FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for case FOI/PA# 1:16-cv-01790-03, listing 112 total deleted pages with reasons: four pages marked as duplicates (4, 10, 35, 94) and the remainder marked as…

A processing log listing page numbers 187-229 marked as 'Referral/Consult', and pages 246 and 272 marked as 'Duplicate', likely indicating FOIA release processing notes for withheld or cross-referenc…

Teletype routing header identifying this as a NITEL (night teletype) message sent from the FBI Minneapolis field office to Seattle on August 27, 1975, referencing the NORJAK case file and a prior Anc…

Two large solid black circular marks near the top of the page, likely artifacts from punch holes, staples, or the reproduction/scanning process rather than content. Continuation (page two) of an FBI…

Two solid black circular marks near the top of the page, likely hole-punch marks or copier artifacts rather than intentional content. FBI Anchorage field office airtel to Seattle (case NORJAK, Bufil…

FBI memo referencing file numbers AN 164-59 and SE 164-81, stating that a redacted subject/caption was formerly carried under the title referencing an unknown subject about whom Jerry Sibley was alle…

FD-302 report dated 4/23/75 documenting an FBI interview with Gerald L. Sibley, an Aircraft Inspector at Falcon Aviation in Kenai, Alaska, conducted 4/15/75. Sibley describes a former co-worker (name…

File/reference number and page number header. SIBLEY states he recognized handwriting as belonging to a redacted individual, has had no other contact since that person left Coast Air, and believes t…

FBI communication (RUC) from Minneapolis Division to Seattle (case NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking) dated April 7, 1975, enclosing an FD-302 interview report and summarizing an inebriated, unidentified…

FD-302 report dated September 27, 1974 documenting an FBI interview conducted September 26, 1974 in St. Paul, Minnesota with a redacted source. The source had called the FBI's Minneapolis office week…

Date stamp/header at top of page with a handwritten annotation reading approximately "Sub" and the number "738", possibly a sub-file or serial reference. FBI airtel from the Anchorage SAC to the Sea…

File/reference numbers and initials header for the memo. Handwritten routing/subfile annotation, partially illegible cursive notation. Memo body describing FBI follow-up contacts with a redacted in…

FBI airtel/memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Minneapolis dated February 7, 1975, in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. It references a January 28, 1975 recontact of a Northwest Orient Airlines representative…

Routing header of an FBI communication from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 2/3/75, with a handwritten sub-file notation. Body of the memo: references a prior Phoenix air…

FBI Airtel from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle (NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case) dated 12/13/74, forwarding a copy of a letter from retired agent James W. Horner to Northwest Orient Airlines, noting attempts to…

HORNER states that before working at Sea Airmotive, SIBLEY either received or knew of someone who received a postcard reading "I got away with it," purportedly signed by D.B. Cooper; the identity/rel…

Header of an FBI airtel dated 12/13/74, from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle, regarding case NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. Handwritten annotation reading 'Sub 738', likely a sub-file or routing n…

FBI Airtel dated 12/13/1974 from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle, subject 'NORJAK' (the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation). Minneapolis forwards facsimile copies of a letter from Northwest Orient Ai…

Letter from Northwest Orient Airlines (Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport office), dated December 10, 1974, addressed to FBI Attention: Mr. Saunders, forwarding photocopies of a letter receiv…

Business letterhead for a private investigations firm run by J. James Rowan and James W. Horn in Scottsdale, Arizona. Date of the letter. Addressee block naming Northwest Orient Airlines with a red…

Second page of a business letter closing, offering future assistance and signed by James W. Horner, identified as a Partner (likely of a law or business firm), dated December 4, 1971. FOIA exemption…

FBI routing header addressed to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Seattle field office, referencing case NORJAK with office of origin Seattle and Bureau file number 164-2111. The originating Special…

Standard FBI form letter from the Seattle Field Office (file 164-81 Sub 739, dated August 15, 1975) requesting employment and credit information from an unnamed recipient/subject, signed by Special A…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with case file number 164-81 Sub 739 and date August 15, 1975. Standard FBI form letter requesting an unnamed addressee (redacted) to voluntarily furnish employme…

Routing header of an FBI airtel/memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Handwritten annotation identifying the subject of the memo as William A.C. Stu…

File/reference number header for the report page. Investigative report detailing interviews of redacted female witnesses about William Alexander Cocke Stuart's background, physical description, and…

FBI Seattle field office memo dated 9/15/76 regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, closing out a lead on an individual (name redacted) who resembled the hijacking suspect composite and had U.S…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender (SA Robert H. Wick), recipient (SAC Seattle, file 164-81), subject (NORJAK case, Office of Origin Seattle), and date (6/10/76). The RE: l…

Continuation of a report describing a denied employment application and a letter from a Vancouver police captain stating that an unnamed individual's resignation was a "fortunate thing" for the depar…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Richard Avery Dyer, dated 4-19-76, subject NORJACK. A WSP (Washington State Patrol) sergeant in Vancouver, WA reviewed the NORJAK (D.B…

FBI Seattle field office memo (NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case) from SA Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle, dated 10/2/75, discussing a lead to review a redacted individual's personnel record at the Klickit…

FBI Seattle field office memo dated 8/18/75, case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation), referencing an earlier 12/13/74 memo, noting a lead was inadvertently omitted, and reporting a Washingt…

Routing header identifying the sending office (Seattle), case file number, date, assigned Special Agent (redacted), and case name NORJAK, with an RE: line subject (redacted). A Washington State Patr…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header with date and transmission method. Handwritten annotation near the top of the page, appears to reference a sub-file number. Airtel from SAC Portla…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel form header identifying the communication as an AIRTEL from SAC Seattle to SAC San Diego, dated 11/10/76, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing subject 'Dick…

FBI Airtel routing header dated 11/3/76 from SAC Mobile to SAC San Diego regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper investigation), referencing subject Dick Waller. Body of the memo describing that Dick…

Instructional text directing agents to locate and interview a person named WALLER per a referenced Portland letter, to review a referenced report and the 'Investigation Steps To Process Norjak Suspec…

Date of the airtel. FBI airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Mobile regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, instructing Mobile to discontinue involvement because suspect Richard Lee Waller was located i…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying it as sent from SAC Portland to SAC Mobile on 10/4/76 regarding the NORJAK investigation (D.B. Cooper case), subject Dick Waller. Handwritten a…

FBI report page (file PD 164-41) discussing Richard Lee 'Dick' Waller, who was suggested as a possible suspect in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation due to an alleged physical resemblance to the…

FBI interoffice memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, sub-file on Dick Weller. Seattle requests Portland forward the results of an investig…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header: from Portland SAC to Seattle SAC, dated 4/14/76, subject NORJAK (the Cooper hijacking case), referencing 'Dick Weller' file Sub 741. SA Jerry G. Wilson's…

File/reference number and a brief physical description (complexion, hair) of the subject, likely a continuation from a prior page. Investigative narrative describing Deputy KNACK's contact with Diam…

Document/file reference number header. Interview summary describing what the KOCH family knew about WALLER's background, employment, residence at Diamond Lake, possible time in Mexico, financial sit…

FBI investigative report page recounting interviews with two Grants Pass grocery-store employees/associates (identities redacted) in December 1975 and January 1976 who viewed the composite drawing of…

