FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet indicating that 3 pages (271–273) were withheld under Referral/Consult exemption, related to Civil Action 1:16-cv-01790. Boxed notice made of X characters i…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated January 18, 1972, transmitted via TELETYPE at NITEL priority. Daily teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Minneapolis regarding the NORJAK…

Daily teletype from FBI Seattle to Director and Minneapolis regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that the Air National Guard helicopter in Portland was unable to fly due to weather condit…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated January 18, 1972, regarding subject NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). A tipster in Seattle telepho…

Memo header addressed to Special Agent in Charge, Seattle field office, case number 164-81, dated January 18, 1972. Redacted from-line or agent name, followed by the case title NORJAK (Northwest Hij…

Header of a United States Government internal memorandum from Special Agent Richard Avery Dyer to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated January 17, 1972. SA Dyer re-contacted a…

Standard US Government Memorandum header identifying the memo as being sent to SAC Seattle (file 164-81) from Special Agent Richard Avery Dyer, dated January 17, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. SA…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Richard Avery Dyer to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, subject NORJAK. Date is redacted. A person at Fort Lewis, Washington disclosed a name as a possible s…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with date 1/17/72, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a previous Portland airtel dat…

FBI Airtel from the Director to SACs in Jacksonville, Seattle, and Portland regarding the NORJAK case. References a Jacksonville airtel dated 1-12-72. Reports that latent fingerprints in this case we…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmission form header dated January 17, 1972, sent via Air Mail. Routing block identifying the Airtel as sent from SAC Salt Lake City to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJA…

FBI case file number for the Salt Lake City (Sacramento) field office. States that a redacted individual is described as a hired killer who has bragged about killing in the past. Seattle office sho…

Standard FBI teletype header form FD-36, indicating a NITEL priority plaintext teletype dated January 14, 1972. Phoenix FBI field office teletype to Oklahoma City (OO: Seattle) regarding the NORJAK…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header. Date field is blank or illegible. Page two of an FBI teletype (PX 164-100) describing investigative leads related to the D.B. Cooper case. A sour…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header. Date field is blank. Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype (PX 164-100). Lists contacts at Tucson Police Department, Pima County Sheriff's Offi…

Teletype header from FBI Las Vegas to FBI Seattle and Los Angeles offices, sent at 11:01 PM on January 19, 1972. Las Vegas field office reports that both the Clark County Sheriff's Office and the La…

FBI Seattle field office filing stamp indicating the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on January 20, 1972, under case number 164-81-1960. Bates-style page identification number…

Date written at top right of letter Opening of a handwritten letter to the FBI in Portland, Oregon, offering tips on the D.B. Cooper case. The writer claims the hijacking was a diversionary tactic a…

Continuation of a handwritten letter describing a community of criminals and untrustworthy individuals including ex-convicts, kleptomaniacs, pyromaniacs, fornicators, adulterers, timber thieves, trai…

Opening of letter continuation referencing D.B. Cooper and redacted names to keep in mind. Body of a handwritten letter directing the recipient to trace redacted individuals across numerous U.S. loc…

Scanned image of a mailed envelope addressed in cursive handwriting to the FBI at the Federal Court Building in Portland, Oregon. The return address area in the upper left is redacted or obscured. A…

Date of the letter Handwritten letter from an anonymous tipster to the FBI Portland office, dated January 14, 1972. The writer claims to have previously contacted the FBI and asserts that the D.B. C…

FOIA exemption codes for personal privacy marked in right margin at multiple points throughout the document. Handwritten notation, likely an abbreviated instruction or routing mark meaning 'Eliminat…

Teletype header indicating a NITEL (night telegram) sent from Portland FBI field office (164-41) to Seattle FBI field office (164-81) on January 17, 1972 at 5:04 PM, regarding the NORJAK case. Body…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype with Portland case number 164-41. Continuation of a suspect investigation teletype. Describes a male suspect aged 32-35, 5'10", 185-200 lbs, wit…

Closing paragraph of a handwritten letter offering help and requesting a response, with contact details redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Letter closing with signature and address redacted under b6/…

Return address area, largely redacted with black boxes. Partial city visible as Vancouver, Wash. Postage stamp area showing an 8-cent Eisenhower USA stamp and a postmark reading 'NATIONAL CHILDREN'S…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with date. FBI Special Agent in Charge J.E. Milnes responds to a citizen in Vancouver, Washington who offered on January 12, 1972 to duplicate the D.B. Cooper hij…

Date of the letter. A letter from an unnamed individual to the FBI offering to duplicate D.B. Cooper's jump from a 727 aircraft. The writer proposes replicating the exact flight conditions (altitude…

