FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet indicating that 2 pages (pages 21 and 84) were withheld from this release under FOIA exemptions b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement records – per…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Introductory paragraph stating that pa…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. Interview of a male passenger (name redacted) who boarded the hijacked flight at Portland, Oregon and sat in c…

FBI form number and revision date. FD-302 interview of a redacted male passenger on the D.B. Cooper hijacking flight. The passenger was seated in coach. About 15 minutes out of Portland he noticed s…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview report form header with date. Interview of a redacted witness who was a passenger on the Northwest Airlines flight on November 24, 1971, from Portland to Seattle. The w…

Standard header of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated February 4, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (164-81). Memo body discussing the compilatio…

Header line indicating that interviews were conducted at SEA-TAC Airport by a Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C) on November 24, 1971. A redacted individual who boarded a flight in Eugene, O…

FBI Seattle field office case file number SE 164-81, with a small amount of illegible text or a stamp in the upper-left corner. Nine rectangular redaction blocks covering the left half of the page.…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Charles E. Farrell regarding NORJAK case, subject: interviews with passengers. Body of memo explains the compilation of FD-302 interview reports with pas…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo addressed from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated 2/4/72. Handwritten notation 'Sub W' appears in upper right. The memo refer…

Teletype routing header from FBI Honolulu to Director, Seattle, and Little Rock field offices via Washington, dated February 4, 1972. NORJACK case reference. A suspect with first name unknown and re…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle, dated February 4, 1972. Case codename NORJAK (the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Portland FBI office reports re…

Case identifier and page number header for continuation page of teletype. A redacted source recalls a parachute club in Salem from four or five years prior but has no knowledge of its activities. No…

FBI teletype (NITEL) sent from Houston field office to Seattle, Minneapolis, Portland, El Paso, and Kansas City regarding the NORJAK case. A source (identity protected) contacted officials with infor…

Case number and page indicator for continuation of teletype. A subject is listed in the Portland phone book under their true name, works in Portland, owns a Ford pickup and several dogs. The subject…

Case number and page continuation header for the teletype. Continuation (page 3) of a teletype directing multiple FBI field offices to review records, obtain and furnish photos of redacted individua…

FBI form providing a physical description of an unidentified subject investigated in connection with the D.B. Cooper case. Subject is described as a white male, 5'11", 155 lbs, brown hair, blue eyes,…

Continuation page (page 10) of a personal information form, likely a Bureau of Prisons or FBI intake/background form. Lists personal details for an unnamed subject including residence, education (Den…

Continuation of an FBI form listing familial and professional relationships associated with a subject in case EP 76-2549. Fields include Former Wife, Son (x2), Step-daughter (x2), Correspondent, and…

FBI teletype from El Paso field office to Seattle, Houston, Portland, and Minneapolis regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a suspect who was apprehended on November 23, 1968 by Bureau…

Page two of an FBI teletype (case EP 164-52) describing two persons of interest developed from a confidential source. The first is a white male, brown hair (may dye black), blue eyes, 5'11", 180-195…

Page three of a teletype (EP 164-52) instructing Seattle to immediately exhibit a suspect's photo to NORJAK witnesses and advise Portland of results. Notes the suspect's connection to Portland, Orego…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to Seattle, Houston, Sacramento, Jackson, and Anchorage field offices, dated February 7, 1972. Each office listed with its case file number. Cas…

Page two of an FBI teletype from the Minneapolis field office (MP 164-73). A redacted individual advised that none of the pictures shown resembled the hijacker. FD-302 interview reports are to follow…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, dated February 4, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), file number 164-81, sub-file BB. SA Wick re…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC San Francisco regarding NORJAK case, referencing a Seattle airtel to Dallas dated 1/24/72. A redacted source in Modesto, California adv…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmittal form header dated February 4, 1972. Routing information: Airtel from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. RE line is redacted. Investigation…

Oklahoma City field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Physical description of an individual: 6 feet tall, 170 lbs, medium build, hazel eyes with glasses, brown hair. Statem…

Urgent FBI teletype from Sacramento to Seattle and San Diego regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Sacramento reports California DMV records for a suspect, noting vehicle notice-of-sale records da…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmission form header dated February 3, 1972. Las Vegas field office airtel to Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses photographs taken in the 1960s at Las Vegas. Repor…

FBI case file number for the Las Vegas field office. A female source reports that employment records disclosed one individual with a redacted name and Social Security number who was employed at the…

FBI case file number for Las Vegas field office, file 164-60. Las Vegas PD disclosed records about a redacted individual who was born at a redacted location with residence in Nevada. The individual…

FBI Seattle field office filing stamp with case number 164-81-2175, dated January 17, 1972. The document has been searched, indexed, serialized, and filed. Dark artifact in the lower-left corner, po…

Closing portion of a handwritten letter from an unidentified individual (name redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C). The writer thanks the recipient for their help in an unspecified matter and s…

Circular postmark stamp from Los Angeles, California, dated January 15, 1972, afternoon (PM). US Air Mail postage stamp, 11 cents denomination, affixed to upper right corner of envelope. Handwritte…

Handwritten address on what appears to be an envelope or mailing label. The recipient name or first line of the address has been redacted with a white box. The visible portion reads 'Los Angeles, Cal…

FBI file reference stamp on the clipping. Los Angeles Times article from December 26, 1971, by Daryl Lembke, reporting on the FBI's request for the public to check their $20 bills against the serial…

Sidebar from The Times, Section K, Sunday Dec. 26, 1971 listing two article teasers: one about the FBI asking the public to check $20 bills for clues to the D.B. Cooper hijacking on Nov. 24 ($200,000…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of letter. Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes responding to a request dated January 14, 1972, enclosing a list of bills paid in the…

Redacted sender address in Los Angeles, California, with date January 14, 1972. Redaction markings b6 and b7C visible in right margin indicating FOIA privacy exemptions. A citizen writes to the FBI…

FBI Seattle field office filing stamp showing the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on February 3, 1972, under case number 164-81-2177. Handwritten initials or checkmarks accompan…

FOIA exemption codes indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6) and law enforcement source information (b7C). Sender's address (redacted) in Los Angeles, California, with date January 31, 1972.…

Circled page number 2, indicating this is the second page of a multi-page letter. Continuation (page 2) of a handwritten letter to the FBI. The writer references someone who was editor of the New Yo…

