FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet listing 17 pages removed from Part 56 of the D.B. Cooper file under Civil Action 1:16-cv-01790-02. Deletions are due to Referral/Consult, FOIA exemptions b6…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Los Angeles (file 164-492) from an unidentified Special Agent, dated January 7, 1972. Subject is the UNSUB hijacking of Northwes…

Header of an FBI airtel (internal message) sent via air mail from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a prior Los Angeles airtel dated 1/6/72. Body of the airtel en…

FBI NITEL (night teletype) from Sacramento field office to Los Angeles and Seattle regarding NORJACK case. References a Louisville nitel dated January 3, 1972. A female source provided descriptive in…

Case number and page continuation header for the teletype. Continuation of a teletype directing the Los Angeles FBI field office to interview a redacted individual in California whose description ma…

Standard US Government Memorandum header from SA (Special Agent) redacted, to SAC Los Angeles, dated 1/7/72, subject NORJAK. FBI Special Agents investigated an anonymous tip to LASO's Malibu Substat…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number An interview subject states they did not know WAINWRIGHT's whereabouts during the time of the Norjak case. On 1/1/72, the subject left home around 1:00 p.m.,…

FBI Los Angeles field office return address and date. Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge Wesley G. Grapp to a redacted individual at Bank of America, Apple Valley Branch, enclosing a copy of a…

Bank of America Apple Valley Branch letterhead with date. Letter from Bank of America Apple Valley Branch to the FBI Los Angeles field office reporting receipt of two empty envelopes over two weeks,…

FBI teletype from Minneapolis field office to Director and multiple field offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that suspect photos were shown to Northwest Airlines personnel on Ja…

Case file number and page continuation marker. A redacted suspect name or description was furnished to the FBI Minneapolis Division by Northwest Airlines in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The name/identifi…

Final page (page three) of a teletype message from the FBI Los Angeles office, case number MP 164-73. Most of the substantive content is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. The message concludes with a…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated January 10, 1972, sent via teletype, urgent priority, NITEL. Routing information: message from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the…

Page two of a teletype from the Los Angeles FBI field office (file m64-497) directing the Seattle field office to conduct an investigation at a hospital in Tacoma, Washington, to locate a redacted su…

Airtel memo from SAC Los Angeles to FBI Director requesting 100 additional copies of the list of ransom bills paid to the hijacker in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Subject is considered armed and da…

Teletype routing header from FBI Director to Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, and Seattle field offices, sent at 10:45 PM on January 11, 1972. FBI Director teletype regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) cas…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, Los Angeles, and Oklahoma City offices, sent January 11, 1972. Seattle office reports on NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Two previously…

Header of FBI Airtel memo from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/21/71. Suspect name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. San Francisco field office reports that a suspec…

Header of an FBI NITEL (night teletype) from Portland field office to Seattle, dated January 12, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Portland office reports that on January 10, 1972, photographs of sus…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Edward A. Romanoff to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK hijacking/extortion case. SA Romanoff investigated multiple individuals in the Los Angeles…

Standard FBI airtel transmission header dated January 13, 1972, sent via airtel with airmail priority. Routing information for an FBI airtel from the Los Angeles SAC to the Salt Lake City SAC regard…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Edward A. Romanoff to SAC Los Angeles, dated 1/13/72, regarding NORJAK hijacking/extortion case. SA Romanoff contacted a redacted individual at Pacif…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo routing information. From Special Agent Edward A. Romanoff to SAC Los Angeles, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) extortion/hijacking case, office of…

Left column text, heavily truncated/cut off at the left margin. Appears to be a continuation of a review or entertainment article. Entertainment review of musical performances including Cochran's C.…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Los Angeles, dated January 18, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. References a prior memo dated 1/7/72 identifying actor James Wainwright as a…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36) dated January 18, 1972, sent via TELETYPE/AIRMAIL with NITEL priority. Routing block showing the teletype is from the SAC of Los Angeles (case 1…

FBI case number and page indicator for this continuation page. Continuation of an FBI report on a D.B. Cooper suspect. A $20,000 insurance payout was made; the suspect has used various aliases inclu…

Case number and page continuation header for FBI teletype. FBI teletype instructions directing the St. Louis field office to review USAF records and contact a redacted individual to obtain identific…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from Washington Field office to Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle field offices on January 21, 1972. FBI teletype referencing a NORJAK…

