FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet for Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790-02. Lists 54 deleted pages from Part 65 of the D.B. Cooper file, with reasons including Duplicate, b6/b7C (personal privacy e…

Notation indicating pages 169 and 170 have been withheld for referral/consult with another agency. Standard FBI FOIA deleted-page marker indicating page(s) were withheld, with no duplication fee cha…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date and document date. FD-302 interview of a female Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hostess at Reno Airport. She describes events of the D.B. C…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with date December 1, 1971. An individual (name redacted) was interviewed at the Reno Airport on the late evening of November 24 and early morning of Novemb…

FBI case file number and page continuation number. A redacted individual states they had no direct contact with or observation of the hijacker and therefore could not provide a physical description.…

FBI FD-302 form revision identifier. FD-302 interview of Captain William A. Scott, captain of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, conducted at Reno Airport on the late evening of November 24, 1971 and ea…

FBI file number for Las Vegas field office case 164-60, dictated by agent with initials TJW, typed by kmc, page 1. Administrative data section referencing a well placed source who provided informati…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form revision identifier. Header of the FD-302 form with date of document. An individual from a Sheriff's Office in Nevada provided records describing a white female s…

Page number and FBI Las Vegas field office case file number. A large redacted block with only the trailing phrase 'and no disposition is known.' visible beneath/beside the redaction box. FOIA exemp…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and report date. A deputy from a Nevada Sheriff's Office reports being called on November 29, 1971 to the residence of an individual w…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date 12/2/71. An individual at the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles advised that a specific Nevada license plate is registered to a 1968 Volkswagen…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and document date. An FD-302 interview summary indicating that someone at the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles provided information about a 1971 Dat…

FD-302 interview report documenting that the Division of Driver's License, Department of Motor Vehicles in Nevada furnished copies of a driver's license application, road test score, record of examin…

FBI FD-302 form dated 12/1/71 documenting an observation on November 30, 1971 of a 1971 brown Datsun two-door sedan with Nevada license plates parked in a driveway. The name of the person observed an…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date. An employee of the Reno Evening Gazette reported that the newspaper received a ransom-style note composed of cut-out newspaper words pasted on wh…

Standard FD-302 form header with FBI seal, revision date, page number 1, and document date of 12/1/71. Partially redacted text from an interview or record check. A female source advised that her fil…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date of 12/2/71. A sheriff's office in Nevada advised the FBI that their department has records on a subject under a redacted file number. Fingerprints of…

Page number and FBI Las Vegas field office case file number. A line beginning with 'Office on' followed by a large rectangular redaction block. The remainder of the content is fully redacted. Margin…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and report date. A stewardess (name redacted) showed FBI Special Agents RICKS and STOUSLAND the two seats occupied by the unknown hija…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and document date. An employee of the Nevada Division of Drivers License, Department of Motor Vehicles, confirmed that a particular Ne…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date December 1, 1971. Heavily redacted FD-302 interview content. An individual in Nevada, formerly at another Nevada location, provided information in…

FBI airtel transmittal form from SAC Philadelphia to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, dated 12/8/71. Cover letter enclosing seven copies of an FD-302 interview of a stewardess (…

Standard FBI FD-302 header with date. FD-302 witness interview of a Northwest Airlines stewardess who was on Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. She describes the flight route from Washington D.C. to M…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 6, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. L…

Date of the memo. FBI AIRTEL header from SAC Sacramento to the Director, FBI regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking and extortion case. Handwritten annotation,…

FBI form number and revision date header. Document title and date line of FD-302 interview report. Witness reports observing a low-flying airplane near a redacted airfield on the night of November…

Urgent teletype from FBI Director to Las Vegas and Seattle field offices regarding NORJAK case. Reports no latent prints found on contents of ash tray. A previously reported latent print from item Q2…

Header block identifying the SAC Seattle office, case number 164-81, dated 12/9/71, prepared by SA Charles E. Farrell regarding NORJAK. On 12/8/71 a Bureau official advised that the FBI Director app…

Teletype routing header showing urgent message sent 12-9-71 at 4:20 PM from Sacramento field office to Director, Seattle, Los Angeles, and San Diego offices. Handwritten or stamped routing marks, pa…

Case number and page continuation header for FBI teletype. Continuation of a teletype message referencing December 3rd, a listed residence (redacted), and noting no photo is available. Multiple fiel…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 12/8/71, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. Handwri…

Header of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. ASAC Bibler reports that on 12/8/71 he contacted ASAC Ted Rosack…

Header block of an FBI Airtel memo from the Director, FBI to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJAK hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Handwritten annotation, likely a routing or f…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header on Optional Form No. 10. From Special Agent Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated December 4, 1971, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Fl…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 3, 1971, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from Las Vegas SAC to Seattle SAC regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Encloses copies…

File number, dictator/typist initials, and page number for this FBI report section. Date range covered by this report. FOIA exemption markings indicating redactions were made per FAA under b6 (pers…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date of 12/6/71. A witness in Washington reported hearing a low-flying jet plane over his house on 11/24/71 at approximately 8:30 PM,…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A witness in Washington reports that on the evening of November 24, 1971, between 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM, he and his wife heard a…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription. A witness in Washington reported hearing and seeing a low-flying jet near his house on the evening of 11/24/71 at approximately 8:00…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated December 3, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Routing and subject block identifying the memo as from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regardin…

FBI Las Vegas field office case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. Log of investigative activities conducted by SA Thomas J. Williams and other redacted Special Agents on 11/30/…

Header block identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Seattle, from SA Thomas J. Manning, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. Reference line citing a prior memo from a re…

Handwritten date, routing notation 'Sub-G', and AIRMAIL designation with initials. Communication type designation line indicating AIRTEL sent via AIRMAIL. Memo header identifying sender (SAC Las Ve…

FBI Las Vegas field office file number for this case document. Request to the FBI Laboratory to file or retain elimination fingerprints from the Reno Evening Gazette anonymous letters for future com…

Handwritten alphabetical index letters in right margin, likely a filing reference. Date line, communication type (AIRTEL/AIRMAIL), and handwritten annotation noting membership list location. Standa…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, marked urgent, dated December 4, 1971. Subject line identifying the NORJAK case: unknown subject aka Dan Cooper, NWA Flight 305, Po…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype or communication, with Seattle field office case number 164-81. Continuation (page two) of a teletype regarding planes observed landing at a nea…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated 12/6/71, regarding the search area in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Memo body describes receipt of a facsimile…

Header block with routing information indicating a communication from Minneapolis to Seattle and WFO, dated 11/24/71, case reference 00186. Technical analysis of the hijacker's probable landing zone…

Memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle dated 12/6/71 regarding the search area for the D.B. Cooper hijacking. On 12/2/71, a redacted contact at Northwest Airlines in Minneapolis offered to fl…

Document type header indicating an Airtel communication. Header block of an FBI Airtel memo from the Director, FBI to SAC at WFO regarding the unknown subject hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight…

