Teletype routing header from Washington Field Office to FBI Director, Mobile, and Seattle field offices, sent at 2:54 AM on December 2, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case:…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from the New York FBI field office to the Director, Seattle, Washington Field, and Norfolk offices on December 3, 1971. Subject line identif…

Continuation (page 2) of a teletype describing a subject identified through NYSDMV (New York State DMV) records. Subject is a white male, five foot eight, with a 1968 Toyota registered to him at a re…

Classification stamp at top of document, partially obscured by redaction. Declassification stamp indicating all information was unclassified as of April 25, 2018. Teletype header showing message nu…

Classification stamp at top of page, appears partially struck through or crossed out. Page continuation header indicating this is page two of a multi-page document. First large redacted box. The '(…

Classification stamp at top of page, crossed out with diagonal lines indicating declassification. Page continuation header indicating this is page three of the original multi-page document. Handwri…

Classification stamp at top of page, partially obscured. Page continuation header indicating this is page four of a multi-page teletype. A large redacted block spanning several lines. FOIA exemptio…

Classification stamp at top of page. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page five) describing hotel registration records. A redacted individual checked into a hotel in or near Springfield and register…

Classification stamp at top of page. Continuation of an FBI report (page six) discussing hotel records revealing an individual with unknown first name who joined someone in a hotel suite on December…

Classification stamp at top of page. Case reference number and page designation. Description of first individual believed to be a white male American, sixty years old, 5'10", 165 lbs, characterized…

Classification stamp at top of page. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page 8) describing two long-distance telephone calls made from a hotel suite on the evening of November 28. The first call at 8:…

Classification stamp at top of page. Case number and page indicator for the teletype continuation. Describes two hotel bills paid in cash with large-denomination bills ($50 and $100). First bill to…

Classification stamp at top of page. File number and page designation for this continuation page of the report. A Metropolitan Police Department check in Washington, D.C. revealed that a hotel suit…

Classification stamp at top of page. Continuation of FBI teletype (page eleven) describing evidence found in trash baskets at a hotel. Pieces of a note on hotel stationery were pieced together by Bu…

Classification stamp at top of page. Case number and page indicator for Washington Field Office teletype. Redacted passage noting a location in Maryland and numbers found in trash. Names and number…

Classification stamp at top of page. A page from an FBI teletype or report (Washington Field Office case 164-169) describing a review of records at United States Coast Guard Headquarters in Washingt…

Classification stamp at top of page. Case number and page identifier for the teletype. States that a redacted individual was located at San Francisco, California, endorsed under a redacted designat…

SECRET classification stamp at top of page. Continuation of an FBI report (page 14) referencing a validated stamp and license issued in San Francisco, California. A search at United States Coast Gua…

Classification stamp at top of page. Continuation of a teletype (page 15) from WFO (Washington Field Office) case 164-169. Describes a suspect who was in the continental United States for a term not…

Crossed-out SECRET classification stamp at top of page. Header identifying this as page sixteen of WFO (Washington Field Office) teletype 164-169. A person identifiable with redacted name and date o…

Classification stamp at top of page marked SECRET. Continuation of a Washington Field Office teletype (page 17) regarding case 164-169. A portion is redacted under FOIA exemptions b3 and b6. States…

FBI facsimile transmittal cover sheet (FD-445) from SAC Washington Field Office to SAC Seattle, dated February 29, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. The attachment is described as 'BACKGROUND INFO' on a r…

A Standard Form 171 (Personal Qualifications Statement) for a Customs Security Officer position. The applicant indicated willingness to accept employment of any duration, work in Washington DC or any…

Form header instructing applicant to attach supplemental sheets and answer all questions. Form fields for prior federal civilian employment, birthplace, and legal residence. All fields appear redact…

Top header of a federal employment form (likely SF-171) with instructions and a checkbox indicating NO for employer inquiry. First employment block of the SF-171 form, mostly with field labels visib…

Continuation page header for a work description section of a government personnel or background form. All description lines are blank. Standard government form warning about penalties for false stat…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header from Bureau of Customs, TASOS Staff, dated February 22, 1972, regarding an 'Identification Procedure.' A Bureau of Customs employee recounts th…

An agent describes taking a photograph of a CSO (possibly a person associated with a title or role) to an unidentified person for positive identification. The person confirmed it was the same man she…

Header block of a US Government interoffice memorandum from the Bureau of Customs, dated February 23, 1972, from the Air Security Coordinator to File, regarding Identification Procedure. A CPO assig…

An individual whose post of duty is Portland flew TDY from Seattle. A CSO (whose name is redacted) was TDY in Seattle and returned from Japan via North West Orient airlines on the morning of November…

Header block of a U.S. Government Bureau of Customs memorandum dated February 22, 1972, addressed to FILE from a redacted TASOS Staff member, subject: Identification Procedure. The author recounts t…

On a Wednesday, agents obtained a photograph from a CSO (Community Service Officer or similar) and took it to a redacted person for positive identification. That person stated this was the same man s…

Header of a U.S. Government Bureau of Customs memorandum dated February 23, 1972, from the Air Security Coordinator (name redacted) to File, regarding an identification procedure. A CPO assigned to…

Continuation of an FBI investigative report. A CSO (whose name is redacted) was stationed in Portland and flew TDY from Seattle. Inquiries confirmed this CSO was TDY in Seattle during the relevant pe…

A blank or heavily redacted U.S. Civil Service Commission Standard Form 171 (Personal Qualifications Statement) for the position of Customs Security Officer. The applicant's personal identifying info…

First employment block of a federal employment application form (likely SF-171), Item 18. Block is mostly blank/unfilled. The 'No' box is marked for employer inquiry permission. Second employment bl…

Top section of federal employment application form covering prior federal civilian employment, birth place, and legal residence. Personal details redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. References section…

Continuation page for Item 2 (Description of work) on a government personnel/employment form. Most content is redacted. Only the numbers 14G, 26, and 32 are visible as typed entries. Two large black…

Header section of Standard Form 86, a U.S. Civil Service Commission security investigation form dated August 1964. Personal identification fields. Name, DOB, and place of birth are redacted. Subject…

Question 14 asks whether the subject has ever been discharged from armed forces under other than honorable conditions. Answer marked NO. Employment history section (Item 15). Only one entry: from 11…

Question 19 asks about nervous breakdown or mental health treatment history. Answered NO. Question 20 asks about foreign countries visited since 1930. Answered 'None'. Question 21 asks about Commun…

Sections 26b and 27 of a government background investigation form (likely Standard Form 86). Personal references and close associates are fully redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Subject indic…

Continuation of an FBI form with column headers for address/travel information (#8 row with From, to, number and street, city, state). Content in both the #8 and #6 fields has been redacted under FOI…

Header block of the United States Civil Service Commission form for a National Agency Check. Form fields showing the subject's identifying information; name, date of birth, place of birth, and posit…

FBI Form No. 1 header for a report originated at the Bureau, filed under number 1160-39763. Report made at Seattle, Washington, covering the period of September 18 and 24, 1951. Character of case is…

FBI Seattle field office file number for this case document. A female reference states she has known the applicant and family about two years, vouches for their loyalty and character. Employment rec…

FBI case file number Two circular stamps or seals at top of page, partially illegible Report section indicating that no record of the applicant was found in the files of three law enforcement agenc…

FBI Bureau form header showing the report was made at Butte, Montana, with file number 13C-15,072, for a period including 9/20/51. Title and reporting agent are redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Syn…

FBI Form No. 1 header block for a report originating at the Bureau, prepared in Washington, D.C. on 10/10/51, covering the period 9/8, 9/19, and 9/29/51. File number appears to be 116-734xx. Characte…

CSC Form 366 (Report of Investigation) for a redacted individual being investigated for a position at the Treasury Department, Bureau of Customs. Investigation conducted in Santa Ana and Laguna Nigue…

Civil Service Commission property stamp indicating the report is restricted from transfer without approval. Header identifying the location as Santa Ana, California, and the subject's employment at…

U.S. Civil Service Commission property stamp indicating restricted distribution of the report. Character reference statements from a U.S. Marine Corps Master Sergeant and Tower Chief at El Toro Air…

U.S. Civil Service Commission property stamp indicating restricted distribution of the document. Continuation of a character reference interview for an unnamed individual. The interviewee is a retir…

Standard U.S. Civil Service Commission property stamp. First witness statement (continued from previous page) describing a subject as a retired Marine with good morals, no drinking or trouble, matur…

Standard Civil Service Commission property and handling notice stamp. A character reference interview conducted in Laguna Niguel, California. A retired USMC Lieutenant Colonel provides a glowing rec…

CSC Form 366 Report of Investigation header for a Treasury Department employee. Full Field investigation conducted January 20, 21, and 26, 1971. Most identifying fields are redacted under b6/b7C/b7E…

Standard U.S. Civil Service Commission property stamp indicating restricted distribution. Subject is described as a former career military man (Marines) who returned to the area around November 1970…

U.S. Civil Service Commission property stamp indicating restricted distribution of the report. A neighbor's character reference statement about a redacted individual who is a retired Marine seeking…

Standard U.S. Civil Service Commission property stamp restricting transfer of the report. Section header reading 'Miscellaneous'. An unnamed interviewee states they have known the subject since hig…

Standard U.S. Civil Service Commission confidentiality stamp on report. Interviewee describes limited contact with the subject over twenty years of military service. Subject retired from the militar…

Standard U.S. Civil Service Commission property stamp indicating restricted distribution of the report. A character reference praising the subject's family reputation, moral conduct, loyalty, patrio…

Standard U.S. Civil Service Commission property and handling notice. A law enforcement records search conducted at a City Hall. The name of the individual or locality is redacted. The City Hall Cler…

Header section of a United States Civil Service Commission Report of Investigation form (CSC Form 366, August 1969). The subject's name, address, date/place of birth, and investigator name are redact…

