Part 24
689 pages
Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet associated with civil action 1:16-cv-01790. Lists 7 deleted pages (176, 180, 184, 188, 192, 207, 244), all removed as duplicat…
Page 2Divider page directing the reader to continue to the next volume of the file. Bates-style page stamp or identifier number for the DB Cooper case file.
Page 3FBI Seattle field office filing stamp showing case number 164-81-2501, dated March 10, 1972, with standard serialization/indexing notations. Large rectangular box in the center of the page, contents…
Page 4Standard FBI airtel transmittal form header, dated March 7, 1972, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC San Diego to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Encloses xerox copies of a photo for Seattle an…
Page 5FBI case file number for the document. An interviewee states that he and a redacted individual were formerly in business together in Colorado selling furniture around 1962. The person was subsequent…
Page 6An individual (name redacted) was shown an artist's drawing of the Unsub and stated he saw no resemblance, noting the head is rounder and face fuller, but acknowledged that age, height, weight, eye c…
Page 7FBI case file number for the document. Interviewee confirms a physical description of a subject: graying hair thinning on top, glasses worn always now, mustache covering a scar on upper lip, heavy c…
Page 8FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland dated 3/16/72 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle requests Portland conduct record checks to develop additional information on a redacted indi…
Page 9FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland dated 3/16/72 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle requests Portland to conduct record checks to develop additional information concerning a re…
Page 10Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An informant states they first saw the hijacker sketch in the Salt Lake City Tribune and believed it was a good l…
Page 11Case file number DN 164-98, page 2 of the document. Physical description fields from an FBI interview form describing a subject with sandy brown hair, possibly hazel or light eyes, high forehead, sh…
Page 12Standard USG interoffice memorandum header from Denver SAC to Seattle SAC regarding NORJAK case, dated February 15, 1972. Sender name redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Cover memo referencing…
Page 13Date of the AIRTEL memo. AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Salt Lake City regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References a Denver letter to Seattle dated 2/15/72. States that a redacted individua…
Page 14Date of the airtel. Airtel header from SAC Seattle to SAC Salt Lake City regarding NORJAK case, with a redacted RE line. Seattle office notifies Denver and Salt Lake City that a previously identifi…
Page 15Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. References a Seattle airtel to Portland dated 2/17/72. Recommends that Portland hold in abeyance further…
Page 16Header block of an FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated March 16, 1972. Seattle FBI office advises Portland to hold in abeyance any further…
Page 17Date of the airtel memo. Airtel header from SAC Seattle to SAC Las Vegas regarding NORJAK case. A redacted box appears next to the TO line, marked b6/b7C. Seattle office references a Las Vegas airt…
Page 18Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Kansas City regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated March 16, 1972. Body of memo discusses Kansas City's contact with Overseas Natio…
Page 19Date of the airtel. FBI airtel header from SAC Seattle to SAC Baltimore regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a prior Baltimore airtel dated 2/28/72. Seattle field office received a photograph fro…
Page 20Date of the airtel memo. Standard FBI AIRTEL header routing from SAC New Haven to SAC Boston regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten annotation 'Sub' with a line, likely a routing or filing notation. O…
Page 21FBI case file number for the document. Instruction to contact the Orange Sport Parachuting Center in Orange, Massachusetts, and follow an investigative lead distributed to all recipient offices. In…
Page 22Standard FBI AIRTEL transmission form header dated 3/14/72. Routing information for an AIRTEL from SAC Indianapolis to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, Northwest Airlines Flight…
Page 23FBI case file number for the Indianapolis field office, file 164-62. Physical description form for an individual compared to the UNSUB. White male, 6'1", 180 lbs, medium build, blond or light brown…
Page 24FBI routing slip (FD-4 form) dated 3/14/72, directed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (file Seattle 164-81). References a New Haven airtel to Boston dated 3/3/72. Notes that 2 copies of a rea…
Page 25Handwritten routing slip dated 3/17/72 directing a document to be sent to the FBI Seattle field office via facsimile, for the personal attention of S.D. Milnes. Initialed JFM/jr (author/typist initia…
Page 26Header block of a U.S. Government inter-office memorandum from the U.S. Marshal, Western District of Washington, to the U.S. Marshal, Southern District of Indiana, dated March 15, 1972. Background o…
Page 27Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header, FD-36, dated March 21, 1972, marked URGENT via TELETYPE. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Indianapolis regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A suspe…
Page 28Teletype from FBI Indianapolis to FBI Seattle responding to a March 21 teletype. Reports that an unnamed suspect was and is employed in Indianapolis and was present on the job on November 23 and 24 (…
Page 29Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated March 17, 1972, sent via NITEL priority teletype in plaintext. Handwritten routing or annotation mark, likely a routing initial or classific…
Page 30FBI Seattle memo to file regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that a redacted individual advised the unit to be used is the 3rd Air Cavalry Regiment-Control, composed of 1st and 3rd squadrons…
Page 31FBI internal memo regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case) advising SAC Seattle that the 3rd Air Cavalry Regiment-Control unit will be used, composed of 1st and 3rd squadrons with 120 men, Air Cavalry Tro…
Page 32Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated March 16, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIR MAIL. Routing block showing communication from SAC Kansas City to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, offic…
Page 33Case file number header Description of a suspect or person of interest obtained via St. Paul, Minnesota Police Department. Physical description provided including white male, American, 5'9", 143 lbs…
Page 34FBI airtel form header from SAC Mobile to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 3/15/72. Investigation report by SA Allison A. Catlin regarding a tip that the hijacking composite drawing slig…
Page 35FBI case file number for the document. Continuation of interview with a redacted female subject regarding JAMES HATFIELD. She states he was home on 11/24 (Thanksgiving) for the entire week. She ment…
Page 36Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Phoenix to SAC Kansas City regarding NORJAK case, dated 3/15/72. Phoenix office reports that a review of Arizona parachute jumping clubs revealed a…
Page 37FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) for file 164-81. A single handwritten entry records that serial number 2521 was transferred into file 87-13902. All other fields on the form are blank, includin…
Page 38Standard U.S. Government Office Memorandum header on Form 64, addressed from SAC Seattle to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK, dated March 20, 1972. Handwritten sub-file designation 'Sub E' written in cu…
Page 39Memo header showing addressee SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, date March 20, 1972, and subject line NORJAK. An individual from Fort Lewis called to inform SAC MILNES that he would be working with M…
Page 40Standard FBI teletype transmission form header FD-36, dated March 20, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, SAC Minneapolis, and SAC Portland regard…
Page 41Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, dated March 20, 1972 at 7:39 PM. Seattle teletype under NORJAK case reporting that agents from o…
Page 42Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, sent at 9:59 PM on March 20, 1972. NORJAK teletype reporting that agents from other divisions an…
Page 43Header block showing memo from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, with case numbers and date. FBI memo regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case) notifying the Bureau that Army troops will begin terrain search o…
Page 44Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to file 164-81, from SAC J. E. Milnes, regarding NORJAK, dated March 20, 1972. Handwritten annotation 'Sub E' indicating a sub-file designation. S…
Page 45FBI Seattle field office return address and date. Handwritten notation or initials, possibly a routing mark. Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J.E. Milnes to a redacted recipient at Pacific P…
Page 46FBI Seattle field office return address and date. Addressee block and salutation directed to a redacted individual at Pacific Power and Light Company in Portland, Oregon. FBI letter to Pacific Powe…
Page 47Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated March 21, 1972, sent via NITEL priority teletype. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, SAC Portland, and SAC Minneapolis regarding NORJAK. Refere…
Page 48Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, Portland, and Minneapolis, sent at 8:36 PM on March 21, 1972. NORJAK case update: references a prior Bureau teletype from March 17.…
Page 49Teletype from FBI Seattle to Director, Portland, and Minneapolis offices reporting on the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior communication (resetel) to the Bureau on the 17th. Reports that…
Page 50FBI teletype form header FD-36 dated March 22, 1972, transmitted in code OO7 via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Short teletype from SAC Seattle to Director FBI and SACs in Portland and Minneapolis re…
Page 51Brief FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director, Portland, and Minneapolis reporting that the NORJAK terrain search with Army troops and agents continued on March 22, 1972, with no developme…
Page 52Brief teletype from FBI Seattle to Director, Portland, and Minneapolis offices reporting that the terrain search with Army troops and agents continued on 3/22/72 with no developments in the NORJAK ca…
Page 53Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding the NORJAK case, dated March 20, 1972. An unnamed female caller from Wa…
Page 54An FBI memo dated 3/20/72 addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A female caller from Washington state telephonically advised that the composite drawing and description of…
Page 55Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding NORJAK case, dated 3/20/72. A female caller from Washington state telep…
Page 56Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case, subject line references a redacted suspect. A Boeing Airplane Company employe…
Page 57Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Jacksonville to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated March 17, 1972. Jacksonville Division conducted investigation into parachutin…
Page 58FBI AIRTEL header from SAC Seattle to SAC New Haven regarding the NORJAK case, dated 3/22/72. A source in Seattle advised that an FBI artist's sketch of the NORJAK unsub bears striking resemblance t…
Page 59Header section of FBI report showing case number SE 164-81, with redacted last known address (as of June 1967) and redacted relatives. Privacy exemptions b6 and b7C applied. Leads section directing…
Page 60Handwritten sub-section label indicating this is Sub-section E of a larger document. Detailed operational planning memo for an Army-FBI coordinated ground search in the D.B. Cooper case near Lake Me…
Page 61Page/section number header indicating this is page 2 of a multi-page document. Procedure for handling discovery of a body during the search: FBI agents take over the area, Army troops set up a cordo…
Page 62FBI teletype from Oklahoma City field office to Director and Seattle, dated March 22, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Reports on a suspect whose photograph was described as an extremely good 'look alike…
Page 63Page continuation header indicating this is the second page of a multi-page document. A redacted individual has caused considerable difficulty to a subject. For an unspecified reason, the subject wo…
Page 64Handwritten classification or sub-file notation on the page. Telephone installation details for the command post at Ariel Dam / Lake Merwin Park area, provided by General Telephone of the Northwest,…
Page 65Continuation of search operation recommendations including use of compass bearings, skirmish line discipline, warning about coyotes stripping remains, dog handler costs ($175/day), suggestion to use…
Page 66Suggestions for helicopter support during ground search operations using Army troops. Recommends a military helicopter stand by to monitor skirmish line alignment and investigate suspicious items fro…
Page 67Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), sub-file E, dated March 13, 1972. Introduction stating a conference was held w…
Page 68Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated March 23, 1972, sent via teletype with NITEL priority. Brief NORJAK status update from SAC Seattle to Director FBI and SACs in Portland and Minneapolis…
Page 69Brief NITEL (night teletype) from Seattle FBI field office to Director FBI, Portland, and Minneapolis offices reporting that the terrain search with Army troops and FBI agents continued on 3/23/72 wi…
Page 70Standard US Government memorandum header from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated March 17, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Assistant Director Bates relayed that the Army's Public Affairs Off…
Page 71Standard FBI teletype form header (FD-36) dated March 24, 1972, transmitted via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Weekly summary teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and other field offices regardi…
Page 72Weekly summary teletype from FBI Seattle field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that the terrain search with U.S. Army troops and agents…
Page 73Brief FBI teletype from Seattle field office dated March 24, 1972, providing a weekly summary on the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that the terrain search with U.S. Army troops and FBI agents co…
Page 74Weekly NORJAK summary teletype from FBI Seattle to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices dated March 24, 1972, reporting that the terrain search with U.S. Army troops and FBI agents continued t…
Page 75Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated March 25, 1972, sent via Teletype with Nitel priority. Teletype from FBI Seattle field office (case 164-81) regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper).…
Page 76FBI Seattle field office teletype to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland reporting that the NORJACK ground search has been temporarily halted due to snowfall. Army troops remain on location. Rain is…
Page 77Standard FBI teletype transmission form header (FD-36), dated March 26, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority in PLAINTEXT. Addressing block showing the teletype is from SAC Seattle to Directo…
Page 78FBI Seattle teletype (NITEL) sent at 10:45 PM on March 26, 1972, to Director FBI, Portland, and Minneapolis offices. Reports that a terrain search with U.S. Army troops began at noon that day under t…
Page 79FBI teletype from Seattle field office reporting that a terrain search with U.S. Army troops for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case commenced at noon on March 26, 1972 with negative results. The search is…
Page 80FBI Seattle teletype to Director, Portland, and Minneapolis field offices reporting that a terrain search with U.S. Army troops for NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) began at noon on March 26, 1972 with negative…
Page 81Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated March 27, 1972, transmitted via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Routing information for the teletype: from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, SAC Minneapolis,…
Page 82Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header; fields are blank as this is a continuation page. Page two of a teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper ground search. The sender advises a redacted individual…
Page 83Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, dated March 27, 1972, evening. NORJAK terrain search update: 218 ground troops began searching a…
Page 84Continuation header for page two of a Seattle field office teletype, case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype reporting that 25% of the search area has been covered. The sender advised an unna…
Page 85Teletype header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) message sent from Seattle FBI field office to the Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices on March 27, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper)…