Header block of FBI memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 12/3/71, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking of NW Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. Report that individuals mention…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. An FBI Special Agent developed information about a market beacon receiver, cigarette-package sized, that could have allowed t…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A female witness in Washington was interviewed about the movements of a male subject during the evening of November 23, 1971 (t…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with form revision date and transcription date. Witness interview describing events on the night of November 24, 1971. The witness was doing barn chores aro…

Page number and FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK case. Continuation of a witness interview regarding a plane that landed in an unusual orientation. The witness noted the same…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription. An unidentified female witness in Washington state reported that on November 24, 1971 (the evening before Thanksgiving), between…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 3, 1971, sent via teletype with urgent priority. Urgent teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Las Vegas regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. S…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis FBI field office to Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas, and Philadelphia offices, sent urgently on December 3, 1971 at 2:37 PM. Subject line identifying the D.B. C…

Page two of an FBI teletype discussing the feasibility of entering aircraft panels (likely aft stairway compartment panels on a Boeing 727). States it is impossible to enter the panels while in fligh…

Teletype routing header from FBI Sacramento to FBI Seattle, sent urgently on December 3, 1971. Standard FBI case subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 o…

Header of an FBI internal memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 12/3/71, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking of NW Airlines Flight #305. A redacted Special Agent reported from…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 12/3/71, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking of NW Airlines Flight #305 from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/…

Standard FBI memo header identifying the case as UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71, office of origin Seattle, file 164-81, dated 12/3/71. On 12/2/71 an SA co…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 12/3/71, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305. An SA called from Philade…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Report on the 12/2/71 inspection of a Boeing 727 at Philadelphia airport…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 12/1/71, regarding the NORJAK case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71). Handwritten…

Teletype routing header from Philadelphia FBI field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Seattle offices, sent urgently on December 3, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case:…

Page two of an FBI interview report describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. A witness (name redacted) observed the hijacker carrying an attache case toward the aft lavatory with his right hand inside t…

Continuation of a witness statement (likely a flight attendant) describing events in the cockpit after takeoff. The hijacker called saying he could not lower the rear ladder, the pilot leveled off an…

Page four of a multi-page teletype, continuing a discussion about the possibility that the hijacker concealed himself in the rear tail panel section of the aircraft. A mechanic advised the right pane…

Teletype from Las Vegas FBI field office to Seattle reporting that inspection panels near the rear stairway of the hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight 305 were removed and inspected while the plane wa…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription. FD-302 interview of a redacted individual in Vancouver, Washington regarding use of a radio skip name. The subject admitted using an…

Standard FBI memo header identifying the case as the Dan Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305, Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71. Addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Charles E. Farrell. Case…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message from Washington Field Office to FBI Director and Seattle, dated December 2, 1971. Washington Field Office reports on discussions with NASA offici…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office, marked urgent, dated December 2, 1971. Handwritten routing annotations indicating copies to Search and Daily Teletype files.…

Teletype routing header from Sacramento FBI office to Seattle and Las Vegas offices, marked urgent, dated December 2, 1971. Handwritten annotation reading 'CC SEARCH' and 'CC COURSE', likely a routi…

FBI memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle reporting results of a ground search in the vicinity of County Road 42 and Peart Road, Clark County, Washington. The search location was the mid-poin…

Header identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Thomas J. Manning, dated 12/1/71. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, NWA Flight 305, Portl…

Handwritten routing annotation indicating this teletype relates to search and expenses. Urgent teletype from Sacramento FBI field office to Director and Seattle, dated December 1, 1971. Sacramento r…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle from ASAC Paul R. Bibler regarding the NORJAK case (Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71). A redacted case agent from Sacramento called on 12/1/7…

Routing stamps indicating copies sent to Search, Pubs, and an APB marking. Teletype header showing urgent coded message from Sacramento FBI to Seattle FBI, dated December 1, 1971. Sacramento FBI te…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date. Interview of a property owner/manager in Washington state who rented a house to a white male from Nevada beginning September 27…

Page number and FBI case file number. A witness compared a man who rented property to the composite drawing of the Northwest Airlines hijacker. The man had more hair than the composite, looked Latin…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 11/30/71, regarding the unknown subject who hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. SA Manning r…

Standard header for a US Government interoffice memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle, dated November 30, 1971. Describes terrain near the aircraft's location in Clark County — farm land, clearings, d…

Header of an FBI internal memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 11/30/71, regarding the unknown subject hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71.…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Continuation of an internal FBI discussion about the D.B. Cooper search. The author explains that only law enforceme…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Director and Seattle, marked urgent, dated November 30, 1971. Subject line identifying the NORJAK case: unknown subject, Northwest Airlines…

Page two of a teletype (PD 164-41) describing aerial search operations between Grants Pass, Medford, and Eugene, Oregon. The terrain is forested mountain wilderness largely covered by snow, making fu…

Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI office to Portland FBI office, sent urgently on November 30, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: unknown subject, Northwest Airlin…

Urgent teletype from Portland to Seattle FBI office regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (NORJAK). Reports that the Forest Service is making an aircraft available for aerial search along the flig…

Dark band at top of page, likely microfiche border or photocopy artifact. FBI office memorandum from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 11/30/71, documenting SA Manning's account of military helicopt…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 11/30/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. SAC Seattle contacted a redacted…

Map of the Washington-Oregon border region along the Columbia River, showing Cowlitz County and Clark County in Washington and part of Oregon. Towns labeled include Kalama, Woodland, Etna, Amboy, Yac…

Dark horizontal band typical of microfiche reproduction artifacts. Internal FBI Office Memorandum from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 11/29/71. SA Henry Shutz called from the Bureau advising that…

Standard US Government memorandum header identifying a file memo from SAC J. E. Milnes regarding the NORJAK hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight #305, 11/24/71). Handwritten routing annotations…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription December 9, 1971. A witness from Washington state reported hearing a large aircraft fly over his home around 8:10 PM on November 24,…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. A witness in Washington state reported hearing a large plane fly extremely low over his property on November 2…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date of December 9, 1971. A female witness in Washington state advised the FBI that no one landed at a redacted loca…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. Witness interview describing observation of a small low-wing white airplane with a brownish-blue stripe circli…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date of 12/9/71. Page numbered 1. A redacted witness statement. The interviewee, located in Washington, stated that during the aftern…

FBI FD-302 form revision identifier. An unnamed female witness in Washington state reported seeing a small airplane circling extremely low on the evening of November 24, 1971, between 8:00 PM and 8:…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with FBI seal and transcription date. Witness in Washington state reports observing a small metallic two-seater tail-dragger airplane with a large red tail ligh…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An unnamed female witness in Washington reported hearing a small plane circling low over her residence on Novembe…

