FBI FOIA deleted page information sheet indicating 2 pages (pages 26 and 27) were withheld from this release under a Referral/Consult exemption, related to Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790. Boxed notice…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with FBI seal and transcription date. A redacted individual advises that a redacted person has been employed at a redacted entity from November 29, 1971, thro…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with form revision date and transcription date. FBI interview of a redacted individual who provided an alibi for the D.B. Cooper skyjacking period. Subject…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 28, 1971. Airtel from SAC Albuquerque to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. References a prior nitel dated 12/16/71 to Oklahoma C…

Teletype routing header indicating a night telegram sent at 11:09 PM on January 1, 1972 from FBI Tampa to FBI Director and FBI Seattle, with file numbers. Body of NORJAK teletype from Tampa field of…

Header indicating this is page two of the document. A source statement with all substantive content redacted under exemptions b6, b7C, b7D. A large redacted block continuing source information, pro…

Page three of a multi-page teletype requesting the FBI Bureau to advise the EGAT (Extraterritorial) office in Managua, Nicaragua, to contact sources and gather additional background information on a…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memo header from SPC (redacted agent name) to SAC Seattle, dated January 1, 1972, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (UNSUB, aka Dan Cooper, NW Airlines Fli…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from an SPC (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight #305, 11/24/71). Case file nu…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 29, 1971. Routing information: airtel from SAC Buffalo to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. RE line is redacted under b6/b7C exe…

FBI case file number for the Bureau (BU) office, file 164-46. The report notes that a redacted individual very closely matches the physical description of the unknown subject (Unsub, i.e., D.B. Coop…

Standard FBI AIRTEL transmission form header dated December 30, 1971, sent via Air Mail. AIRTEL from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a photograph of a redacted indiv…

FBI airtel header from SAC Portland to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 12/29/71. A subject was observed at Boff Electric Company in Salem, Oregon on 12/1/71 and was det…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 29, 1971. Routing block indicating an airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing prior Seattle ai…

Continuation of a report about a subject who was seen periodically and returned home from out of town on 12/27/71. An informant or witness described the subject as someone who does not work, lives of…

Header block of an FBI airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing prior Seattle airtels dated 12/3/71 and 12/6/71. An SA in Portland re-contacted a…

FBI Portland Division case file number. Continuation of a witness or informant statement describing a person of interest who does not work, lives off others, and is described as very lazy and irresp…

Case file number and agent initials for the FBI Newark field office report. A Special Agent conducted an investigation on December 10, 1971 at the Immigration and Naturalization Service office in Ne…

Page 2 header of FBI report with Newark file number NK 164-196, dictated by JR/cap. Continuation of a prior page describing a male subject who was leaving for business reasons, expected to be gone f…

Page number and FBI file reference numbers with dictation initials. An FBI Special Agent investigated the REA Express Office at Newark Airport on December 7, 1971, and observed a poster showing an i…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo routing block from SAC Newark to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Suspect name is redacted. Dated December 30, 1971. Newark office is forwardin…

Header block showing date, format (plaintext teletype), and priority (urgent). Handwritten initials or signature, likely an approval or routing mark. Teletype from FBI Director to SAC WFO granting…

Teletype routing header from Boston field office to Director, Seattle, and Newark, dated January 3, 1972, marked URGENT. Boston field office alerts the Bureau, Seattle, and Newark to a similarity be…

Standard USG memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding a NORJAK suspect whose name is redacted. Dated December 30, 1971. Handwritten routing o…

Standard USG memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 12-30-71, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK suspect. On 12-27-71 Yakima PD criminal files were reviewed for…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 12/29/71, sent via AIRTEL. Handwritten notation indicating Sub-M classification, with a circled 'C' below it. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. List of grocery/supermarket trade publications and industry organizations with their mailing addresses, likely recipients for ransom money seri…

Standard FBI FD-36 AIRTEL transmittal form header dated 12/30/71. Routing block: memo from Denver SAC to Seattle SAC regarding NORJAK case. Denver office reports on a suspect in the NORJAK (D.B. Co…

FBI case file number for the Denver field office, NORJAK case. An interviewee states that a known individual does not match the hijacker's physical description, describing the person as approximatel…

Standard US Government memo header addressed from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, with a redacted suspect reference. SA Donald Steele reported from Pan American's SEA-TAC…

ASAC Bibler memo to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. SA Donald Steele called from the Pan American Administration Office at SEA-TAC reporting that airline records showed a redacted suspect left…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 30, 1971, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Routing information: from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case, labeled as Daily…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with revision date 3-22-64. All fields (Date, transmission type, priority) are blank. Continuation page referencing content previously indicated on page on…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo routing block: from Special Agent R. Bert Carter to SAC, case 164-81, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 on 11-24-71. Include…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle FBI field office, sent urgently on January 3, 1972. Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file designation 'O'. Brief NORJAK summar…

Teletype routing header showing a night teletype sent at 10:53 PM on January 3, 1972, from Louisville field office to Los Angeles, Seattle, and Sacramento field offices. Reference to prior Los Angel…

Page or routing notation in upper left corner Page two of an FBI teletype (case LS 164-71) regarding the D.B. Cooper investigation. A redacted individual was contacted on December 1, 1971 and stated…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to Seattle, Sacramento, and Las Vegas offices, sent at 7:43 PM on January 3, 1972. NORJAK teletype reporting that a redacted individual in Los A…

FBI case number and page continuation header for Los Angeles field office file 164-497, page two of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of an FBI teletype describing a suspect or person of interest…

Case number and page continuation header for FBI teletype. Page three of an FBI teletype directing the Las Vegas field office to conduct credit and criminal checks in Reno, Nevada, and the Sacrament…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, form FD-36, dated January 3, 1972, sent via NITEL teletype. Daily teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Two t…

Teletype header indicating message NR002, sent at 8:27 PM on January 3, 1972, from Seattle field office to FBI Director. The Los Angeles office reported that a representative of the Southern Califor…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated December 29, 1971, regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten annotation diagonally across the FROM and SUBJ…

Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A redacted individual from Northwest Airlines called to report a change in aircraft availability — t…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 12/30/71, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). A Northwest Airlines representative teleph…

Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A redacted Northwest Airlines contact confirmed by phone on 12/30/71 that the pertinent airplane wou…

Handwritten annotation, likely a routing or sub-file notation. Urgent teletype from Springfield FBI office to Director, Minneapolis, and Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a Seattle teletype…

Continuation (page two) of a teletype message directing FBI Seattle to maintain contact with McChord AFB personnel, who will be kept informed of further developments by the Command Section of the Mil…

Teletype routing header from Springfield field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Seattle, marked urgent, dated December 30, 1971. Springfield office reports that contact was made at command level…

SA Olrogg reports that on December 30, 1971, a redacted individual at McChord Air Force Base advised that a request to use two Air Force volunteers for a live parachute drop in the NORJAK case was de…

FBI memo from SA Elgin E. Olrogg dated 12/30/71 regarding the NORJAK case. A contact at McChord Air Force Base advised that a request to use two Air Force volunteers for a live parachute drop related…

Header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 12/30/71, regarding the NORJAK case. Memo documents phone call from SA Elgin E. Olrogg on 1…

ASAC Bibler's memo regarding Air Force permission for NORJAK parachute drop tests. The Air Force denied live volunteer parachute drops but authorized assistance with a dummy drop. Discussion of inter…

Handwritten routing note with name and reference number Date stamp showing received or logged date of January 4, 1972 Standard FBI teletype header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) message sent i…

Standard FBI transmittal form header with blank date and transmission fields. This is page two of a multi-page teletype. Page two of an FBI teletype describing a suspect in the D.B. Cooper case. The…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, FD-36, dated December 30, 1971, sent via teletype, marked URGENT priority. Handwritten routing or sub-file notation reading SUB - A A. Teletype from…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle and Los Angeles offices, dated January 3, 1972. Handwritten annotation, possibly a routing or filing note. Portland FBI teletype re…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated January 3, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Sender SA name is redacted. Investigation conducted on December 14, 1971, regarding a…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Section header indicating investigative leads to follow. Investigative lead directing the Seattle field office to conduct a logical investig…

Header block of an FBI memo from Seattle field office regarding NORJAK case, dated 1/3/72, referencing a Seattle memo of SPC dated 11/26/71. Investigation conducted on December 14, 1971 in Washingto…

Teletype routing header from Washington Field Office to FBI Director and Seattle field office, sent January 4, 1972 at 5:39 PM. Handwritten routing notation 'Sub C' in cursive. Washington Field Off…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype, likely from the Seattle field office. The message concludes a reference to a magazine with a worldwide subscription of approximately forty-five thousand, p…

Standard FBI interoffice memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, from a redacted Special Agent. Subject is NORJAK. References a prior memo by SA Thomas J. Manning dated 12/1/71. On Decemb…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of a witness interview narrative describing a person who drove near Chehalis, WA, proceeded south to Kelso, WA, dropped off a hit…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior memo by SA Thomas J. Manning dated 12/1/71. Investigation conducted by a redacted SA at a redacted…