Circled page number indicating this is page 3 of a multi-page handwritten letter. Page 3 of a handwritten letter from a citizen describing their interactions with FBI officials regarding the D.B. Co…

Circled page number 4, indicating this is page 4 of a multi-page handwritten letter. Closing portion of a handwritten letter from a member of the public. The writer hopes their handwriting is legibl…

Standard US Government memorandum header for NORJAK case, from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated February 2, 1972. Reference lines citing two prior Seattle memos from December 1971 and…

Header block of an FBI memo from the Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing prior Seattle memos dated December 1971. An individual reported on January 17, 1972 tha…

Header of a memorandum from a County of Santa Clara, California office to FBI Seattle regarding a possible suspect in the D.B. Cooper airline robbery case, dated January 27, 1972. The sender reports…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 26, 1972. The sender (Special Agent) name is redacted. FBI memo concerning a NORJAK (D.B. C…

Handwritten page or section marker in upper left corner. FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case, Seattle field office. During a subsequent visit, bank surveillance cameras at the Mercer Isla…

Office location header indicating Seattle, Washington field office. Title block identifying the document as SBA Form 4, Application for Loan, Personal History Supplemental Schedule section. Persona…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated January 26, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. A bank employee at Seattle First National Bank, Mercer Island Branch, was interviewed on…

Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Minneapolis regarding NORJAK case, dated February 4, 1972. Body of memo describing how a redacted suspect became a person of interest in th…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles (file 164-497) to SAC Seattle (file 164-81), dated February 1, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Memo…

Teletype routing header from San Diego field office to Sacramento and Seattle, sent urgent on February 4, 1972. NORJAK teletype regarding a suspect developed by the Houston Division who recently boa…

Teletype routing header from Butte FBI field office to Director, Portland, and Seattle offices, dated February 7, 1972. Redacted block in upper right, covered by b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Teletype…

FBI field office file number and typist initials for Los Angeles office, case number 164-497. FBI report paragraph stating that through record reviews and interviews, certain listed individuals were…

Continuation page header showing page 2 of an FBI Los Angeles field office report, case number 164-497, with typist initials crs/kah. Continuation of a report paragraph stating that possible suspect…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 2, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Los Angeles enclos…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Banks and financial institutions in Greater Los Angeles were asked to report suspicious transactions involving $20 Federal…

FBI teletype from Portland office to Butte and Seattle offices regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper case). References a prior Butte teletype from February 7, 1972 about an individual from Oregon. A source…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated February 8, 1972. From a redacted Special Agent. Subject is NORJAK, referencing a redacted suspect name.…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated February 8, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case and a redacted suspect. The memo references a Portl…

Teletype routing header from FBI Miami to FBI Seattle, sent at 5:54 PM on February 8, 1972, regarding the NORJAK hijacking case. A female informant in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida advised the FBI that a…

FBI case file number for this teletype page. Page two of an FBI teletype regarding a female informant's statements about a male suspect. She has not seen him since January 1969 when he left. A possi…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle and San Diego offices, sent at 10:24 PM on February 8, 1972. NORJAK teletype reporting a suspect tip from the Los Angeles field o…

Case number and page indicator for the continuation of an FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office. Physical description of a suspect or person of interest: white male, 6'2", 178 pounds, brown…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. From Special Agent Charles S. Duke (A) to SAC Seattle, regarding case NORJAK (164-81), dated February 7, 1972. A redacted block appears next to t…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, from SA Charles S. Duke, regarding NORJAK case, dated 2/7/72. References a prior memo by SA Duke dated 12/20/71. Reports that on Ja…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header (FD-36), dated February 8, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento requesting a status update on a pla…

Teletype routing header from FBI New Orleans to Seattle and Oklahoma field offices, marked URGENT, regarding NORJACK case. New Orleans relays information from a source in Louisiana who received a ti…

Teletype routing header showing message NR017 sent from Oklahoma City field office to Dallas (file 164-191) and Seattle (file 164-81) at 10:03 PM on February 8, 1972. Handwritten routing or referenc…

Teletype routing header from Oklahoma City FBI field office to Seattle, sent urgently on February 9, 1972. Oklahoma City responds to a New Orleans teletype of February 8, referencing events during N…

Case number and page indicator for a multi-page FBI teletype. Page two of an FBI teletype describing a white male suspect who was in the Iowa and Minnesota area, apprehended around November 25. Phys…

Final page (page three) of an FBI teletype regarding case 164-56. Contains a redacted line, followed by a note that photographs will follow, a warning that the subject is armed and dangerous, and sta…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, from a redacted Special Agent, dated February 8, 1972. An informant advised on December 28, 1971 that a possi…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated February 8, 1972. A source advised on December 28, 1971 that a p…

Teletype routing line indicating origin as Olympia, Washington. Case file number stamp in a pentagon-shaped outline. Typed teletype text requesting a driver check with description and a check on an…

Teletype header indicating an urgent message from Portland FBI (file 164-41) to Seattle FBI (file 164-81), sent at 4:31 PM on February 7, 1972. Handwritten marginal note, likely indicating 'Washingt…

Teletype routing header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) message sent from Dallas FBI office to Oklahoma City, Seattle, and San Antonio offices on February 9, 1972. Body of teletype referencing t…

Page header indicating this is page two of a report with file number 164-191. Continuation of an FBI interview report (page two). The subject denied knowledge of or involvement in discussing an airp…

Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype, with case/serial number 164-191. Continuation of a prior page discussing two individuals. Records reflected that neither individua…

Teletype routing header from Sacramento FBI field office to Denver, Seattle, and San Francisco offices, sent urgently at 3:58 PM on February 9, 1972, regarding the NORJACK case with Seattle as the of…

Case file number and page continuation indicator for FBI case SC 164-50. A redacted source described the suspect as a white male, approximately 38 years old, 5'10" to 6 feet tall, weighing 160 to 17…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from an SC (Senior Case agent or similar) to SAC Seattle, dated February 9, 1972, regarding the NORJACK case (FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacki…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 2/9/72. Case codename NORJACK. SC line is redacted. An informant advised the FBI office that on 11/12/72 someone rented a trailer…

Header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated January 20, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case and an individual whos…

FBI Seattle field office case number for this report. Physical description of a subject (5'9", 155 lbs, brown eyes, brown hair) with a former address in Tacoma, WA. On January 18, 1972, Pierce Count…

Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 1-20-72, regarding NORJAK case, with redacted SA name and subject name (LNU - Last Name Unknown). Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company in…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from an unnamed Special Agent, regarding subject N ORJAK, dated January 21, 1972. An individual from the U.S. Marshal's Office in…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, form FD-36, dated February 8, 1972, sent via teletype with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Las Vegas and SAC Portland regarding the N…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated February 9, 1972. The sending SA's name is redacted. A redacted individual from Washington state, for…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated February 10, 1972, regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper case). Sender name redacted under b6/b7C. A caller tele…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated February 10, 1972, regarding NORJACK case. A caller telephonically contacted the FBI Seattle office reporting that he and anoth…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a Special Agent (name redacted), dated February 10, 1972, regarding NORJAK case suspect. FBI memo documenting an interview wit…

FBI form (SE 164-81) documenting an interview with a redacted individual who voluntarily provided typewriting samples. The subject is described as a white male, 5'8½", 188 lbs, stocky build, brown ha…

Header block of an FBI memo from SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 2/10/72, regarding NORJAK case and an unnamed suspect. FBI agents attempted to locate a suspect on January 17, 1972 in Washington wit…

FBI file number and dictation reference block for the report. An FBI Special Agent in Anchorage conducted investigation at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). On February 1, 1972, BLM records were…

FBI file numbers, agent initials, and page number for the document. An interview conducted on February 3, 1972, in which a redacted individual confirmed that a person hired on November 1, 1971, who…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Internal FBI memorandum from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior Seattle airtel dated 1/25/72. E…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case 164-81, dated 2/10/72, from an SC agent whose name is redacted. A business contact telephoned the FBI Seattle…

An FBI memo dated 2/10/72 from the Seattle field office regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. A business person telephonically contacted the FBI to report that on the evening of 2/9/72, while at…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header indicating plaintext facsimile with NITEL priority. Teletype from FBI Director to SACs in Seattle and Miami regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A…

FBI facsimile transmittal cover sheet from Director FBI to SAC Seattle and SAC Miami, dated 2/8/72, regarding NORJACK case. Transmitting four pages of a letter and envelope via facsimile in plaintext…

Addressee line indicating the letter is directed to the FBI in Washington, D.C. Anonymous handwritten letter to the FBI regarding a possible suspect in the D.B. Cooper case. The writer claims to kno…

FBI processing annotations in left margin, including NLR (No Longer Relevant/No Lead Remaining) designation and circled paragraph numbers. Page 2 of a handwritten letter from an anonymous tipster cl…

The writer instructs the recipient (likely FBI) on how to signal via a newspaper ad. If there is a reward, place two 'YES' responses in the ad, followed by a phone number abbreviation. The anonymous…

Scanned image of the front of a mailed envelope addressed to Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI, in Washington 25, D.C. The return address area (upper left) is obscured by two large black redaction ci…

File reference number and dictation initials with page number. Investigation at Fort Lee, Virginia on December 16, 1971. A redacted source advised that the Fort Lee Sky Divers club no longer exists…

FBI file number and page continuation number. Continuation of narrative explaining that Virginia Division of Aeronautics records were checked for parachutists matching the Unknown Subject's approxim…

Case file number and page number header. A list of redacted individual names paired with their Virginia locations. Names are obscured by b6/b7C privacy redactions. Appears to be a list of persons of…

Case file number and page number of the FBI report. A list of skydiving drop zones and airports in Virginia, likely compiled as part of the D.B. Cooper investigation to identify parachuting faciliti…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Richmond to SAC Alexandria dated February 3, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case with Seattle as the Office of Origin. Cover memo explaining that invest…

FBI case file number for the Richmond field office, file 164-74. Continuation page of FBI leads/assignments directing field offices in Virginia (Norfolk and Richmond divisions) to locate and intervi…

FBI case file number for the Richmond field office. FBI lead assignment page listing multiple locations across Virginia where redacted individuals are to be located and interviewed. Two interviews r…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Miami regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle requests Miami to display an artist's composite of the unknown subject (UNSUB) to individuals wh…

Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Miami dated 2/10/72 regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle requests Miami to display the artist's composite of the UNSUB to individuals who observed a redacted person…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, dated January 11, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. A contact at the Washington Department of Natural Resources in Olym…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 17, 1972. Routing block showing the airtel is from SAC Albuquerque to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Suspect name and FBI number a…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK suspect, dated February 9, 1972. A witness in Seattle reported on January 14, 1972…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated February 9, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. SA name redacted. A source in Seattle reported on January 14, 1972 that a person who looks similar to the…

Teletype header indicating a night letter sent at 7:02 PM on February 10, 1972 from the Butte FBI field office to Director, Portland, and Seattle offices. FBI Butte office reports that the Idaho Dep…

Header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle, with case designation 164-81, subject line NORJACK. Sender's name is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. B…

Records checks conducted on 2/1/72 and 2/3/72 by a Seattle SE (Special Employee or Special Agent) at Seattle Police Dept., Seattle Credit Bureau, and King County Sheriff's Office were all negative. A…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated February 10, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Routing information: from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Minneapolis, subjec…

Teletype header indicating a weekly summary nitel (night telegram) sent from FBI Seattle to Director FBI and Minneapolis, dated February 10, 1972. Weekly NORJAK summary: Portland Division is tracing…

Teletype header indicating a weekly summary NITEL message sent from Seattle field office to FBI Director and Minneapolis office on February 10, 1972. Weekly NORJAK summary reporting that the Portlan…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated February 11, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block: memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking)…

FBI San Diego teletype to Las Vegas and Seattle field offices regarding the NORJAK case. A U.S. Secret Service agent in San Diego reported receiving an anonymous telephone call on February 10, 1972,…

Teletype routing header indicating a night teletype from Las Vegas FBI field office (file 164-60) to Seattle, sent at 10:48 PM on February 11, 1972. Handwritten routing or processing notation, likel…

Case number and page indicator for Las Vegas field office file 164-60, page two of a multi-page teletype. A subject (name redacted) denied any knowledge of the D.B. Cooper case, stated he had never…

Case number and page identifier for FBI Las Vegas field office file 164-60, page three of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page three) describing a subject's movements on Nove…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated February 11, 1972. Subject is NORJAK (FBI codename for D.B. Cooper hijacking). Sender name is redacted under…

Teletype from FBI Butte field office to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior communication from Portland dated February 8. A redacted individual in Boise, Idaho, is a p…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated February 8, 1972. Airtel memo from SAC Miami to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). References a Miami nitel sent to S…