FBI Airtel form header from Director, FBI to SAC Albany dated 1-14-72 regarding utilization of military aircraft in bureau cases. Marked PERSONAL ATTENTION. Contains case classification markings 'Su…

Header of an FBI airtel addressed to SAC Albany regarding military aircraft utilization in Bureau cases. Table listing eight military aircraft types with their per-flying-hour costs and passenger ca…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Donald J. Steele to SAC Seattle, dated 1/19/72, regarding NORJAK case. An anonymous female caller from Washington contacted the FBI on 1/19/72 via pa…

Header of FBI internal memo from Special Agent Donald J. Steele to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated January 19, 1972, regarding NORJAK. A female caller from Washington contacted the FBI on 1/19/…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated January 19, 1972, transmitted via NITEL. Routing information: from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Minneapolis regarding the NORJAK case. A suspec…

Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI field office to Director FBI and Minneapolis, regarding NORJAK case, sent January 19, 1972 at 10:05 PM. Daily teletype reporting that a redacted suspect was…

Date of the memo. Internal FBI routing memo regarding the NORJAK case. Indicates a parachute found in Portland, Oregon is being transmitted by separate package and is to be returned to the Multnomah…

Teletype routing header showing an urgent message sent from Los Angeles field office to multiple FBI field offices on January 20, 1972. NORJAK teletype lead: A person associated with Southwest Land…

Page header showing this is page two of a teletype or communication with Los Angeles file number 164-497. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page two) regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect. A redacted indiv…

Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype under Los Angeles case number 164-497. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page three) directing multiple field offices to conduct investigations…

Standard header of a US Government memorandum (Optional Form No. 10) from an unnamed Special Agent to the SAC in Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 19, 1972. Report that on January 10…

Teletype routing header indicating a NITEL (night telegram) sent from the St. Louis FBI field office to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Seattle offices, dated January 19, 1972. Body of the NORJAK telety…

Continuation of a military records summary indicating the subject was reduced in rank for being derelict in duty. No AWOLs. No paratroop or parachute training indicated. Descriptive and background i…

Final page (page three) of a teletype message. The text is a continuation from a previous page, ending a sentence about employment records on former employees not being maintained after five years. T…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated January 17, 1972, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC Alexandria to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. States that on 1/11/72 a small applic…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated January 18, 1972, sent via airtel/air mail. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing pr…

FBI case file number header for the Sacramento field office D.B. Cooper investigation. A redacted source advised that a person suspected of being the UNSUB was likely flashing money at a bar to make…

FBI FD-302 form header with date 12/13/71 and page number 1. An FBI interview at the El Centro Motel, 2304 South Atlantic Avenue, Daytona Beach, Florida. A witness (name redacted) reported that a re…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date 12/13/71 and page number 1. An unidentified individual in Daytona Beach, Florida (name redacted) advised that two individuals (names redacted) wan…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo routing from SAC Jacksonville to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated January 13, 1972. Cover memo enclosing nine copies of FD-302 interview…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an airtel sent via airmail dated January 18, 1972. Routing information: from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a pr…

Standard US Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10). Memo header showing routing from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior memo from a reda…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Richard Avery Dyer to SAC Seattle, dated January 19, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (164-81). An unidentified female witness was interviewed and sta…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Richard Avery Dyer to SAC Seattle, dated January 19, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (164-81). A female witness was located and interviewed in Washin…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Memo is from Special Agent Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (164-81), referencing a Portland teletype to Seattle dated 12/9/71. A…

Date of the airtel document. Header block of an FBI airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Sacramento regarding NORJAK case, referencing a Sacramento airtel to Seattle dated 12/14/71. Suspect name is…

Handwritten annotation indicating this document is filed under 'Sub D' (likely a sub-file designation). Urgent teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Repo…

Date of the document. Airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC San Diego regarding the NORJAK case. Portland states it has not yet received a picture of a redacted suspect referenced in a Chicago telety…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent January 20, 1972 from the FBI Director to Salt Lake City and Seattle field offices. FBI Director instructs Salt Lake City field office to im…

Date stamp at top of document. Handwritten annotation, likely initials or routing notation. Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Las Vegas regarding NORJAK case. References a Las Vegas airtel dated…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header FD-36, dated January 20, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Seattle FBI office (SAC) reports to Director FBI and SAC Minneapolis that a tape r…

FBI Seattle daily teletype to Director and Minneapolis regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A tape recording obtained from an unidentified radio station was forwarded to Minneapolis so that stewa…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle to Director FBI and Minneapolis, dated January 20, 1972, sent at 9:12 PM. Seattle field office reports that a tape recording was obtained from an unidentifie…

Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 20, 1972. A redacted box appears next to the AIRMAIL designation. Body of the AIRTEL refe…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. References a Sacramento airtel about a photograph of a redacted individual. Witnesses at Seattle could…

Handwritten case number 164-81 and the name or alias 'Duke' written in large script. FBI suspect index card with a physical description line. Subject is described as Male, Blue eyes, 6 feet 0 inches…

File number, dictation initials, and page number for the document. An FBI Special Agent in Eugene, Oregon showed photographs to a redacted witness on January 12, 1972. The witness advised he could n…

Document header showing Portland field office file number PD 164-41, dictator/typist initials RPC:csm, and page number 2. Large rectangular redaction block covering a substantial portion of the page…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 17, 1972, sent via AIRTEL. Routing block of the airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Refer…

FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Salt Lake City regarding the NORJAK hijacking/extortion case, with Seattle as office of origin. Case file number 164-497. LA division en…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated January 13, 1972, sent via AIRTEL. Routing block identifying the airtel as sent from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Salt Lake City regarding the NORJAK hijac…

Standard government memorandum header from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated January 18, 1972, regarding NORJAK. SA Farrell attempted to contact parachute rigger Earl Cossey regarding prep…

Standard USG memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated January 18, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Sender name redacted under b6/b7C. Handwritten annotation added to subject line indicating thi…

FBI internal memo from SAC Seattle office dated 1/18/72 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. On 1/17/72, a tape recording referenced in a prior teletype was obtained by an SA in Seattle. The tape…

Routing header of an FBI inter-office communication (airtel) from Seattle to Minneapolis, dated January 20, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A male caller contacted a Seattle radio sta…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAC case, dated January 12, 1972. Series of investigative checks condu…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAC case, dated January 12, 1972. Body of the memo documenting a series of inve…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case, dated January 19, 1972. Subject references a redacted suspect. Body of memo r…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation, Seattle field office. Tacoma Police Department file contains correspondence from a redacted individual in Utah, dated July 15, 1971.…

Header of an FBI memo from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated January 19, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case and a redacted suspect name. References a prior Seattle memo dated 1-8-72. On January 11,…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 1/18/72, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. FBI airtel from SAC Milwaukee to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Milwaukee is en…

FBI case file number for the Milwaukee Division, file 164-37. A lead assigned to the Seattle Division directing agents to show a photograph of a redacted individual to people who could potentially i…

FBI Airtel (FD-36) from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Phoenix advises that during investigation of a local file, information was developed indicating a…

File reference number and routing code for the FBI document. An informant on 12/21/71 described a redacted individual as an ex-paratrooper from the Army who was quiet and well-mannered, smoked a pip…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Addressed from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81(P), dated 1/21/72, subject NORJAK. A redacted block appears under subject line. 'Elim'…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to the Special Agent in Charge, Seattle field office, file number 164-81, dated January 21, 1972. Sender is redacted. Subject is NORJAK (FBI coden…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated January 21, 1972. Subject is NORJAK (FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper case). The FROM field is redacted unde…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated January 21, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. A redacted block appears beneath the subject line. SA Manning re…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated January 21, 1972, transmitted via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Minneapolis regarding NORJAK case. Re…

Header of an FBI memorandum from Special Agent Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a prior memo dated 1/7/72. Report of a lead checked at the Washington State Depart…

Memo header identifying the recipient as SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, from Special Agent Robert H. Wick, regarding the NORJAK case. References a prior memo from a redacted SA dated 1/7/72. On Ja…

Standard US Government memorandum header indicating an internal FBI memo from Special Agent Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated January 21, 1972. Follow-up…

FBI memo from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Reports that on January 17, 1972, someone at the Washington Department of Motor Vehicles advised that while a current Washing…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to multiple FBI field offices, dated January 21, 1972, sent at 7:06 PM. FOIA exemption codes indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6) and…

Page two of a multi-page teletype (MP 164-73) describing an unidentified male subject. Most personal identifying information is redacted under FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, and b7D. The visible physical d…

A Northwest Airlines employee in Minneapolis reports having seen an individual on approximately twelve occasions who did not strongly resemble the artist's conception of the UNSUB (D.B. Cooper) but w…

FBI teletype from Los Angeles field office (NITEL, 1140 PM, January 21, 1972) sent to FBI Director, Portland, Seattle, and Salt Lake City offices regarding NORJAK investigation. References a Salt Lak…

Case number and page indicator for continuation page of FBI teletype. Employment records indicate a subject worked forty hours during the pay period November 20-24 and specifically eight hours on No…

