Standard FBI Laboratory report header with form revision number. FBI Laboratory report addressed to United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service at Yosemite National Park regardin…

Continuation of forensic hair analysis findings for specimen Q1. Limb hairs and hair fragments, mostly forcibly removed, were found in Q1 but are unsuitable for significant comparison. None show effe…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10). Addressee and subject line of the memo, directed to the Smithsonian's anthropology department regarding a partial human skelet…

Page 2 of an FBI Laboratory report (PC-M 1890 / National Park Service #75-1005) discussing skeletal analysis of remains. The examiner speculates that skeletal damage to the back and right hip may hav…

Official letterhead of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Yosemite National Park office. Letter dated September 1, 1975 from a U.S. Park Ranger-Investigator at Yosemite Nati…

Official Department of the Interior / National Park Service letterhead from Yosemite National Park, dated September 1, 1975. Letter from a U.S. Park Ranger-Investigator at Yosemite National Park to…

FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet for case 1:16-cv-01790-02, listing 96 total deleted pages. The majority of deletions are marked as Duplicate, with pages 114-120 and 123 marked as Referral/…

Continuation of FBI FOIA deleted-pages list. Pages 165–235 marked as Duplicate; Pages 236–244 marked as Referral/Consult. Standard FBI FOIA stamp indicating deleted pages with no duplication fee cha…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. From a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK(A) case 164-81, dated February 21, 1980. A resident of LaCenter, Washingto…

Document type designation as AIRTEL. Date of the airtel. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Reports on a novelty business card for 'D. B. Cooper, Director, Airline J…

Classification or routing marking at top of page. Date of the memo. FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Butte to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. Cover memo enclosin…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated January 2, 1974. Handwritten routing or filing notations indicating sub-files…

Header block of an FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated September 5, 1972. The Special Agent name is redacted. Case name NORJAK, covering office Seattle. Handwritten…

Header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from the Chicago FBI field office to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated August 23, 1972. A representative of Para…

Date stamp at top of document. Routing header of an FBI AIRTEL communication addressed to SAC Chicago and SAC New York, regarding NORJAK case with office of origin Seattle. New York Office reports…

FBI Boston field office memo to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that investigation was conducted at several Massachusetts parachute centers and the U.S. Parachute Association…

Date of the document. FBI Airtel header from SAC New Haven to SAC Boston regarding NORJAK (the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case). File number 164-77. On January 31, 1972, a redacted…

Case or file reference number, likely an FBI field office file number. Instruction to contact the Orange Sport Parachuting Center in Orange, Massachusetts as part of the investigative lead. Instruc…

Composite or artist sketch of a male suspect, likely related to the D.B. Cooper case. The drawing depicts a middle-aged man with receding or thinning hair, wearing large dark sunglasses, a collared s…

Internal FBI memo from the San Antonio field office to the Seattle field office (SAC to SAC), dated 5/22/72, regarding the NORTACK (D.B. Cooper) case. San Antonio is forwarding two copies each of two…

Case file numbers and page indicator. FBI special agent interviewed a member of the Fort Hood Sports Parachute Club at West Fort Hood on April 6, 1972. The interviewee stated no current members were…

Teletype header from Boston field office to Acting Director, WFO, Alexandria, and Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, dated May 20, 1972. Handwritten routing annotations indicating sub-file references.…

Page header indicating this is page two of a document with Bureau case number BS 164-153 (Boston field office, file 164-153). City and telephone directory checks for a redacted individual in West Ba…

FBI memo from SAC Columbia to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Photographs of unknown subjects were shown on 5/3/72 to redacted individuals from Denmark, S.C., associated with the…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated April 28, 1972. Routing block of the airtel from SAC Detroit to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a Detroit teletype to Seattle…

Header of FBI inter-office memo from Kansas City to Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior Phoenix letter dated 3/15/72. Investigation conducted by a redacted Special Agent at Topeka, Kan…

Date of the memo. FBI inter-office memo from SAC Columbia to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Reports that a photo of the unknown subject was shown to the Cool Blue Sky Diving Club in Frogmore…

Routing header from SAC Seattle to SAC Baltimore, dated April 13, 1972. Baltimore Division memo regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that the only Baltimore suspect was eliminated per Seattl…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from SAC Tampa to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case, dated 3/29/72. Tampa Division reports that ransom list, suspect description, and composite d…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Reports that contact with sport parachute clubs, parachute schools, and USPA Area Safety Officers i…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo regarding NORJAK case, from Jacksonville to Seattle office. Jacksonville Division reports on investigation of parachuting services in the Pensacola/Milton, F…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Phoenix to SAC Kansas City regarding the NORJAK case, dated March 15, 1972. Phoenix office reports on investigation of parachute jumping…

Date of the document. FBI Airtel routing header from SAC New Haven (case 164-77) to SAC Boston regarding the NORJAK case. On January 31, 1972, a redacted individual from Conn. Parachutists, Inc. at…

FBI file number for this document. Instructions to contact the Orange Sport Parachuting Center in Orange, Massachusetts, and follow a lead set out for all recipient offices. Instructions to Albany…

Inter-office FBI memo from SAC Alexandria to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Alexandria is enclosing three copies of an investigative insert documenting investigation conducted at Manassas, Vi…

File number, dictating agent initials, and copy count for the FBI report. An FBI Special Agent interviewed a redacted individual in Manassas, VA on March 1, 1972. The person is employed at Dulles In…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Alexandria to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Encloses investigative inserts reflecting interviews conducted in the Alexandria Division to locate t…

FBI file reference numbers and dictation/transcription initials. An SA conducted an investigation at Culpeper, Virginia. A source at Culpeper Municipal Airport on Route 677 advised on February 15, 1…

FBI memo from Columbia field office to SAC Seattle dated 2/28/72 regarding NORJAK investigation. SA Trent D. Siple contacted persons at aviation schools in Columbia, S.C. on 2/8 and 2/11/72, showing…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC WFO to Director FBI regarding the NORJAK case. WFO received copies of the February 1972 issue of 'Air Line Pilot' magazine from ALPA headquarters at 1329…

Standard FBI FD-36 Airtel transmittal form header dated February 10, 1972. Airtel from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Phoenix Division encloses investigative and administrative in…

Case file number and typist/page identifiers. SA at Phoenix disseminated a memo on Dec 6, 1971 with an artist's conception of the unknown hijacking subject to all agents in the Phoenix Division. On…

Case file number and page header for FBI report continuation page 2. A source states the FAA Regional Office at Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix would have a photograph of a redacted individual. The sour…

