FBI FOIA/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for Civil Action 1:16-cv-01790. Indicates 205 total deleted pages. This page lists pages 1 through 48, all withheld under Referral/Consult exemption, meanin…

Continuation of an FBI FOIA index page listing pages 49 through 102, all marked as 'Referral/Consult' — indicating these pages were withheld or referred to another agency for consultation under FOIA…

Continuation of a FOIA/PA document index listing pages 103 through 156, all marked as 'Referral/Consult,' indicating these pages were referred to or withheld pending consultation with another agency.

Continuation of FBI FOIA deletion/referral listing. Pages 157 through 205 are all marked as withheld under Referral/Consult, meaning the material was referred to another agency or office for consulta…

A single line of repeating X characters, indicating redacted or censored content. The remainder of the page is blank.

FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet for Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790, listing 71 total deleted pages. 48 specific page numbers are listed, all with the deletion reason 'Referral/Consult'. This i…

Continuation of a list of 23 pages (265–333) withheld under Referral/Consult FOIA exemption. Standard FBI FOIA deleted-page notice indicating no duplication fee is charged for these withheld pages.

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790. Lists 43 total deleted pages, all marked as Referral/Consult. Pages listed are 69–106 (38 pages) and 197–201 (5 pages). Sta…

A single line of repeated X characters, indicating redacted or censored content. The remainder of the page is entirely blank.

Divider page indicating the file continues in the next volume of the D.B. Cooper FBI case file. FBI Vault pagination or Bates-number stamp identifying the page within the D.B. Cooper file collection.

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 149-81, dated February 28, 1972. Sender line is partially redacted. Subject is NORJACK (the FBI code name for the D.B. Cooper h…

An unidentified individual telephonically contacted the FBI Seattle office on 2/28/72 claiming to have the name of a person who might be the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) hijacker. The caller refused to disc…

Standard FBI AIRTEL transmittal form header, dated February 24, 1972. AIRTEL from SAC Los Angeles to SAC San Francisco regarding a NORJAK suspect. A source (concealed per request) advised on 2/23/72…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. Partially redacted narrative describing an individual who allegedly came to California about six months prior, was not known to have military o…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated February 28, 1972. References a prior SC airtel dated 12/15/71. On 2/3/72,…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Continuation of an FBI report describing an individual who volunteers to help the Bureau locate the skyjacker's like…

Standard USG memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding NORJAK case, dated February 28, 1972. A witness was shown photographs of a suspect on 2/8/72.…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 24, 1972. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC San Francisco regarding NORJAK case. A female source advised on 2/23/72 that the artist'…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. An FBI lead assigned to the San Francisco field office directing agents to obtain background information on a red…

Date of the airtel. FBI Airtel from SAC Albuquerque to SAC San Diego regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A possible suspect was suggested by the Las Cruces, New Mexico Police Department. The su…

FBI case file number for the Albuquerque field office portion of the D.B. Cooper investigation. Instructions for the San Diego office to check whether a redacted individual is a U.S. Marshal or held…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Baltimore to SAC Alexandria regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Baltimore references a previous airtel dated 1/5/72 requesting Alexandria obtain a photograph of a…

Handwritten subject/sub-file notation. A retail company's internal memo to store managers in Washington, Oregon, California, Canada, and Alaska, quoting a letter that objects to the glamorization of…

Printed return address from Pay'N Save Drugs store #27 in Seattle, WA. U.S. Postal Service postmark dated February 25, 1972, afternoon (PM). Handwritten envelope address directed to FBI Agent Don S…

Printed header of a daily desk calendar page showing Sunday, February 6, 1972, with small January and March 1972 reference calendars on either side. Handwritten cursive note spanning the 8:00–10:00…

A daily desk calendar tear-off page for Saturday, February 5, 1972. The upper left contains a small monthly calendar grid for February 1972 (a leap year with 29 days). The large numeral '5' and 'FEB.…

Standard government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case (164-81), dated February 28, 1972, from an unidentified Special Agent. An informant interviewed on 2/11/72 report…

Standard United States Government memorandum header addressed from an unnamed Special Agent (redacted) to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated February 28, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. A witne…

FBI Laboratory Report header addressed to SAC San Francisco regarding an unknown subject (UNSUB) who sent a letter dated 1/12/72 to the Fremont General Motors Plant in Fremont, California, categorize…

