Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated 12/7/71, sent via AIRTEL, AIRMAIL - REGISTERED. Airtel addressed to SAC Seattle from SAC Sacramento regarding the D.B. Cooper / Northwest Airlines Fl…

FBI case file identifier for Seattle field office, file 164-50 (D.B. Cooper case). Report dated 12/6/71 referencing a Special Agent of the 19th District, OSI at Travis AFB providing additional infor…

File/case identifier SC 164-50 with FOIA exemption notations b6 and b7C per AFOSI in upper right. Memo describes that an unnamed individual (redacted) made available photographs (one approximately t…

Page one of an FBI teletype dated 1-29-72 from Portland to Los Angeles and Seattle field offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation. An informant in Oregon advised that during…

Page two of an FBI teletype/report (file PD 164-41) describing a source's statements about an unnamed subject. The subject reportedly lived in Everett, Washington during 1970-1971. The source had wor…

Case file identifier 'PD 164-41' and page indicator 'PAGE THREE', suggesting this page is page three of a multi-page communication. Communication regarding an informant/source whose identity is to b…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for case 1:16-cv-01790 indicating 3 pages were withheld under FOIA exemptions b5, b6, and b7C per EOUSA and FBI. Standard FBI deleted page notice indicating…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet header identifying the FOIA case number 1:16-cv-01790. Lists the six deleted pages and the FOIA exemptions applied: pages 1, 2, 146, and 147 withheld under…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI to Los Angeles and Seattle field offices, dated 1:00 AM on January 29, 1972, marked Urgent. NORJAK case teletype reporting that on January 28, 1972, an Oreg…

Page two of a continuation document (file PD 164-41) describing a subject who lived in Everett, Washington in 1970-1971. Source (redacted) reports that an unnamed individual (FNU - First Name Unknown…

Case file number identifier in upper-left corner. Page three of an FBI teletype communication regarding a D.B. Cooper investigation lead. A source (name redacted) requested anonymity; if approached,…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for case 1:16-cv-01790-02. Notes that 2 pages were deleted: Page 1 withheld under FOIA exemptions b5, b6, and b7C per EOUSA; P…

Standard FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet indicating that 1 page (Page 2) was withheld from this release because it is a duplicate. No duplication fee is charged for this page.

Teletype dated 11/30/71 from FBI Portland (164-41) to Director (164-2111) regarding the NWA Flight 305 hijacking of November 24. Reports that Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Inte…

Standard FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet indicating that 1 page (Page 2) was withheld as a duplicate, with no duplication fee charged for this page. References FOI/PA case number 1:16-cv-01…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an Airtel transmission dated 5/5/80, classification unmarked. Airtel from SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle re: NORJACK case. An informant alleges D. B.…

FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet indicating one page (Page 2) was withheld as a duplicate under FOI/PA case number 1:16-cv-01790-02. Standard FBI boilerplate notice within an X-bordered box…

Teletype header dated 11/30/71 from Portland field office (164-41) to Director (164-2111), classified PLAINTEXT NITEL. Handwritten annotations in upper right margin: page number '3' and routing/fili…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for case 1:16-cv-01790-02, indicating 91 total deleted pages, all listed as duplicates.

List of pages 85 through 108, each marked as Duplicate. Standard FBI FOIA deletion notice indicating page(s) have been deleted with no duplication fee charged.

FBI report (case SE 164-81) detailing laboratory examination of evidence including an ash tray (containing 8 cigarette butts, 7 confirmed Raleigh 85mm filter tipped, 8th probably Raleigh 85mm) and a…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet header identifying the FOIA case number. Lists 7 deleted pages with reasons: pages 1, 2, and 5 are duplicates; pages 4, 18, 19, and 20 are withheld under FO…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet header identifying the FOIA case number. Lists two deleted pages: Page 1 withheld under FOIA exemptions b5, b6, and b7C per EOUSA; Page 2 withheld as a dupl…

Standard FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet indicating 2 pages were withheld from this section. Page 1 was withheld under FOIA exemptions b5, b6, and b7C per EOUSA (Executive Office for United…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet associated with case/request number 1:16-cv-01790-02. Lists 5 deleted pages with FOIA exemption codes (b5, b6, b7C) cited per…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet header identifying the case file number 1:16-cv-01790-02. Lists 10 deleted pages (Pages 2 through 11), each marked as 'Duplicate' as the reason for deletion…

FBI FD-340 form (evidence/document transmittal) dated 12/4/71, received from SAC San Francisco. Documents the receipt of a copy of a transcription of communication dealing with control of aircraft NW…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet associated with case/request number 1:16-cv-01790-02. Lists eight deleted pages (2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12), each marked as a…

FBI FD-340 evidence/contributor receipt form documenting receipt on 9/15/1972 of a map of La Center, Washington from the U.S. Department of the Interior (Seattle, WA). Item not to be returned; no rec…

Handwritten case file notation at top of page, appears to be FBI file number with the '26' circled. Bates-style identifier stamp indicating page within the D.B. Cooper FBI Vault release.

Handwritten case file notation at top of page, likely an FBI file number with a circled sub-identifier. Bates-style page identifier from the FBI Vault D.B. Cooper release. The body of the page is e…

Handwritten archival marker indicating this is an original document that should not be removed from the file. Bates-style FBI Vault page identifier for the D.B. Cooper file. Microfiche/film strip a…

FBI FD-36 teletype form header, dated November 30, 1971, marked #009, transmitted in plaintext via teletype with NITEL priority. Teletype from Portland FBI office to Director regarding helicopter ex…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header, fields blank on this page (continuation page). Page two of Portland field office communication (file PD 164-41) regarding costs incurred by BPA (Bonnevill…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for case 1:16-cv-01790-02, listing 79 total deleted pages. This page shows pages 1-67, all marked as 'Duplicate'.

List indicating that pages 68 through 79 are duplicates. Standard FBI FOIA placeholder notice indicating deleted pages with no duplication fee for this page.

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet indicating 1 total deleted page; Page 2 was withheld as a duplicate. Standard FBI boxed notice indicating no duplication fee is charged for the deleted page.

Header of an FBI Airtel memo dated 5/5/80, from SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJACK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). An informant (identity protected) told the FBI that D.B. Cooper is actu…

Teletype from FBI Chicago field office (file 164-797) to Director (164A-2111), Atlanta, and Portland, dated December 9, 1981. References a WFO teletype of December 1, 1981. Excerpts content for Atlan…

Page two of FBI communication (case CG 164-797) describing a tip from a female informant. She and her husband decided to report a man (name redacted) whom she previously worked with, who reportedly f…

Page three of an FBI teletype (file CG 164-797) describing a suspect resembling D.B. Cooper: brown hair, medium build, high forehead/receding hairline. A witness and her husband requested identity pr…

FBI memo dated 3/3/82 from SAC Atlanta to Director FBI regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Encloses a photograph of a redacted subject obtained from Atlanta Drivers License Bureau. Repo…

FBI case file identifier for Atlanta Division case 164A-642. Continuation of an FBI memo discussing investigation leads. Mentions reviewing work employment records of a redacted individual and possi…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet header identifying the FOI/PA case number. Lists 39 deleted pages, each marked as Duplicate. Standard FBI FOI/PA notice indicating deleted page(s) with no…

FBI AIRTEL dated 1/31/74 from SAC Chicago to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports that numerous attempts to contact a stewardess (name redacted) at her residence in Schaumburg, Illinois have be…

FBI airtel header dated 1/18/74 from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports that on 1/17/74, photographs of suspects Allen Fairfax Cooper and Arvidis Kiperts were shown to a stewar…

FBI memorandum dated 12/19/73 from a Special Agent (redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Documents that on 11/12/73 a witness in Renton, Washington was shown photographs of four indivi…

FBI memorandum header from SA [redacted] to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 12/19/73, regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). On 11/12/73, witness Cord Harms Zum Spreckel was shown photos of…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated 12/19/73, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case), Office of Origin: Seattle. Subject line indicating the memo…

FBI memo dated 12/5/73 from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses photographs of suspects ALLEN FAIRFAX COOPER and another (redacted) for Chicago. Notes a stewardess (name re…

FBI form FD-350 header used for mounting newspaper clippings. Newspaper article reporting that the FBI has eliminated Arvidis J. Kiperts, a captured bank-robbery suspect from Vancouver, Wash., as a…

FD-302 interview report dated 11/15/73 documenting interview of Edvins H. Kiperts at Boeing Company in Seattle on 11/9/73 regarding his brother Arvidis Kiperts's visit during Thanksgiving 1971. Edvin…

Continuation of an FBI interview report (case SE 164-81). Edvins Kiperts states that he and his brother Arvidis Kiperts discussed the D.B. Cooper hijacking, with his brother only commenting that some…

FBI FD-350 form header used for mounting newspaper clippings. AP newspaper article reporting that the FBI is investigating whether Arvid Julius Kiperts, 41, of Portland, arrested in San Diego for an…

Page one of a five-page urgent teletype dated 11/10/73 from FBI Portland office to the Director, San Diego, and Seattle. Concerns Arvidis Julius Kiperts, a fugitive linked to a 6/11/73 bank robbery a…

Page two of FBI document PD 91-5424 describing handwriting/hand printing comparison with the robber of the Wilsonville Branch, Bank of Oregon (12/10/71). Arvidis Julius Kiperts, 41, of Vancouver, Was…

FBI Airtel dated 11/9/73 from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Discusses suspect Arvidis Kiperts, who was arrested 11/3/73 for a 12/10/71 bank robbery at t…

FBI Seattle memo dated 11/9/73 regarding the NORJAK case. SAC Mattson reported a 12/10/71 bank robbery at the Wilsonville, Oregon branch of the National Bank of Oregon, where a note bearing the name…

