Part 16
428 pages
Standard FBI teletype form header (FD-36), dated December 13, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. FBI Seattle teletype to WFO, New York, and Los Angeles field offices regarding a letter sign…
Page 2Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header. Date, transmission type, and priority fields are left blank as this is a continuation page. Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype under Seat…
Page 3Urgent FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Washington Field Office (WFO), New York, and Los Angeles, dated December 13, 1971. Reports that the Seattle Times received a letter postmarked Decembe…
Page 4FBI form identifier and revision date. NITEL (priority teletype) from SAC Seattle to SAC Kansas City regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle relays that Portland, Oregon newspaper editors received a call…
Page 5Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated December 13, 1971, sent via NITEL in plaintext. Routing block directing teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage (via Washington D.C.) an…
Page 6Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 13, 1971, sent via NITEL in plaintext. Teletype routing from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage (via Washington D.C.) and Portland, regar…
Page 7Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI field office to Anchorage and Portland via Washington DC, dated December 13, 1971 at 7:13 PM. NORJAK teletype referencing prior communications between Anchor…
Page 8Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 13, 1971, transmitted via NITEL. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Pittsburgh regarding NORJAK case. References prior NITELs from Pittsburgh an…
Page 9Standard government memo header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 12/13/71, regarding the NORJAC case (164-81). A California caller telephonically contacted SA Manning on 12/13/71 stat…
Page 10Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, FD-36, dated December 13, 1971, sent via NITEL teletype at SUB C priority. SAC Seattle (NORJAK case) teletype to FBI Director requesting guidance on p…
Page 11Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date, transmission type, and priority fields left blank. This is a continuation page (page two). Page two of an FBI airtel or teletype discussing the…
Page 12Handwritten routing or classification annotation. Teletype routing header showing message sent from Dallas FBI field office to Seattle, Los Angeles, and San Francisco offices on 12-14-71 at 2:00 AM.…
Page 13Header indicating this is page two of a multi-page teletype, with case number 164-191. Continuation of a teletype instructing that the composite drawing of the unknown subject (UNSUB) will be publis…
Page 14Teletype routing header from FBI Los Angeles (file 164-497) to St. Louis and Seattle (file 164-81), sent urgently on December 14, 1971. Handwritten annotation, likely an internal routing or processi…
Page 15Urgent FBI teletype from Minneapolis to Denver, Portland, and Seattle offices regarding NORJAK case. References a Dallas teletype from December 13 about a federal penitentiary in Lubbock, Texas. Requ…
Page 16Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI office to Seattle, Dallas, and Sacramento offices, marked URGENT, dated December 14, 1971. Handwritten annotation, likely a filing or subject designati…
Page 17Handwritten sub-file classification marking Urgent teletype from FBI Sacramento to FBI Director and Seattle reporting that an aerial search of the route taken by Northwest Flight 305 (NORJAK case) w…
Page 18Composite pencil sketch of D.B. Cooper suspect — front-facing portrait of a middle-aged Caucasian male with receding hairline, short dark hair combed back, prominent forehead wrinkles, deep-set eyes,…
Page 19Header of a US Government memorandum from SAC Seattle to File 164-81, dated 12/14/71, subject NORJAK. Handwritten sub-file notation '## 130 - G' visible. Memo describes SA Bob Matheson calling from…
Page 20Teletype routing header showing an urgent message sent at 4:26 PM on December 14, 1971 from Los Angeles field office (file 164-497) to Seattle (file 164-81), Kansas City, Portland, and Sacramento. B…
Page 21Case number and page header for continuation of teletype. Physical description of a subject: white male American, 5'9", 168 lbs, brown hair. FBI number and other details redacted. No recent photo av…
Page 22Routing header of FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, attention FBI Laboratory, regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten date and filing annotations including SUB, G, SUSP., and number 130.…
Page 23Date of the airtel memo. Standard FBI AIRTEL routing header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Suspect name is redacted. FBI memo body describing that on Nove…
Page 24Standard US Government memorandum header from SA John A. Drake to SAC Seattle, dated 12/14/71, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, NW Airlines Flight 303 hijacking on 11/24/71. Initials and typist n…
Page 25Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (NORJAK), file number 164-81, dated December 14, 1971. Sender SA name redacted. An unidentified femal…
Page 26Case number and suspect reference line with name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. FBI lead instructions for the Seattle field office. First lead directs a credit/criminal records check. Second lead…
Page 27Standard FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case identifiers for the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305, Portland to Seattle, on 11/24/71. Classified as CAA -…
Page 28FBI lead assignment directing the Seattle field office to run a credit/criminal check on a redacted suspect and to locate a redacted individual in Washington state to verify their whereabouts on the…
Page 29Standard USG memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case. An individual (name redacted) was contacted on 12/14/71…
Page 30Header portion of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the UNSUB (unknown subject) D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24…
Page 31Teletype header indicating message number, priority (URGENT), date and time of transmission. Distribution list of FBI field offices and Director receiving this teletype. Teletype from Minneapolis f…
Page 32Case number and page continuation indicator for Minneapolis field office file 164-73. An individual contacted authorities on December 14, identified himself, and provided a phone number. He stated s…
Page 33Case number header and page indicator for a multi-page teletype, page three. Describes the result of an investigation: an individual could not be located, and investigation by several field division…
Page 34Teletype routing header indicating a nighttime teletype sent from FBI Chicago field office (file 164-297) to the Director and multiple field offices on December 14, 1971 at 9:30 PM. Body of teletype…
Page 35Page two of a multi-page FBI communication (likely a teletype) regarding a suspect connected to the D.B. Cooper case who was apparently at Pennsylvania State Prison in Pittsburgh. A photograph or ima…
Page 36Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype. The document discusses telephonic contact with Northwest Airlines Security Office in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It directs Pittsburgh to check Pennsylvania State…
Page 37Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office on December 14, 1971 at 4:57 PM. Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file designation 'Sub…
Page 38Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent at 6:18 PM on December 14, 1971, from the Portland FBI field office (file 164-41) to the Seattle FBI field office (file 164-81). Portland FBI office…
Page 39Teletype from Portland FBI (164-41) to Seattle FBI (164-81) dated December 14, 1971 regarding NORJAK case. References a prior nitel to Butte and Portland from December 13. A U.S. Forest Service emplo…
Page 40FBI teletype header from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, classified as URGENT DAILY TELETYPE regarding NORJAK case. Reports that a letter purportedly from D.B. Cooper was received by the Seattle Times…
Page 41Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 14, 1971, marked URGENT priority. Routing block: from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, subject NORJAK, labeled as Daily Teletype. Repo…
Page 42Handwritten sub-file routing notation, likely indicating sub-file C, D, L. Teletype from Los Angeles field office to FBI Director and Seattle office regarding NORJAK case. References a Seattle telet…
Page 43FBI field office file number and page continuation header for Los Angeles office file 164-497, page two. A statement that an FBI file reveals information, but the file identity and the revealed cont…
Page 44Case number header and page indicator for a multi-page FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office. Large redacted block, likely containing personal identifying information about a subject. FOIA…
Page 45Teletype routing header from Philadelphia field office to FBI Director, Las Vegas, and Seattle, sent urgent at 10:45 PM on December 14, 1971. Philadelphia field office reports on NORJAK (D.B. Cooper…
Page 46Top portion of page two of a teletype. Contains heavily redacted information about an individual's residence and further advisement, with FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, and b7D applied. Instructions regar…