Two solid black circular marks near the top of the page, likely microfilm/copy alignment or target marks rather than content. An unnamed source states he does not believe that a redacted individual…

FBI memo/airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland (dated 2/18/76) regarding the NORJACK/Sub 741 case (subject Dick Weller), referencing prior communications and requesting Portland furnish the results…

FBI interoffice memo/airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland dated 2/18/76 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, subject file for 'Dick Weller' (Sub 741). Seattle requests Portl…

FBI teletype/airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, referencing subject Dick Weller (Sub 741). It notes that a Denver airtel dated 12/13/74 set fort…

Header of an FBI Airtel (internal teletype-style correspondence), dated 12/13/74, sent from the Denver Special Agent in Charge to the Portland SAC regarding case NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. A…

FBI investigative leads section assigning Portland Division to identify a person named Dick Weller who works at the South Store at Diamond Lake, Oregon. Page number and archival/document control sta…

An FBI Form FD-302 recording an interview with an individual (name redacted) who walked into the Denver FBI office to report that an artist's conception of D. B. Cooper published in a magazine strong…

FBI Airtel from SAC New York to SAC Seattle dated 1/30/75, part of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, reporting that a New York interview conducted 1/14/75 by SA Thomas F. Drumm established that…

FBI New York field office report describing investigation conducted 1/27/75 and 1/30/75 into Raymond Cornell Templin's employment with Japan Airlines, including efforts to obtain an ID photograph and…

Memo header from SAC Seattle to SAC Newark regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing an earlier Seattle report and a Newark memo by SA Martin L. Cannaday. Narrative describing that a New…

Continuation page of an FBI report or memo (file number SE 164-81) discussing an individual named TEMPLIN who was working on 11/24/71. Numbered items 2 and 3 outline investigative steps: reviewing TE…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying sender, recipient, date, and subject. Newark FBI agent reports that a local NJPD police chief flagged a resident, Raymond Cornell Templin, as resembling a…

FBI airtel/memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Cincinnati regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, referencing a 4/2/75 letter and reporting that on 5/12/75 Paul Falco of Columbus, Ohio w…

FBI airtel/teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Cincinnati in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, dated 4/2/75, reporting that Hideaway Hills Realty Company in Columbus, Ohio is defunct, that its pri…

FBI memorandum (Airtel) from SAC St. Louis to SAC Seattle dated 1/2/75, subject NORJAK, reporting that a National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) check turned up no record on the (redacted) subject,…

FBI airtel routing header dated 12/16/74, sent via AIRTEL from SAC Cincinnati to the FBI Director, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case). An OSI special agent at Rickenbacher AFB told FBI Columbus R…

Continuation of an interview passage in which a redacted individual states they cannot recall another redacted person's first name and believes that person was transferred to the Far East or West Coa…

File/case number header at top of page. A redacted witness/source reviewed composite sketches of an unknown subject (unsub), stated the color composites looked too old but the black-and-white compos…

Continuation of an FBI investigative report (case CI 164-55) recounting a witness recollection about a uniform with ribbons, and a follow-up with an Air Force OSI Major at RAFB confirming that Randol…

Memo header from SAC Seattle dated 9/29/75, referencing case NORJAK, Bureau file 164-2111, regarding subjects Don Brockway and William Charles Smith (Sub #744). Handwritten notation reiterating the…

FBI airtel from Portland field office to Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, transmitting two copies each of negative inserts from investigation conducted in Corvallis and P…

File reference numbers and case identifiers, with a note that the investigation was conducted by a redacted Special Agent (SA) of the Portland Division. Underlined title identifying the subject of t…

File/case reference numbers and routing initials at top of page. Section heading identifying subject of the report. An FBI Special Agent (name redacted) inquired at Portland State University on Feb…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header (GSA Optional Form No. 10). Memo routing header: from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland, dated 8/15/75, subject NORJAK case referencing individuals Don Broc…

FBI interoffice memorandum dated 4/23/75 from the SAC of the Los Angeles field office to the SAC of the Seattle field office, referencing the NORJAK case (the D.B. Cooper investigation). Los Angeles…

FBI Portland field office airtel to Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, reporting background check results on a person named WILLIAM CHARLES SMITH (aka BRIAN KEITH…

File/case reference number at top of page. FBI investigative leads listing follow-up actions for the Portland field office: conducting an arrest and discreet credit inquiry on suspect SMITH at Corva…

FBI Seattle field office memo dated 1/16/75 under the NORJAK case, referencing a prior Los Angeles airtel of 12/23/74. It documents that on 1/15/75 The Boeing Company provided the personnel file of D…

Case number header and continuation of an employment history section listing International Paper Company (5/56-5/60) and student status (1947-1958). Narrative describing BROCKWAY's employment at Boe…

Standard FBI Airtel routing header dated 12/23/74, sent from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation). Handwritten annotation, possibly an agent…

Continuation of an FBI investigative report (file LA 164-497) recounting an informant's (likely surnamed RIZOR) theory that DON BROCKWAY and his half-brother WILLIAM CHARLES SMITH (aka Brian Keith Wi…

Continuation of an FBI investigative report (interview/informant summary) discussing informant RIZOR's statements about DON BROCKWAY and WILLIAM CHARLES SMITH (later known as BRIAN KEITH WINSTON), in…

FBI case file number header. Describes acreage on the Washington side of the Oregon-Washington border, timber/cattle land, possibly usable as a jump site along the "plains route." RIZOR states his…

RIZOR states he wants to get even with a redacted party but believes DON BROCKWAY is a likely hijacking suspect based on resemblance to an artist's conception sketch, though he has no knowledge of BR…

FBI file/case number header for the Los Angeles field office. Investigative instructions directing agents to determine SMITH's whereabouts via Portland State University sources, noting his alleged h…

FBI Seattle Division letter to Bud Sellick of Nashville, TN, dated March 14, 1975, declining to release details of a pending investigation and stating that the incident he inquired about (in a March…

Three small clipped images/logos, apparently related to skydiving and parachuting publications or memorabilia, each with parts obscured by a black circular redaction or ink stamp. A letter dated Mar…

FBI Seattle Field Office AIRTEL to Memphis Field Office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, forwarding copies of correspondence with Mr. Bud Sellick concerning a human skull found in the Ripple…

FBI Seattle Division letterhead with department seal, address, and date. Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge Philip T. Basher to Bud Sellick declining to release information on a pending investi…

Illegible/garbled teletype routing or transmission code fragment at top of page. Teletype header identifying an urgent message sent 1-11-75 at 3:30 PM from FBI Portland to FBI Director/Seattle regar…

Standard FBI memo header identifying originating office (Seattle), date, case name NORJAK, office of origin, and bureau file number. The special agent (SA) name field is blank/redacted. FOIA exempti…

FD-9 Identification Record Request form dated 8/7/75 from an FBI office (likely Seattle) requesting the known identification record for Kenneth L. McClellan, DOB 1/26/33, including photo. Identificat…

Header of an FBI Identification Division record cover sheet, referencing FBI record number 539 408 A, with a handwritten date/routing notation and an official stamp. A criminal history (rap sheet) t…

Standard FBI Identification Division cover/header block for a criminal history ('rap sheet') record, page 2 of the record set, for FBI record number 539 408 A, date-stamped 8-21-75. Criminal history…

