Header identifying this as an FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet associated with case number 1:16-cv-01790-02. Lists 6 deleted pages (pages 2 through 7), all removed because they are duplica…

File number and typist initials for the FBI report. Handwritten annotation in top-right corner, partially illegible. FBI report section detailing the ground and aerial search operation launched on…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet associated with case number 1:16-cv-01790-02. Indicates that 2 pages were deleted from this section of the file: pages 33 and…

Header block showing AIRTEL/AIRMAIL routing with date 12/2/71 and handwritten annotations including 'MEMBERSHIP LIST IN DRAWER' Standard FBI memo routing block identifying this as communication from…

Cover letter from the FAA Air Route Traffic Control Center in Fremont, CA, dated 30 November 1971, addressed to the FBI office in Oakland, CA. Encloses two copies of Oakland Center's transcription of…

Cover page of an FAA Air Route Traffic Control Center report dated 30 November 1971, concerning the hijacking of aircraft NW305 on 25 November 1971 between 0544 and 0635 GMT. Lists participating agen…

Column header indicating times are in GMT. Air traffic control radio transcript between Seattle ARTCC (SEA ARTCC), Oakland ARTCC (OAK ARTCC) at positions RBL (Red Bluff) and EO4, and Northwest Airli…

Header indicating times in the transcript are in GMT. Air traffic control transcript between Oakland ARTCC (Red Bluff sector) and Northwest Airlines Flight 305. Controllers approve a direct route fr…

Page continuation marker indicating this is page 3 of the source document. Continuation of air traffic control radio transcript between Oakland ARTCC sectors (WSE, EO4, RBL) and Northwest Airlines F…

Page number indicator showing this is page 4 of the original document. Handwritten annotation converting GMT time 0606 to local Pacific Standard Time 10:06 PM. Air traffic control radio transcript…

Page number indicator showing this is page 5 of the original document. Transcript of air traffic control radio communications between Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305) and Oakland Air Route Traf…

Header indicating times are in GMT. Page number indicator showing this is page 6 of the original document. Handwritten annotation converting GMT time 0628 to local Pacific Standard Time 10:28 PM.…

Page 7 of an air traffic control radio transcript documenting communications between Oakland ARTCC (OAK ARTCC), Reno Tower (RNO Twr), and Northwest Airlines flight 305 (NW305). Timestamped at 0634-06…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Donald J. Steelo to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown subject hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Memo describes the location of…

Teletype header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Director and Seattle, dated November 29, 1971, marked URGENT. Subject line identifying the case as the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305,…

FBI San Francisco teletype to Director, Las Vegas, and Seattle offices regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of NWA Flight 305. Reports that FAA flow controller Arthur T. Wibom at Oakland Air Route Tra…

Continuation (page two) of a teletype describing the interception of Northwest Flight 305 by Air Force C-130 (call sign A50983) dispatched from Hamilton Air Force Base near Redding, CA. Radar/radio c…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype directing that original voice transmission tapes from Northwest Flight 305 are being transcribed by FAA personnel, with transcriptions expected to be available…

Teletype header from San Francisco FBI field office to Director and Seattle, marked urgent, dated November 27, 1971 at 12:24 AM. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Fl…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Director, Seattle, and Portland, dated November 26, 1971. Stamps and handwritten notations including 'LAS VEGAS', 'SEARCHED', 'AREA,' and r…

Case number and page designation for the teletype. Las Vegas FBI office completed a detailed aerial and ground search of the entire flight route of the hijacked aircraft across Nevada, finding no ev…

Teletype header showing urgent message sent from FBI Director to multiple field offices on November 26, 1971 at 9:01 PM. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: unknown subject on N…

Page continuation header indicating this is page two of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of a teletype directive instructing the Seattle field office to coordinate the investigation, submit daily…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet associated with case number 1:16-cv-01790-02. Indicates that 2 pages were deleted from the release because they were duplicate…

Air traffic control radio transcript between Oakland ARTCC (OAK ARTCC) sectors RBL (Red Bluff) and EO4, Seattle ARTCC (SEA ARTCC), and Northwest Airlines flight 305 (NW305). Timestamps run from 0544…

Continuation of air traffic control radio transcript between Oakland ARTCC (RBL sector) and Northwest Flight 305. ATC establishes radar contact, approves NW305's request for direct routing Red Bluff…

Page number header (-3-) and column header for GMT TIME, indicating this is page 3 of a multi-page air traffic control communications transcript. Air traffic control transcript between Oakland ARTCC…

Page number indicator for page 4 of a multi-page document. Continuation (page 4) of a radio communication transcript between Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center (OAK ARTCC) controllers at posit…

Page number indicator, page 5 of a multi-page document. Air traffic control radio transcript between Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305) and Oakland ARTCC (Air Route Traffic Control Center). The f…

Column header indicating times are in GMT. Air traffic control transcript page 6 showing radio communications between NW305 (Northwest Airlines Flight 305), OAK ARTCC (Oakland Air Route Traffic Cont…

Page number indicator for the original document, page 7 of a multi-page ATC transcript. Air traffic control radio transcript between Oakland ARTCC (positions E03, FCC, RNO), Reno Tower, and Northwes…

FBI FOIA header identifying the deleted page information sheet and associated court case number. Indicates 2 pages were deleted from this section: pages 6 and 8, both removed as duplicates. Boxed n…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription and privacy act exemption markings for FAA personnel. An FAA source provided the FBI with five reels of magnetic recording tape conta…

FBI memo header identifying the case as UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71, classified under hijacking and extortion. Filed under SAC Seattle case numbe…

Handwritten routing annotation reading 'Route' and 'Course' FBI Las Vegas teletype to Director and Seattle, urgent, dated 11-29-71, regarding the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. Reports…

Teletype routing header from FBI Director to multiple field offices, marked URGENT, dated November 26, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 on November 25…

Standard FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet header with case number. Indicates 2 pages were deleted from this section because they were duplicates (pages 2 and 3). Bordered notice indicating…

FBI Seattle office receipt stamp dated December 7, 1971 Teletype header from Philadelphia FBI field office to Seattle, Kansas City, and New York regarding the NORJAK hijacking case (NW Airlines Flig…

Official seal of the Department of the Treasury Letter from ATF Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in Seattle to FBI Special Agent in Charge, forwarding a tip that a named individual (redacted)…

Page number, case file number SE 164-81, and typist initials TJM:kdl. Stamp or annotation reading ENCL'N (enclosure). Report section describing the search of the suspected D.B. Cooper landing area.…

Page number and FBI case file reference SE 164-81 with typist initials TJM:kdl. Detailed account of the aerial and ground search operations on November 26-27, 1971 around Lake Merwin and the Woodlan…

Page number and FBI case file reference with agent/typist initials. List of airports and flight services in the Vancouver/Southwest Washington area canvassed by FBI agents during the D.B. Cooper inv…

Page number and FBI case file identifier with typist initials. Surveillance or observation point fixed at the intersection of Grantham Road and County Road 42 near LaCentre, Washington on the evenin…

Page number of the original document. FBI case file reference number and dictation initials. An individual in Washington was contacted on November 29, 1971. He stated he did not fly on November 24,…

Page number and FBI case file reference with agent initials. On November 30, 1971, medical facilities in multiple Washington counties were contacted and given a composite photograph and description…

FBI case file header with case number SE 164-81 and dictation/typist initials TJM:kdl, page 7 of the sub-document. Agents conducted door-to-door canvass in southern Cowlitz County; aerial survey cov…

FBI case file number and dictation/typist codes for Seattle field office file 164-81. Handwritten sub-file designation 'Sub 6' written in cursive. An individual at Brush Prairie, WA was interviewed…

FBI FOIA header identifying the deleted page information sheet and associated case number. Lists 6 deleted pages (pages 2 through 7), all marked as duplicates. Boxed stamp notation indicating delet…

Page number, case file number, and typist initials. FBI report detailing the search operation of the suspected D.B. Cooper landing area. On November 25, 1971, law enforcement agencies in Cowlitz, Le…

FBI FOI/PA header identifying the FOIA case number for this deleted page information sheet. Indicates one page was deleted from this section; page 2 was removed as a duplicate. Bordered checkbox bl…

Teletype header showing urgent message sent at 9:01 PM on November 26, 1971, from the FBI Director (case 164-2111) to five field offices. FBI Director instructs field offices that FAA Washington's r…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription. An individual (name redacted, FAA-related) provided the FBI with five reels of magnetic recording tape containing copies of all reco…

Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle forwards copies of two letters received by FAA Seattle and FBI Portland from a redacted individual believed to be a…

Official FAA letterhead with Northwest Region office address. Letter from FAA Northwest Region Director C. B. Walk, Jr. to FBI SAC J. E. Milnes in Seattle, dated December 7, 1971, forwarding a lette…

Partial headline fragment visible above the composite sketch, describing the suspect as a pilot and parachutist. Artist's composite sketch of D.B. Cooper suspect — a middle-aged white male with rece…

A typed letter dated December 4, 1971, from Woodland Hills addressed to the FAA in Seattle, Washington. The anonymous writer claims the D.B. Cooper skyjacker wore brown makeup but had visible warts o…

FBI Seattle office date stamp showing the document was filed in December 1971. Bates-style document identifier stamped at bottom right of the page.

