Memo caption/header identifying the originating office (Seattle), case name NORJAK, bureau file number, and subject Harry Nicholas Miller. The memo references two earlier memoranda and reports that…

Memo header/routing block identifying the sending office (SAC Seattle), case symbol NORJAK, file number, date, and subject Harry Nicholas Miller. Handwritten annotation reading 'Sub 768' near the to…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Robert H. Wick under case name NORJAK, dated 7/15/75, referencing a prior memo from SA Martin J. Godfrey dated 6/18/75, subject 'SUB 768'. Handwritte…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying sender, recipient, date, and subject (NORJAK, the FBI case name for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation). Memo body describing an informant…

Handwritten annotation mark and a typed FBI file/case number at the top of the page. Instructions to the Seattle office to compare a received photograph against artist conceptions of the unknown sub…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with two large redaction/stamp circles flanking the FBI seal area and a handwritten transcription date. FBI interview report of Lester F. Reilly, who was questioned b…

Introductory paragraph referencing a magazine financing difficulty, followed by a lead-in to a physical/background description obtained through observation and interview. Structured physical descrip…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender (Newark), recipient (Seattle), date, and NORJAK case file numbers. Handwritten annotation, likely a sub-file or routing notation, appear…

An FBI internal communication (airtel/letter format) dated 7/1/75 from the Seattle Special Agent in Charge (SAC) to the Newark SAC, part of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation. It refere…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form letterhead. Memo from SAC Newark to SAC Seattle dated 6/6/75 regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71, transmitting two co…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with transcription date and handwritten case reference annotations. FBI interview summary of Lester F. Reilly of Cherry Hill, NJ, who was questioned as a possible res…

Page header with file number 'NK 164-196' and page number 2, followed by continuing narrative text about a subject having trouble financing a magazine venture, introducing a physical description obta…

Standard FBI FOIA/Privacy Act 'Deleted Page Information Sheet' indicating that 1 page (Page 5) was deleted from the released file because it was a duplicate, with no duplication fee charged for the d…

Header of an FBI airtel/teletype from SAC Kansas City to the Director, FBI, dated 8/22/75, regarding case NORJAK, Office of Origin Seattle. Kansas City field office reports on efforts to show a sket…

FBI airtel from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, transmitting an FD-302 interview report and summarizing a records check of Tahlequah, Oklahoma agenc…

Form revision code header with two large black circular marks obscuring or redacting content near the top of the page. FBI interview report (FD-302 style) of a witness in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, discus…

Continuation of an FBI report (case OC 164-56) describing a subject's account of employment with American Airlines and military service, followed by a statement that a redacted individual denied know…

Routing header of an FBI AIRTEL from the Director, FBI to SACs in Oklahoma City, Kansas City, and Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 7/16/75. A small redacted box in the right margin, marked w…

Standard FBI airtel form header identifying the transmission as an AIRTEL/AIRMAIL message dated 6/20/75, from SAC Kansas City to the FBI Director, filed under the NORJAK case with Office of Origin (O…

Continuation of an FBI investigative report (file KC 164-80) describing a source's speculation that one or both of two unidentified men could be D.B. Cooper or his ground accomplice, the source's wil…

FBI file/case number heading for the Kansas City field office. Redacted biographical/arrest record for an unnamed individual, including Social Security number, occupation, two years of U.S. Army ser…

Routing header of an FBI memo from SAC Milwaukee to SAC Seattle dated 7/1/75, referencing the Northwest Airlines Flight 350 hijacking/extortion case (UNSUB alias Dan Cooper), Office of Origin Seattle…

Continuation of an FBI background interview report on Donald Shea (subject referred to as 'he' throughout), covering his employment history, marriage to Jo Ann Shea, purchase of a farm near Prairie d…

Two black filled circular marks of unclear origin near the top of the page. File/case number header for the document. Continuation of an interview/report describing an unnamed female source's state…

FBI Portland office airtel to Seattle office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, addressing allegations made by a redacted individual from Albany, Oregon, discussing a pilot named PROBST with a…

Illegible partial stamp or handwritten annotation in the top-left corner, likely a routing or date stamp. Standard FBI Airtel form header identifying the communication as an unclassified plaintext a…

Continuation of investigative report discussing a parachute, noting color was not disclosed and that the informant believed money might be hidden in it and that it was a military-type parachute. Pas…

Standard GSA memorandum header identifying this as an FBI internal memo from a Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC in Seattle, dated 4/23/76, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper investigation…

FBI Seattle-to-Las Vegas communication (case NORJAK, Seattle office) dated 2/23/76, referencing a prior Sacramento letter of 1/6/76, reporting that a records check of Las Vegas police, telephone comp…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Sacramento), recipient (SAC Las Vegas), date, and subject (NORJAK case, Office of Origin Seattle). Body of the memo describing foll…

FBI field office file number header. A redacted source states CLARK was in business with another redacted individual, who left in 1972 for Ketchikan, Alaska; a forwarding address was obtained. Inve…

Three dark, illegible ink blot or stamp marks across the top of the page. FBI memo routing header addressed from Seattle SAC to Sacramento SAC, dated 9/25/75, case NORJAK, regarding Don W. Clark, Su…

Narrative interview summary: SMITH states CLARK, a bookkeeper familiar with logging roads in Lewis and Cowlitz County, WA, went to work for a now-bankrupt Inyokern, California logging company before…

FBI Seattle field office memo (NORJAK case, file 164-2111) dated 8/7/75, referencing a 7/21/75 memo from SPC Francis E. Entler, discussing suspect Don W. Clark whom witness Ken Smith of Morton, Washi…

FBI Seattle field office memo dated 7/21/75, part of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, relaying a tip from Ken Smith of Morton, Washington that former Morton resident Don W. Clark resembles the…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet listing 10 pages removed from the release as duplicates, associated with case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. Standard FBI boxed notice indicating no duplication f…

FBI airtel/memo from SAC Cleveland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case, referencing an earlier Birmingham airtel and stating the matter is being closed/referred upon com…

FBI Birmingham field office airtel to Seattle field office (NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case), dated 8/19/75, forwarding copies of an FD-302 interview report conducted in Talladega, Alabama on 8/9/75, and not…

Standard FD-302 form header with FBI title, a redacted identifying box, and the date of transcription. An FBI interview report of a redacted individual (from Decatur, Georgia) conducted at the Alaba…

Teletype routing header identifying this as a NITEL (night letter/teletype) message sent August 9, 1975 at 8:13 PM, from the FBI Birmingham field office to Seattle, Cleveland, and Atlanta field offic…

Continuation of an FBI report (Birmingham file 164-35) describing an informant's claim that a redacted individual is really D. B. Cooper, the reasoning behind the claim (prior Boeing Aircraft employm…

Continuation of an FBI interview report (page three) describing an interviewee, initially upset but interviewed extensively, who described sharing a motel room in Mansfield, Ohio with an Akron, Ohio…

Teletype routing header addressed to Birmingham and Seattle field offices from the Cleveland field office, case identifier MORJAK. A patrolman from the Akron, Ohio police department reported to the…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI interview report describing a source who claimed to be covering a sportscar circuit for IMSA sponsored by Goodrich Tire and Rubber Company, and who described his U.S…

Continuation of an FBI interview report (page three of a document referencing case CV 164-88) in which a source told an interviewee that a redacted individual was really D. B. Cooper. The interviewee…

Page four of an FBI report (file CV 164-88) describing a source (surname Mc Clothlin, possibly first name redacted) discussing an unnamed redacted individual's distrust of the FBI, involvement in the…

Standard FBI FOIA/Privacy Act placeholder sheet indicating that one page (Page 9) was deleted from the released file because it was a duplicate, with no duplication fee charged.