Standard FBI Identification Division letterhead and record header, listing FBI record number 539 408 A, with a redaction obscuring part of the agency name and a strikethrough over the 'FOR OFFICIAL U…

FBI airtel/memo from SAC Seattle to SAC St. Louis dated 8/7/75, part of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, identifying Kenneth L. McClellan as a possible suspect due to resemblance to the compos…

Two solid black circular marks and faint pen scratches near the top margin of the page, likely stamps, ink blots, or physical marks on the original document. FBI interoffice communication header fro…

Standard FBI memorandum header routing the document from SAC Seattle to SAC San Francisco, dated 6/5/75, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper investigation) and subject Kenneth L. McClellan. Handw…

Report notes that a records check found McCLELLAN was transferred from McNeil Island to Terminal Island in April 1965, with his records forwarded to the San Bruno Records Center in California under r…

FBI Seattle field office memo dated 3/7/75 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, reporting background on a Kenneth L. McClellan's incarceration and release records, and providing file loc…

Memo caption/header identifying the originating office (SAC, Seattle), file number, date, redacted special agent name, and the NORJACK case subject with Bureau file number. Handwritten annotation, l…

Two black circular marks near the top of the page, appearance consistent with hole-punch reinforcement stickers or redaction dots. FBI file/case number for this document. Physical description of an…

FBI airtel/memo from SAC Birmingham to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, referencing an investigative insert conducted at Decatur, Alabama. A Morgan County Sheriff's Deput…

FBI report page documenting investigation conducted in Decatur, Alabama regarding a telephone directory listing for a 'D. B. COOPER' in Morgan County, Alabama. Local credit bureau, police department,…

FBI teletype/airtel-style routing header from SAC San Francisco to SAC Birmingham dated 1/16/75, referencing case NORJAK. Handwritten annotation reading "Sub 747", appearing to be a routing/subfile…

File number and initials identifier at top of page. FOIA exemption codes marked next to a redacted (blank) box, indicating withheld information under privacy/source exemptions. A redacted rectangul…

Standard FBI teletype/airtel transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL message dated July 2, 1976. Routing information from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper invest…

Denver field office recommends personally contacting an unnamed suspect to confirm or eliminate him from the case, noting no further need to recontact his sister in Riverton, Wyoming. Page ends with…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo routing header identifying sender, recipient, date, and subject as the NORJAK case regarding John Cooper. Memo body stating that a stewardess w…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo routing header identifying sender (redacted), recipient (SAC Seattle), date, subject (NORJAK case), and reference to John Cooper, Sub #748. Bod…

FBI airtel/memo from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle dated 5/10/76, part of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, transmitting nine copies each of three investigative inserts and one FD-302 interview rep…

File/reference identifier block at top of page (Denver field office file number and initials/serial line). Investigation report describing that the Credit Bureau of Rock Springs, Wyoming manager Ros…

File/case identifier and coding line at top of report. An FBI Special Agent's report states that on September 18, 1975, a redacted individual in Wyoming viewed artist conception photos of the subjec…

File/reference header identifying the case file number and typist initials, with page number 1. FBI investigation memo by SA Donald W. Lyon, Jr. in Denver, Colorado, documenting two record checks on…

FD-302 report documenting an interview of a redacted female Frontier Airlines stewardess employee in Denver, Colorado, conducted 4/15/76 by SA Donald W. Lyon, Jr. She was shown her prior November 24,…

Standard government form identification header plus a partially illegible 'HANDLE AS' stamp in the top-right corner. Memorandum routing header from SAC St. Louis to SAC Seattle, dated 4/7/76, regard…

Standard FBI airtel form header with routing/date fields. Seattle FBI airtel to Denver SAC regarding NORJAK case, identifying John Dean Cooper as a suspect who resembles the composite sketch of the…

File/case number header for the document. Instructs the St. Louis Division to locate Cooper's Army service record and forward a copy to the Seattle Division. Instructs the Denver Division to report…

FBI Denver memo to Seattle SAC dated 3/16/76, referencing the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case, enclosing a copy of a Wyoming operator's license (#528532) bearing the name John Dean Cooper with a…

FBI airtel-style memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver dated 2/18/76 regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case, requesting Denver forward investigative results from a lead in Cheyenne, Wyoming reference…

Routing header of an FBI Airtel from the Denver field office to the Seattle field office regarding case NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation). FBI Denver field office reports investigativ…

An FBI investigative lead assigned to the Denver Division instructing agents at Cheyenne, Wyoming to attempt to obtain a driver's license photograph for John Dean Cooper, a former resident of Tenslee…

FBI Airtel header block: routing information for a communication from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver regarding case NORJAK, Bureau file 164-2111, referencing John Dean Cooper, Sub 748. Handwritten annota…

Standard FBI airtel header identifying the communication as sent by airmail/registered mail from the Denver field office to the Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case.…

FBI file/classification number header at top of page. Investigative note indicating a Wyoming driver's license bearing the name Jackie Dean Cooper will be used to distinguish/eliminate this individu…

Standard FD-302 form header with FBI seal placeholders (two black redaction circles), transcription date, and handwritten routing annotations. An unidentified female witness in Denver was shown a ph…

FBI Airtel routing header from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding case NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper investigation), dated 3/25/75. Handwritten routing/reference annotations added to the airtel, includin…

FBI investigative report continuation regarding John Dean Cooper, a suspect investigated in connection with the D.B. Cooper case. Documents 3/13/75 and 3/17/75 interviews with the suspect's stepmothe…

File/case number reference at top of page. Statement that decisions on leads involving the Legal Attache in Ottawa are deferred to the office of origin, since Denver lacks full knowledge of the inve…

Routing header for an FBI airtel from the Denver Special Agent in Charge to the Seattle Special Agent in Charge regarding case NORJAK. A Denver-based source, whose identity is redacted, was intervie…

An unnamed (redacted) source states COOPER was not in Worland, Wyoming during the skyjacking, that COOPER's parents Wayne and Avis Cooper sold their ranch in Worland in Fall 1974 and moved to Canada,…

FBI Airtel routing header from SAC Portland to SAC Denver regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated January 30, 1975. Handwritten annotation, possibly a sub-file or routing marker, appearing tw…

FBI airtel/memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Phoenix regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, noting that continued contact with retired Agent James W. Horner's source produced no new information, and tha…

Routing header of an FBI airtel/memo from Phoenix to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Memo references prior correspondence and describes SA Alan J. Hosier's investigation in…

File/reference number and typist initials header typical of FBI internal memos. Continuation of an FBI memo describing an interview with Carl W. Johnson, who claimed to use "dowsing" (map radiation…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header identifying sender (SAC Phoenix), recipient (SAC Seattle), date, and subject case name NORJAK. Memo body states subject is armed and dangerous, refere…

Two small unidentified stamp/mark impressions at top of page, possibly ink stamps or logo marks; too small/low resolution to identify. FBI memo header block identifying sender (SAC Seattle) and reci…

Standard U.S. Government Optional Form 10 memorandum letterhead. Memo routing block: from SA Richard Avery Dyer to SAC Seattle, subject NORJAK (office of origin: Seattle), dated 8/28/75, referencing…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying it as an internal communication to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge), Seattle field office, dated 8/15/75, concerning the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation…