Circular USPS postmark from Tarzana, California, dated December 6, 1971. Postage stamp promoting Muscular Dystrophy Association support. Typewritten address on the envelope directed to The Federal…

FBI FOIA/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for case 1:16-cv-01790-02, indicating 245 total deleted pages. This page shows pages 1 through 67, all marked as duplicates. The list continues on subsequen…

A list indicating that pages 68 through 140 are duplicates. This appears to be a duplicate-page index or processing log used during FBI Vault FOIA document review or scanning.

A list identifying pages 141–229 (with some gaps) as duplicates within the FBI Vault D.B. Cooper file. This appears to be a processing or review log noting which pages in the collection are duplicate…

Continuation of a list indicating pages 230 through 261 are duplicates, part of an FBI FOIA/PA document processing sheet. Standard FBI FOIA processing stamp indicating deleted/duplicate pages with n…

FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet for case 1:16-cv-01790-03, indicating 79 total deleted pages, all marked as duplicates. Pages listed range from 19 to 111.

List of pages withheld or excluded from release, noting which are duplicates and which are redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 (personal privacy), b7C (law enforcement personal privacy), and b7D (confi…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Reports that on 1/12/73, a contact at the U.S. Parachute Association at 651 Cannery Row, Mont…

Routing stamps with sub-file numbers 56 and 554. FBI Airtel header dated January 10, 1973 from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Report on suspect Scheyler William Miles Jr., foun…

FBI Las Vegas field office case number reference. Lead indicating that BLAND will be questioned concerning a redacted matter and SCHNEIDER upon BLAND's return to the Reno-Sparks area. Notes the unkn…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Schuyler W. Miles, Jr. Encloses six copies of a 1963 photograph of Miles obtained from LA County…

FBI AIRTEL memo dated 1/5/73 from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Schuyler William Miles. Encloses two copies of California driver's license #Y330172. A record check on 1/3/73…

Teletype routing header from Oklahoma City office to Sacramento, San Francisco, and Seattle offices, dated January 4, 1973. Oklahoma City FBI office reports on NORJAK suspect Schuyler W. Miles, Jr.…

Page two of a teletype providing descriptive information on a subject named Miles: POB Washington, PA; physical description (5'9.5", 170 lbs, gray hair, brown eyes, white male); self-employed ~10 yea…

Teletype routing header from SAC Sacramento to SAC offices in Seattle, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles, sent January 3, 1973 at 7:11 PM. Case name NORJAK with Office of Origin Seattle. Sacramento report…

Case number and page continuation header for Sacramento FBI file 164-50, page two of a teletype. A reliable source describes suspect Miles as politically active in Truckee, having run for judge in f…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle and other offices, dated January 2, 1973. Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file number 564. Teletype from Los Angeles FBI r…

FBI case number and page indicator for the document. FBI report page two regarding Schuyler W. Miles, Jr. (AKA Sky Miles), a former Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff who resigned in 1962 to operate…

Case number and page indicator for an FBI teletype, page three of multi-page message. Investigation into a subject named Miles. His personnel file lists wife Ann Catherine Miles at a Whittier, CA ad…

Case number and page header for LA field office teletype. Lists four investigative objectives regarding suspect Miles: verify whereabouts on hijacking dates, obtain financial information, verify par…

Page five of a multi-page teletype from the Los Angeles FBI field office (case 164-497) noting that a 1962 photograph of Miles was obtained from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office personnel file…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Phoenix Division encloses administrative and investigative inserts plus a suspect photograph. States the referenced suspec…

File number and administrative reference codes for the document. FOIA exemption codes annotated in the margin. An FBI administrative report from Phoenix, AZ dated December 14, 1972. A source at Par…

File reference number and typist initials for the FBI report. Exemption markings indicating redactions under Privacy Act (b6) and law enforcement source (b7C) exemptions. FBI investigation report b…

Header of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 9/7/73, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Office of Origin is Seattle. SA name and RE subject are redacted. A contact at…

Header block of an FBI memo from SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 6/12/73, regarding NORJAK case. Subject concerns an unknown subject who exchanged 95 $20.00 bills at the First National Bank. Referenc…

Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case 7-568, dated 12/29/72, with redacted SA name. FBI investigation report dated 12/26/72 describing two unknown suspects (male and female) who ex…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office. Two suspects' bills were checked against the PINAP case ransom bill list; a Seattle-First National Bank bulletin regarding the PINAP case wa…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated March 24, 1976. Anchorage Division forwards an insert to Seattle reflecting invest…

FBI file reference numbers and dictation/typist codes for the Anchorage and Seattle field offices. A source at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska confirmed via payroll records that Harold A…

FBI airtel header from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage regarding NORJAK case, dated 2/12/76. Office of Origin is Seattle, Bureau file 164-2111. Seattle Division requests Anchorage to expeditiously forw…

Internal FBI memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage, dated August 15, 1975, requesting that Anchorage forward the results of an investigation concerning a NORJAK suspect. References prior communicati…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 5/27/75. Some fields redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Seattle Division notifies Anchorage tha…

FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage, dated 11/22/74, regarding NORJAK case. RE line is redacted. Seattle Division requests Anchorage Division forward results of an investi…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Anchorage regarding NORJAK case, dated June 19, 1973. Interview conducted on 6/10/73 in Redondo Beach, CA by SAs C. Robert Strang…

Header of FBI inter-office memo from San Antonio to Seattle, dated 5/31/73, regarding NORJAK case, Sub 547. RE line is redacted. References a Seattle airtel dated 4/4/73. Encloses FBI identification…

FBI San Antonio field office case number reference. FBI San Antonio field office reports continuing investigation regarding subject JAMES LEROY SENDER (sub number 547). San Antonio will keep Seattle…

FBI Identification Record form (criminal history / fingerprint record) with all substantive fields redacted under b6 and b7C privacy exemptions. The form was issued from FBI headquarters in Washingto…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated April 4, 1973, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC San Antonio requesting background information on a redacted subject in the NOR…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC San Antonio to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 3/28/73. Office of Origin is Seattle. Case file numbers 164-81 (Seattle) and 164-111 (San Ant…

FBI inter-office memo header addressed from SAC Seattle to SAC San Antonio, regarding NORJAK case, dated 2/16/73. Description of a redacted individual suggested by Phoenix, Arizona as a look-alike s…

Newspaper masthead with date November 28, 1971 Main headline of the newspaper article Artist's composite sketch of D.B. Cooper suspect Full newspaper article describing the FBI's search for D.B. C…

FBI inter-office memo header addressed to SAC San Antonio and SAC Phoenix (RUC), dated 1/4/73. Contains redacted case/file numbers and a redacted block. FBI memo marked ARMED AND DANGEROUS regarding…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC San Antonio to SAC Los Angeles, dated sometime in 1970 (day/month redacted). FBI memo describing a subject who was sentenced, received 5…

Header of an FBI memo from the Seattle field office dated 9/21/73 regarding NORJAK suspect Charles Andrew Tuller, SUB 568. SA name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. FBI memo concluding that Charl…

Internal FBI memo from SAC Alexandria to SAC Seattle forwarding a report on Charles Andrew Tuller, a hijacking suspect whose description fits the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) unsub. Alexandria is closing its…

FBI FD-272 cover sheet for a report on Charles Andrew Tuller, aka Cameron Allen Thompson, classified as SM - RA (EXTREMIST), prepared by SA Edward C. Rudiger out of Alexandria field office. Summary…

Date of the memo. FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Alexandria requesting full background information on subject Charles Andrew Tuller (Sub #568) in the NORJAK case. Of particular intere…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Alexandria to SAC Seattle, dated 12/20/72, regarding case NORJAK (OO:SE), sub-file 568. Transmittal note indicating a photograph of Charles Andrew T…

Header of an FBI internal memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, file number 164-81. An individual in Longview, Washington was contacted on 1/11/75 regarding the NO…

A stamp or notation in the upper-left corner, largely illegible. FBI response letter from Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes, Seattle field office, dated January 9, 1973, acknowledging receipt of…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 1/9/73, regarding NORJAK case with office of origin Seattle. SA name is redacted. References a Bureau airtel dated 1/4…

Document type header indicating an Airtel communication. Airtel from the Acting Director of the FBI to SAC Seattle dated 1/4/73 regarding NORJAK. Encloses a Xerox copy of a self-explanatory letter d…

Return address block with sender location and date, name redacted. Addressee block for the FBI headquarters. Routing or sub-file stamp marked 'Sub 2'. A citizen from Longview, WA writes to the FBI…

