Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-02. Lists 43 deleted pages: pages 14-19 withheld under FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, and b7D (person…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date and document date. An FBI Special Agent interviewed an Iowa Bureau of Narcotics agent at the Lucas State Office Building in Des Moines. T…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date. FD-302 interview of a redacted individual in Atlantic, Iowa regarding the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. The subjec…

FBI case file numbers for the document. Continuation of a suspect or person-of-interest description form listing physical characteristics (6 feet, black hair, thin build), former address in Colorado…

Standard FD-302 form header with date of transcription. An individual employed at Falcon Aviation, Kenai Airport, was interviewed. He described a person he previously worked with at Coast Air in Ket…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. A redacted individual states he recognized handwriting from a redacted person. This was the only communication received since that pe…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. A redacted individual was contacted; content of the advisement is largely redacted. Entirely redacted block,…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date 11-27-70 and transcription date of April 18, 1972. Body of FD-302 is almost entirely redacted under FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, and b7D. The…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. First paragraph references Richard Floyd McCoy, Jr. but the surrounding context is redacted under b6, b7C, b7D…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. Body of the FD-302 is almost entirely redacted. The only visible text instructs that a subpoena duces tecum sh…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. FBI interview of a redacted witness in North Carolina regarding RICHARD FLOYD McCOY's whereabouts on November 24, 197…

FBI case file number header. Continuation of an FBI interview or report. A female subject advised that she placed a collect call to someone in Provo from Las Vegas at about 10:30 P.M. to check on so…

Standard FD-302 interview report form header with date of transcription April 18, 1972. Body of the FD-302 interview report. Most content is redacted under FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, and b7D. The only…

FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date. Standard FD-302 title block with transcription date of April 24, 1972. The entire body of the FD-302 interview report is redacted under FOIA exe…

Case file number header for the document. Five redacted blocks with FOIA exemption codes b6, b7C, and b7D annotated in the right margin, indicating withheld personal privacy and confidential source…

FBI FD-302 interview form documenting contact with a redacted individual who provided information about a redacted person's business activities and estimated profits during 1971 and 1972. Handwritte…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with transcription date of November 7, 1978. An unnamed female witness in Columbia, Missouri was shown a photographic spread on November 3, 1978, but was unable…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An unidentified female witness in Columbia, Missouri was shown a photographic spread on November 3, 1978, but was una…

Standard FD-302 form header with FBI seal and date of transcription. FD-302 interview of a female employee at the Jewish Community Center on East Alameda in Denver, Colorado. She provides an alibi-t…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date December 13, 1971. An interview with a person at the El Centro Motel in Daytona Beach, FL. Two individuals checked into the motel on November 28, 1971…

FBI form identifier and revision date. Document header with date of the FD-302 report. An interview subject in Daytona Beach, Florida reports that two redacted individuals sought a room from Novemb…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date of July 10, 1979. FD-302 interview report documenting an interview conducted on July 5, 1979 at Denny's Restaurant in Huntington…

Standard FD-302 form header with transcription date of April 14, 1972. A professor at BYU reported on Richard F. McCoy's attendance in a class (course 302) during Fall semester 1971. McCoy had perfe…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription April 14, 1972. Interview of a female employee at Chuck Peterson Motors in Provo, Utah, detailing the repair history of Richard McCoy…

Standard FD-302 form header with date of transcription April 14, 1972. An employee of the Utah County Welfare Department at 260 West 300 North, Provo, Utah describes a woman who was employed there a…

FD-302 form identifier and revision date. Document header with transcription date. FD-302 interview report of Billie Lee MC GILL at the Sands Motel in St. George, Utah, regarding the hijacking of N…

FBI case file numbers for the document. MC GILL explains his noticeable limp as resulting from ankle injuries. He initially claimed the injury was from a car accident on December 24, 1971, later ref…

FBI case file numbers for this document. Mc Gill denies involvement in the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 and denies having visited Portland, Seattle, Oregon, or Washington, but acknowle…

FBI case file numbers for the subject being described. Continuation of a physical description form for an individual, listing distinguishing characteristics, remarks about personal effects, tattoos…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date of transcription 7/6/72. FBI interview of a redacted female witness from Canton, Ohio, regarding the hijacking case of Richard Floyd McCoy, Jr. Sh…

FBI FD-302 form header with revision date. Document title and transcription date. A redacted individual from Canton, Ohio was interviewed at the U.S. Attorney's office in Salt Lake City and shown p…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. An unidentified student at Brigham Young University, working on a master's degree, recalls knowing Richard Flo…

FBI FD-302 form header with revision date. Document title and transcription date. Continuation of an FD-302 interview with an unidentified female witness who provided telephone services or assistan…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An interview with a redacted female witness in Provo, Utah, who recalls providing services for the Richard McCoy family on Than…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. FBI interview with a representative of Fife Rock Products Company (also referred to as Fife Construction Company, Inc…

Standard FD-302 form header with date of transcription April 5, 1973. FD-302 interview of a redacted male subject in connection with the D.B. Cooper aircraft hijacking. Subject was living in Calgary…

Continuation of a prior interview or report; subject plans to return to Calgary, Alberta, Canada in about two weeks. Descriptive and background data form for a male interview subject: White, male, f…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A redacted individual from Northwest Orient Airlines at Minneapolis International Airport was shown an airplane decal recovered…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An FD-302 interview of a female witness (identity protected) in Indiana, conducted in the presence of her attorney. She describ…

FBI FD-302 form revision identifier Document header and transcription date Interview of a redacted individual in Indiana who states he works at Adams High School, attended Marshall School in Fall 1…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date of transcription. An individual (name redacted) who requested strict confidentiality visited the Major Fraud Unit at the FBI Federal Building in P…

Standard FD-302 form header with sub-file designation SUB E, 6 and transcription date of February 27, 1980. An FBI agent contacted a redacted individual at Tena Bar beach near 11600 NW Lower River R…

Standard FD-302 form header with FBI seal and transcription date. FD-302 interview conducted in Anchorage, Alaska. An unnamed individual was interviewed about a person he knew during 1971 who was ve…

FBI case file number for the Anchorage field office, file 164-59. A witness describes a person knowledgeable about aircraft, flight operations, and parachuting who read periodicals about the field a…

Continuation of an FBI interview (case AN 164-59) where a redacted source describes a person of interest: gray van dyke beard, gray thick moustache, smoked cigarettes but not heavily, wore reading gl…

FBI case file number for the Anchorage field office, file 164-59. A redacted individual advised that another redacted person was also a witness to a conversation about a plan to do something that wo…

FD-302 form header with date of transcription. An individual at WXIA TV, 1611 West Peachtree Street, provided the FBI with a letter dated December 31, 1979, signed 'D. B. Cooper,' along with its env…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. An individual affiliated with Portland State University was interviewed regarding the discovery of $20 bills a…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date. Title header and page/date line for the FD-302 form. An individual in Minneapolis was interviewed about the November 24, 1971 Northwest…

FBI form revision identifier Document header with handwritten subject coding and transcription date. A female informant from Charlottesville, Virginia contacted the FBI after watching the TV show "…

FBI form identifier and revision date Form header with sub-file designation and transcription date An unnamed female witness in Charlottesville, VA was shown four artist composites of D.B. Cooper.…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. A female witness appeared at the Raleigh, NC FBI office after watching the TV program "In Search of" which sho…

FBI case file number header for the document. A female witness describes finding photographs of a male subject in airplanes with parachutes on his back. She states he never discussed parachuting but…

Continuation of a subject profile (page 3) under case CE 164-219 listing personal details: dress style (conservative), habits (heavy smoker of Lucky Strike cigarettes), military service (United State…

FBI FD-302 form header with revision date. Document title and transcription date. FD-302 interview summary. A redacted individual was interviewed by SA Charles A. Krajniak about the Northwest Orien…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. Interview preamble and subject's account of military service in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force, including various assignments…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. An employee of AMAX, Inc. at the AMAX Mine provided access to a personnel file. The file describes a white mal…

FBI FD-302 form header with revision date Document header with FBI title and transcription date An individual in Buffalo, NY was interviewed about information he had regarding NORJAK. On May 21, 19…

FBI case file number header for the document. Continuation of an FBI interview report. A witness recounts being given $100 by an unidentified white male and being transported by boat. The witness co…