Page continuation header indicating this is page two of a multi-page teletype. Description of a subject who claimed to be from Illinois, a former employee of Northwest Airlines, who lived on the Wes…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype assigning leads to the Los Angeles and San Francisco field offices. The document instructs agents to contact redacted entities at regional offices to determine…

Teletype routing header indicating message sent from Minneapolis field office to multiple FBI field offices including Seattle, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Portland, and Washington Field. Case numb…

Page header with page number and reference number MP 164-73. Redacted sentence beginning with 'FROM' and continuing with 'HE WAS', with both the source and the remainder redacted under b6/b7C/b7D ex…

Continuation header indicating page three of a multi-page teletype under Minneapolis file number 164-73. A Northwest Airlines employee in Minneapolis reported seeing a subject approximately twelve t…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, dated January 24, 1972, sent in plain text via teletype with urgent priority. Teletype from SAC Los Angeles to multiple FBI field offices regarding NO…

Case number and page indicator for continuation of teletype. Continuation of an FBI teletype regarding a suspect lead in the D.B. Cooper case (LA 164-497). A referenced Minneapolis teletype identifi…

Case number and page indicator for FBI Los Angeles field office file 164-497, page three of a multi-page document. Continuation of a report describing a subject who worked in Portland, Oregon, belie…

Case number and page designation for multi-page teletype. Page four of a multi-page FBI teletype directing Sacramento office to obtain a photograph of a redacted individual and submit it to Seattle,…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco field office to Seattle and Los Angeles, sent at 5:59 PM on January 24, 1972. San Francisco teletype regarding a NORJAK suspect who is presently in Califor…

Standard FBI teletype transmission header on form FD-36, dated January 24, 1972, sent in plaintext via NITEL teletype. Teletype from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper)…

Standard FBI complaint form header FD-71, revised 7-21-67. FBI complaint form identifying case as NORJAK/Extortion. Complainant is Security Pacific National Bank at 6th & Alvarado Streets, L.A. Comp…

FBI field office file number header for Los Angeles office, file 164-497, dictated by agent TH, transcribed by sem. A female witness, previously contacted on December 10, 1971, corrected her earlier…

Case file header showing Los Angeles field office file number LA 164-497 and typist initials crs/kah. An FBI Special Agent at the Redondo Beach Resident Agency received a tip on December 30, 1971 fr…

FBI case file header showing page 2 of a sub-document, Los Angeles field office file number LA 164-497, typist initials crs/kah. Description of a female associate of the subject, residing in Redondo…

Page 3 of an FBI Los Angeles field office report, file number 164-497, dictated by agent with initials crs/kah. A female source describes a male subject as seldom employed, financially struggling, u…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas field office to Seattle and Los Angeles offices, sent January 19, 1972 at 6:15 PM. Las Vegas field office reports that both the Clark County Sheriff's Office a…

Teletype routing header showing message sent from St. Louis FBI office to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Seattle offices on January 20, 1972, referencing a nitel from January 19, 1972. NORJAK (D.B. Coo…

Header indicating this is page two of a multi-page document. Fragment describing a military service record: subject was reduced in rank for dereliction of duty, had no AWOLs, and no paratroop or par…

Final page (page three) of a teletype message. The text is the conclusion of a sentence from a prior page, stating that employment records on former employees are not maintained after five years. The…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header, dated January 20, 1972, marked URGENT priority in PLAINTEXT. Routing information for the teletype, sent from SAC Los Angeles to multiple field offices.…

Document header showing LA field office case number 164-497, page two of the communication. Continuation of an FBI teletype describing a suspect who went into detail about a hijacking, owned a boat…

Case number and page indicator for the teletype continuation. Continuation of a multi-office FBI teletype directing Chicago, Portland, and Washington Field offices to conduct indices checks and iden…

Teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle reporting that Northwest Airlines witnesses in Portland viewed suspect pictures on January 17, 1972, related to the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, and did not re…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 14, 1972. Memo body referencing a prior airtel from LA to Seattle. Sheriff Gene…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 20, 1972. FBI airtel from Los Angeles SAC to Seattle SAC regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Los Angeles conducted extensive inve…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. The FBI composite sketch of the hijacker was shown to associates of a subject, who noted he has a large nose and does not…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Los Angeles, dated January 20, 1972, regarding subject NORJAK. The sender (Special Agent name) is redacted. An informant (identity withheld)…