Date of the teletype. Teletype header block indicating a NITEL (night teletype) in plaintext from SAC Los Angeles (file 164-497) to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJACK case. Body of the teletype d…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office, file 164-497. Heavily redacted FBI report continuation describing interviews with associates in California regarding events on November 22. An…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office, D.B. Cooper case. A female witness in California was interviewed. She viewed an artist's conception of the hijacker and stated it did not resem…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of an FBI report discussing a suspect who held a private pilot's license but claimed to have stopped flying i…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmission form header dated February 9, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a Los An…

FBI case number for this report page. Description of a redacted individual from a California driver's license record: male, 5'11", 150 pounds, blue eyes, blond hair, married, with a Los Angeles resi…

Header of FBI airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Los Angeles, dated 2/9/72, regarding the NORJAK case. Office of Origin is Seattle. Sacramento references a prior airtel to Seattle enclosing a Califor…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 7, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIR MAIL priority. Routing block showing the airtel is from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NOR…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. FBI investigation referencing a Legal Attaché Tokyo lead. A subject was checked through California DMV records; a neighbor was interviewed abou…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 9, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Routing block of the airtel from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B.…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 10, 1972. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Portland reports on a suspect whose records were ordered on…

Physical description of an individual obtained from redacted records. Subject is 72 inches tall, 165 pounds, medium complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, with a ninth grade education. Name, DOB, POB, SS…

Standard US Government memorandum header from the Richmond FBI field office to SAC Alexandria, dated December 30, 1971, regarding the NORJAK case (office of origin: Seattle). The Richmond field offi…

Case file number for this document. Lead for Alexandria Division to contact FAA in Washington D.C. to obtain a list of sky diving clubs in Virginia counties covered by the Richmond territory within…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Alexandria to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated February 9, 1972. The memo references prior correspondence between…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Denver regarding NORJAK case. References a Sacramento teletype to Denver dated 2/9/72. A photograph of a suspect is being forwarded by…

Date of the airtel document. Airtel header identifying the routing: from SAC San Diego to SAC Los Angeles, regarding NORJAK case and a redacted suspect name. Body of the airtel referencing prior co…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (San Diego division file 164-91). Continuation of a prior section referencing a record and someone providing further information. Content large…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated February 11, 1972. FBI airtel from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. A U.S. Deputy Marshal…

Oklahoma City field office case number reference. Leads section directing the Oklahoma City field office to furnish an artist's conception photograph to a redacted individual or entity, for use duri…

Date of the airtel document. Airtel header showing routing from Las Vegas SAC to Portland SAC regarding NORJAK case. Las Vegas office is forwarding to Portland a black tie with clasp labeled 'Townc…

Standard FBI AIRTEL transmission header dated February 11, 1972. AIRTEL from SAC Indianapolis to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A female witness (identity protected) reported o…

FBI file/case reference number for this document. Lead assignment for the Seattle field office directing agents at Tacoma, Washington to further attempt to identify a redacted individual. The unknow…

Date of the airtel document. Routing header of an FBI AIRTEL from the Indianapolis SAC to the Seattle SAC regarding the NORJAK case. An unidentified female source (identity protected) reported on 2…

Header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Knoxville to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 9, 1972. A handwritten signature or annotation appearing next…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated February 10, 1972. An investigation conducted on 2/4/72 at Moscow, Idaho found that a redacted i…

FBI Butte Division memo to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. An investigation was conducted at Moscow, Idaho on 2/4/72 by a Special Agent. A female source (likely university regist…

Date of teletype Urgent teletype from SAC Tampa to SAC Miami regarding the NORJACK case. On February 9, an attorney in Florida telephoned the Tampa office advising that he is acquainted with a femal…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office, dated February 9, 1972. Portland FBI reports that on February 8, 1972, a source from Seattle file…

Case file number and page indicator showing this is page two of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of a teletype message stating that indications show no such funds ever existed and a trip was prob…

FBI Seattle filing stamp with case number 164-81-2245, dated February 24, 1972. Indicates the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed. FBI Vault page identifier for the D.B. Cooper fil…

Confidentiality stamp or handwritten header at top of page. Handwritten letter to the FBI reporting an overheard conversation at a pool hall. The writer heard two males discussing cash, trips throug…

FBI Phoenix field office processing stamps indicating the document was searched, serialized, indexed, and filed, with a partially legible date in 1972. Handwritten envelope address directed to a Spe…

A tilted rectangular redaction block obscures the primary content of this area. No text is visible beneath or around the redaction. FOIA exemption codes indicating content was withheld under exempti…

Handwritten routing annotation 'Sub B' in upper right area of page. FBI AIRTEL memo dated 2/11/72 from SAC Phoenix to SAC Salt Lake City regarding NORJAK case. Phoenix is forwarding a xerox copy of…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Seattle to SAC Albuquerque regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle advises that photographs of a redacted individual were shown to witnesses who det…

FBI form number and revision date printed in upper left corner. FBI AIRTEL transmittal form from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Buffalo regarding a fugitive case involving charges of EFP, AFO, ITSMV, Harb…

Case file number for this document. Continuation page of an FBI teletype (case OC 76-4731). Reports that a subject has been located and is employed at a redacted location. Arrest has been deferred p…

Standard FBI FD-36 AIRTEL transmission form header dated February 9, 1972. AIRTEL memo from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case. References an Oklahoma City teletype to Seatt…

Date of the airtel document. Airtel header block identifying this as an FBI airtel memo from SAC Washington Field Office to the Director, FBI, regarding case NORJAK. Routing stamp in upper right co…

Faint marks at top of page, likely stamps or numbering artifacts from photocopying. Routing/cover sheet for enclosures being sent from the Washington Field Office (WFO) to the Seattle field office.…

Cover of the February 1972 issue of Air Line Pilot magazine, the publication of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). Cover stories listed include articles on around-the-world travel, MLS (Microwav…

Print advertisement for the Watt Plan, a disability insurance product offered by Aviation Insurance Agency, targeted at professional airline pilots. The plan pays $25,000 to $75,000 as a tax-free lum…

FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet for Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790. Lists 10 deleted pages: pages 131–139 were withheld due to Referral/Consult, and page 186 was withheld under exemptions b6,…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated February 11, 1972. The sending Special Agent's name is redacted. A witness in Seattle was…