Page 47Teletype routing header from FBI Philadelphia field office to Director, Las Vegas, Newark, and Seattle offices regarding NORJAK case, referencing a Bureau nitel dated December 8, 1971, and a letter d…
Page 48Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with date 12/10/71. Routing information showing airtel from SAC Charlotte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Subject name redacted under b6/b7C e…
Page 49Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with case number CE 164-101. Date field is not visible or redacted. A lieutenant (name redacted) reports that all witnesses describe the subject as a very…
Page 50Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with case number CE 164-101. Date, transmission type, and priority fields are all blank. Brief statement indicating the Charlotte Division is suspending it…
Page 51Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 13, 1971. Routing information: Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a redacted suspect name. S…
Page 52Portland field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. An SA (Special Agent) reports that on 12/10/71 a police identification division in Oregon made available two photographs of…
Page 53Date of the airtel memo. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Sacramento to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a copy of a California driver's license with photograph of an unidentified individual (reda…
Page 54Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 13, 1971, sent via teletype at NITEL priority in plaintext. Teletype from Dallas field office (file 164-191) to Milwaukee regarding the UNSUB…
Page 55Standard FBI airtel/teletype header form with blank date, transmission type, and priority fields. FBI communication documenting a phone call to a duty agent sergeant at the Personnel Locator Service…
Page 56Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated December 13, 1971, sent via airtel airmail registered. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. A Special Agent conduct…
Page 57Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 13, 1971, sent via AIRTEL, AIRMAIL - REGISTERED priority. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports that…
Page 58FBI case file number and agent/steno initials header. Redacted name/signature block with handwritten date and number annotation. Northwest Airlines personnel at SeaTac were interviewed on December…
Page 59Date of document FBI Airtel header from SAC Las Vegas to Director FBI, FBI Laboratory, regarding the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71, classified as hijacking and extortion. L…
Page 60FBI form number and revision date header Document title and transcription date An unidentified airline employee at SeaTac International Airport reported a suspicious postcard addressed to Northwest…
Page 61Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case on Northwest Airlines Flight 305. An individual from the Seat…
Page 62Title or subject line referencing 'The O. B. Cooper thing', likely a heading for a memo or note. Large redacted area. Content withheld under FOIA exemptions b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforc…
Page 63Standard FBI teletype form header (FD-36) dated December 10, 1971, marked URGENT priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Minneapolis regarding NORJAK case. Reports that after the stewardess provi…
Page 64Handwritten routing annotation, likely indicating a sub-file designation. Urgent teletype from Minneapolis FBI field office to Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References a Seattle telet…
Page 65Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype discussing a comment made by the hijacker during the hijacking regarding IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) clearance. The hijacker told the pilot "You can pick…
Page 66FBI Laboratory report header addressed to SAC Las Vegas regarding case NORJAK, dated December 9, 1971, with FBI file number 164-2111 and lab number PC-H3225 MC. Specimens received on 12/7/71 include…
Page 67Form identifier and revision number in top-left corner. FBI Laboratory transmittal form regarding the NORJAK case, sent from Washington to SAC Las Vegas. Reports that hairs on specimen Q2 have been…
Page 68FBI form identifier and revision date. Document header with transcription date. An employee of the Seattle Times Newspaper at Fairview North and John Street, Seattle, WA reported that the newspaper…
Page 69Handwritten routing or filing annotation FBI Director teletype sent urgently to Minneapolis, Seattle, and Portland field offices on 12-14-71 regarding the NORJAK case. Confirms that no latent finger…
Page 70Teletype routing header from San Diego field office to Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Portland offices, sent December 14, 1971 at 10:16 PM. Redacted block next to routing header, covered b…
Page 71Page continuation header indicating this is page two of a multi-page document. A large rectangular block of text has been entirely redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 (personal privacy), b7C (law enfo…
Page 72Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page FBI document. Large redacted block covering the upper portion of the page. Content withheld under privacy and law enforcement source exempti…
Page 73Case number and page designation for this teletype page. A redacted passage in which an unidentified individual advised something and expressed a belief. Content fully obscured under FOIA exemptions…
Page 74Case number and page identifier for San Diego field office teletype, page five. A redacted individual stated he could not be more definite regarding this matter. Large redacted block, contents comp…
Page 75Final page (page six) of an FBI Seattle teletype, case SD 164-91, directing the Los Angeles and San Francisco field offices to further determine the identity, location, and whereabouts of a redacted…
Page 76Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71). Filed under case number 16…
Page 77Continuation of an FBI interview in which an unidentified person discusses another individual's travel plans and states the person is not the hijacker because he would never jump out of an airplane.…
Page 78Standard FBI form header for Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report, form 1-336 revised 12-10-63. File reference numbers and routing information. Report addressed to SAC (Special…
Page 79Header line addressing SAC Las Vegas, dated December 10, 1971. Redacted block with FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement - personal information) indicated in right marg…
Page 80Standard FBI Identification Division header for a Latent Fingerprint Section report, form 1-336 revised 12-10-63. File reference numbers and addressee field of the FBI form, directed to the Special…
Page 81Header addressing the memo to SAC Philadelphia, dated December 10, 1971. Redacted block containing personal privacy information withheld under FOIA exemptions b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enfo…
Page 82Handwritten classification or routing annotation: Sub - S, - M, C Teletype from FBI Director to Seattle field office dated December 14, 1971 regarding NORJAK case. The Director denies Seattle's requ…
Page 83Standard US Government memorandum header from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated December 14, 1971, regarding NORJAK case (164-81). Routing sub-classification markings 'C' and 'M' are noted.…
Page 84Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 8, 1971, sent via airtel/airmail. Routing block addressed from SAC Portland to FBI Director, attention FBI Laboratory, regarding the…
Page 85First line of a ransom-note style message assembled from cut-out magazine/newspaper words. Words are pasted in a row reading left to right. Second line of the ransom-note message, continuing the tau…
Page 86Upper portion of the scanned page showing heavy dark shading and noise; no legible text discernible. Front of a mailed envelope related to the D.B. Cooper case. The return address shows only the ini…
Page 87Standard FBI letterhead with DOJ seal, office location Portland, Oregon, dated December 8, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. FBI memo noting that a London Daily Telegra…
Page 88Leads section outlining investigative steps: obtain disposition of a case involving "Mr. Brown" and Qantas Airline from May 1971, obtain a description of "Mr. Brown", and determine whether "Mr. Brown…
Page 89Black and white photograph showing a gelignite bomb discovered in a locker at Sydney International Airport. The bomb components including what appear to be sticks of gelignite and wiring/timing devic…
Page 90Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Portland to Director FBI regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Encloses copies of a letterhead memorandum about a hoax concerning a Qantas Airline ex…
Page 91Date of the airtel memo. Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Portland to the Director of the FBI regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Portland office encloses six copies of a letterhea…
Page 92FBI FOIA/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790 listing 77 total deleted pages. Deletions are categorized as either Referral/Consult (pages referred to or consulted with an…
Page 93Continuation of FBI FOIA deleted-pages list. Pages 267–284, 306, and 319 were withheld as Referral/Consult. Pages 327–333, 335–337 were withheld as Duplicates. Standard FBI FOIA stamp indicating tha…
Page 94Volume divider page indicating the reader should continue to the next volume of the FBI file. FBI Vault page reference number identifying this as page 4396 in the DB Cooper file collection.
