FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet for Civil Action 1:16-cv-01790. Lists 8 deleted pages (47–49, 170–174) with FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy), b7C (law enforcement–personal privacy…

FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report header, addressed to SAC Portland, dated December 16, 1971. File numbers 164-41, 164-2111, and latent case number A-45410. Report regard…

Header block of FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report form, addressed to SAC Las Vegas, dated December 16, 1971. Handwritten sub-file notation 'Sub 130'. Subject line refere…

Case number, page number, and agent/typist initials header block. Handwritten notation, possibly a routing or filing mark. FBI FD-302-style interview summary. SA William L. Price interviewed an ind…

Header of FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC Las Vegas regarding case NORJAK, dated December 16, 1971, with three lab specimen numbers. FBI Laboratory log of six questioned specimens (Q17–Q22) r…

FBI laboratory examination results reporting that no watermarks, indented writing, or other identifying features were found on specimens Q17 through Q22. No definite connection could be established b…

Form identifier and revision number in top-left corner. FBI Laboratory transmittal form header addressed to SAC Las Vegas regarding NORJAK case, signed by J. Edgar Hoover, with lab and file numbers,…

Continuation of an FBI laboratory document analysis describing questioned document exhibits (Q-numbered items). Q19 bears an undisguised handwritten address and was not sent to a newspaper. Q13 was a…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmission form header, dated December 17, 1971, sent in plain text via NITEL teletype. Daily teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper ca…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date, type, and priority fields left blank. This is a continuation page. Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype under case SE 164-81 discussing ex…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Donald J. Steele to SAC Seattle, dated 12/17/71, regarding subject NORJAK. Handwritten routing or filing annotations. 'Bu. INSTRUCTIONS - 2' likely i…

FBI internal memo from SA Donald J. Steele to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. On December 8, 1971, a redacted individual from Division 6 at the Bureau called at 2:27 PM instructi…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. From Special Agent Donald J. Steele to SAC Seattle, dated 12/17/71, regarding NORJAK case and helicopter availability for FBI search purposes. H…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header (Optional Form No. 10). Memo routing fields. Addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated 12/20/71. Sender is a Special Agent whose name is reda…

A tipster describes a man they believe may be the airline hijacker. The subject is 6'1", approximately 175 lbs, a pilot who formerly worked for Boeing, built houses in Lynnwood, WA, lives near Silver…

Internal FBI memorandum from an unnamed Special Agent (redacted, b6/b7C) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. States that attached information was furnished by an individual (name redacted) asso…

An anonymous tipster describes a suspect in the D.B. Cooper airline hijacking. The suspect is described as 6'1", 175 lbs, a pilot who formerly worked for Boeing, built houses in Lynnwood, WA, lives n…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 12/20/71, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Handwritten annotations…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81 (NORJAK), dated 12/20/71, from a redacted Special Agent. FBI agents contacted a redacted male subject at his residence…

Teletype routing header showing urgent message sent from Los Angeles FBI field office to San Francisco and Seattle offices on December 20, 1971. Los Angeles FBI office reports on follow-up to a San…

Case number and page indicator for continuation of FBI teletype from Los Angeles field office. Continuation of an FBI teletype describing a male subject who contacted a female associate on the morni…

Teletype routing header showing message sent from Chicago field office to FBI Director and four other field offices on December 20, 1971 at 11:59 PM. Chicago field office teletype re NORJAK case. A…

Continuation from previous page indicating the suspect held a commercial pilot license approved in 1964, working for an unknown firm in California. A source traveled with the suspect through the Nor…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36), dated December 20, 1971, sent in plaintext via teletype NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJAK (D.B.…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office, marked urgent, dated December 20, 1971. Handwritten annotation reading 'Sub. O', likely a subject or subdivision reference. B…

Teletype routing header with message number, priority, date and time. Routing information showing the teletype was sent from Minneapolis to the Director, Seattle, Denver, and Portland offices with a…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, subject FNU (First Name Unknown) with name redacted. Date originally typed as 12/25/71,…

A question asking whether a redacted individual's name is recognized in connection with the Sea-Tac hijacking (D.B. Cooper case). The name has been withheld under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C (personal…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle (case 164-81) from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK. Routing notation indicates FMU Aberdeen, Washington. Date originally…

An anonymous tip or lead note reporting that an unnamed individual living in or near Aberdeen, described as rather eccentric, was scheduled for the hijacked flight and has not returned home. The writ…

Standard FBI teletype header form indicating date 12/20/71, transmitted via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Handwritten or stamped routing marks in upper right margin: SUB-, X, M, C. FBI teletype fro…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, transmit type, and priority fields. Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype under case SE 164-81 regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking ra…

FBI teletype routing header sent from Seattle field office at 7:53 PM on 12/20/71 to nine receiving field offices, each with their respective case file numbers in the 164 series. Seattle office inst…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with Seattle field office case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype discussing the distribution of ransom bill serial numbers to banks and…

Teletype routing header from St. Louis FBI field office to Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle offices, dated December 20, 1971. St. Louis field office teletype regarding NORJAK suspect whose mi…

Teletype routing header from Honolulu FBI office to San Francisco and Seattle offices via Washington, dated December 20, 1971. Handwritten annotation, partially illegible. Honolulu FBI office repor…

Teletype routing header showing message sent from Honolulu FBI office to San Francisco and Seattle offices via Washington on December 20, 1971. Honolulu FBI office reports on efforts to verify a NOR…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Pittsburgh to SAC Chicago regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References a Pittsburgh teletype to the Bureau and a Pittsburgh airtel to SAC Chicago…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message from Sacramento office (file 164-50) to Los Angeles and Seattle, dated December 21, 1971. Sacramento relays information about a NORJAK suspect wh…

Teletype header showing case number SC 164-50 and page continuation marker. Continuation of a teletype message (page two) regarding an unknown individual employed as a stunt man by an unknown movie…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and document date. An unnamed Port Authority Police Department employee at La Guardia Airport was interviewed. In spring 1971, two white males tried to…

Continuation page number indicator, page 2 of the document. FBI case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation, New York field office. Continuation of a numbered evidence inventory lis…

Standard FBI FD-302 form revision identifier. An FD-302 interview report dated 12/8/71 describing contact with a magazine management company regarding a four-page article submitted for publication.…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date and document date. An unnamed individual at the New York Times, located at 229 West 43rd Street, provided an envelope postmarked December…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC New York to Director FBI (Latent Fingerprint Section) regarding NORJAK case. Encloses an envelope and carbon copy of a letter received by The New York Ti…

Standard FBI FD-36 AIRTEL transmission form header dated December 18, 1971. AIRTEL from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Phoenix is enclosing two photographs of a referenced sus…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated 12/15/71, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK. Brief memo body stating that attache…

A tipster describes a theory that the D.B. Cooper hijacker was a "smoke jumper" whose identity might be in USDA District 6 personnel files in Portland. The writer recounts seeing a man fitting the hi…

Witness account describing a group of men in all-black costumes (leather or shiny plastic coats, half-kepi caps, and distinctive glasses). One told others to 'knock it off' in a low, pleasant voice.…

Continuation of a numbered memo or letter discussing smoke jumpers camps (Dept. of Agriculture) in Montana, Idaho, and Sand Point with personnel records at Portland; recalls an article about outlandi…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 15, 1971. Brief memo body stating that attache…

A witness account describing the D.B. Cooper hijacker as possibly a "smoke jumper" whose identity might be found in USDA District 6 personnel files in Portland. The witness describes a person seen on…

Continuation of a witness account describing a group of men in matching black leather or plastic costumes with half-kepi caps, distinctive glasses, and no visible eyes. The witness describes their vo…

Continuation of a numbered memo discussing: (2) the absence of a Dept. of Agriculture smoke jumpers camp at Sand Point but noting at least four camps in Montana and Idaho with personnel records in Po…

Date annotation at top of page Letter addressed to the Superintendent of Stewardesses at Northwest Orient Airlines at Seattle-Tacoma Airport, requesting identification of a blonde stewardess who wor…

A stewardess's account dated Dec 7, 1971 containing two parts: (1) Information from Boeing that there are no 727s in military inventory, no flight training manuals for personnel drops, and that CIA-r…

Header notation indicating this is page 3 of stewardess-related notes, dated December 7, 1971. Handwritten letter or notes, apparently from a citizen or informant, discussing the D.B. Cooper hijacki…

Pre-printed Northwest Orient Airlines internal memo form dated 12/9/71. The TO field and part of the options line are redacted under b6/b7C FOIA exemptions. No checkboxes appear to be marked. Handwr…

Dark band across top of page typical of microfiche reproduction artifacts. Pre-printed Northwest Orient Airlines internal memo routing form dated 12/5/71. Sender and recipient names are redacted und…

FBI case file number printed in left margin. Handwritten routing or classification notation at top right of page. Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes to a redacted recipient at Sea…