Standard US Government memorandum header from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 14, 1972. On February 11, 1972, photographs were shown to a wi…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding subject NORJAK, dated February 14, 1972. On February 3, 1972, a protec…

Continuation of a prior paragraph noting that an individual is not believed to still be residing at a location. A redacted source indicated the subject had been in the Everett, Washington area but no…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated 2/14/72, subject NORJAK. SA name redacted. A protected identity source in Washington provided information on 2/3/72. Separately, a…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 15, 1972. Airtel from Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a Las Vegas airtel dated 2/3/72. An SA conducted in…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation, Sacramento division. Leads section of an FBI teletype or memo. Las Vegas office designated to receive an information copy due to ongoing inves…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Jackson to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 10, 1972. Series of record checks conducted on 1/28/72 in Harrison County and Bilox…

Handwritten initials or reviewer notation in upper-left corner of the page. Continuation of an FBI interview report (page 2). The interviewee describes a subject's hair as light reddish brown and ba…

FBI memo dated 2/8/72 regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References a prior Bureau airtel from 12/7/71. States that a list of bill serial numbers comprising the ransom was furnished to a redacted p…

Teletype routing header indicating message from Atlanta field office (file 164-254) to New York (file 164-627), dated around February 14, 1972. FBI Atlanta teletype to New York regarding NORJAK susp…

Case reference number and page indicator, suggesting this is page two of a multi-page teletype under file number 164-854. Continuation of a teletype message (page two). New York office is directed t…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 14, 1972. Routing information: airtel from SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). SA Harry J.…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Memo is directed to File 164-81, from the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Seattle field office, dated February 17, 1972. Subject is NORJAK (the FBI code…

Header block identifying the file number, date, addressee (SAC Seattle), and case name (NORJAK). A tipster from Northwest Airlines in Seattle called on 2/17/72 to report a former employee who quit a…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated February 16, 1972, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Airtel from SAC San Francisco (file 164-220) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. References a su…

FBI San Francisco field office file number and dictator/typist initials. An individual in San Francisco advised on 2/14/72 that a redacted person was employed at a redacted location and left on 5/15…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 2/15/72, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC San Antonio to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a Dallas nitel to Oklahoma City dated 2/9/…

FBI case file number header for this page. Physical description of an unidentified individual: white male, 5'8", 190 lbs, black hair, brown eyes, light complexion. Birth date redacted. Could be from…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case (164-81), dated January 10, 1972. Memo body referencing a Portland teletype to…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation, Seattle field office. Physical description of a male subject: Caucasian, 5'6", medium build, light blond hair, early 40s. Investiga…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis FBI field office to Seattle and Portland offices, sent at 5:43 PM on February 18, 1972. Case name NORJACK with redacted source identifier. References a Minne…

Continuation (page two) of a teletype message under case MP 164-73. The subject believes D. B. Cooper, who assisted him, resembles a photo. He requests FBI agents contact him in Seattle. The Seattle…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 18, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Routing block showing this airtel is from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding th…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 18, 1972. A Special Agent recontacted a redacted individual in Patte…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. A female passenger on Northwest Flight 305 on November 24, 1971, describes observing the hijacker after the plane…

FBI form number and revision date. Document header with transcription date. National Weather Service records from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport detailing hourly weather conditions on 11/24/7…

Standard FBI FD-302 form revision identifier. Document header and date line of the FD-302 report. FD-302 interview of a redacted Northwest Airlines employee conducted on November 24, 1971 at Seattl…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with revision date. Document title and transcription date. An FBI FD-302 report documenting the acquisition of a Ground Radio Teletype Log from Northwest Airlines at…

Standard header of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 2/4/72, subject NORJAK. An SPC advised the writer on 2/4/72 that a bill connected to the NORJ…

FBI NITEL (night teletype) from Denver field office to Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. References a Sacramento teletype from February 9. A redacted indi…

Page two of a multi-page FBI teletype or communication regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect. A female informant (redacted) is described as very afraid of being harmed by the suspect if he learns she provi…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype or report concerning a D.B. Cooper suspect lead. The document covers investigative checks on an individual whose identity is redacted. It references a time per…

Page header indicating this is page four of a multi-page teletype. Description of a 1970 green Chevrolet station wagon associated with an individual whose name and license numbers are redacted. No a…

Teletype from Portland FBI to Salt Lake City and Seattle offices regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper case). A source in Bend, Oregon reported a suspect possibly connected with the Forest Service, now poss…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated 12/21/71, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Airtel from Sacramento FBI office to Seattle and Sacramento SACs regarding the NORJACK case. References teletyp…

FBI transmittal form header (FD-36) dated February 11, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL - REGISTERED priority. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a pr…

Handwritten classification or routing notation 'SUB L' in upper right area of the page. Date of the airtel communication. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Co…

Date of the airtel memo. Header block identifying the airtel as sent from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento, regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle office forwards USPA-affiliated club, drop zone, safety o…

Handwritten sub-file routing notation, likely 'Sub E.O.' indicating a sub-file or envelope designation. Teletype from Sacramento FBI field office to Seattle reporting that a USAF photographic overfl…

Night teletype from FBI Sacramento to FBI Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that a USAF photographic overflight from Beale AFB was performed on February 4, 1972, but no photogr…

Header of a U.S. Government Office Memorandum from SAC Seattle to FILE (164-81) dated 2/14/72, subject NORJAK, with handwritten subdivision notation 'EOS'. SAC Seattle spoke with SAC Williams in Sac…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle, dated February 15, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. The originating Special Agent's name is redacted. An informant…

Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated February 15, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. The reporting SA name is redacted. A source in Seattle, Washington, provided information on Jan…

Urgent FBI teletype from Kansas City field office to Dallas, Atlanta, and Miami regarding NORJAK case. A person in Missouri reported that a current issue of Airline Pilot Magazine showed an artist's…

Page two of an FBI teletype (Kansas City file KC 164-80) directing investigative leads to Dallas, Miami, and Atlanta field offices regarding the D.B. Cooper case. The teletype notes that the physical…

Standard FBI airtel transmittal form header with date 2/14/72, sent via AIRTEL. Routing block: airtel from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. Subject c…

Case file number header for the FBI report. Continuation of an FBI report listing individuals in Reno, Portland, and Fairchild AFB who are parachutists, sky divers, or former Survival School instruc…