FBI Seattle field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper case. Continuation of a narrative describing a person's travel route south through Chehalis and Kelso, Washington, dropping off a hitchh…

Urgent teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle regarding NORJAK case, stating that no pertinent information has been developed at Portland to date. A brief summary teletype with no substantive lead…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated January 4, 1972, sent via NITEL priority teletype. Routing information indicating the teletype is from SAC Seattle to the FBI Director rega…

Teletype header showing message number, time, date, routing from Seattle field office to FBI Director. Case code name NORJAK identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A redacted contact at the Ai…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 1/4/72, regarding NORJAC (SUB) case file 164-81. An informant from a Washington police department rel…

Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 1/4/72, from SA Thomas J. Manning, re: NORJAC (SUB). On 1/4/72, a Washington Police Department officer advised that while…

Teletype from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle and San Diego offices regarding the NORJACK case. Reports that records of the United States Parachute Association (USPA) in Monterey, Californi…

Header of FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report form 1-336, dated January 3, 1972, addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Body of the report listing reference commun…

Header line addressing SAC Seattle, dated January 3, 1972. Reports that 11 latent fingerprints, one latent impression, and two latent palm prints were developed on envelopes Q23/Q27 and letters Q24/…

Header of FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report form, dated January 3, 1972, addressed to SAC Seattle. Handwritten annotations, likely routing or filing notations. '130' may…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle, dated January 5, 1972, referencing case numbers 164-81 (Seattle) and 164-497 (Los Angeles). Handwritten initials or routing nota…

Case number and page continuation header for FBI Los Angeles field office file 164-497. Continuation of an FBI investigative report regarding a subject employed in the construction industry who alle…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header (FD-36), dated January 5, 1972, sent via NITEL priority teletype. Routing information: from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, classified as a daily teletype…

Page 2 of a teletype or internal communication reporting that the Portland Division found a parachute pack (with chute and shroud lines missing) on top of a garbage can on the evening of January 4th.…

Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI field office to FBI Director, sent as a nightly teletype on January 5, 1972. NORJAK daily teletype update reporting: a redacted individual was named as a pos…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype under Seattle case file 164-81. Portland Division reports that a parachute pack missing its chute and shroud lines was found on the even…

FBI teletype from Houston field office to Director, Seattle, and Kansas City regarding a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) suspect. The suspect was interviewed on January 4 in Houston, Texas. While the suspect re…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a Houston field office teletype, file number 164-118. Houston field office recommends discontinuing a redacted individual as a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper)…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle, sent urgently on January 5, 1972. Handwritten routing or summary note indicating a parachute was located in Portland, Oregon. Hand…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated January 5, 1972. Sender is a Special Agent whose name is redacted. Subject is NORJAK (D.B. Cooper ca…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated January 5, 1972. The sender SA name and RE line are redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. An…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 5, 1972. The sender's name is redacted. An individual was contacted at his residence in Was…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with NORJAK case number 164-81, dated January 5, 1972, from a redacted Special Agent regarding a redacted subject. An individual was contacted on December 22, 19…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL sent via Air Mail, dated 12/30/71. Routing block showing the airtel is from SAC Salt Lake City to SAC Seattle, regarding case NORJAK.…

FBI AIRTEL routing header from SAC Albuquerque to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/30/71. Airtel body describing a lead from El Paso, Texas. A person known to two individuals at 1300 Brow…

FBI case file number header. Describes an individual in El Paso, Texas with connections to NMSU who has been there for the past three months. The person is an active skydiver in an El Paso skydiving…

FBI case file number for the Albuquerque field office. Continuation of a memo indicating that the suspect identified in a reairtel for the Albuquerque Office at Las Cruces, NM, lives in El Paso and…

Header of an FBI AIRTEL memo dated 1/4/72 from SAC San Diego to SAC Minneapolis regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). References a prior San Diego teletype to the FBI Director dated 12/30/71. Des…

FBI airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Reports that on 1/5/72, an SA conducted a records search of multiple law enforcement agencies and city directories in Oregon (Be…

Case file number for the Portland Division FBI file. States that a check of the Retail Credit Association in Portland and the Portland FBI Office indices returned negative (no matching records) for…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from Special Agent Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, regarding the UNSUB (unknown subject) on NWA Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71. SA Wick reports that…

FBI memo from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle regarding UNSUB NWA Flight #305 hijacking. On 11/29/71, records at the Shelton Police Department and Mason County Sheriff's Office in Shelton, Washingto…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 9, 1971, sent via Airtel with Airmail priority. Handwritten annotation indicating the subject subcategory: flight and insurance. Air…

Travel accident insurance policy A 058901 for a flight departing Lake Oswego, OR area on November 23, 1971 at 12:05 p.m. Coverage includes $20,000 scheduled air and $10,000 other accident. Insured na…

Flight insurance policy A 058895 for personal accident with double protection on scheduled airlines. Coverage of $20,000 capital sum (scheduled air) and $10,000 principal sum (other accidents). Premi…

Flight insurance policy A 058898 for personal accident with double protection on scheduled airlines, purchased at Portland, Oregon on November 23, 1971. Coverage for $20,000 scheduled air / $10,000 o…

Top airline personal accident insurance policy form (Policy A 059961), providing $20,000 scheduled air coverage and $10,000 other accident coverage, effective 9:00 PM on November 23, 1971, at PDX (Po…

Flight insurance policy (Agent Copy), Policy Number A 059964. Personal accident coverage of $60,000 capital sum for scheduled air travel and $30,000 principal sum for other accidents, with a $2.00 pr…

Travel insurance policy A 058887 for personal accident with double protection on scheduled airlines. $20,000 capital sum for scheduled air, $10,000 principal sum for other accidents, premium $3.25. P…

Travel accident insurance policy A 059966 for $40,000 scheduled air / $20,000 other accident coverage, purchased at PDX on 11/23/71 at 8:30 p.m., 10-day term, insured from Vancouver, WA. No baggage c…

Personal accident insurance policy A 059968 with $60,000/$30,000 coverage, purchased at PDX on 11/23/71 at 11:10 p.m. Insured's name redacted; city appears to be Tacoma, WA. Beneficiary city listed a…

Travel accident insurance application (Form 485M) to Mutual of Omaha for Randolph H. Blain, a retired person from Corvallis, Oregon, born February 16, 1914. Policy dated November 23, 1971 (the day be…

Travel accident and sickness insurance policy (A 32700) for $15,000 coverage purchased at PDX on November 24, 1971, effective noon. Insured resides in Oregon City, Oregon; beneficiary address listed…

Airline trip insurance policy A 058904 for a flight departing Portland, OR (PDX) at 7:00 p.m. on November 24, 1971. Coverage: $60,000 scheduled air / $30,000 other accident. Premium $5.00. Beneficiar…

Personal accident insurance policy A 059973 for a redacted individual from La Grande, Oregon, with $60,000 scheduled air coverage and $30,000 other accident coverage. Premium is $5.25. Effective 7:30…

Airline travel insurance policy A 33266 for personal accident and sickness coverage of $20,000, purchased at PDX on November 24, 1971 at 7:45 a.m. Insured resided in Portland, Oregon. Beneficiary lis…

Flight insurance policy A 058907 for personal accident with double protection on scheduled airlines. $80,000 capital sum, $40,000 principal sum, $4.00 premium. Effective 8:15 a.m. on November 24, 197…

Flight insurance policy (Policy A 058911) for personal accident with double protection on scheduled airlines, with $60,000 capital sum and $20,000 principal sum, premium $8.25. Effective 8:45 PM on N…

Airport personal accident insurance policy A 059979 purchased at PDX on 11-24-71 at 9:00 p.m. Policyholder resided in Portland, Oregon. Coverage: $60,000 scheduled air / $30,000 other accident. Premi…

Travel accident insurance policy A 059982 for a flight from PDX on 11-24-71. $20,000/$40,000 coverage for scheduled airline accident with $1.00 premium. Insured's city appears to be in Oregon. Name a…

Flight insurance policy A 058912 for a personal accident with double protection on scheduled airlines, purchased at PDX on November 24, 1971 at 11:30 AM. Insured resided in Tillamook, Oregon; benefic…

Airline travel insurance policy A 059984 for $60,000/$30,000 coverage, purchased at PDX on 11-24-71 at 1:00 p.m., 4-day term. Beneficiary address listed in Fullerton, California. Insured's identity r…

Insurance application form (Form 485M App, Series 6490) from Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company for a travel accident insurance policy (Policy No. T20T, Application No. 084005 A). The insured's name,…

Top-left copy of a Mutual of Omaha airline trip insurance application form. Handwritten entries are partially cut off at the left margin and largely illegible. Round-trip appears to be checked. Top-…

Mutual of Omaha airline trip insurance application. Trip from Missoula, Montana to Portland, Oregon. Round-trip ticket indicated. Insured name mostly illegible. Mutual of Omaha airline trip insuranc…

