Standard US Government interoffice memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 12/13/72. The sender (a Special Agent) is redacted. Subject is NORJAK (FBI codename for the D.B. Coo…

FBI field office case file number for the Seattle division, case 164-81. A previously contacted individual was re-interviewed on November 16, 1972. The person could not provide any new lead informat…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated 12/13/72. The Special Agent name and another field are redacted. Case code name NORJAK is listed. The main body of…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. Large redacted block marked with exemption code b3. Likely contains sensitive investigative content. A previously co…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 3/19/73, sent via AIRTEL. Routing block showing an airtel from SAC Washington Field Office to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case and a poss…

Privacy exemption markings indicating redactions per Department of State/FBI under b6 and b7C FOIA exemptions. Continuation of a subject interview or report. Subject requested notification of a cont…

FBI FD-263 cover page header for investigation of unknown subject aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #350 hijacking on 11/24/71, Portland OR to Seattle WA. Report dated May 30, 1973, from Seat…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper case. Distribution list for copies of this FBI report, sent to the Bureau (8 copies) and 2 copies each to all FBI field offices nationwide, w…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK case. Continuation of NORJAK cover page report. States 637 suspects with 470 eliminated. Requests all field offices include suspect names und…

FBI file number for this Seattle field office NORJAK case document. Report on elimination of a NORJAK suspect located in The Dalles, Oregon. A police officer confirmed the suspect's identity and pre…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK investigation. Continuation of an FBI investigative checklist (items 4–13) for NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) suspect leads. Items cover parachuting knowledge, photographs…

FBI Seattle field office case number for NORJAK investigation. Continuation of an FBI investigative checklist (items 14–21) for NORJAK suspect evaluation. Items cover medical records, motive (grudge…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case. Introductory section of a profile document describing the hijacker, noting that the information combines known facts with reasonable suppositions to ai…

FBI case file number header for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. FBI analytical profile of the NORJAK unsub (D.B. Cooper). Discusses possible motive (grudge related to Vietnam or financial pr…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Analysis of the unsub's conservative traits: short hair, mid-40s age, dark suit with raincoat and narrow black tie, polite demeano…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case. Three points indicating the unidentified subject (Unsub) behaved in a gentlemanly manner during the hijacking: offered to tip stewardesses with his own…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Analysis of the hijacker's parachuting experience based on several factors: sport parachutists' emotional attachment to the…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office. Analysis of the Unsub's drinking and smoking habits during the hijacking. He ordered one bourbon and seven, refused subsequent free drinks, suggest…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Analysis of the unsub's tie suggests he may have been an executive, but the narrow clip-on style indicates he was not top-level.…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Continuation of suspect physical description covering voice characteristics, habits (smoking Raleigh filter tipped cigarettes…

FBI FD-204 cover page for a report on the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, filed from the Seattle office on May 30, 1973. Synopsis of the D.B. Cooper hijacking: on November 24, 1971, an unknown white mal…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper case. Table of contents for an FBI report on the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (SE 164-81). Sections cover: the hijack, logs and records, search…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Section divider/title page for a section of the report titled 'THE HIJACK'. Page number 3 of the report and Bates-style docu…

FBI case file number header. Narrative report describing the hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. The Unsub purchased a one-way coach ticket from Portland to Seatt…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office file on the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Detailed account of the hijacker's demands (including $200,000 in cash, parachutes, fuel truck), his state…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. A stewardess (name redacted) served as communications intermediary between the hijacker (Unsub) and the aircraft captain…

Case file identifier and partial header text. Description of a black clip-on tie with a tie clasp found in seat 18/E of the aircraft at Reno. The tie was a 'Towncraft' brand from Penneys Store #3, a…

FBI Seattle case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of a report discussing forensic hair comparison evidence. States that a glass microscopic slide containing a hair clippin…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case (Seattle field office file 164-81). Section divider/title page introducing logs provided by Northwest Orient Airlines from their Seattle and Minneapolis…

Seattle field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Report excerpt describing how investigators determined the hijacker exited the aircraft at 8:11 p.m. local time on November…

FBI case file number and page number header. Teletype and handwritten logs from NWA Ground Operations and NWA Operations Office at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. At 8:11-8:12 p.m. PST on 11/2…

Page number and FBI case file number header. Parenthetical notation of aircraft status: altitude 10,000 feet, 170 knots, gear down, flaps at 15 degrees, fuel flow 4000 lbs/hr/engine, total air tempe…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Describes the $200,000 ransom composed of used $20 bills obtained from Seattle First National Bank, part of a $250,000 emergency r…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper case. Underlined heading reading 'SEARCH AREA' with what appears to be exclamation marks or a Roman numeral above it. The page appears to be…

Case file number header. Narrative account of NWA Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71. Describes the hijacker ordering rear door opened and air stairs lowered after takeoff from Sea-Tac. At 7:42 PM th…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. On January 6, 1972, the actual NWA 727 used in the hijacking was flown to Seattle for a test to determine whether the 'pr…

Technical analysis of the hijacker's possible landing zone based on USAF radar data, wind information, Boeing body trajectory data, NWA communications, and flight recorder data. Explains a plot showi…

Continuation of a Northwest Airlines analytical report on probable landing zones for the hijacker (HJ). Describes parachute drift scenarios along Line A-B, landing at Points A, B, and U, and prioriti…

A USGS-style topographic map showing a rural area with contour lines indicating terrain elevation. The map includes township section numbers (10, 11, 13, 14, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, etc.)…

FBI case file number header for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper case. Description of the initial search area laid out in southwest Washington state based on NWA flight information, bounded by Woodland, Amb…

File reference number and typist initials for the FBI report. FBI Seattle Division alerted law enforcement in Cowlitz, Lewis, Wahkiakum, and Clark Counties on November 25, 1971 to organize a search…

Case number and document label header On November 26, 1971, the banks of Lake Merwin were patrolled by the Coalition County Sheriff's Office, with all suspicious sightings personally checked. One si…

Page number and FBI file reference with agent initials. List of airports and flight services in the Vancouver, Washington and surrounding areas that were canvassed as part of the investigation. On…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Summary of FBI ground and air search activities from November 28-30, 1971 in southwest Washington state. Agents checked airfields near View, W…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. On December 1, 1971, an aerial search was conducted from Woodland, WA north to Silver Lake in Cowlitz County, covering 800 sq…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case (Seattle field office file 164-81). Describes the first terrain search for evidence or remains of the hijacker (Unsub). Search began March 21, 1972 with…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Defines the geographic search area bounded by US 5, Columbia River, Kalama River, and Skamania-Clark County line. List of five items to look…

Continuation from prior page noting that all results from previous search efforts were negative. Describes the second terrain search for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A new computer-generated plott…

Topographic map of the area around Ariel, Washington, annotated with two flight course lines labeled OLD COURSE and NEW COURSE, along with two marked points labeled OLD POINT A and NEW POINT A. The m…

Topographic map of the area around Ariel, Washington, showing a designated terrain search area marked with diagonal hatching and large handwritten labels. The search zone covers rugged, hilly terrain…

Topographic map showing a designated search area (labeled '2ND TERRAIN SEARCH') marked with diagonal hatching in the vicinity of Etna, La Center, and Clover Valley. The map includes contour lines, ro…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office, case 164-81. Centered, underlined section heading introducing a 'Current Investigation' portion of the report. The body text beneath is entirely bl…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case. A new color artist sketch of the unidentified subject (Unsub) was prepared to better depict his swarthy complexion and age, and distributed to all FBI…

FBI case file number header for the D.B. Cooper case. Describes the Boeing 727 air stairs test flight configuration (125 knots, flaps 25° down, 10,000 feet) and compares it to the hijacker's (Unsub'…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Report on investigation into Raleigh cigarette coupons. Eight Raleigh cigarette butts were found near the Unsub's seat on…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. States that a person was listed under a redacted name and no such person by that name was found. A 1972 Williams Cincinn…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office, file 164-81. Cincinnati Division report dated March 14, 1974, detailing directory and telephone checks conducted in February–March 1973 for a redac…

Document header with case file number TP 164-110, dictator/typist initials JNB:rab, and page number 1. An SA conducted investigation in Seminole and St. Petersburg, FL. On Feb 6, 1973, a phone direc…

Case file reference number and page number within the report. On February 14, 1973, a contact at the Suncoast Division Office in St. Petersburg, FL advised that their records show a subject currentl…

FBI case file identifier for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. FBI report section titled 'First Skyjacking Utilizing Parachutes' discussing the origin of the D.B. Cooper hijacking concept.…

FBI case file number header. Continuation of a newspaper article describing the hijacking of Air Canada Flight 812. The hijacker took over west of Winnipeg, landed at Great Falls where $50,000 ranso…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office file 164-81. Narrative account of an Air Canada DC-8 hijacking involving a man claiming IRA membership who demanded $1.5 million ransom (rece…

FBI case file number header. Continuation of a news article or report about a hijacking incident. Describes passengers being taken to the air terminal, the hijacker's threats, a distraught passenger…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case. Comparison table correlating the Calgary skyjacking incident with the D.B. Cooper case across five dimensions: ransom amount, plane type, weapons used,…

File/serial number designation for the document. Report section on the use of a U.S. Air Force SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft to photograph terrain over the hijacker's flight path. Beale AFB offered…

FBI Seattle field office case number reference. Analysis of the attache case believed to contain a bomb. The FBI theorizes the unsub threw it from the plane prior to jumping. Discusses the feasibili…

Case file number header for the Seattle FBI field office file 164-81. Continuation of a report discussing the feasibility of using infrared and aerial photography to locate D.B. Cooper's attache cas…

U.S. Army discharge letter for Captain Harold A. Countryman from the USAR Ready Reserve, effective 31 December 1970. Honorable discharge due to failure to maintain active status. Issued by the Adjuta…

DD Form 214 (Report of Transfer or Discharge) for CPT Harold Alten Goetzman, US Army Reserve. Shows service from January 1967 with discharge effective December 31, 1963 (likely a date discrepancy or…