U.S. Civil Service Commission property stamp indicating restricted distribution. Page 2 of a U.S. Civil Service Commission report describing a subject's financial difficulties stemming from his wife…

CSC Form 366 header section for a Report of Investigation. Subject's name, address, date/place of birth, position, and investigator name are all redacted. Agency listed as Treasury (Bureau of Customs…

Standard U.S. Civil Service Commission property stamp. Continuation of a financial record showing a subject owed a note of $468 with interest and collection charges, paid out on June 19, 1967. Lette…

Header identifying the document as a Seattle Customs/Security FAA flight schedule for the month of November 1971, with BOC redaction markings. Large grid table representing an FAA flight schedule fo…

Date of the document FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC WFO to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. Reports that a suspect's personnel file was obtained from Customs Service and copies distributed to field off…

Standard header of a U.S. Government memorandum addressed to SAC under case 164-81, dated May 17, 1972, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case out of Seattle. On January 4, 1972, a…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, Seattle field office. A credit and criminal check was conducted on a redacted individual in Seattle, Washington on 3/22/72. No record…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC, regarding NORJAK case, dated May 17, 1972. Handwritten notation indicating Subfile 130. FBI agents attempted to conta…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated 5/16/72, regarding the NORJAK case and subject Richard W. Schultz, Sub #412. A DMV contact in Olympia, WA con…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 5/17/72, from an unidentified Special Agent. Results of a credit and criminal background check conducte…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated May 17, 1972. The SA (Special Agent) name and RE (reference) lines are redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Results of a credit an…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated 5/17/72. The sending Special Agent's name is redacted. Investigation attempts on 2/10/72 to co…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 5/17/72, with case designation NORJAK and originating office Seattle. The Special Agent name and RE line are redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Report of i…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated May 17, 1972. The sending agent's name and the RE line are redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Agent repo…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 5/17/72, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. FBI reviewed the Seattle City Directory and found that the…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from an unnamed Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated 5/17/72, regarding the NORJAK case. Names redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Results of credit a…

Header of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated 5/17/72. The Special Agent name and RE subject line are redacted. Results of credit and criminal checks conducted i…

Header of a United States Government memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated May 17, 1972. The sender's name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. The memo states that th…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with file number 164-81, dated 5/17/72, regarding NORJAK case with Office of Origin Seattle. The SA (Special Agent) name is redacted. Memo body states that the N…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated May 17, 1972, from an unidentified Special Agent. Cursive signature or annotation, partially legible.…

Header block of an FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 5/17/72, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case. An individual in Kent, WA was contacted by telephone on 4/18/72 an…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated May 18, 1972. The sending Special Agent's name is redacted. A handwritten signature or set of initial…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated May 18, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. On April 20 and 25, 1972, attempts to contact a redacted individua…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated 5/18/72, from a redacted Special Agent. Follow-up to SA Robert H. Wick's memo of 1/21/72. A reda…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, filed under case 164-81, dated 5/18/72. Sending SA name redacted. Case name NORJAK. Subject line redacted. Follow-up to SA Robert H. Wick's memo dated 1/21/…

Date of the AIRTEL memo. Standard FBI AIRTEL routing header from SAC Indianapolis to SAC Las Vegas regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. A source…

Case file number for the Indianapolis field office D.B. Cooper investigation. A source (name redacted) described an individual (name redacted) as a white male, 5'11", 190 lbs, very intelligent, with…

Standard FBI airtel form header with form number, transmission method (Airtel), and priority fields. Airtel from Acting Director, FBI to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a General Inves…

Teletype routing header from Washington Field Office to Acting Director, Alexandria, Boston, and Seattle field offices, sent May 19, 1972. Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file number 130. Was…

Header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with routing indicator WNA. Continuation of a teletype directing the Alexandria Division to conduct an examination at WNA per a referenced phone cal…

Teletype header showing urgent message sent 5-20-72 from Boston field office to Acting Director, WFO, Alexandria, and Seattle. Handwritten notations, likely routing or subject annotations. Boston f…

Continuation of a teletype (page two) referencing city and telephone directory lookups for a subject in West Barrington, Rhode Island. Names, addresses, and business details are redacted under b6/b7C…

File reference number, dictator/typist initials, and page number for the FBI report. An SC (Special Clerk or Special Agent) conducted an investigation in Tucson, AZ on May 15, 1972. A contact at the…

File reference number, agent/dictation initials, and page number indicating this is page 2 of the document. Continuation of an FBI investigative report describing derogatory credit information and a…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL communication dated May 17, 1972. Airtel from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Phoenix is enclosing an investigative…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 5/19/72, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Routing block identifying the airtel as sent from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding th…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case, dated May 19, 1972, from a Special Agent whose name is redacted. Boeing Security in Everett repo…

FBI file reference number and dictation/typist codes. FBI investigation report documenting attempts to contact an individual in Pensacola, Florida via telephone and residence visits in March-May 197…

FBI case file number and page continuation number. A female witness (name redacted) states that JAMES HATFIELD once had a pilot's license but she never knew him to fly during the year to year-and-a-…

Case file number and page number for the document. An interviewee (name redacted) provides information about Mr. James Hatfield, stating Hatfield became ill with cancer in August 1971 and was very i…

Header of an interoffice US Government memorandum from SAC Jacksonville to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 5/15/72. The memo references prior communications (airtels) between Mobile, Ja…

FBI Jacksonville field office file number for the case. FBI non-symbol source administrative page identifying a confidential source located in Pensacola, Florida. The source's name and additional id…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 5/22/72. The sender (a Special Agent) and subject name are redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Memo descr…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 5/22/72. The sending Special Agent's name is redacted. On 4/26/72, the Washington State Department of W…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmittal form header dated May 18, 1972. Routing block showing communication from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. An SA in Oklahoma City con…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated May 23, 1972. Report that on May 12, 1972, the Washington State Departmen…

Memo header identifying the recipient as SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated May 23, 1972, from Special Agent Robert H. Wick regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). The RE line subject is redacted unde…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with date 5/19/72, sent via AIRTEL. Routing information: airtel from SAC New Haven to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. RUC (Referred Upon Completi…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, dated 5/23/72, regarding the NORJACK case. A redacted individual contacted the FBI on 5/23/72 regard…

Page header showing case reference number 164-81, page two, dated 5/23/72. Witness recounts encounter with a man who visited her home offering photography services. He mentioned leaving soon to pick…

Teletype routing header showing message sent from Phoenix field office to Seattle and Denver offices at 3:01 AM on 5-23-72, referencing NITEL (night teletype) dated 5-22-72. Phoenix office teletype…

Page header identifying this as page two of teletype PX 164-100. Continuation of an FBI teletype describing a Korean War veteran and D.B. Cooper suspect who has been in and out of VA hospitals for a…

Page header and teletype routing reference number. An unidentified subject denies involvement in the D.B. Cooper hijacking but admits to parachute training received at a redacted time and claims a r…

Page four of an FBI teletype (case PX 164-100) regarding a suspect in the D.B. Cooper case who resides in or near South Tucson, Arizona. Denver office notes the suspect's physical description does no…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 5/22/72, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing information: from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Anonymous male caller on 5/19/72…

FBI airtel from SAC San Francisco to SAC Albuquerque regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). References a prior Albuquerque airtel dated 3/9/72 and notes that Humboldt County Sheriff's Office record…

Memo header on standard government form addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, with sender name redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. An individual in Washington state reported seeing s…

Standard header for a United States Government internal memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated May 26, 1972. The sender SA name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. An…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Dated May 26, 1972. A witness reported to the FBI that while drinking…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated May 23, 1972, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC Baltimore to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. On 5/19/72, a contact at the…

Case file header indicating Baltimore field office file number 164-103, dictated by agent with initials GTC, transcribed by typist with initials pep. This is page 2 of the document. Two redacted box…

FBI airtel header dated 5/26/72 from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. A redacted block appears to the right of AIRMAIL, exempted under b6 and b7C. Seattle reports multiple unsucces…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Lead assigned to the Portland field office directing agents to check employment records at a redacted company in St. Helens, Oregon,…

FBI case file numbers for this document. FBI investigation at Fort Hood regarding the Fort Hood Sports Parachute Club. An unnamed individual (redacted) advised that no current club members were memb…

FBI case file numbers for the San Antonio and Seattle field offices. Standard FD-302 style investigation header with the Special Agent name redacted (b6/b7C exemptions noted in margin). FBI report…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC San Antonio to SAC Seattle regarding case NORJACK, dated 5/22/72. San Antonio file number 164-111, marked RUC (Referred Upon Completion).…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated May 25, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Photos of two suspects we…

Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo dated 5/24/72 from SAC Denver to SAC Phoenix regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), with Seattle as Office of Origin. References a redacted suspect and a Phoenix…

FBI case file number for the Denver field office, NORJAK case. Philadelphia field office investigated a suspect who is a former Army paratrooper with a disability and limp, allegedly hospitalized at…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing Sub. 195 and a prior memo dated 4/12/72. Handwritten notations, likely…

Header of an internal FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 5/30/72, regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), Sub. 195. References a prior memo dated 4/12/72. SA names are redacted under b6/b7C exempt…

San Diego FBI office responds to San Francisco airtel regarding NORJAK case. A source in La Jolla, California advised that the Coastal and Geodetic Survey had been renamed to the National Ocean Surve…

Standard header of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated 5/30/72, regarding the NORJACK case. A Special Agent reports on an attorney bas…

Standard US Government interoffice memo header. From SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 5/25/72, regarding case NORJAK (case number 164-81). A Portland Division SA telephonically contacted t…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case, dated June 2, 1972. Follow-up memo regarding a search conducted on 5/26/72 ne…

FBI memo from an SA to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. On 5/26/72, a search of the area near Steelval Bay Road on Lewis River Road found no buzzards or dead animals. A Cowlitz County Sheriff's…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding NORJAK, dated 5/31/72. A person in Bremerton telephoned th…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated 5/31/72, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK. A person in Bremerton telephonically contacted the FBI Seattle Office at…