Airline trip insurance application for a round-trip from Portland, Oregon to Tampa, Florida. Owner name partially legible, appears to be something like 'Naunberg', State Oregon. Signature line is bla…

Airline trip insurance application form from Mutual of Omaha. Departure: Portland. Destination: Atlanta. Round-trip ticket selected. City/State listed as Portland, Oregon. Airline trip insurance app…

Mutual of Omaha airline trip insurance application for a round-trip flight from Portland to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Insured's address city appears to be Woodburn, Oregon. Personal details not fully v…

Mutual of Omaha airline trip insurance application form, upper-left copy. Departure appears to be Portland, Oregon. Destination may be Indianapolis. Trip type not clearly marked. Owner name and state…

Airline trip insurance application for a round-trip flight from Portland, Oregon to Reno, Nevada. Beneficiary and signature sections are partially cut off. Second copy of airline trip insurance appl…

Airline trip insurance application form from Mutual of Omaha. Route appears to be Portland, Oregon to Chicago, Illinois. One-way ticket checkbox visible. Passenger name and other details largely ille…

Airline trip insurance application form for a round-trip from Portland, Oregon to Chicago, Illinois. Insured appears to be from Oregon. Specific name of insured is partially illegible. Second copy o…

Airline trip insurance application form from Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company. Handwritten entries indicate a trip from San Jose, California to Portland, Oregon. Applicant surname appears to begin w…

Airline trip insurance application form for a trip departing Spokane, Washington. Destination is partially illegible. One-way or round-trip selection is unclear. Airline trip insurance application f…

Airline trip insurance application for a one-way trip from Portland, Oregon to San Jose. Insured listed from Los Altos, California. Airline trip insurance application for a round-trip from Portland,…

Airline trip insurance application form for a one-way trip departing Portland International, destination partially illegible but appears to reference California. Owner state appears to be California.…

Airline trip insurance application for a round-trip flight from Portland, Oregon to Las Vegas. Insured name is largely illegible but state listed as Oregon. Airline trip insurance application for a…

Airline trip insurance application form showing a one-way trip from Portland, Oregon to Los Angeles, California. Purchaser details partially illegible; state appears to be California. Airline trip i…

Top-left airline trip insurance form from Mutual of Omaha showing a trip to Portland, Oregon. Ticket type unclear. Owner name partially illegible, begins with 'L.', state is Oregon. Top-right airlin…

Airline trip insurance application form from Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company for a round-trip flight from Portland, Oregon to Eureka, California. Duplicate/carbon copy of airline trip insurance ap…

Airline trip insurance application form for a round-trip flight departing Portland with destination possibly Medford. Handwritten fields are largely illegible due to copy quality. Airline trip insur…

Routing or itinerary notation showing cities Boise, Portland, Boise with a reference to Sears and the date November 24, 1971. A name block at upper right is redacted under FOIA exemptions b6/b7C. Ha…

Left-side duplicate application form for a Mutual of Omaha (MUTU) Scheduled Airline Trip Insurance Policy. Handwritten entries show departure from Portland, Oregon, destination Jamestown, N. Dakota.…

Date of the airtel. Standard FBI airtel header from SAC Omaha to SAC Portland regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, NW Airlines Flight 305 hijacking/extortion case, office of origin Seattle. SAC Omah…

FBI Omaha field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. The Omaha field office states it will forward copies of over-the-counter applications to the Portland and Seattle offic…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) in Seattle, filed under case number 164-81, dated December 15, 1971. The sender is a Special Agent whose name…

An anonymous tipster reports a suspect in the D.B. Cooper skyjacking based on several characteristics: resemblance to the composite sketch, knowledge of planes, skydiving experience, nerve, criminal…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Addressed to File 164-81 from SAC Seattle, dated 12/23/71, subject NORJAK. Sub-classifications A.A., L.C., F, E noted. SAC HELD called from Minneapolis at 8…

File and serial number references for the FBI report page. Summary of Portland Division investigation at Portland International Airport on the evening of the hijacking (Nov 24, 1971). Agents intervi…

Case file number header, with original SE (Seattle) designation struck through and replaced with PD (Portland). Page 2 of this sub-document. RPH:csm are dictator/typist initials. Continuation from p…

Standard FD-302 form header with FBI seal and date December 8, 1971. Page number 1. An interview with a Northwest Orient Airlines employee (name redacted) who sold a one-way coach ticket to Seattle…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated December 22, 1971, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL priority. Handwritten annotation in the upper-right area of the form, appears to read 'cc for C.E.f.' indi…

Date of document. Airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Portland is forwarding two copies of an FD-302 containing interview results with a redacted witness name, plus a…

Teletype routing header from Kansas City FBI field office (164-80) to Seattle FBI field office (164-81), sent 7:30 PM night letter on December 28, 1971. Handwritten annotations indicating the subjec…

Date of the airtel. Header block of FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten initials or routing annotations, likely indicating the document was filed or…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI office to Seattle and San Francisco offices, dated December 28, 1971. Handwritten annotations referencing D.B. Cooper and the Personal Column, likely add…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype filed under Los Angeles case number 164-497. Continuation of a teletype message from the FBI Los Angeles field office regarding a subjec…

Teletype routing header showing a night telegram (NITEL) sent from the Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle and San Francisco offices on December 28, 1971. FBI Los Angeles teletype regarding a Sa…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 29, 1971, marked URGENT priority. Handwritten routing annotations in the upper-right margin indicating sub-office routing codes A,…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Date field is blank. Type and priority fields are blank. Page two of an FBI teletype under case SE 164-81. Discusses coordination with MC Chord, noting th…

Teletype from FBI Director to Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Washington Field Office teletype dated December 28. States that latent prints in this case are…

Standard US Government memorandum header from a Special Agent to the SAC in Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated December 15, 1971. Brief memo body stating that attached informati…

Small mark or stamp in upper left corner, possibly a routing or filing mark. A citizen tip letter regarding the D.B. Cooper skyjacking case. The writer suggests the FBI should investigate former Wor…

Continuation of a tip letter or report regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect. The author describes a man who had a crew cut approximately five years prior, lived in Las Vegas, Nevada before enlisting in Wo…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message from Washington Field Office to FBI Director and Seattle field office, dated December 28, 1971. Washington Field Office reports contact with a re…

Page two of a teletype discussing coordination between the FBI and ALPA (Air Line Pilots Association). A redacted individual reiterated desire to aid the Bureau and noted his organization wants to co…

Final page (page three) of an FBI teletype message. States the information is of value, the unknown subject (UNSUB) is considered dangerous. Message ends with standard teletype closing codes: RECD TW…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 4:32 PM on December 28, 1971, from Washington Field Office to the FBI Director and Seattle field office. Handwritten annotations, likely…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 29, 1971, sent via urgent teletype. Handwritten annotation 'Sub - C' and 'L.' in the margin area near the addressee line, likely a…

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

Header of FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC Washington Field Office regarding case NORJAK, dated December 27, 1971, with FBI file and lab numbers. Lists specimens Q23 through Q28 received from…

Section header for examination results. FBI Laboratory examination results for specimens Q23-Q28. The documents could not be matched to the Anonymous Letter File. No watermarks or indented writing f…

FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form (Form 7-72) dated December 27, 1971, from Director J. Edgar Hoover to SAC Washington Field Office regarding the NORJAK case. Requests document and fingerprint examinat…

File reference numbers and administrative markings An Anchorage Police Department investigator reported to an FBI SA on December 23, 1971, that a person made a phone call to his father in Texas (pos…

File reference numbers and dictation/page identifiers for this FBI report page. Continuation of an FBI interview report. An informant describes how, on December 3, 1971 between 9:00 and 10:00 PM in…

FBI case file numbers and dictation/typist identifiers for this report page. An SA reviewed records in Anchorage on December 27, 1971. A redacted individual was received and released on December 17,…

Case file numbers and agent/typist initials with page number. Subject states he has no relatives in Houston, TX. His only recent contact with his father was approximately 3 weeks prior when his fath…

FBI file numbers and typist/page identifiers for the document. Continuation from a previous page describing an individual who attempted to commit a crime in Anchorage and was apprehended by the Anch…

Standard FBI transmittal form header FD-36 dated December 29, 1971, sent via AIRTEL. AIRTEL from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper case). Anchorage is forwarding an insert…

Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated January 3, 1972, regarding NORJAK suspect. SA name redacted. A witness at Paine Field, Seattle provided information about an acquaintance who…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of a witness or suspect description: a man with a deeply lined face, dark graying hair, full head of hair, prescription…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated January 3, 1972, from an unidentified Special Agent. A female informant at Paine Field, Sea…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle, marked urgent, dated January 3, 1972. Case name NORJAK with redacted witness and suspect name fields (b6/b7C exemptions). Handwrit…

Teletype header showing urgent message from Portland FBI field office to Seattle, dated December 29, 1971. Handwritten annotation, possibly a routing or reviewer notation. Portland FBI office repor…