Date of the letter. Addressee block for FBI Seattle field office. A citizen tip letter to the FBI Seattle Office suggesting a suspect who resembles the Dan Cooper composite sketch. The writer descr…

Handwritten flight or travel details noting departure times of 9:30 AM on flight IT 010 and 1:15 PM, possibly referencing Hong Kong or another destination. A partially redacted FBI form with privacy…

Header of an airline manifest closeout document routed through SEAOCNW / MSPRMNW message system, referencing flight SEA 291 on 9 January 1987. Tabular manifest data for flight leg to HNL (Honolulu)…

Handwritten note dated 1-9-73 describing the creation of a copy of a ticket coupon in connection with FBI surveillance of an individual boarding an airplane. References a telephone conference (teleco…

Handwritten annotation in upper right corner, possibly a reference or filing notation. Northwest Orient Airlines passenger ticket and baggage check for a passenger with surname ending in -VILLE, tra…

Bureau processing stamp or routing notation FBI inter-office memo from SAC New York to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Encloses an FD-302 interview conducted at La Guardia Airpo…

FBI document header with transcription date. An individual at La Guardia Airport confirmed payroll records showing DENE DE MONICA (SSN 539-30-2544) worked at Chef's Orchid from July 14, 1971 through…

Header of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC New York, dated 2/23/73, regarding NORJAK suspect Denny Gail Robinson with aliases. Robinson was identified as a possible DB Cooper suspect…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Lead assigned to FBI New York office at La Guardia Airport Station to review employment records of Chef's Orchid Inf…

Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated January 30, 1973, with NORJAK case designation and Office of Origin Seattle. FBI memo regarding Denny Gail Robinson. A redacted…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to Acting Director FBI, Honolulu, and Portland offices, sent January 10, 1973. FBI Seattle teletype re NORJAK case reporting reinterview of Marv…

Page header with page number and FBI case file number. Robinson has a joint checking account with another person (name redacted). He uses a particular name at his workplace because he believes he is…

Internal FBI memo from ASAC Joseph E. O'Connell to SAC Seattle regarding a tip from Supervisor Tony Morrow at FBIHQ that an FAA representative reported a passenger named M. Cheville on a Northwest Or…

Teletype routing header from Honolulu FBI field office to Acting Director, Seattle, and Portland offices, dated January 10, 1973. Handwritten sub-file notation 'Sub S71' in upper right margin. FBI…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype message. Description of suspect's habits: smoked cigarettes (not Raleigh brand), paid for beer with small bills or coins, carried a smal…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to Acting Director, Honolulu, and Portland offices, sent urgently on January 9, 1973. Handwritten sub-file annotation marking this as Sub 57. T…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype from the Seattle FBI field office, case number 164-81. Continuation of FBI teletype regarding investigation of Maurice Cheville. A Northwest Ori…

Teletype routing header from Honolulu FBI office to Acting Director, Seattle, and Portland offices, sent urgently on January 9, 1973. Handwritten sub-file reference number. Honolulu FBI office tele…

Case number and page indicator for this teletype continuation. Page two of an FBI teletype from the Honolulu field office (HN 164-85) regarding investigation of NW Flight 87 on 1/9/73. Two individua…

Case number and page indicator for a multi-page teletype. Continuation of a teletype message discussing suspect Cheville. Instructs Seattle to consider interviewing Robinson's son for possible ident…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, subject M. Cheville, dated January 9, 1973. Cheville called Northwest Orient Airlines on 1/8/73 to re…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Portland office states Seattle will be informed of check results. Portland will not pursue further investigation to identify a…

Header block of an FBI investigative report filed under Seattle case 164-81, dated 1/9/73, by SA Clair N. Elkington, regarding NORJAK. Davenport Hotel in Spokane confirmed no employee or pay records…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office to Acting Director, Honolulu, and Seattle offices, marked urgent, dated January 9, 1973. Handwritten marginal annotations, likely routing or filing n…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Acting Director, Honolulu, and Portland offices, marked urgent, dated January 9, 1973. Case designation NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. Handwri…

Case number and page indicator for continuation of teletype. Continuation of FBI teletype describing a person of interest named Cheville: white male, 35-40, thin build, brown hair, smoke-stained cro…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet for case 1:16-cv-01790-03. Lists 9 deleted pages with reasons: pages 9, 106, 126, 127 are duplicates; pages 51–55 are referral…

Header block of an FBI NORJAK memo from the Seattle field office dated May 2, 1974, regarding suspect Richard Douglas Shinn, Sub 572. The SA name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. A source at Boe…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, NORJAK, regarding Richard Douglas Shinn, Sub 572. A Boeing Company contact advised that Richard Douglas Shinn is currently employed at Boeing P…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case, dated December 19, 1973. A witness in Renton, Washington was shown photographs…

Standard government memorandum header for NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), from a Special Agent (redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated 12/19/73, regarding demonstration of photographs to witnesses. Witness SPRE…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated 12/19/73, regarding NORJAK case, specifically demonstration of photographs to witnesses, su…

Header block of FBI memo identifying the SAC case number, date, special agent, case name NORJAK, and office of origin Seattle. Handwritten annotation indicating subject/sub-file number 572. FBI mem…

Header block of an FBI memo from the Seattle field office, case 164-81, dated March 15, 1973, NORJAK case. FBI memo regarding Richard Douglas Shinn (Sub 572 of NORJAK). Auburn Police Department conf…

Date of the airtel document. FBI Airtel from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports that on 1/3/73, a Captain of Detectives in Twin Falls, Idaho PD referred SA George E. Lee to an i…

Case or interview reference number. ELAINE divorced SHINN in 1972 at Auburn, WA. During the divorce, $36,000 was discovered in a Seattle bank. ELAINE was surprised by the money. SHINN became upset w…

Document reference number for this FBI report page. Biographical profile of a white American male, age 51, born in Nebraska. Light brown receding hair, possibly blue eyes, medium complexion. Former…

Document reference number Informants advise that ELAINE would talk to the FBI about SHINN and the possible whereabouts of $36,000. SHINN flew to Chicago about a year ago without ELAINE. Informants w…

Teletype reference number for this communication. The Butte Division states it will hold off on investigating $36,000 in Idaho banks until ELAINE SHINN is interviewed and the Seattle Division deems…

High-contrast black and white headshot photograph of a middle-aged man with short dark hair, a receding hairline, a mustache and short beard or heavy stubble. He is wearing a dark suit jacket with a…

Abbreviated name header at top of page. Physical description of subject Steven P. Meravy including full name, Social Security Number, height (5 feet 9 inches), weight (105 pounds), and brown hair an…

Date and handwritten sub-number annotation. FBI airtel from SAC New York to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect #573, Stephen P. Meravy. Reports results of an FD-302 interview conducted on 5/31/73…

FBI case file number for the New York field office. Continuation of an FBI report regarding subject MERAVY. Palm prints and employer contact are not warranted at this time. A search of MERAVY's pers…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date of 6/5/73. Handwritten notations 'Sub 523' and 'Sub Q' appear in upper right area. FBI interview of Stephen P. Meravit (goes by…

FBI New York field office file number reference. Subject states he was fingerprinted and photographed by State Police on one occasion but has no prior arrest record. He offered to voluntarily submit…

Date stamp at top of page. Header block of an FBI Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC New York regarding NORJAK subject Stephen P. Meravy, suspect #573. Handwritten date annotation, likely a routin…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Continuation of investigative lead instructions listing items (a) through (e) to determine about a subject: flying experience…

FBI inter-office memo header addressed from New York to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated May 1, 1973. FBI investigation into STEPHEN P. MERAVY (subject #573) as part of the NOR…

FBI case file number header for the New York field office. FBI New York field office report regarding investigation of Pais Pearl Products Incorporated in Hastings-On-Hudson, NY, in connection with…

Date of the airtel memo. Handwritten annotation, likely a sub-file or subject number reference. Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC New York to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, sub-fi…

FBI case file number header. List of civil judgments and debts against Stephen Meravy, including amounts owed to First National City Bank ($306.00), Wallace Machine and Tool Company ($633.31), and M…

FBI case file number header. List of financial and commercial records associated with dates, likely credit or account references checked as part of the investigation into STEPHEN P. MERAVY. An unna…

FBI case file number header for New York office. An unnamed source states that MERAVY resides in Ardsley, NY under Greenburgh Police jurisdiction and that the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin artist's c…

FBI case file number for this page. Employment application information for subject MERAVY filed with Union Carbide. Includes DOB 5/24/32, residence in Ardsley NY, prior employment at Columbia Univer…

Standard FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report header with form number 1-336. File reference numbers and routing information for the NORJAK case addressed to SAC Seattle. Ha…