FBI airtel dated 2/3/75 from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case). It relays a tip from Mike Cimino, who told the FBI on 1/24/75 that a person he knows from the America…

FBI Portland field office airtel to Seattle field office dated 2/3/75, NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case file, relaying a tip from informant Mike Cimmino about an unnamed individual at the American…

FBI airtel header from SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle, captioned NORJACK, referencing prior correspondence and enclosing a photograph (identity redacted). Braniff International Airways security represent…

FBI file/case number reference (Dallas field office). Continuation of an FBI investigative report noting that two previously discussed individuals do not match the description of the unknown subject…

FBI airtel dated 2/19/75 from SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle, subject NORJACK (the D.B. Cooper case), referencing a prior San Francisco airtel and reporting on contact with Harry Pizer, Chief of Security…

FBI Airtel routing header from San Francisco field office to Seattle field office regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 2/3/75. Report of a telephone tip from an unnamed TWA pilot in Mount…

Two black circular marks/stamps at the top of the page; purpose unclear (possibly redaction dots, staple remnants, or scanning artifacts). File/case reference number and typist or agent initials hea…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying the memo as routed from an SA in Seattle to the SAC, Seattle, dated 6/24/75, regarding case NORJAK and subject Brian Dennis Hodgson (Subject #75…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, subject Brian Dennis Hodgson. Body of the memo detailing Olympia PD records on Brian Dennis Hodgson's…

FBI report text stating that a description and photograph are furnished for comparison against the unknown hijacking subject, and that if further information is needed to eliminate HODGSON as a suspe…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying it as routed to SAC Seattle regarding case NORJAK, file 164-81, concerning Subject 752. Handwritten annotation noting the subject number 752, w…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to the Special Agent in Charge, Seattle, dated 3/3/75, regarding case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper investigation), referencing 'Subject 752'. An informant from Fort T…

An unnamed individual (redacted) told investigators he was afraid to report certain information to proper authorities because he had already discussed it with another redacted party and 'BRIAN'. He n…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo routing fields: addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 3/3/75, from a redacted Special Agent, subject NORJAK (the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hija…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to the Seattle SAC from the Saturday Duty Agent, subject 'NORJAK' (the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation), dated 2/8/75, wi…

Memo header identifying sender (SAC Seattle), a redacted Special Agent, the NORJAK case caption, office of origin, and bureau file number. Body text stating that investigation of a redacted suspect…

Routing caption of an FBI inter-office communication from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (Bufile 164-2111), dated 8/20/75. Las Vegas field office reports to Seattle that no r…

FBI Seattle Division memo to Las Vegas Division dated August 15, 1975, in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, requesting Las Vegas furnish results of a lead investigated at Elko, Nevada, referenc…

FBI interoffice memo (airtel-style routing) from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle dated 4/7/75, referencing prior correspondence and enclosing investigative inserts covering agent activity in Oroville a…

Page/file header with case file number and typist initials; adjacent redacted box likely containing agent name or field office info. FBI interview report: on March 25, 1975 in Meridian, California,…

FBI report page documenting an investigation conducted at Oroville, California on February 10, 1975, in which records checks with the Butte County Sheriff's Office, Oroville Police Department, and Or…

FBI Seattle field office communication to Sacramento (with information for Las Vegas) regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, referencing a 2/3/75 Sacramento letter and stating th…

Header/routing block of an FBI airtel-style memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper investigation), dated February 3, 1975. States that two copies of a letter from…

File/case number header at top of page with two unexplained black dot marks. Physical description of an unnamed individual (identity redacted) as reported by WALTERS: height, build, hair, and charac…

A typewritten letter dated January 13, 1975 from Mahona Walters of Meridian, California to the FBI's Yuba City field office. The writer states that D.B. Cooper's composite sketch reminds her of a man…

Standard printed instructions for completing FBI form FD-9, Identification Record Request. Routing header addressed to the FBI Director, referencing the NORJAK case out of the Seattle field office.…

FBI airtel (RUC) from SAC Kansas City to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK subject John William (also spelled Jon William) Clayton, Sub 754. It reports that a review of Clayton's employment application at…

Standard FBI Identification Division header/cover line introducing an FBI criminal history record (rap sheet), record number 347 397 D, dated 4-9-75, with 'FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY' struck through. A c…

FBI Identification Division cover text transmitting a criminal history ('rap sheet') record for FBI number 347 397/D, dated 4-9-75, with a standard disclaimer that no fingerprints accompanied the req…

Standard FBI Identification Record (rap sheet) cover header, dated 4-9-75, referencing FBI record number 347 397 D, with boilerplate instructions about the source and limitations of the fingerprint-b…

FBI Identification Division form providing physical description and biographical data (race, sex, height, weight, hair, eyes, date/place of birth, address, occupation) tied to FBI record number 347 3…

FBI airtel dated 3/14/75 from SAC Seattle to SAC Kansas City regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, concerning suspect John William Clayton. Four photographs of Clayton are enclosed. The memo…

Investigative note stating CLAYTON was at work on 11/24/71, with a follow-up note to verify his employment with 'the Star' through personnel records if not employed at that time, followed by the stan…

FBI Kansas City airtel dated 2/11/75 to the Director reporting that Nancy Moreno, ex-wife of Jon William Clayton, gave a statement describing how Clayton became nervous and disappeared after a conver…

Structured physical/biographical description of a male subject (associated with FBI file KC 164-80), including physical characteristics, SSAN, occupations, former addresses, and known aliases. Ex-wif…

Ms. Moreno told investigators that Clayton possesses snapshots of himself showing he recently weighed 170-180 pounds. She provided enclosed photographs of Clayton and explained she had not previously…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying the form type, sender (SAC Portland), recipient (SAC Seattle), date, and subject 'NORJAK' with office of origin Seattle. Memo body referencing…

File/reference number block with FBI file codes and typist initials. Statement that the following investigation was conducted by a redacted Special Agent (SA) out of the Portland, Oregon field offic…

File/reference number header block with case numbers and initials. Source-reported utility service records for Howard Eugene Shirley and relatives (wife Carla, father John L. Shirley, brother Cliffo…

FBI administrative form page identifying a non-symbol source, with the source's identity redacted; location noted as Oregon and identity withheld 'by request'. Archival stamp/label identifying the d…

File/case reference numbers and typist initials at top of report page. FBI Portland Division investigative narrative detailing efforts between April 1 and May 2, 1975 to locate and identify a suspec…

File/case reference codes and page number header. Report noting that a detective advised SHIRLEY was employed at Western Equipment Company in LaGrande, Oregon, and that on May 1, 1975 a Special Agen…

FBI airtel/memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 8/15/75, referencing subject Howard Eugene Shirley (Sub 755). References a prior Salt Lake City letter dated 2…

FBI Salt Lake City field office memo to Seattle SAC (NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case) forwarding an application/resume for suspect Howard Eugene Shirley and reporting confidential-source statements suggestin…

Continuation of a report describing SHIRLEY's resignation and return to Oregon, his last known address, prior employment with Public Resources Council, Inc., and physical description. A redacted ind…