Page 86Continuation header showing page two of a Seattle field office teletype, case number 164-81 (D.B. Cooper case). Continuation of a teletype discussing the D.B. Cooper ground search. The sender advise…
Page 87Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, dated March 27, 1972. Status update on NORJAK terrain search. Search began at 7:20 AM with appro…
Page 88Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with Seattle field office case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype regarding an FBI-directed ground search. The sender advised a redacted…
Page 89Standard header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from Special Agent Thomas J. Manning to the SAC in Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated 3/27/72. Handwritten routing or clas…
Page 90Continuation of an interview or report describing a helicopter pickup of troops at a distant point. An individual made a statement (redacted under b6/b7C exemptions), and the interviewer questioned w…
Page 91Standard US Government memorandum header from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated March 27, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (164-81). Handwritten signature or routing notation, appears to read…
Page 92Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated March 28, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SACs in Minneapolis and Portland regarding NORJAK…
Page 93Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, dated March 28, 1972. Update on NORJAK terrain search conducted by 202 Army troops on March 28, 1972.…
Page 94Header block of FBI memo from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, Mechanical Section, regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten annotations next to the header, likely routing or processing marks. Possibly abbrevi…
Page 95Header block of FBI memo from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, Mechanical Section, dated 3/29/72, regarding NORJAK case. Seattle field office is sending seven 100-foot rolls of 16mm Ektachrome motion-pi…
Page 96Urgency/priority designation and office of origin marker FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Bureau headquarters reporting the discovery of a body at the Grist Mill at Grist Mill Road and Spur…
Page 97Urgent FBI teletype from Seattle field office to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Reports that on March 29, 1972, at 3:54 PM, the Clark County Sheriff's Office in Vancouver, Washingt…
Page 98Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated March 29, 1972, sent via teletype at NITEL priority in plaintext. Handwritten routing annotations in ink, partially overlapping the TO/FROM…
Page 99Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date, transmission type, and priority fields all left blank. This is a continuation page. Page two of a teletype or transmittal under case number 164-…
Page 100FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director, Portland, and Minneapolis, dated 3/29/72, regarding NORJAK case. Clark County Sheriff's Office in Vancouver, WA reported a body found at the bottom…
Page 101Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with Seattle case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype message indicating that information was offered to Sheriff Eugene Cotton, an FBINA…
Page 102FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director, Portland, and Minneapolis dated 3/29/72 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that the Clark County Sheriff's Office in Vancouver, Washi…
Page 103Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with Seattle field office case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype message indicating that information was offered to Sheriff Eugene Cott…
Page 104Standard US Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10). Memo addressing fields showing this is from Special Agent J. Robert Sutthoff to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated…
Page 105Standard FBI teletype transmission header form, dated March 29, 1972, sent via NITEL priority teletype in plaintext. Distribution list showing the teletype was sent from the Seattle field office (fi…
Page 106Standard FBI transmittal form header (FD-36 variant), revision date May 22, 1964. Date, transmission type, and priority fields are blank on this continuation page. Continuation (page two) of an FBI…
Page 107Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI field office (file 164-81) to Director FBI and multiple field offices, sent as PM NITEL on 3/29/72. NORJAK teletype reporting that a ground search by FBI age…
Page 108Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype under FBI case number SE 164-81. Continuation of a teletype message describing plans for the D.B. Cooper search operation. Bureau agents are phy…
Page 109Teletype routing header from Seattle field office (file 164-81) to FBI Director and multiple field offices, sent as a PM NITEL on 3/29/72. Subject line indicating the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking)…
Page 110Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype under FBI case number SE 164-81. Continuation of a teletype message regarding a physical search operation. Bureau agents are described as physic…
Page 111Teletype routing header from Seattle field office (file 164-81) to FBI Director and multiple field offices, sent as a PM NITEL on 3/29/72 at 12:27 AM on 3/30/72. Teletype reports that a ground searc…
Page 112Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype under FBI Seattle case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype message reporting that the search (likely for D.B. Cooper evidence at Merwin Pa…
Page 113Teletype header showing message NR015 sent at 11:57 PM on 3/29/72 from FBI Seattle (file 164-81) to the Director and multiple field offices. NORJAK teletype reporting that a ground search by FBI age…
Page 114Continuation header for page two of FBI teletype, Seattle case file 164-81. Continuation of a teletype message regarding the D.B. Cooper ground search. Bureau agents are physically tired. Unless adv…
Page 115Burlington Northern company letterhead with address and phone number. Formal letter from Burlington Northern granting the FBI authority to enter Burlington Northern land in Cowlitz County, Washingto…
Page 116Company letterhead with logo and department identification. Return address and telephone number for Burlington Northern Resources Development Department. Letter from Burlington Northern granting th…
Page 117Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 3/30/72, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten signature or initials, likely an acknowledgment or routing ma…
Page 118Memo header identifying the Special Agent in Charge office in Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 3/30/72, prepared by SA Thomas J. Manning. Henry Schutz from the Bureau called at 9:50 AM on 3/30/72…
Page 119Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to file 164-81, from SAC J. E. Milnes, regarding NORJAK case, dated April 3, 1972. SAC Milnes records that on March 30, 1972, he called a redacted…
Page 120Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81 (NORJAK), dated March 31, 1972. Sender name is redacted under b6/b7C exemption. Subject concerns an unknown female relat…
Page 121FBI memo to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. A redacted individual from the Bureau Ident Division advised at approximately 8:45 PM on March 31, 1972 that the Ident Division had completed runnin…
Page 122Header block of a US Government Office Memorandum from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 3/31/72, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten routing annotations indicating Sub E filing and CC no…
Page 123Teletype routing header indicating a plaintext NITEL message sent at 11:48 PM on March 31, 1972, from San Francisco field office (file 164-220) to the Director and Seattle. Handwritten routing annot…
Page 124Header block of a U.S. Government Office Memorandum (Standard Form 64) from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 3/31/72, regarding NORJAK. Handwritten routing annotation, likely indicating the…
Page 125Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Los Angeles to FBI Director, Administrative Division (Movement Unit), regarding NORJAK case. References a Bureau telephone call to Los Angeles on 3/31/72…
Page 126Standard Form 64 header for a US Government Office Memorandum from SAC Seattle to File 164-81, dated April 3, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case, sub-file E. An individual from Fort Lewis called on Apr…
Page 127File number, date, and addressee header for the memo. Memo regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. On 4/3/72, a redacted individual from Fort Lewis called to report that 6th Army Headquarters in San Fr…
Page 128Header of a US Government Office Memorandum, Standard Form 64, from SAC Seattle to File 164-81, dated 4/3/72, subject NORJAK, sub-file F. SAC Gebhart called from San Francisco on 4/3/72 relaying tha…
Page 129Memo header showing file number 164-81, dated 4/3/72, addressed to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case. SAC Gebhart called from San Francisco to relay that a redacted individual from the 6th Army had…
Page 130Standard header of a U.S. Government Office Memorandum from SAC Seattle to File 164-81, dated April 3, 1972, regarding subject NORJAK. Handwritten routing or sub-file annotations indicating Sub E an…
Page 131Standard US Government memorandum header on Optional Form No. 10, from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), sub-file E, concerning a search, dated April 4, 1972.…
Page 132Header of an internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case search, dated April 4, 1972. At 12:10 PM, Bibler called redacted individuals in San Francisco and Lo…
Page 133FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) documenting the transfer of serials 2563 through 2572 from file 164-81 into file 87-13902. The Pending and Closed checkboxes are unchecked. The RECHARGE section…
Page 134Standard FBI AIRTEL transmittal header dated March 16, 1972, sent via Air Mail. Routing block: from SAC Kansas City to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case. OO (Office of Origin) is Seattle. Body of…
Page 135FBI Kansas City field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Physical description form for an individual related to the D.B. Cooper case. Subject is described as 5'10", 185 pounds, he…
Page 136Date of the AIRTEL memo. FBI AIRTEL routing header from SAC Anchorage to SAC Denver regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Office of Origin corrected from Anchorage to Seattle. A signature appears…
Page 137FBI case file number for the Anchorage field office. On 3/21/72 a search was conducted in Anchorage, Alaska to gather information about a redacted individual who was employed at Elmendorf Air Force…
Page 138Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmittal form header dated March 28, 1972. Routing block for an Airtel from Denver SAC to Seattle SAC regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Subject is marke…
Page 139Standard FBI AIRTEL transmittal form header with date 3/20/72. AIRTEL from SAC San Diego to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. On 2/11/72 a U.S. Probation Office employee in San Diego advised on a s…
Page 140Case file number for the San Diego FBI field office, NORJAK case. FBI report documenting the interview of a redacted subject in the D.B. Cooper (NORJAK) investigation. The subject is described as 6'…
Page 141Header of a US Government memorandum from SAC San Antonio to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 3/21/72. San Antonio field office reports that ransom bill lists have been distributed to lo…
Page 142Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from an unidentified Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated 3/24/72. Memo documents interviews conducted at Fairchild…
Page 143Date and communication method header. Routing block of the AIRTEL memo, from Seattle to Alexandria field offices, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle office relays information from Elm…
Page 144FBI case file number for Seattle field office. On 3/24/72, a redacted individual at Fairchild Air Force Base advised that the subject left Fairchild in 1966 or 1967 and he has no information on the…
Page 145Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated March 22, 1972, sent via airtel/air mail. Routing block indicating the airtel is from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Inv…
Page 146FBI file number and dictation/typist codes for the Las Vegas field office. An individual at Security National Bank of Nevada in Reno, a former U.S. Air Force member at Stead Air Force Base (1953–196…
Page 147FBI airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case. Encloses six copies of an investigative insert re interview of a redacted individual at Security National Bank of Nevada, Reno. Di…
Page 148Teletype header showing a NITEL (night telegram) sent at 11:37 PM on March 25, 1972, from Portland field office to the FBI Director and Seattle field office, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten a…
Page 149Standard FBI teletype transmission form header FD-36, dated March 26, 1972, sent via urgent nitel teletype in plaintext. Teletype from FBI Seattle to Director and SAC Portland regarding the NORJACK…
Page 150FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director and Portland, dated March 26, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that negotiations between a redacted party in Seattle and an in…
Page 151Teletype header showing message number, time, date, sender (Portland) and recipients (Director, Seattle) with case file numbers. NORJAK case designation. Portland office reports to Director and Seat…
Page 152Teletype header indicating a night teletype sent from FBI Seattle field office to the FBI Director and Portland office on March 27, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Sub-category marked as M. Body of…
Page 153FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 3/28/72, sent via NITEL at CONFIDENTIAL priority. NITEL from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. References a March 27 mee…
Page 154Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, type, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype describing coordination around ransom money. If the matter falls under FBI jurisdic…
Page 155Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 7:50 PM on March 28, 1972 from Seattle FBI to the Director and Portland office, referencing NORJAK case numbers. Teletype regarding the N…
Page 156Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype from the Seattle field office, case file 164-81. Continuation of a teletype communication describing FBI procedures for handling ransom money. D…
Page 157Handwritten annotation summarizing the teletype content about a pistol located in Tampa, Florida. FBI NITEL teletype from SAC Portland to SAC Las Vegas and SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper…
Page 158Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Seattle and Portland offices, sent urgently on March 28, 1972. NORJAK teletype reporting on a lead from Las Vegas. A redacted individual in…
Page 159Page header identifying this as page two of Las Vegas FBI file 164-60. Continuation of an FBI teletype describing a female source's account of an unidentified male subject. He contacts her periodica…
Page 160FBI AIRTEL form header, dated March 24, 1972, transmitted via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Routing block: AIRTEL from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. A confidential source…
Page 161Case file number and dictator/typist initials for San Francisco FBI field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Physical description of an unidentified subject or person of interest: 6'1", 175 lbs, sand…
Page 162San Francisco FBI field office case number 164-220, dictated by agent with initials ECS, typed by esp. Investigative leads assigned to the San Francisco field office. One lead directs investigation…
Page 163Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated March 23, 1972. Routing information for an airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case. A handwritten annotation (pos…
Page 164Standard FBI FD-36 AIRTEL form header dated March 24, 1972. Routing information for an AIRTEL from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing a prior Seattle a…
Page 165FBI case file number for the Las Vegas field office file on D.B. Cooper case. Continuation of an FBI interview report regarding a subject who loosely resembled the D.B. Cooper artist's conception. A…
Page 166Las Vegas field office case number reference. Closing paragraph of a Las Vegas field office report indicating that the foregoing information is for Seattle's use only, that photographs of a redacted…
Page 167Date of the airtel memo. Standard FBI AIRTEL header routing the memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Handwritten annotations in cursive, partially legible,…
Page 168Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo dated 3/27/72, sent from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A woman from Oregon called ASAC Paul R. Bibler at his home on 3/24/72…
Page 169Standard header of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum from Special Agent John L. Ketcham to SAC Seattle, dated March 28, 1972, regarding NORJAK (the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking c…
Page 170Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle, dated 3/25/72, regarding NORJAK case (file 164-81 Seattle, 164-26 Butte). Administrative memo following up on a le…