Header of FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC San Francisco regarding an unsub letter dated 1/12/72 sent to Fremont General Motors Plant concerning bombing matters. Specimens received 1/31/72. FB…

FBI Laboratory transmittal form from J. Edgar Hoover's office to the SAC of San Francisco regarding an anonymous letter dated 1/12/72 sent to Fremont General Motors Plant in Fremont, California, clas…

FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form header addressed to SAC San Francisco regarding an unsub bombing matters case involving a letter dated 1/12/72 sent to the Fremont General Motors Plant in Fremont, Cal…

Standard US Government memorandum header on Optional Form No. 10, addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated February 28, 1972. Subject is NORJAK with a redacted suspect name. Sender is…

Header block of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 2/25/72. Brief memo body referencing a prior nitel (night teletype) dated 2/11/7…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 28, 1972. A witness was shown a photograph of a suspect on Jan…

Standard USG memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 3/2/72. The sender SA name and suspect name are redacted. Body of memorandum documenting records checks at Seattl…

An FBI lead assignment directing the Seattle field office at Everett to locate and interview a redacted individual to determine their whereabouts on 11/24/71 (the date of the D.B. Cooper hijacking),…

Standard USG memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 28, 1972. Records checks conducted on February 15-16, 1972 at the Pi…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 25, 1972, sent via airtel with air mail priority. Routing block showing this airtel is from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding th…

FBI Las Vegas field office case number reference. Las Vegas field office lead noting that agents at Reno, Nevada will interview survival school instructors (source name redacted) to identify possibl…

Header block of a US Government Office Memorandum (Standard Form 64) from the SAC in Seattle to File 164-81, dated February 29, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. A Special Agent (name redacted) calle…

Standard USG interoffice memo header. From Special Agent John L Ketcham to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated March 1, 1972, regarding NORJAK (the FBI code name for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case). An…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated March 1, 1972, regarding subject NORJAJ. A witness whose name and phone number are redacted (b6…

FBI AIRTEL transmittal header from SAC Boston to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 29, 1972. Boston field office reports an anonymous tip received at the Springfield, MA Resident…

FBI case file number for the Boston field office D.B. Cooper investigation. The Boston Division is forwarding a photograph of a redacted individual to the Seattle office to be shown to airline perso…

FBI memo from SAC Portland to SAC Omaha regarding the Dan Cooper hijacking case. Reports that over-the-counter insurance applications from Portland International had been received and already reviewe…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 24, 1972. Airtel from SAC Savannah to SAC Seattle reporting that all logical sources and law enforcement agencies in the Savannah Div…

Date of the airtel document. Airtel memo from SAC Savannah to SAC Seattle reporting that all logical sources, law enforcement agencies, and major banks in the Savannah Division were contacted regard…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated February 19, 1972, sent via Airtel. Routing information for the airtel: from SAC Memphis to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case (D.B. Coop…

FBI case file number for the Memphis field office, file 164-78. Physical description of a suspect or person of interest: white male, brown hair, blue eyes, 5'9", 170 lbs, medium build, medium comple…

FBI case file number for the Seattle (ME) field office D.B. Cooper investigation. An individual was shown an artist's conception of Dan Cooper and stated it did not resemble someone known to them (n…

Case file reference number for this FBI report page. An unidentified source (name redacted) reported on 2/18/72 that he could not locate the name or photo of an experienced parachute jumper from the…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to Seattle, Los Angeles, Portland, and Las Vegas offices, dated March 2, 1972. Two redaction boxes covering information withheld under FOIA exem…

Case number and page continuation header. Continuation of a teletype discussing that certain individuals are not identical with or do not resemble the UNSUB. References photographs furnished by Seat…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype (case MP 164-73). Describes a lead in Las Vegas, Nevada, where an individual with a name tag employed at a redacted location resembled the unknown subject (UNS…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case and an unidentified suspect. Report of records checks conducted on 1/24/72 at the Pierce…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) of the Seattle field office, dated 3/2/72, regarding the NORJAK case. The reporting SA's name is redacted. Subject line refe…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to the SAC in Seattle, dated March 2, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Subject line identifies…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) message in plaintext dated March 2, 1972. Weekly summary teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Min…

FBI memo dated 2/23/72 addressed to the Director, FBI regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Bureau airtel from 12/7/71. States that a ransom list and artist's conception of the subjec…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL communication dated March 1, 1972. AIRTEL memo from SAC Miami to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case. Refere…

