Header identifying this as an FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-02. Lists 54 deleted pages with FOIA exemption codes. Page 2 was a duplicate. Pages 15-20 were…

FBI Laboratory report header addressed to SAC Las Vegas regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71, classified as CAA - Hijacking; Extortion. Lis…

FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form header addressed to SAC Las Vegas, dated December 1, 1971. Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file designation G. Subject block identifying the NORJAK case: unkno…

FBI form identifier and revision date. Document header and transcription date. An employee of Northwest Airlines at SeaTac International Airport reported a suspicious postcard to FBI agents. The po…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of letter. Handwritten or stamped notation reading 'Sub B', likely a sub-file designation. Brief acknowledgment letter from FBI Special Agent in Cha…

Beginning of a handwritten letter dated December 8, 1971 from Breedsville, Michigan. The writer addresses 'Gents' and states that on the theory that the name Cooper might be of concern in the hijacki…

FBI filing stamp showing case number 164-81-Sub, with serialized/indexed/filed markings dated December 1971, from the FBI Seattle field office. A handwritten checkmark appears at the bottom right of…

Page number marker at top of handwritten letter page. Continuation of a handwritten letter (page 11). The writer describes buying a 4th Division book listing members still alive after WWI and not fi…

Page number heading, indicating this is page 3 of a multi-page handwritten letter. Conclusion of a handwritten letter. The writer states they attended a fair in 1963, enjoyed it, and notes they are…

Return address area of the envelope, blocked out with a white rectangle, consistent with FOIA privacy redaction. A U.S. postage stamp depicting a historical figure (George Washington), folded at a d…

Date written by the letter author Addressee block directed to the FBI Seattle field office, Sub B A citizen writes to the FBI noting a resemblance between a redacted individual and published sketch…

Masthead of the American Bankers Association Protective Bulletin, Volume LXIV, No. 8, dated November 1971. Standard bulletin notice directing readers to communicate information about listed persons…

Redacted return address block, obscured by black rectangle for privacy exemptions b6 and b7C. Holiday-themed postage stamp depicting a Christmas/peace message. Circular postmark from Seattle, dated…

FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy) indicating redacted content. Bates stamp number for the DB Cooper FOIA release, page 31803. The main body of th…

Addressee line identifying the recipient as FBI Agent Tom Manning in Portland, Oregon. A tip letter to FBI Agent Tom Manning suggesting Jack Linkletter as a suspect in the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The…

US Air Mail 11-cent postage stamp affixed to envelope FBI FOIA redaction exemption codes indicating material withheld under Privacy Act (b6) and law enforcement source protection (b7C) Addressee li…

FBI routing slip (FD-4 form) dated 12/1/71, from SAC J. L. Mattson of the Portland office, directed to SAC Seattle (file 164-81). The form concerns the NORJAK case (hijacking of Northwest Airlines Fl…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305). Sheriff Charles E. G…

Handwritten note indicating that something was received in the mail at Woodland, Washington on December 1, 1971. Handwritten initials or signature followed by the date 12/1/71, likely the person who…

Redacted return address in Baltimore, MD. Two rectangular blocks obscure the sender's name and possibly a street address. U.S. Postal Service circular postmark from Baltimore, dated November 29, 197…

A citizen letter dated November 28, 1971, addressed to FBI agent Tom Manning in Woodland, Washington, offering theories about the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The writer suggests the hijacker was a WWII ve…

Memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle dated 12/1/71 regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Sheriff Charles E. Gill provided items received from a redacted…

Handwritten note documenting receipt of an item on December 1, 1971 from Sheriff Charles E. Hill of Cowlitz County, South Kelso, Washington. The item was received in the mail of Woodland, Washington.…

Salutation and subject line of a handwritten letter addressed to Portland police regarding the hijacker / $200,000 case (D.B. Cooper). Anonymous citizen theory about the D.B. Cooper hijacker: the wr…