FBI form identifier and revision date. Standard FD-302 header with page number and transcription date. An FD-302 interview summary in which a female witness in Washington state reports being contac…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SPC (redacted name) to SAC Seattle, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. A tipster in Seattle reported observing…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header (FD-65 Rev. 5-22-64) dated November 26, 1971, marked URGENT priority. Handwritten or stamped routing/processing annotations indicating the document was…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date. FD-302 interview of a redacted witness in Washington state who heard an extremely loud, low-flying jet on the evening of November 24, 19…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis FBI field office to Seattle, marked urgent, dated November 28, 1971. Handwritten annotation, likely indicating the document was searched/indexed. Minneapoli…

Header of FBI internal memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 11/28/71, regarding the hijacking/extortion of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. A Northwest Flight Dispatch Cente…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis FBI field office to Seattle, marked urgent, dated November 27, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on N…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message from FBI Seattle to Minneapolis, dated November 26, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Flight 305,…

Two filled black circles indicating redacted or censored header information. FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland dated November 26, 1971, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwes…

Standard US Government memorandum header on Optional Form No. 10, addressed to file 164-81 from SAC Seattle, dated 11/26/71, regarding the NORJAK hijacking case. SAC Seattle called ASAC Ruehl in Por…

Header block of an FBI internal memo dated November 26, 1971, addressed to SAC J. E. Milnes regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305. Author describes a phone call from a reda…

Header block of an FBI memo from SAC J. E. Milnes to SAC Seattle, dated 11/27/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 on 11/24/71. SAC Milnes spoke with SAC Matson on Nov 26, 1971,…

Memo from SAC Seattle to SAC J. E. Milnes dated 11/27/71 regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. SA C. Matson reported at 4:05 p.m. on November 26, 1971 that arran…

Header block of an FBI memo from SAC J. E. Milnes, filed under 164-81, dated November 26, 1971, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. SAC Milnes describes advi…

Header block of an FBI memo dated November 26, 1971, addressed to SAC J. E. Milnes regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. Author reports calling SA Robert Peterson at the Bu…

Teletype header indicating urgent message from Minneapolis field office to FBI Director, Portland, and Seattle, dated November 26, 1971. Subject line identifying the case as the hijacking of Northwe…

Teletype header indicating message number MP 164-NEW, page two of the message. Continuation of a teletype describing computations placing the UNSUB's likely exit point north-northwest of Heisson, Wa…

Teletype header indicating message number MP 164-NEW, page three of a multi-page communication. A source at Portland Airport informed the FBI that two chase planes following five miles behind the hi…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Max L. Wilson regarding the UNSUB Northwest Flight 305 hijacking/extortion case. SRA Thomas Manning reports that Weihouser will have two…

Standard US Government memorandum header form. Memorandum #3 from SA Reese H. Chipman to SAC Seattle regarding Northwest Flight 305 hijacking on November 24, 1971. Contains three action items: (1) c…

FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet for Civil Action# 1:16-cv-01790-02 listing 63 total deleted pages, all marked as duplicates.

List of eleven pages identified as duplicates within the file (pages 129, 133, 143, 163, 169, 180, 184, 190, 192, 213, 214). Standard FBI Vault deleted-page notice indicating that the listed pages w…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case, dated December 5, 1988. A resident of Camas, Washington contacted the FBI Vancouver off…

Teletype routing header from Portland field office to FBI Director and Seattle field office, priority message, dated February 1980. Handwritten subscription/routing notation. Body of teletype regar…

Page header with document classification and case reference number. Continuation of an FBI report describing how an individual contacted the FBI from Vancouver, Washington after finding money. An ap…

Classification header for the FBI document, Portland file 164-41, unclassified. Continuation of an FBI report describing the discovery of decomposed ransom money. Family members handled the money, w…

Page header with case reference number PD 164-41 and classification marking UNGLAS (unclassified). Continuation of an FBI report describing interviews regarding the discovery of D.B. Cooper ransom m…

Continuation header indicating page five of a multi-page teletype or report, file number 164-41, unclassified. A woman telephonically contacted an FBI Special Agent in the Portland Division regardin…

Continuation (page six) of a Portland Division teletype (PD 164-41, UNCLAS) regarding the D.B. Cooper ransom money find. The Portland office notes a disparity among stories told by various family mem…

FD-350 clipping form metadata identifying the source as Los Angeles Times, dated 2/13/80, Wednesday Final edition, with title 'Part of D.B. Cooper Loot Found'. Newspaper article reporting that the I…

Continuation of a newspaper article about the discovery of D.B. Cooper ransom money. Brian Ingram found decomposed bills on a riverbank. The FBI confirmed nine or ten serial number matches with the m…

FBI form FD-350 metadata block identifying the newspaper clipping source as the Herald Examiner, Los Angeles, CA, dated 2/13/80, with title 'D.B. AND THE MONEY'. Photograph of scattered U.S. currenc…

FBI form number and revision date. FBI facsimile transmittal cover sheet from SAC Seattle to SAC Omaha (ATTN: ASAC) regarding subject D.B. Cooper, dated 2/12/80, with routine precedence. Transmitted…

Location and date header for the press release. Press release label with handwritten case file annotation. FBI press release by SAC Paul L. Mack summarizing the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest A…

Small form identifier text in upper left corner, partially illegible. FBI facsimile transmittal cover sheet from SAC Portland to Director FBI and SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Ind…

Official DOJ/FBI letterhead with Portland, Oregon office address and date of January 12, 1980. Handwritten annotations likely indicating subsection references and b6/b7C exemption codes (FOIA privac…

Continuation of an FBI report describing the February 10, 1980 discovery of partially buried, badly decomposed $20 bills on the north bank of the Columbia River by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dwayne Ingram o…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 4/23/80, subject NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), with substitution notation. An individual from Vancouver, WA contacted the FBI Vancouver R…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated April 23, 1980, from an unnamed (redacted) Special Agent. On February 20, 1980, a woman in Vancouver,…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). From field and handwritten subs notation partially redacted/illegible. An individual in Washo…

FBI form FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings, indicating this article is from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, page A3, dated March 20, 1980, Final edition, submitted by the Seattle office.…

FBI form FD-350 used to mount a newspaper clipping, indicating the source is page A1 of the Columbian newspaper from Vancouver, Washington, dated 3/21/80, Final edition, submitted by the Seattle fiel…

FBI form FD-350 used to mount a newspaper clipping. The clipping is from page 15 of The Columbian, Vancouver, Washington, dated February 15, 1980. Character number 164-81. Submitting office is San Fr…

File reference numbers and initials of agents/typists. Handwritten notation indicating subjects E, J, and M. An FBI Special Agent contacted a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employee in Portland on Fe…

Case file identifiers and subject designations for FBI investigation. FBI agents interviewed a U.S. Army Engineer District employee in Portland about dredging operations on the Columbia River to det…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription 2/14/80 and file sub-categories. An individual affiliated with Portland State University was interviewed by an FBI Special Agent from…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header. From a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated March 4, 1980. Handwritten routing or attention note, partially i…

FBI form FD-350 clipping mount sheet identifying the source as the Seattle Times, dated February 29, 1980, AM edition, submitted by the Seattle field office. Associated Press article reporting that…

