Part 66
326 pages
Header identifying this as an FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-02. Listing of 71 deleted pages from the FOIA release. 43 pages were removed as duplicates and…
Page 2List of pages (148, 149, 152, 153) marked as Referral/Consult, indicating those pages were withheld or referred to another agency for consultation. Standard FBI FOIA deleted-page marker indicating t…
Page 3Dark, heavily obscured photograph or redacted area spanning the top of the page. No legible content. FBI FD-448 facsimile transmittal form dated 1/13/72, sent from SAC Seattle (164-81) to SAC Portla…
Page 4Header block of an FBI memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated 1/11/72, regarding NORJAK search using U.S. Air Force SR-71 aircraft. Sacramento Division reported on 12/3/71 that Beale…
Page 5Introduction to an attached plot showing the envelope of possible landing points for the hijacker (HJ), listing the data sources used: USAF radar from McChord AFB, probable jump time of 0411 GMT base…
Page 6Date of the memo Memo header with TO, FROM, and RE lines typical of FBI internal communication. Handwritten initials and routing marks appear to the right. Handwritten routing or approval initials…
Page 7Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated January 10, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Daily teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Northwest A…
Page 8Date of the memo. Communication method and delivery priority designations. Routing block: from Seattle SAC to Minneapolis SAC regarding NORJAK case. Seattle office forwards four B&W prints and one…
Page 9Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent 12/29/71 at 3:22 PM from Seattle field office to the Director, Springfield, and Minneapolis offices. Case code name NORJAK, the FBI's intern…
Page 10Page header with page number and case/serial number 164-81. Page two of a teletype regarding Air Force personnel at McChord AFB volunteering to parachute from a plane as part of the D.B. Cooper inve…
Page 11Header block identifying file number 164-81, addressed to SAC Seattle, subject line NORJAK, dated 12/23/71. SAC HELD called from Minneapolis at 8:55 AM on 12/23/71 reporting that Mr. NYROP arranged…
Page 12Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office (file 164-81) to FBI Minneapolis office (file 164-73), sent urgent on 12/23/71 at 4:28 PM. Seattle FBI office notifies Minneapolis that the original a…
Page 13Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 15, 1971, sent via airtel with air mail priority. Airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Transmits copies of…
Page 14Standard FD-302 header with date 11/26/71 and page number 1. A redacted individual at Reno International Airport advised that Northwest Airlines 727 Flight 305 would park on the ramp approximately 1…
Page 15Standard FBI FD-302 header with date. FD-302 interview report describing the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (Boeing 727) en route from Portland, OR to Seattle, WA. The hijacker demanded…
Page 16FBI case file number and page continuation number. Continuation of numbered operational instructions (items 4-6) regarding positioning of an unmarked car with air stairs, fuel trucks with personnel…
Page 17Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 12/21/71, regarding NORJAK case. SAC Seattle spoke with SAC HELD in Minneapolis on 12/20/71 about the NORJAK hijacking…
Page 18Teletype header indicating a nightly teletype from Seattle field office to FBI Director, dated December 17, 1971, referencing case numbers 164-2111 and 164-81. Seattle office reports completing an e…
Page 19Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with Seattle field office case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype message. Seattle will evaluate whether additional searching should be…
Page 20Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated December 16, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with priority SUB-E. Airtel memo from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, enclosing FD-3…
Page 21Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date and document date. An individual from Northwest Airlines, Inc. provided information to the FBI. The person's name is redacted under b6/b7…
Page 22Introductory memo explaining that the attached information was manually recorded from communications during the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24/25, 1971. Notes that the prim…
Page 23Document header identifying the incident as the hijacking of NWA Flight 305 on November 24/25, 1971. Introduction explaining sources (radio, phone-patch between MSP Flight Ops 'Eagle' and flight cre…
Page 24Chronological log of the D.B. Cooper hijacking event at SEA airport. Covers events from 1930 (landing at SEA, money/parachute delivery, refueling delays) through 2143 (takeoff, aft air-stair deployme…
Page 25NWA Chief Performance Engineer called to field to help calculate range. Boeing contacted for assistance on range problem and flight characteristics with air-stairs extended. Boeing confirmed no contr…
Page 26Cabin lighting status noted; curtain between first class and tourist closed, crew unable to confirm if hijacker still aboard. At 2222, NWA communications lost on 131.9 frequency; phone-patch via SEA…
Page 27Chronological operational log of communications during the D.B. Cooper hijacking flight. Entries cover the flight's progress from the RBL area through landing at RNO, including altitude, fuel status,…
Page 28Header of FBI FD-302 interview form. A redacted individual from Northwest Airlines, Inc. reviewed notes and technical records about NWA Flight 305 on November 24, 1971, and drew conclusions about wh…
Page 29Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Sacramento to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Encloses two aeronautical charts showing the flight path of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 drawn with…
Page 30Urgent teletype from FBI Director to Portland and Seattle field offices regarding the NORJAK case. References a Portland airtel from December 6 that submitted an envelope, printed message, and clippi…
Page 31Urgent teletype from FBI Sacramento to Seattle, Las Vegas, and Portland field offices regarding the NORJAK case. Requests receiving offices display a photo of a redacted suspect to witnesses, as the…
Page 32Handwritten sub-classification marking 'Sub - EFOS' in upper right corner. Urgent teletype from FBI Sacramento to Director and Seattle reporting that an aerial search of the route taken by Northwest…
Page 33Teletype classification header indicating plaintext, urgent priority. FBI Director authorizes SAC Sacramento to rent a Cessna aircraft for terrain searches related to the NORJAK case, referencing a…
Page 34Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and document date. FBI interview of Captain William A. Scott, captain of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (the hijacked D.B. Cooper flight). Scott was int…
Page 35Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date of report. FD-302 interview of a female Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hostess at Reno Airport on the evening of November 24, 1971. She describes a…
Page 36FD-302 interview report of a redacted crew member (likely the captain or first officer) of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, interviewed at Reno Airport on the evening of November 24 and early morning o…
Page 37FBI letterhead with document date. An FBI interview summary (FD-302 style) documenting a check with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles regarding a 1971 Datsun 2-door sedan. The registered owner…
Page 38Standard FD-302 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 November 25, 1971. H…
Page 39FBI file number and page continuation number for Las Vegas field office file 164-60, page 2. A redacted individual states they had no direct contact with or observation of the hijacker and therefore…
Page 40Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date 11/30/71. An employee of the Reno Evening Gazette reported that on November 27, 1971, between 8:00 and 8:30 a.m., the newspaper's head office open…
Page 41FBI FD-302 form header with revision date. Standard FBI letterhead and document date. An individual at a Nevada Sheriff's Office provided records describing a white female subject. All personal det…