Handwritten note describing a secretive man who was demoralized in service, hid his confidence, and was a known secretive type. Writer references a date possibly October 23 and mentions a reward. Re…

Handwritten note fragment referencing sheriff/police department and air transportation, and apparently a reward. Likely a continuation from a previous page listing agencies or resources involved. Pr…

Circular postmark stamp from Long Beach, CA dated November 29, 1971. A postage stamp affixed to the envelope, too dark to identify denomination or design clearly. Handwritten cursive address on env…

Handwritten notation appearing to reference a location in California, possibly Long Beach, Calif. Written inside or next to a hand-drawn bracket or tab-like shape. The first word is partially illegib…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Thomas J. Manning regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, on 11/24/71. Sheriff Charles E. Gi…

Handwritten receipt note indicating that something was received on 12/1/71 from Sheriff Charles E. Hill of the Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office in Kelso. A second line repeats the date 12/1/71 with in…

Ransom-note-style message composed of cut-out magazine/newspaper letters glued onto lined notebook paper. The message reads: 'LEAVING AREA Monday BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME'. Likely a taunting communicati…

Circular postmark stamp from Vancouver, WA dated November 29, 1971, PM. 6-cent Eisenhower postage stamp affixed to envelope. Handwritten address on envelope directed to the County Sheriff in Woodla…

A partially legible rubber stamp, possibly an FBI ANNEX routing or classification stamp with the number X344 or similar. Most text is obscured or too degraded to read. A heavy black redaction bar sp…

Handwritten receipt note indicating something was received from Sheriff Charles E. Gill of the Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office on December 1, 1971. Initials (likely of the receiving agent or officer…

Circular postmark stamp from Vancouver, Washington, dated November 9, 1971. Machine cancellation lines with partial text reading 'ARNADA' and a US 8-cent postage stamp with American flag design. Ha…

FBI exemption codes b6 and b7C indicating redacted personal information. Day of the week written at top of letter. A handwritten letter addressed to a sheriff, in which the writer apologizes for a…

Standard US Government form header identifiers Internal FBI memo from Special Agent Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Manning reports that on 11/30/71, Woodl…

FBI exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy) marked on the page. A citizen letter from Vancouver, B.C. dated 27 Nov 1971 suggesting that the hijacker may have…

Continuation of a handwritten note discussing a theory about the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The writer suggests Cooper landed by means other than parachuting at night, that the cylinders the stewardess d…

Circular postmark stamp from Vancouver, B.C., dated November 28, 1971, 2 PM. Canadian 7-cent Christmas postage stamp with postal cancellation lines. Handwritten address on an envelope directed to t…

The left portion of the page is nearly completely illegible due to extreme degradation, dark exposure, or poor microfiche reproduction. Faint horizontal lines of text are barely visible but no words…

Date of the letter. A member of the public writes to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover suggesting the D.B. Cooper hijacking may have been an inside job involving crew members. The writer questions who pu…

A 6-cent U.S. postage stamp affixed to the envelope, with horizontal cancellation lines across it. Postal cancellation mark showing Seattle, Washington postmark dated December 27 (1971), with a 'POS…

Return address and date of the letter from the FBI Seattle field office. Large subject line header reading 'SUB -', likely a truncated or partially redacted subject reference. Brief response letter…

Sender address and date block with name redacted, from Victoria, B.C., dated November 25, 1971. Letter addressed to the FBI in Seattle. A citizen letter to the FBI regarding the hijacked plane from…

Bilingual air mail label (English/French) with maple leaf icon, indicating Canadian origin. Circular postmark stamp from Victoria, British Columbia, dated November 26, 1971 at 1 PM. Canadian postag…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of letter. Recipient name and address in Hoquiam, WA, redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes acknowledges receip…

Return address of the letter sender, partially redacted. City is Hoquiam, Washington. A citizen writes to the FBI Seattle office regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The writer claims to have read a…

