Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to multiple field offices including Seattle, Butte, Portland, Honolulu, New York, San Francisco, and Cincinnati, sent at 11:59 PM on December…

FBI Los Angeles field office file number and page indicator. An FBI investigative report continuation page describing inquiries to officers/agencies about records. A source at an airport advised abo…

FBI case number and page identifier for Los Angeles field office file 164-497. Continuation of an FBI subject identification form (page 3). Fields include complexion, marital status, occupation, emp…

Case number and page identifier for FBI Los Angeles field office file 164-497, page four. Redacted section containing personal information about an individual, including their military service recor…

Case number and page header for FBI report LA 164-497, page five. Handwritten initials or cursive annotation, likely reviewer or agent marking. Two suspect investigation summaries. First suspect wa…

FBI case number and page indicator for continuation page. Continuation of an FBI interview report. A subject residing in California was interviewed by a Special Agent. The subject describes an acqua…

Report on the arrest of a redacted individual by a sheriff's office on November 25. Search found only small hand tools. Secret Service had interest due to President Nixon's security upon arrival at a…

Case number and page header for the FBI teletype. The teletype discusses distributing an artist's sketch and descriptive data on the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) to develop suspects. A redacted ind…

US Government memorandum from an SA in the San Francisco Division to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (NWA Flight #305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71). The sender's name is redact…

FBI inter-office memo header from San Francisco Division SA (redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking of NWA Flight #305 on 11/24/71. Case file 164-81. Multiple FOIA exe…

FBI teletype from San Francisco field office to Seattle field office, marked URGENT, dated December 3, 1971. References the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with San Francisco case number SF 1164-22[illegible]. FOIA exemption markings indicating information was redacted per USSS and FBI under b6, b7…

FBI form number and revision date stamp. Document header with classification markings and transcription date. An FAA Area Officer B at the Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center in Auburn, WA pro…

Cover letter from FAA Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center to FBI Special Agent Charles Farrell, enclosing a transcription of air-ground communications with Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on Novem…

Document header identifying the originating facility. Cover page for an FAA transcription of air-ground communications between Seattle ARTCC positions and Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 25 Novembe…

Radio communication transcript between Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW 305) and Seattle Center/Approach (SEA R2) during the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The communications cover the period from 0337 to 0…

Page 2 of a radio communication transcript between Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW 305) and Seattle Approach/Center (SEA R2). Covers timestamps 0349:18 through 0359:15 (7:49 PM to 7:59 PM PST). Com…

Page 3 of a radio communications transcript between Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW 305) and Seattle ARTCC (SEA R5, SEA R6). Covers communications from 0413:14 to 0445:45 (8:13 PM to 8:45 PM PST).…

Page header indicating this is page 4 of the radio communication transcript. Radio exchange where Seattle approach (SEA R6) provides altimeter setting correction to Northwest 305. Initial reading of…

Page 5 of a radio communication transcript between Seattle Radio (SEA R10) and Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW 305). Covers communications from 0513 to 0538 UTC. SEA R10 provides Medford altimeter…

Internal page number of the radio communication transcript. Air traffic control radio communication transcript between Seattle Approach/Center (SEA R10) and Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW 305). T…

FAA letterhead from the Airport Traffic Control Tower at Reno International Airport, dated November 29, 1971. Cover page for an FAA transcription of radio communications between Northwest Airlines F…

Letterhead and date for FAA Airport Traffic Control Tower at Reno International Airport. Cover page for FAA transcription of radio communications between Northwest Airlines Flight 305 and air traffi…

Air traffic control radio transcript between Reno Tower (RNO TWR DR) and Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center (OAK ARTCC) from 0632-0634 GMT. Controllers coordinate radar handoff of Northwest fli…

Radio transcript between Reno Tower (RNO TWR DR), Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center (OAK ARTCC), and Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305). The transcript covers approach coordination for NW30…

Continuation of air traffic control radio transcript between Reno Tower (RNO TWR DR) and Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305). Covers communications from 0637 GMT to 0642 GMT as the aircraft is vect…

Continued radio communications transcript between Northwest Flight 305 (NW305) and Reno Tower (RNO TWR DR). The crew reports 8,200 feet altitude. Tower asks about the status of the aft stairs. The cr…

Radio communication transcript between Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305) and Reno Tower (RNO TWR DR) during approach and landing at Reno. Timestamps run from 0646 to 0648 GMT. The crew requests w…

Radio communication transcript between Reno Tower (RNO TWR DR) and Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305) from 0649 to 0652 GMT. The crew discusses where to park the aircraft after landing. NW305 requ…

Air traffic control transcript between Reno Tower (RNO TWR DR) and Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305) during approach to Reno. The flight crew reports the air stair is in the down position and the…

Radio communication transcript between Reno Tower Local Control (RNO TWR LC) and Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305) during approach and landing at Reno airport. The tower clears the flight to land…

Radio communication transcript between Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305) and Reno Tower Local Control (RNO TWR LC) during taxiing after landing at Reno. The crew asks about sparks from the tail (…

Radio communication transcript between Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305) and Reno Tower Local Control (RNO TWR LC) regarding taxi instructions after landing at Reno. The crew discusses positionin…

Radio communication transcript between Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305) and Reno Tower Local Control (RNO TWR LC) at 0707-0708 GMT. The tower asks if the aircraft is ready to begin refueling wit…

Radio communication transcript between Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305) and Reno Tower (RNO TWR LC) at timestamps 0709-0713 GMT. Reno Tower repeatedly attempts to contact NW305. Tower instructs…

NW305 crew indicates they are unable to do something on the aircraft and will shut everything down and leave the aircraft. They request ground transportation and thank support personnel including fue…

Radio communications transcript between Reno Tower Local Control (RNO TWR LC) and Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (NW305) at Reno airport. The crew thanks tower for transportation arrangements, then at…

Final line of an air traffic control radio communication transcript. Reno Tower Local Control signs off with 'GOOD NIGHT'. This appears to be the closing of a longer ATC communication log. Bates num…

FOIA exemption codes applied to the document. Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 4:10 PM on February 4, 1972, from FBI Dallas (file 164-191) to FBI Seattle and Portland. A…

FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet for Civil Action 1:16-cv-01790. Indicates 11 pages (pages 2 through 12) were deleted under FOIA exemptions b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement per…

FBI Seattle field office routing and filing stamp with case number 164-81-2738, dated April 12, 1972. Indicates the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed. A faint line of text, large…

FBI Seattle field office filing stamp with case number 164-81-4260, dated December 23, 1973. Indicates the document was serialized and filed. Bates number or document tracking identifier stamped at…

DD-214 Report of Separation for John Don Booton, RA 17 292 092, discharged honorably on 15 Oct 1953 from US Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Born 22 Dec 1932 in Homer, Michigan. Serve…

Section 1 header noting dates Articles of War were read: 20 Oct 50, 22 Jun 1951, and 16 Feb 1951. Record of promotions and reductions in grade from Recruit (Oct 1950) through PFC, Corporal (temp), a…

Leave of absence record showing 14 days leave in Feb-Mar 1951, with cumulative leave balance summaries for FY51 and FY52. Leave record closed and transferred to new record. FBI caution notice indica…

Header of U.S. Army Enlistment Record form identifying the unit as 8th Armored Division at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Top section of enlistment form identifying the enlistee as John Don Booton, se…

Header of DD Form 4 (military enlistment form), revision dated November 1949. Standard DD Form 4 remarks, loyalty certification, and fraudulent enlistment warning boilerplate. Notes that no addition…

Header identification block for servicemember BOOTON, JOHN D. Regular Army serial number RA 17 292 092, grade E-3, Caucasian, single, home address in Marion, Illinois. Assignment limitations noted re…

DD Form 93 (Record of Emergency Data) for John Don Booton, a US Army recruit (Rct) with service number RA17 292 092, assigned to the 6th Armored Division at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. He lists Ruth…

VA Form 3101 (Request for Army Information) for John D. Booton, Army Serial No. RA 31 292 092, submitted by the VA Office in Des Moines, Iowa, dated 4-5-54. Signed by Kenneth L. Marple, Adj. Officer.…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC St. Louis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated December 21, 1972. Classified as AIRTEL. Handwritten sub-file numbers, l…

Document reference number and routing codes. An FBI Special Agent in Phoenix, Arizona conducted an investigation on December 15, 1972, reviewing a USINS file made available by a Travel Control Offic…

Document header showing file number PX 164-100, initials REL:cwb, and page number 2. Residence history over five years listing addresses in Scottsdale AZ, Vancouver BC (twice), and Toronto ON, with…