Document type header indicating this is an FBI AIRTEL communication. Routing header of the AIRTEL memo from Acting Director, FBI to SAC Minneapolis regarding NORJAK case. Contains redacted personal…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated June 1, 1972, sent in plaintext via teletype with urgent priority. FBI Seattle office teletype to Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A C…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Date, transmit method, and priority fields are blank. Two redaction dots obscure what are likely office routing fields. Continuation page (page two) of an…

Header of an FBI plaintext teletype sent on 6/1/72 from Portland office (file 164-41) to Oklahoma City, regarding the NORJAK case. Portland office requests Oklahoma City to check FAA records for a r…

Date of teletype Teletype header showing routing from Oklahoma City FBI field office to Portland, case NORJAK Oklahoma City FBI office reports to Portland on a NORJAK suspect lead. FAA in Oklahoma…

Page two of an FBI teletype (case OC 164-56) stating that it was determined no aircraft was registered to a redacted individual, per AMCC Seattle. The message ends here. FOIA exemption codes b6 (per…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Houston to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case, dated June 2, 1972. Handwritten sub-file designation 'Sub - K' written in ink. Houston f…

Header of a United States Government internal memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated June 5, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). A witness (name r…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated June 2, 1972. Routing information: airtel from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Minneapolis reports on a suspect investi…

FBI case file number for the Milwaukee field office, case 164-73. A distribution or reference block listing information furnished by multiple FBI divisions (Seattle, Los Angeles, Alexandria). Contai…

FBI form revision identifier FBI teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). A confidential source advised that an unnamed suspect should be considered in the skyj…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date, transmission method, and priority fields left blank. This is a continuation page (page two). Continuation page of an FBI teletype directing the…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with date. A former Kitsap County Sheriff's Office employee in Las Vegas, NV called the FBI about the D.B. Cooper case. He reported recognizing a person of…

FBI case file numbers for the Seattle and Las Vegas field offices, with page number 2 of a continuation page. A redacted individual further stated that he recalls another redacted person used to tel…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated June 2, 1972, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Routing information for the airtel: sent from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case…

Standard FBI inter-office memo header addressed from SAC San Francisco to SAC Sacramento, dated June 2, 1972, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) air piracy case with Office of Origin Seattle. A voluntar…

Standard government memorandum header from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated June 8, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten annotation indicating the document pertains to Sub E filin…

Handwritten date annotation, likely the date of the communication. An FAA official in Portland, Oregon called the FBI command post at 2:30 PM to report that someone had attempted to file a flight vi…

Handwritten date at top of page. Report dated 3/29/72 describing a phone call at 3:54 PM to the Clark County Sheriff's Office in Vancouver, Washington, reporting the discovery of a body at a Grist M…

FBI memo header identifying the Seattle field office case number 164-BB, dated 3/27/72, from Special Agent Thomas J. Manning, regarding the NORJAK case. A person in Washington alleged that helicopte…

On March 23, 1972 at 1400 hours, a yellow Hughes TH-55 two-passenger helicopter (N 9477 F), registered to Columbia Construction Helicopter Service in Portland, Oregon, was observed flying and hoverin…

Memo header addressed to a redacted recipient, dated March 24, 1972, regarding a temporary restricted area at Lake Merwin Dam. On March 23, 1972, a redacted FAA contact in Portland, Oregon advised t…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, dated June 8, 1972. On November 30, 1971, a redacted individual from T…

Memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK search area. Notes that on 11/30/71 a redacted individual from The Boeing Company provided color negatives and 5 prints of an Air F…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated June 8, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten annotations, likely routing or filing notations indicat…

Standard US Government memo header addressed from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated June 6, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. SA Farrell reports that parachute harness remnants found by the…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding case 164-81 (NORJAK), dated June 8, 1972. The sender SA name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Memo reports that Sherif…

Header block with office designation, case number, date, and redacted Special Agent name. FBI memo documenting the recovery of three partially burned web-type straps found approximately seven miles…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell to the SAC of the Seattle field office, dated June 8, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten annotation…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated June 8, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Routing information for the teletype from SAC Seattle to the Acting Director of the FBI…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header, continuation page with blank date, transmission type, and priority fields. Continuation (page two) of a teletype or transmittal message under case SE 164-…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated June 6, 1972, sent via AIRTAL/AIRMAIL. Routing block showing the airtel is from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Co…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated May 30, 1972. Sender names redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Memo references a Bureau airtel dated 5/…

Recommendation to have the FBI Lab examine the tie's dust particles in the inner knot area to determine geographic origin. Lead recommendation to contact J.C. Penney Co. Foreign Buying Department in…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, Seattle field office. Recommendations for creating a color composite sketch of the hijacker. Suggests flying a Bureau artist to Minneapolis,…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Recommendation to recontact television and newspaper sources with new sketches, ransom lists, and background information. Pro…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Recommendation to contact a redacted individual who worked on the Boeing 727 air stairs project in 1963, to identify and el…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Investigative question about how the hijacker secured the ransom money before jumping. Investigative questions about the hijacker's last obs…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Recommendation to contact sources in Washington and Oregon about dynamite sales or thefts in the two weeks prior to November 24, 1971, includ…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. The author concludes that the hijacker was likely not an experienced sporting parachutist because he relied entirely on airli…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmission form header dated June 15, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Weekly summary teletype from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI regarding NORJAK case…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated June 15, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Weekly summary teletype from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated June 15, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Weekly summary NORJAK teletype from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI. Reports that Boeing Compa…

Standard US Government memorandum header with file number 164-81, dated April 27, 1972, from the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) in Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case. A Bureau of Customs employee cal…

Header block of FBI internal memo with file number, date, addressee, and case name NORJAK. A Bureau of Customs employee called the FBI on 4/26/72 reporting that someone at SEA-TAC had talked to a We…

FBI AIRTEL header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case, dated June 12, 1972. A Western Airlines employee at Sea-Tac reported that approximately two mont…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent April 18, 1972 at 4:52 PM from Salt Lake City field office to Los Angeles, Seattle, and Omaha offices. Subject line referencing NORJAK (D.B.…

Teletype header indicating case number SU 164-24, page two of the message. Page two of a teletype report describing an interview with a redacted individual who claimed injuries from a parachute jump…

Case number and page indicator for page three of a multi-page teletype. Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype (case SU 164-24) describing an unidentified individual (name redacted) who is in posse…

Case number and page indicator for this teletype continuation page. Instructions directing the Seattle field office to review the preceding information and set forth additional leads and investigati…

Date of the airtel memorandum. Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memorandum from SAC Albany to SAC Buffalo regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Case number 164-47, marked RUC (Referred Upo…

FBI case number for the document, likely an Albany field office file. Continuation of a physical/background description of a suspect or person of interest. Individual is described as a cigarette smo…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated April 25, 1972, sent via airtel/air mail. Routing block identifying the airtel as sent from SAC Buffalo to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK ca…

FBI case file number for the Buffalo field office, file 164-46. Physical description of a redacted individual: white male, 5'6", 143 lbs., black hair, brown eyes. Buffalo field office indices were n…

Standard US Government interoffice memo header from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated April 20, 1972. Denver FBI office reports that on 4/11/72, a Denver Post employee advised t…

Partial FBI seal or stamp in upper left corner. Case file number for the Denver FBI field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of an FBI report describing a caller who discussed planning…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated May 3, 1972, regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper case). Sender line partially redacted. An unident…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 5/3/72, subject NORJACK. An individual in Seattle telephonically contacted the FBI office reporting that approximately two mont…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum regarding NORJAK case, from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated May 4, 1972, referencing an earlier SAC memo dated April 5, 1972 about a su…

FBI internal memo from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that on April 28, 1972, a contact at McChord Air Force Base reviewed Post Locater Records, civil…

Header of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 5/4/72, with subject NORJAK, referencing a prior Seattle airtel to Las Vegas dated 3/3/72. Subject line with a name redacted under…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, from a Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C), dated May 4, 1972, subject NORJAK. Reference to a prior Seattle airtel sent to…

FBI teletype form header FD-31, sent via NITEL teletype, dated 5/9/72. Teletype from Acting FBI Director to SAC Portland regarding a tip received from Congressman Ullman of Oregon. A constituent (fe…

FBI teletype form header dated May 10, 1972, sent from Portland field office to Acting Director FBI, via plaintext teletype with urgent priority. Portland field office reports results of NORJAK inve…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank Date, Type, and Priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype (PD 164-41) reporting that checks at facilities in Eugene, Creswell, and Cottage Gr…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated May 11, 1972, sent in plaintext via teletype with urgent priority. Routing information: from Portland field office to Acting Director FBI, regarding NO…

Date of the document. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle forwards Xerox copies of a postcard mailed to Washington State Police in Woodland, WA. Leads assigned…

A decorative card or postcard sent by someone self-identified as 'Opera Fan' referencing the D.B. Cooper skyjacking. The sender suggests the drama of the case could be made more climactic with inform…

Scanned photocopy of a mailed envelope addressed in handwriting to the Washington State Police in Woodland, Washington, care of the FBI. The envelope bears a U.S. Postal Service postmark dated March…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header showing date 5/22/72, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block indicating memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten routing no…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJACK case 164-81, dated May 25, 1972. Sender name redacted under b6/b7C. Agent reviewed the 197…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office file 164-81). FBI agents made repeated unsuccessful attempts to contact individuals at a Vancouver, Washington address du…

On May 18, 1972, officials from the Clark County Sheriff's Office and Vancouver Police Department searched their records and found nothing of a criminal nature identifiable with a redacted individual…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated June 2, 1972. The sender SA name is redacted. A notation of 'CHANGED' appears with an arrow pointing to…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 6/2/72, NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. SA name redacted. Notation that the subtitle of the case was changed to record the name…

FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet for Civil Action 1:16-cv-01790 listing 15 deleted pages. Thirteen pages were removed as duplicates; two pages (232 and 272) were withheld under FOIA exemptio…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case, dated June 5, 1972. A Washington State Parole Officer in Olympia reported…

Header block of a US Government interoffice memorandum from an SPC (redacted name) to the SAC, Seattle office, file number 164-81, dated June 4, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. An individual (name…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, from an SPC whose name is redacted. Subject is NORJAK. Dated June 4, 1972. An unidentified caller…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, form FD-36, dated June 5, 1972, marked URGENT priority. Urgent FBI teletype from SAC Seattle to SACs in Butte, Las Vegas, and Portland regarding the N…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Describes a suspect who was a World War II paratrooper. A female source advised she regularly heard from a male indiv…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Tail end of a teletype message indicating that a copy is being furnished to the Portland field office at Portland, and that l…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated June 5, 1972, sent via urgent teletype. Routing block addressed from SAC Seattle to SACs in Butte, Las Vegas, and Portland regarding NORJAK…

FBI NITEL teletype from Butte field office to Seattle, Las Vegas, and Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The message concerns an unidentified suspect whose personal details (name, DOB,…

Teletype header with case number and page indicator. An unidentified person claims no knowledge of a suspect's present whereabouts. The suspect was allegedly contacted around February 1972 in the Se…

Teletype header identifying this as a NITEL (night teletype) sent at 6:05 PM on June 7, 1972, from FBI Butte to Seattle, Las Vegas, and Portland field offices regarding NORJAK case. Body of teletype…

Small illegible text or routing marks in the upper-left corner of the page. Page two of a teletype (case BT 164-26) describing efforts to locate a suspect. The suspect was with an unidentified femal…

Urgent teletype from Las Vegas FBI field office to Butte and Seattle offices regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that a redacted source advised on a suspect presently in the Montana are…

Page three of an FBI teletype regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect. The suspect's father was interviewed; he does not know the suspect's current employment but heard he had been in business somewhere in M…

Final page (page three) of an FBI teletype message. Seattle field office reports an attempt to ascertain the whereabouts of a redacted individual. The message ends with 'END', the operator initials '…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated June 8, 1972. Two individuals appeared at the Seattle FBI Office on 6/5/72 and reporte…

Memo header identifying the recipient (SAC Seattle), case number 164-81, date 6/8/72, author SA Charles E. Farrell, and case name NORJAK. An individual appeared at the Seattle FBI Office on 6/5/72 w…

Header of a standard US Government interoffice memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding case NORJACK (164-81), dated 6/6/72. Two Boeing Co employees in Everett, WA reported…

FBI AIRTEL header from SAC Salt Lake City to SAC Phoenix regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated June 6, 1972. A source in Utah reports that someone in Arizona identified a person as the numb…

FBI case file number, likely from an unidentified field office (SU). Continuation from a previous page. An informant or source provided information because the redacted individual did not stay long…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Phoenix regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Seattle advises Phoenix that it does not list a redacted individual as a suspect, noting the pers…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated June 9, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. AIRTEL from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Portland conducted inquiry at a r…

Standard FBI FD-36 AIRTEL transmission form header dated June 5, 1972. AIRTEL from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK investigation. Reports on a redacted suspect residing in Oregon City,…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated June 8, 1972. A witness in Oroville, California reported that in late March 1972,…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office file 164-50). Concluding paragraph of an investigative report stating that a redacted individual is not considered a logi…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmittal form header with date 6/8/72, sent via AIRTEL, AIRMAIL - REGISTERED priority. Routing information: from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, ref…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. FBI interview of a redacted individual conducted on 6/2/72. Subject stated he had about two months of flight training at the Naval Academy but…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Sacramento field office file 164-50). Physical description fields for an individual being investigated as a possible D.B. Cooper suspect. Hair…

Date and handwritten routing annotations at top of page. Standard FBI AIRTEL routing header from SAC San Francisco to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJACK case. Handwritten annotation 'source' near FRO…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle, dated June 20, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Los Angeles field office reports on an alleged source related to…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. An individual in California was interviewed on 6/15/72. He denied knowledge of anyone at Flight Safety, Inc. who claimed t…

FBI Portland NITEL teletype to FBI Seattle dated June 12, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A source in Portland, Oregon reported that a suspect played pool all evening on November 24, 1…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header with date 6/8/72, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Airtel from SAC Milwaukee to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a Seattle airtel to Minnea…

FBI case file number for Milwaukee field office. A person in Milwaukee, Wisconsin states that a redacted individual is employed at his company Monday through Friday, working the 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC with case number 164-81, dated June 12, 1972. Subject is NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Originating office is Seattle. The sender SA name is reda…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. A source describes a subject with parachuting experience as a U.S. Army Paratrooper who attended something in Vancouver, Washi…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) for case 164-81, dated 6/12/72, regarding the NORJAK case with the office of origin as Seattle. A protected source contacte…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel memo sent via air mail from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Butte regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), referencing teletypes from 6/7/72 and enclosing copies of four…

FBI Airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Butte regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), enclosing for Butte and Seattle three copies each of four different photographs of a redacted subject. References prior…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with date 6/8/72, sent via AIRTEL priority. Routing block identifying this as a communication from SAC Indianapolis to SAC Seattle regarding the UNS…

Case file identifier for this FBI report page. A witness at an airport observed a subject endorse a money order and noticed the subject had numerous credit cards and a driver's license with photo. D…

FBI file number for the Indianapolis field office case. A witness (redacted) was unable to identify individuals shown to him as the person who used a stolen money order for a flight from Indianapoli…

FBI case file number for Indianapolis field office, file 164-62. Continuation of instructions regarding an unknown subject. Requests that information aiding identification be forwarded to the Seattl…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated June 12, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. A redacted individual contacted the FBI…

Date of the airtel memo. Header block of an FBI AIRTEL (air mail teletype) from SAC San Francisco to SAC Baltimore regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, file number 164-220. References prior airt…

FBI file number and dictation/typist initials for this report page. Leads section directing the Baltimore field office to check records at the National Ocean Survey in Rockville, Maryland to locate…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81 (NORJAK), dated June 13, 1972. Sender is a Special Agent whose name is redacted. Credit and criminal back…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated 6/13/72, from an unidentified Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case and an unnamed suspect. Credit and criminal background c…

Header of a US Government memorandum addressed to SAC with case number 164-81-3299, from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding NORJAK case, Office of Origin Seattle, dated 6/19/72. A female inf…

FBI memo header identifying the case as NORJAK (D.B. Cooper), addressed to SAC with case number 164-81-3299, dated 6/19/72, from a redacted Special Agent, Office of Origin Seattle. A female informan…

FBI Airtel header from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated June 13, 1972. References a prior Seattle communication to Los Angeles dated 11/30/71. A redacted…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated June 13, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Routing block showing communication from SAC Salt Lake City to SAC Seattle regarding NO…

FBI case file number header for this page. Service station checks in Cedar City, Utah showed gas charge ticket dates of 11/25/71 and 11/26/71, but operators acknowledged past errors in dating ticket…

FBI case file number for the document. Numbered investigative findings (10-13) regarding MC COY: no significant Master Charge invoices, a collect call to his residence from Las Vegas on 11/25/71, ai…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK investigation. Instruction to submit a report upon completion of an interview of a redacted individual, regarding investigation of Richard Fl…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from Special Agent Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated June 15, 1972. The RE line and a box in the upper r…

Teletype header identifying this as a nighttime teletype from Boston field office (file 164-153) to Seattle, Minneapolis, and Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK case. A woman from Massachusetts teleph…

Header of page two of FBI report BS 164-153 with redacted content regarding inability to verify something. A female interviewee describes a male subject: 5'10"-5'11", approximately 175 lbs, brown ha…

Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype, with case reference number BS 164-153. Lead assignment directing the Minnesota field office at Paynesville to interview the parent…

Small handwritten notation or stamp artifact in the upper-left corner, partially illegible. Handwritten letterhead or contact information block for the State of California, Department of Professiona…

Upper portion of the page is entirely blank with no discernible text or content. Two standard hole punches are visible at the top margin. File reference notations indicating FBI field office case nu…

Continuation of a handwritten note describing a sunset scene. The writer observes a rapid pace of light that is slowly elapsing into a weak and faint light, referencing a sunset at night as seen from…

Large bordered rectangular area that is essentially blank. Two hole punches visible at the top. Faint, illegible markings appear in the upper right corner inside the box. Handwritten FBI field offic…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated June 21, 1972, sent via AIRTEL. Routing block showing airtel from SAC Boston (file 164-153) to SAC Seattle (file 164-81) regarding the NORJAK…

A citizen letter to the FBI dated June 8, 1972, reporting a tip about a possible D.B. Cooper suspect from Coos County, Oregon. The writer notes that a young man came into $200,000 around November 197…

FBI Airtel from Acting Director to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Encloses two Xerox copies of a self-explanatory letter sent to FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. The letter…

Standard FBI memorandum header from SA Donald J. Steele to SAC Seattle, dated 6/20/72, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Several fields redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. A t…

Header of an FBI internal memo from SA Donald J. Steele to the SAC of the Seattle field office, dated 6/20/72, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). A subject name is redacted but noted as phoneti…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle (case 164-81), dated June 20, 1972, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case and a redacted suspect name. An individ…

An individual called on June 10, 1972, to provide information about the suspect being in Hollywood, California. Names and details are redacted. On June 12, 1972, a civilian file was produced at Fort…