Routing or filing notation in upper right corner, possibly shorthand for a division or subject designation. Partial FBI case number written in the left margin. Letter from FBI Special Agent in Char…

Privacy Act exemption markings (b6, b7C) applied to the document. Date of the letter. Addressee block for Senator Henry M. Jackson at the Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. Return address…

FBI redaction/exemption codes stamped in top-right margin. Date of the letter. Addressee block for Senator Henry A. Jackson at the Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. Routing stamp indicati…

Official letterhead of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services listing members and staff. Letter from Senator Henry M. Jackson to the FBI Congressional Liaison, dated December 14, 1971,…

Letter from U.S. Senator Henry M. Jackson (Washington) on Senate Committee on Armed Services letterhead, addressed to the Congressional Liaison at the FBI, forwarding an enclosure for consideration a…

FBI official seal/logo in upper-left corner of letterhead. Letter from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to Senator Henry M. Jackson acknowledging receipt of Jackson's December 14th communication, which…

Teletype header from San Francisco field office to FBI Director and Seattle, dated December 17, 1971, regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten sub-file routing notation. A contact at the United States Pa…

Teletype header identifying the message as NR 016 from San Francisco field office to FBI Director and Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, sent 11:26 PM on December 17, 1971. San Francisco references pri…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 20, 1971, transmitted via teletype with NITEL priority. Handwritten annotation reading 'Sub - X' with additional handwriting below, likely a c…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, transmit method, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype (case SE 164-81) requesting multiple FBI field offices to contact headqu…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header indicating plaintext teletype sent at NITEL (night letter) priority, dated December 17, 1971. Handwritten initials or signature, likely an agent's rout…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, transmit method, and priority fields. Continuation (page two) of a teletype or transmittal under case number JN 164-32, directing the Memp…

Teletype routing header showing urgent message sent from Houston FBI office to Director, Seattle, and Portland offices on December 21, 1971. Handwritten notation 'LNU' (Last Name Unknown) written in…

Case number and page identifier for this teletype continuation. Continuation of teletype describing a tip about an Army Airborne parachutist from Ft. Hood, Texas. The individual (LNU - last name unk…

Case file number and page indicator for Houston FBI office file 164-113, page three of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of a teletype directing Portland and Houston field offices regarding a lead…

Standard FBI memorandum header from SRA Thomas J. Manning at Longview RA to SAC Seattle, dated December 4, 1971, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. Handwritten routing o…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Addressed to File 164-81, dated December 21, 1971, from SAC J. E. Milnes regarding subject NORJACK (the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking). The RE l…

Teletype routing header indicating a night letter (NITEL) sent from Las Vegas FBI field office (164-60) to Seattle FBI field office (164-81) at 9:35 PM on December 20, 1971. Handwritten annotations,…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-26, dated December 20, 1971, transmitted via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Daily teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Seattle request…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Date and transmit fields are blank, indicating this is a continuation page. Page two of an FBI teletype regarding D.B. Cooper search operations. Seattle h…

Letterhead of attorney John L. Reeder based in Twisp, Washington. Letter from attorney John L. Reeder to FBI Seattle office dated December 6, 1971, forwarding a US passport (issued September 8, 1965…

Front of a certified mail envelope (#886177) sent from attorney John L. Reeder of Twisp, Washington to the FBI Seattle field office, attention a Special Agent whose name is redacted (b6/b7C exemption…

Urgent teletype from FBI Director to Las Vegas, Seattle, and Portland field offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Las Vegas airtel from December 8 that submitted an envelope a…

FBI Seattle office airtel to Sacramento regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that an opaque polyethylene bag forwarded from Sacramento to Seattle was closely examined by Northwest Airline…

Teletype header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) message sent at 5:31 PM on 12/21/71 from Minneapolis field office to the Director, Seattle, and Portland offices. Handwritten annotation, likely a…

Teletype routing header from Honolulu FBI field office to Director, Seattle, and Los Angeles, sent 12/21/71 at 1145PM (691PM HST). Case designation NORJAX. Priority (P), 3 pages. Body of teletype re…

Page two of an FBI teletype describing an unidentified person of interest in the D.B. Cooper case. The subject was born in Akron, Ohio, was employed from November 1969 to June 1971 and left voluntari…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype originating from Seattle. Directs the Los Angeles field office to attempt to locate a redacted individual in California and eliminate them as a suspect. Instru…

Teletype routing header from FBI Buffalo field office to Phoenix (urgent) and Seattle (NITEL), dated December 21, 1971. A suspect disappeared from Elmira, NY area in mid-October 1971 and returned ho…

Page two of a teletype or report describing an individual's movements in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area around Thanksgiving. The subject stayed at various motels including Motel Sixtysix and the Carefre…

Page three of a teletype describing a D.B. Cooper suspect: a 48-year-old white male from Elmira, NY. Subject stayed at Ponderosa Inn in Redding, CA and drove to Phoenix via Reno and Lake Tahoe. Physi…

Page four of a multi-page FBI teletype from Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Discusses a suspect who cashed a forged check in October 1971. Instructs Phoenix office not to e…

Header of FBI memo from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, attention FBI Laboratory, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, sub B-120, dated 12/21/71. Seattle office forwards an original letter and envelope receiv…

A letter addressed to the editor and public from someone claiming to be the D.B. Cooper hijacker. The author expresses anger at prank letters and someone else taking credit for the crime. They claim…

Photograph or photocopy of a mailed envelope addressed by hand to 'Seattle News Paper / MAIN News Paper / Seattle, Washington'. The envelope bears a postal cancellation dated AM 14 DEC 1971 and a rec…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/21/71. Sender SA name is redacted. A female tipster called on 12/20/71 to report that the NORJAK c…

Header block of an FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 12/21/71, from a redacted Special Agent. Case name NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. A caller in Seattle on 1…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, from a redacted Special Agent, dated 12/21/71. Suspect designation circled with number 22. Reference to ea…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office). An agent contacted the Washington State Department of Employment Security on 12/15/71 regarding the suspect. The office…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from the Seattle field office regarding case NORJAK (164-81), dated 12/21/71, referencing an earlier memo from 12/7/71. A suspect is named but redacted. Handwritt…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office file 164-81). An individual at the Washington State Department of Employment Security was contacted on 12/15/71 regarding…

Teletype routing header from Dallas FBI field office to San Francisco and Seattle, dated December 21, 1971, 5:15 PM. Handwritten cross-reference annotations next to the NORJAK case heading, likely i…

Date of the memo. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A suspect previously identified via a group photograph from the U.S. Forest Service has been…

Teletype routing header from Houston field office to FBI Director, Seattle, WFO, and San Francisco. Sent urgently at 2:40 AM on December 21, 1971. Case name NORJAK. Teletype body describing a suspec…

Page header with page number and case file number HO 164-118. A source in Washington D.C. described a redacted individual as a white male, age 44-48, 5'9", 155 lbs, dark hair, chain smoker, associat…

FBI teletype routing header from Houston field office to Director, Seattle, Washington Field Office, and San Francisco, sent urgently at 2:40 AM on December 21, 1971. Case code name NORJAK, the FBI…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype under Houston field office case number 164-118. A source in Washington D.C. described a redacted individual as a white male, age 44-48, 5'9", 15…

FBI Director's teletype to Portland, Sacramento, Las Vegas, and Seattle field offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Confirms that two envelopes and accompanying letters submitted via Portl…

Official letterhead for the U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, Probation Office, with contact details for both Seattle and Tacoma offices. Letter from Chief U.S. Probation Officer…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Filed under case number 164-81, dated 12/21/71, from SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK. Routing sub-checkmarks for X, E, F, W. SAC Seattle spoke with SAC HELD in…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to Seattle and Louisville, sent at 7:32 PM on December 21, 1971. Case code name NORJAK identifying this as a D.B. Cooper hijacking case communic…

Case number and page continuation header for Los Angeles FBI field office file 164-497. Page two of a teletype from the FBI Los Angeles field office (LA 164-497) describing two Pacific Bell employee…

Handwritten sub-file designation marking. Urgent teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle dated December 21, 1971. Daily summary for the NORJAK case reporting that investigation is continuing at Po…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 21, 1971. SA Manning provided a magazine advertisement about a…

Page number, case file number, and typist/agent initials. An FBI Special Agent conducted investigation in the Spokane, WA area, contacting flying agencies and schools. All reported no light plane re…

Page number, FBI case number for D.B. Cooper (Seattle field office 164-81), and dictation/typist initials TBW:kn. Reference to a redacted individual associated with the Spokane Sports Parachute Club…

Case file number and dictation initials for Seattle field office file SE 164-81. On December 9, 1971, a female witness in Spokane, WA advised that a male subject had recently resided in the Portland…