FBI Washington Field Office airtel to SAC New York regarding the NORJAK case. WFO reports contact with a redacted individual at the Air Transport Association of America (ATA) in Washington, D.C. rega…

Continuation from a previous page noting that ASTA has arbitration procedures and that the organizations could suggest possible suspects in the captioned matter. Lead assigned to the New York field…

Date of the document. FBI WFO airtel to SAC New York regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. The Air Transport Association of America (ATA) in Washington, D.C. was contacted about possible sus…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from an unidentified Special Agent (SA) to SAC Seattle, dated 2/29/72, regarding the NORJAK case and an unidentified suspect. An individual at Seattle…

Continuation of a prior page discussing that an individual would have been noticed by whoever ran a clearance check, because the Portland Office is very small and the redacted person would be known t…

Header of a U.S. Government Office Memorandum, Standard Form 64, from SAC Seattle to File 164-81, dated 2/29/72, subject NORJAK. The RE line is redacted. SAC Seattle called ASAC Vincent Ruehl in Por…

FBI memo from SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. The author called ASAC Vincent Ruehl in Portland requesting he contact the Customs Office in Portland to determine how a redacted individual traveled…

Header of a US Government memorandum from Special Agent Thomas J. Manning to the SAC in Seattle, dated March 1, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. SA Manning reports investigation activities in Clark…

Memo header identifying the recipient as SAC Seattle (file 164-81), dated 3/1/72, from SA Thomas J. Manning, regarding NORJAK case, with a redacted RE: line. Investigation on 2/29/72 in Clark County…

Header of a US Government Office Memorandum from SAC Seattle to the NORJAK case file (164-81), dated March 1, 1972. The RE line references a redacted individual. SAC Seattle called a Special Agent i…

Header block of an internal FBI memo filed under case 164-81, dated 3/1/72, addressed to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK. The RE (subject) line is redacted. Author called a Special Agent in Portland o…

Urgent teletype from FBI Portland to Director and Seattle regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper case). A contact at Portland International Airport advises that a suspect is not scheduled to report for duty…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis FBI field office to Director, Seattle, New York, Portland, and Washington Field Office, marked URGENT, dated March 2, 1972. Minneapolis FBI reports that a No…

Standard FBI teletype transmission header form FD-36, dated March 3, 1972, sent via teletype NITEL priority. Seattle FBI field office teletype to Director and WFO regarding NORJAK case. A redacted s…

Standard FD-36 teletype transmittal form header with date, transmission type, and priority fields all left blank. Page two of a teletype requesting WFO (Washington Field Office) to inform a redacted…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle to FBI Director and Washington Field Office, sent 9:48 PM on March 3, 1972. FBI teletype regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A suspect was interviewed i…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype from the Seattle field office, case file 164-81. Continuation of teletype text describing an individual whose services in connection with the hi…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header, dated March 1, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL - REGISTERED priority. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Coop…

Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC St. Louis dated 3/3/72 regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle reports that investigation to locate a redacted suspect in St. Louis has met with negative results. St. L…

Header of a US Government memorandum from an unidentified Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case and a suspect whose name is redacted. References a telephone conversation with SA Don…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 2/11/72, regarding NORJAK case. SAC Seattle documents a phone call with Assistant Director Ivan Conrad regarding aeria…

Memo header from an FBI Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, documenting remarks made on 2/10/72 by a redacted individual in Seattle. A Regional Manager of an unidentified company is…

Internal FBI routing/reference line with Phoenix file number 164-100, dictated by 'lmb', page 1. Administrative section noting that an FBI Special Agent contacted sources for lead information, all w…

File designation and page identifier for the FBI report. An SA in Phoenix distributed a memo on Dec 6, 1971 including an artist's conception of the unknown hijacking subject to all agents in the Pho…

File reference number and page continuation marker indicating this is page 2 of the document. A source stated that the FAA Regional Office at Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, would have a photograph of…

File reference number and page designation for the FBI report. Identifies two skydiving organizations — Rebel Skydivers and Sky Sport, Inc. — with a location at Ryan Field, Tucson. Names of individu…

File reference number and administrative markings for the document. On January 7, 1972, a redacted individual at FAA Sky Harbor Airport provided a photograph to the interviewing agent. The individua…

File reference number, dictation initials, and page or copy indicator. FBI Special Agent in Phoenix conducted investigation related to NORJAK. On January 19, 1972, a memorandum was sent to all agent…