Header of a US Government memorandum from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI regarding NORJAK case, subject Stephen P. Meravy, Sub #573. New York Division recommended Stephen P. Meravy as a NORJAK s…

FBI case number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. MERAVY was jailed at Westchester County Jail in May 1954; his fingerprints were sent to the FBI Bureau but no prior record exi…

Routing header from New York FBI field office to Seattle, dated 1/8/73, referencing case numbers 164-81 and 164-627 (RUC). Police Chief Jandrucko of North Tarrytown, NY reported on 1/2/73 that the N…

FBI case file number for the New York field office. A redacted source states the FBI Identification Division should have MERAVY's fingerprints submitted in 1954 by Westchester County Jail (number 54…

Date of the airtel memo. Header block of an FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, specifically sub-suspect Ralph Griffin, suspect #75. Handwritten routing or f…

Date of the airtel document. Handwritten annotations, likely routing or filing notes. Difficult to read with certainty. Standard FBI airtel header routing the communication from SAC Portland to SAC…

FBI Portland field office case file number. Physical description of subject GRIFFIN: white American male in his 30s, 5'10", 160 lbs, dark brown hair, possibly brown eyes, olive complexion, neat slac…

FBI Airtel memo header from SAC Butte to SAC Las Vegas regarding NORJAK case, with Seattle as office of origin. Handwritten notation 'Sub 575' and 'Sus: [illegible] Harvey' appear in margins. A sour…

Bureau teletype reference number. A source describes HARVEY GRAY as a smart, soft-spoken outdoorsman capable of pulling off the 11/24/71 hijacking. Provides physical and biographical description inc…

Handwritten notation in upper right, possibly a routing or page number. FBI inter-office memo from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Denver is forwarding nine copies…

An FD-302 interview report in which a redacted witness in Aurora, Colorado, after viewing photographs of subjects ALVIN CURTIS HARTLEY (subject 437) and HARVEY W. GRAY (subject 575), stated that neit…

FD-302 form revision identifier Header of FBI FD-302 interview report dated August 1, 1973 FD-302 interview of Harvey Walter Gray at his residence in Lamar, Colorado by SA Ladislaus Scroggins regar…

Case number and page continuation number. Continuation of a prior sentence indicating the subject had not attempted to hijack any airplane. Subject has lived in Pottstown, PA (worked as police repo…

File reference number, agent initials, and page indicator. SA Ben C. Brower conducted investigation in Grand Junction, CO. Undersheriff HOD Hutchinson recalled the name Dellie Broomback but had no f…

FBI document reference number, agent initials, and page indicator. FBI investigative note identifying a redacted individual associated with First National Bank of Grand Junction and the Quarter Hors…

FBI memo header addressed from Las Vegas to Seattle, case NORJAK (OO:SE), sub-file 575, dated 4/17/73. Jack King, owner and publisher of the Nevada Appeal newspaper in Carson City, NV, provided a ph…

Standard FBI airtel transmittal form header dated April 3, 1973, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Harvey Gray (SUB 575) is bein…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Section heading indicating investigative leads to be pursued by various FBI divisions. Denver Division tasked with verifying…

Routing header of FBI inter-office memo from Denver to Seattle, with case file numbers 164-81 and 164-98, dated 2/6/73. RUC designation (Referred Upon Completion). Handwritten annotation indicating…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Denver regarding NORJAK case. Reports interview with Jack King, owner/publisher of the Nevada Appeal in Carson City, NV, regarding H…

FBI case file number for the Las Vegas field office. An informant or agent reported that on 8/4/72 the Colorado Department of Employment Security in Denver indicated that GRAY was on Colorado unempl…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81 (P), dated 1-9-73, regarding NORJAK case. The SA name and RE subject line are redacted. An informant telephonically advised the FBI…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case. A redacted individual stated he could be reached through a BNDD agent and further advised he would show a Special Agent a s…

FBI Airtel header from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated January 9, 1973. Joseph Lorenz of Rapid City, South Dakota wrote to the Minneapolis Division suggesting a possible…

FBI case file number header for this page. Witnesses residing in Rapid City, SD note that Mr. Joseph Lorenz is 76, lives alone, and is not always clear in his observations. A redacted individual ren…

FBI inter-office memo from Seattle to Phoenix field offices dated 6/22/73 regarding NORJAK subject Lee Drake (#578). Transmits two photographs of T/Sgt. Leland Dean Drake stationed at Luke Air Force…

Handwritten subject number annotation. FBI Denver teletype to Phoenix (NITEL) regarding NORJAK case. Air Force Accounting and Finance Center in Denver confirmed that Staff Sergeant Leland D. Drake w…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Phoenix regarding NORJAK subject Lee Drake (#573). References an enclosed insert from the Phoenix Office about an investigation at Luke Air Force Base, A…

Handwritten sub-file number annotation File reference number and dictator/typist initials SA J. Vernon Tuckey investigated the personnel file of Tech Sergeant Leland Dean Drake at Luke AFB. Drake e…

Page header with page number, case/file reference PX 164-100, and dictation/typist initials JVT:mc. Continuation of an FBI report discussing a subject (DRAKE) who was assigned to the 26th Transporta…

Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file number 578. Date of the airtel. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Phoenix regarding NORJAK suspect Lee Drake (#578), a U.S. Air Force member suggested by…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office). Notes that subject Leland D. Drake relocated and left a forwarding address in Avondale, Arizona. Street address is reda…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header, FD-36, dated June 15, 1973, sent via TELETYPE/NITEL. Phoenix FBI field office teletype to Denver regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, Lead 578. Reports…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype/airtel transmittal form header with blank date, transmission type, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype (case PX 164-100) directing the Denver field office to…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. SA Richardavery Dyer reports to SAC Seattle that U.S. Post Office records in Battleground, Washington show Leland D. Drake moved and left a forwardin…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 3/26/73, NORJAK case, regarding subject Lee Drake. Sub-file S78. FBI agents attempted to locate subject Lee Drake through the Air…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated January 23, 1973. From a redacted Special Agent. Subject is NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. Handwr…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Section header indicating investigative leads to be pursued. Investigative leads assigned to the Seattle field office. T…

Standard header of a United States Government memorandum from SA Richard Avery Dyer to SAC Seattle, dated 1-10-73, regarding the unknown subject of NW Airlines Flight 305 hijacking. An informant in…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated March 9, 1973. Handwritten sub-file notation indicating sub-file number 579. Interview of D…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number header. Continuation from previous page noting the subject bears close resemblance to descriptive data of the unknown subject but appears to be a reputable b…

Routing header for FBI inter-office memo from Los Angeles to San Francisco field offices, dated 1/15/73, NORJAK case, Sub 579. An informant from Concord, California contacted the San Francisco FBI o…

Case number and agent/office identifier for the San Francisco field office. Lead assignment directing the Los Angeles field office to locate Dave Burt at the Paraventure Corporation and determine if…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, enclosing two copies of an insert documenting results of contact at Lair Tavern in Milwaukie, Oregon, r…

File reference numbers and agent/typist initials for the document. SA Thomas J. Dugan investigated a lead at the Lair Tavern in Milwaukie, Oregon. A contact at the tavern was shown an artist's sketc…

FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland, dated January 22, 1973, regarding the NORJAK case and the Lair Tavern in Oregon City, Oregon. An anonymous woman contacted Kelso Police…

FBI memo from SA Robert H. Wick regarding NORJAK case subject 581. References a prior memo from February 28, 1973. On March 19, 1973, a redacted individual at the Washington State Department of Motor…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), sub-file 581, dated February 28, 1973. A woman from Redmond, Washington reported susp…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. A female witness told the FBI about COOPER's whereabouts on the evening of the hijacking, stating COOPER had no association with another indiv…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. FBI internal memo dated 2/28/73 regarding NORJAK case. Reports that Washington DMV records show a driver's license issued to Harold W. Cooper (DOB 3/13…

FBI Record Request form (FD-125) dated 2/26/1973 for Harold W. Cooper, a white male age 47, born 7/13/1920, 5'11", 160 lbs, brown hair, blue eyes, SSN 200-07-5796. Residence at 5104 108th Pl NE, busi…

Handwritten sub-file designation number. Reference or index numbers, possibly internal FBI tracking codes. 022273 likely encodes date 02/22/73. FBI Seattle drivers license check and vehicle registr…

Header block of an FBI memo from the Seattle field office, file 164-81, dated 1/23/73, regarding NORJAK case, subject Harold Cooper. Body of memo describing a tip from a source in Redmond, Washingto…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Continuation of an investigative action plan: item 4 notes obtaining a photograph of COOPER via DMV or other source; item 5 notes…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. A female caller from Redmond, WA reported that a real estate agent named Harold Cooper resembles the composit…

FBI Form FD-221a, a confidential informant payment authorization form dated February 7, 1973, from the Seattle field office. The form authorizes payment to an unnamed special agent for expenses relat…