FBI Seattle field office memo dated 12/31/75 from SA Robert H. Wick regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing an earlier memo from SA Manning (11/18/75). The memo documents DMV records ch…

Two unexplained solid black circular marks appear near the top of the page; purpose unclear. Memo header identifying the addressee (SAC, Seattle), file number, date, author, case name NORJAK, office…

Memorandum header identifying originating office (Seattle), case designation NORJAK, file number, drafting agent, and a reference to a prior memo dated 8/18/75. Narrative describing FBI attempts bet…

Notes that leads regarding HOLZBORN and a redacted individual are left to the case agent's discretion, and that no physical description beyond what is already on file (from a college) could be obtain…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing an Anchorage airtel dated 5/14/75. Sender name and a 'Re:' reference line are redacted under b6/b7c…

Routing header of an FBI airtel from the Anchorage Field Office to the Seattle Field Office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, referencing a prior airtel dated 5/2/75. Includ…

Standard FBI FOIA/Privacy Act 'Deleted Page Information Sheet' indicating that one page (Page 4) was removed from the released file because it was a duplicate, with no duplication fee charged for the…

Two solid black circular marks appear at the top of the page above a horizontal rule, likely printing artifacts, hole-punch marks, or redaction dots rather than meaningful content. FBI Seattle field…

Standard FBI memorandum header form addressed to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Seattle, dated 9/9/75, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper investigation), office of origin Seattle, Bureau file…

Two solid black circular ink marks/blots at the top of the page, likely redaction or handling marks rather than text stamps. FBI Seattle field office memo (file 164-81, NORJAK/BUfile 164-2111) regar…

FBI interoffice Airtel/Airmail routing header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case codename), dated 8/8/75. An unnamed female informant in Eugene, Oregon told the F…

Report text discussing an unnamed female witness (redacted) who states she has never met Richard J. McCoy, and a Mr. Weir who believes McCoy had the personality to have committed the D.B. Cooper hija…

Two circular ink stamp/blot marks at the top of the page with no legible text. FBI AIRTEL header/routing block dated 9/10/75, from SAC Salt Lake City to SAC Seattle, regarding case NORJAK, Office of…

Continuation of an FBI report/memo (case SU 164-24) discussing Alex Joseph, a polygamist living in Glen Canyon City, Utah/Arizona area, including legal troubles (land dispute, stolen property charge…

File/reference number header at top of page. Memo discussing that further investigation of JOSEPH could embarrass the Bureau due to media publicity; anticipates successful prosecution in Arizona, wi…

FBI AIRTEL from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle (case NORJAK, the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation), forwarding a newspaper article about Alex Joseph of Glen Canyon City, Utah, after an anonymous tip s…

Standard FBI FOI/PA deleted page placeholder sheet indicating one page (page 3) was removed from the released file as a duplicate, with no duplication fee charged.

FBI Seattle field office memo from SA Robert S. Travatte under the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, referencing a prior Portland airtel dated 6/13/75. It details multiple negative attemp…

Memo header identifying the sending office, case classification (164-81), reporting agent, case codename NORJAK, and reference to a prior memo dated 9/5/75. An unnamed interviewee in Bellingham, Was…

FBI file/case reference number header at top of page. Continuation of an FBI interview report (redacted source) discussing an associate's recollections of COOMBS, including his skydiving experience…

Two black circular marks at the top of the page, possibly redaction dots or document control marks. Continuation of a witness statement describing physical characteristics, Navy service, and persona…

Standard U.S. Government Optional Form No. 10 memorandum letterhead. Memo routing header identifying sender, recipient, date, and subject (NORJAK, the FBI's D.B. Cooper case designation), referencin…

File/case number stamped or typed at top of page. Continuation of a list of prior arrests, listing Grand Larceny charges with suspended sentences. Note that a photograph of Russell Seamans Coombs f…

Memo header identifying the originating office (SAC Seattle), case name NORJAK, Bureau file number, subject Russell Seamans Coombs (Sub #778), and a note that the title was formally carried as UNSUB…

Standard FBI FOI/PA deleted page placeholder sheet indicating one page (page 4) was withheld/removed from the release as a duplicate, with no duplication fee applied.

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC, Seattle, dated 12/23/75, subject NORJACK (the D.B. Cooper case codename); sender name and RE line are redacted. Report of a December 11, 1975 intervi…

FBI Seattle field office memo dated 12/4/75 regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, updating a subject's title designation and relaying a 11/13/75 tip from an Aberdeen, Washingto…

FBI report continuation page (case SE 164-81) describing interviews/records regarding an individual referred to as MASHORE, characterized by a source as a disreputable and dishonest businessman who w…

Faint illegible handwritten marks or stray pen strokes in the upper left margin. FBI field office case file number designation. Investigative lead/action item stating agents will attempt to locate…

FBI Airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper), transmitting a letter received from a redacted individual in Aberdeen, Washington, who advised he may have inform…

Standard FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet noting that 2 pages (page 6 and page 10) were removed from the release as duplicates, with no duplication fee applied.

FBI airtel dated 12/29/75 from SAC San Diego to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, reporting that the FBI Identification Division found latent fingerprints in th…

FBI airtel from SAC San Diego to Director FBI (Identification Division), subject NORJACK (D.B. Cooper case), dated 11/20/75. References prior airtels and a lab report; states a previously identified…

A confidential source believed a friend resembled D.B. Cooper based on a composite drawing, differing only in chin lines; the friend is described as a white male employed at North Island Naval Statio…

Standard FBI Identification Division letterhead and form title. Routing information: file numbers, date, recipient (SAC Seattle), and case name NORJAK (the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking…

FBI Airtel dated 10/1/75 from SAC Seattle to Director FBI (Identification Division), NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), Office of Origin Seattle. References an Alexandria airtel dated 9/23/75 that asked Seat…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel form header with transmission date and method. Airtel from SAC Alexandria to FBI Director under case NOJAK (Seattle office of origin), relaying the contents of a letter rec…

FBI Identification Division / Latent Fingerprint Section report header, dated September 9, 1975, addressed to SAC Alexandria, referencing case NORJAK, with file numbers 164-2111 and A-45410. Report…

Small illegible handwritten or stamped marks in the upper left corner of the page. A memo addressed to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) of the Alexandria FBI Division, dated September 9, 1975, conf…

Teletype routing header identifying the message as sent from the Washington Field Office (WFO) to FBI Headquarters and the Alexandria and Seattle field offices, referencing case NORJAK and suspect Je…

Continuation page (Page Two) of an FBI interview report in which redacted interviewees describe a workplace cave-in injury around November 16, 1971 that may have led to Cooper being brought on as a r…

Mostly blank upper portion of the page containing two black circular marks and a faint handwritten squiggle. Continuation (page three) of a Washington Field Office (WFO) communication, file number 1…

FBI teletype dated September 9, 1975, from the Alexandria field office to the Director, Seattle, and WFO offices, reporting that Alexandria advised the Bureau on September 4, 1975 that contact had be…

Continuation of an FBI report describing the September 8, 1975 interview of a suspect named Cooper in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation. Cooper denied involvement, admitted skydiving/h…

Two black circular marks near the top of the page, likely hole-punch marks or binding/copying artifacts rather than content. Narrative continuation of an FBI investigative report discussing payroll…

A physical description sheet (page four of a document referenced as AX 164-70) listing detailed identifying characteristics of a male subject: sex, date and place of birth, height, weight, eye/hair c…

Continuation (page five) of an FBI teletype or report summarizing a subject's employment history: currently employed by Gardner Equipment (Local 77) as a heavy equipment operator, and in 1971 employe…

Teletype/airtel routing header showing transmission time, sender, and recipient FBI field offices with case file numbers. A handwritten annotation, possibly a lab reference or routing note, appears…

Continuation ('Page Two') of an FBI investigative account describing a group's driving route through Virginia (Gainesville, Marshall, Haymarket, Warrington/Warrenton, Quantico) that was disrupted by…

Continuation (page three) of an FBI teletype, file FP 164-50, discussing comparison of suspect 'Jerry Arthur Cooper' to a person named Hockman, assigning follow-up leads to Alexandria field office (t…

FBI Seattle field office airtel to FBI Director dated 9/9/75, providing a monthly summary status update on the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, stating 776 total suspects with 754 eliminated and n…

FBI night teletype (NITEL) dated September 12, 1975, 1:53 AM, from the Alexandria field office to the Director, Seattle, and El Paso field offices, part of case NORJAK. It reports that Jerry Arthur C…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper case. It recounts that Hockman told investigators he and Cooper left on a hunting trip from Northern Virginia at an extremely earl…

Memo from SAC El Paso to SAC Seattle (case NORJAK) dated 9/17/75, referencing prior teletypes and transmitting copies of an FD-302 report on the interview of Robert Hockman. Distribution list indica…

Header portion of an FBI report form showing a date field and two black-circle redactions, with the agency name largely obscured. Introductory statement identifying Robert Hockman, an interviewee at…