DD-214 (Report of Separation from the Armed Forces of the United States) for a servicemember whose name is largely illegible (possibly Pryor). The individual served approximately 2 years, 11 months,…

Statement of Personal History form for Harold Allen Countryman, born 5 Dec 1933 in Yakima, Washington. Caucasian male, 5'10", 155 lbs, blue eyes, blonde hair. U.S. Army veteran (Mar 1953 – Mar 1956),…

Section 11 of a personnel/background form listing foreign relatives. Only entry is Mr. & Mrs. Ben Sykes (Aunt & Uncle), retired, residing in Canada, Canadian citizenship. Stamp indicating this docum…

Header and instructions for a Statement of Personal History form, likely a government/FBI personnel questionnaire. Residence history table from January 1937 to present, listing addresses mostly in S…

Question 19 of a personnel security form asking about incidents affecting loyalty or suitability. Answer appears to be No. Section 20 remarks listing employment history: employed at Seattle Police D…

Header instructions and attention line for the DA Form 67-5 Officer Efficiency Report. Personal data section identifying 1st Lieutenant Harold A. Countryman, service number 05 703 722, Military Poli…

U.S. Army Officer Efficiency Report (DA Form, per AR 623-105) for Captain Harold A. Countryman (service number 05 703 7xx), evaluated by officers of the 324th Military Police Battalion. The report ra…

Personal data section of DA Form 67-5 for Captain Harold A. Countryman, service number 05 703 722, 142d Military Police Company, Eighth United States Army. Reporting period from approximately Februa…

Part IV personal qualities ratings for officer Countryman. Ratings are predominantly below average (.2) from both rater and indorser, with a few average (.3) and one above average (.4-.5) score for a…

DA Form 67-5 Officer Efficiency Report header identifying CPT Harold A. Countryman, service number 05703722, of the 142 Military Police Company, Eighth United States Army. Reporting period from 24 M…

U.S. Army Officer Evaluation Report for Harold A. Countryman (service number 05703722), stationed at HQS USA Pusan Base Command, APO San Francisco 96259. Rated by LTC Troy L. Snow (Provost Marshal),…

Handwritten page number in top right corner DA Form 67-5, Officer Efficiency Report for CPT Harold A. Countryman, service number 05703722, assigned to 142 Military Police Company, Eighth United Stat…

Personal data section of a US Army Officer Efficiency Report for CPT Harold A. Countryman, service number 05 703 722, Military Police Corps. Reporting period and duty data showing Countryman served…

U.S. Army Officer Efficiency Report (OER) for Harold Countryman, service number 05 70xx22. Rated by LTC James J. Casey of 728th MP Bn, indorsed by COL James A. Patterson of HQ Eighth US Army Support…

Header of Officer Qualification Record showing name (largely illegible), date of birth 5Dec33, religion Protestant, and three Military Occupational Specialties: Intelligence Officer, Correctional Off…

Authority references section listing Army Regulations and form numbers authorizing various awards/decorations. Birthplace and citizenship information for officer, spouse, and parents. All US citizen…

Military Record of Assignments form showing service history from 1955 to 1968, including assignments as Military Policeman, Company Commander, Command Security Officer, Battalion Adjutant, and Comman…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC St. Louis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated October 17, 1973. Handwritten annotation, possibly a serial or routing notation. NPRC records…

Teletype routing header from Dallas FBI field office to Director and Seattle, dated May 28, 1974. Handwritten marginal notations, likely routing or filing annotations. Dallas office reviews a Seatt…

Continuation header for page two of a teletype, referencing Dallas field office file number 164-191. Large redacted block taking up most of the page, marked with exemption code b3 in the upper-right…

Teletype header from FBI Seattle field office to Director FBI and Dallas office, regarding case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper), dated May 30, 1974 at 7:53 PM. Sent as NITEL (night teletype) in plain text, 3 pa…

Header indicating this is page two of a document with San Francisco field office case number 164-31. FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted content is withheld under exemptions b3 (statutory exemp…

Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype with Seattle file number 164-31. A redacted section, likely containing sensitive information withheld under FOIA exemptions b3, b6, and b7C as…

FBI FOIA deleted page information sheet indicating 1 page was deleted (Page 4) under exemptions b5 (Per DOJ/CRM), b6, and b7C, related to Civil Action 1:16-cv-01790. Boxed stamp indicating deleted p…

FOIA exemption codes indicating content withheld under b5 (deliberative process, per DOJ/CRM), b6 (personal privacy), and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy). Large empty bordered rectangle — ent…

Page number indicator showing this is page 2 of a multi-page document. FOIA exemption marking indicating content was withheld under exemption b5 per Department of Justice, Criminal Division. Large…

Page number indicator showing this is page 3 of a multi-page document. FOIA exemption marking indicating content withheld under exemption b5 per Department of Justice, Criminal Division. Large rect…

Document type header indicating an AIRTEL communication. Routing header of an FBI AIRTEL memo from the Director, FBI to SACs in Oklahoma City, Kansas City, and Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Date o…

FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet for Civil Action 1:16-cv-01790. Six pages (23–28) were deleted under FOIA exemptions b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy). Borde…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated October 18, 1975, sent via airtel with air mail priority. FBI airtel memo from SAC Milwaukee to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper)…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Date field is blank or redacted. Page 2 of an FBI FD-36 transmittal memo from the Milwaukee field office (case MI 164-36). References a person named FLAIG…

FBI FD-263 cover page header for a report originating from Milwaukee office, with San Francisco as office of origin, dated 10/23/75 covering investigative period 10/4-21/75. Title of case, report aut…

Continuation from cover page A with numbered list entries, mostly redacted. References Seattle field office file 164-81 as INFO copy. Separated by asterisk line from next section. Reference to Milwa…

FBI FD-204 cover sheet for a report from the Milwaukee field office dated October 23, 1975, with copies to USA San Francisco and USA Milwaukee. Reporting agent name, title, and character fields are r…

Summary section of an FBI report indicating a subject from Muskego, Wisconsin was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in San Francisco on the evening of 10/4/75. Subject is noted as armed and dangerous…

Fragment continuing from previous page, referencing a location in Muskego, Wisconsin. At midnight on December 4, 1974, Muskego Police officers observed a U-Haul van with Ohio plates near a residence…

Standard FD-302 form header with date of transcription October 14, 1975. FD-302 report describing an investigation on October 5, 1975 in Muskego, Wisconsin. A subject fled the area after abandoning…

Redacted name or identifier at top of page with b6/b7C exemption markings. List of items found or associated with a subject, including a Selective Service Card, a North American Assurance Society of…

Redacted name or identifier at top of page. Details of a United Airlines ticket stub for flight 136 from San Francisco to Chicago O'Hare on October 4, 1975, paid in cash for $138.37. The name portio…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. FD-302 interview report describing a phone call received at the Muskego, Wisconsin Police Department on October 6, 19…

Redacted header block with privacy exemption codes. A fugitive investigation determined a subject was seen driving a stolen burgundy 1966 Chevrolet station wagon with 1975 Wisconsin plates. The vehi…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An individual was interviewed at 12:35 AM at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Police Department. He was advised of his rights…

FOIA exemption codes annotated in the margin, indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6) and law enforcement source identity (b7C). A person (name redacted) described traveling from Chicago, Il…

Agent initials and page number within the document section. Record check from Milwaukee, Wisconsin Police Department Bureau of Identification on October 8, 1975. Describes a white male, 6'1", 150 po…

Page header with author initials JMF/pmc and page number 2 of the document. A name is redacted. Form fields listing Fingerprint Classification, Associates, a date qualifier, and Record for an indivi…

Redacted name or identifier block at top of page. Introduction noting that the San Francisco FBI Office provided information dated October 7, 1975, regarding a redacted individual's statement. A lo…

Partial paragraph describing that photographs of unknown quality and latent fingerprints of unknown value were obtained during a crime scene search. Surrounding context is redacted. Physical descrip…

FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement – personal privacy) annotated in the right margin near the top of the page. A small rectangular redaction box appears in the upper…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. FBI Special Agents contacted Muskego Police Chief ERVIN W. KRAUS to obtain money recovered from a vehicle foll…

Redacted header area with the number 2 visible, likely a page or section number within the original document. Large rectangular redaction block covering the central portion of the page, marked with…

Redacted header block, likely a name or case identifier. San Francisco Division communication dated October 9, 1975 describing presentation of case facts to a Federal Grand Jury in San Francisco, wh…

FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet for Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790, listing 11 deleted pages. Pages 4-7 were withheld under FOIA exemptions b5 (deliberative process, per DOJ/CRM), b6 (personal…

FBI FD-263 cover page header for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, filed by the Seattle office on 11/24/75, covering investigative period 8/14 to 11/19/75. Administrative section references a prior Se…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office). Introductory paragraph explaining the suspect tracking table that follows. Table tracking the cumulative total number…

FBI FD-204 cover page for investigation into unknown subject (Dan Cooper) of the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. Reports that as of 11/24/75, investigation to identify the subjec…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case (Seattle field office file 164-81). On November 19, 1975, the FBI contacted the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper and confirmed that the paper's Secr…

FBI FD-263 cover page header for investigative report on the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (NORJAK). Report filed by the Seattle office, dated 11/24/75, covering investigative period 8/14 to 11/19/75.…

Routing and reference block of the DOJ letterhead with case reference number CR720451 and initials SP:csg. Official DOJ letterhead for the United States Attorney, Western District of Washington. Ma…

FOIA exemption codes indicating redactions applied per Executive Office for United States Attorneys under b5 (deliberative process), b6 (personal privacy), and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy).…

FBI airtel (internal routing memo) dated 8/31/76 from the SAC of the Seattle field office to the FBI Director regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The body of the airtel is fully redacted. Distr…