Page 171Continuation (page 2) of an FBI communication (BT #164-26) discussing a person known to an SA at the Springfield, Illinois office and another SA assigned to the Butte, Montana Division. The redacted…
Page 172Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from a Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC in Seattle, dated March 29, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. The memo states that a letter was received by…
Page 173Anonymous tip letter suggesting a suspect resembling the D.B. Cooper composite sketch who was known around Bellingham, Washington. The tipster describes the suspect as a 'self-styled Big Time operato…
Page 174Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from an unnamed Special Agent (redacted under b6/b7C), regarding the NORJAK case, dated March 29, 1972. Memo states that a copy of…
Page 175Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from a Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C), regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated March 29, 1972. Brief memo body stating tha…
Page 176An unidentified author states they believe D.B. Cooper the hijacker and an unnamed person accused of a crime in New Jersey are the same man, citing resemblance in age, head contour, hairline, and a s…
Page 177Standard US Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10). Memo routing block addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, dated 3/29/72, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case).…
Page 178Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated March 29, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. The memo states that an attached letter was received by the…
Page 179A witness or tipster offers a suspect name (redacted) for the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The suspect quit his job on Thanksgiving night, played hookey from work the day of the hijacking, completed some a…
Page 180Standard header of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated March 29, 1972, from a Special Agent whose name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions, regarding…
Page 181Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case, dated March 29, 1972. The memo states that a copy of a letter received by the…
Page 182Subject line identifying the document as related to the November 24, 1971 skyjacking (D.B. Cooper case). A tip or lead describing an individual known between 1963–1965 whose face closely resembles t…
Page 183Internal FBI memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The memo transmits a copy of a letter received by the Seattle Post Intelligencer n…
Page 184Header block of a U.S. Government memorandum addressed to SAC, Seattle (file 164-81) from an unidentified Special Agent, dated March 29, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. The memo states that a copy…
Page 185A citizen's letter suggesting a possible suspect in the D.B. Cooper Northwest Airlines skyjacking. The writer describes a man from Washington with olive complexion whose facial features bear a striki…
Page 186Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a Special Agent whose name is redacted, regarding the NORJAK case, dated March 29, 1972. The memo states that a co…
Page 187Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmission form header, dated March 28, 1972, marked URGENT priority, transmitted in plaintext. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Oklahoma City regarding the NORJAK (D.B…
Page 188Urgent FBI teletype from Seattle to Oklahoma City dated 3/28/72 regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper). During a terrain search of the suspected hijacker drop area, a pilot license was found. The license was…
Page 189Teletype routing header from Oklahoma City FBI field office to Seattle, sent as a night telegram on March 28, 1972. The FAA Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City reported details about a private pilo…
Page 190Standard US Government Office Memorandum header addressed from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC, Seattle, dated 3/28/72, regarding the NORJAK case. A portion next to the FROM line and the RE line are redac…
Page 191ASAC Bibler memo to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. At 4:00 PM he called SA Wick and instructed him to obtain a photograph of a redacted individual as soon as possible, call back, and bring th…
Page 192Header block of a U.S. Government Office Memorandum on Standard Form 64, addressed to SAC Seattle from ASAC Paul R. Bibler regarding the NORJAK case, dated 3/28/72. A portion next to the FROM line is…
Page 193Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. SA Grimes called from Oklahoma City on 3/28/72 reporting they found a suspect's pilot license record…
Page 194Header of a US Government memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown subject in the Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking (D.B. Cooper case), dated 3/29/72. On…
Page 195Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed from Special Agent Robert H. Wick to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) in Seattle, file number 164-81, dated March 29, 1972, regarding…
Page 196Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Memo is from a Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C) to the SAC Seattle office, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). The subje…
Page 197Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with date 3/24/72, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. On 3/24/72, a…
Page 198Standard FBI memo header addressed to SAC with file number 164-81, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case out of Seattle office, dated 3/30/72. Handwritten 'Sub-M' notation added. An a…
Page 199FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Seattle field office file 164-81). Subject had spoken to a writer about the case, naming the writer to a redacted individual. He stated he wo…
Page 200Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from an SA (Special Agent) whose name is redacted, addressed to the SAC for case 164-81, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), office of origi…
Page 201Teletype routing header from Phoenix FBI field office to Seattle and Los Angeles, dated March 24, 1972. Handwritten sub-file designation 'Sub J' indicating filing classification. Phoenix FBI office…
Page 202Page two of an FBI report (case PX 164-100) regarding a subject who left the Phoenix area approximately one year prior and is believed to be in California. A source in Phoenix advised that the subjec…
Page 203Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype with Phoenix case number 164-100. FBI Phoenix reports that attempts to obtain an adequate photo of a redacted individual in Phoenix have been…
Page 204Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmission form header, dated March 28, 1972, sent via Airtel/Air Mail. Routing block: from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Seattl…
Page 205Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle, dated 3/28/72, regarding NORJAK case. San Francisco FBI office reports on a tip received via an anonymous…
Page 206Handwritten filing annotation, likely an FBI routing or filing note. Organization logo or emblem depicting a parachute-related insignia. Form letter from the Parachute Club of America (United State…
Page 207Handwritten file notation in upper right corner. Gold Wings certificate from the Parachute Club of America recognizing an individual (name redacted) for completing 1,000 sport parachute jumps. The d…
Page 208Handwritten annotation indicating this document is a copy of an original from a Boeing file. Supervisor tenure line indicating the employee was supervised for 8 months. Name fields are redacted (b6/…
Page 209Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to the SAC under case 164-81, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), Office of Origin Seattle. Dated Ma…
Page 210FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Form fields for Possible Relation and 1970 Vehicle Registration References, both fully redacted under b6/b7C privacy…
Page 211FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. A redacted individual furnished a photograph, handwriting sample, and two documents attesting that the suspect is an acco…
Page 212Standard US Government Memorandum header, from Springfield field office to Seattle SAC, regarding NORJAK case, dated 3/28/72. An individual telephonically contacted the Springfield FBI office on 3/2…
Page 213Case/file reference number for the FBI report. Subject describes terminating employment, leaving Fayetteville, NC on 3/20/72 with family and traveling to Springfield, Illinois. He plans to interview…
Page 214Case file reference number for this report page. Subject describes his last period of military service, stating he was employed in North Carolina, attained an unspecified rank, and made only two par…
Page 215Continuation of an interview or report noting that a subject earned $100/week plus 5% commission while employed at a redacted employer. The subject holds a valid passport with no foreign travel recor…
Page 216Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with date 3/30/72, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Kansas City to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports an interview…
Page 217FBI case file number for the Kansas City field office. A subject is described as a white male, 6'2", dark complexion, with black hair worn in a crew cut style circa 1965, residing in Los Angeles. A…
Page 218Standard government memorandum header from SAC Mobile to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing prior Seattle communications to Albany. A source in Alabama, while playing in a band approxima…
Page 219FBI case file number for the Mobile field office, file 164-34. Continuation of an FBI interview (likely FD-302) conducted on 3/10/72 in Alabama. The subject, whose name is redacted, works for a comp…
Page 220FBI case file number for the document. Continuation of a prior paragraph indicating materials are being forwarded to the Seattle Division for witness exhibition. A person in Alabama confirmed a sta…
Page 221Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 3/29/72, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Airtel from SAC Salt Lake City to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). On 3/21/72, a source i…
Page 222FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Lead assignment directing the Seattle field office to show a photograph of a redacted individual to Northwest Airlines personnel in…
Page 223Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated March 29, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL - REGISTERED priority. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Reports that…
Page 224Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmission form header dated March 30, 1972, sent via Airtel / Air Mail. Routing block showing the airtel is from the Portland SAC to the Seattle SAC regarding the NORJAK…
Page 225Header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated April 3, 1972. A Washington resident called on 3/28/72 to repo…
Page 226Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC under case file 164-81(P), dated April 3, 1972, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case out of Seattle office, sub-topic: two $2…
Page 227FBI routing slip (FD-4 form) dated April 4, 1972, addressed to the Director requesting that 100 copies of the ransom list and 150 sketches of the NORJAK unsub (showing him with and without glasses) b…
Page 228Standard header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated 3/17/72, regarding the NORJAK case. Interview of a redacted individua…
Page 229FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office file 164-81). An individual went to the Customs Office at Seattle-Tacoma Airport and personally offered assistance to two…
Page 230Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated April 6, 1972, transmitted via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Minneapolis regarding NORJAK (D.B. Coope…
Page 231Teletype header showing message number, time, date, routing from Seattle FBI to Director and Minneapolis. Case code name NORJAK identifying this as a D.B. Cooper hijacking case communication. A red…
Page 232Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI field office to Director FBI and Minneapolis, sent as a night teletype on April 6, 1972. Seattle FBI field office reports that the U.S. Army at Fort Lewis, W…
Page 233Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated April 3, 1972. In response to a Philadelphia teletype dated 3/10/72, a contact at…
Page 234FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report header, dated April 4, 1972, addressed to Sheriff Eugene A. Cotton of Clark County, Vancouver, Washington, regarding an unidentified fema…
Page 235Continuation (page 2) of a letter to Mr. Eugene A. Cotton dated April 4, 1972. The text references information previously furnished by the FBI Seattle Division, states that laboratory examination res…
Page 236Standard FBI Identification Division header for a Latent Fingerprint Section report, form 336 revised 2-1-72. Filing information and addressee block. Report dated April 4, 1972, sent via airmail to…
Page 237FBI Laboratory report dated April 4, 1972, from Director J. Edgar Hoover to Sheriff Eugene A. Cotton of Clark County, Vancouver, Washington. The report concerns an unidentified female deceased found…
Page 238Continuation of a previous page's text indicating that debris from specimens Q1 and Q2 is being returned under separate cover by registered mail. This is the tail end of what appears to be an FBI lab…
Page 239FBI Laboratory report dated April 4, 1972, addressed to Sheriff Eugene A. Cotton of Clark County, Vancouver, Washington, regarding an unidentified female deceased found near Woodland, Washington on M…
Page 240Standard FBI Laboratory report header with seal. Continuation from a previous page indicating that debris from specimens Q1 and Q2 is being returned via registered mail under separate cover. Addres…
Page 241Date of the airtel document. Standard FBI airtel header from SAC Los Angeles to the Director of the FBI, Administrative Division (Movement Unit), regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), file number…
Page 242Header of a US Government memorandum from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated 4/7/72, regarding NORJAK case, subject: Search & Publicity. An unidentified person at Ft. Lewis, Washington cont…
Page 243Standard US Government memorandum header from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated April 7, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Report on a tip received by the Seattle Police Departme…
Page 244Memo header identifying the SAC Seattle office, case number 164-81, dated 4/7/72, from SA Charles E. Farrell regarding the NORJAK case and ransom money. On 3/15/72 the Seattle Police Department rece…
Page 245Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated April 7, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Routing block showing the teletype is from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, SAC Minneapol…
Page 246Teletype from Seattle FBI to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices reporting that Army troops arrived at their bivouac area near Lake Merwin on April 7, 1972 at approximately 2 PM. Due to conta…
Page 247Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36), dated April 8, 1972, sent via TELETYPE in PLAINTEXT at NITEL priority. Handwritten office of origin notation. Handwritten routing initials and…
Page 248FBI NITEL teletype from Seattle field office to Director FBI, Portland, and Minneapolis regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Reports that a ground search resumed at 7:15 AM on 4/8/72 and was disconti…
Page 249Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, FD-36, dated April 9, 1972, sent via teletype in plaintext at NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, SAC Portland, and SAC Minneap…
Page 250Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, Portland, and Minneapolis offices, dated April 9, 1972. NORJAK search update: search resumed at 9:30 AM on April 9, 1972 and discon…
Page 251Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated April 6, 1972. Case file number 164-81. Handwritten initials and 'CC' nota…
Page 252Teletype routing header from FBI Portland office to Minneapolis and Seattle offices, dated April 7, 1972 at 9:14 PM. FBI Portland teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing a Minneapo…
Page 253Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype with Portland case number 164-41. Teletype page two describing a D.B. Cooper suspect as a white male American, 5'11.5", 185 lbs, black hair, bro…
Page 254Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated April 8, 1972. Handwritten cursive annotation summarizing the memo topic — a parachute foun…
Page 255Header of a standard United States Government interoffice memorandum from the Director of the FBI to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) in Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated April 7, 1972. Form…
Page 256FBI form number and revision date printed at top left. Routing header from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, with case numbers and NORJAK subject line. Standard FBI photo laboratory form indicating that…
Page 257FBI form number and revision date Routing header indicating a communication from Director, FBI to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated April 7, 1972. Standard FBI photo lab transmittal form…