A Chemetron Corporation truck driver employment application filled out and signed in handwriting by Howard Eugene Shirley, born May 17, 1928, listing residence history in Oregon and Utah, physical de…

A completed employment application form (Form #613) listing the applicant's employment history over roughly the prior 20 years (Pacific Motor Trucking, Public Resources Council of Oregon, and Turbo C…

Header identifying the document as a job application resume for Howard Eugene Shirley, with personal details (age, marital status, height, weight) and partially redacted address/phone/children fields…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying sender, recipient, date, and subject as NORJAK, referencing a prior memo dated 8-19-75 from a redacted Special Agent. Handwritten annotation, l…

FBI memo from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle under the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, reporting that a Washington State DMV employee in Olympia provided a copy of a driver's license for David…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated August 19, 1975, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper investigation), Bureau file 164-2111. The originating Special Agent's name is re…

File/case number header at top of page. Instructs obtaining a current photograph of David V. Alling from the Washington State DMV. Instructs contacting Ward Cook, Inc. to verify Alling's work atten…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying the memo as part of case 164-81 (NORJAK), addressed to SAC Seattle, originating field office Seattle, subject line referencing suspect David V.…

FBI investigative lead instructing the Seattle Division, at Olympia, Washington, to obtain a current photograph of David V. Alling from the Washington State DMV for display to witnesses; subject is n…

Memo routing header identifying sender/recipient FBI offices, case file numbers, date, and case name NORJAK. Investigative report describing two separate tips identifying possible D.B. Cooper suspec…

Routing header of an FBI internal memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 30, 1974, with redacted boxes and exemption codes (b6, b7C, b7D) and a faint handwrit…

FBI internal memo/routing slip from the Seattle Field Office (case 164-81, NORJAK) referencing a prior 'rememo' dated 5/23/75, forwarding driver's license photos of James L. Cooper and Wayne Merle Co…

Redaction markers (FOIA exemption codes b6/b7C) next to a blank redacted box. Handwritten annotation reading "Sub 758", repeated again lower on the page. Typewritten record-check results from FBI S…

Header identification fields for a student named Cooper, born in Seattle on April 7 of an uncertain year, with sex and an additional field that is illegible. Enrollment details noting the student en…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying it as an FBI Seattle field office document regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, sub-file 758, concerning Jimmy Cooper. Body of the memo rep…

File/case reference number header at top of page. Descriptive details listing a license number, a P.O. Box address in Yakima, Washington, and physical description (glasses, eye color, weight, height…

Standard FBI government memorandum header addressed to SAC, Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 3/14/75, subject Jimmy Cooper. A Seattle Police Department sergeant told the FBI he suspected Jim…

FBI Seattle field office memo dated August 19, 1975, in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, closing out the lead on suspect Robert Maxim LaFontaine (Sub #759) after his photographs fail…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender, recipient, date, and case file/subject information for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Memo body stating that the subject forme…

A teletype/letterhead-style FBI memo from SAC Omaha to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 7/23/75, transmitting three copies each of two investigative inserts concerning conta…

Handwritten annotation reading "Sub 759" at the top right of the page. File/reference number header block. Investigative report by SA Arnold J. Kuta describing a July 21, 1975 contact with an unnam…

File/case reference block with case numbers, transcriber initials, and page number. An unnamed female interviewee states her belief that a male subject was hospitalized at American Lake Veterans Hos…

Handwritten stamp/annotation reading 'Sub 759' at the top right of the page. File/reference header identifying the FBI office file number and typist initials. Introductory statement identifying the…

File/reference header with case number, typist initials, and page number. An unnamed female informant (redacted) describes ROBERT MAXIM LA FONTAINE's history of mental hospitalization, WWII Navy ser…

A redacted individual provided old snapshots (originally taken about 11 years earlier, reprinted in 1974) that include Robert La Fontaine, and also provided a copy of a Chicago Tribune newspaper arti…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum letterhead (Optional Form No. 10, July 1973 edition). FBI SAC Seattle memo to SAC Omaha regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, transmitting three 1964 snapshots…

Routing header of an FBI interoffice communication concerning the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, addressed between the Seattle and Omaha field offices, dated 4/18/75, with case origin Seattle.…

FBI teletype from Portland Division to Seattle and Omaha field offices (NORJAK case, D.B. Cooper investigation), dated April 5, 1975. A female caller from De Witt, Iowa contacted Portland Division on…

FBI interoffice memo from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, stating that Butte has completed all logical investigation and the matter is being considered RUC (Referred…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form letterhead. Memo header identifying sender (SAC, Butte), recipient (SAC, Seattle), date, and subject (NORJAK case, BuFile #164-2111). Body of the memo refer…

Administrative header block with file/serial numbers, a redacted box marked with FOIA exemption codes b6/b7C, and an illegible handwritten signature or initials. Introductory statement identifying t…

Administrative header/reference numbers identifying the file and page. An unidentified male interviewee (name redacted) was shown a composite sketch of 'DAN COOPER' and stated it did not resemble an…

Standard government memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Butte) and recipient (SAC Seattle), dated 1/31/75, regarding case NORJAK, office of origin Seattle, BuFile #164-2111. Butte field office…

FBI Butte Division report continuation describing an interview with Fred Karfordt of Boise/Idaho Falls area, who recalled a former employee at the OK Tire Store on North Yellowstone whom he felt did…

Memo routing header from SAC Denver to SAC Butte regarding the NORJAK case, Seattle office of origin, dated 12/27/74. A former KID Television employee in Idaho Falls contacted the FBI's Denver offic…

Standard FBI FOIA/Privacy Act deleted page information sheet header identifying the case number. List of 16 deleted pages with reasons for deletion: one page withheld under FOIA exemptions b6/b7C, t…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle, dated 1/18/78, subject NORJAK (A), referencing Bufile #164-2111. Butte SAC reports that a Sandpoint, Idaho police detective…

Case/reference number heading at top of page. Report describing a detective's interview with Dr. Robert D. Towell, a psychologist at Spartanburg General Hospital, regarding a redacted individual who…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying it as routed from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte, dated 12/23/77, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, Bureau file 164-2111. A Sandpoint, Idaho S…

FBI memorandum from SAC Charlotte to SAC Seattle dated 11/30/76, NORJAK case (BUFILE 164-2111), forwarding an FD-302 interview report and describing unsuccessful attempts (10/26/76-11/24/76) to locat…

FD-302 interview report dated November 30, 1976 (transcribed), documenting an FBI interview conducted November 26, 1976 with a woman referred to as 'Carolina' at her workplace, Braurds Incorporated i…

An FBI airtel (FD-36 form) dated 10/13/76 from the Seattle SAC to the Charlotte SAC regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing a 9/16/76 Columbia airtel and requesting Charlotte contact a r…

FBI airtel routing header from SAC Columbia to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing subject Edward Anthony Lane (SUB 814). Handwritten annotation in the margin near the h…

FBI memo header identifying sender office, agent, case name (NORJACK), office of origin (Seattle), and subject of the report. Vehicle registration and purchase/lien records for a Cadillac owned by E…

Narrative continuation describing an FBI interview of Edward A. Lane, who denied any knowledge of the Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking (the D.B. Cooper/NORJACK case) and denied ever claiming…