FBI form FD-350 header for mounting a newspaper clipping. Identifies the source as the Seattle Times, page A8, Sunday edition dated March 2, 1980, submitted by the Seattle field office. Newspaper ar…

FBI form FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings, indicating this article is from the Seattle Times, page C1, dated 2/27/80, classified under file 164-81, submitted by the Seattle office. News…

FBI form number and revision date printed at top left of clipping mount sheet. AP newspaper article from Vancouver, Wash. describing the aftermath of a search at Tena Bar on the Columbia River where…

FBI form FD-350 header used for mounting newspaper clippings, indicating the source is the Oregonian, Portland, Ore., dated 2/13/80, Final edition, submitted by the Seattle field office. Oregonian n…

FBI form number and revision date header for the newspaper clipping mount form. Newspaper article reporting that the FBI has temporarily called off its search along the Columbia River for more D.B.…

FBI form FD-350 used to mount a newspaper clipping. Source is the Daily News of Longview, Washington, page B1, dated February 14, 1980, Final edition. Submitted by the Seattle FBI office. Newspaper…

FBI form number and revision date for newspaper clipping mount sheet. Newspaper article by Pat Moser of The Columbian about Bob Devaney finding $140 in $20 bills floating in the Washougal River on M…

FBI form FD-350 used to log a newspaper clipping from the Oregonian, Portland, dated 2/13/80, Final edition, page C1, submitted by the Seattle office. Oregonian newspaper article about FBI agent Ral…

FBI form number and revision date header for newspaper clipping mount sheet. FBI clipping identification form indicating the source is page C1 of the Oregonian, Portland, dated 2/13/80, Final editio…

FBI form FD-350 used to mount a newspaper clipping from the Oregonian, Portland, dated 2/13/80, Final edition, page A1. Stamped by FBI Seattle on Feb 25, 1980. Classification 164/81. Oregonian newsp…

FBI form FD-350 header for mounting a newspaper clipping, identifying the source as the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, dated February 15, 1980, classified under NORJAK case 164-81. Newspaper article by…

FBI form FD-350 used to mount a newspaper clipping. Source is the Daily News, Longview, WA, dated 2/13/80, Final edition, page 1. Classification 164-81, submitted by Seattle office. Title written as…

FBI form FD-350 header identifying the clipping source as page B1 of the Daily News, Longview, Washington, dated February 13, 1980, Final edition. Classification 164-81, submitted by Seattle office.…

Illustration/sketch of a man (Tom Manning) in a suit, appearing to be examining or holding documents or papers. The man is shown from roughly the chest up, facing slightly to the right. Papers or map…

FBI FD-350 clipping form metadata identifying the source as page 1 of the Daily News, Longview, WA, dated 2/13/80, Final edition, classified under NORJAK case 164-81, submitted by the Seattle office.…

FBI form FD-350 header for a newspaper clipping from the Daily News, Longview, WA, dated 2/13/80, Final edition, page B1. Filed under NORJAK, classification 164-81, submitted by the Seattle office. S…

FBI FD-350 form header indicating this is a newspaper clipping from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, dated February 16, 1980, Final edition, page A10, filed under NORJAK (the FBI codename for the D.B.…

FBI form FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings, identifying this as a Seattle Times article from page B1, dated 2/14/80, Final edition, classified under NORJAK case 164-81, submitted by the Se…

FBI form FD-350 used to catalog a newspaper clipping from the Tacoma News Tribune, page A3, dated February 13, 1980, Final edition. Filed under title NORJAK, classification 164-81, submitted by the S…

FBI form FD-350 metadata block identifying the clipping source as Seattle Times, page A1, dated 2/13/80, Final edition. Classification 164-81, submitted by Seattle office. First column of Seattle Ti…

FBI FD-350 form metadata identifying a Seattle Times newspaper clipping dated 2/13/80 from page B1, Final edition, classified under NORJAK, file 164-81, submitted by the Seattle office. Seattle Time…

FBI form BD-350 used to mount a newspaper clipping, identifying the source as the Seattle Times, page B1, Final edition, dated 2/13/80, filed under title NORJAK. A Seattle Times article by Steve Joh…

Standard FBI form header for mounting newspaper clippings. FBI routing metadata identifying this as a clipping from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, dated February 14, 1980, Final edition, page A1, f…

FBI FD-850 clipping form used to mount the newspaper article. Filed under NORJAK (164-81), submitted by the Seattle office. Source is page A1 of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Final edition, dated 2…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with handwritten sub-file notation. An FBI agent contacted a redacted individual at the Tena Bar beach area near 11600 NW Lower River Road, Vancouver, WA. The a…

FBI form FD-350 used to document a newspaper clipping from the Seattle Times, dated February 20, 1980, submitted by the Seattle field office. Case character number 164-81. AP wire story reporting th…

Teletype routing header from FBI Portland office to Director and Seattle, dated February 1980, marked PRIORITY and UNCLAS (unclassified). Handwritten routing/substance stamp with initials, likely in…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with date and sub-file designation SUB E. Recipient address block with name and partial address redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Thank-you letter from F…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of the letter. Addressee block identifying the recipient as Sheriff Frank Kanekoa of Clark County. Thank-you letter from FBI SAC Paul L. Mack to She…

FBI form FD-350 metadata fields identifying the clipping source as the Los Angeles Times, Wednesday Final edition, dated 2/13/80, with classification numbers. Los Angeles Times article dated Februar…

FD-350 form metadata identifying the clipping source as the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, dated 2/13/80, Wednesday Latest edition, with title 'D.B. AND THE MONEY', classification numbers 80-421 and 16…

FBI form number and revision date header. FBI FD-350 form fields identifying the clipping source as the Herald Examiner of Los Angeles, CA, dated 2/13/80, Wednesday Latest edition. Title is 'Mystery…

FBI teletype routing header from Portland field office to Seattle and multiple other field offices, marked IMMEDIATE priority, dated February 12, 1980. Case designation NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Bo…

Header line identifying this as page two of document PD 164-41, classified UNCLAS (unclassified). Summary of the D.B. Cooper hijacking: a man using the name Dan Cooper bought a one-way ticket on Nor…

Teletype page header indicating page three of document PD 164-41, unclassified. FBI teletype (page 3) reporting the discovery of partially buried, badly decomposed $20 bills on the north bank of the…

Official FBI letterhead with Seattle field office address and date. Handwritten or stamped routing notation 'SUB E'. FBI response letter to a member of the public who wrote in with information abou…

Date of the letter. A letter from a member of the public to an FBI agent in Seattle offering help locating the remains of D.B. Cooper and the $200,000 ransom money. The writer claims to have identif…

Header of an FBI internal memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to Acting SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case. FBI memo documenting a phone call on August 24, 1978, to a redacted individual in…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header addressed to FILE (164-81), from SAC John M. Reed, regarding subject NORJAK, dated 8/24/78. An individual from Kirkland, WA, associated with Globe Insuran…