Handwritten receipt note indicating that an SA (Special Agent) paid another SA on 2/7/73, with a witness signature block. Names are redacted under b6, b7C, and b7E exemptions. FOIA exemption codes i…

Header block of an FBI memo from Seattle field office regarding an unidentified subject who cashed a $20 bill at a gas station, the bill having a serial number matching D.B. Cooper ransom money. An…

FBI memo from SA John W. Martin Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Keith Inness of Burien, WA viewed an artist's composite of the UNSUB and stated the subject is too young, b…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81 (NORJAK), dated 1/23/73. SA name and RE field redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Keith Inness called on 1/22/73 reporting that his wife works at…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated March 2, 1973. The sending Special Agent's name is redacted under b6/b7C FOIA exemptions. A detective f…

Header block of an FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 1/23/73, regarding NORJAK case. Subject line identifying an unknown subject living at Mason Lake near Shelton…

Inter-office FBI memo from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, enclosing one copy of an insert concerning suspect Norman Williamson. Handwritten signature of the memo author,…

FBI file number, page number, and dictation initials. Handwritten sub-file number notation. Standard FBI FD-302 lead-in identifying the investigating Special Agent, whose name is redacted under FOI…

Date of the airtel memo. Header block of an FBI AIRTEL from SAC Seattle to SAC San Francisco regarding NORJAK suspect Norman Williamson, Sub #585. Handwritten annotation noting the sub-file number.…

FBI Record Request form (FD-125) for Norman Williamson, a white male aged 45-48, 6 feet tall, 175 lbs, brown hair. Business address listed as English Tea Cottage. Multiple record checks conducted on…

Routing header of FBI memo from San Francisco field office to Seattle field office, dated January 19, 1973, regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten annotations indicating sub-file number 585 and serial n…

Seattle Police Department booking/identification card for Norman Harold Williamson, white male born 6/25/1948 in Houston, Texas. Physical description: 6'0, 150 lbs, light brown hair, blue eyes. FBI n…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Atlanta to SAC Seattle, dated 4/3/73, regarding NORJAK case (164-81), with office of origin Seattle. The RE line is redacted. Atlanta field office r…

Header block of an FBI inter-office communication from SAC Seattle (case 164-81) dated 2/26/73, addressed to SAC Atlanta with Kansas City as office of origin. Atlanta Division memo regarding a subje…

FBI FD-263 cover page for a report originating from Kansas City, filed by the Atlanta reporting office, dated 2/1/73 covering the investigative period 1/23/73 to 1/26/73. Title of case and reporting…

FBI FD-204 cover page for a report dated February 1, 1973, from the Atlanta, Georgia office. The reporting Special Agent's name, file numbers, title, and character fields are redacted. Synopsis desc…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. An unnamed individual was apprehended in Atlanta, Georgia by FBI Special Agents including George W. Lambert, J…

Teletype transmission header from Kansas City, sent 9:25 PM on January 26, 1973. Routing information: from Kansas City field office to Acting Director, Atlanta, and Seattle (case 164-81). A redacte…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle division to Acting Director, Atlanta, and Kansas City offices, dated January 26, 1973. FBI Seattle teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle repo…

Teletype header showing urgent message sent from Atlanta FBI office to Acting Director FBI, Kansas City, and Seattle on January 26, 1973. Title change field with redacted content. Teletype body rep…

Case number and page continuation header. Fulton County Sheriff's Office obtained a search warrant for the subject's 1967 VW Bug. A partial list of items found is referenced but largely redacted. Ad…

Case number and page continuation header for teletype. Continuation of a teletype (page three) regarding a subject believed identical with D.B. Cooper. Kansas City is instructed to forward papers to…

Header of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, suspect JOHN LEE WHITE, suspect #587. California State Parole Office records indicate Jo…

Routing header of FBI inter-office memo from Seattle to Los Angeles field office, dated February 8, 1973, regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten notation appearing to reference subject number 587. FBI…

Memo header identifying sender (Sacramento), recipient (Seattle), case name NORJAK, and office of origin SE (Seattle). Handwritten case file sub-number annotation, likely a serial or sub-file refere…

Header of a California DOJ Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation record for subject JOHN LEE WHITE, with FBI number 901 737 B, SS# 563 34 2316, CII number 969 863. Physical descriptors:…

Header of California DOJ Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation record for John Lee White, CII number 969 863, page 2. Criminal record entries for John Lee White (also listed as Jonell…

FBI FOIA header identifying the document as a deleted page information sheet for case FOI/PA# 1:16-cv-01790-03. Lists 7 pages deleted from the release as duplicates: pages 30, 67, 73, 74, 76, 94, an…

Memo header addressed from SAC Cincinnati to SAC Seattle, dated 3/14/73, regarding NORJAK case, file numbers 164-81 and 164-55, marked RUC. Handwritten annotation 'Sub 588'. References prior corresp…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Tampa to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Encloses an investigative insert reflecting investigation conducted at Seminole and St. Petersburg, Flori…

FBI report header with case number TP 164-110, agent initials JNB, typist rab, page 1. Handwritten sub-file number annotation. SA Jerome N. Bowers investigated a Dan L. Cooper found in the St. Pete…

FBI file number and page indicator for this report. On February 14, 1973, a source at the Suncoast Division Office in St. Petersburg, FL reported that DAN COOPER was currently employed with their fi…

FBI inter-office memo header from Cincinnati to Seattle, dated 2/15/73, regarding NORJAK case with Seattle as office of origin. SA Louis P. Russo checked multiple Cincinnati directories (1971-1973)…

FBI case file number for this document. Traffic violation history for an individual: three speeding offenses between 1967 and 1970 with fines ranging from $10 to $20 plus costs. FBI agents contacte…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 30, 1973, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Tampa regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office, file 164-81. Continuation from previous page instructing agents to obtain descriptive information, a photograph, and to determine Cooper's whereabo…

Header block of an FBI airtel memo from SAC Louisville to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 1/12/73. SAC Louisville reports that on 1/11/73, a source at the Brown and Williamson Tobacco Compa…

FBI case file number reference Note regarding Daniel Cooper of Cincinnati, Ohio, who sent in coupons received on June 5, 1972 for a kettle-shaped grill (catalog item 74850). Leads are deferred to th…

Header of an FBI AIRTEL communication dated 1/5/73 from SAC Seattle to SAC Louisville regarding the NORJAK case. Analysis of cigarette evidence from the NORJAK hijacking. Eight Raleigh filter-tip ci…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Instruction to the Seattle field office to disseminate information about the unknown subject (unsub) to Raleigh redemption ce…

Date stamp at top of page FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC New York to Director FBI and Latent Fingerprint Section regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a letter and envelope received by The New York Times on 12/…

Standard US Government memorandum form header (SL-17). Memo from SAC St. Louis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, subject UNSUB aka Singing Sam, Sub #589. NPRC records check form. Two boxes are…

FBI inter-office memo header from Seattle to St. Louis division regarding NORJAK case, referencing an unknown subject aka Singing Sam, sub number 589, dated November 20, 1974. Description of suspect…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a copy of Arizona drivers license LL95803 for Howard Franklin Huft (SSN 523-18-2087) for ident…

Routing header of an FBI memo from Phoenix to Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior airtel dated 1/23/73. FBI interview of Howard Franklin Huft, known as 'Singing Sam's', employed at De…

File number and dictation/typist initials for the Phoenix field office document. The Phoenix Division concludes that subject HUFT does not closely resemble the unknown subject (Unsub) in the D.B. Co…

FBI AIRTEL form header from SAC Detroit to SAC Phoenix regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior Detroit letter to Seattle dated 12/29/72. A tipster named J. L. Hudson from Westland, Michigan repor…

Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, with case number 164-81, dated January 30, 1973. SA name redacted under b6/b7C exemption. Case designation NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. Handwr…

Handwritten sub-file reference number FBI case number and agent/typist initials header SA Richard Avery Dyer investigated Clifford E. Whitten's bank account at Northwest Bank in Vancouver, WA. A ba…

Memo header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, suspect Clifford E. Whitten, Sub #591. Reference to prior Seattle letter dated 3/26/73. On 4/5/73 a redacted person at First Natio…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, specifically about subject Clifford E. Whitten, Sub Number 591. A female informant from V…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Richard Avery Dyer to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case (NW Airlines Flight 365, hijacking on 11-24-1971), dated 1-31-73. An unnamed…

FBI interview of a female witness discussing her recollections around the period of the D.B. Cooper hijacking (11-24-71). She recalls that neither she nor CLIFFORD were home on Thanksgiving day. She…

Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated January 30, 1973, NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. A woman from Vancouver, Washington telephoned the FBI on January 25, 19…

Header of FBI memo from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, Sub J, Miscellaneous Persons, dated January 30, 1973. A redacted female employee at Pacific National Bank, Washington Bu…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office, file 164-81. Continuation of a physical description form listing build, eyes, and characteristics of an individual. Build is slight, eyes noted as…