Page 258FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated April 10, 1972, transmitted via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Routing block showing teletype sent from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SACs in Minneapolis and P…
Page 259Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, sent at 10:36 PM on April 10, 1972. Brief NORJAK status update reporting that 267 Army personnel…
Page 260Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, sent at 7:08 PM on April 10, 1972. NORJAK update reporting that 267 Army personnel conducted a g…
Page 261FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland reporting that 267 Army personnel conducted a ground search on April 10, 1972 from 7:30 AM to 4:20 PM with negative resul…
Page 262Header of a United States Government memorandum from SAC Seattle to file 164-81 regarding NORJAK case, dated 4/10/72, with handwritten name Richard Floyd McCoy Jr. SAC Seattle reports calling SAC CA…
Page 263Header block identifying the file number, date, recipient (SAC Seattle), and case name (NORJAK). The author called SAC Calame in Salt Lake City about a striking resemblance between the SALJAK case s…
Page 264Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to FILE (164-81), from SAC Seattle, subject NORJAK, dated April 10, 1972. Handwritten annotation near the date field, possibly a routing or refer…
Page 265Header block identifying the file number 164-81, date 4/10/72, addressed to SAC Seattle, subject NORJAK. Memo documenting actions taken on 4/10/72: the author called SAC HELD in Minneapolis requesti…
Page 266Standard Form 64 header for an internal FBI Office Memorandum from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated April 11, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten annotations near the header, appearing to…
Page 267File number, date, addressee (SAC Seattle), and case name (NORJAK) header block. Author reports a 4/10/72 conversation with Mr. Schutz at FBI HQ about the resemblance of Richard Floyd McCoy to the N…
Page 268Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated April 11, 1972, regarding subject NORJAK. Handwritten annotation near the FROM field, apparently referencing Lead 386…
Page 269Header block showing file number 164-81, dated 4/11/72, addressed to SAC Seattle, subject line NORJAK. Author spoke with SAC CALAME and a redacted SA in Salt Lake City on 4/10/72. CALAME confirmed t…
Page 270Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 10:08 PM on April 10, 1972 from Salt Lake City FBI field office to Director FBI and field offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Seattle.…
Page 271Case number and page indicator for continuation of teletype. Page two of an FBI Seattle teletype directing the Chicago office to contact United Airlines about flights between Salt Lake City, Portlan…
Page 272Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated April 10, 1972. Sender is an SPC whose name is redacted. Subject is NORJAK. An anonymous caller cont…
Page 273Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle file 164-81, from an SPC (whose name is redacted), regarding NORJAK. Dated April 9, 1972. An SPC agent reports receivin…
Page 274Page header with case file number 164-81. Continuation of an FBI interview or investigative report. An agent checked records at Harbor View hospital, finding no record of treating a subject by a cer…
Page 275Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding NORJAK case, dated April 10, 1972. An anonymous caller (name…
Page 276FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A caller's account varied across multiple calls. He claimed someone had a quarter of a million dollars and bailed out of an a…
Page 277Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with date 4/4/72, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block: Airtel from SAC Kansas City to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case, referencing an earl…
Page 278Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 4/5/72, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block: From SAC Kansas City (case 164-80) to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. RE line is redacted. Bo…
Page 279FBI case number for Kansas City field office, file 164-80. Physical description and personal information of a subject. Hair is brown, eyes are hazel. Wife, address, Social Security number, and U.S.…
Page 280Kansas City FBI file number reference for this case document. Directive to the Seattle field office to display a photograph to witnesses and advise the Los Angeles office of any additional investiga…
Page 281Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with date April 5, 1972, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL priority. Airtel routing: from SAC San Francisco (file 164-220) to SAC Seattle (file 164-81), su…
Page 282FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet for Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790. Lists 17 total deleted pages: pages 8-10 withheld under exemptions b6 and b7C (personal privacy), pages 82-83 removed as dup…
Page 283Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated April 6, 1972. SAC San Francisco reports that a Western Air Lines employee at SFIA…
Page 284FBI case file number and office/typist designator. Permanent address of a redacted individual, located in Miami, Florida. Content redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Lists references associated with…
Page 285Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC J. E. Milnes to the NORJAK case file (164-81), dated April 5, 1972. SAC Milnes documents that SA Henry Schutz at FBI HQ requested a…
Page 286Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel memo from SAC Los Angeles to Director FBI, Administrative Division (Movement Unit), regarding NORJAK case. References a prior Los Angeles airtel to Bureau dated 4…
Page 287Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated April 10, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Memo describes a series of telephone calls received…
Page 288Header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Los Angeles (164-497) to SAC Seattle (164-81), dated April 5, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Contains handwritten routing initia…
Page 289FBI Los Angeles field office case number header. Records indicate that on 12/28/71 a subject reopened a mail account in California and furnished a California Driver's License number. Names of firms…
Page 290FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. An unnamed female was interviewed on 3/28/72 in Los Angeles. She was reluctant to discuss a male subject, stating…
Page 291Header of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Tampa to SAC Seattle, dated 3/29/72, regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. Handwritten annotation 'SUB - M - L X' appears to the right…
Page 292Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to Portland and Seattle, dated April 4, 1972. Minneapolis FBI teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). A source at Northwest Airlines recei…
Page 293Standard FD-302 FBI interview report header with form revision date and report date. FBI interview of a redacted individual who is a sky diver and Trans World Airlines employee. The subject stated h…
Page 294Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated April 7, 1972, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Las Vegas encloses a photo and two copies of a…
Page 295Standard header of a U.S. Government Office Memorandum from SAC Seattle to File 164-81, dated April 11, 1972, regarding NORJAK. Handwritten annotations indicating sub-file number 386 and the name Mc…
Page 296File header indicating case number 164-81, dated 4/11/72, addressed to SAC Seattle, subject NORJAK. SA from Salt Lake City called to advise that colored and Polaroid pictures of Richard Floyd McCoy…
Page 297Teletype transmission header indicating urgent priority message sent at 10:45 AM on April 11, 1972. Routing information showing the teletype was sent from the Salt Lake City FBI field office to the…
Page 298Page two of an FBI teletype instructing Chicago to contact United Airlines regarding flights between Salt Lake City, Portland, and Seattle from November 10-27, checking passenger manifests for the na…
Page 299Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated April 11, 1972, sent via TELETYPE NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC offices in San Francisco, Chicago, and…
Page 300Teletype routing header indicating a nighttime teletype sent at 11:59 PM on April 11, 1972, from the Seattle FBI field office to the Director, San Francisco, Chicago, and Salt Lake City offices. Sea…
Page 301FBI teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Director, San Francisco, Chicago, and Salt Lake City offices, sent at 11:32 PM on April 11, 1972. Seattle FBI office instructs San Francisco…
Page 302Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to file 164-81, from SAC Seattle, dated April 11, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. SAC Calame called from Salt Lake City to report that a witness in Mi…
Page 303File number and date header, addressed to SAC Seattle. SAC Calame called from Salt Lake City on 4/11/72 reporting that a witness from Minneapolis identified the photograph of RICHARD FLOYD McCOY, th…
Page 304Teletype routing header from San Francisco field office to Director and multiple field offices, dated April 11, 1972. Handwritten sub-file number annotation. San Francisco office reports that Hughe…
Page 305Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated April 11, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten notation 'Sub 386' in cursive, likely a sub-file…
Page 306Teletype header from Salt Lake City FBI field office sent to Director, Portland, Minneapolis, and Seattle offices regarding NORJAK case, priority IMMEDIATE. Handwritten annotation, possibly a routin…
Page 307Case number and page indicator for a multi-page teletype. Page two of a teletype comparing details of two hijacking cases: NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) and UAF/JORJAK. Describes the NORJAK unsub's dictated…
Page 308Document header showing case reference SU 164-14 and page number (page three of a multi-page teletype). Hijacker instructed pilot to fly at no more than 10,000 feet with flaps at 15 degrees, landing…
Page 309Case number and page indicator for this teletype continuation. Continuation of a teletype comparing the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case with a UAL hijacking case. Discusses Boeing 727 flight spe…
Page 310Case reference number and page indicator for this teletype page. Continuation of teletype comparing NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case subject with a UAL case subject. Describes parachute landing technique w…
Page 311Case file number and page designation header. Continuation of a comparative analysis between the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case and a UAL (United Air Lines) hijacking case. Compares: voice/accent (normal…
Page 312Case number and page identifier for this teletype page. Comparison between the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case and a UAL case subject. Both unsubs were insistent on retrieving their written instructions a…
Page 313Case number and page indicator for this teletype page. Continuation of a teletype (page 8) regarding a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) suspect. The subject is a nighttime jumper. A search of the subject's vehi…
Page 314Case number and page identifier for this teletype page. Continuation of teletype (page 9) discussing leads related to a UAL subject believed to have made a dry run one week before the hijacking. Pho…
Page 315Teletype routing header from Minneapolis FBI office to Director, Salt Lake City, and Seattle offices, dated April 12, 1972. Handwritten notation, possibly a sub-file or routing number. Minneapolis…
Page 316Continuation (page two) of a teletype comparing physical features of Richard MC COY to D.B. Cooper. Notes that MC COY's nose was broader than Cooper's, that the only stewardess who saw Cooper without…
Page 317Standard US Government memorandum header. Memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated April 12, 1972, regarding NORJAK (the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper case). Three witness statements f…
Page 318Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, from ASAC Paul R. Bibler, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), dated April 12, 1972. Three witnesses in Portland and Eugene, Oregon were shown pho…
Page 319Standard government memorandum form header. Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle reporting that three witnesses viewed a photograph of MC COY and determined he was not identical…
Page 320Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. An ASAC whose name is redacted advised that all three witnesses viewed a photograph of MC COY and de…
Page 321Header block of a United States Government memorandum from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 4/12/72, regarding the NORJAK case, sub-file 386. SAC Seattle reports calling SA Henry Schutz at FBI HQ r…
Page 322Header block indicating file number 164-81, dated 4/12/72, addressed to SAC Seattle, subject NORJAK. An FBI agent reports calling SA Henry Schutz at the Bureau on 4/12/72 regarding witness viewings…
Page 323Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated April 12, 1972, regarding NORJAK (the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper case). Handwritten sub-file number notation. S…
Page 324Header of an FBI internal memo regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, file 164-81, dated April 12, 1972, addressed to SAC Seattle. An FBI agent spoke with an SA in Salt Lake City regarding the NOR…
Page 325Teletype routing header from FBI Director to Seattle, Salt Lake City, Portland, and Minneapolis field offices, sent urgently on April 12, 1972, referencing case 164-2111. Handwritten serial or sub-f…
Page 326Page two of a teletype directing Salt Lake City FBI office to investigate MC COY as a suspect in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Instructions include interviewing associates, reviewing bank records, c…
Page 327Page three of an FBI teletype directing Las Vegas and Salt Lake City field offices to investigate whether a tie and clasp could belong to Mc Coy, and whether Mc Coy was ever employed in the aircraft…
Page 328Standard US Government interoffice memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case, dated April 12, 1972. A redacted witness noted similarities between a p…
Page 329Header of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 4/12/72, from an unidentified Special Agent, regarding case NORJAK. A witness interviewed on 4/11/72 noted certain similarit…
Page 330Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo routing block addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, from a redacted Special Agent. Handwritten sub-file number annot…
Page 331Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent 4/12/72 from Salt Lake City field office to FBI Director, Seattle, and Charlotte offices. Handwritten sub-file number annotation. Salt Lake…
Page 332Case number and page indicator for the teletype continuation. A source at Zions First National Bank in Salt Lake City reported that Mc Coy obtained a $200 cash advance on a Master Charge card a day…
Page 333Page three of an FBI teletype (case SU 164-24) directing the Charlotte field office to obtain financial records for MC COY's accounts from October 1971 to present, including charge card tickets, depo…
Page 334Handwritten sub-file reference number. FBI teletype from SAC Portland to Director and multiple SACs reporting that photos of Richard Floyd McCoy were shown to Portland Division witnesses who were fe…
Page 335Teletype routing header from Salt Lake City FBI office to Director, Las Vegas, Portland, and Seattle offices, marked urgent, dated April 12, 1972. Handwritten notation, likely a routing or reference…
Page 336Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype with Salt Lake City case number SU 164-24. Continuation of FBI teletype regarding investigation of Mc Coy. Reports on efforts to obtain Master C…
Page 337Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype under case number SU 164-24. Continuation of a teletype regarding the investigation of Mc Coy. States investigation has not linked Mc Coy to e…
Page 338Teletype routing header from San Francisco field office to Director and multiple field offices, marked URGENT, dated April 12, 1972. Handwritten sub-file reference number 386. San Francisco FBI fie…
Page 339Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle from an unnamed Special Agent regarding the NORJAK case. A follow-up memo referencing a prior memo dated 2/28/72 about…
Page 340Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a Portland nitel dated 1/7/72 and a Seattle memo dated 2/10/72. Interview conducted on…
Page 341Standard US Government Memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 3/22/72, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Sender and suspect name are redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Mem…
Page 342FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case, Seattle field office. Investigative lead directing agents to contact a redacted individual in Kent, Washington, and ascertain if he bought something (r…
Page 343Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, FD-36, dated March 23, 1972, marked URGENT via TELETYPE. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Oklahoma City regarding NORJAK case. A prev…