Document reference number, author initials, and page number of the report continuation. Physical description of a person of interest: 5'3", 147 lbs, brown hair and eyes, born in Portugal. Date of bi…

Internal FBI file reference and routing codes for the document. An FBI administrative report documenting a lead from a source at the Paradise Valley Country Club in Phoenix, Arizona. On December 14,…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC in Seattle, dated January 9, 1973, regarding the NORJAK case (file 164-81). An informant telephonically advis…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. A redacted individual stated he could be reached through an agent at BNDD (Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs). He furthe…

Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81 (P), dated 1-9-73, regarding NORJAK case. SA name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. RE line redacted. A redacted source telephon…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper case, Seattle field office. A redacted source indicated he could be reached through a specific agent at BNDD and further advised he would be willing…

Honorable Discharge form (Enlisted Record and Report of Separation) for PFC Alvin C. Hintley (or similar surname), Army Serial No. 20 713 004, from the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Born 27 Jul…

Application for Aviation Cadet (Air Crew) Training submitted by Alvin Curtis Hartley, ASN 20713004, dated September 27, 1943. Hartley was a white male, born July 27, 1920, in Bruce, Wisconsin, statio…

Army Air Forces college training program final grade sheet for Cpl. Alvin G. Hartley, Serial Number 20713004, Class 44-C, at Southern Illinois Normal University. Zero days lost to sickness. Academic…

Partial WWII-era Army Air Corps aircrew training application form. The applicant states motivation for applying, prefers Pursuit Fighter assignment in the South Pacific theatre, with preference for F…

Military personnel form (likely Army Air Corps or similar enlistment/classification form) for Alvin Curtis Hartley, Army Serial No. 20713004, who arrived at Basic Training Center on 24 Nov 1941. He w…

Official letterhead of the California Institution for Men, Reception Guidance Center in Chino, California, during Governor Ronald Reagan's administration. Letter from the California Institution for…

U.S. Army National Guard enlistment record for Alvin C. Hartley of Duluth, Minnesota, enlisting November 7, 1939, with prior service in Hqs Btry, 125th FA as Private from July 11 to October 9, 1939.…

National Guard physical examination form for Alvin Curtis Hartley, Army serial number 20,713,004, a Private in Headquarters Battery, 125th Field Artillery, Duluth, Minnesota. Examination conducted un…

Military induction physical examination certification form for a member of Headquarters Battery, 125th Field Artillery. The board certified that the individual was mentally and physically qualified f…

Page 2 of a U.S. Army enlistment record for ARVO (or ARNO) C. HARTLEY, serial number 20,713,004. Born approximately 1920–1921, enlisted November 1939 in DULUTH, Minnesota at age 18 for service with t…

Section 4 of military personnel record showing Army specialty qualifications including Military Policeman (MOS 677) and Aviation Student designations. Special Duty section is blank. Articles of War…

Section 6 of a military service record listing multiple furloughs from June 1941 through August 1944, with dates, durations, and regulatory authorities cited (mostly AR 615-275). Foreign service rec…

Financial remarks page from a WWII military service record. Documents various pay deductions, debts owed to U.S., payment stamps from Aug 1943 through Jun 1944. Notes soldier placed on parachutist st…

Financial remarks column of a WWII military service record showing campaign participation (Rhineland, Holland, Ardennes, Central Europe), Good Conduct Medal recommendation, overseas service bar autho…

Military jump record form showing 11 jumps as of 2 July 1945. The bottom portion contains standard military indorsement text with character rated as Excellent, verified by Captain in Field Artillery.…

Header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from SAC St. Louis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated January 24, 1973. Routing stamps and handwritten sub-file number indicating…

FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet for Civil Action 1:16-cv-01790 listing 12 deleted pages with reasons: 5 pages removed as Referral/Consult (pages 36, 130, 131, 132, 133) and 7 pages removed…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header, dated April 16, 1975, sent via airtel with airmail priority. Addressing block of the airtel: from SAC Columbia to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJA…

Case office file number for the document. Investigative lead directing agents in Greenville, South Carolina to determine if a redacted individual was residing at a redacted address on November 24, 1…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an Airtel sent via Airmail dated April 21, 1975. Airtel from SAC Columbia to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Columbia is fo…

FBI case file number for this document. Narrative describing an individual who managed a business and was visited by a person interested in purchasing it. The matter was reported to the FBI. Referen…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Lead assigned to FBI Mobile Division to review redacted records at a location in Alabama to determine the whereabouts of a redacted individual…

Inter-office FBI memorandum from SAC Mobile to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References a Columbia airtel dated 4/21/75. States that a review of a redacted case file fails to discl…

FBI airtel from SAC Columbia to SAC Charlotte regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A source in South Carolina advised on 6/19/75 that a redacted individual had been employed at the White Stag Lod…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Lead assignment for the Columbia Division directing agents at Clemson, S.C. to contact a redacted individual. The contact is noted as not bein…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Newark regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Seattle requests Newark provide all information supporting a redacted individual as a possible suspect. Refer…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Newark to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle requests that Newark furnish all information on a redacted individual who was identified as a pos…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated June 24, 1975. SA Manning interviewed a redacted individual in Yacolt,…

MAFIS/AFIS fingerprint query for serial L39259214C routed through Denver, returning no matching record. MAFIS/AFIS fingerprint query for serial J50240953A routed through Denver, returning no matchin…

Header of a US Government memorandum from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 6/20/75, regarding NORJAK case. SA Manning updates a prior memo regarding an individual with possible knowledge o…

On 6/19/75, an agent contacted a person in Olympia, Washington and advised them of developments, and was told that in the event of any danger, precautions should be taken. On 6/20/75, a writer arriv…

An individual observed three Mexican-looking men walking in the woods near a campground with water-soaked trousers, giving the impression they had been searching for something. He reported what he ha…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Milwaukee to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking case, dated July 1, 1975. A Wisconsin resident and another local n…

FBI case file number for Milwaukee field office. Subject's employment history: worked at First Federal Savings in Chicago for 4 years and Home Federal Savings & Loan Association in Chicago for 6 yea…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation, Milwaukee field office. An FBI report documenting an interview with a female source who confirmed that a suspect (name redacted) did not take…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated July 3, 1975, sent via airtel/airmail registered. Routing information for the airtel from Denver SAC to Seattle SAC regarding the NORJAK case,…

FBI case file number for the Denver Division. FBI lead assignment directing the Denver Division to obtain a copy of a driver's license photograph for a redacted individual who resided at Tensleep, W…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to Director FBI regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case) monthly summary dated 7/10/75. Reports 770 total suspects with 735 eliminated. New suspects b…

Date of the airtel document. Handwritten annotation, likely a routing or approval notation reading 'Sube O' or possibly 'Sub O'. FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to the Director, FBI regarding NORJ…

Standard US Government memorandum form header (Optional Form 10, July 1973 edition). Memo routing information: from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a Seattle lett…

Document file number and dictation/typist codes. An SA interviewed a male witness in Yerington, NV on June 12, 1975. The witness reported last seeing the subject about six months prior in Ely, Nevad…

FBI case number and page number of the sub-document (page 2 of the LV 164-60 report). Physical description form fields for a male suspect: White, American, age redacted, 6'1"-6'2", 160 lbs slender b…

Standard United States Government interoffice memorandum header. Memo from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Subject Re field and a box are redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions.…

Header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from the Louisville FBI field office to SAC Seattle, dated July 10, 1975, regarding the NORJACK case. Louisville field office reports that…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, dated July 15, 1975, regarding the NORJAK case (164-81). The memo references a prior memo dated 6/18/…

FBI memo from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior memo dated 6/18/75. Reports that on June 30, 1975, a contact at the Driver's Licensing divis…

FBI standard airtel header indicating a plain-text airmail communication dated July 16, 1975. An NWA employee at Sea-Tac Airport reported receiving a late-night call on 7/14-15/75 from a former high…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Continuation of a prior paragraph discussing information given about a parachute. The color was not provided. A…

Standard FBI FD-36 AIRTEL transmission form header with date 7/11/75. AIRTEL from SAC Las Vegas to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References Honolulu communications. A Special Age…

FBI Las Vegas field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. An interviewee (name redacted) advised he was from/in Reno, Nevada and offered to lead officers to where D.B. Cooper could b…

FBI Las Vegas field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of a witness statement about COOPER; heavily redacted. Witness states he was never at COOPER's location but me…

Continuation page of an FBI airtel from the Las Vegas field office (case LV 164-60) regarding the Cooper case. States that information was received linking Cooper (details redacted) to the State of N…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Columbia to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated July 17, 1975. Follow-up memo documenting three unsuccessful attempts on 6/2/75, 6/…