Page 42Heavily redacted FD-302 interview form dated 12/2/71, case number LV 164-60. An individual from a Sheriff's Office was interviewed. The form references a person's physical description fields (weight,…
Page 43Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date December 2, 1971. An FD-302 interview record in which a Deputy from a Sheriff's Office in Nevada reported that on November 29, 1971, he was called…
Page 44Standard FBI FD-302 header with date of report. An FAA official at Reno Tower provided a transcript of taped radio conversations between Reno Tower and hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight 305. He exp…
Page 45Radio communications transcript between Reno Tower (RNO TWR DR) and Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center (OAK ARTCC) at 0632–0634 GMT. They coordinate radar handoff of an aircraft (Northeast 305)…
Page 46Continuation of radio communications transcript between Oakland ARTCC (OAK ARTCC), Reno Tower (RNO TWR), and Northwest Flight 305 (NW305/H:305). Oakland hands off Rescue aircraft to Reno approach on…
Page 47NW305 crew requests to secure the aircraft, leave beacon on, shut everything down, and requests ground transportation. They thank fuelers and support personnel. Reno Tower instructs NW305 crew not t…
Page 48Standard FD-302 interview form header with date December 2, 1971. A Sheriff's Office in Nevada advised the FBI that their department has records on a subject under a redacted file number. Fingerpri…
Page 49Standard FD-302 interview form header with FBI seal and date of 12/1/71. Page numbered 1. Heavily redacted FD-302 interview content. A female subject advised that her files reflect someone connected…
Page 50FBI file number and dictation/typist initials for Las Vegas field office file 164-60. Administrative data section describing information from a well-placed source. The substance of what the source a…
Page 51Standard FD-302 interview form header with revision date and document date. A stewardess (name redacted) showed FBI Special Agents Ricks and Stousland the two seats occupied by the unknown subject (…
Page 52Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and document date. An employee of the Nevada Division of Drivers License, Department of Motor Vehicles, confirmed that a specific Nevada drivers licens…
Page 53Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and document date of 12/1/71. Heavily redacted FD-302 interview body. A subject in Nevada, formerly located elsewhere in Nevada, provi…
Page 54FBI FD-302 interview report dated 12/2/71 documenting contact with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles regarding a 1968 Volkswagen 2-door Stationwagon. The Nevada license number, VIN, registered…
Page 55FD-302 interview form 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 examinat…
Page 56Memo header identifying the case file number 164-81, addressed to SAC Seattle from ASAC Paul R. Bibler, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71. ASAC…
Page 57Date of the memo. Airtel memo header from SAC Sacramento to FBI Director regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71. Handwritten routing annotation, li…
Page 58Teletype routing header showing urgent message sent December 9, 1971 at 4:20 PM from Sacramento field office to Director, Seattle, Los Angeles, and San Diego offices. Partially visible stamps or rou…
Page 59Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 3, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking…
Page 60Document header with Las Vegas field office file number LV 164-60, typist initials MTB:jhp, page 1, covering the period November 25-26, 1971. An FAA Tower Supervisor at Reno Municipal Airport provid…
Page 61Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated December 3, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, hijacki…
Page 62Standard 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,…
Page 63Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A witness in Washington state reports hearing a large plane fly extremely low over his property at about 8:15 p.m. on November…
Page 64Standard FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription. An individual in Washington state reported hearing a low-flying jet plane over his house on 11/24/71 at approximately 8:30 PM, flyin…
Page 65Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A witness from Washington state reported seeing a low-flying jet near his house on the evening of 11/24/71 at approximately 8:0…
Page 66Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with transcription date of December 6, 1971. A witness in Washington state reports that on the evening of November 24, 1971, between 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM, he…
Page 67Teletype routing header from Philadelphia FBI field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Seattle offices, marked urgent, dated December 3, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking ca…
Page 68Page header indicating this is page two of a multi-page document. Witness account describing the hijacker carrying an attache case toward the aft lavatory, a green shopping bag on top, non-lace ankl…
Page 69Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page document. Continuation of a witness account (likely a flight attendant) describing events after takeoff: the hijacker called the cockpit say…
Page 70Continuation (page 4) of an FBI teletype discussing the aircraft tail section. A mechanic advised that the space behind the right panel contains air ducts that would be too hot for a person to surviv…
Page 71Standard US Government memorandum header from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71). Handwritten routing or classificati…
Page 72Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 1, 1971, sent via teletype with URGENT priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Philadelphia requesting that a stewardess (name r…
Page 73Teletype routing header from Sacramento FBI office to Seattle and Las Vegas offices, sent urgently on December 2, 1971 at 2:55 PM. Case subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwes…
Page 74Page two of an FBI Seattle teletype (case SC 164-50) requesting the route of the captioned flight over California after release by FAA Oakland, and asking that a map be forwarded to Sacramento showin…
Page 75Teletype header indicating urgent message sent from Philadelphia FBI office to Director, Seattle, and Minneapolis at 11:18 PM on December 1, 1971. Handwritten routing or filing annotations referenci…
Page 76Page two of an FBI interview or report describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The hijacker had a general grudge, not specific to the airline. He requested takeoff with rear ladder down, 15% flaps, and…
Page 77Page three of a multi-page teletype. A female witness (name redacted) described that the aircraft had flown under ten thousand feet and the hijacker knew they could not exceed that altitude. The pilo…
Page 78Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated November 30, 1971, sent via urgent teletype. Handwritten routing stamp indicating the document was copied to search coordination. Teletype…
Page 79Standard US Government memorandum header. Memo is from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 11/30/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71.…
Page 80Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, authored by SA Thomas J. Manning, regarding the hijacking and extortion of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. Report that investigation…
Page 81Standard US Government memorandum header for FBI file 164-81, dated 11/29/71, from SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK hijacking case. Handwritten routing or indexing annotations overlaid on the memo h…
Page 82Header block of an FBI internal memo from SAC Seattle to ASAC Paul R. Bibler regarding the unknown subject hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71, classified as hijacking and extorti…
Page 83Standard FBI teletype form header with date 11/26/71, marked URGENT priority. FBI Seattle field office reports to Director on air and ground search results in the area where the hijacker is believed…
Page 84Standard FBI airtel/teletype form header, mostly blank on this continuation page. Form revision date 5-22-64 visible in upper left. Page two of an FBI teletype analyzing the flight path of the hijac…
