Seattle case number 164-81. Continuation of a report listing safe deposit box numbers. Notes box 6628 as open but with no key. Provides a numbering scheme for safe d…
Page 188FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated 5/19/72, from SA Charles E. Farrell regarding the NORJAK case. The RE line is fully redacted. Describes a response to a subpoe…
Page 189Handwritten date notation, likely the date the document was routed or received. FBI AIRTEL from SAC New York to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References a Seattle teletype dated…
Page 190A blank subpoena to testify before the Grand Jury issued by the United States District Court, Western District of Washington. The subpoena commands appearance at 1010 5th Ave., Seattle, marked FORTHW…
Page 191Warrant of Arrest issued by the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, commanding any FBI agent to arrest Donald Sylvester Murphy. The charges are U.S.C. Title 18, Secti…
Page 192Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Charles E. Farrell regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated 5/19/72. SA Farrell reports that Xerox copies of three $20 ransom bills prepared by Karl Fleming w…
Page 193Black-and-white photograph of the reverse side of a US $20 bill, likely one of the ransom bills from the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. The serial number L 30529797 A is clearly visible along with Feder…
Page 194High-contrast photographic reproduction of the front face of a U.S. $20 bill, showing the right-center and right-edge portion. The denomination 'TWENTY DOLLARS' and numeral '20' are visible. An annot…
Page 195Photograph showing four and a half $20 Federal Reserve Notes (Series unknown), all from Federal Reserve District 12 (San Francisco, letter L). These are likely ransom bills from the D.B. Cooper hijac…
Page 196Return address and date of the letter, originating from the FBI Seattle field office at 1015 Second Avenue. Addressee block identifying the recipient as U.S. Attorney Stan Pitkin at the federal cour…
Page 197Subject line of the letter referencing Donald Sylvester Murphy with a partially redacted preceding name or case identifier. A large redacted paragraph, likely containing substantive case details wit…
Page 198Internal FBI memo routing header dated April 17, 1972, addressed to Mr. Bates, with copies to R. J. Gallagher and Mr. Matheson. Subject line is NORJAK (FBI codename for D.B. Cooper case). Exemption c…
Page 199Page 2 of an FBI memo to Mr. Bates regarding the Norjak (D.B. Cooper) case. The Atlanta Office reports on a person whose identity is heavily redacted, who was born on a redacted date, resides and has…
Page 200FBI memo from SA Charles E. Farrell regarding NORJAK SUB 363. A subpoena duces tecum was served on an unnamed individual on 4/30/72, who wanted to consult with USA (US Attorney) Stan Pitkin. On 5/1/7…
Page 201Weekly summary NITEL from Seattle FBI to Acting Director and Minneapolis regarding NORJAK case. Reports that a Seattle investigation report concerning redacted individual(s) and Donald Sylvester Murp…
Page 202File number and dictation identifier for this FBI document page. Standard FBI confidentiality caveat stating the information may not be published except following a subpoena for production of record…
Page 203Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated 5/1/72, from a redacted Special Agent, subject NORJAK. On April 25, 1972, a redacted source at Kitsap County Bank confir…
Page 204Urgent FBI teletype from New York field office to Director, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Seattle offices regarding NORJAK case. Reports that an unidentified individual in NYC was served with a subpoena…
Page 205Page two of an FBI teletype discussing a subpoena served on or around April 30, 1972. A redacted individual associated with the ACLU office at 52 Fairlie Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30303 furnished an add…
Page 206Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype. A person (name redacted) has withheld materials pertaining to the case and considers the matter confidential between lawyer and client, wishing to discuss per…
Page 207Header block of an FBI investigative report addressed to SAC Seattle, filed under case 164-81, dated 4/28/72, by SA Norman D. Stephenson, regarding NORJAK. Two subject lines are redacted. SAs Stephe…
Page 208FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. An individual at Eddie's Tavern stated there had been no organ or organ player there in the past two years and did no…
Page 209Memo header identifying the recipient as SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 4/28/72, from SA Charles S. Duke, regarding NORJAK case with office of origin Seattle. Report on bank account of Donal…
Page 210Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date. Handwritten sub-file or reference notation. FD-302 interview of an unnamed female associated with The Cove Restaurant and cocktail loun…
Page 211Page number and Seattle field office case number. Continuation of an FBI interview. The subject discusses individuals who had access to information about an estate in probate. One person is describe…
Page 212FBI Airtel memo from SAC Sacramento to the Director, FBI and other field offices regarding the NORJAK case. Encloses copies of California driver's licenses issued to Karl Patne Fleming (born 8/30/27)…
Page 213Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated 5/11/72. Special Agent name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. On May 2, 1972, at approximately 10:20 AM, two Special Agents (names…
Page 214FBI inter-office memo from WFO to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Encloses three copies each of two FD-302 interview reports of a stewardess (name redacted) and a receipt of evid…
Page 215Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An NWA stewardess who witnessed the hijacking of Flight 305 on November 25, 1971 was interviewed at Washington National Airport…
Page 216Standard FD-302 form header with FBI seal, form revision date 11-27-70, page number 1, and transcription date of 5/3/72. An envelope addressed to the FBI Laboratory Director was personally received…
Page 217Standard FBI Identification Division header with L. Patrick Gray III listed as Acting Director, indicating the document dates from between May 1972 and April 1973. The FBI criminal record (rap sheet)…