Standard FD-302 form header with date of transcription June 6, 1980. An individual in Buffalo, NY was interviewed regarding the whereabouts of a redacted person. The interviewee stated the subject w…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date. An interviewee from Buffalo, NY was hitchhiking near Seattle, WA in November 1979. He was picked up on Route 17 by a white male…

FBI case file number header. Description of the unidentified white male's home: a two-floor, light-colored, non-brick house about 20-30 years old with an attached garage and Genie door opener. Only…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. FD-302 interview record of Charles E. May, who voluntarily appeared at the FBI Atlanta office. May was shown an artist's concep…

FBI case file number header for this page. Biographical details of a subject: parents William Elmer May and Nellie Francis May of Des Moines, Iowa; brothers redacted; SSN 478-34-4768; residences in…

Case or file reference number at top of page. Resume of C E May, a chemical/project engineer with broad experience in petroleum and chemical industries. Career spans 1957-1975 across multiple compan…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An interview with a redacted witness at the Nevada Lodge Hotel and Casino regarding Jack Scott Farmer. The witness was a co-wor…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An employee of the Nevada Lodge Hotel and Casino recalls Jack Scott Farmer as a craps dealer employed from May 31, 1968 through…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A person at the Douglas County Sheriff's Office reported locating a fingerprint card and work permit applications for Garth Hud…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with handwritten sub-file notation and transcription date. A bank employee at Rainier National Bank in Vancouver, WA, describes handling wire transfers for…

FD-302 form header with sub-number 958,6 and transcription date. FBI served Rainier National Bank with financial privacy compliance documents and a court order from U.S. Magistrate Kleweno authorizi…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date, handwritten sub-file number, and transcription date of 8/13/80. FBI FD-302 interview of a redacted female subject at her parents' home in Parkersburg,…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with file number and transcription date of June 30, 1980. FBI interview of Richard A. Armstrong at Bickel Trailor Court. Armstrong, a former U.S. Army parat…

Handwritten annotation identifying the subject as Robert Neal Bishop with a sub-reference number. FD-302 interview form documenting that a redacted employee of Rainier National Bank in Vancouver, Wa…

Standard FD-302 form header with date of transcription April 23, 1980. Handwritten annotation at top right appears to read 'duke 9' or similar. An unidentified female witness in Charlottesville, VA…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A female informant from Charlottesville, Virginia recognized the D.B. Cooper composite sketch shown on the TV program 'In Searc…

FBI FD-302 form identifier and revision date. FD-302 interview summary of a witness in Billings, Montana, who reported via telephone to LA FBI that an American Indian man residing in Kyle, South Dak…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An unnamed individual contacted by the FBI reports that after watching the TV program "In Search Of" in late August o…

FD-302 style form header with page number 1. An informant at the Officers Service Club in Washington, D.C. contacted the WFO regarding Robert N. Bishop, whom the informant believes to be D.B. Cooper…

Date of transcription header for the FD-302 form. An individual at the Officer's Service Club in Washington, D.C. contacted an FBI Special Agent at WFO to report his belief that ROBERT N. BISHOP, a…

Page number and date of transcription header for an FD-302 interview form. An FBI FD-302 documenting a telephonic communication on September 8, 1980 regarding Robert Ned Bishop (DOB 9/11/1922), who…

Standard FD-302 header with page number 1 and transcription date. FD-302 interview summary dated September 8, 1980. A protected source in Washington, D.C. telephonically contacted the Washington Fie…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription March 4, 1980. A person from Vancouver, Washington called the Portland FBI Office on February 11, 1980, to report finding $20 bills w…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. FD-302 interview of a woman from Vancouver, Washington who appeared at the Portland FBI Office. She described how on…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An individual affiliated with Portland State University was interviewed by an FBI Special Agent at the Portland, Oregon FBI Off…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An interview with a redacted individual in Terrebonne, Oregon. The interviewee stated that a redacted person had applied for em…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date of transcription March 4, 1980. A woman from Vancouver, Washington telephonically contacted an FBI agent on February 13, 1980 to report she was pr…

Standard FD-302 form header with date of transcription. Interview of a redacted individual about his military service in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force, including his assignments and duties involv…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription April 21, 1981. Heavily redacted FD-302 interview conducted in Eugene, Oregon. An unnamed female witness was interviewed about th…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview report form header with date of transcription. A Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office contact reported that a Kelso, WA resident found a torn decal approximately twelve mile…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for case 1:16-cv-01790-02 listing 35 deleted pages with exemption codes (b6, b7C, b7D, b7E, b7F) or marked as duplicates.

Introduction stating the document is the result of extensive research and expresses belief it will lead to Cooper's arrest and conviction. Outline titled 'Dan B. Coopers ILLUSIONS' describing the pu…

A typed summary or theory document outlining the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Flight 305. It describes how a person ('Mr. X') traveled from Washington DC, changed identity in Portland, and reboarded as D…

A detailed theory or scenario outlining how the D.B. Cooper hijacking was allegedly staged. The author proposes that Cooper switched identities with a 'Mr. X' before passengers deplaned, a crew membe…

Continuation of a document theorizing that the D.B. Cooper hijacking was an elaborate staged illusion performed by actors, suggesting the money was merely a prop and Cooper was likely a wealthy actor…

FBI exemption codes for FOIA redaction categories b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy). Date stamp or handwritten date marking when the letter was received or written. A…

Continuation (page 2) of a handwritten letter to the FBI from an individual claiming to receive divine intelligence. The writer describes having a patentable idea blocked by negative forces, voluntee…

Continuation of a handwritten letter from a tipster connecting the D.B. Cooper hijacking to the murder of Senator Percy's daughter Valarie. The writer claims Cooper frequented a boat club (Le Club),…

Continuation of a handwritten letter from a member of the public claiming spiritual/paranormal knowledge of the D.B. Cooper case. The writer alleges the suspect was dematerialized to Ft. Lauderdale,…

Continuation of a handwritten tip letter referencing multiple crimes: a missing woman from East Seattle with a $9,000 reward, a man at a feed lot near Hatch, New Mexico; a mail bomber who killed Judg…

Continuation of a handwritten letter from an individual claiming knowledge of criminal outlets in the southwestern US (El Paso, Arizona, New Mexico), murderers in El Paso and Anthony NM, stolen silve…

Continuation of a handwritten letter urging the FBI to call Mr. Kelley and charge a redacted individual with Obstructing Justice and Obtaining Money under False Pretenses. The writer expresses religi…

Handwritten note providing the writer's home address and mailing instructions. The actual address has been redacted under FOIA privacy exemptions b6 and b7C. Empty rectangular box in the upper-right…

Return address area has been redacted with black marker, likely a FOIA exemption to protect the sender's identity. Three postage stamps affixed to the envelope: two Frank Lloyd Wright 2-cent stamps…

Scanned image of an airmail envelope. The return address area (upper left) and recipient address area (center-right) are both redacted with white rectangular blocks, consistent with FOIA privacy exem…

Printed FBI Vault page identifier. Handwritten FBI sub-file case reference number with 'SubR' designation.

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of the letter. Recipient address block for Mel Davidson in Boise, Idaho. Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge Philip T. Basher thanking Mel David…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of letter. Recipient address block for Mr. Mel Davidson in Boise, Idaho. FBI Special Agent in Charge Philip T. Basher responds to a citizen's offer…

A citizen letter dated 12-26-75 from a Boise, Idaho resident writing to authorities regarding the D.B. Cooper skyjacking case. The writer references a $20 bill possibly from the Cooper ransom, receiv…

FBI Seattle office intake stamp showing the document was searched and serialized on January 2, 1976. US postage stamp (appears to be a Patriot-themed stamp, 7 cents) with partial postmark visible.…

Handwritten note describing a contact made by telephone regarding a D.B. Cooper investigation. The writer describes someone who was away early in the morning and didn't get back to what appears to be…

Budget Rent a Car logo/header with a phone number (MA 2-1962, a telephone exchange format). Small handwritten annotation, mostly illegible, appears to be a short note or number written at an angle.…

A handwritten note from an anonymous or redacted source offering information about a person named Walker. The writer indicates willingness to provide more information if needed and requests contact t…

Budget Rent a Car logo/advertisement with a phone number (MA 2-1962). Appears to be the back or blank side of a Budget Rent a Car form or envelope. Small oval printer's mark or logo, text too small…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from a Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC of the Seattle field office, dated January 9, 1976, regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking),…

