FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet for Civil Action 1:16-cv-01790 listing 47 deleted pages from the release. Pages were removed for reasons including: Duplicate (33 pages), Referral/Consult (…

Standard FBI Vault deletion notice indicating that the original page(s) were removed and no duplication fee applies for this placeholder page.

Standard FBI form header, mostly illegible due to poor scan quality. Page number 1 visible. An individual at the Officers Service Club in Washington, D.C. contacted the FBI Washington Field Office o…

Washington Field Office case file number reference. Page 2 of the original document. On July 15, 1980, a redacted individual supplied two newspapers known to have been purchased and read by another…

Standard FBI teletype routing header with classification checkboxes. Marked UNCLAS (unclassified) and Priority, dated 8/8/80. Teletype from SAC Washington Field to FBI Director, Latent Fingerprint S…

Standard FBI teletype header with classification checkboxes. UNCLAS is selected, dated 8/8/80. Teletype from SAC Washington Field Office to FBI Director, Latent Fingerprint Section. Requests compari…

Header banner for the FBI Latent Fingerprint Section, Identification Division. File reference block with case numbers and addressee (SAC, WFO) dated August 12, 1980. Subject line identifying the ca…

Header of the FBI Latent Fingerprint Section / Identification Division report with file numbers and date. Subject line identifying the case as the D.B. Cooper unknown subject / crime aboard aircraft…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office to Washington Field office, dated August 1978, classified UNCLAS (unclassified). FBI teletype regarding serving Rainier National Bank in Vancouver, WA…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a document with case file number 164-81. An individual in Vancouver, Washington opened a checking account on April 6, 1973 by depositing a governme…

Header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype message. A bank employee at Rainier Bank, Vancouver, Washington handled wire transfers for a redacted individual. The first transfers in…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office to Washington Field office, dated August 1978. FBI teletype documenting the service of financial privacy compliance documents to Rainier National Bank…

Standard FBI teletype routing header with classification checkboxes. Document is marked UNCLAS (unclassified), dated 3/15/80. FBI teletype from Washington Field Office (case 164-301) to SAC St. Loui…

Classification and routing header for the teletype message, with checkboxes for classification level. Specific selections are unclear. Page two of an UNCLAS teletype (WF 0015) describing a subject w…

Teletype routing header with checkboxes for classification and priority. No boxes clearly checked. Page three of an unclassified teletype (WF 0015) directing the St. Louis FBI office to check Federa…

Teletype transmission header with classification markings and date of 3/15/80. Teletype from Washington Field Office to SAC St. Louis regarding an UNSUB also known as D.B. Cooper. WFO investigation…

Standard FBI teletype transmission header with classification checkboxes. Marked UNCLAS (unclassified), dated 8/22/80. FBI Washington Field Office teletype to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Coo…

Standard FBI teletype transmission header with classification checkboxes. No boxes appear checked; date field is blank. Page two of an unclassified FBI teletype (DE WF 0024) describing a suspect bel…

Standard FBI teletype routing and classification header. Classification appears to be UNCLAS based on body text. Page three of an FBI teletype (WF 0024). Reports that a subject's fingerprints do not…

Transmission classification header with checkboxes for priority and classification level. Page four of a teletype message (WF 0024) stating that information reported by Interpol in a reference telet…

Standard FBI teletype routing and classification header. Classification marked as UNCLAS, dated 8/22/80. FBI Washington Field Office teletype to Director FBI and Seattle office regarding the NORJAK…

FBI Airtel header from SAC of WFO (Washington Field Office) to Director, FBI, dated 8/25/80, regarding UNSUB aka D. B. Cooper, Crime Aboard Aircraft, Information Concerning. WFO investigation report…

FBI Airtel memo header from SAC of Washington Field Office (WFO) to FBI Director, dated 8/25/80, regarding UNSUB aka D. B. Cooper, Crime Aboard Aircraft. WFO investigation report referencing a prior…

A redacted individual currently has long white hair. Photographs taken four months before the November 24, 1971 hijacking bear a striking resemblance to the composite drawing provided by victims aboa…

FBI internal memo header addressed to SAC at WFO field office, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the D.B. Cooper UNSUB case. A Special Agent telephoned a representative at the Department of J…

FBI memo from a Special Agent to SAC at WFO regarding a request to discontinue surveillance (fisur) of the D.B. Cooper UNSUB case subject. A Department of Justice representative requested written jus…

FBI Latent Fingerprint Section report dated August 15, 1980, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Latent prints from the National Unidentified Latent File were compared with the fingerprints and…

Header block for the FBI Latent Fingerprint Section Identification Division report. Form header fields identifying the file numbers, recipient (SAC, WFO), subject (NORJAK), and reference communicati…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header with classification markings. Classified as UNCLAS (unclassified), sent via routine priority teletype on 8/26/80. FBI Washington Field Office teletype…

FBI teletype transmission header indicating routine priority, unclassified, dated 8/26/80. FBI Washington Field Office teletype to Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References a prior WF…

Date of transcription header for the FD-302 or similar FBI interview form. FBI interview summary from August 8, 1980. A source at the Officer's Service Club in Washington, D.C. contacted the FBI reg…

Teletype routing header strip, partially illegible. Teletype header from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle and Washington Field Office regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case), classifi…

Continuation page (page two) of a teletype with case number SF 164-420. References contacting Rainier Bank to determine the address or whereabouts of a redacted individual, with instructions to send…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle and Washington Field Office, dated September 1980, priority classification. FBI teletype regarding the NORJAB (D.B. Cooper hija…

Page number and transcription date header for the FD-302 form. FD-302 narrative describing a person who flew internationally to London on August 21, 1980, attempted to enter Rotterdam but was refuse…

Page number and transcription date header for FBI FD-302 interview form. FD-302 interview summary of a telephone call received on September 8, 1980, at the Washington Field Office. A protected sourc…

Letterhead of the FBI Washington Field Office with date. Letter addressed to a redacted individual at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. Letter fro…

Letterhead of the FBI Washington Field Office with date. Opening of a letter addressed to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of Justice, confirming prior verbal transactions bet…

Handwritten annotation indicating this document should be filed under subject file. Document type designation as an Airtel communication. FBI Airtel memo from the Washington Field Office (WFO) to t…

Document type marker indicating this is an Airtel communication. FBI Airtel memo from ADM ASAC at Washington Field Office to FBI Director, dated October 10, 1980. References a Bureau routing slip fr…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, dated November 25, 1980. On August 13, 1980, bank records relating t…

Header block of an FBI interoffice memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated November 25, 1980. On August 13, 1980, bank records relating to a redacted account holder at R…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date. An individual from Vancouver, Washington called the Portland FBI Office on February 11, 1980, reporting that he had found some…