File reference number and page indicator for the FBI report. Identifies two skydiving organizations — Rebel Skydivers and Sky Sport, Inc. — located at Ryan Field, Tucson. Names and additional detail…

File reference and dictation/typist codes for this FBI report page. SA in Phoenix conducted investigation after a January 19, 1972 memorandum directed all Phoenix Division agents to contact informan…

File reference number and dictation/typist initials. Administrative section noting that an SA contacted various sources for lead information, all with negative results. Both the SA's name and the so…

Date of the airtel. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento regarding NORJAK case. Encloses two xerox copies of USPA affiliated clubs, drop zones, safety officers, FAA officers, and certified para…

Left page of a USPA brochure describing what the organization is, what it does, membership benefits, and a call to join. Cover or title page of the 1976 USPA Directory and General Reference Source,…

FBI airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle requesting information about USPA (United States Parachute Association) clubs and membership in the Sacramento Division, referencing a prior Seattle airt…

Date of the airtel. Airtel header from Sacramento FBI field office to Seattle FBI field office regarding NORJACK case. Sacramento references prior teletypes from Sacramento and San Francisco about…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date of transcription. A female passenger on Northwest flight 305 on November 24, 1971 describes observing the hijacker after the plane landed in Seatt…

Memo from SAC Knoxville to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Reports that composite drawing of the unknown subject was disseminated to all parachute clubs and associated groups in the Knoxville…

FBI airtel transmission header from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case, dated February 11, 1972. A U.S. Deputy Marshal was interviewed in Muskogee, Oklahoma on 2/2/72 about…

Memo header identifying recipients (SAC Seattle and SAC Alexandria), case numbers, date, and NORJAK case designation. Alexandria field office relays information about a skydiving club lead. A redact…

Standard US Government memorandum header from Richmond FBI field office to SAC Alexandria, dated 12/30/71, with Seattle as office of origin. FBI memo documenting efforts to locate and identify skydi…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Richmond to SAC Alexandria, dated February 3, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking) with Seattle as office of origin. Body…

File number, typist initials, and page number header. Investigation at Fort Lee, Virginia on December 16, 1971. An interviewee advised that the Fort Lee Sky Divers club no longer exists and members…

Case file number and page indicator showing this is page 2 of a report filed under RH 164-74. Continuation of a report describing a search of parachutists registered with the Virginia Division of Ae…

FBI case file number and page number within the document. List of redacted individuals or entities associated with various Virginia locations. Names are withheld under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C (pe…

Case number and page number header. A list of skydiving drop zones and associated locations in Virginia, with names and addresses of individuals or operators redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo routing: from SAC Alexandria to SAC Seattle, dated January 26, 1972, subject NORJAK. Alexandria field office reports that all local contacts, air…

FBI memo from SAC San Francisco to Director FBI regarding the NORJAK case. Encloses copies of the January 1972 issue of 'Parachutist' magazine (U.S. Parachute Association publication) which contains…

Date of the memo. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC WFO to Director FBI regarding the NORJAK case. References a Bureau teletype dated 12/30/71. Encloses copies of the January 1972 issue of the Air Line Pilot…

Article from ALPA Pilot Bulletin arguing D.B. Cooper is no Robin Hood, urging pilots to help identify the hijacker. Prints FBI physical description. Two FBI composite sketches of D.B. Cooper, one we…

Article about CAB hearing examiner Merritt Ruhlen's recommended decision approving the Allegheny-Mohawk airline merger, endorsing ALPA-urged changes to labor protective provisions including shifting…

Masthead of the ALPA Pilot Bulletin newsletter, Volume 31 Number 1, January 1972, edited by Phil Salk. Article about the ALPA Executive Board 14th meeting (Dec. 7-10) in Washington, covering opposit…

Black and white photograph showing a group of people gathered outdoors near what appears to be an aircraft with NWA markings visible on the tail. Continuation of ALPA Executive Board actions includi…

ALPA (Air Line Pilots Association) criticizes Nixon administration proposals to increase government intervention in airline labor disputes, arguing they would revolutionize American labor relations.…

CAB Hearing Examiner William Madden recommended denial of the proposed American Airlines-Western Airlines merger, citing disruption to the air transportation system. ALPA supported the recommendation…

ALPA President John J. O'Donnell opposes DOT interference in the American Airlines-Western Air Lines merger case, supporting CAB Examiner Madden's recommendation to disapprove the merger. Group phot…

Article describing ALPA's opposition to two-step (two-segment) approach procedures proposed for noise reduction at airports. ALPA President O'Donnell and international federation representatives voic…

Memo from SAC Memphis to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that all parachute clubs, associate groups, law enforcement agencies, confidential informants (CI's), and potenti…

Date of the airtel document. Airtel header from SAC Jacksonville to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing prior Bureau and Seattle airtels dated 12-7-71. On 1-18-72 a member of Dolphin Spo…

Case file number header, continuation page. Discussion of using USPA (United States Parachute Association) resources in Monterey, CA to disseminate sketch of unknown subject. USPA publishes 'The Par…

Memo header identifying the FBI Seattle field office case number, date, special agent, and NORJAK case designation. Memo describes contact with Earl Cossey regarding parachute characteristics for a…

Internal FBI memo from SA Charles R. St. John to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Reports that Bureau authority has been requested to publish the composite sketch of the suspect in the Airline…

Page header with case file number SE-164-81, dictator/typist initials CRS:md, and handwritten notation INCLUDE. Handwritten annotation in upper-right corner, partially illegible. Report section des…

Page number and FBI case file reference header with dictation initials. Continuation of an FBI report describing the distribution of an artist's conception of the D.B. Cooper hijacker. Includes a de…

Page header showing page number 3 of the report, case file SE 164-81, and typist initials CRS:md. Page 3 of an FBI report on the investigation of parachutists at Elsinore Paricenter, Inc. 433 regist…

Document header with page number, case file number SE 164-81, and typist initials TJM:kdl. A man familiar with parachute clubs in SW Washington and N Oregon advised on Nov 27, 1971 that an experienc…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK investigation into flying schools, airports, and skydiving clubs. The Special Agent name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. R…

FBI memo dated 1/10/72 documenting that during December 1971, various flying schools, airports, and skydiving clubs in southeastern Washington state (Pasco, Kennewick, Richland, Walla Walla, Connell)…

Internal FBI memorandum dated 1-4-72 from a Seattle field office Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The agent reports that on 12-28 and 12-29/71, three flying schoo…

Date and handwritten routing notation. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Buffalo to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior Los Angeles airtel to New York dated 12/22/71 about…