Document header with file reference PX 164-100, author initials REL/pap, and page number .6. On February 2, 1972, an individual (name redacted) at the same address as previously referenced was conta…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmittal form header, dated February 10, 1972. Airtel from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Phoenix Division encloses investigative and administrative i…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 2/10/72, sent via Airtel. Airtel from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper). References prior communications to Albany and Bu…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC, Seattle, dated 3/6/72, regarding NORJAK canvass of area. Memo details the plan for a NORJAK ground search canvass. S…

Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. SA Thomas J. Manning has made reservations at the Thunderbird Motel for 20 people at $20/night doubl…

Standard government memorandum header from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated March 9, 1972. Handwritten routing or filing annotation next to the FROM line. A redac…

Header block of FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, from ASAC Paul R. Bibler, regarding the NORJAK case. An individual called from Las Vegas reporting that a woman in the Washington area had…

Header block of a standard U.S. Government Office Memorandum (Standard Form No. 64), addressed to File 164-81 from SAC Seattle, dated 3/8/72, subject NORJAK, marked Sub-E. SA Henry Shutz called from…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header FD-36, dated March 8, 1972, sent via TELETYPE NITEL. Handwritten annotations indicating sub-file E designation, an 'S' marking, and a date of 3/13/72 w…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank Date, Type, and Priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype or airtel requesting authorization to conduct a ground search in the D.B. Cooper ca…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, transmission method, and priority fields. Continuation of an FBI airtel or teletype requesting approval for a field search operation. Requ…

Header of a US Government memorandum from SAC J. E. Milnes to File 164-81, dated March 10, 1972, regarding NORJAK. Handwritten notation 'Sub E' appears next to the FROM line. SA Henry Shutz called f…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36 with date 3/9/72, transmitted via TELETYPE at NITEL priority. SAC Seattle reports personally contacting Major General Alexander Bolling, Commanding Officer at…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header, page two. Date field and transmittal method fields are blank. Continuation of a teletype or airtel describing coordination with the Commanding General of…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 3/10/72, regarding the NORJAK case. Initialed 'Sub E.' by a reviewer. On 3/9/72, the SAC contacted a redacted individu…

Header of a US Government Office Memorandum from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC, Seattle, dated 3/10/72, regarding NORJAK. Handwritten notation 'Sub E.' appears near the date. ASAC Bibler reports that H…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Sacramento to Director FBI regarding NORJACK case. Confirms that redacted Special Agents will report to Long View, Washington on the afternoon of 3/14/72…

Teletype routing header indicating a night telegram sent at 6:40 PM on March 10, 1972 from the FBI Director to five field offices: Seattle, Butte, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Portland. Handwritte…

Standard U.S. Government Office Memorandum header addressed from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 3/9/72, subject NORJAK. Handwritten routing annotations indicating sub-…

Standard header of a U.S. Government Office Memorandum from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated March 9, 1972, regarding NORJAK Search. Handwritten sub-file designation 'Su B - E' appears next…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Filed under case 164-81, dated March 13, 1972, from SAC J. E. Milnes, subject NORJAK. SAC Milnes documents phone calls on March 10, 1972 with a redacted con…

FBI Airtel transmittal header from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 8, 1972. Subject line is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Las Vegas field office reports re…

Las Vegas Division FBI file number for the case. Continuation of an FBI investigative report from the Las Vegas Division. Subjects stayed approximately one week and left without notice or a forwardi…

Standard FBI teletype header showing date 2/18/72, sent in plaintext via teletype with night priority. SAC New York teletype to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References an Atlanta teletype date…

Header of the teletype continuation page showing priority designation and case number NY 164-627. Continuation of a teletype reporting that a records check at ONA (Overseas National Airways) found n…

Date of memo Handwritten signature or approval initials FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC WFO to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. On 2/23/72 a contact at ATA (Air Transport Association of America) at 100…

Continuation (page 2) of an FBI memo from WFO (Washington Field Office) referencing the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) 'Pilot Bulletin' which contained composite photographs and descriptive data…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated February 28, 1972. The sender (a Special Agent) and a second field are redacted. A witness was shown…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 28, 1972. Airtel from SAC Baltimore to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Baltimore reports no additional information developed i…

Internal FBI memorandum from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior memo from SA Charles S. Duke dated 2/7/72. Reports that on February 18, 1972,…

Case file number and office codes for the FBI report. On March 2, 1972, a person at Fairchild Air Force Base reported not recognizing anyone matching the D.B. Cooper photograph, but suggested a reda…