Memo (page 2) outlining four immediate investigative steps regarding subject KIPERTS: interview his brother ED in Bellevue about KIPERTS' whereabouts 11/25-29/71, contact the 'Bazaar' in Renton to ve…

FBI memo dated 2/12/74 from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Encloses two copies of an insert documenting an SA's investigation at Wilsonville, Oregon on…

FBI file reference numbers and typist initials at top of investigative report page. Investigation results from Portland Division SA at Wilsonville, Oregon. Notes include: (1) realty company opposite…

FBI airtel dated 11/27/73 from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. A redacted source from Longview, Washington reported that another redacted individual prev…

FBI memo dated 11/13/73 from SA Thomas J. Manning (Seattle office, file 164-81, NORJAK case) regarding a tip from a person in Longview, Washington about a man (name redacted) who lived in Wilsonville…

FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) documenting that serial 5036 was charged out (Pd to S-e.) on 11-12-73 and recharged/returned on 11-27-73. File number appears to be 164-81. Signed by an employe…

FBI memorandum header from SA Richard Avery Dyer to SAC Seattle (case 164-81), subject NORJACK, OO Seattle, dated January 10, 1974. Body of memo reports that an unnamed (redacted) individual from La…

Standard FBI memorandum header dated 12/10/73 from SA [redacted] to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case file 164-81, Sub 679. Memo references prior memo dated 7/27/73 regarding subject Raymond Cooper…

FBI case file number header (Seattle field office file 164-81). Continuation of an FBI report concerning a citizen tip identifying RAYMOND COOPER from photos in the Grange News (2/26/73) and Wenatch…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated November 27, 1973, regarding NORJAK case with Seattle as office of origin. The Spokane FBI office received a letter dated November 7, 197…

Letter dated November 27, 1973 from J. E. Milnes, Special Agent in Charge of the Seattle FBI office, to a redacted individual in Soap Lake, Washington. Acknowledges receipt of the recipient's Novembe…

FBI memo dated 11/27/73 from SAC Seattle (file 164-81) regarding subject Raymond Cooper. The Spokane FBI office received a letter dated November 7, 1973 from a Washington resident who stated he had i…

Handwritten letter dated November 7, 1973 from a citizen in Washington (likely Spokane area) to the FBI Federal Building in Spokane, Washington. The writer offers information about the D.B. Cooper hi…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle dated 1/4/74 regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Handwritten sub-file references. Memo referenc…

FBI Airtel/Air Mail header dated 11/21/73 from SAC San Francisco (164-220) to SAC Minneapolis (164-73), subject NORJAC, regarding a suspect possibly hiding aboard aircraft. An unnamed individual fro…

File reference number and initials/typist code at top of page. A redacted source theorizes that a competent airline mechanic could have removed panels from the aircraft floor or restroom, allowing t…

FBI Facsimile Cover Sheet dated 1/28/02 from Seattle (SE) field office to FBI Headquarters (HQ). Routine precedence, Unclassified. Subject: SE 164-81 (D.B. Cooper case file). Six pages including cove…

FBI memo dated 3/4/74 from SAC Anchorage (164-59) to SAC Seattle (164-81) regarding NORJAK case. Encloses an investigative insert reflecting an interview with a redacted individual; based on physical…

FBI case file header with Seattle (SE) and Anchorage (AN) field office case numbers 164-81 and 164-59 respectively, with initials RVW-gal and page indicator 1. FBI Portland Division learned that a (…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel memorandum header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, referencing a prior Portland letter dated 11/19/73. Body of…

FBI investigative lead instructing the Anchorage office to locate and interview a redacted individual at Nome, Alaska, in care of another redacted person, as a suspect in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) cas…

FBI memo header addressed from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle, dated 11/28/73, regarding case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Investigation report by SA James H. Frazier in Anchorage. Interviews with…

FBI internal memo dated 11/19/73 from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK investigation. Documents information from Hertz Rent-A-Car at Portland International Airport about a possible suspec…

FBI case file number identifier (Portland field office, D.B. Cooper case file 164-41). Two redacted individuals were contacted by Hertz and had no information concerning a redacted subject who alleg…

FBI airtel dated 12/7/73 from SAC Indianapolis to Director, FBI regarding NORJAC case. Encloses FD-302s of interviews with Donald Ford and another redacted person. SA Terry L. Rudolph conducted inves…

FBI FD-302 interview report dated December 7, 1973, documenting an interview of Donald Fuller of Chesterfield, Indiana, conducted at Delco Remy in Anderson, Indiana on 12/3/73. Fuller stated he had a…

FD-302 interview report dated December 7, 1973, documenting an interview conducted on December 3, 1973 in Anderson, Indiana by SA Ferry L. Rudolph. The interviewee (name redacted) discussed someone a…

FBI teletype dated 11-29-73 from New Orleans field office to Director FBI, Indianapolis, and Seattle regarding NORJAC (D.B. Cooper) case. An individual (name redacted) appeared at Baton Rouge Residen…

Page two of a teletype/communication (file no. 164-136) describing a redacted source's account of a person who delivered newly manufactured jets from Wright-Patterson/North American Rockwell in Dayto…

FBI internal memo header addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Thomas J. Manning regarding NORJAK case, with redacted subject name. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wagter of Longview were interviewed regarding a reda…

FBI memo header from SAC Charlotte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated March 20, 1975. Handwritten file/sub references in upper right. Administrative section detailing two non-symbol source…

FBI investigation memo by Special Agent Charles A. McDougal documenting a February 4, 1975 interview with Robert B. Spivey, President of Lea Lumber Company in Windsor, NC. Spivey provided information…

Case file header with file number CE 164-101, initials CAM:rmi, and page number 2. SPIVEY's description of HARDEN's personality, mannerisms, accent, dress, and voice, noting HARDEN is a flying enthu…

FBI report (CE 164-101) detailing the military decorations and aviation training of an unnamed subject (likely Raleigh Harden), and an interview on March 13, 1975 with a redacted source in Aulander,…

FBI report excerpt from file CE 164-101 describing information from an unnamed source (redacted) about an individual named HARDEN. Notes HARDEN purchased mortgaged farm/wooded land near an airport, h…

FBI case file header with case number CE 164-101 and initials/identifiers. Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file reference. Dr. Benson reported on Feb 17, 1975 that a patient indicated Tom Wil…

FBI file/case reference header: case number CE 164-101, typist/initials CAM:rmi, page 2. Narrative report describing a man known as TOM WILSON who arrived in Gold Hill approximately two years prior,…

Case file header with file number CE 164-101, initials CAH:rmi, and page/serial number 3. An unnamed (redacted) individual stated that upon viewing sketches of COOPER, she immediately felt the resem…

FBI case file header with case number CE 164-101 and initials WH/bbp. Handwritten notations indicating sub-file references. Special Agent's investigation report from Salisbury, NC. On Feb 25, 1975,…

FBI case file header with case number CE 164-101, initials WH/bbp, and page number 2. Biographical data sheet for subject Thomas Alvin Wilson, white male born September 12, 1941 in Louisville, Kentu…

FBI Airtel dated 1/16/75 from SAC Norfolk to SAC Charlotte regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation. Reports a tip from a former U.S. Navy member who, after viewing an artist's comp…

FBI file/case identifier for Norfolk field office. An informant at Suffolk Airport viewed the artist's conception of DAN COOPER and indicated it resembled an individual known as HARDEN (phonetic), a…

FBI memorandum dated 11/19/74 from SAC Seattle to SAC Norfolk regarding NORJAK case. Seattle requests Norfolk to forward results of investigation (re: an unsub flying instructor at Norfolk, Sub 684)…

FBI teletype transmission header dated December 3, 1973, sent via NITEL teletype in plaintext. Routing block addressing the FBI Director and SACs in Seattle and Norfolk from SAC New Orleans, regardi…

FBI internal memorandum dated 2/25/74 from an SA to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Reports that records from the Sunnyside Washington Credit Bureau showed a redacted in…

Header of FBI memorandum dated February 28, 1974, addressed to SAC Seattle (file 164-81) from SA Richard Avery Dyer regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Thomas H. Bowen of Camas, Washin…

Header of an FBI internal communication addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 2/11/74, regarding NORJAK case with Seattle as office of origin. References a prior Portland letter (12/10/73) an…

Memo addressed to SAC Seattle (file 164-81) dated 12/28/73 from a redacted Special Agent regarding NORJAK case. References a Portland letter to Seattle dated 12/10/73 and encloses a copy of the refer…

FBI memo dated 12/10/73 from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports that on 12/5/73, Thomas H. Bowen of Camas, Washington telephoned the Portland office to report that he saw the…

FBI Portland field office case file number reference. Memo notes that an individual (name redacted) contacted the FBI because someone resembled a photograph of D. B. Cooper and exhibited casualness…

FBI memo header from SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 1/30/74, regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking codename), office of origin Seattle. On 1/22/74, David 'Sam' Clark, former Mason County She…

Continuation page (page 2) of an FBI memo under file SE 164-81. Reports that on 1/23/74, CLARK (SUPRA) telephonically advised he was unable to locate the newspaper article about a bank burglary and h…

Header of an FBI memo addressed to SAC (Special Agent in Charge), Seattle, file number 164-81, dated December 17, 1973. The originating Special Agent's name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. The c…

Letter to Stan Pitkin, U.S. Attorney in Tacoma, WA, from a man identifying himself as Sam [last name illegible], former Mason County Sheriff. He recalls a bank robbery in the early 1960s in a small t…

Standard US Attorney letterhead instruction block with reference initials 'LBF:lf'. Letterhead identifying the sender as the US Attorney, Western District of Washington, dated November 26, 1973. Ha…