Large stamped header indicating special priority for the teletype. Teletype routing header showing message sent from Chicago to multiple FBI field offices on January 21, 1972, marked URGENT. Chicag…

Teletype routing header from Houston FBI field office to five other field offices, marked urgent, dated January 21, 1972. Houston FBI field office reports an interview with a redacted individual who…

Case number and page indicator for the teletype continuation. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page two) regarding interviews conducted in Texas where subjects were shown a composite photo of the UN…

Teletype header showing message sent from Salt Lake City FBI field office to Director, Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle offices on January 21, 1972 at 5:44 PM. FBI teletype (NORJAK case) from Salt…

Page header with page number and case file reference SU 164-24. A redacted individual reportedly went to Mexico, possibly to exchange money. The person is described as a known make-up expert who rec…

Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype with case number SU 164-24. A person (name redacted) states the suspect departed Salt Lake City in late October for California, exact location…

Page header indicating this is page four of a teletype under case number SU 164-24. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page 4) regarding a suspect investigation. Records show checks were negotiated at…

Standard FBI transmittal form header (D-36) indicating an AIRTEL sent via AIRMAIL dated January 20, 1972. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Salt Lake City to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK case. A redacted indi…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office to Seattle and Los Angeles offices, sent at 11:39 PM on January 21, 1972. Portland FBI office responds to Los Angeles teletype regarding a NORJAK sus…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36) dated January 21, 1972, sent in plaintext via teletype with NITEL priority. FBI teletype from SAC Los Angeles to Director and multiple SACs rega…

Case number and page continuation header for an FBI Los Angeles field office report. Continuation of an FBI investigative report regarding a subject whose employment records show he worked forty hou…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Los Angeles from a redacted Special Agent, dated January 25, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. A Fullerton PD Narcotics Detail officer report…

Teletype routing header from Chicago FBI field office (case 164-297) to multiple field offices, sent urgent on 1-25-72. NORJAK teletype from Chicago referencing a suspect interview in Illinois. Repo…

Continuation (page two) of a teletype or report in which a female source describes a subject she last saw over two years ago in Portland, Oregon. The subject recently married or is living with someon…

Page three of a teletype, likely from FBI Los Angeles. Heavily redacted text describes a suspect considered armed and dangerous. Portland office was to attempt to locate a suspect's whereabouts throu…

Memo header addressed to SAC with redacted names, dated 1/25/72, with subject line redacted under heading INFORMATION CONCERNING. An unidentified woman wrote to the LA FBI office on 1/18/72 requesti…

Handwritten note documenting a telephonic acknowledgment on 11/18/71 regarding a person who had one bill (possibly a $20 bill) they wanted to check against distribution lists, but no longer had the b…

Decorative illustration of a tree or floral branch, likely part of personal stationery. A handwritten letter dated January 14, 1972, from an individual in Los Angeles, California, requesting a copy…

A dark, low-contrast photograph spanning the top portion of the page, likely related to the D.B. Cooper hijacking story. Details are difficult to discern due to poor reproduction quality. Case ident…

Postal cancellation stamp from Los Angeles, California dated January 15, 1972. Postage stamp depicting Eisenhower, a common US postage stamp of the era. Handwritten mailing address directed to the…

Partially legible document fragment, mostly redacted. Appears to be an envelope or address block with a handwritten address referencing Los Angeles, California. Two redaction boxes obscure what appea…

Date of the airtel document. FBI Airtel memo header from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a Los Angeles teletype dated 1/3/72. Suspect name is redacted. Administrati…

FBI case file number for the document. Witnesses known to a suspect since Summer 1971 state they are confident the individual is not identical with the Unsub (D.B. Cooper). They are unaware of prolo…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office Cooper case. Non-symbol number source page identifying a source located in California. The source name and contacting Special Agent name are redacte…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 24, 1972. Routing information for the airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Dallas regarding the NORJAK case, marked Armed and Dangerous. FB…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office, case 164-81 (D.B. Cooper hijacking). First suspect entry: individual from Arcadia, California who changed their name. Physical description: 5'9", 1…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated January 27, 1972, sent via AIRTEL. Memo from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports that Northwest Airlines stewardesses (name…