Page number and case identifier indicating this is the second page of document PD 164-41. Continuation of a report describing someone finding decomposed $20 bills. The money was badly decomposed and…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. FD-302 interview of a woman from Vancouver, WA who appeared at the Portland FBI Office. She described how on Sunday a…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription. A woman from Vancouver, Washington contacted the FBI on February 13, 1980 to provide her account of being present on February 10, 19…

Continuation (page 2) of an FD-302 or similar FBI interview report. A redacted female individual states that four additional bills were the only ransom money not previously turned in to the FBI. She…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An individual affiliated with Portland State University was interviewed at the Portland FBI office regarding the Tena Bar money…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An interview with a person in Terrebonne, Oregon who described a subject's past application for employment with an un…

Case file numbers and agent initials header. Opening line identifying the investigating Special Agent, name redacted. FBI report documenting contact with a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers representati…

FBI file reference numbers and initials for the document. Identifies the investigating Special Agent, name redacted. An FBI investigation report documenting contact with a U.S. Army Corps of Engine…

File reference numbers and agent initials for the FBI report page. Identifies the investigating Special Agent, name redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. On June 11, 1980, a contact at OSU Camp…

FBI file reference numbers and dictation initials. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation at Corvallis, Oregon. On June 11, 1980, a contact at the OSU Campus Security Office provided annual…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses original FD-302 forms (names redacted) and investigative inserts from Portland in…

Internal FBI memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, enclosing original FD-302 interview forms (names redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions) and investigative inserts from…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 12/30/80, regarding NORJAK case. FBI memo reporting that a portion of an orange and white parachute was found in the Lewis…

FBI evidence/property form documenting the recovery of an orange and white parachute remnant found in the river between Lucia Falls and Heisson Bridge on 12/08/1980. A complainant reported finding th…

Header section of Clark County Sheriff's Department Investigative Action Report form regarding found property at Lewis River between Heisson Bridge and Lucia Falls, dated around late 1980. Narrative…

FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/30/80. Sender's name is redacted. Memo reports that a Clark County Sheriff's Department report describes an…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from the San Antonio SAC to the Seattle SAC regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case, dated January 8, 1981. Body of the memo describes a foll…

FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 1/22/81. Transmit via AIRTEL is checked; no precedence or classification boxes are checked. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NOR…

Communication type marker indicating this is an airtel (inter-office FBI communication). Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle dated 1/22/81 regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Sacram…

FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with AIRTEL checked as transmit method. Dated 3/26/81. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Seattle is enclosing a photograph of a…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 3/26/81. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Seattle…

FBI memo header addressed from Legat Ottawa to Director FBI, regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle, dated 8/13/80. Body of memo references a prior RoButel dated 6/27/80. Encloses copies fo…

FBI memo from Legat Ottawa to Director FBI and Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing a prior Butel from 6/27/80. Enclosures forwarded to FBIHQ and Seattle. Matter…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Method selected is AIRTEL, dated 10/24/80. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Baltimore to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hi…

Header of an FBI inter-office memorandum from SAC San Antonio to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A confidential source reported on 7/31/80 that she knows someone at American Te…

FBI case file number header for the document. A person stationed at England Air Force Base in Alexandria, Louisiana recalled traveling from Dallas, Texas to Denver, Colorado on or about 11/24/71. A…

Case file number for San Antonio field office. Lead assigned to St. Louis field office to review USAF records at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) for a redacted individual, determining t…

Communication type marker indicating this is an AIRTEL (inter-office FBI communication). Handwritten initials or routing signature, not clearly legible. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Butte to SAC Salt L…

Document type designation as an Airtel (internal FBI communication). Date of the airtel. Airtel from SAC Salt Lake City to SAC Butte requesting expedited coverage of a lead from a prior airtel date…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating AIRTEL transmission dated February 11, 1981. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a WFO airtel dated N…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK case. Instruction to contact a redacted individual, show enclosed photographs of a redacted subject for possible identification, and report r…

FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Charlotte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case), dated February 27, 1981. Charlotte field office reports that a source identified a…

Case file reference number for the document. On 1/29/81, a PIN check for North Carolina revealed a subject residing in Belmont, N.C. with a driver's license issued 7/24/79 and two vehicles registere…

FBI transmittal form FD-36 header indicating the document is sent via Airtel, dated November 17, 1980. Routing block indicating the airtel is from the Washington Field Office SAC to the Seattle SAC…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is Airtel, dated 3/12/81. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from Portland SAC to Seattle SAC regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Little Rock to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Little Rock requests Seattle return five photographs (three color, two black and white…

Header of a standard US Government interoffice memorandum from the FBI, addressed to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated March 10, 1979. A female informant from the Yakima/Ta…

FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated March 12, 1981. References a prior San Francisco letter and encloses two photographs for Seattle,…

Case file number reference, likely Minneapolis field office file 164A-73. Continuation of an FBI suspect description form listing physical characteristics and prior arrest information. Subject is a…

FBI form header FD-350 for mounting newspaper clippings. Oregonian newspaper article by Leslie L. Zaitz reporting on geologist Leonard Palmer's conclusion that the D.B. Cooper ransom money found on…

Black-and-white photograph of a man (Leonard Palmer) examining or holding what appear to be deteriorated bills. He is wearing a collared shirt and appears to be in an indoor setting. Photo caption i…

Header block of an FBI interoffice memorandum from SC Francis E. Entler to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated 12/10/80. A woman from Yacolt, Washington called to report that her son retri…

FBI form FD-350 used to catalog a newspaper clipping from the Daily News, Longview, Va., dated 2/15/80, Final edition, page 31, classified 164-81, submitted by Seattle office. Newspaper article by J…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. Heavily redacted FD-302 interview of a female witness in Eugene, Oregon regarding a hijacking by an individual known as Dan Coo…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Method is Airtel, dated 4/24/81. Classification and precedence boxes are not checked. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Portland enclo…

FBI routing slip (Form 0-7) dated 5/8/81, directed to the Seattle SAC office regarding the D.B. Cooper $200,000 hijacking case. The action box is checked, indicating the recipient should take appropr…

FBI Records Branch name search request form (Form 4-22, Rev. 3-25-80) dated 4/28/1981. The form requests a restricted active index search with all references and exact name only. The subject's name,…

Memo header addressed to the FBI Director regarding the D.B. Cooper $200,000 hijacking case, from a person with the partial name Cecil N. J., dated April 23, 1981. The author reports that a person f…

Postmark and US postage stamp in upper right corner of envelope. Postmark date is not clearly legible. Typed mailing address on envelope directed to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigati…

FBI transmittal form header indicating Airtel transmission method, dated 7/10/81. Routing information for an airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Miami regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Suspect nam…