FBI inter-office memo dated 2/4/74 from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle (with copy to Portland) regarding NORJAK case. Encloses two copies of an FD-302 interview report (interviewee redacted) for Se…

FD-302 interview report dated 1/15/74 documenting an interview conducted on 1/7/74 in Campbell, California by SA Adrian D. Coulter. The interviewee (redacted) reported that he had written a letter to…

Handwritten letter to Portland Police Department dated NOV 23, from an anonymous witness (name redacted) describing a man seen on a Greyhound bus traveling south from Seattle. Witness describes the m…

FBI memo dated 12/5/73 from SAC Portland (file 164-41) to SAC San Francisco regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a letter received 11/27/73 by Portland Police Department from a redacted individual in Camp…

FBI Portland field office case file number header. Report describing investigation into a registration at James John Grade School in Portland. On 2/4/74, a school employee advised SA Ralph P. Himmel…

FBI airtel dated 1/21/74 from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Subject line changed to reflect correct spelling of suspect's name (redacted). Reports investigation by SA LeRoy R. El…

FBI Portland field office case file number for the NORJAK investigation. Investigative report from a redacted Oregon location. On 1/18/74, Bill Hillstrom of Hillstrom Shipbuilding Company stated he…

FBI airtel dated 12/14/73 from SAC Seattle (164-81) to SAC Portland (164-41) regarding NORJAK case. Reports a 11/28/73 telephone tip from a Seattle, Washington woman who suspects an individual (name…

Handwritten case file annotation with sub-file reference and case number Standard FBI Seattle field office processing/filing stamp with checkmarks for serialized and filed status Bates/document con…

FBI insert for file 164-81 documenting interviews related to a D.B. Cooper rumor. On 1-4-74, a redacted woman from Amboy, WA was interviewed and stated she heard a person at a Yacolt, WA pre-Christma…

FBI memo header addressed to Special Agent in Charge, Seattle field office, dated December 17, 1973, regarding the NORJAK case file with Seattle as the office of origin. On 12/13/73, an unidentified…

FBI memo dated 2/19/74 from SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK investigation of suspect Dan/Danny Cartan. Reports negative checks with Seattle Police, King County Dept of Public Safety, and Seattle Credit…

Continuation page of FBI memo concluding that no further investigation will be conducted regarding subject CARTAN due to height discrepancy (CARTAN being 5'9" while the unknown subject was approximat…

FBI Seattle memo dated 1/2/74 in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, providing biographical information on DANNY (NMN) CARTAN obtained from review of his Boeing personnel file on December 20, 197…

FBI Seattle field office file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (NORJAK case file). Personal background section listing CARTAN's marital status, wife's name, professional acquaintances, and c…

FBI Seattle field office case file number. Details concerning Danny Cartan's residence at 14255 Southeast 41st Street in Bellevue, Washington. Lists two registered vehicles (1965 Chevrolet Impala li…

Header of FBI memo addressed to Special Agent in Charge, Seattle field office, file number 164-81, dated 12/17/73, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Report on suspect Dan Cartan: On…

Airtel from SAC Charlotte to SAC Seattle dated 12/17/73 regarding the NORJAK investigation. Encloses two copies of investigative insert. Information from Charlotte Office concerns possible likeness b…

FBI case file number reference (Charlotte field office case 164-101). Continuation of FBI investigative report. An agent (name redacted) reviewed a recent photograph of a subject's son and was famil…

FBI investigative report (file CE 164-101) documenting follow-up on a tip that the artist's sketch of the D.B. Cooper skyjacker resembled William Andrew Peacock from Duplin County, NC. Sheriff T.E. R…

FBI file header showing case number CE 164-101, typist initials IRC/bbp, and page number 2. Mrs. Fred (Ruby Ellers) Revelle, mother of William Andrew Peacock, provided information about her son. He…

FBI memo dated 12/28/73 from SA James A. Girard to SAC Seattle (case 164-81, NORJAK) reporting that on 12/13/73 a contact at Hunt & Mottet Company (2112 Pacific Avenue) suggested a suspect in the D.B…

FBI report page (file SE 164-81) describing a subject (name redacted): late 30s/early 40s, ~5'8", 160 lbs, sandy brown hair, non-smoker, doesn't drink coffee, soft-spoken, intelligent, described as a…

FBI memo dated 8/19/74 from SAC Seattle (NORJAK case 164-81) reporting that Tumwater PD had no record of the subject (8/7/74), and Detective Ron Shultz of Olympia PD reported on 8/19/74 that his offi…

Date of the airtel communication. FBI airtel/airmail header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper investigation), with file numbers 164-81 (Seattle) and 164-41 (Portlan…

FBI airtel header dated 6/27/74 from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle, subject NORJAK (the FBI's case name for the D.B. Cooper hijacking). Memo body reports that on 6/25/74, B. J. SNITKER of the Oregon P…

Background note on a redacted suspect: he is a suspect in a September 1973 incident in Spokane, Washington. A Lane County, Oregon, Circuit Court Bench Warrant was issued for a probation violation. SN…

FBI airtel dated 6/4/74 from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Reports a redacted suspect who allegedly spent large sums of money in Tumwater, Washington and reportedly resembles the…

FBI Seattle field office case file number Interview summary: On April 25, 1974, Mrs. Lorene Low of 5526 Walnut Street, Spokane, Washington advised she had no idea where the subject was. She believed…

FBI memo dated 4/30/74 from SA Donald H. Head to SAC Seattle on the NORJAK case, summarizing 4/25/74 interviews in Spokane: a Spokane PD detective and Mrs. Lorene Low (employed at Scollard's Cleaners…

FBI Seattle memo dated April 11, 1974 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, file 164-81. The memo notes a name change for a subject and references an earlier memo by SA Donald H. Head dat…

FBI investigative report (file SE 164-81) describing a subject identified as a 40-45 year old white male wanted in Spokane, Washington for forgery. Mrs. Hodsden provided a description; Detective Ron…

Internal FBI memo dated March 4, 1974 from SA Donald H. Head (Seattle SAC, file 164-81) regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. References a 2/5/74 lead at Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane…

Standard FBI memorandum header dated February 5, 1974, addressed to SAC Seattle on case file 164-81, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Sender SA name and RE subject are redacted. Invest…

FBI case file number for Seattle field office, D.B. Cooper investigation (NORJAK). Investigative narrative reporting that on January 29, 1974, Tumwater, WA PD had no records on a redacted subject. T…

Memo header addressed to SAC, Seattle from SA Robert H. Wick, dated 2/4/74, regarding an unknown subject (UNSUB) with redacted aka. Memo describes information from a retired source at Hotel Olympian…

FBI memo dated 12/28/73 from Seattle field office (case 164-81, NORJAK) reporting that on 12/27/73 two residents of Tumwater, Washington appeared at the Olympia Resident Agency and stated they believ…

FBI Seattle memo dated 2/15/74 in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. On 1/14/74 an unnamed person from Federal Way, WA was contacted and suggested another individual (also from Federal Way, white male, 6…

FBI memo dated 1/12/74 from SA John M. Fliege to SAC Seattle (file 164-81, NORJAK case). Reports that on 1/11/74, an unidentified caller from Federal Way, Washington telephoned to say he had read an…

FBI internal communication from Director, FBI (164-2111) to SAC Tampa (164-110) dated January 21, 1974, acknowledging receipt of photograph(s) per Tampa's communication of 1/9/74 regarding the D.B. C…

FBI memorandum dated 1/9/74 from SAC Tampa to Director FBI (Attn: FBI Laboratory) regarding the D.B. Cooper / Dan Cooper hijacking case. Tampa office encloses two photographs of a possible subject. O…

FBI investigative report (file TP 164-110) documenting a witness interview about a person of interest in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. The witness recounts hearing about the subject through a mutua…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Richard Avery Dyer dated February 8, 1974, regarding NORJAK case, originating office Seattle. Handwritten annot…

FBI memo dated 1/16/74 from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a photograph of suspect Bradley Daniel Faye Quast. Reports that on 12/6/73, Derl Wayne Parsons of Salem, Oregon…

FBI Portland field office case file number. Continuation of an FBI investigative report. PARSONS describes suspect QUAST as quiet, a loner, methodical, and a shady character. On 12/18/73, Mrs. D. W.…

FBI memo dated 12/13/74 from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. References a prior Seattle letter dated 11/22/74. Reports that on 6/26/74, photographs of a r…

FBI memo dated November 22, 1974, from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver regarding NORJAK case. Seattle notes that during a file review, it was found that results of investigation referenced in a Denver lett…

FBI memo header from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle dated 1/25/74, referencing the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking) and a prior Denver airtel of 1/18/74. Denver FBI office received a letter postmarked…

Narrative reporting that an unidentified subject (redacted) connected to Beaver-Mesa Exploration Co. in Denver, formerly affiliated with Continental Oil Co. in Casper, Wyoming, and traveling in the n…

FBI memo dated 3/27/74 from SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Dallas encloses two copies of an investigative insert about Richard F. Schwandt. Since Schwandt does not appear simila…

FBI file/case header identifiers for Dallas (DL) and Seattle (SE) field offices, both under case number 164. Handwritten sub-file annotation 'Sub 700'. Interview conducted on Feb 13, 1974 with a re…

FBI case file numbers (Dallas and Seattle field offices) with page number 2. Continuation of a paragraph listing identification numbers and Schwandt's arrest history (drunk and disorderly in 1968, p…

FBI memo dated 1/23/74 from SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK investigation. Documents an anonymous tip received 1/10/74 at the Fort Worth RA, in which the caller suggested that Richard F. S…

Standard FBI internal memorandum header to SAC Seattle from SA Donald H. Head regarding case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated January 30, 1974. On 1/22/74, an informant from Spokane, WA telephonical…