Page 85FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet for case 1:16-cv-01790-02, listing 106 total deleted pages all marked as duplicates. The visible portion lists 66 specific page numbers removed as duplicate…
Page 86Continuation of FOIA deleted pages list. Pages 242–301 marked as Duplicate; pages 308–316 and 332 marked as Referral/Consult. Standard FBI FOIA box indicating deleted pages with no duplication fee c…
Page 87FBI Laboratory letterhead with form revision date. Header fields of FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case, with case ID SE-164A-81 and lab numb…
Page 88FBI Laboratory Report of Examination header and form fields dated April 2, 2002, from the DNA Analysis I unit, case SE-164A-81. DNA analysis results for specimens Q40/Q41 (combined). PCR/STR typing…
Page 89FBI memo header from Los Angeles SQUAD C-1 to Los Angeles Evidence Control Center and Seattle SQUAD 5/PSVCTF, dated 07/23/2002, regarding NORJAK case. FBI Los Angeles is forwarding all NORJAK case f…
Page 90FBI Laboratory report header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case, dated April 2, 2002, referencing a communication from August 23, 2001. FBI Laboratory received re…
Page 91FBI internal memo from Seattle (Squad 5/PSVCTF) to Los Angeles dated 02/19/2002 requesting Los Angeles locate a glass microscope slide with a hair sample that was part of the NORJAK case evidence. A…
Page 92FBI form header with revision date. FBI internal communication form from Seattle field office (Squad 5/PSVCTF) to the Laboratory DNA unit, dated August 23, 2001, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case…
Page 93FBI form FD-350 header for mounting newspaper clippings. Newspaper article reporting that Brian Ingram, the 8-year-old boy who found Dan Cooper ransom money near Vancouver, Wash., was not actually g…
Page 94Letterhead of a law firm located at 33 South Fifth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402, with the firm name redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Letter from a law firm to FBI ASAC Bill Baker in Portla…
Page 95FD-350 form metadata indicating this is a clipping from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, dated 2/15/80, Final edition, page A10, classified under NORJAK 164-81, submitted by the Seattle office. Newsp…
Page 96FBI form FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings, indicating this is from the Daily News of Longview, Washington, dated February 13, 1980, Final edition, classified under NORJAK case 164-81 subm…
Page 97FBI form FD-350 clipping routing form identifying the newspaper source as the Daily News of Longview, WA, dated 2/13/80, Final edition, page 31. Classification 164-81, submitted by Seattle office. Ti…
Page 98FBI form FD-350 metadata block identifying the clipping source as page 1 of the Daily News, Longview, Washington, dated 2/13/80, Final edition, filed under NORJAK case 164-81 from Seattle office. Ne…
Page 99FBI form FD-350 header used to mount a newspaper clipping. The clipping is from the Daily News of Longview, Washington, dated February 13, 1980, Final edition, page B1. Filed under title NORJAK, clas…
Page 100FBI FD-350 form metadata indicating this is a clipping from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, page A10, dated 2/16/80, Final edition. Filed under title NOREJAK, classification 164-81, submitted by Seat…
Page 101FBI FD-350 clipping cover sheet for a Seattle Times article dated February 14, 1980, classified under case 164-81 (NORJAK), submitted by the Seattle office. Seattle Times article from February 14, 1…
Page 102FBI form FD-350 used to mount newspaper clippings, indicating this article is from the News Tribune, Tacoma, WA, page A3, dated 2/13/80, Final edition, classified under NORJAK case 164-81, submitted…
Page 103FBI form FD-350 used to mount and index a newspaper clipping. Indicates it is from the Seattle Times, page A1, dated 2/13/80, Final edition. Classification 164-81. Submitting office Seattle. Seattle…
Page 104FBI form FD-350 metadata for a newspaper clipping from the Seattle Times, page B1, dated 2/13/80, Final edition. Filed under NORJAK, classification 164-81, submitted by the Seattle office. Seattle T…
Page 105FBI FD-350 newspaper clipping form identifying the source as Seattle Times, dated 2/13/80, Final edition, page B1. Classified under NORJAK title with classification 164-81, submitted by Seattle offic…
Page 106Standard FBI form header for mounting newspaper clippings. FBI clipping metadata indicating this is from page A1 of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Final edition, dated 2/14/80, filed under title NO…
Page 107FBI FD-350 form used to catalog a newspaper clipping. The clipping is from the Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, page A1, dated 2/13/80, Final edition. Title is NORJAK, case number 164-81, submitted by th…
Page 108FBI form FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings, indicating the source is the Seattle Times, page F19, dated 2/20/80, A.M. edition, submitted by the Seattle office. AP wire story reporting tha…
Page 109Teletype routing header from Portland field office (164-41) to FBI Director (164-2111) and Seattle (164-81), both priority, dated February 1980. Handwritten routing or classification annotation, par…
Page 110FBI FD-350 form identifying the clipping source as the Daily News, Longview, WA, dated 2/13/80, Final edition, page B3, classified under NORJAK case 164-81, submitted by the Seattle office. Large mu…
Page 111Standard FBI form header for mounting newspaper clippings. Newspaper article reporting the 1980 discovery by the Ingram family of decomposed $20 bills from the D.B. Cooper hijacking ransom along the…
Page 112FBI form FD-350 header identifying the clipping source as the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, dated February 13, 1980, Wednesday Latest edition, page A-1. Title of article is 'D.B. AND THE MONEY'. Case…
Page 113FBI form number and revision date for newspaper clipping mounting form. FBI FD-350 form metadata identifying the newspaper clipping source, date, title, and case classification. Newspaper article f…
Page 114FBI form FD-350 header indicating the clipping is from page B1 of the Seattle Times, Seattle, Wa., dated 2/13/80, Final edition, submitted by the Seattle office. UPI article from Portland quoting FB…
Page 115FBI form FD-350 header indicating this is a newspaper clipping from the Seattle Times, page A1, dated February 12, 1980, Final edition, classified under 164-81, submitted by the Seattle field office.…
Page 116Document type identifier indicating an Airtel communication. Handwritten classification or routing stamp reading SUB G; M. FBI Airtel memo dated 2/13/80 from Portland SAC to FBI Director regarding…
Page 117Airmail routing stamps and XX markings at top of page. Handwritten sub-file designation. Teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Portland is forwarding a package of eviden…
Page 118FBI teletype routing header from Portland office to Seattle and multiple other field offices, dated February 1980, marked IMMEDIATE priority. Unclassified FBI teletype under NORJAK case announcing a…
Page 119Header indicating this is page two of document PD 164-41, unclassified. Summary of the D.B. Cooper hijacking: Dan Cooper bought a one-way ticket on Northwest Airlines Flight 305 from Portland to Sea…
Page 120Continuation header indicating this is page three of a teletype classified UNCLAS (unclassified), case file PD 164-41. FBI teletype (page 3) reporting the discovery of partially buried, badly decomp…
Page 121Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated November 29, 1979. A Cowlitz County deputy reported loggers found an orange and white parachute buried under leav…
Page 122Classification or routing marking at top left of page. Date of the memo. Memo header identifying sender (SAC Seattle), recipient (SAC Minneapolis), and subject (NORJAK case). Handwritten annotatio…
Page 123Standard FBI FD-350 form header used for mounting newspaper clippings. Handwritten notation, likely an internal FBI routing or subject designation. Newspaper article reporting that a parachute foun…
Page 124FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Teletype via routine precedence, clear (unclassified), dated 11/9/78. Seattle FBI teletype to Minneapolis (NORJAK case) reporting that on November 8, 1978, Cowlitz…
Page 125FBI Laboratory report header addressed to SAC Albany from the Director, FBI, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight 350 hijacking on 11/24/71. Classified under CAA - Hijacking:…