Teletype routing header from Salt Lake City FBI field office to Director, Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle offices, sent 5:55 PM on January 21, 1972. NORJAK teletype from Salt Lake City reporting…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype with Salt Lake City case number SU 164-24. An informant reports a suspect went to Mexico, theorized to exchange money. The suspect is known as a…

Page header showing this is page three of a teletype under case number SU 164-24. A source states the suspect departed Salt Lake City in late October for California, exact location unknown. She rece…

Page header identifying this as page four of FBI teletype with Salt Lake City case number SU 164-24. Records show checks were negotiated on October 22 at First Security Bank in Salt Lake City. Utah…

Teletype routing prefix indicating FBI Seattle to General (GA) distribution. Teletype header showing urgent message sent at 1:40 PM on 1-21-72 from Washington Field Office to Los Angeles, San Franci…

Page two of a teletype communication regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect lead. A redacted individual claimed to be from Illinois and a former employee of Northwest Airlines. Prior to living in Illinois,…

Page three of an FBI teletype assigning investigative leads to the Los Angeles and San Francisco field offices. The document directs agents to contact redacted entities at regional offices that maint…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 20, 1972, from a redacted Special Agent. A redacted individual in Washington advised the FB…

Teletype routing header from Houston field office to five other FBI field offices, marked urgent, dated January 21, 1972. Subject line identifying the NORJAK case and a redacted suspect name. Body…

Case number and page continuation header for Houston field office file 164-118. A second interview was conducted in Texas. The interviewee substantiates a prior source's information but is less defi…

Teletype header indicating message number, classification PLAIN, timestamp 2:17 PM on 01-21-72, priority URGENT, operator initials DJB. Routing block listing recipient field offices (Seattle, Housto…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office to Seattle and Los Angeles offices, sent at 7:31 PM on January 21, 1972. Portland FBI office responds to a Los Angeles teletype regarding a NORJAK su…

Urgent summary teletype from FBI Portland field office to FBI Seattle reporting no pertinent developments in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case as of January 21, 1972. Handwritten annotation, likely a ro…

Teletype from FBI San Francisco to FBI Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References a WFO teletype dated January 21. A redacted individual advised she could locate no record, past or prese…

Teletype routing header showing a NITEL (night teletype) message sent at 7:53PM on January 21, 1972, from the Jackson field office to the FBI Director, Seattle, Portland, and Minneapolis offices. Con…

Teletype routing identifier and page number. A source (name redacted) reports that the suspect's last contact was approximately eight months prior via long-distance call from somewhere out West. The…

Teletype page header with case reference number JN 164-32, page three of the message. Background data on a suspect: physical description (5 ft 10.5 in, 180 lbs), with redacted DOB and POB. Past resi…

Teletype header indicating message number JN 164-32, page four of multi-page message. Redacted individuals described suspect as very intelligent but not capable of the hijacking. Army National Guard…

Final page (page five) of an FBI teletype from the Seattle field office, case number JN 164-32. The message concludes by noting that extensive investigation is needed to locate the suspect and accoun…

FBI Airtel form header showing communication from the Director of the FBI to SAC Seattle, dated January 6, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten initials or signature, likely an official's ro…

Header identifying the document as an Airtel communication to the Seattle office regarding the NORJAK case. Continuation from a previous page instructing agents to consider persons with access to a…

Header of an FBI Airtel memo from the Director of the FBI to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) in Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 6, 1972. References a Seattle teletype to the Burea…

Header identifying this as an FBI airtel (internal communication) directed to the Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK case. Continuation from a previous page instructing agents to consider oth…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle (file 164-81), dated 1/11/72, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case and an unnamed suspect. An unidentified female so…

Case number header and subject line identifying a suspect whose name is redacted. On 12/29/71, an FBI Special Agent reported that the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office had no record of a redacted in…

Header of an FBI memo addressed to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) of Seattle field office, case number 164-81, dated 1/11/72, regarding NORJAK case and a redacted suspect. A female source in Seat…

Header of an FBI memo from SAC Seattle to the Director/FBI Laboratory, dated 1/21/72, regarding NORJAK case, with subject line redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. References a prior Bureau airtel date…

Header block of FBI laboratory memo from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, dated 1/21/72, regarding NORJAK case suspect. References a Bureau airtel dated 1/6/72 requesting typewriter samples. Two pages o…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 18, 1972. Routing block showing communication from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. RE line is redacted und…

Date of document FBI AIRTEL from SAC Salt Lake City to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK case. A redacted suspect's associate in Utah was interviewed on 1/20/72. The interviewee, retired for five yea…