Standard FBI memorandum header from SA Alfred G. Gunn to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case file 164-81-6098, dated April 19, 1974. On 2/21/74, an employee of Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company…

FD-302 documenting an April 4, 1974 telephone interview of a redacted subject in Custer, Washington. The subject states he definitely recalls the D.B. Cooper hijacking, having heard it on the radio w…

FD-302 dated 4/12/74 documenting an interview conducted on 4/4/74 in Custer, Washington by SA Alfred G. Gunn. The redacted subject(s) discuss their employment/military history (U.S. Navy, then U.S. A…

Vehicle registration / NCIC-style query record for a 1970 Ford Maverick 2-door, with reference to Ferndale, WA, Whidbey Island, and Oak Harbor, WA. Owner information is redacted under b6/b7C exemptio…

FBI memo dated 2/1/74 from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle (164-81) regarding NORJAK case. Reports that on 1/29/74, Gordon Friang (former FBI SA, now with Northwest Bell Telephone Security) rela…

FBI memorandum dated 3/27/74 from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle reporting investigation of possible NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) suspect Richard P. Dresp of La Crescenta, California. Dresp was contacted at…

Continuation of an FBI memo (page 2) under file LA 164-497 stating that DRESP does not warrant further investigation; the only basis for connection was a redacted individual in Ogden, Utah who though…

FBI airtel header dated 2/4/74 from SAC Salt Lake City to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case file), with handwritten 'Sub 703' notation. An informant from Ogden, Utah reports on 1/31/74…

Case file number identifier (SU 164-24). Investigative leads section directing the Los Angeles office to attempt identification of an individual named DRESE through public records or Post Office emp…

FBI FD-302 interview report dated 2/8/74 documenting the 2/7/74 interview of Donald Lee Tompkins (DOB 11/24/1930, Salem, OR) at the Edgewater Hyatt House Motel in Oakland, CA. Tompkins explained he w…

Page header with file number SF 164-220 and initials DRE/vmd; page 2. Biographical/background data on an unnamed subject (a D.B. Cooper suspect): FAA Flight Certificate #1551668, no military service…

Routing header identifying SAC Seattle and SAC San Francisco offices, with NORJAK case designation and Seattle as Office of Origin. Date stamp/handwritten date and handwritten notation 'Sub 704'. F…

FBI San Francisco file reference number 164-220 with initials DRE:tms (likely dictating agent and typist). Continuation of investigative memo. Vehicle registration of a 1968 Buick with Oregon licens…

FBI internal memorandum dated 5-15-78 from SAC El Paso to SAC Seattle, transmitting 2 FD-302 enclosures under the File Destruction Program, indicating Seattle was Office of Origin (OO) at the time El…

FBI FD-302 interview report dated January 3, 1974, documenting an interview conducted on December 27, 1973, by SA Eugene P. Turtle, Jr. The interviewee (name redacted) reports suspicions about a Staf…

FBI report (file EP 164-52) describing post-leave behavioral changes of Staff Sergeant BRINKLEY: alleged large bank deposit ($20,000 or $50,000), cash-only purchases, new weekend trips, and obsessive…

FBI case file number identifier in the upper-left corner of the page. An informant (name redacted) reports suspicions about Staff Sergeant BRINKLEY, allegedly assigned to an infantry unit (first of…

FBI case file number from El Paso (EP) field office, file 164-52. Physical description entries for an individual named BRINKLEY, including scars (from a Vietnam wound and at the bottom of his ribcag…

FBI memo dated 4/17/74 from SA John R. Kellison to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Reports findings on Staff Sergeant Harley Compton Brinkley Jr.'s military assignments…

FBI memorandum header dated 2/19/74, addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Subject line shows 'BRINKLEY' written over a struck-through name. Handwritte…

FBI Seattle field office case file number for BRINKLEY investigation. Physical description entry noting BRINKLEY's complexion is normal but becomes ruddy during field maneuvers; a redacted source th…

FBI memo dated 1/7/74 from SAC El Paso to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation. Encloses nine copies of FD-302 documenting an interview conducted 12/27/73 with a redacte…

FD-302 interview report dated January 3, 1974, documenting a 12/27/73 interview by SA Eugene P. Turtle, Jr. in El Paso. The interviewee (redacted) reports suspicion that a Staff Sergeant BRINKLEY may…

Page 2 of FBI report (file EP 164-52) summarizing an informant's account of Sergeant BRINKLEY, a person of interest in the D.B. Cooper hijacking. After returning from leave, BRINKLEY allegedly had a…

Case file number and page number heading. An informant (name redacted) reports suspicions about an individual named BRINKLEY, an Acting First Sergeant in an infantry unit, suspecting him of being D.…

FBI case file number EP 164-52, page/section 4 Physical description entries for an individual (BRINKLEY) describing scars from a Vietnam wound and a scar at the bottom of the ribcage, plus complexio…

FBI memo dated 4/6/74 from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Reports on station log verification at a Longview, Washington location confirming an u…

FBI memo dated 3/22/74 from SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Documents an interview conducted on 3/18/74 with an unnamed person in Seattle who described an employee's wor…

Airtel/air mail memo dated 1/11/74 from SAC San Francisco (164-220) to SAC Seattle (164-81) on the NORJAK case. Encloses two FD-302s with two copies each, reflecting interviews conducted at Pleasant…

FD-302 FBI interview report dated 1/7/74 (interview conducted 1/2/74 at Pleasant Hill, California) documenting an interview with a redacted subject at the Police Department. The interviewee, employed…

FD-302 dated 1/11/74 documenting an interview conducted 1/10/74 at the Pleasant Hill Police Department, Pleasant Hill, California. An unidentified subject (name redacted) residing in Concord, Califor…

FBI internal memo dated 2/15/74 from SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. References a San Francisco airtel from 1/11/74 about a suspect. A 1/16/74 Washington State DMV check…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for case 1:16-cv-01790-03, listing 71 deleted pages and the reason each was withheld. Reasons include FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, and b7D (privacy/law enforceme…

List of pages identified as duplicates: 256, 273, 274, and 306. Standard FBI FOIA deleted page placeholder notice indicating duplicate pages have been removed and no duplication fee is charged for t…

Header of an FBI memo dated 5/24/74 from SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), Office of Origin: Seattle. Special Agent name and reference subject are redacted under b6/b7C exempt…

FBI Seattle field office form letter dated May 20, 1974, requesting information from a redacted recipient in Seattle, Washington, with an option for issuing a subpoena duces tecum. The specific infor…

FBI internal memo dated March 15, 1974, from SAC Seattle (case 164-81) regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation. Documents a telephone contact from a confidential source in Seattle,…

FBI memo dated March 27, 1974 from SAC office regarding NORJAK case (Seattle origin). Reports that on January 31, 1974, an unnamed person in Everett, Washington advised that someone may be identical…

FBI memo dated January 4, 1974 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. A redacted source from Everett, Washington telephoned on January 3, 1974 to report a suspect they believe is identical…

Header of an FBI airtel/airmail communication dated 9/30/74 from SAC Seattle to the Director of the FBI regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. Handwritten annotation requesting the docum…

FBI case file number identifier. An informant stated that VERTREES claimed D.B. Cooper was picked up after parachuting from the aircraft and taken to Seattle, where Vertrees met him at the Cove Inn…

FBI case file number SE 164-81 with physical description of a redacted subject: 6 feet tall, 190 pounds, approximately 39 years old, address redacted in Seattle, Washington. Narrative recommending a…

FBI Record Request form (FD-125) requesting a criminal 'rap sheet' and all background on a subject named Carolyn F., file number 164-81. Subject is described as male, 6'1", 180-205 lbs, black hair, b…

A faint, blurred stamp or marking is visible in the upper right portion of the page, but the text is not legible. FOIA privacy exemption codes indicating redactions on this page or related pages. B…

FBI Seattle internal memo dated 2/13/75 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. States that a lie detector test administered at Seattle, Washington on November 5, 1974, indicated a redacted…

FBI memorandum header from SAC, Seattle to Director, FBI (Attention: FBI Laboratory, Polygraph Unit) dated 12/12/74. Subject and identifying details are redacted. Office of Origin: Seattle. Memo ref…

FBI redaction exemption codes listed in the upper right margin, indicating personal privacy and law enforcement related withholdings. Large redacted text block at the top of the page with content wi…

Fully redacted text block at top of page with FOIA exemption codes b6, b7C, b7D, b7E noted in right margin. Partial sentence indicating further analysis of Series II, with the remainder of the parag…

Small redacted box at top left of page with FBI redaction codes b6, b7C, b7D, b7E listed in right margin. Large redacted text block of unknown content. Section labeled 'Series III' with redacted co…

A heavily redacted page from an FBI report. The visible content includes a partial sentence beginning 'On the basis of Series V,' followed by a redacted section, then a 'CONCLUSION' heading with the…

Continuation of an FBI memo/communication noting that the original polygraph questions will not be resubmitted because they are already set forth in this communication. Five polygraph charts are encl…

FBI airtel from the Director (FBI) to SAC, Seattle dated 10/8/74 regarding NORJAK case. Bureau grants authority for a polygraph examination of a redacted subject, to be conducted by a redacted Specia…

FBI internal memo header to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 10/3/74, regarding NORJAK case with Seattle as office of origin. On 10/1/74, attorney Barbara Durham of Lyon Building, Seattle, advised th…

FBI airtel dated 9/4/74 from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports that on 7/24/74, SAC C. Robert Stranger reviewed LACSO and LAPD records but found no identifiable records ma…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. On 8/27/74, an unidentified woman (redacted) was contacted by telephone. She stated she became acquainted with former Los Angeles Dodgers baseb…