FBI case file number header for the document. Continuation of a report describing the hijacking of a Boeing 727. The hijacker bailed out between Seattle and Reno. Two parachutes and ransom money dis…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Leads section directing the Miami Division to conduct a background investigation on a redacted individual at Fort Lauderdale,…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmit via Airtel is checked. Date is 7/10/81. Routing information for an airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Miami regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Case clas…

FBI inter-office memorandum from SAC Seattle to SAC Little Rock regarding the NORJAK case, enclosing five photographs of a redacted individual per a prior request dated March 23, 1981. Distribution…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Little Rock regarding the NORJAK case, dated June 4, 1981. Brief memo body referencing a prior Little Rock letter dated March 23,…

FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated June 5, 1981. Sheriff Bill Closner of Skamania County reports a tip about an unnamed individual who formerly r…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK investigation. Continuation of a report describing a possible D.B. Cooper suspect: a white male, 6'0", 205 lbs, brown eyes, with prior reside…

FBI memorandum header showing routing from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated June 5, 1981, regarding the NORJAK case. Sheriff Bill Closner of Skamania County reported information from an interme…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Airtel is selected as the transmission method. Dated July 7, 1981. Airtel from SAC Washington Field Office to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case.…

Document type designation as Airtel communication. FBI Airtel memo dated 7/7/81 from SAC Washington Field Office to SAC Seattle, referencing Portland Airtel of 4/24/81. WFO reports it has exhausted…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK(A) case, dated 7/18/81. Reference to a prior Seattle memo dated 6/5/81 from a redacted Specia…

FBI case file number header. Continuation of a report (page 2) describing an unnamed individual who had a jet aircraft at Hood River, Oregon, flew to London, England, is now apparently divorced, and…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK(A) case, dated 7/18/81. Sender SA name redacted under b6/b7C. Memo body describes Sheriff Bill Closner of Skamania County coo…

FBI routing slip (FD-4 form) dated 7/31/81 directed to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper case. References a telephone call between two supervisors whose names are redacted under b6/b7C exemptions…

Letterhead of a law firm located at 33 South Fifth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402, with phone, telecopier, and TWX numbers. Attorney names are redacted. Dated July 27, 1981. Letter from a law firm at…

Date of the letter. Letter from an attorney (name redacted) to FBI ASAC Bill Baker in Portland regarding the D.B. Cooper ransom money recovery. The writer states that their client, Globe Indemnity C…

Return address and date of the letter from the FBI Seattle field office. Recipient address block directed to a redacted individual at a law office in Minneapolis, Minnesota. FBI SAC Allen P. Whitak…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK(A) case, dated 8/18/81. Sender SA name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Sheriff William Closner of Skamania County reports that Dr. J…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, subject Dr. James A. Roman (deceased). Sender name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Sheriff Closner reports that Dr. James A. R…

FBI FD-302 form revision identifier FD-302 interview summary: An Office of Special Investigations employee from the Washington Dept. of Social and Health Services describes securing Dr. James Roman'…

Page number indicator for page 2 of the document. FBI case file number reference. Continuation of a report describing discoveries in the estate of Dr. Roman, including hospital documents alleging s…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated 8/21/81. AIRTEL is checked for transmit via. FBI airtel from SAC Miami to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Reports on investigation…

FBI case file number for the Miami field office portion of the D.B. Cooper investigation. Police departments in Broward County had no record of the subject. Credit Bureau of Greater Miami showed for…

Document type designation FBI airtel header from SAC Miami to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case, referencing a prior Seattle airtel dated 7/10/81. Suspect name is redacte…

Document type designation as AIRTEL (FBI inter-office communication sent via airmail). FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. A re…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. On August 27, 1981, it was determined that a redacted individual is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran receiving VA disability payments, but his curr…

Document type designation: Airtel communication Date of the airtel Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJACK case. An informant in Lone Pine, CA reiterated information pre…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 9/3/81. Classification and precedence boxes are unchecked. Airtel from SAC Louisville to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. C…

Case file reference number header. Continuation of an FBI investigative report describing an interview with a source about a licensed pilot formerly associated with a now-missing individual. The sou…

FBI transmittal form FD-36 header. Method selected is AIRTEL. Date is 9/3/81. No precedence or classification boxes are checked. AIRTEL from SAC Louisville to FBI Director regarding the NORJAK case.…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case 164A-81, dated September 16, 1981. The sending agent's name is redacted. An informant in Skamania County, Washington was…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office). Subject has had intermittent access to money, borrowing from an insurance company in Denver and possibly banks in Monmo…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 9/16/81, referencing a prior Seattle memo dated 7/18/81. An informant interviewed on August 18, 1981, in Skamania County,…

FBI airtel transmittal form header dated 9/17/81, sent via AIRTEL with no classification or precedence boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case. References a…

FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header. Transmit method is AIRTEL, dated 9/17/81. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK (D.B.…

Teletype routing header from FBI Butte field office to Director and Seattle, dated September 23, 1981, classified UNCLAS (unclassified). Body of teletype regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Ref…

Teletype header indicating this is page two of message ST 164A-26, classification UNCLAS (unclassified). Continuation of a teletype (page two) describing a telephone conversation in which a source n…

Teletype header indicating this is page three of message LS4A-26, unclassified. Continuation of an interview (page 3 of teletype). An informant describes a suspect spotted north of Caroline, Alberta…

Teletype header indicating this is page four of message 164A-26, unclassified. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page four) discussing a person of interest residing near a property in Alberta, Canada…

Continuation (page five) of an unclassified FBI teletype, case reference 164A-26. States that unless advised by Seattle, no further investigation in this matter is being conducted by the Butte field…

Teletype routing header from FBI Butte field office to FBI Director and Seattle field office, dated September 23, 1981, classified UNCLAS (unclassified). Body of FBI teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B.…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK(A) case, dated September 19, 1981. References a previous Seattle memo regarding Dr. James A.…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK(A) case, dated September 19, 1981. Sender SA name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. References a prior Seattle memo dated 8/18/81 iden…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK(A) case, dated September 19, 1981. Sender's name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Memo regarding deceased suspect Dr. Jam…

Document type designation as AIRTEL with XX priority marking. Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Minneapolis to the Director, FBI, regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a Louisville Airtel…

Case file number header for Minneapolis field office file 164-73. States that a redacted individual is known to hold a pilot's license and be an excellent pilot, was heavily involved in unspecified…

Minneapolis field office case number for NORJAK investigation. Physical description of a suspect: Caucasian male, 5'6", 170 lbs, hazel eyes, brown hair, residing in Plymouth, Minnesota. Name, DOB, S…

Document classification marking at top of page. FBI Airtel memo from SAC Minneapolis to Director FBI regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Louisville Airtel dated 9/3/81. Encloses tw…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790. Lists 92 total deleted pages with reasons including FOIA exemptions b6 (personal privacy), b7C (law enforcement - personal p…