Page two of an FBI report (PD 164-41) describing a suspect investigation related to the D.B. Cooper case. The suspect's facial features are compared to the composite artist sketch, noting fuller chee…

Final page (page three) of an FBI teletype from Portland (PD 1644-41). States that any further investigation regarding a redacted subject is being left to the discretion of the Office of Origin (OO).…

FBI interview of a redacted individual at Sandy Hut Restaurant in Portland, Oregon regarding his association with a person who resembled D.B. Cooper. The interviewee was hitchhiking and was picked up…

Standard FBI FD-302 header with date. FD-302 interview report documenting contact with an unidentified male at the Sandy Hut Bar and Restaurant, 1430 N.E. Sandy Boulevard, Portland. The subject had…

FBI file reference numbers and page designation indicating this is page 2 of a report. Physical description and biographical data for a redacted individual: 68 inches tall, 155 pounds, brown hair, g…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and document date. FD-302 interview of a redacted female subject conducted at the Sandy Hut bar (1430 NE Sandy, Portland). The subject…

Document identifier and page number for this FBI report continuation page. Continuation of a subject description form listing physical characteristics and address fields. Most values are redacted; o…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and report date of December 29, 1971. An FD-302 interview report describing how a white male, employed by the Portland Police Department, approached an…

FBI transmittal form header (FD-36) dated December 30, 1971, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL priority. Routing information for an airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten initials or routing notation, possibly…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office). Physical description of a suspect or person of interest: 5'10.5", 145 lbs, light brown hair, brown eyes, medium to rudd…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 12/28/71, with NORJAK case designation. Reference line citing a Los Angeles Nitel communication to Seattle and New Haven dated…

Standard FBI memo header. Addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81(P), from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case) and a redacted suspect name. Date listed as 1-5-71 bu…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office, file 164-81. Physical description of a redacted male subject obtained during investigation: white male, 6'4", 235 lbs, blue eyes, dark brown grayin…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated January 5, 1971 (likely 1972 given context), regarding NORJAK case and a redacted suspect name. References a prior memo by SA Elgi…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from SA Donald J. Steele to SAC Seattle, dated 1/4/72, regarding NORJAK case. SA Steele reports on interview with Earl Jay Cossey, the individual who packe…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 1/5/72, regarding the NORJAK case. The SAC Seattle reports that on 1/4/72 he spoke with a Special Agent at FBI…

Teletype header indicating coded, urgent communication. Urgent FBI teletype from the Director to Legal Attaché (LEGAT) Managua regarding NORJAK case. A source states that an individual allegedly pul…

Header of teletype continuation page addressed to FBI Legal Attaché in Managua, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Description of a suspect: white male, late 40s to early 50s, 5'10"-5'11", 175…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated January 5, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. An SA from the Bureau called on 1/5/72 regarding a teletype sent to the Le…

Header block identifying the file number (164-81), date (1/5/72), recipient (SAC, Seattle), and case name (NORJAK). An SA from the Bureau called on 1/5/72 referencing a teletype sent to the Legat in…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from an unidentified Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 5, 1972. A redacted source at the Passport Office in Se…

Passport application record for Ruth Geraldine King of Seattle, WA. Born July 7, 1907 in Washington, U.S.A. Brown hair, gray eyes. Application filed December 7, 1971, expiring December 6, 1976. File…

Redacted identification or passport record for an individual from Spokane, Washington. Birthplace listed as Washington, U.S.A. Hair: Brown, Eyes: Green. Issued July 13, 1971, expiring July 12, 1976.…

Passport record for Ruth Geraldine King of Seattle, WA. Passport number B2357300, born July 7, 1907 in Washington, U.S.A. Brown hair, gray eyes. Issued December 7, 1971, expiring December 6, 1976. St…

Header of FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case NORJAK, dated 1/5/72. SA name and RE line are redacted. A redacted Passport Office employee in Seattle advised that control cards are the o…

Routing header of FBI memo from SAC Alexandria to SAC Richmond regarding NORJAK case, with Seattle as office of origin. Handwritten signature or routing initials and date 12/30/71. FBI Richmond con…

FBI case reference number for this document page. Lead assigned to the Alexandria Division to contact the FAA in Washington D.C. to obtain a list of sky diving clubs in Virginia counties within the…

Teletype routing header from Charlotte FBI field office to Seattle and San Francisco offices, dated January 6, 1972. Subject line identifying NORJAK case with office of origin Seattle, referencing a…

Case number and page indicator for this continuation page. A source related that a person's description matched the D.B. Cooper hijacker. The person had mentioned pulling off a job with a helicopter…

Case number and page indicator for continuation of a multi-page teletype. Description of a suspect matching the D.B. Cooper hijacker profile: white male, 5'9" to 5'10", 170-180 lbs, light brown hair…

Teletype routing header from San Diego field office to Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, and Phoenix, sent urgently on January 6, 1972. FBI San Diego teletype regarding NORJAK case, referencing prior…

Page header with page number and San Diego field office case number. Teletype text reporting that investigation in San Diego on January 5 revealed that a redacted individual (Whitaker) was employed…

Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page document with San Diego field office case number 16491. Employment and schooling history of an unidentified subject (name redacted under b6/…

Page header indicating this is page four of a multi-page teletype from San Diego field office, case number 164-91. Continuation of a teletype regarding a suspect identified through an out-of-state e…

Brief urgent summary teletype from FBI Portland office to FBI Seattle office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, reporting no new developments at Portland on January 6, 1972. Handwritten sub-fi…

FBI teletype from Chicago field office to Director, Seattle, and Milwaukee regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References a prior Chicago teletype dated December 28, 1971. An unnamed individual (whi…

Page two of an FBI teletype directing Milwaukee field office to locate and interview a redacted individual regarding the identity and location of a student making reference to prior information. Air…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to FBI Director and Seattle, marked URGENT, dated January 6, 1972. Minneapolis reports that Northwest Airlines stewardesses were shown a suspect…

FBI Laboratory report header addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated January 5, 1972. List of four specimens (Q29–Q32) received on 12/21/71: two envelopes (Q29, Q31) and two accompany…

Continuation of an FBI laboratory report stating that specimens Q29 through Q32 could not be linked to previously submitted specimens. No watermarks, indented writing, or other identifying features w…

Form identifier and revision date in top-left corner. FBI Laboratory transmittal form from J. Edgar Hoover (Director) to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. Requests document and fingerprint exa…

Handwritten subject annotation indicating this is a daily teletype. Urgent summary teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, reporting no new developments to…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated January 7, 1972, sent via teletype with NITEL priority. Routing information showing the teletype is from SAC Seattle to the FBI Director regarding the…

Header of FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC at Washington Field Office regarding case NORJAK, dated January 5, 1972, with FBI File No. 164-2111 and Lab No. D-711228132 LL. FBI Laboratory examin…

FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form dated January 5, 1972, from the FBI Laboratory in Washington, D.C. to SAC of the Washington Field Office (file 164-169), regarding the NORJAK case. Signed by John Edga…

FBI Laboratory report header addressed to the Seattle SAC office regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 5, 1972. List of three specimens received on 1/3/72: an envelope addressed to the U.S. Parac…

Form identifier and revision number at top left of page. FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form from Director J. Edgar Hoover to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References an Airtel da…

Header block of FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC New York regarding NORJAK case, dated January 5, 1972. Description of specimens Q33 (envelope postmarked Dec 11, 1971 addressed to New York Tim…

Form identifier and revision date printed in top-left corner. FBI Laboratory transmittal form dated January 5, 1972, from Washington D.C. to SAC New York (164-627), regarding case NORJAK. Signed by…

Header of an FBI Airtel memo dated January 4, 1972, from the Director of the FBI to the SACs in Portland and Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, sub-file 130. Subject line referencing a previous airt…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A confidential source reported that on December 14, 1971, The Washington Post received a typed blue carbon copy letter purp…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. From SAC WFO (Washington Field Office) to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper case). Filed under case numbers 164-…

FBI Laboratory report header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated January 5, 1972. Two specimens received on 12/23/71: Q35 is an envelope postmarked December 14, 1971 with a hand-pr…

Form identifier and version number in upper left corner. FBI Laboratory transmittal form dated January 5, 1972, from Director J. Edgar Hoover to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case.…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Addressed to SAC, Seattle (164-81) from an unnamed Special Agent (redacted). Subject is NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. Dated January 7, 1972. The memo re…

Header addressing the SAC of the Seattle field office, with case number 164-81. The Special Agent name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Internal FBI memo dated 1/7/72 regarding the NORJAK (D.B.…

Redacted sender address block and date of the letter. Addressee block directed to the Airport Terminal Manager at Northwest Airlines, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. A member of the public wr…

Main headline of the newspaper article about the D.B. Cooper hijacking. First portion of the article describing how D.B. Cooper boarded Northwest Airlines Flight 305, gave a stewardess a note with h…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of letter. FBI SAC J. E. Milnes responds to an individual whose December 17, 1971 letter addressed to Northwest Airlines at Seattle-Tacoma Internatio…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with date. Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes responding to a citizen's December 17, 1971 communication originally addressed to Northwest Airlin…

