Standard FBI FOIA/PA 'Deleted Page Information Sheet' cover page listing 15 pages withheld from this document set, with reasons: duplicates, a referral/consult, and pages withheld under FOIA exemptio…

Standard FBI/US Government memorandum header identifying the case as NORJAK (A), originating office Seattle, BUfile 164-2111, addressed to SAC Seattle (164-81)(P), with the sender's identity and an i…

Standard FBI/US Government memorandum header identifying sender (SAC St. Louis), recipient (SAC Seattle), date (11/29/77), and the NORJAK case subject with Bufile number 164-2111. A checklist-style…

FBI interoffice memo from SAC St. Louis to SAC Indianapolis dated 11/15/77 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, Bufile 164-2111. It documents a 11/4/77 recontact of an unnamed U.S. Army…

Standard FBI 'Optional Form No. 10' memorandum letterhead with TO/FROM/DATE/SUBJECT fields; addressed from SAC Indianapolis to SAC Seattle, subject NORJAK (A), dated 9/9/77. File numbers next to offi…

Standard government memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Seattle), recipient (SAC Indianapolis), date, and subject as the NORJAK case (Bureau file 164-2111). Body of the memo: Seattle FBI offic…

A blank FBI form FD-79 (Rev. 8-30-76) routing/transmittal slip used to notify a SAC or Legat office of classification changes to a communication. The Seattle office checkbox is marked with an X, and…

FBI airtel/memo from Legat Bonn to the Director, FBI, dated 6/16/77, under case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper investigation), captioned CO: Seattle, transmitting enclosures to Seattle field office including Ar…

A US Army memo dated 10 June 1977 from an operations office (CIRB-OPF-O) to the Office of Legal Attache at a US Embassy, responding to request 164-23. It reports that a redacted Sergeant First Class…

Standard FBI internal procedural form instructing agents on how to administer Miranda-style rights warnings, obtain waivers, and handle special circumstances (refused signatures, delayed waiver compl…

FBI redaction/exemption code annotation indicating information withheld under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C (personal privacy). Handwritten caption noting that an (unpictured/redacted) photograph was t…

A blank/redacted Polaroid-style photo box labeled 'SFC' with a handwritten caption stating the photo was taken on 9 June 1977 at the Heidelberg Resident Agency, USACIDC. Duplicate/mirrored entry to…

Routing header of an FBI airtel/memo from LEGAT Bonn to the Director, FBI, dated 6/15/77, captioned NORJAK with office of origin Seattle. Two adjacent boxes are redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 (per…

A military memorandum (unit code CIRB-OPF-0) dated 8 June 1977, addressed to the Legal Attache at the U.S. Embassy, transmitting information in response to a 13 May 1977 request for assistance. It re…

Standard header of a DA Form 2823 sworn statement, identifying the location (Stuttgart, Germany), date/time (26 May 1977, 0838 hrs), file number, and the unit (HHC, 4/73 Armor). The deponent's name a…

Standard FBI form 0-79 (Rev. 1-7-77) routing header used to route a classification-review communication to a field office (SAC) or legal attache (LEGAT); Seattle is the only box checked, dated 5/23/7…

Standard FBI memo header identifying recipient (Director, FBI), sender (Legal Attache, Bonn), date (5/13/77), and subject (NORJAK, Office of Origin: Seattle). Boxed annotation citing FOIA exemption…

FBI memo from SAC Seattle to the Director, FBI, dated 4/26/77, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper investigation). References a prior Seattle letter and a Legat Bonn airtel. Encloses six copies of…

FBI Seattle Division letterhead with date of the memo. Caption identifying the case as the unknown subject responsible for the Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 hijacking (the D.B. Cooper case).…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Indianapolis), recipient (SAC Seattle), date (3/23/77), subject (NORJAK case), and office of origin (Seattle). Body of the memo sta…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying the form type, sender (SAC Seattle), recipient (SAC Indianapolis), date (1/19/77), and subject (NORJAK, Office of Origin: Seattle). References…

FBI airtel from the Legal Attache in Bonn to the FBI Director, dated 11/15/76, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, forwarding a letter from the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command and assig…

Routing/processing marks at top of the page; stamp contents are not legible. Army CID memo (CIRB-OPF-O) dated 8 Nov 76 from an operations division to the Office of Legal Attache at a US Embassy, res…

Standard CID Form 94 header identifying the document as an Agent's Investigative Report, with the ROI number partially redacted. An unnamed Army SSG (Co A, 5/68th Armor) was interviewed on 3 Nov 76…

Section A of an Army CID Form 44 Interview Worksheet capturing personal/demographic data on an interviewee: a male, Caucasian, Staff Sergeant Tank Commander in Co A, 5/68th Armor at Sullivan Barracks…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header identifying the memo as routed from SAC Seattle to ADIC New York, dated 9/23/76, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper investigation), with a redacted…

FBI Seattle field office memo to FBI Director dated 9/23/76 regarding case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking). References a prior Seattle-to-New-York airtel from 5/14/76 and encloses six copies of a Lett…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead and case reference caption identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (NWA Flight 305, November 24, 1971). Memo describing that the FBI Seattle Division received…

Routing header addressed from SAC Seattle to ADIC New York regarding case NORJAK, with a handwritten 'RUC' (Referred Upon Completion) notation. Date-received stamp, top right corner, partially illeg…

Routing header of an FBI airtel/memo from SAC Seattle to ADIC New York regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated May 14, 1976, referencing Bureau file 164-2111. Body of the memo references a pr…

A handwritten letter from an unidentified individual to the FBI stating they may have information regarding the D.B. Cooper case, with personal identifying details redacted. Two blank redaction boxe…

FBI airtel/memo from SAC Seattle to SA John R. Meehan regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, forwarding Boeing personnel file details on suspect Chester Marvin May, including physical description, empl…

FBI airtel header identifying the communication as sent by airmail from the Portland Field Office (SAC Portland) to the Seattle Field Office (SAC Seattle), dated April 3, 1976, regarding case NORJAK…

FBI report excerpt noting Portland indices are negative regarding Chester May, with a lead assigned to the Seattle field office to attempt to identify Chester May through the Boeing Company and elimi…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender, recipient, date, and subject (NORJAK, the FBI's D.B. Cooper case designation). Memo reports that a Washington State DMV contact provide…

FBI FD-125 'Record Request' form seeking credit and criminal background records on subject Vern/Verne Garth Knott, addressed to a records contact 'Carolyn F.' Includes subject's addresses (Boeing emp…

Standard King County Department of Public Safety offense report header identifying the case number, offense type (assault with a dangerous weapon, non-aggravated), date/time/location of offense, the…

Form header identifying the document as a King County Department of Public Safety Statement, with case number, date, and biographical/contact details for the subject, Verne Garth Knott, a Boeing supe…

Printed King County Department of Public Safety Statement form header, marked as page 2 of 2, with the Victim box checked and most identifying blank fields (name, date, address, etc.) left unfilled e…

FBI memo routing header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 5/18/76, referencing case NORJAK, office of origin Seattle, Bureau file 164-2111, subject Verne Garth Knott. The SA name field is blank/redacte…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office. Report excerpt from the Seattle field office indicating that credit and criminal background checks will be conducted concerning an individual named…

FBI memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, relaying a tip from WSP Sgt. Ed Leaf who observed a driver near Sea-Tac airport resembling the composite ske…

Standard US Government memorandum header identifying this as an FBI Seattle field office memo on the NORJAK (Norjak/D.B. Cooper) case, dated 5/18/76, with sender identity redacted. Kathleen Scheffle…

SCHEFFLER describes how she met a redacted individual in 1968 or 1969, who worked for Boeing and as a maitre d' at the Top of the Hilton, is now unemployed, and had reportedly expressed admiration fo…

Standard FBI FOI/PA deleted page placeholder sheet indicating that one page (Page 5) was removed from the released file because it was a duplicate, with no duplication fee applied.

