Part 64
411 pages
FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet for Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790-02. Lists 17 total deleted pages: 7 removed as duplicates (pages 6, 8, 20, 21, 22, 23, 37, 81) and 9 removed as Referral/Cons…
Page 2Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. On 12/9/71, Bibler called SAC Mattson in Portland, SAC Campbell in Las Vegas, and ASAC Morley in San…
Page 3Header of internal FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, from ASAC Paul R. Bibler, regarding case NORJACK (D.B. Cooper), case number 164-81, dated 12/9/71. Bibler reports calling the Bureau on 12/9/71…
Page 4Standard FBI transmittal form header indicating an Airtel communication dated December 7, 1971. Memo from Director, FBI to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses films forwarded to the Bureau a…
Page 5Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated 12/9/71, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Sub-files C, E, and K are noted. Memo details a 12/8/71 ca…
Page 6Standard FBI FD-9 airtel form header with revision date 5-18-71. Airtel addressed from the FBI Director to SAC Albany and Legal Attachés in Ottawa and Mexico City, regarding the NORJAK case (164-211…
Page 7Header block of an FBI memo from the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71, classified as CAA-…
Page 8Date of the airtel memo. Header block of an FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to the Director, FBI regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Body of the memo referencing prior teletypes and enclosin…
Page 9FBI public description bulletin for the D.B. Cooper hijacking suspect, listing detailed physical characteristics, clothing, and behavioral traits observed during the November 24, 1971 Northwest Airli…
Page 10Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director and Los Angeles, marked URGENT, dated December 8, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines…
Page 11Page header with page number and case reference number. Request for Bureau to furnish glossy photographs of artist's conception of the UNSUB (unknown subject) with and without glasses to LA Division…
Page 12Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle documenting a phone call from Bob Matheson at FBI Bureau headquarters. Three topics discussed: (1) Director approved publicity of artist's co…
Page 13Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Bob Peterson from Division 6 reported that publicity regarding the ransom list had been approved an…
Page 14Teletype routing header indicating message sent from FBI Director to all SACs at 7:31 PM on December 8, 1971, regarding NORJAK case. Press release issued nationally on December 8, 1971. Attorney Gen…
Page 15Page two of a teletype message reporting that a suspect is believed to have parachuted from a Boeing 727 in flight from Seattle to Reno, Nevada. Mr. Hoover advised that copies of the ransom list are…
Page 16FBI Director teletype to Seattle and San Francisco offices granting authority to publish an article and artist's conceptions of the NORJAK suspect in the January issue of The Parachutist magazine. Gl…
Page 17FBI airtel transmittal (FD-36) dated 12/7/71 from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, enclosing eight copies of an LHM regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. Note…
Page 18FBI letterhead with Seattle field office address, date December 7, 1971, and file number 164-81. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: unknown subject aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Ai…
Page 19Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 7, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. Handwritten marginal annotations, likely routing or filing notes referencing parachutes and pub…
Page 20Standard FBI transmittal form header (Form 36, Rev. 5-22-64) with blank date, transmittal method, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype or bulletin containing a detailed physical descript…
Page 21Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, type, and priority fields. Page three of an FBI teletype/transmittal under case SE 164-81. Requests that glossy photos of the artist's con…
Page 22FBI San Francisco teletype to Director and Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. SF reports negative indices on a redacted individual and no known reason for an offer to publish an articl…
Page 23Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle, dated December 7, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seat…
Page 24Urgent teletype from FBI Seattle to the Director requesting an additional 1,100 copies of the ransom money list to complete circularization in their territory, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking cas…
Page 25File number and date header for the memo. Memo addressed to the Special Agent in Charge, Seattle field office. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case on Northwest Airlines Flight 3…
Page 26Internal FBI memo from the Seattle field office regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A Special Agent (name redacted) called from Bureau headquarters advising that an original and 7 copies of a L…
Page 27Standard FBI memo header identifying the case as the Dan Cooper hijacking of NW Airlines Flight #305, Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71, classified under CAA - Hijacking; Extortion, office of origin Se…
Page 28Teletype routing header from Sacramento FBI to Seattle FBI, marked urgent, dated December 3, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: unknown subject aka Dan Cooper, Northwest…
Page 29Teletype from San Francisco FBI field office to Director and other field offices regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Reports that the United States Parachute Association in Monterey, California does…
Page 30Memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle dated 12/2/71 recommending that the ransom money list from the D.B. Cooper hijacking be distributed beyond the regular mailing list to law enforcement a…
Page 31Standard FBI airtel transmission form header, dated November 29, 1971. FBI airtel from Director to all offices (except Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas) distributing artist's conception of the UNSUB in…
Page 32Teletype header indicating an urgent coded message from Sacramento FBI to Seattle FBI, dated December 1, 1971. Subject line identifying the UNSUB case involving Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portla…
Page 33Standard US Government memorandum header from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. Bibler reports o…
Page 34FBI routing slip (FD-4) dated 11/29/71, referencing case SE-164-81 regarding the UNSUB (unknown subject) of NW Airlines Flight 305 hijacking from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71. The slip notes that…
Page 35Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from FBI Seattle to FBI Portland on November 30, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: unknown subject on Northwest…
Page 36Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding distribution of circulars related to the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. SA Chuck Harvey of WFO confirmed receipt of a teletype lead ab…
Page 37Urgent FBI teletype from Seattle to the Director and WFO requesting expedited distribution of background information and an artist's conception of the hijacker to all U.S. departure points, Customs,…
Page 38Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. SA Thomas J. Manning at the Lon…
Page 39Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent from Seattle FBI field office to the Director at 6:48 AM on 11/29/71. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Fl…
Page 40FBI Director teletype sent urgently on 11-29-71 to Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas, and Sacramento field offices regarding the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on November 24. Instructs receiving…
Page 41Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo header identifying sender as Kenneth C. Howe, addressed to SAC Seattle, regarding the Northwest Flight 305 hijacking case. SA Wick determined tha…
Page 42Date and location header for the press release. FBI press release by Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes announcing the search for the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacker is concentrated in sout…
Page 43Standard U.S. Government memorandum header regarding the skyjacking of Northwest Flight 305 on 11/24/71, sent to SAC Seattle from an SPC (name redacted). Carbon copy notations with handwritten annot…
Page 44Header of a US Government memorandum from an unnamed Special Agent to SAC (164-81) regarding the NWA Flight 305 hijacking case. Memo body describes that WFO telephonically advised that composite pic…
Page 45FBI teletype dated 11/29/71 from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SACs in Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Portland regarding the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking (D.B. Cooper case). In…
Page 46FBI case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper case, Seattle field office. Composite photo of the hijacking suspect is being distributed to National Forest offices in Oregon (Deschutes and Siskiy…
Page 47Memo header identifying the file number, date, recipient SAC J. E. Milnes, and subject line referencing the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305. SA James Bland called the Bureau at 6:1…
Page 48Urgent teletype from Seattle FBI field office to Director dated 11-29-71 regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. Reports that an artist's conception of the hijacker has…
Page 49Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with Seattle field office case number 164-81. Continuation of suspect physical description from a teletype: describes hair, complexion, sidebur…
Page 50Memo header identifying the case, addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Charles E. Farrell, regarding the unknown subject of the Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71. Investigative direct…
Page 51Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo from SA Charles R. St. John to SAC (164-81) dated 11/26/71 regarding the NORJAK case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71). Encl…
Page 52Official DOJ/FBI letterhead with file number 164-81, dated November 28, 1971, from the Seattle field office. Handwritten annotation noting this was the second artist's sketch prepared by the Bureau,…
Page 53FBI evidence receipt form (FD-340) documenting receipt of artist's sketch #2 prepared by Bureau, received 11/28/71 in file SE 164-81 by Special Agent Charles E. Farrell. Item not to be returned; no r…
Page 54FBI composite sketch of D.B. Cooper suspect. The sketch depicts a middle-aged white male with dark, combed-back hair, wearing large dark sunglasses, a dark suit jacket, white dress shirt, and a narro…
Page 55Header block of an FBI memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated 11/28/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71. On Novembe…
Page 56J.E. Milnes briefed the press about the hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 out of Portland destined for Seattle. The hijacker demanded $200,000 and four parachutes, which were delivered. All passenger…
Page 57Header of a United States Government memorandum from SAC J. E. Milnes to file 164-81, dated November 26, 1971, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. SAC Milnes recounts con…
Page 58Teletype from San Francisco FBI field office to Director and Seattle regarding contact with the U.S. Parachute Association at 651 Cannery Row, Monterey, CA. The association has 16,000 members, no pho…
Page 59Page header with page number and San Francisco field office case number. Continuation of a report noting fire fighters could be members/skydivers, that there are 150 affiliated clubs, and no record…
Page 60Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype, filed under San Francisco case number 164-220. Continuation of a teletype reporting that the association's membership lists of 16,…
Page 61Internal FBI memo from SAC Seattle to SAC J. E. Milnes regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case. An SA from the Bureau advised that the artist's conception (composite sketch) of the hijacker would arriv…
Page 62Header of an FBI memo from SAC Seattle office, regarding Northwest Flight 305 hijacking/extortion case dated 11/27/71. SAC Milnes received a call at 8:15 a.m. on November 27, 1971, from a redacted S…
Page 63SAC Milnes memo dated 11/27/71 describing efforts on 11/26/71 to obtain and distribute copies of an artist's conception (composite sketch) of the hijacker. Two helicopters were searching the area. Co…
Page 64Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to FILE (164-81), dated 11/26/71, regarding the UNSUB on Northwest flight from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71, classified as hijacking and extortio…
Page 65Header block of a U.S. Government memorandum from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated 11/26/71, regarding the unknown subject who hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. Memo pr…
Page 66FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790-02. Lists 52 total deleted pages with reasons: pages removed as duplicates or withheld for referral/consult.