File/case reference number and page number header. Continuation of an FBI witness interview report describing a Thanksgiving Day 1971 hunting trip with COOPER to Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virgin…

File/page reference number heading at top of the report page. Four solid black circular marks of varying size, likely image/document artifacts, redaction, or negative reproduction marks. Narrative…

FBI file/case classification number with an underlined page or sub-item number. Biographical/background form entries describing a person's (referred to via 'Wife' label, subject unclear) U.S. Army m…

FBI teletype dated January 6, 1976, sent from Alexandria field office to Director, Richmond, and Seattle field offices, reporting that suspect Jerry Arthur Cooper was reviewed and interviewed regardi…

Continuation of an FBI report discussing the elimination of Jerry Arthur Cooper as a suspect ('UNSUB') in the D.B. Cooper hijacking, citing physical description mismatch, fingerprint non-match, payro…

Investigative report page (page three of document AX 164-72) recounting the 1971 hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 by 'Cooper', including timeline of the hijacking, a Richmond FBI teletype a…

Continuation of an FBI report (case AX 164-72), page four, discussing Jerry Arthur Cooper's claims: a Richmond teletype indicated Cooper traveled to Texas with a redacted companion who abandoned him…

Continuation page (page five) of an FBI report describing an investigation into claims by an individual named Jerry Cooper that he was being threatened/harassed, including an alleged shooting inciden…

Continuation (page six) of an FBI teletype under file number AX 164-72, stating that the Alexandria Division will not recontact certain (redacted) sources so as not to jeopardize them, and that no fu…

Teletype routing header identifying this as a wire teletype (WITEL) sent 7:50 PM on 1-5-76, addressed from FBI Richmond field office to FBI Director, Alexandria, and Seattle field offices, under case…

File number and page header. Continuation of an FBI interview report (RM 164-74) in which a redacted female informant relates statements allegedly made by a person named Cooper: that he was a hijack…

Continuation page (page three) of an FBI report/interview summary discussing a man named Cooper (referred to as Jerry Cooper) who, while intoxicated in Texas in October 1975, allegedly talked about '…

Continuation (page four) of an FBI teletype under file RH 164-74 discussing a source's statements about Jerry Cooper's speech patterns matching those attributed to the D.B. Cooper hijacker, plus fiel…

FBI interoffice memo dated 3/18/76 from Acting SAC Richmond to SAC Seattle (NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case), reporting that no further information links suspect Jerry Arthur Cooper to D.B. Cooper. A Bureau…

Case/file reference header for the report page. Investigative report by Special Agent Delbert D. Roberts documenting interviews conducted February 24-25, 1976 with individuals connected to Virginia…

Standard FBI report header with typed date and a handwritten annotation reading 'Sub A 781'. Introduces the interview of Robert Hockman by SA Wayne O. Taylor regarding a newspaper article suggesting…

File/case reference number heading at top of page. Continuation of an FBI interview report (likely FD-302 style) recounting a witness's account of a Thanksgiving Day 1971 hunting trip to Quantico Ma…

An unnamed interviewee (presumably ROBERT HOCKMAN, an associate or relative by marriage of JERRY ARTHUR COOPER) recounts COOPER's movements in the early-to-mid 1970s, background on his family (mother…

Form/report excerpt listing a subject's wife's military service record (US Army, honorable discharge, radio repairman specialty) and her present employer (National Park Service, Department of Interio…

Handwritten routing/reference notation with a date, likely added when the document was processed or filed. FBI FD-302 interview report continuation page recounting statements made by an unidentified…

An interview/report summary describing statements from redacted sources regarding COOPER: a safety deposit box, a failed pickup at $25,000, allegations of blackmail, COOPER's nervousness after the hi…

Continuation of an FBI interview report (likely FD-302) in which an unnamed female source relays statements about a man referred to as COOPER (also called JERRY COOPER), describing his claims of futu…

FBI file/case number header at top of page. Continuation of an interview/report describing a female source's statement expressing fear of COOPER and requesting anonymity for cooperating with the FBI…

FBI interoffice memorandum from SAC El Paso to SAC Seattle, forwarding two enclosures (2 FD-302 reports) because Seattle was the Office of Origin (OO) at the time the case was Referred Upon Completio…

Routing header of an FBI airtel from the Portland field office to the Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing a specific redacted suspect. A Gladstone, Oregon polic…

FBI Seattle field office memo dated 11/3/75 from SA Thomas J. Manning regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, closing out a suspect lead referenced in a 10/10/75 Portland airtel.…

Memo header identifying the addressee (SAC, Seattle), case file number 164-81, the case classification/subject NORJAK, and the date 10/15/75. The reporting agent's name is redacted. A lieutenant fro…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header/letterhead. Memo routing fields identifying sender, recipient, date, and subject (NORJAK, the FBI's D.B. Cooper investigation). Reports that a record…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to the Special Agent in Charge, Seattle, from SA Robert H. Wick, dated 11/10/75, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Referencing a p…

Standard FBI/US Government memorandum header identifying the recipient (SAC Seattle, file 164-81), sender (SA Louis M. Harris, Jr.), date (11/28/75), and subject (NORJAK, the FBI's D.B. Cooper hijack…

Handwritten mark and two circular stamp impressions at the top of the page, likely administrative or processing marks. Investigative teletype excerpt noting a background investigation will be conduc…

Handwritten annotation, possibly a name/initials and a code or abbreviation, in the top right corner. A blacked-out/redacted rectangular box with FOIA exemption codes (b)(6) and (b)(7)(C) noted in t…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender, recipient, date, and subject (NORJAK case). Memo body describing a witness (name redacted) in Goldendale, WA who viewed NORJAK artist c…

Investigative report noting that a redacted witness who has known COOPER for years reviewed the NORJAK composite drawings and stated GEORGE COOPER does not match the subject; a second redacted indivi…

FBI Seattle field office memo regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, documenting a review of George Delwin Cooper's Washington State driver's license that revealed discrepancies with the UNSUB's de…

Routing/header block of an FBI Seattle field office memo captioned NORJAK, referencing file 164-2111, Sub 783, and an UNSUB source; agent name and source name are redacted. Report states that a revi…

FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet noting 5 duplicate pages removed from the release, referencing FOI/PA case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. Standard FBI FOIA boxed notice indicating the deleted pa…

FBI Airtel header identifying the communication as routed from the Portland field office to the Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A redacted female source in Oregon told…

Portland FBI office airtel to Kansas City field office regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, reporting that a re-contacted informant/source (identity redacted) revised her recollection of a s…

Memo caption block identifying the addressee (SAC Kansas City) and originating office (SAC Seattle) under the NORJACK case, with file number and a redacted 'RE' reference box. The memo references tw…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Kansas City), recipient (SAC Seattle), date, and subject (NORJACK case, office of origin Seattle). References prior correspondence…

File/case reference number and initials header with page number. SA James B. Kelly's report describing a negative directory search for an unnamed (redacted) individual in a Kansas city, and Captain…

FBI file/reference header for the report (field office file number KC 164-80, initials PAV:SSS, page 1). FBI report of a February 6, 1976 interview conducted by SA Paul A. Van Someren with a redacte…

Standard FBI/government memorandum header identifying routing (Seattle to/from Kansas City field offices), date, and subject 'NORJAK' (the D.B. Cooper case codename), 'OO SE' likely meaning Office of…

Two black circular marks/stamps or punch marks near the top of the page, purpose unclear. FBI investigative report page summarizing a March 26, 1976 records review of John Richard Merit's file at th…

File number and page indicator handwritten/typed at top of form. Biographical/descriptive data sheet for an individual (surname Merit, per parents' names), listing physical description, identifiers…

A redacted FBI background/reference list for an investigative subject under case number KC 164-80, enumerating multiple 'Friend' contacts (mostly redacted names) with associated cities and years (196…

Letterhead of the U.S. Probation Office, Phoenix, Arizona, dated 25 May 1971, followed by a redacted line/box. A handwritten cursive note, possibly an initialing or routing annotation, near a faint…

Header identifying this as page 2 of a letter dated 25 May 1971 concerning John Richard Merit, referencing a remand number. Police reported an all-points bulletin across western states; an informant…

Official letterhead of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, naming the Director of Corrections, Warden, and Governor, with an institutional seal. Handwritten marginal annotations, po…

FBI Portland field office memo to Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing a Kansas City letter to Portland dated 1/2/76, and forwarding xerox copies of a related let…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Kansas City), recipient (SAC Portland), date, and subject (NORJAK, the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper case). Body of the memo: Ka…

File/serial number header for the FBI report page. FBI report by SA James B. Kelly describing investigative efforts in Kansas, including directory checks and an interview with Winfield, Kansas Polic…

File/case reference numbers and file classification codes at the top of the report page. An FBI report noting that on March 17, 1976, a confidential source in Eugene, Oregon was recontacted and stat…

Memo header/routing block identifying sender (SAC Kansas City) and recipient (SAC Seattle), file numbers, case name NORJAK, date, and reference to a prior 4-16-76 letter. Sheriff Fred Satterthwaite…

An unnamed source states he is not aware of any relatives the redacted subject might have, but believes the subject possibly attended high school in Idaho. The source then furnishes a physical descri…

Standard FBI FOIA/PA 'Deleted Page Information Sheet' placeholder indicating that page 12 was removed from the released file because it was a duplicate, with no duplication fee applied.