FBI airtel/memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Cincinnati dated 6/3/76 regarding the Northwest Airlines Flight #350 (D.B. Cooper) hijacking/extortion case, referencing a review of Franklin County Jail recor…

Date stamp/header at top of the airtel. FBI Airtel header identifying sender (SAC Phoenix), recipient (SAC Cincinnati), and subject: the unknown subject aka Dan Cooper in the Northwest Airlines Flig…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. FBI Seattle memo dated 6/25/76 regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) suspect Glenn Delbert Burke (Sub 822): criminal and credit background checks found no r…

Header of an FBI FD-125 Record Request form dated 5/24/76, addressed to 'Carolyn F.' with checkboxes marked for Credit and Criminal record checks, file number 164-81. Identifies the subject as Delbe…

Standard FBI FD-159 form documenting that information concerning an individual (name uncertain, transcribed as '[guess: Delbert] Glenn Burke') was furnished in writing on 6/2/76 to Credit Northwest a…

FBI memorandum header identifying it as routed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent, dated 5/21/76, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case designation). Memo recounting Mrs. Erma Cooper's 5/6/…

File/case number header at top of page. Mrs. Cooper explains she delayed contacting the FBI about her suspicion that Burke could be D.B. Cooper because she didn't want to believe it, until a friend…

Director FBI airtel to SAC Seattle relaying a San Francisco Division informant's rumor that D.B. Cooper had lived with a United Airlines pilot in Denver before the skyjacking, learned inside flight/d…

Header identifying the document as an Airtel addressed to the Special Agent in Charge, Seattle, regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. The memo recommends Seattle set investigative lead…

FBI airtel dated 5/24/76 from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, subject NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), referencing a Bureau communication dated 5/19/76 about a rumor involving United Airlines officials in Den…

File/case number reference at top of page. Instructions for the Denver Division: conduct record checks going back at least two years before November 1971 to determine if a D. B. Cooper resided in th…

SAC Chicago airtel to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, reporting that a United Airlines executive office contact denied hearing of any rumor about UAL officials suppressing informati…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Denver), recipient (SAC Seattle), subject (NORJAK case), and date. Handwritten routing/filing note in the margin, likely referencing sub-file n…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying it as a communication from SAC Seattle to the FBI Director dated 9/21/76, subject NORJAK, Office of Origin Seattle. The memo references a 5/24/76 Seattle a…

Standard FBI FOI/PA 'Deleted Page Information Sheet' indicating that 2 pages (Page 7 and Page 8) were deleted from the release as duplicates, with no duplication fee for this page.

Teletype routing header: urgent message sent 9:35 AM June 7, 1976 from FBI Minneapolis field office to Cleveland and Seattle, captioned NORJAK (the FBI code name for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investi…

Two dark circular ink/stamp blots at the top of the page, likely from a stamping or hole-punch artifact. FBI teletype from Cleveland field office (case 164-88, RUC) to Minneapolis (case 164-73) and…

FBI Airtel/Airmail memo from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Cleveland dated 7/13/76 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. It relays that Northwest Airlines VP Benjamin G. Griggs, Jr. confirmed a collect c…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header routing the communication from SAC Cleveland to SAC Seattle regarding case NORJAK, dated August 2, 1976. Cleveland field office reports on interviews condu…

Routing header for an FBI airtel/memo from SAC Seattle to SAC San Francisco dated 7/14/76, referencing the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case and subject William Bucklin Lewis, Sub #825. Narrative recounting…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying the routing (TO Seattle SAC, FROM redacted Special Agent), dated 6/29/76, subject NORJAK case, referencing subject 'Bill Louis' aka Bill Lewis, Sub 825. Na…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying it as a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case memo from a Special Agent to the SAC Seattle, dated 6/7/76, referencing subject Bill Louis aka Bill Lewis. Memo body repo…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying recipient (SAC Seattle), sender (SA Thomas J. Manning), date, and subject (NORJAK), with several redacted fields marked with FOIA exemption code…

A handwritten letter addressed to Mr. Manning of the FBI office in Longview, WA, in which the writer and their wife request an appointment because the wife believes she may have information relevant…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Richard Avery Dyer, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case), referencing an earlier memo by SA Manning dated 6-22-76. A female witness f…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet listing 11 pages withheld from the released file, citing either duplication or FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C (personal privacy exemptions). Standard boxed noti…

Standard FBI Airtel transmittal form header specifying transmission method and date. FBI Airtel from SAC New Haven to FBI Director regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, reporting an anonymous tip…

Report of Connecticut motor vehicle/vessel registration checks and observed vehicles (motorcycle, Mercury Cougar, Ford Granada) at a redacted residence. Investigative leads assigned to Jacksonville,…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmittal header with date 6/25/76. Routing block identifying sender (SAC New Haven) and recipient (Director, FBI), subject NORJAK, referencing a prior airtel dated 6/22/…

New Haven field office report discussing witness statements that a redacted individual did not resemble the artist's conception drawing of the Unsub (D.B. Cooper), details about a postcard (postage r…

FBI airtel routing header from SAC Jacksonville to FBI Director regarding case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking, Office of Origin: Seattle), referencing prior airtels and enclosing copies for Oklahoma C…

File/case number header at top of page. Investigative notes recounting inquiries made in Florida (motorcycle title, driver's license, boat title, and FAA/air traffic records) seeking information on…

Standard FBI Airtel transmittal form header specifying transmission method and date. Denver field office airtel to Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, reporting that Wyoming state…

Descriptive/application data (address, height, weight, sex, eyes, previous license) for a redacted individual, with a Teton Village, Wyoming address and a prior Connecticut license issued in 1973. A…

Teletype routing header addressed from the FBI Oklahoma City field office to the Director and multiple field offices (Seattle, New Haven, Miami, Denver, Jacksonville), case designator NORJAK, office…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype/report under case number OC 164-56, describing physical characteristics (hair, eye color, height, weight) and pilot certification details of an unnamed reda…

FBI Miami field office airtel to FBI Director, subject NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), reporting on an inquiry to Eastern Airlines personnel records regarding a pilot's photograph and identifying Eastern…

Header of an FBI airtel dated 7/23/76 from the Special Agent in Charge (SAC), New Haven field office to the FBI Director, regarding case NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper hijacking), with Seattle as Office of…

FBI airtel from SAC New Haven to SAC New York dated 8/24/76, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, requesting New York expedite investigation referenced in a 7/23/76 airtel before the statute of l…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying sender (SAC, Denver), recipient (SAC, Seattle), date, and subject case name NORJAK. Denver field office reports to Seattle that a source in Jackson, Wyomin…

File/reference header with typist initials and FBI file number. FBI investigative report describing an inquiry at JFK Airport into an Eastern Airlines employee's personnel/employment records around…

Administrative header showing typist initials, page number, and a file/serial number. Subject's U.S. Air Force service history and honorable discharge, plus attendance at the University of Connectic…

FBI New York office airtel to New Haven (case 164-77) referencing NORJAK investigation, transmitting copies of an investigative insert to New Haven and Seattle field offices along with a copy of a De…

Header block of an FBI AIRTEL dated 10/7/76, from SAC New Haven to the Director FBI, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper hijacking case), referencing an earlier New Haven-to-New York airtel of 8/24/76.…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet indicating that one page (Page 22) was deleted from the released file because it was a duplicate, with no duplication fee for this page.

Standard FBI/US Government memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Kansas City), recipient (SAC Seattle), date, and subject (NORJAK case, Office of Origin: Seattle). Kansas City field office repor…

FBI file/case reference number and typist initials header. FBI report of an interview with Carrollton County Sheriff Paul Johnson, conducted by a redacted Special Agent on September 24, 1976, regard…

File/reference number and typist initials header block. Handwritten submission/exhibit number added near top right of page. FBI investigative report by SA Alfred T. Jones from Paola, Kansas, docume…

File/serial number and page number header for the FBI field office report. FBI interview summary of Estel Williams, former Osawatomie, Kansas Chief of Police, recounting his knowledge of a man named…

File/case reference number and preparer initials header. Brief handwritten annotation, likely a routing or reference mark; content not confidently legible. FBI investigative report by SA Bruce A. W…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Detroit), recipient (SAC New York), date, and subject matter concerning the Dan Cooper/D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Handwritten rout…

Continuation of a quoted statement noting that an individual returned in good financial condition and became Manager of the New York State Credit Union League. Investigative leads assigning the New…

Standard FBI/US Government memorandum header identifying sender (SAC, Kansas City, file 164-80), recipient (SAC, Seattle, file 164-81), date (9/15/76), reference (File Destruction Program), and subje…

Standard FBI header with two circular redaction marks above the agency name. Date the report was transcribed. FBI interview report of Donald Kent Cooper describing his employment with Strauss Fuchs…

Standard FBI report letterhead with transcription date. FBI interview summary of Mary Joan Cooper describing her husband Donald Kent Cooper's 1971 selection by the U.S. State Department's AID Progra…

Interview report summarizing a woman referred to as COOPER describing her family's departure from Uganda in 1972 due to deteriorating political/military conditions, her husband Donald Cooper's subseq…

FBI AIRTEL from SAC Seattle to SAC Kansas City in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, dated 9/16/76, concerning subject Donald K. Cooper (Sub No. 823). Seattle states current informatio…

Standard government memo header identifying sender (SAC Kansas City), recipient (SAC Seattle), date, and subject (NORJAK case, Office of Origin Seattle). Body of memo referencing a prior Albany lett…

Form identifier for FBI FD-302 report with two illegible ink stamp marks. Standard FD-302 header identifying the issuing agency and transcription date. Interview summary of Donald Kent Cooper, Nati…

FD-302 report documenting an FBI interview of Mary Joan Cooper on 8/9/76 in Liberty, Missouri, regarding her husband Donald Kent Cooper's 1971 assignment to Uganda as a financial advisor under a U.S.…

Continuation page (marked '2', file number KC 164-80) of an apparent FBI interview report in which a woman identified as COOPER recounts her family's departure from Uganda in 1972, her husband DONALD…

Routing header identifying sender/recipient offices, case designation NORJAK, and reference to a prior Albany airtel. Lists enclosures sent to Kansas City: a Detroit-to-New York letter, an FD-302, a…