Header banner indicating SPECIAL priority teletype dated January 27, 1972. Routing block of FBI teletype from San Francisco field office to Seattle, Portland, and Los Angeles offices, with file numb…

Standard FBI transmittal form header with blank date, type, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype (case SF 164-220) regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. An individual stated…

Header of an FBI AIRTEL memo dated 1/27/72 from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. FBI memo reporting that a suspect was cleared based on payroll records from Pacific Telephon…

Date of the document Airtel memo from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Buffalo regarding the NORJAK hijacking/extortion case. Los Angeles is returning three photographs of a redacted individual that Buffalo h…

Standard FBI airtel transmittal form header dated January 31, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Portland developed a lookali…

FBI form number designation visible at top left of page. A redacted square likely containing a photograph, with redacted identifying information lines to its right. Exemption codes b6 and b7C (perso…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated January 31, 1972, sent in PLAIN text via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Los Angeles to SAC San Francisco regarding the NORJ…

Case number and page indicator for FBI Los Angeles field office file 164-497, page two of a teletype. Page two of a teletype directing the San Francisco field office to maintain contact at a redacte…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 31, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with REGISTERED priority. Routing information for an airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding th…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number reference. Describes two subjects of a Los Angeles case from April 1971 in California who were arrested while armed by local, state, and federal authorities.…

Internal FBI memo from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing prior correspondence. Encloses material for Seattle Division disposition. Contains standard…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated February 2, 1972, sent via NITEL teletype in plaintext. Teletype from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle and SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case…

Case number and page indicator for continuation of a teletype or airtel. The Tampa Division established the whereabouts of a redacted individual in Youngstown, Ohio on November 24, clearing him as a…

File number and agent initials for the report. Subject line identifying a redacted suspect with an alias. Report describes an incident in Spring 1971 at La Guardia Airport where two white males att…

Case file number and agent/typist initials header for FBI Los Angeles field office report. An FBI SA verified that a subject address in California is non-existent. The Harbor Service Station at 6801…

Page header showing page number 3 of the report, LA field office case number 164-497, and agent/typist initials LSH/mje. A redacted source advises that a subject's employment records show he initial…

File number and dictation initials for the FBI report page. LA 164-497 is the Los Angeles field office case number. Continuation from a previous page. An interviewee describes briefly encountering a…

FBI case file number and agent/typist initials for the Los Angeles field office report. Interview at Canoga Park, CA on Dec 15, 1971. A female resident advised she and her husband purchased their ho…

Page number, FBI case file number LA 164-497, and agent/typist initials LSH/mje. Subject was arrested multiple times by the Los Angeles Police Department on unspecified (redacted) charges and dates.…

Page number and FBI case file header with agent initials. Subject biographical details listing employer as American Systems, Incorporated in Van Nuys, CA; single marital status; no living relatives;…

File number and typist initials for FBI Los Angeles field office report, page 8 of the document. Continuation of an FBI report documenting the investigation of a suspect in the D.B. Cooper case. A c…

FBI case header with Los Angeles field office file number LA 164-497, agent initials LOB/pai, and redacted suspect name. An individual associated with Pacific Coast Honda in Lomita, California furni…

FBI case file header showing page 2 of document, Los Angeles field office case number 164-497, dictated by agent LOB/pai. An individual, also known by another name, located near Long Beach Airport,…

Page number and FBI case file reference for the Los Angeles field office, file 164-497, dictated by agent LOB, transcribed by pai. Physical description of a male subject: white, 5'11½", 150 lbs, blo…

Page header with page number, case file number LA 164-497, and agent/typist initials LOB/pai. A female witness employed by KHM Communications on East Olive Street in Burbank, California recalls that…

Page header with case number LA 164-497, page 5 of a sub-document, dictated by LOB/pai. A female subject states she and a redacted individual had no knowledge of the Northwest Airlines hijacking on…

FBI case header with Los Angeles field office file number LA 164-497, agent initials CRS/gar, page 1, with redacted suspect name. On January 5, 1972, a student at Valley State College in Van Nuys, C…

FBI file number, agent initials, and page continuation number for the Los Angeles field office report. A source indicates that an individual had served time but did not specify the crime, though he…