Brief internal routing note directing J. E. Milnes to handle an attached letter. FOIA redaction exemption codes indicating personal privacy (b6) and law enforcement personal privacy (b7C) exemptions…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 5, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK investigation. Reports on RALPH WILLIAM CON…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 5, 1972. Routing block indicating the airtel is from SAC Baltimore to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. A female source in Rockv…

Case file number reference for the Baltimore field office, file 164-103. A source in Bethesda, Md. advised that a redacted individual began working at a redacted location on 9/1/65, terminated on 5/…

FBI AIRTEL transmission form header dated 1/3/72 from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A source in Santa Clara, CA reported that during a Christmas holiday…

FBI case file number and dictator/typist initials for the San Francisco field office file 164-220. A redacted individual involved in a golf course business enterprise was believed to be divorced, as…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmittal form header dated January 3, 1972. Routing information: Airtel sent from SAC Albuquerque to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, with Seattle as Office of Ori…

Standard government memo header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, from a redacted Special Agent, dated January 7, 1972. Washington State DMV records checked on January 3, 1972 reve…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), referencing a prior Seattle memo dated 12/21/71. The reporting SA's name and suspect's name are r…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA (Special Agent) to SAC Seattle, dated January 7, 1972, regarding NORJAK case (164-81). Records from Washington State DMV checked on January 3, 1972,…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated January 7, 1972, under the NORJAK case designation. The reporting SA's name is redacted. Washington State DMV records checked on J…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco offices, dated December 29, 1971. Subject line identifying the NORJAK case with Office of Origin Seattle…

Page two of a teletype message (case MP 164-73) directing the San Francisco FBI office to contact the U.S. Parachute Association to determine feasibility of reviewing their membership/records to iden…

Handwritten subject classification marking at top of the teletype. FBI teletype from Miami field office to Seattle, dated January 5, 1972. Reports on investigation by a Special Agent at Miami regard…

Page two of a teletype (case MM 164-552) from FBI Miami to FBI Seattle. Reports that National Airlines (NAL) records of flight personnel and applicants are being checked against suspects in the D.B.…

Teletype routing header showing a night telegram sent January 7, 1972 at 10:43 PM from FBI Phoenix to multiple field offices including Seattle, Honolulu, Portland, Minneapolis, and San Diego. FBI Ph…

Page header and file number for page two of a multi-page teletype. An informant in Phoenix was contacted on January 7, 1972 regarding a suspect. The suspect is reportedly employed by the government…

FBI file reference numbers and dictation initials for the document. An FBI Special Agent interviewed an individual at Imperial Carpet Mills in Milwaukie, Oregon on December 29, 1971. The interviewee…

File numbers and dictation/typist initials for this FBI investigative insert page. An FBI Special Agent interviewed a person at Imperial Carpet Mills in Milwaukie, Oregon on December 29, 1971. The i…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated January 3, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK investigation. References a prior Sea…

Document date FBI airtel header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Two suspect names are redacted under exemptions b6 and b7C. References a prior Seattle airt…

Teletype routing header from Newark field office to FBI Director and Las Vegas, New York, and Seattle field offices, sent January 10, 1972 at 5:55 PM. Redacted block containing personal identifying…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype directing the New York field office to contact a redacted individual, determine others involved in a discussion, interview all while showing a composite ske…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office (file 164-497) to Seattle (file 164-81) and Sacramento, transmitted at 11:32 PM on January 6, 1972. NORJACK teletype reporting on a suspect. A s…

Case number and page indicator for this FBI teletype continuation page. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page 2) describing a subject believed to be career Army and eligible for retirement. After th…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number header and page indicator. A source in California advises that until mid-1971, a redacted individual discussed 'capers,' claimed to be an ex-paratrooper in t…

Case number and page designation for this teletype page. Page four of an FBI teletype (LA 164-497) describing an inquiry from an employer about a discarded letter mailed from Washington. A female su…

Case number and page indicator for multi-page teletype. Description of a male suspect from North Hollywood, California. White male, 6 feet tall, 175-200 pounds, black hair, brown eyes. FBI number, C…

Continuation page (page 6) of an FBI Los Angeles field office teletype (file 164-497). Redacted portions reference an individual who has been identified in some capacity and should be considered arme…

FBI teletype from Los Angeles field office to Seattle (with Sacramento copy) regarding NORJACK suspect. A redacted individual in California advised that a redacted person left LAX in late October or…

Header of a US Government internal memorandum from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated January 6, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Memo body reports that on 1/6/72 a facsimile photo of a suspe…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Minneapolis regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle is sending four black and white prints showing a sequence of dropping a dummy package from the…

Teletype routing header from San Diego field office to Seattle and Phoenix, sent at 7:45 PM on January 7, 1971. Two redacted blocks labeled b6 and b7C, likely containing personal identifying informa…

Teletype routing header from Phoenix FBI field office to Seattle and San Francisco, dated January 7, 1972. Phoenix office explains why a suspect was considered in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case: stro…

Page header with page number and case/teletype reference number. Continuation of an FBI interview report regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect. The suspect traveled via Air West Airlines to and from Santa…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype directing the San Francisco field office at Santa Cruz, California to conduct an investigation through an appropriate source (redacted) to verify a suspect's a…

Teletype from Milwaukee FBI office to Director, Chicago, and Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Milwaukee reports negative results in attempting to locate and interview a redacted indiv…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from Portland FBI office to Seattle and Butte offices on January 10, 1971. Case name NORJAK with suspect name redacted under b6/b7C exemptio…

Document identifier and page number for this teletype continuation. Continuation of a suspect profile. Subject attended or was associated with something in 1958-1959. Military record includes Navy C…

Document type header indicating this is an Airtel communication. Date of the Airtel. Airtel from FBI Director to SACs in Portland and Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a prior airtel from 1…

FBI Director Airtel to SACs in New York and Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a previous airtel from 12/16/71 that submitted an envelope (Q33) and letter (Q34). Reports that…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from an SA (Special Agent) in Seattle field office to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) Seattle, regarding the unknown subject of the Northwest Airline…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10). Memo header identifying recipient as SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the unknown subject of the Northwes…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmission form header dated January 4, 1972. Routing information from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, specifically about an unidentified witness p…

Case file number for the Portland field office, file 164-41. Continuation page of a report noting that an anonymous caller had a male voice and appeared middle aged. The Portland Office states no fu…

Date of the document. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. On 12/31/71, an unidentified white male called the Portland FBI Office asking if the FBI was still l…

Teletype routing header indicating a message from FBI Pittsburgh (file 164-93) to FBI Seattle (file 164-81), sent as a PM NITEL on January 7, 1972, received 3:55AM January 8, 1972. FBI Pittsburgh re…

Teletype routing header from Pittsburgh FBI office (164-93) to Seattle FBI office (164-81), sent as a PM NITEL on 1-7-72, received 3:55AM 1-8-72. Pittsburgh FBI office reports on a NORJAK suspect wh…

Teletype routing header indicating a night letter sent from Portland FBI field office (file 164-41) to Seattle FBI field office (file 164-81) at 6:38 PM on January 7, 1972. Portland FBI reports a ti…

Teletype header indicating a nitel (night telegram) sent from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office on January 7, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. A suspect tip received on December 31, 1971, fr…

Standard FBI teletype header form FD-36, dated January 6, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority in PLAINTEXT. Teletype from Phoenix to Anchorage regarding NORJAK case. On January 5, 1972, a so…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Date field is blank on this continuation page. Page two of an FBI FD-36 transmittal memo. A source reported that a redacted individual was in the Seattle…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Routing block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, NW Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. Sender name is r…

Standard header for a US Government interoffice memorandum form (Optional Form No. 10). Memo header routing block addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Flight 305, 11/24…

Teletype routing header indicating urgent message from Portland FBI office to Seattle and Chicago offices, dated January 6, 1972. Case title NORJAK and subject line about photographs shown to witnes…

Case number and page indicator for a multi-page teletype. A list of redacted individual names each associated with an FBI field office location in parentheses. Names are obscured by black redaction…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle and Chicago, marked urgent, dated January 6, 1972. FBI teletype regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References multiple prior c…

FBI teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to FBI Director and 13 field offices, sent January 6, 1972 at 6:24 PM via NITEL (night teletype). Body of teletype regarding NORJAX (D.B. Co…

Case number header and page indicator for Minneapolis field office file 164-73, page two. A redacted individual's name followed by text indicating a suspect was furnished to the FBI Minneapolis Divi…

Final page (page three) of a multi-page FBI teletype from the Minneapolis field office (MP 164-73) regarding the D.B. Cooper case. Several lines and a block of text are redacted under FOIA exemptions…

FBI teletype from Minneapolis field office dated January 6, 1972, distributed to the Director and multiple field offices regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Reports that suspect photos were shown to…

Case file number and page indicator for Minneapolis field office file 164-73, page two. A redacted name followed by text indicating a suspect was furnished to the FBI Minneapolis Division by Northwe…