FBI field office lead instructing agents in Kansas City to locate and interview Donald K. Cooper at Liberty, Missouri, per a suggestion in a report by a redacted Special Agent dated 5/30/73 in Seattl…

Standard FBI Airtel transmittal header indicating the message is being sent via Airtel/Air Mail, dated June 29, 1976. Airtel from the Albany FBI field office to the Seattle field office regarding th…

A handwritten file/sub-file number ('Sub 828', '164-81-1991') sits above a routing stamp box recording that the document was searched, serialized, and filed on July 4, 1976. FOIA exemption codes (b6…

Masthead of the newsletter 'CU VIEWS', identifying it as a publication of The New York State Credit Union League, Volume XVII No. 6, dated Jan.-Feb. 1973. A welcome announcement with photo caption i…

Bottom portion of an employee performance appraisal form, including handwritten comments recommending additional training in management/public relations/program development, a note that the employee…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with transcription date. FBI interview report (FD-302) summarizing information provided by a redacted informant at the New York State Credit Union League regarding Do…

Fragment of a typed report noting there are no (or a lack of) indications that COOPER possesses a considerable amount of money. Page bears file number AL 164-47 and page number 2. Dark ink blots/mar…

Standard FBI FOIA/Privacy Act 'Deleted Page Information Sheet' indicating that one page (Page 15) was removed from the released file because it was a duplicate, with no duplication fee applied.

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying the memo as routed from an SA in Seattle to the SAC, Seattle, dated 10/11/77, regarding the NORJAK case (Bufile 164-2111) and specifically subject James Cro…

FBI Denver field office memo to Seattle field office (NORJAK case, referencing D.B. Cooper investigation) regarding a typographical error in a prior communication: an earlier Denver-to-Houston airtel…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Seattle), recipient (SAC Denver), date, and case subject NORJAK (A), referencing James Croak. Seattle field office follows up with…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header/letterhead. Memo routing header: from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle, dated 8/2/77, regarding NORJAK case subject James Croak. Denver field office reports…

Standard US Government memorandum header identifying the memo as from the FBI Seattle field office (SAC Seattle) to the FBI Denver field office (SAC Denver), dated June 10, 1977, subject NORJAK (the…

Standard FBI Airtel transmission form header with routing checkboxes and date. Routing header identifying this as a NORJAK case communication from SAC Houston to SAC Seattle, referencing subject Jam…

FBI airtel from SAC Denver to SAC Houston regarding NORJAK subject JAMES CROAK (SUB 829), summarizing negative employment record findings from Certified Welding Corporation in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and…

Notes that a credit account for James A. Croak was opened in 11/75, transferred from Denver to Cheyenne, Colorado/Wyoming in 2/76, with last inquiry in 6/76 by Chrysler Credit of Denver. On 3/28/77,…

FBI airtel dated 3/7/77 from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing subject James Croak (Sub 829). Seattle notes Denver has not complied with a prior request f…

FBI airtel dated 3/7/77 from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver regarding NORJAK case, referencing subject James Croak (Sub 829). Seattle notes Denver has not complied with a prior request from an airtel date…

FBI Seattle field office airtel to Denver field office, dated 10/19/76, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. It follows up on a prior Denver communication referencing individuals named JAMES and…

FBI Airtel header identifying this as a communication from the Denver Field Office to the Houston Field Office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, Office of Origin Seattle. Body of the Airtel:…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel routing header dated September 23, 1976, to be transmitted via registered airmail. Denver FBI field office airtel to Seattle in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investiga…

An informant, whose identity is redacted, told the Pipe Fitters Union in Cheyenne, Wyoming that they had no record of the subject working out of the union in 1971. In early 1972, CLARK worked for Cer…

Standard FBI airtel form header showing form number, transmission date, and routing/precedence instructions. FBI Denver airtel to FBI Seattle in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation regarding subj…

Date stamp/handwritten date at top of document. FBI Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, reporting that a person named James Croak was stopped at S…

File/case number reference at top of page. Investigative lead instructions for the Cheyenne, Wyoming field office to obtain a driver's license record for an individual referred to as 'CROAK' and to…

FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed from a redacted Special Agent to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) of the Seattle field office, dated 7/15/76, regarding NORJAK case subject James Croak.…

Continuation of an FBI report (file SE 181-64) discussing a subject named CROAK who was stopped and questioned as a possible match for D.B. Cooper. Multiple redacted informants provide details about…

Standard government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from SC Ruby Tomasek, dated 7/9/76, subject J. Croak, a Norjack (D.B. Cooper case) suspect. Body of the memo: an unnamed Seattle Airpor…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Houston) and recipient (SAC Seattle), dated 7/13/76, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper hijacking case codename), office of origin Seat…

FBI file/serial number for the Houston field office, likely a continuation page header. Biographical and physical description table for an individual investigated as a possible suspect, including ph…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Atlanta), recipient (SAC Seattle), date, and subject (NORJAK, the D.B. Cooper case designation), origin office Seattle. Atlanta fie…

FBI Atlanta field office report noting that on 10/22/76 a Special Agent (name redacted) retrieved artist drawings from a redacted source's office; due to that source's total lack of cooperation and p…

FBI internal AIRTEL routing header dated 9/16/76, from SAC Seattle to SAC Atlanta, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case codename), referencing a redacted confidential source. References a prior comm…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with date 9/2/76. Airtel from SAC Atlanta to SAC Seattle under the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case file, referencing a 7/14/76 Atlanta airtel; a Marietta,…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header specifying date and transmission method. Routing block: airtel sent from SAC Atlanta to SAC Seattle under the NORJAK case caption. An unnamed, red…

An unnamed (redacted) individual was informed of a $25,000/15% reward offered by Northwest Orient Airlines and a separate $5,000 reward offered by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper for informa…

FBI field office report excerpt from the Atlanta field office regarding activity in Marietta, GA, noting a plan to recontact a redacted individual pending a reply from another redacted party, and fla…

Standard FBI FOIA/PA placeholder sheet indicating that one page (Page 4) was deleted from the release because it was a duplicate, with no duplication fee applied.

Standard FBI teletype/airtel transmission form header with date and precedence. Routing header identifying sender (ADIC New York) and recipient (SAC Seattle), and the case subject line regarding the…

Standard FD-302 FBI form header with transcription date. FBI interview report describing Chester Savory of Royal Globe Insurance Company furnishing an anonymous letter (received Aug 20, 1976) claimi…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with transcription date. FD-302 report summarizing an FBI interview with Marion Henry Mooney, a self-employed Christmas tree cutter and land speculator from Pleasant…

Narrative stating that Mooney had never been in trouble, cooperated fully with the FBI, and consented to be photographed by SA Kaczmarczyk; introduces a description obtained via observation and inter…

FBI Identification Division, Latent Fingerprint Section report header addressed to SAC Portland regarding case NORJAK, dated August 3, 1976, referencing a July 16, 1976 letter. The report states tha…

Standard U.S. government optional form header identifying the form type and edition. FBI Portland memo to FBI Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, forwarding an FD-302 report of…

Routing header of an FBI memo from SAC Portland to the Director, FBI, Identification Division, regarding case NORJAK, dated 7/16/76. An unnamed caller told the Portland FBI office on 7/10/76 that he…

An unnamed (redacted) source states MOONEY is believed retired, owns property, and is familiar with West Coast airlines and flight patterns. A redacted source could not provide information linking M…

FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet listing 11 pages withheld or removed from the release, citing exemption codes b6/b7C for one page and 'Duplicate' as the reason for the remaining ten. Boxe…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission cover header dated 10/15/76. Norfolk field office airtel to Seattle field office (case NORJAK, Bufile 164-2111) relaying an updated Personal History Form on Co…

Field-style entry listing Col. Edwards' local address (Fort Monroe, Virginia), wife's name (Karla Maureen Edwards), and a redacted children field. A Lieutenant Colonel (name redacted) states Col. Ed…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated September 17, 1976. Routing header identifying this as a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case) airtel from SAC Alexandria to SAC Seattle, referencing a p…

Header of an FBI AIRTEL dated 9/10/76, from SAC Norfolk to SAC Alexandria, case NORJAK, Office of Origin Seattle, Bureau file 164-2111. Body of the airtel: references a prior Alexandria-to-Seattle a…

FBI report discussing difficulties by the Military Intelligence Group (MIG) at Fort Monroe, Virginia in accessing Colonel Edwards' field personnel file, contrasted with successful access to his 'main…

Instruction to conduct a second review of Colonel Jerry S. Edwards' official military personnel file to obtain information not disclosed at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Seattle field office lead: upon rec…

FBI report documenting that SA Charles P. Kluge, Jr. of the Norfolk Division contacted the Fort Monroe Military Personnel Office on September 8, 1976, seeking Colonel Jerry S. Edwards' Army personnel…

A biographical/service-record form listing an individual's military training, enlistment, assignment, residence, marital status, and education details, with most personal fields marked 'Not disclosed…

File/case reference header and page number. SA Charles P. Kluge, Jr. of the FBI's Norfolk Division reports that an unnamed Chief Warrant Officer at the Fort Monroe Military Personnel Office declined…