Page 218FBI criminal record (rap sheet) response for Donald S Murphy, FBI record number 2 460 141, requested by FBI Seattle field office on 5-4-72 as an inquiry. The record shows only the single inquiry entr…
Page 219Standard FBI teletype transmission header dated May 8, 1972, marked URGENT priority, sent in plaintext. Teletype from SAC New York to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a Seattle telephon…
Page 220Standard FBI FD-302 form revision identifier. FBI agents THOMAS T. DRUMM and JEREMIAH J. SMITH contacted a redacted individual at his office in New York, advising him of a subpoena issued by the U.S…
Page 221Inter-office FBI memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle dated May 4, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Transmits two copies each of two FD-302 interview report forms concerning Portland w…
Page 222Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An individual contacted by telephone at Northwest Airlines, Portland International Airport, was shown 12 photographs including…
Page 223FBI form number and revision date identifier. Standard FD-302 header with transcription date. An employee of Northwest Airlines at Portland International Airport was shown 12 photographs including…
Page 224Date of the teletype. Teletype header showing routing from SAC Seattle to Acting Director and SACs in Los Angeles and New York, classified as a Daily Summary under case name NORJAK. FBI Laboratory…
Page 225An airtel memo dated May 2, 1972, sent via registered airmail from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. It encloses FD-302 interview forms concerning Portland witnesses related to a…
Page 226Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An individual employed at Northwest Airlines at Portland International Airport was shown nine photographs of white adult males,…
Page 227Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An employee of Northwest Airlines at Portland International Airport was shown a photo lineup of nine white adult…
Page 228FBI memo dated 5-2-72 from SA Ernest C. Smith regarding NORJAK case. A redacted witness in Bremerton, Washington stated on May 1, 1972 that Donald S. Murphy was with him on Thanksgiving Day 1971. Mur…
Page 229Memo header identifying the SAC Seattle office, case number 164-81, dated 5/4/72, from SA Charles E. Farrell, regarding NORJAK. Memo describing items recovered during a consent search of Donald Sylv…
Page 230Header of FBI criminal record form (rap sheet) for FBI record number 2 460 141, stamped MAY 4 1972 by the Acting Director. FBI rap sheet table listing criminal and employment records for Donald S. M…
Page 231Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes (Seattle field office) to attorney Mr. Harrod in Bremerton, WA, responding to Harrod's May 1, 1972 letter regarding a statement about Donald S. Mu…
Page 232Letterhead of an attorney located in the Medical-Dental Building in Bremerton, Washington. Attorney name is redacted. Letter from an attorney in Bremerton, WA to FBI Special Agent in Charge J. Earl…
Page 233Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header with date May 3, 1972, sent via TELETYPE NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Reports that both a reda…
Page 234Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated May 2, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to Acting Director and SACs in New York and Los Angeles regarding NORJAK…
Page 235Case number and page continuation header. Preliminary hearing scheduled for 9:30 AM May 15. Subject Murphy consented to search of his residence at Room 214, Higgs House, Bremerton, WA and his office…
Page 236Internal FBI memo from SA Donald J. Steele to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. On 5/2/72, SA Jeremiah J. Smith of the New York office reported that items were sent on UAL Flight 43 departing at…
Page 237Teletype routing header indicating a night telegram sent from Seattle field office to the FBI Director, New York, and Los Angeles offices on May 1, 1972. NORJAK teletype body describing that materia…
Page 238Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype from the Seattle field office, case number 164-81. New York office obtained initial materials from or about Fleming concerning this matt…
Page 239Date of memo FBI Air Tel memo from SAC Newark to the Director and SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses photograph, prisoner's record, fingerprint card, FBI Identification Record, and NJ Ident…
Page 240Ridgewood, New Jersey Police Department prisoners record for Donald S. Murphy, age 19, white male, resident of Rivervale Road, River Vale, N.J. Arrested on September 15, 1941 at 9:25 PM on North Broa…
Page 241New Jersey State Police Bureau of Identification arrest record card for an unnamed individual arrested on 9/15/1941 in Ridgewood, N.J. on charges of Assault & Battery. Subject resided on Riverdale Rd…
Page 242Header of fingerprint card identifying the subject as Donald S. Murphy, white male, with FBI classification number R-612 and fingerprint classification codes. Ten individual rolled fingerprint impre…
Page 243Header of a Department of Justice FBI criminal record form showing FBI number 246314, addressed to the Director, with a partially illegible date in June. FBI fingerprint record table with six entrie…
Page 244Header of New Jersey State Bureau of Identification criminal record form, dated May 27, 1949, for State Bureau No. 269440. Criminal record table showing two entries for Donald S. Murphy: (1) Arreste…
Page 245FBI standard fingerprint card for an individual with surname possibly reading 'Murch' and given name possibly 'Donald'. Card contains rolled impressions for all ten fingers (right and left hands) plu…
Page 246FBI criminal record form for an unnamed individual, age 22, arrested 5-26-49 on a charge of non-support. Disposition appears to be dismissed. Subject's residence listed in Sacramento area, place of b…
Page 247Header block of an FBI internal memo from file 164-81, addressed to SAC J. E. Milnes, regarding NORJAK case and a redacted source. The author informed Assistant Director Bates that Carl Fleming cont…
Page 248Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated May 1, 1972, sent via teletype with urgent priority. Urgent teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK case. Karl Flemin…
Page 249Case number and page continuation header for FBI teletype. Page two of an FBI teletype (case SE 164-81) relaying that the New York office reports Palevsky has not been in New York for six months as…