FBI SAC Sacramento memo to SAC Seattle dated 10/20/75, part of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, transmitting copies of correspondence with John Baker of Queensland, Australia regarding Stanley…

A letter dated 13 October 1975 from John Baker of Queensland, Australia, to the FBI's Sacramento field office, following up on a previous tip about Stanley Harold Anderson as a possible suspect in th…

A typed letter dated 18 September 1975 from John Baker of New Farm, Brisbane, Australia, addressed to the FBI's Sacramento field office. Baker references prior correspondence about a 'Mrs. Carmichael…

FBI Sacramento field office letter dated September 25, 1975, from Special Agent in Charge Paul C. Young to John Baker in Brisbane, Australia, acknowledging his prior letter, noting the conviction of…

Memo header identifying sender (SAC, Sacramento), recipient (SAC, Denver), date, and subject individual Stanley Harold Anderson of Johnstown, Colorado. Body of the memo explaining that a letter from…

FBI letter from Special Agent in Charge Paul C. Young (Sacramento Division) to John Baker in Queensland, Australia, dated October 20, 1975, acknowledging his October 13, 1975 letter and forwarding it…

Routing header of an FBI airtel/memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver dated 11/3/75, concerning the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper investigation), referencing subject Stanley Harold Anderson and prior Sacram…

FBI AIRTEL dated 1/22/76 from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, requesting Seattle furnish Denver with copies of a 9/25/75 Sacramento letter concerning background information on Stanle…

FBI airtel/routing slip from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver dated 2/5/76, referencing prior Denver-to-Seattle communication of 1/22/76, transmitting copies of correspondence between Paul C. Young and John…

Routing header of an FBI memo from Denver to Seattle field office regarding NORJAK subject Stanley Harold Anderson (Sub #785), referencing an earlier Seattle letter dated 2/5/76. SA Donald W. Lyon J…

Standard FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet indicating that 3 pages (4, 16, and 21) were removed from the released document because they were duplicates, with no duplication fee for this page.

Two black dot/circular marks at the top of the page, likely reproduction or redaction artifacts. FBI Airtel dated 10/30/75 from the Director to SACs in San Francisco, Seattle, and Las Vegas under th…

San Francisco FBI Division airtel to FBI Director/FBI Laboratory dated 11/6/75, part of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, reporting that a piece of an orange and white parachute was obtained on 11/4/75…

File/case reference header with typist initials at top of the page. Continuation of an FBI letter/airtel discussing the hijacker's likely flight path, witness WHEELER's background as a former Forest…

Standard US Government memorandum header identifying the memo as FBI case NORJAK, from SAC San Francisco to the FBI Director, dated 11/7/75, with a handwritten sub-file annotation 'Sub 786'. SAC San…

File/reference number and typist initials header, typical of an FBI field office report continuation page. Continuation of an FBI investigative interview report in which Mr. Wheeler describes findin…

FBI field office file number and case initials/typist header. Continuation of an FBI interview report in which Mr. Wheeler, a former U.S. Forest Service employee who recovered a parachute, describes…

File/reference identifier and typist initials at top of the report page. Witness Wheeler describes not disturbing possible evidence near a log, discovery of an abandoned white car in a strange, remo…

File number and typist/initials reference line typical of an FBI field office document header. Investigative action item to determine if COOPER possessed a small orange and white emergency parachute…

FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form header routing a NORJAK case document from FBI Director to SAC San Francisco, dated November 25, 1975, referencing FBI file 164-2111 and Lab No. PC-M3287 RR. Memo bod…

FBI Laboratory report header addressed to SAC San Francisco regarding case NORJAK, dated November 25, 1975, with FBI file and lab numbers. Laboratory examination results for specimen Q3, an orange a…

Standard FBI Airtel transmittal form header dated 12/12/75. Airtel from Acting SAC Richmond to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, transmitting FD-302 investigation reports from Ft.…

FD-302 report dated 12/12/1975 documenting SA Timothy Sullivan III's 12/11/1975 interview at Fort Lee, Virginia with a redacted Master Sergeant from the Quartermaster School, who examined a recovered…

FBI Seattle field office memo dated 1/30/76 in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, addressing a parachute found by Mr. A. L. Wheeler near Reno. The memo notes discrepancies in parachute canopy colors vers…

FBI airtel from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, reporting a 1/23/76 interview of Arthur L. Wheeler, who in 11/4/75 had found and turned over parts of an or…

Company letterhead for Royal-Globe Insurance Companies with address, phone number, and the letter's date. Letter from Royal-Globe Insurance Companies to the FBI Seattle field office updating them on…

Page 2 of a memo/letter (dated September 9, 1976) regarding the Northwest Airlines hijacking of 11/24/71 (D.B. Cooper case). The writer recounts several unresolved tips: a woman claiming to know Coop…

Redacted letterhead of the sending law office/individual, with partially visible phone number and area code, dated August 11, 1976. Date-received stamp indicating the letter was received by the reci…

Date-received stamp at top of the page. Partial handwritten or stamped annotation, largely illegible/cut off. Redacted field with FOIA exemption codes b6, b7C, b7D marking withheld personal/privacy…

Circular date/receipt stamp, likely a Northwest Airlines internal routing or security division stamp, dated August 15, 1976. Header with date, a name (redacted/illegible), and location Napa, Califor…

Continuation of a handwritten letter to (presumably) the FBI from an individual (signed 'Art Wheeler') claiming to have been tracking D.B. Cooper, inquiring about a reward for finding the money or Co…

A mailed envelope, postmarked Napa, California on August 16, 1975, addressed by hand to Northwest Airlines Inc. at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, attention Airline Security. The sender's…

FBI Seattle office letter dated October 18, 1976 to a Ms. Hauser at Royal Globe Insurance Co. in New York, thanking her for cooperation regarding the Northwest Airlines hijacking (D.B. Cooper case, l…

Closing portion of an FBI letter responding to a correspondent, addressing a parachute found by Art Wheeler of Napa, California that was determined not connected to the D.B. Cooper case, and thanking…

Standard FBI FOIA/Privacy Act deleted page information sheet header identifying the associated FOI/PA case number. List of 44 deleted pages, each annotated with the reason for deletion: either 'Dupl…

Standard FD-5 form header identifying file classification 164-81 and date 12/5/75, with pending/closed checkboxes unchecked. Serial charge-out table with one row of description redacted under FOIA e…

Redacted narrative describing an informant's statement suggesting an unnamed subject as a suspect, the subject's prior employment in Spokane and Mount Vernon, Washington, and an interview with the su…

FBI teletype from Portland field office to the Director and Seattle field office, dated November 10, 1975, reporting that two Oregon newspaper reporters (from the McMinnville News Register and Salem…

Standard FBI airtel form header specifying transmission date and method (Airtel/Airmail). Routing information: memo sent from SAC Portland to FBI Director's attention, External Affairs Division, reg…

Investigators report that unnamed individuals went on a ski trip on the afternoon of November 24, 1971, failed to return the next day as planned, and reappeared on November 26, 1971, with themselves…

A form-style physical description block listing two sets of descriptive fields (hair, eyes, scars/marks, FBI number, fingerprint classification, pilot certificate number, remarks, name/aliases) with…