FBI airtel memo header dated 8/31/76 from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding subject NORJAN, with Seattle as office of origin. Large redacted block with FOIA exemption markings b5 Per EOUSA, b6,…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, dated 12/20/76, subject NORJAK. FAA Chief of Investigations in Seattle reports receiving a call from Allen Landsburg Produc…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. The memo notes that a redacted individual is unsatisfied and will likely pursue other avenues for government cooperation in fi…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet for civil action 1:16-cv-01790. Lists 8 deleted pages (pages 11 through 18), all marked as duplicates. Boxed stamp indicatin…

FBI report cover page header for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, NW Airlines Flight 305), dated 11/30/76, covering investigative period 5/17/76 to 10/18/76, originating from Sea…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Status update noting 848 total suspects with 838 eliminated and no promising leads. Introductory text explaining the table be…

Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. States that leads on individual suspects are communicated separately and not included in this report because all results have been…

FD-204 cover page for an FBI report dated 11/30/76 from the Seattle field office regarding the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Synopsis describing contact with Royal Globe In…

FBI case file number header Minneapolis Division relays that NWAL was recontacted on 6/14/76 about reward proposals. NWAL's president strongly opposed the FBI contacting their insurance company and…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case (Seattle field office file 164-81). Introduction to a letter written by United States Attorney Stan Pitkin to a redacted recipient who was Chief of the…

The entire body of the page is blank or fully redacted. No readable content is present in the main area. Footer area containing a page number (4), FOIA exemption codes (b5 Per EOUSA, b6, b7C) indica…

FOIA exemption codes indicating content was redacted under b5 (deliberative process / Per EOUSA), b6 (personal privacy), and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy). Large blank/redacted rectangular…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Seattle Division notified New York Division on 10/18/76 about a contact made with a redacted individual at the Royal Globe Ins…

FBI cover page header for a report on the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, NW Airlines Flight 305, 11/24/71). Report dated 11/30/76, covering investigative period 5/17/76 through 10/…

Army CID Interview Worksheet for a witness (SSG, Caucasian male, Tank Commander with Co A, 5/68th Armor at Sullivan Barracks, APO NY 09086) interviewed on 3 Nov 1976 at CID Office regarding a hijacki…

CID form header with ROI number and page count. CID agent interviewed an SSG stationed at Co A, 5/68th Armor, Sullivan Barracks, APO NY 09086, about the 24 Nov 71 hijacking of Northwest Airlines Fli…

Document reference number and preparer initials. Army CID memo dated 8 Nov 76 from CIRB-OPF-0 to the Office of Legal Attache at the US Embassy. References action #164-23 regarding the hijacking case…

Date of the AIRTEL memo. FBI AIRTEL memo from Legal Attaché in Bonn, Germany to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a copy of a letter dated 11/8/76 from U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Co…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Indianapolis regarding NORJAK case, dated January 19, 1977. FBI memorandum documenting U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command inqui…

Continuation from previous page. An individual from the 77th armor division states he does not know anyone by a redacted name and has only been at Fort Lewis since March 1976. He provided his redacte…

Date of the airtel document. FBI Airtel from Legal Attaché (LEGAT) Bonn to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a letter dated 11/8/76 from U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command. Lead ass…

File reference or routing code at top of document. Header block of an Army CID memo dated 8 Nov 76, addressed to the Office of Legal Attache at the US Embassy, requesting assistance. Body of the me…

Army CID interview of an SSG stationed at Ft Lewis, WA, who reported a conversation with another SSG (2/77th Armor) who claimed to know a US Army Master Sergeant responsible for the Northwest Airline…

Army CID Form 11 documenting an interview conducted on November 3, 1976, at a CID Office. The interviewee was a Staff Sergeant (SSG), Caucasian male, 69 inches tall, 170 lbs, brown hair and eyes, ser…

Header of a CID (Criminal Investigation Division) Agent's Investigation Report form, with ROI number 097-76-0842. A U.S. Army CID agent's report dated 13 December 1976. An informant (Mr. [redacted])…

FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted personal information (b6) and law enforcement source information (b7C). FBI memo header showing communication from the Legal Attaché in Bonn to the FBI Direc…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790. Lists 38 total deleted pages from Part 41 of the D.B. Cooper file. Pages were deleted either as duplicates or under FOIA exe…

Header of a United States Government memorandum dated 11/11/77 regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), addressed to SAC Seattle, referencing a prior Seattle memo dated 10/6/77. Investigation checks…

Header of a United States Government memorandum dated 11/11/77 regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, referencing a prior Seattle memo dated 10/6/77. Investiga…

Header of FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report form 1-336, addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated November 11, 1977. Report states that unidentified latent pr…

Standard FBI FD-302 header with date of transcription. An individual telephonically contacted the FBI Lafayette Resident Agency after a prior interview on October 19, 1976, to definitively account f…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription. An unnamed individual was interviewed at the FBI Lafayette Resident Agency, advised of rights, signed a waiver, and provided inf…

FBI case file number and typist initials Subject states he never had parachute training during military service and has never jumped from a parachute. Subject describes employment history including…

FBI file number and typist initials header for the New Orleans field office file 164-136. A subject is described as working with Homco until the present time and provides a list of relatives includi…

FBI file number and typist initials for the document. Continuation of a prior paragraph indicating a subject could account for his whereabouts during Thanksgiving 1971 through employer records and l…

FBI inter-office memo header from SAC St. Louis to SAC Indianapolis regarding NORJAK case, referencing prior correspondence. On 11/4/77, a contact at the U.S. Army Finance and Accounting Agency at F…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from San Francisco SAC to Seattle SAC regarding NORJAK case, dated November 17, 1977. Body of memo describing investigation of Carroll Creighton…

FBI case file number and dictator/typist initials. CIB records check for Fremont, California returned no results on the subject. A redacted female source in Fremont advised on 10/13/77 that she has…

Continuation of an FBI report (page 3) under San Francisco case number 164-220, authored by agent with initials DJB, stating that a comparison of the photo and physical description of CARROLL COOPER…

FBI FD-263 cover page for case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking), filed by the Seattle office on 11/28/77, covering investigative period 4/26/77 through 11/21/77. References a prior Seattle report date…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Status update on D.B. Cooper suspect investigation: 916 total suspects with 905 eliminated, no promising suspects remaini…

FBI FD-204 report cover sheet for case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper), dated 11/28/77 from the Seattle field office. The reporting agent's name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Field office file 164-81, Bu…

FBI FD-263 cover page for a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation report filed by the Seattle office, dated 11/28/77, covering the investigative period 4/26/77 through 11/21/77. Character of case is CAA…

Standard United States Government memorandum header for NORJACK case, dated 11/29/77, from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81. Investigative memo describing records c…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Anchorage, dated 11/16/77. An informant at Hansen Engineering Company in Carson City, Neva…

FBI Las Vegas field office case number header. An individual related that a redacted person once alluded to involvement in the D.B. Cooper skyjacking on 11/25/71. A physical description of a white m…

FBI case file number for the Las Vegas field office. Investigative leads assigned to the FBI Anchorage Division. Agents are directed to use State Government resources to determine if a redacted indi…

US Government memorandum (form SL-17) from SAC St. Louis to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. This is an NPRC Records Check form documenting that no Morning Reports could be located for a redact…

Newspaper masthead showing publication date and name. Article about the second annual D.B. Cooper party held in Ariel, WA near Mount St. Helens on the Saturday after Thanksgiving 1977. Only about 30…

Date written at top of letter Addressee of the letter: FBI Seattle office A citizen writes to the FBI Seattle office suggesting a possible identity for D.J. Cooper the hijacker. The writer referenc…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header dated December 20, 1977, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle. A source in Port Angeles,…

Header of a US Government memorandum dated 12/20/77 regarding the NORJAK case, from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle. An individual from Port Angeles, WA advised by letter dated December 3, 1…

Header of a US Government memorandum dated December 20, 1977, addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), Bureau file 164-2111. A person from Port Angeles, Washington…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header dated 12/20/77, from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). References Bureau file 164…

AP wire story about the second annual Cooper Caper celebration in Ariel, Washington, where over 200 people gathered for buffalo stew, beer, and conversation commemorating skyjacker Dan Cooper's 1971…

Case file number, agent initials, and page number header. FBI interview report from October 25, 1977. A Special Agent contacted an individual at Southgate Trailer Park in Richland, Mississippi, who…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription November 25, 1977. FBI interview of a redacted female witness in Laurel, Mississippi regarding a missing male individual. The wit…

Case number header and page number within the sub-document. An 83-year-old white female witness was interviewed. Despite self-reported poor memory, she was positive in her identification from photog…

Routing or classification marker at top left of page. Internal FBI memo from Acting SAC Jackson to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Encloses investigative inserts, two copies of FD-302 reflect…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. An unnamed individual in Anchorage, Alaska was interviewed. He reported working on the Alaska Pipeline at Vald…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Encloses an FD-302 from investigation in Anchorage, Alaska. Reports that efforts to contact a redacted individual in…

Teletype routing header from FBI Butte field office to Seattle and Portland, dated December 1977, referencing case files 164-26, 164-31, and 164-41. 90-year-old A. M. Robinson of Peck, Idaho reporte…

Date of the teletype. Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office (case 164-41) to Butte, routine priority. Portland FBI office reports that A. M. Robinson of Peck, Idaho contacted The O…

FBI AIRTEL memo header dated 10/5/77, addressed to the Director of the FBI from a Legal Attaché (LEGAT) at a redacted location, regarding an unknown subject. The LEGAT location and subject details ar…

Document type header indicating this is an Airtel communication. Airtel header block showing routing from FBI Director to SAC Seattle, dated 12/14/77, with subject line referencing UNSUB and Seattle…

FBI memo from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a Las Vegas letter dated 11/16/77. On 12/13/77, a contact at the Department of Administration, State of Alaska, Juneau, ad…

FBI inter-office memo header from Seattle SAC to Albany SAC regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/13/77. The RE line is redacted. Reference to a prior letter dated 8/17/77. An SA (Special Agent) whose nam…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 19, 1977. Routing information for an airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Detroit regarding the NORJAK case, with Buffalo file reference 16…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated December 19, 1977, sent via AIRTEL. Routing block showing airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Detroit regarding NORJAK case, with Office of Origin Seattle and Bure…