Routing header of an FBI airtel/memo from Cleveland field office to New Orleans field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, dated 8/23/76. Reference line citing a prior Cincinnati…

FBI memo noting that on August 20, 1976, a redacted Special Agent had the Robinsons Huron County Directory checked for the name Jerry S. Edwards, with negative (no match) results; as a result, the Cl…

Date stamp/typed date at top of memo. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Cincinnati to SAC Cleveland regarding case NORJAC (D.B. Cooper investigation), forwarding an Alexandria field office airtel and enclosures t…

Standard FBI AIRTEL transmission form header dated August 3, 1976. Handwritten annotation of uncertain content near the FROM line. AIRTEL from SAC Alexandria to SAC Seattle in the NORJAK (D.B. Coop…

FBI investigative lead assigning the Cleveland field office to conduct an investigation at North Fairfield, Ohio, per a Cincinnati airtel dated 7/26/76, with a note that the subject is armed and dang…

File/case number header followed by the start of a 'LEADS' section listing investigative assignments for multiple FBI field offices. Instructs the Seattle field office to potentially show witnesses…

FD-302 report dated 8/3/76 documenting that on July 30, 1976, an Army Colonel (name redacted), Chief of a section at the U.S. Army Military Personnel Center in Alexandria, Virginia, gave FBI Special…

FD-302 report dated 8/3/76 documenting that a U.S. Army Military Personnel Center (MILPERCEN) official provided FBI Special Agent Larry S. Hurst with ten copies of a 1974 photograph of Colonel Jerry…

File/reference number and initials header for the memo. FBI memo detailing a records search on Colonel Jerry S. Edwards's military personnel file, including his date of birth, duty assignments, educ…

FBI Airtel routing header dated 7/27/76, sent from SAC Cincinnati to SAC Cleveland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, Bureau file 164-2111. Short handwritten annotation, likely a sub-file or r…

Standard FBI airtel cover form header identifying the document type and transmission date. FBI airtel from the New Orleans field office to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, t…

FBI Washington Field Office (WFO) memorandum dated 7/21/76 to SAC Alexandria, referencing case NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation). It forwards copies of a Seattle airtel to New Orleans…

Standard FBI AIRTEL routing header dated July 14, 1976, from SAC New Orleans to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, referencing Bufile 164-2111. A confidential source in Al…

An unnamed source (referred to as 'he') dismissed the idea that EDWARDS is D.B. COOPER, but after comparing a 1951 photograph of EDWARDS to an artist conception of Cooper, found a 'remarkable resembl…

Standard FBI airtel routing header with transmission date and method. Routing information identifying sender (Portland SAC), recipient (Seattle SAC), case name NORJAK, and reference to a prior Seatt…

FBI communication from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland dated 1/3/77 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, requesting Portland furnish Seattle with results of an investigation into a redacted individua…

FBI teletype (NITEL) sent 9:22PM August 2, 1976 from Portland field office (164-41) to Minneapolis (164-73) and Seattle (164-81) field offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. A comp…

Faint handwritten annotations and circular marks at the top of the page, likely routing or review marks. FBI teletype (NITEL) from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Portland and SAC Seattle dated July 29, 1976…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype referencing file MP 164-73. States that on December 31, 1976, an individual named Abbott advised a redacted party in a letter to contact the FBI in Seattle…

FBI Identification Division / Latent Fingerprint Section report header, addressed to SAC Seattle, referencing the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking) and citing file numbers, a January 13, 1977 date,…

Airtel/teletype header from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, Identification Division, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 1/3/77. Seattle field office notes it could not locate results of a p…

FBI Airtel from SAC Portland to FBI Director (Identification Division), dated 8/4/76, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case). Reports that Oregonian reporter Lucille Warren suggested a redacted indivi…

Standard FBI FOI/PA 'Deleted Page Information Sheet' placeholder indicating that 2 pages were removed from this document set: page 11 for referral/consult and page 24 as a duplicate, with no duplicat…

Standard FBI airtel transmittal form header with routing method and date. Kansas City field office airtel to Seattle field office (RUC - referred upon completion) enclosing investigative inserts on…

File/case reference number and agent initials header block, with a page number. Investigative narrative by SA Alfred T. Jones detailing efforts in Paola, Kansas to locate and identify Richard O. Coo…

File/case number and page continuation marker at top of the report page. Continuation of a sentence (subject/name redacted, likely from prior page) stating that an unnamed individual resides in Kans…

File/case number marking at top of page. Biographical/background summary of an individual referred to as COOPER, listing physical description, Social Security number, military service history, perso…

Two black circular marks, likely obliterated stamps or redactions, with no legible content. File/case number header with page or serial number. Employment history entry noting a position as debit c…

FBI report excerpt noting that on March 3, 1977, a source at a credit bureau in Kansas City, Missouri disclosed background/employment information on Otis R. Cooper, Jr. and his wife Jessie, including…

File/document reference header with Kansas City field office file number and initials. FBI investigative report by SA Alfred T. Jones documenting an interview with Dr. Phillip D. Reister in Kansas C…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header identifying sender (SAC, St. Louis), recipient (SAC, Seattle), date, and subject (NORJAK / Richard O. Cooper). St. Louis field office reports r…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype cover form header indicating the message is transmitted in clear text via teletype with routine precedence, dated 2/10/77. Routing block of the teletype: from Kansas City…

Standard FBI teletype form header (FD-36) with blank Date, transmission type, and precedence fields. Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype under Kansas City file KC 164-80, stating a person nam…

FBI airtel dated 2/7/77 from SAC Seattle to SAC Kansas City regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case), concerning suspect Richard O. Cooper. St. Louis was unable to locate a military record for C…

Standard FBI airtel transmittal form header dated 2/7/77, sent via AIRTEL. Routing block: from SAC Seattle to SAC Kansas City, subject NORJAK case, referencing suspect Richard O. Cooper (SUB 836).…

Standard U.S. Government Optional Form No. 10 memorandum letterhead/form identifier. Memo routing header: from SAC St. Louis to SAC Seattle, dated 1/14/77, subject NORJAK, referencing subject Richar…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel routing header dated 1/3/77, from SAC Seattle to SAC Kansas City, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, referencing subject Richard O. Cooper, Sub 836. A handwr…

Case file number notation. St. Louis Division field office reports it will attempt to locate a military service record for COOPER and forward it to Seattle. Provides physical description: white male…

Standard FBI teletype routing header from the Honolulu field office, routine to the Director, priority to Kansas City and Seattle field offices, dated November 12, 1976. Honolulu Division teletype i…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype message, file number HN 164-85, instructing that photographs of Richard O. Cooper be displayed to witnesses per a referenced communication, since the only a…

Standard U.S. government memorandum form letterhead. Memo routing header: from SAC Kansas City to SAC Seattle, dated 11/3/76, subject NORJAK. Kansas City field office reports negative/inconclusive…

Header/file identifiers and introductory line stating an investigation was conducted by a redacted Special Agent on September 24, 1976, at Carrollton, Missouri. Carrollton County Sheriff Paul Johnso…

File/serial header identifying the FBI Kansas City field office file number and typist initials. Report of SA Alfred T. Jones's interview with Miami County Sheriff Charles Light in Paola, Kansas, re…

File/reference code block at top of the report page. SA Bruce A. Wick's report of an interview with Sheriff William Gadleman of the Anderson County Sheriff's Office, who stated he had no knowledge o…

FBI airtel/memo from SAC Honolulu to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation subject Richard O. Cooper (Sub #836), stating that eyewitnesses have been repeatedly shown photographs, t…

FBI airtel dated 10/28/76 from SAC Honolulu (file 164-85) to SAC Kansas City regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. References an earlier Honolulu airtel dated 8/12/76 and requests that re…

Standard FBI airtel routing header showing transmission method and date. Honolulu FBI field office reports to FBI Headquarters on an anonymous tip that a Hawaii resident named 'Dick Cooper' (Richard…

Report on COOPER's bank records revealing family details, a bank account opened 9/11/75, a Kansas driver's license, and prior residences in Kansas and Missouri; notes nine months residency in Hawaii…

File/case number designation at top of page. Topeka office lead: obtain driver's license photo of Richard O. Cooper if available. Seattle office lead: display photographs of Richard O. Cooper to wi…

Standard FBI FOIA 'Deleted Page Information Sheet' indicating that 1 page (Page 8) was deleted from the released record because it was a duplicate, with no duplication fee applied.