Header of an FBI internal memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK SUB 593, referencing a prior memo dated 1/29/73. SA Manning investigated a tip about a helicopter heard near…

Standard FBI memo header identifying this as a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 1/29/73, regarding subject Leonard Ledgett of Kalama, Washington. A fema…

Header block of FBI memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior memo dated 12/27/72. Handwritten annotation summarizing the memo content about an unsub…

Header of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 12/27/72, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Office of Origin is Seattle. SA name is redacted. An individual at the Pacifi…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from a Special Agent to the SAC of the Seattle field office, dated 2/15/74, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), specifically Sub No. 595 concerning an UNSUB…

Handwritten annotation in upper right, mostly illegible, possibly a routing or filing notation. Teletype-style message addressed to FBI Seattle (J E Milnes) regarding service and change notice for E…

Teletype routing header addressed to MV Olympia office, with redacted attention line. FBI Seattle teletype requesting a photograph of Edgar William Totten (DOB 1-29-22) for investigative purposes. T…

Handwritten annotation, possibly a reference number or routing note. Teletype routing header with WV (West Virginia) reference numbers and FBI Seattle office addressed to J E Milnes. Handwritten cu…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case, dated January 9, 1974. Reference line identifying the subject as UNSUB aka SO…

FBI Indices Search Slip (FD-160) requesting a records search on subject Edgar W. Totten, alias Sonny Totten. The search was conducted on 8/28/73 by the Seattle FBI office. Multiple file references ar…

FBI Record Request form (FD-125) for Edgar William Totten, alias Sonny Totten. Credit and criminal checks requested. Subject DOB 1/29/22, 6'2", 190 lbs, with multiple addresses in the Seattle/Idaho a…

Header of an FBI memo from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated July 12, 1973, regarding NORJAK case, UNSUB aka Sonny, SUB 595. A Seattle Police Department Sergeant recalled a former SPD member nam…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated May 11, 1973, regarding NORJAK case, subject known as Sonny, SUB 595. A former Butte Division confidential informant believes the UNSUB is an ex-Se…

Teletype header indicating a NITEL message sent from Minneapolis to Seattle on 2-1-73, referencing case NORJAK with office of origin Seattle. A confidential informant from the Butte Division, handle…

Header of an FBI NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) memo from SAC Boston to SAC Seattle, dated 3/28/73, regarding suspect Manuel Perreira, suspect #597. Interview on 2/27/73 with a redacted female source in Fall…

FBI case file number header. On 3/9/73, a redacted source confirmed that Manuel Perreira resided at a rooming house at 515 South Main Street, Fall River, from 6/1/71 to 2/15/72, and was present the…

FBI case file number for the Boston field office NORJAK investigation. Source provides last known addresses for suspect WILLIAM DEEMS, including Tampa FL, Denver CO (Stapleton Field/United Airlines)…

Date of the airtel. Airtel header from SAC Seattle to SAC Boston regarding NORJAK case, suspect Manuel Perreira #597. Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file number 597. Seattle advises that NO…

Date of the memo. FBI airtel header from SAC Boston to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Manuel Perreira. Handwritten notation indicating sub-file number 597. Handwritten or stamped case/serial…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Bureau of Seattle field office). Fragment of a sentence (continuation from a prior page) referring to showing photographs of a person named PE…

Internal FBI memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports that suspect William Francis Deems (suspect No. 598) has been eliminated as a suspect and no further investigation wi…

File number and dictation/typist codes. Sub-file reference number handwritten in top right. FBI interview of William Francis Deems at his workplace, World Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon, on Jul…

Header block of FBI memo from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle, dated 8/23/73, re: NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. Handwritten sub-file notation 'Sub 598' in right margin. Body of memo referencing a…

Header of an FBI airtel memo from SAC Jacksonville to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect William F. Deems, suspect #598. Jacksonville field office reports that the Florida Drivers License Bureau i…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated August 1, 1973. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Suspect #598, William F. Deems, was suggested by a redacted…

Header of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Boston to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, suspect WILLIAM DEENS, suspect number 598, referencing a prior Seattle airtel dated 6/4/73. A redacted witnes…

FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Boston dated 6/4/73 regarding NORJAK suspect William Deems (Suspect #598). Investigation failed to establish whether Deems is the UNSUB. No record of Deems working…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper investigation, Seattle division file 164-81. Portland Division follow-up noting they will continue investigating whether DEENS is identical with the U…

FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Boston to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, suspect WILLIAM DEEMS (Suspect #598), referencing a prior Buairtel dated 2/27/73. An individual (name redacted, b6/…

FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Boston to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, suspect Manuel Perreira #597, dated 3/28/73. A female source in Fall River, MA was interviewed on 2/27/73 about sus…

FBI AIRTEL memo header from SAC Tampa to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing prior communications and identifying suspect William Deems as Suspect #598. Bank Vice President Anne Leurie Re…

Date of the memo. FBI airtel memo from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK subject William Deems. States that nine copies of an investigative insert are enclosed showing suspect Deems…

FBI file number and dictation initials for this report page. Handwritten sub-file notation. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation at San Francisco International Airport. On February 20, 1…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 27, 1973, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Airtel from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References Portland and Seattle air…

Document reference number Physical description of subject DEEMS Background on subject WILLIAM F. DEEMS, a former United Airlines pilot who relocated from Coram, Montana to Roseburg, Oregon around D…

Case or report reference number. Investigation details about a suspect in Corum, Montana who was retired, traveled showing Great Dane dogs, rented a PO Box, stayed at the Crooked Tree Motel, purchas…

Case or teletype reference number. Tampa Division lead directing agents in Bradenton, Florida to contact First National Bank to investigate a suspect's banking activities and any large deposits made…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Chicago FBI office memo to Seattle regarding NORJAK case. United Air Lines Security in Chicago advised on 2/27/73 that a review of company records fail…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 12, 1973. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte regarding NORJAK suspect William Deems (SUB 598). Deems was suggested as a possible su…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Instructions for the Chicago field office to contact United Airlines personnel and obtain background information on DEEMS, and…

Header of an FBI airtel memo dated 2/8/73 from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten sub-file notation. FBI investigation into NORJAK suspect William F. Deems. He moved…

Portland field office case number for the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper investigation. Lead assigned to the Butte FBI field office directing intensified investigation at Coram, Montana, to determine the source…

Teletype routing header from Butte FBI field office to Seattle and Portland offices, dated February 9, 1973. Handwritten sub-file number annotation. Butte field office reports on NORJACK suspect Wi…

Page header indicating this is the second page of a multi-page teletype or report. A Deputy Sheriff of Flathead County, Kalispell (name redacted) advised on 2/9/73 that suspect William Deems was a r…

Teletype routing header from Denver FBI office to Butte, Seattle, and Portland offices, sent February 5, 1973. FAA contact at Kalispell, Montana airport reported that an Air West Airlines employee s…

Case number and page continuation header for FBI teletype. Page two of an FBI teletype describing a subject named Deems: medium build, dark hair graying and thin in front, believed residing in Roseb…

FBI Airtel memo header from SAC Atlanta to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. References case file numbers and encloses a copy of 'Ka…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. Lists 23 deleted pages with reasons. Most are marked as duplicates. Pages 25, 37, 38, and…

Inter-office FBI memo header from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing previous communications dated 3/14/73 and 4/4/73. Butte field office forwards investigative inserts from…

Case and document identifier block with routing codes. SA Francis E. Burke reports on an investigation at Helena, Montana. On March 9, 1973, the Montana Department of Inter-Governmental Relations at…

FBI Record Request form (FD-125) for a white male subject in his late 20s, approximately 6 feet tall with red hair. Credit, criminal, motor vehicle, and driver's license checks requested. The subject…

FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 3/14/73. References prior communications and encloses investigative inserts from field interviews conducted in…

FBI file reference numbers and dictation/typist initials for this report page. FBI report by SA Joseph H. Servel documenting an interview conducted on February 13, 1973, at a residence in Montana. T…

Document reference numbers and page indicator for an FBI investigative report. SA Joseph H. Servel interviewed an employee of Executive Aviation in Montana on February 14, 1973. The interviewee, a V…

FBI case file identifiers and page reference for the document. FBI report by SA Roy L. Burns documenting an interview conducted in Montana on February 15, 1973. The interviewee and an unidentified f…

FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte dated 4/4/73 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle requests Butte forward all information about a redacted suspect. A separate redacted suspec…

Teletype routing header indicating a NITEL (night telegram) sent at 5:25 PM on February 7, 1973, from the Pittsburgh FBI field office to the Acting Director, Butte, and Seattle offices. Case numbers…

Page two of an FBI interview (case PG 164-93) with a female source who discussed a possible D.B. Cooper suspect from Montana. The source identified a person (name phonetic, redacted) as a possibility…