FBI file number for the Buffalo field office case 164-46. Interview summary of a redacted individual registered with the U.S. Parachuting Association. Subject produced a parachute jumping log book s…

Header block identifying the memo recipients and case name NORJAK with Office of Origin Seattle. Date of the memo. FBI contacted the FAA at Byrd Field, Sandston, Virginia to locate sky diving clubs…

Teletype header showing routing from Minneapolis to Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco field offices, dated December 29, 1971. Case NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. A redacted source in Minneapol…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director and Washington Field Office, sent December 29, 1971 at 3:05 PM. Seattle field office requests FBI Bureau authority to publish an art…

Page header indicating this is page three of document 164-81. Continuation of a teletype requesting that glossy photos of the UNSUB (with and without glasses) be forwarded by the Bureau to WFO to ac…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland dated 12/23/71 regarding NORJAK. Seattle requests Portland Division expand its investigation throughout the remaining portion of…

Handwritten annotation, appears to read 'Serb C' and 'L.' — likely a routing or classification note. FBI Washington Field Office teletype to Director and Seattle, dated 12-28-71, regarding NORJAK. R…

FBI Seattle field office memo dated 12/16/71 regarding NORJAK investigation. An individual in Vancouver, Washington, associated with the Antique Airplane Club's annual event, was contacted after repe…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from SA John A. Drake to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71). Handwritten annotation indicating th…

Standard FBI airtel header with date 12/22/71, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Routing block of FBI airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC New York regarding NORJAK hijacking/extortion case, refe…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date. A witness at Skylark Airport in Elsinore, CA reports that in July or August 1971, a man resembling the D.B. Cooper sketch asked…

Standard FD-302 header with date of transcription. An interviewee in California recalls speaking to a man in July or August 1971 who he believes could be the Northwest Airlines hijacker. The man had…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview report header with date. An informant at Skylark Field in Elsinor, California reports speaking with an individual in mid-to-late August 1971 who resembled the artist's…

Adult registration form for a parachuting center, listing how registrant learned about the center and how they traveled there. Most personal details are illegible. Second copy of the adult registrat…

FBI case file number and routing designation. An informant discusses parachute jump altitudes from Elsinore flight records, noting that the 10,000-foot altitude used in the hijacking is reminiscent…

Case file number and sub-designation for the Los Angeles FBI field office. Continued leads section directing the San Francisco field office to conduct an investigation at Los Gatos, California, mirr…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header, dated December 21, 1971, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper case. Floyd Washburn of U.S. Parachute Service…

Case file number and agent initials header. An FBI Special Agent conducted investigation in Spokane, WA area, contacting flying agencies and schools about light plane rentals on November 24, 1971. N…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmission form header, dated December 17, 1971, sent in plaintext via teletype with NITEL priority. Teletype from FBI Jackson to FBI Memphis regarding NORJAK (D.B. Coo…

Teletype header from San Francisco field office to FBI Director and Seattle office regarding NORJAK case. A contact at the United States Parachute Association in Monterey, CA advised on December 16…

Standard header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from Special Agent Donald J. Steele to SAC Seattle, dated December 17, 1971, regarding the NORJAK case. An agent from Division 6…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Internal FBI memo from a Special Agent to SAC 164-81 regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking (NWA Flight 305, 11/24/71). The memo transmits items obtaine…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated 12/15/71. The Special Agent name is redacted. Brief NORJAK memo referencing a prior memo by SA Charles E. Farrell dated 11/26/71.…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to FBI Director and Seattle, dated December 14, 1971, referencing NORJAK case numbers. Handwritten annotation indicating sub-filing categories.…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle, Dallas, and Sacramento offices, sent urgent on December 14, 1971. Handwritten annotation, likely a filing or sub-file designat…

Handwritten routing annotation, likely 'Sul D' or 'Sul. D' Teletype header showing message NR001, sent from Dallas FBI field office (file 164-191) to Seattle (file 164-81), Los Angeles, and San Fran…

Return address and date of the letter from the FBI Seattle field office. Recipient address block; name is redacted but addressed to someone at Bonneville Power Administration in Vancouver, Washingto…

Handwritten annotation spelling out 'Sub D. E. L. C. O.' vertically, likely a subject or file classification marking. Urgent teletype from FBI Sacramento to Seattle and San Francisco offices regardi…

Teletype routing header from Boston field office to Seattle and San Francisco, dated December 10, 1971. Boston field office reports on investigation at Strong Enterprises, Inc. in Quincy, MA, a para…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, from an unnamed Special Agent (redacted), regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 9, 1971. An individual wa…

Date of the airtel. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to the Director, FBI regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Encloses Bureau-approved write-ups and artist's conceptions (with and without glasses)…

FBI physical description bulletin for the D.B. Cooper hijacker, listing detailed characteristics including race, sex, age, height, weight, build, complexion, hair, eyes, voice, habits, and clothing w…

Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI field office to Director and Los Angeles, marked URGENT, dated December 3, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: UNSUB aka Dan Coope…

Page header showing this is page two of a teletype, case number 164-31. Request to the Bureau for glossy artist's conception photographs of the UNSUB (with and without glasses) to be sent to the Los…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 12/8/71, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71. Bureau caller (…

Memo header identifying the case as Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71, filed by SA Elgin E. Olrogg to SAC Seattle, dated 12/8/71. SA Olrogg reports that on November 30, 1971, conta…

FBI Director grants Seattle authority to publish article and artist's conceptions of NORJAK suspect in the January issue of The Parachutist magazine. Glossy photographs of the suspect sketches (with…

Header with SAC case number, date, and redacted Special Agent name. Case identification block for the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305. Four redacted individuals at local air…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight #305, 11/24/71). Classified as Sub L. Individ…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Edward J. Anderson to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK hijacking case. SA Anderson and another agent interviewed individuals at a redacted location,…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 12/6/71, sent via AIRTEL. Routing block: memo from SAC Detroit to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight 305 h…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Director and San Francisco, sent urgently on December 7, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 30…

Page header with page number and case/file reference number. Physical description of the D.B. Cooper hijacker distributed with an artist's conception. Describes a white male, mid-forties, 5'10" to 6…

Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype, with file number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype requesting that anyone with information on the unidentified subject contact the nearest F…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated December 7, 1971. Case identification block: UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking from Portland to Seattle on…

Teletype routing header from Sacramento field office to Seattle and San Francisco offices, marked urgent, dated December 7, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: UNSUB aka D…

Handwritten filing or routing annotations indicating sub-categories: Publicity-C, Clubs-L, and D. FBI teletype header from San Francisco field office to Director and Seattle, regarding the UNSUB aka…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle, dated December 7, 1971. Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file designations A, C, and L. Teletype from LA to Seattle regard…