Continuation of a list of deleted/withheld pages from an FBI FOIA release, citing reasons for withholding including Duplicate, FOIA exemptions b6 (personal privacy), b7C (law enforcement - personal p…

Handwritten annotations, possibly a date (5/18) and a reference number or cost notation. A standard military recruiting form letter requesting background information from police files on an enlistme…

Document identifier and typist initials with page number 1. FBI Special Agent investigation report conducted in San Francisco on June 26, 1981. A contact at a San Francisco office was interviewed re…

Agent identifier initials RLS/jan with page number 2, indicating this is the second page of an FD-302 or similar FBI interview report. Continuation of an FBI interview (likely FD-302) describing an…

Page header showing dictator/typist initials RLS/jan and page number 3 of the document. An individual describes a person's behavior at a center/farm. The subject had bad dental problems and behaved…

FBI composite sketch of D.B. Cooper suspect. The drawing depicts a middle-aged white male with a receding hairline, dark hair combed back, wearing large tinted or dark-framed sunglasses, a suit jacke…

Article title and byline for an FBI Special Agent's article about the D.B. Cooper hijacking legend. Article text describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on Thanksgiving…

Background on D.B. Cooper case: origin of the name, drop zone location near Portland and Mt. St. Helens, jurisdictional details between Seattle and Portland FBI offices, and the 1980 discovery of ran…

Document header with redacted agent identifier and dictation initials RLS/jan, page number 1. An SA conducted an investigation in San Francisco. On June 26, 1981, a protected source at a San Francis…

FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle, dated 9/25/81, regarding NORJAK case. San Francisco office submits a possible D.B. Cooper suspect whose photograph strongly…

FBI case file number and initials of the reporting agent/typist. FBI San Francisco field office report (page 2) describing a 1981 inquiry initiated by U.S. Senator Allen Cranston on behalf of parent…

FBI case file number and dictation initials for the San Francisco field office file on the D.B. Cooper case. Comparison of a photograph furnished by a suspect's parents with employee file photograph…

FBI file number and typist initials header FBI report comparing an unnamed subject to D.B. Cooper. Notes Cooper's statements to stewardesses about having a grudge, the subject's conservative dress s…

FBI case file number and dictation initials header for the San Francisco field office, case 164-220. Continuation page of an FBI investigative report listing a subject's military service details, pe…

FBI San Francisco field office file number and dictator/typist initials. San Francisco office defers to Seattle's Case Agent regarding a redacted individual being considered as a possible suspect. T…

Document type designation as AIRTEL (FBI internal priority communication). FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Oklahoma City regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. Reports that dur…

FBI Las Vegas field office file number for this report page. A redacted individual reported that someone bragged about the hijacking to his son while living across the street. A witness employed at…

Document type header indicating this is an AIRTEL communication. Routing block of an FBI AIRTEL memo dated October 1, 1981, from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Oklahoma City regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper)…

FBI Routing Slip (Form 0-7, Rev. 3-6-81) directing correspondence to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. The Seattle checkbox is marked, and the 'Retention for appropriate action' option is checked. D…

FBI memorandum from Legal Attache in Ottawa to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), Office of Origin Seattle. References a Butel dated 9/23/81. States dissemination was made as outlined…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Method selected is AIRTEL, dated 10/8/81. Routing block for an AIRTEL from Miami field office to Seattle field office regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case)…

FBI case file number for the Miami field office NORJAK investigation. Continuation of a prior page describing a subject who explained a photograph accompanying a letter was from his sister's wedding…

Document transmission type marker indicating AIRTEL communication. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Miami to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) investigation. On 9/24/81, a self-employ…

FBI Department of Justice seal/logo FBI letterhead with file number 164A-81 dated October 8, 1981, regarding NORJAK case Summary of the D.B. Cooper hijacking on November 24, 1971. A man boarded NW…

Case header identifying this as the NORJAK hijacking case. Physical description of the D.B. Cooper hijacker including race, sex, age, height, weight, complexion, hair, eyes, voice, characteristics,…

Case header identifying this as a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) document. Heavily redacted FBI report about a lead in the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case. An informant advises that a suspect who parachuted…

Case header identifying the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking investigation. Discussion of a property sale related to a subject of interest; the subject is expected to remain in the same general area e…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 10/8/81. No precedence or classification boxes are checked. Airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Coo…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 10/8/81. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper…

FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, dated October 21, 1981. Denver office requests Seattle to send flyers with the artist's sk…

FBI memo from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle dated 10/21/81 requesting that Seattle forward flyers containing the artist's conception of the D.B. Cooper hijacking suspect to Denver. Distribution and typi…

Header of an FBI interoffice memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, from a redacted Special Agent, with a redacted suspect name. The memo references a prior San Francisco letter…

FBI inter-office memorandum from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case. Seattle is sending four sets of color and black/white photos of the unknown subject (UNSU…

FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Denver regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case, dated November 6, 1981. Seattle office is sending Denver four sets of color and b…

FBI teletype from Chicago office to Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A redacted individual voluntarily appeared at the Chicago FBI office on or around November 1981 and stated that w…

FBI teletype from Chicago field office to Seattle, dated November 1981. An individual (name redacted) voluntarily appeared at the Chicago FBI office on November 10, 1981, and reported that while inca…

Header line indicating this is page two of a teletype or cable with case number CG 164-748, classified UNCLAS (unclassified). Continuation of a report describing an informant or witness who knew of…

Continuation header for page three of an unclassified teletype, Chicago field office case number 164-748. Continuation of a teletype describing two individuals. The first is a well-educated white ma…

Teletype routing header from FBI Director to all field offices, marked immediate with personal attention. FBI teletype notifying all field offices that Universal Pictures will release a motion pictu…

FBI teletype from Director FBI to all field offices regarding Universal Pictures' upcoming release of the film "The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper" on November 13, 1981, and their advertising promotion offe…

Header indicating this is page two of an unclassified FBI HQ teletype, message number 0185. Continuation of FBI teletype regarding Universal Pictures' reward offer related to D.B. Cooper. Universal…

FBI inter-office memorandum header addressed from SC Linda Ann Lewis to SAC Seattle, dated 11/9/81, regarding NORJAK case. Memo reports that on 10/7/81 a contact at the Department of Licensing in Ol…

FBI internal memorandum from SC Linda Ann Lewis to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that on 10/7/81 a contact at the Department of Licensing in Olympia, Washington, advise…

Header block of an FBI internal memorandum from SC Linda Ann Lewis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK(A), dated 11/9/81. The memo reports that on 10/7/81 a contact at the Department of Licensing in Oly…

FBI inter-office memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK(A) case, dated November 18, 1981. Investigation into suspect Dr. James A. Roman (deceased) in NORJAK case. An Office of S…