Page number at top of letter continuation Continuation of a letter discussing night skydiving jumps at commercial drop zones (DZ). The author explains that experienced jumpers who are blown off thei…

Scanned image of a mailed envelope addressed to the FBI Seattle field office, postmarked November 27, 1971 from Hoquiam, Washington. The return address name is redacted (consistent with b6/b7C privac…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-02. Lists 31 deleted pages with reasons. Pages 3, 7, and 8 were withheld under FOIA exemptions…

FBI file number stamp and classification markings in the upper right corner. Contains case file number 164A-81-SubR with FOIA exemption codes b6 and b7C. Partial FBI Seattle field office stamp visibl…

Handwritten note describing someone advising the writer to investigate cases that sound like cover-ups and write a book. Also mentions vacant government-owned land in west Los Angeles / Westwood Vill…

Blank area with redaction codes b6 and b7C in upper right margin, suggesting redacted content. Handwritten statement describing finding twenty dollar bills hidden under a card table when taking a ru…

FBI FOIA redaction exemption codes indicating personal privacy (b6) and law enforcement source information (b7C). Large redacted block covering the majority of the page, contents withheld under b6/b…

Routing/copy stamps indicating distribution to Sub R and Main files. A letter dated April 27, 1993, sent to the FBI Seattle field office regarding the D.B. Cooper case. The anonymous writer (a retir…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case 164A-SE-81, dated 9/17/93. Sender SA name is redacted. Memo discusses a letter forwarded from Jacksonville referencing an unknown…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated September 17, 1993, from a redacted Special Agent. A source who served time at Washington State Reformatory provided infor…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), file number 164A-SE-81, dated September 17, 1993. Sender SA name redacted. A letter from Mexico dated 4/2…

FBI inter-office memorandum header addressed to Seattle (file 164-81) and Jacksonville field offices, dated July 19, 1993. Origin office is Seattle. Jacksonville office forwards a letter dated 7/8/9…

AP wire story from Vancouver, Wash. reporting that the FBI is ending its search along the Columbia River beach for D.B. Cooper ransom money. An 8-year-old boy named Brian Ingram found several thousan…

Date of the letter. Handwritten notation indicating a subject reference, likely 'Subject J. R.' FBI response letter from Roger S. Young, Inspector in Charge of the Public Affairs Office, thanking a…

FBI response letter from Roger S. Young (Inspector in Charge, Public Affairs Office) dated April 23, 1980, thanking a retired USAF member in Hicksville, New York for their April 3rd letter alerting t…

Return address and date of the letter. Postmark stamp showing Hicksville, N.Y. A retired USAF officer writes to the FBI after watching a CBS production about the D.B. Cooper skyjacking. He reports…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, dated April 14, 1980, regarding NORJAK (the FBI code name for the D.B. Cooper case). A redacted in…

Date and case/reference number notation at top right of page A witness account describing the night of the D.B. Cooper hijacking event. The writer describes expecting someone arriving from San Franc…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from Indianapolis field office to Seattle SAC regarding NORJAK case, dated 3/27/80. Handwritten notation indicating subs/substantive filing reference, lik…

Document type identifier indicating this is an AIRTEL communication. Airtel memo dated 4/1/80 from SAC Portland to SAC Los Angeles regarding the California Institute of Criminology, located at 6253…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 3/28/80. No classification or precedence boxes checked. AIRTEL memo from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. On 3/…

Official letterhead of the Washington State Patrol with date March 24, 1980. Handwritten notation indicating subject routing or classification. Letter from Colonel R. W. Landon of the Washington St…

Official letterhead of the Washington State Patrol under Governor Dixy Lee Ray, dated March 24, 1980. Letter from Colonel R. W. Landon, Chief of the Washington State Patrol, to Dr. Reid of Tieton, W…