Page 95Standard FBI AIRTEL transmittal form header with date 12/11/71. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a Seattle teletype dated 12/8/71. Encloses a Colorado driv…
Page 96FBI case file number for the document. A redacted individual further advised about a flight from Denver, Colorado to Los Angeles, California, and could not determine someone's whereabouts on 11/24/7…
Page 97Header of FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report dated December 13, 1971, addressed to SAC New York, regarding case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking). File numbers 164-627, 164-21…
Page 98Header line addressing the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) of the New York field office, dated December 13, 1971. A rectangular boxed area whose contents have been redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 (p…
Page 99Header of an FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report dated December 13, 1971, addressed to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten annotations, likely internal rout…
Page 100Header line addressing the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Portland field office, dated December 13, 1971. Redacted block, likely containing personally identifying information protected under F…
Page 101Header of FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report form 1-336, addressed to SAC Las Vegas, dated December 13, 1971, with file numbers 164-60, 164-2111, and latent case number A-4…
Page 102Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, from a redacted Special Agent, dated 12/15/71, subject NORJAK. FBI memo documenting follow-up on a tip received…
Page 103FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation, Seattle field office. Attempts to contact an individual were unsuccessful on 12/9/71 and 12/10/71. On 12/13/71, a person in Washingt…
Page 104Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header. Memo from Special Agent Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81 (NORJAK), dated December 14, 1971. Memo body referencing a Denver tele…
Page 105FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Credit Bureau files showed a person residing at a redacted address, but no further information was available concerning t…
Page 106Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Robert H. Wick regarding NORJAK case, referencing a Denver teletype dated 12/6/71 and a redacted suspect name. A contact at the Probation and Parole Divi…
Page 107FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office file 164-81). Credit Bureau records showed a person at a redacted address, but no further information was available about…
Page 108Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 4:00 PM on December 15, 1971, from FBI Minneapolis to San Francisco, Portland, Sacramento, and Seattle field offices. Handwritten classif…
Page 109Page two of an FBI teletype from Seattle directing the San Francisco field office to locate and interview a redacted individual at Walnut Creek, California, regarding information about the identity o…
Page 110Company letterhead for Olympic Helicopters, Inc. located at Boeing Field in Seattle. Letter from Olympic Helicopters, Inc. to the FBI Seattle field office offering helicopter charter services for in…
Page 111Company letterhead for Olympic Helicopters, Inc. located at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, with phone number 767-3055. Features a logo with mountain/helicopter imagery. Charter rate informatio…
Page 112Handwritten annotations, likely indexing or routing notes. References 'HELICOPTER' and possibly the subject matter of the letter. Partially redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Formal FBI acknowledgmen…
Page 113Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent at 5:20 PM on December 15, 1971 from the FBI Director to the Portland and Seattle field offices, with respective case file numbers. Handwritten sub-…
Page 114Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 12/15/71 from an unnamed Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions), regarding NORJAK. The memo refer…
Page 115FBI routing slip form dated 12/9/71 regarding NORJACK case, directing copies to SAC Seattle (checked with XX). No LEGAT offices are checked. Standard FBI routing slip checkbox options for informatio…
Page 116Teletype routing header from San Francisco field office to Seattle, Sacramento, Portland, and Minneapolis offices, sent at 11:32 PM on December 15, 1971, with associated case file numbers. FBI telet…
Page 117Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 15, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Newark regarding the NORJAK case. A photograph of a r…
Page 118Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 12/15/71, from an unidentified Special Agent, subject NORJAK. A labeled suspect box with the suspect's name redacted under…
Page 119FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle division, file 164-81). A redacted source, using a first-name-unknown individual's assumed name, is uncertain whether charges were fil…
Page 120Page 3 of an FBI report under case SE 164-81 (D.B. Cooper hijacking). The Seattle field office is tasking a lead at a redacted location in Washington state to determine if a redacted individual was i…
Page 121Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 12/15/71, from an unidentified Special Agent, subject NORJAK. References a suspect whose name is redacted, and a…
Page 122FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office file 164-81). A source, whose name is redacted, used an assumed name and is uncertain whether charges were ever filed. He…
Page 123FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Continuation of an FBI lead assignment directing an agent or office in Washington to determine if a redacted individual was a…
Page 124Handwritten sketch consisting of two small rectangular boxes labeled 'SO', and a parallelogram-like shape with the annotations 'WIU', '145', and 'B.R. bk'. Purpose and meaning are unclear; possibly a…
Page 125Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated December 15, 1971. Sender is an SA whose name is redacted. Subject is NORJAK (the FBI codename for the D.B. Coope…
Page 126FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A source (name redacted) suggests that a suspect (FNU - first name unknown) may have committed the hijacking because the suspect is intellige…
Page 127Continuation page (page 3) of an FBI investigative lead assignment under case SE 164-81. An unidentified field office or agent in Washington is tasked with determining if a redacted individual was in…
Page 128FBI internal memo from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A witness contacted on 12/13/71 reports meeting the suspect while both were incarcerated in a County Jai…
Page 129FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. A source describes a suspect who may have committed the hijacking. The suspect is described as intelligent, shrewd, familiar with an airport n…
Page 130FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. A lead assignment directing an office (likely a Washington state field office) to determine the identity and whereab…
Page 131Standard header for a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, file 164-81. References a Los Angeles Nitel (night teletype…
Page 132On 12/10/71 a source advised about an individual whose SSAN and employment in Washington were noted. Permanent address and telephone were recorded but are redacted. A person in Washington was contac…
Page 133Seattle field office case file number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. An individual (name redacted) stated he had talked with another person and provided their residence information in W…
Page 134Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from an unnamed Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Reference line citing a prior Nitel (night teletyp…
Page 135FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. On 12/10/71, a redacted person in Washington advised that a redacted individual with a redacted SSAN was employed somewhe…
Page 136Continuation of an interview or witness statement. An unidentified individual states he talked with a redacted person, provides a residence location in Washington state and a telephone number, states…
Page 137Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 12/13/71, regarding NORJAC case 164-81. An individual in Washington state advised that after viewing the co…
Page 138Header of FBI internal memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 12/13/71, regarding the NORJAC case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). An individual in Washington advised that after viewing the co…
Page 139Standard US Government Memorandum header identifying this as a memo from Special Agent Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated December 14, 1971, regarding the NORJAC case. Agent reports on a lead d…
Page 140Memo header identifying the office (SAC Seattle), case file number 164-81, date 12/14/71, Special Agent Thomas J. Manning, and case name NORJAC. Describes information developed through a source abou…
Page 141Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed from Special Agent Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAC case 164-81, dated December 14, 1971. An individual in Washington reported…
Page 142FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, from SA Thomas J. Manning, regarding NORJAC case 164-81, dated 12/14/71. An informant in Washington reported that an individual who works at a redacted comp…
Page 143Standard header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 12/14/71, regarding NORJAC case (184-61). References two prior memos from redacted…
Page 144Header block of an FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, from SA Thomas J. Manning, regarding the NORJAC case, referencing two prior memos dated 12/9/71 and 12/6/71. Memo body states that a ph…
Page 145Teletype routing header from Sacramento FBI field office to Seattle, Kansas City, Portland, and Los Angeles, sent urgently on December 15, 1971 at 2:08 PM. Sacramento FBI reports on a NORJAK suspect…
Page 146Page two of an FBI teletype (case SC 164-50) describing a D.B. Cooper suspect's background: prior address and last employment in California, identified relatives, a CII (Criminal Identification and I…
Page 147Final page (page three) of an FBI teletype under case number SC 164-50. Sacramento office will obtain photographs at CII (Criminal Identification and Investigation bureau) in Sacramento and forward t…
Page 148Handwritten annotation, likely a routing or supervisory notation. Urgent FBI teletype from Portland field office to Seattle, Newark, and Minneapolis regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Identifi…
Page 149Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with Portland file number 164-41. Continuation of a teletype requesting Newark furnish the color of a suspect's eyes to Seattle, Portland, and…
Page 150Handwritten sub-file designation marking. Urgent teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle dated December 15, 1971, providing a daily summary on the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Portland reports conti…
Page 151Teletype routing header from Newark field office to Seattle, Portland, and Minneapolis, sent urgently on December 16, 1971 at 10:23 AM. Handwritten sub-file annotation indicating this document was f…