Page 67Standard FBI FOIA deletion notice indicating that the original page has been withheld and no duplication fee is charged for this placeholder page.
Page 68FBI routing header for a memo from Seattle Squad 5/PSVCTF to the Laboratory, dated 08/22/2001, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case SE 164A-81. A resident of Washougal, WA found what appears to be a…
Page 69Standard FBI memorandum header from SC Francis E. Entler to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/10/80. A woman from Yacolt, Washington called to report that her son retrieved an old, shredde…
Page 70Standard US Government memorandum header from an FBI Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated December 30, 1980, regarding NORJAK case. Memo reports that a portion of an orange and white parachute was fo…
Page 71Police property/evidence form documenting the finding of an orange and white parachute remnant in the river below Lucia Falls, above Heisson Bridge. The complainant reported finding the parachute on…
Page 72Header block of an FBI interoffice memorandum regarding NORJAK, addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent, dated August 18, 1980. A resident of Washougal, Washington visited the FBI Van…
Page 73Header of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 4/23/80, with subsections D, E, J noted. An individual from Vancouver, Washington telephonically contacted the Vancouv…
Page 74Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from an SA (Special Agent) to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, dated February 26, 1980. A resident of Washougal, Washington contacted the Seattle…
Page 75Header of an FBI internal memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated February 21, 1980, regarding the NORJAK case. An individual from LaCenter, Washington (name redacted),…
Page 76Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated November 29, 1979, from a redacted Special Agent. A Cowlitz County deputy reported that loggers found…
Page 77Document type indicator marking this as an Airtel communication. Header block of an FBI Airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a prior telephone call on…
Page 78Header block of a US Government memorandum regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, addressed to SAC Seattle, concerning parachute information under Sub D. Fran Devoll of Northwest Orient Airlines r…
Page 79Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (DB Cooper case), Sub D - Parachute Information, dated 2/2/76. Detailed descriptions of four para…
Page 80FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an airtel sent via airmail dated September 8, 1975. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte regarding NORJAK case, Sub D parachute information. States the p…
Page 81Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo dated 9/3/75, from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case. A source from Marion, Montana reported that a friend found a parachute buried in the mounta…
Page 82FBI Seattle memo dated 7/28/75 documenting the return of a Pioneer parachute (26 feet, ripstop conical type 226, manufactured September 1957) to an unnamed individual on 4/21/75. The parachute was re…
Page 83Acknowledgment of receipt form for a Pioneer parachute (type 226, 26 feet ripstop conical, manufactured September 1957), received from a Special Agent on April 21, 1975. Both the recipient's name and…
Page 84Header of a US Government memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior memo dated 11/6/74. Earl Cossey, contacted at Leota Jr. High School in Wo…
Page 85Dark, noisy microfiche or photocopy image filling the top of the page with two black circular dots (punch holes or artifacts). No legible text is discernible within the image area. Teletype or datab…
Page 86Standard US Government memorandum header with routing information. From a Special Clerk to the SAC in Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case. A walk-in visitor reported finding a white nylon U.S. Navy p…
Page 87Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/5/74. Report about a hunter sighting an orange parachute canopy near Kelso, Washington. The Skamania County Sheri…
Page 88Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo routing from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated November 15, 1974. Handwritten routing or classification annotations.…
Page 89Page number, case file number SC 164-50, and typist initials JCW/dlo. Handwritten annotations indicating sub-file designations Sub T and Sub D. An individual reported that a female acquaintance (la…
Page 90Page number, case file number, and agent/typist initials. FBI report documenting interviews in Bakersfield, CA on November 4-5, 1974. Agents attempted to contact a female witness regarding her alleg…
Page 91Page number and case file reference number. Continuation of an FBI report regarding property found in the Sierraville area. An individual (whose name is redacted) determined the property could not b…
Page 92Date of the memo FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, enclosing two copies of an FD-302 about the recovery of a parachute from a mountainous area near Sh…
Page 93Header of a United States Government memorandum from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding subject HORJAK, dated January 2, 1974. SAC San Francisco advises SAC Seattle that a redacted individua…
Page 94Header block of an FBI internal memo from the Seattle field office regarding NORJAK case 164-81, Sub D parachute information, dated 12/28/73. Portland letter referenced a parachute recovered from wo…
Page 95Header block of an FBI memo from the Seattle field office regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated 12/28/73, subject: parachute information, sub D. Portland forwarded a nylon cord found near Mount Hood,…
Page 96Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC San Francisco regarding the NORJAK case, dated November 28, 1973. The memo references a prior communication from San Francisco.…
Page 97Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 10/2/73. An individual from Torrance, CA reported finding a portion of a parachu…
Page 98Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 9/20/73, regarding NORJAK parachute information. A redacted individual from Kent, Washington telephonically requested on 8/8/73 that a parach…
Page 99Memo header identifying the SAC Seattle office, case number 146-81, date 6/1/73, Special Agent Thomas J. Manning, and case name NORJAK. On 5/30/73, Sheriff William Weister of Lewis County SO reporte…
Page 100Header block identifying the report as addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated 5/31/73, regarding NORJAK case. A witness reported finding a frayed, moss-covered orange and white parachute…
Page 101Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 11/10/72, regarding NORJAK case, Sub D. Earl Cossey, contacted at Leota Junior High School in Woodenville, WA, examined a parachute found nea…
Page 102Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case (164-81), dated September 18, 1972. The sender SA name is redacted. An individual telephonically reported disc…
Page 103Handwritten sub-file routing annotations in upper right margin. Memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. On 9/1/72, a Weyerhaeuser Company employee at Camp Kalama, Wa…
Page 104Header block of an FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 9/5/72, regarding the NORJAK case and parachute information. Memo body referencing an FD-302 interview with E…
Page 105Date and sub-file designations handwritten in upper right. FBI memo from SAC Chicago to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. A representative of Para-Gear Equipment Company in Chicago was intervie…
Page 106Header of an FBI Airtel memo dated 7/24/72 addressed to SAC Chicago and SAC New York regarding the NORJAK case, originating office Seattle. NYO had previously contacted parachute center officials to…
Page 107FBI Portland memo to SAC Seattle and SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. Arthur Lacy, owner of the Bomber Motel in Milwaukie, Oregon, reported that children found a white nylon parachute canopy d…
Page 108Handwritten subdivision markings, likely internal FBI filing annotations. Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with revision date and transcription date. Earl J. Cossey, a parachute rigger emp…
Page 109Page number and FBI case file number. Description of the missing parachute harness and container: a Sage Green Navy N.B.-6 harness without a D-ring, with a Sage Green nylon container, both Navy surp…
Page 110FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Description of the missing chest chute from the D.B. Cooper hijacking. COSSEY explains it was the only chute in the chest pack (no…
Page 111Routing header for an FBI memo from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. The National Director of the U.S. Parachute Association and Assistant Director of the World Parachute…
Page 112FBI Seattle field office return address and date of the letter. Handwritten or typed classification/sub-file notation. FBI cover letter from Special Agent in Charge J.E. Milnes forwarding a receive…
Page 113Return address and date of the letter from the FBI Seattle field office. Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes responding to a redacted individual at Combat Tactic and Techniques, McC…
Page 114FBI file reference numbers and page identifier for the D.B. Cooper case (NORJAK). An FBI Special Agent interviewed a redacted individual in Oregon City on December 30, 1971. The interviewee stated h…
Page 115Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC WFO to Director FBI regarding the NORJAK case. WFO received copies of the February 1972 issue of 'Air Line Pilot' magazine (ALPA publication) which conta…
Page 116Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated February 11, 1972, sent via AIRTEL / AIRMAIL - REGISTERED. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, requesting information ab…
Page 117FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 12/21/71, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case. References prior teletypes about ob…