Page 250Teletype routing header from New York field office to Los Angeles and Seattle, marked URGENT, dated May 1, 1972. FBI New York teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References prior LA and NY…
Page 251Page header indicating this is the second page of a multi-page teletype. Instructions for the Los Angeles FBI field office to contact an individual named Palevsky, ascertain his health status, and i…
Page 252Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI office to Director, New York, and Seattle, dated May 1, 1972, marked urgent for Seattle. Subject line identifying case as NORJAK with Office of Origin Se…
Page 253Dr. Reynolds states Palevsky is expected to return to the US in about one month and would approve an FBI interview if his recuperation is progressing satisfactorily. Reynolds requests that the interv…
Page 254Continuation from previous page describing an individual reported on the advisory board of a committee affiliated with the American Civil Liberties Union and identified as a financial contributor. A…
Page 255Header block of FBI memo indicating recipient (SAC Seattle), file number 164-81, date 5/1/72, author SA Charles E. Farrell, and case name NORJAK. SA Robert Stranger at Los Angeles reports receiving…
Page 256FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated May 1, 1972. Subject line is NORJAK (FBI codename for D.B. Cooper case). Special Agent name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. An e…
Page 257Standard FBI teletype form header (FD-36), dated May 1, 1972, marked URGENT via TELETYPE. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director requesting the AMSD identification record for Donald Sylvester Mur…
Page 258Header block identifying the file number, date, recipient (SAC Seattle), and case name NORJAK. Memo documenting a call from SA Leon Dobbs on 4/29/72 regarding instructions not to contact Fleming per…
Page 259File number and date header for the memo. Memo addressed to SAC J. E. Milnes regarding NORJAK case, with a redacted source reference. USA (United States Attorney) Pitkin reports he was discussing p…
Page 260FBI Seattle daily summary teletype to Director, LA, and NY offices regarding NORJAK case. References a subpoena duces tecum response in New York where redacted party turned over materials to Bureau a…
Page 261Page header with page number and FBI case file number SE 164-81. Continuation of FBI teletype (page two) regarding case SE 164-81. Describes actions scheduled for Monday, May 1, 1972: something sent…
Page 262FBI Washington Field Office teletype to Director and Seattle reporting that a Northwest Airlines employee at Washington National Airport, Arlington, Virginia was shown a photograph of an individual s…
Page 263Date of the airtel document. Airtel memo from SAC Washington Field Office (WFO) to SAC Seattle transmitting two copies of an FD-302 documenting an interview of a Northwest Airlines employee (name re…
Page 264Standard FD-302 form header with date of transcription April 25, 1972. An NWA stewardess from Minnesota, a witness to the hijacking of NWA Flight 305 on November 25, 1971, was interviewed at the Bur…
Page 265FBI form identifier and revision date FBI teletype header block with date, transmission type TELETYPE, and priority URGENT Urgent FBI teletype from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, SAC Los Angeles, and…
Page 266Standard FBI transmittal form header (likely FD-36, rev. 7-22-64). Date field is blank. This is page two of a multi-page communication. A large redacted block, likely containing a name or subject id…
Page 267Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank Date, Type, and Priority fields. Continuation page (page three) of a multi-page FBI transmittal. Contains only the standard closing line indicat…
Page 268FBI San Francisco teletype to Director, Seattle, and Los Angeles offices regarding NORJAK investigation. Reports that photos of Donald Sylvester Murphy were obtained from a UAL Flight 257 pilot arriv…
Page 269FBI teletype routing header Teletype transmission header showing urgent message sent April 28, 1972 at 5:43 PM from Minneapolis field office to Seattle, Portland, and Washington Field Office, with r…
Page 270Page two of an FBI teletype (case MP 164-73) relaying that WFO (Washington Field Office) was telephonically advised about a redacted individual departing Detroit, Michigan on Flight 300 at 6:00 AM an…
Page 271Teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle regarding NORJAK case. A third photo of a current unidentified suspect was shown to witnesses in Portland and Eugene, Oregon. Portland witnesses could not id…
Page 272FBI teletype header indicating origin office New York, dated April 28, 1972, sent in plain text via facsimile at urgent priority. Teletype addressed from DAC Seattle to SAC New York regarding NORJAK…
Page 273Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. FBI interview (FD-302) of Karl Payne Fleming, Contributing Editor at Newsweek Magazine, regarding his contact with an individua…
Page 274FBI case file numbers for New York and Seattle field offices. FLEMING reports that Newsweek Magazine refused to pay a sum of money. FLEMING obtained funds from his partner MAX PALEVSKY, and a final…
Page 275FBI case file numbers for the New York and Seattle field offices. FLEMING's description of COOPER: a white male, nearly 50, about 5'9"-5'10", 160-175 lbs, with large ears, thin lips, sharp nose, bal…
Page 276FBI case file numbers for the New York and Seattle field offices. Continuation of an FBI interview with FLEMING, a Newsweek Contributing Editor, who claims to have been in contact with a person he b…
Page 277FBI case file numbers for the document. Physical description of Karl Payne Fleming obtained during an FBI observation and interview. Male, white, born August 30, 1927, brown eyes, graying hair, 6'1"…
Page 278Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 4/28/72, from an unnamed Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case subject Donald Sylvester Murphy. A Bremerton Police Departm…
Page 279FBI Seattle field office case file number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. FBI agents reviewed Kitsap County Credit Bureau records on 4/27/72 regarding Donald Sylvester Murphy, who had be…
Page 280Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated April 27, 1972. Sender SA name is redacted. An employee at Hazelwood Buick-Pontiac in Bremerton, WA rep…