A handwritten note from an individual who previously contacted someone (likely FBI) by telephone to report a suspect they believe may be D.B. Cooper. The writer states that based on their own investi…

Printed advertisement or business card for Budget Rent a Car, displaying the company name in bold block letters and a telephone number (MA 2-1962, using the old telephone exchange format). Faint han…

Fragmentary handwritten note, largely illegible. Appears to reference reading a front-page article, keeping in contact with someone (redacted), and being puzzled about something. Context suggests an…

Budget Rent a Car logo/letterhead with a telephone number (MA 2-1962). The rest of the page is blank, suggesting this is the front or back of a business envelope, card, or stationery. FBI Vault Bate…

A handwritten note instructing that the enclosed item should not be opened and should be forwarded to the proper authorities at the FBI. Marked as very important. Bates number or archival identifier…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), sub-file R for Miscellaneous Letters, dated January 9, 1976. An unidentified individual in Seat…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10, July 1973 edition). Internal FBI memorandum from SAC Seattle to SAC Kansas City regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattl…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Seattle to SAC Kansas City regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 12, 1975. Seattle FBI Division forwards a letter from an indiv…

Redacted date or return address block at top of letter. A citizen letter to the FBI Special Agent in Charge in Seattle, referencing an article in the Enquirer Magazine about the D.B. Cooper skyjacki…

Redacted sender return address and phone number area on envelope. A U.S. postage stamp affixed to the envelope, partially visible. Appears to depict a building with text 'We hold these Truths...' an…

Top portion of page contains what appears to be heavily redacted or severely degraded text rendered as dark smudges and wavy horizontal lines. No words are recoverable. Bates number stamp identifyin…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with date. Redacted recipient address and salutation. Form letter from FBI SAC Philip T. Basher thanking a citizen for offering to help solve the D.B. Cooper cas…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with date. Redacted recipient address and salutation. Form letter from FBI Seattle thanking a private citizen for offering to help solve the D.B. Cooper case and…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of the letter. Response letter from FBI SAC Philip T. Basher to a private citizen who wrote offering help with the D.B. Cooper investigation. Basher…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with date. Salutation with recipient name redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. FBI response letter thanking a citizen for offering help in the D.B. Cooper i…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with date. Form response letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge Philip T. Basher thanking a citizen for their letter offering help in solving the D.B. Cooper cas…

Letterhead address and date of the FBI Seattle field office. FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted personal information. Form letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge Philip T. Basher thanking a…

FBI scanning/processing stamp showing a date of December 3, 1976, with partial file number visible. Redaction exemption codes b6 and b7C noted in the right margin. FOIA redaction exemption codes b6…

FBI routing stamps indicating sub-file R and indexing notation. A handwritten letter addressed to the FBI Special Agent in Charge in Seattle, WA regarding the D.B. Cooper skyjacking case. The writer…

Writer describes a male subject who would have been a certain age in 1971, approximately 6 feet tall, physically fit and careful about his weight. Employment information is redacted. Closing of a le…

Sender return address has been redacted with a black bar, consistent with FBI b6/b7C privacy exemptions. A U.S. postage stamp impression or metered postage mark in the upper-right corner of the enve…

Block of heavily degraded text lines in the upper-left area of the page. Approximately 8-10 lines of text are present but none are legible due to poor scan quality. A second block of heavily degrade…

Redacted sender address or identifying information, covered by FOIA privacy exemptions b6 and b7C. A handwritten letter addressed to 'Gentlemen' (likely the FBI), asking for details about the Cooper…

US postage stamp (10 cent Jefferson Memorial / 'We hold these Truths') and partially visible postmark with 'SERVICE AMERICA' meter mark. Postmark details largely cut off. Handwritten envelope addres…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with date. Redacted recipient address block and salutation. FBI SAC Philip T. Basher responds to a citizen's request for a copy of the D.B. Cooper ransom bill se…

Main headline and sub-headline of the newspaper article asking readers to help find D.B. Cooper. Full text of a National Enquirer newspaper article in which FBI Agent Ralph Himmelsbach asks readers…

Photograph of the front page of a tabloid-style American newspaper (likely the National Enquirer based on the partial masthead '[illegible]ER IN AMERICA' and 30-cent price). The main headline referen…

Two side-by-side black-and-white portrait photographs of two men, identified in the caption as William Colby (left) and James Schlesinger (right). Newspaper caption identifying the two men in the ph…

Left column of a newspaper article about overcoming insomnia, quoting sleep expert Dr. Perry Nicassio. Advises conditioning the mind for sleep and getting out of bed if unable to sleep within 30 minu…

FOIA exemption markings indicating redacted personally identifiable information. A citizen writes to the FBI Seattle field office suggesting a likeness between an unnamed individual and the D.B. Coo…

FBI file routing/index stamp with fields for SEARCHED, INDEXED, SERIALIZED, and FILED. Entries are largely illegible. Large handwritten annotation scrawled across the upper portion of the page. The…

A 10-cent US Commerce commemorative postage stamp with a partial postal cancellation mark reading 'MOVE' and other partially visible text. A white rectangle in the return address area, likely a reda…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with date. Recipient name and address redacted under FOIA exemptions b6/b7C. FBI response letter from SAC Philip T. Basher to a private citizen who offered to he…

Date of the letter. Handwritten or stylized subject line, likely a subject reference abbreviation. A member of the public writes to the FBI Seattle field office after reading a November 25, 1975 Na…

Redacted return address block on envelope. U.S. postage stamp affixed to envelope. Typed mailing address on envelope directed to an FBI agent (name redacted) at the Seattle field office. FBI file…

Opening of the letter where the writer introduces themselves; name is redacted. Writer describes wanting a Portland-Seattle plane, flying at 200 mph at 10,000 ft with flaps down over a spot in Orego…

Handwritten envelope addressed to the FBI Special Agent in Charge at the Seattle field office, 915 Second Ave, Seattle, Washington 98174. A US postage stamp is affixed in the upper right corner with…

A partially visible section showing two redacted rectangular boxes (names or addresses obscured under FOIA exemptions b6/b7C) with a line indicating calling hours from 1:30 P.M. to 5:30 P.M. A black…

A handwritten letter addressed to 'Dear Sir,' in which the author states they read an article in Enquire (likely the National Enquirer) and wishes to discuss feelings or information they have about t…

Redacted return address of the sender, covered by a white rectangle. Exemption codes b6 and b7C are noted in the margin. Handwritten address on an envelope directed to the FBI Special Agent in Charg…

Stamp or notation in top right, likely an FBI indexing mark with individual name reference. A brief handwritten letter from a member of the public requesting the FBI provide a list of all serial num…

Return address area has been redacted with a blank rectangle, consistent with FBI FOIA privacy redaction. Pre-printed 10-cent US postage stamp depicting two crossed American flags, with postal cance…

Entirely redacted content; original text is not recoverable. Multiple lines of text have been blacked out. Two empty rectangular outlines, possibly indicating redacted photographs or form fields. F…

Return address and date of the FBI Seattle field office letter. Recipient address block has been redacted (blacked out). Form response letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge Philip T. Basher thank…

Letter header with date, sender's address in Prescott, Arizona (redacted), addressed to the Special Agent in Charge at the FBI Seattle field office at 915 E. Second Ave. Writer describes receiving a…

A handwritten note from an unidentified person discussing a skyjacker and similarities in names/phone numbers. The writer looked up a redacted name in the phone book and notes they have been receivin…

A handwritten statement or letter from an unidentified person describing phone calls from unknown individuals. The author mentions not knowing the callers' ages or appearance, receiving phone calls,…

Fragment continuing from a previous page, discussing an object falling from height. Author discusses how an object thrown from the aircraft at 196 mph airspeed would be affected by air density and d…

Continuation of a handwritten letter discussing the D.B. Cooper skyjacking. The writer speculates about cold temperatures at altitude (freezing at 10,000 ft), suggests the hijacker's parachute may ha…

Continuation of a handwritten letter speculating about how the hijacking money may have been lost from the suspect's person — suggesting the suitcase or money could have been dragged from his grasp,…