Page 2 header of FBI report with Seattle field office case number SE 164-81 and agent/typist initials TBW:kn. An unidentified male subject advised that he has never done parachute jumping, was not i…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from an unidentified Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated 12/21/71, regarding the NORJAK case. Memo body referencing SA Charles E. Farrell's earlier m…

FBI routing slip (FD-4) dated 12/18/1971 from SAC Las Vegas (Harold E. Campbell Jr.) directed to the Director and SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (file SE 164-81). References a Las Vegas telety…

Handwritten note stating that a redacted individual has no arrests according to Reno P.D. An attached photo was taken when the subject registered for employment with a redacted entity. Photo dated 7-…

Teletype routing header from Phoenix FBI office to Seattle and Buffalo offices, dated December 22, 1971 at 4:45 AM. Handwritten annotation, likely a filing notation. FBI Phoenix office reports on a…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a Phoenix Division teletype, file number 164-100. A representative of the Carefree Inn Corporation office in Carefree, Arizona confirmed the suspec…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with date 12/6/71. A redacted individual at the Reno Evening Gazette reported receiving a note in the afternoon mail. The envelope was postmarked US Postal Service, C…

FBI form number and revision date header. Document header identifying this as an FBI FD-302 report dated November 26, 1971. FBI agents examined the Boeing 727 (Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305)…

Standard FBI FD-302 header with date of report. An FBI FD-302 report documenting a telephonic communication from a Northwest Airlines representative in Seattle to an SA at United Airlines in Reno. I…

Document header showing Las Vegas field office file number 164-60, page 2 of a multi-page document. Continuation of numbered instructions (items 4-6) regarding procedures for approaching the hijacke…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with date of document. A redacted individual at Reno International Airport advised that Northwest Airlines 727 Flight 305 would park on the ramp approximately 150 yar…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with revision date and document date. An unnamed member of the Nevada State Air National Guard at Reno Airport examined a parachute recovered from the hijac…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated December 15, 1971, sent via airtel and air mail. Routing information: from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijack…

Date of the airtel document. Header block of an FBI airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), referencing Bureau file 164-2111 with office of origin…

Standard FBI memorandum header from SA John A. Drake to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71). SA Drake reports on follow-up leads regarding an…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header from SA John A. Drake to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case (flight 305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71). Reference to…

FBI AIRTEL header from SAC El Paso (case 164-52) to SAC Albuquerque regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/17/71. Handwritten routing annotation references Las Cruces, New Mexico. An informant in El Paso,…

FBI case file number for the document. Description of a D.B. Cooper suspect: a very odd individual, parachute jumper with special forces experience who jumped as a hobby on weekends. A source has kn…

FBI field office case number for the El Paso division, file 164-52. Instruction to locate and interview a redacted individual in Las Cruces for information pertaining to the suspect and possible ass…

File number, author initials, and page number for the FBI report. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation on December 1, 1971 in Portland, Oregon. A female witness (name redacted) was contac…

Standard US Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10, May 1962 edition). Memo routing header showing it is from SAC Portland to SAC Jackson, dated December 17, 1971, regarding the NOR…

FBI case file numbers and dictation/typist initials for Seattle, Anchorage, and Portland field offices, page 1. Subject reference line, fully redacted. An individual associated with the State of Al…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 20, 1971. Airtel from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case, enclosing an insert with information about a redacted susp…

Northwest Airlines corporate letterhead with date. Letter from Northwest Airlines president Donald W. Nyrop to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, thanking the FBI for their outstanding work during the No…

Date of the letter. Addressee block for Donald W. Nyrop, President of Northwest Airlines. Letter from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover thanking Donald W. Nyrop for his kind remarks about FBI associates…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 21, 1971, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. A redacted suspect was i…

FBI teletype transmittal form header, FD-36, dated December 21, 1971, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL (priority) designation. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Mobile regarding the NORJAK case. On Decem…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, transmit method, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype (SE 164-81) directing agents to contact a redacted individual at a last…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, dated 12/21/71, subject NORJAK. On 12/13/71 a county sheriff's office contact in Montesano, WA repor…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 12/20/71, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel addressed from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten notation, possibly a…

Standard FD-302 interview report form header with revision date and document date. An unidentified person (name redacted) advised that attendance records confirmed a redacted individual was present…

Standard FD-302 form header with date of December 20, 1971. Interview of a redacted male subject in Portland, Oregon, regarding his alibi for November 24, 1971 (the date of the D.B. Cooper hijacking…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 20, 1971. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Portland is forwarding two copies of FD-30…

Header of a US Government memorandum dated 12/11/71, addressed from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Butte, regarding the NORJACK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Office of Origin is Seattle. The FBI Bu…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 20, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References prior teletyp…

Sender's city and state line visible; remainder of return address redacted. Recipient address block showing the letter is addressed to the FBI office in Everett, Washington. Opening of the letter.…

Standard FBI interoffice memo header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. The sending Special Agent's name is redacted. The RE line references a suspect whose name is redacted. A tipster…

Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 12/17/71, regarding NORJAK case and an unidentified suspect. SA name redacted under b6/b7C. An individual from Washington…

Teletype routing header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle, sent urgent on December 22, 1971. Portland field office reports receiving an anonymous letter mailed 12/16/71 to "Sky Marshalls Portland Air…

Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent at 3:55 PM on 12/22/1971 from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Portland FBI office reports an anonymous letter mailed 12/16/71 to…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 21, 1971, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Routing information: teletype from SAC Seattle to Director FBI regarding NORJAK ca…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Page continuation header indicating this is the second page of the memo. Continuation of a memo (page two) discussing a lead…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, sent as nightly teletype on 12/21/71. Las Vegas field office reports that major Nevada newspapers in Reno and Las Vegas will publis…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype from the Seattle field office, case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype message requesting that police departments review their mi…

Reversed/mirrored FBI Seattle filing stamp, likely bleed-through from verso of page. Urgent teletype from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle dated 12-22-71 regarding NORJAK case. Daily summary reports that…

Teletype header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle, marked URGENT, dated December 22, 1971. Case name NORJAK (FBI codename for D.B. Cooper hijacking) and redacted witness names. Handwritten…

Case identifier and page number for this teletype continuation page from the Portland field office. Portland Police Department records check results with a redacted name or personal details (exempti…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 3:47 PM on 12-22-71 from Portland FBI field office (file 164-41) to Seattle FBI field office (file 164-81). Case title NORJAK with a reda…

Case file number and page indicator for Portland field office file 164-41, page two of a multi-page communication. Portland Police Department records disclosure statement with redacted personal info…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 12/22/71, subject NORJACK. Sending agent name redacted. On 12/22/71 an FBI Special Agent showed photographs with…

Urgent teletype from Portland FBI (164-41) to Seattle FBI (164-81) regarding the NORJAK case. References a prior Seattle teletype dated December 21. On December 22, 1971, someone in Oregon reviewed t…

Teletype routing header indicating a message sent from Washington Field Office to Director, San Francisco, Seattle, and Houston at 5:17 PM on December 22, 1971. Washington Field Office follow-up on…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle FBI field office, dated December 22, 1971. References a prior Dallas night teletype sent to San Fr…

Standard US Government Memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated 12/23/71, from an unnamed Special Agent, subject NORJAK. A Canadian citizen surrendered himself to Ar…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with file number 164-81, dated 12/23/71. SA name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. On the evening of 12/23/71, Armed Forces Police in Seattle, Washington reporte…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 12/21/71, from a Special Agent (name redacted), subject NORJAK. Interview of a suspect (name redacte…

Seattle field office file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper case. The interviewee was cooperative and unsurprised to be contacted. He personally believes the hijacker is intelligent with above-ave…

Header of FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 12/21/71, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). An interview conducted on December 14, 1…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Continuation of an FBI interview report regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect. The subject was cooperative and believed the…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated December 21, 1971, regarding the NORJAK case (164-81). An individual in Auburn, Washington was contacted…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Recommendation to terminate investigation of a suspect due to witness statements and lack of physical resemblance between…

Header of an FBI memo from an SA (Special Agent) in the Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated 12/21/71, referencing a suspect whose name is redacted. On December 15, 19…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, Seattle field office. Recommendation to terminate investigation of a suspect based on witness statements and lack of resemblance to the unsub…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle, sent urgently on December 21, 1971. Handwritten notation, likely a subject or filing reference. FBI San Francisco reports to…

FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet indicating 4 pages (142–145) were withheld under FOIA exemptions b6 (personal privacy), b7C (law enforcement – personal privacy), and b7D (law enforcement –…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel memo header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing an Anchorage airtel to Seattle dated 12/20/71. Seattle FBI offi…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 22, 1971, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Daily NORJAK teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director. Reports that San Francisco newspapers…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from SA Castellow to the SAC of the Seattle field office, dated 12/22/71, regarding the NORJAK case. An unidentified individual appeared at the Sea…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of an FBI interview (likely FD-302) with a redacted complainant who describes a drunk individual he encounte…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Continuation from a previous page indicating that if the $200,000 ransom money is recovered, an individual (referenced on a p…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office, sent urgently on December 22, 1971. MOEJAK appears to be a case or routing code. Handwritten filing annotations indicating the…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to Seattle, Portland, and Minneapolis offices, dated December 22, 1971. Los Angeles FBI field office teletype identifying a bank robbery suspect…