Page 281FBI case file number for this document. Financial profile of a subject listing mortgage company in Seattle (renting at $150/month), bank at Silverdale State Bank, charge card at First State Bank Por…
Page 282FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Report states MURPHY picked up a Buick from Hazelwood Buick-Pontiac on the evening of 4/20/72 and returned on 4/27/72 to…
Page 283Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated April 28, 1972, sent via TELETYPE at NITEL priority. Daily summary teletype in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Donald Sylvester Murphy was r…
Page 284Case number and page continuation header. Page two of an FBI teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Multiple witnesses viewed a photograph: one person in Washington D.C. had the…
Page 285Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date, transmission method, and priority fields left blank. This is a continuation page (page three). Bank records from Port Orchard, Washington show t…
Page 286Case number and page header for this teletype page. A woman associated with the Cove Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge in Seattle was interviewed on April 28 regarding Murphy's story about being photog…
Page 287Case number and page header for this teletype continuation page. Fleming has advised someone on this date; a redacted party advised he could not act without Fleming's consent. The New York FBI fiel…
Page 288Partially illegible classification or routing stamp at top of page. Continuation of FBI teletype (page 7). States that with reference to a Bureau teletype dated April 27, no attempt will be made to…
Page 289Case number and page identifier for this continuation page of the FBI report. Continuation of an FBI report regarding an interview with Fleming. Fleming asked whether criminal action would be taken…
Page 290Page header showing this is the last page of a teletype, case number SE 164-81, page 9. Request to FBI Bureau to compare a redacted individual's signature on a fingerprint card and waiver of rights…
Page 291Teletype routing header from FBI New York office to Director, Los Angeles, and Seattle field offices, sent urgent on April 27, 1972. The teletype references a prior communication to the Bureau dated…
Page 292Page two of a teletype describing Max Palevsky, identified as the second largest stockholder in Xerox Corporation, who purchased an apartment at the Sherry Netherlands Hotel in NYC on February 1, 197…
Page 293Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype or communication regarding an individual named Fleming. The document discusses FBI agents at the NYO (New York Office) being permitted to review documents at a…
Page 294Continuation (page four) of a teletype message discussing an individual named Fleming who had previously contacted four individuals at different book publishing firms who had details regarding the ca…
Page 295FBI memo dated 4/27/72 regarding witness Cord Spreckel being shown photographs related to the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case on 4/26/72. Spreckel noted similarities between a bald-headed man photograph an…
Page 296FBI form identifier and revision date Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 4/25/72, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK c…
Page 297FBI FD-302 form revision identifier. FD-302 interview report describing a photo lineup shown to witness LYSNE, a Northwest Airlines employee at Portland International Airport. LYSNE was shown 17 pho…
Page 298Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An individual at Northwest Airlines, Portland International Airport, was shown seven photographs of white male ad…
Page 299Handwritten routing annotation with the name Farrell and the word 'only', likely indicating the message was for Farrell's attention only. FOIA exemption codes indicating redactions for personal priv…
Page 300Document reference numbers; 042772 likely encodes the date April 27, 1972. WV likely refers to Washington state motor vehicle records. Motor vehicle registration record for Donald Sylvester Murphy o…
Page 301Database query header lines referencing a Washington state motor vehicle driver record lookup for MURPHDS (Murphy, Donald Sylvester) through the FBI Seattle (WAFBISE00) terminal. Handwritten name, l…
Page 302Handwritten signature or name, likely the reviewing or routing agent. FBI teletype or internal message requesting a rush driver check with description for Donald Murphy (aka Donald Sylvester Murphy)…
Page 303Driver record check response addressed to FBI Seattle agent J.E. Milnes regarding Donald Murphy, also known as Donald Sylvester Murphy, of 540 4th St., Bremerton, WN. No record found under that name.…
Page 304Header of an FBI memo addressed to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) of the Seattle field office, case number 164-81, dated April 27, 1972, prepared by SA Charles R. St. John regarding the NORJAK cas…
Page 305Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated April 27, 1972, marked URGENT priority in plaintext. Urgent teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Minneapolis and SAC Portland regarding the NOR…
Page 306Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 4/27/72, subject NORJAK. SA name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. A female witness was interviewed about her time at Pearl's Dance Ha…
Page 307FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office file 164-81). A redacted source at the Higgs House Hotel in Bremerton advised that DONALD S. MURPHY resides in Room 214 a…
Page 308FBI memo from SAC Seattle office dated 4/27/72 regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Reports identification records under FBI Number 2 460 141 for Donald Sylvester Murphy, listing his criminal and emp…
Page 309FBI case file number for the Seattle field office, file 164-81. Continuation of a physical description section listing scars and marks of an individual: a 2-inch scar over the right eye, a 1-inch sc…
Page 310Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 1200PM on April 27, 1972 from Newark field office to the FBI Director and Seattle field office. Newark field office reports on NORJAK sus…
Page 311Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36 with date 4/27/72, marked URGENT priority, plaintext transmission. Handwritten annotation indicating additional SAC offices receiving the teletype. FBI Seatt…
Page 312Case number and page continuation header. A confidential source identified a photo as Donald Sylvester Murphy, residing at the Higgs House hotel on Fourth Street in Bremerton. Murphy is described as…