File reference number and typist initials for the FBI report. FBI investigation report conducted at Rockville, Maryland. Checks were made with Montgomery County Department of Police (no missing pers…

Header of an FBI AIRTEL memo dated 12/15/77 from SAC Baltimore to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. References prior correspondence between Seattle and Baltimore offices. States that an investigat…

Header of a United States Government memorandum dated December 20, 1977, addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. The memo states that unidentified latent prints from the NORJAK case are…

Header of a US Government memorandum dated 12/20/77 from an SA (Special Agent) whose name is redacted, regarding the NORJAK case, Office of Origin Seattle, Bureau file 164-2111, directed to SAC Seatt…

Standard US Government memorandum header regarding NORJAK case, dated December 23, 1977, addressed to SAC Seattle. A Seattle Police Department officer reported overhearing a conversation in the Mand…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10). Memo routing information from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte regarding NORJAK case, dated December 23, 1977. On December 14, 1977,…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/23/77. On December 14, 1977, an individual from Sandpoint, Idaho contacted the FBI…

Standard US Government memorandum header for NORJAK case, dated December 28, 1977, from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle. A Northwest Orient Airlines employee found a parachute near Graham, W…

Standard US Government memorandum header for NORJAK case, dated 12/28/77, from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle. Report that on November 8, 1977, a Northwest Orient Airlines employee found a…

Header of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case, dated 12/27/77. A tipster from Durango, Colorado, contacted the FBI on 12/20/77…

File number header and administrative markings for Miami Division file 164-552. An FBI Special Agent from the Miami Division conducted an investigation on October 20 and November 1, 1977. Individual…

FBI inter-office memo dated 12/21/77 from SAC Miami to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior Miami airtel to Seattle dated 9/29/77 and a Washington Field Office lett…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date 12/28/77. An unidentified female was contacted at a residence in Carson City, Nevada. She stated she is visiting for the holidays and will return…

Case file number and page continuation number. A redacted individual told an interviewee he was born in Russia and came to the US as a child. The interviewee could not recall the first name but knew…

FBI file number and page number header. A woman describes an altercation in early September 1977 involving physical violence and a revolver, after which she drove approximately 400 miles to Anchorag…

FBI Las Vegas field office memo to SAC Anchorage (cc: Seattle) regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Encloses an FD-302 interview conducted in Carson City, Nevada on 12/21/77. Directs Anchorage Di…

Document type header indicating this is an Airtel communication. FBI Airtel memo from the Director to SAC Baltimore regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Baltimore airtel dated 12/15/77.…

Header indicating this is page 2 of an Airtel (internal FBI communication) directed to the Baltimore field office regarding the NORJAK case. The Bureau sent a letter dated June 1, 1977 to a redacted…

Header block of an FBI memo dated January 9, 1978, addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, with references to Bureau file 164-2111 and SAC Miami file 164-552. Subject line of the memo, fully…

Header of an FBI internal memo dated 1/9/78, addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, with copies to Seattle and SAC Miami. Subject/RE line is fully redacted with a black box. Memo body dire…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 10, 1978. Seattle Division requests Portland Division to expedite forwardin…

Header block of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle Division requests Portland Division to expedite forwarding of investigati…

Header of a United States Government memorandum dated January 11, 1978, from an unidentified Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), BUfile 164-2111. A redac…

Header of a United States Government memorandum dated January 11, 1978, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK (the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case), Office of Origin Seattle…

Standard US Government memorandum header with date, attention line (redacted SA name), subject NORJAK (A), office of origin Seattle, addressed to SAC Seattle. An unidentified female contact was reac…

FBI memo from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Butte airtel dated 10/13/77. Reports that on 1/5/78, a redacted individual at Northwest Airlines adv…

Header of a United States Government memorandum dated January 16, 1978, from an SA (Special Agent) whose name is redacted, regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper case), Office of Origin Seattle, addressed to…

Header of a US Government memorandum dated January 16, 1978, from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJACK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), file number 164-81. A letter rec…

Document header with case reference number PD 164-41, dictator/typist initials RLB:cam, and page number 1. Lead-in line identifying the Special Agent who conducted the investigation; name redacted.…

Case file number, typist initials, and page number for the FBI report. An FBI Special Agent in Oregon interviewed a woman on January 4, 1978, who reported that her records contained no information i…

Date of the memo. Standard FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Portland FBI office advises Seattle that investigative inserts regarding Tillamoo…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated January 12, 1978, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. An employee at San Francisco International Airport reported that on January 4, 1978, a suspicious individu…

Case file number and dictation codes for this FBI report page. Continuation of an FBI report describing the investigation of a passenger at an airport (SFIA) who resembled the composite sketch of th…

FBI case file number and dictation/typist codes. Subject discusses his doctor who used acupuncture, becomes evasive about activities. States he was en route to Los Angeles to meet an Ear-Nose and Th…

FBI case number and dictator/typist initials for this report page. Continuation of an FBI report regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect. Describes the suspect's hair as brown (not dark brown or black), not…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 1/20/78, sent via AIRTEL. Routing block: airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Las Vegas regarding NORJAK case, BUfile 164-2111, with Seattle as office…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 20, 1978. Routing block of the airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Las Vegas regarding the NORJAK case, Bureau file 164-2111. The RE line i…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Sender SA name redacted. On 1/3/78, a personnel file for an individual employed b…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 20, 1978. Memo body referencing prior communications and setting forth a lead for the…

Internal FBI memorandum regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. An agent reports that a subject investigated in Clarkston, WA on 1/6/78 no longer resides there. As of 11/30/77 the subject had moved…

Internal FBI memo dated 1/17/78 from SAC Miami to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Miami is calling Seattle's attention to a prior Miami-to-Seattle letter dated 12/21/77 that enclosed an invest…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 19, 1978, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, marked RUC (Referred Upon Comp…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. States that all investigation at Los Angeles has been completed and reported, and the matter is co…

Standard FD-302 form header with FBI letterhead and transcription date. FD-302 interview form documenting a personnel record obtained from a technology company at 6253 Concord Avenue. The subject is…

FBI case file number and page designation Flowchart-style diagram showing the previous employment history of a redacted individual, listing companies from Marvel Oil Company in Port Chester, NY thro…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Detroit to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Encloses an FD-302 interview report from a person at United Technology in Detroit, Michigan. Subsequent…

FBI inter-office memo header addressed from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated January 18, 1978. Reference line with redacted subject, referencing a prior Seattle letter to Butte…

Teletype reference number header. A redacted individual made a long distance phone call on 12/15/77 to someone at Spartanburg General Hospital, South Carolina. The caller identified himself as a psy…

FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 1/13/78. In November 1977, a Portland Police Bureau officer advised an FBI Special Agent that he knew someo…

Case file number for this document page. A redacted individual, identified as a professional police officer, acknowledges the information provided is minimal but states the source is adamant and ref…

Standard US Government memorandum header with date 1/27/78, from a redacted Special Agent, subject NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), office of origin Seattle, addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-8…

Standard FBI letterhead with Seattle field office address and date. FBI cover letter from Special Agent in Charge John M. Reed to Lewis County Sheriff William Wiester in Chehalis, WA, enclosing blac…

FBI letterhead with Seattle field office address and date. Standard FBI letter routing instruction. Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge John M. Reed to Lewis County Sheriff William Wiester, enc…

Header of a US Government memorandum from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 1/31/78, regarding NORJAK case. Sheriff William Wiester of Lewis County contacted the FBI to report that a county…

Header of a United States Government memorandum dated February 1, 1978, from a redacted Special Agent regarding the NORJAK case (BUfile 164-2111), addressed to SAC Seattle. Memo body describing a le…

Date written on the letter Return address of sender, partially redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions A citizen from Mt Vernon, WA writes to the FBI requesting a physical description of D.B. Coop…

Header of a US Government memorandum dated February 1, 1978. From a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC, Seattle regarding NORJAK (A), Bureau file 164-2111. RE line is redacted. Body of memo descri…

Large banner headline for a public-facing FBI wanted/identification flyer about the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Description of the D.B. Cooper hijacking crime: a lone white male boarded NW Orient Flight…

Date stamp indicating January 22, 1975 A handwritten letter from a member of the public in Mt. Vernon requesting a physical description of D.B. Cooper. The writer states they suspect they may know w…

Header block of a US Government interoffice memorandum dated February 2, 1978, from an unnamed SA to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case. The memo references a prior memo from an SA dated January…

Standard US Government memorandum header with date, subject NORJAK (A), origin office Seattle, Bureau file 164-2111, addressed to SAC Seattle. Memo references a prior SA memo stamped January 19, 197…

Header of a US Government memorandum dated 2/2/78 regarding NORJAK case, from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle. Memo body referencing a Miami letter dated 1/17/78. All attempts to locate a re…

Header of a United States Government memorandum dated 2/2/78 regarding the NORJAK case, from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle. Report that all attempts to locate a redacted individual…

Case file reference number and typist initials for FBI Los Angeles field office file 164-497. Investigation at Nucarprep System, 12141 Slauson, Santa Fe Springs, CA. A representative advised the bus…

FBI case file number and office designation for Los Angeles field office, page 2 of a sub-document. Bank of America at 833 West Whittier Boulevard had no record of the redacted individual's name as…

Header block of a United States Government memorandum from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 1/31/78. Body of memo references a Seattle airtel to Las Vegas dated 1/20/78, e…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number. Instruction to contact International Harvester offices at 4501 South Alameda Street in Los Angeles to verify the employment of a redacted individual at the…

Header of a US Government memorandum dated February 6, 1978 regarding the NORJAK case, from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle. The memo references a Detroit letter dated 1/20/78. On 2/1…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Method selected is Airtel, dated 2/1/78. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Routing block showing the airtel is from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle r…

FBI case number and typist initials header for San Francisco field office file 164-220. Physical description of a male suspect or person of interest: Caucasian, male, 6'0", 165 lbs, blue eyes, black…