Page 126Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. AIRTEL is checked as the transmit method. Date is 10/2/79. No precedence or classification boxes appear checked. An airtel from SAC San Francisco to SAC S…
Page 127Header of a US Government memorandum from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 8/3/79. Memo discusses an FD-302 interview with a redacted Northwest Orient Airlines employee re…
Page 128FBI Latent Fingerprint Section report header addressed to SAC Minneapolis regarding the NORJAK case, dated June 28, 1979. Report states that two letters (Q5, Q7) and an envelope (Q6) were examined p…
Page 129Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header. Memo addressed to SAC Seattle from Special Agent Charles S. Duke regarding NORJAK case, dated June 11, 1979. Handwritten sub-file designation 'SUB-G' wr…
Page 130Form identifier and revision date printed in upper left corner. FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form from Director, FBI to SAC Minneapolis regarding NORJAK case. Requests document and fingerprint examina…
Page 131Standard FBI Laboratory report header. Routing and reference information for the FBI lab report addressed to SAC Minneapolis, referencing case NORJAK with file and lab numbers. Three specimens (Q55…
Page 132FBI laboratory analysis concluding that typewriting on evidence items Q55–Q57 matches a type style manufactured by the Ransmayer-Rodrian Company of West Germany, possibly appearing on typewriters bra…
Page 133Header block of an FBI inter-office memorandum from SAC Seattle to SAC Minneapolis regarding the NORJAK case, dated 5/23/79. Handwritten routing or filing annotations, likely indicating sub-files.…
Page 134FBI form instruction header for mounting clippings. Newspaper headline about no search being planned for the D.B. Cooper skyjacker. Article reports that an FBI agent said a plastic decal found by a…
Page 135Header of an FBI internal memorandum from SA Charles S. Duke to SAC Seattle, dated 9/22/78, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten annotations indicating 'Void' and 'Sub 4' near the header area. Me…
Page 136Header of a United States Government memorandum from SA Charles S. Duke regarding the NORJAK case, addressed to SAC Seattle. Memo body describing efforts to search latent prints from the NORJAK case…
Page 137Header of a United States Government memorandum dated July 5, 1978 regarding the NORJAK case, addressed from an SA (Special Agent, name redacted) to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) of the Seattle f…
Page 138FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report header, form 1-336, addressed to SAC Seattle regarding file 164-81(P) / 164-2111, dated June 1, 1978. Handwritten annotations, likely ro…
Page 139FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 5/16/78. Airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Director requesting the Latent Fingerprint Section review approximately 80 partial lat…
Page 140Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle, dated March 7, 1978, regarding the NORJAK case. A former Northwest Airlines employee, now residing in Montana, was con…
Page 141Standard header for a US Government inter-office memorandum regarding the NORJAK case, routed from Butte to SAC Seattle. A follow-up to a Butte airtel dated 10/13/77. On 1/5/78, a redacted Northwest…
Page 142Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated 11/26/76, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Portland to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Encloses copies of a federal indictment returned 1…
Page 143Top margin area with two hole punches and a small handwritten mark. Caption block of a federal indictment filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Case number CR 76- (partially i…
Page 144FBI teletype from Portland field office to Director and Seattle reporting that on November 24, 1976, a U.S. Grand Jury in Portland, Oregon returned an indictment charging the NORJAK unsub as 'John Do…
Page 145Header of a United States Government memorandum dated 2/5/76, from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (file 164-81), Bureau file 164-2111. References sub-files for evi…
Page 146FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report dated May 3, 1974, addressed to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK case. Reports that previously unidentified latent prints in the case…
Page 147Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 31, 1974. Airtel from SAC Chicago to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Chicago reports multiple unsuccessful attempts to contact a st…
Page 148FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form dated April 19, 1974, from the Director of the FBI to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK case. Notes that the crime was committed on November 24, 1971, and that due…
Page 149FBI Laboratory letterhead, partially cut off at top of page. Routing block of FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC Los Angeles, referencing NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), originating office Seattle, d…
Page 150Standard FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report header with form number 1-336 (Rev. 7-16-73). Routing block of the FBI latent fingerprint report dated January 14, 1974, addres…
Page 151FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form header addressed from Director, FBI to SAC Dallas regarding the TWABOM case. Lab number D-731220011 JB assigned. Examination of document and fingerprint requested by D…
Page 152Header of an FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC Dallas, dated January 3, 1974, regarding the TWABOM case. Lab number D-731220011 JB. FBI Laboratory report documenting an intercomparison of typew…
Page 153Header of an interoffice FBI memo from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated January 2, 1974. SAC San Francisco relays that a contact at the U.S. Parachute Asso…
Page 154Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from Portland to Seattle SAC offices, dated 12/5/73, regarding NORJAK case. A citizen from Clackamas, Oregon, contacted the FBI after reading Ore…
Page 155Memo header identifying recipients (SAC Seattle and SAC Portland), case numbers, date, and case name NORJAK. A woman from Portland contacted the FBI on 11/23/73 to report that around the time of the…
Page 156Memo header identifying recipients (SAC Seattle and SAC Portland), case file numbers, case name NORJAK, and date. Portland office is shipping a parachute found in the woods near Gopher Canyon, north…
Page 157Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle FBI field office regarding NORJAK case. An individual from Torrance/Hawthorne, California reported t…
Page 158Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Chicago to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated August 21, 1973. Chicago field office reports that efforts to locate individuals at…
Page 159Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 28, 1973. Handwritten annotations indicating sub-file routing designations (Sub E, F, G, K). Airtel from SAC Alexandria to SAC Seatt…
Page 160Case file reference number header for the document. An individual in Alexandria, VA advised about aeronautical chart scales used by flight crews. A 1:500,000 scale chart of the Seattle area was furn…
Page 161Standard FBI airtel header from SAC Seattle to SAC Alexandria regarding NORJAK case, dated February 15, 1973. FBI Seattle reports efforts to obtain larger-scale maps of the suspected NORJAK parachut…
Page 162Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated February 8, 1973. Airtel from SAC Alexandria to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Reports on investigation at the Pentagon to determine…
Page 163Handwritten sub-file routing annotations. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Louisville regarding NORJAK case. Notes that D.B. Cooper was a heavy smoker of Raleigh filter-tip cigarettes based on eight b…
Page 164Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to Acting Director and SAC Norfolk providing background information on the NORJAK case. Lists items the unsub had prior to jumping: two parachute…
Page 165FBI file number for the Seattle field office case 164-81 (NORJAK/D.B. Cooper). Report describes a lead from Fort Lewis, Washington dated August 22, 1972. An expert at Langley Air Force Base could ad…