Header of a U.S. Government memorandum from a Special Agent to the SAC, Seattle field office, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Sender name and suspect name redacted under b6/b7C exe…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation, Seattle field office. FBI report continuation describing a subject who was employed at Boeing, terminated due to a general reduction in force.…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, from an SC agent (name redacted), regarding subject NORJACK, dated June 20, 1972. A caller from Walla Wall…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated June 20, 1972, with case name NORJACK. SC line and a box on the right are redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. A caller from Walla…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case and a redacted suspect. Boeing Company personnel file review for a NORJAK susp…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Continuation of a description of an individual characterized as a dependable, conscientious, hard-working employee w…

Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC New Haven to SAC Boston regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated March 3, 1972. On January 31, 1972, a redacted individual from Connecticut Parachut…

FBI case file number for the document. Instructions to contact the Orange Sport Parachuting Center in Orange, Massachusetts and follow up on a lead for all recipient offices. Instructions directed…

Hand-drawn composite-style sketch of a middle-aged man. The subject is depicted wearing large dark sunglasses that obscure the eyes. He appears to have a receding hairline or short hair, with some ha…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10). Memo routing from SAC Boston to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated June 19, 1972. RUC notation indicates the case is bei…

Two circular redaction marks or hole-punch artifacts at the top of the page. Memo from SAC Boston to SAC Seattle dated 6/19/72 regarding the NORJAK case. References a Boston nitel from 5/20/72 and a…

Date of the airtel document. FBI AIRTEL from SAC New Haven to SAC Boston regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). On 1/31/72 a redacted individual from Connecticut Parachutists Inc. at Ellington Airport…

Standard USG memo header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), file number 164-81, dated June 21, 1972. Sender SA name redacted. Reference to a phonetically-spelled individual…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office file 164-81). An unidentified individual states they believe a person mentioned by a redacted name was divorced and had l…

Header block identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Seattle, with case number 164-81(P), dated 6/21/72, from a redacted Special Agent, under the NORJAK case name. A person (name redacted) contacte…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated June 19, 1972, sent via airtel air mail priority. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK investigation. References prior…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. FBI investigative report describing a lead in the D.B. Cooper case. A white male from the Long Beach/Redondo Beac…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated June 22, 1972, sent via teletype with URGENT NITEL priority in plaintext. Weekly summary teletype from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI re…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated June 20, 1972. Marked RUC (Referred Upon Completion). A handwritten signature or notation, p…

FBI AIRTEL routing header from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte regarding NORJAK case, dated June 23, 1972. An FAA contact in Spokane, Washington reported on 5/30/72 that he received information from someon…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation, Seattle field office. Seattle Division lead directing agents to check United Air Lines (UAL) records to determine whether a redacted…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle, dated June 22, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, classified under CAA - Air Piracy. Sacramento o…

Top margin artifacts typical of photocopied FBI documents. An unidentified individual (redacted) provided a photograph of another redacted person. On June 20, 1972, a duplicate California driver's l…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with date 6/21/72, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Routing information: from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Seattle is the O…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle, dated 6/22/72, regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), file numbers 164-81 (Seattle) and 164-497 (Los Angeles).…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated March 1, 1972, regarding the NORJACK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). A source…

Standard FBI interoffice memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case, dated March 29, 1972. The memo states that a copy of a letter received by the…

A tipster writes to the FBI following a telephone conversation, offering information to help apprehend the D.B. Cooper skyjacker. The writer noticed that the notes used by the skyjacker to communicat…

FOIA exemption codes indicating redactions under Privacy Act (b6) and law enforcement sources/methods (b7C). Continuation of a tip or letter from a self-described professional pilot and former U.S.…

Standard US Government memorandum form header identifying the document type and form number. Memo routing fields showing the memo is addressed to SAC Seattle with file number 164-81, dated March 29,…

Standard FBI airtel transmission header dated June 22, 1972. Airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK investigation. Reports unsuccessful searches in Reno for Monitor Drilling Corpo…

FBI case file number from Las Vegas field office. Leads section directing the Portland Division to identify a redacted individual at a location in Oregon, furnish descriptive data and photograph to…

FBI NITEL teletype from Los Angeles field office to Seattle and Minneapolis regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Reports results of investigation at Crenshaw Animal Hospital and Torrance Pol…

Case number and page designation for this teletype continuation. A witness (name redacted) confirms that a subject (name redacted) was paid for the full week of November 22–26, 1971. Dr. Harvey, the…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding the NORJACK case (D.B. Cooper). Reserial 2706 referenced. A signature or name appear…

Internal FBI memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that an attached page was received on 5/4/72 from a redacted individual at the Seattle Pos…

A typed tip or lead statement from someone claiming to have worked with a man at Boeing who fit the physical description of D.B. Cooper and was also a skydiver. The suspect's name, specific Boeing pl…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated 5/15/72, from an unidentified Special Agent (redacted under b6/b7C), regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Brief memo body stating…

An anonymous tip or witness statement from someone who claims to have worked at Boeing with a man matching D.B. Cooper's physical description who was also a skydiver. The man's name, specific plant l…

Date of the letter. A handwritten letter from an unnamed individual (likely an incarcerated person based on references to 'my record and crime') to U.S. Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst, date…

Continuation of a handwritten letter from federal prisoner Howard J. Hubbell at USP Leavenworth, Kansas, claiming to know the identity of D.B. Cooper. Hubbell states he can locate the man within 24 h…

Date of the letter A handwritten letter from an unidentified individual addressed to U.S. Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst, dated May 6, 1972. The writer claims to positively know the identit…

Continuation of a letter from prison inmate Howard J. Hubbell (prisoner #84333, Kansas) to the FBI. He claims to know the identity of D.B. Cooper and states that when found, the suspect will have at…

Stamp indicating this is a true copy of the original letter. Letter dated May 6, 1972 from federal prisoner Howard J. Hubbell (#84333-132) at Leavenworth penitentiary, addressed to U.S. Attorney Gen…

Header stamp indicating this is a true copy of the original letter. Letter from federal prisoner Howard J. Hubbell (#84333-132) at Leavenworth penitentiary, dated May 6, 1972, addressed to U.S. Atto…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel header block identifying the memo as sent from the Acting Director of the FBI to the SAC in Kansas City, regarding the NORJAK case. The Acting Director instructs SAC…

Date of the document. FBI Airtel memo from Acting Director to SAC Kansas City directing them to contact inmate Howard J. Hubbell at Leavenworth, Kansas, who claims to know the identity of D.B. Coope…

FBI filing stamp with case serial number 164-81-3558, showing the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on May 24, 1972. Includes an initial or signature in the box below. FOIA redac…

Handwritten date/routing notation at top right of page Official received stamp from the U.S. Marshals Service Operations Division dated May 19, 1972 Handwritten letter to U.S. Attorney General Rich…

Continuation of a handwritten tip letter. The writer describes their 'pardner' who resembles the FBI composite drawing. After seeing a June issue of Stag Magazine (page 18), the writer became more co…

Faint handwritten routing annotation, partially cut off at page edge. Received date stamp from U.S. Marshals Service Operations Division, dated May 13, 1972. Handwritten letter dated May 8, 1972 fr…

Stamp or typed header indicating this is a true copy of the original letter. Letter from an unnamed informant to U.S. Attorney General Kleindienst, dated May 9, 1972, claiming to know the identity o…

Stamp or typed designation indicating this is a true copy of an original document. Continuation (page 2) of a tip letter describing a suspect in the D.B. Cooper case. The writer states the suspect e…

Header stamp indicating this is a true copy of the original document. Letter from an anonymous informant to U.S. Attorney General Kleindienst claiming to have a 'crime pardner' who used the alias D.…

FBI Airtel from Acting Director to SAC Kansas City regarding a self-explanatory letter dated 5/9/72 directed to the Attorney General. The letter's author identified himself by prison number 84333-132…

Document type header indicating this is an AIRTEL communication. AIRTEL memo dated 5/22/72 from Acting Director, FBI to SAC Kansas City regarding NORJAK case. References a Buairtel to Kansas City da…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated May 30, 1972, sent via airtel with air mail priority. Memo from SAC Kansas City to Acting Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. USP-Leavenworth…

FBI case file number for the document. Prison records from USP-Leavenworth for inmate Howard James Hubbell, including aliases, physical description, FBI number, and sentencing details for a 1967 arm…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated May 30, 1972, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Airtel from SAC Kansas City to Acting Director FBI regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Reports on a…

Header of FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated 6/26/72. A Vancouver, Washington police contact reported on 6/23/72 that a redacted individual may be iden…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 12:22 PM on June 27, 1972, from FBI Chicago (file 164-297) to the Acting Director, Seattle (file 164-81), and Springfield. Handwritten an…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from a Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated June 27, 1972. An anonymous letter sent to the Seattle Post Intelligencer…

Header of an internal FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 6/27/72, regarding NORJAK. The SA (Special Agent) name and RE (reference) line are redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions…

FBI AIRTEL header from SAC Miami to SAC San Antonio regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), office of origin Seattle, dated June 12, 1972. An informant, an independent aircraft mechanic at Ft. Lauderda…

FBI case file number for the Miami field office (MM), file 164-552. Physical description of a redacted individual: white male, age 40-45, 6 feet tall, thin/athletic build, 185 lbs, black short thinn…

Miami field office case file number header. An individual at Ft. Lauderdale International Airport reported that a redacted subject is actually associated with Dupont Caribbean Corp. of Eastland, Tex…

Case file number for the Miami field office, file 164-552. Lead assigned to the Dallas field office to conduct credit and criminal background checks on a redacted individual and the Dupont Caribbean…

Standard FBI Airtel form header with date 6-26-72, transmitted via Airtel. Memo from Acting Director, FBI to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Two topics: (1) The Air Transport Association in Washi…

Date of the document. Airtel memo from Acting Director, FBI to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. The Air Transport Association in Washington, D.C. is considering offering a reward for informati…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated June 26, 1972. Routing block: airtel from SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Dallas informs Seattle that an indiv…