FBI case file number for Anchorage field office, file 164-59. An unidentified source recalls an individual from 1956 or 1957 who may be a suspect in the D.B. Cooper case due to having proper trainin…

Header of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated February 14, 1972. Personnel from Elmendorf Air Force Base and formerly Stead Air Force Base near Reno pro…

Teletype routing header from Sacramento FBI office to Seattle and Butte, marked URGENT, dated February 17, 1972. Handwritten routing annotations, likely 'Sub E.O' or similar classification/routing m…

Redacted stamps or seals at the top of the page, typical of FBI teletype routing marks. Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype under case SC 164-50 suggesting the Bureau request an overflight th…

Standard header of a US Government Office Memorandum (Standard Form No. 64) from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 2/17/72, regarding NORJAK. Handwritten or stamped sub-classification marking 'SUB -…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated February 17, 1972, sent via teletype with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Minneapolis regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Coop…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director and Minneapolis, classified as a weekly summary on the NORJAK case, sent the evening of February 17, 1972. Sacramento reports that t…

Teletype header showing routing from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle, Denver, Pittsburgh, Sacramento, and San Francisco offices, dated February 17, 1972 at 7:23 PM. NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) tele…

Case number and page header for Los Angeles field office file 164-497, page two of teletype. Continuation of teletype describing an informant who fears harm from the suspect if her identity is revea…

Case number and page indicator for a multi-page FBI teletype. Continuation (page 3) of an FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office regarding a suspect in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A pers…

Document identifier and page number for this FBI teletype continuation. Page four of an FBI teletype (LA 164-497) regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. A subject claimed no knowledge of…

Teletype routing header from Pittsburgh field office to multiple FBI field offices, sent urgently on February 18, 1972. Body of NORJAK teletype from Pittsburgh referencing a Los Angeles teletype fro…

Page two of an FBI teletype from Seattle field office, reference PG 164-93. Discusses a differential in mailing daily reports except holidays and weekends, noting a report for November 24 was receive…

Date of the airtel document. Standard FBI airtel header routing the communication from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle office responds to Portland telet…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to Miami, Seattle, and Portland offices, dated February 17, 1972. Case NORJAK with office of origin Seattle. Body of the teletype describing a t…

Teletype header indicating Minneapolis file number 164-73, page two of the message. Page two of an FBI teletype from Minneapolis field office describing a suspect in the D.B. Cooper case. An informa…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Filed under case number 164-81, dated February 29, 1972, from the Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Seattle office, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Coope…

Small handwritten notation or initials in the top-left corner of the page. Continuation of a memo or FD-302 narrative. The author advised an unidentified person about a location in or near Washingto…

Header block identifying file number 164-81, date 2/29/72, addressed to SAC Seattle, subject NORJAK. SA Henry Shutz relayed that U.S. Customs Service received a tip from a woman who reported a man w…

Header block of a US Government Office Memorandum on Standard Form 64, addressed to File 164-81 from SAC Seattle, dated February 29, 1972, regarding subject NORJAK. Body of the memo describes inform…

Header block of FBI memo showing file number 164-81, date 2/29/72, addressed to SAC Seattle, subject NORJAK. Body of FBI memo relaying information from Washington Field Office about an unidentified…

Header of a U.S. Government Office Memorandum from SAC Seattle to File 164-81, dated 2/29/72, regarding NORJAK (the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper case). SAC Seattle called SAC Sullivan in St. Lou…

Standard FBI memo header showing file number 164-81, dated 2/29/72, addressed to SAC Seattle, case name NORJAK. The RE (regarding) line is redacted. Author called SAC Sullivan in St. Louis on 2/29/7…

Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports that a Special Agent called from the Washington Field Office (WFO) stating that photos of the suspect had been…

Standard US Government memorandum header for case NORJAK (164-81), from SAC Seattle, dated February 29, 1972. SAC Seattle contacted SA Ernest Strawman at the Minneapolis Office on 2/29/72 requesting…

Header block of FBI internal memo showing file number 164-81, dated 2/29/72, addressed to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case. Subject line redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Author called SA Ernest S…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case (164-81), dated February 29, 1972, concerning a suspect whose name is redacted. SA Chuck…

Standard government memo header addressed from SA William D. Grimmer in St. Louis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Military service records check via MPRC (Military Personnel Reco…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Heavily redacted section of an FBI report referencing a person's information in Washington state, including a redacted Social…

Internal FBI memorandum from the Seattle SAC to file (164-81) dated 2/29/72 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The author spoke with SA Henry Shutz at the Bureau, who indicated that a redacted…

Header block of an internal FBI memo filed under case 164-81, dated 2/29/72, directed to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case. The RE: subject line is redacted. The author spoke with SA Henry Shut…

Standard US Government Office Memorandum header showing the memo is directed to file 164-81, dated February 29, 1972, from the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) in Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case. Th…

Header block of an FBI internal memo filed under case 164-81, dated 2/29/72, addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. The RE: line is redacted. The author spoke with SAC Robert Kunkel at…

FBI inter-office memo header from the Washington Field Office (WFO) SAC to the Seattle SAC regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), referencing a suspect whose name is redacted. A dark, lo…

FBI facsimile transmittal form FD-428 from SAC Washington Field Office to SAC Seattle, subject NORJAK, marked URGENT priority. The form indicates a photograph is being transmitted. Checkbox for 'Phot…

Circled page number 11 in top-right corner. Routing or classification marking at top center of page. Urgent FBI teletype from Washington Field Office to Director, Seattle, New York, Minneapolis, an…

Privacy Act / FOIA exemption codes annotated in the right margin at three separate locations, indicating redactions under 5 U.S.C. §552b(6) (personal privacy) and 5 U.S.C. §552b(7)(C) (law enforcemen…

A redacted individual mentioned eagerness to return to the wilds of Oregon. A redacted source advised that a photograph was shown to a female witness, who positively identified the person as the ind…

Page four of an FBI investigative report describing a subject obtained from Seattle, Washington, currently assigned to New York. A review of the subject's personnel file reveals he is a white male, h…

Continuation of an FBI investigative document (page 5). A redacted individual further advised about someone assigned in Oregon. A color photograph was made available, taken at some unspecified time.…

Page six (final page) of a multi-page FBI teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper case. Directs New York office to hold any investigation in abeyance pending instructions from the office of origin. Instru…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 5:14 PM on February 29, 1972 from St. Louis field office to the FBI Director, Seattle, and Washington Field offices. Teletype regarding t…