LANE describes past family visits to Spokane, Washington, tied to the deaths of his first wife and parents, noting a possible 1971 visit that predated November 1971. Agents determined by physical ob…

Standard FBI airtel transmission form header with date and transmission method. Routing header identifying sender (SAC Seattle) and recipient (SAC Columbia), case name NORJAK, office of origin Seatt…

A date stamp reading 'JUN 11 1976' appears at the top right of the page, along with two unexplained black ink blot marks at the top left and top center. FBI Airtel from SAC Columbia to SAC Seattle r…

FBI case file reference number and preparer initials/page marker at top of report. FBI investigative report of an interview conducted by SA Arthur G. Yex with Joyce Moesley, an apartment manager in…

FBI airtel memo dated 4/2/76 from SAC Columbia to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), discussing investigation of suspect E. A. LAME (aka E. A. Lane), including an interview with Mrs. J.…

An unidentified (redacted) individual describes his familiarity with E. A. Lane, whom he interviewed in summer 1975 for a job at Wetterau Foods; Lane had worked at a Piggly Wiggly in Orangeburg, S.C.…

FBI internal routing header for an airtel from the Columbia field office to the Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, dated 3/16/76. Investigative report d…

FBI file/case number header for the report page. Statement describing BARBARA's drug addiction, involvement of the Greenville County Domestic Relations Court, and her commitment to S.C. State Hospit…

FBI airtel dated 2/9/76 from SAC St. Louis to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, referencing prior correspondence and noting that a related Air Force file was des…

FBI airtel dated 2/6/76 from SAC Seattle to SAC Columbia regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, discussing an unidentified suspect's unverified whereabouts on 11/24/71, prior employment hi…

Investigative lead instructing agents at Greer, South Carolina to recontact a redacted individual, determine dates and background information regarding Barbara Towell, and set out leads for her inter…

FBI teletype/memo from SAC Columbia to SAC Seattle (case NORJAK, Bufile 164-2111) reporting that on 1/14/76, school principal Robert L. Horde and an unnamed staff member in Spartanburg, S.C. told SA…

Routing header of an FBI inter-office communication (airtel/memo) from SAC Charlotte to SAC Columbia regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper investigation), Office of Origin Seattle, dated 12/31/75.…

FBI airtel dated 12/10/75 from SAC Miami to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, transmitting enclosed inserts to Seattle, Charlotte, and Columbia divisions, with a leads sec…

File classification/reference header identifying the FBI field office file number (Miami) and typist/preparer initials, with a page/serial number. Redacted FBI interview report describing a November…

FBI memo from SAC Miami to SAC Seattle dated 11/19/75, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case), transmitting six copies of an investigative insert from the Miami Division and setting a lead for Miami a…

An unnamed Miami Division Special Agent's investigation summary describing 1975 contacts with a redacted female resident of Miami Beach/Miami, Florida, seeking information about an unidentified redac…

Standard FBI airtel header identifying the case as NORJAK, routed from SAC Charlotte to SAC Columbia, referencing an earlier Columbia airtel dated 6/20/75. Describes an unnamed (redacted) suspect in…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Columbia), recipient (SAC Seattle), date, and NORJAK case file number. Follow-up memo reporting that Columbia field office made thr…

Routing header of an FBI airtel from SAC Columbia to SAC Charlotte regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing a prior airtel to Seattle dated 4/16/75. An interview summary in which Mrs. J.…

A leads section for the FBI's Columbia Division noting that a lead to contact an individual and Dr. R. D. Towell at Clemson, S.C. is not being covered due to redacted reasons involving past incidents…

An FBI communication (RUC - Report Under Consideration/Referred Upon Completion) from the SAC Mobile field office to SAC Seattle, dated 5/28/75, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investiga…

FBI airtel from SAC Columbia to SAC Seattle dated 4/21/75, re: NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), forwarding copies of a prior airtel and a suspect photograph to Charlotte, Knoxville, and Mobile field office…

Routing header of an FBI airtel from the Columbia field office to the Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 4/16/75. The memo reports that Columbia, S.C. city directori…

FBI airtel from SAC Columbia to SAC Seattle dated 5/19/75, part of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, forwarding an investigative insert prepared by SA John W. Steele in Spartanburg, S.C. It als…

Redacted field, likely recipient/office routing information, marked with FOIA exemption codes. FBI investigative report (file CO 164-48) documenting SA John W. Steele's inquiries in Spartanburg, Sou…

FBI airtel (RUC - Referred Upon Completion) from SAC Charlotte to SAC Seattle dated 5/19/75, part of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. References prior Columbia and Knoxville airtels. Body desc…

Standard FBI airtel form header indicating transmission type and date. Knoxville FBI airtel to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, referencing an unrelated closed case of a per…

FBI airtel routing header from SAC Seattle to SAC Columbia regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing a Seattle field report dated 5/30/73. Body text describing an enclosed suspect photogr…

FBI investigative lead sheet under case file SE 164-81 assigning follow-up leads to the Columbia Division (Clemson, Columbia, and Spartanburg, South Carolina) and St. Louis Division (St. Louis, Misso…

Header block of an FBI memo from Seattle field office, case NORJACK (164-81), dated 4/10/75, with redacted Special Agent name and RE line. Body of memo describing a tip received 4/4/75 that a redact…

Standard FBI FOIA/PA 'Deleted Page Information Sheet' indicating six pages (4, 5, 6, 7, 9, and 16) were removed from the released file as duplicates, with a stamped-style notice that no duplication f…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Anchorage), recipient (SAC Seattle), date, and subject case name NORJAK, with a redacted box marked with b6/b7C exemption codes. Anchorage Divi…

Two black circular redaction/stamp marks at the top of the page with no legible content visible. FBI airtel dated 2/12/76 from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investi…

FBI airtel/memo dated 8/15/75 from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage under the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, Bufile 164-2111, requesting Anchorage forward results of an investigation referenced in a prior Se…

FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage, dated 8/6/75, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, requesting Anchorage expedite an investigation referenced in a prior Miami airtel of 4/3/75; notes…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender (Miami SAC), recipient (Seattle SAC), date, and subject (NORJAK case, Office of Origin Seattle). Miami field office reports to Seattle t…

Standard FBI Airtel (FD-36) form header dated 4/17/75, sent plain via airtel/airmail from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, Bufile 164-2111. Seattle field office…

FBI teletype/airtel from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Seattle dated 4/21/75, part of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, reporting an FAA computerized and microfilm records check conducted 4/16/75 fo…

FBI airtel dated 4/3/75 from the Miami Field Office (SAC Miami) to SAC Seattle, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case file name), transmitting FD-302 interview report copies to Seattle, Oklahoma City,…

FBI FD-302 report dated 4/3/75 recounting a redacted informant's secondhand account (via the late JUNE HANSON) alleging the true identity of hijacker 'DAN COOPER', including claims about the hijacker…

Routing header of an FBI airtel/memo from SAC Detroit to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, referencing a prior Milwaukee letter to Detroit dated 4/22/75. Captain William Maki of…

Continuation page (page 2) of an FBI field office report/memo under file DE 164-115 discussing photographs believed taken at Ken's Photo Service in Ironwood, Michigan (owned by Kenneth Aho), noting c…