FBI field office file number header for Los Angeles office, case 164-497, dictated by agent CRS, typed by gar, page 3. FBI Seattle Division provided information in 1965 about a redacted individual r…

FBI case file number, dictating agent initials, and page number within the sub-document. States that records revealed a subject's driver's license information and that the subject received traffic c…

FBI case file number, typist initials, and page number within the report section. On January 6, 1972, a contact at a California hospital provided a physical description of a female subject (5'3½", 1…

FBI field office file number header indicating Los Angeles office, with typist initials and page number. Interview conducted on January 6, 1972 in California. A woman describes knowing a redacted in…

FBI case file number, dictation initials, and page number of the sub-document. An individual received a registered letter from Tacoma, WA containing car keys and instructions, and subsequently recov…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated February 8, 1972, sent via teletype (NITEL priority) in plain text. Routing information for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Sent from SAC Los Angeles…

Case file number and page indicator for this teletype continuation. Continuation of a teletype describing a suspect from LA file 91-5365. Subject is a white male, 6'2", 178 lbs, brown hair, hazel ey…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, FD-36, dated February 8, 1972, sent via NITEL teletype in plaintext. Teletype from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJACK case. Discu…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for D.B. Cooper investigation. Report states that associates in California who knew a redacted individual were interviewed and information was ascertained re…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number reference. An unidentified female in California was interviewed about the hijacker. She viewed an artist's sketch and stated it did not resemble the subject.…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. A woman states a male subject obtained a private pilot's license but last flew in 1962 when they moved to Califor…

FBI field office file number and typist initials for the Los Angeles office. FBI report paragraph stating that listed individuals were confirmed to be in Southern California at the time of the North…

Page header showing this is page 2 of an FBI Los Angeles field office report, file number 164-497, with typist initials crs/kah. Continuation of a report paragraph stating that possible suspects wer…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header showing date 2/2/72, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK. LA is enclosing 15 copies of an investigative insert l…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. FBI report continuation (page 2) describing the dissemination of ransom money serial number lists to banks, savings and lo…

Teletype header showing urgent plaintext message from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office, dated February 2, 1972. Teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References prior communications…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel memo header from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, with Seattle as Office of Origin. Sacramento field office reports that on 2/1/72 a chec…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 7, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIR MAIL. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case and an unidentified suspect w…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number header. Records from the California DMV were checked on 1/18/72 for a redacted individual. Investigation revealed the subject had moved from a prior address…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated 2/9/72, sent via airtel with airmail-registered priority. Sacramento field office airtel to Los Angeles regarding NORJAK case. References a C…

Header of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Body of the AIRTEL memo referencing a Los Angeles nitel dated 2/8/72. Sacramento field office…

Case file number for the document. Physical description of an unidentified male subject: 5'11", 150 pounds, blue eyes, blond hair, married, with a Los Angeles, California residence effective 3/26/68…

FBI form header FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings. Editorial titled 'Ransom Skyjacking' condemning the glamorization of D.B. Cooper's hijacking and subsequent copycat attempts. Notes thre…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. FD-302 interview report of a Freeport, Texas source who traveled to Mexico during Christmas holidays. At a bar…

FBI file reference numbers for the case. A witness (name redacted) states they could not positively identify someone from a likeness. The witness further recalls a person (redacted) planning to go t…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 10, 1972. FBI airtel from SAC San Diego to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK case. Encloses FD-302 interview reports containing backgr…

Continuation of a report referencing case SD 164-91. A record is mentioned with redacted details, and someone further advised something that is also redacted. Leads section directing the Los Angeles…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 11, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK case. On 2-2-72, Seattle Credit Bureau…

Teletype header showing routing from Denver FBI field office to Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Seattle offices, sent at 11:28 PM on February 14, 1972. NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) teletype refe…

Page header indicating this is page two of a multi-page document. A female informant, afraid of retaliation from the suspect, provided a physical description: white male, approximately 38 years old,…

Page three of a multi-page teletype describing investigative steps: checking an individual's address and telephone records from September through January, postal forwarding address filed in Californi…

Page header indicating this is page four of a multi-page teletype or report. Continuation (page four) of an FBI teletype or communication regarding a subject with a 1970 green Chevrolet stationwagon…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from Special Agent Edward A. Romanoff to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated January 31, 1972. SA Romanoff showed photographs…