FBI case file number for this document. Subject line is fully redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Investigation results indicate the redacted subject was in South Carolina or North Carolina o…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmission form header dated July 15, 1975, sent via Airtel with Airmail priority. Routing block indicating the Airtel is from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Seattle regarding…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from a Special Clerk, regarding the NORJAK case, dated March 19, 1975. A caller telephoned the Seattle FBI office on 3/19/75 to repo…

Standard FBI FD-346 interview form header with date of transcription. An individual in Oklahoma, formerly employed by Air America Airlines, describes his current employment with United Farm Service.…

Case number and page number header for the FBI report. Subject discusses parachute delivery by Air America and issues with American Airlines employment benefits of $4300, complicated by military ser…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated July 23, 1975. Airtel routing from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Office of Origin is Seattle. Oklahoma City field o…

Continuation page (page 2) of an FBI teletype or lead assignment under case OC 164-56. States that leads to verify a redacted individual's employment and leads involving Air America Airlines are bein…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header, dated July 21, 1975, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block: From SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking).…

Date of the airtel document. Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Kansas City to SAC Milwaukee regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) aircraft hijacking case, office of origin Seattle. Body of…

Kansas City field office case number 164-80 A redacted individual claims that during spring of 1974, someone was in Wisconsin and was placed under observation in Wisconsin. Two heavily redacted sta…

FBI case number referencing Kansas City field office file 164-80 (aircraft piracy classification). Leads section directing the FBI Milwaukee field office to take appropriate action in the D.B. Coope…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. From a Special Agent (redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated 7/28/75, regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), BUFILE 164-2111, Sub J Miscellaneou…

Standard US Government memorandum header from an FBI Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated 7/28/75, regarding NORJAK case Sub D – Parachute Information. An individual (name redacted) a…

Header of FBI memo from SA (Special Agent, name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, Sub D, Parachute Information, dated 7/28/75. An individual (name redacted) acknowledged receipt on…

Standard US Government memorandum header for NORJAK case, addressed to SAC Seattle from a Special Agent (name redacted), dated July 28, 1975. An FBI Special Agent contacted a witness in Seattle to e…

Standard US Government memorandum header for NORJAK case, from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated July 28, 1975. A contact in Seattle was interviewed about a suspect they had mentioned.…

Header block of an FBI investigative report indicating investigation conducted by a redacted Special Agent on April 7, 1975. A female individual in Des Moines, Iowa (name redacted) was contacted at h…

Appears to be a partial name or identifier for the subject of the interview, possibly page 2 of a continuation. The interviewee states the subject claimed to have been a diver in the U.S. Navy durin…

A small boxed notation showing what appears to be a file or agent reference 'A.T.dat' and the number 3, with a redacted name above. An unidentified female subject furnished snapshots originally take…

Header block with AIRTEL designation and redacted routing information. An FBI Special Agent report documenting an interview conducted on April 7, 1975, with a female witness from Des Moines, Iowa. S…

Case file number SE 164-81, dictated by agent with initials AJK, transcribed by dat, page 1. FBI investigative report documenting an interview conducted on July 21, 1975 with a redacted female indiv…

Case header showing file number SE 164-81, dictated by agent with initials AJK, transcribed by dat, page 2 of the document. A name is redacted above the case number. A female interviewee states she…

FBI case file number, agent initials, and page number within the sub-document. An FBI Special Agent conducted an interview on July 21, 1975, with an individual (name redacted) also known by another…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a redacted SAC office to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, file 164-81, dated July 23, 1975. The memo encloses three copies o…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Memo from SAC Newark to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated July 25, 1975. A woman in Cherry Hill, New Jersey contacted the FBI on 5/29/75…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated July 21, 1975, from an SPC (redacted), regarding the NORJAK case. A tipster from Morton, Washington telephoned the FBI offi…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10, July 1973 edition). Routing block of the memo. From SAC Miami to SAC Seattle, dated July 28, 1975, regarding subject NORJAK wit…

FBI teletype from Cleveland field office to Birmingham and Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Dated August 4, 1975. An informant from the Akron PD reported that while attending sportsca…

Page header indicating this is page two of FBI document with case number CV 164-88. Continuation of an FBI interview report. The subject stated he was covering a sportscar circuit for the Internatio…

Continuation header indicating this is page three of FBI case file CV 164-88. Continuation of an FBI interview (likely FD-302) in which a witness states that a redacted individual is really D. B. Co…

Continuation (page 4) of an FBI interview report (CV 164-88). An interviewee expressed distrust of the 'Feds' and admiration that someone 'ripped them off.' The subject reportedly covers the sportsca…

Page 5 of a multi-page FBI teletype (case CV 164-38). An unidentified individual, reachable at Talladega Speedway from August 6–10, 1975, and staying at the Downtowner Motel in Anniston, Alabama, sta…

Date of the AIRTEL memo. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Charlotte to SAC Columbia regarding NORJAK case. A suspect is identified (name redacted) who resembles the composite sketch and has parachute training in…

Continuation of a prior report paragraph indicating an individual had been employed at the White Stag Lodge on Highway 176 near Tryon-Saluda, N.C. during the period of November 24, 1971. A female wit…

Date of the airtel memo. Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), with redacted personal information marked b6/b7C. Bo…

Header block of an FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage regarding NORJAK case, dated 8/6/75. The airtel references a prior Miami airtel dated 4/3/75 sent to Seattle, Anchorage, and Oklahoma…

Header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from an SA (Special Agent) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated August 7, 1975. Body of memo referencing a prior…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, file number 164-81, BUfile 164-2111, dated August 7, 1975. SA name and RE subject are redacted. References a July 21, 1975 SPC memo su…

Header of FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC St. Louis regarding NORJAK case, dated August 7, 1975. An unnamed individual has been suggested as a possible D.B. Cooper suspect because he r…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC St. Louis to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated March 7, 1975. Bureau file number 164-2111. A name or identifier is redacted under b6/b7C e…

FBI teletype (NITEL) from Birmingham field office to Seattle, Cleveland, and Atlanta regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a previous Cleveland NITEL dated August 4, 1975. Reports that…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a document with Bureau file number BH 164-35. Continuation of an FBI investigative report regarding a tip identifying a suspect as D.B. Cooper. An…

Continuation of a physical description of an individual: 6'2", 199 lbs, brown kinky curly medium-long hair, brown eyes, thick eyeglasses, full beard, dark complexion. An interviewee was initially up…

Page header indicating this is page four of a multi-page document. Continuation (page four) of an FBI interview. The interviewee emphatically denies mentioning anyone by name in connection with the…

Case file page header with Seattle field office file number BH-164-35, page five of the report. Continuation of an FBI interview report (page 5). A subject discusses his whereabouts during the Novem…

Continuation of an FBI investigative report on a D.B. Cooper suspect. The subject holds identification with a photograph and good likenesses. He served in the military with Special Forces training in…

Continuation page header indicating page seven of a teletype or communication under case file BH 164-35. Continuation of an FBI teletype directing that information be furnished to Atlanta for possib…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland dated August 7, 1975, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). File numbers 164-81 (Seattle) and 164-2111 (Bureau).…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Kansas City and SAC Milwaukee regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) aircraft hijacking case, office of origin Seattle, dated 8/4/75. References prior correspondence bet…

Header of a US Government memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Dated August 8, 1975. Sender name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Body of the memo identifies…

Header of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated August 8, 1975. The memo explains that the case subtitle has b…

Date of memo (possibly 8/7/75; ambiguous typewriter character) Standard FBI AIRTEL routing header from Las Vegas field office to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case, with Seattle as Office of Origin.…

FBI case file number for the Las Vegas field office, file 164-60. On August 7, 1975, a redacted individual advised that her records indicate a redacted person, who has an FBI number, has a following…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), from an unidentified Special Agent. Multiple fields redacted under b6/b7C privacy…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 8/8/75, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing information: airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior airtel d…

FBI case file number for the document. A witness residing near Alderwood Manor, Washington states she has never seen or met a redacted individual before and has no idea what he looks like, but accor…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo header from SAC Seattle to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten annotation reading 'Sub O', likely a sub-file or subject designation. Monthly summar…

Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file designation O. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to FBI Director dated 8/11/75 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case monthly summary. Reports 774 total su…

Standard header for a US Government interoffice memorandum on Optional Form No. 10. Internal FBI memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Seattle l…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date. An FBI FD-302 interview report dated 7/29/75. A female witness from Wyoming was interviewed and provided information about a male indivi…