An FBI investigative leads/action page (file PD 164-41) listing follow-up leads to be conducted at McMinnville, Oregon and Portland, Oregon, including contacting a redacted individual, locating and i…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with transcription date. Two reporters (McMinnville News Register and Salem Capitol Journal) informed the FBI of a personal project in which they developed informatio…

Butte field office memo to Seattle SAC, part of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, referencing a Portland airtel dated 11/10/75. A redacted source in Great Falls, Montana reported receiving a le…

FBI airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing a prior 11/10/75 airtel, noting that a U.S. Postal Inspector in Portland advised that files pertaining…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed from SA J. David Jackson to SAC Seattle, dated 12/3/75, subject NORJAK, with a redacted box (b6/b7c) next to the FROM line. References a prior Portland airte…

FBI memorandum from Acting SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper), requesting Portland furnish results of leads at McMinnville, Oregon referenced in a prior Seattle airtel da…

File/serial number header block for the report. FBI report of a January 8, 1976 interview with a redacted female witness in Sheridan/McMinnville, Oregon, who described a redacted male former McMinnv…

File/reference number header block for the report. Header identifying the investigating Special Agent and the location of the investigation. David Tindle is identified as the former owner of McMinn…

Page header showing FBI case file numbers and page number, with two redacted circular stamps. FBI interview summary (continuation page) recounting statements by an interviewee named TINDLE regarding…

Two dark circular ink marks or stamp impressions at the top of the page. File/case reference header identifying the field office file numbers, typist initials, and page number. TINDLE states that a…

Case/file reference number header block. FBI investigative report describing three interviews/inquiries conducted in November-December 1975: an Oregon DMV records check on an unnamed redacted indivi…

File/reference numbers and page number handwritten/typed at top of the report page. DMV records check in Salem, Oregon on an unnamed (redacted) subject: license issued, no violations on record, desc…

File/reference number header identifying the FBI field office case numbers and file coding for this report page. An unnamed source (redacted) discusses a person considered a possible candidate for t…

FBI airtel memo dated 4/6/76 from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, transmitting investigative inserts on subjects in Bend, McMinnville, and Salem, Oregon.…

FBI airtel/memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte dated 5/18/76 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, forwarding information from the Portland Division (airtel dated 4/6/76) that an unnamed i…

Standard FBI airtel transmission form header indicating method of transmission (AIRTEL checked), precedence (none checked), classification (none checked), dated 10/20/89. Airtel from SAC Houston to…

FBI airtel/memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Kansas City (case NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking) transmitting FD-302 reports of a telephonic interview about a possible identity for the hijacker, with reliabil…

Two black circular ink stamps or seals appear near the top of the page, flanking the header; their content is not legible. Standard FD-302 FBI report header with form number, title, and transcriptio…

File/case number header and page number for this report page. Describes "Slick's" alleged hijacking plan: a test run one week before the actual hijacking, use of a redacted person/item, and an inten…

File/case reference number and page number for this report continuation. Continuation of a physical description (tattoos on forearms) followed by notes on the subject's possible ethnic background (S…

A form fragment showing a file/case reference number 'KC 164-80', a handwritten or typed page/sub-item number '4', and a 'Telephone #' field with an empty bordered box where a number would normally a…

FBI airtel/memo from SAC Seattle to SAC New Orleans in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, dated December 11, 1975, reporting that a records review at Louisiana State Penitentiary (Ango…

FBI interoffice communication (RUC) from SAC New Orleans to SAC Seattle in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking investigation, dated January 29, 1976, reporting that leads suggested by security personn…

Standard FBI airtel routing header/form identifying this as a communication from SAC New Orleans to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAX aircraft hijacking case (D.B. Cooper / Norjak investigation), date…

FBI investigative report page (page 2) detailing background on an individual named HOFFKE, including a photo line-up in which a witness unconsciously identified but then refused to confirm HOFFKE as…

Continuation of a narrative describing a source's account of contact with HOFFKE regarding a pardon, and details on HOFFKE's residence and employment found via directories. Physical description tabl…

FBI airtel dated 8/13/76 from SAC New Orleans to FBI Director/Latent Fingerprint Section regarding the NORJAK aircraft hijacking case (Seattle office of origin). A source in prison at Louisiana State…

Standard FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report letterhead. Routing and case identification block: file numbers, date, addressee (SAC New Orleans), case name (NORJAK / Aircraf…

Standard FBI Identification Division letterhead and form title block, with agency seal. Routing and case-identification block listing file numbers, recipient office, case name, and reference to a pr…

FBI report detailing investigation by an SA in Lafayette, Louisiana into the employment history of VERNUCE A. HOFFKE, confirming work at Lake Charles Dredge and Towing Company from 1968-1971 as a fir…

Memo from SA James T. Volz, New Orleans field office, under case NORJAK, documenting a request from SA Earl R. Peterson to check Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office records for a suspect nicknamed "SLICK"…

Descriptive report page on an individual named HOFFKE, listing physical identifiers (tattoos, scars), arrest and incarceration history, an address, identification numbers, and a list of relatives wit…

Brief closing note on an FBI file page stating that the preceding information was furnished to SA (Special Agent) Peterson on a date in August 1976. Two small dark circular smudges or stamp/hole-pun…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header showing the date the communication was sent. New Orleans FBI field office sends an airtel to the Seattle field office regarding an aircraft hijackin…

File/reference number and typist or agent initials header. Investigative lead assigned to the Minneapolis field office to run a credit and arrest check on a suspect and identify an associate, at Gra…

Standard U.S. government memorandum form header. Memo routing information: from Houston SAC to Seattle SAC regarding the NORJAX aircraft hijacking case, office of origin Seattle. Handwritten routin…

An FBI report describing an investigation conducted in Houston, Texas, in which a representative of Pona Engineers Incorporated was contacted on October 26, 1976, and reviewed old Certified Welding C…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying sender (Acting SAC, Minneapolis), recipient (SAC, Seattle), date (11/4/76), and subject (NORJAK aircraft hijacking case, Office of Origin Seattl…

Page/file number header for FBI field office document. FBI memo recounting a telephonic interview conducted by SA WAGONER regarding VERNUCE A. HOFFKE, a former employee of Lake Charles Towing Compan…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying it as sent from SAC Houston to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK hijacking case, dated December 1, 1976. Handwritten routing marks (X strike-throughs) over…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying it as an FBI memo from SAC Seattle to SAC New Orleans dated 1/28/77, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case), referencing an unidentified subject…

Standard government memorandum header identifying it as an FBI memo from SAC Seattle to SAC New Orleans dated 1/28/77, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing an unknown subject (UNSUB)…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying it as an FBI communication from the New Orleans field office SAC to the Seattle field office SAC, dated 1/10/77, regarding the NORJAK hijacking…

Standard FD-302 interview report header identifying the document as an FBI form transcribed on 10/26/76. Vernuce A. Hoffke telephoned the FBI's Lafayette Resident Agency to clarify his account of hi…

Standard FD-302 FBI report header with transcription date and two large black redaction marks (likely obscuring photos or stamps) beside the title. FD-302 narrative recounting an FBI interview with…

Page/document header showing page number, a case/file number, and typist or file initials. Continuation of an FBI interview report describing subject HOFFKE's account of his post-prison military and…

Page number and case file reference number with typist initials. HOFFKE lists his relatives (father, stepmother, brother, half-brother, and three sisters) with their names and residences; two entrie…

Text explaining that the subject's presence during Thanksgiving 1971 could be corroborated by his employer's records and driver's log books, followed by an introduction to a physical/biographical des…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal header with date and transmission method. Routing information: airtel sent from Los Angeles Assistant Director in Charge to Seattle Special Agent in Charge, reg…

An unnamed source (redacted) provided background information stating he is bringing forth information now because he is obtaining a divorce from his wife, to maintain harmony with her. He identified…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum letterhead identifying the recipient (SAC Seattle, file 164-81), sender (SA Richard Avery Dyer), date, and subject (NORJAK, office of origin Seattle). Memo body r…

FBI Seattle field office memorandum dated 2/26/76 in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, reporting on efforts to identify a person who moved to Vancouver. The memo documents a 1/5/76 Se…

HOUGH describes a redacted male subject's occupation and physical description. HOUGH states the redacted subject had military background, no known parachute brands, and no criminal record; she does…