Page 3 of FBI report (file LA 164-497) summarizing interviews regarding a subject connected to LOU JOHNSON, a former baseball player believed to live in Seattle since approximately 1970. Includes int…

FBI report (page 4) under file LA 164-497 documenting a 9/3/74 interview with an unnamed Los Angeles business owner (apparently surnamed KEYSER) who was acquainted with former Dodgers baseball player…

Page 5 of an FBI report (file LA 164-497) summarizing an interview with a redacted subject (likely an auto shop owner/mechanic) about a person named JOHNSON. The subject describes work done on a 1970…

FBI airtel dated 7/22/74 from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Encloses an FD-302 from a 6/11/74 interview. Reports that on 6/13/74, Seattle Attorney B…

FBI Seattle memo dated 7/3/74 from SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Documents that on 6/13/74, Seattle attorney Barbara Durham advised that an unnamed party (redacted) had stated to her about a con…

FBI FD-302 documenting a 6/11/74 interview in Seattle, WA of an unnamed individual (with attorney Barbara Durham present) who provided information on the D.B. Cooper case. The informant described bei…

FBI report (page 2) under file SE 164-81 documenting an informant's statements about JOHN VERTREES allegedly picking up D. B. COOPER after he parachuted, taking him from the Cove Inn to the Edgewater…

FBI memo dated 5/20/74 from SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports on attempts to contact Barbara Durham, lists her work and home phone numbers, and references a 5/16/74 contact and dictation to…

FBI internal memo dated 4/26/74 from SAC Seattle (file 164-81, NORJAK case) regarding an informant. References a 4/19/74 contact with a person in Washington who advised that her records do not reflec…

FBI memorandum dated 4/11/74 to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. A USP (United States Penitentiary) official stated their records do not reflect a [redacted name] presently or recently assigned as…

FBI memo dated April 5, 1974 from/to SAC J. E. Milnes regarding NORJAK case (file 164-81). References an attached affidavit dated November 12, 1973 and a transcription of a recorded conversation invo…

A sworn affidavit dated November 12, 1973, in which an unnamed (redacted) male affiant attests under oath that he has listened to a recording of his conversation made that same day in the law offices…

FBI memorandum dated 9/12/74 from SAC Newark to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Reports an attempted contact in Cherry Hill, NJ on 8/20/74 with negative results, and a follo…

FBI memo dated 8/29/74 from SAC Honolulu to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Honolulu reports it is closing its inquiry (RUC - Referred Upon Completion) and will not purs…

FBI memorandum dated 7/30/74 from SAC Newark (164-196) to SAC Seattle (164-81) regarding NORJAK case. Encloses four copies of a photograph taken by Atlantic City, NJ Police Department of an unnamed s…

Page 2 of an FBI Newark (NK) field office report, file 164-196. Describes a subject (name redacted) who is a white male, 5'8", 155 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes, dark complexion, employed at City El…

FBI memo dated 7-30-74 from SAC St. Louis (164-63) to SAC Seattle (164-81) regarding NORJAK case. Encloses one photograph from October 1971 and nine copies of an FD-302 documenting interview of a red…

FD-302 FBI interview report dated 7/10/74 documenting an interview conducted on 7/5/74 in Ellisville, Missouri by SA John N. Campbell. Subject (name redacted) describes employment history with Robert…

FBI memo dated 7/26/74 from SAC Philadelphia to SAC Newark regarding NORJAK case. Reports on 7/18/74 investigation at City Electric Supply Company, 2055 Orthodox Street, Philadelphia, where attempt w…

FBI memo dated 7/18/74 from SAC San Francisco (164-220) to SAC Seattle (164-81) regarding the NORJAK case. San Francisco encloses a driver's license photograph of a suspect (name redacted) located in…

FBI Form FD-9 (Identification Record Request) dated 6/21/74 from Newark field office, regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), requesting identification record on a male/white subject from Cher…

Blank/redacted FBI Identification Record form (Form 1-4, Rev. 1-26-67) from the FBI Identification Division, dated 7-5-74. The subject's name, FBI number, and record details are entirely redacted und…

FBI memorandum dated 6/24/74 from SAC Newark to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports on attempts to contact Mrs. Sarah H. Vogel at Landmark Apartments in Cherry Hill, NJ. A confidential source…

Continuation of FBI report (file NK 164-196). Describes a phone call from someone in Pa. to the Camden Resident Agency about Mrs. VOGEL, a U.S. Customs Office employee in Philadelphia who was upset a…

Date of communication and redaction markers FBI airtel header indicating transmission from SAC Seattle to SAC Newark regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, with Seattle as office of origi…

FBI memo dated 3/29/74 from SAC Philadelphia to SAC Newark (with copy to Seattle) regarding NORJAK case. Encloses xerox copies of an anonymous letter received 3/12/74 by Philadelphia concerning an un…

Letter dated March 11, 1974 from an unnamed correspondent to the FBI, reporting a tip about a man (name redacted) who was once suspected of being a skyjacker and is now living on the West Coast. The…

FBI internal memorandum dated 2/19/75 from a Seattle SA to SAC Seattle (file 164-81) regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation). The memo summarizes a review of a Boeing Aircraft Corporat…

FBI memo dated July 3, 1974, addressed to SAC Seattle (case file 164-81) regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). References a prior memo from 6/7/74. Reports that on May 23, 1974, an unnamed c…

Internal FBI memo from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle dated 6/7/74 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Notes that on May 24, 1974, the DMV in Olympia, Washington provided a driver's l…

FBI memo dated 5/16/74 to SAC Seattle from case file 164-81 (NORJAK) reporting on investigation in Bremerton, Washington of an unnamed (redacted) subject. The subject lives in Bremerton with mail del…

FBI memo dated April 12, 1974 from SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case file 164-81. On 4/4/74, an informant in Seattle advised that a redacted individual should be considered a suspect. T…

FBI memo dated 3/28/74 from Seattle field office regarding NORJAK case. An informant called on 3/25/74 to suggest a suspect who reportedly worked at Boeing Vandenberg Air Force Base Field for Boeing.…

FBI memo dated 6/13/74 from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Edwin George 'Mack' Cooper. Investigation identified Cooper as Portland resident employed as Multnomah County appraise…

FBI memo dated 4/5/74 from SAC Sacramento to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a 4/3/74 letter from James M. Woodside, Sr., who suspects Edwin G. (Mac) Cooper of Portland, Oregon as possib…

Letter dated April 3, 1974 from James M. Woodside Sr. of Carmichael, CA to the Federal Building in Sacramento, presenting an attachment at the request of United Air Lines. Woodside identifies himself…

FBI Seattle field office filing/routing stamp with case file number 164-81-6 and sub-file notation. Standard administrative markings indicating searched, indexed, serialized, and filed status. Remain…

A narrative biographical account of Edwin G. "Mac" Cooper, a former U.S. Air Force Lieutenant from Seattle who was stationed at Portland Air Base. The account details his career as a bartender/part-o…

Page 2 of a memo/letter from an informant providing background on Otto Houdek (a former Air Force crew member, bachelor, OSU graduate, former Greshem high school teacher) and Mac Cooper (a pilot/para…

Handwritten investigative notes referencing a source and a suspect. Mentions a Mr. Powell described as a bus driver living at 805 S 112th, a suspect living at a redacted address on Polk Dr (described…

Header of an FBI memorandum dated 2/13/75 from an SA (name redacted) to SAC, Seattle, regarding case file 164-81 (NORJAK), Office of Origin: Seattle. References a prior memo of 1/9/75. Reports that…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated January 9, 1975, regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Investigative memo reporting that on 1/6/75, an unidentified woman…

FBI Seattle field office memorandum dated June 26, 1974, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Documents efforts to interview Harley V. Powell and Emmett Fearing as neighbors of an uniden…

FBI case file number for Seattle field office. Account from Mr. HARMON regarding a property in South Tacoma, Washington that was purchased by Marion Porter. The previous owner now resides in Elsinor…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated April 9, 1974, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC San Francisco to SAC Sacramento regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case).…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, transmission type, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype/communication regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (San Francisco…

Teletype dated April 10, 1974, from FBI Sacramento to Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior San Francisco nitel of April 9, 1974. A Technical Sergeant in Fairfield, Cal…

Page two of a teletype reporting a possible D.B. Cooper suspect: an ex-paratrooper neighbor who moved to Puerto Rico 1-2 weeks after the hijacking, sold his furniture cheaply, and was described as a…

Rough draft insert for FBI file 164-81 documenting that records of FMC Corporation in Vancouver, Washington were reviewed on 4-15-74 by personnel officer Ted Aernie, confirming a redacted individual…

FBI memorandum dated 1/31/74 from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Reports that on 12/27/73 at 4:43 p.m., a source in a position to know telephonically contacted the P…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated April 12, 1974, regarding NORJAK case and source Ethel Schneider. Memo notes title correction from ETHYL SNYDER to ETHEL SCHNEIDER. On Ap…

Header of an FBI memo to SAC Seattle dated 2/27/74, file number 164-81, regarding NORJAK case and Source Ethyl Snyder. Ethyl Snyder reports that approximately 2.5 years ago (just prior to the NORJAK…

Memo from FBI Legal Attache (Legat) in Mexico City to FBI Director dated 12-12-74 in the NORJAK case. Encloses four copies of a Mexico City letter dated 7-31-74 setting forth results of a [redacted]…

Routing header of an FBI memo dated 7/31/74 from Legal Attache Mexico City to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Memo references a 2/28/74 New York…

Case file reference number for the FBI Mexico City field office regarding the D.B. Cooper investigation. Report describing a 6/26/74 interview with a witness (redacted name) accompanied by an employ…

Memo dated 11/20/74 from SAC Seattle to Director, FBI regarding NORJAK case (164-81). References a Bureau nitel of 4/12/74 about plans to interview a redacted individual during the next liaison trip…