Page 166Standard FBI form header for the Identification Division, Latent Fingerprint Section report. Form fields showing file numbers and recipient (SAC, Los Angeles). Date of the report. Handwritten anno…
Page 167Continuation of a memo addressed to SAC, Los Angeles dated October 6, 1972, stating that latent prints Q50 and Q51 were compared to previously reported latent prints in the case but no identification…
Page 168Form identifier and version date printed in top-left corner. FBI Laboratory letterhead with seal/logo. FBI Laboratory transmittal form from Director, FBI to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK cas…
Page 169Header of FBI Laboratory Report addressed to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK case, dated October 4, 1972. Handwritten annotations indicating sub-file routing designations. FBI Laboratory examinati…
Page 170Header block of FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report form 1-336, addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Report states that eight latent fingerprints and one latent…
Page 171Header block of an FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Charles E. Farrell, regarding the NORJAK case and film of ransom money, dated 7/26/72. Memo details how microfilm of ransom mone…
Page 172FBI memo from SAC Las Vegas to the Director/FBI Laboratory, dated 11/26/71, enclosing eleven latent fingerprints lifted from the hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight 305 aircraft and requesting examina…
Page 173Routing header indicating memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Las Vegas, dated 7/13/72, with file numbers 164-60 and 164-81. Case subject line: NORJAK (FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Se…
Page 174Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Acting Director, marked urgent, dated June 30, 1972. NORJAK weekly summary reporting that investigation per Bureau letter of June 27 is underway…
Page 175Page header indicating this is page two of a document with file number 164-81. The United States Attorney's Office in Seattle reports that, contrary to earlier expectations of guilty pleas, the defe…
Page 176FBI inter-office memo from Alexandria to Seattle regarding the NORJACK case. Encloses an executed receipt for evidence transmission that was forwarded on 5/4/72 via pilot courier on Northwest Airline…
Page 177Date of the document, centered at top of page. FBI Airtel memo from SAC New York to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. References a Seattle teletype dated 4/29/72. Discusses a subpoena duces tecum…
Page 178Case header and introductory line indicating someone advised the FBI on 4/30/72. The source name and the substance of the advice are redacted. States that items obtained from a redacted source are b…
Page 179Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated May 4, 1972, marked TELETYPE and URGENT priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Alexandria regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle forwarded one reel of…
Page 180Date of memo with redacted routing information and a handwritten checkmark or initial. Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, Identification Division, Latent Fingerprint Section and FBI Labor…
Page 181Standard FBI form header for an Airtel transmittal, form revision 0-93 dated 5-18-71. FBI Director sends Airtel to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. References a telephone call from a Special A…
Page 182Redacted box with FOIA exemption markers b6 and b7C indicating withheld personal information. Urgent teletype from FBI Director to Seattle field office regarding NORJAK case. References a prior tele…
Page 183Document type header indicating this is an FBI Airtel communication. Date of the Airtel document. FBI Airtel from the Director to SACs in Las Vegas and Seattle regarding the NORJAK case and Richard…
Page 184FBI Laboratory report header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated May 1, 1972. FBI Laboratory comparison of three $20 bills (Q43) against microfilm of ransom money (K4). Photographi…
Page 185FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form (Form 7-52a) dated May 1, 1972, addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. A document examination was requested by the Seattle field office, referencing an Airtel…
Page 186Date of the memo. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Director/Laboratory regarding the NORJAK case. One roll of microfilm listing ransom bills is being sent to the Bureau by pilot courier. Three $20…
Page 187Continuation of instructions regarding comparison of bills on microfilm with Xeroxed copies to determine authenticity of $20.00 bills. Results are to be sent to the Los Angeles and New York field off…
Page 188Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler in Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A Special Agent called from the airport confirming he placed microfilm on Flight #78 arriving at Dulles…
Page 189Date of the airtel. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Salt Lake City regarding NORJAK case. Encloses three colored Polaroid photographs of a tie clasp and necktie found during a search of the plane at…
Page 190Date of the airtel memo. Handwritten sub-file reference numbers and letter notation. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Salt Lake City regarding the NORJAK case. Encloses three color Polaroid photo…
Page 191Teletype routing header from Portland office to Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Las Vegas offices, dated April 12, 1972 at 11:45 PM. Portland relays that Salt Lake City has requested color photos of a…
Page 192Teletype routing header from FBI Director to Seattle, Salt Lake City, Portland, and Minneapolis field offices, marked urgent, dated April 12, 1972. Handwritten sub-file or routing numbers in the upp…
Page 193Page two of an FBI teletype directing Salt Lake City office to investigate Richard MC COY's possible connection to the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking. Instructions include interviewing associates, re…
Page 194Page three of an FBI teletype directing Las Vegas and Salt Lake City field offices to investigate whether a tie and clasp belong to MC COY, and whether MC COY was ever employed in the aircraft indust…
Page 195Form identifier and revision date printed in top-left corner. FBI Laboratory transmittal form dated March 8, 1972, addressed to SAC Portland regarding case NORJAK. References letter dated 2/24/72. M…
Page 196Header of FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated March 8, 1972. FBI Laboratory examination results for specimens Q40 (tie) and Q41 (tie clip) received 2/28/72.…
Page 197Document type header indicating an AIRTEL communication. Routing header of FBI AIRTEL from Director, FBI to SAC Seattle, re NORJAK case. Handwritten annotation, likely a routing or copy count notat…
Page 198Header of FBI memo from SAC Portland to FBI Director (Laboratory), dated 2/24/72, regarding NORJAK case. Transmittal of a narrow black necktie with tie clip, found by Las Vegas agents in the hijacke…
Page 199Date of the airtel. Airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. Encloses a black tie with tie clasp labeled 'Towncraft' from Penneys, along with FD-302 reports by SA Francis…
Page 200Teletype header from Seattle field office to FBI Director and Minneapolis, classified as NORJAK weekly summary, dated February 24, 1972. Sacramento reports SR-71 reconnaissance flights over the drop…
Page 201Page 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 the Portland office to the FBI Laboratory for examinati…
Page 202Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI field office to Las Vegas and Portland, dated February 8, 1972. Seattle instructs Las Vegas to send to Portland the black snap-on tie with Towncraft-label ti…
Page 203Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with case/message number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype message instructing agents to contact Penney's (J.C. Penney) purchasing department…
Page 204Return address and date of the letter. Addressee block directed to U.S. Attorney Stan Pitkin, attention of a redacted Assistant U.S. Attorney, regarding the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking.…