Standard US Government memorandum header identifying the NORJAK case, addressed to SAC Seattle, dated July 19, 1978. An individual from Kirkland, WA contacted the FBI Seattle Office multiple times b…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header for NORJAK case, from an unnamed Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated April 8, 1977. References search area Sub E and wind/weather Sub U. An unidentified wi…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing search area Sub E, Sub U, and wind and weather. A Continental Airlines…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated March 1, 1977, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block of airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing inform…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed from an ASAC to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 12/29/76. On 12/28/76, an ASAC from the Portland Division advised that the…

FBI inter-office memo header from Seattle SAC to Sacramento SAC regarding NORJAK case, Sub E Search Area, dated January 3, 1977. Seattle division forwards a letter dated 12/10/76 from a redacted ind…

Date header, year partially cut off or obscured. Letter from an unknown sender to Mr. Farrell at the FBI Seattle field office, following up on a phone conversation. The sender requests 10 specific p…

Letterhead for Royal Globe Insurance Companies, dated September 9, 1976, from their New York office at 150 William Street. Handwritten annotation reading 'Sub FF', likely an FBI routing or filing no…

Page number indicator Continuation of a letter to the FBI regarding a woman who allegedly knows D.B. Cooper's friends. An unnamed attorney informed the writer that the FBI had been notified 2½ years…

Header of a letter dated August 11, 1976, addressed to Northwest Orient Airlines at Minnesota St. Paul National Airport. Sender name and recipient name are redacted. A received stamp shows AUG 23 197…

Received stamp dated August 23, 1976 Handwritten annotation, possibly a routing or page reference Redacted block, likely an addressee or office identifier, obscured by b6/b7C FOIA exemption Letter…

Date written at top of letter Rubber date stamp showing receipt date of August 13, 1976 Addressee and subject line of the handwritten letter Letter from a hunter to Northwest Airlines claiming to…

Return address area with sender location in Napa, California. Name/street address appears redacted or blocked out. US postage stamp, 13-cent Proclamation of Liberty design. Handwritten recipient ad…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing sub-files on reward and search area. On July 28, 1976, a redacted agen…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo routing block: from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, sub-files on search area and reward, referencing a prior memo…

Internal FBI memorandum from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Manning forwards a letter received at the Longview Resident Agency on 6/28/76, previously ref…

Letterhead for Royal-Globe Insurance Companies, listing subsidiary companies, with address at 150 William Street, New York. Letter from Royal-Globe Insurance to FBI Agent Thomas J. Manning in Longvi…

Page header showing addressee, page number, and date of the letter. The writer explains that a redacted person directed them to the FBI Seattle office, which informed them that Lake Merwin is in Man…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated June 15, 1976, regarding the NORJAK case. A representative of Royal Insurance Company contacted SA Manning at…

Results of a background check on a company found very little information. The subject was not listed in phone books or Better Business Bureau. A woman stated she did not doubt the legitimacy of a red…

Standard US Government memorandum header from an FBI Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, sub-files on search area, search personnel, and complaints resulting from search. A redacted…

Routing header indicating memo from Portland to Seattle field offices with case numbers and date. Handwritten routing initials or approval signature, partially illegible. A woman contacted the Port…

Header block of an FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 10/4/73, regarding NORJAK case 164-81. The Special Agent name is redacted under b6/b7C. Instructions to distribute a memorandum t…

Inter-office memo header from SAC Seattle to SAC Atlanta, case NORJAK (164-81), dated 7/30/73, marked RUC and Sub E. Follow-up to a 5/11/73 Seattle letter. An SA made continuous unsuccessful attempt…

Routing header of an FBI inter-office memo from Seattle to Atlanta, dated May 11, 1973, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten annotation, possibly a routing or filing note. Seattle office sends an…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Atlanta to SAC Seattle dated 4/30/73 regarding the NORJAK case. Atlanta is forwarding a 1965 U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service map of the Joseph Ranger Dist…

USGS-style topographic map of a remote area in Idaho along the Snake River, showing townships T 28 N through T 29 N and ranges R 2 W through R 48 E. The map depicts terrain, ranches, creeks, roads, a…

Topographic map of the Snake River corridor along the Oregon-Idaho border, covering parts of Idaho County and Adams County (Idaho) and adjacent Oregon. Shows roads, trails, waterways, ranches, and ge…

Header block identifying memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 3/30/73, re: NORJAK case. Handwritten annotation, likely a sub-file or routing designation. SA Manning rec…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel memo from SAC Honolulu to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References a Seattle nitel from 3/7/73. On 3/8/73, Special Agents in Honolulu obtained…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36), dated March 20, 1973, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Handwritten or stamped routing annotation, partially illegible. Teletype from SAC…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle, dated March 10, 1973. Handwritten sub-file designation 'Sub E'. San Francisco office reports that on 3/10/73, a party in San…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle, sent at 8:12 PM on 3/9/73. Handwritten annotation indicating Sub E (sub-file designation). Teletype under NORJAK case referencing…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated March 9, 1973. Sender name redacted. A caller from Orchards, Wash. (near Vancouver, Wash.) telephon…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 28, 1973. Airtel from SAC Alexandria to SAC Seattle re NORJAK case, transmitting 14 items including aeronautical charts, USGS topogra…

Case file number header for this page. A source in Alexandria, Virginia describes aeronautical chart scales used by flight crews and provides a Seattle-area chart encircled at coordinates 122°30'W,…

Memo header identifying recipient (SAC Seattle), case number 164-81, date 3/9/73, author SA Thomas J. Manning, and case name NORJAK. Handwritten routing or classification annotations. Memo details…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Honolulu, Washington, Portland, and San Francisco offices, dated March 7, 1973. Seattle Division notifies receiving offices of a planned extensiv…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 15, 1973, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Handwritten routing or filing notations listing subdivision codes. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC…

Standard FBI airtel transmission form header dated February 8, 1973. Alexandria field office memo to Seattle regarding NORJAK investigation. Reports on continuous investigation at the Pentagon to de…

Date of the document. Handwritten sub-file notation indicating Sub F, written twice. FBI Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Alexandria regarding the NORJAK case, requesting Alexandria expedite inv…

Teletype routing header from Alexandria FBI office to Seattle FBI office, dated February 1, 1973. Handwritten annotations, likely supervisor routing initials. Alexandria FBI office reports to Seatt…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Internal FBI memorandum from SAC Washington Field Office to SAC Alexandria, dated 11/20/72, regarding NORJAK case. Forwards copies of a Seattle airtel…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated November 15, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. Requests that…

Handwritten sub-file routing annotations. FBI airtel from SAC Norfolk to Acting Director regarding NORJAK case. References Seattle airtel dated 11/1/72. States that on 11/7/72, interviews were condu…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated November 13, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. An employee of Northwest Orient Airlines contacted the FBI on October 30, 1972, advising that someone wou…