Page 118FBI memo from Sacramento to Seattle field offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A previously contacted individual in Patterson, California was re-interviewed on 1/21/72 about parachutes us…
Page 119Return address and date of the letter. Addressee block directed to U.S. Attorney Stan Pitkin, attention to a redacted Assistant U.S. Attorney, regarding the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #3…
Page 120Closing portion of an FBI letter regarding the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on November 24, 1971. The letter states the case is extremely important, notes that two parachutes found in…
Page 121Header block of an FBI memo regarding NORJAK case file 164-81, dated 2/3/72, addressed to ASAC Paul R. Bibler. An individual (name redacted) called regarding two parachutes recovered in Reno. The ow…
Page 122Teletype header from Seattle FBI office to Director and Minneapolis SAC, classified as weekly summary for case 164-81. Seattle FBI office plans a detailed ground search of the suspected parachute dr…
Page 123Header block identifying the SAC Seattle office, case number 164-81, date 1/18/72, reporting agent SA Charles E. Farrell, and case name NORJAK. Agent attempted to contact Earl Cossey by phone at Sun…
Page 124Page number and FBI file reference header with agent/typist initials. An unnamed individual familiar with parachute clubs in SW Washington and N Oregon advises the FBI on November 27, 1971 about sky…
Page 125Page number (2) and FBI case file identifier SE 164-81 with typist initials TJM:kdl. Continuation of a report discussing how the hijacker could have used a VHF Omni Receiver (VOR) or ground beacon r…
Page 126Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle is enclosing two copies of an FD-302 interview report of Earl J. Cossey,…
Page 127Standard FBI FD-35 airtel transmittal form header dated December 15, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL - REGISTERED priority. Routing block indicating the airtel is sent to SAC Seattle (file 164-81…
Page 128Case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. A source reviewed records under a redacted name and found two shipments — one on 12/10/70 to Seattle, WA and one on 8/16/71 t…
Page 129FBI Form FD-192 header documenting a bulky evidence exhibit in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, SUB-G(D), dated 12/21/71. Property was acquired on 11/24/71 from Northwest Airlines Flight #305 upon land…
Page 130FBI evidence inventory form (FD-192) documenting a back parachute recovered from Northwest Airlines Flight #305 after landing in Reno, Nevada on 11/24/71 in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The parachu…
Page 131Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 12/21/71. Airtel from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK. Floyd Washburn, manager of U.S. Parachute Service in Mesa, AZ, was intervie…
Page 132FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL sent via AIR MAIL dated December 15, 1971. Airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses multiple FD-302 interview r…
Page 133Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date. An interview with a redacted member of the Nevada State Air National Guard at Reno Airport who examined a parachute found on the hijacked Northwe…
Page 134Case number SE 164-81, dictated by agent with initials TBW, transcribed by kn. An FBI Special Agent contacted flying agencies and schools in the Spokane, WA area. All reported no light plane rentals…
Page 135Teletype header showing message from San Francisco FBI field office to Director and Seattle, dated December 17, 1971. Handwritten routing annotation 'Sub C' with number 5. A redacted contact at the…
Page 136Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Memo from Special Agent Donald J. Steele to SAC Seattle, dated December 17, 1971, regarding the NORJAK case (file 164-81). On December 8, 1971,…
Page 137Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) of case 164-81 regarding the NWA Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. Memo body listing atta…
Page 138A dark, low-resolution photograph or photocopy artifact occupying the top portion of the page. Details are largely indiscernible. FBI Form 0-4 (Invoice of Contents) dated 12/14/71, sent from FBI Was…
Page 139Date of the teletype. Urgent teletype from SAC Las Vegas to FBI Director regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A 24-foot rip stock parachute was inadvertently sent to the FBI Laboratory instead…
Page 140Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81 Sub D, dated 12/16/71, subject NORJACK / PARACHUTES. An SA received a telephone call at 5:50 pm on 12/16/71 from a redacted i…
Page 141Document type header indicating this is an Airtel communication. Date of the Airtel. Airtel from FBI Director to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, NWA Flig…
Page 142Handwritten classification or routing notation. Teletype header from Los Angeles field office to FBI Director and Seattle, referencing prior Seattle teletype and Los Angeles telcall both dated Decem…
Page 143Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI office to Seattle, Dallas, and Sacramento, marked urgent, dated December 14, 1971. Subject line indicating NORJAK (FBI code name for the D.B. Cooper hi…
Page 144Teletype routing header from Dallas field office to Seattle, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, regarding NORJAK case. A redacted source from the Dallas Parachute Association advised that 80% of parach…
Page 145Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Director and Cincinnati, urgent priority, dated November 29, 1971. Case title line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Fl…
Page 146Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype from the Seattle field office (SE 164-81) describing terrain features (brush, clearings, rivers, lakes) likely related to a search area, the UNSUB's clothin…
Page 147Teletype header from Sacramento FBI office to Seattle and San Francisco offices, marked urgent, regarding NORJAK case with Seattle as office of origin. Sacramento FBI office reports that USPA (Unite…
Page 148Standard FD-302 header with form revision and date. FBI agent presented the parachute from the D.B. Cooper hijacking to Air Force personnel at Nellis AFB for examination. They determined the parachu…
Page 149Standard FD-302 form header with date of report. Interview of a Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hostess (name redacted) at Reno Airport on the evening of November 24 and early morning of November 25,…
Page 150Case file number and page continuation number. Continuation from a prior page: the witness describes the appearance of what she believed to be dynamite, noting a reddish rusty color, though she was…
Page 151Case file number and page reference. The hijacker gave detailed instructions before landing at Seattle-Tacoma Airport: all requested items (money, parachutes) must be ready; a redacted person was to…
Page 152FBI case file number header for Las Vegas field office file 164-60. A flight attendant describes events after the aircraft landed: she retrieved a bag of ransom money from an unknown male near the a…
Page 153File number and page indicator for the FBI report. A crew member delivered parachute packs (chest and back packs) to the hijacker. The hijacker was observed examining them. All hostesses and male cr…
Page 154Case file number and page number header. The hijacker told a crew member she could go to the pilot's compartment once the rear stairs were lowered in flight. He became very annoyed at the time neede…
Page 155Case file number and page continuation number. A witness recalls the hijacker's behavior: he smoked Raleigh filter tips, knew the parachutes were coming from McChord Air Force Base, estimated 20 min…
Page 156FBI file number and page continuation number. Continuation of an FBI interview (likely FD-302) with a flight attendant describing events aboard the hijacked aircraft. She recounts the hijacker secur…
Page 157FBI case file number and page number within the report. A female witness (name redacted) complied with a request by going to first class, closing the curtain, then proceeding to the cockpit where sh…
Page 158Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated December 8, 1971, sent via AIRTEL. Routing block indicating an airtel from the Philadelphia SAC to the Seattle SAC regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper…
Page 159FD-302 header with date December 3, 1971. The interviewee's name and address are redacted. A stewardess for Northwest Airlines describes boarding Flight 305 on November 24, 1971, which originated in…
Page 160Case file number and page reference. A flight attendant announces the hijacking, observes a woman writing on an envelope, and takes a note to the cockpit. The hijacker confirms he wants someone to s…
Page 161Case file number and page indicator. Continuation of a witness interview (likely a flight attendant) describing interactions with the D.B. Cooper hijacker aboard Northwest Airlines. The hijacker dis…
Page 162The hijacker comments that Mc Cord is close to Tacoma. The cockpit requests permission to descend without chutes present; hijacker agrees provided there is no wait after fueling. The pilot later conf…
Page 163FBI case file number header. Continuation of a witness (likely a stewardess) account of the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Describes Cooper cutting open a parachute to get nylon cord, wrapping it around the…
Page 164Page identifier and sub-page number for FBI file PH 164-133. The hijacker tells a crew member to skip the flight plan filing and proceed, saying it can be done over the radio once airborne. A fligh…
Page 165Page header with case file number and page number within the document. Continuation of a witness statement describing events after the aircraft landed. The witness and pilot entered the cabin, found…
Page 166FBI file number and page/section indicator. Description of suspect's clothing: dark brown suit with possible thin black stripe, brown socks, and brown ankle-length pebble grain shoes (not tie type).…