Page 344Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director and Oklahoma City, marked URGENT, dated March 23, 1972. Seattle office reports that a previously mentioned suspect's photograph was…
Page 345Urgent teletype from FBI Seattle to Director and Oklahoma City regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that a photograph of a previously mentioned suspect was shown to witnesses at Seattle a…
Page 346Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 3/23/72, regarding the NORJAK case. Memo body describing a call to the Bureau regarding a NOR…
Page 347Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. An unnamed individual called the Bureau referencing an Oklahoma City teletype dated 3/22/72 about a…
Page 348Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmittal form header, dated March 30, 1972. Routing block indicating the Airtel is from SAC Chicago (file 164-297) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAC (D.B. Cooper) hija…
Page 349Date of the airtel document. Header of FBI airtel memo from SAC Las Vegas to SAC San Francisco regarding the NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. An informant from Reno, Nevada advised on 3/28/72…
Page 350Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header indicating an urgent plaintext teletype dated March 24, 1972. Urgent teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Portland regarding the NORJ…
Page 351Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date, transmit method, and priority fields left blank. Two circular redactions obscure portions of the header. Continuation (page two) of an FBI telet…
Page 352Teletype header from Seattle FBI field office to Director and Portland, marked URGENT, regarding NORJAK case dated March 24, 1972. Teletype body reports that a source in Seattle received information…
Page 353Page two of an FBI teletype (SE 164-81) discussing coordination between Bureau, Seattle, and Portland field offices regarding arrangements to observe actual bills (likely ransom money) and determine…
Page 354Large redacted rectangular block; contents withheld under FOIA exemptions. Smaller redacted rectangular block on upper right; contents withheld under FOIA exemptions. Second large redacted rectangu…
Page 355Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case (FBI code name for D.B. Cooper hijacking). The sender's name is redacted under b6/b7C privacy…
Page 356Physical description form for a white male suspect: red hair, blue eyes, 5'10", 140 lbs. Name, date/place of birth, FBI number, Social Security number, and relatives are all redacted under b6/b7C exe…
Page 357FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case, Seattle field office. Two investigative leads assigned to the Seattle field office. Both direct agents to locate and interview redacted individuals in…
Page 358Standard government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case. Sender SA name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Body of memo referencing a prior SEmemo dated 2/14/72. On M…
Page 359Standard USG memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, from a redacted Special Agent, dated March 28, 1972. A witness in Seattle reported that a redacted individual had rente…
Page 360Header block of an FBI memo from a Special Agent to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) of the Seattle field office, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), dated March 28, 1972. The suspect…
Page 361Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case and a redacted suspect. A suspect was contacted on March 20, 1972 in Seattle, WA and…
Page 362FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 3/28/72, regarding NORJAK case and a redacted suspect name. On March 20, 1972, a redacted individual was contacted in Seattle, Was…
Page 363Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated March 29, 1972. The author (Special Agent) name is redacted. Report of investigation conducted at Woodl…
Page 364FBI case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office). A redacted witness or source describes showing something (likely property or a location) to someone in the fal…
Page 365Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. From Special Agent Donald J. Steele to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Handwritten sub-file designation 'SUB- F.'…
Page 366FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Concluding paragraph of a report stating that the subject does not match the hijacker's description and the matter is recorded wit…
Page 367Document reference number, typist initials, and page number for this memo. A confidential source abroad reported on March 4, 1972 that unsuccessful attempts were made to locate and interview an unna…
Page 368Date and redacted addressee block at top of page. FBI AIRTEL memo from the Legal Attaché in Mexico City to the Director of the FBI regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Encloses twelve copies of…
Page 369Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC J. E. Milnes to File 164-81, dated April 5, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Sheriff Richard Nichol of Chelan County reported on March 27, 1972 that…
Page 370Header of a United States Government memorandum from SAC Knoxville to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated March 29, 1972. Knoxville file number 164-35, Seattle file number 164-81. Marked RUC…
Page 371Internal FBI memo from SAC Knoxville to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Bureau airtel to all offices dated 12/7/71 and a Knoxville letter to Seattle dated 2/9/72. Re…
Page 372A tip or lead document listing information provided to the FBI about a suspect with the same initials as D.B. Cooper. The suspect was reportedly retired from the Army in spring 1967, described as a d…
Page 373Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC J. E. Milnes to file 164-81, dated April 5, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case and a suspect whose name is redacted. The memo describes an atta…
Page 374Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81 (NORJAK), dated February 22, 1972. A witness in Seattle was shown a photograph of a re…
Page 375Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent (redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), dated February 22, 1972. A witness in Seattle wa…
Page 376FBI Identification Record header with date 3-13-72, bearing J. Edgar Hoover's signature as Director. The FBI record number is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Criminal history / identification reco…
Page 377FBI Identification Record form dated 3-13-72, signed by J. Edgar Hoover as Director. The record shows a single entry from FBI Los Angeles, California, with an inquiry dated 12-14-61. The subject's na…
Page 378FBI Identification Record header from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, dated 3-13-72, with standard boilerplate language about the record being for official use only and that disposition informat…
Page 379Form header identifying this as FBI form FD-9, Identification Record Request, revision dated 4-28-65. Standard printed instructions for completing the FD-9 Identification Record Request form. FBI I…
Page 380Header of a U.S. Government memorandum addressed to SAC with case number 164-81-2376, dated 3/16/72, regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper case), referencing an airtel from Memphis to Seattle dated 2/19/72.…
Page 381Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 3/22/72. Portland FBI office reports that on 3/13/72, Oregon State Police in Ontari…
Page 382Case file number for this document, likely Portland Division file 164-41. An FBI agent contacted individuals in Hines, Oregon on 3/16/72 regarding a name check. The contacted persons did not recogni…
Page 383FBI Los Angeles NITEL to FBI Seattle regarding NORJAK investigation. On March 29, 1972, subscription records of Sky Diver Magazine published in Los Angeles were reviewed for persons who left no forwa…
Page 384Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle (file 164-81), dated 3/29/72, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding subject NORJACK. Investigation follow-up memo documenting inq…
Page 385FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case, Seattle field office. Lead directing agents to contact a redacted individual at the Colville Indian Agency in Nespelem, Washington, to determine the wh…
Page 386Brief FBI note about an unidentified suspect (name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions) who is ex-Air Force, was last known to be at McChord Air Force Base, and bears a striking resemblance to the D.B.…
Page 387Header of a US Government internal memorandum from SAC J. E. Milnes to file 164-81 regarding NORJAK case, dated April 5, 1972. A suspect name in the RE line is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemption…
Page 388Anonymous tip letter to the FBI identifying a suspect matching the D.B. Cooper composite drawing. The writer describes a man who frequented an apartment, was broke and unemployed, pretended to make p…
Page 389Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to File 164-81, dated April 5, 1972, from SAC J. E. Milnes regarding the NORJAK case and an unnamed suspect. Several fields are redacted under b6/…
Page 390Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to File 164-81, from SAC Seattle, dated 4/5/72, regarding NORJAK (the FBI code name for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case). On 4/5/72 a redacted indiv…
Page 391Internal FBI memo dated 4/5/72 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. An unidentified individual (name redacted) called from Fort Lewis advising that channels had been cleared to resume an operatio…
Page 392Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to File 164-81, from SAC Seattle, dated 4/5/72, subject NORJAK. Includes a handwritten signature. SAC Seattle called SA Henry Shutz at…
Page 393Header block identifying the file number 164-81, date 4/5/72, addressed to SAC Seattle, subject NORJAK. Author describes calling SA Henry Shutz at FBI HQ on 4/4/72 to discuss a 7-day authority time…
Page 394FBI FD-5 File-Serial Charge Out form for file 164-81. A single handwritten entry notes that serial 2713 was transferred into file 87-13902. The remainder of the form is blank. The page is stamped DB…
Page 395Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to the SAC of the Seattle FBI field office (case 164-81, NORJAK), dated April 7, 1972, referencing a prior Seattle memo…
Page 396FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking. An investigative lead directing the Seattle field office to obtain a copy of a redacted individual's driver's license and show it…
Page 397Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle (file 164-81) dated April 7, 1972, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case. Reference line identifying the subject…
Page 398Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated April 7, 1972. An individual in Seattle contacted the FBI on April 3, 1972, ad…
Page 399Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle, dated April 5, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. The memo references a Butte Airtel to Seattle dated 3/22/72. On 3/10/7…
Page 400Standard USG memorandum header addressed from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated April 7, 1972, regarding NORJAK case, subject line references a redacted suspect. A Boeing Compan…
Page 401Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Charles E. Farrell regarding NORJAK case, concerning a redacted suspect. A Boeing Company employee provided background information on a redacted suspect…
Page 402Header of a United States Government memorandum from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated April 6, 1972. An informant in Salem, Oregon visited an abandoned home site on Georgia P…
Page 403Continuation (page 2) of a Portland Division FBI report under file number PD 164-41. The text concludes that something referenced earlier was not unusual, and states that no further investigation is…
Page 404Artifact at top of scan showing edge of another document or envelope. A letter dated March 28, 1972, addressed to The Portland Oregonian newspaper, purportedly from the D.B. Cooper hijacker. The wri…
Page 405Envelope mailed from Jacksonville, Florida to The Portland Oregonian Newspaper in Portland, Oregon. Bears a US Air Mail 11-cent stamp and a Jacksonville, FL postmark. The envelope was processed by th…
Page 406Header block of FBI memo from SAC Portland to Director FBI, attention FBI Laboratory, regarding NORJAK case, dated 4/6/72 with lab reference number 130. Portland field office is forwarding a letter…
Page 407Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from Special Agent Thomas J. Manning regarding NORJAK case, dated April 9, 1972. A female tipster from Washington state telephonical…
Page 408Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Seattle, with copies to Los Angeles, Omaha, and Sacramento. Case is NORJAK (D.B. Cooper). Message is 4 pages, sent as a NITEL (night teletyp…
Page 409Continuation page of a teletype describing a suspect who displayed a last will and testament he claimed to always carry when flying, prepared by a Des Moines law firm. Subject claimed to carry a .357…
Page 410Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype describing a suspect who departed for Des Moines, claimed affiliation with a Veterans Administration Hospital, returned to a motel in early April, acquired a u…
Page 411Page four of an FBI teletype (NORJAK / D.B. Cooper case) directing field offices to: (1) determine if NORJAK ransom money was used for a cash transaction, (2) contact a redacted party regarding prepa…
Page 412Standard US Government memorandum header. Addressed to File 164-81, from SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, dated April 11, 1972. Handwritten classification mark 'Sub E' appears next to the FROM lin…
Page 413Header block identifying this as a memo to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, file 164-81, dated April 11, 1972. The author called a contact at Northwest Airlines in Minneapolis on 4/11/72 and r…
Page 414FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated April 11, 1972, sent via NITEL (night teletype). Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SACs in Minneapolis and Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B…
Page 415Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland field offices, sent at 10:09 PM on April 11, 1972. Brief NORJAK status update reporting that 273 Army personnel…
Page 416Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated April 12, 1972. Sender SA name is redacted. An SA reports on efforts to identify a redacted individual…
Page 417Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, filed under case 164-81 (SUB 195), subject NORJAK, dated April 12, 1972. The memo references an earlier SA m…
Page 418Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated March 1, 1972. Sender SA name is redacted. On December 29, 1971, a contact at the Kitsap Co…
Page 419Standard US Government memorandum header. Memo is addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated April 7, 1972, from a redacted Special Agent. Subject is NORJAK (FBI code name for the D.B. Coope…
Page 420Header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case 164-81 (SUB 131), dated April 12, 1972. The agent reports that…
Page 421Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated April 12, 1972. The author (a Special Agent) and sub-subject are redacted.…
Page 422A person added that an individual was in the Washington area sometime during November and is currently in the Washington area. On April 6, 1972, a source in Washington searched records and could not…
Page 423FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office). A witness interviewed on April 7, 1972 describes observing a person of interest sometime during October 1971. The subje…
Page 424FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. FBI agent checked Clark County Sheriff's Office index cards on April 7, 1972. Index card results showing a subject with…
Page 425FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office file 164-81). Descriptive data form for an unidentified subject obtained through observation and interview. Physical desc…
Page 426Teletype header indicating message sent from FBI Omaha to Seattle and Los Angeles field offices on April 12, 1972 at 9:32 PM CST. FBI Omaha reports results of NORJAK investigation in Des Moines, Iow…
Page 427Page two of a teletype describing an individual's hospital visit and financial transactions. The subject was released from a hospital and later called/appeared at the hospital on April 3 but left wit…
Page 428Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype. Continuation from previous page describing a subject cashing a check for $251.68 difference in cash. He made no statements to bank…
Page 429Page four of an FBI teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper case. An agent at Los Angeles International Airport will contact a representative of the Los Angeles office (name redacted) and ascertain the fo…
Page 430Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from Milwaukee field office to Jacksonville, Miami, Pittsburgh, and Seattle on April 12, 1972. Handwritten annotations indicating the subjec…
Page 431Page two of an FBI report (case MI 164-37) documenting interviews related to the D.B. Cooper hijacking. A redacted individual was interviewed and vouched for other redacted persons as very intelligen…