Third and final page of an FBI teletype from the Minneapolis field office (MP 164-73). Several lines are redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C (personal privacy). The teletype concludes with the…

Standard US Government memorandum header on Optional Form 10, addressed to file 164-81, from Special Agent Donald J. Steele, regarding NORJAK, dated January 10, 1972. On January 10, 1972, a redacted…

Case file numbers and agent initials header block. FBI Special Agent interview at Oregon City, OR on December 30, 1971. A redacted interviewee states he had not been involved in the skydiving busine…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated January 5, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Seatt…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References a Seattle airtel dated 12/6/71. Encloses two copies of an investigative inse…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header on Optional Form 10. Addressed to File 164-81, dated 12/28/71, from SAC J.E. Milnes regarding NORJAK. Handwritten routing or filing annotations i…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 5:19 PM on December 28, 1971 from the FBI Director (IP division) to four field offices: Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, and Las Vegas. Han…

FBI State Teletype System form header with case number SE 164-81, date annotations 12/30 and 11/29/71, directed to APB for the State of Washington. Teletype message requesting all receiving departme…

Internal reference/routing numbers for the teletype message. All Points Bulletin from the State of Washington dated 12/30/71 requesting all receiving departments to review missing persons reports fo…

FBI Airtel transmittal form header from Director FBI (file 164-2111) to SAC Seattle (file 164-81), dated January 7, 1972, regarding case NORJAK. Handwritten notation 'Sub 132' appears near the From l…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 5, 1972, sent via airtel with air mail registered priority. Routing information: from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. Two redacted paragraphs, contents withheld under FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, and b7D. On 11/30/71, the FBI Legal Attaché in Mexico City reported…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number header. An individual appeared at the Los Angeles FBI office in June 1970 claiming knowledge of stolen securities transported interstate and marijuana smuggl…

Case file number for the Los Angeles FBI field office. Lead directive to Seattle, Minneapolis, and Portland field offices instructing them to display the photograph of a redacted individual to witne…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header FD-36, dated January 6, 1972, sent via teletype with NITEL priority. Daily summary for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A parachute found in Portland was…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, transmission type, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper case (SE 164-81). Describes an experiment co…

FBI FOIA/PA header identifying the deleted page information sheet and associated civil action number. Two pages (152 and 153) were deleted because they are duplicates of pages 97-98 from serial 1853…

FOIA exemption markers indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6) and law enforcement source information (b7C). A citizen letter dated December 24, 1971, written to the FBI Longview office requ…

Redacted return address block on envelope. Second redacted block, possibly additional sender information or attention line. U.S. 8-cent flag postage stamp with postal cancellation marks, and FOIA e…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with date. Recipient address and salutation redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. FBI Seattle responds to a citizen letter dated December 24, 1971 originally…

Date of the airtel memo. Transmission method headers indicating the document is an airtel sent via airmail. Routing block: from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. Body of the a…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36), dated January 6, 1972, sent in plaintext via NITEL teletype. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case).…

Standard header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from an FBI Special Agent to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) of the Seattle field office, regarding the NORJAK case (164-81). A…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding case NORJAK (164-81), dated January 10, 1972. The memo reports investigative steps tak…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date. Interview subject describes his whereabouts around Thanksgiving 1971. He was in Walla Walla, WA on Nov 25, traveled to Montana,…

Case number and page number header for the FBI report. The interviewee was asked what made him suspect an individual; he stated it was only because of a specific reason (redacted), and that he did n…

Case file number DN 164-98, page 3 of the sub-document. Physical description of a redacted individual obtained through observation and interview. Subject is a white American male with brown hair and…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated January 5, 1972. Denver office forwards eight copies of an FD-302 i…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from an unidentified Special Agent to SAC Seattle, Sub Section L, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated January 10, 1972. Report that during December…

Teletype routing header: night letter from FBI Sacramento to Los Angeles and Seattle field offices, sent 9:34 PM on January 10, 1972. Sacramento relays information from a female source in California…

Small handwritten or stamped notation in upper left corner, partially illegible. Page two of an FBI teletype (case SC 164-50) directing the Los Angeles field office to interview a redacted individua…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from an unnamed Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated December 27, 1971, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case. Body of memo describes a se…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Physical description of an unidentified subject known to the Tacoma Police Department. Subject is 5'5½", 146 pounds, brow…

Standard US Government interoffice memo header addressed from a Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (164-81), dated January 5, 1972. References a San…

Internal FBI memo from SAC Seattle office dated 1/5/72 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a San Diego teletype to Seattle dated 12/8/71. On December 22, 1971, someone in Washington f…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated January 4, 1972, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case. Memo reports that on December 28-29,…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated January 6, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Sender SA name redacted. Records check at Tacoma Police Department on…

Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated January 6, 1972. Case name NORJAK. SA name and subject name redacted under b6/b7C. Records check with Tacoma Police Depar…

Standard USG memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated January 6, 1972, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References prior SC Airtel and KC Nit…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Personal information form fields showing occupation, addresses, and past employment history for an unidentified subject. Addresses in…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), dated January 7, 1972. Two Seattle University…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper skyjacking case, Seattle division. Lead directive for the Seattle field office to continue attempting contact with a redacted female individual for an interv…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent to the SAC of the Seattle FBI field office, dated December 30, 1971, regarding a subject with the name NORBAK. Case file number 1…

Handwritten routing annotation noting date and subject reference to unsub at Elsinore Paricenter FBI Buffalo airtel to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK investigation. References a 12/22/71 Los Angel…

Bureau file number for the case. An interviewee in New York confirms that a redacted individual worked on 11/24/71 and was off on Thanksgiving 11/25/71, and both worked the day after Thanksgiving 11…

FBI file number for this report page. A redacted individual states he is registered with the U.S. Parachuting Association but has no license. His log book shows 55 total jumps including jumps at Els…

Standard FBI memorandum header from SA William L. Price to SAC Seattle, dated 1/6/72, regarding the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Flight #305, 11/24/71). References a prior memo by SA John A.…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SA William L. Price to SAC Seattle, dated January 6, 1972, regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case. SA Price reports on investigative ch…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle, dated January 10, 1972. LA field office reports that a letter was received from Lakewood General Hospital and Convalescence Cent…

Case number and page indicator for continuation of teletype. Page two of a teletype directing the FBI Seattle field office to conduct investigation at a hospital in Tacoma, Washington, to locate a r…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle FBI field office, dated January 10, 1972. NORJAK teletype from LA to Seattle regarding a suspect (name redacted). A person in Cal…

Case number and page continuation header for FBI Los Angeles field office file 164-497. Continuation of teletype directing FBI Seattle office in Tacoma, Washington to conduct investigation at a hosp…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), dated January 10, 1972. The RE line references a red…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 1/10/72, regarding the NORJAK case and an unnamed suspect. SA name redacted under b6/b7C. A confidential source in Washington who…

Header block of an FBI airtel memo dated 1/6/72 from SAC Butte to SAC Cleveland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Subject line is partially redacted. Body of the airtel memo referencing a pri…

Header of FBI AIRTEL memo dated 1/7/72 from SAC Sacramento to SAC Portland regarding NORJACK suspect. Name of suspect is redacted. Sacramento FBI field office reports that on 1/7/72 the California D…

FBI case file number for the document. Redacted passage describing a California driver's license query. An unidentified source advised that their files reveal a California driver's license was issue…

Teletype routing header from FBI Honolulu to Seattle via Washington, sent January 11, 1972 at 1:25 AM, referencing NORJAK case. Handwritten initials or routing notation, likely an agent's initials.…

Page two of an FBI teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper case. A suspect in San Diego, California was investigated; witnesses confirmed the suspect's presence at his residence on the night of November 2…

FBI NITEL teletype from Portland to Seattle dated January 7, 1972 regarding the NORJAK case. A suspect in Oregon made a photograph available on January 5, 1972, and was described as a white male, six…

Entirety of the document body has been redacted with large blank rectangular boxes. Three distinct redacted blocks are visible: one horizontal box upper-left, one box upper-right, and one wider box s…

Teletype routing header showing a night-time message (NITEL) sent from Phoenix FBI field office (file 164-100) to Seattle FBI field office (file 164-81) on January 5, 1972 at 4:41 AM. Phoenix FBI re…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305, 11/24/71). Handwritten annota…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header with form number and edition information. Memo header addressing SAC Seattle regarding the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlin…

FBI case file number 164-81 with initials LMH, likely the agent or typist identifier. Large empty rectangular box indicating redacted content. FOIA exemption markers b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (l…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo header identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent. Subject is the unknown hijacker of No…

Case number 164-81 and initials LMH appear in the upper left corner of the page. A large rectangular box occupying the upper-center portion of the page. The box is empty, indicating the content has…

Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent 12:00 PM on January 11, 1972 from Houston FBI field office to Director, Seattle, and Denver offices regarding NORJAK suspect. Houston FBI office rep…