Teletype dated April 18, 1974, 8:35 PM NITEL from Seattle FBI office to Director, FBI regarding NORJAK case. Reports results of checks on a redacted subject: criminal checks at Seattle negative; Seat…

FBI teletype from Director to Seattle field office dated 4/12/74, regarding NORJAK case. References a New York letter dated February 28, 1974 about a redacted subject in San Jose, Costa Rica. Legal A…

FBI Routing Slip (Form 0-7, Rev. 12-17-73) dated March 8, 1974, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation). Routed to SAC Seattle (circled) and New York City (checked). Remarks i…

FBI memorandum dated 2/28/1974 from SAC New York to Director FBI, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Forwards a letter from a subject (name redacted) in San Jose, Costa Rica that was originally…

Handwritten letter from a citizen in San Jose, Costa Rica, addressed to TIME magazine. The writer claims to have seen D.B. Cooper in San Jose, Costa Rica approximately 4 months prior to writing. The…

FBI Seattle memo dated 5/15/74 in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation. Reports that on April 29, 1974, an unidentified Bremerton Police Department source advised they had an arrest recor…

FBI case file number header for Seattle field office, case 164-81 (likely the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case file). Continuation paragraph (page -2-) of an FBI report. References the subject having travele…

FBI Seattle memo dated 4/24/74 in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case file 164-81, documenting investigation of a teletype sent on 3/31/74 from Federal Way, Washington to the Bureau. Western Union investig…

Continuation page of an FBI memo (file SE 164-81) noting that enclosed for resident agents handling leads at Bremerton and Tacoma are one copy of the referenced communication and one copy of the tele…

FBI airtel dated 4/1/74 from the Director, FBI to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Encloses two Xerox copies of a self-explanatory telegram dated 3/31/74 received at FBIHQ from an uni…

Teletype message dated 03/31/74 from a sender in Federal Way, WA (name redacted) addressed to the Chief of the FBI in Washington, DC, providing a tip in connection with the D.B. Cooper / anti-hijacki…

Internal FBI memo dated 4/25/74 from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, transmitting items related to a possible suspect Douglas Blaine Schneider, including DMV in…

FBI investigation report from Yuba City, California, dated April 10, 1974. An unnamed informant (redacted under b6/b7C) contacted the FBI to report a possible D.B. Cooper suspect: Douglas B. Schneide…

CLETS (California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System) query header for Douglas B. Schneider of Walnut Creek. California DMV driver license cross-reference card for Douglas Blaine Schneider, D…

Standard U.S. Government Memorandum form header. Memo from SA (redacted) to SAC Seattle on the NORJAK case regarding Doyle E. Fields (Sub 719). Notes that Fields is 5'7" with DOB 9/21/32 and does no…

FBI memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle dated 12/11/74 regarding NORJAK case, file 164-81 sub 719. Report on LAPD inquiries: Lt. Fred Neuhaus does not recall a 1969 unsolved armed…

FBI memo dated 12/6/74 from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle in NORJAK case, enclosing photo of California Driver's License H233613 bearing photograph of Doyle E. Fields, plus two copies of an investiga…

File/case header with file number SC 164-50 and dictation initials RJA/dlo. Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file or serial number 'Sub 719'. Investigative insert reporting that on 11/27/1974…

FBI memo dated 11/19/74 from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK subject Doyle Field (aka Dole Fields), Sub 719. References a prior LA letter to San Diego dated 8/27/74, encloses copy for…

FBI memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC San Diego dated 8/27/74, subject NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. Investigation by SA at Los Angeles regarding suspect Doyle Field aka Dole Fields.…

FBI investigative report (page 2 of file LA 164-497) documenting interviews and record checks regarding the television series 'Rip Cord' and a person named DOLE/DOYLE FIELDS. Sources interviewed on 6…

FBI memo (case LA 164-497) outlining investigative leads regarding subject DOYLE FIELDS, an accomplished parachutist born 9/21/32. Sacramento office is to obtain driver's license photocopy (H0233613)…

FBI memo from SAC San Diego to SAC Los Angeles dated 6/28/74 regarding NORJAK case. Reports that contact has been maintained with a redacted source but no additional information has been furnished to…

Header of an FBI airtel airmail memo dated 5/9/74 from SAC San Diego (164-91) to SAC Los Angeles (164-497) regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten annotation 'Sub 719' appears at upper right. On 5/7/…

Page 2 of FBI report file SD 164-91. An informant (name redacted) provides information about a subject named FIELDS, alleging FIELDS may be responsible for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking. Informa…

FBI case file number reference, San Diego field office file 164-91. An informant (redacted under b7D/b7E confidential source exemptions) reports on the residence and whereabouts of a subject named F…

FBI file reference number for San Diego field office. Investigative directives concerning subject FIELDS: contact Actors Guild/labor unions in LA to identify him as a stunt man, obtain photograph an…

FBI airtel memo dated 9/30/74 from SAC Seattle to Director, FBI regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports on 6/11/74 interview of an informant (name redacted) with attorney Barbara Durham pres…

Standard FBI memorandum header from SA John A. Drake to SAC Seattle, dated 6/21/74, regarding NORJAK case file 164-81. Memo references prior 5/23/74 Manning memo. On 6/11/74, Donald E. Booth, owner…

FBI memo dated 5/23/74 from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, file 164-81 (NORJAK). A caller from Longview, Washington reported meeting an individual in Eastern Washington who allegedly spent the…

Memo dated 7/29/74 from SAC Dallas (164-191)(RUC) to SAC Seattle (164-81) regarding NORJAK case. References prior Dallas airtel to New Orleans (5/29/74) and New Orleans letter to Dallas (6/14/74). St…

FBI memo dated 6/14/74 from SAC New Orleans to SAC Dallas regarding NORJAK investigation. Documents interviews conducted between 6/5/74 and 6/13/74 with FAA personnel, Pan Am Corporation employees, a…

FBI AIRTEL dated 5/29/74 from SAC Dallas to SAC New Orleans regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Reports that on 5/26/74 a Dallas SA conversed with a person from Wackenhut Security in Dallas, who had…

FBI internal memorandum dated 6/10/74 from SAC Seattle (NORJAK case file 164-81) reporting on a 5/22/74 surveillance at a Mountlake Terrace, Washington residence. Two vehicles were observed; Washingt…

Driver's license/identification record fragment from FBI Seattle showing physical description (brown eyes, 140 lbs, 5'8") with Mountlake Terrace address and Olympia (Washington state) license referen…

FBI memorandum dated 5/19/74 from an SPC to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports a phone tip received 5/18/74 at 9:25 PM from a Mountlake Terrace, WA resident who advised that a neighbor (LNU -…

FBI Seattle memo dated 12/5/74 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Reports on a check with the Washington State Department of Motor Vehicles for an unidentified subject from Cheney, Was…

FBI Seattle memo dated 6/14/74 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. On 6/7/74, an unnamed source from Richland, Washington advised that an unnamed individual resembles and matches the de…

Airtel memo dated 6/12/74 from SAC Tampa to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, NWA Flight 305, 11/24/71). Tampa office reports that during an indices check on…

FBI memo dated 6/20/74 from SAC Baltimore to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Reports that on 2/4/74 a Westminster, Maryland police officer picked up a hitchhiker (white…

FBI memo dated 6/24/74 from SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. References a Minneapolis teletype dated 5/13/74. Documents two contacts: on 5/24/74 a person was contacted wh…

May 13, 1974 urgent teletype from FBI Minneapolis to FBI Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports that on May 12, 1974, a Northwest Airlines reservations agent received a phone call from an individual…

FBI Seattle memo dated July 3, 1974, regarding NORJAK case file 164-81. Reports on a June 17, 1974 surveillance conducted at the Tip Inn Tavern in downtown Seattle to identify a person (name redacted…

FBI memo dated 6/14/74 from SA to SAC regarding the NORJACK (Northwest Hijacking/D.B. Cooper) case. An unidentified caller telephoned the FBI office at 4:20 PM claiming he flew D.B. Cooper out of Woo…

FBI Seattle memo dated 8/28/74 referencing the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Documents efforts beginning 7/9/74 to identify the subscriber to a telephone number through contact with an unnamed…

FBI Airtel dated 7/29/74 from SAC Denver (file 164-98) to SAC Seattle (file 164-81) regarding NORJAK case. References a Seattle telephone call and nitel to Denver both dated 7/9/74, and encloses nine…

FD-302 interview report dated 7/19/74 documenting an interview conducted on 7/9/74 at Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado, with an unnamed Canadian male subject (resident of Vancouver,…

FBI memorandum header — to SAC Seattle (file 164-81) from SA Charles E. Farrell, dated July 10, 1974, subject NORJAK (the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper case). Memo reports a tip received July 9,…

Header of Port of Seattle Airport Police Officer's Report, dated July 9, 1974 at 1030 hrs, regarding a suspicious person. Names of From/To officers are redacted. Reporting officer describes encounte…

FBI teletype dated July 9, 1974, from Seattle to Director and Denver, reporting that the FAA in Seattle received information from a Seattle-Tacoma Airport Police officer who saw a person boarding Con…

Page two of an FBI teletype (file SF 164-81) describing a suspect investigation. Continental Airlines determined the suspect (name redacted) arrived in Seattle on July 9, 1974, on United Airlines Fli…

Standard FBI internal memorandum header. From an SA (Special Agent, name redacted) to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated September 18, 1974. Subject is NORJAK (the FBI code name for the D.B. Coop…

FBI memorandum header from a Special Agent to the SAC Seattle, dated 9/18/74, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, file 164-81. Reports that on 8/6/74 a Washington Plaza Hotel represent…