Return address in upper-left corner, partially redacted under b6/b7C FOIA privacy exemptions. Only 'Prescott, Arizona' is visible. Circular USPS postmark from Prescott, AZ dated November 18, with ye…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with date. Recipient name and address redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. FBI SAC Philip T. Basher responds to a citizen's letter offering to help solve th…

Date and time notation at top of letter A handwritten letter dated November 19, 1975 addressed 'To whom it may concern' from an anonymous writer claiming they could shed light on the whereabouts of…

A handwritten letter from an individual to the FBI offering assistance in the D.B. Cooper case. The writer claims no psychic powers, states they are sincere, and expresses confidence in their ability…

A brief handwritten note asking the recipient not to find humor in the accompanying letter, followed by a partial closing that appears to read 'Thanks' with an unclear word after it. A rectangular r…

Banner headline for the article Main headline of the newspaper clipping National Enquirer article in which FBI Agent Ralph Himmelsbach asks readers to help solve the D.B. Cooper skyjacking case. De…

Teaser/promo box for a fashion article on page 33 about clothing that makes you look slim. Partial masthead of a tabloid newspaper. The visible fragments suggest a title ending in '...ER' with the t…

A 10-cent U.S. Christmas postage stamp affixed to the envelope. Handwritten or stamped notation 'INDEX' on the left side of the envelope, likely an FBI processing mark. Handwritten mailing address…

Return address and date of the FBI Seattle field office letter. Salutation with recipient name redacted. Form-style reply from FBI Seattle thanking a member of the public for offering help in solvi…

Small stamp or initials in upper-left margin area, partially illegible. Handwritten annotation, likely an internal FBI routing or subject notation. A citizen letter dated November 22, 1975, address…

Redacted return address block, covered by black rectangle per b6/b7C FOIA exemptions. Small redacted block in center-top area of envelope, likely part of sender information. US postage stamp depict…

Redacted sender name/address block and area code field at top of letter, with b6/b7C privacy exemption markings. Date line and salutation annotation, possibly a routing note 'Sir: R'. A citizen let…

Scanned image of a mailed envelope addressed to the Special Agent in Charge at the FBI Seattle field office (915 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98174). The sender's return address and the recipient's per…

FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy) marked in the upper-right corner, indicating redacted content. Large rectangular area that is entirely blacked o…

Fragment of a newspaper article quoting a woman named Cloris (likely actress Cloris Leachman) discussing the isolation of being a housewife. She mentions having five children by Englund (likely Georg…

Administrative marking, likely an FBI routing or classification stamp. A member of the public writes to the FBI after reading an article about skyjacker D.B. Cooper. The writer noticed a resemblance…

Return address area of envelope, fully redacted with a black rectangle per FOIA privacy exemptions b6 and b7C. A U.S. 10-cent Commerce commemorative postage stamp affixed to the envelope. Handwritt…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of letter. Recipient address for Dorothy G. Griffin in Mill Valley, California. Response letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge Philip T. Basher th…

Handwritten letter from Dorothy D. Griffin to the FBI Special Agent in Charge in Seattle. She states she does not have a phone, is 64 years old, and retired on Social Security and disability. She hop…

FBI evidence tracking stamp with case identifier DB Cooper-31520. FBI FOIA exemption codes indicating redaction of personal privacy information. Handwritten annotation likely from an FBI agent noti…

Newspaper article about a University of New Mexico researcher using heat treatment to cure cancerous tumors in animals including a cat, bulldog, and elephant. The article quotes Dr. Day and Dr. Clint…

Front page of the National Enquirer tabloid newspaper. The main headline reports that psychic Jeane Dixon predicted a major shakeup in President Ford's White House cabinet, including the future of He…

Return address on envelope, names appear to be 'Sed. & Al.' located in Seattle, Washington 98174. A black hole punch partially obscures the start of the city name. A 10-cent U.S. postage stamp featu…

Handwritten annotation, likely a routing or subject notation. A typed letter dated December 5, 1974, addressed to an FBI agent regarding the NW Airlines hijack case involving Cooper. The writer repo…

Letter date and origin location header. Handwritten routing notation 'Sub R' in upper right area of letter. Privacy Act / FOIA exemption stamps b6 and b7C applied to the redacted recipient informat…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 12/5/74, regarding NORJAK case file 164-31, with sub-files for miscellaneous persons and miscellaneous letters. Report of a note found in a bottle on…

Date of the letter. Opening of a letter from a citizen to the FBI Special Agent in Charge in Seattle, written near the third anniversary of the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The author offers to share info…

Handwritten case number or file reference, likely an FBI sub-file designation under case 164-81. FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement - personal privacy) indicating re…

Continuation of a letter (page 2). The author notes something that now occurs to them, likely referencing a person or detail redacted under privacy exemptions. Author mentions having given an FBI ag…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from Minneapolis FBI office (file 164-73) to Seattle FBI office (file 164-81), dated January 19, 1974. Subject line partially redacted with RJAK c…

Company logo/letterhead for Northwest Orient Airlines Letterhead address and date line Handwritten notations or routing signatures, partially redacted Letter from a Northwest Orient Airlines emplo…

Scanned image of an envelope addressed personally to Donald W. Nyrop, President of Northwest Orient Airlines, at St. Paul-Minneapolis International Airport. The envelope is marked 'EXTREMELY IMPORTAN…

Header area with 'EXPOSE' stamp, date, location, and FBI exemption codes b6 and b7C. A letter dated December 27, 1971, addressed to Maynard W. Nyrop, President of Northwest Orient Airlines, from an…

Return address and date of the FBI Seattle field office letter. Handwritten annotation, likely a filing or subject reference mark. Recipient name and address redacted with black boxes. Located in S…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with date. Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes responding to a request from a redacted individual in Castle Rock, Colorado. The letter encloses a…

Return address and date for the FBI Seattle field office letter. Redacted recipient name and address in Spokane, Washington. Redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. FBI response letter to a citiz…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with date. Redacted recipient name and address in Montesano, Washington. Form letter from FBI SAC J. E. Milnes responding to a citizen inquiry about the D.B. Coo…

A handwritten letter from an unidentified member of the public addressed to the FBI, requesting a list of the serial numbers from the D.B. Cooper ransom money. The writer references an enclosed copy…

A decorative ornamental frame with scrollwork corners containing a black-and-white photograph of two women in what appears to be vintage or period clothing. The image quality is degraded due to photo…

Bates stamp identifier applied to the photograph by the FBI for case filing. Black-and-white photograph of what appears to be a large public building or convention center / exposition hall with a sw…

Back of a promotional postcard from Seattle-First National Bank describing the Washington State Pavilion, a combined performing arts center and exhibit hall proposed for the 1974 World ecological exp…

Newspaper letterhead for the Oregon Journal with address and phone number. A redaction box obscures part of the header area (likely recipient name/address). Handwritten annotation 'b6 b7C' in top-rig…

Date stamp indicating December 9, 1973. A redacted block (likely a name or address) with a location stamp reading SPOKANE, WASHINGTON beneath it. The content above the location stamp has been obscur…

Envelope addressed to an FBI Special Agent at the FBI office at 1015 2nd, Seattle, WA 98104. The return address is from Spokane, Washington, but the sender's name and specific address are redacted (b…

Date stamp showing December 9, 1973 Case identifier label for the D.B. Cooper case, file number 31547 Mailing address block with recipient name and street address redacted under FOIA exemptions b6…

Fragment of a letter requesting a listing of serial numbers involved in the D.B. Cooper airline extortion plot. Postal or routing stamp indicating Milwaukee, WI origin. FBI Seattle field office fil…

Scanned image of a mailed envelope addressed to the FBI in Seattle, Washington. The return address is fully redacted (black bars). The postmark reads Milwaukee, WI; the date on the postmark is not le…

Date of the letter Possibly a file routing notation or abbreviation A citizen writes to the FBI proposing a plan to lure D.B. Cooper out of hiding by publicly announcing a movie production offering…

FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy) stamped on the page. Return address block in upper-left corner of the envelope, fully redacted with a black rect…

FOIA exemption markings indicating redacted personal information. Sender's address (redacted) with location noted as Washington state and date of November 28, 1973. A citizen writes to the FBI requ…

Return address area on envelope, fully redacted with black marker. Exemption codes b6 and b7C visible in top-right margin, indicating personal privacy redactions. Postage stamp affixed to upper-righ…