Page 152Teletype header showing message number, priority (URGENT), date, and operator initials. Distribution list of FBI field offices receiving this teletype, with case file numbers. One entry partially re…
Page 153Page two of an FBI teletype describing at least two suspects investigated in connection with the D.B. Cooper case. The first suspect is described as a white male, 5 feet 11.5 inches, 140-170 pounds,…
Page 154Page three of an FBI teletype (case PG 164-93) describing an investigation involving a subject in Pittsburgh. The message references a social security account number (redacted), notes that investigat…
Page 155Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An FBI Special Agent handed a brown manila envelope containing a film canister to a United Airlines captain in Virginia. The ca…
Page 156Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Director and Seattle, sent 6:19 PM on December 14, 1971. Handwritten signature or routing initial on the teletype. Portland FBI reports on…
Page 157Page header with case/document reference number PD 164-41 and page indicator. Continuation of a teletype communication stating that a suspect definitely does not match the hijacker's description. Pr…
Page 158Teletype routing header from Las Vegas field office to FBI Director, Philadelphia, and Seattle offices, sent at 8:56 PM on December 15, 1971. Handwritten notation in the upper right area, mostly ill…
Page 159Continuation (page two) of what appears to be an FBI teletype or report regarding witness interviews related to the D.B. Cooper case. Multiple witnesses report seeing and speaking with an unnamed ind…
Page 160Page three of a multi-page teletype or report describing an interview conducted at an individual's residence on December 14. The subject was determined from observation and ID cards to be a white mal…
Page 161Page header indicating this is page four of a multi-page teletype. Fully redacted paragraph, contents unknown. Protected under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C. An individual (name redacted) was intervie…
Page 162Teletype routing header from FBI Los Angeles field office to Seattle and Oklahoma City, sent urgent at 7:50 PM on December 15, 1971. NORJAK teletype from Los Angeles reporting a suspect tip from an…
Page 163Page header identifying this as page two of an FBI Los Angeles field office document, file number 164-497. Redacted section describing a subject's residence, phone number, and living arrangements. A…
Page 164Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype under Los Angeles file number 164-497. Physical description of a subject: white male American, 5'9", 165 lbs, brown hair. Birth date, eye colo…
Page 165Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI office to Honolulu via Washington, with copy to Seattle. Marked URGENT, sent 5:15 PM on 12/15/71. FBI San Francisco teletype to Honolulu regarding the…
Page 166Page two of an FBI teletype regarding a suspect investigated in Honolulu, Hawaii. The individual stayed at a redacted hotel during a pertinent period and claims parachute jump experience but no flyin…
Page 167FBI teletype from San Francisco field office (164-220) to Honolulu (via Washington and Seattle) dated 12/15/71 regarding NORJAK case. Reports that a suspect resembling the artist's conception of the…
Page 168Page two of an FBI teletype regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect who was staying at a hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. The individual has parachute jump experience (number redacted), affiliation with an unknown…
Page 169Teletype routing header from Denver field office to Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, and El Paso, sent December 15, 1971 at 6:06 PM. Denver office reports on NORJAK lead referencing Minneapolis telet…
Page 170Page header indicating this is page two of a document with Denver file number 164-98. States that an unidentified subject apparently cashed insufficient funds (bad) checks at a redacted location. A…
Page 171Page header identifying this as page three of a teletype from the Denver field office, file number 164-98. Reports that a redacted individual was sentenced but no FBI number or penal institution was…
Page 172Continuation header indicating this is page four of a teletype under FBI case file DN 164-98. Continuation of FBI teletype describing a suspect as a white male adult, born on a redacted date, six fe…
Page 173Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle FBI field office, sent December 15, 1971 at 6:53 PM. A witness residing near the Columbia River adjacent to Portland International A…
Page 174Teletype routing header from FBI Portland (file 164-41) to FBI Seattle (file 164-81), sent at 6:53 PM on December 15, 1971. A witness residing near the Columbia River adjacent to Portland Internatio…
Page 175Teletype routing header showing message sent at 6:51 PM on December 15, 1971 from Oklahoma City field office to Albuquerque, Portland, and Seattle field offices. NITEL indicates a night teletype mess…
Page 176Case file number and page indicator for the teletype continuation. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page two) discussing efforts to verify arrival and departure dates of a redacted individual betwee…
Page 177Teletype routing header showing urgent message sent at 4:44 PM on December 15, 1971 from Minneapolis field office to Washington Field and Seattle offices, with case file numbers. FOIA exemption code…
Page 178Teletype routing header showing an urgent message sent from Portland FBI field office (file 164-41) to Seattle FBI field office (file 164-81) on December 14, 1971 at 6:17 PM. Handwritten annotation,…
Page 179Header block of a US Government memorandum from an unnamed Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated December 15, 1971, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). The SA name is redacted under b6/b…
Page 180Statement indicating that the FBI's composite sketch of the hijacking suspect strongly resembles a specific person whose identity is redacted below. Redacted box that originally contained the name o…
Page 181FBI teletype (NITEL) sent from Charlotte field office to Seattle and Boston regarding NORJAK case. Reports results of an interview with a redacted individual in North Carolina conducted around Novemb…
Page 182Teletype header indicating a night telegram from Albany field office to FBI Director and Seattle field office, sent at 8:55 PM on December 15, 1971. Case file numbers listed. Handwritten notation, l…
Page 183Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype regarding a suspect held at a correctional facility. A redacted source further advised that the individual is not scheduled for release until November 1972.…
Page 184Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle and Sacramento offices, sent at 6:31 PM on December 15, 1971. Redacted block, likely containing a name or identifier, withheld un…
Page 185Teletype routing header from Dallas field office to FBI Director and Seattle, dated December 13, 1971, regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten routing or filing annotations, likely internal office notati…
Page 186Return address and date of the FBI Seattle field office letter. Brief letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes to Cowlitz County Sheriff Charles Gill, acknowledging receipt of a notice a…
Page 187Printed personal stationery letterhead for Charles E. Gill, Sheriff. A small badge or star emblem appears in the upper-left corner, and a dark circular seal or logo appears to the right of the name.…
Page 188Cartoon illustration of a man with a grin falling/jumping from a large commercial airplane (appears to be a Boeing 727) with arms outstretched. The man is drawn in a cartoonish style, wearing a suit.…
Page 189Holiday used car and pickup sales advertisement from OK Used Cars & Pickups dealership, listing various vehicles from 1963-1971 with prices ranging from $475 to $2945. Furniture or appliance rental/…
Page 190Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Seattle and Portland, marked URGENT, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Las Vegas field office reports follow-up on a Portland lead.…
Page 191Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype. Carson City Sheriff's Office records were negative under the name FNU (First Name Unknown) followed by a redacted surname. Portland office was requested to…
Page 192Teletype routing header from SAC Portland to SAC Las Vegas and SAC Seattle, sent at 11:15 PM on December 15, 1971. Handwritten initials, likely an agent's annotation or routing mark. Teletype body…
Page 193Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, filed under case 164-81 (NORJAK). The sender is a Special Agent whose name is redacted under b6/b7C FOIA exemptions. Dat…
Page 194The author urges investigators to look into a redacted individual whom they believe is capable of the hijacking. The author recalls the suspect making a statement shortly before the hijacking and de…
Page 195Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated December 15, 1971, regarding the NORJAK case. The sending Special Agent's name is redacted under FOIA exemptions b6/b7C. Brie…
Page 196Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 15, 197…
Page 197A citizen tip letter suggesting that John E. List, a fugitive wanted for murdering his family, bears a definite resemblance to the artist sketch of D.B. Cooper. The writer argues List had the groomin…
Page 198Teletype routing header from SAC Portland to SAC Las Vegas and SAC Seattle, sent at 6:47 PM on December 13, 1971. Redacted name blocks with handwritten routing initials, covered by b6/b7C exemptions…
Page 199Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office, marked urgent, regarding NORJAK case. Witness name redacted. Diagonal handwritten or stamped routing annotation, partially ill…
Page 200Document identifier and page number for this teletype continuation page. Continuation of a teletype regarding an unknown subject (UNSUB) connected to Las Vegas, Nevada. The UNSUB may be known by red…
Page 201Handwritten filing annotations indicating sub-file 6 and page reference p3d. FBI Director teletype to Las Vegas, Seattle, Portland, and Sacramento field offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) ca…
Page 202Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from Special Agent Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, regarding case NORJACK (164-81), dated December 15, 1971. On December 13, 1971, an informa…
Page 203Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle (case 164-81), from Special Agent Robert H. Wick, subject NORJACK, dated December 15, 1971. Body of memo references a p…
Page 204Handwritten sub-numbering annotation. Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel memo from SAC Newark to Director FBI and Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Encloses a photograph of John Emil Li…
Page 205Urgent FBI teletype from San Francisco field office to Los Angeles field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. San Francisco reports that an investigation in Oakland disclosed a suspect who…
Page 206FBI Seattle office filing stamp with case number 164-81-1258, dated December 3, 1971. Indicates the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed. Bates-style page reference number for the D…