Date of the memo. Memo header identifying sender (Seattle) and recipient (Atlanta) with NORJAK case designation and subject references SUB E and SUB R. Handwritten annotations indicating sub-file d…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Atlanta to SAC Seattle, dated 10/31/72, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), Bureau file 164-2111. Case designated RUC (Referred Upon Completion)…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from Detroit to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing an Atlanta letter dated 8/31/72. An FBI Special Agent interviewed a representati…

FBI Airtel from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI and SAC Norfolk providing background information on the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Lists items the unsub had prior to jumping: two parachute packs,…

FBI Seattle field office case number for NORJAK investigation. Report discusses the feasibility of using high-resolution infrared or regular photographic equipment aboard a low-flying aircraft to lo…

Date and classification/routing notations with handwritten sub-file markings. Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with file number 164-81, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case with…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, from SA Thomas J. Manning, regarding NORJAK case, dated 10/24/72, referencing a prior memo dated 10/19/72. A witness living under the flight path between Po…

Standard US Government interoffice memo header. From Special Agent Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 10/19/72, subject NORJAK (FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Routing/priority…

Handwritten routing notation at top of page indicating sub-file classification. Newspaper article reporting that the FBI is enlisting deer hunters in Cowlitz and Clark counties to look for evidence…

Header of FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, referencing NORJAK case number 164-81, with sub-file designations E, C, and X, referencing a prior memo dated 8/24/72. On September 27, 1972, a…

Official FBI letterhead from Seattle, Washington field office dated October 2, 1972. Handwritten filing annotations indicating sub-file designations. FBI letter to the public requesting assistance…

Header of an FBI memo from the Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, file number 164-81, dated September 18, 1972, concerning a parachute found near Kalama River Road. An ind…

FBI inter-office memo header identifying Seattle and Atlanta field offices, case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper), file numbers 164-81 and 164-254, bureau file 164-2111, dated 8/31/72. Handwritten annotations,…

Case file reference number header. Witness describes examining a cache site with a duffel bag hanging from a tree. The bag bore a name and Air Force number (redacted). Contents included rifle bullet…

Case or file reference number. A witness describes members of an elk hunting party in the Portland/Aurora, Oregon area. The witness found a cache and states no one else was present at the time of di…

Standard USG memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 9/2/72, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Multiple routing/classification stamps visible. A Weyerhaeuser Company emp…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated August 24, 1972. Memo body recommending that composite sketches of the NORJAK unsub b…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to the SAC in Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated August 24, 1972. The memo encloses a May 1972 Pacific Power & Light bulletin art…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated August 22, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. Proposes two leads for Bureau…

Header block identifying the recipient (SAC Seattle), the authoring Special Agent (Thomas J. Manning), and the case name (NORJAK). Handwritten date and filing sub-file notations (Sub E and Sub X).…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 8-7-72, with NORJAK case designation and redacted SA name. Handwritten routing annotations visible in upper right. A source i…

Hand-drawn sketch showing an arrow pointing toward an oval or circular shape, with scattered marks and dots radiating outward to the right. Possibly a diagram of a drop zone, dispersion area, or flig…

A heavily degraded photocopy of what appears to be a map or possibly an aerial photograph. The image is almost entirely obscured by noise, overexposure, and copy artifacts. A partial road label readi…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from the Seattle field office regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), file number 164-81, dated 8/4/72, referencing a prior memo dated 8/1/72. An individual (redact…

Hand-drawn sketch map showing an area with multiple county roads (Co Rd 20, 16, 32, 328), Spurger Road, a creek, Dobbler Hill, and what appears to be Calero. Roads intersect in the center of the map.…

USGS topographic map of the Ariel, Washington area and surrounding region in Cowlitz and Clark counties. The map shows the East Fork Lewis River, the town of Ariel, Etna, Cedarville, and various geog…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 8/4/72, regarding NORJAK (DB Cooper case). Sender SA name redacted. An individual (name redacted) claimed abilit…

Header block of an FBI memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated 7/25/72, regarding the NORJAK case, subtopic: handling of property damage by military during the search near Merwin Dam.…

Official U.S. Army letterhead for the Communication Systems Division at Fort Lewis. Date of the letter. Addressee block directed to General Telephone Company of the Northwest in Everett, WA. Attent…

Internal FBI memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Notes that during the search of the Merwin Dam area in March and April 1972, several memoranda were prepared abo…

Internal FBI memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated 6/8/72, regarding the NORJAK search area. Notes that on 11/30/71 a redacted individual from The Boeing Company provided color negati…

Internal FBI memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated 6/8/72, reporting that on 3/30/72 he paid $331.60 in cash to a redacted U.S. Army individual to cover meal costs for Bureau agents d…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Charles E. Farrell regarding the NORJAK case, subject: Experimental Flight, dated 6/8/72. On 1/6/72, NWA conducted an experimental flight using the actua…

Handwritten routing notation, likely 'Sul. - E' and 'ce' (carbon copy indicator). Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes to the Commander of the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Lew…

Letterhead and date line from Fort Lewis Army installation. Address block for the recipient, FBI SAC J. Earl Milnes in Seattle. Letter from a U.S. Army officer at Fort Lewis thanking FBI SAC J. Ear…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell, dated April 13, 1972. Subject is NORJAK (the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper h…

Continuation of a report describing an incident involving an injured calf. At 3:50 PM someone advised the veterinarian feels the calf will be okay and left instructions with an SA. Under direction of…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated 5/17/72, regarding NORJAK case 164-81. Memo body referencing a search of the drop area conducted from 3/21/7…

Letterhead area with a military pennant emblem and the date of the letter. Letter from Major General Alexander R. Bolling Jr. to FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes, thanking him for his letter…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. A female witness in Vancouver, WA reported seeing a man walking west beside a road at approximately 11:30 p.m. on Nov…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A witness from Ariel, Washington reported that on the evening of November 24, 1971, while bound for his residence at approximat…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of letter. Recipient address in Woodland, WA with name redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Handwritten text partially visible beneath redaction…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date. Addressee block directed to a redacted individual at Pacific Power and Light Co. in Portland, Oregon. Handwritten annotation and a small stamp or se…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of letter. Addressee block identifying the recipient as Major General Alexander R. Bolling, Commanding General at Fort Lewis, Washington. Handwritte…

Header block of an FBI memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle regarding telephone service at the NORJAK Command Post at Merwin Dam. SA Farrell contacted a redacted individual at General Tele…

Standard FBI teletype form header (FD-36) dated April 17, 1972, transmitted via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SACs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Po…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated April 17, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Routing block: from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SACs in Minneapolis and Portland, with case…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, sent the evening of April 16, 1972. NORJAK update: a ground search involving 259 military person…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, Minneapolis, and Portland, dated April 15, 1972 at 8:51 PM. Update on NORJAK ground search: 267 Army personnel and agents began sea…

Date of teletype. Teletype routing header from SAC Seattle to Director FBI and SAC offices in Minneapolis and Portland, regarding NORJAK case. Update on NORJAK ground search: 269 Army personnel sea…