Continuation (page 2) of an FBI interview (DN 164-98) with a female witness describing a male subject. The subject had been in Rock Springs, WY, left and returned in Fall 1972 briefly without a vehic…

FBI file number and page sub-designation for the document. A female interviewee recalls that a person (name redacted) told her he had been a military paratrooper stationed in Germany who did a good…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 8/12/75, sent via AIRTEL, AIRMAIL, REGISTERED. Routing information for an airtel from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, refere…

FBI case file number for this document. Two failed attempts to contact a redacted individual on specified dates. A Rock Springs, Wyoming Credit Bureau source reported on 7/30/75 that a redacted ind…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from an unnamed Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated August 15, 1975. The FROM and RE fields are redacted und…

Header block of an FBI internal memo (airtel) addressed to SAC Seattle, dated August 15, 1975, regarding the NORJAK case. Office of Origin is Seattle, Bureau file 164-211. SA name and RE line are red…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from Seattle to Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated August 15, 1975. Bureau file 164-2111, with office of origin Seattle. The memo ref…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Minneapolis teletype from 11/8/73 about a redacted individual in the Los Angeles area w…

Internal FBI memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage requesting follow-up on an investigation of a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) suspect. Seattle notes that results of investigation requested through prior com…

Header of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage, dated August 15, 1975, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), file numbers 164-59 (Anchorage) and 164-81 (Seattle), B…

Header block of FBI inter-office memo addressed to SAC Las Vegas and SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, BUfile 164-2111, dated August 15, 1975. The RE line is redacted. The memo r…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from Sacramento to SAC Las Vegas and SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, file 164-2111, dated August 15, 1975. The RE line and a box next to…

FBI inter-office memo from Seattle division to SAC Portland and SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Los Angeles airtel dated 5/21/75 that set forth a lead for Portland a…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated 8/15/75. Office of Origin is Seattle, Bureau file 164-2111. Subject line and a…

Internal FBI memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage, dated August 15, 1975, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle requests that Anchorage forward the results of an investigation concerning…

Internal FBI memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage, dated August 15, 1975, requesting follow-up on a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) suspect investigation. Seattle had previously sent communications on 9/25/73…

Header block of an FBI airtel/memo from the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case file, addressed to SAC Portland and SAC Seattle, dated August 15, 1975. Office of Origin is Seattle with Bureau file number 164-2…

FBI memo header addressed from Portland SAC to Seattle SAC regarding case NORJAN, Office of Origin Seattle, Bureau file 164-2111. Dated August 15, 1975. Re line is redacted. Memo references a Denver…

Header block of an FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, file number 164-2111, dated August 15, 1975. A name or subject in the Re: line and adjace…

Header block of FBI airtel addressed to SAC Anchorage and SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 8/15/75. The Re: subject line is redacted. Exemption codes for FOIA redactions (b6 = personal priva…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated August 15, 1975. The RE field and a portion of the subject block are redacted un…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from Seattle to Portland and Seattle SACs, dated 8/15/75, case code NORJAN, with Seattle as Office of Origin, Bufile 164-2111. Two blocks redacted under b6/b7…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated 8/15/75. Office of Origin is Seattle, Bureau file 164-2111. The Re: line is re…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), referencing an Anchorage airtel dated 5/14/75. The sender (Special Agent)…

Date stamp at top of document. FBI Airtel from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. An unnamed male informant in Anchorage, employed at Century Automatic Sprinkler C…

Anchorage FBI field office case number for file 164-59. A redacted individual generally matching D.B. Cooper's description was an experienced, trophy-winning skydiver. Shortly after the hijacking, t…

Header block of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, file 164-81, referencing an Anchorage airtel dated…

Header block of an FBI internal memo (airtel) addressed to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing an earlier Anchorage airtel to Seattle dated 5/14/75. Several fields are r…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, BUfile 164-2111, referencing a prior memo dated 12/13/74. The memo notes that a lead f…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper hijacking. FBI lead assignment directing agents in Vancouver, Washington to check Washington State Patrol records to verify whether…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated August 18, 1975, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), referencing Bureau file 164-2111. The sending Special Agent's name is redacted. Th…

FBI internal memo from SAC Seattle dated 8/18/75 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The memo notes that a lead from a referenced communication (memo of SA [redacted], 12/13/74) was inadvertentl…

Header of a U.S. Government memorandum from an unnamed Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), specifically about suspect David V. Alling, Sub #756. References a prior m…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Instruction to obtain a current photograph of David V. Alling from the Washington State DMV in Olympia. Instruction to contact Ward Cook, Inc…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, subject David V. Alling, SUB #756, referencing a prior memo dated 2/27/75. Explanation of…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated August 19, 1975, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Handwritten sub-file notation in…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from an FBI Special Agent in Seattle to the SAC regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, file 164-81, dated August 19, 1975. The memo reports that investig…

FBI Seattle field office memo dated August 19, 1975, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that all investigation concerning a redacted individual fails to indicate involvement in the hija…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent (redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, dated August 19, 1975. The memo reports that the investigated individual (re…

Standard US Government memorandum form header, July 1973 edition. Memo addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), from a redacted Special Agent. References Bureau file 1…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790. Lists 97 total deleted pages with reasons. Page 4 was deleted as Referral/Consult, page 20 as Duplicate, pages 116-143 as Re…

Continuation of a FOIA/Privacy Act deletion sheet listing pages withheld from the released file. Pages are marked as either 'Duplicate' or 'Referral/Consult'. Duplicate pages (33 total listed) were w…

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

FBI FD-5 File-Serial Charge Out form for file 164-81 (D.B. Cooper / NORJAK case), dated 12/4/75. Lists four serial numbers (6773, 6787, 6749, 6980) with descriptions and dates charged. Several entrie…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview report header with form revision date, bureau title, transcription date of 8/12/75, and sub-file designation 'Q'. FBI agent located and interviewed a redacted individua…

Page number and FBI case file number. Interviewee states inability to recall what triggered the conversation, possibly something on television. Interviewee recalled discussing that the hijacker wou…

Page number and FBI case file number header. An unidentified individual (name redacted) was interviewed and described being the victim of a spectator accident at the Savannah, Georgia International…

Page number and FBI case file number header. Continuation page (page 4) of an FBI investigative report on a D.B. Cooper suspect. Subject claims U.S. Army service with Special Forces training includi…

Page number and FBI case file reference number. Employment history of an unidentified subject. Subject claims to have worked at the Plantation Pipe Line Company in Port Neches, Texas for approximate…

Page number of the original document. FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. A redacted individual expressed admiration for whoever pulled off the skyjacking, noting no one was hur…

Document date. Header block identifying this as an AIRTEL sent via AIRMAIL from SAC Birmingham to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Birmingham Division encloses FD-302 interview reports from T…

FBI internal memo from SA (Special Agent, name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References a Portland airtel dated 8/8/75. A redacted individual has been suggested as a s…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated August 22, 1975. Bureau file 164-2111. Body of memo references a…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated August 20, 1975. Investigation results from Elko, Nevada. An SA cond…

Header block of FBI memo from SAC Kansas City to Director FBI, dated 8/22/75, regarding NORJAK case with Office of Origin Seattle, classified RUC (Referred Upon Completion). Reference line citing pr…

Standard header block of a US Government interoffice memorandum from Special Agent Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated August 26, 1975. Handwritten notation indicating su…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to Seattle, regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), sent the evening of August 27, 1975. An Airport Police Department officer at Minneapolis-St. Pa…

Header indicating this is page two of a teletype with file number MP 164-73. Continuation of a teletype describing a suspect or person of interest: male, 5'9", 150 lbs, slim build, gray hair, brown…

Teletype header identifying a NITEL (night teletype) message from Minneapolis FBI field office (164-73) to Seattle (164-81) regarding NORJAK case, BUFILE 164-2111. An unidentified individual from Am…

Standard USG memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent (redacted) to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, regarding NORJAK case, dated August 24, 1975. A suspect investigated in Vancouver, Washington wa…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from ADIC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated August 22, 1975. The memo references prior communications between Minneapolis,…

Standard USG memo header addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, referencing a prior memo dated 8-19-75. Handwritten sub-file notation indicating sub-file 756 of…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Cleveland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case, dated August 28, 1975. Cleveland Division is closing out (RUC - Referred Upon Compl…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated September 3, 1975. Routing block: airtel from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle, Bureau file 164-2111…

File reference and dictation/typist codes for Portland Division case 164-41. An FBI Special Agent conducted investigation on May 29, 1975, contacting Oregon State Police Headquarters, Oregon State P…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated September 11, 1975. The RE line is redacted under b6/b7C privacy…