Page header showing this is page 2 of FBI report SE 164-81, prepared by agent with initials CNE, typist djs. Continuation of an FBI interview report describing an unnamed subject with extensive mili…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated March 3, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Las Vegas regarding the NORJAK case, referencing an Anchorage airtel d…

FBI Seattle field office instruction to contact an unnamed individual (first name unknown) at McChord Air Force Base, Washington, possibly associated with a redacted entity, to determine if he is ide…

Standard header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated 3/3/72, regarding NORJAK case. A witness in Tacoma, Washington was sho…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, from an unidentified Special Agent, referencing a prior Seattle memo dated 2/14/…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case (Seattle field office file 164-81). A source states that a subject was well known and that photographs were arranged to be taken but never paid for. The…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland, dated March 6, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The memo references a suspect with last name unknown (LNU)…

FBI form identifier and revision date FD-302 interview report. FBI Special Agents contacted an unnamed individual by telephone who was identified as a look-alike to DAN COOPER, a suspect in an aircr…

Case file number and page indicator (page 2 of the document). Subject's personal characteristics: smokes a pipe but not cigarettes, claims no arrest record, served in U.S. Navy at Alameda, Californi…

FBI file number, agent initials, and page number header. An FBI Special Agent in the Dallas field office investigated passengers on Braniff International Airlines Flight 403, which landed in Dallas,…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated March 1, 1972. Memo body referencing a Dallas teletype to Detroit dated 2/17…

FBI form identifier and revision date. Document header with title and transcription date. An employee of Overseas National Airlines (ONA) at 147-27 175th Street, Jamaica, New York was interviewed.…

Standard US Government interoffice memo header from SAC New York to SAC Seattle, dated March 3, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Office of Origin is Seattle (OO:SE). New York Office en…

Date of the airtel document. Routing header of the AIRTEL memo from SAC New Haven to SAC Mobile regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten routing notation with a name, likely an agent signature or routing…

FBI file number header for the document. On 2/18/72 a redacted source advised that HATFIELD is deceased, having died in Alabama after a six-month illness. Source was busy in court and requested a la…

FBI case file number for New Haven field office, case 164-77. Report discusses a person named HATFIELD whose composite photograph bore close resemblance to the hijacker. Investigation in Connecticut…

FBI file reference numbers and typist initials for this report page. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation at Culpeper, Virginia. A redacted individual at Culpeper Municipal Airport on Rou…

Case file reference numbers for the document. An individual who reads a diving magazine was interviewed and stated he does not know anyone resembling the composite sketch of COOPER. He provided info…

Header of a US Government memorandum from SAC Alexandria to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated March 2, 1972. A handwritten notation or signature, possibly reading 'Sent' followed by an in…

Teletype routing header showing message sent from Richmond field office to Director, Seattle, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco offices on March 3, 1972 at 7:10 PM. Richmond field office reports on a le…

Page two of what appears to be an FBI teletype regarding a suspect connected to the D.B. Cooper case. The subject was employed in an unspecified state and had a connection to the U.S. Parachute Assoc…

FBI form number and revision date printed at top left. FBI FD-36 transmittal form from SAC San Francisco to SAC Pittsburgh and SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a Richmond nitel (night t…

FBI teletype from Pittsburgh field office to Director, Seattle, and Las Vegas regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Richmond NITEL from March 3 about an individual in Virginia who in…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with Pittsburgh field office case file number 164-93. An individual in West Virginia, described as a friend of a redacted person, advised she d…

Teletype header identifying this as an FBI NITEL (night teletype) from Las Vegas field office to Director, Seattle, and Savannah, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Sent March 8, 1972…

FBI teletype routing header sent from Savannah field office to Director, Seattle, and Las Vegas offices regarding NORJAK case, dated March 9, 1972 at 6:45 PM. Savannah office reports on an interview…

FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) documenting the transfer of serials 2439 through 2443 from file 164-81 into file 87-13902. The RECHARGE section and all employee/date fields are blank.