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying the memo as being sent to SAC, Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case, BUFILE 164-2111, dated 2/18/77, with a note that the RE: title lin…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 2/18/77, subject NORJAK case, with sender name and RE field redacted. Memo body describing a tip in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying the memo as routed to SAC Seattle regarding case NORJAK (BUFILE 164-2111), dated 12/7/76, with sender name and a RE line redacted. Follow-up me…

FBI Seattle field office memorandum dated 12/7/76, subject NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), referencing bufile 164-2111. The memo reports a failed 11/30/76 attempt to contact an individual at a now-invalid…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender, recipient, date, and subject (NORJAK case, Office of Origin Seattle). Investigative memo recounting follow-up on a San Diego lead: a dr…

Standard FBI/US Government memorandum header identifying the memo as routed from SAC San Diego to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, with the date field redacted…

Two black circular marks and a small handwritten fragment near the top of the page; purpose unclear. Typed paragraph noting that follow-up on the information referenced is left to the discretion of…

Standard FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet indicating two pages (5 and 8) were removed from the released document set for being duplicates, under FOI/PA case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. Boxed p…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent, dated 9/29/76, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, B…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum letterhead identifying the recipient (SAC, Seattle, file 164-81), sender (SA Clark S. Smith), date (8/6/76), and subject (NORJAK, office of origin Seattle). An un…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Seattle field office, regarding the NORJAK case, dated September 13, 1976. Memo reports that inmate Edward…

An unidentified individual (name redacted) is interviewed by SA Clark S. Smith at Seattle regarding an outstanding charge. The interviewee describes a prior dismissed charge from Alaska/Spokane, stat…

Standard FBI teletype/airtel routing header with transmission method, precedence, and classification checkboxes (none clearly marked), and the transmittal date 7/6/77. Routing block identifying the…

Small illegible handwritten or stamped mark in the top-left corner of the page. Two solid black circular marks near the top of the page, possibly redaction dots or stamp impressions. Case/file numb…

Standard FBI teletype/airtel transmission form header indicating the message was sent via AIRTEL on 6/9/77. Routing information: airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJAK (D.B.…

File number header with a redacted entry, flagged with exemption codes b6/b7C in the right margin. Investigative leads assigned to the Sacramento Division: attempt to identify and interview a retire…

Standard government memo header identifying it as a NORJAK case memo from an unnamed Seattle Special Agent to the SAC Seattle, dated 3/10/77. A U.S. Marshal in Seattle reported difficulty contacting…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying it as addressed to the SAC Seattle office, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case (Bufile 164-2111). A Seattle FBI agent reports that a U…

FBI memorandum header identifying it as a NORJAK case communication from an SA to SAC Seattle, dated 12/23/76, referencing Bufile 164-2111. Memo describing that a U.S. Marshal in Seattle was told by…

FD-36 airtel dated 12/14/76 from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). A redacted U.S. Marshal in Seattle telephoned Sacramento about a redacted source's inform…

FBI airtel from the Seattle Special Agent in Charge to the Sacramento SAC, dated 8/23/76, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, BUfile 164-2111. Seattle reports negative indices on a redacted subj…

Standard FBI Airtel (FD-36) form header routing a communication from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 8/17/76. A U.S. Marshal in Sacramento relayed a tip…

FBI interoffice memorandum dated 3/9/77 from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. It follows up on a prior memo (12/30/76), reporting continued contac…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying recipient (SAC, Seattle, file 164-81), date (12/30/76), sender (SA Thomas J. Manning), and subject (NORJAK, the D.B. Cooper case codename). Memo from SA Th…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying the form type, addressee (SAC, Seattle, file 164-81 (P)), sender (SA Thomas J. Manning), subject line ('NOPJAK'), and date (10/29/76). Follow-u…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum letterhead identifying the recipient (SAC, Seattle, file 164-81), the sender (an FBI Special Agent, name partially unclear), the date (8/25/76), and the subject (N…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying it as a NORJAK case document from a Special Agent to the SAC Seattle, dated 10/18/76, regarding subject Robert E. Cooper (Sub Number 841). The memo conclud…

FBI Airtel dated 9/30/76 from the Philadelphia SAC to the Seattle SAC, referencing the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, transmitting a photograph of the subject and a copy of a Pennsylvania State Police cr…

Header identifying the document as a Pennsylvania State Police confidential criminal record form, with F.B.I. Number, Social Security Number, State Police record number, and date of birth for the sub…

Standard FBI Identification Division routing slip (Form 1-221) sent from FBI Headquarters, Washington D.C. to SAC Philadelphia on 9-28-76, in reply to an inquiry dated 9-24-76, concerning the NORJAK…

Header of an FBI Identification Division record cover sheet, dated 9-28-76, referencing FBI record number 178 405 E; the 'FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY' notation is struck through. Fingerprint/arrest record…

FBI Airtel routing header dated 9/24/76 from SAC Philadelphia to the FBI Director, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case codename). Report on efforts to interview individuals in Lancaster/Leola/New H…

An interviewee (name rendered inconsistently as ECKMAN/EDKIN) states he has not heard further about 'COOPER' since local newspaper coverage, and mentions vague familiarity with a redacted individual…

File number and identifying-data block listing scars/marks, FBI number, and Pennsylvania State Police number for the subject. A Pennsylvania State Police trooper (name redacted) states records on Co…

Two solid black circular marks near the top margin of the page, likely scanning or photocopy artifacts rather than intentional document content. FBI Airtel routing header addressed from the Director…

Letter dated August 26, 1976 from attorney Philip M. Cullen of Lancaster, PA to FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley, relaying secondhand information from redacted informants suggesting that a Robert E. C…

Two circular stamp-like marks appear at the top of the page; contents cannot be determined. Page number label indicating this is page 2 of a multi-page document. A redacted source states that Rober…

Printed return address of the sender, an attorney at law in Lancaster, PA. Typed addressee block directing the envelope to the FBI Director in Washington, D.C. Two circular postal cancellation/post…

FBI memorandum from SAC San Diego to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case, closing out the investigative lead on Phillip Lee Woodward (Sub #842) after fingerprint comparison found no…

FBI memorandum from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle, dated 10/19/76, in the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case, forwarding a copy of a California driver's license belonging to Phillip Lee Woodward and flagging…

FBI memorandum from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento dated 10/1/76, part of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, discussing Phillip Lee Woodward as a suspect based on statements he made to a redacted…

Standard FBI Identification Division / Latent Fingerprint Section report header, addressed to SAC San Diego, captioned NORJACK, referencing an airtel dated 9/7/76. States that previously reported la…

Date stamped/typed at the top of the document. FBI Airtel header identifying it as correspondence from SAC San Diego to the FBI Director's Identification Division, part of the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper)…

File number and a physical descriptor block (DOB, height, weight, hair, eyes, California driver's license number, and address), presumably for the individual referenced later as WOODWARD. Narrative…

Standard FBI FOI/PA 'Deleted Page Information Sheet' placeholder indicating that one page (Page 9) was withheld/removed from the released file because it was a duplicate, with no duplication fee char…

FBI memo from ADIC Los Angeles to the Director dated 11/12/76, subject NORJAK, describing a hypnosis session conducted with Mrs. Richard Daley on 11/3/76 by Dr. William S. Kroger to enhance her memor…

Continuation (page 2) of an FBI report describing Mrs. Daley's hypnosis session related to the D.B. Cooper skyjacking investigation. Under hypnosis she recalled a waitress at a North Hollywood restau…

Teletype routing header from FBI Director to Los Angeles and Seattle field offices, routine precedence, case designation NORJAK with office of origin Seattle. The Bureau grants authority to pursue t…

FBI teletype routing header from the Los Angeles field office to FBI Director and Seattle field office, dated October 29, 1976, marked ROUTINE, addressed to Behavioral Sciences at Quantico (SA name r…

Continuation of an FBI report (page two, LA 164-497) recounting an account, apparently relayed by Mrs. Daley, of a conversation with a 'lone male' who claimed to have hijacked an airplane five years…

FBI report/teletype page discussing plans to re-interview a witness, Mrs. Daley, a real estate dealer in the San Fernando Valley, under hypnosis to enhance her recall of a conversation relevant to id…

Date stamp/typed date at top of the airtel. Standard FBI airtel routing header identifying sender (Milwaukee), recipient (Los Angeles), subject (NORJACK — the D.B. Cooper hijacking case), and office…

File/serial number heading for the document. A redacted individual advised that another redacted individual (referred to as "she") may be reluctant to speak with the FBI, feeling it would be foolish…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Seattle), recipient (SAC Portland), date, case name (NORJAK), office of origin, bureau file number, and subject line referencing a p…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying sender, recipient, date, and subject (NORJAK case, Office of Origin Seattle, Bureau file 164-2111). An illegible handwritten notation near the…

FBI teletype/memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, noting that a parachute canopy found and furnished by Jack Lee Harelson, along with half of Portland's rema…

FBI Seattle field office airtel to Portland field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, requesting Portland measure the parachute canopy found by Jack Lee Harelson and send a canopy sample,…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header with date and transmission method. Routing information: memo sent from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper investiga…

Standard FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet listing 7 deleted pages (10-15 marked Referral/Consult, page 19 marked Duplicate) under FOI/PA case number 1:16-cv-01790-03, with a stamped notice i…

FBI memorandum dated 4/22/77 from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, requesting confirmation of whether a Sacramento All Points Bulletin (stop card) placed Decembe…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form letterhead. Memo routing header fields identifying sender (SAC Anchorage), recipient (SAC Seattle), date, and subject (NORJAK case, re: Billy Jewel Sparks).…