Biographical data form for an unnamed white male suspect or person of interest. Height 5'11", 164 lbs, brown hair, brown eyes. Name, DOB, POB, SSAN, FAA Certificate Number, residence, and sister's in…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, from a redacted Special Agent, referencing a prior memo by SA C.E. Farrell dated 5-31-72. A source at Ft Lewi…

Standard USG memorandum header from SAC Albuquerque to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated June 26, 1972. Sheriff's Office in Las Cruces, NM reported on 6/7/72 that no file exists for an indivi…

Official Army letterhead for the 9th Infantry Division Communication Systems Division at Fort Lewis. Date of the letter. Addressee block directed to General Telephone Company of the Northwest in Ev…

Standard US Government memorandum header for an FBI internal memo regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), addressed to SAC Seattle from a Special Agent whose name is redacted, dated June 28, 1972. The s…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C), regarding the NORJAK case and a redacted suspect. Agent reports that attempts to locate the suspect have been…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, FD-36, dated June 30, 1972, sent via teletype with urgent priority. Routing block addressed from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI, regarding NORJAK…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header, continuation page (Page Two). Date field is blank. Continuation of a prior page. A redacted individual was expected to enter a guilty plea, but the writer…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated June 27, 1972, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL priority. Routing block identifying this as a communication from SAC Louisville to SAC Seattle regar…

Case file reference number for the FBI investigation. Physical description of a suspect obtained from three witnesses who received checks in July 1970 and were interviewed in August 1970. Suspect de…

FBI case file number for the Louisville field office, file 164-71. Directive to the Louisville Division's Prestonsburg, Kentucky office to recontact a redacted individual in an attempt to ascertain…

FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) for case file 164-81, documenting serials 3574 through 3575 as transferred. Part of the description is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. The RECHARGE se…

Case file number and agent/typist initials header block. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation in Richmond, California to identify a suspect suggested by someone at Universal Airlines in O…

Page 2 header of FBI report with San Francisco field office case number SF 164-220 and typist initials RLW/ckb. Subject received Army training; his file indicated he was in excellent physical shape,…

Page 3 header of FBI report with San Francisco field office case number SF 164-220 and author/typist initials RLW/ckb. Discreet inquiries made in June 1972 with redacted individuals and members of t…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated June 28, 1972, sent via airtel with air mail priority. Routing block of the airtel memo. Sent from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 6/30/72. FBI airtel reporting results of a lead investigation into a NORJAK suspect in…

Case file number for the document. Sheriff S. Tony Zarbano of an unspecified Oregon jurisdiction states that a redacted individual is known to him personally, bears no resemblance to the D.B. Cooper…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated June 30, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block: Airtel from SAC Portland (164-41) to SAC Seattle (164-81) regarding NORJAK case. A name…

FBI case file number for the Portland field office D.B. Cooper investigation. A person from Creswell, Oregon states that a redacted individual was employed by Eastside Machinery Company during Thank…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C) to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated July 3, 1972. The RE line references a redacted suspect name…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case and a redacted suspect. Body of memo references a Seattle memo dated 5/17/72. A lead recommend…

FBI teletype from Indianapolis field office to Acting Director and multiple field offices regarding NORJAK case. A white male adult has been developed as a suspect. A Terre Haute, Indiana PD officer…

Case reference number and page indicator for page two of a multi-page teletype. A pretext contact revealed that an unnamed individual received correspondence from a retired USAF member who retired f…

Page three of an FBI teletype (case IP 164-62) directing multiple field offices. St. Louis is asked to search military records for identifying information on a redacted individual. Washington Field i…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to Seattle, Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Portland offices, dated July 3, 1972, sent July 4, 1972. Handwritten notation, likely an internal routing…

Page two of an FBI teletype (LA 164-497) regarding James R. Fugate / James Ray Fugate, Jr. Fugate was staying at a local motel at the time of an alleged theft and burglary in Laguna Beach. His home a…

Case number and page header for FBI report continuation page. Continuation of FBI report (page 3) describing subject Fugate: physical description includes smooth complexion, slight dimple or cleft i…

Case number and page indicator for this continuation page. An attorney from Santa Monica, California (name redacted under b6/b7C) appeared at Superior Court in the last week of June 1972 for a manda…

Case number and page indicator for this teletype continuation. Continuation of FBI teletype (page 5) regarding a suspect named Fugate. Portland office is directed to contact Chief of Police Larry Ed…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated June 29, 1972. Los Angeles field office reports on efforts to locate and ident…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. Lead assignment directed to the San Francisco field office to locate and interview a redacted individual at a red…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 6/30/72, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block: from SAC Portland to SAC San Francisco regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. Investigation co…

Portland field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Investigation checked Pacific Power and Light Company records and city/telephone directories for a subject; no listing found…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL communication dated July 1, 1972. Airtel from SAC San Antonio to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). San Antonio checked…

Teletype routing header from Washington Field Office to Acting Director, Indianapolis, and Seattle field offices, sent urgently on July 2, 1972. Subject line identifying the NORJAK case with office…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated July 7, 1972, sent in plaintext via teletype with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SACs in Los Angeles, Portland, Milwaukee, an…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81 (NORJAK), dated July 7, 1972. Sender line is partially redacted under b6/b7C. An individual telephonically…

Header block of FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 7/7/72, subject NORJAK. A caller telephonically contacted the Seattle FBI office on 7/7/72, reporting that on 1/…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memo header from SA (Special Agent) to SAC Seattle, dated 7/7/72, regarding the NORJAK case (FBI file 164-81). An individual in Everett, WA, employed by Barry Ho…

Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 7/7/72, from an unnamed SA. Case name NORJAK. A person employed by Barry Hollander, Inc. in Everett, WA telephonically contacted…

Teletype header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) message sent from Portland FBI field office (file 164-41) to Seattle FBI field office (file 164-81) on July 8, 1972, regarding the NORJACK case. A…

Teletype header identifying this as NITEL message NR 003 sent at 3:21 PM on July 8, 1972 from Portland field office (164-41) to Seattle field office (164-81), regarding case NORJACK. Office of Origin…

Standard FBI AIRTEL transmission header indicating an airtel sent via airmail dated July 7, 1972. Routing block of the AIRTEL memo from SAC Portland to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK case, wit…

Dark photocopied marks at top left, possibly original routing stamps or filing marks; not legible. Continuation of an FBI memo (page 2) regarding case PD 164-41. Instructs the Cleveland field office…

FBI Portland field office airtel to Acting Director reporting that a suspect investigation was conducted at Coos Bay and another redacted Oregon location. The suspect was eliminated from the NORJAK (…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated June 7, 1972, sent via AIRTEL. Routing block showing the airtel is from SAC Alexandria (file 164-72) to SAC Seattle (file 164-81) regarding th…

Handwritten routing or filing notation FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Boston regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle is forwarding a copy of an envelope and letter addressed to D.B. Coo…

FBI form identifier and revision date. FD-302 interview report dated April 27, 1972. An unidentified interviewee describes meeting a person at Washington Park in Denver in January while walking his…

Case number and page continuation indicator (page 2 of a multi-page document). Continuation of an FBI interview report. An unidentified source describes an individual found with approximately $200,0…

Date of the airtel document. Header block of an FBI airtel memo from SAC Denver to SAC Omaha, subject line partially redacted but marked FUGITIVE, with Office of Origin listed as Omaha. Body of the…

Document number/case reference number at top of page. Reference to an event or action in Des Moines, Iowa on 10/20/71 with a $2,500 surety bond recommended. The name or identifying information at th…

Case file number for the Denver field office. FBI memo directing the Denver Division to identify telephone subscribers in Bailey, Colorado, conduct discreet interviews about a subject's whereabouts,…

Memo from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle dated 6/27/72 regarding a fugitive case. After reviewing a Denver airtel to Omaha dated 4/28/72, the writer concludes the matter is not identical to the Seattle NO…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver and SAC Seattle regarding a Denver airtel to Omaha dated 4/28/72. The memo concludes that the matter referenced is not identical to the Seattle NO…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Omaha to SAC Denver regarding a fugitive case, dated 6/28/72. Subject name, SSN, and Bufile number are redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Denver offi…

Header of a US Government memorandum from an SA (Special Agent) in Seattle to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) regarding the NORJAK case, dated July 12, 1972. An individual at Bellevue Airport reca…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. References a Las Vegas letter dated 11/26/71 and an Identification Division report dated 11/29/71 about 11 transpare…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header indicating a plaintext NITEL teletype dated July 13, 1972. Weekly summary teletype from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI regarding the NORJAK (D…

Standard US Government memorandum header from ASAC Joseph E. O'Connell to SAC Seattle, dated July 14, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. ASAC O'Connell states the NORJAK investigation requires a dedic…

Header block of an internal FBI memo from ASAC Joseph E. O'Connell to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated July 14, 1972. ASAC O'Connell states that upon arriving in Seattle he reviewed the…

Index stamp marking this as page 2 of an indexed document. FBI teletype from Butte field office to Seattle, dated 7/15/72, regarding NORJACK case. Reports that a party in Sandpoint, Idaho sold somet…

Page two of a teletype regarding a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) suspect. The subject borrowed $1,300 and withdrew $2,000 from savings. Investigation found the subject was formerly employed and terminated Oct…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Describes an individual weighing 175 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair. Mentions efforts to place a redacted person…

Teletype routing header Urgent teletype from FBI Butte to FBI Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that individuals in Sandpoint, Idaho sold something in October 1971 for $3,300…

Page two of an FBI teletype discussing a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) suspect. The suspect borrowed $1,300 toward a purchase and withdrew $2,000 from savings (total account of $3,733). Investigation found th…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Describes a person of interest weighing 175 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair. References efforts to place…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated July 19, 1972, regarding NORJAK case 164-81. Memo documents complaints about property damage near Merwin Dam…

FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header from SAC Boston to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAC case. An individual from Rhode Island, an active skydiver and member/incorporator of Rhode Island Skydivers,…