Standard USG interoffice memo header for NORJAK case, dated February 8, 1978, from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle. An FBI agent interviewed a redacted individual at the Carpenter's Union Lo…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of an FBI report describing a subject's former actions and the reporting agent's physical observations. The subject is a…

Standard USG interoffice memorandum header for NORJAK case, dated February 8, 1978, from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle. FBI interview on 2/1/78 with a redacted individual at Carpenter's Un…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription. An unnamed individual voluntarily appeared at the FBI Fairbanks Resident Agency after learning through friends that the FBI want…

Case number and page indicator for this FBI report page. Continuation of an FBI interview with a member of the American Parachuters Association who admits he is an alcoholic and may have drunkenly c…

Case number and page indicator for FBI file AN 164-59, page 3. Partial profile or interview form for an unnamed subject. Lists prior employment as a self-employed parachute manufacturer and experime…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle, dated February 7, 1978, regarding the NORJAK case. Memo body referencing prior correspondence between Anchorag…

Standard FBI inter-office memo header for NORJAK case, dated February 10, 1978, from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle. References a prior Seattle memo dated 12/20/77. Multiple attempts to contact a re…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Description of a suspect who flies regularly, is aggressive and not timid, with no known previous flight experience.…

Date line and redacted sender information at top of letter, with a handwritten beta or 'B' symbol. A citizen letter dated February 7, 1978 addressed to the FBI Spokane field office, reporting that t…

Large stylized headline of the newspaper article. Composite sketches of D.B. Cooper made after the hijack showing him as ordinary-looking. At left, he is pictured in sunglasses he wore during hijack…

FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated February 15, 1978. An anonymous caller contacted the Portland FBI office on 1/31/78 and 2/14/78 claiming to…

Case file number for the Portland FBI field office, file 164-41. States that a redacted individual's name keeps reappearing in connection with the case, and it is considered prudent to resolve his p…

File number and agent/typist initials header for this FBI report page. Privacy Act exemption markings indicating redactions under b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy). A…

Inter-office FBI memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Portland is forwarding an investigative insert concerning a redacted individual from the Woodland, Wash…

Header of a United States Government memorandum dated 2/24/78 regarding NORJAK case, from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle. Case file numbers 164-2111 (Bureau) and 164-81 (Seattle). A female contact a…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. An individual states their opinion that a redacted person was working for Essex Products around November 1971. Provid…

Standard FBI routing stamps at top of page FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC San Francisco regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References an article in the weekly supermarket newsp…

Case file number reference, continuation from previous page. Closing of a letter from an anonymous tipster wishing the FBI success in catching D.B. Cooper. The writer asks not to be investigated for…

FBI internal memo from SAC Portland to SAC Tampa (cc Seattle) regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) skyjacking case. A World News Service article published in the weekly supermarket newspaper 'Star' out…

Standard US Government memorandum header with date 3/2/78, subject NORJACK (FBI codename for D.B. Cooper case), directed to SAC Seattle office file 164-81. Sheriff William Wiester of Lewis County re…

FBI case file number for the NORJACK / D.B. Cooper investigation. Physical description of a male subject: approximately 39 years old, 5'10", 155–160 lbs, slender build, dark salt-and-pepper hair. A…

FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated March 2, 1978. File numbers 164-81 (Seattle) and 164-470 (Phoenix) referenced. RE line is redacted. Phoenix…

Header of a United States Government memorandum dated 3/7/78 from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Subject references Bufile 164-2111 with Seattle as the office…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Milwaukee to SAC Chicago regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 2/28/78. On February 6, 1978, a member of the Streator, Illinois Police Depa…

Continuation of an FBI report (case CG 164-297) in which a redacted individual provided a physical description of a person resembling D.B. Cooper: white male, medium build, 5'8" to 5'9", grayish hair…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from an FBI Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated March 8, 1978, regarding the NORJAK case. Memo body describes a contact on 2/27/78 with a pe…

FBI Airtel memo header from SAC Portland to SAC Denver regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 3/6/78. Portland field office forwards a letter suggesting a suspect in the NORJAK case from Col…

Date of the letter. Anonymous tip letter to the FBI dated February 23, 1978, from an unidentified person claiming a man living in Colorado near Empire resembles D.B. Cooper. The suspect allegedly wo…

A blank rectangular box centered on the page, likely a redacted photograph or image. The surrounding page is mostly empty with scanning artifacts. FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C…

FBI letterhead with Sacramento field office and date. Handwritten page or serial number. Subject identification block listing Robert Wesley Jones and known aliases. Complaint filed January 3, 1978…

Personal contact information including address in San Jose, phone number, SSN, and passport number. Physical description of the subject: 6ft 1in, 192 lbs, born October 16, 1940, in Santa Cruz, CA, i…

FBI transmittal form header (FD-36) dated 3/6/78, sent via Airtel with no precedence or classification checked. Airtel memo from SAC Sacramento to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. D…

Header of a US Government memorandum dated 3/9/78 from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, Identification Division, regarding NORJAK case. Body of memo describing an unnamed suspect suggested by several so…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation, Seattle field office. Directive to the St. Louis Division to locate a redacted individual's service record and forward a copy to the Seattle f…

Memo header from SAC Buffalo to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, dated 3/6/78. A woman from New York contacted the FBI after reading a Star…

Continuation (page 2) of a Buffalo field office memo regarding DAN COOPER. States the only connection is a similarity in appearance. The information is being sent to Seattle for informational purpose…

Standard US Government memorandum header with date 3/20/78, addressed from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case 164-81. SAC Dale Kell of the Little Rock Division reported t…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with transcription date of March 8, 1978. An unidentified female informant (likely a relative of Robert Wesley Jones / Philip Rackstraw) provides informatio…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date of transcription. An officer from Stockton Police Department reported that while returning Robert Wesley Jones (aka Robert Wesley Rackstraw) from…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An informant from Stockton Police Department reports on a conversation with Robert Wesley Jones during a court ap…

Handwritten page or classification notation in upper right corner FBI airtel memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Encloses FD-302 interview forms (names redac…

FBI form header for a Latent Fingerprint Section report dated March 16, 1978, addressed to SAC Sacramento regarding NORJAK case. The FBI compared unidentified latent fingerprints from the NORJAK (D.…

Routing or received stamp at top of page Date and location header of the handwritten letter A letter from a member of the public to the FBI expressing interest in the D.B. Cooper case. The writer r…

List of currency serial numbers, all denomination $69 [likely $20 bills listed as '69' series items], with series letters A, B, C or no series letter. Each entry includes a Federal Reserve district l…

Continuation of a handwritten letter from an anonymous tipster discussing the prevalence of 1969 series $20 bills in general circulation (taxis, restaurants, bars, apartment houses, etc.), minimizing…

Continuation of a handwritten letter from an anonymous tipster to the FBI regarding D.B. Cooper. The writer speculates about a revenge motive for someone using a name during the hijacking caper. The…

Header of a United States Government memorandum dated 3/13/78, from an SA (Special Agent) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK (A) case, BUfile 164-2111, Office of Origin Seattle. In February 1978,…

Header of a United States Government memorandum dated March 16, 1978, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case, Seattle office of origin, addressed to SAC Seattle. Memo body regarding NO…

FBI inter-office memo header identifying the sender (SAC Seattle), recipient (SAC Butte), case name NORJAK (A), office of origin Seattle, and Bureau file number 164-2111, dated 3/7/78. References a…

Date of the memo. FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Houston to SAC Albuquerque regarding the unknown subject aka Dan Cooper, the Northwest Airlines Flight 350 hijacking on 11/24/71. Body of the…

FBI form listing physical description and employment history of a redacted individual: 6 feet tall, 150 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes, previously employed at Otero Mills, Inc. in Alamogordo, New Mex…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo regarding NORJAK case, from Portland to Seattle, dated 3/14/78. An Oregon State Police officer contacted an FBI Special Agent on 3/13/78 about a visitor who…

Case or file reference number for the Portland division. Lead assigned to the Portland field office directing appropriate investigation to involve or eliminate a suspect. Notes that an Oregon State…

Document type designation as Airtel (inter-office FBI communication) Standard FBI Airtel header routing memo from SAC Portland to SAC San Francisco regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated 3/20/78…

Partial text showing case number PD 164-41 and a redacted reference to Francisco (likely San Francisco). Two redaction blocks are present with b6/b7C exemption markings. Lead assignment to the San F…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated March 15, 1978. Los Angeles field office reports follow-up contacts mad…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Lead assignment for the Los Angeles field office to recontact an individual (name redacted) in West Covina, California, an…

Standard United States Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated approximately 3/29/78. FBI agent attempted to contact a redacted individual at Clark…

Standard US Government memorandum header for NORJAK case, dated 3/29/78, from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, referencing a Portland letter dated 1/13/78. FBI attempted to contact a redacte…

Government Printing Office form number printed in top right FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) for case number 164-81, serial number 779. The handwritten description indicates something was sent…

FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet for Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790. Lists 94 total deleted pages: pages 4-48 deleted due to Referral/Consult exemption, and pages 61, 73, and 82 deleted as Dup…

A list of page numbers with corresponding FOIA exemption codes or disposition reasons. Pages are marked as Duplicate, Referral/Consult, or withheld under exemptions b6, b7C, and b7D. Standard FBI FO…

Oregon Pilot Registration Renewal Reminder form for the period 01/01/78 to 1/31/79 for Robert W Rackstraw, a commercial pilot with instrument rating and flight instructor certification, residing at P…

Header of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 3/27/78. A routing or approval stamp, mostly illegible. Introduction paragraph referencing a p…

FBI Sacramento field office case number for this report page. A witness (name redacted) described cutting part of a parachute chute and displaying it with a green baseball cap. He inspected the chut…

Case file number and initials header for Las Vegas field office file 164-60. FBI investigation report documenting records checks conducted in Reno, Nevada area in early 1978. A Special Agent checked…

FBI file number and office coding for Las Vegas field office, file 164-60. An FBI Special Agent conducted a records search at the Nevada DMV, Driver License Division, on February 13, 1978. The searc…