Page 207FBI form 1-221 header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, Bureau File #164-2111, dated December 14, 1971. Recipient name and inquiry reference are redacted. Standard FBI form 1-221 check…
Page 208Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 11, 1971, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC San Antonio to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (UNSUB aka Dan Cooper,…
Page 209Case file number for the document. An individual from Texas telephoned the FBI San Antonio office on 11/27/71 at approximately 11:45 a.m. claiming to have information relevant to the D.B. Cooper cas…
Page 210Descriptive information for a Braniff Airlines employee witness: female, black hair, 30-35 years of age. A Braniff employee described Unknown Subject #1 as resembling Vice President Agnew in the fac…
Page 211Continuation of a personal description record for an unnamed individual (redacted). Shows an address in Houston, Texas, a Texas driver's license number (redacted), issuance info (redacted), and a not…
Page 212Standard FBI FD-36 airtel form header dated December 14, 1971, sent via airtel/airmail. Routing information: airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Sacramento office repor…
Page 213Header block of an FBI Airtel memo dated 12/14/71 from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Sacramento field office encloses California Identification Record and CI…
Page 214Date of the document. Standard FBI airtel header showing communication from Portland SAC to Minneapolis SAC regarding the NORJAK case. Portland FBI office reports on a NORJAK suspect. A photograph…
Page 215FBI case file designation for the Portland field office, file number 164-41. Continuation of a subject description with personal details redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. The subject resides in Port…
Page 216Standard FBI airtel transmittal form header, revision 5-22-64, dated December 7, 1971, sent via Airtel. Airtel from FBI Director to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Director returns enclosed films…
Page 217Date of the memo. FBI Director's airtel to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Instructs Seattle to protect enclosed films as evidence, advises consulting the U.S. Attorney's Office before returning…
Page 218Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated December 16, 1971, sent via NITEL teletype. Daily teletype update from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case.…
Page 219FBI Portland office filing stamp with case number 164-41, serialized and filed December 13, 1971. Handwritten addressee header directed to the FBI Portland Office. A citizen writes to the FBI Portl…
Page 220Continuation of a handwritten letter (likely from a member of the public) suggesting that air and ground observers track jumpers along a route to narrow down where to search. The writer acknowledges…
Page 221Page number 'II' indicating this is the second page of a multi-page handwritten letter. Continuation (page II) of a handwritten letter discussing the difficulty of finding D.B. Cooper in the woods.…
Page 222Continuation of a handwritten letter offering search advice for the D.B. Cooper case. The writer uses a deer-hunting analogy, arguing that searchers should look for small visible parts (an elbow, kne…
Page 223Page numbered III, indicating this is the third page of a multi-page handwritten document. Handwritten letter (page III) from an unidentified person suggesting a winter ground search strategy for th…
Page 224Continuation (likely page 2) of a handwritten letter from a member of the public offering assistance to the FBI regarding the D.B. Cooper case. The writer mentions wanting the recipient to know somet…
Page 225Scanned image of a physical envelope mailed to the FBI field office in Portland, Oregon at the U.S. Federal Building. The return address area is blank or has been redacted. Two postage stamps are aff…
Page 226Standard FBI FD-36 AIRTEL transmission form header, dated December 14, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. AIRTEL memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a let…
Page 227A citizen letter dated December 8, 1971, addressed to the FBI, reporting a person known to the writer who closely matches the description of the D.B. Cooper hijacker from the November 24 hijacking ov…
Page 228FOIA exemption codes marked in the right margin indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6) and law enforcement source identity (b7C). Continuation of a letter identifying a suspect by name (red…
Page 229Document type header indicating an Airtel communication. Date of the memo. Routing block of the Airtel memo from the FBI Director to Special Agents in Charge at Las Vegas, Philadelphia, and Seattle…
Page 230Urgent FBI teletype from Director FBI to SACs in Las Vegas and Philadelphia regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). The Bureau received a letter from a woman in Pennsylvania who indicates the artist's c…
Page 231Header of a teletype addressed to SACs (Special Agents in Charge) in Las Vegas and Philadelphia, regarding NORJAK (FBI codename for D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Continuation (page 2) of a teletype d…
Page 232Date of the airtel memo. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Sacramento to Director FBI regarding the NORJAK case. Encloses two aeronautical charts showing the flight path of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 dra…
Page 233Standard FBI airtel form header with form number 0-9 revised 5-18-71, transmission method Airtel. FBI airtel dated 12/14/71 from Director, FBI to SAC Seattle regarding UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwes…
Page 234Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header on Optional Form No. 10, from Special Agent Robert H. Wick to the SAC in Seattle, regarding the UNSUB NWA Hijack case (164-81), dated December 15, 1971. Ha…
Page 235Header of FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated December 14, 1971. Specimens Q13 and Q14 received from Portland on 12/10/71: an envelope postmarked Dec 3, 1971…
Page 236FBI laboratory report continuation (page 2) stating that questioned hand printing on items Q13 through Q15 could not be identified with previously submitted hand printing specimens, and no connection…
Page 237Form identifier and revision number in top-left corner. FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form from J. Edgar Hoover to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 14, 1971. Requests document and…
Page 238Teletype routing header showing urgent message sent from Honolulu FBI office to San Francisco and Seattle offices via Washington, dated December 17, 1971. Teletype body referencing NORJAK (D.B. Coop…
Page 239Teletype routing header showing urgent message sent from FBI Honolulu to San Francisco and Seattle via Washington, dated December 16-17, 1971. FBI Honolulu teletype regarding NORJAK investigation. R…
Page 240FBI NITEL (night teletype) from San Francisco field office to Albuquerque and Seattle regarding a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) suspect interviewed on the instant date. The suspect claimed to have been workin…
Page 241Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI field office to Albuquerque and Seattle offices, sent at 9:36 PM. FBI San Francisco teletype regarding a NORJAK suspect interviewed in Albuquerque. The…
Page 242FBI telecopier (FD-36) transmittal cover sheet from SAC Pittsburgh to SACs in Seattle, Minneapolis, and Portland regarding the NORJAK case. The subject line names a suspect whose identity is redacted…
Page 243FBI NITEL (night teletype) from Portland field office to Seattle and Los Angeles offices dated December 16, 1971 regarding the NORJAK case. An unknown caller on that date reported a suspect who the c…
Page 244Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to the Special Agent in Charge, Seattle field office, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated December 16, 1971. Handwr…
Page 245Teletype routing header from FBI Albuquerque office to Oklahoma City and Seattle field offices, sent 5:28 PM on December 16, 1971. FBI Albuquerque reports on inquiry at a New Mexico motel regarding…
Page 246Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype with Albuquerque office identifier AQ and case number 149-131. Continuation of a teletype describing an unidentified individual who was…
Page 247Teletype routing header from FBI Los Angeles field office (file 164-497) to FBI Seattle (file 164-81), sent 5:54 PM night teletype on December 16, 1971. NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) teletype referencing a p…
Page 248Teletype routing header: urgent message from Oklahoma City FBI field office (file 164-56) to Seattle FBI field office (file 164-81), sent at 5:07 PM on December 16, 1971. Case name NORJACK with susp…
Page 249Case number and page indicator for Oklahoma City field office case 164-56, page two of a teletype. Continuation of a teletype message referencing November 24-25 activity. States no further investiga…
Page 250Teletype from FBI Anchorage to FBI Seattle (via Washington DC) regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect. References a Portland teletype from December 13, 1971. On December 15, a U.S. Department of Agriculture…
Page 251FBI NITEL (night teletype) from Albuquerque field office to San Francisco and Seattle, dated December 16, 1971, regarding the NORJACK case. References prior Seattle NITELs from December 2 and Decembe…
Page 252Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype from the Albuquerque field office, referencing FBI case number 149-131. Continuation of a teletype describing a subject's employment, cu…
Page 253FBI teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to Director and multiple field offices, dated December 16, 1971, with respective case file numbers. Minneapolis field office reports that a…
Page 254Urgent teletype from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle dated December 16, 1971, providing a daily summary on the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports no positive information developed and that the investigat…
Page 255Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle and Portland offices, dated December 16, 1971 at 7:18 PM. Case code name NORJAK, the FBI's internal designation for the D.B. Coop…
Page 256Page header indicating this is page two of an FBI Los Angeles teletype, case number 164-497. Page two of an FBI Los Angeles teletype regarding D.B. Cooper case. Reports that Los Angeles indices were…
Page 257Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81 Sub D, dated 12/16/71, from an unidentified SA, subject NORJACK, routed to PARACHUTES. An unidentified caller from Seat…
Page 258Standard FBI memorandum header from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, Northwest Airlines Flight #305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71. A witness…
Page 259FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. A witness (name redacted) reported to the FBI that a person known only by last name unknown (LNU) had been interview…
Page 260Standard FBI memo header identifying the case as UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71, hijacking and extortion. Office of Origin is Seattle. A witness…
Page 261Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. An informant describes how a person known only by last name (LNU) had been interviewed by FBI Special Agents about the h…