File number and page indicator for an FBI Los Angeles field office teletype, page two. Handwritten annotation in upper right corner, likely a routing or filing notation. Also visible are markings 'b…

Handwritten annotation, likely meaning 'Eliminate' — indicating the suspect has been eliminated from consideration. FBI Los Angeles teletype to Seattle dated 12-23-71 regarding NORJAK case. A suspec…

Teletype header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, sent December 23, 1971 at 5:39 PM. Los Angeles FBI office reports on interview of a redacted suspect regardin…

Case number and page indicator for FBI Los Angeles field office file 164-497, page two of a multi-page teletype. A redacted source verifies that a redacted individual worked on November 24 until abo…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 23, 1971, sent via teletype with probable NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Minneapolis regarding the NORJAK case. R…

Teletype routing header showing urgent message sent 12-23-71 at 11:42 AM from Portland to Seattle, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, and Miami field offices with respective case numbers. Handwritten signatur…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle and Pittsburgh offices, sent at 5:36 PM on December 23, 1971. A witness from Santa Barbara County SO in Santa Maria, California r…

Case number and page continuation header for FBI Los Angeles field office file 164-497. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page two). A source read newspaper articles about the hijacking and tended to…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 20, 1971. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a suspect whose name is redacted. Encloses one…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Sacramento division). Continuation of a report noting that records of Maney Aircraft would be maintained, and that on December 16, 1971, the S…

Date stamp with routing box in upper right corner of the memo. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Portland to the Director of the FBI, attention FBI Laboratory, regarding the NORJAK case. References eliminati…

Portland field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper case. Statement indicating that enclosed fingerprints can be kept by the FBI Identification Division since the Portland Office does not for…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, dated 12/22/71, regarding NORJAK case. An unnamed female witness from Aberdeen, Washington reported that on the evenin…

Internal FBI memorandum from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAC (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior memo dated 12/17/71 about a suspect whose name is redacted. Manning attach…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 21, 1971. Airtel from SAC Chicago to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Chicago is forwarding three photos of a redacted suspect take…

Handwritten routing or assignment notation. FBI San Francisco teletype to Seattle reporting on efforts to publicize serial numbers of the ransom bills from the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. San Francis…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. FBI interview of a redacted male subject in Oklahoma regarding the hijacking of a Northwestern Airlines flight on November 24,…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated December 20, 1971, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References prior teletypes between Oklahoma C…

Header of California Department of Justice Bureau of Identification form CII-8A, a criminal identification record. The CII number is redacted. Criminal record table from the CII form. All substantiv…

State of California Department of Justice Bureau of Identification record form (CII-8A). All personal information fields including CII number, name, FBI number, and SSN are redacted under FOIA exempt…

Header of a California DOJ Bureau of Identification criminal history form (CII-8A), page 2. The CII record number has been redacted. Tabular section of the CII-8A criminal history form listing arres…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 21, 1971, sent via airtel, airmail registered. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Sacramento forwards a…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office file 164-50). Leads section directing the Seattle field office to display photographs to witnesses, noting that the subje…

FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle, dated 12/21/71, regarding NORJAK case. San Francisco field office reports that a NORJAK suspect has no military record…

Airtel memo from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. San Francisco reports that a suspect whose name is redacted has no record at Ft. Baker, Sausalito, 6th Army…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmittal form header dated December 21, 1971. Routing information showing the Airtel is from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case. On 12/20/71, a perso…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. On 12/20/71, a contact at U.S. Parachute Service in Mesa, Arizona was interviewed about the D.B. Cooper…

Teletype routing header from New Orleans FBI field office (164-136) to Seattle (164-81), sent at 6:32 PM on December 23, 1971. Handwritten routing signature or name, partially illegible. Typist or…

Header indicating this is the second page of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of a teletype message. A source in Iberia, Louisiana advised that a redacted individual was working for his company f…

Teletype header showing message number, time, date, routing from New Orleans FBI field office to Seattle, regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten routing initials or approval marks. New Orleans field of…

Page two of an FBI teletype from FBI Seattle. A source in New Iberia, LA advised that a redacted individual was working for his company from November 19 through December 23, 1971. The individual's so…

Teletype routing header from FBI Director to five field offices, marked URGENT, sent 11:50 PM on 12/23/71. Handwritten annotation, likely a routing or filing note. Possibly 'Sub = 130' referring to…

FOIA exemption codes marked in the margin, indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6) and law enforcement source information (b7C). Page two of an FBI communication regarding fingerprint compar…

Teletype routing header from FBI Director to multiple field offices, sent urgently on December 23, 1971 at 11:50 PM. FBI Director teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References prior corre…

Page two of an FBI teletype (likely from FBI Seattle) reporting that remaining latent fingerprints (a tip impression and latent impression) were compared with fingerprints of named individuals (names…

Page reference number, agent initials, and page count for the report. FBI investigation report by SA Frank H. Geiermann documenting a records check at Edinboro State College, Edinboro, PA on Decembe…

File number, agent initials, and page number header for this FBI report page. FBI report of investigation by SA Frank H. Geismann at Edinboro, PA on December 15, 1971. A source at Edinboro State Col…

FBI airtel from SAC Pittsburgh to SAC Seattle dated 12/21/71 regarding NORJAK investigation. Encloses nine copies of an insert concerning investigation of a redacted suspect at Edinboro, Pennsylvania…

Date of the airtel. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Pittsburgh to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References a prior Pittsburgh airtel dated 12/16/71. Encloses nine copies of an insert concerni…

Scanned image of a mailed envelope addressed to 'Sky Marshalls, Portland Airport.' A U.S. postage stamp is affixed in the upper right corner of the envelope. The return address area is not clearly vi…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle, dated 12/22/71, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Cover memo forwarding two copies of an anonymous let…

Date of the memo. FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Portland is forwarding two copies of an anonymous letter addressed to Sky Marshals at Portland Air…

A letter from an anonymous member of the public in Seattle to the FBI, dated December 22, 1971, suggesting two people as remotely possible leads in the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The sender notes one per…

Redacted return address with city, zip code, and date. Letter addressed to the FBI Seattle field office. Anonymous tip letter to FBI Seattle office dated Dec 22, 1971, suggesting two individuals as…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of letter. Recipient address and salutation, redacted under FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, b7D. Brief acknowledgment letter from FBI Special Agent in Char…

FOIA exemption codes marked in the right margin indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6, b7C) and confidential source (b7D). A brief acknowledgment letter from J. E. Milnes, Special Agent in…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 23, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL - REGISTERED priority. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Re…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 23, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a San Fr…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. FBI FD-302 interview of a redacted individual in Mobile, Alabama regarding the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Fl…

Case number header and page number for the continuation page of the report. Subject claims alibi witnesses can verify his whereabouts on November 24, 1971. He served as a paratrooper in the United S…

Date of the AIRTEL communication. Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Mobile to SAC New Orleans regarding the NORJAK case. Cover memo transmitting six copies of an FD-302 interview report t…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL sent in PLAIN text via AIR MAIL, dated 12/22/71. AIRTEL from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses two photog…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. Identification block listing FBI Number, SSN, and Driver's License Number for an unnamed subject, all redacted. References a 1960 Los Angeles c…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for this document. Continuation of an FBI report noting that an arrest bulletin requests notification of the Superintendent at California Institution for Men…

File reference number and dictation/typist initials for this FBI report page. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation on December 17, 1971, requesting a Wisconsin police department to search…

FBI case file number MI 164-37, dictated by VDK, transcribed by lj, page 2 of the document. A three-column table with headers Date, Complaint No., and Charge. All rows are blank — contents appear to…

Case file number and dictation/typist identifiers for the FBI report page. Review of specific reports referencing a complaint dated June 18, 1971. Investigation conducted by local authorities reveal…

FBI file reference number and dictation/typist codes for the Milwaukee field office, case 164-37. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation on December 20, 1971, contacting an individual in Wi…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated December 22, 1971, sent via AIRTEL. Routing block showing an airtel from SAC Milwaukee to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper extort…

FBI Milwaukee field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. Reports that all three parachuting/skydivers clubs in and around Milwaukee, Wisconsin were contacted with negative…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, FD-36, dated December 22, 1971, sent in plaintext via teletype at NITEL priority. FBI Mobile office teletype to New Orleans regarding NORJAK (D.B. Coo…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, type, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype (case MO 164-34) directing the New Orleans field office to contact multiple redacte…