FBI airtel dated 11/14/75 from the Portland Field Office SAC to the San Francisco Field Office SAC, case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case, Office of Origin: Seattle). It reports that Portland recei…

FBI internal memo from SAC Seattle to SAC San Francisco dated 11/21/75, filed under the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, responding to a prior letter about a specific telephone number. It clarifies that a…

FBI Seattle field office memo regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A caller from Pacific Northwest Bell furnished a possible suspect's name, described as matching the UNSUB description and having…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Seattle, file number 164-81, dated January 21, 1976, from a redacted Special Agent (SA), regarding the NORJA…

Standard FBI FOIA/Privacy Act deleted page information sheet listing 8 pages removed from this document as duplicates, under case reference FOI/PA# 1:16-cv-01790-03. Boxed notation (rendered with X…

A handwritten letter dated November 26, 1975, addressed to the FBI's Special Agent in Charge. The writer explains they delayed writing but were prompted by a National Enquirer article (Nov 25 issue)…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying it as an internal communication from a Special Agent to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Seattle field office, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper inve…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying it as a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case) communication from an FBI Special Agent to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge), Seattle field office, dated May 6,…

Case number header with two unexplained black circular marks above it. FBI interview summary: Jim Rankhorn, owner of Broadway Taping in Everett, WA, describes a former employee (name redacted) who w…

Report describing FBI witness JIM RANKHORN's comparison of a redacted individual against the composite artist drawings of D.B. Cooper, noting differences in hairline/baldness, hair color/amount, and…

Standard FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet indicating that 2 pages (page 4 and page 6) were removed from the released document set because they were duplicates, with no duplication fee charge…

FBI Cincinnati field office AIRTEL to Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, forwarding photographs and reporting on an interview with an unnamed female witn…

FBI internal airtel communication header identifying sender (Atlanta SAC), recipient (Cincinnati SAC), and subject code name NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case). An IRS employee in Atlanta reported that a…

Standard FBI FOI/PA 'Deleted Page Information Sheet' indicating that 3 pages (pages 4, 10, and 11) were removed from the released document set as duplicates, with a boxed notation stating no duplicat…

Two large black circular stamps or markings at the top of the page, likely redaction or processing stamps. Teletype/airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Detroit regarding the D.B. Cooper (aka Dan Cooper)…

Standard FBI Laboratory report form header with form revision number and agency letterhead. Routing block from FBI Director to SAC Albany referencing the D.B. Cooper / Dan Cooper hijacking-extortion…

Routing header of an FBI communication from SAC Albany to SAC Detroit dated 1-9-76, referencing case NORJAK with Office of Origin Seattle. Albany office informs Detroit that Syracuse Police received…

FBI file/case reference number for the Albany field office, likely a continuation header for this report page. Neighbor interviews on 12-30-75 confirmed Mrs. HOGAN is a widow; an additional detail i…

FBI Airtel-style routing header from SAC Albany to the Director, FBI (Attn: Latent Fingerprint Section), dated 12/10/75, captioned with the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Body of the Airtel: references…

File/case number designation at top of page. Continuation and closing of a quoted letter (apparently from a self-described psychic) claiming D.B. Cooper is using the alias B. Bugler Hogan and living…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying it as a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case memo from an SA in Seattle field office to the SAC, dated 6/28/76, referencing an earlier memo about GEORGE SIMMON. An in…

An FBI report excerpt noting that a redacted source stated SIMMON did not wear glasses, smoke, or drink; the FBI states no further investigation of SIMMON will be conducted at this time, and labels S…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying recipient (SAC Seattle), a redacted sending agent, the date, and the case subject (NORJAK, Sub 796). Handwritten annotation reiterating the sub-file number…

FBI Seattle field office memo dated 2/26/76 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, Sub 796, concerning subject George Simmon. Documents attempts to obtain Simmon's Boeing personnel file, d…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 2/5/76, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case, sub-file 796, and subject George Simmon. A Boeing security employee a…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent, dated 12/15/75, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper hijacking case). A redacted source in Tacoma, Washi…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle dated 3/22/76, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case codename), with a handwritten routing/sub-file notation. Portland fiel…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header identifying sender (Acting SAC, Seattle), recipient (SAC, Portland), date, and subject (NORJAK case, re: John Moe, Sub #797). Seattle FBI office reque…

Header block of an FBI airtel communication from the Seattle field office to the Portland field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Redacted source informant relays a secondhand…

File/case reference number stamped or typed at top of page. Single sentence fragment, appears to be the continuation or conclusion of a preceding paragraph, discussing whether an individual named Jo…

Standard FBI memorandum header on GSA Optional Form No. 10, addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 9/23/76. Describes an unnamed (redacted) Boeing employee and forme…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC, Seattle, dated 5/21/76, regarding the NORJAK case (BUfile 164-2111), with sender and 'RE' fields redacted. Narrative stating that a Washington State…

Routing header of an FBI airtel/letter from SAC St. Louis to SAC Seattle regarding case NORJAK, dated 5-19-76. Standardized NPRC records-check checklist; the checked box indicates NPRC/SLMO advised…

FBI teletype-style memorandum dated 5/12/76 from SAC Seattle to SAC St. Louis regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, forwarding a lead on an unnamed suspect (name redacted) who r…

Header of an FBI FD-125 Record Request form dated 2/24/76, routed to 'Carolyn F.', requesting credit, motor vehicle, and driver's license checks (criminal check appears struck through). File number 1…

FBI Seattle field office airtel/memo dated 1/23/76 in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, discussing a redacted individual suggested as a suspect because he resembled the artist's composite of th…

Standard FBI/US Government memorandum header addressed to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Seattle field office, case file 164-81, dated 1/13/76, from a redacted Special Agent, subject NORJAK (the…

Memo to SAC Seattle from SC Francis E. Entler regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. A redacted individual, a Boeing employee and reported Korean War paratrooper, was reported by a Bellevu…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying the memo as part of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, sent to the Seattle SAC on 2/12/76 regarding subject David D. Roebuck (Sub 799). Memo body conc…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 2/12/76, referencing subject David D. Roebuck (Sub 799). Handwritten annotation reiterating the s…

Unidentified marks or stamps at the top of the page, possibly artifacts from copying or handling. FBI airtel dated 1/27/76 from SAC Cincinnati to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case,…

Case file number header at top of page. Narrative describing ROEBUCK's background (move to Seattle, employment, Air National Guard pilot reappointment) and notes that associates who viewed artist co…

Standard FD-302 form header with transcription date and page number. Identifies the interviewee, Major Joe Criswell, his address, phone number, and place of employment/role. Criswell describes his…

File/reference number and page number header. CRISWELL recalls the 1971 hijacking incident and subsequent talk that ROEBUCK had moved to the northwest U.S. and attended U.S. Air Force paratrooper sc…

Standard FBI airtel header identifying sender (SAC Dallas), recipient (SAC Seattle), case subject NORJAK, and office of origin Seattle. Handwritten notation, likely a sub-file or serial reference nu…

Continuation of an FBI report noting that a source who recently returned to Columbus, Ohio (ROEBUCK) does not know his current whereabouts/occupation; a contact advised ROEBUCK had inquired about rej…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet listing 9 pages removed from the release as duplicates, associated with case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. Standard FBI FOIA redaction/placeholder block indicati…

FBI teletype/memo from SAC Kansas City to SAC Seattle (NORJAK case, i.e., the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation), dated 4/16/76, transmitting investigative enclosures related to JOHN RICHARD MERIT…

FBI field office case file number (Kansas City field office, file 164-80) with page number '2'. Detailed personal descriptive/background data on a subject identified through his parents' surname MER…

FBI investigative report documenting a March 4, 1976 interview conducted at Higginsville, Missouri, in which an unnamed (redacted) individual employed at Higginsville Avionics Laboratory stated he is…

FBI teletype/airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Kansas City regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, referencing a Los Angeles letter and information from TWA Security at Kansas City Internation…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender (Los Angeles field office), recipient (Seattle field office SAC), date, and subject (NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle). An unnamed…

Investigative report describing that two acquaintances of an unnamed (redacted) individual believed he was identical to hijacker D. B. Cooper, based on his being a pilot with TWA aircraft knowledge,…

Case caption identifying an FBI interoffice communication from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB in the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking/extortion case, dated 12/29/75. Phoenix f…