Page 313Case number and page header for FBI report SE 164-81, page three. DMV records for Donald Sylvester Murphy of Silverdale, WA: born June 17, 1922, 5'10", 160 lbs, blue eyes. He applied in connection w…
Page 314FBI case file number and page indicator. Murphy describes how a photograph of him wearing a wig was taken in front of a wig shop on Pacific Avenue in Bremerton, Washington. Bill Lewis intended to sh…
Page 315File number and page designation for this FBI document. Murphy discusses photographs of himself with and without a wig and sunglasses. He denies ever meeting Karl Fleming of Newsweek Magazine at the…
Page 316Case number and page header for this FBI teletype continuation page. Continuation of FBI teletype describing suspect Murphy: occupation (equipment/heavy construction operator), physical characterist…
Page 317Case number and page header for FBI report SE 164-81, page seven. Cord Spreckel and two redacted witnesses in Seattle viewed a photo of a bald-headed man. Spreckel noted some similarities with the h…
Page 318Case number and page header indicating this is page eight of Seattle field office teletype SE 164-81. Reports that major case fingerprints and a current photograph of Murphy have been obtained from…
Page 319Date of the memo. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Portland is forwarding three FD-302 interview forms for a redacted witness in Eugene, Oregon, and notes…
Page 320Standard FD-302 interview form header with file number YD 164-41 and transcription date of April 24, 1972. An unnamed witness was contacted at his residence around 1:30 a.m. and shown photographs of…
Page 321FBI case file number and page continuation number. A witness or subject was contacted by an unknown individual (redacted) via telephone on the evening of April 21, 1972 from Seattle, Washington, req…
Page 322Standard FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription. An unnamed witness was interviewed in a Bureau car and shown 12 photographs of white males. He selected one photograph as most resem…
Page 323FBI FD-302 header with date of transcription. An unnamed interviewee was contacted by a Newsweek magazine reporter about the November 1971 Northwest Airlines hijacking. The reporter arrived and show…
Page 324Internal FBI memorandum from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. An individual in Alexandria telephoned to say that a requested item related to the NORJAK case…
Page 325Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated April 28, 1972, marked URGENT priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SACs in Chicago and Los Angeles regarding NORJAK investigation. Request…
Page 326Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to FBI Director, Seattle, and New York offices, sent April 28, 1972 at 7:03 PM. NORJAK teletype from LA office reporting efforts to locate Karl…
Page 327Case number and page header for FBI report out of Los Angeles field office. Continuation of an FBI interview with a person named Fleming regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Fleming had contact…
Page 328Case number and page indicator for a multi-page FBI teletype, LA field office file 164-497, page three. Fleming states he has no objection to items being furnished to the FBI but is unsure of legal…
Page 329Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Director and three other field offices, marked urgent, dated April 27, 1972. Los Angeles FBI office reports on attempt to contact Karl Fl…
Page 330FBI case number and page indicator for Los Angeles field office file 164-497, page two of a multi-page document. Continuation of an FBI report describing interactions with a journalist named Fleming…
Page 331Case number and page continuation header for FBI Los Angeles field office file 164-497, page three. Exemption codes b6 and b7C indicating redactions under FOIA for personal privacy and law enforceme…
Page 332Header indicating this is page four of a teletype message with routing code LA QYRAROU. Page four of an FBI teletype regarding Max Palevsky. Telephone records show Palevsky as subscriber at 213-476-…
Page 333Profile sheet for an unknown D.B. Cooper suspect describing an Irish-American male, age 48, born on the East Coast, with average height and muscular build. Details education (nearly completed college…
Page 334Page number indicator showing this is page 2 of a multi-page document. Subject's salary was in the five-figure range ($20,000-$30,000/year). Lost job possibly between January and July 1970. Had irre…
Page 335Page number indicator for page 3 of the document. Describes the subject's residence: a pretentious home with a large lawn in a suburban area, next door to an Episcopalian minister. Includes a quoted…
Page 336Page number indicator showing this is page 4 of a larger document. FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy) marked in margin. Description of a female su…
Page 337Page number indicator showing this is page 5 of a multi-page document. Subject states the hijacking plan took 15 months to plan. When asked about his feelings on the hijacking, he compared it to his…
Page 338Standard US Government memorandum header identifying this as an internal FBI memo filed under case number 164-81 (NORJAK), dated April 21, 1972, from the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) in Seattle. A…
Page 339Date of the document. AIRTEL memo from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Encloses 10 copies each of FD-302s and inserts with results of investigation conducted by Los Angeles…
Page 340FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office, NORJAK case. Report states that the LA field office conducted an extensive investigation to identify a redacted associate who had reportedly tr…
Page 341Header block of FBI internal memo addressed to SAC J. E. Milnes regarding NORJAK case, with a redacted source reference. Author recounts calling ASAC Dulinsky in Las Vegas on May 3, 1972 regarding a…
Page 342Date and redacted information block in top-right header area. FBI airtel routing header from SAC Seattle to the Director of the FBI, attention Identification Division, Latent Fingerprint Section and…
Page 343FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 5/1/72, from SA Charles S. Duke, re: NORJAK. SA Duke reports that contacts with Kitsap County Bank on 4/27 and 4/28/72 failed to obtain d…