Date and subject line notation at top right of letter A member of the public writes to the FBI (Seattle) requesting the list of serial numbers for the D.B. Cooper ransom bills after reading a Pueblo…

Return address block has been redacted (blacked out) for privacy, consistent with b6/b7C FOIA exemptions. Postage stamp area showing a Thomas Jefferson stamp and partial AIR MAIL marking on the enve…

Form letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes in Seattle responding to a member of the public in Milwaukee, Wisconsin who expressed interest in locating the missing D.B. Cooper ransom $20…

Return address (partially redacted) and date line from Garden Grove, California. Addressee block directed to FBI Seattle field office. A partially legible stamp or routing mark overlapping the addr…

A reply letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes in Seattle to a citizen in Garden Grove, California, acknowledging receipt of their letter regarding the D.B. Cooper case and assuring con…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Atlanta, dated 7/30/73, regarding NORJAK case. Follow-up to a Seattle letter dated 5/11/73. An SA made continuous efforts to contact…

Inter-office FBI memo header from SAC Seattle to SAC Atlanta, dated May 11, 1973, regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle office returns a 1963 U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service map of the Jo…

Return address and date of the letter from FBI Seattle field office. Handwritten notation, likely a routing or supervisor initial. Response letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes ackn…

FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted personal information. Redacted block, likely sender's name and/or address. A citizen writes to the FBI on 3 May 1973 noting that the D.B. Cooper hijacking c…

A letter from a member of the public expressing a strong intuitive feeling that D.B. Cooper will be found entangled in two fouled parachutes with the money case lashed to his body, submerged in one o…

Standard FBI file hole punches at top of page. A large rectangular area has been redacted (blacked out), likely the return address on the envelope. A smaller redacted rectangle (likely a stamp or p…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Atlanta to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Atlanta is forwarding a 1965 U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service map of the Joseph Ranger Dist…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, filed under case 164-81, subject NORJAK, dated March 9, 1973. A caller from Orchards, Washington (near Vancouver, WA) reported find…

Hotel registration card from The Roosevelt Motor Hotel in Seattle, Washington, part of the Master Hosts Motor Hotels chain. Guest city listed as Hudson Hts, Quebec, firm listed as Air Canada. Guest n…

A blank credit information form with fields for telephone number, driver's license number, credit card references (1-3), bank, branch, and check references (1-3). All fields appear unfilled. Vertica…

Air Canada corporate letterhead with contact information. A typed letter on Air Canada letterhead dated April 22, 1971, requesting a single room reservation at the Roosevelt Hotel in Seattle, Washin…

FOIA exemption codes indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6) and law enforcement source information (b7C). Illustration of The Roosevelt hotel building, a tall multi-story structure depicted…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 1/23/73, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding MORJAK case, Office of Origin Seattle. Subject line references miscellaneous pers…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from an unnamed Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated January 9, 1973, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Memo reports that on January 5, 1973, a…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to the SAC in Seattle, dated January 9, 1973, regarding the NORJAK case. An individual from Nykirk Internation…

Return address and date of the letter from FBI Seattle field office. Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J.E. Milnes to a redacted recipient in Forks, Washington, enclosing a clipping from the D…

FOIA exemption markings indicating personal privacy redactions Return address location and date of the letter Addressee of the letter A citizen from Forks, Washington writes to the FBI Seattle off…

Handwritten FBI case file number, likely a sub-file reference for the D.B. Cooper case (Seattle file 164-81). Standard FBI Seattle field office filing stamp dated December 22, 1972, with fields for…

A handwritten letter from an unnamed member of the public addressed to 'Dear Sirs' (likely the FBI), offering a suggestion for thwarting airplane hijackings. The writer proposes altering the interior…

Hand-drawn diagram showing the current (present) seating arrangement of an aircraft cabin, with rows of passenger seats flanking a central aisle. Hand-drawn diagram showing an altered/modified seati…

The writer suggests using a short upward-lashed curtain as a visual block, apparently as an anti-hijacking measure on aircraft. Two hand-drawn diagrams showing a proposed curtain arrangement on an a…

Return address area with redacted name/address block; only 'Seattle Wash' is visible below the redaction. U.S. Postal Service postmark dated 30 DEC 1972, with an Eisenhower USA postage stamp affixed…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 22, 1972, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC San Diego to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Encloses investigative inserts from Sa…

Header block of an FBI investigative report, case number SD 164-31, investigation conducted by a redacted Special Agent at San Diego, California. A tipster in Santee, California reported on Septembe…

Page number of the original document. Continuation of case file SD 164-91. An unnamed individual was eliminated as a suspect in the D.B. Cooper matter. On December 13, 1972, an individual at Grossm…

Header of an FBI investigative report form showing Seattle and San Diego case file numbers and redacted Special Agent name. Investigation determined that ZIP code 920 belongs to the San Diego Main P…

Date and subject line of the letter, with partial handwritten notation 'Sub R'. Letter salutation addressed to FBI Seattle, attention J. E. Milnes, regarding the D. B. Cooper case. The remainder of…

Header of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, dated 12/1/72, with handwritten routing notations. An ASAC in the Seattle Division watched the KOMO TV Channel 4 show 'ISSUES 72'…

Header block identifying this as a memo to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 11/24/72, with subject line NORJAK and handwritten notations 'Sub J' and 'Sub R'. A redacted individual appeared at the Sea…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle office, dated November 22, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The sender's name is redacted. An individual was interview…

Continuation of an FBI report (SE 164-81) describing a person of interest in the D.B. Cooper case. The subject is described as a white male, age 48-50, 5'9"-5'10", husky/muscular build, curly black h…

Header of an FBI memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated 11/17/72, regarding NORJAK case (164-81), subject: crash helmet near Mud Mountain Dam. A redacted individual reported receiving…

Standard United States Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated November 15, 1972. An individual from Whitworth College in Spokane visited the Spokane R…

Header block of an FBI memo from SAC Portland to Acting Director FBI, dated 11/13/72, regarding NORJAK case (OO: Seattle). Contains redacted subject/classification lines. Portland Office received a…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Atlanta, dated 11/10/72, regarding NORJAK case subjects SUB E and SUB R. Handwritten annotations indicating 'Sub E' and 'Sub R', like…

FBI seal or stamp at top of document, partially obscured. FBI inter-office memo from SAC Atlanta to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A source in Lilburn, GA, who previously found…

FBI memo from the SAC Portland office to the Acting Director, FBI, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Instructs Portland to interview a redacted individual to determine if they have information…

Date and location header of the handwritten letter. A citizen writes to the FBI complaining about slow response from the local Portland FBI office regarding information the writer claims to have abo…

Stamped header marking this document as correspondence. Fragment of a handwritten letter discussing urgency and a time factor. The writer explains that quick action was necessary and that they have…

A private citizen writes to report a suspect they believe used the name D.B. Cooper for the skyjacking. The writer describes the suspect as a pilot, parachutist, with $700,000 stashed, possessing int…

Handwritten note fragment describing someone's crash program to learn about drugs and other sources, mentioning being arrested. Most context is lost due to heavy redaction. FOIA exemption codes b6 (…

Continuation of a handwritten personal statement or letter. The author discusses not being upset about something that was the proper course of action, mentions finding the B.M.D.D. (possibly a law en…

Fragment of a handwritten statement or letter. The writer discusses having lived in an area for several years where drugs were plentiful, that the people trusted them, and references knowing a large…

Author claims to have inside knowledge of large-scale criminal operations spanning the West Coast, Canada, and Mexico. They express frustration that law enforcement agencies may be corrupt ('Is every…

Continuation (likely second page) of a handwritten letter to the FBI. The author urges that the information they have provided is of no value unless it is properly developed in a timely manner, and t…

Handwritten annotation indicating 'Sub R' (likely Sub Rosa or subject reference) and a date notation appearing to read April 16, 1981, followed by illegible characters. FBI processing stamp indicati…

Front of a mailed envelope addressed in handwriting to 'F.B.I. Washington D.C.' with an 8-cent U.S. flag postage stamp and a partially legible postmark. The sender's return address in the upper left…

FBI inter-office memo header indicating communication from Detroit to Seattle field offices regarding NORJAK case, dated October 27, 1972. Reference to a prior Atlanta letter to Seattle dated August…

Western Airlines logo and company letterhead at top of page. Handwritten FBI routing annotations indicating indexing, initials, thanks, reference to newspaper clippings, and Sub B designation. Lett…