Decorative letterhead featuring illustrations of hands with cleansing flame imagery, advertising spiritual healing, mineral therapy, and zodiac services. Located in Tieton, Washington. A self-procla…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated 3/17/80. AIRTEL is checked as transmit method. FBI AIRTEL from San Francisco field office (file 164-220) to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper…

Letterhead of Academic Publishing, Inc., a non-profit academic service based in Berkeley, California. Letter dated 20 February 1980 from Academic Publishing, Inc. to the FBI San Francisco field offi…

Small logo or emblem for Academic Publishing, Inc., low resolution. Letter dated March 6, 1980 from Academic Publishing, Inc. in Berkeley, CA to FBI Seattle Operations Office. The writer encloses a…

Newspaper headline and subheadline for a feature article about D.B. Cooper's skyjacking, from the Berkeley Barb underground newspaper. Left column of the article describing D.B. Cooper's hijacking o…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Document transmitted via AIRTEL, dated 3/18/80. No classification or precedence boxes checked. Routing block: from Salt Lake City SAC to Seattle SAC, subject NORJA…

Printed company letterhead for Great Northern Distributing Company, Inc., located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Handwritten address block for the FBI field office in Salt Lake City. Date of the letter (…

Handwritten case reference notation, likely a file routing number and subject initials. FBI response letter dated March 5, 1980 from Roger S. Young, Inspector-in-Charge of the Public Affairs Office,…

FBI inter-office memorandum header from Atlanta field office to SAC Seattle, dated February 29, 1980, regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) air piracy case. Atlanta office is forwarding to Seattle an…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An individual at WXIA TV in Atlanta provided the FBI with a typewritten letter dated December 31, 1979, signed 'D. B. Cooper,'…

Letter from Pierce County Sheriff Lyle Smith to the FBI Seattle office regarding a tip in the D.B. Cooper case. An unnamed female caller telephoned to report that a person matching the publicly descr…

Subject line stamp or handwritten header indicating the subject as J.B.W. A handwritten letter addressed to the FBI in Washington D.C. regarding the Cooper airline hijacking. The writer suggests the…

Letterhead of the Adult Probation Office, 4th Judicial District, Omaha, Nebraska, dated February 19, 1980. Lists court affiliation and officer titles, with names redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Le…

Letterhead of a law firm located at 33 South Fifth Street, Minneapolis, MN, with firm name redacted. Letter dated February 14, 1980. Letter from a law firm to FBI ASAC Bill Baker in Portland regardi…

Subject classification notation on FBI letter. Thank-you letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge Paul L. Mack, dated February 19, 1980, to a redacted addressee in Vancouver, Washington. Mack express…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of the letter. Handwritten subject classification stamp or annotation. Thank-you letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge Paul L. Mack to Clark Count…

Date and location of the letter. A citizen tip letter from Charles F. Seward of Seattle, WA, reporting that after reading about the discovery of marked bills from the D.B. Cooper hijacking in the Po…

Sender's name and address, redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Letter dated November 29, 1979 from a person in Red Bluff, California to an Assistant Special Agent at the FBI Seattle office, re…

Header block identifying the subject as Dan Cooper, the 1972 hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines, with CAA and Seattle office markings. A name/address block is redacted. A handwritten letter from…

FBI Seattle field office search/serialization slip with case reference number partially visible. Most fields are redacted. Year appears to be 1978. FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C…

Handwritten address on an envelope directed to the Bureau of Investigation in Seattle, Washington. US Postage stamp with eagle design affixed to the envelope. FBI Seattle filing stamp showing the d…

Date and location header of the letter. A stamp or annotation, likely an FBI routing or intake notation. A citizen writes to the FBI about the D.B. Cooper case, noting that a government spokesman (…

Handwritten case number notation, likely an FBI file reference number. FBI processing stamp indicating the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on March 13, 1978. FOIA exemption co…

A handwritten list of serial numbers, all associated with '69' series (and two with '63' series), categorized by series letter (A, B, C, or no series letter). Likely refers to currency serial numbers…