Teletype header indicating a message sent from Seattle FBI office to Los Angeles FBI office on February 1, 1972 at 10:58 PM. Subject line identifying this as a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case wi…

Standard US Government interoffice memo header addressed to SAC Los Angeles, from an unidentified Special Agent, regarding NORJAK (DB Cooper case), dated February 8, 1972. FBI Special Agents intervi…

Header of a US Government interoffice memo from a Special Agent to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), referencing a prior memo dated 1/25/72 about a redacted suspect. Body of memo…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number header. Report states no identifiable record was found in Los Angeles indices for a redacted individual. On February 7, 1972, a redacted person advised that…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Los Angeles, regarding NORJAK case 164-497, dated February 11, 1972, referencing a prior memo dated Januar…

FBI Los Angeles field office case file number. Identifying information for a subject or contact, with address in Inglewood, CA, a Pasadena Police Department case number reference, and a Los Angeles…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of an FBI report (page 3) regarding a suspect investigated in connection with the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Los Angeles, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case 164-497, dated February 16, 1972. Reference to FD-71 form from a redacted…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for this report. A female witness describes her observations of a redacted individual at an apartment building. She states the person was not secretive and h…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated February 24, 1972. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC San Francisco regarding NORJAK case. On 2/23/72, a redacted source contacted by telepho…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of a report describing an individual who was allegedly in California about six months prior. The per…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from Los Angeles SAC to Seattle SAC regarding NORJAK case, dated 3/3/72. FBI investigation memo describing a suspect lead in the NORJAK (D.B. Coo…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the NORJAK investigation. An individual located in California was interviewed. He discussed his employment from 1966 to 1968 and possession of an item (l…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 3/3/72. References prior communications from Sacramento and Minneapolis offices.…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number reference. Three fully redacted blocks, likely containing identifying information about subjects or witnesses. FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, and b7D noted in righ…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number reference. Continuation of an FBI report regarding a person of interest in the D.B. Cooper case. A female associate stated she accompanied the subject to obt…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. FD-302 interview of a redacted individual at the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office in Big Bear Lake, Cali…

FD-302 interview summary describing a review of company employment records. A person (redacted) was employed in a role near Col. (likely Colorado) and filed reports. Xeroxed copies of reports for the…

Page/exhibit reference number stamped or typed at top left. Sales call reporting form header. Salesman's name is redacted (b6/b7C). Dated 11/22/71. Shows 9 demos and 8 gallons sold. The body of the…

A sales call report form dated November 23, 1971 (a Tuesday). The salesman performed 6 demos and sold 6 gallons. All account details and salesman identity are redacted under b6/b7C FOIA exemptions.…

A blank daily sales call report form (PG 164-93) dated 11/2/71 (Wednesday). The form is designed to track a salesman's daily calls, accounts visited, products demonstrated and sold, and commissions e…

Sales call report form (FG 164-93) dated 11/26/71 (Friday). Salesman's name and territory are redacted. The form tracks sales calls, accounts, products demonstrated and sold, and commissions. Most da…

Page/case reference number for this report page. An investigative report discussing sales contact reports for the week of November 22-26, 1971. A redacted individual pointed out discrepancies in wee…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated March 2, 1972, sent via AIRTEL. AIRTEL memo from SAC Pittsburgh to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a Pittsburgh teletype to Seattle dat…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated March 21, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Rep…

Standard FBI FD-302 header with date of transcription. An FD-302 interview report from Houston, Texas. An informant describes a Christmas 1971 trip to Mexico where they met several Americans includi…

FBI case file numbers for the Seattle and Honolulu field offices. A subject claimed to still possess one of the parachutes used in the hijacking and described in detail how the hijacking of an airli…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with transcription date of January 25, 1972. An informant in Houston, Texas reports that during the 1971 Christmas holidays, while traveling in Mexico, they met sever…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An FD-302 interview of a redacted individual from Freeport, Texas, who reported meeting a man at Raphaels bar in Mexi…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated February 17, 1972, sent in plain text via NITEL teletype. FBI NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) teletype from SAC Los Angeles to multiple field offices (…

Case number and page indicator for FBI teletype continuation page. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page two) describing an informant who fears harm from a suspect. Investigation traces a subject fr…

Case number and page header for an FBI teletype or report, page three of multi-page document. Continuation (page 3) of an FBI report regarding a suspect in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A person s…