Receipt stamp showing the letter was received on October 25, 1972. Redacted sender information with date of October 1972. A letter from an unidentified member of the public addressed to Western Air…

Top portion of what appears to be a letter or form with multiple lines fully redacted under FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, and b7D. Fields appear to contain personal identifying information such as name an…

UPI wire story from Los Angeles Times reporting that Northwest Airlines asked hunters heading into southwest Washington for the general hunting season to search for the $200,000 ransom paid to D.B. C…

Article by Daryl Lembke reports on the fruitless 18-day search by 200 soldiers from Ft. Lewis around Lake Merwin, Washington for D.B. Cooper. The search of a 10-square-mile area ended without finding…

Standard FBI transmittal form header (FD-453), dated October 18, 1972, sent via AIRTEL. Routing block: from SAC New York (file 164-627, RUC) to Acting Director FBI (file 164-2111), attention FBI Lab…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. A New York Times employee at 229 West 43rd Street describes receipt and internal handling of a handwritten let…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An individual at the New York Times, 229 West 43rd Street, made available a two-page handprinted letter and envelope postmarked…

FOIA exemption markings for personal privacy (b6) and law enforcement privacy (b7C). Date stamp and routing notation, likely an FBI clerk or analyst initial. A citizen letter to the FBI Seattle fie…

Form identifier and revision date in upper left corner. FBI Laboratory transmittal form from the Director, FBI to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK case. The office of origin is Seattle. Los Ange…

Header of FBI Laboratory report form addressed to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK case, dated October 4, 1972. Handwritten notations indicating sub-references or sub-files. FBI Laboratory report o…

A letter from an alleged accomplice of D.B. Cooper claiming Cooper has died on September 13th. The writer describes Cooper as a kind, gentle person who was terminally ill, had lost his wife and daugh…

U.S. 8-cent flag postage stamp affixed to envelope Handwritten address on envelope directed to the Los Angeles Times at Times-Mirror Square, Los Angeles, California FBI Seattle field office process…

Teletype header from Los Angeles field office to Acting Director and Seattle, dated September 23, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Los Angeles office reports receiving a letter and envelope from an indi…

FBI case number and page indicator for Los Angeles field office file 164-497, page two of a multi-page document. Page two of a statement or letter from someone claiming to have known the D.B. Cooper…

Page three of an FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office (LA 164-497) summarizing a letter received from someone claiming to have known "D. B. Cooper." The letter writer states Cooper died of…

Return address and date line of the FBI letter, with file number 164-81. Handwritten annotation, likely a routing or case note. Partially illegible. Addressee block identifying the recipient as U.S…

Standard FD-302 form header with FBI seal and date of transcription. FBI Special Agents visited the Seattle Flag newspaper office at 222 Dexter Avenue North on May 5, 1972 seeking a journalist. Afte…

Standard FD-302 form header with date of transcription. FD-302 interview of a redacted individual at the Seattle Flag, Inc. offices regarding a "D.B. COOPER FOUND" article published in the Seattle F…

Header block of an FBI memo from Seattle field office dated September 18, 1972, regarding case NORJAK (164-81), subject: parachute found near the Kalama River Road. On September 7, 1972, an individu…

Date stamp on memo Handwritten routing annotations, partially illegible Airtel header identifying sender (SAC New York), recipient (SAC New Haven), case number 164-627, subject MORGACK with redacte…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle, dated September 1, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. References a prior St. Louis letter dated 7/6/72 about aircraft hija…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from Atlanta FBI field office to Seattle, regarding NORJAK case. An individual from Lilburn, Georgia provided information to the FBI on August 17…

Case file number header. Continuation of an interview describing a wilderness cache found in Hell's Canyon near the Oregon-Idaho border. The interviewee describes finding a duffel bag with an Air Fo…

File reference number for this document page. Continuation of an interview describing members of a hunting party near a cache discovery. Names and identifying details are redacted. The party include…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated September 1, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). A Weyerhaeuser Company empl…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel header block from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten annotations, likely routing or approval initials, partially redacted. An individual in…

Bureau file or teletype reference number for this document. Continuation of an FBI interview report regarding a book that may have predicated the acts of the D.B. Cooper case subject. An informant p…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of the letter. Recipient address in Spokane, Washington, with name and street redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Acknowledgement letter from FBI SAC…

Redacted sender name/address block with date, marked with b6/b7C privacy exemptions. A citizen writes to the FBI proposing an anti-hijacking idea. The author claims 8 years of Air Force service and…

FBI composite sketch of D.B. Cooper suspect. The drawing depicts a middle-aged white male with dark, slicked-back hair parted on the left, a narrow face, prominent cheekbones, thin lips, and a straig…

Fragment of a report or tip describing D.B. Cooper's alleged disguise (toupee, cello tape on nose to narrow nostrils) and claim that he was familiar with McClellan's landing strip and used a jet back…

Black-and-white headshot photograph of Jack Linkletter, labeled with handwritten note indicating 'with wig 1970'. The photo shows a young man smiling, wearing what appears to be a collared shirt. Han…

Date of the letter. Redacted recipient name and address with b6/b7c privacy exemption markings. Recipient address in Tacoma, Washington with name redacted. FBI Acting Director responds to a citize…

Return address and date line of the letter, from Tacoma, Washington, dated July 10, 1972. Sender name/address redacted under b6/b7C. Addressee block directed to the Director of the FBI in Washington…

A handwritten letter praising the FBI's efficiency and professionalism while discussing air hijackings (skyjackings), specifically referencing the D.B. Cooper case handled by the Seattle FBI office u…

Continuation of a handwritten letter urging that skyjackings must cease. The author recommends keeping aircraft on the ground and dealing with skyjackers the way Mr. Gebhardt did, predicting such occ…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC St. Louis to SAC Los Angeles (with copies to Seattle) regarding an air craft hijacking investigation. A letter and photograph were furnished to American Airlines in St.…

A dark, low-resolution photograph appears at the top of the letter, likely showing people referenced in the text as 'two smart birds plus a few other interesting people.' A letter dated June 28, 197…

Typed annotation describing a picture taken May 15, 1972 in Wheaton, alleging that Jack and Robert Linkletter have gone into the skyjacking business to finance hired gunmen, bombings, etc. Claims the…

Return address and date of the FBI letter from the Seattle field office. Initials or routing notation, likely indicating the drafter and typist of the letter. Recipient address in Los Angeles and s…

Redacted sender address in Los Angeles, California, dated July 3, 1972. A personal letter to Mr. Milnes from a citizen in Los Angeles who expresses continued interest in helping identify D.B. Cooper…

Circled page number at top of page. Continuation of a handwritten letter (page 2). The author recommends the recipient read something since they may be transferred to New York. Discusses an article…

Continuation of a handwritten letter (page 3) expressing concern about a person's emotional problems and arrogant hostility toward the D.B.D. (possibly a bureau/department). The writer also laments t…

Circled page number 4 Handwritten opinion note criticizing Mr. Gray, accusing him of seeking fame and glory from another's misfortune, describing him as insecure with personality aberrations and foo…

Circled page number 5, indicating this is page 5 of the original handwritten letter. Final portion of a handwritten letter advising the recipient to stay out of Mr. Gray's way regarding publicity. T…

Printed document tracking identifier stamped at bottom right of an otherwise blank page. Handwritten FBI file and sub-file reference number, likely referencing Seattle field office file 164-81, Sub…

Date and location header of the letter. Addressee block directing the letter to the FBI in Seattle, with attention to the Air Transport Association. A handwritten annotation reads 'Sub B'. A citize…

Artist's sketch/composite drawing of the D.B. Cooper hijacking suspect, a man with short hair shown in a head-and-shoulders view. Newspaper caption identifying the artist's sketch as depicting the w…

Header block of an FBI memo from SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 5/17/72, re: NORJAK. SA name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. On May 10, 1972, FBI contacted VERNER WEINZ at his Mount Vernon…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. WEINZ recounts that approximately 3 weeks before the November 1971 hijacking, a friend visited and described a big deal i…

Date and location line of the letter. Addressee of the letter. Handwritten notation, possibly a name or routing mark. Anonymous typed letter to the FBI claiming D.B. Cooper survived his parachute…