Standard FBI teletype transmission header form FD-36, dated April 13, 1972, sent via teletype at NITEL priority in plaintext. SAC Seattle reports on NORJAK ground search on April 13, 1972. Search wa…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated April 13, 1972, from a redacted agent, regarding NORJAK complaint concerning search. A citizen from Washington s…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated April 8, 1972, regarding case NORJAK (164-81). Sub-file designation E, DD. SA Manning reports that on April 7…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. From Special Agent Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated April 4, 1972. Notation 'Sub - E' and 'PD' appear…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated March 26, 1972, from a redacted Special Clerk, regarding the NORJACK case. A woman from Washington s…

Handwritten date and routing notation. A list of four damage complaints related to military vehicle use and debris left on private property near a search area in Washington state. Complainants alleg…

Standard FBI form header for mounting newspaper clippings. Handwritten sub-file designation 'Sub E' written on the form. AP wire story reporting that approximately 200 Army troops from the 3rd Armo…

FBI form header FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings. AP wire story reporting that approximately 200 Army troops from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment at Fort Lewis rejoined the FBI search a…

Date of the teletype. Teletype header showing NITEL priority message from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, SAC Minneapolis, and SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. Report of ground search on April…

FBI Seattle teletype to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland reporting that on April 11, 1972, 273 Army personnel along with agents conducted a NORJAK search from 7 AM to 5 PM with negative findings.…

Header block identifying the file number, date, addressee (SAC Seattle), and case name NORJAK. Agent contacted a redacted individual at Northwest Airlines in Minneapolis regarding the Army troop sea…

File number and date header for the memo. FBI memo regarding a phone call on 4/4/72 to SA Henry Shutz at the Bureau about a 7-day time limitation imposed by the Army on authority related to the NORJ…

Header block of an FBI internal memo filed under 164-81, dated 4/5/72, addressed to SAC Seattle, subject NORJAK. A redacted individual called from Fort Lewis on 4/5/72 advising that channels were cl…

Date of the teletype. FBI NITEL teletype from SAC Seattle to the Director and SACs in Minneapolis and Portland reporting that on April 10, 1972, 267 Army personnel conducted a ground search from 7:3…

FBI teletype from Seattle field office reporting that the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) ground search resumed at 9:30 AM on April 9, 1972 and was discontinued at 3:30 PM with 269 Army personnel participating.…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, Portland, and Minneapolis offices, dated April 8, 1972. Update on the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) ground search. Search resumed at 7:15 AM…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, sent 6:06 PM on April 7, 1972. Brief NORJAK update reporting that Army troops arrived at the Lak…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, from SA Charles E. Farrell, regarding NORJAK case search and publicity. On 4/6/72, a redacted individual from Ft. Lewis, Washington contacted the FBI about…

Memo header identifying Seattle SAC office, case number 164-81, dated April 6, 1972, from ASAC Paul R. Bibler regarding NORJAK. A redacted caller from Ft. Lewis advised that approval was received to…

Date of the airtel. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to FBI Director (Administrative Division, Movement Unit) regarding NORJAK. References a prior Los Angeles airtel to the Bureau dated 3/31/72 and a Sea…

FBI Laboratory report dated April 4, 1972, addressed to Sheriff Eugene A. Cotton of Clark County, Vancouver, WA. The report concerns an unidentified deceased female found near Woodland, Washington on…

FBI Laboratory report header with seals on either side. Continuation text regarding return of specimen debris Q1 and Q2 by registered mail. Addressee block, mostly illegible. Appears to be addresse…

Standard FBI Identification Division letterhead for a Latent Fingerprint Section report, form revision dated 2-1-72. Form fields identifying the case as Latent Case No. A-51514, dated April 4, 1972,…

Header block of the FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report, dated April 4, 1972. FBI report addressed to Sheriff Eugene A. Cotton regarding an unidentified deceased female fou…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated April 6, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Seattle SAC informs Director and Minneapolis SAC that the U.S. Army at Ft. Lewis has received aut…

Header block of an FBI internal memo dated April 5, 1972, filed under 164-81, addressed to SAC J. E. Milnes, subject NORJAK. SA Henry Schutz at FBI HQ requested a copy of a San Francisco letter date…

Memo header identifying the recipient (SAC Seattle), author (ASAC Paul R. Bibler), case name (NORJAK), and subject (Search). Dated April 4, 1972. At 12:10 PM the author called redacted individuals i…

File number and date header for the memo. Memo addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Author directed SACs Mattson and Gebhart, and an ASAC in Los Angeles (name redacted under b6/b7C),…

Header block of an FBI memo dated 4/3/72, file number 164-81, addressed to SAC Seattle, subject NORJAK. SAC Gebhart called from San Francisco relaying that a redacted individual from the 6th Army in…

Header block of an FBI internal memo dated 4/3/72, file number 164-81, addressed to SAC Seattle, regarding case NORJAK. An individual from Fort Lewis reported that 6th Army HQ in San Francisco order…

Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Bibler reports that he called SA Henry Schutz at the Bureau at 7:30 AM on 3/31/72 to inform him that agents for th…

Teletype from San Francisco FBI field office to Director and Seattle office, dated March 31, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. References a Seattle nitel from March 29. Lists San Francisco agents designat…

Header of an FBI internal memo from the Seattle field office, case number 164-81, dated March 31, 1972, addressed to ASAC Paul R. Bibler regarding the NORJAK case. The memo describes instructions gi…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated March 31, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case and an unknown female subject. A name or title line is redacted. A redacted individual from…

Header block showing FBI file number 164-81, date April 3, 1972, addressed to SAC J. E. Milnes, re: NORJAK case. Agent documents a phone call made on March 30, 1972 to a redacted contact at Pacific…

Header block identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, from SA Thomas J. Manning, regarding NORJAK, dated 3/30/72. Henry Schutz called to advise that agents from neighboring off…

Burlington Northern Resources Development Department letterhead with address and phone number. Date of the letter and a handwritten annotation reading SUB - E. Letter from Burlington Northern Inc.…

Teletype header showing distribution from Seattle field office (file 164-81) to FBI Director and multiple field offices, sent at 11:45 PM on March 29, 1972. NORJAK search update: Bureau agents and a…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype under Seattle file number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype message regarding the D.B. Cooper search at Merwin Park. Bureau agents are physical…

Memo header identifying the recipient (SAC Seattle), case number 164-81, date, author SA J. Robert Sutthoff, and case name NORJAK. SA Sutthoff reports a phone call with SA Henry Schutz from FBI HQ (…

Teletype header from FBI Seattle field office (file 164-81) to Director, Portland, and Minneapolis, dated March 29, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Clark County Sheriff's Office in Vancouver, WA report…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype with Seattle case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype message stating that information was offered to Sheriff Eugene Cotton (FBINA…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle to FBI Director, marked urgent, dated March 29, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. FBI Seattle reports that on March 29, 1972 at 3:54 PM, the Clark County Sheriff'…