FBI memo header identifying the case as the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, on 11/24/71. Classified as hijacking and extortion, with Office of Or…

Teletype routing header from FBI Los Angeles field office to Seattle, sent evening of December 7, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: unknown subject aka Dan Cooper, North…

Case number and page identifier for this continuation page. A source states that the artist's conception of the hijacker is not identifiable with a Latin sky diving group composed of expert jumpers.…

Case number and page indicator for a multi-page teletype, page three. Continuation of a teletype directing the Los Angeles field office to interview a redacted individual for additional information…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memo header from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case (NWA Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71), specifically about flying schools…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown subject who hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Memo regarding skydiving clubs relevant to the D.B. Cooper…

Header line indicating memo is addressed to SAC Seattle, with case number and date. Case identification block listing the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper), Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight #305, 11/24/71). The memo subject…

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…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco field office to Director, Washington Field, Seattle, and Los Angeles offices, sent urgent on December 2, 1971. San Francisco FBI office reports that the Un…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to New Haven and Seattle offices, sent December 2, 1971 at 10:41 PM. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airl…

Case number and page indicator for an FBI Los Angeles field office report, page two. An individual viewed the artist's sketch of the unknown subject (UNSUB) on December 1 and stated the suspect does…

Case number and page header for this teletype page. A source described a skydiving club in the East Los Angeles area with 10-20 members. Discussion among the group about the hijacking appeared to be…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 2, 1971, sent via NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding review of sky diving club records in the D…

Standard FBI teletype header form indicating an urgent plaintext teletype from Portland (file 164-41) to Seattle (file 164-81), dated December 1, 1971. Handwritten notation indicating sub-file or su…

Urgent teletype from Portland FBI office to Las Vegas and Seattle offices regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. On December 2, 1971, a source advi…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle and San Francisco, marked urgent, dated December 2, 1971. Handwritten routing annotations indicating copies sent to 'Chutes' and…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, from SA Charles R. St. John, regarding the unknown subject aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. Memo reports that an Interna…

FBI teletype from San Diego field office to San Francisco and Seattle offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. A source advised that the artist's concept…

Teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle reporting that an artist's conception of the UNSUB (D.B. Cooper) was displayed to a redacted individual in Oregon. The person was unfamiliar with th…

Teletype header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle, sent at 11:45 PM on December 1, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Flight 305, November 24, 1971. CAA…

Handwritten annotation indicating suspect category and cross-reference to sky diving. Teletype header from SAC Butte to SAC Los Angeles and SAC Seattle regarding the unknown subject in the Northwest…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, regarding the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) who hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. Memo directs inve…

Internal FBI memorandum from Special Agent Charles R. St. John to SAC (164-81) regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, dated November 26, 1971. Memo body listing enclos…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet listing 65 deleted pages from case FOI/PA# 1:16-cv-01790-02. The vast majority of deletions are marked as Duplicate, with two pages (143 and 144) marked as R…

FBI Vault deletion notice indicating that the original page content has been deleted. The stamp notes there is no duplication fee for this page.

Teletype routing header from Portland field office to Director and Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, attention Personal Crimes Unit. Body of teletype describing a person from Vancouver, Washington who…

Standard FBI form header for mounting newspaper clippings. Los Angeles Times article dated 2/13/80 reporting that the Ingram family found part of D.B. Cooper's ransom money along the Columbia River…

FBI form FD-350 used to mount and index a newspaper clipping. Identifies the source as page A-1 of the Herald Examiner, Los Angeles, CA, dated 2/13/80, Wednesday Latest edition. Title is 'D.B. AND TH…

FBI form FD-350 header indicating this is a newspaper clipping from the Seattle Times, dated February 12, 1980, Final edition, page A1, classified under 164-81, submitted by the Seattle office. News…

FBI Airtel header from Portland field office to FBI Director, attention FBI Laboratory Document Section and Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section, dated 2/13/80. Case NORJAK (164-41). Ha…

Routing stamps and AIRMAIL marking at top of teletype. Portland FBI field office teletype to Director (FBIHQ) dated February 13, 1980, regarding NORJAK case. Notifies that a package of evidence is b…

FBI facsimile transmittal form from SAC Portland to Director FBI and SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. A press release is being transmitted. Dated 2/17/80. FOIA exemption markings (b6 and b7C) indi…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Sacramento to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated July 11, 1980. A deputy from the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office in Yreka,…

FBI Routing Slip form O-7 dated 6-27-80, directed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. No other field offices or legats checked. Routing slip remarks section indicating that an enclosed LFPS (Laten…

FBI Latent Fingerprint Section report dated March 14, 1980, addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Approximately $5,800 in U.S. currency (specimen Q58) was examined for latent fingerprints.…

Handwritten subdivision or filing notation indicating SUB B, M with a box (likely a checkbox) followed by the letter C. Handwritten filing notation with SUB M header, a number 164-81-9368, and a sea…

Standard FBI inter-office memo header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated April 23, 1980. Sender SA name redacted under b6/b7C. Handwritten annotation listing sub-file designators…

Header block of an internal FBI memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated 4/7/80, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Contains a handwritten subscription notation dated 4/9/81. A Wa…

FBI form FD-350 clipping mount header indicating a newspaper article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, page A3, dated March 20, 1980, Final edition, submitted by Seattle office. Newspaper article…

FBI form FD-350 header fields identifying the newspaper clipping source as page A1 of the Columbian, Vancouver, WA, dated 3/21/80, Final edition, submitted by the Seattle office. Newspaper article f…

Form identifier and revision number printed at top left. FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form from the Director, FBI to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. References an airtel dated February 29, 198…

FBI Laboratory report header addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated March 18, 1980. FBI lab report documenting receipt of four U.S. $20 bills (specimens Q60-Q63) on February 3, 1980.…

FBI transmittal form header (FD-36), dated 3/17/80, classification marked UNCLAS. FBI airtel from San Francisco field office (file 164-220) to Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Forwards a…

Letterhead of Academic Publishing, Inc., a non-profit academic service based in Berkeley, California. Date of the letter. Addressee block directed to the FBI San Francisco field office. Letter fro…

Small logo or emblem for Academic Publishing, Inc. Letterhead for Academic Publishing, Inc., a non-profit academic service based in Berkeley, California. Letter dated 6 March 1980 from someone at A…

Large headline and sub-headline for the newspaper article about D.B. Cooper. Publication header identifying the newspaper as the Berkeley Barb, page 11, dated May 12-18. Case or file reference numb…