File reference numbers and dictation initials for the report. An FBI Special Agent in the Portland Division conducted an investigation. On April 1, 1975, city and telephone directory searches in LaG…

Case file reference numbers, dictator/typist initials DSJ:lrl, and page number 2 of the document. A redacted individual advised that a redacted person was employed at a redacted location in Oregon.…

File reference numbers and office codes for the report. An FBI Special Agent in Portland, Oregon conducted directory searches in 1972, 1973, and 1975 Eugene city and telephone directories for a reda…

File reference numbers and dictation/typist initials with page continuation number 2. Heavily redacted paragraph describing information received on March 5, 1975 from a confidential source about an…

FBI file numbers and typist initials for Portland (PD 164-41) and Seattle (SE 164-81) field offices. FBI non-symbol source administrative page identifying a confidential source located in Oregon. Th…

Internal FBI memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Salt Lake City letter to Seattle dated 2/20/75 and encloses copies of inserts recording negati…

File reference numbers and typist initials for this FBI report page. FBI Special Agent conducted an inquiry at Portland State University on February 21, 1975. A female source (name redacted) describ…

File reference numbers and typist initials for this report page. Opening line identifying the investigating Special Agent (redacted) from the Portland Division. Information was obtained from Corval…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo routing information: from Portland SAC to Seattle SAC regarding NORJAK case, dated September 12, 1975. The RE field is redacted under b6/b7C priva…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), dated September 9, 1975. Lead assignment for…

Internal FBI memorandum dated 9/9/75 from a Special Agent (redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The lead assigns the Seattle Division to obtain a copy of an individual's…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Encloses three photographs for the Butte Division, provided by a redacted source. Notes that copies have been made for…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated September 10, 1975, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Airtel from SAC Salt Lake City to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a Phoenix ai…

Case file number for this report page. Fragment about a land purchase since 5/17/74; subject was ordered to do something (redacted). An individual (redacted) has been charged by Maricopa County aut…

Case file number for the Salt Lake City FBI field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of a memo discussing an FBI investigation related to D.B. Cooper. The Salt Lake City Division notes t…

Header of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento, dated 9/25/75, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Office of Origin is Seattle. RE line and adjacent field are redacted. S…

FBI case file number for Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation from previous page describing an unnamed individual who went with an unknown company around 1971, while his fami…

Header of a United States Government internal memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) of the Seattle field office, dated September 25, 1975, regarding the NORJAK…

Header of a US Government internal memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated September 26, 1975. The memo concludes that a review of the…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 9/29/75. The sender (Special Agent) name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. The RE line is also redact…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) in Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), Bureau file 164-2111, dated September 29, 1975.…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated September 26, 1975, from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding the NORJAK case. Interview summary from September 8, 19…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office). Continuation of an FBI interview (likely FD-302) describing a male subject who is retired from the Army, drives a 1973…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office NORJAK investigation. Sources state the subject owns 40-80 acres in Lewis County and about 10 acres near Yelm, Washington, is constructing a…

FBI Seattle case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Leads section directing the Seattle Division to interview a redacted individual at Yelm, Washington concerning his possible involvemen…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated October 2, 1975. The sender SA name is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. The memo refere…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated October 3, 1975. Body of the memo describes investigativ…

Continuation of an FBI investigative report. Setting of leads regarding redacted individuals is left to the case agent's discretion. No contacts could furnish a physical description. A lead is set at…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to the SAC in Seattle, dated September 5, 1975, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Follow-up investigation mem…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL sent via AIRMAIL dated September 19, 1975. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Portland f…

FBI Milwaukee field office urgent teletype to Director, Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Milwaukee teletype from October 7, 1975. An unidentifi…

Case file number and page indicator for this teletype page. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page two) regarding an individual claiming to be D.B. Cooper (NORJAK case). The subject's identity has be…

Teletype header with case number MI 164-36, page three continuation. Continuation of a teletype (page 3) describing a subject who claimed to have exited a Boeing 727 through the rear door, landed ne…

Document header indicating Milwaukee field office file 164-36, page four of a multi-page report. A subject claims to have seen D.B. Cooper ransom money as late as June 1975, stating he never spent i…

Continuation header for teletype page five, referencing FBI case file MI 164-36. Continuation of a teletype discussing a subject whose knowledge appeared limited and answers were vague. References a…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype/airtel transmission form header dated 10/10/75, sent via AIRTEL, AIR MAIL priority. Routing block: from Acting ADIC Los Angeles to Director FBI, regarding NORJAK case. F…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Los Angeles field office). Leads section assigning investigative tasks to the Milwaukee field office. Two tasks: (1) Re-interview a redacted i…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmission form header dated September 3, 1975, sent via Airtel with Air Mail priority. Routing information indicating the Airtel is from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regardi…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). States that the parachute used by the unknown subject had a completely white canopy and tha…

Two redaction dots appearing at the top of the page, likely covering classification or routing stamps. Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte regarding the NORJAK cas…

Communication method and priority designators. Memo addressing block from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Monthly summary update on the NORJAK case reporting 777 total suspects,…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to the Special Agent in Charge of the Seattle field office, dated September 3, 1975. Sender name redacted under b6/b7C exemptio…

Continuation of an FBI investigative report (page 2) in the D.B. Cooper case (SF 164-81). A witness from Richland, Washington provided personal information (dates of birth, telephone number — all red…

Header block of an FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated September 23, 1975. The body of the memo references a prior Los Angeles airtel d…

Date of the airtel document. Header block of FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Office of Origin is Seattle, Bureau file 164-2111. Body of…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 9/23/75, sent via AIRTEL. AIRTEL memo from SAC Alexandria to FBI Director regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports receipt of a letter da…

Case file number for this FBI report page. Partially redacted text quoting a source discussing a suspect who is described as a Canadian citizen and allegedly in possession of $200,000. The source cl…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated October 1, 1975, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Director (Identification Division) regarding NORJAK ca…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated October 1, 1975, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Director (Identification Division) regarding NORJAK cas…

FBI form header for Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report, dated September 9, 1975, FBI File No. 164-2111, addressed to SAC Alexandria. Subject line referencing NORJAK case with…

Continuation page (Page 2) of a memo addressed to SAC, Alexandria dated September 9, 1975, stating that the report confirms and supplements information telephonically furnished to the Alexandria Divi…

FBI WFO teletype to Director FBI, SACs Alexandria and Seattle regarding NORJAK case. An employee of Capcon and Gruman Construction Company at 700 T Street NE, Washington DC was interviewed. The inter…

Page header indicating this is page two of an FBI Washington Field Office document, file number 164-169. A redacted individual reports that someone was injured at a work site around November 16, 197…

Header indicating this is page three of a Washington Field Office teletype, file number 164-169. FBI teletype requesting the Alexandria field office locate and interview a redacted individual employ…

FBI Alexandria teletype dated September 9, 1975, sent urgently to the Director, Seattle, and WFO regarding the NORJAK case. References an anonymous call received by Fairfax County, Virginia Police De…

Page header indicating this is page two of a report under case file AX 164-72. Continuation of an FBI investigative report. A redacted suspect was interviewed on September 8, 1975 and denied involve…

Continuation (page 3) of an FBI report under case AX 164-70. A female company representative confirmed that company policy required employees to be present the day before and after a mid-week holiday…

Page four of an FBI background/identification form (Alexandria field office file 164-70) listing the physical description of a male subject: 5 feet 11.5 inches tall, 190 pounds, brown eyes, brown hai…

Page five of a teletype (AX 164-72) listing a subject's current employment at Gardner Equipment (Local 77, with a redacted portion marked b6/b7C) and 1971 employment at Potomac Contractors, described…

FBI NITEL (night teletype) from El Paso field office to Director, Alexandria, and Seattle, dated September 12, 1975. Subject is MORJAK with Seattle as Office of Origin. Reports an interview conducted…

File reference number and page indicator for the document. Describes a group traveling by car through Virginia in heavy snow conditions, unable to reach Marshall, stopping at Frosty's Diner in Warri…

Page three of an FBI teletype (case EP 164-52, D.B. Cooper) directing the Alexandria field office to locate and interview a redacted individual to verify their story, and to contact the game warden a…

Date of the document. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to the Director regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case monthly summary dated 9/9/75. Reports 776 total suspects with 754 eliminated. New suspe…

FBI Seattle field office monthly summary airtel to the Director regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated September 9, 1975. Reports 776 total suspects with 754 eliminated. New suspects are bein…