Page 167Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated December 6, 1971, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file designations D, E, and G. AIRTEL from SAC Las Vegas to SAC…
Page 168Handwritten sub-file designation mark. FBI teletype from Boston to Seattle and San Francisco regarding the NORJAK investigation. Reports on investigation at Strong Enterprises, Inc. in Quincy, MA, a…
Page 169FBI Director grants Bureau authority to Seattle and San Francisco offices to publish artist's conceptions of the NORJAK suspect (with and without glasses) in the January issue of Parachutist Magazine…
Page 170Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 6, 1971. Airtel from SAC Detroit to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB Dan Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71…
Page 171FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation, Denver field office. Description of POPS (Parachutists Over Phorty Society), a worldwide parachuting organization with 576 members requiring a…
Page 172Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI field office to Director and San Francisco, marked urgent, dated December 7, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: unknown subject a…
Page 173Page header with page number and case reference number. Physical description of the D.B. Cooper hijacker who extorted $200,000 from Northwest Airlines on November 24. Describes a white male, mid-for…
Page 174Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype, with reference number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype requesting that anyone with information about an unidentified individual…
Page 175FBI teletype from San Francisco field office to Director and Seattle regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking. References a prior teletype from Seattle dated Decemb…
Page 176Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription. FD-302 interview of a redacted stewardess aboard Northwest Airlines Flight #305 describing the November 24, 1971 hijacking. The…
Page 177Page number and FBI case file number. A witness (name redacted) describes the hijacker's demands in order: money first, passengers off after money delivered, parachutes and four crew meals, full ref…
Page 178Page 3 of a report filed under Seattle field office case number 164-81. A witness (name redacted) observed during the hijacking that one of the parachutes brought on board had been unpacked. She ask…
Page 179Header of a United States Government memorandum from SAs Robert Ross Reynolds and Donald J. Steele to SAC Seattle, regarding the unknown subject aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacki…
Page 180FBI case file number for the Seattle field office, file 164-81. Three question-and-answer pairs fully redacted under b6/b7C exemptions (personal privacy). Continuation of an interview (likely FD-30…
Page 181Case file number header for the Seattle FBI field office D.B. Cooper case. Continuation of a Q&A interview (likely an FD-302 or report insert) with a parachuting expert discussing the D.B. Cooper ju…
Page 182Continuation of a Q&A interview (likely FD-302 or report insert) with an experienced parachutist providing expert opinion on the D.B. Cooper hijacking jump. The expert states free-fall terminal veloc…
Page 183Continuation of an FBI interview (Q&A format) with a parachuting expert regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The expert discusses chute deployment timing, the ability to use an unfamiliar parachute,…
Page 184Handwritten marginal annotations, likely routing or filing notations. Includes references to membership list, map, drawer, and alphanumeric codes. FBI airtel memo from SAC San Francisco to Director…
Page 185Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. Earl J. Cossey of Seattle provided information about the parachutes furnished to the hijacker on 11/24/71. The pilot chutes on…
Page 186Teletype routing header with timestamps and urgency designation. FBI declassification stamp with FOIA exemption codes b3, b6, b7C. Overlaid box containing a suspect sketch or photo placeholder with…
Page 187Metropolitan Police Department report of a burglary on December 1 between 1:00 AM and 8:00 AM at a redacted suite, where $500 in bills ($300 in $100 bills and $200 in $20 bills) were stolen from the…
Page 188FOIA exemption codes indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6) and source-identifying information (b7C). Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to multiple FBI field offices dat…
Page 189FBI case number and page indicator for Los Angeles field office file 164-497, page five. Page five of an FBI report covering two suspects. The first suspect was located and interviewed at a residenc…
Page 190Standard US Government memorandum header from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case on Northwest Airlines Flight #305. Handwritten annotations noting the memo…
Page 191Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from Seattle FBI office to Cincinnati on November 30, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Flig…
Page 192Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype, case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype describing details of the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Covers parachute rigging details (26-fo…
Page 193Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to File 164-81, from SAC Seattle, dated 11/29/71, regarding the NORJAK hijacking case. Handwritten routing or distribution annotations indicating c…
Page 194Standard US Government memorandum header from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown subject hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Handwritten routing or classifi…
Page 195Standard FBI teletype header indicating a plain text facsimile message sent urgently on November 29, 1971. Teletype from Portland FBI office (file 164-41) to Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijack…
Page 196FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 11/29/71, regarding the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71. On 11/26/71, a…
Page 197Header of a US Government memorandum from SAC J. E. Milnes to File 164-81, dated November 29, 1971, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/7…
Page 198Standard US Government memorandum header from SPC Francis E. Entler to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper skyjacking of Northwest Flight 305 on 11/24/71. A redacted individual from Dallas, Texas…
Page 199Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated November 26, 1971, marked URGENT priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director reporting on aerial and ground search for the D.B. Coo…
Page 200Standard FBI teletype/airtel form header (Rev. 5-22-64) with blank date, transmission method, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype analyzing the flight path of the hijacked Northwest Air…
Page 201Standard government memorandum header from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated November 26, 1971, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305. An Associated Press reporte…
Page 202Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription. FD-302 interview of Earl J. Cossey, a master parachute rigger and jump instructor at Seattle Sky Sports in Issaquah, WA. Cossey…
Page 203Page number (2) and FBI case file number SE 164-81. Mr. Cossey explains that parachuting from a 727 jet below 10,000 feet at slow speed is possible, but the jumper would need to free fall thousands…
Page 204Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Director, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, and Portland, sent urgently on 11/26/71 at 6:22 PM. Subject line identifying the NORJAK case: unknown subject h…
Page 205Continuation header indicating page two of a teletype under Seattle file number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype relaying Cossey's expert opinion that night parachute jumping is very dangerous whe…
Page 206Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent from Seattle FBI office to the Director on November 29, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Flight 305…
Page 207Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype with case number SE 164-81. Continuation of a teletype describing how a chest pack parachute was deliberately rigged as inoperable for training…
Page 208Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to file 164-81, from SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. SAC Campbell from Las Vegas reports findings abo…
Page 209Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo routing block identifying sender SA Reese H. Chipman to SAC Seattle, regarding the hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. SA Chi…
Page 210Description of two military back pack parachutes with lead seals, assembled by Earl Cossey at Sky Sports near Issaquah. An individual expressed the opinion that jumping from a 727 at night would be v…
Page 211An individual (name redacted) residing in Washington telephoned at 5:00 AM to advise that jumping from a forward door would likely result in being sucked into the engines, and jumping from a rear doo…
Page 212FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director, Las Vegas, and Portland describing the parachutes potentially used by the UNSUB in the Northwest Flight 305 hijacking on November 24, 1971. Details…
Page 213FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet listing 21 deleted pages from a release under Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790-02. Pages were deleted as duplicates or referral/consult materials. Standard FBI s…
Page 214Brief teletype from FBI Seattle to Director, Portland, and Minneapolis reporting that the terrain search with Army troops and agents continued on 3/22/72 with no developments in the NORJAK case. Han…
Page 215FBI Seattle teletype to Director, Portland, and Minneapolis offices reporting on the NORJAK case. References a prior teletype from the 17th. A ground and air search involving 300 men (Bureau agents a…