Standard FD-302 form header with FBI letterhead, transcription date, and two redacted/obscured stamp marks. FBI interview report (FD-302) documenting an interview of Billy Jewel Sparks in Anchorage,…

File/case reference number and page number header, with two solid black circular marks and a partial dark mark/banner at the upper left edge. SPARKS denies involvement in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) ca…

Standard printed U.S. Government memorandum form header/letterhead. Routing header of the memo: from an Anchorage FBI Special Agent to the Special Agent in Charge, Seattle, dated 3/23/77, subject NO…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Seattle), recipient (SAC Anchorage), date, and subject (NORJAK / Billy Jewel Sparks, Sub Number 845). Body of the memo explaining t…

Standard FBI/US Government memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Seattle), recipient (SAC Anchorage), date, and case subject (NORJAK). The memo references a prior Anchorage letter and states tha…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header/masthead. Memo routing block: from Seattle FBI SAC to St. Louis FBI SAC, dated 1/28/77, regarding NORJAK investigation subject Billy Jewel Sparks. Na…

FBI investigative lead instructing the St. Louis Division to obtain a copy of SPARKS's military record and forward it to Seattle; page includes an 'armed and dangerous' notation. Archival page ident…

Standard U.S. Government Optional Form No. 10 memorandum header. Memo routing information: from SAC Seattle to SAC St. Louis, dated 1/28/77, regarding NORJAK case subject Billy Jewel Sparks. Narrat…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Anchorage), recipient (SAC Seattle), date, and subject file NORJAK with Seattle as Office of Origin. Body of the memo: Anchorage FB…

FBI file/case reference header with typist initials and page number. Narrative report by SA E. Cleon Glaze detailing an Anchorage investigation into William J. Sparks, a former U.S. Postal Inspector…

Continuation page (page 2) of an FBI report/interview form listing biographical details for a subject (employment, marital status, wife's name, military service, previous address), followed by a reda…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Anchorage), recipient (SAC Seattle), date, and subject (NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle). References a prior Seattle airtel a…

Unexplained black circular marks and small pen strokes in the top margin, likely ink blots, correction marks, or redaction dots. File/case identifier printed at the top of the page. Investigative l…

Handwritten case/file number and initials or signatures in a small boxed annotation area, likely a routing or filing notation. Bottom of page shows two solid black circular marks (possibly hole punc…

FBI report from the Fairbanks investigation summarizing that Billy Jewel Sparks, a former U.S. Postal Inspector, was investigated as a possible match to the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) composite suspect ske…

File/case reference numbers and page number notation at top of document. Narrative describing two records involving William J. Sparks: a 1971 report listing him as a witness to a drug violation, and…

FBI Identification Division letterhead and form header fields identifying the file numbers, date, recipient (SAC Seattle), case reference (NORJAK), and the reference airtel that prompted the report.…

Letter dated September 29, 1976 from Lamar D. Wasson, a retired Seattle postal inspector, to the FBI Seattle field office, submitting Billy J. Sparks of Fairbanks, Alaska as a suspect matching the D.…

Routing header of an FBI interoffice memorandum from the St. Louis field office to the Seattle field office, dated 10/19/76, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case), referencing an individual named Bil…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with date and precedence. SAC Seattle airtel to FBI Director's Identification Division regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, proposing Billy Jewel Sp…

FBI case file number header. Biographical/background details on subject SPARKS: current address, occupation (co-owner of Anchorage Office Supply, partner's name redacted), and wife's name. Request…

Standard FBI teletype/airtel transmittal header identifying the form type and transmission date. Routing information: memo sent from SAC Alexandria to the FBI Director regarding the NORJAK investiga…

Continuation of an FBI interview report in which a redacted source (interviewee) states that a composite/artist sketch did not closely resemble GRAHAM PALMER, and provides background on PALMER: that…

Instruction to forward background data on an individual named PALMER to the FBI Identification Division so fingerprint files can be searched and compared against latent lifts in the case; page ends w…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel form header identifying the communication type and date. SAC Richmond airtel to FBI Director (NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case) reporting that an MCV records custodian provided back…

Case file number header at top of page. FBI report text describing background investigation into GRAHAM SANFORD PALMER's education and military service, including his time at William and Mary Colleg…

Continuation of an FBI interview report (file RH 164-74) in which Dr. DREWRY provides background on an individual named PALMER, including his residency and employment history from 1966-1974, physical…

File/case reference number for the FBI field office (Richmond, RH). Notes that this information is being sent to the Seattle field office in case it wants to locate Palmer's parents, pending the out…

FBI letterhead and routing header for a report from the Identification Division's Latent Fingerprint Section, dated November 22, 1976, addressed to SAC, Richmond, with file numbers listed. Report bo…

Single handwritten or stamped letter 'X' mark in the upper-left margin, likely a routing/filing mark. Decorative or incidental marks (possibly hole-punch guides, ink smudges, or a small logo/pen mar…

Standard FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet indicating 7 pages (11, 14-19) were removed from the released file as duplicates, under FOI/PA case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. Boxed notation stating…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header identifying sender (SAC San Francisco), recipient (SAC Seattle), date, and subject case identifiers for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Body of the…

Page/report header with file number and typist initials. FBI report by SA David Robert Evans detailing a background investigation on James Marion Morehead (and Jeanne Morehead), covering California…

Page number and FBI field office file number/initials header. FBI report of a November 19, 1976 interview with Jeanne Morehead at Livermore, California, regarding her ex-husband James Marion Morehea…

Page number and FBI file/case reference with typist initials. Interview summary in which MOREHEAD describes her former husband James Marion Morehead's physical description and states she sees no res…

Routing header of an FBI internal communication (airtel/memo) from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing an unnamed/redacted source. Body of the memo: references a…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel routing header from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 10/22/76. A cursive handwritten annotation in the right margin near the…

FBI file number and initials header. Describes a redacted individual (a private investigator in Oakland) with physical details; notes no identification record found at Alameda County Centralized Ide…

Letter dated October 18, 1976, apparently from an FBI Seattle field office representative to a Ms. Hauser at Royal Globe Insurance Co., thanking her for cooperation regarding the D.B. Cooper Northwes…

Letterhead banner listing Royal-Globe Insurance Companies and its constituent insurance company names. Business letterhead address/contact info, date, and salutation addressed to the FBI's Seattle f…

Page header identifying the document as an FBI memo/letter, page 2, dated September 9, 1976, referencing the Northwest Airlines hijacking of 11/24/71 (the D.B. Cooper case). Continuation of a narrat…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL sent via AIRMAIL, dated 10/13/76. Airtel routing information: from SAC Seattle to SAC San Francisco, subject NORJAK, office of origin…

Standard printed FBI FD-4 routing slip header and checkbox fields for routing/action instructions; dated 3/15/77 with case/title number 164-81. None of the printed checkboxes appear clearly checked,…

Standard FBI Airtel transmittal form header indicating the message was sent via Airtel, dated 9/6/77, with no precedence or classification boxes checked. Portland FBI office airtel to Seattle field…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission cover header showing date and transmission method (AIRTEL). Seattle FBI office reports to Portland on the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation subject Billie Dea…

Two solid black circular marks near the top of the page, purpose unclear. FBI investigative report excerpt (case SE 164-81) detailing agents' efforts in August 1977 to locate and contact Bill McConn…

FBI Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle dated 6/6/77 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, reporting that record checks in Portland (city/telephone directories, CRISS, LEDS)…

File/case reference block with case numbers and typist initials, and a page number. Report by SA Paul E. Kaczmarczyk describing follow-up contacts with N. Nelson Grubbe of Eugene, Oregon in November…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying sender, recipient, date, and NORJAK case subject/file number. Seattle SAC requests that Portland forward results of an earlier investigation re…

FBI memorandum from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland dated 5/5/77 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, concerning subject Billie Dean McConnell (SUB 848). References a prior Portland airtel d…

Standard FBI/GSA memorandum header identifying the case (NORJAK), origin office (Seattle), Bureau file number, date, and subject of the memo (Billie Dean McConnell, Sub 848). States that McConnell w…

FBI Seattle field office memo dated 3/18/77 regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, identifying Billie Dean McConnell as a suspect because he reportedly resembles the composite sketch of the un…

FBI Identification Division letterhead and routing header for a Latent Fingerprint Section report to SAC Portland, referencing the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper investigation). Report states latent finge…

Standard FBI airtel transmission form header with date and transmission method. Routing information: airtel sent from SAC Portland to FBI Director, Identification Division, regarding case NORJAK, Of…

File/case number header at top of the page. Continuation of an FBI interview report in which GRUBBE describes noticing a resemblance between BILLIE DEAN MC CONNELL and the D.B. Cooper artist composi…

File/classification number handwritten or stamped at top of page, with two black circular marks nearby. FBI report continuation page detailing records checks on suspect Billie Dean McConnell (Oregon…

Standard FBI FOIA deleted page information sheet header with case/request number. List of five deleted pages with FOIA exemption codes (b6, b7C) or duplicate designation for each. Boxed notice indi…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 5/3/77, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case), referencing Harold Moody Crosby. A redacted source at Black-Clawson Manufact…