Page two of a teletype (case SL 164-63) documenting a military service record check for an unidentified individual (redacted). The subject had records issued from Olathe, Kansas on May 26, 1959, was…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype from FBI Seattle (case SL 164-63). Describes a suspect associated with Washington state: white male, 70 inches tall, 200 pounds, brown-blond hair, hazel-blue e…

Header of a U.S. Government Office Memorandum (Standard Form 64) from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated March 1, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. The RE line identifying the susp…

FBI memo from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. On 3/1/72, a redacted witness (an attorney) viewed the photograph of the captioned suspect and advised that it…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Memo is from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, concerning a redacted suspect. Dated March 1, 1972. An SA called from…

Header block of FBI internal memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated March 1, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case and a redacted suspect. A Special Agent called from Portland reporting the r…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC J. E. Milnes to file 164-81, dated March 1, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. SAC Milnes reports that an SA from Minneapolis showed…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent on March 1, 1972 at 5:29 PM from Minneapolis field office to Director, Seattle, New York, Portland, and Washington Field Office. Minneapolis…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, FD-36, dated February 29, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Routing information: from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SACs at Minneapolis,…

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 continuing a message about D.B. Cooper c…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, Minneapolis, Portland, and Washington Field Office, dated February 29, 1972 at 7:35 PM. Case code name for the D.B. Cooper hijackin…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype under Seattle case file 164-81. Continuation of FBI teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper case. Portland Division is determining the present wherea…

Handwritten date notation on the page corner. FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director, Minneapolis, Portland, and WFO regarding NORJAK case. References a WFO teletype from February 29. Re…

Page header indicating this is page two of a Seattle division teletype, case number 164-81. Portland division is determining the present whereabouts of a redacted individual and how he traveled to S…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, Minneapolis, Portland, and Washington Field Office, sent evening of February 29, 1972. NORJAK case teletype regarding a suspect pho…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype under Seattle case number 164-31. Continuation of a teletype message. Portland Division is determining the present whereabouts of a reda…

Standard US Government memorandum header, addressed to FILE (164-81), from SAC J. E. Milnes, regarding NORJAK case, dated March 1, 1972. Suspect name is redacted. SAC Mattson from Portland called on…

Teletype header from Washington Field Office sent urgently at 8:24 PM on February 29, 1972 to FBI Director and field offices in Minneapolis, New York, Portland, and Seattle. Case file 164-169, subjec…

Page two of an FBI teletype or report documenting an interview with a female witness. The subject of the conversation had discussed parachuting, claiming it would not be hard if one had a parachute a…

Page three of an FBI teletype from the Seattle field office. A female witness reported an incident to the Bureau of Customs on or about February 12. She described a subject who wore a dark brown suit…

FBI NITEL routing header from Seattle field office to Director FBI and four other field offices, dated March 1, 1972. Seattle reports that multiple witnesses in Seattle and Portland were shown a col…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with serial number S E164-81. Bureau instructs that both suspects (names redacted) be interviewed. Minneapolis is to complete showing a photogr…

Teletype header showing communication from SAC Portland to FBI Director and SAC Seattle, dated March 1, 1972. FBI teletype from SAC Portland regarding NORJAK investigation. Witnesses in Portland wer…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype from the Seattle field office, case number PD 164-41. The message references a redacted individual now in Washington, D.C., suggesting that if deemed necess…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmission form header, dated March 1, 1972, sent via teletype in plaintext at NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and multiple SACs regarding NOR…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header with blank date, transmission type, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype (case SE 164-81) referencing a U.S. Bureau of Customs contact…

FBI Seattle teletype to Director and field offices dated March 1, 1972 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that multiple witnesses in Seattle and Portland were shown a color photograph o…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with case file number S E164-81. Continuation of FBI teletype instructing that both suspects be interviewed. Minneapolis office directed to com…

FBI Seattle teletype dated March 1, 1972, reporting that multiple witnesses in Seattle and Portland were shown a color photograph of a NORJAK suspect and stated the person is not identical with the h…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of teletype serial E164-81. FBI Bureau instructs that both suspects (names redacted) be interviewed. Minneapolis field office is to complete showing a…

Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI field office to Director and multiple field offices, sent at 10:12 PM on March 1, 1972. NORJAK case communication reporting that multiple witnesses in Seattl…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with serial number S E164-81. FBI Bureau instructs that both suspects (names redacted) be interviewed. Minneapolis field office is to complete…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA John M. Fliege to SAC Seattle, dated February 11, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. On January 29, 1972, a redacted individual was contacted about a c…

Standard government memorandum header indicating a memo to file 164-81, dated 2/18/72, from the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) of the Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK case. An individual fro…

Teletype transmission header from Miami field office to FBI Director and Seattle office, sent at 9:44 PM on February 18, 1972. Miami field office teletype regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijackin…

Case identifier and page number for a multi-page FBI teletype from the Minneapolis field office. A redacted individual viewed a composite drawing related to the D.B. Cooper case and noted resemblanc…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated February 18, 1972, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Sending agent's name is redacted. Investigation c…

Continuation (page 2) of an FBI report under case SE 164-81 stating that based on a redacted source's description, the man in question is not the subject of the D.B. Cooper case. FOIA exemption mark…

Date of the airtel communication. Airtel from SAC Pittsburgh to SAC Washington Field regarding NORJAK. References a prior airtel dated 1/10/72. States that a suspect from West Virginia has previousl…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to file 164-81, from SAC Seattle, dated February 4, 1972, regarding case NORJAK. Sub designation is S. Memo explains that during the NORJAK ground…

FBI expense reimbursement form (FD-221a) dated December 29, 1971, from the Seattle FBI office. Authorizes payment of $61.06 to Joe May, Chief of Police, Woodland, Washington, for expenses (dinners, p…

Chevron aviation gasoline receipt from Standard Oil Company of California. 23.9 gallons of Chevron Aviation Gasoline purchased at 46 cents per gallon for $10.94, with sales tax bringing total to appr…

Bakery sales receipt from Woodland Bakery dated November 26, 1971, sold to Woodland Police Dept. Order includes 20 M. Bars (likely maple bars) and 40 assorted pastry. Total appears to be approximatel…

Decorative oak leaf graphic at top of the restaurant check/receipt holder cover. Handwritten thank-you note with the signer's name redacted by a white box, likely per FOIA privacy exemptions b6/b7C.…