Teletype routing header showing message NR 038 sent from San Francisco FBI field office to Houston and Seattle offices on 1/21/72 at 1:23 AM. Subject line identifying the case as NORJAK with a redac…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated January 20, 1972. Butte field office encloses two photographs of redacted individuals…

Teletype reference number header, indicating this is a continuation of teletype #164-26. Physical description of a redacted individual: white male, 5'10", 200 lbs, brown hair, brown eyes, olive comp…

Continuation (page 3) of an FBI teletype assigning a lead to the Seattle Division. The lead instructs agents in Seattle, Washington to display photographs of two redacted individuals to witnesses. Th…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Phoenix from a Special Agent (name redacted), dated January 17, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Memo describes efforts to circu…

Internal FBI document reference number and dictation/typist initials. An individual in Yuma, Arizona advised that a specific plane identification number was listed to a Beech B5C (twin engine, 6-sea…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated January 19, 1972. Routing information showing the airtel is from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, with Seattle as Office…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An employee at Seattle-Tacoma Airport provided a handwritten radio communications log between Northwest Orient Ai…

FBI teletype from SAC Washington Field Office to SACs in Seattle and Minneapolis regarding NORJAK investigation. Reports that contact was made with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) in Washingto…

FBI teletype from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case. Butte reports on a suspect whose Montana records show entries from 1954-1958. A search of additional records in Montana failed t…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype referencing case file 164-26. The message concludes by leaving a matter to the discretion of the Seattle field office, notes the subject is armed and danger…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office (164-497) to multiple FBI field offices, marked urgent, dated January 24, 1972. Body of teletype references prior teletypes from Minneapolis, Lo…

Case number and page indicator for multi-page teletype. Teletype continuation referencing Minneapolis teletype. Identifies a redacted individual as a former employee of a redacted organization, with…

Case number and page header for page three of a multi-page FBI teletype. Page three of an FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office (LA 164-497) describing a subject who worked in Portland, Ore…

Page four of an FBI teletype (case LA 164-497) directing Sacramento to obtain a photograph and furnish it to Seattle, Portland, and Minneapolis for display to witnesses. Also directs San Francisco to…

FBI AIRTEL header from SAC Seattle to SAC Las Vegas regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, file number 164-81, dated January 24, 1972. An individual reviewed an FBI composite photograph of the NOR…

FBI teletype from Los Angeles field office to Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References a Washington Field teletype from January 21. A review of records at an unnamed Los Angeles agency…

Teletype from San Francisco FBI office to Seattle and Los Angeles offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports on a suspect (name redacted) who is presently in California attending a meet…

Short summary teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle reporting no pertinent developments in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case as of January 24, 1972. Handwritten annotation, likely indicatin…

Teletype header showing an urgent message sent from FBI Portland office to FBI Seattle office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case on January 24, 1972 at 9:19 PM. Body of the teletype describing…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype, case file PD 164-41. States that an unidentified individual returned to California after leaving a redacted location. The Seattle field office will conduct…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 20, 1972, sent via AIRTEL air mail. FBI airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Los Angeles co…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office, file 164-497. FBI report continuation discussing a suspect in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Associates noted the suspect has a noticeable lar…

Date of the airtel. Header block of an FBI airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a previous airtel dated 1/17/72. The suspect name is redacted. Sacrament…

FBI airtel routing header from SAC Jacksonville to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated January 20, 1972. Two interviews conducted in Jacksonville, FL. On 1-18-72, a representative of Dolphin Sp…

Case file number header. Discussion of using USPA records and their publication 'The Parachutist' to disseminate a sketch of the unknown subject nationwide, and the potential incentive of a reward f…

Case file number reference, likely Jacksonville division file number. Seattle Division is tasked with advising San Francisco about any rewards offered in the case, noting no reward information appea…

Date of the airtel. FBI Airtel header from SAC Phoenix to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle, subject marked Armed and Dangerous. On 1/12/72, a contact at the Lane County…

FBI form identifier and revision date. FD-302 interview report of a redacted male subject who was a student at the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh (UW-O). He left school on November 24, 1971, pack…

Page number indicator for original document, page 2 of the report. Continuation of an FBI interview. The subject was asked about sky diving or parachuting experience and whether anyone had approache…

Case number and dictation/typist initials for FBI Milwaukee field office file 164-37, page 1. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation in Appleton, Wisconsin on January 13, 1972. Records were…

FBI case file header showing case number MI 164-37, dictator/typist initials JJM:mjk, and continuation page number 2. Continuation of a report about an individual who was difficult to contact after…

Document identifier and page number for FBI report MI 164-37, page 3. A table with DATE, CHARGE, and DISPOSITION columns. All entries are redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Records indicate that a r…