Page 216Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J.E. Milnes to a redacted contact at Pacific Power and Light Company in Portland, Oregon, confirming arrangements for the FBI and U.S. Army to use Pacific Powe…
Page 217File number, date, addressee, and case name header for internal FBI memo. Author documents a phone call to SAC Mattson in Portland on March 19, 1972, regarding the potential need for 5,000 gallons o…
Page 218Memo header from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, case NORJAK, file 164-81, Sub E, dated 3/20/72. Memo details Army search operation commencing 3/21/72 at Lake Merwin Park. A telephone line is being ins…
Page 219Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland, dated March 20, 1972 at 7:32 PM. Teletype regarding NORJAK case. Reports that agents from other divisions on…
Page 220Internal FBI memo regarding coordination with Army personnel at Fort Lewis on the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A redacted individual from Fort Lewis called to say he would be working with SAC MILNES an…
Page 221FBI internal memo regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case) addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 3/17/72. Reports that a redacted source advised the 3rd Air Cavalry Regiment-Control will be the unit used, compo…
Page 222FBI Seattle teletype to the Director reporting coordination with Army officials at Fort Lewis, Washington for a ground search related to NORJAK. Army unit to move into position on March 21, 1972, biv…
Page 223Date and transmission method header for the airtel memo. Standard FBI airtel routing block from SAC Butte to the Director, FBI, referencing two Special Agents (names redacted) on special assignment…
Page 224Date of the airtel. Standard FBI airtel header from SAC San Francisco to Director, FBI, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), file number 164-220. San Francisco Office is dispatching two redacte…
Page 225Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that SHUTZ called at 1:00 PM advising that the Secretary of Defense has approved going ahead…
Page 226Standard US Government memorandum header from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated March 15, 1972. A supervisor called for Henry Shutz to report that a three-star…
Page 227Internal FBI memo from SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 3/15/72. The author spoke with Assistant Director Thomas Bishop about how to handle press inquiries concerning the anticipated terr…
Page 228Teletype header indicating a weekly summary sent from FBI Seattle to Director FBI and Minneapolis on March 16, 1972. FBI Seattle reports that Bureau authority was obtained to contact Major General A…
Page 229FBI Seattle NITEL (night teletype) to Director and Minneapolis reporting on planned ground search of the D.B. Cooper drop area near La Center, Washington, tentatively scheduled for March 15, 1972. Se…
Page 230Header block identifying the file number 164-81, date 3/15/72, addressed to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case. SA Henry Schutz advised that the Army approved using troops for a terrain search relat…
Page 231Header block identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 3/13/72, from SA Thomas J. Manning, regarding NORJAK. Handwritten annotation, likely a routing or subject note refer…
Page 232FBI FD-448 facsimile transmittal cover sheet from Seattle field office to the Director, dated April 4, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. The attachment is described as a San Francisco letter to Lt. Ge…
Page 233FBI San Francisco field office letterhead with date March 10, 1972. Letter addressed to Lt. General A.D. Surles, Jr., Commanding General of the Sixth U.S. Army at the Presidio of San Francisco. FBI…
Page 234Airtel memo from SAC Portland to FBI Director regarding a Bureau telephone call on 3/9/72 ordering four agents to Seattle for a NORJAK special commencing approximately 3/15/72. The names of the desig…
Page 235Header of FBI memo with file number 164-81, dated March 13, 1972, addressed to SAC J. E. Milnes regarding NORJAK case. Author describes telephone exchanges on March 10, 1972 with a redacted individu…
Page 236Memo header identifying the recipient (SAC Seattle), case number 164-81, date 3/9/72, from ASAC Paul R. Bibler, regarding NORJAK search. A supervisor called to relay that Henry Shutz forgot to menti…
Page 237Internal FBI memo to ASAC Bibler in Seattle regarding approval of 10 agents from various field offices (Butte, Portland, Sacramento, San Francisco) to report to the Longview Resident Agency by 6:00 P…
Page 238FBI Director teletype to Seattle and other field offices regarding NORJAK. Instructs that agents ordered to Seattle for a NORJAK special operation commencing March 15 should not depart until Seattle…
Page 239Date stamp at top of document. Handwritten annotations, likely routing or review notes. Partially illegible. Airtel memo from SAC Sacramento to FBI Director regarding the NORJACK case. References a…
Page 240Standard US Government office memorandum header addressed from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Henry Shutz called from FBI Bureau headquarters inquiring about a General's d…
Page 241Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 3/10/72, regarding NORJAK case. SAC Seattle contacted the office of Governor Evans on 3/9/72 to request Army troops fo…
Page 242Teletype from FBI Seattle to Director reporting that the sender personally contacted Major General Alexander Bolling at Fort Lewis to formally request a company of troops to assist in a terrain searc…
Page 243Page two of a teletype (SE 164-81) describing coordination with the National Guard and Army regarding use of troops. The commanding officer of the Washington State National Guard was directed to cont…
Page 244Internal FBI memo from SAC J. E. Milnes regarding the NORJAK case. SA Henry Shutz called from the Bureau to confirm that Mr. Hoover approved the recommendation to request Army assistance in the searc…
Page 245Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated 3/8/72. Handwritten routing stamps and annotations including 'SUB - E' classification and a search date of 3/13/72. Teletype from SAC Seatt…
Page 246Internal FBI memo dated 3/8/72 regarding the NORJAK case. SA Henry Shutz called from the Bureau to advise that Army authorization had been secured for the utilization of troops to conduct the search.…
Page 247Internal FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, routed through ASAC Paul R. Bibler, regarding the NORJAK case, dated March 9, 1972. An individual called from Las Vegas reporting that a woman in t…
Page 248Header of a US Government memorandum from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 3/9/72, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). SA Thomas J. Manning reports he has made reservations at the Thunderb…
Page 249Header of a US Government memorandum from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC, Seattle, dated 3/6/72, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), subject: canvass of area. Operational memo detailing the plan for c…
Page 250Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director and Minneapolis, classified as a weekly summary, sent the night of February 24, 1972. NORJAK weekly summary reporting that Sacrament…
Page 251Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype with case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype message. A tie is being forwarded by Portland to the FBI laboratory for examination. Investi…
Page 252Header block of an FBI internal memo from Seattle field office, dated 2/18/72, regarding the NORJAK case (file 164-81). A redacted individual from Whidbey Island Naval Air Station in Oak Harbor, WA…
Page 253FBI teletype weekly summary from Seattle to Director FBI and Minneapolis regarding NORJAK case. Reports that the Air Force SR-71 has flown over the drop area in southwestern Washington on five separa…
Page 254Internal FBI memo from SAC Seattle to file regarding NORJAK case. On 2/17/72, the author called SAC Reed at Butte to ask him to informally approach the Air Force at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, about co…
Page 255FBI teletype from Sacramento to Seattle and Butte regarding NORJAK case. Reports that SR-71 photographic overflights were conducted by Beale AFB personnel on February 4, 11, and 17, 1972, but no phot…
Page 256Dark, noisy strip at top of page, likely microfiche artifact or photocopy edge. Internal FBI memo from SAC Seattle to file regarding NORJAK case. Reports that SAC Williams in Sacramento advised the…
Page 257Header block identifying the file number 164-81, addressed to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, dated 2/11/72. Memo documenting a phone call on 2/11/72 from Assistant Director Ivan Conrad regardin…
Page 258Teletype header indicating a NITEL message from Sacramento field office (164-50) to Seattle field office (164-81) dated February 10, 1972. Sacramento advises Seattle that a USAF photographic overfli…
Page 259Date of the document. FBI Washington Field Office airtel to Director, FBI and SAC Seattle regarding the February 1972 issue of Air Line Pilot magazine published by the Air Line Pilot's Association (…
Page 260Short FBI teletype from Seattle to Sacramento requesting a status update on the planned overflight of an Air Force plane from Beale Air Force Base, in connection with the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case.…
Page 261Internal FBI memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. SA Thomas J. Manning reported on the search of the suspected hijacker drop area conducted between 11/25/71 and 1…
Page 262Standard FBI teletype form header, FD-36, dated February 3, 1972, transmitted via NITEL teletype. Weekly summary teletype from SAC Seattle to Director FBI and SAC Minneapolis regarding NORJAK case.…
Page 263Internal FBI memo dated January 28, 1972, from SAC J. E. Milnes regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. On January 27, 1972, Milnes called a redacted individual at the Department of Civil Defense in…