Header block of a United States Government memorandum from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. Han…

FBI teletype form header dated January 10, 1972, from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, classified as NITEL priority daily teletype. FBI Seattle teletype regarding NORJAK case reporting that based on USA…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to FBI Director, dated January 10, 1972, marked as daily teletype. FBI Seattle reports that based on USAF information and a Northwest Airlines r…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 7, 1972. Handwritten routing and classification annotations indicating the communication c…

FBI Portland field office file number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Continuation from previous page: an individual believes that experience from a parachute jump connected to the Norjak (D.B. C…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An individual from Everett, Washington was interviewed about a planned bus trip to Reno, Nevada around December 1. Due to lack…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Physical description of an unknown white female, approximately 18 years old, 5'3", 125 lbs, with blond hair and larg…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Fragment describing someone who spoke intelligently and talked excessively about being something (redacted). A third individual j…

Continuation of an FBI report (page 4) describing a witness who spent approximately 16 hours on a bus with three suspicious individuals enroute to Reno, Nevada. The witness noted that the third suspe…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. A witness at the Calneva Club recognized a third suspect and noted that an individual accompanying him resembled the D.B.…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 6, 1972. Body of memo describes enclosed FD-302 interview reports of a…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from an FBI Special Agent to the SAC in Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated January 11, 1972. The RE line references a possible sus…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Physical description of an individual: white male, age redacted, 6'0" to 6'1" tall, 180-190 lbs., dark hair. A witness (…

Teletype routing header from New York field office to FBI Director, Los Angeles, and Seattle offices, sent January 11, 1972 at 5:05 PM, marked IMMEDIATE priority. Subject line identifying the case a…

Continuation of a teletype (page two) describing a lead regarding someone who allegedly made a parachute jump near Issaquah, Washington around the same time as the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) incident. A so…

Teletype routing header from Chicago FBI field office to Director, San Diego, and Seattle offices, dated January 11, 1972. Chicago field office reports on interview conducted January 11, 1972, of a…

Page two of an FBI teletype regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect described as a white male, five feet ten inches, soft spoken, who banked in San Diego, held a top parachutist license, performed night jump…

Standard US Government interoffice memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, from an unidentified Special Agent, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Dated January 11, 1972. Brief memo…

FBI internal memo from SAC Seattle office dated 1/11/72 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a suspect whose name is redacted. Notes that on January 5, 1972, someone in Tacoma, Washing…

Teletype routing prefix and hold instruction. Teletype header showing message number NR044, sent at 7:30PM on January 11, 1972, from the FBI Director to the Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, and Seattle f…

Teletype routing header indicating a nitel (night teletype) message sent January 11, 1972 at 10:37 PM from the FBI Director to Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, and Seattle field offices. Handwritten anno…

Date and routing/classification stamps at top right of memo. FBI memo from SAC Seattle to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. A U.S. Air Force cameraman filmed a simulated drop of approximately 235…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), dated January 11, 1972, referencing a suspect w…

FBI memo dated 1/11/72 from an SA to SAC Seattle regarding a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) suspect. On 12/28/71, a source advised that a captioned individual could be considered a suspect. The suspect was des…

Urgent summary teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle reporting no new developments in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case at Portland to date. Handwritten annotation indicating a sub-file designation,…

Date of the document. FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to Director FBI regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A photograph of a redacted individual was shown to witnesses in Minneapolis and Seattl…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum form (SF-10), addressed to File 164-81, dated January 11, 1972, from an unnamed Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case and an unnamed suspe…

Teletype routing header from Denver field office to FBI Director, Seattle, and Houston offices, marked urgent, dated January 11, 1972. Denver office reports on a NORJAK suspect who was interviewed a…

Page header indicating this is page two of a Denver field office teletype, case number 164-98. Continuation of an FBI teletype from the Denver field office (DN 164-98) describing an investigated sus…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype (DN 164-98). Denver is conducting no additional investigation. Notes that TIA apparently based their original information solely on a redacted name, in view of…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header FD-36, dated January 11, 1972, sent via NITEL teletype in plaintext. Seattle FBI field office teletype to Chicago and San Diego offices regarding the NO…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office to Chicago and San Diego field offices, sent at 11:42 PM on January 11, 1972. FBI Seattle teletype regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A subject…

FBI Form FD-159 documenting record of information furnished to other agencies regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Information was obtained during the course of Bureau investigation from All Agen…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Seattle field office). Continuation page (page 2) listing law enforcement officials and other individuals to whom case information was furnis…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header with date January 11, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case requ…

Standard FBI teletype form header (FD-36), dated January 11, 1971, sent via NITEL teletype in plaintext. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A redacted…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header. Date field is blank, indicating this is a continuation page. Page two of teletype under case SE 164-81. A person named Cossey described an indivi…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent on January 11, 1972 from the Butte FBI field office to Portland and Seattle offices. Case numbers 164-41 (Portland), 164-81 (Seattle), and 16…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, referencing case file 164-26 (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Continuation of a teletype message describing a suspect who works in both Portland,…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header (FD-36), dated January 11, 1972, sent via NITEL priority teletype. Addressing block of the teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, SAC Los Angeles,…

Teletype routing header showing message sent from FBI Seattle to Director, Los Angeles, and Oklahoma City field offices at 11:59 PM on January 11, 1972. Seattle field office reports that two individ…

Urgent teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, reporting no new developments at Portland to date. Sent January 12, 1972 at 3:28 PM. Handwritten sub-file de…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated January 11, 1972, regarding NORJAK case (164-81). Handwritten routing annotations 'Sub - E. - F. Y' appear in…

Introduction to an attached plot showing the envelope of possible landing points for the hijacker (HJ), listing the data sources used: USAF radar from McChord AFB, probable jump time of 0411 GMT base…

Technical analysis of the hijacker's possible parachute trajectory. If the chute opened immediately, he would land at Point B along Line A-B. A more experienced jumper would free-fall longer to limit…

USGS topographic map of the La Center Quadrangle in Washington state, showing contour lines, section numbers, roads, and geographic features. Several diagonal lines have been drawn across the map, li…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK, dated January 11, 1972. Handwritten routing and supervisory notations including sub-file designat…

FOIA exemption codes noted in margin, indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6) and law enforcement source identity (b7C). Continuation of an internal FBI memo discussing agent assignments for…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated January 11, 1972. SA in Olympia RA obtained aerial survey photographs and detailed maps…

Title/header of the memo listing suggested equipment and supplies for a ground search operation. Detailed list of suggested equipment for a ground search operation in the D.B. Cooper case, including…

A note describing trailer rental details: a 17½ foot trailer available for $50 per week with heat, refrigeration, and a chemical toilet. The provider charges $10 for axle-mounted hitch installation w…

Document header/title Source attribution line indicating information came from a redacted individual at Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company in Longview, Washington. Description of mobile telep…

An individual (name redacted) offered to make his 20-foot enclosed boat available at any time for water search operations on Merwin, Yale, or Swift Lakes. The boat sleeps 4, has a head, a 100 HP inbo…

Instruction to secure names and locations of coroners in Cowlitz and Clark counties prior to a search operation, so that if the hijacker's body is found, the appropriate coroner can be notified to pr…

Header/title for the document listing suggested items for a ground search operation. Detailed list of suggested equipment and supplies for a ground search operation in the D.B. Cooper case. Items in…

Note describing trailer rental details: a 17½ foot trailer available for $50 per week with heat, refrigeration, and a chemical toilet. Hitch installation costs $10 for the axle mount with no charge f…

Document title/header for mobile telephone information memo. Memo detailing information obtained from Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company in Longview, Washington regarding the feasibility, cost…

A redacted individual offered to make his 20-foot enclosed boat available at any time for water searches in Merwin, Yale, or Swift Lakes in connection with the D.B. Cooper investigation. The boat sle…

Two filled circles at top of page, likely redaction marks or hole punch artifacts. Instruction note for search operations: prior to searching, obtain names and locations of coroners in Cowlitz and C…

Sub-file designation stamp marked 'Sub 5' in upper right area of page. Invoice #22743 from Metsker Maps, Seattle, dated January 11, 1972. Sold to what appears to be the Federal FBI office. Two items…

Handwritten sub-file designation marking this document as SUB-5. Warshal's sporting goods store cash sale receipt (Customer's Copy). The FBI purchased 3 rolls of 36-exposure Ektachrome High Speed Ty…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated January 11, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Handwritten routing or classification annotations, likely shorthand for 'Subject' d…

Header of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Washington Field Office (WFO) file 164-169 to SAC Pittsburgh, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Office of Origin is Seattle (00:SE). A source i…

Handwritten routing or subject annotation indicating Sub. X, X - Airline, and TV Serial. Teletype routing header from Miami field office (164-522) to Seattle field office (164-81), sent January 12,…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC J.E. Milnes to Each Senior Resident Agent regarding NORJAK, dated 1/11/72. Routing indicators show Sub BB and X markings. Memo instructs Senior Resi…