FBI airtel transmission header dated 12/22/71, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Honolulu to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior nitel dated 12/21/71 about a…

FBI case file number header for the Honolulu field office. Chronological employment history of an unidentified subject spanning 1940 to 1971, covering roles in telecommunications, military service,…

Header section of FBI report page showing case number HN 164-85. Subject resides in Yorba Linda, California. Social Security Number, Passport Number, and Bank Connections are all redacted under b6/b7…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. From Special Agent Charles S. Duke to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (164-81), dated December 20, 1971. A source telephonically advised…

Introductory note stating the letter is a compilation of current events and background information, supplemental to prior info furnished to the USA's Office. A redacted individual in real estate is…

Redacted individual is reported as associated with Monte Cristo Developers, Inc. Board minutes from November 27, 1970 reflect the company was authorized to develop the Shoultea Mobile Home Park in Ma…

Credit Bureau records show filings related to the subject in 1968 and 1971. Details redacted. Department of Motor Vehicles records list a male subject born July 26, 1935, with blue eyes, 180 pounds,…

Standard FBI interoffice memo header from SA Charles S. Duke to SAC Seattle, dated 12/20/71, regarding NORJAK case. A telephonic tip received on December 15, 1971 from a source in Seattle identifyin…

Teletype routing header from FBI St. Louis office to Seattle and Phoenix, dated December 9, 1971 (nitel of December 8, 1971), regarding NORJAK case. FBI St. Louis reports that a female witness in Mi…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype under Salt Lake City file number 164-63. Continuation of a teletype describing postcards received as leads in the D.B. Cooper hijacking investig…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A tipster reported that during WWII he served in a squadron wi…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A tipster in Seattle called the FBI on 12/24/71 to report that…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 21, 1971, sent via airtel/airmail registered. Routing block: from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding case NORJACK (the FBI codenam…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Mobile to SAC Seattle, dated 12/23/71, regarding the NORJAK case. Mobile Division transmits three photographs of a redacted suspect to S…

FBI airtel transmittal form header dated December 22, 1971. Routing information: airtel from SAC Boston to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. A handwritten name 'Elim' or similar appears next to the…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmittal form header dated December 22, 1971, sent via Airtel/Air Mail priority. Routing block showing communication from SAC Buffalo to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK cas…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, from an unidentified Special Agent to the SAC, dated December 27, 1971. References a prior Seattle memo from SA Tho…

Top portion of the page is almost entirely obscured by heavy scanning artifacts and noise. No legible text can be reliably extracted. A large rectangular area in the center of the page is blank/reda…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum addressed to SAC (164-81)(P), dated 12/27/71, from an unidentified Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case out of Seattle office. Follow-up memo referen…

Heavily degraded FBI vault page with a large white rectangular redaction or removed photograph in the center. FOIA exemption codes b6 and b7C are visible in the upper-right area, indicating personal…

Teletype routing header from Kansas City field office to Seattle, filed as NITEL (night teletype) on 12-23-71, referencing case numbers 164-81 (Seattle) and 164-80 (Kansas City). Handwritten annotat…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated December 23, 1971, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Daily teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Reports th…

Header line showing case/serial number and page continuation marker. Continuation of a prior page. An individual gave the opinion that the subject (D.B. Cooper) would have to have been a sporting pa…

Teletype header indicating a daily teletype from FBI Seattle to FBI Director, sent at 7:50 PM on December 23, 1971. FBI Seattle reports that banks and savings and loan associations in Oregon have be…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with Seattle field office case number 164-81. FBI reports that contact was made with Air West Airlines (formerly Bonanza, Pacific, and West Coa…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas field office to Seattle, dated December 23, 1971. Handwritten annotations, likely filing or subject classification marks. Las Vegas division reports on NORJAK…

Partially redacted sender address showing a location in Oregon and the date December 23, 1971. Anonymous tip letter from a member of the public stating that the FBI composite drawing of Cooper the h…

Photograph of a mailed envelope addressed to the FBI in Seattle, Washington. The return address is redacted (blacked out). The postmark is from Brownsville, Oregon, ZIP 97327, dated December 23, 1971…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SA (Special Agent) in Seattle field office, regarding the UNSUB skyjacking of Northwest Airlines on 11/24/71. FBI interview regarding a 1955…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 22, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC New York regarding the NORJAK case. Reports that…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. Introduction identifying the interviewee (name redacted) who was interviewed at Skylark Airport in Elsinore, California. The i…

Page number and FBI case file number for Los Angeles field office. Discussion of jump altitudes; a redacted individual was thinking in terms of altitude records, referencing world record altitudes,…

Page number and FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. A redacted source provided a physical description of a person they spoke with in July or August 1971. The individual is describ…

FBI case number and file designation header. On 12/3/71, FBI Special Agents EDWARD A. ROMAHOFF and another agent (redacted) reviewed approximately 12,000 registration cards at Elsinore Paricenter, I…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date of transcription. An individual from California reported speaking with a man in July or August 1971 whom he believes could be the Northwest Airlin…

Standard FBI FD-302 header with date. A witness from California reports that in mid-to-late August 1971, an individual at Skylark Field in Elsinor, CA who resembled the artist's sketch of the D.B. C…

FBI case file number and sub-designation header. Flight records from August 1971 were photographed at the Elsinore parachute center on 12/10/71. Review on 12/14-15/71 found 31 individuals whose last…

Top registration form for a parachuting center. Personal identifying details are redacted under FBI exemptions b6 and b7C. Includes medical self-certification statement. A handwritten signature is pr…

Top copy of an Adult Registration Form from a Parachuting Center, with personal information redacted. Includes educational background, how the registrant learned of the center (with options including…

Upper parachuting club registration form, heavily redacted. Contains a survey question about how the registrant learned about the club, with multiple-choice options. Most personal identifying informa…

Top copy of a Parachuting Center Adult Registration Form. Personal identifying fields are redacted under FBI exemptions b6 and b7C. The form collects personal information, how the registrant learned…

Blank Adult Registration Form from a Parachuting Center, including personal information fields, education history, travel method, referral source, and a medical statement certifying fitness for parac…

Blank or partially filled adult registration form for a parachuting center. Contains fields for personal information, education, occupation, how the registrant learned of the center, and a medical st…

Top copy of a blank Parachuting Center adult registration form with personal information fields, marketing source checkboxes, travel method question, and a medical certification statement. The form a…

Upper portion of an adult registration form for a parachute training center. Subject is listed as 150 lbs, 5'7", male, with a present address on Burns Ave. The person learned of the center through a…

Case file number and sub-designation header. A source in Seattle on 12/16/71 discussed sport parachuting altitudes from Elsinore flight records, noting jumps from 2,500–12,500 ft in 1,000 ft multipl…

Case number and designation for the Los Angeles FBI field office file on the D.B. Cooper case, Sub A. Lead assigned to San Francisco field office to conduct investigation in Los Gatos, California, f…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 22, 1971, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block: From SAC Los Angeles to SAC New York regarding the NORJAK hijacking/extortion case,…

Standard FD-302 form header with date of transcription. An individual at Skylark Airport in Elsinore, California reports that during July or August 1971 he spoke with a man who closely resembles the…

Page number and FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. An interviewee discussed altitude of jumps; a redacted individual answered in terms implying world record altitudes, oxygen sup…

Page number and FBI Los Angeles field office case number. Continuation of a report describing a person who made six to eight parachute jumps in a day. A redacted source furnished a physical descript…

FBI case file identifier and office code. On 12/3/71, FBI Special Agents Edward A. Romanoff and a redacted agent visited Elsinore Paricenter, Inc. in Elsinore, California, and reviewed approximately…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription December 6, 1971, page 1. An unidentified witness from California described an individual he spoke with in July or August 1971 whom h…

Standard FBI FD-302 header with date of document. A witness at Skylark Field in Elsinor, California reported speaking with an individual who resembled the artist's conception of the D.B. Cooper hija…

FBI case file number and sub-designation header. Flight records for August 1971 were photographed at Elsinore center, containing jumper names, altitudes, pilot names, and dates. Review of flight re…

Upper copy of an adult registration form for a parachuting center. Contains fields for personal information (address, phone, occupation, date of birth), education level, how the registrant learned of…

Top copy of an adult registration form from a parachuting center. Most personal details are redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Includes education level checkboxes, how the registrant learned o…

Upper form on the page; appears to be a standardized adult identification or registration form. Most personal information fields are redacted under FOIA exemptions b6/b7C. Contains checkbox sections…

Blank parachuting center adult registration form with personal information fields, checkboxes for how the registrant learned of the center, travel method, and a medical statement certifying fitness f…

Top copy of an adult registration form for a parachuting center. Collects personal info, education, how the registrant learned about the center, mode of travel, and a medical self-certification state…

Blank or minimally filled parachuting center adult registration form. The state field shows CALIF. Includes sections for personal information, how the registrant learned of the center, travel method,…