Page 344Memo header identifying the file number, date, addressee (SAC J. E. Milnes), case name (NORJAK), and redacted source reference. Author spoke with SA Richard Gallagher at the Bureau on May 1, 1972 ab…
Page 345Urgent teletype from FBI Director to FBI Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, responding to a prior teletype of April 28. It references an individual (name redacted) with an FBI number, w…
Page 346Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from Special Agent Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, regarding the NORJACK case, dated April 28, 1972. An employee at the Department of M…
Page 347FBI internal memo from the Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. An agent called a contact at Pacific National Bank of Washington on 4/28/72 following up on SA Charles S. Duke…
Page 348FBI memo from SA John Lee Reep Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Reports on Clallam County Sheriff's Office records for William Bucklin Lewis (FBI Number 20 321 G, DOB 7/29/18, Seabeck WA…
Page 349Memo header identifying the office (SAC Seattle), case number 164-81, date 4/27/72, agent SA Charles S. Duke, and case name NORJAK. On 4/26/72, during the NORJAK investigation, an agent contacted a…
Page 350FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case, Seattle field office. Continuation of an interview or contact with a bank official who stated that bank records were confidential and could not be rele…
Page 351Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36) dated April 27, 1972, sent via urgent teletype. Urgent teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. References a suspect ide…
Page 352Memo header identifying the case as NORJAK (164-81)(P), addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Robert H. Wick, regarding a phone call from ASAC Paul M. Bibler dated April 26, 1972, concerning activity at O…
Page 353FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of a report noting a subject's address in Bremerton, Washington (redacted) at the time of an application, and tha…
Page 354Memo header identifying the SAC Seattle office, case number 164-81, date 4/26/72, and Special Agent John Lee Reep, Jr. Report of a file review at the Prosecutor's Office in Port Angeles on 4/26/72 r…
Page 355FBI teletype form header showing date 5/3/72, sent as plaintext via facsimile nitel priority. Chicago FBI field office (SAC) reports to Seattle that a review of United Air Line records at Elk Grove,…
Page 356Karl Payne Fleming, Contributing Editor of Newsweek Magazine, provided a physical description of the person posing as D.B. Cooper when interviewed. The suspect was described as a white male, approxim…
Page 357Case file number and dictation/typist identifiers for the document. Handwritten annotation in upper right area, partially illegible. Administrative section listing five information sources, all hea…
Page 358Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. Lists 9 total deleted pages, all marked as duplicates: pages 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 80, and…
Page 359FBI routing form header for a routine communication dated 07/29/2004 from Seattle Squad 5/PSVCTF regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. Multiple case IDs listed, some pending and some clo…
Page 360Date of the airtel. FBI Kansas City airtel to Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. On 3/29/72, a redacted FAA official at 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, advised that infor…
Page 361FBI airtel header from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated February 22, 1972. Investigation conducted by an SA at Kalispell, Montana. Notes that Hughes Air West is th…
Page 362Date of the AIRTEL document. AIRTEL from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Butte regarding NORJACK case. An employee reported a resemblance between the D.B. Cooper unsub and a former coworker at Northwest Or…
Page 363FBI teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to Oklahoma City, Seattle, and Portland offices, dated February 7, 1972, sent at 5:29 PM. An FAA employee (name redacted) reported to the FB…
Page 364Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype under Minneapolis case number MP 164-73. References Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) records now maintained by FAA in Oklahoma City, dating to approxi…
Page 365Header of an FBI AIRTEL communication dated 3/23/72 from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case and subject TRO EMERSON. Sacramento FBI office provides information on TRO EMERSON,…
Page 366Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento regarding NORJAK case subject TRO Emmerson. References an Anchorage teletype dated 2/24/72 sent to Seattle and San Francisco.…
Page 367Teletype routing header indicating a NITEL message sent from Anchorage FBI field office to Seattle and San Francisco via Washington, D.C., dated February 24, 1972. Handwritten annotation referencing…
Page 368Page two of a teletype directing the San Francisco Division to locate a person named Emmerson in Susanville, California, who allegedly has one or two years to live, is about 34 years old but looks ol…
Page 369Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated July 16, 1974. Handwritten subject reference numbers written in the margin. Phoen…
Page 370Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case subject #87, Eugene Leroy Watson. Phoenix office encloses FD-302 interview reports of Eugene Leroy W…
Page 371File reference number stamp at top of page. Handwritten sub-file notations. 'Sub 366' is clear; second line partially illegible. FBI investigative report documenting efforts in Tucson, Arizona to l…
Page 372FBI inter-office memo from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Walter Lewis Hampton, Sr. (Sub. #366). The Phoenix Division reports that the only outstanding investigation is being con…
Page 373Header of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Phoenix regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing a prior Seattle airtel dated 9/27/73. The Veterans Administration Hospital in…
Page 374Date of the airtel. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Phoenix regarding NORJAK investigation. Discusses suspect Walter Lewis Hampton, Sr. (sub number 366), references prior Phoenix airtel dated 9/2…
Page 375Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Walter Lewis Hampton, Sr. (Sub #366). Phoenix requests a copy of a Denver airtel dated 5/24/73 that i…