File/reference number and typist initials header for the report. Karl Scheele, owner of a Flagstaff, Arizona monument/marble business, tells an FBI agent that an unnamed employee at a nearby woodwor…

Administrative header/exhibit and file reference codes at top of the page. FBI report narrative describing Mr. Scheele's identification of a license plate traced to Alex Gonzales, biographical detai…

Standard FBI FOIA/Privacy Act deleted page information sheet noting that 2 pages (pages 6 and 7) were removed from the release because they were duplicates. Boxed stamp-style notation (formed with X…

FBI Identification Division form header with file numbers, date, addressee, case reference name (NORJACK), and examination request details. Report body stating previously reported latent prints do n…

Standard FBI Airtel routing header dated 12/29/75, from SAC San Diego to SAC Seattle, subject NORJACK (the D.B. Cooper case cryptonym), with an 'RE:' line redacted. San Diego field office reports to…

Header/routing block of an FBI AIRTEL communication dated 11/20/75, from SAC San Diego to the Director, FBI (Identification Division), subject NORJACK, office of origin Seattle. The RE line field is…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed from a redacted Special Agent to the SAC of the Seattle field office, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case), dated May 12, 1976. Memo describes a suspect (na…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender, recipient, date, and subject as NORJAK, with a redacted 'RE' field. Seattle FBI office notes that Los Angeles has not yet responded wit…

FBI Seattle field office (SAC) sends a communication to the Los Angeles ADIC regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, referencing a prior Honolulu letter, stating Seattle indices a…

FBI memo from ADIC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle dated 12/16/75, in reference to a Honolulu letter dated 11/28/75, stating Los Angeles files/indices show no NORJAK-related information from Bruce Harris…

Routing header of an FBI internal memo/airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Honolulu regarding the NORJAK case, dated 11/28/75, with an adjacent redacted field. Memo body describing a tip from Bruce Harri…

Standard FBI/US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 12/31/75, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case codename), from a redacted Special Agent. A female witness in Renton, Wash…

An unnamed bank employee (redacted) responsible for the safety deposit vault was shown a composite photograph of D.B. Cooper and stated she recalled no one matching his appearance or the description…

FBI Seattle memo dated 12/10/75, case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper investigation), documenting a tip from a female witness in Renton, WA who reported seeing a man resembling the D.B. Cooper composite sketch e…

FBI memorandum from Seattle field office dated 6/1/76 regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case) discussing suspect William J. Sullivan, Jr. (Sub 806), concluding he does not resemble the composite sketch a…

FBI FD-125 Record Request form dated 2/24/76, requesting credit, criminal, and motor vehicle/driver's license record checks on subject William Joseph Sullivan Jr., residing at 646 SW 145th St, Washin…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying the memo as part of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, from Seattle Field Office, dated 1/20/76, concerning subject William J. Sullivan, Jr. (Sub #806)…

Redaction code box indicating information withheld under FOIA exemptions (b)(6) and (b)(7)(C). Handwritten annotation referencing a sub-file number 806. Typed teletype/records-check text listing ro…

FOIA/Privacy Act exemption code stamp (b6, b7C) typical of FBI Vault redaction markings. Illegible handwritten annotation near top of page. Two solid black circular marks, likely reproduction/copy…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to the Special Agent in Charge, Seattle, from SA Martin J. Godfrey, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper investigation), dated January 2, 1976.…

Memo caption block identifying recipient and originating field offices, case name NORJAK, office of origin Seattle, dated 3/8/76. Handwritten annotation reading 'Sub 807', likely a sub-file or exhib…

FD-302 report documenting the 2/20/76 FBI interview of Floy Z. Hodgson in Dallas, Texas, regarding his acquaintance with a Harry Miller made while working in Seattle in the early 1970s, including a J…

FBI field office file number header (Dallas and Seattle case file numbers) with continuation page number 2. Continuation of an FBI interview report describing HODGSON's account of a surprise phone c…

FBI field office file number header (Dallas and Seattle case numbers) with internal page number 3. Continuation of an FBI interview report in which HODGSON recounts to investigators his conversation…

File/case reference numbers and page number handwritten/typed at top of the page. HODGSON recounts the end of a phone conversation in which MILLER mentioned calling again or being in Dallas in two w…

FBI letterhead identifying the Seattle Field Office, dated January 15, 1976, with file number 164-81 and handwritten annotation "Sub 807". Recipient name/address block redacted under FOIA exemptions…

FBI letterhead for the Seattle Field Office with file number, date, and a handwritten sub-file annotation. A small redacted or blank box, likely containing an addressee name/identifier withheld unde…

Teletype routing header from FBI Dallas field office to FBI Seattle field office, referencing case NORJAK (the FBI's code name for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation). FBI Dallas relays a tip f…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype instructing the Seattle field office to verify the existence of a Harry Miller in Maple Valley, Washington and investigate his background as a possible susp…

FBI airtel header identifying routing (Charlotte to Seattle), subject NORJAK case, and Bureau file number. Charlotte field office reports on background investigation of an individual (identity redac…

Header of an FBI airtel communication dated 1/28/76, referencing file/case number CE 164-101. Narrative describing an interviewed male subject's parachuting background (320 jumps, including at New R…

FBI AIRTEL dated 1/28/76, file number CE 164-101, stating that a redacted individual has been eliminated as a suspect in the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation because he did not match the known des…

Routing header of an FBI Airtel from SAC Charlotte to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, referencing Bureau file 164-2111. Charlotte field office reports interview of Fred…

Unidentified black ink marks at the top of the page; no legible text or stamp content visible. Document header showing date, FBI communication type (AIRTEL), and file/case number. Continuation of a…

Document header showing date, communication type (AIRTEL), and file/case reference number. BUTNER recounts to interviewing agent(s) his suspicion of an unnamed individual associated with Wake Forest…

FBI AIRTEL dated 1/14/76 under file CE 164-101 stating that BUTNER has not returned to the facility and has no additional information on COOPER. Sets investigative leads for the Richmond field office…

Standard FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation), dated 1/22/76, with a redacted line and an illegible handwritten notation. The memo…

Case file reference number at top of page. Chronological employment history for SULLIVAN, listing employers, roles, locations, and dates from 1954 to 1967, sourced from an employment application dat…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 12/31/75, subject NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case), with FROM field redacted and a handwritten annotation "Sub 809". FBI SA intervie…

FBI internal memo (NORJAK case) from SAC Seattle to SAC Las Vegas dated 3/22/76, forwarding a photograph of James Howard Stockwell and Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department identification records…

Routing header of an FBI airtel/memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 1/22/76. Handwritten annotation, appears to reference a sub-file number; also r…

Two black circular stamps or redaction marks at the top of the page, purpose unclear. File/case reference code at top of page. Narrative investigative report describing interviews and record checks…

FBI investigative report continuation page detailing record checks on JAMES HOWARD STOCKWELL's photograph, arrest records, driver's license, and court docket in Tuolumne, Stanislaus, and Modesto Cali…

Two solid black circular/dot marks appear at the top of the page above the file number; their purpose is not clear from the scan. Continuation of an FBI report noting that a 1976 records check with…

Standard FBI FOIA 'Deleted Page Information Sheet' listing 13 pages withheld from this release, either referred/consulted to another agency (pages 17-22) or withheld as duplicates (pages 27-31, 34-35…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed from an SA to the SAC, Seattle, dated 9/28/76, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper investigation) and specifically John Richard Merritt as a sub-file subje…

Standard FBI Identification Division letterhead and routing header with file numbers and date, addressed to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Seattle field office. Report body stating that unidenti…

FBI Jacksonville field office memo to Seattle (NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case office) reporting that a review of a Jacksonville missing-person file turned up no additional background on JOHN RICHARD MERIT b…

FBI Seattle field office airtel to FBI Director's Identification Division, dated 8/13/76, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, identifying John Richard Merit as a suspect based…

FBI case file number, Seattle field office prefix. Identifying data for an individual referred to as MERIT, including build description, Social Security Account Number, and FBI number. Request to t…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header specifying the communication is an AIRTEL sent via AIR MAIL, dated 7/20/76. FBI airtel from ADIC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK subject John R…

FBI field office file number header for the document. A redacted FBI source reports that Mrs. Merit sends part of her Social Security payments to her imprisoned son and has little money of her own;…