FBI case file number for the Baltimore field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of an interview report. A subject sent a greeting card/circular addressed to D.B. Cooper as a joke. The su…

FBI case file number for the document. Physical description and biographical details of an unidentified subject in the D.B. Cooper investigation. Subject is 5'11", 175 lbs, red hair, blue eyes, no s…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office). Investigative lead directing the Seattle Division to contact a redacted individual at Hartwood Aviation in Hartwood, Vi…

Standard US Government memorandum header, addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated July 25, 1972, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case. An individual in Washington…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated June 27, 1972, sent via AIRTEL. Routing block: From SAC San Antonio to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle is the Off…

Case file number for the San Antonio FBI field office, NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case. Instruction to Miami field office at Fort Lauderdale to provide an enclosed exhibit photograph of a redacted individua…

FBI interoffice memo from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A California Department of Corrections Special Agent suggested a possible suspect—a fugitive from Cal…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. States that due to the fugitive status of a redacted individual, no additional leads are being pursued to establish wherea…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case, dated June 30, 1972. The memo references a Bureau Airtel to Kansas…

Standard US Government memorandum header indicating an internal FBI memo from Special Agent Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, regarding case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper), file 164-81, dated July 5, 1972. SA Wi…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C) to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated July 6, 1972. Report of a June 13, 197…

Header of an FBI memo from SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated July 6, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. The assigned Special Agent's name is redacted. An informant was contacted on June 13, 1972…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, from a redacted Special Agent, dated July 12, 1972. References a prior Seattle memo dated June 13, 1972. Repo…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office). Leads section directing the Seattle field office to attempt to locate a redacted female individual through investigatio…

FBI airtel transmittal form FD-36 from SAC Detroit to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 7/17/72. Detroit office informs Seattle and Louisville that a NORJAK suspect (name re…

Date of the memo. FBI memo from SAC Las Vegas to the Director/FBI Laboratory requesting examination of eleven latent fingerprints lifted from the hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight 305 aircraft to d…

FBI memo from SAC Las Vegas to FBI Director/Laboratory, dated 11/26/71, requesting fingerprint latent analysis of eleven latent prints lifted from the hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight 305 aircraft.…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Las Vegas (file 164-60) to SAC Seattle (file 164-81), dated July 20, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Las Vegas field office encloses three xerox…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from an unidentified Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated July 25, 1972. Memo encloses copies of serials 2030 and 2592 fo…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding subject NORJACK (D.B. Cooper case), dated July 25, 1972. The sender (a Special Agent) is redacted. A tipster (…

Standard header of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum from an FBI Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC of the Seattle field office, regarding the NORJACK case, dated July 25, 1972. An anon…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle (164-81), from a Special Agent whose name is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions, regarding the NORJAK case, dated March 29, 197…

A tip or lead describing a young couple who suddenly began acquiring expensive possessions — a new Cadillac, a home, diamond earrings, orthodontic work, and buying into a company — without an apparen…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated March 29, 1972. The memo states that a copy of a letter…

Page number and FBI case file number with agent initials. FBI interview of a woman at her residence in Everett, WA on June 12, 1972. She is separated from her husband for approximately two years. Sh…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Cleveland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated June 5, 1972. A former Edmonton, Alberta police officer, a Canadian citizen…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Clerk (SC) to the SAC in Seattle, regarding case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper), dated June 19, 1972. A walk-in informant from Kent, Wa…

Header line with SAC Seattle office designation, case number 164-81, and date 6/19/72. SO line redacted. An informant from Kent, Washington visited the Seattle FBI office on 6/7/72 and 6/13/72 to re…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 6/19/72, regarding the NORJAK case. A citizen from Kent, WA contacted SA Manning at the Longview RA on…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 6/21/72, from a redacted Special Agent, subject NORJAK. A caller from Longview, Washington reported at 1:15 PM on 6/21/72 t…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated June 16, 1972. A person at the Bomber Motel in Milwaukie, Orego…

Standard header for a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated June 22, 1972, regarding NORJAK case 164-81. The word 'ELIMINATE' is handwritten diagonally acros…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. Physical description of a subject obtained from observation and interview. Name is redacted under FOIA exemptions b6…

Header of FBI memo from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, referencing case 164-81 (NORJAK), dated 6/22/72, responding to a Portland airtel dated 6/6/72, sub 384. On June 16, 1972, a redacted individua…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI AIRTEL header from SAC Seattle to SAC Oklahoma City regarding NORJAK case, file 164-81. A female informant in Renton, Washington reports that on November 24, 1971 (date…

Continuation of witness statement describing individuals who were adamant about leaving a dark attache case in a car trunk. One individual stayed overnight, and the next morning it was disclosed he h…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Physical description of a person of interest: 5'10", 180 lbs, age 40, brown hair, employed as a flying instructor at a fl…

Teletype routing header indicating a night telegram from Oklahoma City field office (164-56) to Seattle field office (164-81), sent at 5:31 PM on July 20, 1972. FBI NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) teletype fro…

Case number and page continuation header. Continuation of a teletype regarding an individual located via the FAA center in the State of Oklahoma under a redacted first name, based in Enid, who is a…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated July 26, 1972. Routing block showing the airtel is from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case. Office of Origin is Seattle.…

FBI case file number for the Oklahoma City field office NORJAK investigation. Review of a redacted individual's flight log book showing he was in Enid, OK on 11/24/71, no entry for 11/25/71, and a f…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of letter. Handwritten filing or routing notation, possibly a sub-file number and a name reference. FOIA/Privacy Act redaction exemption codes indic…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated June 28, 1972. A cursive signature or initials,…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a person with last name unknown (LNU). Dated June 28, 19…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated June 28, 1972. From a redacted Special Agent. Subject is NORJAK. RE line references a person with last name…

Standard US Government memorandum header from Acting Director, FBI to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten routing and date annotations indicating the memo should be routed to SAC and ASAC…

Header identifying this as a letter to Special Agents in Charge in Seattle and Portland regarding the NORJAK case. A passenger or stewardess (redacted) believed the unsub was Mexican-American. She h…

Header identifying this as a letter to Special Agents in Charge in Seattle and Portland regarding the NORJAK case. Description of the unsub's tie, identified as a 'Towncraft' brand 'Snapper' clip-on…

Header of a multi-page FBI memo letter addressed to Special Agents in Charge at Seattle and Portland field offices regarding NORJAK case. Paragraphs 5-7 describe details from stewardess interviews:…

Header identifying this as a continuation of a letter addressed to Special Agents in Charge (SACs) in Seattle and Portland, regarding the NORJAK case. Instructions to request FBI Laboratory examinat…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to Los Angeles, Cleveland, Portland, and Seattle offices, sent June 30, 1972 at 5:16 PM. Handwritten annotations indicating sub-file 200 and pos…

Case number and page identifier for this teletype page. Continuation of a report on subject Fugate detailing his criminal history: arrests for fraudulent and con game activities, flying background,…

Page three of a teletype (MP 164-73) continuing a suspect description for Fugate: 6'1", 170 lbs, olive complexion, dark slightly graying hair, educated at Denver University, pilot for USAF and United…

Teletype page header with case number MP 164-73, page four of multi-page message. Continuation of FBI teletype regarding a James Fugate currently residing in Newport Beach, CA, who is to appear at G…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated June 26, 1972. Routing information: from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, with Seattle as office of origin. Guy F. Christian,…

Date of the airtel memo. Header block of FBI AIRTEL memo from Baltimore SAC to San Francisco SAC regarding NORJAK case. A redacted block appears to the right of the AIRTEL heading with b6/b7C exempt…

Newspaper clipping from The Daily News (Longview, WA) with a photo of Richard F. McCoy Jr. leaving U.S. District Court during his skyjacking trial. The caption identifies him as a 29-year-old BYU law…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of letter. Handwritten sub-file notation indicating sub-file number 38. Privacy Act / FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforc…

Header of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Atlanta to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated June 30, 1972. An FAA employee in Hampton, Georgia reported that a photograph of D…

Continuation of a subject description from a prior page, listing height as 5'9", weight as 150 lbs, and a redacted military status. The case file number is AT 164-254. Lead instructions directed to…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAC case, dated July 3, 1972. A tipster telephonically contacted the Spokan…

Date of the airtel document. Handwritten initials or routing annotations in upper right corner. Standard FBI airtel header showing routing from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Louisville regarding the NORJA…

FBI case file number for the Minneapolis field office NORJACK investigation. A redacted individual advised the FBI and stated that if a certain person found out, he might talk to the FBI in Louisvil…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated July 13, 1972, sent via airtel/air mail. Routing block showing airtel from SAC Louisville to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case (D.B. Coo…

FBI case file number for the Louisville field office, case 164-71. Lead assignment directing the Louisville field office to continue efforts to locate and interview a redacted individual in Rockcast…

Teletype routing header from St. Louis field office to Acting Director, Los Angeles, and Seattle, sent urgently on July 6, 1972. FBI case codename NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Response to I…

Small handwritten annotation, possibly a routing or review mark. Page two of an FBI teletype (likely from Seattle office) regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect. The subject had associates or family listed…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81 (NORJAK), dated January 21, 1972. The sender SA name is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. On January 11, 1972, a redacted…

Date header for the document. Personnel or suspect list dated December 1971 with columns for Name, SSN, Organization code, Date of Birth, and Security Clearance level/date. Several entries are fully…

Header row of a personnel listing form dated December 1971, with columns for Name, SSN (Social Security Number), ORGN (Organization), DOB (Date of Birth), and Clearance level. This is labeled as page…

Internal FBI memorandum from SAC Alexandria to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case. References a Seattle teletype dated 5/4/72 and encloses an executed receipt for evidence transmitted via pilot c…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Sender is a Special Agent whose name is redacted. FBI agent conducted interviews in Enumclaw, W…