FBI file number, agent initials, and page number within the sub-document. An unidentified individual attempted to purchase airline tickets to Omaha with checks that were returned for non-sufficient…

Document header with FBI file number MI 164-37, dictator/typist initials JJM:mjk, and page number 5. A redacted individual demanded cash payment. The subject had enough cash for a motel room but cou…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated January 21, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Milwaukee to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Milwaukee encloses an FD-302 inter…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo routing information: from FBI Director to SAC Seattle, dated January 20, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. The FBI Director responds to a Seattle offi…

FBI teletype from Chicago field office to Seattle and other offices regarding NORJAX (D.B. Cooper case). References earlier communications from Los Angeles and Minneapolis. Reports on a suspect inter…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype or report. A female source states she last saw the subject over two years ago. The subject's last known address was in Portland, Oregon. The subject recentl…

Page three of an FBI teletype, likely from FBI Seattle, containing heavily redacted information about a suspect described as excessively [redacted]. Portland office was asked to attempt to locate the…

Urgent summary teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, reporting that no pertinent information was developed at Portland that day. Handwritten annotation n…

Teletype routing header showing urgent message sent January 25, 1972 at 11:57 AM from Portland FBI office to Denver and Seattle offices, with case file numbers. Redacted name block with 'LNU' (Last…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 21, 1972. Airtel from SAC San Antonio to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. A Detroit airtel had referenced an individual in Texas who…

FBI case file number for the San Antonio field office. San Antonio FBI field office reports no further investigation regarding a redacted subject. Investigation continues on other leads. The unknown…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Filed under case 164-81, dated January 19, 1972, from SAC Seattle, subject NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), sub-file E. An FBI agent spoke with a redacted individ…

Header block of internal FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, file 164-81, dated 1/19/72. Author discussed with a redacted Civil Defense contact the logistics of a ground sea…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 5, 1972. FBI memo documenting investigation of a witness/suspect in…

Continuation of an FBI investigative report describing a person of interest's employment history since May 1969, physical description (white male, ~25 years old, 5'11", 160 lbs, blond hair, blue eyes…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office). An individual was questioned about Thanksgiving Day activities and stated he spent the day at someone's home, arriving…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. An individual in Bellevue was told an FBI Agent could not meet immediately but a later interview would be arranged. Between 12/27 and 12/28/7…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The FROM field SA name is redacted. A handwritten notation 'E lim' appears near the witnes…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81-1236, identifying the NORJAK case with a redacted SA, witness, and suspect in Washington. A female witness at the Bel-Vue Tavern in B…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header (FD-36), dated January 24, 1972, sent via NITEL teletype. Daily teletype from SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports two developments: (1) Portland…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Director and Minneapolis, dated January 24, 1972, marked as daily teletype. Seattle field office reports two investigative efforts: (1) requestin…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated January 25, 1972, sent via NITEL priority. Daily NORJAK teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director reporting that the whereabouts and employm…

FBI Airtel header from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated January 25, 1972. A source in Washington advised that the NORJAK unsub closely resembles a former smoke…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header (FD-36), dated January 26, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Routing information: from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Minneapolis, rega…

Seattle FBI field office teletype to Director and Minneapolis office reporting that an article about the NORJAK hijacking, including two artist's conceptions of the unknown subject and background on…

Urgent teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). A summary teletype reporting that no pertinent information was developed in Portland on that day. Handwritten an…

Memo header addressed from Portland FBI field office to Seattle FBI field office, dated January 26, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. A protected identity source advised an FBI Special Agent on Janua…

A female source states she would definitely not suspect the redacted individual of the hijacking, but acknowledges she knows of nothing that would prove he did not do it. A lead is assigned to the P…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Portland and SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 26, 1972. A protected identity source in Washington advised an SA on January 3, 1972 about a matter…

FBI file number, agent initials, and page number header. SA Robert H. Tober interviewed a member of a parachutists' club in Anchorage on January 10, 1972. The interviewee was shown an artist's conce…

Case identifier and page number for this FBI report continuation page. Marital status field with content fully redacted. Subject came to Anchorage from the Seattle-Portland area and returned someti…

FBI case number, typist initials, and page number of the report. A female interviewee describes a well-dressed, good-looking man who left employment under a cloud about 2½ years prior, believed to h…

File or case reference number and agent/typist initials at top of page. A three-column table with headers Date, Anchorage Police Department Number, and Crime. The single data row is fully redacted (…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 24, 1972. Airtel from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK. References a Phoenix nitel from 1/6/72. Encloses investigative in…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL communication dated January 24, 1972. Routing block of an AIRTEL from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Referen…