Routing header of an FBI airtel/memo from SAC Milwaukee to SAC Detroit regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, referencing the Northwest Airlines Flight 350 hijacking case. Handwritten marginal annotati…

Standard FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet listing 10 pages removed from the release as duplicates, referencing FOI/PA case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. Boxed notice made of X characters indicat…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with transcription date. An unnamed interviewee (name redacted) was located at his residence in North Litchfield Beach, South Carolina, and advised of the agent's ide…

FBI Seattle field office memo to Portland field office in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case, dated 8/13/75, referencing a prior 8/7/75 Seattle letter and a 7/21/75 Portland airtel that reported…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Seattle), recipient (SAC Portland), date, and case subject NORJAK. Seattle FBI office follows up on a lead referred to the Portland Division re…

FBI airtel header identifying the communication as being sent from the Portland field office to the Seattle field office regarding case NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper hijacking). The FBI Portland office re…

FBI airtel/memo from SAC Columbia to SAC Seattle in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, reporting that three attempts (6/2/75, 6/11/75, 6/16/75) to recontact a redacted individual near North Lych…

Routing header of an FBI airtel from SAC Louisville to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing prior teletype and airtel communications. Body text stating that an unnamed (…

FBI Airtel dated 5/20/75 from SAC, Columbia to Seattle regarding case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking, BUFILE 164-2111). References an earlier teletype to the Bureau dated 5/12/75, transmits copies of…

Standard FD-302 form header identifying the document as an FBI interview report, with a date of transcription and handwritten routing notation. An interviewee, whose identity is redacted, describes…

Teletype routing/precedence line and transmission timestamp with operator initials. Distribution list of FBI field offices/Director addressed in the teletype, each with a case file number. Louisvil…

Standard FBI FOI/PA 'Deleted Page Information Sheet' cover form indicating two pages (page 5 and page 11) were removed from the released file because they were duplicates, with no duplication fee cha…

FBI Seattle field office memo (NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case, Bureau file 164-2111) dated 2/27/76, reporting that all efforts to identify a redacted suspect in Seattle and Oregon proved negative, that logi…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal header indicating the message is being sent via AIRTEL and AIR MAIL, dated 12/15/75. ADIC Los Angeles reports to SAC Seattle on the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) invest…

FBI Seattle field office airtel to Los Angeles field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, dated 9/23/75. References a prior Los Angeles airtel of May 21, 1975. States that efforts…

FBI interoffice memo (airtel/teletype-style routing memo) from the Portland Special Agent in Charge (SAC) to the Seattle SAC, dated 9/11/75, referencing NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper hijacking case). It re…

Document identifier/file number and page number header. FBI report narrative by SA Brian W. O'Keefe describing an investigation conducted on May 29, 1975: contacts at the Oregon State Police Identif…

FBI teletype/memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing a prior Los Angeles airtel dated 5/21/75 and a lead in Salem, Oregon; Portland is requested to…

Standard FBI airtel routing header dated 5/21/75, from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case codename). Body of the airtel: a Covina, California police patrolman repor…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet listing 10 pages removed from the release as duplicates, under FOI/PA case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. Standard FBI FOI/PA boxed notation indicating this page…

A handwritten note stating that an item was manually serialized into sub-file 766 because the sub-file was not present in the computer system.

FBI Electronic Communication routing header: priority message dated 11/06/2000 from Salt Lake City (Helena/Kalispell Resident Agency) to Las Vegas and Seattle offices, attention SA Joseph A. Dushek o…

Routing header indicating a communication sent from the FBI Salt Lake City field office to the Las Vegas field office, referencing case number SE 164A-81 dated 11/06/2000. Vehicle registration infor…

FBI memo from a Seattle Special Agent to the SAC, Seattle, dated 5/12/76, in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, concluding that Franklin John Painter (aka Nick Lewis), designated SUB 766, should not be c…

FBI memo from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle dated 5/10/76 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, transmitting nine copies each of three investigative inserts and one FD-302 interview report related to…

FBI Airtel header/routing block identifying this as a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case) communication from the Denver field office to the Seattle field office, referencing subject Franklin John Painter, aka…

FBI report by SA Donald W. Lyon, Jr. documenting a Denver, Colorado investigation on April 15, 1976, finding no Colorado driver's license or vehicle registration for Franklin John Painter, and no emp…

Routing header of an FBI airtel/memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver regarding the NORJAK case, referencing subject Franklin John Painter aka Nick Leuis, Sub #766. Body of the memo stating that on 3/…

FBI airtel/memo dated 3/2/76 from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, subject Franklin John Painter aka Nick Leuis (SUB #766). Notes subject's SSAN (redacte…

FBI memo from SAC Butte to SAC Denver in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, reporting that no records were found for a 'Signal Drilling Company' in Nampa, Idaho, and that no Idaho location named…

FBI memorandum from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte dated 2/5/76 regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, discussing suspect Franklin John Painter aka Nick Leuis (SUB #766). Credit check results from Rock Sprin…

FBI Butte field office airtel to Denver and Seattle regarding subject Franklin John Painter, alias Nick Leuis (SUB 766), part of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. States three photographs of Ni…

FBI Airtel header identifying it as an air-mail teletype/memo from SAC Butte to SAC Denver regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper investigation), originating office Seattle. Identifies the subject o…

Continuation page (page 2 of a teletype/report, ref BT #164-26) stating Nampa, Idaho PD and Canyon County Sheriff's Office (Caldwell, Idaho) records contained no information on a person named NICK LE…

FBI airtel routing header from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver, dated 9/16/75, referencing the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, subject Franklin John Painter aka Nick Leuis (SUB 766), referring back to an 8/12/7…

FBI Denver field office airtel to Seattle SAC dated 8/12/75, part of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, concerning suspect Franklin John Painter aka Nick Leuis. Transmits an FD-302 interview rep…

Investigative report noting unsuccessful attempts to contact NICK LEUIS, followed by information obtained from Rose Belmain of a Rock Springs, Wyoming credit bureau regarding LEUIS's employment and r…

Faint handwritten annotation, possibly a source/serial reference, added near the top of the form. An unnamed female source in Farson, Wyoming, advised the FBI that a person she knew, originally name…

Interview report summarizing statements from one or more redacted witnesses (likely relatives) about NICK LEUIS, describing his background in Rock Springs and Farson, Wyoming, his transient lifestyle…

Interview report excerpt in which a female interviewee recalls that a man named NICK told her he had been a paratrooper stationed in Germany, used the alias PAINTER, and received a GED while in the m…

Airtel/memo from Las Vegas FBI office to Seattle FBI office regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, concerning suspect Franklin John Painter (aka Nick Leuis), transmitting two copies of an investigative…

File/routing header identifying the FBI field office case file number and typist/agent initials. Illegible handwritten cursive note, possibly a serial number notation, near two circular hole-punch o…

Physical description of an unidentified white male subject (approx. 40 years old, 6'1"-6'2", 160 lbs, slender build, dark short crew cut hair) provided by an unnamed female witness/informant, who not…

Standard US Government memorandum header identifying the memo as sent from the FBI Las Vegas field office to Seattle, dated 6/9/75, on the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Body of the memo identifying sus…