Header block identifying the memo as directed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 7/10/72, from a redacted Special Agent, case name NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. An officer at the Enumclaw…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header. From a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (164-81), dated July 12, 1972. On June 28, 1972, a Vancouver WA Police Depa…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. A records check at the Vancouver, WA Police Department on June 29, 1972 revealed information about a redacted individual who resided…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Kansas City, dated July 11, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case with Seattle as office of origin. A female informant from Sepulved…

Standard FBI memorandum header on United States Government letterhead, addressed to SAC Seattle from a Special Agent (name redacted), dated July 10, 1972, regarding subject NORJACK. A confidential i…

End-of-volume separator page directing the reader to continue in the next volume of the FBI D.B. Cooper file. FBI Vault page identifier stamp indicating document Bates number 8913 in the D.B. Cooper…

Header block of FBI inter-office memo identifying sender (SAC Minneapolis), recipient (SAC Butte), case name NORJAK, and office of origin Seattle. A witness in Butte, Montana reported observing a Do…

Case or teletype reference number for this report page. Witness recalls that a man in a van resembled the D.B. Cooper composite drawing published in a Great Falls, Montana newspaper. The unknown ind…

Case file number header for this page of the report. A witness describes interactions with unidentified people associated with a van. The witness had never seen them before, no names were exchanged,…

Two dark circular/irregular marks at top of page, likely routing stamps or redactions. Continuation of a report describing an individual in a Dodge Van who mentioned traveling with his wife to Wise…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from an unnamed Special Agent, regarding case NORJACK (D.B. Cooper), file 164-81, dated July 21, 1972. A source in Spokane, Washi…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from an unidentified Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case. Dated July 19, 1972. A Post Master in Washington state advised th…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. A female witness advised that a male subject was at her home on Thanksgiving night, appeared uninjured, does not smoke, i…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC of the Seattle FBI field office, regarding case NORJAK (164-81). References a prior memo dated 7/19/72. The word '…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated July 12, 1972. From a Special Agent (name redacted). Subject is NORJAK. An unnamed caller phoned th…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header with date 7/12/72, sent via teletype with URGENT priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte regarding NORJAK case. A protected source in San…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header. Date and transmission method fields are blank, indicating this is page two of a multi-page message. Page two of an FBI teletype directing the But…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmission form header, dated July 12, 1972, sent via teletype with urgent priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A p…

Standard FD-36 FBI teletype transmittal form header. Date and transmission fields are blank, indicating this is page two of a continuing message. Page two of an FBI teletype directing the Butte fiel…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office (file 164-81) to FBI Butte field office (file 164-26), marked URGENT, regarding NORJAK case, dated July 12, 1972. A protected source in Sandpoin…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with case reference number 164-81. Continuation of an FBI teletype describing a tip about an individual near Sandpoint, Idaho who claims to hav…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated July 24, 1972, from a redacted Special Agent. A source in Washington state advised on 7/19/…

Header of a US Government memorandum from an unnamed Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a Butte teletype dated 7/15/72. Body of the memo states that a referenced com…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated 7/25/72, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case, referencing a Butte teletype to Seattle dated 7/15/72. The referenc…

FBI Airtel header from Acting Director to SAC San Francisco, dated 7-18-72, regarding subjects Dimitri Krestiv Alexiev, Michael Dimitrov Azmanoff, and Lubomir Peichev in connection with CAA - Air Pir…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated July 21, 1972. Transmission type is NITEL, with handwritten priority notation 'SUBS' and what appears to be a handwritten marking 'O13' in t…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell to the SAC in Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated July 26, 1972. Memo describes the microfilm of D.B. C…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and date of transcription 7/6/72. FD-302 interview of a redacted female witness from Northwest Canton, Ohio, conducted in presence of her attorney. She…

Case file numbers and page indicator showing this is page 2 of the document. An unnamed female interviewee states she cannot definitively recall whether a dinner took place on Thanksgiving Day or th…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date. An individual from Canton, Ohio was interviewed at the U.S. Attorney's office in Salt Lake City and shown photographs of a dark…

Date of the airtel document. Handwritten notations indicating sub-file number 386 and initials/routing mark. Transmission method indicators for the document. Routing header of FBI airtel from SAC…

FBI case file number for the Salt Lake City field office. Instructions from FBI Salt Lake City office directing agents in Provo, Utah to identify and interview a law enforcement student from Thailan…

FBI case file numbers and dictation/typist codes for the Seattle and Anchorage field offices. Subject line of the report, fully redacted. An investigator reviewed the 1969-70 Anchorage city directo…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL communication dated July 7, 1972. Airtel from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). References a prior…

Case file identifier and typist/transcriber initials with page number. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation in Columbus, Ohio on July 5, 1972. A redacted individual in Columbus advised th…

FBI form identifier and revision date. An individual in Columbus, Ohio telephonically contacted the FBI claiming to have information about the identity of Dan Cooper, the Northwest Airlines hijacker…

FBI case file number and page continuation indicator. Continuation of an FBI interview (likely FD-302) describing a person of interest in the D.B. Cooper case. The subject is described as light-comp…

FBI case file number and page continuation marker. A redacted individual whose last name is obscured works out of Anchorage and is described as perhaps the most accomplished and well known [redacted…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 7/6/72, sent via AIRTEL. AIRTEL from SAC Cincinnati to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Cincinnati encloses 7 copies of FD-302 interviews condu…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated July 7, 1972, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Northwest Airlines stewardesses in Minneapol…

FBI Minneapolis field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. The Minneapolis Division is continuing its investigation of a redacted individual residing in St. Paul, Minnesota…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An employee or associate of Northwest Orient Airlines in Portland, Oregon was shown photographs related to the D.B. Cooper case…

FBI file reference numbers and typist/page identifiers for this investigation report. An FBI Special Agent reviewed a suspect's file at the Washington County Sheriff's Office in Hillsboro, OR on Jun…

FBI case file numbers and dictation/page identifiers. SE 164-81 is the Seattle field office file, PD 164-41 is the Portland field office file. CLH:jmp are agent/typist initials. Page 2 of the documen…

FBI file reference numbers, typist initials, and page number for this continuation page of a report. Physical description of a subject obtained through observation and interview in Oregon. White mal…

Continuation page (page 4) of an FBI investigative report filed under Seattle file 164-81 and Portland file 164-41, dictated by agent with initials CLH and typed by jmp. The fragment describes subjec…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with date 7/20/72, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Subject i…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated July 25, 1972, regarding NORJAK case, sub-file DD concerning handling of property damage by military during…

Teletype header indicating urgent message sent June 29, 1972 at 3:58PM from Springfield field office (file 165-31) to Acting Director FBI, FBI Laboratory, and field offices in Indianapolis, Los Angel…

Case identifier and page number header. Page two of a teletype or FBI report describing a tip from an informant who saw the D.B. Cooper artist sketch in Life Magazine's June issue and recognized the…

Case file number and page indicator for this teletype continuation page. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page 3) describing a subject's background. An informant reports the subject was last working…

Case file number and page indicator for this teletype continuation. Springfield field office reports negative indices on a redacted subject. Requests FBI Lab Latent Fingerprint Section compare laten…

Continuation (page 5) of a teletype under case SI 164-31. States that photographs of a redacted individual, furnished by a redacted source, were mailed directly to the Seattle Division from Danville,…

Standard FBI teletype transmission header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) priority plaintext message dated June 30, 1972. Indianapolis field office reports to Seattle SAC regarding NORJAK invest…

Teletype routing header indicating priority designation. Page two of a teletype communication regarding the D.B. Cooper case (IP 164-62). Reports that efforts to interview close acquaintances were n…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to Acting Director, Indianapolis, Salt Lake City, Springfield, and Seattle offices, sent at 10:56 PM on June 30, 1972. FBI teletype regarding NO…

Case number and page continuation header. Continuation of an FBI interview report. The interviewee describes a subject who departed Los Angeles for Costa Rica, first around June 28 and again around…

Case number and page header for FBI Los Angeles field office file 164-497, page three of a multi-page teletype. An unidentified individual observed the artist's conception of the hijacker and stated…

Final page (page four) of an FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office (file 164-497). A redacted individual should be considered armed and dangerous. The case status is marked as pending. The t…

Teletype routing header showing urgent message sent at 4:37AM on June 30, 1972 from the Acting Director to five FBI field offices. Subject line is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. A file no…

Teletype transmission header indicating urgency and date/time of transmission. Routing block showing the teletype is from Salt Lake City field office to Acting Director and other field offices. Sal…

Page two of an FBI teletype (likely from Seattle) regarding Westward Manufacturing and Engineering Contractors, Inc. The company's attorneys are reachable via M Liotas Trust at 111 West Fifth Street,…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated June 30, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL - REGISTERED priority. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) cas…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated July 6, 1972. Airtel from Indianapolis SAC to Seattle SAC regarding the NORJAK case. A source in Danville, Indiana, employed at Detroit Diesel…

FBI case file number for the Indianapolis field office, file 164-62. Continuation of an FBI investigative report (page 2) regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect lead investigated by the Indianapolis field…

Teletype routing header from Indianapolis field office to Seattle and Los Angeles offices regarding NORJAK case, sent July 11, 1972. Interview report from Terre Haute, Indiana. An interviewee (name…

Case number and page indicator for the document. Continuation of an FBI interview or lead report. A subject in El Segundo, California (zip code spelled out as 'nine zero four two five') discusses a…

Teletype header showing case number IP 164-62 and page three designation. A female witness in Terre Haute reports she has not seen a redacted individual in about one year, does not know present wher…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message from Indianapolis field office to Seattle and Phoenix offices, dated July 13, 1972. Teletype from Indianapolis to Seattle (with Phoenix for info)…

FBI file number and page continuation marker for case IP 164-62. Page two of an FBI teletype regarding an individual from Los Angeles, CA with no permanent address who was interviewed in Terre Haute…