FBI form FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings, indicating this article is from The Columbian newspaper, Vancouver, WA, page 15, dated February 15, 1980. Case character 1.64-81. Submitting off…

Form identifier and revision date in upper left corner. FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form from Director, FBI to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Requests document, mineralogy, and fingerprint exami…

FBI Laboratory report header addressed to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated March 18, 1980. Handwritten annotation, likely a routing or sub-file notation. FBI lab received four US $20 b…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Method: AIRTEL. Date: 3/6/80. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from Baltimore field office (file 164-223) to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B…

Case file numbers for the Seattle and Portland FBI field offices. Classification or routing stamp reading SUB M. FBI investigation report dated February 20, 1980, documenting contact with a U.S. Ar…

Case file numbers and administrative markings at top of page. Handwritten notation at top of page, partially illegible. FBI investigation report dated February 13, 1980, conducted at Portland, Oreg…

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

FBI memo header indicating communication from Portland field office to FBI Director, Public Affairs Office, regarding NORJAK case with Seattle as office of origin. Handwritten annotation near the he…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is Airtel, dated 2/29/80. Classification and precedence boxes unchecked. Airtel memo from SAC Portland to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. C…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case, dated March 4, 1980. Handwritten routing or annotation notes, partially il…

FBI form FD-350 header used for mounting newspaper clippings, indicating this clipping is from the Seattle Times, page B7, dated February 29, 1980, AM edition, submitted by the Seattle office. AP wi…

FBI form FD-350 used to mount a newspaper clipping, indicating this is from the Seattle Times, page A8, dated March 2, 1980, Sunday edition, submitted by the Seattle office. Newspaper article from t…

FBI form number and revision date header. AP newspaper article from Vancouver, Wash. describing the aftermath of the search at Tena Bar on the Columbia River after 8-year-old Brian Ingram found weat…

Form identifier and revision number printed at the top edge of the page. FBI Laboratory transmittal form regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Directed from FBI Director to SAC Portland, dated Fe…

Header block of an FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 25, 1980. FBI Laboratory examination results for specimens Q58 (deteriorated U.S. currenc…

FBI form FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings, indicating this article is from the Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, page C1, dated 2/13/80, Final edition, submitted by the Seattle field office.…

Standard FBI form header FD-350 for mounting newspaper clippings. Newspaper article reporting the FBI has temporarily called off its search along the Columbia River for more D.B. Cooper hijacking mo…

Standard FBI FD-350 form header for mounting newspaper clippings. Article about 8-year-old Brian Ingram who found bundles of D.B. Cooper ransom money ($20 bills) and was given one frayed $20 bill by…

FBI FD-350 clipping form header indicating this is a newspaper clipping from the Daily News, Longview, Washington, page B1, dated February 14, 1980, Final edition, submitted by the Seattle office. N…

FBI form number and revision date for newspaper clipping mount sheet. Newspaper article by Pat Moser of The Columbian about Bob Devaney finding seven $20 bills in the Washougal River in March 1977 w…

FD-350 form metadata identifying the clipping source as the Oregonian, Portland, dated 2/13/80, Final edition, submitted by the Seattle office. Newspaper article from the Oregonian about FBI agent R…

FBI FD-350 form header identifying the clipping source as page C1 of the Oregonian, Portland, Wa., dated 2/13/80, Final edition, submitted by Seattle office. Oregonian newspaper article by Leverett…

FBI Form FD-350 clipping mount sheet identifying the source as The Oregonian, Portland, page A1, dated 2/13/80, Final edition, classification 164/81, submitted by Seattle office. Stamped as searched/…

Standard FBI form header FD-350 for mounting newspaper clippings. Newspaper article reporting that Brian Ingram, the 8-year-old boy who discovered some of D.B. Cooper's ransom money, was not actuall…

Letterhead for a law firm at 33 South Fifth Street, Minneapolis, MN. Firm name is redacted. Dated February 14, 1980. Letter from a law firm to FBI ASAC Bill Baker in Portland regarding the D.B. Coop…

FBI FD-350 form metadata identifying the clipping source as the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, dated 2/15/80, Final edition, page A10, classified under NORJAK case 164-81, submitted by Seattle office.…

FBI form FD-350 clipping mount sheet indicating the newspaper source is the Daily News, Longview, Washington, dated 2/13/80, Final edition, page 1. Case title NORJAK, classification 164-81, submitted…

FBI form FD-850 used to mount newspaper clippings, indicating this article is from page B1 of the Daily News, Longview, Washington, dated 2/13/80, Final edition. Classification 164-31, submitted by S…

FBI form FD-350 metadata identifying the clipping as page 1 of the Daily News, Longview, Washington, dated 2/13/80, Final edition, filed under NORJAK case 164-81 from the Seattle office. Newspaper a…

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

FBI form header for mounting newspaper clippings. Metadata block identifying the source newspaper, date, edition, title, classification, and submitting office. Newspaper article from the Seattle Po…

FBI form FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings, identifying this as a Seattle Times article from page B1, Final edition, dated February 14, 1980, filed under NORJAK title and classification 16…

FBI form FD-350 used to mount and catalog a newspaper clipping. Source is the News Tribune, Tacoma, WA, page A3, dated 2/13/80, Final edition. Filed under title NORJAK, character/case number 164-81,…

FBI form FD-350 metadata identifying the clipping as from the Seattle Times, page A1, dated 2/13/80, Final edition, filed under title NORJAK with classification 164-81 from the Seattle office. Seatt…

FBI form FD-350 used to mount and index a newspaper clipping. Clipping is from the Seattle Times, page B1, dated 2/13/80, Final edition. Filed under title NORJAK, classification 164-81, submitted by…

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

FBI form FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings, identifying the source as the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, page A1, Final edition, dated 2/14/80, filed under NORJAK title with classification 16…

FBI FD-350 form header indicating the clipping is from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, page A1, dated February 13, 1980, Final edition. Case title NORJAK, case number 164-81, submitted by the Seattle…

FBI FD-350 form metadata identifying the clipping as from page F19 of the Seattle Times, Seattle, WA, dated February 20, 1980, A.M. edition, submitted by the Seattle office. AP wire story reporting…

FBI form FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings. This clipping is from the Daily News, Longview, Washington, page B3, dated February 13, 1980, Final edition. Filed under NORJAK, classification…

FBI FD-350 form header identifying the newspaper clipping source as the Herald Examiner, Los Angeles, CA, dated 2/13/80, Wednesday Latest edition, with case classification 164-457. Newspaper article…