Page 262Standard US Government memorandum header from an FBI Special Agent in Seattle field office to the SAC regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (NORJAK), file 164-81, dated 12/13/71. An unnamed femal…
Page 263Standard US Government memorandum header from an SA (Special Agent) in Seattle field office to SAC Seattle, dated 12/13/71, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Flight #305, Portland to Seattle,…
Page 264Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 16, 1971. A telephone communication on December 13, 1971 reported th…
Page 265Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated December 16, 1971. Follow-up to a Portland tel…
Page 266FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81 (partially redacted), dated 12/16/71. Assigned SA is redacted. Case name NORJAK. References a Portland teletype to Seattle dated 12/8/71.…
Page 267Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36), dated December 16, 1971, sent via teletype with URGENT priority in plaintext. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles and Portland regardi…
Page 268Urgent teletype from FBI Seattle (164-81) to Los Angeles and Portland (164-41) dated 12/16/71 regarding the NORJAK case. References a Portland teletype from December 15. States that investigation con…
Page 269File numbers and dictation/typist initials for the FBI report page. A woman in Pittsburgh called the FBI on November 30, 1971, reporting that the composite photograph of the unknown subject (D.B. Co…
Page 270FBI file numbers and routing/dictation codes for the Pittsburgh and Seattle field offices. An unnamed female source in Pittsburgh was recontacted on December 3, 1971 to obtain more descriptive infor…
Page 271Case file identifiers and agent/typist initials for Pittsburgh field office report, page 1. A woman in Pittsburgh called the FBI on November 30, 1971, to report that a composite photograph of the un…
Page 272File reference numbers and dictation/typist codes for this FBI report page. An FBI source in Pittsburgh was recontacted on December 3, 1971 to obtain more information about an individual she had rep…
Page 273Date of the airtel memo. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Pittsburgh to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a prior Pittsburgh airtel dated 12/7/71 to St. Louis and Seattle. Encloses nine copies of a b…
Page 274Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated 12/13/71, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block indicating the airtel is from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Coope…
Page 275Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated December 14, 1971, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC Pittsburgh to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. References a prior Pittsburgh airtel…
Page 276Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmittal form header dated December 15, 1971, sent via Airtel with Air Mail priority. Routing block showing communication from SAC Sacramento (file 164-50) to SAC Seattl…
Page 277FBI case file number and dictation/typist initials for the Seattle field office NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Continuation of a report describing an individual resembling a redacted person who was atte…
Page 278Date of the airtel document. Airtel routing header from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Sacramento field office reports that on 11/29/71 an employee of California Correctional…
Page 279FBI case file number and dictation/typist initials for the Seattle field office Cooper case. Continuation of a report describing an individual resembling a redacted person who was attending a skydiv…
Page 280Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 13, 1971. Airtel routing from SAC Alexandria to SAC Baltimore regarding the UNSUB D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight…
Page 281FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case (Seattle field office designation). Partial sentence indicating a subject's employment record showed previous employment; details redacted under privacy…
Page 282FBI case file number for the document. Section labeled 'Military' with a large redacted block, likely containing military service information for a suspect or person of interest. Description sectio…
Page 283Letter purportedly written by D.B. Cooper addressed to 'Sirs,' claiming he knew he would not be caught, explaining his motivations (hate, turmoil, hunger, having only 14 months to live), listing disg…
Page 284Front of an envelope postmarked December 11, 1971, addressed to the Managing Publisher of the Washington Post newspaper in Washington, D.C. Bears a Christmas-themed 8-cent U.S. postage stamp depictin…
Page 285FBI Airtel memo header from SAC WFO to Director FBI with attention to FBI Laboratory, dated 12/15/71. Handwritten notation indicating sub-file number 130. WFO forwards a carbon copy of an undated D…
Page 286FBI Washington Field Office case file reference number. Notifies FBI Lab that copies of a letter were received by three major newspapers (New York Times, Seattle Times, Los Angeles Times), bearing t…
Page 287Washington Field Office case file number reference. Disposition instructions stating that both submitted items should be returned to the Washington Field Office after examinations are completed. Inc…
Page 288Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmission form header, dated December 14, 1971, sent via Airtel/Airmail. Routing block indicating the airtel is from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case.…
Page 289Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. In response to a prior nitel dated 12/13/71, the U.S. Forest Service Smoke Jumping Scho…
Page 290Date of the airtel. FBI AIRTEL routing header from SAC Milwaukee to SAC Albuquerque regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a Bureau Nitel dated 12-8-71. Handwritten marginal annotation summarizing…
Page 291Standard FBI teletype transmission form header (FD-36), dated December 15, 1971, sent via NITEL teletype in plaintext. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) ca…
Page 292Date of the airtel communication. Header block of an FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Oklahoma City regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten signatures or routing initials, partially illegible…
Page 293Date, classification, and urgency header for the teletype. Handwritten initials or signature next to the URGENT marking, possibly an approval or routing notation. Urgent teletype from SAC Las Vegas…
Page 294Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case. SA Manning recommends writing thank-you letters to multiple organ…
Page 295FBI Seattle SAC J. E. Milnes writes a thank-you letter to George Weyerhaeuser, President of Weyerhaeuser Lumber Co., expressing appreciation for the use of company helicopters and the services of sev…
Page 296FBI file number and dictation/typist initials with page number. FBI interview of a redacted Major from Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, conducted on December 1, 1971. The Major, familiar with sport…
Page 297Case file number and page continuation marker. A Major (name redacted) advised that a hijacker knowledgeable in flying/skydiving could have checked weather bureaus in Portland, Seattle, or Reno befo…
Page 298FBI case number and page number for this continuation page. Subject provides Virginia phone number (redacted) and states he was at his mother's house until departing for Montgomery, Alabama on Novem…
Page 299FBI case file number MO 164-34, page 4 of a sub-document. Continuation page of an FBI form listing personal information fields (Employment, Married, Children, Education). A rectangular box appears t…
Page 300Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 10, 1971, sent via airtel/airmail priority. Routing information for an airtel from SAC Mobile to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK cas…
Page 301FBI file reference number for the document. A redacted individual from Australia came to the U.S. about one week ago on business and had been in Washington, D.C. and New York City. They will be met…
Page 302FBI case file number for the Mobile field office, file 164-34. A redacted witness indicated they saw a nationwide television broadcast of a composite artist's conception and noted it favored a redac…
Page 303Case file number for the document, likely an FBI field office designation (MO = Mobile or Missouri). Continuation from a previous page describing an individual's airline reservation booked through A…
Page 304Header line identifying the recipient as SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated December 16, 1971, from a redacted Special Agent. An individual was contacted on December 13, 1971 in Washington s…
Page 305Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated December 16, 1971. From a Special Agent whose name is redacted. Subject is NORJAK (FBI code n…
Page 306Standard FBI airtel transmission form header, FD-36 revision 5-22-64, dated December 13, 1971, sent via Airtel with Air Mail priority. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK…
Page 307FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. A female witness from the Los Angeles area described a person as a white male in his mid-60s, 5 feet 4 inches tall, 140 pounds, with graying ha…
Page 308Standard FBI form header (O-4) from Washington D.C. headquarters, dated 12/14/71, addressed to the Seattle FBI field office. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: unknown subject…
Page 309FBI Seattle field office return address and date of letter. Handwritten routing or classification notation, possibly initials or internal routing codes. Addressee block identifying a U.S. Army Rese…
Page 310FBI Latent Fingerprint Section report dated December 15, 1971, addressed to SAC Minneapolis regarding NORJAK case. The examination of a Northwest Airlines ticket specimen (requested by Minneapolis vi…
Page 311Document type header indicating an Airtel communication. Date of the airtel. Routing header showing this airtel is from the FBI Director to the SAC in Portland, regarding the NORJAK case. The FBI…
Page 312FBI teletype (NITEL) from Albuquerque field office to Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior San Francisco NITEL of December 16, 1971. A suspect whose name is redacted w…
Page 313Teletype header from Albuquerque FBI field office to Seattle, sent 5:30 PM on December 17, 1971, marked NITEL (night telegram) priority, plain text. Albuquerque field office reports on a NORJACK sus…
Page 314Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent 12-17-71 at 7:05 from Portland field office (164-41) to Seattle field office (164-81), re: NORJAK case. Handwritten annotation summarizing the subje…
Page 315Case number and page designation for teletype continuation page. FBI teletype directing Seattle field office at Spokane to interview an individual (name redacted) regarding a 1955 Oldsmobile two-doo…
Page 316Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office (164-41) to Seattle (164-81), marked URGENT, dated December 17, 1971. Case codename NORJAK. Portland office reports that recontact of motels, a…
Page 317Case number and page designation for the teletype continuation. Page two of an FBI teletype regarding vehicle checks connected to the D.B. Cooper investigation. The Washington DMV in Olympia identif…