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated March 3, 1972. References a San Diego airtel to Los Angeles dated 2/10/72 regarding a sus…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. An individual was interviewed in California. He described employment from 1966 to 1968 and discussed items he possessed, including something pu…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle, dated March 3, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. References prior Sacramento airtel and Minneapolis teletype. Sta…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. Three large blocks of text fully redacted under b6, b7C, and b7D exemptions. Content unknown. An unidentified fe…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number header. Continuation of an FBI report regarding a person of interest in the D.B. Cooper case. A female witness stated she accompanied the subject to obtain i…

Page header with file reference number SL 164-63 and dictator/typist initials GTJ:mjl. National Personnel Records Center military records for an unidentified subject revealing prior service in the U…

Page 2 of an FBI form (case SL 164-63) listing personal identification details of a subject including addresses, relatives, VA claim number, social security number, selective service number, LDB numb…

Inter-office FBI memorandum from SAC St. Louis to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. St. Louis is forwarding two photos of a redacted suspect along with four copies of an insert reflecting a revi…

Date of the AIRTEL memo. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Alexandria to SAC Baltimore regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Alexandria is enclosing one photo for Baltimore, referencing a Baltimore airtel to S…

Standard FBI AIRTEL transmission header form FD-36, dated March 6, 1972, sent via Air Mail. Routing information: from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a Minneapolis ni…

FBI case file number for Las Vegas field office, file 164-60. Subject resides in Nevada and commenced employment on 12/29/71. Work application card showed prior employment from February 1971 to Octo…

FBI case file number for the Las Vegas field office, file 164-60. A redacted individual advised that photographs of the subject taken during a work application would be obtained and provided to the…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Cincinnati to SAC Seattle, dated March 7, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten notation, likely initials or routing mark, readin…

Teletype routing header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) message sent at 5:29 PM on 2/7/72 from the Minneapolis field office to Oklahoma City, Seattle, and Portland. An FAA employee reported a re…

Small handwritten note in top-left corner, largely illegible. Page two of an FBI teletype (case MP 164-73) continuing a discussion about a suspect. A redacted source advised that old records are mai…

Date of the airtel. Airtel routing header from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Butte, referencing NORJACK case and a Minneapolis teletype dated 2/7/72. An FAA employee reported a resemblance between a kno…

Case file number for the document. A person (name redacted) completed FAA training in Kansas City, Missouri, and was subsequently employed by Northwest Airlines and sent to Kalispell, Montana. The i…

Header block of an FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated March 8, 1972, with FBI file number 164-2111 and lab number PC-H5141 MC GX. FBI Laboratory examina…

FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form dated March 8, 1972, from Director J. Edgar Hoover to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References microscopic and chemical analyses of specimens Q…

FBI AIRTEL form header from Director, FBI to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 2/15/72. Director FBI returns 16mm movie/film of a simulated airdrop conducted by the U.S. Air Force on 1/6/72 t…

Title header identifying the document as relating to the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper) and specifically a terrain search operation. List of FBI Special Agents assigned to the NORJAK terrain search, orga…

Date of the AIRTEL memo. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Portland to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. References a Bureau telephone call on 3/9/72 ordering four agents to Seattle for a NORJAK special assignm…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header FD-36, dated March 17, 1972, marked URGENT via TELETYPE. FBI teletype from SAC Seattle to Director FBI and SACs in Butte, Portland, Sacramento, and San…

Urgent FBI teletype from Seattle Division directing agents assigned to the NORJAK special assignment to report to Quay Inn in Vancouver, Washington by 2:00 PM on March 20, 1972. Agents are instructed…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle to Director and field offices in Butte, Portland, Sacramento, and San Francisco, sent urgently on March 17, 1972. NORJAK teletype directing agents assigned t…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office to the Director and four field offices (Butte, Portland, Sacramento, San Francisco), classified urgent, dated March 17, 1972. NORJAK teletype directin…

FBI letterhead with San Francisco field office address and date of March 10, 1972. Handwritten sub-file notation 'SUB. E.' likely indicating a sub-file designation for the case. FBI letter from the…

Closing portion of an FBI letter confirming an oral request made by Mr. Milnes on behalf of Major General Alexander Bolling, Commandant at Fort Lewis, Washington, dated March 9, 1972. Signed by Rober…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 3/13/72, regarding NORJAK case 164-81. Search and Rescue Dogs Association personnel conducted a grid search o…

Header block of an FBI memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 3/13/72, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten annotation indicating a sub-file designation 'Sub E' and the word 'Dogs',…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Filed to case 164-81, dated March 15, 1972, from the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) in Seattle. Subject line is NORJAK (FBI code name for the D.B.…

File number and date header for the memo. FBI memo dated 3/15/72 regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). SA Henry Schutz at the Bureau advised that the Army approved using troops for a terrain search.…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated March 9, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Addressing block showing the teletype is from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Minn…