Teletype from Alexandria field office to Acting Director, Pittsburgh, and Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). A female individual visiting Leesburg, VA, contacted the FBI via FAA indicating…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC (164-81) from SA Robert H. Wick regarding NORJAK Subject 601, dated April 19, 1973. Reference line citing a prior memo from a redacted Special Agent date…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC with case number 164-81, dated April 3, 1973, regarding NORJAK case out of Seattle office, Sub 601. FBI memo reporting results of a credit bureau check o…

FBI Record Request form (FD-125) for James Clayton of Kennewick, Washington, as part of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. The subject is a white male, age 50-58, 6'0", 180 lbs. Background check…

Seattle Police Department (SPD) index card (Form 4.9) for James Clark Clayton, white male born 3-11-1911 in Sturgeon, Missouri. Height 6-2, weight 170, brown hair, brown eyes. Occupation listed as in…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated 2/16/73, regarding NORJAK investigation subject James Clayton, Sub #601. An anonymous tip identified James Clayton as a…

Anonymous tip suggesting James Clayton of Kennewick, Washington as a D.B. Cooper suspect. Describes him as a high-ranking WWII Special Forces paratrooper/ranger in the Air Force, trained with Canadia…

Memo header from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 2/5/73. A source at Hallman Chevrolet in Reno found a lease agreement from Consolidated Leasing Corporation listing D. B. C…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. From SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle, dated 2/6/73, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Office of Origin is Seattle. Case file numbers 164-81 (Se…

Handwritten sub-file reference numbers written in the upper right margin. FBI memo from the Legal Attaché in Ottawa to the Director requesting a status update on leads from a prior Ottawa Airtel dat…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI Airtel memo header sent via courier from the Legal Attaché in Ottawa to the Acting Director of the FBI regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a prior Ottawa Airtel dated…

Handwritten routing or filing annotations. FBI memo from Legat Ottawa to Acting Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References prior Bureau cable dated 2-23-73 and Honolulu Airtel/LHM date…

Header block of FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report form, dated March 1, 1973, addressed to SAC Seattle. Handwritten annotation, likely a routing or filing notation. FBI l…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Honolulu to Acting Director FBI regarding NORJAK case, enclosing copies of an LHM requesting investigation at Victoria, British Columbia, plus investigat…

FBI report from Honolulu field office summarizing the D.B. Cooper hijacking of United Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. Describes the hijacker boarding in Portland, displaying a bomb in an at…

Case header identifying the subject as Unknown Subject, also known as Dan Cooper / D. B. Cooper. A source from Longview, Washington reported meeting an individual on Kauai, Hawaii on February 6, 197…

Subject line of FBI memo identifying the D.B. Cooper case. A redacted individual viewed an artist's conception of the unknown hijacker suspect and noted only a slight resemblance to Dave Cooper, sta…

Case reference header identifying the subject as unknown, with aliases Dan Cooper and D. B. Cooper. An investigative lead directing agents in Victoria, British Columbia to contact a person named Dav…

File reference number, typist initials, and page number for this FBI report. Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file or subject number 604. Introduction identifying agents and date of investigat…

FBI case file number and page indicator. An interviewee describes DAVE COOPER as a male Caucasian in his 50s, approximately 5'9", 150 lbs, with black hair graying at temples. Cooper stayed at the Pl…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI regarding NORJAK case, dated February 21, 1973. A redacted individual met a man in a lounge on Kauai on February 6, 1…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated February 13, 1973, sent via Airtel/Airmail. Handwritten annotation noting the subject as D.B. Cooper, also known as Don Cooper from British Columbia.…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. A witness gave his name and was immediately recognized due to familiarity with the NORJAK case publicity in the…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. A map was provided to the interviewing agent, stamped by Watase Taxi and U-Drive Company on Kauai. The unidentified man did not d…

Header block identifying this as a memo to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 2/15/73, regarding NORJAK. Night clerk memorandum dated 2/14/73 describing surveillance of a subject at the airport (SEATAC…

Header block identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 2/14/73, from the Night Clerk, re: NORJAK case. U.S. Marshal's Office at Seattle-Tacoma Airport called FBI about a p…

Header of an FBI interoffice memorandum regarding NORJAK case, Subject 606: Allen Eugene York, from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated 7/31/73. FBI memo documenting attempts to contact Allen Euge…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office. Continuation of an FBI interview with Mr. YORK regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking. YORK denies any involvement or parachuting experience, s…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Biographical details for Allen Eugene York, a person checked against the D.B. Cooper composite drawing. Report notes that All…

Header block of an FBI memo from SA James A. Girard to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK subject Allen Eugene York (Subject No. 606), referencing a prior memo dated 3/29/73. A representative of Benefici…

Header block of an FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, NORJAK investigation, regarding subject Allen Eugene York, Sub 606. Reference to a prior Seattle memo dated 3/29/73. State…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of a report on Allen Eugene York's bank accounts in Olympia, WA. Checking balance approximately $500, savings les…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, RE: Allen Eugene York, Subject #606. An employee at Delson Lumber, Inc. confirmed that Allen E. York (SSN 5…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of a prior page describing a subject injured on 11-20-71, off work 11-24 through 11-28-71, examined by Dr. C…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of an FBI report noting that a subject named YORK purchased a boat from Jacobsen Boats and Motors with a loan from Beneficial Fin…

Memo header identifying SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 2/15/73, NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. SA name is redacted. Subject is Allen Eugene York. References a prior memo by SA Robert…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, Seattle field office. Continuation of investigative leads regarding a subject named YORK. Item 3 instructs agents to check if YORK ha…

Anonymous tip received January 19, 1973 at Olympia Resident Agency about Allen York at Delson Lumber Company who displayed unusual wealth, claimed paratrooper background, and vaguely resembled the hi…

Header of a US Government memorandum from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, suspect RAY BRIEM, dated 2/20/73. An anonymous tipster in Los Angeles reported on 1/5/73 that KABC rad…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number reference. Continuation of an FBI report discussing a suspect named BRIEM, a radio announcer whose photograph was widely circulated. The complainant never pe…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. From SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, suspect Verne A. Jackson, dated 2/21/73. A Bank of America employee in Marina del Rey…

FBI memo from SAC Seattle to Director FBI dated 7/18/73 regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Subject is an unidentified businessman in Canada, Sub 609. References a Legat Ottawa letter to the Bureau…

FBI letterhead from Seattle field office dated July 18, 1973. Handwritten sub-file notation 'Sub 609'. FOIA exemption codes applied to redacted portions of the document. FBI memo regarding a tip f…

Handwritten sub-file reference numbers. FBI memo from the Legal Attaché in Ottawa to the FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References an earlier Ottawa Airtel dated 4-12-73 and reque…

Header of an FBI AIRTEL memo dated 5/16/73 from SAC Minneapolis to Acting Director FBI regarding NORJAK case, with Seattle as office of origin. References prior communications and encloses FD-302 in…

FBI case file number header for the Minneapolis field office. HANSON states SUNDBERG and family lived near San Francisco and in Vancouver, BC, Canada. HANSON notes SUNDBERG was never athletic due t…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Denver to Acting Director FBI regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). A former Northwestern Airlines stewardess was contacted in Denver on 4/30/73 and s…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 4/25/73, case NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. SA name is redacted. Handwritten annotations appear to read 'Sub 609' a…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel form header dated April 23, 1973, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. Reports that a suspect (D.B.…

Document type header indicating this is an FBI Airtel communication. Date of the Airtel. FBI Airtel from Acting Director to SACs in Seattle, Minneapolis, Honolulu, and Denver regarding NORJAK case.…

Memo from the FBI Legal Attaché in Ottawa to the Acting Director regarding NORJAK case. References prior communications from Bureau cable dated 2-23-73 and Honolulu Airtel/LHM dated 2-20-73. Reports…

Document classification and transmission header indicating a plaintext teletype sent via NITEL. Teletype from Acting Director FBI to Legat Ottawa regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). A source of unk…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Knoxville to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Knoxville airtel dated 2/23/73 and a Bureau letter dated 4/20/73. States that a subject's…

FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report header addressed to SAC Knoxville regarding NORJAK case, dated April 20, 1973. The report states that latent fingerprints previously rep…

Header of FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report form, addressed to SAC Knoxville, dated April 20, 1973, with file numbers 164-35, 164-2111, and latent case number A-45410. FB…

FBI airtel header from SAC Knoxville to Acting Director, FBI, dated February 23, 1973, with case file numbers. Case reference lines identifying the NORJAK case and associated Bureau and Knoxville fi…

Header with subject number SUB 611 and date 4/27/13 A handwritten numbered checklist summarizing investigative steps or leads to check for a subject (SUB 611). Items include Post Office change of ad…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header from a Special Agent (name redacted) in Seattle field office to SAC Seattle, dated 10/25/73, regarding NORJAK subject LLOYD M. BARNEY, Sub 611. Reference t…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case, Seattle field office. Vehicle registration check showing Washington License GA 4568 registered to a 1953 Chevrolet pickup owned by Charles E. Cooke of…