Teletype header with transmission time, date, and operator initials. FBI teletype from Alexandria field office regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). A possible suspect, a white male residen…

Page two of an FBI lead/teletype from the Alexandria field office (case AX 164-72) regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. A witness in Northern Virginia stated that he and a redacted indi…

Internal FBI memorandum from SAC El Paso to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. References prior communications (nitels) to Bureau from Alexandria on 9/11/75 and El Paso on 9/12/75. Encloses copie…

Standard FD-302 header with date. FD-302 interview of a U.S. National Park Service employee in El Paso, TX. The interviewee read a newspaper article in the El Paso Times on Sept 10, 1975 about a sus…

File number and page indicator for the FBI report. Account of a hunting trip on Thanksgiving Day 1971 near Quantico Marine Corps Base, Virginia. The subjects were unable to reach Marshall due to sno…

Case number and page number for the FBI report continuation page. Continuation of an FBI interview (likely FD-302) regarding an individual's knowledge of a subject's movements across Virginia, Arizo…

FBI case file number and page continuation number for the El Paso field office file 164-52, page 4. Continuation of an FBI interview or background investigation form documenting a subject's military…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum form header. Memo routing: from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated September 8, 1975. Handwritten initials, likely routing or…

File reference numbers and office codes for the FBI report. FBI investigative report page documenting an interview on August 14, 1975, with a representative of the Idaho Attorney General's Office in…

Case file header showing Bureau case numbers BT #164-26 and SE #164-81, dictated by agent GJC, transcribed by dpl, page 2 of document. A redacted individual is reported to be licensed to sell insura…

FBI file reference numbers and page identifier for this continuation page. A redacted individual in Billings, Montana is described via Montana Driver's License Bureau records as 71 inches tall, 180…

Document header with case file numbers and page number. Subject described opening checking accounts across Idaho under multiple company names, all now closed. Subject was never prosecuted for check…

File reference numbers and page identifier for this FBI report page. Continuation of an FBI interview report (page 5). A redacted source describes meeting another redacted individual in February 197…

Header of a US Government memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle, dated October 10, 1975, from a Special Agent (name redacted). Subject line reads NORJASK or similar, with a stamp mark. An informant fr…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. An interviewee describes a person who was self-employed and worked part-time at a rendering works in Portland, Oregon. Since a…

Standard FBI AIRTEL transmission form header with date 10/10/75, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing information: from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. On 10/9/75, the Gladstone, Ore…

Standard header of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated October 15, 1975, regarding the NORJAK case. A member of the Goldendale Police Department conta…

Header block of FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated October 15, 1975, under case name NORJAK. The assigned Special Agent name is redacted. A member of the Goldendal…

Handwritten annotations describing a white male subject, age 30-40, with an accent, referencing Klickitat Valley Bank and noting the subject used educated speech or mannerisms. FBI office routing st…

FBI airtel from Acting ADIC Los Angeles to SAC Milwaukee regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Encloses a composite photograph (16x20 inches, made from 11 35mm photos) of the area near Barker Dam in J…

FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report header, addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated October 17, 1975. Report states that previously reported latent prints in…

Header of a United States Government Memorandum from an unnamed Special Agent (SA) to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) in Seattle, dated October 21, 1975, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hija…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmission form header dated October 14, 1975. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. A female source in Oregon reported on 10/3/75 that a mal…

FBI case file number for the Portland field office, file 164-41. A female source recounts meeting an individual in Kansas around 1950. She has limited information about the individual and stresses t…

FBI FD-263 cover page for a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case report. Reporting office is Milwaukee, office of origin is Seattle. The case is classified as Extortion. Period ends 10/21/75. The reporting agen…

Standard US Government memorandum header showing communication from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 10/20/75. Memo body describing enclosures being forwarded to Seattle an…

Sender's return address and name have been redacted with black boxes under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C. A citizen writes to the FBI Sacramento office on 13 October 1975 as a follow-up to a previous l…

Header with redacted return address, date, and FBI Sacramento field office address. The letter writer thanks the FBI for previously acting on their tip regarding a subject in the Los Angeles area in…

FBI Sacramento field office return address and letter date. Recipient name and address fully redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. FBI Sacramento responds to a citizen's letter praising the FBI…

Header of FBI inter-office memo addressed to SAC Denver, dated 9/25/75, with a second SAC addressee redacted. Subject line references Johnstown, Colorado and 'INFORMATION CONCERNING'. States that an…

Official FBI letterhead from the Sacramento field office with date of October 20, 1975. Recipient address block fully redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. FBI Sacramento Special Agent in Charg…

Document type header indicating this is an FBI Airtel communication. Airtel routing header from FBI Director to SACs at San Francisco, Seattle, and Las Vegas field offices, dated 10/30/75. Seattle f…

FBI Airtel header from SAC Butte to SAC Denver regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, with Seattle as office of origin and Bureau file number 164-2111. Follow-up on Denver airtel and Seattle lette…

Teletype or Bureau reference number. On 9/24/75, the Nampa Idaho Police Department and the Canyon County Sheriff's Office in Caldwell, Idaho, confirmed their records contained no information on a re…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated November 3, 1975. Sender SA name is redacted. Subject is NORJAK (FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case)…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, file number 164-81. Follow-up to a previous memo dated 10/15/75. On 10/22/75, a State Te…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References Sacramento letters to Seattle (10/20/75) and Denver (9/25/75). Denver Division is assigned a l…

FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing Sacramento letters to Seattle and Denver from late 1975. Leads section directing the…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from Special Agent Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated November 3, 1975, regarding the NORJAK case (file 164-81). SA Manning reports that a suspe…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL communication dated October 28, 1975. AIRTEL from SAC Alexandria to FBI Director regarding the NORJAK case. A letter was received at t…

FBI case file number for the Albuquerque field office D.B. Cooper investigation. FBI leads page directing the Albuquerque field office to (1) search office indices regarding a redacted individual an…

Return address and date of the letter. Addressee block directing the letter to the FBI, attention of an Assistant Special Agent in Charge whose name is redacted. Anonymous tip letter claiming D.B.…

Page 2 of a handwritten letter from an anonymous tipster claiming that supernatural spirits (the Devil, the Devil's Sister, and the Antichrist) helped D.B. Cooper dematerialize the parachutes and mon…

Page 3 of a handwritten letter from an unknown author making unsubstantiated claims about 'the Devil' running a criminal club whose initiation involves murder, and alleging that the Devil helped murd…

Handwritten letter (apparently a continuation of a longer letter) from someone claiming psychic abilities, offering tips about a person being held approximately 40 miles northeast of Deming on Route…

The writer claims there is two million dollars in stolen money buried in Nova Scotia. They also describe stolen silver dimes from the East Coast that were transported by truck to the Danbury Mint at…

Handwritten letter describing a group that stole Indian jewelry and turquoise stones from multiple locations in New Mexico and San Francisco, California. The writer references approximately 15 outlet…

Header block of an FBI Airtel memo from the Director, FBI to SACs in Alexandria, Albuquerque, and Seattle, dated 10/31/75, regarding case NORJAK with office of origin SE (Seattle). Partially legible…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from an unidentified SAC office (RUC - Referred Upon Completion) to the Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). The memo references prior communications fro…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, dated November 10, 1975, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, file number 164-81. SA Wick references a prior mem…

Date of the document. FBI Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to FBI Director providing a monthly summary on the NORJAK case. Reports 786 total suspects with 762 eliminated. New suspects being developed. N…

FBI memo header addressed to Director FBI (Laboratory) from SAC San Francisco, regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. FBI San Francisco memo forwarding a piece of an orange and white parac…

Case file number and dictation initials for the document. Continuation of a memo describing a parachute found hidden under a log. The finder, a former U.S. Forest Service smoke jumper, noted it rese…

Header of an FBI memo from the Seattle field office, dated 11/6/75, referencing the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper) and a prior remymemo dated 9/5/75. The assigned Special Agent name is redacted. An inter…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation, Seattle field office. Continuation of an FBI interview (likely FD-302) with a redacted witness discussing a redacted individual's skydiving ex…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Heavily redacted witness statement describing an individual whose birth details, last known whereabouts, and con…

Standard US Government memorandum header from an FBI Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated November 6, 1975, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Interview summary from 10/30/75 of a redacted indi…

Standard government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated November 6, 1975. The sender SA name is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Administrative note…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK investigation. Interview continuation of a redacted subject who provides an alibi for the hijacking date of 11/24/71 (at home). Subject descr…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. Physical description form fields for an unnamed subject being compared to the UNSUB. Several fields are redacted unde…