Continuation of a handwritten letter to the FBI. The writer notes that many 1969-series $20 bills are in general circulation and that they are just one person among many encountering them. The writer…

Continuation of a handwritten letter to the FBI regarding the D.B. Cooper case. The writer speculates about a revenge motive for using the name Cooper during the hijacking. The writer mentions having…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Seattle to ADIC New York regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Handwritten notation, likely a routing or serial number. Follow-up memo refere…

File number, addressee (SAC John M. Reed), and case name (NORJAK). Date of memo and handwritten routing initials. An FBI agent documents a phone call received on May 4, 1977 from a representative o…

Return address and date of the letter from FBI Seattle field office. Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge John M. Reed to a redacted recipient, identifying the Royal Globe Insurance Company as th…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 3/30/77, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento regarding NORJAK case (Miscellaneous Letters - Sub R). Encloses a…

Official FBI letterhead with Seattle field office address and date. FBI response letter from Special Agent in Charge John M. Reed to a redacted recipient, explaining there is no official reward for…

A letter dated March 14, 1977, addressed to the FBI Sacramento office, requesting the name and address of the insurance company that reimbursed Northwest Airlines for the $200,000 loss in the D. B. C…

Partially legible handwritten notation, possibly a name or routing mark. Handwritten tip suggesting a Seattle attorney could be D.B. Cooper, noting the person is an experienced pilot and parachutist…

Date of the airtel. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle is forwarding a copy of a letter sent to Northwest Airlines, Inc. dated 2/22/77, along with a not…

FBI Seattle field office letterhead with date. FOIA exemption markings b6 and b7C with a partially legible handwritten note. Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge John M. Reed responding to a mem…

Handwritten routing or processing annotations, partially illegible, referencing Seattle and a date of 3/1/77. Privacy exemption markers b6 and b7C appear along the right margin. A typed letter dated…

Printed letterhead for Budget Rent a Car location in Tacoma, Washington, including address and phone number. Handwritten telephone message noting that someone had D.B. Cooper at some time, with a re…

Return address area has been redacted with a white rectangle, consistent with FOIA privacy redaction. US postage stamp depicting the Liberty Bell, denomination appears to be 3 cents. FOIA exemption…

Scanned image of a mailed envelope addressed to the FBI Seattle field office at 915 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA 98104. Postmarked November 25, 1976 from Seattle, WA. Bears a US 13-cent Liberty Bell stamp. F…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date. FOIA/Privacy Act exemption markings indicating redacted personally identifiable information. Recipient address block and salutation, both redacted…

FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet for case 1:16-cv-01790-02 listing 10 deleted pages: 5 duplicates (pages 23, 29, 30, 31, 32) and 5 referral/consult withholdings (pages 46, 47, 50, 52, 53).…

FBI FSA Blue Slip (FD-536) requesting $450.00 payment to New Columbia Garden Co., Inc. for renting two tractors, a disc, and backhoe to excavate the Columbia River beach where hijack money from the N…

Printed invoice header for New Columbia Garden Co., Inc., located in Vancouver, Washington. The invoice is billed to the FBI Seattle field office at 916 Second Avenue. Invoice line items for tracto…

FBI FSA Blue Slip (FD-536) requesting reimbursement of $44.10 for expenses paid to Ropes Unlimited in Vancouver, WA, in connection with the NORJAK (164-81) / D.B. Cooper investigation. The period cov…

City of Vancouver Local Purchase Order #5380, dated 2-25-80, for 600 feet of 1/4-inch nylon rope from Ropes Unlimited, Inc. at 9501 N.E. 47th Ave., Vancouver, WA 98661. Total cost $44.10 ($42.00 plus…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated September 5, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Memo notes that Earl J. Cossey was interviewed on…

Handwritten date and annotations, partially illegible, possibly routing or review notes. Header block identifying this as a memo to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) of Seattle field office, case 16…