A restaurant guest check from Brock's Oak Tree Restaurant dated November 27, 1971 — the date of the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The check shows a 'Dinners' category with a total of $36.40 marked 'pd' (pai…

Woodland Police Department letterhead illustration depicting a scenic mountain landscape with a river, trees, and shoreline. Expense report from the Woodland, WA Chief of Police addressed to FBI Spe…

FBI AIRTEL routing header from SAC Albuquerque to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated February 15, 1972. A Special Agent in Charge from the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs in Albuquerqu…

Date of the teletype. Urgent FBI teletype from SAC Dallas to SAC Detroit regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. On February 16, 1972, a passenger on Braniff International Airlines Flight 403 from…

Case number and page indicator for continuation of an FBI report. Continuation of an FBI interview/investigation report describing a white male subject from Detroit, Michigan. Physical description:…

Case file number and page indicator for a multi-page FBI teletype. Continuation of a teletype regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect who denies piloting, flying experience, or membership in parachute/sky d…

Teletype header showing a nitel (night teletype) message sent from Detroit field office to Seattle field office on February 28, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Detroit field office reports that a s…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 17, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL - REGISTERED priority. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Sacram…

FBI teletype from Phoenix field office to Portland and Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A redacted individual in Oregon, after viewing a photograph of the unsub, advised that the subj…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmittal form header with date 2/15/72, sent via Airtel/Air Mail priority. Routing information: memo from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. SAC Butte subm…

Case or teletype reference number for the document. Cassia County Sheriff's Office records describe an individual (name redacted) who was returned to Burley, Idaho to face charges, then released on…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header, from a Special Agent (SPC) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (164-81), dated February 18, 1972. A caller from Kent, Washington contact…

Header block of an FBI AIRTEL airmail memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 22, 1972. A redacted individual associated with Northwest Airlines in Seattle re…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 18, 1972. Airtel from SAC Miami to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case. Miami is enclosing a photograph of…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. FBI memo from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. On January 7, 1972, a witness at a Seattle business was shown pho…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding NORJAK Sub. 110, dated February 22, 1972. A witness…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 2/22/72, regarding NORJAK Sub. 110. The Special Agent name is redacted. A witness in Seattle was shown photographs of a suspect on Jan…

Standard FBI airtel form header with revision date and transmission method. Airtel memo from FBI Director to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, requesting prompt submission of a proposal for a circu…

Official FBI letterhead from Washington, D.C. with DOJ seal. The 'In Reply, Please Refer to / File No.' fields are left blank. FBI circular addressed to all law enforcement agencies summarizing the…

Area reserved for an artist's sketch of the suspect. The heading is present but the sketch itself appears to be missing, redacted, or too faint to discern. Only a faint horizontal line or mark is vis…

Physical description of the hijacker's clothing and demeanor: wore a black or brown suit, white shirt, narrow black tie, black dress suit, black rain-type overcoat or dark top coat, carried a dark br…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Encloses two copies of a proposed circular letter to be sent to all law enforcement agencies. Requests th…

FBI teletype from Miami field office to Director and Seattle, dated February 23, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case. Miami reports that Fort Lauderdale Police Department records…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a redacted SPC agent to SAC Seattle, dated February 14, 1972, regarding West Magazine of the Los Angeles Times. A redacted individual from West Magazine (a…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date. Addressee block directed to West Magazine at the Los Angeles Times. FBI letter responding to a telephone inquiry from West Magazine. The sender enc…

Standard header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from Special Agent John A. Drake to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) in Seattle, regarding the NORJACK case (D.B. Cooper hijackin…

Header of FBI memo addressed to Director, FBI regarding NORJAK case, referencing prior Bureau airtels from late 1971. A redacted source advised on February 16, 1972 that alerted police districts hav…

Header block identifying the memo as addressed to the Director of the FBI, with case number 164-2111, dated February 17, 1972. The originating field office is redacted, with sub-file 164-16 (P). The…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated February 24, 1972, transmitted via TELETYPE at NITEL priority. Weekly summary teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Minneapolis regarding N…

Header of a United States Government memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 2/25/72, from an unidentified Special Agent, regarding NORJACK suspect elimination. Neighborhood investig…

FBI case file numbers and dictation identifiers for the report. An SA conducted investigation at Plainview, Texas. On January 27, 1972, the local Police Department advised that a redacted individual…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated February 23, 1972, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Dallas is forwarding nine…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from Special Agent Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, dated February 25, 1972, regarding the NORJACK case. SA Wick reports that on 2/14/72, the…

Date of the AIRTEL memo. FBI AIRTEL memo from a redacted field office (case 164-27, RUC) to the Director, FBI (case 164-2111) regarding NORJAK. Three copies of a report and three photographs are att…

Teletype routing header showing message number, time, date, and transmission details. Routing information indicating the teletype is sent from San Francisco field office to Sacramento and Seattle of…

Page header with page number and San Francisco field office case number. Continuation (page two) of an FBI investigative report. An individual was recontacted; negative results until February 18 whe…

Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype from the San Francisco field office, case number 164-220. Continuation of a teletype describing an unnamed individual who had finan…

Case file numbers and agent initials header block. FBI investigation report from Ogden, Utah. A U.S. Forest Service employee was interviewed on February 16, 1972. After checking time slips, the Fore…

FBI inter-office memorandum from SAC Salt Lake City to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Portland teletype dated 2/14/72 and encloses seven copies of an investigative…

Document header with form number PD 164-41, dictated by agent with initials JJM, transcribed by csw, page 1. An FBI Special Agent interviewed a redacted individual associated with the Southern Orego…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 24, 1972. Portland office forwards two copies of investigative inserts fro…

Routing header of FBI memo from SAC Portland to the Director of FBI, attention Laboratory division, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten routing notation 'SUB G.' and stamps including what appears…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding the NORJACK case, dated February 24, 1972. An interview conducted on 2/…

FBI FOIA/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for Civil Action 1:16-cv-01790. Lists 135 total deleted pages. This page shows pages 3 through 50, all deleted for 'Referral/Consult' reasons. The list like…

FOIA processing sheet listing pages 51 through 104, each marked as 'Referral/Consult', indicating these pages were referred to or consulted with another agency and are withheld from the public releas…

Continuation of a FOIA deleted-pages list indicating pages 105 through 137 were withheld under Referral/Consult exemption. Standard FBI FOIA stamp indicating the page(s) listed above have been delet…