Page 432Case number and page continuation header for FBI teletype. Continuation of FBI teletype describing interview of an unnamed female subject who stated her only relatives in Florida. References people…
Page 433Case number and page header for page four of the teletype. Continuation (page four) of a multi-office FBI teletype assigning investigative leads related to the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Pittsburgh offi…
Page 434Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Encloses copies of a report by SA Charles E. Farrell dated 2/16/72 for distribution to…
Page 435Date of the airtel memo. Airtel header block from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte regarding the NORJAK case. Cover memo transmitting a copy of SA Charles E. Farrell's report dated 2/16/72 at Seattle regar…
Page 436Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, FD-36, dated April 12, 1972, sent via NITEL teletype in plaintext. FBI Seattle office teletype to Director and SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B.…
Page 437Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date revision 5-22-64. Date, transmittal method, and priority fields are blank, indicating this is a continuation page. Page two of an FBI teletype un…
Page 438Teletype header showing message sent from FBI Seattle field office to FBI Director and Portland office on April 12, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle FBI office reports that two…
Page 439Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, FD-36, dated April 12, 1972, sent via NITEL teletype. Handwritten annotation, possibly a routing or serial notation. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI…
Page 440Standard FBI teletype transmission form header (FD-36), dated April 12, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Routing information for the teletype: sent from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, SAC…
Page 441Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office to Director FBI, Minneapolis, and Portland field offices, sent at 11:42 PM on April 12, 1972. NORJAK search update reporting that 271 Army personnel p…
Page 442Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to Director FBI, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, sent at 10:45 PM on April 12, 1972. NORJAK search update: 271 Army personnel plus FBI agents…
Page 443Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, sent 10:50 PM on April 12, 1972. NORJAK ground search update: 271 Army personnel plus FBI agents…
Page 444Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date of 3/21/72. FD-302 interview report regarding a TWA employee whose name is redacted. The subject was hired in Los Angeles in May…
Page 445Page 2 header with FBI case file number LA 149-1111. Continuation of an FBI report on a subject who used company passes or reduced-rate tickets for flights since August 25, 1971. Records show the su…
Page 446Page 3 of an FBI Los Angeles field office document with case file number 149-1111. Partially redacted personal information form for an individual connected to the D.B. Cooper investigation. The subj…
Page 447Teletype routing header showing message sent from Portland FBI field office to Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Las Vegas offices at 11:45 PM on April 12, 1972. Handwritten page or serial number 386. T…
Page 448Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL sent via Air Mail, dated April 7, 1972. Routing block showing communication from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK c…
Page 449FBI case file number for Los Angeles field office, file 164-497. Request from LA field office to Seattle, Portland, and Minneapolis offices to show enclosed photographs of a redacted individual to w…
Page 450Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header, addressed to SAC from an SA whose name is redacted, dated April 11, 1972, regarding the NORJACK case. Follow-up memo regarding an unidentified m…
Page 451Handwritten subject number notation. Urgent teletype from Charlotte FBI field office to Director, Salt Lake City, and Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Richard Floyd McCoy, Jr. Reports results of inv…
Page 452Case file number and page indicator for page two of a multi-page document. Continuation of a report on McCoy's financial records at Wachovia bank in Raleigh. McCoy has a Master Charge account with a…
Page 453Case number and page indicator for this teletype continuation. Page three of a teletype regarding FBI investigation of Richard Floyd McCoy, Jr. Records at the Bank of North Carolina in Kinston, NC r…
Page 454Anonymous tip letter claiming to identify the D.B. Cooper hijacker as living in Seattle. The writer claims Cooper jumped from the plane near Ephrata, Wash. around 8 p.m., was picked up by two accompl…
Page 455Standard US Government memorandum header from a Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C) to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK, dated April 13, 1972. Memo body states that a letter is attached, furnish…
Page 456Internal FBI memo from an SA (Special Agent, name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. States that a letter is attached which was furnished by a redacted individual from the Seattle Po…
Page 457Teletype routing header with FBI office codes. FBI teletype from Pittsburgh (file 164-93) to Jacksonville, Miami, Milwaukee, and Seattle offices regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. References…
Page 458Faint or partial text at top-left corner, largely illegible. Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype directing the Jacksonville, Florida field office to contact a redacted individual or entity fo…
Page 459Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Director, Seattle, and Salt Lake City, sent urgently on April 13, 1972. Handwritten annotation, likely a routing or serialization note. La…
Page 460Continuation header indicating this is page two of a Las Vegas field office teletype, case number LV 164-69. Hotel registration records show five individuals in the party; room vacated November 3, 1…
Page 461Teletype header showing message sent at 10:45 PM on April 17, 1972 from Salt Lake City FBI office to Director, Las Vegas, Portland, and Seattle offices. Handwritten annotation, possibly a routing or…
Page 462Teletype routing header and page indicator, continuation of a prior page. Request to check airline records (including Air West) for MC COY traveling under aliases D. Cooper, Dan Cooper, or a redacte…
Page 463Standard FBI teletype transmission header with date April 17, 1972, marked PLAINTEXT and NITEL priority. Routing information for the teletype from Charlotte field office to Salt Lake City and Seattl…
Page 464Standard FBI teletype/airtel transmittal form header (FD-36). Date and transmission fields are blank. Page two of an FBI teletype (case CE 164-101) describing checks executed by Richard F. McCox. On…
Page 465FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) documenting that Serial No. 2752 from file 164-81 was transferred into file 87-13902. The form is otherwise blank with no date, employee, or location filled in.…
Page 466Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated April 14, 1972, transmitted via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Routing block: from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, SAC Minneapolis, and SAC Portland. Subje…
Page 467Teletype routing header showing message sent from FBI Seattle to Director FBI, Minneapolis, and Portland offices at 10:44 PM on April 14, 1972. NORJAK search update: 269 Army personnel searched from…
Page 468Teletype header from Seattle FBI field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices regarding NORJAK case. Report on Army ground search for D.B. Cooper. 269 Army personnel searched from 11:…
Page 469Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to Director FBI, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, sent at 10:54 PM on April 14, 1972. NORJAK update: Due to bad weather, 269 Army personnel se…
Page 470Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header indicating a NITEL priority plaintext teletype dated April 15, 1972. Seattle FBI field office teletype to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland repo…
Page 471FBI Seattle teletype to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices reporting on NORJAK ground search on April 15, 1972. Search began at 7:30 AM with 267 Army personnel and agents, ended at 5 PM. App…
Page 472Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Director FBI, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, sent as a night teletype on April 15, 1972. NORJAK search update: a ground search began at 7:30…
Page 473Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, FD-36, dated April 16, 1972, sent via TELETYPE/NITEL in PLAINTEXT. Handwritten annotation indicating Sub-E classification. Teletype from FBI Seattle…
Page 474Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to Director FBI, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, sent at 7:04 PM on April 16, 1972. NORJAK search update: On April 16, 1972, a ground search…
Page 475FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices reporting on the NORJAK ground search conducted on April 16, 1972. The search began at approximately 9:00 AM with…
Page 476Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated April 17, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Routing block showing the teletype is from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, SAC Minneapo…
Page 477Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, sent at 7:16 PM on April 17, 1972. Report on completion of NORJAK search near Merwin Dam as of 1…
Page 478Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, sent the evening of April 17, 1972. FBI Seattle reports that the search of the area near Merwin…
Page 479Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, dated April 17, 1972 at 8:03 PM. Report on NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case: Search of the entire area…
Page 480Standard FBI teletype transmission form header (FD-36), dated April 17, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SACs in Los Angeles, San Francisco,…
Page 481FBI Seattle teletype to Director, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Portland field offices reporting that ten agents on special assignment from SF, LA, and Portland assisting in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper…
Page 482Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director and field offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Portland, sent the evening of April 17, 1972. Brief NORJAK teletype notifying t…
Page 483Teletype from FBI Seattle to Director and field offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Portland, reporting that ten agents on special assignment from SF, LA, and Portland assisting in the NORJAK…
Page 484FBI Seattle teletype to Director and field offices (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland) reporting that ten agents on special assignment from SF, LA, and Portland assisting in the NORJAK search will…
Page 485FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) for case file 164-81 (NORJAK/D.B. Cooper). Serials 2758 through 2760 were transferred, with a cross-reference to file 87-13902. The RECHARGE section and remaini…
Page 486Handwritten date and routing notation at top of page. First damage complaint: an individual in Washington complained that the road to his unoccupied property had deep ruts caused by military vehicle…
Page 487Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed from a Special Clerk (SC) whose name is redacted to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, regarding NORJACK (the FBI code name for the D.B.…
Page 488Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle from Special Agent Thomas J. Manning regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Dated April 4, 1972. Substantive classificatio…
Page 489Official FBI and DOJ seals at top of form. Date line and redacted personal identifying information (name and possibly address) at top of consent-to-search form. Consent-to-search form in which a la…
Page 490Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from Special Agent Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated April 8, 1972. SA Manning reports that on 4/7/72 a redacte…
Page 491FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle reports it cannot identify the anonymous letter with retouched newspaper picture forwarded b…
Page 492Internal FBI memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle responds to a Los Angeles letter dated 3/20/72 that enclosed an anonymous letter with a retouche…
Page 493Date of the airtel memo. Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Salt Lake City regarding the NORJAK case. Exemption codes b6 and b7C noted. Handwritten annotations '2 SL' and 'G.…
Page 494Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated April 13, 1972. Handwritten annotation, possibly a routing or date notation. Partially illegible.…
Page 495Airtel memo header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated April 13, 1972. A woman from Eugene, Oregon called the Seattle FBI office on behalf of a man who claims to have infor…
Page 496FBI interoffice memo from Seattle to Minneapolis field offices dated 4/13/72 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle reports that photographs of a redacted suspect were shown to witnesses. T…
Page 497FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Minneapolis dated 4/13/72 regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle reports that photographs of a redacted suspect were shown to witnesses. Two witnes…
Page 498Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated April 13, 1972. FROM field is redacted. Subject is NORJAK (Complaint Concerning Search). Handwritten routing init…
Page 499Header block of an FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 4/13/72, regarding NORJAK complaint concerning search. A citizen in the Washington/Seattle area telephonicall…
Page 500Standard FBI teletype transmission form header (FD-36), dated April 13, 1972, sent via NITEL teletype in plaintext. Handwritten annotation indicating subject classification, likely 'Sub - E' referri…
Page 501Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office to Director FBI, Minneapolis, and Portland field offices, sent evening of April 13, 1972. NORJAK ground search update: search resumed after weather de…
Page 502Two filled black circles, likely redacting stamps or routing marks at the top of the page. FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland dated April 13, 1972 regardin…
Page 503Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, sent at 9:12 PM on April 13, 1972. NORJAK search update for April 13, 1972. Search was delayed u…
Page 504Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated March 14, 1972, sent via airtel/air mail. Memo routing from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. RE line is redac…
Page 505Date of the airtel memo. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle requests Butte to develop background information on a redacted individual who has been named as a sus…
Page 506FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte dated 4/13/72 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle requests Butte to develop sufficient background information on a redacted individual who h…
Page 507FBI Airtel memo header from SAC Sacramento to SAC Los Angeles, dated 4/12/72, regarding NORJAK case, referencing a Las Vegas nitel to Seattle dated 4/11/72. Sacramento field office reports that the…
Page 508Header block of an FBI AIRTEL from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Kansas City regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, with Seattle as Office of Origin. Minneapolis field office reports that on 4/11/72 a Sp…
Page 509FBI teletype from Miami to Seattle and other field offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. Reports that a person located at a campsite in Clewiston, Florida on April 13, 1972, who…
Page 510Page two of a teletype (MM 164-552) reporting that individuals contacted in Erie, PA stated they have absolutely no knowledge concerning the hijacking or the subject using the alias D.B. Cooper. They…
Page 511Teletype routing header from Jacksonville FBI field office to Milwaukee and Seattle, marked URGENT, dated April 14, 1972. Jacksonville field office reports that a source in Florida advised that duri…
Page 512Page two of an FBI teletype regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect lead. A subject, whose name is redacted, was last known to be in Portland, Oregon eight years prior with no specific address. The subject i…
Page 513Final page (page three) of an FBI teletype from FBI Seattle. The message describes an investigation in Florida that reveals a subject (redacted) has left the area for an unknown destination out of st…
Page 514Teletype routing header from Miami field office to Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Seattle, and Milwaukee, marked URGENT, dated April 15, 1972. Handwritten initials or routing notation in upper right. Mi…
Page 515Page two of an FBI teletype (file MM 164-552) regarding D.B. Cooper / NORJACK. A redacted source advised they have no information and have heard nothing from anyone concerning the unknown subject in…
Page 516Internal FBI memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior memo dated 3/20/72. Reports that on 4/10/72, a contact at the DMV in Olympia, W…
Page 517Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Baltimore to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated April 13, 1972. Baltimore Division reports that the only suspect in their division was elimina…