File reference number and agent/typist initials for the Las Vegas field office. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation in Reno, Nevada. A source at Sierra Pacific Power Company confirmed on…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (A) case, dated March 22, 1978. References an LA letter to Seattle dated 1/31/78 and enclose…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated March 29, 1978. An employee of Overseas Transportation / Import Auto Transport / Commerci…

Standard USG memo header for NORJAK case, from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated 3/29/78. Memo documents investigation of a person of interest in the NORJAK case. Vehicle registration checks wer…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK/D.B. Cooper investigation. FBI agents attempted to contact a redacted individual on March 7 and March 15, 1978, but the person was not availa…

Standard US Government memorandum header identifying this as a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case document from SA (Special Agent) to SAC Seattle, dated March 29, 1978. An FBI agent reports on atte…

Standard US Government memorandum header for NORJAK case, dated 3/29/78, from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, referencing case file 164-81. An informant provided information about a person…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, file number 164-2111, addressed to SAC Seattle. Investigative memo detailing contacts with Washington Department of Moto…

Header of a United States Government memorandum dated 3/30/78, from an unidentified Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), Seattle office of origin, Bureau f…

Header of a United States Government memorandum dated March 30, 1978, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle. File numbers 164-2111 and 164-8…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Detroit regarding NORJAK case. Seattle FBI office responds to Detroit letter dated 1/20/78. On 3/23/78, a person at Northwest Engine…

Standard USGS memo header from FBI Seattle field office to Detroit field office regarding NORJAK case. An individual at Northwest Engine Service Center in Seattle advised that a redacted person work…

Document reference number, author initials, and page number. An FBI investigation conducted by two redacted Special Agents at Tampa, Florida. A redacted source provided information about B. D. Coope…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo dated 3/24/78, addressed to SAC Tampa with NORJAK case references and file numbers. Body of memo referencing a Portland letter to Tampa dated 2/27/78, enclos…

FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report dated April 4, 1978, addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. References a letter dated 3/9/78 from Seattle. States that unide…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header on form SL-17. From SAC St. Louis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated 3/29/78. The Re: line is fully redacted under b6/b7C exemptions…

Standard US Government memorandum header for NORJAK case, dated April 4, 1978, from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle. FBI memo documenting follow-up investigation of a tip regarding a former Spokane l…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK investigation. Continuation of a report concluding that a subject (name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions) is not considered capable of the hi…

Standard USG memorandum header for NORJAK case, dated April 4, 1978, from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle. On March 23, 1978, a source in Spokane was contacted regarding a former Spokane lawyer who a…

File reference number and agent initials for the report. FBI Sacramento field office investigation into Robert Wesley Rackstraw's real estate license history. A contact at the California Department…

Airtel memo header from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated April 3, 1978. Sacramento FBI office reports that suspect RACKSTRAW's resume did not list the real estate firms fou…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription. FBI interview of a redacted individual in Montana who received an anonymous phone call on March 11, 1978, warning that a person…

Case reference numbers at the top of the page. A redacted individual states that on August 10, 1977, he wrote a letter to a redacted person in Sherman Oaks, California, declining involvement in a fi…

Date of the memo Internal FBI memo header from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case Butte field office forwards FD-302 interview and notes to Seattle regarding a telephone call received 3…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from SAC Seattle to the FBI Director's Identification Division regarding the NORJAK case. Body of the memo identifying a redacted suspect in the NORJA…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Request to the FBI Identification Division to compare a redacted individual's fingerprints against the Norjak (D.B. Coope…

Header block of a United States Government memorandum from SAC Seattle to the FBI Director, Identification Division, regarding NORJAK case, dated April 10, 1978. Body of the memo describing an unnam…

Standard US Government memorandum header identifying the document as a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case memo dated April 10, 1978, from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle. On March 29, 1978, the Cowlitz County…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK investigation. Redacted contact information block showing a Washington state address and telephone number, obscured under FOIA exemptions b6…

Header of a US Government memorandum dated April 10, 1978, from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Report of contact with Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office on 3/…

FBI Airtel transmission form header dated 3/28/78 from SAC San Antonio to SAC Charlotte regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), with Portland as Office of Origin. An attorney in San Antonio contacted t…

Case file identifier line. Lead assigned to the Charlotte field office directing investigation at Fayetteville, NC and Fort Bragg to develop information about a redacted individual's whereabouts in…

Date of the memo. Memo header identifying sender (SAC Portland), recipient (SAC Seattle), and subject (NORJAK case). Portland office forwards a copy of a San Antonio airtel to Charlotte (dated 3/26…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated April 7, 1978. Routing block identifying the airtel as sent from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJAK case, specifically the Rob…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated April 7, 1978. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), specifically concerning suspect Robert Wesle…

Addressee line identifying the FBI Portland field office. A member of the public writes to the FBI Portland office after seeing composite pictures and a newspaper article about D.B. Cooper in 'the S…

Continuation of a handwritten letter (page 2) from an unidentified sender offering further assistance to the FBI regarding a man who was living and working in San Francisco, California. The sender cl…

Document type header indicating this is an Airtel (internal FBI communication). Date of the Airtel memo. Standard FBI Airtel routing header from SAC Portland to SAC Pittsburgh regarding the NORJAK…

Redacted stamps or classification marks at top of page, with black circular redactions obscuring content. Lead assignment for Pittsburgh FBI field office to contact a redacted individual in Pennsylv…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with FBI seal and date of transcription. An FD-302 interview with a person at Otero Mills, north of Alamogordo, NM, regarding a redacted subject investigated in…

File number header, SE 164-81, with initials LEA/jj and page number 1. A female witness in New Mexico, long-time resident, viewed the D.B. Cooper composite sketch and stated there is definitely no r…

FOIA exemption markings indicating redacted personal information (b6) and law enforcement source information (b7C). FBI inter-office memo header from Albuquerque field office to Seattle SAC regardin…

FBI airtel transmission form header dated April 19, 1978. Routing information: from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, Identification Division, regarding NORJAK case. Reference line is fully redacted. S…

FBI airtel transmittal form header dated April 19, 1978, sent via Airtel with no classification or precedence checked. Routing block of the airtel addressed from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, Identif…

Header of a US Government memorandum dated April 24, 1978, from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, BUfile 164-2111. An FBI memo documenting an intervie…

FBI case file number with redacted sub-number. Background information on a subject: education at University of Idaho (B.S. degree), father from Hales Corners, Wisconsin, U.S. Army service dates reda…

Standard US Government memorandum header dated April 24, 1978, addressed from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, BUfile 164-2111. On April 18, 1978, United Airli…

FBI case file number header and dictation/typist initials with page number. Special Agent conducted investigation on April 17, 1978. A person at Orchard Pond Apartments in Gaithersburg, MD advised t…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Baltimore to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Baltimore is forwarding an investigative insert and, based on negative information obtained from a red…

Header of a US Government memorandum dated April 28, 1978, from a Special Agent (name redacted) regarding the NORJAK case, addressed to SAC Seattle. A suspect (name redacted) has been investigated a…

FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 4/24/78. An individual in Pueblo, Colorado was shown three photographs of the NORJAK suspec…

Department of Justice case file number header. Continuation of an interview describing a subject who was polite, a gentleman, had thin lips, did not open his mouth much when speaking. The subject wa…

FOIA exemption codes noted in right margin throughout the page, indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6), source-identifying information (b7C), and confidential source (b7D). Teletype routing…

Page two of an unclassified teletype (SE 164-31) suggesting that the Bureau approve directing all FBI divisions to refer press inquiries about this case to the Seattle Division, as Seattle is the off…

Teletype routing header from FBI Director to FBI Seattle, priority message, unclassified. FBI Director teletype to Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. FBIHQ notes…

FOIA exemption codes stamped in the upper right margin. FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director, dated May 2, 1978, classified UNCLAS, regarding NORJAK case. References a Bureau teletype…

Continuation of a teletype or cable (page two) describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Details the hijacker receiving parachutes and ransom money at Seattle, releasing passengers and two stewardesses,…

Continuation of suspect description: dark wrap-around sunglasses, low voice, spoke intelligently, no particular accent, possibly mid-western US origin. Smoked Raleigh filter tip cigarettes. Wore blac…

Continuation (page four) of an FBI teletype classified UNCLAS under case SE 164-31. The message urges that all spontaneous press releases by field divisions other than Seattle be limited, noting that…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with FBI seal and form revision date. A confidential source reported that a third party advised that a redacted individual was identical with D.B. Cooper, who…

File reference numbers and author/typist initials for the document. Administrative report from the FBI Little Rock and Seattle divisions describing a review of files from 1973–1974 investigations in…

FBI case file numbers and dictation/typist codes for the document. FBI investigative report documenting an interview with a Prosecuting Attorney from the Fifth Arkansas Judicial District on March 31…

Case file number and page continuation number. Continuation of an FBI investigative report. On April 11, 1978, a member of the Russellville Police Department was contacted but could not furnish back…

Official letterhead of the Kentucky Department of Public Safety with case number LR 164-22. Letter from Kentucky Department of Public Safety responding to a request from Russellville, Arkansas Polic…

Case reference number and page number header. An unidentified person (name redacted) reported on April 21, 1978 that they could not find background material previously obtained on a redacted subject…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Little Rock to SAC Seattle, dated 4/27/78, regarding NORJAK case. A confidential source contacted the FBI on 3/27/78 inquiring about a r…

FBI case file number for the Little Rock field office, NORJAK case. Instructions to an unspecified division (likely Nashville or a southern office) to contact the Department of Public Safety at the…

FBI form number header for newspaper clipping mount form. Instruction line on the FBI clipping form. Column by William Arnold reporting that the identity of D.B. Cooper has allegedly been discovere…

Standard FBI form header FD-350 for mounting newspaper clippings. UPI wire story from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporting that CBS Television's 60 Minutes (Mike Wallace segment) was conducting…

Standard FBI FD-350 newspaper clipping form header with instruction to mount clipping below. UPI article from Portland reporting on a doubted link between skyjacker D.B. Cooper and the assassination…