FBI Sacramento field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Multiple individuals who have known a suspect since Summer 1971 stated they are confident the suspect is not identical with…

FBI Sacramento field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. FBI non-symbol source identification page indicating a source located in California was contacted by a Special Agent. Perso…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 25, 1972, sent via airtel, airmail registered priority. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Sacramento ob…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 21, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Jackson to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. References a Jackson teletype dat…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 1/25/72, from a redacted Special Agent, referencing a prior SPC memo dated 1/7/72. An informant reporte…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from SAC Memphis to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 20, 1972. The Memphis Division reports that all parachute clubs, associate gr…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from SAC Little Rock to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 21, 1972. Little Rock Division reports that ransom money serial numbers h…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC New Orleans to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 24, 1972. New Orleans FBI field office reports to Seattle that bait mone…

Teletype routing header from Denver FBI field office to Seattle and Salt Lake City, marked URGENT, dated January 27, 1972. Empty rectangular box on the upper right, likely for routing stamps or clas…

Document identifier and page number for this continuation page. An informant describes losing contact with a subject, then encountering him approximately two years prior in a bar in Salt Lake City.…

File number and page indicator for this teletype continuation page. Continuation of a teletype describing an individual sought for extorting $200,000 from Northeast Airlines by threatening the crew…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo routing fields: addressed to file 164-81, from SAC J. E. Milnes, dated January 28, 1972, subject NORJAK. Handwritten notation 'Sub E.' appears n…

Document reference number, typist initials, and page number for this FBI report page. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation in Portland, Oregon on December 14, 1971. Street directories fro…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL sent via AIRMAIL dated January 27, 1972. Routing block showing the airtel is from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 27, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing information for NORJAK case airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle. Suspect name redacted…

FBI case file number for the Portland Division NORJAK investigation. On January 24, 1972, two Northwest Airlines employees were shown a photograph of a redacted individual and both stated the person…

Standard FBI FD-302 form revision identifier. FD-302 interview of a redacted individual contacted at his place of business. Subject catered a private party on the evening of November 24, 1971 throug…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 26, 1972, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC New York to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. References Elsinore Paricenter, Inc. Enc…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel memo from SAC New York to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References Elsinore Paricenter, Inc. and encloses eight copies of an FD 302 intervi…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81-1953, dated 1/26/72. From an unidentified Special Agent (redacted under b6/b7C). Subject is NORJ…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81-1953, dated 1/26/72, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case. RE line is redacted. A person (redacted) was contacted…

Header block of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81-1979, from an unidentified Special Agent (redacted), regarding subject NORJAK, dated January 26, 19…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated January 26, 1972. Sender name redacted under b6/b7C. Handwritten annotation, possibly a name or routi…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK investigation. States that the last communication with a redacted individual was via a letter with a return address in Reno, Nevada 89501, ma…

FBI Seattle filing stamp dated December 22, 1971, indicating the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed. FBI Seattle driver's license check conducted by Agent J.E. Milnes. The subject…

FBI Record Request form header with form number and revision date. Record request checkboxes with Credit and Criminal checked. Subject name and destination fields redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemp…

Date of the document. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC WFO to Director FBI regarding the NORJAK case. References a Bureau teletype dated 12/30/71. Encloses copies of the January 1972 issue of the 'Pilot Bul…

Washington Field Office case file number. A redacted source advised that composite photographs and descriptive data of the unknown subject (unsub) would be published in the February 1972 edition of…

Masthead of the Pilot Bulletin newsletter, published monthly by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), Vol. 31, No. 1, January 1972. Report on the ALPA Executive Board's 14th meeting (Dec. 7-10) in…

Article about CAB hearing examiner Merritt Ruhlen recommending changes to labor protective provisions in the Allegheny-Mohawk airline merger, supporting ALPA's position for stronger worker protection…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA John A. Drake to SAC Seattle, dated 1/26/72, regarding NORJAK case (164-81). On 1/8/72, the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla advised that…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, dated January 27, 1972, sent in plaintext via urgent teletype. Urgent teletype from SAC Chicago to SAC Seattle and SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case.…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated January 27, 1972, transmitted via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Teletype addressed from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Minneapolis regarding the N…

Brief urgent teletype from FBI Portland office to FBI Seattle office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, reporting that no significant information has been developed at Portland to date. Handwr…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 1/27/72, regarding NORJAK case. A source in Seattle reported on 1/25/72 that someone had called him the night before a…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview report form header with revision date and transcription date. FBI FD-302 interview report of a source in Freeport, Texas, who reported meeting a man at a bar called Rap…