Teletype header identifying message NR022 sent from FBI Seattle to Director and Minneapolis, classified as a weekly summary on the NORJAK case. FBI Seattle reports that a search of the D.B. Cooper d…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated March 16, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Weekly summary teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Minneapolis regarding NORJAK (D…

FBI Seattle teletype to Director and Minneapolis reporting that Bureau authority was obtained to request approximately 200 troops from Major General Alexander Bolling, Commandant of Fort Lewis, WA, t…

Header block of a US Government Office Memorandum (Standard Form 64) from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 2/29/72, regarding the NORJAK case and a redacted suspect name. A Special Agent (name reda…

Header block of an internal FBI memo filed under case 164-81, dated February 29, 1972, addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case and a redacted suspect name. A Special Agent (name redacted)…

Standard header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from an FBI Special Agent to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) regarding NORJAK case, dated March 10, 1972. Body of memo describi…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Redacted passage where an individual is described by another party. Details are withheld under b6, b7C, b7D exemptions.…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date 11-27-70 and transcription date of March 2, 1972. An unidentified person (name redacted) advised that a review of company records disclosed employment…

A blank salesman's daily sales report form (PG 164-93) dated 11/22/71, two days before the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The salesman's name and territory/manager fields are redacted under FOIA exemptions b…

Header of a sales daily call report form (PG 164-93) dated November 23, 1971 (Tuesday). The salesman's name, territory number, and manager are redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C. Summary total…

Blank salesman's daily sales call report form (PG 164-93) dated 11/24/71 (the day of the D.B. Cooper hijacking). The salesman's name and territory number are redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C…

A blank daily sales call report form (PG 164-93) dated 11/26/71 (November 26, 1971 — the day after the D.B. Cooper hijacking). The salesman's name, territory number, and manager fields are redacted u…

Page header showing case file reference PG 164-93 and section or page marker (6). A redacted individual reviews sales/contact reports for the week of November 22-26, 1971, noting that contacts were…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL communication dated March 2, 1972. AIRTEL from SAC Pittsburgh to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a Pittsburgh teletype t…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Springfield to SAC Seattle, dated 3/7/72, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Springfield Division reports that attempts to locate a re…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated March 6, 1972. LA field office reports on interview of a NORJAK suspect conducte…

Date of the airtel document. Airtel routing header from SAC Albuquerque to SAC San Francisco regarding NORJAK case, with Seattle as the office of origin. Body of airtel describing investigation con…

Continuation of an FBI memo or report referencing case AQ 149-131. States that agents will ascertain if a redacted individual (name withheld under b6/b7C privacy exemptions) and ascertain his whereab…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated March 7, 1972. A source in Nevada, a former servicemember at Stead AFB near Reno (1954-1957),…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 3/8/72, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC El Paso to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References prior communications from Minneapoli…

FBI memo from the Legal Attaché (LEGAT) in Caracas to the Director of the FBI regarding the NORJAK case, with Office of Origin Seattle. References prior Bureau airtels from late November and early De…

Case or document reference number, likely a Civil Aeronautics Regulation or internal FBI case reference. Concluding paragraph of a memo stating that the matter will be regularly brought to the atten…

FBI Routing Slip (Form 0-7) dated 3-9-72, directing copies of NORJAK material to checked FBI field offices. Seattle is circled, Springfield and Jackson appear checked. Buenos Aires LEGAT also appears…

Handwritten notation indicating Grays Harbor County connection Return of Personal Service form from Kitsap County Superior Court documenting service of a subpoena on Ed Browne at 1137 Hewitt Place,…

Letter from Grays Harbor County Prosecuting Attorney L. Edward Brown to the FBI Seattle office, dated March 13, 1972, reporting that he encountered the name 'D. B. Cooper' in a Grays Harbor County Su…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header Memo addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, from a redacted Special Agent. 'E/im' likely indicates dictation initials. A white male suspect…

Standard US Government memorandum header from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated March 14, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). An individual at the Bureau called on 3/9/7…

Memo header identifying the originating office (SAC Seattle), case number 164-81, date 3/14/72, recipient ASAC Paul R. Bibler, and case name NORJAK. On 3/9/72 a redacted individual called from FBI H…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated March 13, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIR MAIL priority. Airtel from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. A United Airlines emplo…