Page 205Header block of an FBI internal memo dated February 3, 1972, filed under case 164-81 (NORJAK), addressed to ASAC Paul R. Bibler. An unidentified caller (name redacted) reported that the owner of two…
Page 206Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI field office to Director FBI and SAC Minneapolis, classified as a weekly summary. Case codename NORJAK identifying this as a D.B. Cooper case communication.…
Page 207Header block identifying the file number, date, authoring Special Agent, case name NORJAK, and subject line regarding ransom money. Describes how Northwest Airlines microfilmed the ransom money. The…
Page 208FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Continuation of a prior paragraph indicating that film designated 164-81-1B(3) may be maintained by the FBI indefinitely and dispo…
Page 209Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to the file for case 164-81 (NORJAK), dated 1/25/72. Memo body discusses the return of 2 rolls of microfilm containing copies of bills (rans…
Page 210Internal memo dated 11/29/71 regarding microfilm evidence in the Seattle Hijacking (D.B. Cooper) case. The author notes that a redacted party requested return of at least part of the film per the 11/…
Page 211FBI FD-192 form documenting a back parachute recovered from Northwest Airlines Flight #305 (the D.B. Cooper hijacking). The parachute is a Pioneer Parachute Company Model NB6, 26-foot rip stop conica…
Page 212FBI FD-192 bulky exhibit inventory form documenting an orange/salmon-pink chest parachute found aboard hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight #305 (NORJAK case). The parachute was found opened with shrou…
Page 213Standard FBI Identification Division letterhead for latent fingerprint reports. File reference numbers and recipient line addressed to SAC, Portland. Handwritten annotation, likely a routing or ser…
Page 214Header block of FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report, form 1-336, dated December 22, 1971, addressed to SAC Las Vegas. FBI latent fingerprint examination report regarding NO…
Page 215Teletype routing header from FBI Director to multiple field offices, sent urgently on December 23, 1971. Handwritten annotations likely referencing sub-file 1164 Sub 13, possibly routing or cross-re…
Page 216Page two of an FBI teletype concerning latent fingerprint comparisons for multiple redacted individuals. Fingerprints (tip impression and latent impression) were compared with prints of named individ…
Page 217Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated December 15, 1971, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Memo from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses copies of FD-302 interview repo…
Page 218Standard FD-302 header with date of report. A redacted individual at Reno International Airport advised that Northwest Airlines 727 Flight 305 would park on the ramp approximately 150 yards east of…
Page 219FBI letterhead with date of document. FBI agents examined Boeing 727 (NW Orient Flight 305) at Reno Municipal Airport at 11:25 PM on 11/26/71. The hijacker sat in seat 18F. A black Towncraft clip-on…
Page 220Teletype routing header from FBI Director to Portland, Sacramento, Las Vegas, and Seattle field offices, sent urgent on December 21, 1971. FBI Director confirms that latent fingerprint examination o…
Page 221Document date FBI airtel header from Seattle SAC to Sacramento SAC regarding NORJAK case Seattle FBI office returns an opaque polyethylene bag to Sacramento after Northwest Airlines maintenance and…
Page 222Header of FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report form 1-336, addressed to SAC Minneapolis, dated December 15, 1971. Latent fingerprint examination of a Northwest Airlines tick…
Page 223Standard FBI airtel form header with revision date and transmission method. FBI Director sends airtel to SAC Seattle regarding UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on No…
Page 224Form identifier and revision number in upper left. FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Requests document and fingerprint examination of evidence, referen…
Page 225FBI Laboratory report header addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated December 14, 1971. Evidence specimens Q13 and Q14 received from Portland on 12/10/71: an envelope postmarked Dec 3…
Page 226FBI laboratory report concluding that questioned hand printing on items Q13–Q15 could not be identified with previously submitted specimens, and no connection could be established between Q13–Q16 and…
Page 227Teletype routing header from FBI Director to Las Vegas, Seattle, Portland, and Sacramento field offices, marked URGENT, dated December 15, 1971. Handwritten annotation, likely a routing or serializa…
Page 228Header block of FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report form 1-336, dated December 13, 1971, addressed to SAC Las Vegas. FBI latent fingerprint examination report for NORJAK ca…
Page 229FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report header addressed to SAC Portland regarding case NORJAK, dated December 13, 1971. Examination reference section noting an airtel from Por…
Page 230FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report dated December 13, 1971, regarding the NORJAK case. References an airtel from 12/4/71. Specimens examined include an envelope (Q7), a fou…
Page 231Addressee line and date of the memo, directed to SAC (Special Agent in Charge), New York office. A large rectangular redacted block, contents fully obscured. Exemption codes b6 and b7C noted in righ…
Page 232Urgent teletype from FBI Director to Minneapolis, Seattle, and Portland field offices confirming that no latent prints of value were found on the airlines ticket referenced in a Minneapolis airtel da…
Page 233Form identifier and revision number in upper left corner. FBI Laboratory letterhead. Form header fields indicating this is a laboratory transmittal to SAC Las Vegas regarding the NORJAK case, signe…
Page 234FBI Laboratory report header addressed to SAC Las Vegas regarding case NORJAK (FBI File 164-2111). Specimens Q1 (ashtray contents) and Q2 (towel) received 12/7/71, along with eight fingerprint cards…
Page 235FBI Identification Division latent fingerprint report dated December 10, 1971, addressed to SAC Philadelphia regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (Portland to Seattle, 11/24…
Page 236Header block of an FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report, dated December 10, 1971, addressed to SAC Las Vegas. File numbers 164-60, 164-2111, latent case A-45410. Subject lin…
Page 237Addressee line and date of the memo, directed to SAC Las Vegas. A large rectangular redacted block, contents fully obscured. Exemption codes b6 and b7C appear in the right margin, indicating persona…
Page 238Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with date. FBI interview (FD-302) of a Northwest Airlines stewardess who was on Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. She describes the flight route from Washing…
Page 239FBI file number and dictation/typist identifiers for the Seattle field office file on the D.B. Cooper case. SA Edward J. Anderson interviewed Northwest Airlines personnel at SeaTac on December 6, 19…
Page 240File number, date, addressee (SAC Seattle), and case name NORJAK. FBI memo dated 12/14/71 regarding a letter signed "D. B. Cooper" received by the managing editor of the Seattle Times on 12/13/71. A…
Page 241FBI memo header from SAC Seattle to Director FBI / FBI Laboratory, dated 12-13-71, subject NORJAK. SAC Seattle forwards a letter signed 'D. B. Cooper' received by the Managing Editor of the Seattle…
Page 242Teletype routing header indicating urgent message sent from Seattle field office to WFO, New York, and Los Angeles on 12/13/71 at 10:39 PM. FBI Seattle teletype reporting that the Seattle Times rece…
Page 243Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 8, 1971. Routing block identifying an airtel from SAC Philadelphia to SAC Seattle regarding the Dan Cooper hijacking of Northwest Air…
Page 244Standard FBI airtel transmittal header dated December 7, 1971, sent via Airtel. Memo from FBI Director to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Directs Seattle to protect enclosed films as evidence…
Page 245Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 3, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (UN…
Page 246FBI Las Vegas field office file number, dictator/typist initials, and page number. Date range covered by this report page. An FAA Tower Supervisor at Reno Municipal Airport provided an FBI Special…