Memo header identifying sender (SAC Seattle) and recipient (Director FBI, Mechanical Section) with NORJAK case reference. Handwritten sub-file designations indicating Sub E and Sub I. Seattle field…

FBI teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, sent at 11:47 PM on March 28, 1972. Update on NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) terrain search: 202 Army troo…

Internal FBI memo dated 3/27/72 from SAC Seattle to ASAC Paul R. Bibler regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A redacted individual called from FBI Bureau headquarters requesting more detail in th…

Standard US Government memorandum header from Special Agent Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 3/27/72, regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten annotations indicating sub-file routing: Sub E, DD-Com…

Redacted header area with hole punches visible; content not legible. Continuation of an interview or report discussing a pickup of troops by helicopters at a distant point. A redacted individual sai…

Date of teletype Teletype header identifying recipients (Director FBI, SAC Minneapolis, SAC Portland) and sender (SAC Seattle), with NORJAK case designation and WEEKLY SUMMARY subject line. Weekly…

Page two of a Bureau communication regarding a ground search of an area outlined on page 274 of SA Charles E. Farrell's report from Seattle dated February 16. The author advised an unidentified party…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header, dated March 26, 1972, sent in plaintext via teletype at NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, SAC Portland, and SAC Minneapolis re…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, Minneapolis, and Portland, dated March 25, 1972. NORJACK search update: search temporarily suspended due to snowfall; Army troops r…

Date of the teletype. NITEL teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, SAC Minneapolis, and SAC Portland providing a weekly summary on NORJAK case. Reports that the terrain search with U.S. Army tro…

Page number stamp at top of document, with two filled circle marks. FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director, Portland, and Minneapolis reporting that the NORJAK terrain search with Army t…

Standard USG memo header from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 3/17/72, regarding the NORJAK case. Assistant Director Bates relayed to ASAC Bibler that the U.S. Army's Public Affairs Office…

Header block of an FBI memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 3/13/72, regarding case NORJAK (164-81). Introduction stating a conference was held with Pacific Power and Light personnel…

Sub-file designation stamp or marking. Telephone service information for the command post at Ariel Dam/Lake Merwin Park area, provided by General Telephone of the Northwest, Inc. out of Gresham, Ore…

Continuation (page 2) of a search planning document with recommendations for maintaining skirmish line integrity, notes on coyote threat to remains, dog handler costs, Army troop usage, smoke grenade…

Page number indicator showing this is page 3 of a larger document. Suggestions regarding helicopter support for the ground search. Recommends a military helicopter stand by to assist Army troops in…

Operational planning memo for an Army-FBI coordinated ground search in the D.B. Cooper case near Lake Merwin and Lewis River area. Covers logistics (meals, maps, mosaics, telephones, command post), s…

Page number heading indicating this is page 2 of a multi-page document. Procedure if the hijacker's body is found: FBI agents take over the area, Army cordon is established, county coroner is airlif…

FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet for Civil Action 1:16-cv-01790-02 indicating 11 pages were deleted from the release: 4 as duplicates (pages 7, 12, 38, 39) and 7 as referral/consult (pages 2…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated December 5, 1988, regarding the NORJAK case from a redacted Special Agent. A resident of Camas, Washington contacted the FBI Vancouver office on…

Standard header block of a US Government memorandum from an SA (Special Agent) in Seattle to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior memo dated 5/14/76. Agent reports that the Belling…

Teletype header identifying a NITEL (night telegram) sent from FBI Seattle field office to the Acting Director, regarding case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper), dated March 20, 1973. Handwritten routing or fili…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 28, 1973. Airtel from SAC Alexandria to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, transmitting fourteen items including aeronautical charts,…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 3/9/73, regarding NORJAK case (164-81). Memo details planning for a ground search of the NORJAK (D.B. Coope…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated March 7, 1973, sent via NITEL teletype. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SACs in Honolulu, Portland, and San Francisco regarding NORJAK case. An…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 15, 1973, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Handwritten annotations listing sub-file designations (Sub E, F, G, Y, X) in the right margin. Se…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 8, 1973. Airtel from SAC Alexandria to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK. Reports on investigation at the Pentagon during Dec 1972–Jan 197…

Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Alexandria requesting expedited investigation related to NORJAK case, referencing a WFO letter dated 11/20/72. Subject is marked armed and dangerous. Handwritten…

Teletype header identifying the message as a NITEL (night teletype) from Alexandria to Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Alexandria office reports to Seattle on efforts to obtain radar data and calcula…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header (WFO-28). Memo from SAC WFO to SAC Alexandria regarding NORJAK case, forwarding copies of a Seattle airtel dated 11/15/72 because the lead falls withi…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated November 15, 1972, sent via airtel with air mail priority. Airtel from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. Requests that…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated November 13, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. SA name redacted under b6/b7C. On October 30, 1972, a redacted individual at Northwest Orien…

Date of the memo. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI and SAC Norfolk providing background on the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Lists items the unsub had before jumping: two parachu…

Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. A contact at Fort Lewis, Washington advised that a person at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia could provide expert inform…

Memo header identifying the SAC Seattle office, case number 164-81, dated October 31, 1972, authored by SA Ronald N. Nichols, regarding NORJAK with office of origin Seattle. Handwritten routing or f…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 10/24/72, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten notations 'SW3 E' and 'SW3 F (with MAP)' appear near the date…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. From Special Agent Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated October 19, 1972, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). An individual from Washington…

Official FAA letterhead with agency name and address of the Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center. Cover letter from the FAA Seattle Center to FBI Special Agent Charles Farrell, dated 30 December…

FBI form number and revision date printed in top-left corner. Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal header with date 1/27/72, plaintext via AIRTEL, priority AIR MAIL. Airtel from SAC Las Vegas to S…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with FBI seal and transcription date. FAA Area Officer B at Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center in Auburn, WA provided tape recording transcriptions of t…

Teletype routing header from Sacramento FBI field office to Director and Seattle, marked URGENT, dated January 17, 1972. Handwritten notation 'Sub' and stamped or written letters F.E.O., likely inte…

Date of the memo. FBI Airtel header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Cover memo enclosing a revised map of the probable parachute drop area, prepared by a redacted individual…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle, dated January 14, 1972, referencing NORJAK case file numbers. Cover memo transmitting enclosed FD-302 interview reports f…

Memo header identifying SAC Seattle office, case number 164-81, dated 1/12/72, from ASAC Paul R. Bibler, regarding NORJAK case. ASAC Bibler reports calling ASAC Rosack in Sacramento about aerial pho…

Header block of an FBI memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated 1/11/72, regarding NORJAK search area. SA Farrell reports that on 1/10/72 he contacted a redacted individual at Northwest…

USGS topographic map of the La Center Quadrangle, Washington, with overlaid curved arc lines likely representing D.B. Cooper flight path analysis or search area boundaries. The map covers the area ar…