FBI form FD-350 header for mounting newspaper clippings. Newspaper clipping reporting that Al Torelli claimed D.B. Cooper is alive and well in Tacoma, citing the Oregon Statesman in Salem, OR. The a…

Secondary headline teasers across the top of the magazine cover, partially illegible due to photocopy degradation. Cover of West magazine dated April 24, 1978, priced at one dollar. Main cover story…

Newspaper section header/banner for the New West Intelligence column. Reports that CBS 60 Minutes has secretly completed an investigative piece on the D.B. Cooper skyjacking case, dubbed 'The Myster…

FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report header, form 1-336, addressed to SAC Seattle, dated May 1, 1978, referencing FBI file 164-5111. Subject line referencing the NORJAK case…

FBI Seattle field office routing/filing stamp showing case number 164-81-7878, dated May 2, 1978, with search/index/serialize/file checkboxes. Exemption codes b6 and b7C indicating redactions were a…

Date written at top of letter Personal letter from an incarcerated individual to a redacted recipient. The writer discusses their current living/work situation, mentions coworkers, describes a Satur…

Handwritten account describing a conversation in a North Hollywood motel where an individual proposed hijacking a Boeing 727 heading south from Seattle, demanding $200,000, and jumping out before rea…

Handwritten statement or interview notes from a person who appears to know D.B. Cooper personally. The writer describes how the subject always used the name 'D.B. Cooper' when checking into motels, i…

A handwritten personal letter from one incarcerated individual to another. The writer discusses parole board hearings, being recommended for parole to C.T.C. Houston but having the decision overturne…

Distorted newspaper masthead, likely National Enquirer banner with issue information. Introduction to the article explaining how the FBI has asked National Enquirer readers to help solve the D.B. Co…

FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report header, form 1-336, addressed to SAC Seattle, dated May 3, 1978. FBI latent fingerprint comparison report for NORJAK case. Unidentified…

FBI airtel transmission header dated 4/26/78, sent with immediate precedence. Classification is redacted. Airtel from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Phoenix rep…

File reference number and initials, likely a routing or case designation. Brief instruction directed to the Seattle field office to review an enclosure and set leads accordingly. Two large black fi…

Standard FBI D-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 5/4/78. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Phoenix regarding NORJAK case. States that a redacted individual previously contacted the FBI and has be…

Page or sub-number stamp in upper right area Vertical handwritten notation along the right margin reading RACKSTRAW and 933 FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle dated 5/5/78 regarding…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC San Francisco (Eureka RA) to SAC Seattle, dated May 5, 1978, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Handwritten routing notations and…

File reference number and initials, likely San Francisco field office file 164 series, dictated by agent RGM, typed by ds. Form fields listing a subject's residence as Hillsborough, North Carolina (…

FBI teletype from Director to all field offices dated May 5, 1978, providing a summary of facts about the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case that Seattle considers appropriate for press release. Describes a l…

Teletype header indicating this is page two of an unclassified message from HQ, message number 0030. Continuation of a teletype describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Details how the hijacker exchang…

Teletype page header indicating page three, from HQ, time 0030, unclassified. Physical description of the hijacker: dark wraparound sunglasses, low voice, spoke intelligently, no particular accent b…

Final page (page four) of an unclassified FBI teletype from HQ. The fragment warns that information is most likely to be released inadvertently and notes the subject is armed and dangerous. Ends with…

Standard USGS memorandum header for NORJAK case, dated May 10, 1978, from an unidentified SA to SAC Seattle. Body of the memo describing contacts with a protected-identity source in Washington state…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case, Seattle field office. Continuation of a report noting a redacted individual said something (redacted), except that he returned through Seattle, Washing…

Header of a US Government memorandum dated May 10, 1978, from a Special Agent (name redacted) regarding NORJAK case, Office of Origin Seattle, Bureau file 164-2111, addressed to SAC Seattle. Body of…

Date of the memo Memo header from SAC Portland to FBI Director, Public Affairs Office, regarding media matters on the NORJAK case. Portland SAC concurs that media inquiries on the NORJAK (D.B. Coop…

Form header identifying the document as PD 164-41, referencing an interview for CBS 60 Minutes in New York on 5/4/78. The author argues that the Portland Division should maintain a cooperative media…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated May 15, 1978, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) media matters. A CBS News producer…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK/D.B. Cooper investigation. Page 2 of an FBI report describing a meeting on 5/5/78 at the Seattle Office regarding CBS cooperation on the D.B.…

FBI file number for the Seattle field office, case 164-81 (D.B. Cooper case). The author (an FBI official) discusses that too much information had been released about the case and suggests that 60 M…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Summary of FBI cooperation with a media representative regarding the D.B. Cooper case. The Bureau shared the name of the author of…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Recommendations regarding FBI media spokesperson responsibilities for the D.B. Cooper case. Suggests Portland Office refe…

FBI form FD-446 transmitting a fingerprint record for subject Bryant Arthur James Coffelt (FBI No. 550-868) from the Identification Division to FBI Seattle, attention SA John Reed, dated May 10, 1978…

FBI Identification Division header for criminal record number 590 868, with standard disclaimers about data sourcing. FBI criminal identification record for Bryant Coffelt (FBI # 590 868) showing a…

Header of FBI Identification Division criminal record form I-4, with record number 590 868. Criminal record table for Bryant Coffelt (also listed as Bryan Coffelt and Jack Bryant Coffelt) showing mu…

Header of FBI Identification Division record form (MASTER copy) for subject KASTER, FBI record number 590 868. Physical description and personal data for subject KASTER: white male, 6'2", 195 lbs, b…

FBI facsimile cover sheet from SAC Portland (file 164-41) to SAC Seattle marked PERSONAL ATTENTION and IMMEDIATE precedence, dated 5/17/78, regarding subject NORJAK. The transmitted item is checked a…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case (164-41), dated May 17, 1978. Bureau Criminal Investigative Division contacted Portland regarding CBS news…

File/case reference number for Portland field office, case 164-41. CBS has determined that COFFELT's only visitor was the SAC of the Atlanta Office. COFFELT knew J. Edgar Hoover and Hubert Humphrey.…

FOIA exemption codes marked in right margin indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6, b7C) and source identity (b7D). FBI teletype from Seattle field office to the Director, dated May 19, 1978…

Header line indicating this is page two of a teletype, with classification UNCLAS (unclassified) and reference SE 164-81. Page two of a teletype discussing the claim that Bryant Coffelt's photograph…

Page three of an unclassified FBI teletype (SE 164-81) discussing the D.B. Cooper case. The document addresses why Coffelt's photograph was not shown to passengers, describes the cabin pressure exper…

Continuation header for page four of teletype SE 164-81, unclassified. Continuation of FBI teletype discussing a suspect named Coffelt in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The document discredits Coffe…

Page five of a multi-page teletype (SE 164-81, UNCLAS) discussing a suspect named Coffelt in relation to the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The document notes Coffelt had thrombophlebitis, severe alcohol…

Continuation of a teletype message (page six) regarding the Coffelt suspect in the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case. Notes that Coffelt was bedridden for 18 months after a parachute fall, his fingerprints wer…

Teletype header indicating page seven of serial 164-81, unclassified. Continuation of a teletype describing an individual's manuscript about experiences with Coffelt, which a former CBS employee is…

Second section of a two-part unclassified FBI teletype from Seattle field office (file 164-81) to FBI Director (file 164-2111), marked immediate priority. Addressed to Public Affairs Office and Gener…

Continuation header for page eight of an unclassified teletype, SE (Seattle) office designation. Continuation of a teletype discussing someone (name redacted) who has altered a script/story to fit k…

Page nine of an UNCLAS teletype from the Seattle FBI field office (SE 164-81) regarding the D.B. Cooper case. States that evidence to date indicates COFFELT is not identical with the UNSUB. Notes the…

Continuation header indicating this is page ten of a teletype or communication, serial 164-81, unclassified. Continuation of a teletype discussing CBS raising questions about the Bureau (FBI). The s…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office (file 164-81) sent priority to Atlanta and Portland field offices, dated May 1978, classified UNCLAS, subject NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case codename). Body…

FBI teletype from Director FBI to Atlanta, Seattle, and Portland field offices regarding CBS News attempting to contact the FBI Director about the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A CBS News representative…

Page two of an unclassified teletype from FBI HQ discussing the investigation of Bryant Coffelt (also known as Jack Coffelt, now deceased) as a D.B. Cooper suspect. The document describes how CBS new…

Page three of an unclassified FBI teletype discussing CBS news inquiries into the D.B. Cooper (NORJAK) case. CBS investigated whether cabin pressure changes during Cooper's jump would have been detec…

Page four of an unclassified FBI teletype regarding additional investigation of Jack Coffelt in connection with the D.B. Cooper case. A redacted individual asked why the FBI is so certain Coffelt is…

FBI teletype from Atlanta field office to Director, Portland, and Seattle regarding the NORJAC (D.B. Cooper) case. References prior communications from May 19, 1978, and notes that a review of the At…

Continuation header for page two of a teletype classified UNCLAS, with file number 164-254. Redacted passage mentioning that files disclose information about David Bryant Coffelt, with further recor…

Page three of a multi-page teletype (case 164-254, UNCLAS) referencing multiple Atlanta and Washington Field communications to the FBI Director from mid-1977 regarding David Bryant Coffelt. Discusses…

Teletype routing header from Little Rock field office to FBI Director, Kansas City, and Seattle, dated May 19, 1978, marked IMMEDIATE priority and UNCLASSIFIED. FBI teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B. C…

Continuation header for page two of Little Rock teletype, file 164-22, unclassified. An individual who lived at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, with a redacted associate employed in Arkans…

Classification or routing marking at top left of page FBI internal memo from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case) and subject Bryant Coffelt. References a Seattle teletype…

Classification or routing marker at top-left of page. FBI internal memo from SAC Seattle to Director FBI regarding subject NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), specifically RE: Bryant Coffelt. References a Se…