FBI form FD-350 used to mount newspaper clippings, indicating this clipping is from the Seattle Times, page B1, Final edition, dated February 13, 1980, submitted by the Seattle field office. UPI art…

Date header of the teletype Teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Butte requesting follow-up with A. M. Robinson of Peck, Idaho, who contacted The Oregonian newspaper claiming to have a suspicious $20 b…

Teletype from FBI Butte to Seattle and Portland offices regarding NORJAK case. A 90-year-old citizen named A. M. Robinson of Peck, Idaho, reported seeing an Oregonian newspaper article from late Nove…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 7/3/74, regarding NORJAK case file 164-81, Sub J (Miscellaneous Information) and Sub M (Money). Report that an individual at an Arco Servi…

Handwritten routing annotations indicating submission categories. WFO airtel to SAC Seattle regarding a woman from Rockville, Maryland who telephonically contacted WFO on 1/3/74 requesting a list of…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated November 16, 1973. Minneapolis field office airtel to Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports receipt of a registered letter (registry number 1…

A letter dated November 13, 1973, addressed to an FBI Special Agent in Minneapolis, from a private citizen in the Glendale/Monrovia, California area. The writer describes providing information to Spe…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number, date, and NORJAK case designation. Sheriff Bill Clausner of Stevenson, WA reported $480 in 1950-series $20 bills found in a vacant home in Nort…

FBI memo from SAC Seattle dated May 11, 1973, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), sub-file on money. Reports that on April 30, 1973, a redacted Federal Reserve Bank Official was contacted and ad…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Charles E. Farrell, dated 1/2/73, re: NORJAK case. During a trial, testimony was needed about a microfilm of the D.B. Cooper ransom money. Investigation…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 12/27/72, regarding NORJAK case. SA name is redacted. Handwritten routing or subject annotations in the margin. On De…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. FBI memo from Acting Associate Director W. Mark Felt to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Discusses the return of evidence item K4 (…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated October 10, 1972, sent via NITEL teletype. Teletype from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI and SAC Minneapolis regarding NORJAK case. Seatt…

FBI article describing cooperation with the State Game Department to distribute letters to deer hunters in Cowlitz and Clark counties asking them to look for evidence of D.B. Cooper's parachute jump,…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated August 4, 1972. References a prior memo from August 1, 1972 about an individual claim…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, attention SA Charles E. Farrell, regarding NORJAK case. Memo regarding the microfilm of D.B. Cooper ransom money sent from Seattle to FBI Lab via Northwest Airl…

Memo header identifying the recipient (SAC Seattle), case number, date, author (SA Charles E. Farrell), and case name (NORJAK). SA Farrell reports that Xerox copies of three $20 ransom bills were re…

Photograph of a $20 US Federal Reserve Note showing the front/face side. The serial number L 22162977 A is visible with Federal Reserve district 12. The bill appears to be placed on a dark surface an…

Black and white photocopy showing what appears to be two or three stacked U.S. twenty-dollar bills photographed from the front. The left portion of the bills is visible showing the characteristic ova…

Photocopy of a damaged/deteriorated U.S. $20 bill, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (L / 12). Serial number L 54904730 A. The bill appears torn or degraded with irregular edges. Photocopy of a…

FBI facsimile transmittal form (FD-446) sending a Laboratory Report related to the NORJAK case to SAC Seattle, dated April 28, 1972. The subject is NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). The transmission is mark…

Form identifier and revision date printed at top left corner. FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form from FBI Director John Edgar Hoover to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Document exa…

FBI Laboratory report stamp/header block at top of page. FBI Laboratory report header with routing, date, file numbers, and case reference NORJAK. FBI Laboratory examination comparing photocopies o…

Memo from FBI Legal Attaché in Copenhagen to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Reports that ransom list, photographs, and composite drawing were disseminated to all Scandinavian police departments…

Date of the document. Header block of an FBI Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to the Director of the FBI, attention FBI Laboratory, regarding the NORJAK case. FBI Seattle is sending one roll of microfi…

Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A Special Agent called from the airport to report he placed microfilm on Flight #78, arriving at Dul…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to File 164-81, from SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated April 26, 1972. SAC Seattle called an SA at the Bureau to discuss Secret Service…

File header identifying the document as file 164-81, dated 4/25/72, addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Author references an attached memo from a redacted Special Agent dated 4/24/72…

Routing header indicating memo from SAC Portland to FBI Director. Date of the memo. SAC Portland suggests to the FBI Director that the ransom money list from the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case be shared…

FBI Routing Slip (Form 0-7) dated April 12, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Notes that 100 copies of the ransom list are enclosed and 150 sketches are being handled separately and will be forwarded. Fil…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Baltimore to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated April 13, 1972. Baltimore Division reports eliminating its only NORJAK suspect (name redacted)…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Tampa to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case, dated 3/29/72. Handwritten notation 'SUB - M - L X' appears to the right of the FROM line.…

FBI memo from SA Charles E. Farrell regarding an anonymous tip to Seattle Police Department on 3/15/72 that two $20 ransom bills had been passed at a redacted establishment. Investigation found four…

FBI internal routing slip (form FD-4) dated 4/4/72 directed to the Director, attention Mechanical Section, referencing Bufie 164-2111 and routed through V. Nortak. Contains standard action checkboxes…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC with case number 164-81, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK (DB Cooper case), office of origin Seattle, dated March 30, 1972. A…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director and Portland, dated March 27, 1972. FBI teletype from Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing a March 24, 1972…

Memo from SAC San Antonio to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports that ransom bill lists have been circulated to San Antonio banking institutions and military base exchanges. No positive identi…

FBI memo from SAC Cincinnati to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that ransom bill lists and composite drawings have been disseminated to law enforcement, motels, hotels, a…

FBI memo dated 2/23/72 from an unidentified field office to the Director, FBI, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that the ransom bill list and an artist's conception of the suspect hav…

Header block identifying the memo as addressed to the Director of FBI, with case number 164-2111, dated February 17, 1972. A redacted field office with case number 164-16 is also listed. NORJAK memo…

FBI memo dated 2/8/72 addressed to the Director, FBI regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior Bureau airtel from 12/7/71. Discusses furnishing a list of bill numbers from the ranso…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 2, 1972, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK. LA Division reports that 15 copies…

Standard government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from an SPC (name redacted), dated 2/4/72, regarding the NORJAK case (164-81). An SPC reports hearing from an individual (last name un…

Memo from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports all suspects in Butte Division have been eliminated. Ransom lists have been disseminated to financial institutions and law enforcemen…

Header block of an FBI memo dated 1/31/72 from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case) ransom money. Describes how Northwest Airlines' ransom money was microfilmed. The…