FBI report from the LV (Las Vegas) field office file 164-60, documenting SA Norman M. Stone's investigation at Reno, Nevada. A redacted Post Office employee reported that Joseph Painter, a mentally r…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header showing form number, date, and transmission method (Airtel/Airmail, priority). SAC San Francisco airtel to SAC Las Vegas (NORJACK case) relaying a…

File/case reference number and initials header. Investigative narrative describing the suspect's sister in Yerington, Nevada, and redacted informant/client information indicating the suspect used th…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview report form header with transcription date. A redacted female source, interviewed at her Nevada residence, claims D.B. Cooper's true identity is 'Frank Painter,' who al…

Standard FBI FD-302a continuation form header identifying the case number, date, and page number; the subject/interviewee name field is redacted. Physical description and birth information for Frank…

Standard FBI FD-302a continuation-page header identifying case number SE 164A-81 and page 3 of an interview report dated 10/17/2000; the interviewee/subject name field is redacted. Redacted witness/…

FD-302 report dated 10/18/2000 documenting an FBI interview (conducted 10/17/2000, Las Vegas field office involvement via SA Joseph A. Dushek) with a redacted female witness in Nevada who claims that…

Standard FBI FD-302a continuation form header showing case number SE 164A-81, a redacted subject/interviewee name field, and the date and page number of the continuation report. Interview report des…

NCIC Interstate Identification Index (III) automated response confirming receipt of a records request for FBI number 828046B. FBI Identification Record (rap sheet) for Franklin John Painter, born 19…

Small illegible handwritten annotation in the top-left corner of the page. Two black circular redaction or stamp marks near the top of the page, purpose unclear. NCIC Interstate Identification Inde…

Computer/teletype printout of a Nevada NCJIS Criminal History Record (CHR) inquiry response for a person named Franklin Painter (DOB 04/27/37), returning 'NO RECORD FOUND', requested by SA Dushek (OR…

Handwritten name annotation in upper right corner of the page. Computer/teletype printout of a law enforcement database query on a person named Franklin Painter (DOB 04/27/1937), showing negative re…

Automated system acknowledgment header followed by a DMV database query result stating no matching record was found for a person named Painter, Franklin, DOB 04/27(1937, truncated), with a reference…

Acknowledgement line for a computer message transaction dated October 17, 2000. NCJIS (state justice information system) query results showing no wanted-person or dangerous-offender match for Frankl…

Computer/teletype query log showing a negative (no-match) result for an NCJIS wanted person check and a P&P Dangerous Offender Notification System check on Franklin Painter, DOB 04/27/1937, male. NC…

FBI teletype/electronic communication routing header from Las Vegas Division to Seattle, Laboratory, Salt Lake City, St. Louis, and Las Vegas offices regarding case NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper hijacking…

Routing header identifying this as correspondence from the Las Vegas FBI field office to the Seattle field office, referencing case file SE 164A-81, dated 10/26/2000. Narrative recounting a 1975-76…

Routing header of an FBI teletype/memo from the Las Vegas field office to Seattle, referencing case file SE 164A-81 and dated 10/26/2000. An unnamed female source states she believes Franklin (Paint…

Routing header for a communication from FBI Las Vegas to FBI Seattle referencing case number SE 164A-81, dated 10/26/2000, introducing a list of investigative leads. A lead requesting the FBI Labora…

Routing header indicating a communication from the Las Vegas FBI field office to Seattle, referencing case SE 164A-81, dated October 26, 2000. An unnamed female witness/source describes Franklin Pai…

A pen-and-ink/stippled composite sketch style illustration of a man's head, neck, and shoulders. Two small black circles appear above the head, possibly page binding markers or annotation dots rather…

Standard FD-302 form header with page number, FBI title, and transcription date. FBI interview summary (FD-302) of Lucinda Reyes recounting the life history of her brother Frank John Painter (aka Fr…

Standard FBI FD-302a continuation sheet header identifying the case number, interviewee, interview date, and page number. Reyes recounts that Frank re-married after divorcing an unnamed first wife,…

Continuation of an FBI FD-302 report documenting an interview with Lucinda Reyes, describing a damaged black suitcase belonging to 'Frank,' his claims of possibly being D.B. Cooper, a physical descri…

Standard FBI FD-302a continuation form header identifying the case file number, interviewee, interview date, and page number. Continuation of a witness statement by Lucinda Reyes describing her spor…

Standard FBI FD-302a continuation form header identifying the case number, interviewee, interview date, and page number. Reyes states that a name change occurred between 'Frank Painter' and 'Nick Le…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with page number and transcription date. Identifies interviewee Lucinda Reyes and her subject brother Frank John Painter, with biographical/contact details. Family b…

FBI teletype/airtel header identifying the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, routed from Las Vegas/Carson City RA to Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Las Vegas field offices, dated 10/30/2000. Narrative descri…

Standard FBI FD-71 Complaint Form header fields for the NORJAK (Norjak/D.B. Cooper) case, with a telephonic complaint received 9/12/00 at 7:00 pm from a female complainant whose identity is protected…

Continuation of an informant interview report listing numbered observations (items 4-6, with a duplicated "5)") about a relative suspected of being D.B. Cooper, followed by a redacted paragraph descr…

FBI Electronic Communication header/routing block: routine communication from Seattle Field Office (Squad 5, PSVCTF) to Las Vegas, dated 09/25/2000, referencing NORJAK/CAA-Hijacking case SE 164A-8194…

Routing header of an FBI communication from the Seattle field office to the Las Vegas field office, referencing case number SE 164A-81 dated 09/25/2000. An investigative lead directed to the Las Veg…

Standard FBI FOIA/Privacy Act (FOI/PA) deleted page placeholder sheet, indicating that 2 pages (page 4 and page 13) were removed from the release as duplicates, with no duplication fee charged.

Top-of-page graphical marks that appear to be either a large redaction/obscuring mark and two smaller circular redactions, or physical artifacts (e.g., punch holes) from the original document. FBI L…

Standard FBI airtel transmission form header identifying the document as an FBI communication dated 7/11/75. Routing information: airtel sent from SAC Las Vegas to the FBI Director regarding the NOR…

FBI field office file number header (Las Vegas field office, file 164-60). Continuation of an FBI interview report in which an unnamed source/informant describes an individual known to him as 'D. B.…

An unnamed (redacted) source describes limited knowledge of COOPER, stating he never was in a certain place associated with COOPER, but met him approximately 20 times over an unspecified period, alwa…

FBI airtel (Las Vegas field office file LV 164-60) referencing subject COOPER, noting information received and coordination with the State of Nevada Bureau of Narcotics on 7/8/75, with a copy furnish…

FBI teletype (NITEL) dated June 10-11, 1975 from the Honolulu field office to the Director, Las Vegas, and Seattle offices (NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle), referencing prior Las Vegas and Hon…

FBI teletype from the Las Vegas field office to the Director, Seattle, and Honolulu offices, dated June 6, 1975, concerning the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. It references prior June 4, 1975 te…

Two solid black circular marks/stamps at the top of the page, purpose unclear (possibly redaction dots, hole-punch artifacts, or classification stamps obscured in scanning). FBI night teletype (NITE…

FBI teletype (NORJAK case) from Honolulu field office to Director, Seattle, and Las Vegas offices dated June 3-4, 1975, reporting an unverified source's claim that a man calling himself D.B. Cooper,…