Page 264FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Requests document examination referencing a letter dated 1/21/72. Signed by John Edgar Hoover, Director. FBI File N…
Page 265Header of FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated January 27, 1972. FBI Laboratory examination of typewriter samples (K3) from a Smith-Corona Electric Portable ty…
Page 266Internal FBI memo dated 1/19/72 regarding the NORJAK case. The author spoke with a redacted Civil Defense contact about organizing a search of terrain near La Center, Washington. The plan involves co…
Page 267Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director and Minneapolis, dated January 17, 1972. Daily NORJAK teletype reporting cancellation of Air National Guard helicopter search due to…
Page 268Teletype routing header from Sacramento FBI office to Director and Seattle, marked URGENT, dated January 17, 1972. Sacramento reports that a contact at Beale AFB, California has filed a request with…
Page 269Standard FBI Airtel routing form header with revision date 5-18-71. FBI Director memo to SAC Albany dated 1-14-72 regarding utilization of military aircraft in Bureau cases. Outlines DOD policy that…
Page 270Internal FBI memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento dated 1/14/72 regarding the NORJAK case, transmitting enclosed FD-302 interview reports of stewardesses and crew members involved with the hijacke…
Page 271FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a memo and revised map of the probable drop area prepared by a redacted individual at Northwest Airlines, based on an…
Page 272Teletype header from Seattle FBI field office to Director FBI and Minneapolis, sent as a daily teletype on January 13, 1972. NORJAK update: Two Air National Guard helicopters from Portland, Oregon,…
Page 273Continuation header for page two of a teletype, referencing Seattle field office case number 164-81. Continuation of an FBI teletype regarding a witness who was on a flight to Honolulu on November 2…
Page 274Memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. On 1/12/72, Bibler called ASAC Rosack at Sacramento about being temporarily stymied in the ground search for where the hijacker…
Page 275Memo header indicating this is addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Charles E. Farrell regarding the NORJAK case search area, dated 1/11/72. SA Farrell describes receiving revised flight path plotting a…
Page 276Portion of a USGS topographic quadrangle map of the La Center, Washington area. A diagonal line is drawn across the map, likely indicating a flight path or search area related to the D.B. Cooper inve…
Page 277FBI Form FD-448 transmitting materials via facsimile from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Urgent priority. Transmits one map and one two-page memo from an NWA source dated 1/9/72.…
Page 278Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, dated January 11, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. SA Wick reports that on January 11, 1972, a redacted individual from th…
Page 279Daily teletype from FBI Seattle to Director and Minneapolis regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Sacramento has furnished a revised drop area map to the Air Force; the SR-71 will map and study th…
Page 280Daily teletype from FBI Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Seattle is obtaining detailed maps of a new search area and planning a helicopter survey of the entire area before launching a g…
Page 281A detailed list of suggested equipment and supplies for a ground search operation, including compasses, rain gear, rations, field packs, handheld radios, whistles, pressurized paint for marking paths…
Page 282Internal note documenting that Officer Ed Bourdage of the Kalama Police Department has offered his 20-foot enclosed boat for water search operations on Merwin, Yale, or Swift Lakes. The boat sleeps 4…
Page 283Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Date stamp and handwritten case file annotations. SA Manning proposes a ground search of a w…
Page 284Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 1/11/72, regarding NORJAK case 164-81. SA Manning reports that SA WICK in Olympia obtained aerial survey phot…
Page 285Memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle regarding the potential use of a U.S. Air Force SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft to photograph the terrain over which the hijacked airplane flew during the…
Page 286Header block of FBI memo from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, dated January 10, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten routing annotations near the header. SAC Seattle is sending FBI Director a film…
Page 287Standard FBI teletype form header with date January 10, 1972, sent via NITEL priority teletype. FBI Seattle teletype to Director regarding NORJAK case. Based on USAF information and a Northwest Airl…
Page 288Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, Springfield, and Minneapolis, marked URGENT, dated December 29, 1971. Case code name NORJAK for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investiga…
Page 289Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, case number 164-81. Page two of an FBI teletype discussing coordination with Air Force personnel at McChord AFB who volunteered to parachute fr…
Page 290Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to File 164-81, dated 12/23/71, subject NORJAK. SAC HELD called from Minneapolis advising that Mr. NYROP arranged for the same 727 aircraf…
Page 291Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 15, 1971, sent via airtel/air mail. Airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Las Vegas is fo…
Page 292FBI document header with date. FBI agents examined the Boeing 727 (NW Orient Flight 305) at Reno Municipal Airport at 11:25 PM on 11/26/71. The hijacker had been seated in seat 18F. A black Towncraf…
Page 293Case file number and page number of the document. States that a search of the entire airplane yielded no additional evidentiary items. Bates stamp or document tracking number applied to the page.
Page 294Standard US Government memorandum header showing the memo is from SAC Seattle to File 164-81, dated 12/21/71, regarding NORJAK. SAC Seattle reports speaking with SAC HELD in Minneapolis on 12/20/71…
Page 295Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo routing block identifying the recipient as SAC Seattle, from SRA Thomas J. Manning of the Longview Resident Agency, regarding the NORJAK hijacki…
Page 296Memo header identifying the recipient (SAC Seattle), date, assigned Special Agent, and case name NORJAK. A civilian from Spanaway, Washington contacted the FBI on November 26, 1971 offering the use…
Page 297FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated December 16, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with SUB-E priority designation. Airtel from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, enclosing FD-302 intervi…
Page 298An FD-302 interview summary in which a redacted individual from Northwest Airlines, Inc. reports conclusions drawn from reviewing notes and technical records about NWA Flight 305 on November 24, 1971…
Page 299Numbered analytical report (points 1-8) describing the probable landing zone for the hijacker (HJ) based on the airplane's flight path approaching Portland VOR, cabin pressure bump timing at 0410 GMT…
Page 300Portland-area aeronautical sectional chart dated 12/4/71, labeled Figure 1. Shows aviation navigational aids, airports, airfields (both public and private), terrain elevations, airspace boundaries, V…
Page 301FD-302 interview form dated December 3, 1971. An individual from Northwest Airlines, Inc. furnished information to the FBI, but the entire body of the interview and the interviewee's name are redacte…
Page 302Introductory cover page for a set of manually recorded communication notes taken during the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24/25, 1971. States that the primary communication m…
Page 303Header and introduction identifying this as a chronological log of the NWA Flight 305 hijacking compiled from radio and phone-patch communications between MSP Flight Operations Office ("Eagle" line)…
Page 304Chronological log of the D.B. Cooper hijacking event at SEA (Seattle-Tacoma Airport). Documents the hijacker (HJ) confirming money and parachutes were aboard, fueling delays, HJ's demands for aircraf…
Page 305NWA Chief Performance Engineer was called to help calculate range. Boeing Company was contacted for assistance with flight characteristics with air-stairs extended, confirming a man could exit via th…
Page 306Notes on cabin lighting status and curtain position; crew unable to confirm if hijacker (HJ) was still aboard. At 2222, NWA frequency lost; phone-patch via SEA ARINC established. Flight position 23…
Page 307Chronological log of radio communications and events during the D.B. Cooper hijacking flight, covering the period from 2342 to 0128. Documents the flight's progress through the RBL area, descent, and…
Page 308During a conference call, it was learned that an unnamed individual operated a parachute jumping school and had some prior relevant background (redacted). Timestamped log entries at 0133 and 0135 ho…
Page 309Return address and date of the letter from the FBI Seattle field office. Handwritten or stamped routing/initials notation at upper right. Addressee block identifying Lt. Col. George Mahoney of the…
Page 310Handwritten annotation indicating the subject or filing category of the letter. Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes to George Weyerhaeuser, President of Weyerhaeuser Lumber Co., tha…
Page 311Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Flight 305. SA Manning recommends sending thank-you letters to organizati…
Page 312Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Sacramento to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Sacramento is forwarding two aeronautical charts showing the flight path of Northwest Airlines Flight…
Page 313Urgent teletype from FBI Sacramento to Seattle, Las Vegas, and Portland field offices regarding the NORJAK case. Sacramento requests receiving offices display a photo of a redacted suspect to witness…