Page 518FBI AIRTEL form header from SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated April 12, 1972. Dallas field office reports that Braniff International Airlines personnel files c…
Page 519FBI case file number for the Dallas field office investigation. Biographical details of a suspect or person of interest, including DOB, SSN, employment dates, and residence — all substantially redac…
Page 520Standard US Government interoffice memo header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, from a redacted Special Agent, dated April 17, 1972. An individual at Seattle Sky Sports in Issaquah, W…
Page 521FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated April 17, 1972, regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). SA name and suspect name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. An individual from Seattle S…
Page 522Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated April 17, 1972. The sender (a Special Agent) and suspect name are redacted. Two interviews conducte…
Page 523Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect. Agent name and suspect name redacted under b6/b7C. An informant in Seattle reported on April 13, 1972 that…
Page 524Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An individual in Colorado Springs, Colorado was interviewed. A records check for a redacted person failed to find any listing d…
Page 525Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An interview with a person at the Dublin House Restaurant, 6385 North Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The interviewee chec…
Page 526Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An interview with a redacted individual associated with the Roman Villa Restaurant at 3005 North Nevada, Colorado…
Page 527File number, dictator/typist initials, and page number for the report. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation on March 21, 1972 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Multiple reference sources (19…
Page 528Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. An individual in Colorado Springs, Colorado advised that a records check failed to find a particular name or s…
Page 529Standard FBI FD-302 header with transcription date of April 14, 1972. An individual in Colorado Springs, Colorado advised that a records check for a redacted person failed to show any listing during…
Page 530Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo routing information: from Denver SAC to Seattle SAC regarding NORJAK case, dated April 14, 1972. Denver office forwards nine copies each of five…
Page 531Header of a Washington State criminal identification record transcript form. FBI number and Bureau number are redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Criminal record table listing arrests/bookings from mu…
Page 532Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding case 164-81 (NORJAK), dated April 17, 1972. The sender is a Special Agent whose name is redacted. A King County Police D…
Page 533Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated April 17, 1972. A King County Police Department contact in Seattle adv…
Page 534Standard US Government memorandum form header. Short FBI memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A redacted individual from Washington sta…
Page 535Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed from a Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge), dated April 17, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwrit…
Page 536Standard government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated April 17, 1972. Handwritten annotation, likely a supervisor's note summarizing the…
Page 537Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated April 19, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case, marking the subject as a suspect. An anonymous caller…
Page 538Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated April 19, 1972. Handwritten anno…
Page 539FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) for file 164-81, recording that serials 2796 through 2797 were transferred into file 87-13902. All other fields on the form (employee, date, recharge section, l…
Page 540FBI Routing Slip (Form 0-7) dated 4/12/72 for case NORJAK, with virtually all domestic SAC field offices, Quantico, and all LEGAT offices checked for distribution. Handwritten initials or signature,…
Page 541Handwritten cursive name, likely a suspect or person of interest name. Appears to read 'Marvin Hodelle Jr' or similar. FBI Seattle field office processing stamp dated April 10, 1972, with handwritte…
Page 542A handwritten letter apparently sent to the FBI regarding the D.B. Cooper case. Most of the content is difficult to decipher due to cursive handwriting and multiple redaction blocks covering personal…
Page 543Opening fragment of a handwritten letter describing people coming onto the writer's property. Continues from a previous page. A redacted block follows, likely containing personal identifying informat…
Page 544Header indicating this is the third page of a multi-page handwritten letter. A resident near the D.B. Cooper search area complains that Army personnel involved in the search camped approximately 75…
Page 545Scanned envelope addressed to the FBI in Washington, D.C. The mailing address and return address are redacted (FOIA exemptions b6/b7C for personal privacy). The envelope bears a National Parks Centen…
Page 546Heavily redacted area; left portion shows scattered dark spots and artifacts suggesting an underlying photograph or document image that has been almost entirely blacked out under FOIA exemptions. FO…
Page 547Standard US Government memorandum header. Addressed to File 164-81 (P), from SAC J. E. Milnes, dated April 21, 1972. Subject is NORJAK. RE line references UNSUB with redacted identifying information.…
Page 548FBI internal routing slip (FD-4 form) dated 4/12/72 directed to Agent Manning, with RE field indicating 'SUB - DD'. No action desired boxes appear to be checked. Handwritten note from SAC asking Age…
Page 549Classification stamp marking the document as SECRET. Declassification notice indicating all information has been unclassified as of February 21, 2018. Teletype routing and timestamp information sho…
Page 550Classification stamp at top of page indicating SECRET classification level. Page continuation header indicating this is the second page of a multi-page document. First redacted block with a partial…
Page 551Classification stamp at top of page, struck through with a line indicating declassification. Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page classified document. First redacted block with…
Page 552Classification stamp at top of page. Page number header for continuation page of a multi-page teletype. Fully redacted block with b1/b3 exemption markings and (S) classification marker. Content wit…
Page 553Classification stamp at top of page. FOIA exemption markings indicating redactions are for personal privacy (b6) and source identifying information (b7C). Continuation (page five) of an FBI report…
Page 554Classification stamp at top of page. Page six of a multi-page FBI teletype discussing hotel records. An individual with unknown first name joined a redacted person in a hotel suite around December.…
Page 555Classification stamp at top of page. Case file number and page indicator for this teletype page. Description of first individual: white male American, 60 years old, 5'10", 165 lbs, characterized as…
Page 556Document reference number and page indicator for a Washington Field Office teletype. Review of long distance telephone calls from a hotel suite revealing two calls. The first call was at 8:22 PM on…
Page 557Classification stamp at top of page. Case file number and page indicator for Washington Field Office report. A redacted individual from Indiana paid large hotel bills in cash using fifty and one hu…
Page 558Classification stamp at top of page. Page ten of an FBI teletype (WFO 164-169) reporting that the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. disclosed a hotel suite burglary. Between 1:00 AM…
Page 559Classification stamp at top of page. Page eleven of an FBI teletype from WFO (Washington Field Office) case 164-169. Describes evidence found in trash baskets including pieces of a note on hotel sta…
Page 560Classification stamp at top of page. Case number and page indicator for this teletype continuation. Redacted section referencing a location in Maryland and items (numbers) found in trash. Names and…
Page 561Classification stamp at top of page. Continuation page (TWELVE-A) of a teletype (UFO 164-169) regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect. On December 3, 1971, records were reviewed at United States Coast Guard…
Page 562Classification stamp at top of page. Case number and page indicator for the report. Continuation of an FBI investigative report (page 13) describing a person of interest who had 131 recorded voyage…
Page 563Classification stamp at top of page. File number and page identifier for this report page. Report describes a validated stamp/license issued at San Francisco, California. The file contained no addi…
Page 564Classification stamp at top of page. Continuation of a teletype (page 15) from WFO case 164-169. Describes a subject who was in the continental U.S. for a term not exceeding nine calendar months, li…
Page 565Classification stamp at top of page. Page header identifying this as page sixteen of a Washington Field Office teletype, case number 164-169. A person identifiable with WDC is referenced but name an…
Page 566Crossed-out SECRET classification stamp at top of page, indicating declassification. Final page (page seventeen) of a teletype from Washington Field Office (WFO), case file 164-169, regarding the D.…
Page 567Header of a U.S. Government memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC San Diego, dated February 10, 1972, regarding case NORTAK (aircraft hijacking). A Secret Service agent telephonical…
Page 568Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated February 11, 1972, sent via teletype with immediate priority. Teletype from San Diego FBI field office to Las Vegas and Seattle regarding NO…
Page 569FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet indicating 2 pages were deleted from the file under Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790. Both pages were withheld under exemptions b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (la…
Page 570AP wire story datelined Portland, Ore. recounting the D.B. Cooper skyjacking three years after the event, noting the five-year federal statute of limitations and reconstructing events of the Thanksgi…
Page 571Official DOJ letterhead for the United States Attorney, District of Oregon. File reference or initials/number notation on the letter. Letter from U.S. Attorney Sidney I. Lezak to FBI SAC Julius L.…
Page 572Header of FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report, form 1-336, dated October 9, 1975, addressed to SAC Milwaukee regarding NORJAK case. FBI file number 164-2111, latent case num…
Page 573FBI case file number for the Milwaukee field office, file 164-35. An FBI Special Agent in Milwaukee conducted an investigation on October 17, 1975. The Chief Deputy US Marshal for the Eastern Distri…
Page 574FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet for Civil Action 1:16-cv-01790 indicating 5 pages were deleted under FOIA exemptions b5, b6, and b7C, all per EOUSA (Executive Office for United States Attor…
Page 575Case caption for United States v. John Doe aka Dan Cooper, Criminal Case CR 76-229, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. The indictment cites 49 U.S.C. §1301(15), (34), §1472(i), an…
Page 576Continuation of Count I of the indictment describing the hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 between Portland and Seattle-Tacoma, in violation of Section 902(i) of the Federal Aviation…
Page 577Concluding paragraph of an indictment charging the defendant (John Doe a/k/a Dan Cooper) with air piracy: displaying a purported bomb to crew members of Northwest Orient Airlines and demanding $200,0…
Page 578Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An interviewee with curiosity about the D.B. Cooper hijacking reports knowledge of a former BLM smokejumper colle…
Page 579Case file number and page indicator for this FBI document. A source discussed the D.B. Cooper hijacking case with others and suggested that a redacted individual could be D.B. Cooper, noting that if…
Page 580Single letter 'x' mark, likely a routing or classification indicator. FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle dated 8/29/77 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. An informant from…
Page 581Case file number for this document. A female source expressed interest in details of the D.B. Cooper hijacking and was told information in strict confidence. She indicated the individual should not…
Page 582Handwritten delivery timestamp on the teletype. Teletype routing header indicating an urgent coded message sent from Sacramento FBI field office to Seattle, Las Vegas, and Phoenix on November 26, 19…
Page 583Page header indicating this is the second page of the document. Large redacted block with FOIA exemption markers b3, b6, b7C, b7D on the right margin. Continuation of a teletype instruction from Se…
Page 584Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from SAC J. E. Milnes to file 164-81 (P), dated November 26, 1971, regarding the UNSUB Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking case. Classification or sear…
Page 585U.S. Coast Guard 'Lost Documents' form filled out by James Dwight Booth of Cut Bank, Montana, born December 1, 1927 in Duluth, Minnesota. He reports lost Merchant Mariner's documents (Certificate of…
Page 586Form section documenting the loss of U.S. Coast Guard discharge documents covering 3 years of sea time from 1947–1952, which were turned in to the Coast Guard office in San Francisco when the individ…
Page 587Header of a United States Government memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK hijacking case. An individual contacted by the FBI on 11-26-71 reported that after reading ne…
Page 588FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. A redacted source felt that BOOTH had travelled extensively and appeared to be from or familiar with the Pacific Northwest. C…
Page 589Teletype routing header from Butte FBI field office to Phoenix, Portland, and Seattle offices, dated November 29, 1971. Teletype from Butte FBI office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking ca…
Page 590Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with case reference number 164-26. Conclusion of a teletype message directing contact with USFS Region Six in Portland, Oregon, to dete…
Page 591FBI teletype from New Haven field office (file 164-77) sent urgent on December 1, 1971, addressed to the Director, Seattle, and WFO regarding the UNSUB case of the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijac…
Page 592Page header indicating this is the second page of a multi-page teletype. A large rectangular redacted block with FOIA exemption code b3 noted in the right margin. Content withheld under a statutory…
Page 593Handwritten annotation at top of page, possibly referencing Boeing technical data or Delta connection. FBI teletype header from New Haven field office (file 154-77) sent urgently on December 1, 1971…
Page 594Page header indicating this is the second page of a multi-page teletype. Large rectangular redaction block covering a significant portion of the page. The FOIA exemption code 'b3' is annotated in th…
Page 595Header block of an FBI teletype sent urgently at 3:04 PM on December 1, 1971 from the New Haven field office (file 164-77) to the Director, Seattle, and WFO regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest…
Page 596Continuation header indicating this is the second page of a multi-page teletype. A large rectangular redaction box covering several lines of text. Marked with FOIA exemption code b3 (information exe…
Page 597Teletype routing header from FBI Alexandria field office to FBI Seattle, sent at 2:50 AM on December 1, 1971, referencing case file 164-72, priority (P). Body of the teletype referencing the UNSUB (…
Page 598Teletype routing header from Indianapolis field office (file 164-62) to St. Louis and Seattle, sent 12/1/71. Handwritten filing or routing annotations, likely indicating date and sub-file designatio…
Page 599Page header indicating this is page two of a multi-page document. Description of a suspect with narrow mouth and slight accent. A Special Agent at Ft. Holabird, MD liaison advised that CID (Criminal…
Page 600Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 1, 1971, sent via TELETYPE with URGENT priority. A classification stamp reading 'SUSP' is visible, with a redacted block adjacent to…
Page 601Urgent FBI teletype from Seattle field office to FBI Director and Washington Field Office referencing the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. The teletype ref…
Page 602Standard US Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10, May 1962 edition). Memo header routing from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle, dated 11/30/71, regarding the UNSUB Northwest Airlines…
Page 603FBI case file number for this document. Redacted narrative about a subject's employer, residence in Oregon, and someone making photographs available to the FBI that still resemble the subject. Phys…
Page 604FBI case file number for the Anchorage field office. Brief investigative lead noting that the Anchorage Division will attempt to locate a redacted individual's employer in Fairbanks, Alaska for addi…