Page 376Date of the airtel communication. Routing header of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Phoenix regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten annotation noting the sub-file number. SAC Seattle fol…
Page 377Date of the airtel document. Airtel header from SAC Denver to SAC Phoenix regarding NORJAK case, suspect Walter Lewis Hampton Sr., referencing a Phoenix teletype dated 5/22/72. A source in Ft. Coll…
Page 378FBI case file number for this document. Philadelphia investigation determined that suspect HAMPTON is a former Army paratrooper with a disability and noticeable limp, allegedly at a VA hospital in C…
Page 379FBI Phoenix teletype to Seattle and Denver offices regarding NORJAK suspect Walter Lewis Hampton, Sr., an unemployed disabled veteran residing in Tucson, AZ. Provides physical description: white male…
Page 380Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype or report with identifier PX 164-100. Subject is a Korean War veteran with service-connected disability who has had abdominal and esophagus oper…
Page 381Page header indicating this is page three of a document with Phoenix field office number 164-100. Continuation of an FBI interview report regarding a subject named Hampton who denies involvement in…
Page 382Continuation (page four) of an FBI teletype regarding a suspect named Hampton residing at Pererson's Court, a run-down tourist court in South Tucson, Arizona. Denver office is to advise why Hampton i…
Page 383Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent 5-15-72 from Philadelphia field office to Phoenix, Denver, and Seattle offices with associated case file numbers. Subject line identifying t…
Page 384Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Denver to SAC Philadelphia regarding NORJACK suspect Walter C. Hampton, Sr. Reports that VA Hospital in Sheridan, Wyoming had records of Hampton born…
Page 385FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Philadelphia teletype dated 3/10/72. Reports that a redacted individual at the Veterans Admi…
Page 386Date of the airtel. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The memo addresses a subject named Walter Hampton, aka Skip, referencing prior Denver and Phila…
Page 387Teletype routing header from Philadelphia field office to Denver and Seattle, dated March 10, 1972. Philadelphia office reports on a lead regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A redacted individu…
Page 388Page header indicating this is page two of a multi-page document. Continuation of a witness statement describing Walter Hampton, Sr. as a white male, age 41, 5'7"-5'8", 140 lbs, fair complexion, wit…
Page 389Page three of an FBI teletype discussing Walter Hampton. An unidentified individual was at Fort Collins, CO, heard something (redacted), then went to the Veterans Hospital in Colorado Springs to have…
Page 390Teletype header identifying message number, date/time, originating and receiving FBI offices, and case designation NORJAK with Seattle as Office of Origin. A source of unknown reliability from the W…
Page 391Continuation header from page one of teletype, case DN 164-98. Final line is a carryover sentence fragment from previous page. A redacted source in Ft. Collins, Colorado, reports that Walt 'Skip' Ha…
Page 392Page three of an FBI teletype from FBI Seattle, case DN 164-98. A redacted source advised that Walt "Skip" Hampton has a redacted name, unknown, residing at a redacted address in Philadelphia, Penn.…
Page 393Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36 dated February 22, 1972, sent via NITEL (night teletype) priority. Routing information for the teletype: from Denver field office (file 164-98) to Seattle fie…
Page 394Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header. Date and other header fields are blank or illegible on this page. Page two of an FBI teletype (file DN 164-98) reporting that logical agency inqu…
Page 395Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 4/24/72, type AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing multiple prior communications from several fi…
Page 396Teletype routing header indicating a night teletype (NITEL) sent at 6:40 PM on April 4, 1972 from Minneapolis field office to Portland and Seattle field offices, with file numbers 164-43, 164-83, and…
Page 397Teletype header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) message sent from Portland FBI field office to Minneapolis and Seattle offices on April 7, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Portland FBI office re…
Page 398Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with Portland field office case number 164-41. Page two of an FBI teletype describing suspect Cooper as a white male American born August 1, 19…
Page 399Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle requests Portland conduct record checks to develop additional information on Mar…
Page 400Date of the airtel memo. Airtel header identifying the memo as from SAC San Diego to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, subject MARVIN JOHN Cooper. An individual in California, contacted on ano…
Page 401Case file number header for the FBI San Diego field office, file 174-91. An unidentified person states that he and MARVIN were formerly business partners in Colorado selling furniture. Around 1962,…
Page 402FBI case file number for the San Diego field office. An individual (name redacted) was shown the Unsub's artist drawing and stated there was no resemblance to MARVIN JOHN COOPER, though physical att…
Page 403FBI case file number for this document. An interviewee confirms a physical description of MARVIN, noting graying hair, glasses, a mustache covering a scar on his upper lip, heavy cigar smoking (not…
Page 404FBI Seattle processing stamps indicating the document was searched, serialized, indexed, and filed on March 10, 1972. Case sub-file number 367 under 16H-81. Colorado operator's license (driver's lic…
Page 405Standard US Government Memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 5/2/72, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK Sub 368. Handwritten signature or annotation next to the SUBJECT fiel…
Page 406FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK investigation. An unnamed female subject states that as of October 10, 1971, pilots no longer flew for Coombs West Air due to seasonal work.…
Page 407Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Indianapolis to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A redacted source advised the FBI on 3/9/72 about a former acquaintance, ROBERT…