Page 318Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office, marked URGENT, dated December 17, 1971. Redacted block, likely containing personal identifying information protected under FOI…
Page 319FOIA privacy redaction boxes applied in upper-right margin and mid-right margin, citing exemptions b6 and b7C (personal privacy). Urgent teletype from FBI Portland (164-41) to FBI Seattle (164-81) r…
Page 320Teletype routing header indicating an urgent 2-page message from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle and Sacramento, dated December 17, 1971. Page one of a San Francisco FBI teletype following…
Page 321Page header indicating this is page two of an FBI teletype filed under San Francisco case number 164-220. Continuation of a teletype describing a subject who departed on the morning of December 16 w…
Page 322FBI teletype from Los Angeles field office to Seattle and San Francisco regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a San Diego nitel dated December 14. Discusses a suspect located in Califor…
Page 323Teletype routing header from FBI Los Angeles field office to Seattle and Portland offices, sent the night of December 17, 1971. Handwritten routing or filing notation, likely an internal processing…
Page 324Page two of an FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office (case LA 164-497). A redacted individual is noted as bearing no resemblance to the UNSUB's artist sketch and is no longer being considere…
Page 325Teletype routing header showing a night telegram sent at 12:35 AM on December 18, 1971 from Pittsburgh field office to Seattle and Portland field offices, referencing case 164-81. Pittsburgh field o…
Page 326Page two of an FBI teletype describing a D.B. Cooper suspect. The subject had large amounts of money, smoked filter cigarettes, had a noticeable limp from a sprained ankle with conflicting explanatio…
Page 327Urgent FBI teletype from Phoenix field office to Director, Seattle, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Phoenix reports that its file on a possible suspect (name redacted) fails to reveal any da…
Page 328Teletype header showing message NR008 sent at 7:26 PM on 12-17-71 from Jacksonville FBI field office to the Director, Richmond, and Seattle offices. Body of teletype regarding NORJAK case. Reference…
Page 329Teletype routing header from Miami field office to Seattle, Richmond, Jacksonville, Minneapolis, and Portland, sent at 9:17 PM on December 17, 1971. Miami field office reports on the NORJAK case tha…
Page 330Page continuation header indicating this is page two of a multi-page teletype. Partial sentence continuing from page one, describing a subject born in 1971 or aged seventy-one, described as having s…
Page 331FBI teletype routing header from Jacksonville field office to Director, Seattle, and Richmond, sent urgently on December 18, 1971. Jacksonville field office reports on a suspect with slight physical…
Page 332Page two of an FBI teletype from the Jacksonville Division (case JK 164-109) reporting that an intensive two-year investigation to locate a redacted individual produced numerous relatives, associates…
Page 333FBI teletype from Springfield field office to Director, Seattle, Jacksonville, Milwaukee, and Richmond regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Springfield reviewed their file on a redacted suspect a…
Page 334Page two of an FBI teletype (likely from FBI Seattle) discussing a subject whose file review does not confirm parachute experience. A January 26, 1971 Jacksonville report noted a sky divers listing i…
Page 335Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office (file 164-497) to Seattle (file 164-81) and St. Louis, sent at 8:52 PM on December 17, 1971. Los Angeles field office reports on a NORJAK su…
Page 336Case number and page indicator for this teletype continuation. Continuation of an FBI teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper case. A redacted individual advised they planned to return to Los Angeles whe…
Page 337Teletype routing header from Portland field office to Seattle, marked urgent, dated December 17, 1971. Portland requests update from Seattle on whether a redacted suspect is still being pursued in t…
Page 338FBI FD-36 Airtel transmittal form from SAC Pittsburgh to SAC Chicago, dated 12/15/71, regarding the NORJAK case. Pittsburgh office forwards photographs of a redacted suspect to multiple field office…
Page 339Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to FBI Director and six other field offices, sent at 6:46 PM NITEL on December 18, 1971. Minneapolis office reports that a suspect's photo was s…
Page 340Teletype routing header from FBI Milwaukee to FBI Seattle, sent 9:36 AM on December 18, 1971, marked IMMEDIATE priority. Case code name NORJAK, the FBI designation for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case…
Page 341File number and page indicator for FBI Milwaukee teletype, page two. Continuation of a teletype describing an investigation lead. References someone who had a friend in Jacksonville and records from…
Page 342FBI Director teletype to Richmond, Portland, and Seattle field offices regarding NORJAK case. References a Richmond teletype from December 17. States that latent fingerprints in this case are not ide…
Page 343Standard FBI memorandum header on Optional Form No. 10 addressed from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, Northwest Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/7…
Page 344Header line identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Seattle, with case number 164-81 and date December 17, 1971. An FBI memo regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. On December 14, 1971, a member…
Page 345FBI form identifier and revision date printed in top-left corner. Two large black circular redactions obscuring header information (likely FBI field office seal and/or classification markings). Sta…
Page 346Header of a standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum addressed to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Seattle FBI office, case file 164-81, dated December 17, 1971. Subject is NORJAK (FBI…
Page 347Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 16, 1971, sent via AIRTEL priority, with sub-file index letters E, F, H, Q, P noted on the right margin. Airtel from SAC Minneapolis…
Page 348Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to the NORJAK case file 164-81, dated December 17, 1971. Handwritten sub-file designation 'Sub - M - C' appears beside the FROM line. SAC…
Page 349FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet for Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790 listing 18 deleted pages (pages 66–69 and 86–99), all withheld for Referral/Consult reasons. Boxed notice indicating deleted…
Page 350Volume divider page indicating the reader should continue to the next volume of the D.B. Cooper FBI file. Bates-style page stamp or identifier for the D.B. Cooper FBI file, numbered 4728.
Page 351Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10, May 1962 edition). Memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, noting that the Bureau furnished 20 co…
Page 352FBI composite sketch of D.B. Cooper without sunglasses. Black-and-white ink drawing showing a middle-aged white male with a receding hairline, short dark hair combed back, narrow face, thin lips, and…
Page 353Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office (164-41) to Seattle FBI field office (164-81), marked URGENT, dated December 17, 1971. Handwritten annotation indicating subject or subdivision…
Page 354Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36), dated December 17, 1971, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Handwritten routing or classification markings in the upper-right margin of the…
Page 355Teletype routing header from Seattle field office (file 164-81) to Portland, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Sacramento offices, sent 11:02 PM on December 17, 1971. Case name NORJAK (FBI code name for…
Page 356Teletype routing header from Richmond field office to FBI Director and multiple field offices, sent as IMMEDIATE priority on December 17, 1971. Richmond field office teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B.…
Page 357Page two of an FBI teletype from FBI Seattle (case RH 164-74) regarding the D.B. Cooper investigation. The document discusses a suspect (UNSUB) who is a fugitive for two years in a case out of Jackso…
Page 358Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case (UNSUB, Northwest Airlines Flight 305, 11/24/71, CAA-Hijacking; Extortion). Sender's name is re…
Page 359FBI memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking (NORJAK). On 12/17/71, the SA showed a group of photographs including a suspect to an unidentified individual (n…
Page 360Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent 12-17-71 at 4:07 PM from Cleveland field office (164-88) to multiple FBI field offices via Washington DC. Cleveland FBI office reports on su…
Page 361Second page of a teletype message directing all receiving FBI offices to discontinue investigation concerning a person named Fugate. The message ends with standard teletype closing conventions ('END'…
Page 362Internal FBI memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC 164-81, dated 12/17/71, regarding the NORJAK case (NWA Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71). The memo transmits items obtained from Bo…
Page 363Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 1:09 PM on December 17, 1971, from FBI New York (file 164-627) to FBI Seattle (file 164-81). A woman in New York telephonically contacted…
Page 364Handwritten annotation, likely a routing or sub-file reference. Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent 12-17-71 from FBI New York (file 164-627) to FBI Seattle (file 164-81) regarding the…
Page 365Teletype header identifying this as an urgent message from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, sent December 17, 1971. Portland informant reported on 12/17/71 that persons acquain…
Page 366Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle on December 17, 1971. Portland FBI office relays information from a confidential source about an individual…
Page 367Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent at 6:56 PM on December 17, 1971, from the FBI Director to the Seattle field office. Handwritten annotation 'Sub D' written to the right of the heade…
Page 368Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype message instructing that an investigation be conducted promptly and thoroughly, with the Bureau kept advised daily. Encourages continued searches of pertine…
Page 369Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. From Special Agent Donald J. Steele to SAC Seattle, file 164-81 (NORJAK), dated December 17, 1971. A source at Seattle First National Bank repor…
Page 370Memo header identifying the recipient as SAC Seattle (file 164-81), dated 12/17/71, from Special Agent Donald J. Steele. An employee of Seattle First National Bank contacted the FBI on December 3, 1…
Page 371Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SPC (redacted agent name) to SAC Seattle, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, file 164-81, dated 12/18/71. An informant from Wash…
Page 372Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmission form header dated December 15, 1971. Airtel from SAC Miami to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case. Miami is forwarding two photograph…