Small dots or photocopier artifacts in the upper-left corner of the page. Page four of an FBI teletype (LA 164-497) regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. A subject claimed no knowledge…

FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) for file 164-497, marked as Closed. Serial number 325 has a handwritten note indicating 'serials skipped when serialized.' All other fields on the form are blan…

Standard FBI complaint form header with form number FD-71, revision date 7-21-67, and instructions for completion. Complaint received telephonically on 2/22/72 at 12 PM regarding a hijacking case. C…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 24, 1972, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC San Francisco regarding NORJAK case. On 2/23/72 a female sou…

Los Angeles FBI field office case number for the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper investigation. Lead assigned to the San Francisco field office directing them to obtain background on a redacted individual in Cal…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to Seattle, Los Angeles, Portland, and Las Vegas, dated March 2, 1972. NORJAK teletype referencing multiple prior airtels and nitels between fie…

Continuation (page two) of a teletype regarding individuals compared to the UNSUB. Information furnished by multiple FBI field offices (Seattle, Los Angeles, Portland). A suspect's name was changed t…

Page three of a teletype (NP 164-73) describing leads in Las Vegas, Nevada and Seattle, Washington. A person with a name tag employed in Las Vegas resembled the UNSUB. Las Vegas and Seattle field off…

Standard USG memorandum header addressed to SAC Los Angeles, dated March 3, 1972, regarding NORJAK case (164-497). Sender SA name is redacted. Follow-up memo referencing an earlier SA memo dated 2/1…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle, dated March 6, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. LA field office reports on interview of a suspect (name reda…

FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet indicating 2 pages (pages 13 and 14) were withheld under FOIA exemptions b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy) in civil action 1:1…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent to the SAC of the Los Angeles FBI office, dated March 7, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. An SA contacted Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corpo…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Los Angeles, dated 3/8/72, regarding NORJAK case (164-497). Interview on 2/16/72 with a person employed at the Cherry Rivet Division of the…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number header. A subject was contacted and confirmed his cooperation. His personal secretary's calendar showed he had appointments at his office on both the morning…

Teletype routing header indicating a NITEL (night telegram) sent from Philadelphia FBI office to the Director, Seattle, and Los Angeles at 3:29 AM on March 9, 1972. Philadelphia FBI office reports t…

Page header indicating this is page two of a multi-page document. Heavily redacted passage describing a confidential informant (CI) questioning an individual about a subject. The CI asked multiple q…

Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype. Page three of an FBI teletype regarding a confidential informant (CI) who was reluctant to contact agents in Los Angeles but agree…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Night Supervisor memo to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Reports that at 8:30 PM on 3/8/72, the SAC of the Philadelphia Division…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Director, Philadelphia, and Seattle offices, sent at 11:59 PM on March 9, 1972. NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) teletype from Los Angeles referencin…

Case file number and page indicator for a Las Vegas FBI field office teletype, page two. Continuation of an interview or report in which a redacted individual, after questioning, related that someon…

Case number and page header for this teletype page. Continuation of a teletype requesting full details about contacts in Seattle and a subject's intended approach, with heavy redactions of names and…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to Director, Philadelphia, and Seattle, dated March 10, 1972. Body of NORJAK teletype from Los Angeles. A redacted source contacted another reda…

Case number and page continuation header for Los Angeles FBI field office teletype. Page two of an FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office (case LA 164-497) describing investigative steps on…

Case number and page indicator for this teletype continuation. FBI reviewing airline manifests for flights between Los Angeles and Seattle on February 28, 1972 and March 6, 1972 to determine if a re…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated March 14, 1972, sent via teletype in plaintext with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Los Angeles to FBI Director, SACs Philadelphia and Sea…

Page header indicating this is page two of an FBI teletype or airtel with Los Angeles file number 164-497. A redacted individual departed for a redacted destination on the evening of March 13 and wi…

Page 3 of an FBI teletype (LA 164-497) describing investigation of a subject in Tarzana. Observations of the residence note an older run-down family dwelling on a secluded lot. A check at Southern Ca…