FBI inter-office memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK(A) case, dated November 18, 1981. Report on investigation of suspect Dr. James A. Roman (…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK(A) case, dated 11/18/81. Sender name redacted under b6/b7C. Investigative updates on suspect Dr. James A. Roman (deceased) as a D.B. C…

FBI form FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings, indicating this article appeared on page 12 of The Columbian, Vancouver, Washington, dated November 15, 1981, classified under NORJAK case 164A-…

Newspaper article profiling FBI agent Ralph Himmelsbach's investigation of the D.B. Cooper skyjacking case. Covers the origin of the 'D.B.' name (a mistaken AP report), Himmelsbach's theory that Coop…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is Airtel. Date is 11/18/81. Routing block for FBI airtel from San Francisco SAC to Seattle SAC regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (UNSUB…

FBI case file number and dictation/typist codes. Source requests confidentiality from his wife regarding his exposure of someone, fearing consequences. Source states the subject previously worked a…

FBI airtel transmittal form header dated 11/18/81, sent via Airtel with no classification or precedence checked. Routing information for an FBI airtel from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding…

Top portion of the page contains a case number (164-81-8601), a serialization stamp dated September 30, 1981, handwritten notations including 'New Subj' and 'OVA', and redacted boxes. FOIA exemption…

A typed letter purportedly from D.B. Cooper, written approximately ten years after the 1971 hijacking of Flight 305. The author offers to surrender and return the money under specific conditions: qua…

Scanned image of a mailed envelope addressed to FBI Director William Webster at the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D.C. The word 'URGENT' is underlined in the lower-left corner. A Phi…

A letter purportedly from D.B. Cooper, written approximately ten years after the 1971 hijacking of Flight 305. The author proposes to surrender under specific conditions: qualifying for a reward, a j…

A USPS Express Mail label (Label 118, printed June 1979) with tracking number B 48672409. The FROM and TO address fields have been redacted (blacked out). Origin postal details are mostly illegible.…

Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Philadelphia to Director FBI, with case designation MODJACE, office of origin Seattle, dated 11/24/81. Narrative summary of the D.B. Cooper hijacking on 1…

Redacted sender information block at top left of letter. Redacted recipient/destination address block at top center of letter. A letter dated November 13, 1981, addressed to the FBI regarding D.B.…

Headline and column title for a newspaper opinion/feature piece about D.B. Cooper. Opinion column by Ken Lizotte speculating that D.B. Cooper may have lived in Cambridge, MA near Central Square in 1…

Article by Ken Lizotte exploring evidence that D.B. Cooper may have surfaced in Cambridge, MA in the late 1970s, including alleged correspondence between a D.B. Cooper and former Federal Reserve Chai…

Return address block on envelope, fully redacted with white rectangles per FOIA exemptions b6/b7C. US postage stamp and circular postmark on the envelope. The postmark reads partially with 'PM' and…

Redacted sender address and return address blocks at top of letter. A citizen letter dated 11-13-81 addressed to the FBI, offering enclosed information about D.B. Cooper's movements, prompted by the…

FBI AIRTEL memo dated 11/27/81 from the Director, FBI to SACs in Boston and Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Forwards a letter dated 11/13/81 from a redacted individual in Gloucester, Massachusetts…

Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo dated 11/27/81, addressed to the Director of the FBI and SACs in Boston and Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case with Seattle as the office of origin. The memo forwa…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with classification and transmit options. Dated 11/25/81. AIRTEL transmit method appears checked. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding…

Document type designation indicating an airtel communication between FBI field offices. Header block of an FBI airtel memo dated 11/25/81 from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case (…

FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Milwaukee to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. A caller in Milwaukee telephonically reported to the FBI Milwaukee Office tha…

FBI routing header from Milwaukee field office to Seattle SAC, dated December 2, 1981, regarding the NORJACK hijacking case. A caller from Wisconsin telephonically contacted the Milwaukee FBI office…

FBI form identifier and revision date United States Department of Justice seal/logo FBI memorandum from the Legal Attache in Ottawa to the Director of FBI regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijackin…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL. Date is 12/7/81. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Chicago regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Co…

FBI transmittal form header (FD-36) with AIRTEL checked as transmit method. Dated 12/7/81. Classification and precedence boxes unchecked. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Chicago regarding the NORJAK…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 8, 1981. A caller from Puyallup, WA contacted the Tacoma Resident Ag…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 8, 1981. A caller from Puyallup, WA contacted the Tacoma Resident Age…

MCA/Universal City Studios corporate letterhead with address and phone number. Letter from MCA/Universal City Studios to the FBI forwarding an undated letter received from someone claiming to be 'd.…

A letter purportedly written by D.B. Cooper, dated approximately ten years after the 1971 hijacking of Flight 305. The author proposes to surrender under specific conditions: qualifying for the milli…

Circular postmark partially legible, appears to read a city ending in -ELPHIA with year 1981. Adjacent is a US Domestic Mail postage stamp depicting an eagle. Handwritten address on envelope directe…

Printed return address of Universal City Studios on the envelope. Handwritten number '4042' written large across the center of the envelope, likely an internal routing or tracking number. Circular…

Document type designation indicating an air telegram communication. Date of the airtel. Routing header showing the memo is addressed to the Director of FBI and SACs in Philadelphia and Seattle, reg…

Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo dated 12/7/81 addressed to the Director of the FBI and SACs in Philadelphia and Seattle, regarding NORJAK case with Seattle as office of origin. FBI AIRTEL describ…

Date of letter. A citizen writes to the FBI Director describing a dream in which they learned the real name of D.B. Cooper. The writer asks the FBI to check whether the name from the dream could be…

Return address on envelope. Name/street redacted with black boxes; city and state visible as Otisco, Indiana. Postal cancellation mark showing partial city name (Louisville) and date, plus a US post…

FBI form number and revision date. Airtel memo header from Director FBI to SACs in Seattle and Indianapolis regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/7/81. Memo body forwarding an original envelope and lette…

Document type header indicating this is an AIRTEL communication. FBI AIRTEL memo dated 12/7/81 from SACs in Seattle and Indianapolis to the Director, FBI, regarding NORJAK case. Encloses an original…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 12/4/81. No classification, precedence, or other transmit options checked. Airtel from SAC Tampa to SAC Seattle regarding the…

Case file number for the Tampa FBI field office, file 164-417. A search of FBI Tampa field office indices for a redacted individual's name returned no results. FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal pri…

Document type marking indicating this is an AIRTEL communication. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Tampa to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case. On 11/27/81, a witness in Winter Park, Florida reported seeing…

Header block of an FBI memo dated 12/9/81 from SAC Philadelphia to Director FBI, regarding NORJACK case with office of origin Seattle. Philadelphia Division reports that a note from the alleged D. B…