Page 373Standard FD-302 form header with date of transcription. FD-302 report documenting a search of Suite 400 at the Sheraton Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. Lists items seized as potential evidence inc…
Page 374FBI Washington Field Office case number and page number of the report section. Inventory of items seized, likely from a hotel room search. Items include a Sheraton Register pamphlet, an empty laundr…
Page 375Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date of transcription December 7, 1971. An employee or representative of the Sheraton Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. provided information about the…
Page 376Case file number and page number for this continuation page. Continuation of a sentence about inability to identify other individuals in a hotel suite, with names and suite number redacted. Physica…
Page 377FBI Washington Field Office file number and page continuation number (page 3 of this sub-document). A redacted individual advised that upon hotel checkout, someone paid $256.94 by personal check dra…
Page 378Standard FD-302 form header with form revision date and transcription date of 12/9/71. An individual at the Sheraton Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C. (name redacted under b6/b7C) permitted FBI exam…
Page 379Header block of a US Government interoffice memorandum from the SAC of the Washington Field Office (WFO) to the SAC of Seattle, dated December 16, 1971, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The…
Page 380FBI teletype from Indianapolis field office (file 164-62) to San Antonio regarding NORJAK case. An individual in Indiana advised that a person was similar in appearance to the artist conception of th…
Page 381Case file number and page indicator for continuation of a teletype message. IP likely refers to the Indianapolis FBI field office, file number 164-62. Continuation of an FBI teletype directing the S…
Page 382Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated 12/17/71, regarding the NORJAK case. FBI agents requested copies of two Washington State…
Page 383Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 12/17/71, from a redacted Special Agent, re NORJAK case. Memo body describing that on 12/13/71, the Operator's License Section…
Page 384Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating a PLAIN AIRTEL sent via AIR MAIL, dated December 15, 1971. Memo from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. References a Los…
Page 385FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36) dated December 19, 1971, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL (night letter) priority. Teletype from Los Angeles to St. Louis and Seattle field offices regarding…
Page 386Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 19, 1971, sent via teletype with NITEL priority. Teletype from Seattle field office to Portland field office regarding NORJAK case.…
Page 387Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 12/16/71, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL - REGISTERED priority. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) cas…
Page 388Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 17, 1971. Airtel from SAC Richmond to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). References a previous buairtel to Albany dated…
Page 389Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated December 14, 1971, sent via airtel with air mail registered priority. Handwritten sub-file notation 'Sub 130' in upper-right area of document…
Page 390FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. A redacted individual at the Los Angeles Times states they had no idea who sent the letter. The letter arrived at the LA Times mail room during…
Page 391FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. LA field office concludes inquiry into a letter sent to the Los Angeles Times. Personnel at the newspaper have no knowledg…
Page 392Handwritten sub-file annotation indicating Sub 203 Date of the AIRTEL memo FBI AIRTEL from SAC Newark to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Newark encloses a copy of a referenced teletype dated 12…
Page 393Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 16, 1971, sent via airtel/air mail. Routing information: airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing…
Page 394FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office file 164-50). Records show the suspect furnished a change of address on 8/2/69 to a California address. A check of his le…
Page 395FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Instructions to the Kansas City Division to review DMV driver's license records at a redacted Kansas location for information that w…
Page 396Document date stamp FBI Airtel header from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK investigation, referencing a suspect whose name is redacted and a prior Sacramento teletype dated 12/15/71.…
Page 397FBI case file number for the Sacramento division D.B. Cooper investigation. Subject provided a change of address on 8/2/69, with new address in California. Name and specific address redacted. An un…
Page 398FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (NORJAK). FBI lead assignment directing the Kansas City Division to review DMV driver's license records at a redacted Kansas location for infor…
Page 399File and page reference numbers for Seattle field office case 164-81, page 164-93. CJL/obl are dictator/typist initials for SA Cyril J. Laffey. SA Laffey conducted a survey on December 10, 1971, of…
Page 400File reference numbers and agent/typist initials for an FBI report. SE 164-81 is the Seattle field office case number. PG 164-93 appears to be a related file reference. CJL/cbl are dictating agent an…
Page 401Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated December 16, 1971, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC Pittsburgh to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior Pit…
Page 402A ransom-note-style letter composed with mixed cut-out and hand-drawn letters. The author requests amnesty in exchange for returning the money, claims no harm was done, and demands a public announcem…
Page 403Top portion of a ransom-note-style taunting collage letter. Uses mixed cut-out and stylized lettering to spell out a boastful message. A cartoon drawing of Fred Flintstone (from The Flintstones) appe…
Page 404Heavily degraded page with almost no legible content. The central area contains extremely faint markings that could be text, a photograph, or a combination, but the quality is too poor to determine.…
Page 405Heavily degraded scan of what appears to be a mailed envelope. The body contains handwritten address text that is almost entirely illegible due to extreme fading and scanning artifacts. A postage sta…
Page 406A letter addressed to the editor and the public, claiming to be from the D.B. Cooper hijacker. The author expresses frustration that others are sending prank letters and taking credit for the crime.…
Page 407Photograph of an envelope addressed in block handwriting to the Portland Oregonian newspaper office at 320 S.W. Broadway, Portland, Oregon. The envelope bears a U.S. postage stamp and a circular post…
Page 408Handwritten file sub-number notation. Date of the airtel. Routing header of FBI airtel from SAC Portland to FBI Director/Laboratory regarding NORJAK case. Two items enclosed for the FBI Laboratory…
Page 409Dallas field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper case (NORJAK). Subject line of the document is fully redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C (personal privacy). FOIA exemption codes indi…
Page 410FBI case file number, agent initials, and page number for the Dallas field office file on the D.B. Cooper case. SA Harry J. Morgan conducted an investigation in Dallas, Texas on December 6, 1971. A…
Page 411FBI Dallas field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper case (NORJAK). RE line with two redacted boxes, content withheld under b6 and b7C FOIA exemptions (personal privacy). FBI Seattle field…
Page 412FBI file number, dictator initials, and page number for Dallas field office case 164-191. A redacted source telephonically advised the FBI on November 29, 1971, that he received information from a c…
Page 413Dallas field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper case (NORJAK). Subject line is fully redacted under b6 and b7C FOIA privacy exemptions. The redacted block obscures a name or identifying inf…
Page 414FBI case file number, agent initials, and page number. SA Harry J. Morgan conducted investigation at Dallas, Texas. On December 1, 1971, a person at Shakey's Pizza Parlor General Executive Office, 5…
Page 415FBI Dallas field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. An individual at a Shakey's Pizza Parlor in Texas was interviewed on December 4, 1971. They stated that a redacted person had b…
Page 416FBI Dallas field office file number and dictation initials for this report page. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation on December 6, 1971, in Texas. Two officers from the Identification D…
Page 417Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date of 12/16/71. An apartment complex manager or employee was interviewed about a male resident. She confirmed the individual reside…
Page 418FBI form number and revision date stamp FBI FD-302 interview report. A redacted individual was contacted at his residence and questioned about the Northwest Airlines 727 hijacking on November 24, 19…
Page 419Page number and Dallas field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation page (page 2) of an FBI investigative form listing personal details of an individual connected to…
Page 420FBI form identifier and revision date. An FBI FD-302 interview summary. A manager at a business in Texas was contacted and questioned about an unnamed individual's attendance at work on November 24,…
Page 421FBI case file number for the document, likely a field office designation. Subject identification block with name and alias fields fully redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C (personal privacy an…
Page 422FBI case file number, agent initials, and page number for the Dallas field office file on the D.B. Cooper case. Special Agent Harry J. Morgan reports that a Dallas Police Department officer reviewed…
Page 423Standard FBI FD-36 AIRTEL transmittal form header dated December 17, 1971. AIRTEL from SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses inserts and FD-302 reports for investigation conducte…
Page 424FBI AIRTEL from SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Encloses inserts and FD-302 forms concerning an investigation of five redacted individuals. Subjects are noted as Armed and Danger…
Page 425Standard FBI teletype transmission form header indicating plaintext teletype sent via NITEL priority on December 16, 1971. Teletype from Washington Field Office SAC to SACs in Minneapolis and Seattl…
Page 426Standard header for US Government Optional Form No. 10 memorandum. Memo routing information: addressed to SAC Seattle, from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding NORJAK case, office of origin S…
Page 427Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding case NORJAK (164-81), dated December 16, 1971. The sender's name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions.…
Page 428Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 12/16/71, subject NORJAK. A Greyhound bus driver from Washington reported that on December 13, 1971, he carried a passenger from Portl…