Case file number and dictation initials for the San Francisco FBI field office file on the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case. A redacted source furnished a physical description of an unnamed individual: white…

FBI airtel transmittal form header from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Subject is considered armed and dangerous. An individual at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska was interviewed on 3/8/7…

FBI case file number, Anchorage field office designation for the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case. The Anchorage office sent an airtel setting out leads to interview a redacted individual. That person sugges…

Header of a U.S. Government Office Memorandum (Standard Form No. 64) from the SAC, Seattle to the file 164-81, dated 3/15/72, regarding the NORJAK case, Sub. E. SAC Seattle spoke with Assistant Dire…

Header block of FBI memo showing file number 164-81, date 3/15/72, addressed to SAC Seattle, subject NORJAK. Author spoke with Assistant Director Thomas Bishop on 3/15/72 about how to handle press i…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated March 15, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Memo body reports that a three-star general named P…

Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Shutz called at 1:00 PM to report that after escalation to the Secretary of Defense, word will go out to General B…

File number, dictating agent initials, and page count header for this FBI investigative insert. An FBI Special Agent interviewed a redacted individual at Manassas, VA on March 1, 1972. The interview…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10). Memo routing block indicating the memo is from SAC Alexandria to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated March 10, 1972.…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from Columbia field office to SAC Seattle, regarding case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper), dated February 28, 1972. Reference to prior SE airtel and CO SAC…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Columbia field office 164-48). Lead assignment directing agents to show composite photos (with and without glasses) of the unknown hijacking s…

Teletype routing header indicating a message sent from FBI Anchorage (file 164-59) to Seattle (file 164-31) and San Francisco, via Washington D.C., on February 24, 1972 at 5:55 PM. FBI NORJAK (D.B.…

Page two of a teletype directing the San Francisco Division to locate a redacted individual in California who is approximately thirty-four years old but looks older, well known to survival school per…

FBI Airtel header from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated March 16, 1972. Seattle office forwards an Anchorage teletype (dated 2/24/72) to Sacramento and re…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJAK case. References an Anchorage teletype dated 2/24/72 sent to Seattle and San Francisco. A lead for San Fr…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, dated February 22, 1972, sent via NITEL (night teletype) with URGENT priority in plaintext. Routing information for the teletype: sent from Denver fie…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header. Date field is blank or not legible on this continuation page. Page two of an FBI teletype (DN 164-98) from Denver. Reports that logical agency in…

Teletype header showing routing from Denver FBI office to Philadelphia and Seattle offices, dated March 3, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case with Seattle as office of origin. Denver office reports tha…

Case number and page continuation header for FBI report DN 164-98. FBI interview report page 2. A source in Ft. Collins, Colorado, advised that an individual lived with him from approximately April…

Page three of an FBI teletype from FBI Seattle (case DN 164-98) directing the Philadelphia field office to make discrete inquiries about a redacted individual residing in Pennsylvania. The office is…

Teletype routing header from Philadelphia FBI field office to Denver and Seattle offices, dated March 10, 1972. Philadelphia FBI reports on a lead investigated on March 6, 1972, referencing a Denver…

Page two of an FBI teletype describing an interview with an individual who reported a person matching the D.B. Cooper UNSUB sketch. The subject allegedly went to the Veterans Hospital at Colorado Spr…

Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page three). A redacted individual heard something at Fort Collins, Colorado, then went to the Ve…

FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle informs Denver that a redacted individual's name has not come up as a suspect prior to the referenced t…

Date of the airtel memo. Routing header of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Seattle office responds to Denver and Philadelphia teletypes, s…

FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) recording the transfer of serials 2493 through 2495 from file 164-81 into file 87-13902. The RECHARGE section and all signature/date fields are blank. The page…

Date of the memo. Handwritten annotation, likely a sub-file or classification reference. Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Butte to the Director of the FBI. Two Special Agent names are re…

Handwritten sub-file designation FBI San Francisco field office AIRTEL memo informing the Director that two Special Agents with strong outdoor and military backgrounds will be sent to Longview, Wash…

FBI FD-5 File-Serial Charge Out form for file 164-81. A single handwritten entry records that serial number 2498 was transferred into file 87-13902. The remainder of the form (employee, recharge sect…

Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent at 2:55 AM on 3-8-72 from the FBI Director to Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (file 164-2111). Follow-up to an airtel dated January 21. An invest…

Header of FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case, referencing an UNSUB with an Oregon license. Portions redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Body of AIRTEL references a…