FBI Portland teletype to Director and Seattle office regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. On November 7, 1975, two newspaper reporters—one from the McMinnville News-Register (McMinnville, Oregon) and…

Page header indicating this is page two of a field office report, file number PD 164-41. FBI report describing a suspect who meets the physical characteristics of the UNSUB but would be somewhat you…

Page three of a multi-page teletype (case PD 164-41). States that particulars of an interview with a redacted individual will follow. Notes that the Portland field office is continuing its investigat…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from Kansas City field office to Seattle SAC, dated November 4, 1975, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) aircraft hijacking case. Kansas City off…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. An anonymous caller from Mississippi telephonically contacted the Kansas City FBI Division on 10/30/75 to prov…

Case number and page number header for this FBI document. Continuation of an interview or report describing a hijacking plan involving survival supplies, nighttime execution in foul weather, a test…

FBI case file number and page number for Kansas City field office file 164-80, page 3. Form fields for possible ethnic background and possible birthplace of a subject, both fully redacted. A redact…

Continuation page (page 4) of an FBI Kansas City field office document, case file 164-80. Contains only a telephone number field whose value has been redacted under FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, and b7D.…

FBI Airtel transmission form from ADIC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated November 7, 1975. A U.S. Coast Guard member residing in Long Beach, California, reported visiting a…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office, NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case. Continuation of a witness or informant statement. The individual provides information about another person's residence…

Standard FBI AIRTEL header routing the communication from ADIC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A U.S. Coast Guard member from Long Beach, CA reports that approxim…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from an unnamed Special Agent (SA) to SAC Seattle, dated November 4, 1975, regarding the NORJAK case (Bureau file 164-211). A source advised…

Standard government memorandum header. Addressed from a Special Agent to the SAC in Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (FBI codename for D.B. Cooper hijacking). The Re: line has been crossed out. An…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office file 164-81). A redacted individual advises that another redacted person has a connection to someone with a phonetic name…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, Identification Division, dated November 14, 1975, regarding NORJAK case. A redacted individual has been suggested as a NORJ…

Header of a U.S. Government memorandum from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, Identification Division, dated November 14, 1975, regarding NORJAK case. The Re: line is redacted. FBI memo requesting the Id…

Handwritten routing or indexing annotation noting the subject involves an unknown subscriber and a post card, with a search instruction. Standard FBI AIRTEL header from SAC Portland to SAC San Franc…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an airtel sent via airmail dated November 10, 1975. Airtel from SAC Portland to FBI Director (External Affairs Division) regarding NORJAK case.…

Case file number for this FBI report page. FBI agents contacted U.S. Postal Service offices in Portland, OR and Seattle, WA and received information about redacted individuals. One individual is pre…

FBI case file number for the Portland field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Witnesses reported that redacted individuals left on the afternoon of November 24, 1971, claiming to go on a ski trip an…

Continuation of an FBI form (PD 164-41) listing physical descriptors and personal information for a female, white subject with brown (bald) hair, blue eyes. Many fields are redacted under b6/b7C priv…

FBI Portland division case number reference. FBI leads page listing investigative action items for Portland and McMinnville, Oregon. Three tasks assigned at McMinnville: (1) contact a redacted indiv…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. FD-302 interview report documenting two journalists—one from the McMinnville News Register and one from the Salem, Oregon Capit…

Document identifier and page number within the sub-document. A redacted individual was found by hospital administrators to lack proper credentials or education. He left McMinnville around December 1…

Portland field office case number 164-41, page 3 of the document. An unidentified female in Carlton, Oregon claimed to know a great deal about a redacted individual and his activities, but declined…

Page 4 of Portland file 164-41. A partially redacted personal information form describing a female, white, with brown hair. Name, aliases, date of birth, and place of birth are redacted under FOIA ex…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 11/10/75, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel memo from SAC Portland to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Two individuals from the McMinnville News…

FBI form number and revision date stamp. FD-302 interview report documenting information provided by two journalists—one from the McMinnville News Register and one from the Salem, Oregon Capitol Jou…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC San Francisco to Director FBI, dated November 7, 1975, regarding NORJAK case with Office of Origin Seattle. San Francisco field office reports that…

FBI case file number and dictation initials header. Redacted individual describes hunting near Sardine Point along Lemon Canyon Road, between the first and second dog-leg curves approximately one to…

Case file number and typist initials for the FBI San Francisco field office file 164-220. A witness speculates that a parachute found near a log may have been cut in half by the jumper to lower hims…

FBI case file reference number and dictation/transcription initials. A redacted witness states he did not disturb the area around the log to preserve possible evidence related to the parachute. Wit…

Case file number and typist initials for this FBI report page. Paragraph 2 of the report: agents will attempt to determine if Cooper possessed a small orange and white emergency parachute. A redacte…

Standard US Government memorandum header from the SAC of San Francisco field office to the FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Memo describes a lead regarding a parachute found in the Feather River…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated November 18, 1975, regarding the NORJAK case (Bufile 164-2111). The RE line is redacted. SA Manning reports t…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case (164-81), dated November 18, 1975. SA Manning reports on attempts to locate a redact…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding NORJAK case, dated 11/17/75. A lead from Northwest Orient Airlines on 10/17/75 in…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header for FBI case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper), addressed to SAC Seattle, dated November 18, 1975. A source from Puyallup, Washington contacted the FBI on 1…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of an FBI interview report (page 2). An informant describes a subject with a ruddy complexion who purchased…

Standard US Government memorandum header on Optional Form No. 10, addressed to SAC Seattle (file 164-81) from an SC (redacted name), dated 11/18/75, regarding NORJAK (the FBI code name for the D.B. C…

Standard header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated 11/18/75, regarding NORJAK (the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case)…

Standard government memorandum header from SAC Miami to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated November 19, 1975. Miami Division forwards investigation materials to Seattle Division regarding…

Case file number, dictator/typist initials, and page number within the document. An FBI Special Agent in the Miami Division contacted a resident of Miami Beach on August 12, 1975, to locate a person…

FBI inter-office memo header from Butte field office to Denver and Butte SACs regarding NORJAK case, with Seattle as Office of Origin. Bureau file number 164-2111. Butte field office forwards three…

FBI AIRTEL header from SAC San Diego to Director FBI, Identification Division, regarding the NORJACK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), office of origin Seattle. The RE line is fully redacted. The memo r…

FBI case file number for San Diego field office Cooper investigation. A confidential source believes a redacted individual is D.B. Cooper. The source was shown a composite drawing and said it resemb…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle Division). FBI laboratory request asking for fingerprint comparison of a redacted individual against prints obtained in the D.B. Coope…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle dated November 20, 1975, regarding the NORJAK case. A confidential informant in Great Falls, Montana, reported receivin…

Header block of FBI teletype indicating routing to SAC Butte and SAC Denver, with case designation MORJAK, office of origin Seattle, dated 11/21/75. A Colorado individual contacted the Denver FBI of…

Standard US Government memorandum form header, Optional Form No. 10, July 1973 edition. Memo routing: from San Francisco field office (164-220) to SAC Seattle (164-81), dated November 21, 1975. Subj…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 11/24/75, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. On 11/24/75, a U.S. Postal employee in Portlan…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated November 24, 1975. From SC (source redacted). Subject is NORJAK (FBI codename for D.B. Cooper…

Standard header block of a U.S. Government memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 11/24/75, from an SC agent (name redacted), regarding NORJAK (the FBI code name for the D.B. Cooper…

Header of FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form regarding NORJAK case, addressed from Director FBI to SAC San Francisco, dated November 25, 1975. Handwritten annotation, partially illegible, appears to be…

Header of FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC San Francisco, dated November 25, 1975, regarding case NORJAK, with FBI file number 164-2111 and lab number PC-M3287 RR. FBI Laboratory examination o…

Handwritten letter dated November 26, 1975, addressed to the FBI Special Agent in Charge. The writer explains they read about D.B. Cooper in the November 25 issue of the National Enquirer and saw a C…

Handwritten witness statement describing a man who was in the Marine Corps, sometimes worked for the writer, had a parachute at his house which he was renting at Lake Stevens, loved to hunt, had serv…

Writer describes a person who became overextended on credit, stopped paying bills, and disappeared around 1970 after spending several years in the area. Someone told the writer the person had gone to…

A small fragment of what appears to be the top portion of an FBI form. Nearly all text is illegible due to poor scan quality or fading. Partial field labels and handwritten entries are barely visible…

Postage stamp affixed to envelope, appears to be a Christmas-themed stamp circa 1977. FBI FOIA exemption codes b6 and b7C are marked nearby, indicating redacted personal information. Handwritten add…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Honolulu to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated November 28, 1975. A tipster in Honolulu telephonically contacted the FBI on 11/22/…