Official letterhead of the Department of the Army, Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division and Fort Lewis, Communication Systems Division. Letter from the Communication Systems Division at Fort Lewis re…

Memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle regarding reimbursement of $331.60 in cash to a redacted U.S. Army contact for meals served to FBI agents during the first session of the search near Me…

Header block identifying the memo as being from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, specifically about telephone service at the Command Post at Merwin Dam. SA Farrell co…

Teletype header identifying this as a NITEL (night teletype) from Seattle field office to FBI Director, dated March 9, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. FBI Seattle reports that extensive investigati…

Page header with page number and case file number. Continuation of an FBI communication (page two) regarding a proposed ground search for the UNSUB (D.B. Cooper). The author has personally traversed…

Page header with page number and case file number SE 164-81. Continuation (page 3) of a teletype describing plans for a ground search operation. Agents would be quartered in a motel in Longview, WA…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header for an internal FBI communication from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated March 9, 1972, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Handwritten routing an…

FBI expense reimbursement form (FD-221a) dated December 29, 1971, requesting payment of $61.06 to Joe May, Chief of Police, Woodland, Washington, for dinners, pastry, and gasoline for aircraft used i…

Memo from SAC Seattle to file regarding NORJAK case. On 2/17/72, the author called SAC Reed at Butte to ask him to informally approach the Air Force at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, about whether they wo…

File number, date, addressee, and case name header for an internal FBI memo. Author spoke with SAC Williams in Sacramento on 2/11/72 about Air Force aerial photography of the hijacker's suspected la…

File number, date, and addressee header for the memo. Memo documenting a phone call on 2/11/72 with Assistant Director Ivan Conrad regarding aerial photography for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Con…

File number, date, and addressee line for an internal FBI memo directed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated February 4, 1972. Handwritten notation 'Sub.-S' appears to the right. Memo regarding the NO…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header identifying a memo from Special Agent Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, dated January 11, 1972, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). SA Wick reports that on J…

Standard FBI form header (0-9) for an Airtel communication. FBI Director memo to SAC Albany dated January 14, 1972, regarding the use of military aircraft in Bureau cases. It outlines DOD policy on…

Invoice from Kroll Map Company in Seattle for maps sold to the FBI (cash sale) via Charles Farrell, dated January 14, 1972. Items include a mounted map and a map of the search area/premises of the fl…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, FD-36, dated January 11, 1972, sent via NITEL priority teletype. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Seattl…

Subdivision or subject marking stamp indicating Sub. 5 Invoice header from Metsker Maps, a map store in Seattle, dated 1-11-72, sold to a customer with initials or name partially illegible Line ite…

Sub-file designation stamp at top of page. Marshall's department store retail receipt (Seattle) for a cash sale. Customer listed as F.B.I. Purchase of 3 items described as 30 EX film (likely 30-expo…

A detailed list of suggested equipment and supplies for a ground search operation, including compasses, rain gear, rations, field packs, handheld radios, whistles, paint for marking paths, evidence t…

Header of an FBI memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 1/11/72, regarding NORJAK case. SA Wick in Olympia obtained aerial survey photographs from 1968 from the Department of Natural R…

Standard USG memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Date line and routing stamps including a handwritten annotation and a circular date stamp. SA Manning…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Donald J. Steele to SAC Seattle regarding helicopter availability for FBI search in the NORJAK case. An individual from Spanaway, Washington contacte…

Letterhead and date of the FBI correspondence. Addressee block identifying the recipient as Lt. Col. George Mahoney of the U.S. Army Reserve in Vancouver, Washington. Thank-you letter from FBI Spec…

Teletype from FBI Director to Seattle field office denying authority to spend $1,600 to publish the ransom bill serial number list in a local newspaper. Instead, the Director suggests encouraging loc…

FBI Seattle field office return address and date of the letter. Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes to Olympic Helicopters, Inc. at Boeing Field, Seattle, acknowledging receipt of t…