FBI internal memo dated 7/24/74 from SAC Seattle (case 164-81) regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper case). Reports that on 7/23/74, ASAC Alfred Anderson advised the writer he had been contacted by an indiv…

Handwritten note, possibly a routing or annotation note, referencing a memo. Text appears to read 'RE: READ' and 'MEMO TO FELINA' (or similar name), but the handwriting is highly stylized and difficu…

Memo from SAC, Butte to SAC, Seattle dated 3/11/75 in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Based on information from a referenced Anchorage airtel, the (redacted) subject appears unlikely to be involved. T…

Standard FBI memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte regarding NORJAK case, dated January 15, 1975. Seattle informs Butte that a review of a redacted suspect's Air Force personnel file shows…

FBI memo dated 12/20/74 from SAC Butte (164-26) to SAC Seattle (164-81) regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). States that no additional information or suggestions have been received from the anonymous…

Internal FBI communication dated 11/26/1974 from SAC Seattle (NORJAK case file 164-81) to SAC St. Louis, identifying a redacted individual as a suspect. Subject is described as male, Caucasian, 6'2",…

FBI Airtel memo dated 11/15/74 from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a photograph from an Alaska Driver's License of an unnamed subject. References interview on 10/21/74 w…

FBI airtel header dated 10/17/74, sent via air mail from SAC Butte (file 164-26) to SAC Anchorage regarding NORJAK case, originating office Seattle. Handwritten notation 'Sub-730' in cursive, likely…

FBI memo from SAC Seattle dated 12/30/74 regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. References information obtained 12/13/74 from contact with Silverdale, Washington Post Office and an unidentifie…

FBI internal memorandum header dated 12/3/74, addressed to SAC Seattle (164-81)(P), from SA [redacted], regarding NORJAK case (BUfile 164-2111). Memo references a Los Angeles letter dated 10/18/74.…

FBI memo dated 10/18/74 from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle in NORJAK case. Reports that on 10/16/74, an informant in Norwalk, California telephonically reported that in January 1973 someone picked u…

FBI Airtel from SAC Milwaukee to SAC Seattle dated 4/16/76 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking/extortion case. Encloses two copies of FD-302 documenting interview of David Arthur Staudt on 2…

FD-302 interview report dated 3-2-76 documenting the February 19, 1976 interview of David Arthur Staudt at Milwaukee County Jail, where he was incarcerated awaiting disposition of armed robbery charg…

Case file numbers (MI prefix, likely Milwaukee field office) and page number 2. Subject STAUDT, who had claimed involvement in a Northwest Airlines hijacking, was questioned about an airport extorti…

FBI memo dated 12/4/75 from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle re: NORJAK case. Reports an interview conducted 11/5/75 at Coast Trading Company in Portland with a redacted person (Lake Oswego resident) rega…

FBI form FD-263 header (revised 1-7-72). Case header information showing this is a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case report filed by SA John W. Frazer, Jr., from Milwaukee office, with Seattle as office of…

FBI cover page (file MI 164-36) regarding investigation of DAVID ARTHUR STAUDT, who has claimed since late 1973 to be the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) Unknown Subject. Lists enclosures (two photographs to Po…

FBI file/case number identifier in top-left corner Investigative note indicating intent to re-interview David Arthur Staudt at Central State Hospital where he is confined for psychiatric observation…

FD-204 FBI report dated October 23, 1975 from SA John W. Frazer (Milwaukee, WI office) regarding NORJAK case. Synopsis describes the arrest of David Arthur Staudt on 10/6/75 in Milwaukee on armed rob…

FBI file number identifier for Milwaukee field office. Continuation of report describing visit to Joshua Tree National Monument with STAUDT. No mention of money or NORJAK was made. STAUDT faces arme…

FBI report (file MI 164-36, page 5) documenting an August 21, 1974 interview by SA John W. Frazer, Jr. and another SA during a bank robbery investigation. The interviewee mentioned that DAVID STAUDT…

Memo page (page 6 of a larger document, file MI 164-36) reporting an informant's claims about DAVID STAUDT, who allegedly admitted to being D.B. Cooper. STAUDT supposedly described jumping from an ai…

FBI case file number header. Report describes the October 6, 1975 arrest of David Arthur Staudt by Milwaukee PD for armed robbery and unlawful flight. Staudt had escaped from Muskego, WI police on O…

FBI FD-302 form documenting an interview with David Arthur Staudt at Milwaukee Police Department on October 7, 1975, in which Staudt claimed to be D.B. Cooper. Staudt described hijacking Northwest Or…

Continuation (page 2) of an FBI report under file MI 164-36 describing a statement by an individual named STAUDT, who claims to be the D.B. Cooper hijacker. STAUDT describes letting passengers off in…

Continuation page (page 3, internal page 10) of an FBI investigative report under file MI 164-36 documenting STAUDT's account of events following the hijacking. STAUDT claims he rented a Ryder truck…

FBI file number/case identifier in top left corner. Narrative introduction stating that SA John W. Frazer, Jr. prepared a map showing the ransom payment location based on directions from STAUDT, and…

FBI file/case header with field office identifier (MI = Milwaukee), case number 91-5125, initials of agent/typist, and page number 1. FBI report documenting record check on David Arthur Staudt at Mi…

FBI file/case identifier header with initials and page number. Identification record showing fingerprint classification, no known associates, and an arrest record from October 7, 1975 for burglary,…

Case file number header. Report describes a search conducted on October 8-9, 1975 by six FBI Special Agents and nine U.S. Marine Corps personnel using metal detectors in an area described by David A…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview report form header with transcription date of October 23, 1975. FD-302 interview report regarding claims by David Arthur Staudt that he was D.B. Cooper, the hijacker of…

FBI file/case number header MI 164-36, page 2 of section. Continuation of an interview report regarding a subject named STAUDT. A female witness (name redacted) describes camping with STAUDT in the…

FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report dated October 9, 1975, addressed to SAC Milwaukee regarding the NORJAK case. Reports that 66 previously reported unidentified latent fing…

FBI file/case number identifier for Milwaukee field office. Investigation report by SA John W. Frazer, Jr. at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, dated October 17, 1975. Documents communication with Chief Deputy…

FBI Identification Division record dated 10-17-75 documenting the criminal arrest history of David Arthur Staudt (also recorded as David A. Staudt) from 1962 to 1964. The record lists 12 entries from…

Header of an FBI Identification Record form from the U.S. Department of Justice, FBI, Identification Division, Washington D.C. Page number 2, file number 218 811 E. Tabular FBI fingerprint/arrest re…

FBI Identification Division record (number 218 811 E) dated 10-17-75 listing the criminal history/arrest record of David Arthur Staudt. Includes arrests from 1961 through 1970 by various contributors…

FBI Identification Record (rap sheet) dated 10-17-73, FBI Number 218 811 E, for David Arthur Staudt. Lists eight arrests/charges between 2-12-71 and 11-7-73 across Wisconsin and Michigan jurisdiction…

FBI Identification Record (Form 1-4, Rev. 5-9-72) dated 10-17-75, FBI Number 218 811 E, listing three arrest entries for David Arthur Staudt (local number 93570, SID 37766) by Milwaukee Police Depart…

FBI Identification Division record (Form 1-4, Rev. 5-9-72) dated 10-17-75, FBI record number 213 811 E. The only entry indicates a WANTED notice for David Arthur Stan[illegible] for robbery (case #21…

FBI FD-263 cover page header identifying case of David Arthur Staudt, a bank robbery investigation referencing the First National Bank of San Jose robbery on 10/3/75. Reporting office Milwaukee, offi…

Continuation of cover page A for FBI case file MI 91-5125, listing distribution copies to Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, and Seattle field offices with associated case file numbers. Brief note that M…

FBI FD-204 report dated October 23, 1975, by SA John W. Frazer, Jr. of the Milwaukee office, regarding David Arthur Staudt and the bank robbery of First National Bank of San Jose at 414 California Av…

FBI report page detailing fugitive investigation of David Arthur Staudt, who was indicted for armed robbery and Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution (UFAP). Notes Staudt forfeited $17,500 bond, was i…

FBI file/case number identifier for Milwaukee field office. Narrative report describing an incident on December 4, 1974, in Muskego, Wisconsin, where a U-Haul van with Ohio license plate 4P3552 was…

FD-302 report dated 10/14/75 by SA John W. Frazer, Jr. detailing the October 5, 1975 investigation in Muskego, Wisconsin to apprehend FBI fugitive David Arthur Staudt. After Staudt fled and abandoned…

FD-302 report by SA John W. Frazer documenting an October 6, 1975 telephone call received at the Muskego, Wisconsin Police Department from an individual claiming to be fugitive David Arthur Staudt. T…

FBI report describing the October 6, 1975 fugitive investigation of STAUDT, who was seen driving a burgundy 1966 Chevrolet station wagon. The vehicle was reported stolen from STAUDT's place of employ…

FBI FD-302 interview report dated 10/14/75 documenting an interview with David Arthur Staudt conducted at 12:35 AM on October 7, 1975, at the 7th District Milwaukee, Wisconsin Police Department. Stau…

FBI file/case identifier header (Milwaukee field office, file 91-5125). STAUDT recounts traveling from Chicago to Milwaukee in a rented U-Haul, being stopped by Muskego, WI Police, escaping but aban…

FBI investigative report dated October 8, 1975 documenting records check at Milwaukee Police Department Bureau of Identification on subject David Arthur Staudt, including physical description, biogra…

FBI file header with case number MI 91-5125 and page/section indicator 2. Subject record entries: fingerprint classification, no associates reflected (as of October 8, 1975), and a record of arrest…

FBI report (file MI 91-5125) summarizing a bank robbery on October 3, 1975, communicated by the San Francisco Office on October 7, 1975, referenced in STAUDT's statement. Describes a lone white male…