Page 247FBI form identifier and revision date FBI FD-302 interview of a redacted individual (likely a crew member of NW Airlines Flight 305) at Reno Airport on the evening of Nov 24 and early morning of Nov…
Page 248FD-302 form header with date of report. FBI interview of a crew member (name redacted) of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 at Reno Airport on the evening of November 24 and early morning of November 25…
Page 249Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date. Document title and date header. FD-302 interview of a female Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hostess at Reno Airport on the evening of No…
Page 250Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and document date. Heavily redacted interview narrative. A person in Nevada was interviewed and provided information including a telep…
Page 251Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date of 12/2/71. A Sheriff's Office in Nevada advised that their department has records on a subject. Fingerprints were returned from the FBI Identific…
Page 252Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and document date of 12/1/71. Page marked as page 1. A female source advised that her files reflect information about a person in Neva…
Page 253FBI FD-302 form revision identifier. An FD-302 interview report dated 12/2/71. A source at the Nevada Division of Drivers License, Department of Motor Vehicles, confirmed that a particular Nevada dr…
Page 254Standard FD-302 form header with date of 11/26/71. FBI agent John F. Ricks collected cork-tipped cigarette butts from the ash tray of the seat reportedly occupied by the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper…
Page 255FBI FD-302 form revision identifier. Form header with date of document. Interview of two Penneys Store #44 employees about a black snap-on Towncraft tie with a #3 Penneys label. The #3 indicated a…
Page 256Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and document date. An employee of the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles provided information that a Nevada license plate is registered to a 1968 Volk…
Page 257Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with revision date and report date. The Nevada Division of Driver's License, Department of Motor Vehicles furnished attached copies of driver's license appl…
Page 258Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and report date. An employee of the Reno Evening Gazette reported that the newspaper received a ransom-style note on November 27, 1971…
Page 259Standard FD-302 form header with date of December 1, 1971. Brief FD-302 narrative describing an observation on November 30, 1971 of a 1971 brown Datsun two-door sedan with Nevada license plates park…
Page 260Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and investigation date. A stewardess (name redacted) showed FBI Special Agents RICKS and STOUSLAND the two seats occupied by the unknown subject (D.B.…
Page 261Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date November 29, 1971. FBI agents brought the parachute abandoned on the hijacked Northwest Orient Boeing 727 at Reno, NV on Nov 24, 1971, to examiner…
Page 262FD-302 interview summary documenting a check with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles regarding a 1971 Datsun 2-door sedan. The VIN, license plate, registered owner, and title recipient are all r…
Page 263Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with revision date and document date of December 2, 1971. A deputy from a Nevada Sheriff's Office reports being called on November 29, 1971 to the residence…
Page 264FBI form identifier and revision date stamp. Standard FBI FD-302 header with document date of December 2, 1971. An FD-302 interview summary in which a male official at a Sheriff's Office in Nevada…
Page 265FBI FD-302 interview form dated 12/2/71, Las Vegas field office file LV 164-60. A Sheriff's Office representative was interviewed and provided information about an unidentified individual, including…
Page 266File number header indicating Las Vegas field office file 164-60, dictated by agent with initials TJW, typed by kmc, page 1. Administrative data section of an FBI report. A well-placed source provid…
Page 267Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with revision date and document date. FBI interview of Captain William A. Scott, captain of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. He confirmed crew members' accoun…
Page 268FBI FD-302 interview summary of the Chief of Reno Tower, FAA, who provided a transcript of taped radio conversations between Reno Tower and hijacked Northwest Airlines flight 305. He explained that t…
Page 269Date of the document. Airtel memo from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Las Vegas office is forwarding from the Reno Resident Agency one Pioneer Parachute — a 2…
Page 270Date of the airtel memo. Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Minneapolis to the Director, FBI, Identification Division-Latent Fingerprint Section, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwe…
Page 271FBI field office case file number, likely Minneapolis office case 164-73. Request to the FBI Latent Fingerprint Section to examine a flight coupon for latent prints of evidentiary value. Standard F…
Page 272Teletype header from FBI Director to New York, Seattle, and Portland field offices, sent urgently on December 10, 1971. Case numbers 164-627 (New York) and 164-2111 (Director). FBI Director teletype…
Page 273Date of the airtel memo. Handwritten routing or filing annotations. FBI airtel memo from SAC Portland to Director FBI, dated 12/8/71, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airli…
Page 274Date of the airtel memo. Routing header of an FBI airtel from SAC Portland to the Director/FBI Laboratory regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Portland field…
Page 275Header block of an FBI airtel memo dated 12/10/71 from SAC Seattle to the Director of the FBI, regarding case NORJAK. SAC Seattle encloses three copies of a letter sent to U.S. Secret Service HQ exp…
Page 276Return address and date of the letter from FBI Seattle field office. Addressee block directed to the Director of the U.S. Secret Service. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. L…
Page 277Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file classification 'Sub - G' and '- E.' Urgent FBI teletype from Director to Las Vegas and Seattle field offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Refer…
Page 278Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 9, 1971, marked URGENT priority. SAC Seattle sends urgent teletype to SAC Portland recommending three investigative leads to backtrack the NOR…
Page 279Teletype routing header: urgent message dated December 9, 1971, sent from the FBI Director (file 164-2111) to Las Vegas, Portland, Sacramento, and Seattle field offices. NORJAK case communication: r…
Page 280Teletype routing header showing an urgent message sent at 4:20 AM on December 9, 1971 from the FBI Director's office to Philadelphia, Seattle, and Minneapolis field offices, with case file numbers.…
Page 281Header of FBI Identification Division, Latent Fingerprint Section report form dated December 7, 1971, addressed to SAC Seattle, with file numbers 164-81, 164-2111, and latent case number A-45410. RE…
Page 282FBI FD-192 evidence inventory form documenting parts of a magazine, a magazine cover, and a piece of notebook paper with felt pen printing found pushed behind a seat on the NORJAK hijacked aircraft.…
Page 283Standard FBI memo header identifying the case as UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71, hijacking and extortion. Office of Origin: Seattle. Date of memo…
Page 284FBI memo from Portland to SAC Seattle and SAC Portland regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Reports that on 12/6/71 a redacted individual from the FAA Security Division at Portland International…
Page 285Northwest Orient Airlines passenger ticket and baggage check issued to passenger DAN COOPER for travel from Portland to Seattle on November 24, 1971 (Flight 305). The ticket number is 012 14 4406773.…
Page 286FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form header addressed to SAC Las Vegas regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 (Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71). Examination requested by Las Vegas, P…