FBI inter-office memo header addressed from Portland to Seattle regarding NORJAK case, Sub. No. 611, dated 10/18/73. A redacted individual from Portland, Oregon advised SA Ralph P. Himmelsbach on 10…

Inter-office FBI memo header from Portland to Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing an Anchorage letter dated 8/31/73. On 9/21/73, a person at the Lakeside Motel in Woodland, WA reviewed regist…

FBI case file number for the Seattle division D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of an FBI interview (FD-302 style) by SA Thomas J. Manning. A female witness observed a blanket approximately th…

Header of a US Government memorandum from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated August 31, 1973. Interview conducted 8/29/73 in Seward, Alaska with redacted individuals who o…

FBI case file number for this report page. Witnesses describe an unidentified individual who stayed in Unit 7 of a motel. He was approximately 50 years old, 5'10", medium build, with balding gray ha…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Portland to SAC Anchorage, dated August 6, 1973, regarding the NORJAK case. Portland FBI office informs Anchorage about efforts to locat…

Header of FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, Subject #611, dated 7/17/73. A redacted source at St. Elizabeth's Church in Portland was contacted regarding N…

FBI Airtel header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Seattle FBI office reports that neighborhood investigation, Post Office inquiries, and local authority checks failed to iden…

Standard US Government memorandum header from Special Agent Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated April 21, 1973, regarding the NORJAK case. SA Manning discusses an attached Portland letter regard…

Header of FBI inter-office memo addressed to SAC Seattle and SAC Portland, dated 3/29/73, regarding case NORJAK with file numbers 164-81 and 164-41. Portland references prior correspondence with Sea…

Memo header identifying Portland and Seattle SAC offices with case numbers and date 3/21/73. Handwritten notation 'Sub 6 II'. Under the NORJAK case heading, references a Portland letter to Seattle d…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, specifically about an unknown suspect at the Lakeside or Lakeview Motel in Woodland, Washi…

FBI case file number for the Portland field office, NORJAK case. Continuation of an FBI report regarding a motel near Woodland, WA. A female source did not report suspicious activity to the FBI beca…

FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report regarding NORJAK case. Fingerprint photographs and negatives of Robert Van Holton were examined. No record was found in the Identificatio…

Urgent teletype from the Acting FBI Director to Seattle and Las Vegas field offices regarding NORJAC suspect Robert Van Holton. Van Holton was identified via photo as residing in Cuernavaca, Morelos,…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Acting Director, regarding NORJAK case. Seattle teletype regarding suspect Robert Van Holton, referenced in a Las Vegas NITEL dated March 2, 1973…

Teletype routing header from Acting FBI Director to Las Vegas and Seattle field offices, marked urgent, regarding NORJAK case. Legat Mexico City reports that a Western Airlines employee interviewed…

Page two of an FBI teletype regarding a subject named Van Holton who plays golf daily at Club De Golf with no visible means of support, has bank accounts in Beverly Hills and with Banco De Comercio i…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas field office to Acting Director and Seattle, sent 8:20 PM on March 2, 1973. Handwritten annotation, likely a sub-file or routing notation. FBI NORJAK teletype…

Page two of an FBI report on Van Holton. Tropicana Hotel-Casino records show he was employed as a casino credit manager from 9-2-71 to 9-10-71. SSN 218-20-1928. Rumored to arrange junkets from Mexico…

Mrs. Van Holton states her husband has been unemployed since September 1971 but has no large sums of money. She describes him as honest and religious, confirms he was home on Thanksgiving 1971, has n…

Page four of a multi-page FBI report discussing Robert Van Holton, formerly employed as a pitboss at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. He had owned shares in Caesars Palace but sold them and lived off the…

Page five of a multi-page report detailing background information on Van Holton, a pitboss at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Covers his residence, employment history as a casino dealer since 1952, marr…

Continuation of a teletype (page six) discussing casino junket records completed upon arrival in Las Vegas. Some fields including place of birth and dates are redacted. Notes that records on individu…

Teletype routing header: urgent message sent at 2:00AM on March 2, 1973, from the Acting Director to Seattle and Las Vegas field offices. A Northwest Airlines pilot, vacationing in Cuernavaca, Mexic…

Page continuation header indicating this is page two of a multi-page document. Report describing an encounter on March 1, 1973, where an unknown individual identified himself as Van Holton at a golf…

Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype. Page three of an FBI teletype directing Legat Mexico City and Las Vegas field office to investigate an individual identifying hims…

Header of a US Government memorandum from an SA (Special Agent, name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, suspect John Carras, Subject #613. Report on contact with Mary Ann Winn of Ol…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. An interview on 4-25-73 with a redacted source at the Washington State Department of Highways confirmed that JOHN MOONEY CARRAS (DOB 2-23-28)…

FBI FD-125 Record Request form for John Karras, aka John Carns, a suspect in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Subject is a white male, approximately 42 years old, 5'10", 145 lbs, residing at 907 E Skri…

Header line of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated 4/3/73. SA name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. FBI NORJAK memo regarding suspect John Karras (aka John Carras), SUB #613,…

FBI airtel memo from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect John Karras (aka John Carras). Phoenix encloses two copies of a referenced communication dated 2/26/73 and defers further inve…

Standard US Government memorandum header, addressed from a redacted Special Clerk/Agent to SAC Phoenix, regarding NORJAK (DB Cooper case), dated February 26, 1973. A female informant from Phoenix, o…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of letter. Redacted recipient name/address block with a partially legible source notation. Subject line referencing the D.B. Cooper hijacking case.…

Sub-file reference number written at top of page. A citizen writes to the FBI in Richland, WA after seeing a picture of Dan Cooper in the Grange News. The writer states the picture strongly resemble…

Urgent teletype from Phoenix FBI to Seattle FBI regarding NORJAK case. Reports that Robert Lee Eichelburger (AKA Rod Masters / Robert Lee Masters), considered armed and dangerous, is a suspect. A fem…

Page two of an FBI teletype requesting that Eichelburger be contacted and interviewed at the El Paso bus station at 6 AM on September 20, 1973. Message ends with routing codes DCA FBI SE CLR. Bates…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated September 1, 1973, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK subject Robert Lee Eichelburger (aka Rod Masters /…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated August 3, 1973, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. The subject's true name is identified as Robert…

File reference number and initials for the document. Continuation of a memo (page 2) stating that investigation will be conducted by the Phoenix Division UACB office of origin. Requests that if the…

Document identifier and dictation/typist codes. SA Ralph E. Lawrence Jr. conducted an investigation in Phoenix, AZ. On July 18, 1973, Michael F. Groom, Chief Supervisor of Driver's License Records a…

File number, typist initials, and page number header for continuation page of an FBI report. Continuation of an FBI interview (likely FD-302) in which a female witness (name redacted) provides infor…

File reference number, dictation initials, and page number for this FBI report page. A redacted female source states that MASTERS was formerly in the Army but had no known parachuting experience, do…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated July 12, 1973. Airtel from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK investigation. Phoenix has been unable to eliminate Robert Lee Masters…

File number and dictation/typist initials for the FBI report page. FBI lead instructions for the Phoenix field office: (1) secure additional information on MASTERS and a redacted individual at Phoen…

File number, dictation initials, and page number header. FBI investigation report documenting SA Ralph E. Lawrence Jr.'s inquiry in Phoenix, AZ on June 11, 1973. Michael F. Groom of the Arizona High…

Page header with case/file reference PX 164-100, typist initials REL/bay, page 2. On July 2, 1973, representatives from five Arizona banks (The Arizona Bank, United Bank, Great Western Bank, Contine…

File reference number and page designation for FBI report. Records show MASTERS had a former Reno address, SSN 297-18-5439, was 45 years old as of 1970, single, professional magician, and a military…

Page header with FBI file number PX 164-100, dictated by REL/bay, page 4 of the document. A female witness discusses MASTERS' expected return to Phoenix in July 1973, his possible presence during Th…

Airtel header from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Phoenix office forwards a driver's license application with photo for Robert Lee Masters to Seattle. Notes that Masters' list…

Case file number and agent/typist initials for the Phoenix field office report. The Phoenix Division checked the Arizona Driver's License Bureau and found no driver's license on file for Rod Master.…

Header of an FBI airtel (air communication/teletype) dated 5/14/73, from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Phoenix regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. Body of airtel discussing a NORJAK suspect who…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated April 19, 1973. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Las Vegas regarding NORJAK case. References a Las Vegas airtel to Portland dated 12/29/72 and a…

Airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. References a prior airtel dated 4/5/73. States that a redacted individual referred to in the referenced teletype has a redacted DOB…