Standard FBI memorandum header routing the memo from a redacted Special Agent to the SAC Seattle office, dated 1/28/77, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper investigation), subfile 849, concerning…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying the routing, sender, date, and subject (NORJAK case, Seattle field office file 164-2111). Two solid black circular marks near the top of the pa…

Form header identifying this as an FBI Record Request (FD-125) dated 12/17/76, requesting Credit and Criminal record checks, addressed to "Caroline," tied to file number 164-81 SUB 849. Identifies t…

A partial reference table listing account/collection status codes (e.g., Legal Repossession = 8D, Collection Account = 9B) with a black circular mark obscuring one cell. A legend of two-letter 'disp…

Standard U.S. government memorandum form letterhead. Memo routing header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing subject Harold Crosby and a prior memo. Body o…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form letterhead. FBI memo from a Seattle Special Agent to the SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, reporting DMV record findings on Harold Moody C…

FBI Seattle field office memorandum dated 12/6/76 from SC Linda Ann Lewis to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case subject Harold Moody Crosby (Sub 849), noting a prior report of 11/11/76 and that a DMV…

Standard FBI Optional Form 10 memorandum header addressed from a redacted Seattle Special Agent to the Seattle SAC, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case), regarding Harold Moody Crosby, Sub 849. Bod…

Handwritten annotations, likely a routing name and a case sub-file marker, added at top right of the page. Typed driver's license / DMV-style record lookup for Harold Moody Crosby (DOB 02-26-1927),…

Record-check style listing (driver's license and vehicle registration data) for an individual named Harold Moody Crosby, referencing a Seattle driver's license (suspended, insurance cancelled) and a…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header/letterhead identifying it as an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated October 28, 1976. An unnamed female inform…

An FBI report (file SE 164-81) recounting a redacted source's observation that an artist's conception drawing of the Unsub resembles a man named CROSBY, along with physical description and behavioral…

Standard FBI/US Government memorandum header identifying the memo as routed to SAC Seattle regarding case NORJAK (BUfile 164-2111), dated 1/27/77, with the sender's name and an additional 'RE' refere…

Standard FBI/US Government memorandum header identifying the memo as routed to SAC Seattle, dated 1/3/77, subject NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper case), with originating agent's name redacted. Investigative…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel routing form header with transmission date and type. Routing block identifying this as a Las Vegas-to-Seattle FBI airtel on the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case, office…

FBI Indianapolis field office airtel to the Director reporting that an unidentified female tipster contacted on 11/29/76 stated she reported information relevant to the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case out…

FBI form identifier and letterhead at top of page. Transmission method field indicating the message was sent via Airtel. Airtel from FBI Director to Seattle and Indianapolis field offices under the…

Two solid black circular marks near the top of the page, purpose unclear. A typed letter dated 5 November 1976 from a self-described retired federal analyst to FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.,…

Illustration of an open/deployed parachute canopy. Newspaper headline accompanied by a small illustration of a parachuting figure. News article reporting that the statute of limitations on the D.B.…

Newspaper clipping reporting that residents of Harbor Grace, Newfoundland found $20 bills scattered on the streets, with the RCMP unable to determine their origin and speculating the money was stolen…

Standard U.S. government memorandum header identifying it as an FBI communication from SA Richard Avery Dyer to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 2/17/77, subject NORJAK, referencing a prior airtel dat…

FBI Airtel routing header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle, dated 11/12/76, subject NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), referencing BuFile 164-2111. Portland field office reports two separate tipsters (ident…

An individual (name redacted) told a Northwest Airlines representative or FBI contact that he feared the FBI would cheat him out of reward money if he provided information about a suspect. He also de…

Standard FBI FOI/PA 'Deleted Page Information Sheet' listing 8 pages removed from the released file because they are duplicates, referencing FOI/PA case number 1:16-cv-01790-03.

Standard FBI Airtel transmittal form header dated November 15, 1976. Routing block identifying the memo as sent from the FBI Los Angeles office (Acting Director in Charge) to the Seattle Special Age…

Continuation of an FBI report discussing contacts between a redacted individual (likely an attorney representing a 'client', a producer/studio, and an unnamed screen writer) and the Los Angeles FBI O…

File number header for the report page. Six numbered claims/details allegedly relayed by an unidentified screen writer regarding the hijacking, concerning parachutes found near Lake Merwin, an altim…

Continuation of an FBI report (case LA 164-497) describing an attorney's discussions with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles seeking written immunity for a client (a producer) and a screenwrit…

Two unidentified circular dark marks at the top of the page, likely stamp bleed-through or redaction dots. FBI Los Angeles field office file number heading the page. Narrative describing an AUSA's…

Routing header of an FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to ADIC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 1/3/77, with redacted reference and source fields. Seattle SAC advises that an Ass…

FBI Seattle field office airtel dated 1/3/77 to the ADIC in Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, forwarding a referenced communication to Portland Division, noting a 12/23/76 discussi…

Standard FBI airtel form header identifying the transmission as an AIRTEL sent via AIR MAIL from the ADIC Los Angeles office to SAC Seattle, dated 1/7/77, regarding case NORJAK with Seattle as the Of…

FBI investigative report page (file LA 164-497, page 2) documenting interviews conducted 1/3/77 with a Warner Brothers/Columbia Studios representative and a Warner Brothers Legal Department represent…

FBI investigative report page (page 3 of a document) summarizing an LA field office file on DIRK (WAYNE) SUMMERS, covering a 1968 stolen/recovered Corvette loaned by General Motors, SUMMERS' lack of…

FBI investigative lead assigning the Los Angeles field office to locate and interview Dirk Wayne Summers at an address in Sherman Oaks, California, regarding any knowledge of D. B. Cooper. Bates/rec…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Minneapolis), recipient (SAC Seattle), date, and case subject NORJAK. Minneapolis FBI office reports that a redacted stewardess who…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying sender, recipient, date, and subject. Brief handwritten annotations of uncertain meaning, possibly initials or routing notes, next to a redacti…

Continuation memo (page 2) in which the writer describes declining to let an individual (name redacted) view hijacking-tape transcripts or learn the names of banks that furnished the $200,000 ransom,…

Standard FBI airtel transmittal form header with date and transmission method (AIRTEL, AIR MAIL). Routing header identifying the airtel as being sent to SAC Seattle from ADIC Los Angeles regarding c…

Continuation memo/report text (file LA 164-497) discussing that information originated from the Las Vegas Division, that BROWN was interviewed, that information from PRISNELL and SUMMERS is being wit…

FBI airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Los Angeles (NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case, office of origin Seattle), dated 1/18/77, referencing a prior telephone call and enclosing a Las Vegas-to-Seattle letter dat…

Standard FBI airtel transmittal form header with date and transmission method. Routing block addressing the airtel from the Los Angeles ADIC to the FBI Director's Identification Division, referencin…

FBI file/case number header for this report. Report describing FBI investigation into a TV documentary ('Still at Large' by Alan Landsburg Productions) based on a manuscript by James H. Brown, who b…

FBI field office case file number header. Introduces that SUMMERS referenced notes from interviews of BROWN and information from unnamed "researchers." Background on JIM BROWN's history with BRYANT…

Continuation of an FBI investigative report (file LA 164-497, page 4) recounting an informant/witness narrative about a parachute jump involving a money bag, an injury from a tree limb landing near M…

Continuation of a narrative (from a prior page) describing an account allegedly relayed from Bryant Coffelt (who died in Honolulu in 1975) to cellmate Jim Brown, then to Dirk Summers and the Los Ange…

Continuation of an FBI investigative report (file LA 164-497) listing follow-up leads for multiple field offices regarding Jack Bryant Coffelt, a person of interest tied to the D.B. Cooper case: veri…

FBI field office report excerpt (Los Angeles field office file LA 164-497) noting that contact will be maintained with screenwriter Dirk Summers for any additional pertinent information regarding the…

Teletype routing header: dated January 31, 1977, sent Clear/Routine from FBI Los Angeles field office to FBI Director and Portland field office, referencing case NORJAK with Seattle as office of orig…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype regarding the film/theatrical production "Still at Large," clarifying that it has no association with a manuscript by Las Vegas writer James (H.) Brown, des…

Standard FBI teletype routing header showing precedence, originating office (Alexandria), and routing to Director, Los Angeles, and Seattle field offices. Teletype body reporting that under the NORJ…

FBI airtel from the Portland Field Office (SAC Portland) to SAC Alexandria, dated February 11, 1977, part of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation, regarding a subpoena connected to a subj…

Standard FBI Identification Division letterhead and report title block, with FBI seal. File/case number block, report date, and addressee (ADIC, Los Angeles), with an illegible handwritten note and…

Two black circular marks at the top of the page, possibly adhesive dots or redaction/routing markers. Single handwritten letter 'X' in the top-left margin. FBI airtel/memo from SAC Alexandria to SA…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying sender, recipient, date, and subject (NORJACK case, Seattle office of origin). FBI Las Vegas field office reports a 2/23/77 reinterview of Jame…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with letterhead, form revision date, and transcription date. Zoltan Hoffmann, former owner of Hoffmann Furniture Company, states he sold the business about five years…