Continuation of an anonymous letter making accusations against the Linkletter family, alleging connections to Howard Hughes, TWA bombings, narcotics trafficking by pilots, and political corruption re…

FBI office return address and date of the letter. Handwritten annotation, possibly initials or routing mark. Partially illegible. Brief acknowledgment letter from J. E. Milnes, Special Agent in Cha…

Location and date of the letter. A citizen from Spokane, WN writes to Mr. Milnes (likely FBI) claiming to have clues about the D.B. Cooper case. The writer relays information from an unnamed source…

Internal FBI memorandum header from a Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC in Seattle, dated May 15, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). The memo states that an attached pag…

Brief description of the D.B. Cooper hijacker suspect: slight build, fine/delicate features, hands not those of a laborer. Directs investigation to the Portland-Vancouver area. Several lines and a na…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated May 4, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a Seattle…

Partial sentence indicating that for the information of the Seattle field office, a redacted individual was contacted. Details are obscured by FOIA redaction boxes. Lead assignment directing the Sea…

Document type header indicating an Airtel (internal FBI communication). Date of the Airtel document. FBI Airtel from Acting Director to SACs in Portland and Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reference…

FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form dated May 3, 1972, from the FBI Laboratory in Washington D.C. to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. The form references a letter dated 4/24/72 requesting document…

Header of FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated May 3, 1972. FBI Laboratory examination of two evidence specimens received 4/27/72: Q44, an envelope postmarked…

Date and location line of the letter. Addressee lines directing the letter to FBI offices in Seattle and Provo. Handwritten annotation, possibly an agent's initials or routing mark. Anonymous lett…

FBI inter-office memo from Seattle to Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle responds to a Los Angeles letter dated 3/20/72 that enclosed an anonymous letter with a retouched ne…

Date of the airtel. Standard FBI airtel header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. A woman from Eugene, Oregon called the Seattle FBI office on behalf of someone who claims to h…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of letter. Handwritten annotation, likely an internal routing or acknowledgment notation. Form letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J.N. Hines ac…

Pre-printed or stamped city/state origin line, partially obscured by redaction bar. Appears to be an initial or routing notation next to the redacted sender info. A citizen writes to the FBI Seattl…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with date. Handwritten annotation, mostly illegible. Form reply letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J.D. Hines acknowledging receipt of a letter dated March…

Date written at top right of letter. Salutation of the handwritten letter. A citizen writes to the FBI suggesting that all passengers boarding planes should be photographed so that when a hijacker…

Handwritten envelope addressed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation at 1015 2nd Ave, Seattle, Wash. An 8-cent Eisenhower USA postage stamp with a postmark cancellation. A white rectangle obscurin…

Appears to be a scanned envelope or mailing label. Most identifying information (likely name and address details) has been redacted under FOIA exemptions b6 and b7C (personal privacy). The handwritte…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 4/6/72, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, forwarding an anonymous letter received by Mult…

Date and location header of the letter, with sender location partially redacted. Addressee block directed to the Multnomah County Sheriff at the County Court House in Portland, Oregon. Anonymous le…

Official letterhead of the King County Department of Public Safety. Handwritten annotation, likely an FBI routing or sub-file designation. Cover letter from King County Sheriff-Director Lawrence G.…

Date stamp and case number notation at top right of the letter. A citizen letter to the Sheriff's Office in Seattle reporting claimed psychic visions about the DB Cooper hijacking suspect. The write…

FBI Seattle field office filing stamp dated April 6, 1972, with checkboxes for SEARCHED, INDEXED, SERIALIZED, FILED and agent initials. FBI Vault document identifier for the D.B. Cooper case file, p…

Writer asks that if the tip leads to capture, the source not be publicly mentioned. Introduction to a report previously filed with local state police, with a redacted section and marginal notations…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 3/20/72. Handwritten annotation indicating Sub B routing or classification. Los…

FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy) marked on page. Handwritten address on envelope directed to the FBI Intelligence Division at the Los Angeles fie…

Date of the letter. Letter from an anonymous tipster to the FBI referencing a previous letter dated February 24, 1972. The writer believes their suspect matches D. B. Cooper and has retouched a comp…

Return address and date of the letter from the FBI Seattle field office. Brief acknowledgment letter from Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes responding to a citizen letter dated April 9, 1972, tha…

Decorative floral letterhead stamp/emblem at top center of the stationery. A citizen letter from Los Angeles dated April 9, 1972, addressed to Mr. Milnes (likely an FBI agent in Seattle). The writer…

Continuation of a letter criticizing the Los Angeles FBI office for moving into a fancy new building and adopting a Chamber of Commerce businessman image, arguing this is not conducive to cultivating…

Date of the memo. FBI airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Portland is forwarding an anonymous letter that was received by the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office an…

FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted personal information (b6 = personal privacy, b7C = law enforcement personal privacy). A citizen letter dated March 26, 1972, from Vancouver, Washington, offe…

Page 2 of a handwritten letter from an unknown author to the FBI. The writer claims to have eaten very little since their last letter, expresses religious beliefs about spiritual gifts and discernmen…

Page 3 of a multi-page handwritten letter from an individual claiming religious guidance (referring to 'Our Lord') in locating the body and loot of D.B. Cooper. The writer claims Cooper is dead, sout…

Final page (page 4) of a handwritten letter. The writer concludes by stating they have shared all the 'Intelligence' their Lord gave them, comments on poor weather forecast, and signs off as 'Your fr…

FBI Seattle office filing stamp dated April 1, 1972, indicating the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed. FBI Portland office filing stamp dated March 28, 1972, indicating the docum…

Return address from Vancouver, Washington with sender name and ZIP code redacted (blacked out). Postmark from Vancouver, WA dated March 17, 1972 (PM). Pre-printed stamp is the 8-cent Eisenhower / Na…

Return address and date of the FBI Seattle field office letter. Handwritten classification or routing notation 'SUB-R' on the letter. FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted personal information.…

FBI Seattle field office filing stamp showing case number 164-81-Sub B, with searched/indexed/serialized/filed notations dated March 28, 1972, and an agent's initial. The body of the page is blank l…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date. Handwritten notation indicating sub-file designation B. Form response letter from FBI SAC J.E. Milnes acknowledging receipt of a letter dated March…

Date of the letter A citizen tip letter suggesting that D.B. Cooper could have been a prisoner who left on a pass (possibly a 'Medford Pass'), committed the hijacking, hid the money, returned to pri…

Date and location header of the letter. Addressee block directed to Detective Gary Hart at the Upland Police Department. COPY stamp and what appears to be a sub-reference notation with an initial o…

Handwritten or typed marginal annotation referencing the D.B. Cooper hijacking on Nov 23, 1971, questioning whether subjects knew about narcotics traffic and murders. Headline of the newspaper artic…

Editorial cartoon by Morrie Brickman depicting politicians at the Capitol discussing a bill to protect the small taxpayer, with the punchline that there is no such thing as a small taxpayer anymore.…

Address block or envelope front directed to the FBI office in Seattle, Washington. Likely the front of a letter or envelope from a member of the public. FBI file reference stamp indicating the docum…

Handwritten sub-file designation marking this as Sub-B of a case file. FBI Seattle field office filing stamp dated March 9, 1972, with handwritten case number notation above it. Bates-style page id…

Internal FBI memo from SA John M. Fliege regarding the NORJAK case. On January 29, 1972, a redacted individual was contacted about a crank letter he had submitted to the Seattle Division criticizing…

Header of an FBI airtel memo dated 1/14/72 from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a Philadelphia airtel to the Bureau dated 12/3/71. An individual in Minneapolis was…

Date line of the letter, indicating it was written on a Sunday the 28th in Seattle. A handwritten letter addressed to FBI Mr. Milnes expressing frustration about the D.B. Cooper $200,000 skyjacking,…

Partially illegible handwritten note, possibly a routing or forwarding instruction. FBI filing stamp with case number 164-81, dated November 30, 1971, with SEARCHED/INDEXED/SERIALIZED/FILED fields a…

Handwritten annotations scrawled over the top of the newspaper headline, largely illegible. Newspaper article by Al Watts, P-I Aerospace Writer, reporting on the D.B. Cooper hijacking of a Northwest…

Left column of a furniture store advertisement listing bedroom sets, tables, mattresses, and dinettes with regular and sale prices. Text is partially cut off at left margin. Center column listing fu…