Page 287FBI Laboratory report header addressed to SAC Las Vegas regarding the UNSUB (D.B. Cooper) case, Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. Dated December 7, 1971. Inventory of specimens re…
Page 288Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated December 3, 1971, sent via AIRTEL / AIRMAIL. Routing block identifying the communication from Las Vegas SAC to Seattle SAC regarding the Dan Cooper h…
Page 289Handwritten date and routing notation at top of page. Transmission method indicators for FBI communication. Routing header of an FBI airtel from SAC Las Vegas to the Director of the FBI, attention…
Page 290FBI case file number for the Las Vegas field office. Continuation of an FBI memo requesting the Laboratory to file or retain elimination fingerprints for future comparison with anonymous letters rec…
Page 291Handwritten annotation indicating this teletype relates to a sub-ticket and evidence. Teletype header showing message sent from Minneapolis FBI field office to the Director and multiple field office…
Page 292Page header indicating this is page two of a multi-page teletype. Photographs of a suspect were displayed to stewardesses by the Springfield Division and developed by Kansas City, with negative resu…
Page 293Page continuation header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype. Page three of an FBI teletype reporting that NWA Minneapolis located the unsub's ticket coupon for Flight 305 and sub…
Page 294Handwritten index tabs or filing notations in the top-right margin. Date and transmission method headers for the memo. Handwritten notation indicating a membership list is filed in a drawer. Stand…
Page 295Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office to Seattle and Minneapolis, marked URGENT, dated December 6, 1971. Case subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flig…
Page 296Teletype routing header showing urgent message sent at 4:40AM on December 4, 1971 from the FBI Director to Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, and Las Vegas field offices. Subject line identifying the D…
Page 297Page continuation header indicating this is the second page of a multi-page document. A form listing multiple individuals with associated FBI numbers, date of birth, and fingerprint information. All…
Page 298Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding an opaque polyethylene bag being forwarded to Seattle in connection with the NORJAK hijacking (Northwest Airlines Fli…
Page 299FBI Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Portland dated 11/30/71 regarding an unknown subject associated with a 1965 Plymouth Station Wagon with a redacted Oregon license plate. Case classified as ITSMV…
Page 300Standard FBI memo header identifying the case as the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, addressed from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle. Handwritten annotation, likely a routi…
Page 301Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A representative of Seattle-First National Bank provided the FBI with a microfilm canister containing serial numbers of $250,00…
Page 302Page number and FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. List of serial number ranges, likely for U.S. currency bills associated with the D.B. Cooper ransom money. Eight r…
Page 303Header block of an FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report, form 1-336, addressed to SAC Las Vegas, dated November 29, 1971, latent case number A-45410, file number 164-60. The…
Page 304Handwritten routing or classification annotation dated 11/30/71 referencing evidence and witness. Communication method indicators: AIRTEL sent via AIRMAIL. Memo header from SAC Seattle to FBI Direc…
Page 305Handwritten routing or indexing annotations referencing the suspect description as an illuminated object near Benton Airport, Redding, California, with a CC to Evidence. Urgent teletype from FBI Sac…
Page 306Page header with page number and case file number SC 164-50. Page two of a teletype reporting that an individual (name redacted) came to the Redding Resident Agency on November 29 and turned over an…
Page 307Page header identifying this as page three of a teletype under case number SC 164-50. Continuation of teletype describing a 1965 Plymouth station wagon stolen from Roseburg, Oregon on November 24, r…
Page 308Page header with case number SC 164-50, indicating page four of a multi-page teletype or report. A person appeared at the FBI Redding Resident Agency on November 29 and named a redacted individual a…
Page 309Page header and FBI case number for the teletype continuation. Continuation of a teletype (page 5) regarding a 1965 Plymouth station wagon stolen from a hospital parking lot in Roseburg, Oregon on t…
Page 310FBI Seattle field office memo to FBI Director requesting latent fingerprint processing of papers found behind a seat on Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/25/71 at Seattle-Tacoma Airport. A Northwes…
Page 311Teletype routing header from FBI Director to Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas, and Sacramento field offices, marked URGENT, sent 4:16 PM on November 29, 1971. Case number 164-2111. FBI Director instruct…
Page 312Dark, noisy microfiche/photocopy artifact strip across the top of the page. No legible content. Internal FBI Office Memorandum dated 11/29/71 from SAC Seattle to File 164-81 regarding the D.B. Coope…
Page 313FBI Las Vegas field office memo to the Director/FBI Laboratory, dated 11/26/71, transmitting eleven latent fingerprints lifted from the hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight 305 aircraft for examination…
Page 314FBI teletype from Director to Las Vegas, Seattle, and Portland field offices, dated November 28, 1971, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. The message confirms that…
Page 315Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet associated with case 1:16-cv-01790-02. Lists five pages deleted from the release as duplicates: pages 6, 10, 12, 17, and 18.…
Page 316FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form header for NORJAK case, addressed to SAC Los Angeles from Director FBI, dated April 19, 1974. Requests microscopic analyses and fingerprint examination. FBI File No. 1…
Page 317FBI Laboratory letterhead addressed to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK case (FBI File 164-2111), originating office Seattle, dated April 19, 1974. Contains a signature and redacted lab number. FBI…
Page 318Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated 3/17/80. No boxes appear to be checked. FBI internal transmittal from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Forwards…
Page 319Letterhead of Academic Publishing, Inc., a non-profit academic service based in Berkeley, CA, with the date 20 February 1980. Letter from a member of the public to the FBI San Francisco field office…
Page 320Small logo or seal for Academic Publishing, Inc. Letter from Academic Publishing, Inc. in Berkeley, CA dated 6 March 1980, addressed to the FBI Seattle Operations Office (c/o a redacted individual a…
Page 321Headline and sub-headline of the newspaper article about D.B. Cooper's skyjacking and evasion of the FBI. FBI file stamp/reference number written on the page. Introduction to the D.B. Cooper skyjac…
Page 322FBI FD-350 form metadata identifying the clipping source as page 15 of The Columbian, Vancouver, WA, dated 2/15/80, with character/case number 164-81 and submitting office SE (Seattle). Newspaper ar…
Page 323Form identifier and revision date printed in top-left corner. FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form from Director, FBI to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. References an airtel dated February 29, 1980,…
Page 324Header section of FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC Portland, dated March 18, 1980, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten annotation indicating sub-categories G and M. FBI laboratory received…
Page 325Standard FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription. An individual affiliated with Portland State University was interviewed regarding the discovery of $20 bills at Tena Bar in Vancouve…
Page 326Page header showing page 2 of document, with Portland field office case number PD 164-41. A redacted individual explains three facts supporting their belief about how the D.B. Cooper ransom money ar…