Header block of an FBI memo dated 12/9/81 from the Director, FBI to SAC Philadelphia regarding the NORJACK case with office of origin Seattle. The Philadelphia Division received a note allegedly fro…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case, dated 12/11/81. A Seattle Times contact advised the FBI on 12/11/81 that an individ…

Return address of the letter sender in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, dated November 22, 1981. Sender name and street address redacted under b6/b7C. Addressee block identifying Roger S. Young, Assistan…

Date of the letter. Redacted recipient name and address in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Redactions marked b6/b7C (personal privacy). FBI reply letter to a Canadian citizen directing them to contact…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 12/7/81. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Routing block of the airtel. From Dallas SAC to Seattle SAC regarding…

Document type indicator marking this as an AIRTEL communication. Routing header for an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, dated December 7, 1981…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is Airtel. Date is December 8, 1981. No classification or precedence boxes are checked. Airtel from SAC El Paso to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK…

Document type designation as Airtel (internal FBI communication). Date of the airtel memorandum. Routing header of FBI airtel from El Paso SAC to Seattle SAC regarding NORJAK case. A protected sou…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is Airtel, dated 12/11/81. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Coop…

Document type identifier marking this as an Airtel communication. FBI Airtel header from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated 12/11/81. A confidential informant…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission via AIRTEL selected. Date is 12/15/81. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC San Diego regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a copy of a letter from a redacted ind…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date. An individual staying at the Hale Koa Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii telephonically contacted the FBI regarding D. B. Cooper. He rep…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date of transcription 12/3/81. An individual staying at the Hale Koa Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii telephonically contacted the FBI to report a person he b…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is Airtel, dated 12/9/81. No classification or precedence boxes checked. Airtel from Honolulu FBI field office to Seattle SAC regarding case MO…

FBI case file number for the Honolulu field office. Leads section assigning tasks to two FBI divisions: Seattle Division to investigate a redacted individual as a possible subject, and Honolulu Divi…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Charlotte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated December 15, 1981. A source in Raleigh, NC (identity protected by request) re…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJACK case, dated 12/18/81. An attorney in Everett, WA contacted the FBI on 12/10/81 stating his c…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. A witness recounts being told by an SA that a suspect was unlikely to be D.B. Cooper due to height (6'2½" to 6'3"). The witness ac…

Date header of the letter. A citizen letter to the FBI alleging that a retired United States Coast Guard member is D.B. Cooper. The writer claims to have worked for the suspect's company in Everett,…

A witness statement describing a person believed by the witness to be D.B. Cooper. The witness describes interactions with an unnamed individual (redacted) who exhibited suspicious behaviors: disguis…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJACK case. An attorney in Everett, WA contacted the FBI on 12/10/81 stating he has a client w…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is Airtel, dated 12/11/81. No precedence or classification boxes are checked. Airtel from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Seattle regarding t…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is Airtel, dated 12/11/81. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.…

FBI inter-office memorandum header from Los Angeles field office to Seattle field office regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case), dated December 14, 1981. A female caller from Covina, Califor…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. A witness describes a subject who appeared to live beyond his means while in Covina, CA, mentioning property ownership, a new purchase before m…

FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). A woman from Covina, California called the FBI on 11/17/81 inquiring about a re…

FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case, dated 12/23/81. A witness from Seward, Alaska reported that in September or O…

FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle, dated 12/23/81, regarding the NORJACK/CAA-HIJACKING case. An informant from Seward, Alaska reported that in September or October 1977,…

A letter dated December 2, 1981 from a resident of Shell Rock, Iowa to the FBI regarding the D.B. Cooper case. The writer encloses a newspaper article from the November 29, 1981 Waterloo Courier and…

Standard FBI FD-350 newspaper clipping cover form indicating the source is the Waterloo Courier, Waterloo, IA, dated 11/29/81. AP wire story from Seattle datelined 11/29/81, marking the 10th anniver…

Newspaper feature article recounting the D.B. Cooper skyjacking case. Describes the 1971 hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Cooper's demands for $200,000 and parachutes, his jump into a stor…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 12/31/81. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Omaha to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK/CAA-HIJACK…

Document type indicator marked as AIRTEL Airtel memo from SAC Omaha to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case. References a Director teletype from 11/19/81 and encloses a cop…

FBI inter-office memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case. Memo directs Tacoma-based agent to conduct a background…

Header of an FBI interoffice memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case, dated January 8, 1982. The memo attaches a copy of a San Fran…

FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case, dated January 8, 1982. Sender name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Memo body directing…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission via AIRTEL, dated 1/5/82. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Routing block: From SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case, off…

FBI case file number for the Sacramento field office D.B. Cooper investigation. A redacted source reports that during the hijacking period, Cooper disappeared from a friend's home in California for…

Case file number header for the Sacramento field office, file 164-50. A redacted source provides a physical description of Melvin Cooper: white male, 5'8" to 5'9", stocky build, piercing dark brown…

Letterhead of an attorney at law based in Schenectady, NY. Name and phone number redacted. Letter from a Schenectady attorney to an FBI office in San Francisco, dated December 30, 1981. The letter h…

Top header line of form with redacted name and class designation Photograph of a person, likely the subject of the tip. Details redacted under b6/b7C. Handwritten annotation pointing out the simila…

Handwritten notes describing an individual who was an avid parachutist and survivalist. He received a medical discharge but remained in military reserves. Employed by Texas Instruments in 1964, he re…

Numbered summary of the D.B. Cooper hijacking: occurred 11-22-71 at gunpoint in Seattle, Cooper received $200,000 in unmarked $20 bills from Northwest Airlines, money strapped to his waist, parachute…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, no precedence or classification checked. Date is 1/7/82. Airtel memo from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle SAC regarding NO…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 1/7/82. No classification, precedence, or other transmit options are checked. Airtel memo from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattl…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJACK case, referencing a prior Seattle memo dated December 18, 1981. Body of memo describes a…

FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJACK case, dated 12/18/81. On 12/10/81, an attorney in Everett, WA contacted the FBI Resident…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case, dated January 11, 1982. Sender SA name is redacted. Memo body references a prior Seattle memo dated December 18, 1981.…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJACK case, dated January 11, 1982. Memo body references a December 18, 1981 Seattle memo and a De…

FBI transmittal form header (FD-36) dated 1/19/82, sent via Airtel. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Honolulu regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle is retur…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is Airtel. Date is 1/19/82. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Honolulu regarding the NORJAK (D.B. C…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is Airtel, dated 1/19/82. No precedence or classification boxes are checked. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento regarding NORJAK suspect…

FBI transmittal form FD-36 header indicating an Airtel communication dated January 19, 1982, with no precedence or classification checked. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento regarding NORJAK…

FBI interoffice memorandum header from Milwaukee field office to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A woman from Madison, Wisconsin, called the FBI after seeing a composite drawin…