FBI AIRTEL header from SAC Atlanta to SAC Cincinnati regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/1/75. A person visited the Atlanta FBI office on 11/28/75 reporting that a photograph of COOPER in The National E…

Case file number reference, likely the Seattle field office NORJAK case number. A redacted individual still believed a redacted person resembled the unknown subject (Unsub) and advised that a redact…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC Seattle office, regarding the NORJAK case (164-81), dated December 3, 1975. Memo reports tha…

Standard FBI memo header on government memorandum form, from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Memo body describes records checks on 11/25/75 a…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA (Special Agent) to SAC Seattle, dated 12/4/75, regarding case NORJACK (the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking). Administrative note that the…

Continuation of an FBI report describing statements by a redacted source about a disreputable businessman in Aberdeen linked to suspicious activity around the time of the hijacking. The source refere…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJACK investigation. An investigative lead directing agents to locate and interview a redacted individual's former employer in Aberdeen, Washington, to…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case NORJACK (164-81), dated 12/4/75, with title change notation indicating a name correction in the file. Handwritten case serial numbers 164-81-1a (525) an…

Routing header of an FBI memo from SAC Denver to SAC Butte (RUC), regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle, dated 12/4/75. FBI memo follow-up on a Denver letter to Butte regarding a NORJAK le…

Memo header identifying sender (SAC Denver), recipient (SAC Butte, marked RUC), case name NORJAK, and office of origin Seattle. FBI Butte field office follow-up on a Denver lead. On 12/1/75, Missoul…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated December 4, 1975. An individual from Lake Oswego, Oregon, employed at Coast Tr…

FBI Portland case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Continuation from a previous page indicating a subject agreed to search for records still in existence. Lead section directing the…

Standard FBI interoffice memo header on Optional Form 10, addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case. An anonymous female caller (last name unknown) contacted the…

Date stamp and handwritten routing annotation. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to Director FBI regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case monthly summary. Reports 791 total suspects with 763 eliminated. Ne…

Date of the AIRTEL document. AIRTEL routing header from SAC Detroit to SAC Chicago regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, referencing Northwest Airlines Flight 350 on 11/24/71. A Saginaw County…

Header of a U.S. Government memorandum from an unnamed Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), dated December 8, 1975. The memo references a letter dated 11/…

FBI FOIA exemption codes indicating redaction of personally identifiable information (Privacy Act / personal privacy). Return address area of envelope, fully redacted for privacy. A postage stamp or…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum addressed to the SAC of the Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 8, 1975. The sending Special Agent's name is redac…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with date. Redacted addressee block and salutation. Names/addresses withheld under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C. Form letter from FBI SAC Philip T. Basher thanking…

FBI field office letterhead with address and date. Redacted recipient address block and salutation. Redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C (personal privacy). FBI Special Agent in Charge Philip…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with address and date. Addressee name and address redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C. FBI response letter from SAC Philip T. Basher to a private citizen w…

Teletype header showing message number, originating office (San Francisco), transmission time, date, and operator initials. Routing block of the teletype showing addressees (redacted), Seattle divis…

Page two of an FBI teletype regarding the arraignment of a subject before U.S. Magistrate Richard S. Goldsmith. Subject was remanded to custody of the U.S. Marshal in lieu of $10,000 bail and is curr…

Standard header block for a US Government interoffice memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated 11/28/75. Sender name redacted under b6/b7C. Body of memo referen…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office). Continuation of an arrests section from a prior page; the content of the arrest record is redacted under b6/b7C privacy…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with address and date. Redacted recipient name/address and salutation, covered by b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Letter from FBI SAC Philip T. Basher declining to se…

Standard United States Government memorandum header on Optional Form 10, addressed from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 5, 1975. SA Manning reports that…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle office, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated December 10, 1975. A woman from Re…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 12/10/75, with redacted Special Agent name, re: NORJAK. A woman from Renton, Washington telephoned the Seattle FBI office on No…

FBI memo header from SAC Albany to Director FBI, Latent Fingerprint Section, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 350 on 11/24/71. Body of memo referencing telet…

FBI case file number for the document. Continuation of a letter from an anonymous psychic claiming to have received a vision from God about D.B. Cooper's whereabouts in Syracuse, N.Y. The writer cla…

FBI Albany field office case number reference for the D.B. Cooper case. Lead assignment for the FBI Albany field office directing continued investigation at Syracuse, New York. Subject is noted as a…

FBI case file number for the Albany field office, file 164-47. Nonsymbol source page identifying two confidential sources located in Syracuse, New York. Both source identities are redacted under FOI…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 10, 1975. Airtel addressed from SAC Miami to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), with Bureau file number 1…

Page 2 of an FBI lead or assignment memo (case MM 164-552) instructing agents to contact an individual at Saluda, North Carolina City Hall who, according to a person associated with the White Stag Lo…

Case number, typist initials, and page number header. An FBI interview conducted on November 18, 1975, in Miami, Florida, by a Special Agent from the Miami Division. The interviewee provided informa…

FBI case file number, agent initials, and page number. FBI interview conducted on November 18, 1975 in Miami, Florida. A female witness was interviewed by a Special Agent regarding the activities of…

FBI case file number and document identifiers for the Miami field office. FBI interview report dated November 10, 1975. A Special Agent from the Miami Division contacted a witness in Miami, Florida…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with address and date. FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted personally identifiable information. Form letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge Philip T. Bashe…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of letter. FOIA/Privacy Act exemption markings indicating redacted personal information (b6 – personal privacy; b7C – law enforcement personal privac…

FBI FD-263 cover page for an investigative report filed by the San Francisco field office, with Sacramento as the office of origin. Report dated 12/11/75 covering the investigative period 12/9/75 - 1…

Agent/typist initials for the document. Brief lead assignment indicating the San Francisco field office will follow up and report disposition. Subject is flagged as armed and dangerous. FOIA exempt…

FBI FD-204 cover page header showing distribution to USA offices in San Francisco, Omaha, and Sacramento, dated 12/11/75 from the San Francisco field office. Report author, file numbers, title, and c…

File reference line with dictation initials HLG:klc and a redacted case/file number above. Details section of an FBI report describing an investigation predicated on December 9, 1975. An individual…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. An individual confined at a facility in California was contacted by FBI Special Agents on December 10, 197…

Agent and typist initials for the document. Subject describes a series of residences: North Platte NE, Minnesota (cottage in Mount), Des Moines IA (apartment, summer 1974), Cleveland OH (stayed with…

Header block with redacted agent/case identifier and typist initials HLG:klc. An individual was questioned about possible involvement in the 1971 Northwestern Airlines skyjacking due to skydiving ex…

Author/typist initials for the document. Subject was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Richard S. Goldsmith in the Northern District of California, San Francisco. The magistrate ordered the subject r…

Standard header block of a US Government interoffice memorandum from an SC (Special Clerk or Squad) agent to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 11, 1975. A tipster from Bellevue…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC New Orleans to SAC Seattle, dated December 11, 1975, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) aircraft hijacking case. New Orleans field office re…

Header of FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report form 1-336, dated December 11, 1975, addressed to SAC Seattle regarding case NORJAK. File numbers 164-81 and 164-2111. The rep…

Header of FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report form 1-336, addressed to SAC San Diego, dated December 12, 1975, with FBI file number 164-91 and latent case number 164-2111.…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding NORJAK case, dated December 15, 1975. A contact at the Thurston County Sheriff's…

Header line identifying the SAC Seattle office, case number 164-81, and date 12/15/75. SA (Special Agent) line with name redacted under b6/b7C exemption. A tipster from Thurston County Sheriff's Of…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype/airtel form header dated December 12, 1975, transmitted via AIRTEL. AIRTEL from Acting SAC Richmond to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses two copies each of FD-3…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date. An individual from the Quartermaster School at Fort Lee, Virginia examined an orange and white parachute recovered under a log…

Case number header and page continuation indicator (page 2 of document). An unidentified individual (name redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions) provided information about 28-foot emergency parac…

Letterhead with FBI Seattle field office address and date. Recipient address and salutation, both redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. FBI SAC Philip T. Basher responds to a citizen's letter o…

Standard US Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10, July 1973 edition). Memo routing information: addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted SC (Special Clerk/Agent), regarding NORJA…

An unidentified woman from Mount Vernon, Washington telephonically contacted the Seattle FBI office on 12/12/75, stating she had pertinent information regarding D.B. Cooper newspaper articles and wis…