Top copy of a blank Adult Registration Form for a parachuting center, collecting personal information, how the registrant learned of the center, travel method, and a medical certification statement f…

FBI redaction/exemption code stamps indicating material withheld under Privacy Act exemptions b6 and b7C. Adult registration form for a parachute training center. Partially filled out: weight 150 lb…

Case file identifier for the D.B. Cooper investigation, Los Angeles field office sub-file. An informant in Seattle on 12/16/71 discussed parachute jump altitudes from Elsinore flight records, noting…

Case file number and partial header, likely a continuation marker from a prior page. Continued investigative leads directing the San Francisco office to conduct the same investigation in Los Gatos,…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated December 22, 1971, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL priority. Handwritten initials or routing notation, partially illegible. Airtel memo from SAC Atl…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco field office to Seattle field office, marked URGENT, dated December 27, 1971. San Francisco FBI reports on a NORJAK suspect lead originating from a Houston…

Urgent FBI teletype from San Francisco field office to Seattle regarding a NORJAK suspect. Reports that Houston contacted the Bureau on December 21 regarding the suspect. Phone numbers listed for the…

FBI Seattle field office filing stamp with handwritten case number 164-81-1557, dated December 27, 1971. Indicates the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed. Bates number stamp ident…

Standard FBI FD-9 form instructions for requesting identification records. FBI Identification Record Request form for NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), Field File 164-115, dated 12/9/71. The name and scars…

FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report header addressed to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 22, 1971. Report states no latent prints of value were found…

FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report header addressed to SAC Las Vegas regarding NORJAK case, dated December 22, 1971. Handwritten annotations, likely sub-file routing notat…

FBI Identification Record form header with standard letterhead from the Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D.C. The form number references 508 NLS 10-2-68. The record number and all table content…

Header and boilerplate text of an FBI Identification Record form, page 2, dated 10-2-68 with reference 508 NLS. The FBI record number is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. The fingerprint contributor…

FBI fingerprint submission form for an individual whose name is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. The subject is described as a white male, 6 feet tall, 150 lbs, brown hair, blue eyes, from W…

Standard header of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum from the U.S. Marshal's office to SAC Seattle, dated 12/23/71, regarding NORJAK (the FBI case name for D.B. Cooper). On 12/22/71, U.S. Dis…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office). Physical description of a suspect or person of interest: white American male, 6 feet tall, 150 lbs, brown hair…

Header of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum from the U.S. Marshal's office to SAC Seattle, dated 12/23/71, regarding the NORJAK case. Memo body describes a tip received on 12/22/71 via U.S. D…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Physical description of a male subject: White, American, 6 feet tall, 150 lbs, brown hair, blue eyes. Notes that photo, r…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 27, 1971, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Seattle FBI field office teletype to Minneapolis, Portland, and Honolulu offices e…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office to Minneapolis, Portland, and Honolulu (via Washington DC), sent at 8:53 PM on December 27, 1971. Teletype regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Re…

FBI teletype from Seattle field office (164-81) to Minneapolis, Portland, and Honolulu (via Washington DC) regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Honolulu airtel to the Director dated…

Urgent teletype from the FBI Director to Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Portland, and Seattle field offices directing that photos and a detailed description of a redacted individual be forwarded to Sea…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header indicating a plaintext teletype sent via NITEL priority on December 27, 1971. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Washington Field Office requesting…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 27, 1971, transmitted in plain text via NITEL teletype. Daily teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Reports that De…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from SAC J.E. Milnes to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/27/71. A Northwest Airlines representative (name redacted) called on 12/27/71…

Handwritten sub-file designation 'Sub O' written in cursive. Urgent summary teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle regarding NORJAK case, reporting no new developments since last summary teletype…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36 dated December 28, 1971, transmitted in plaintext via NITEL teletype. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Atlanta regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A pers…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, transmit method, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype regarding efforts to locate an unidentified subject. A source was recont…

Teletype routing header from FBI Albuquerque to FBI Seattle, sent at 5:00PM on December 28, 1971. Case identifier NORJAK with office of origin Seattle. Suspect name redacted under b6/b7C privacy exe…

Header indicating this is page two of teletype with Albuquerque file number 149-131. Teletype continuation reporting on an individual located at his workplace in Albuquerque. Subject states he has n…

Teletype from FBI Atlanta to FBI Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, responding to a previous Seattle NITEL dated December 28, 1971. Atlanta reports that military records for an unidenti…

Teletype from FBI Atlanta to FBI Seattle dated 12/29/71 regarding the NORJAK case. Atlanta reports that military records for a redacted individual from 1963 are not available at a redacted location i…

Teletype routing header from Kansas City field office to Seattle and Houston, sent at 7:255 PM on December 28, 1971. NORJAK teletype from Kansas City referencing a Sacramento teletype to Seattle dat…

Teletype header indicating Kansas City file number 164-80, page two of the message. A letter postmarked December 14 was displayed on December 27 from a suspect providing an address in Houston, Texas…

Teletype header showing message sent from Kansas City FBI field office to Seattle and Houston offices at 7:55 PM on December 28, 1971, regarding the NORJAK case. Body of teletype referencing a Sacra…

Page two of a Kansas City FBI teletype (KC 164-80) regarding a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) suspect lead. A letter postmarked Dec. 14 was displayed on Dec. 27 providing a Houston, TX address for a suspect. T…

Standard government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81 (P), from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding NORJAK, dated 12/28/71. Investigative memo documenting checks on 12/1…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Physical description of an individual whose name, age, and date of birth are redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Subject is…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 12/28/71, subject NORJAK. References a prior memo from 11/30/71. On 12/15/71, the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office and Everett Police…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation, Seattle field office. Physical description form for an unidentified subject. Name, Age, and DOB are redacted under b6/b7C privacy exe…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 28, 1971, sent via NITEL teletype. SAC Seattle reports to FBI Director that a conference was held with representatives from Northwest Airlines…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to FBI Director, dated December 28, 1971. FBI Seattle teletype reporting that a conference was held with Northwest Airlines and U.S. Air Force a…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. A letter was received by the Seattle Office from a redacted individual in Oregon, stating that the art…

Teletype routing header from Washington Field Office to Director and Seattle, marked urgent, dated December 28, 1971. Washington Field Office teletype regarding NORJAK case. WFO was requested to con…

Page two of a teletype or report concerning an unidentified individual (name redacted). The document notes the subject's date of birth (redacted), employee number (redacted), and service in the Unite…

Page continuation header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype. Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper case. A redacted individual made available the orig…

Teletype header from FBI Director to Seattle field office regarding NORJAK case, sent urgently on December 29, 1971. FBI Director informs Seattle that typewriting analysis was performed on a letter…

Page header indicating this is the second page of the communication. Continuation of an FBI laboratory or teletype communication discussing typewriter analysis. Similar characteristics suggest the t…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 29, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT via TELETYPE with URGENT priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC San Francisco regarding a NORJAK suspect develo…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank Date, Type, and Priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype (case SE 164-81) in which the Bureau suggests obtaining a photograph of a suspect.…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated 12/29/71. The RE line contains a redacted suspect name. SA Chuck Harvey c…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle from ASAC Paul R. Bibler regarding the NORJAK case. The suspect's name in the RE line is redacted. SA Chuck Harvey from the Washington Field Office called regard…

Header of a US Government memorandum from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 29, 1971. The RE line references a redacted suspect name. Supervisor Matheison…

Header of internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), with a redacted suspect name. Supervisor Matheison reports from FBI HQ that the FBI Labor…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header indicating plaintext, urgent priority, dated December 29, 1971. Urgent teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC San Francisco, WFO, and SAC Houston regarding N…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from Seattle field office to San Francisco, WFO, and Houston on December 29, 1971. Seattle teletype directing WFO and San Francisco to disco…

Urgent FBI teletype from Seattle field office to San Francisco, WFO, and Houston offices, dated December 29, 1971. References the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Instructs WFO and San Francisco to discont…

Standard FBI FD-36 AIRTEL transmittal form header dated December 23, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Routing block of FBI AIRTEL from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, ref…

Bureau file or teletype reference number for this report page. Great Falls PD and Cascade County Sheriff's Office advised on 12/22/71 that no arrest record could be located for the suspect. A femal…

Bureau teletype reference number. On 12/22/71, a Great Falls PD officer advised that per a report dated 11/24/71, someone from Los Angeles, California contacted them regarding the physical descripti…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 23, 1971, sent via Airtel with Air Mail priority. Airtel from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing prior commu…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 12/27/71, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block: from Portland SAC to Seattle SAC regarding NORJAK case, referencing a Los Angeles nitel dated 1…

Case file reference number for Portland Division file 164-41. Page 2 of a Portland Division FBI report. States that an individual was held in custody until 8:00 a.m. on 12/1/71 and released after se…