FBI case file number designation. Narrative describing what was obtained from the bank crime scene including photographs, latent fingerprints, and a 45 caliber cartridge and round. Some details are…

FBI case file number notation in upper-left, likely Miami office file reference 91-5125. FOIA exemption code b7E indicating information withheld pursuant to law enforcement techniques/procedures exe…

FBI FD-302 report dated 10/17/75 documenting SA John W. Frazer Jr. and another agent contacting Ervin W. Kraus, Chief of Police in Muskego, Wisconsin, to obtain money recovered from a vehicle driven…

FBI file reference number MI 91-5125 with subsection number 2. FOIA exemption code b7E indicating redaction for law enforcement techniques/procedures. Large rectangular area appears blank or fully…

FBI report page concerning the indictment of David Arthur Staudt by a Federal Grand Jury in San Francisco on October 9, 1975, for bank robbery (Title 18 USC 2113) and use of a firearm in commission o…

FBI Identification Division record (file 218 811 E) listing the criminal arrest history of David Arthur Staudt (also recorded as David A. Staudt) with multiple FBI numbers (#10549, #93570, #3936, #15…

FBI Identification Division record (page 2 of file 218 811 E) listing arrest history for David A. Staudt / David Arthur Staudt with multiple entries from March through December 1965. Charges include…

FBI Identification Division record (FBI #218 811 E) for David Arthur Staudt, listing arrests/receipts from 1961-1970 including Navy consolidation, auto theft (Dyer Act), driving without license, obst…

Header of FBI Identification Record number 218 811 E from FBI Identification Division in Washington, D.C. Tabular arrest/criminal record for David Arthur Staudt showing 9 entries from 1971-1973 acro…

FBI Identification Division record (number 218 811 E) for David Arthur Staudt showing three arrest entries by PD Milwaukee, Wisconsin: armed robbery on 1-19-74, armed robbery on 6-13-74, and battery…

FBI Identification Division header for a fingerprint/identification record, FBI number 213 811 E. The 'FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY' phrase is struck through. Tabular fingerprint record entry indicating an…

FBI airtel dated 10/18/75 from SAC Milwaukee to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, concerning DAVID ARTHUR STAUDT and a 10/3/75 bank robbery at First National Bank of San Jose, Palo Alto Office. Refe…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form (page 2) from Milwaukee field office (file MI 164-36) referencing the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Notes that STAUDT was previously convicted of a Wisconsin Bank Robbery…

FBI airtel dated 10/15/75 from Acting ADIC Los Angeles to SAC Milwaukee regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a composite photograph (16"x20") made from 11 35mm photographs of the area near Barker Dam in J…

FBI airtel dated 10/10/75 from Acting ADIC Los Angeles to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. Reports on a search conducted 10/8-10/9/75 by six Special Agents and nine U.S. Marine Corps personnel wit…

FBI case file number from Los Angeles field office. Investigative leads section directing the Milwaukee FBI office to re-interview David Arthur Staudt about the location of buried ransom money using…

FBI urgent teletype from Milwaukee field office dated 10/8/75 to Director and Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle field offices regarding NORJAK case. Reports that David Arthur Staudt was arrested in…

Page two of an FBI teletype/report (file MI 164-36) describing investigation of subject STAUDT, who has been identified in five robberies (Denver, Cherry Creek CO, and Birmingham MI) and claimed to b…

Page three of a teletype communication (file MI 164-36) summarizing claims by an individual named Staudt regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Staudt claimed to have exited a Boeing 727 through the re…

Page four of a Milwaukee FBI teletype/report (file MI 164-36) regarding David Arthur Staudt. Staudt claimed to have seen money as late as June 1975 but never spent it because he knew the money was ma…

Page five of an FBI teletype (file MI 164-36) discussing the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Notes that the subject Staudt's knowledge of the matter appeared limited and his answers vague. Refere…

Memo dated 8/4/75 from SAC Milwaukee to SAC Kansas City regarding NORJACK aircraft hijacking. Notes that David Staudt was previously developed as a suspect, photographs were forwarded to Seattle on 1…

Date of the airtel memo Handwritten sub-file annotation Airtel header indicating an air mail communication from SAC Kansas City to SAC Milwaukee regarding the NORJACK aircraft hijacking case, origi…

FBI case file number designation, page 2 of report. An informant (redacted) claims he was placed under observation in Wisconsin during spring 1974, where he encountered a man named David Staudt, who…

FBI memo from SAC Milwaukee to SAC Seattle dated 10-31-74 regarding NORJAK investigation. Encloses two photographs of suspect David Arthur Staudt. Reports that during a Milwaukee County Jail intervie…

FBI case file number designation for Milwaukee field office. Subject identifying information for STAUDT including SSAN, identifying scars, military service record, and FBI number. Summary of STAUDT…

FBI investigation report (file SE 164-81) documenting interview with Gordon F. Otos, President and Sales Manager of Forks Broadcasting Company / KVAC Radio in Forks, Washington, conducted on 11/18 an…

FBI file header indicating Seattle field office case file 164-81, page 2 of a report. Continuation of an FBI investigative report. Mr. OTOS located pay records showing both BAILEY and a redacted ind…

Standard United States Government Memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle (case file 164-81), dated October 2, 1974, from a redacted Special Agent regarding D.B. COOPER information. Handwritten a…

FBI memo dated 2/27/75 from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Patrick Joseph Collins. Reports findings from 2/13/75 inquiries: Collins has not resided at his San Mateo address…

FBI inter-office memo header dated 2/4/75 from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Patrick Joseph Collins. Body of memo reports investigation of Patrick Joseph Collins as a NOR…

Case file identifier (San Francisco field office case 164-220) and initials of preparer/typist. Investigative narrative noting that medical records do not confirm COLLINS was at a VAH (Veterans Admi…

FBI airtel dated 12/19/74 from SAC Salt Lake City to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Patrick Joseph Collins. Reports that the Yellow Cab Company contact in Salt Lake City has received no address…

FBI case file number, Seattle field office, file 164-24 (likely related to D.B. Cooper / NORJAK investigation). Continuation of an investigative directive: if a subject named COLLINS cannot be elimi…

FBI memo dated 12/11/74 from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Patrick Joseph Collins. Reports that Collins was a former patient at VA Hospital Sheridan, Wyoming (admitted 10/16/74,…

Date of the airtel memo Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file reference number FBI airtel routing header from SAC Salt Lake City to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking) M…

FBI investigative report (page 2) regarding a subject named COLLINS who was suspected of being connected to the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Describes COLLINS' physical description (49 years old, 5'9", bro…

FBI investigative report page (file SU 164-24) listing leads for the DENVER, SAN FRANCISCO, and SALT LAKE CITY field offices regarding suspect Patrick Joseph Collins, who claimed to be the unknown su…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Newark to SAC Seattle dated 1/23/75 regarding NORJAK case. Memo reports that on 1/14/75, Chief of Police John Anderson of Egg Harbor Township NJPD a…

FBI inter-office memo dated 11/19/74 from SAC Philadelphia to SAC Newark regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case) suspect David C. Willettes. Encloses a memo about Willettes obtained from a redacted sourc…

FBI memo dated 10/24/74 from SA Finbarr M. O'Connor regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. An informant (name redacted) wrote a letter from Norristown dated 9/7/1974 (received in Philadel…

Page header showing file reference 'Ph 164-' and page number '-2-', indicating this is page 2 of a document originating from or referencing Philadelphia field office. Continuation of an investigativ…

FBI Seattle memo dated 1/20/75 (NORJAK case 164-81) reporting that on 1/8/75 the writer attempted to identify an individual at the Ben Ruyle Laundry, 6301 McKinley, Tacoma, WA, but found the laundry…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated December 2, 1974, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case codename). Handwritten annotation referencing 'Sub-736' and noting that the in…

FBI Airtel dated 12/4/74 from SAC Houston to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. A source at Northline Dodge in Houston reported that from 1967-1969 he employed an individual matching the UNSUB (D.B.…

Physical description and biographical data form for an unidentified subject (UNSUB), with personal identifiers redacted under FBI exemptions b6 and b7C. Narrative section reporting that an individua…

FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report dated December 11, 1975, addressed to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case. Reports that previously submitted latent prints in the case are…

FBI memorandum header from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, dated 11/14/75, regarding NORJAK case, subject David Sturges Cooper (Subject Number 738). Cooper was suggested as a NORJAK suspect because he…

Header of FBI memo from SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 11/6/75, with case title 'CHANGED NORJAK'. Memo correcting subject's middle name from STUGES to STURGES. Reports that on 10/30/75, David Sturg…

FBI report page from file SE 164-81 documenting an interview with David Sturges Cooper. Cooper stated that on 11/24/71 (date of the hijacking) he was at home with someone (redacted). Details about hi…

Physical descriptors and identifying data for a subject (presumably DAVID STURGES COOPER): DOB 9/15/23, born Cleveland, Ohio; 5'8½", 145 lbs, grey hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion; SSAN 297-16-9901.…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 9/26/75, regarding NORJAK case and subject David Stuges Cooper, Subject Number 738. References Minneapolis nitel to Seattle dated 8/27/75. On 9/…

FBI case file number identifier in the upper left of the page. FBI investigative report describing a male subject referred to as COOPER: a retired Army colonel, currently unemployed, who gardens, dr…

Continuation of FBI investigative report (file SE 164-81) documenting interviews and records checks conducted September 15, 1975, regarding a David S. (Stuges) Cooper of Yelm, Washington. Sources des…

FBI lead instruction directing the Seattle Division to interview DAVID STUGES COOPER at Yelm, Washington concerning his possible involvement in the captioned matter (D.B. Cooper case file SE 164-81).…