FBI case file reference numbers for the Honolulu and Seattle field offices. Continuation of a witness statement. The witness could not positively identify someone but recalls the subject mentioning…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date. An individual in Houston, Texas reported that during the Christmas 1971 holidays, while vacationing in Mexico, they met several…

FBI file reference numbers for the case. A subject claimed to have hijacked an airliner over Oregon, jumped with $200,000 and a parachute, still had one parachute on his boat, and described the hija…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmittal form header, dated January 25, 1972, sent via Airtel with Airmail priority. Routing information showing the Airtel is from the Houston SAC to the Seattle SAC re…

FBI case file number for the Honolulu field office, file 164-118. Continuation of a teletype or lead message indicating the field office will contact maritime sources to determine if a redacted name…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated January 28, 1972. A protected identity source in Washington state advised that a…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memo header from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte, dated January 28, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, file number 164-81. A protected-identity witness from…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date of transcription. An interviewee from Washington state, a regularly employed crew member, describes the movements of a flight crew on November 24,…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. Weather observations from multiple locations in Oregon and Washington on November 24, 1971, between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m. An indiv…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Time header indicating weather observations at 9:00 p.m. Weather observations at 9:00 p.m. for Eugene, Salem, Portland (Oregon) and Toledo (W…

FBI form number and revision date. Document header with FBI seal and transcription date. A Boeing Company employee in Seattle describes his experience lowering the rear stairs of a 727 aircraft in…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with FBI seal and date of transcription. FD-302 interview of a redacted individual (Northwest Airlines employee at Sea-Tac) by an FBI Special Agent on November…

FBI Seattle field office file number and agent/typist initials. Continuation of an FBI interview (likely FD-302). After fueling was completed, the air stairs were removed and the interviewee returne…

Standard US Government memorandum header identifying the memo as being from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 20, 1972. Handwritten routing or…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle (164-81) to SAC Portland (164-41), dated 1/24/72, regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten routing or classification annotations in the upper righ…

Standard USG memorandum header from Special Agent Donald J. Steele to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect. Date on form reads 1/24/71 but content and filing stamp indicate the actual date is January…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, from SA Donald J. Steele, regarding NORJAK suspect. Date shown as 1/24/71 but likely a typo for 1/24/72 based on serialization stamp. A source advised on Decemb…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Donald J. Steele to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated 1/24/71. Stamp reading ELIM, likely indicating elimination of the suspect from t…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Donald J. Steele regarding NORJAK suspect. Suspect name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. An employer (name redacted) confirmed the suspect was employed…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header FD-36, dated January 27, 1972, sent via NITEL priority teletype. Routing information for the teletype from San Francisco field office to Seattle, Portl…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header. Date field is blank on this continuation page. Page two of an FBI teletype (SF 164-220) regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A redacted indi…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated January 28, 1972, sent via TELETYPE at NITEL priority. Daily teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Minneapolis regarding NORJAK…

Daily NORJAK teletype from FBI Seattle to Director and Minneapolis reporting that poor weather and snow have halted search area activity. Look-alike checks by field divisions continue with no pertine…

Teletype routing header from SAC Salt Lake City to SAC San Francisco and SAC Seattle, sent as a NITEL (night teletype) on January 28, 1972. NORJAK teletype from Salt Lake City reporting that a perso…

Page header with page number and FBI case file number SU 164-24. Page two of a teletype regarding an FBI investigation in Salt Lake City, Utah. A subject was employed from February 1953 to August 19…

Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype with case number SU 164-24. Continuation of a teletype describing an unknown subject sought for extorting $200,000 from Northeast Airlines by…

Urgent teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Summary teletype stating no new information developed that day. Acknowledges message numbers 007, 008, 009, and 0…

FBI teletype from Portland field office to Chicago and Seattle offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Chicago teletype to Seattle dated January 25, 1972. Discusses a suspect wh…

Continuation (page two) of a teletype communication regarding FBI case PD 164-41. States the suspect worked for a redacted entity before leaving for Mexico. A redacted source knows nothing of the sus…

Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file or subject designation. Urgent teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports no new developments to date at Po…

FBI San Francisco field office memo to the Director and Seattle office, forwarding the January 1972 issue of 'Parachutist' magazine (U.S. Parachute Association monthly publication) which contains on…

Cover photograph of PARACHUTIST magazine showing multiple aircraft (twin-engine and single-engine planes) parked on the tarmac at Perris Valley Airport, with hills and overcast sky in the background.…

Black-and-white photograph of a deployed parachute canopy viewed from below against the sky, captioned 'Reliability'. Black-and-white photograph of a parachute canopy viewed from above or at an angl…