Header/routing block of an FBI airtel dated 7/6/76 from SAC New Orleans to SAC Los Angeles, part of the NORJAK (Norman/Northwest hijacking, D.B. Cooper) case, office of origin Seattle, referencing su…

FBI Airtel dated 6/25/76 from the Acting Director in Charge, Los Angeles field office, to the SAC in New Orleans (copied to Jacksonville and Seattle) regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper/NORJAK hijackin…

FBI report page discussing suspect JOHN RICHARD MERIT (aka CRV, aka JACK PARKER), his criminal history including a 1971 escape and 1968 violent arrest, his 1971 release from Terminal Island federal p…

Continuation of an FBI report noting Los Angeles had not received an FD-302 form, and that the New Orleans Division sent a letter on 1/6/72 requesting continued investigation into subject MERIT's whe…

FBI airtel/memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Oklahoma City in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, reporting that a redacted individual, on 5/18/76, identified a photo of John Richard Merit (taken 11/4/69 at US…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender (SAC, Seattle), recipient (ADIC, Los Angeles), date, and subject: the NORJAK (Norjak/D.B. Cooper) case, referencing subject John Richard…

File/case number header for the document. Investigative lead directing agents to locate Causey Merit and verify his whereabouts on 11/24/71, including obtaining a photograph of him from his mother.…

Routing header of an FBI interoffice communication from SAC St. Louis to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing John Richard Merit as Sub No. 811. Narrative stating that John Richard Mer…

FBI airtel/memo from SAC Kansas City to SAC Seattle dated 4/16/76 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, transmitting enclosures related to JOHN RICHARD MERIT, including a photo, records c…

File/case identifier and initials header at top of the report page. Narrative of a March 26, 1976 records review disclosing the incarceration and transfer history of John Richard Merit (USPL #85979-…

An FBI descriptive/identification data sheet listing physical characteristics, personal history, military service, and family/associate information for an unnamed subject (surname appears to be Merit…

FBI airtel from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Kansas City dated 4/13/76, part of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, requesting Kansas City confirm whether an individual identified only as [redacted]…

Standard FBI/US Government memorandum header identifying sender (Kansas City field office), recipient (SAC Seattle), date, and case subject. References prior communications between Portland, Oklahom…

FBI Airtel header routing a communication from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Kansas City regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, referencing a subject known only as (FNU) MERRITT (phonetic) and…

Investigative leads assigned to the Kansas City field office directing agents to identify an individual with last name MERRITT (first name unknown), determine his discharge date, and if released befo…

FBI Seattle field office memo (NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case) closing out a lead on suspect Howard A. Gattis, a barber whose 1950 barber license application (with photo) was reviewed at Washington State Ar…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, subject Howard Gattis, dated February 4, 1976. FBI memo detailing an interview with Guy D…

Two black circular markings, possibly redaction dots or artifacts, appear at the top of the page. Continuation of a physical description of an individual (likely GATTIS), followed by an account of G…

Standard GSA memorandum form letterhead identifying the document as a U.S. Government memo. FBI memo from Seattle field office documenting a tip that HOWARD GATTIS, an ex-paratrooper reported to res…

FBI airtel routing header from SAC Salt Lake City to SAC Seattle, dated 3/10/76, regarding case NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. Memo body describing suspect Richard Frederick Heslin (physical desc…

FBI Portland field office airtel to Salt Lake City SAC, dated 3/2/76, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports a tip from retired Salt Lake City police sergeant Piercey Herold, who believes suspe…

Two black circular marks at the top of the page, possibly sprocket/reproduction artifacts or redaction dots. Case/file reference number. Investigative lead assigned to the Salt Lake City field offi…

Standard FBI FOI/PA 'Deleted Page Information Sheet' indicating that 2 pages (page 4 and page 8) were removed from the released file because they were duplicates, with no duplication fee applied.

Standard FBI airtel transmission form header with date 9/16/76. Routing header identifying this as a NORJAK case communication from SAC Columbia to SAC Seattle, referencing subject Edward Anthony La…

FBI memo header identifying the originating office (Columbia), file number, author, case name (NORJACK), office of origin (Seattle), and subject of the report (Edward Anthony Lane). Vehicle registra…

FBI field office file number header. Narrative describing the FBI's interview of Edward A. Lane, a NORJACK hijacking suspect lookalike/tip lead, who denied any knowledge of the hijacking or ever cla…

Case file number header for the report. LANE describes the frequency and timing of visits with his wife to his parents and brother in Spokane, Washington, including deaths of his first wife (1973) a…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header, with two solid black circular marks (likely redaction or stamp dots) near the top. Memo routing fields identifying sender (SAC Seattle) and recipient…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header/routing block from SAC St. Louis to SAC Columbia (Attn: SA Jon W. Armstrong), dated 8/3/76, subject NORJACK, referencing subject Edward Anthony Lane aka Edw…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header, routed from SAC Charlotte to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 6/24/76. Body of the memo: Charlotte field office reports to Seatt…

FBI routing header for an airtel/airmail communication from the Columbia field office to the Seattle field office regarding the NORJACK case, referencing a prior communication to the Bureau dated 3/5…

Investigative report noting that a North Augusta police detective (name redacted) had no background information on LANE, that LANE's former residence at 2007 White Pine Road was found vacant on 6/11/…

FBI airtel/letter from SAC Seattle to SAC Charlotte in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, dated 5/28/76, referencing subject Edward Anthony Lane (Sub #814). It requests Charlotte obtain and forw…

Memo routing header from SAC Columbia to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, referencing suspect Edward A. Lame; handwritten annotation "Sub 814" in margin. Investigation c…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header identifying the memo as FBI case NORJAK, from SAC Seattle to SAC Columbia, dated 5/12/76, referencing subject Edward Anthony Lame (Sub #814). Body of…

Routing header of an FBI airtel/memo from SAC Charlotte to SAC Seattle, dated 4/30/76, referencing case file numbers and the NORJACK case name, with a handwritten sub-file annotation "Sub 814". Memo…

Report of an investigation conducted in Raleigh, North Carolina by SC Marion E. Hilliard regarding Edward Anthony Lane, summarizing his North Carolina DMV driving record and license history. Table l…

Case file number and page/section number header. Table listing three traffic-related convictions/charges (reckless driving and speeding) with dates and courts of jurisdiction. FBI investigative nar…

Continuation of a report noting that an unnamed white male, age 49, associated with 'Carolina' (likely North or South Carolina, name/context cut off from prior page), was arrested on June 29, 1972 fo…

Teletype routing header indicating message sent from the Columbia FBI field office to the Director and Seattle office regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. An anonymous tipster reported that a m…

Continuation report (page two of document CO 164-48) detailing driver's license and credit bureau record checks on Edward Anthony Lame and Rossie Gray Lame in Orangeburg/North Augusta, South Carolina…

FBI report page (page three of document CO 164-48) describing background investigation of Edward Anthony Lame, including local police records checks and interviews with an unnamed employer (redacted…

Continuation of an FBI interview report (page four, file CO 164-48) in which a redacted interviewee describes an individual referred to as 'LAME' — physical description, personality traits, and origi…

FBI teletype/report page five of case CO 164-43, detailing investigative leads to verify the employment history, background, and North Carolina driver's license record of an individual surnamed LAME,…

Continuation (page six) of an FBI teletype under case number CO 164-48, directing the Charleston field office to conduct investigation based on information from an application, and noting Columbia (a…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed from an FBI Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC of the Seattle field office, dated 4/16/76, subject NORJAK (the FBI's D.B. Cooper hijacking c…

Memo header identifying sender (SAC, Seattle), recipient/subject (SC Francis E. Entler), case name (NORJAK), and date. An unnamed female individual from Mount Vernon, Washington contacted the FBI Se…

Routing header of an FBI interoffice memo (airtel/letter) from the New Orleans SAC to the Seattle SAC regarding the NORJAK aircraft hijacking case, referencing a prior letter dated 3/30/76. Brief ha…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form letterhead, with a black circular mark obscuring part of 'GOVERNMENT'. Memo routing header: from SAC Jackson to SAC Seattle, dated 4/6/76, regarding the Dan…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Jackson), recipient (SAC New Orleans), date, and subject line referencing the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. An FBI informant/source (name redacte…