Header block identifying the memo as sent from SAC Seattle to SAC Milwaukee, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A woman from Madison, Wisconsin contacted the FBI after seeing composite drawin…

FBI FD-36 airtel form header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/21/81, referencing a Bureau teletype of 11/10/81. A tipster from Coquille, Oregon contacted the Portland…

FBI Portland field office case number reference. Continuation of an FBI report from the Portland office regarding the D.B. Cooper case. States that no further description was furnished for a redacte…

Document type marker indicating this is an Airtel (internal FBI communication). FBI Airtel header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), referencing a Bureau teletype…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 1/15/82. No classification or precedence boxes checked. Memo routing from SAC San Francisco (file 164-220) to SAC Seattle rega…

FBI San Francisco field office file number and agent/typist initials. Continuation of a report noting that a subject was dismissed with no disposition on the booking sheet. No additional information…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 1/15/82. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK (D.B. C…

Document type indicator — Airtel (internal FBI rapid communication). Date of the airtel. Routing header of the airtel from SAC Chicago to SAC Springfield regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, cl…

Chicago field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. Seattle FBI requested physical and background data on a subject through the Illinois State Prison System. On 12/31/81, St…

FBI memorandum header identifying the document as addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK(A) case, dated 1/23/82. The sending agent's name is redacted under b6/b7C. Follow-up on suspect Dr. James…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK(A) case, dated 1/23/82, from a redacted Special Agent. Follow-up on suspect Dr. James A. Roman (deceased). A redacted contact at the O…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK(A) case, dated 1/23/82. The sender SA name is redacted under b6/b7C. Follow-up on suspect Dr. James A. Roman (deceased) in the NORJAK…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 1/27/82. Classification and precedence boxes are unchecked. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case,…

FBI case file number for the document. Seattle FBI office requested Sacramento to investigate whether Melvin Cooper could be the D.B. Cooper suspect. Lead assigned to Los Angeles field office to id…

FBI transmittal form FD-36 header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 1/27/82. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case, susp…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164A-81, dated February 3, 1982, from a redacted Special Agent, subject NORJAK. An individual from the parachute club at Kapowsin Field,…

FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case 164A-81, dated February 3, 1982. An individual in Kapowsin, Washington, a member of t…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case, referencing a prior memo from January 8, 1982. A contact at KTNT Radio Station in Tacoma, W…

FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case, referencing a prior memo from January 8, 1982. A representative of KTNT Radio Station in T…

FBI form FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings, indicating this clipping is from Pg. B3 of The Daily News, Longview, Wash., dated 2/10/82, classified SE164A-81, submitted by the Seattle office…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is Airtel, dated 2/11/82. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK investiga…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Lead assignment directing the Los Angeles FBI field office to contact personnel at the General Aviation District Office at…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an Airtel communication dated 2/11/82 with no classification marked. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK investigation of suspec…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 2/22/82. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC San Diego to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Enclos…

FBI San Diego field office file number for NORJAK case. The enclosed driver's license photo of the suspect does not resemble the D.B. Cooper composite sketch. On 1/25/82 a redacted individual in Ca…

Document type header indicating this is an AIRTEL communication. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC San Diego to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Reports results of records checks on…

Document type marking indicating this is an Airtel communication. FBI Airtel memo from SAC Atlanta to SAC Portland regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. A voluntary informant appeared…

Case file reference number for the Atlanta field office. Redacted passage describing the acquaintance between two individuals and something about an aircraft. Heavily redacted under b6/b7C/b7D exemp…

FBI file number and dictation/typist codes for the report page. An individual from Douglas, Alaska (identity protected) appeared at the FBI Juneau Resident Agency and provided a list of names and ad…

Continuation page (page 2) of a document under case number AN 164A-227, listing persons numbered 6 through 9 with their names redacted and their locations in Washington and Oregon. FOIA exemption co…

FBI routing slip (FD-4 form) dated 3/4/82, directed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case, with file numbers SE 164-81 and AN 164-227, office of origin Seattle. Checklist of routing actions; no boxe…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with revision date. Title block of the FD-302 interview form with transcription date. A female witness from Douglas, Alaska voluntarily appeared at the FBI Juneau Re…

FBI case file number and page number header. Descriptive profile of a male suspect: medium build, 5'6 to 7" tall, light brown and graying hair (previously dyed dark brown or black), wears glasses an…

Case file number and page number for this continuation page of an FBI report. Heavily redacted passage describing a female witness's statements to an interviewing agent. She describes impressions an…

Case file number and page number for the report continuation. A female subject was interviewed. She could not recommend anyone else to contact. She provided something (likely documents or materials)…

FBI case number AN 164A-227, page 5 of document Continuation of a numbered list (items 3–6) of individuals located in Vancouver, Washington, with their names, telephone numbers, and recall statement…

FBI AIRTEL memo dated 3/2/82 from a Legal Attaché (LEGAT) office (name redacted) to the Director of the FBI regarding a fugitive connected to the Sturgeon Lake State Bank in Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota,…

FBI routing slip form (0-7, Rev. 3-6-81) with Minneapolis and Seattle SAC offices checked as recipients. Dated 3-12-82. The RE (regarding) field is blank. Lists all FBI SAC field offices and LEGAT (L…

Classification marking indicating the document is an AIRTEL (a type of FBI communication). FBI AIRTEL memo dated 3/2/82 from a Legal Attaché (LEGAT) office to the Director of FBI regarding a fugitiv…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission via Airtel, dated 3/4/82. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel addressed from SAC Boston to Director FBI regarding NORJAK (D…

FBI case file number for the Boston field office portion of the D.B. Cooper investigation. An individual (name redacted) reported that a person known only by last name unknown (LNU), residing at a r…

FBI transmittal form header (FD-36) indicating an AIRTEL communication dated 3/8/82. No classification or precedence boxes are checked. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK c…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL. Date is 3/8/82. Classification and precedence boxes are unchecked. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. FD-302 interview of a redacted individual in Carlyle, Illinois. Subject is a former U.S. Air Force member stationed at England…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date. FD-302 interview of a redacted individual in Carlyle, Illinois. Subject was a U.S. Air Force member stationed at England Air Fo…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. FD-302 interview of a redacted individual in Carlyle, Illinois. The subject was a U.S. Air Force member stationed at England Ai…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from Springfield field office to Seattle field office regarding NORJACK case. Springfield Division received an anonymous tip that an individual in Carlyle…

FBI inter-office memo header addressed from Springfield to Seattle, dated 3/12/82, regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Springfield Division reports that an anonymous tip identified a per…

FBI airtel transmittal form header dated 2/26/82, sent via Airtel with no classification or precedence checked. FBI airtel from SAC Springfield to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking…

Case file number for the FBI investigation document. Background information on a redacted individual including family members (three brothers, one sister, one son), military service in Illinois Nati…