Case and document identifiers for FBI file BT #164-26, page 1, dictated by agent with initials LBD, transcribed by spr. FBI Special Agent conducted investigation in Boise, Idaho on December 6, 1971.…

Page header with case/file number BT #164-36, dictator/typist initials LBD/spr, and page number 2. Record of an unnamed inmate received at Idaho State Penitentiary on April 30, 1954 for 20 years for…

Document reference number, agent initials, and page number. SA Harry V. Ryan interviewed the Lewistown Chief of Police on December 9, 1971. The Chief, a 20+ year veteran, had no knowledge of certain…

Partially illegible filing or encoding mark in upper-left corner. Document header showing case reference number BT #164-26, agent initials HVR/hgb, and page number 2. First National Bank representa…

FBI report header with case numbers and dictation/typist initials. An SA (Special Agent) conducted an investigation at Deer Lodge, Montana on December 7, 1971. A female employee at Montana State Pri…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 12/21/71, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Routing information: from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Sender name re…

Document/case reference number Physical description of a suspect: white male, approximately 50 years old but looks younger, 5'9"-5'10", blue eyes with dark glasses, sandy hair, residing in Post Fall…

Teletype reference number for the communication. Lead assigned to the Seattle Division directing agents to contact the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, WA, to determine the present wher…

FBI AIRTEL header from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/21/71. Cover letter enclosing investigative inserts from three locations: Deer Lodge MT (12/7/71), Lewistown MT (12/9/…

Physical description of a suspect: white male, approximately 50 years old (looks younger), 5'9"-5'10", blue eyes with dark glasses, sandy hair, residing in Post Falls, Idaho. A redacted source states…

Teletype reference number for the communication. An FBI lead assigned to the Seattle Division directing agents to contact authorities at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington, to…

FBI form number and revision date. Document header with date of the FD-302 report. A female informant from Pennsylvania contacted the FBI advising that she and relatives concluded that a retired U.…

FBI file number and page continuation marker indicating this is page 2 of the document under Philadelphia field office case 164-133. A female interviewee describes a person who was arrested in late…

Internal FBI memorandum from SAC Philadelphia to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior teletype dated 12/14/71 sent to Seattle, Las Vegas, and Minneapolis. Encloses…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Houston to Director FBI regarding NORJAK investigation. References a Houston teletype to the Bureau dated 12/21/71. Encloses a photograph of a suspect fo…

Standard government memorandum header from SAC WFO (Washington Field Office) to SAC Seattle, dated 12/27/71, regarding NORJAK case. WFO conducted records checks on a NORJAK suspect through U.S. Park…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C) to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated December 15, 1971. Brief cover…

A tip or lead identifying an unnamed individual from Tacoma, WA 98406 as a possible suspect in the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The writer lists five reasons: the subject is a sky diver, was absent over Th…

Header of a standard U.S. Government memorandum (Optional Form No. 10, May 1962 edition) addressed to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Seattle FBI field office, file number 164-81, dated Dece…

Continuation of a citizen tip letter to the FBI speculating about the identity of D.B. Cooper. The writer draws a parallel to a previous case involving murdered gas station attendants whose surnames…

Conclusion of a letter or tip submission. The author acknowledges they may be seen as a 'name freak' but believes the information is worth considering. They reference a person named 'Cooper Beatty' (…

Standard header for a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum form (Optional Form No. 10). Memo routing fields. Addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated 12/15/71. Sender is a Special A…

An anonymous tipster reports that their son's friend jokingly claimed involvement in the D.B. Cooper hijacking, mentioning an uncle near Vancouver, WA who resembles the hijacker, owns a Cessna 310, i…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 28, 1971, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Handwritten nota…

Urgent summary teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, reporting no new developments at Portland as of December 29, 1971. Handwritten annotation indicating…

Teletype routing header from San Diego FBI field office to Seattle, marked URGENT, dated December 29, 1971. Handwritten annotation indicating the suspect was eliminated from the investigation. San…

Standard USG memorandum header. Memo is from SAC Seattle to File 164-81, dated 12/29/71. Subject line names a redacted individual as SAC Contact. Handwritten notation 'Sub. m' appears beside subject.…

Standard US Government memorandum header showing a memo to FILE (164-81) dated 12/29/71, from SAC Seattle, subject line redacted with Sub. M designation and SAC CONTACT notation. SAC Seattle contact…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to Cleveland, Seattle, and Tampa, dated December 28, 1971, regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten notation of subject name: Albert Nelson Faulkner,…

Case number and page indicator for continuation of teletype. Continuation of suspect description for Faulkner: physical description (brown thinning hair, brown eyes, USN anchor tattoo on left hand,…

Page three of an FBI teletype (case LA 164-497) continuing investigation of a suspect named Faulkner in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. The suspect lived in the Seattle area, raised poultry, claimed…

Teletype routing header from Tampa FBI field office to Cleveland, Seattle, and Los Angeles offices, dated December 29, 1971. NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. Handwritten annotation noting susp…

Page header identifying this as page two of teletype 164-110. A cooperative female witness advises that Faulkner left by plane for San Diego around December 28. She states Faulkner worked with her e…

Teletype routing header from Chicago FBI field office to Director, San Diego, and Seattle. Sent at 3:55 PM on December 29, 1971. Subject: NORJAK. A Continental Airlines stewardess telephonically adv…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from Portland FBI office to Anchorage (via Washington) and Seattle on December 29, 1971. NORJAK teletype referencing a Houston teletype from…

Case file number and page indicator for page two of a multi-page teletype. Portland FBI field office is attempting to locate a redacted individual in Oregon for interview. The subject is considered…

Teletype header showing urgent message from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office, dated December 29, 1971. Handwritten annotation, possibly 'Elim' or 'E lim', likely an agent's note — possibly…

Case number and page indicator for Pittsburgh Division file 164-41, page two of teletype. Continuation of a teletype report stating that an individual was at his residence during the entire period o…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to Seattle, Minneapolis, Detroit, and Chicago field offices, sent as a NITEL on December 29, 1971. FBI NORJAK teletype referencing earlier Chica…

Page header identifying this as page two of a teletype with Los Angeles case number 164-497. FAA license for a redacted individual appears inactive due to no physical checkup on record since issuanc…

Teletype routing header from Pittsburgh FBI field office to Seattle and Los Angeles offices, sent the evening of December 29, 1971. Handwritten notation 'Film', likely an internal processing instruc…

Header showing Pittsburgh field office case number 164-93 and page two designation. Continuation of a suspect description from page one. The suspect was away the first week of November except for a…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date of 12/13/71. An individual appeared at the FBI Albuquerque Office stating that the D.B. Cooper composite sketch resembled someon…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmission form header, dated December 13, 1971. Airtel from SAC Albuquerque to SAC Seattle transmitting nine copies of FD-302 interview reports related to the UNSUB hija…

Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent from FBI Portland (file 164-41) to FBI Seattle (file 164-81) at 5:40 PM on December 13, 1971, regarding case NORJAK. Body of the teletype confirming…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from Portland FBI office to Seattle and San Francisco offices on December 15, 1971. Portland FBI office reports to Seattle and San Francisco…

Case number and page identifier for this teletype continuation page. Page two of a teletype report describing an incident on July 12, 1971. A victim reported his car was stolen by a white male Ameri…

FBI report case number and page indicator. Continuation of an FBI report describing a stolen vehicle and wallet incident at a tavern. A vehicle was impounded by Turner Towing Company in Tacoma, WA o…

Case number and page indicator for a multi-page FBI teletype document. A witness recounts that she had never seen the subject before or after the occasion. The only person who knew him brought him t…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle, sent at 11:27 PM on December 28, 1971. NORJAK case identifier (FBI code name for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case). San Francis…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype from the San Francisco field office, case number 164-220. Continuation of a teletype describing an individual who kept notes on a telephone call…

Standard US Government inter-office memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated December 15, 1971. The sending Special Agent's name is redacted. Subject is NORJAK. Handwritten not…

An anonymous tip regarding a suspect for the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The tipster identifies a man in Oregon (name redacted) who fits Cooper's physical description, wears dark glasses, became less soci…

Teletype header showing transmission from Portland FBI to Los Angeles and Seattle offices, sent at 10:59 PM on December 29, 1971. Handwritten initials or routing notation, likely 'E/rm' indicating e…

Standard USG memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent, dated 12/22/71, regarding the NORJACK case. On 12/22/71 an FBI Special Agent showed photographs and throw-down…

FBI letterhead and office location/date block with a redacted subject or reference line. FBI Salt Lake City office was notified at 8:42 PM on December 26, 1971 by a redacted FAA official that an uni…

A redacted name or header block appears near the top of the page. A subject (name redacted) possessed a commercial pilot license (single engine), held membership in the Parachute Club of America (P.…

Redacted header or subject name block at top of page. FBI report describing the seizure of a plastic weapon and fish knife from a redacted individual aboard Flight 47. The knife was hidden in an ath…

Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Salt Lake City to the Director, FBI, regarding the hijacking of American Airlines Flight 47 from Rock Springs, Wyoming to Salt Lake City, Utah on 12/26/71.…

Standard USG memo header addressed from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated December 16, 1971, regarding the NORJAK case. Follow-up to a Portland teletype dated 12/1/71. Agent atte…

Header identifying this as a memo to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81 SUB L, dated 12/16/71, from a redacted Special Agent. FBI memo regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A redacted individual…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office to Seattle and Sacramento offices, marked URGENT, dated December 22, 1971. Portland FBI office responds to Sacramento teletype dated November 30, 197…

File number and page indicator for Portland Division case 164-41, page two of the teletype. Seattle field office indicates it will advise if additional investigation is desired to locate the recent…

Teletype routing header from FBI Chicago office to Director and field offices in Minneapolis, Portland, and Seattle, sent evening of December 28, 1971. Handwritten file reference numbers, partially…

Internal FBI memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. States that attached information was furnished by a redacted individual from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, rec…

Fragment of a tip letter from an unidentified source claiming to know the identity of the D.B. Cooper skyjacker. The suspect's name is redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C. The address listed is…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated December 24, 1971. Airtel from SAC Cleveland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Cleveland requests status update on a suspect investig…

FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted personal information (b6 - personal privacy; b7C - law enforcement personal privacy). Letter from an airline pilot to ALPA requesting a refund for overpaymen…

Date of the AIRTEL memo. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC, WFO to Director, FBI (ATTN: FBI Laboratory) regarding NORJAK case. A suspect is being considered because of name similarity to the hijacker, reside…

Washington Field Office case file number. Request to the FBI Laboratory to compare typewriting of an enclosed letter with previously received letters allegedly from D. B. Cooper, and to compare a re…

FBI Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports on investigation conducted by SA Richard S. Erickson at Vacaville, California on 12/23/71. San Quentin r…

FBI case file number for the document. A list of the suspect's visitors and correspondents from various states, with names redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. The suspect's parole plan stated he inte…

FBI Seattle field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Investigative instruction to ascertain through a redacted source whether a redacted suspect was involved on 11/24/71 (th…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 15, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL - REGISTERED priority. Routing block: airtel from SAC Sacramento (file 164-50) to SAC Seattle…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. A redacted source reviewed records under a particular name and found two shipping transactions — one on 12/10/70 to Seattle, WA and a…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Sacramento field office file 164-50). A redacted individual provided a catalog of parachute equipment and glossary of parachute terms for use…

Header of an FBI AIRTEL memo dated 12/15/71 from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. An individual in California with approximately 47 years of experience in parac…

Case file number for the document. A source reviewed records and found two shipments under a particular surname — one to Seattle, WA on 12/10/70 and another to Snohomish, WA on 8/16/71. The source n…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case. A redacted individual provided a parachute equipment catalog and glossary of parachute terms to assist FBI agents in speaking with people in the parach…

Header of an FBI AIRTEL memo dated 12/27/71, from SAC Louisville to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJACK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), with Seattle as the Office of Origin. A redacted block appears…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated December 23, 1971, sent via AIRTEL priority. Routing block: from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. LAPD detectives t…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. Description of wallet contents including a photograph with writing on the back referencing Washington, and news clippings referring to statemen…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated December 23, 1971, sent via AIRTEL. FBI airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK. On 12/22/71, LAPD Central Division detectives tu…

FBI case number for the Los Angeles field office file. Description of a wallet's contents including a photograph with writing on the back referencing Washington, news clippings referring to statemen…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated 12/28/71, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Sacramento checked…

Teletype transmission header indicating urgent message sent 12-30-71 from Washington Field Office. Routing information for the teletype, sent from Washington Field to Director and Seattle offices wi…

Page two of a multi-page FBI teletype describing a subject who attended the University of Nebraska for two years, held a commercial pilot's license, and had his social security number on file. An ent…

Redaction marks obscuring header information, likely classification or routing stamps. Continuation (page three) of an FBI teletype. A redacted account number is referenced as being located at San F…

USPA membership or parachute application form, sections B (Personal Data) and C (Medical Certificate). The applicant is associated with P.B.I. Sport Para Club in the Northwest conference, lists occup…

A United States Parachute Association (USPA) membership application form filled out in the name of 'D. B. Cooper' with a mailing address of 'c/o YMCA, Toronto, Canada.' The 'Sex' field has 'YES' writ…

A crank or hoax letter dated December 4, 1971, written as if from D.B. Cooper to what appears to be a skydiving club or organization. The author jokes about sending membership dues once they 'break s…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 27, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Airtel from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) cas…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header FD-36, dated December 29, 1971, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Daily NORJAK teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director reporting three items: (1…

Header of a US Government memorandum from Special Agent John A. Drake to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, on 11/24/71. Case classified…

Standard government memorandum header addressed to SAC with case number 164-81, dated 12/29/71, from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. A Notary Public…

Date stamp for the airtel memo. An airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. A notary public in Tacoma, Washington reported that on December 20, 1971, two individuals a…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Continuation from a previous page directing the development of background information on a redacted individual to det…

Date of the airtel memo. Routing header of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. A Notary Public in Tacoma, Washington reported that on December 20, 1971, t…

Continuation of a prior lead or instruction directing agents to develop background information on a redacted individual to determine possible involvement in the D.B. Cooper case. Lead assigned to th…

Teletype routing header from FBI Anchorage office to Seattle and Portland via Washington DC, dated December 30, 1971. Case file numbers 164-81, 164-41, and 164-59 referenced. 'LNU' (Last Name Unknown…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype, likely from FBI Seattle, instructing the Portland field office at Burns, Oregon to attempt to locate a redacted individual through logging associations, lo…

FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Cleveland dated 12/30/71 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A suspect has been eliminated because it was verified he was at work at a location in Montana on N…

FBI airtel header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAX (D.B. Cooper) case, dated December 30, 1971. Seattle field office is sending six photographs of a redacted individual to Portl…

Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. Encloses two copies of an FD-302 interview conducted in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Requests Portland investigate to determine the…

FBI AIRTEL memo header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated 12/30/71. The RE line references an individual whose name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. The Seattle fi…

Handwritten sub-file notation Date of the airtel Airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Director/FBI Laboratory regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a USPA membership envelope, application card, and a letter da…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header (FD-36), dated December 30, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Washington Field Office regarding NORJAK (D.B.…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header (FD-36), dated December 30, 1971, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland and SAC Sacramento regarding NORJAK…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle (164-81) to Portland (164-41) and Sacramento (164-50), sent 8:22PM on 12/30/71 via NITEL, priority RED. Seattle requests Sacramento FBI to follow up on resul…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 30, 1971. FBI Seattle teletype to Dallas and St. Louis SACs regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). A source in Seattle advised that t…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date and transmission fields. Report under case SE 164-81 stating an unidentified individual graduated from a location in Georgia in February 19…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office (case 164-81) to Dallas and St. Louis, sent 10:32 PM on December 30, 1971. NORJAK teletype describing a suspect who bears a striking resemblance to…

Page header showing this is page two of a teletype under Seattle field office case number 184-81. Continuation of teletype describing a subject from Amarillo, Texas who knew a redacted individual in…

Date of the airtel memo. Routing header of an FBI AIRTEL memo from Seattle SAC to Sacramento SAC regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten notation indicating Sub D classification. Body of memo enclosing…

Summary teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle FBI field office reporting that investigation at Portland is negative as to the identity of the unknown subject (UNSUB) in the NORJAK (D.B.…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 28, 1971. Airtel addressed from SAC San Antonio to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a redacted suspect and a note about…

Seattle field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A redacted individual reports that another redacted person returned from temporary duty on 11/19/71, departed a military bas…

FBI AIRTEL header from SAC St. Louis to SAC Phoenix regarding NORJAK case, referencing a St. Louis teletype to Seattle and Phoenix dated 12/8/71. A redacted individual telephonically contacted the P…

FBI case file number for the Salt Lake City field office, file 164-63. The subject advised that if further contact is needed, he can be reached through redacted contact information. Contact details…

Teletype routing header from San Diego field office (file 164-91) to Director, Seattle (164-81), Chicago (164-297), and San Francisco (164-220), sent December 30, 1971 at 6:21 PM via NITEL. San Dieg…

Page two of an FBI investigative report regarding the D.B. Cooper case. An individual could not furnish a current address for a person of interest but provided names of contacts in San Diego and Cali…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype or report. A redacted individual states he possibly had a picture of a redacted person and would search for it. A picture can also be obtained from the U.S. Pa…

Continuation (page four) of an FBI teletype. San Diego field office will conduct credit and criminal checks on a redacted individual. An agent will maintain contact with a redacted source in attempts…