Internal FBI memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Bureau airtel dated 1/6/72 instructing the Seattle Office to solicit media cooperation to publ…

Header of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Little Rock to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 21, 1972. Little Rock Division reports that ransom money serial number…

Memo from SAC New Orleans to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Reports that bait money lists were circulated to banking institutions in the New Orleans field division. Artist drawing of the unid…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated January 25, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Memo references a Bureau routing slip from 11/29/71 that attached 2 rolls…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated 1/20/72, regarding NORJAK case. Memo directs each Senior Resident Agent (SRA) in the Seattle field office to…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 12/29/71, sent via AIRTEL. Routing information: from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case. Rudy Weber, former FBI agent and…

Standard US Government memorandum header showing routing from SAC Seattle to File 164-81, dated 12/29/71. Subject line is partially redacted. SAC Seattle documents a contact made on 12/13/71 regardi…

Standard US Government memorandum header showing a memo to File 164-81 from SAC Seattle, dated 12/29/71. Subject line is redacted but labeled SAC CONTACT. Marked Sub. M. SAC Seattle contacted a reda…

Handwritten notation, possibly a routing or filing mark. Seattle Post-Intelligencer article from December 19, 1971 reporting that the FBI has distributed lists of serial numbers of the $20 bills giv…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas field office to Seattle, dated December 23, 1971. Las Vegas division reports all sources contacted regarding NORJAK. Bank robbery suspects program reviewed wit…

Teletype from FBI San Francisco to FBI Seattle regarding NORJAK case. San Francisco reports that local newspapers could not print the full list of serial numbers from the ransom bills. The Oakland Tr…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office to FBI Director, dated December 22, 1971. Case name NORJAK, the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. San Francisco newspapers unable to p…

Urgent teletype from Portland FBI office to Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that Oregon informants are being contacted, bank robbery suspect programs are under review, the Oregon…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 20, 1971, sent via NITEL teletype. Daily teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Seattle requested West Co…

Teletype from Las Vegas FBI field office to Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Las Vegas confirms that newspapers in Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada were contacted about publishing an article advising of the…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office (164-81) to multiple western US FBI field offices, sent at 8:04 PM NITEL on 12/29/71. Seattle instructs receiving offices to contact informants for…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with Seattle case file number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype describing efforts to circularize the ransom bill list. Seattle arranged with…

Header of a US Government memorandum from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 12/20/71, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. On 12/17/71 an agent contacted…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office (file 164-81) to Portland, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Sacramento offices, sent 11:13 PM on 12/17/71. Seattle FBI office (NORJAK case) requests re…

Header block identifying the file number, date, addressee (SAC Seattle), and case name (NORJAK). On 12/17/71 the author contacted a redacted individual at the Seattle Times and informed them the Bur…

FBI Director's NITEL to Seattle denying authority to spend $1,600 to publish the ransom bill list in a local newspaper. Instead, Seattle is instructed to encourage local papers and neighboring divisi…

Header block of an internal FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle from ASAC Paul R. Bibler, regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 14, 1971. ASAC Dulinsky reported from Las Vegas that banks have been…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype form header with date 12/13/71, sent via NITEL teletype at Sub priority. SAC Seattle teletype to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. SAC contacted the Seattle Times to ex…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype/transmittal form header, page two continuation. Date and transmission fields are blank. Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype discussing the cost and logistics of pu…

Letterhead and date for FBI Seattle field office correspondence. Handwritten routing or classification annotations, likely indicating 'Publication - C' and 'M'. FOIA exemption markers indicating pe…

FOIA exemption codes marking redacted personal information throughout the page. Date line of the memo. A citizen writes to FBI agent Earl Milnes suggesting the FBI sell copies of the D.B. Cooper ra…

Handwritten routing or approval initials. Airtel memo from SAC San Francisco to FBI Director requesting an additional 340 copies of the NORJAK ransom bill list for distribution to local law enforcem…

Handwritten classification or routing markings. Date stamp at top of page. FBI airtel memo header from SAC Seattle to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior Bureau airtel dated 12/…

Return address and date of the letter from the FBI Seattle field office. A partially legible stamp or annotation, possibly a routing or file stamp. Addressee block directed to James J. Rowley, Dire…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to FILE (164-81), from SAC Seattle, dated 12/10/71, subject NORJAK. SAC Seattle called SA Henry Shutz at FBI HQ to discuss distributing serial numb…

Date of the memo. Communication classification headers indicating this is an AIRTEL sent via AIRMAIL. Handwritten annotations indicating routing or categorization of the memo topics: Money and Publ…

Standard FBI airtel transmission header dated December 7, 1971. Memo from FBI Director to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Director is returning enclosed films (evidence) forwarded to the Bureau,…

ASAC Paul R. Bibler memo dated 12/9/71 to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Bibler called SAC Mattson (Portland), SAC Campbell (Las Vegas), and ASAC Morley (San Francisco) about publishing the r…

Header block of an internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 12/9/71, regarding the NORJACK case. Bibler describes calling SA Henry Shutz at the Bureau on 12/9/71 to suggest p…

Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Bob Peterson from Division 6 called to report that publicity concerning the ransom list had been ap…

FBI airtel header from Director FBI (file 164-2111) to SAC Albany and Legal Attachés in Ottawa and Mexico City, dated 12/7/71, regarding case NORJAK with classification SUB - C and M. Director FBI i…

Handwritten classification or routing notation marking the document as public or publication copy. Handwritten subject annotation indicating the document relates to ransom. FBI teletype from Direct…

FBI teletype from Phoenix field office to Seattle, dated December 8, 1971. Reports that twenty dollar bills referenced in prior communications were searched through NCIC with negative results. Phoeni…

Memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle dated 12/7/71 regarding publicity efforts. On 12/6/71, 2300 copies of the ransom money list were distributed to hotels, motels, liquor stores, law enfor…

File number and date header for the memo. Memo to SAC Seattle regarding UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking. On 12/7/71 an SA called from the Bureau advising they had sent…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated December 7, 1971, marked TELETYPE with URGENT priority. SAC Seattle requests the FBI Director to forward an additional 1,100 copies of the…

Teletype routing header from Phoenix FBI field office to Seattle, sent the evening of December 6, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portla…

Teletype routing header from Sacramento FBI to Seattle FBI, marked urgent, dated December 3, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: unknown subject aka Dan Cooper, Northwest…

Header block of an FBI memo from the Seattle field office regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71. A source at Seattle-First National Bank advised th…

Memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle regarding distribution of the D.B. Cooper ransom money list. Recommends expanding distribution beyond the regular mailing list to include law enforcemen…

Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bidler to SAC Seattle, dated 12/1/71, reporting that SAC Russ Calame called from Salt Lake City with serial numbers of seven bills to be checked against the D.B. C…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription. An employee of Seattle-First National Bank provided the FBI with a microfilm containing serial numbers for $250,000 in notes. Th…

Standard FBI airtel transmission header with form number, date, and transmission method. FBI airtel from Director to all offices (except Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas) distributing artist's conceptio…

Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. After conferring with SAC J.E. Milnes, it was decided to c…

Urgent FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director, dated 11/29/71, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. A redacted individual from Seattle First National Bank…

Date of the airtel document. Airtel header from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, Laboratory Division, regarding the NORJAK hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11-24-71. Seattle office is sen…

Handwritten stamp or annotation reading 'SUB - MONEY' in upper right area. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to Director FBI dated 11/25/71 regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest flight 305 on 11…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-02. Lists 8 deleted pages: page 4 was a duplicate, pages 5 through 11 were withheld for Referra…

Page number and FBI case file reference with agent/typist initials. An informant familiar with parachute clubs in SW Washington and NW Oregon advised on Nov 27, 1971 that an experienced jumper could…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, from SA Charles E. Farrell, regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten or stamped annotation showing page/priority marking. Memo regarding a 'm…

Header block of an FBI memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 12/4/71, regarding the hijacking and extortion of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. Memo body describes investigation into a…

Header of a US Government memorandum from SA John L Ketcham to SAC, Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. An unidentified caller suggested the hijacker may have had a radio receiver in h…

Handwritten annotations noting dimensions (2.6 x 3.2 x 10.7 inches), weight (2.7 lbs), and the label 'SUB TRANSMITTERS', likely summarizing the VOR device specifications discussed in the teletype. P…

Page identifier and case reference for this teletype continuation (page two). A redacted source advises that a marker beacon receiver is the most likely tracking device that could be used. It could…

FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet for case 1:16-cv-01790-02 indicating 30 pages were deleted as duplicates. Lists each deleted page number (pages 6-59, non-contiguous) with the reason 'Dupli…

Handwritten chronological list of dates, likely contact or activity log entries. Dates span from approximately early 1975 through April 1977, listed monthly with day numbers. The first twelve entries…

Handwritten list of approximately 25 dates (month/day format) in the left column of a ruled table or form. The remaining columns to the right are blank or fully redacted. Exemption codes b6 and b7C a…

Teletype routing header from Portland field office to FBI Director and Seattle, marked PRIORITY, regarding NORJAK case. Body of teletype describing a person in Vancouver, Washington who contacted th…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle and Washington Field Office, dated September 3, 1980, classified UNCLAS (unclassified). NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case) tel…

Teletype from FBI Director to FBI Seattle (Priority) and multiple Legal Attaches regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that the Washington Field Office investigation failed to locate any a…

Teletype routing header from St. Louis field office to Washington Field (priority), San Francisco (priority), and Seattle (routine), dated August 25, 1980. Subject line identifying the NORJAK case (…

FBI Washington Field teletype to Director FBI and FBI Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that on June 26, 1980, a telephone call was received from a person at a transient tempor…

Teletype routing header from FBI Director to FBI Seattle and Washington Field Office, classified UNCLAS, regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), office of origin Seattle. Teletype body referencing comm…

Continuation header for page two of an unclassified FBI headquarters teletype, message number 0263. Page two of an FBI teletype requesting London Legat conduct discrete surveillance of a suspected h…

Standard FBI teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Washington Field Office, dated August 14, 1980, classified as UNCLAS (unclassified), marked routine priority. Handwritten sub-file d…

Teletype routing header from FBI Washington Field Office to FBI Seattle, dated August 1986, classified ROUTINE priority. FBI Washington Field Office teletype to Seattle reporting that an unnamed ind…

Classification stamp 'SUB' with a redacted box next to it. Teletype from FBI Anchorage (file 164-227) sent priority to WFO, Portland, and Seattle via HQ. References a WFO telephone call of July 30,…

Continuation header for page two of teletype AN 164-227, unclassified. Page two of a teletype reporting negative results from records checks in Alaska. Vital statistics had limited information on a…

Teletype routing header from Washington Field Office to FBI Director and multiple field offices, classified UNCLASSIFIED, dated July 23, 1980. Routing sub-designation stamp with redacted content mar…

Teletype routing header from Buffalo field office to Director and Seattle, dated July 1980, classified UNCLAS. Handwritten sub-file notation. Teletype from Buffalo regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper…

Handwritten routing or filing annotation. FBI teletype from St. Louis field office to Director and Seattle, dated July 1986. Reports that the Federal Records Center (Civilian Personnel Records) at 1…

Handwritten sub-file reference number written diagonally. Teletype from FBI Sacramento to FBI Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Reports that record checks at Yuba County Sheriff…

Duplicate partial teletype header visible at top of page, likely bleed-through or overlay artifact. Handwritten sub-file reference number. FBI teletype from Director FBI to Seattle, Las Vegas, Sacr…

Teletype from FBI Washington Field Office to FBI Seattle (routine priority), dated July 3, 1980, regarding the D.B. Cooper UNSUB case. On June 26, 1980, a redacted individual from an Officers Service…

Page two of an unclassified FBI communication (WF 0075) describing a suspect with premature grey hair worn long, who threatened tenants at an Officers Service Club and was considered to have a person…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Director, San Francisco, Sacramento, and Seattle offices, dated July 1980. Las Vegas field office reports investigation at the Nevada Lodge…

Continuation header for Las Vegas field office teletype, page two, file 164-68, unclassified. Teletype page two describing Jack Scott Farmer (WMA, DOB 5/22/1944) who was reported missing and presume…

FBI teletype from St. Louis field office to Director, Pittsburgh, Portland, and Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Richard Armstrong. Military service records at St. Louis disclosed Richard Andrew Arms…

Page two of an unclassified teletype regarding a subject named Armstrong who attended Airborne School in December 1961 and has 15 parachute jumps on record. Armstrong was born August 3, 1937 in High…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco field office to Seattle, Las Vegas, and Sacramento, classified UNCLAS, dated July 8. Handwritten annotation, likely a sub-file or routing reference. San F…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, Las Vegas, Sacramento, and San Francisco offices, dated June 27, 1980, classified UNCLAS. Body of teletype referencing the NORJAK c…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI field office to Director and Seattle, dated June 1988. Attention line directing the teletype to a specific Special Agent in the Identification Division…