Page 314Teletype routing header from Sacramento field office to FBI Director and Seattle, marked URGENT, regarding NORJAK case. Sacramento reports that an aerial search of Northwest Flight 305's route was c…
Page 315FBI FD-302 form revision identifier FD-302 interview report of a witness who observed a low-flying airplane near a redacted airfield on the night of November 24, 1971, between 7:30 and 8 p.m. The ai…
Page 316Handwritten classification or routing annotation reading Sub D. E. L C O Teletype header from Sacramento FBI office to Seattle and San Francisco, marked urgent, regarding NORJAK case, referencing pr…
Page 317FBI Seattle field office return address and date line with 'SUB' notation. Thank-you letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes to a redacted individual at Bonneville Power Administration…
Page 318Teletype header indicating plaintext, urgent priority. Urgent teletype from FBI Director to SAC Sacramento authorizing the rental of a Cessna aircraft for terrain searches related to the NORJAK case…
Page 319Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with date 12/1/71. FBI interview of a crew member (likely a pilot or flight engineer) of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, conducted at Reno Airport on the eve…
Page 320FBI file number and page continuation marker. A redacted individual describes the cockpit crew's response after verifying the hijacker's intentions: they contacted the company by radio but did not a…
Page 321FBI file number LV 164-60, page 3 of a multi-page document. Continuation of an FBI report detailing the hijacker's demands and negotiations aboard the aircraft in Seattle. The hijacker specified con…
Page 322FBI file number and page continuation number for Las Vegas field office file 164-60, page 4. The hijacker stated he would take the bomb or disarm it upon departure. The aircraft followed the Victor…
Page 323FBI case file number and page/section indicator. A redacted individual states that the stipulations for receiving the aircraft at Reno, Nevada were based on the hijacker's earlier instructions given…
Page 324FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet indicating 7 pages were removed as duplicates (pages 15, 16, 17, 30, 31, 32, and 50) from a release associated with Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790-02. No duplic…
Page 325FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated March 15, 1989. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel memo from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the D…
Page 326FBI interoffice memorandum (FD-491) from Omaha field office to Los Angeles regarding a bomb threat case involving Flying Tiger Airlines, Flight 64. The memo forwards interview notes and indicates Los…
Page 327FBI evidence receipt form (FD-340) documenting submission of notes dated 1/26/81 under field file number 164B332-1A(0). The item is not to be returned. Contributor name, address, and agent name field…
Page 328Microfiche film border artifacts visible along top edge of page. Location stamp or label indicating Tacoma, Washington. Handwritten notes about a flight from Chicago O'Hare to LA. Notes mention arr…
Page 329Handwritten note referencing what appears to be Philadelphia at Chicago terminal and F.T. (possibly field terminal or Fort Worth) terminal. A rough hand-drawn sketch of what appears to be two three-…
Page 330FBI inter-office memorandum (FD-491 form) from Boston field office to Los Angeles field office, dated March 10, 1990, forwarding 2 original FD-302 interview reports as RUC (Referred Upon Completion)…
Page 331FBI FD-302 form header with revision date. FD-302 interview of a redacted individual employed at W. E. Hulton & Company, 75 Federal Street. He was a passenger on an American Airlines flight on July…
Page 332Header block of an FBI memo from SA Edward A. Romanoff to SAC Los Angeles, dated 12/2/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71.…
Page 333Header block identifying this as an FBI memo from the Los Angeles SAC office, case 164-497, dated 11/30/71, regarding the hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305. An individual associated…
Page 334FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. Continuation of an FBI report describing a source considered an authority in his field and a reliable, intelligent contact of the Los Angeles D…
Page 335Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo routing block identifying sender SA Edward A. Romanoff to SAC Los Angeles regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, with reference to Elsinore P…
Page 336FBI teletype from Los Angeles field office (164-497) to multiple field offices regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case — UNSUB on Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, November 24, 1971.…
Page 337Page five of a teletype describing investigation of two suspects. First suspect was located in California and verified abroad via passport and sales slips from November 21 through December 1, clearin…
Page 338Page six of an FBI teletype (LA 164-497) describing an interview conducted by a Special Agent in California. A subject arrived driving a green pick-up truck from Oregon and was a close acquaintance o…
Page 339Case number and page header for an FBI Los Angeles field office teletype, page seven. Report on the arrest of a redacted individual by a sheriff's office on November 25. Search found only small hand…
Page 340Page eight of an FBI teletype (LA 164-497) discussing efforts to develop suspects using artist sketches and descriptive data on the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper). A redacted individual in the United…
Page 341FBI memo from SA Edward A. Romanoff in the Los Angeles office regarding a Seattle telephone call on 12/2/71 about the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The memo provides guidelines for reviewing and eliminating…
Page 342Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle and San Francisco, marked urgent, dated December 2, 1971. Standard NORJAK case subject line identifying the hijacking of NWA Flig…
Page 343Case file number and page indicator for an FBI teletype, page two of a multi-page document. Page two of an FBI teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper investigation. A redacted source stated the subject…
Page 344Continuation (page three) of a teletype from the Los Angeles FBI field office regarding case 164-497 Sub A. Los Angeles will review registration cards at a redacted location and photograph cards of p…
Page 345FBI teletype form header dated December 2, 1971, transmitted in plain text via teletype with urgent priority. Routing information indicating the teletype is from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle and S…
Page 346FBI case number and page designation for the Los Angeles field office D.B. Cooper investigation. A source states the subject closely resembles the composite sketch and is thought to have made severa…
Page 347FBI case number and page/section indicator for the Los Angeles field office. Instruction for the Los Angeles field office to review registration and photograph cards at a redacted location for perso…
Page 348Header of a U.S. Government inter-office memorandum from SAC Seattle to SAC Albany regarding the unknown hijacker aka Dan Cooper on Northwest Airlines Flight 305. Body of the memo describing distrib…
Page 349Teletype header from Los Angeles field office (file 164-497) sent to Phoenix, Seattle, and Washington Field offices regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle…
Page 350Case number and page indicator for an FBI teletype or airtel, page two of the communication. A confidential informant (CI) describes and states information about an individual, with names and detail…
Page 351Case number and page continuation header for Los Angeles FBI file 164-497, page three of a multi-page teletype. Instructions to inform Seattle and Washington Field offices of background on a redacte…
Page 352Header of an FBI memo from SAC Los Angeles office, dated 12/1/71, regarding the hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71, classified under hijacking and…
Page 353Internal FBI memo from the Los Angeles field office dated 12/3/71 regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71 (Portland to Seattle). A redacted SA from the Seatt…
Page 354FBI teletype from San Francisco field office to Director and other offices regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Reports that the United States Parachute Association in Monterey, California does…
Page 355Teletype routing header from San Francisco field office to Director, Washington Field, Seattle, and Los Angeles offices, sent urgently on December 2, 1971. San Francisco field office reports that th…
Page 356Teletype from Seattle to Los Angeles FBI office regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Seattle advises LA that witness descriptions of the UNSUB vary: age 35 to 50s, height 5'9" to 6'1", weight 15…
Page 357Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo header fields identifying the recipient as SAC Los Angeles, the author as SA Edward A. Romanoff, and the subject as the D.B. Cooper hijacking of…
Page 358Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to Seattle, dated December 7, 1971 at 10:30 PM. Standard NORJAK case subject line referencing Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle…
Page 359Date and classification of the teletype message. Teletype header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, Nov…
Page 360Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 8, 1971, sent in plain text via teletype with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Coope…
Page 361Teletype header from Seattle field office to Los Angeles, marked urgent, regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case — Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, November 24, 1971. A so…
Page 362Header identifying this as page two of a Seattle field office teletype, case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype outlining investigative leads for the Los Angeles field office. Three action it…