Page header showing this is page four of an FBI Los Angeles field office report, file number LA 164-497. FBI Los Angeles is investigating telephone subscribers contacted by a redacted individual, at…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated March 14, 1972, sent via Airtel/Air Mail. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Sacramento regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). On 3/8/72, a CI f…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number reference. Physical description of a redacted individual: white male, 5'9", 145 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes. Name, date of birth, place of birth, and Soci…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header dated March 15, 1972, sent via NITEL teletype in plaintext. Teletype from SAC Los Angeles to FBI Director, SAC Philadelphia, and SAC Seattle regarding N…

Page header indicating this is page two of an FBI report with Los Angeles field office case number 164-497. Continuation of an FBI investigative report discussing telephone billing records from a Ta…

Page header indicating this is page 3 of an FBI report with Los Angeles field office case number LA 164-497. Report describes a subject residing in Tarzana. California DMV records indicated a Califo…

Page header with FBI field office case number LA 164-497, page four of a multi-page report. FBI report page discussing FAA records at Van Nuys Airport showing no record matching a redacted subject.…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header, dated March 16, 1972, sent in plain text via NITEL teletype. FBI teletype from SAC Los Angeles to Director FBI, SAC Philadelphia, and SAC Seattle regar…

Case number and page continuation header. Investigation of telephone subscriber records in the Los Angeles area; at least twelve subscribers identified, two were local restaurants. A Beverly Hills,…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated March 18, 1972, sent via teletype with NITEL priority in code. FBI teletype from SAC Los Angeles to Director FBI and SAC Seattle regarding t…

Case number and page continuation header. Continuation of an FBI report describing an individual who came to a store on February 24, rented equipment, appeared very impatient claiming an important a…

Case number and page header for FBI Los Angeles field office file 164-497, page three. FBI report page describing a white male suspect, approximately six feet tall, 190 pounds, brown hair. LA indice…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles offices, sent 5:22 PM on March 22, 1972. NORJAK teletype reporting that a redacted confident…

Page header with page number and case file number 164-81. Continuation (page two) of a teletype regarding airline passenger manifest searches. Continental Airlines and Western Airlines in Seattle re…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header, dated March 23, 1972, sent via teletype with NITEL priority in code. Teletype from SAC Los Angeles to Director FBI, SAC Seattle, and SAC Philadelphia r…

File number and page continuation header for Los Angeles FBI field office file 164-497, page two. Continuation of an FBI teletype or report regarding a car rental investigation. A check payment for…

Case number and page header for FBI Los Angeles field office file 164-497, page three of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of FBI teletype regarding car rental investigation. A car was rented on S…

FBI inter-office memo from Los Angeles to Seattle and San Francisco field offices regarding an anonymous typewritten letter and handprinted envelope received at the LA office on 3/17/72 related to th…

Date of the document. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC San Diego to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK investigation. References a Los Angeles teletype dated 2/8/72. On 2/11/72, a U.S. Probation Office employee i…

Case file number header for the San Diego FBI office, file 164-91. An FBI report describing efforts to locate and interview a redacted subject in connection with the D.B. Cooper case (SD 164-91). Th…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header, FD-36, dated March 22, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority in CODE. FBI teletype from SAC Los Angeles to Director FBI, SAC Seattle, and SAC Phi…

FBI case number and page continuation header for the Los Angeles field office report. Page two of an FBI investigative report dated March 17, 1971, from the LA field office. Agents investigated a su…

FBI case number and page continuation header. Continuation of a teletype reporting that a review of airline passenger records on flights between Los Angeles and Seattle from February 24 through Febr…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmission form header dated March 24, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority in CODE. Teletype from SAC Los Angeles to FBI Director and SAC Seattle regarding NORJ…

Case number and page indicator for an FBI report out of the Los Angeles field office. Describes phone calls made from a redacted party to a telephone number subscribed to by a redacted party in Los…

FBI case number and page continuation header. Physical description of a subject: approximately twenty pounds (likely continuation of a weight), brown hair and eyes, light complexion, wears glasses.…

FBI Los Angeles field office file number for this teletype. Page four of a multi-page teletype. References a subject renting a car on the morning of February 23. Directs Seattle to conduct investiga…

Large stamped header marking the teletype as SPECIAL priority. Teletype routing header showing urgent message sent 3/24/72 from Seattle field office to Director, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia, with…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype under Seattle file number 164-31. Conclusion of a teletype stating that records from the Edgewater Inn in Seattle do not show a record o…