Standard FBI FD-302 report header with form revision date, agency banner, transcription date, redaction exemption markers, and a faint handwritten notation. Interview report of Mrs. Lilly Hoffmann,…

FBI memo listing employees of Hoffmann Interiors, Incorporated (formerly Hoffmann Furniture Company) who were shown photographs of Bryant Coffelt and did not recognize him, with their job titles. Ca…

Routing header of an FBI Airtel from the SAC, Washington Field Office (WFO) to the Director, FBI, dated 3/2/77, referencing the NORJACK case with an UNSUB and a redacted source. Body of the Airtel:…

File/reference number header at top of page. Continuation of an FBI report describing ROBERT LINCOLN TODD BECKWITH (claimed to be a descendant of Abraham Lincoln) giving money to COFFELT, and detail…

Standard FD-302 form header identifying the document as an FBI interview report, with transcription date. Redacted identifying information (exemptions b3, b6, b7C) followed by narrative text stating…

Page header containing two unexplained black circular marks, a redacted box with FOIA exemption codes (b6, b7C, b7D), an illegible handwritten annotation, and the memo date. FBI airtel/memo from SAC…

FBI airtel from SAC Honolulu to SAC Buffalo regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, forwarding background information and a photograph related to BRYANT COFFELT, a deceased individual investigated a…

Report notes that attempts to locate an unnamed (redacted) individual at Queen's Medical Center were unsuccessful because the person had since been employed at Kaiser Medical Center in Honolulu; a Ka…

Standard FBI teletype transmission header with routing codes, sender (Los Angeles field office), and distribution list of receiving offices (Director/FBIHQ, Alexandria, Honolulu, Kansas City, Las Veg…

Report page describing Blair's account of being hired by Universal Studios to investigate whether Bryant Coffelt was D.B. Cooper. Blair interviewed James H. Brown and a redacted individual, found nei…

Continuation of an FBI teletype/report (page three, LA case 164-497) discussing suspect Jack Coffelt: his wife's 1976 letter arguing he could not be the hijacker due to psychiatric care and alcoholis…

Continuation (page four) of an FBI teletype in case LA 164-497 discussing follow-up investigative leads: identifying an individual referred to as "TAVE" (apparently an alias, Lorraine Thompson) who w…

Standard FD-302 form header with FBI title, transcription date, and page number. Narrative body of an FD-302 interview report describing an unnamed interviewee's account of Robert Lincoln Todd Beckw…

File/serial number header (WFO 164-169, page 2) followed by a redacted block of text, likely an informant identification or source line withheld under exemptions b6/b7C. A redacted female source sta…

Standard FBI Airtel transmittal header indicating method of transmission (Airtel), with precedence and classification fields, dated 3/29/77. Routing block addressed from the Special Agent in Charge,…

Routing header of an FBI internal communication (airtel/memo) from SAC Buffalo to SAC Honolulu regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a prior Honolulu airtel to Buffalo dated 3/10/77. An unnamed (re…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header showing transmission method, precedence, and classification checkboxes (none checked/marked) and a handwritten date of 4/11/77. FBI Portland field office m…

Standard FBI airtel transmission form header with date and transmission method. Routing information: airtel sent from SAC Honolulu to SAC Seattle regarding case NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. Me…

Unidentified marks at the top of the page, possibly redaction dots, staple/hole-punch artifacts, or reproduction defects; no legible text. Instructions noting that leads to interview Tave Coffelt's…

Standard FD-302 form header with FBI seal area, redacted identifying boxes, and the transcription date. FD-302 interview report of TAVE COFFELT (common-law wife of Jack Bryant Coffelt), describing C…

Two solid black circular marks near the top of the page, unclear origin. Continuation of an FBI interview report (file HN 164-85, page 2) documenting a statement from Mrs. Coffelt about her late hus…

Continuation of an FBI interview report (page 3) in which Mrs. Coffelt refutes allegations by an individual named BROWN that her deceased former husband, Jack Bryant Coffelt, was D.B. Cooper. She pro…

FBI Los Angeles field office teletype dated April 18, 1977, to Washington Field and Seattle offices, part of the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, referencing a prior Honolulu airtel enclosing an…

FBI Washington Field Office airtel to the FBI Director, dated 4/22/77, filed under the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case, forwarding information identifying deceased Jack Bryant Coffelt as a possi…

WFO investigation clarifies that 'Melwood Hospital' referenced by TAVE COFFELT is actually Melwood Farm, a private alcoholic treatment facility in Olney, Md. Los Angeles Division requested further in…

Teletype transmission header showing precedence, originating office (Los Angeles), and routine routing to Seattle and Portland field offices. Message body: case is NORJAK (D.B. Cooper), office of or…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype under case number LA 164-497, describing a planned search on May 9, 1977 in the Cascade Mountains near Bend, Oregon, where an individual named Coffelt alleg…

Airtel routing header identifying this as a Baltimore field office communication to FBI Director on the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing two prior airtels. Baltimore FBI agent Carlyle Thompso…

Continuation of an FBI investigative report (Baltimore field office, file BA 164-1003) detailing efforts to locate medical treatment records for an individual named COFFELT, including contact with a…

FBI file/case number header for the Baltimore field office. Baltimore Division reports that searches of Maryland DMV and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company records for a redacted individual/ad…

Standard FBI Airtel transmittal form header dated 5/13/77. Atlanta FBI field office airtel to the Director reporting that attorney Henry L. Bowden, at the suggestion of Attorney General Griffin B. B…

Continuation of an FBI report (Atlanta field office file AT 164-254) recounting an account from BOWDEN describing his history with BROWN (a former military prisoner at USP Atlanta) and BROWN's accoun…

File/case reference header at top of the report page. Narrative describing BROWN's claim of being the hijacker and a camping trip he and COFFELT took to the Cascade Mountains to search for the ranso…

Continuation of a report describing BRYANT COFFELT's (aliases J.C. Ross, John Hardy, Jr.) conviction, transfer to Leavenworth penitentiary, and conditional release, with records forwarded to GSA in K…

Standard FBI AIRTEL header dated 5/24/77, from SAC Las Vegas to the FBI Director, regarding case NORJAK (the D.B. Cooper investigation), office of origin Seattle, referencing a prior Atlanta airtel d…

File/case reference number for the memo. States that Las Vegas has paused further investigation pending information from Seattle regarding leads referenced in a Los Angeles report mentioned earlier…

File/serial header identifying the report number, preparer initials, and the redacted name of the Special Agent (SA) who conducted the investigation at Bend, Oregon. Investigative report documenting…

FBI FD-36 Airtel form header with routing checkboxes; Airtel method selected, no precedence or classification boxes checked, dated 6/6/77. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJA…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying sender (SAC Seattle) and recipient (SAC Las Vegas), dated June 6, 1977, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper investigation) and referencing de…

Standard FBI Airtel form header indicating transmission method (Airtel), no precedence or classification box checked, dated 6/7/77. FBI Los Angeles field office airtel to Baltimore SAC regarding the…

Date header for the airtel. FBI airtel from SAC Baltimore to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing prior communications and enclosing a copy of a Baltimore report on t…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo routing header from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 6/10/77. Body of memo referencing a prior Seattle letter, enclosi…

Routing header of an FBI memo/airtel from the Washington Field Office (WFO) to FBI Headquarters regarding case NORJACK, dated 6/21/77, with FOIA exemption codes (b6, b7C, b7D) marked beside a redacte…

Dr. Cresswell describes COFFELT's personality and physical condition, stating COFFELT could only have performed the 'stunt' referenced in the case during his younger years (age 25-30), and had no kno…

Teletype routing header showing message sent from FBI Denver field office to Director, Seattle, and Little Rock offices, priority handling, dated 20 July 1977, case caption NORJAK with Seattle as off…

Continuation page of an FBI report/teletype describing a female subject (name redacted) linked to information about a person, now deceased of cancer in 1975, who was allegedly associated with Lee Har…

Third page of an FBI teletype (file DN 164-98) summarizing an interview with George Wheeler, a football coach at the University of Arkansas residing at Wilson Sharp House, regarding statements she re…

Redacted FBI report page describing an interview subject's statements: a claim of contacting Attorney General Griffin Bell, a Washington D.C. attorney holding information about a matter secured in a…

Continuation (page five) of an FBI teletype message, case DN 164-98, describing a redacted female individual who expressed safety concerns and wished to remain in Arkansas with a redacted person/part…

Standard FBI teletype form header (form FP-36) with transmission method, precedence, and classification checkboxes; "Teletype" and "Priority" are checked, classification marked "CLEAR", dated 7/19/77…

Standard FBI FD-36 form header with checkboxes for transmission method, precedence, and classification; none of the boxes appear checked and the date line is blank. Continuation (page two) of an FBI…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype cover form header with unchecked transmission method, precedence, and classification checkboxes, and a blank date field. Third page of an FBI Minneapolis teletype (case S…