Header of a US Government memorandum from SAC J.E. Milnes to each Senior Resident Agent regarding NORJAK, dated January 11, 1972. Memo directs Senior Resident Agents to canvas local police agencies…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from SAC J.E. Milnes to each Senior Resident Agent, dated January 11, 1972, regarding NORJAK (the FBI case name for D.B. Cooper). Memo directs Senior Resid…

Standard FBI airtel transmittal form header dated January 10, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. FBI airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Witnesses at Northwe…

Standard header block of a US Government interoffice memorandum from an FBI Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, with subject name redacted. Follow-up memo regarding a Washington…

Faint handwritten annotation at top-left of the page, largely illegible. First large redaction block covering the upper portion of the page. FOIA exemption codes b6 and b7C annotated on the right ma…

A fully redacted page printed on Moore Business Forms continuous-feed tractor paper. The page is divided into rows by horizontal lines and has a vertical divider creating two columns in the lower hal…

FBI Seattle memo regarding a Washington State driver's license check conducted on 1/10/72. A source in Washington advised that records reflect a driver's license in a redacted name. The subject is de…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date of December 9, 1971. An interview with a female witness in Washington who described someone's activities during the evening hour…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date of transcription December 9, 1971. Witness interview describing events on the night of November 24, 1971. At about 8:00 PM, the witness was doing…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation (Seattle field office file 164-81). A witness describes observations of a plane landing in an unusual direction. He notes that on the…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A female witness in Washington reported that on November 24, 1971, between 8:00 and 8:30 p.m., a small single-engine plane circ…

Standard FD-302 form header with FBI seal impressions and transcription date of December 9, 1971. Continuation of an FD-302 interview in which a female witness in Washington state advised that no on…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with form revision date and transcription date. An interviewee in Washington state reported observing a small, white, low-wing airplane with a brownish-blue stripe an…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. Redacted witness statement. An individual in Washington stated something about the afternoon hours of November 24, 1971, but do…

FBI form identifier and revision date. Header and transcription date of the FD-302 form. A female witness from Washington state reported seeing a small airplane circling extremely low on the evenin…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with form revision date and transcription date. An individual in Washington reported observing a small metallic-colored, noisy, two-seater tail-dragger airp…

FBI form number and revision date Document header and transcription date A female witness in Washington state reported hearing and observing a small plane circling low over her residence prior to a…

FBI form number and revision date header. Standard FBI FD-302 header with transcription date. A female witness in Washington state reported that around the first of October she was contacted by a p…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. FD-302 interview of a redacted individual in Vancouver, Washington regarding his use of a radio 'skip name' (c…

Standard FD-302 form header with form revision date and transcription date. A witness from Washington state reported hearing a large aircraft fly over his home at approximately 8:10 PM on November 2…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A witness in Washington state reported that on November 24, 1971, at approximately 8:15 p.m., he heard a large plane fly extrem…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date of transcription December 6, 1971. FBI interview with a redacted witness in Washington state who describes a white male who rented an unfurnished…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. A redacted witness reports that a man who rented property resembled the D.B. Cooper composite sketch but had more…

FBI facsimile transmittal cover sheet (FD-448) from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Transmits one map and a two-page memo from NWA (Northwest Airlines) dated 1/9/72. Marked URGENT…

Handwritten page number or reference number '1813' with an underline beneath it. Printed Bates-style document identifier stamped at the bottom right corner of the page.

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated January 12, 1972, transmitted via TELETYPE/NITEL. Routing information: From SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Minneapolis regarding NORJAK case. Hand…

Teletype header showing transmission from FBI Seattle to Director FBI and Minneapolis field office, sent at 10:29 PM on January 12, 1972. NORJAK daily teletype update: Sacramento provided revised dr…

Teletype header showing an immediate priority plaintext teletype from the Detroit field office to the FBI Director, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Body of the teletype describes a suspect who…

Case number and page continuation header for FBI report DE 164-115, page two. Continuation of an FBI investigative report describing a suspect in the Michigan area. The subject maintained employment…

FBI case number and page indicator for a multi-page investigative report. Discussion of an item (possibly a vehicle or aircraft) that was returned on December 31, 1971, with a registry number, prese…

Continuation (page four) of a teletype or airtel under case DE 164-115. States that prosecution is not being contemplated and it is unknown what action will be taken against a redacted individual. No…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated January 11, 1972, regarding NORJAK case number 164-81. SA Farrell reports that on 1/10/72 he received a new…

USGS topographic map of the La Center Quadrangle in Washington state (also labeled Pigeon Springs). The map shows terrain contour lines, roads, place names, and township section numbers. Prominently…

Memo header identifying recipient (SAC Seattle), case number 164-81, date, author SA Charles E. Farrell, case name NORJAK, and subject line referencing the search area. Memo body describing the proc…

Header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated January 12, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Handwritten routing or…

Teletype transmission header indicating a plain-text night teletype sent at 4:23 PM on December 11, 1971. Routing block: from Butte FBI field office (file 164-26) to FBI Director and Seattle office…

Teletype from FBI Butte field office to FBI Director and Seattle field office regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a return telephone call to Butte on 12/11/71 from a redacted source in M…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header FD-36, dated December 17, 1971, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle refere…

Teletype header showing message number, date/time, routing from Seattle FBI office (file 164-81) to Butte FBI office (file 164-26). Seattle FBI office responds to a Butte NITEL from December 11 rega…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with date January 11, 1972, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle confirming a conversation on 1/6/72 between ASAC Vin…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 10, 1972, sent via AIRTEL and AIR MAIL in plain text. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, enclosing a ph…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 1/11/72, sent via AIRTEL. Routing block: from SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. SA William R. Jenkins conducted investigation on…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Chicago to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Chicago is enclosing one photograph of a redacted individual taken 4/15/68, in response to Portland's tele…

Office routing codes and case file numbers for FBI field offices (Pittsburgh and Seattle). An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation on January 4, 1972 in Mercer County, Pa. A redacted individ…

Inter-office FBI memorandum from SAC Pittsburgh to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a previous Pittsburgh nitel communication dated 1/7/72. Encloses 9 copies of an inve…

Handwritten annotation indicating subject or routing, partially illegible. Urgent summary teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, reporting no new developm…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header, dated January 13, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Handwritten routing or filing notations stamped alongside the addressee block, indicatin…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, transmit type, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper case (SE 164-81). A redacted individual who was…

Date of teletype. Daily teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Minneapolis regarding NORJAK. Reports that two four-man Air National Guard helicopters from Portland, Oregon, with two Burea…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype under FBI Seattle case number 164-81 (D.B. Cooper). A witness who had been acquainted with a suspect for over four years identified a photo as t…

Teletype routing header from Chicago field office to Director, Milwaukee, and Seattle, sent urgently on January 12, 1972 at 5:05 PM. Chicago office reports on a NORJAK suspect affiliated with the Un…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of a teletype describing an individual who, prior to leaving Oshkosh, made statements but did not elaborate or…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to FBI Director and Seattle office, classified URGENT, regarding the NORJAK case. An individual in Las Vegas, NV, who has been in charge of th…

Header of an FBI AIRTEL memo dated 1/11/72 from SAC Sacramento to SAC Las Vegas regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. An SA conducted an interview…

FBI case file number for this document. Subject reports that an individual formerly took skydiving lessons at North Las Vegas Airport. Details partially redacted. A witness viewed a composite sketc…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office, dated January 12, 1972. Redacted block in upper right area of the page, likely containing personal identifying information. N…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office, sent January 12, 1972 at 5:48 PM. NORJAK case reference listing prior communications: Salt Lake City airtel to Seattle dated D…

FBI Washington Field Office teletype to Director, Portland, and Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A witness currently employed in Washington, DC, provided information about a suspect t…

Page header indicating this is the second page of the document. Continuation of an FBI interview report describing a person of interest with extensive skydiving experience in Western Oregon, Texas,…

Page three of an FBI interview report describing a subject who borrowed a pickup truck and drove it to Portland, where he purchased a wood burning stove as a Christmas present for individuals residin…

Page four of an FBI teletype describing two persons of interest in the Corvallis/Portland, Oregon area. The first individual is described as a white male, 45–50 years old (looks younger), 5'10"–6'0",…

Final page (page 5) of an FBI Seattle teletype regarding a hijacking investigation. States that if indicated, agents will contact a female individual (name redacted under b6/b7C) at the above address…

Teletype header from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, sent at 10:58 PM on January 12, 1972. A source in California reported to the San Francisco FBI office about a p…

NITEL (night teletype) from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. A source in California advised that she has contacts living in Washington state. Those contacts discus…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated January 14, 1972, sent via NITEL teletype in plaintext. Routing block indicating message from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, regarding NORJAK…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with all fields (Date, Type, Via/Priority) left blank. Continuation page (page two) of an FBI teletype under case SE 164-81. A redacted individual advised…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with date 1/11/72, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block indicating the memo is from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. An une…

Date of document Airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A redacted individual, a presently unemployed construction worker, contacted the FBI Portland o…