Header block of an FBI Airtel memo from SAC Springfield to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case, referencing a prior Chicago airtel dated 1/18/82. Body of the airtel reporti…

Routing designation indicating the communication was sent by airtel. FBI airtel memo header with TO/FROM fields, both heavily redacted. References a fugitive connected to a bank in Sturgeon Lake, Mi…

FBI Routing Slip (Form 0-7, Rev. 3-6-81) dated 3/19/82 regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), originating office Seattle. The Seattle SAC checkbox is circled. Marked as 'For information'…

FBI AIRTEL (internal communication) dated 3/12/82, from a LEGAT office to the Director of the FBI, regarding a fugitive connected to the Sturgeon Lake State Bank in Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota on 11/22/…

A Transit Collection Letter from The First National Bank of Denver dated March 3, 1982, addressed to Houston National Bank. The letter concerns a $900.00 money order drawn on American Express Co in E…

FBI DN-9 memorandum header from SAC Denver to SAC Houston dated 3/22/82 regarding an UNSUB (unknown subject). Sender and subject details partially redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. AMEXCO theft of m…

FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 3/24/82. Denver FBI office forwards AMEXCO money order documentation to Seattle. On 12/8/81, someone at…

FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case), dated 3/24/82. Denver FBI office forwards information about fraudulent AMEXCO (Americ…

FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 3/26/82. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJAK…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL. Date is 3/26/82. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento regarding NORJAK case. Instructs Sacramento Division to cease investigati…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL. Date is 3/26/82. No classification or precedence boxes are checked. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. R…

FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 3/26/82. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case.…

FBI internal memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Los Angeles airtel dated September 17, 1981, and an interview conduct…

FBI inter-office memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 3/26/82. The sender (Special Agent) name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Memo body referencing a previou…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is Airtel, dated 11/5/81. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Detroit to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case 164-41.…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is Airtel, dated 11/5/81. No classification or precedence boxes checked. FBI airtel from SAC Detroit to SAC Portland regarding the NOR…

FBI teletype routing header from Detroit field office to Director, Washington Field, and Portland, dated November 13, 1981. Case classification RUC (Result of Unsolicited Communication), priority C-4…

Page two of an FBI teletype (DE 164-115) documenting a female informant's tip about a suspect resembling D.B. Cooper. The informant, who works in Michigan, reported that a former coworker fits the co…

Continuation of a teletype (page 3) regarding a couple who provided information. The husband believes a person (redacted) is currently assigned to the Washington, D.C. area with the Federal Aviation…

Time stamp on teletype message Teletype routing header from FBI Detroit field office to Director, Washington Field, and Portland, classified EFTO, case NORJAV with Portland as office of origin. A w…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL (underlined), dated 12/23/81. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding N…

Document type designation as AIRTEL (priority internal FBI communication). Date of the airtel. Standard FBI airtel header showing routing from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Method selected is AIRTEL. Date is 3/30/82. No precedence or classification boxes are checked. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Springfield regarding the NORJAK (D.B…

FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 3/30/82. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Springfield regarding the NORJAK…

FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case, dated 3/26/82. Sacramento FBI office reports that a U.S. Forest Service official in Bakersfield, CA foun…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case, suspect Melvin Cooper, referencing a prior Sacramento airtel dated 1/27/82. A U.S. Forest Serv…

Standard FBI memorandum header routing the document to SAC Seattle, dated 3/28/82, regarding NORJAK case 164A-81. Series of contacts between FBI and a redacted individual at the Office of Special In…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 3/28/82. Sender SA name redacted under b6/b7C. Series of contacts between FBI and Office of Special Investigations (Dept.…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 3/28/82. The sending Special Agent's name is redacted. Report on attempts to locate a photograph of deceased suspect D…

Letterhead of a law office in Ceres, California, dated March 30, 1982. Attorney name, phone number, and area code are redacted (b6/b7C). Letter from an attorney in Ceres, CA to the FBI Director rega…

Letter from FBI Assistant Director Charles P. Monroe responding to a March 30th letter from an attorney in Ceres, California. Monroe acknowledges receipt and states appropriate contacts are being mad…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmit via Airtel, dated 4/26/82. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Memo from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. On 4/20/82, an Assi…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with Airtel checked (inferred from context). Date is 4/26/82. No classification boxes appear checked; UNCLAS is likely selected. Airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Dire…

FBI FD-350 form header used for mounting newspaper clippings. This clipping is from page 14 of The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash., dated 5/13/82. Classification SE L64A-31, submitted by Seattle office.…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated May 14, 1982. A reporter or contact from The Columbian newspape…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated May 14, 1982. Sender name is redacted. A reporter from The Columbian newspaper in Vancouver, WA reported that bones, a red…

Date of the letter. Recipient address block with name and details redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. FBI follow-up letter responding to an attorney's inquiry about the D.B. Cooper ransom money. Stat…

FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case 164A-81, dated 5/25/82. Sender name redacted under b6/b7C. Memo details the investigation of suspect Dr. James A. Pom…

FBI file number, dictator/typist initials, and page number for the report. An individual (marked Protect) from Douglas, Alaska appeared at the FBI Juneau Resident Agency and provided a list of names…

FBI file number and dictation/typist codes for the document. An individual identified only as being from Douglas, Alaska appeared at the FBI Juneau Resident Agency and provided a list of names and a…

FD-302 interview report dated 2/2/82 documenting a voluntary appearance by a female witness (name redacted) at the Juneau, Alaska FBI Resident Agency. The witness stated she wished to provide informa…

FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A female witness voluntarily appeared at the FBI Juneau Resident Agency to provide information about a male individual she knew who ofte…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 2/5/82. No classification, precedence, or other transmit options are checked. Airtel memo from SAC Anchorage to Director FBI (…

FBI case file number for the document. An unidentified female informant contacts authorities about information related to the Norjack (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. She expresses uncertainty about th…

FBI case file number for the Anchorage field office NORJAK case. Description of a redacted suspect or person of interest: white male, medium build, 5'6 to 7" tall, light brown and graying hair (prev…

FBI case file number for the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Instructions to check serial numbers against Norjack (D.B. Cooper) ransom proceeds and other crimes, compare known fingerprints of a…

FBI transmittal form header (D-36) indicating the communication is sent via AIRTEL, dated February 5, 1982. No precedence or classification boxes are checked. AIRTEL memo from SAC Anchorage to Direc…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memorandum from Portland SAC to Seattle SAC regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case, dated May 28, 1982. References prior communications from Anchorage…

FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. References prior communications from Anchorage and Atlanta field offices regar…

FBI AIRTEL dated 6/16/82 from a Legal Attaché (LEGAT) office to the Director, FBI regarding a fugitive connected to the Sturgeon Lake State Bank in Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota (incident dated 11/23/74).…