Handwritten envelope addressed to The F.B.I. at 1015 2nd, City (Seattle) 98101. A partially legible name beginning with 'Mr.' appears, possibly 'Mr. milnea' or similar, followed by a question mark in…

Date of the letter Subject classification marking, likely Sub B referring to a sub-file of the case A handwritten letter from an unnamed citizen referencing FBI file 164-81 (the D.B. Cooper case),…

Date of the airtel. Airtel from SAC Phoenix to SAC Salt Lake City regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a xerox copy of a letter sent to the Phoenix Division by a redacted individual from Utah, dated 2/3/…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with date. Handwritten notation, likely a filing or routing mark. Response letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J.E. Milnes acknowledging receipt of a citizen…

Partial newspaper masthead showing 'Sun' and dateline. The full name is cut off but likely '[Co]lumbia' or similar city name. Large truncated headline, partially cut off on both sides. Likely relate…

Newspaper registration/mailing information header. Newspaper article about a labor dispute involving nurses and arbitration in British Columbia. The BCHA (British Columbia Hospital Association) and…

Date of the letter A member of the public writes to the FBI suggesting that ransom money be treated with a chemical spray that would neutralize the printed ink after 12–24 hours, rendering hijacker…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with date. Handwritten annotation, possibly a routing or filing note. Partially illegible. Response letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J.E. Milnes to a reda…

Date written at top of letter A citizen writes to the FBI expressing continued interest in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. The writer speculates the hijacker may have perished, possibly falling into…

Salutation of a handwritten letter addressed to a chief, with the recipient name redacted. Partially legible handwritten letter referencing $200,000 (the Cooper ransom amount), a barrel of money, Mi…

FOIA exemption codes indicating redactions for personal privacy (b6) and law enforcement personal information (b7C). Handwritten note from an unidentified person asking to be remembered upon the cap…

Handwritten note on what appears to be an envelope or routing slip. The 'From' field contains a handwritten notation referencing a chief of police from what may be Roswell. Most identifying details a…

Handwritten parenthetical note reading approximately '(Over chief of Police.' — likely a continuation from a previous page or a notation indicating the reverse side references a chief of police. Bat…

Three postage stamps affixed to the envelope: a Thomas Jefferson 1-cent stamp, a Frank Lloyd Wright stamp, and an 8-cent Bowling stamp. Postmark cancellation lines are visible across the stamps. Han…

Heavily redacted section showing what appears to be the sender portion of a letter or memo. A large black redaction box covers the sender's identity. Handwritten text above reads what appears to be '…

Small illegible text or numbers in the top-left margin area Faint text near top center-right, possibly reading COPY or similar notation Handwritten notation reading Sub R, likely a routing or subje…

Date line and case reference header Title of the document FBI FOIA exemption stamps indicating redacted personal information (b6 - personal privacy, b7C - law enforcement personal privacy) A handw…

Rotated marginal annotation, mostly illegible, appears to reference complexion or features. Numbered notes (items 2–3) discussing the suspect's complexion, comparing 'fair' as applied to Anglo-Saxon…

Handwritten conclusions dated 12/2/71 describing a secretive, reclusive man who would use a PO Box, had shoddy signature on applications in Oakland, could not afford a motel, and whose landlord could…

An 8-cent US postage stamp depicting bowling, with a partially legible circular postmark encouraging use of ZIP codes. The word 'over' written in handwriting at the top-left, likely indicating the r…

Appears to be the front of an envelope or top of a letter showing a sender's address. The name and street address are redacted behind a large black-bordered box. The handwritten word 'from' appears t…

Faint printed or stamped text near the top-left margin; mostly illegible, possibly a partial page number or classification mark. Handwritten notation reading 'SUB R', likely a filing or routing anno…

Return address and date of the letter from the FBI Seattle field office. Brief acknowledgment letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes responding to a citizen who sent a newspaper clippi…

A classified personal ad in the '812 Personals' section of a newspaper, addressed to D. B. Cooper. The ad solicits Cooper to tell his personal story to a writer for a national magazine, promising abs…

Fragment of a newspaper classified advertisement section. The visible heading appears to be part of a larger banner, possibly '[guess: CARS REPEA]' or similar automotive sales header. A sub-heading r…

Date written at top of letter. A citizen writes to the FBI Seattle office referencing an article in the Sunday Seattle Times that seemed incredible, forwarding it in case the FBI was not already awa…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10). Internal FBI memo from Special Agent Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAC case, noting an attached letter rec…

Printed letterhead identifying the source as the Office of the Town Clerk, Town of Woodland, Washington. Handwritten note on Town of Woodland letterhead addressed to Tom Manning at the FBI. Appears…

Illustrated letterhead depicting a Pacific Northwest landscape with mountains, forest, river, and the text 'WOODLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT' and 'WOODLAND, WASHINGTON'. A memo from a Woodland Police Depa…

FOIA exemption markings indicating personal privacy redactions. Date written at top of page, likely a date reference or misdating. Redacted block, likely containing a name and/or return address, wi…

Handwritten tip or letter to the FBI regarding the D.B. Cooper case. The writer appears to suggest that the hijacker or associates were born between October 23 and November 21 (the Scorpio zodiac sig…

Scanned image of a mailed envelope related to the D.B. Cooper case. Both the return address (upper left) and the primary recipient address (center) have been redacted with white rectangles per FBI ex…

Scanned image of an envelope addressed to General Telephone Company of California, P.O. Box 2371, Long Beach, California 90801. The return address area has a 'From' line but no printed name; handwrit…

GTE corporate logo displayed prominently in the upper-center portion of the page. The logo consists of the letters 'GTE' in white on a dark rounded-rectangle background. Bates stamp number applied t…

Section header or caption, likely part of a larger article about disguises or the hijacker's appearance, referencing a toupee. Caricature-style drawing of Jack Linkletter, likely from a newspaper fe…

Date and location header of the letter. Addressee of the letter: FBI Seattle field office. Handwritten routing notation, likely an FBI internal classification or sub-file reference. A tipster writ…

Continuation of a narrative account describing events surrounding the Tate residence murders, involving individuals named Jack, Robert, Art, Diane Linkletter, John Zweyer, and Dr. Ohta. Describes all…

Page 3 of a letter from an anonymous tipster claiming that 'D.B.' in D.B. Cooper derives from Desire Belanger, father of Art Linkletter, and that 'Cooper' refers to someone named Jack. The writer att…

Upper-right area of envelope showing a U.S. Air Mail 11-cent stamp with postmark. Return address area is redacted (blocked out). FOIA exemption codes b6 and b7C are annotated nearby, indicating perso…

Reference or case tracking number at the top of the page. Introductory note claiming to match 10 letters in the skyjacker's last name and listing killings the subject allegedly knows about. A struc…

US Air Mail 11-cent postage stamp affixed to envelope. Typed address on envelope directed to the FBI in Seattle, Washington. Handwritten sub-file designation 'Sub- R' written in large cursive scrip…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Portland is forwarding a copy of a letter from a redacted individual in Washington who furni…

FBI Identification Division header and routing information for a latent fingerprint report dated December 10, 1971, addressed to SAC Las Vegas. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking cas…

Header of FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report, Form 1-336, addressed to SAC Philadelphia, dated December 10, 1971. Body of the latent fingerprint report regarding the D.B.…

Teletype routing header from FBI Miami office to Minneapolis and Seattle offices, dated December 7, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: unknown subject aka Dan Cooper, Nor…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 12/3/71. Airtel addressed from SAC Philadelphia to FBI Director, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71, w…

Scanned image of a mailed envelope related to the D.B. Cooper case. The envelope bears a U.S. 8-cent San Francisco Cable Car Historic Preservation postage stamp and a U.S. Postal Service postmark. Th…

Nearly entirely illegible page with heavy scan artifacts and a prominent rectangular redaction. No readable body text can be extracted. FBI filing stamp indicating the document was indexed and filed…

Front of an envelope postmarked 28 NOV 1971, addressed in handwriting to Northwest Airlines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington. The sender's return address is redacted. A 6-…

Teletype routing header indicating a nitel (night teletype) from Seattle field office to Minneapolis and Miami, dated December 6-7, 1971. Standard FBI teletype case identification line for the D.B.…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype, Seattle file number 164-81. Teletype page two assigning leads to Minneapolis and Miami field offices. Minneapolis is asked to contact a…