Page 363Teletype header identifying the case as UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight 305, hijacking and extortion, originating from Seattle field office to Director and Los Angeles. Seattle field…
Page 364Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, case number 164-81. Request to Bureau to furnish glossy photographs of artist's conception of the UNSUB (with and without glasses) to the Los A…
Page 365Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Director and Los Angeles, marked urgent, dated December 8, 1971. Subject line identifying the NORJAK case: unknown subject aka Dan Cooper, Northw…
Page 366FBI Airtel header from Director, FBI to SAC Albany, Legats Ottawa and Mexico City, dated 12/7/71, regarding case NORJAK (formerly captioned differently), file number 164-2111. FBI directive introduc…
Page 367Continuation header of an FBI airtel addressed to SAC Albany and Legal Attachés in Ottawa and Mexico City. Subject line referencing the NORJAK case (FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking). Con…
Page 368FBI memo from SA Edward A. Romanoff to SAC Los Angeles dated 12/17/71, stating that two copies of the ransom money list paid to the hijacker were furnished to a redacted individual/entity at a parach…
Page 369Memo header addressed to SAC Los Angeles from SA Edward A. Romanoff regarding the NORJAK case, noting that on 12/10/71 persons were interviewed at Elsinore Paricenter Inc. at Skylark Field, Elsinore,…
Page 370Case number and page continuation indicator for FBI Los Angeles field office file 164-497, page 2. States the subject spoke to the person in question during mid-to-late August, not July. An individ…
Page 371Standard US Government memorandum form header. FBI internal memo from SA Edward A. Romanoff to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Lists persons who registered to jump at the El…
Page 372FBI Los Angeles field office case number reference. Listing of individuals with addresses and dates, preceded by a redacted block under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C. Appears to be a contact or intervi…
Page 373FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Large redacted block with b6/b7C exemption codes noted in the right margin, indicating personal privacy redaction. Identi…
Page 374FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Large bordered box that is entirely blank, indicating the content has been redacted or withheld under FOIA exemptions b6 a…
Page 375FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Large bordered box that is entirely blank, likely representing redacted content under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C. FOIA ex…
Page 376FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Name and address entry for Berk McCollon at 3510 Marcus Ave, Newport Beach, California 92660, dated 4/12/18. FOIA exempti…
Page 377FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Two entries for John L. Nowell at the same Long Beach, CA address, both dated 2/13/21. A large redacted block appears abov…
Page 378FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Large rectangular area that is completely blank/redacted. Content has been withheld. FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal pr…
Page 379FBI Los Angeles field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper case. Mostly redacted page from an FBI report. The only visible entry shows the name Albert Sanell with an address at 9220 Bel Air A…
Page 380FBI Los Angeles field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper case (NORJAK). Large bordered rectangle that is completely empty, indicating redacted or withheld content. FOIA exemption codes b6…
Page 381FBI Los Angeles field office case number header for file 164-497. Large rectangular area that is completely blank, indicating full redaction of page content under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C. FOIA e…
Page 382FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. Large empty or fully redacted rectangular area taking up the majority of the page. Content has been withheld unde…
Page 383Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header from SA Edward A. Romanoff to SAC Los Angeles, dated January 12, 1972, regarding the NORJAK hijacking and extortion case. SA Romanoff documents his investi…
Page 384Standard USG memorandum header from SA Edward A. Romanoff to SAC Los Angeles, dated 1/13/72, regarding the NORJAK hijacking/extortion case with office of origin Seattle. SA Romanoff contacted an ind…
Page 385Header block of an FBI memo from SA Edward A. Romanoff to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing a prior airtel dated 12/22/71. Interview of Guy M. Blackmore by SA Roma…
Page 386Standard US Government memorandum header indicating a communication from SA D'ARD A. ROMANOFF to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated January 24, 1972. Report of an intervi…
Page 387Date of the airtel document. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Buffalo regarding NORJAK hijacking/extortion case. Three photographs of a redacted individual were enclosed and shown to a redacted wi…
Page 388Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 22, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Routing block of the airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC New York regarding the NORJA…
Page 389Standard FD-302 header with form revision number and transcription date. An individual (name redacted) was interviewed at Skylark Airport in Elsinore, California. The interviewee saw news coverage…
Page 390Page number and FBI case file number header. Discussion about altitude of jumps; a redacted individual was thinking in terms of altitude records and discussed world record altitudes, oxygen supply,…
Page 391Case number and page number header for FBI Los Angeles field office file 164-497. Continuation of a witness statement. A redacted individual provided a physical description of a white male, aged 40-…
Page 392FBI case file number and sub-designation header. On December 3, 1971, FBI agents visited the Elsinore Paricenter parachute jumping center in Elsinore, California, reviewed approximately 12,000 regis…
Page 393Standard FD-302 interview form header with transcription date of December 6, 1971. A witness from California recalled speaking to a man in July or August 1971 who they believe could be the Northwest…
Page 394FD-302 interview report documenting a witness from California who spoke to an individual at Skylark Field in Elsinor, CA in mid-to-late August 1971 who resembled the artist's conception of the D.B. C…
Page 395Case file number and agent initials header. On December 10, 1971, August 1971 flight records were photographed at the Elsinore parachute center, containing jumper last names, altitude, pilot name, a…
Page 396Upper adult registration form for a parachuting center, with fields for personal information, education level, how they learned of the center, travel method, and a medical statement for parachute tra…
Page 397Top copy of an Adult Registration Form from a Parachuting Center. Personal details are redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Includes educational background checkboxes, how the registrant learned…
Page 398Upper portion of form with personal identification fields, almost entirely redacted under b6/b7C FOIA exemptions. Appears to contain name, address, and county fields. Redacted photograph area with '…
Page 399Top copy of an adult registration form for a parachuting center, including personal information fields, how the registrant heard about the center, travel method, and a medical statement certifying fi…
Page 400Upper copy of a Parachuting Center Adult Registration Form collecting personal information, education level, how the person learned about and traveled to the center, and a medical statement certifyin…
Page 401Upper copy of a parachuting center adult registration form with personal information fields largely redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Includes educational background checkboxes, referral sour…
Page 402Adult registration form for a parachuting center, with fields for personal information, how the registrant learned of the center, mode of travel, and a medical statement certifying fitness for parach…
Page 403Upper portion of an adult registration form for parachute training. Most fields are blank. Weight appears to be around 150. Sex is marked as M. The form asks how the registrant learned of the course…
Page 404Case file reference number and sub-designation. An informant from Seattle discussed flight records from Elsinore showing sport jumpers use altitudes in multiples of 1,000 feet from 2,500 to 12,500.…
Page 405Case file number and office designation for the Los Angeles field office. Leads section directing the San Francisco office to conduct investigation at Los Gatos, California, mirroring the New York o…
Page 406SA Edward A. Romanoff showed photographs to a redacted individual on 1/28/72 who was unable to identify the persons in the photos as the subject of the NORJAK case. The individual also stated they we…
Page 407Standard FD-302 form header with date of transcription December 4, 1975. A person from El Segundo, California was shown a photographic spread. Names of both the viewer and individuals in the spread…
Page 408Standard FD-302 interview form header with transcription date of December 4, 1975. An individual in El Segundo, California was shown a photographic spread and selected one photograph as most closely…
Page 409Standard FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription July 31, 1975. A TWA employee based in El Segundo, CA was interviewed about accepting Check Number 109 dated July 12, 1975 for $1,074…
Page 410Standard FD-302 header with date of transcription. An employee of Raytheon Company in Bedford, MA was interviewed about an incident on Flight 43 on July 20, 1972. He observed an intoxicated, bellige…
Page 411FBI interoffice government memorandum (FD-491/FD-318 form) from the Boston field office (file 164-234) to the Los Angeles field office (file 164-1312), dated March 10, 1990. Subject is redacted. Both…