Page 605Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from the Anchorage field office to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case, dated November 30, 1971. References a prior Butte teletype dated 11/29/…
Page 606FBI case file number for Anchorage field office, file 164-59. Continuation of an interview or report about an unidentified male subject. Someone provided materials to the FBI and said the subject st…
Page 607FBI case file number for Anchorage field office, case 164-59. Anchorage Division lead directing agents in Fairbanks, Alaska to locate a redacted individual's employer for additional background infor…
Page 608Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle and Washington Field, sent urgently on December 2, 1971. Handwritten annotation in upper right corner, likely a routing or fili…
Page 609Page header showing this is page two of a teletype with San Francisco case number 164-229. Continuation of a teletype. A redacted individual at the United States Coast Guard in San Francisco advises…
Page 610Teletype routing header from San Francisco field office to Seattle and Washington Field, sent urgently on December 2, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airline…
Page 611Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with San Francisco field office case number 164-220. Continuation of a teletype message. A redacted individual at the United States Coast Guard…
Page 612Handwritten annotation indicating sub-search and cross-reference markings. Teletype from Washington Field Office to FBI Director and Seattle, dated December 2, 1971. Reports on discussions held with…
Page 613Page two of a memo discussing two alternatives for aerial surveillance related to the D.B. Cooper case. Alternative One recommends using low-altitude light aircraft with infrared (IR) film to photogr…
Page 614Page three of a multi-page FBI report discussing aerial search options for locating a parachute. Mr. Krueger describes U-2 aircraft capabilities for overflying the search area at 30,000-40,000 feet w…
Page 615Page four of a multi-page report. Mr. Krueger and Mr. Nolan emphasized that obtaining infrared photographs of the area capable of yielding a parachute was analogous to finding a needle in a haystack.…
Page 616Page header indicating this is page five of a multi-page teletype or report. Continuation of a teletype (page 5) discussing a second source for imagery analysis at SAC headquarters at Offutt Air For…
Page 617Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 9:48 PM on December 2, 1971, from Washington Field Office (file 164-169) to the Director and Seattle, five pages total. Subject line iden…
Page 618Page two of a multi-page document discussing alternatives for aerial infrared photography and thermal IR scanning to detect buried objects through disturbed soil. Alternative one recommends low-altit…
Page 619Page three of a multi-page document discussing the use of U-2 reconnaissance aircraft to search for D.B. Cooper's parachute. Mr. Krueger explains that U-2 aircraft flying at 30,000–40,000 feet would…
Page 620Continuation of a multi-page document (page four). Mr. Krueger and Mr. Nolan emphasized that obtaining IR photographs to locate a parachute in the search area was like finding a needle in a haystack.…
Page 621Page five of a multi-page teletype. Discusses a second source for imagery analysis at SAC headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Krueger expressed willingness to contact military…
Page 622FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet indicating 22 pages were withheld under exemptions b3 (statutory exemption) and b6 (personal privacy) in Civil Action 1:16-cv-01790. Bordered stamp or text…
Page 623Standard FBI AIRTEL transmittal form header, FD-36, dated December 1, 1971. AIRTEL from Washington Field Office SAC to Seattle SAC regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on N…
Page 624Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC of Seattle field office, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines F…
Page 625FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper (NORJAK) investigation. Partially redacted sentence indicating the subject was shown as employed by a redacted entity, in a redacted location…
Page 626Header block of an FBI memo from the Seattle field office, case number 164-81, dated 12/6/71, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71. An individual,…
Page 627FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case. Redacted text referencing a subject's employment. Exemption codes b6 and b7C (personal privacy) applied. Investigative leads we…
Page 628FBI file numbers and dictation codes for this document. FBI interview report from November 30, 1971. An individual advised a Special Agent that during a discussion about the Northwest Airlines hijac…
Page 629Case file numbers and dictation/typist identifiers. This is page 2 of the document. An interview conducted on November 30, 1971. A witness (name redacted) advised an SA (Special Agent, name redacted…
Page 630Case file numbers and dictation/typist initials with page number 3. Privacy Act exemption markings indicating b6 and b7C redactions per FAA/FBI. On November 30, 1971, an FBI Special Agent contacted…
Page 631Case file numbers, author initials, and page number for this FBI report page. Continuation of an FBI interview or report discussing an individual's FAA airplane certificate. The subject holds only a…
Page 632FBI teletype from San Francisco field office to Seattle and Las Vegas offices, dated December 6, 1971. Subject is UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, regarding the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on Nov…
Page 633Header indicating this is page two of a San Francisco field office document, case file number 164-220. Large redacted block spanning most of the page. Content withheld under FOIA exemptions b3 (info…
Page 634Continuation header indicating this is page three of a teletype from the San Francisco FBI field office, case number 164-220. Large bordered rectangular area that is blank/redacted. FOIA exemption m…
Page 635Teletype routing header showing urgent message sent from San Francisco FBI office to Seattle, Portland, and Sacramento offices on December 6, 1971 at 4:37 PM. Subject line identifying the case as th…
Page 636Page continuation header indicating this is the second page of a multi-page teletype. Page two of an FBI teletype regarding the SAMAR Division of the Navy Reserve, based at Treasure Island, Californ…
Page 637FBI interview form identifier and revision date. Document header with title and transcription date. FD-302 interview summary describing how a FAA Special Agent in Charge provided the FBI with a cop…
Page 638Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office, marked urgent, dated December 7, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: UNSUB on Northwest Airlines Fl…
Page 639Urgent teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle regarding an unnamed suspect in the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking (D.B. Cooper case). Portland is forwarding suspect information via telecop…
Page 640Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 7, 1971, sent via NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Charlotte summarizing the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Air…
Page 641Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date, transmission method, and priority fields left blank. This is a continuation page (PAGE TWO). A large redacted block appearing immediately under…
Page 642Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date, plaintext/code, and priority fields all left blank. This is a continuation page. Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype directing the Charlotte…
Page 643Standard header of a US Government memorandum from an SA (Special Agent) in Seattle to SAC Seattle, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight #305, 11/24/71). The memo conce…
Page 644Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 6, 1971, sent via AIRTEL. Routing block identifying the airtel as from SAC Washington Field Office to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB…
Page 645Washington Field Office case file number. States that WFO will be advised to cancel the stop on James Dwight Booth if he is eliminated as a suspect in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Standard FBI w…
Page 646Teletype routing header from Sacramento FBI office to Seattle and Portland offices, sent urgently on December 8, 1971. Case identification line identifying the subject as UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, refer…
Page 647Teletype routing header indicating message NR 011 sent from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle and Portland offices at 7:36 PM on December 8, 1971. Subject line identifying the case as the hi…
Page 648Case file number, dictation initials, and page number. Administrative memo documenting an investigation conducted by SA Theodore F. Bruhl in Honolulu on November 29, 1971. An individual (name redact…
Page 649Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date of December 3, 1971. A redacted individual advised that he recalled something about another redacted person or…
Page 650FBI form revision identifier Standard FBI FD-302 header with page number and transcription date An unnamed female FAA employee reported that her records contained only a letter on Hawaiian Air Tour…
Page 651Standard FD-302 interview form header with form revision date and transcription date. Redacted FD-302 interview in which a subject discusses a firm that entered bankruptcy several years prior. Perti…
Page 652FBI case file number HN 164-85, page 2 of the document. A redacted continuation of an interview or report. An unnamed individual states he has no idea where another unnamed person might be, but sugg…
Page 653Standard FBI FD-302 interview report form header with date November 30, 1971. The Chief of Reno Tower, FAA, provided a transcript of taped radio conversations between Reno Tower and Northwest Airlin…
Page 654Letterhead for the Airport Traffic Control Tower at Reno International Airport. Date of the document. Cover page for a transcription of radio communications between Northwest Airlines Flight 305 an…
Page 655Radio communication transcript between Reno Tower (RNO TWR DR) and Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center (OAK ARTCC) at 0632-0634 GMT. They coordinate a radar handoff for aircraft Northwest 305 an…
Page 656Radio communication transcript between Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center (OAK ARTCC), Reno Tower (RNO TWR DR), and Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305). The transcript covers the approach of…
Page 657Transcript of air traffic control radio communications between Reno Tower (RNO TWR DR) and Northwest Flight 305 (NW305) during approach to Reno. Covers timestamps 0637–0642 GMT. ATC issues descent cl…
Page 658Radio communication transcript between Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305) and Reno Tower (RNO TWR DN). The tower asks about the status of the aircraft stairs. The crew reports they haven't been ab…
Page 659Radio communication transcript between Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305) and Reno Tower (RNO TWR DR) during approach and landing at Reno. Timestamps in GMT (0646-0648). The crew discusses approac…
Page 660Radio transcript between Reno Tower (RNO TWR DR) and Northwest 305 (NW305) from 0649-0652 GMT. The crew discusses where to park on arrival, expressing concern about staying away from buildings in cas…
Page 661Transcript of radio communications between Reno Tower (RNO TWR DR) and Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305) during approach to Reno. The crew reports they are inbound on the ILS Alpha approach via S…
Page 662Radio communication transcript between Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305) and Reno Tower Local Control (RNO TWR LC). The aircraft is cleared to land at Reno, with confirmation that the full runway…
Page 663Radio communication transcript between Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305) and Reno Tower Local Control (RNO TWR LC) during taxiing at Reno airport. The crew asks about sparks coming off the tail u…
Page 664Radio communication transcript between Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305) and Reno Tower Local Control (RNO TWR LC) during ground operations at Reno airport. The crew and tower coordinate taxiing,…
Page 665Radio communication transcript between Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305) and Reno Tower Local Control (RNO TWR LC) during the D.B. Cooper hijacking incident. The tower attempts to coordinate refu…
Page 666Radio communications transcript between Northwest Flight 305 (NW305) and Reno Tower (HERO) after the aircraft landed at Reno. Timestamps run from prior to 0709 GMT through 0713 GMT. The tower repeate…
Page 667Continuation of NW305 crew radio transmission requesting ground transportation after securing the aircraft at Reno. Crew thanks fuelers and support personnel and asks about United Airlines operations…
Page 668Radio communication transcript between Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305) and Reno Tower Local Control (RNO TWR LC). The tower arranges ground transportation pickup at the front of the aircraft. A…
Page 669Apparent closing line of a teletype message, likely a sign-off such as 'GOOD NIGHT'. The rest of the page is blank, suggesting this is the final page of a multi-page teletype document. Bates-style r…
Page 670Standard US Government interoffice memorandum from an unnamed Special Agent (SA) to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Seattle field office file 164-81, dated December 8, 1971. Subject is the UNSUB a…
Page 671FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, Seattle field office. A redacted individual explains the mechanics of the Boeing 727 rear airstair. The stairs cannot be operated from the co…
Page 672Northwest Orient Airlines passenger ticket (Flight Coupon No. 1) issued to Dan Cooper for travel from Portland to Seattle on NW Flight 305, dated November 24, 1971. Coach class (Y). Total fare $22.99…
Page 673Standard US Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10). Memorandum routing block from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, dated December 6, 1971. Han…
Page 674Standard U.S. Government memorandum header with form number and edition information. Memo addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #305, Portland to Sea…
Page 675FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an Airtel sent via Airmail, dated 12/8/71. Routing block of Airtel from SAC Atlanta to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, Northwest Ai…
Page 676FBI Atlanta Division case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of a memo indicating photographs or materials were shown to witnesses for identification. States no further lead…
Page 677Standard FBI airtel transmittal form header dated December 9, 1971. Airtel from SAC Washington Field Office to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, enclosing a photograph of a redacted individual…
Page 678Washington Field Office case file number reference. Large redacted box containing information withheld under FOIA exemptions b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy), per DOS…
Page 679FBI Las Vegas field office file header with case number LV 164-60, dictated by MTB, typed by jhp, page 1, covering period November 25-26, 1971. An FAA Tower Supervisor at Reno Municipal Airport prov…
Page 680Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office (case 164-41) to Los Angeles and Seattle (case 164-81), sent as a night teletype on December 15, 1971 at 6:55 PM. Body of the teletype regardin…
Page 681Case number and page continuation header for Portland field office file 164-41. Page two of a teletype regarding a lead on an individual who was issued a commercial pilot's license on July 16, 1964,…
Page 682Handwritten sub-file annotation indicating Sub 200 designation. Urgent FBI teletype from Portland field office to multiple offices regarding NORJAK suspect James Ray Fugate. Fugate was furnished by…
Page 683Case number and page indicator for this teletype. FOIA exemption markings indicating name redacted per FAA request under Privacy Act (b6) and source confidentiality (b7C). A redacted FAA-GADO emplo…
Page 684FBI Dallas field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper case (NORJAK). Subject reference line with name fully redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C (personal privacy). Handwritten serial n…
Page 685FBI case file number, typist initials, and page number. An unidentified source in Texas telephonically contacted the Dallas FBI Office on November 29, 1971, reporting that the artist conception publ…
Page 686FBI case file number and page continuation number. An SA conducted investigation in Texas. On November 30, 1971, a Sheriff's Office and Police Department were contacted; their files contained no inf…
Page 687FBI case number DL 164-191, page 3 of a sub-document. On December 3, 1971, a redacted individual was shown a photograph and confirmed it was identical to a person they had previously referred to by…
Page 688FBI AIRTEL header from SAC Denver to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), with Office of Origin Seattle. Subject description line references a white male, remainder redacted.…
Page 689Case file number and page marking for Denver field office file 164-98. On 12/21/71, a source in Colorado made available a personnel folder and Polaroid photographs of a subject. Review of the file s…