FBI teletype from Portland field office to Director and Seattle regarding CBS '60 Minutes' interest in the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. On May 4, 1978, a CBS representative appeared at the Portland Di…

Page two of an unclassified Portland Division teletype (PD 164-41) describing an arrangement for an interview related to the D.B. Cooper case with what appears to be a representative of the TV progra…

Continuation header indicating this is page three of Portland teletype 164-41, unclassified. The FBI refused to discuss suspect information or the basis for considering any particular suspect. Durin…

Date of the memo. FBI ARITEL memo header from SAC Seattle to SAC Honolulu regarding NORJAK case, referencing a Honolulu telephone call to Seattle on 5/23/78. Seattle office is sending three photogr…

FBI facsimile transmittal form from SAC Honolulu to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 5-23-78, transmitting a 5-page letter and 2 envelopes. Priority marked as immediate. FOIA exemption redac…

FBI inter-office memo from Milwaukee to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Sawyer County Sheriff's Department personnel investigated a subject associated with the Twin Gables Tavern in…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 5/23/78. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Director (Media Relations) reg…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 5/23/78. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated 5/23/77, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. Encloses five black and white photographs o…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 5/23/77, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (A) case. Encloses five black and white photographs…

Teletype routing header from San Diego field office to FBI Director and Seattle office, dated May 1978. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portla…

Teletype header from Kansas City field office to FBI Director, Little Rock, and Seattle offices, dated May 23, 1978, regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Marked IMMEDIATE priority and UNCLAS (unclass…

Continuation header for page two of an unclassified teletype, case number KC 164-39. An individual was shown photos of Jack Bryant Coffelt, purported to be D.B. Cooper. In late July 1977, someone wa…

Header indicating this is page three of an unclassified teletype from Kansas City, file number 164-80. Continuation of a teletype reporting that a redacted individual stated they received no money f…

FBI transmittal form header (FD-36). Sent via Airtel, classification CLEAR, dated 5/24/78. Airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. References a telephone call to Bureau Superv…

FBI transmittal form header (FD-36) indicating an Airtel sent with CLEAR classification on 5/24/78. Airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding the NORJAK case. References a telephone call to…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36). Transmission is via teletype, routine precedence, clear (unclassified), dated May 22, 1978. Teletype from Portland field office to FBI Director…

Teletype routing header from FBI Honolulu office to FBI Director and Seattle, dated May 1978, marked IMMEDIATE priority and UNCLASSIFIED. FBI Honolulu teletype regarding NORJAK investigation. A pers…

Header indicating this is page two of a teletype, case number HN 164-85, unclassified. Continuation of a teletype describing a woman who possesses a photograph of Jack Coffelt. She showed it to the…

Header line indicating this is page three of a teletype message, case number HN 164-35, unclassified. A source advised the FBI about efforts by an associate of Jack Coffelt to obtain the rights to a…

Continuation header for page four of Honolulu teletype, file number 164-85, unclassified. An interviewee describes her place of employment and an agency she dealt with. She recalls only one coworker…

Header of a US Government memorandum from SAC Seattle to SAC Omaha regarding NORJAK case, dated 5/16/78. Memo body describes a tip from an individual who advised the Portland Division that a person…

Continuation of an FBI report referencing case SE 164-81. A review of records identifies a subject whose name is redacted; described as a white male with blue eyes, 205 pounds, 5'11" tall. Birth date…

Standard USG memo header dated May 16, 1978, from SAC Seattle to SAC Omaha regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), file numbers 164-81 and 164-2111. FBI memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Omaha regarding the…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating the document is an airtel dated 5/24/78. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Robert Wesley Rackstraw (Sub Number…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL communication dated 5/24/78. No precedence or classification boxes are checked. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B.…

FBI file reference number and page identifier FBI Special Agent interviewed a subject at Twin Gables Tavern in Hayward, Wisconsin on April 11, 1978. The subject stated he moved to Hayward from Cinci…

Internal FBI memo from Milwaukee field office to Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Milwaukee is forwarding an investigative insert that was inadvertently not sent to Seatt…

Standard FD-302 form header with date of transcription 5/17/78. An unnamed female witness in Pennsylvania was interviewed after reading an article in 'The Star' about the Northwest Airlines Flight 3…

FBI case file number for the Pittsburgh field office. An unidentified female interviewee states she has no knowledge of the subject's current whereabouts and cannot identify anyone who could locate…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date. An unnamed female witness was interviewed at her residence after reading a supermarket newspaper article about the D.B. Cooper…

Page header showing case file number PG 164-93, page 2 of a continuation. A female interviewee states she has no knowledge of the subject's current whereabouts and cannot identify anyone who could l…

Document classification line marking this as an AIRTEL communication. Routing header of an FBI AIRTEL memo dated 5/17/78 from SAC Pittsburgh to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, with Seattle a…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Airtel selected as transmit method. Dated 5/16/78. Routing information for an airtel from SAC Charlotte to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior…

Document type designation marked as Airtel FBI Airtel memo header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 5/22/78 Body of memo references prior airtels between San Antonio, Ch…

Header of a US Government memorandum dated 5/22/78 from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding case NORJAK (A), Seattle field office case number 164-81. Directory and academic records check on a…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office file 164-81). Physical description of an interview subject: 175 lbs, black hair, hazel eyes, medium complexion, smooth fa…

FBI transmittal form header indicating AIRTEL transmission method, dated May 16, 1978. Airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Director requesting the Latent Fingerprint Section review approximately 80 parti…

Case file reference numbers and dictation initials for the FBI report page. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation in Nebraska on May 24, 1978, querying NCIC for driver's license and auto r…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 5/30/78, with a secondary SAC office (file 164-310, RUC) redacted. Case name NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. B…

FBI airtel memo from SAC Las Vegas to SAC San Diego regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, enclosing copies of prior airtels from Seattle and San Francisco. Investigation in Nevada determined a subject…

Exemption codes b6 and b7C indicating redacted personal privacy and law enforcement information. FBI FD-448 facsimile transmittal form from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, dated 5/25/78, regarding NORJ…

An FBI interview transcript in which a female witness in Denver was shown a photograph of a redacted individual and asked to compare it to the Northwest Orient skyjacker (D.B. Cooper). She noted a 'g…

FD-302 header area with date of transcription 4/27/76. An FBI interview of a Frontier Airlines stewardess at Stapleton International Airport, Denver, CO. She was shown her original 11/24/1971 interv…

Standard FBI transmittal form header with date 9/20/77. No boxes appear checked; classification and precedence not marked. Routing block identifying sender as SAC Little Rock and recipient as SAC Se…

FBI case file number for the Little Rock field office, file 164-22. An unidentified female witness noted some similarities but made no positive identification. She believed her phone conversation wa…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date. An unidentified female witness in Waikiki, Honolulu, a relation of the now-deceased Jack Bryant Coffelt, compared FBI-obtained…

FBI case file number header for the document. A female subject discussed unusual contacts with someone alleged to be a Hollywood movie producer; copies of a letter and envelope were given to the FBI…

FBI seal stamp in the upper-left corner of the document. Document type indicator marking this as an Airtel communication. FBI Airtel memo from SAC Honolulu to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B.…

FBI seal or logo stamp in the upper-left corner of the page. Case file number for the document. Leads section directing the Seattle field office to compare a redacted individual's driver's license…

Document type designation as AIRTEL. Date of the airtel. Routing header for airtel from Minneapolis SAC to Seattle SAC regarding NORJAK case. Minneapolis field office reports on a Seattle telcall…

Case or file reference number, likely an FBI field office file number. Lead assignment directing the San Diego FBI field office to contact and interview a redacted female individual as requested by…

Document type designation: AIRTEL (a type of FBI internal communication) Date of the AIRTEL memo Routing block: memo from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case The memo referenc…

FBI teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to Director and Seattle, dated May 26, 1978, classified UNCLAS, regarding NORJAK case. Body of teletype regarding James Bryant Coffelt (with…

Page header with LA field office file number and UNCLAS (unclassified) marking. Continuation of an FBI interview report. The interviewee never met Jack Coffelt in person but spoke with him by teleph…

Header indicating this is page three of an unclassified FBI report with Los Angeles field office file number LA 164-497. An FBI interviewing agent spoke with a woman who had three photographs of Cof…

Continuation (page four) of an unclassified Los Angeles FBI teletype (case 164-497). States a subject was not involved in any criminal activity. Photographs furnished by a redacted source are being f…

Standard US Government memorandum header for NORJAK case, from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated 5/30/78. Sheriff Rich Williams of Klickitat County reported that a former acquaintance (name reda…

Header of a United States Government memorandum dated 5/30/78 regarding NORJAK case, from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle. Sheriff Rich Williams of Klickitat County reports that a former acq…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from Little Rock field office to Memphis field office regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle, dated 5/25/78. Follow-up memo regarding a Little Rock…

FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Seattle, dated 5/12/78, regarding NORJAK case with Seattle as Office of Origin. Oklahoma City Division reports to Seattle and Little Rock t…

File reference numbers and dictation initials for the FBI report page. An FBI agent conducted an investigation in Frankfort, Kentucky. On May 9, 1978, a contact at the Kentucky Department of Transpo…

File reference numbers and typist initials for the document. Administrative review of a redacted individual who leased space, had an account with responsible parties, and was building a new home nea…

Header block of a US Government interoffice memo from SAC Louisville to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Memo body referencing a Little Rock letter dated 4/27/78, enclosing investigation results f…

Header of a US Government memorandum dated June 5, 1978, from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK (A) case, office of origin Seattle, file number 164-81. A redacted individual is consid…

Document classification marking indicating AIRTEL communication type. Routing header of an FBI AIRTEL memo dated 6/7/78 from SAC Seattle to SAC St. Louis regarding the NORJAK case. Body of the memo…

Document type designation as AIRTEL (inter-office FBI communication sent via airmail). Standard FBI AIRTEL header from SAC Seattle to SAC St. Louis regarding NORJAK case, dated June 7, 1978. Referen…