Page 408FBI case file number header for Indianapolis field office file 164-62. Physical description of subject MC ILVAIN: a 36-year-old white male, 6'1", 180 lbs, medium build, blond or light brown hair of…
Page 409Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Kansas City regarding NORJAK case subject Leonard Dale Cooper (Sub #369). References a Kansas City letter to Seattle dated 6/28/72. Two p…
Page 410Header block of FBI memo identifying sender (SAC Seattle), recipient (SAC Kansas City), date, case name NORJAK, and office of origin SE. Handwritten sub-file number annotation. Handwritten serial n…
Page 411Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header on Optional Form No. 10, addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated June 28, 1972. The sending Special Agent's name is redacted under b6/b7C ex…
Page 412Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Charles R. St. John to SAC Seattle, dated June 5, 1972, regarding NORJAK case (164-81). A redacted witness was shown photographs of eight individuals…
Page 413Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Kansas City regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. On 4/11/72, Special Agent Robert G. Koehler showed photographs including one of L…
Page 414Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Kansas City to SAC Seattle regarding suspect Leonard Dale Cooper in the NORJAK case. A redacted witness in Kansas observed the artist's conception of…
Page 415FBI Kansas City field office case number reference. Subject Leonard H. Cooper, with multiple aliases including Danny Cooper and Daniel Niles Seymore, had a lengthy arrest record under FBI number 604…
Page 416FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, with case file number 164-81, dated 6/21/72. Subject number Sub 370 under NORJAK case. Sending SA name is redacted. James N. Rounsavell, previously investig…
Page 417FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. ROUNSAVELL recalls that INGALL may have mentioned being divorced and having lived in California, but is uncertain. He apologized for lack of d…
Page 418Header block of an FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 5/5/72. The Special Agent name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Memo regarding Suspect #370, James N. Rou…
Page 419Internal FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle regarding subject JAMES N. ROUNSAVELL in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. References a prior memo dated 3/20/72. Reports that on 4/10/72, a contact a…
Page 420Header block of FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 4/7/72, regarding subject James N. Rounsavell under case name NORJAK. References a prior Seattle memo dated 3/20/…
Page 421Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C) to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten signature or annota…
Page 422Header block of FBI memo from Seattle field office, case 164-81, dated 4/7/72, regarding suspect Vance Clayton Saxton in the NORJAK case, referencing a prior Seattle memo dated 3/21/72. Personal inf…
Page 423FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 3/21/72, regarding NORJAK case suspect Vance Clayton Saxton. The reporting Special Agent's name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions…
Page 424FBI Seattle teletype to Director and Portland office regarding the NORJAK case. Reports that two sample $20 bills were obtained from a redacted source in Portland who claims to hold the entire $200,0…
Page 425FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted content is withheld under Privacy Act (b6), personal information of third parties (b7C), confidential source identity (b7D), and endangerment of life/physical…
Page 426Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent at 7:54 PM on 3/24/72 from the Seattle FBI field office to the FBI Director and Portland field office, regarding the NORJAK case. Body of teletype d…
Page 427Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype under Seattle case file number 164-81. Continuation (page two) of a teletype message directing the Bureau and Seattle to attempt arrangements to…
Page 428Urgent FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director and Portland office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a March 27 NITEL to Bureau. A meeting took place that developed extre…
Page 429Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype from the Seattle field office, case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype describing a plan involving a fence (likely an undercover sting).…
Page 430Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header. Transmission type is PLAINTEXT via NITEL priority. FBI NITEL from SAC Seattle to Director FBI and SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. Referen…
Page 431Teletype from FBI Portland office to Director and Seattle office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that as of 11:30 PM PST on March 26, 1972, no contact has been received by the Portla…
Page 432Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to Director and Portland, dated March 26, 1972, at 4:16 PM. Classified as NITEL (night teletype). Case numbers 164-2111 (Director), 164-41 (Portl…
Page 433Teletype from Portland FBI office to Director and Seattle reporting that a redacted individual in Oregon has not contacted the Portland office regarding ransom money in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case…
Page 434Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Seattle and Portland offices, marked urgent, dated March 28, 1972. NORJAK teletype reporting on James Waters, a white male born September 8…
Page 435Page header with page number and Las Vegas field office case file number. Continuation of an FBI teletype regarding an individual named Waters who used the alias Johnny Cunningham as a prize fighter…
Page 436Teletype routing header from SAC Portland to SAC Las Vegas and SAC Seattle, case NORJAK, sent at 8:59 PM on March 27, 1972. An individual from Associated Detective Agency in Las Vegas telephoned the…
Page 437Header of FBI inter-office memo from Seattle SAC to Portland SAC regarding NORJAK case, dated April 6, 1972. A female informant from Salem, Oregon advised on 3/31/72 that she visited an area in Oreg…
Page 438Date of the airtel memo. Standard FBI airtel routing header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. A woman from Salem, Oregon called ASAC Paul R. Bibler at home on 3/24/72 to r…