Company letterhead for Olympic Helicopters, Inc. with logo depicting a helicopter, located at Boeing Field, Seattle. Unsolicited business letter from Olympic Helicopters, Inc. to the FBI Seattle fie…

Company letterhead for Olympic Helicopters, Inc. based at Boeing Field in Seattle. The first letter 'O' in 'OLYMPIC' is obscured by the logo graphic. Charter rate sheet for Hughes 300 helicopter: ca…

Handwritten classification or filing notation indicating sub-categories E, F, O, S. Urgent teletype from FBI Sacramento to Director and Seattle reporting that an aerial search of Northwest Flight 30…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, dated December 13, 1971, sent via NITEL teletype with SUB C priority. SAC Seattle requests FBI Director's guidance on publishing the serial numbers of…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype/airtel transmittal form header, page two continuation. Date and transmittal fields are blank on this continuation page. Continuation of an FBI communication discussing th…

Letterhead and date with partial classification or routing markings (SUB, E, L, S) in the upper right area. Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. E. Milnes to a redacted individual at Bonnevill…

Teletype header line indicating plaintext, urgent priority. Urgent teletype from FBI Director to SAC Sacramento authorizing rental of a Cessna aircraft for terrain searches related to the NORJAK cas…

FBI Director authorizes the Sacramento Office to accept Beale Air Force Base's offer of an SR-71 aircraft to photograph terrain along the hijacked flight path from Seattle to Reno. Sacramento is inst…

Document type header indicating this is an FBI Airtel communication. Header block of the Airtel memo from Director, FBI to SAC Portland regarding the UNSUB Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on…

Handwritten routing annotation categorizing this teletype under search and expenses. Teletype header from Sacramento FBI field office to FBI Director and Seattle field office, marked urgent, dated D…

FBI FOI/PA header identifying the deleted page information sheet and associated case number. Lists two deleted pages (9 and 20), both removed as duplicates. Boxed notice indicating deleted pages wi…

FBI FD-491 memorandum from Minneapolis field office to Seattle field office forwarding 1 item (an original NW airline ticket) related to D.B. Cooper case, as the Minneapolis file meets criteria for d…

Date of the airtel document. Airtel memo from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses nine copies each of FD-302 interview reports with stewardesses conducted on 11/25/71 and…

Standard FD-302 form header with date December 13, 1971. Northwest Airlines Minneapolis office provided the original flight coupon #1 for a ticket issued to DAN COOPER on November 24, 1971, at Portl…

Standard FBI Identification Division / Latent Fingerprint Section report header. Routing and case identification fields for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, addressed to SAC Minneapolis. Handwritten…

Handwritten filing annotations, likely 'Sub G' classification and 'T' marker. FBI teletype from the Director to Minneapolis, Seattle, and Portland field offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) ca…

Date of the airtel. Handwritten routing or classification notation. FBI airtel from SAC Minneapolis to Director FBI, Identification Division-Latent Fingerprint Section. Encloses the original Northw…

Standard US Government memorandum header form. Memo routing block from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case on Northwest Airlines Flight 305. The memo references pri…

Northwest Orient Airlines passenger ticket and baggage check for a passenger named Cooper, traveling from Portland to Seattle on November 24, 1971. One-way fare of $18.52 plus tax, totaling $20.00. F…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to FBI Director and multiple field offices, sent 5:41 PM NITEL on 12/7/71. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Ai…

Continuation (page 2) of an FBI teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Reports that photographs of suspects were shown to stewardesses from Springfield Division and Kansas City w…

Page continuation header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype. Northwest Airlines in Minneapolis located the unknown subject's ticket lift coupon for Flight 305 and is submitting i…

Handwritten annotation marking this document as sub-evidence related to a ticket. Urgent teletype from FBI Portland to Seattle and Minneapolis regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A redacted so…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated December 3, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. Handwritten annotation indicating the subject of the teletype is about a ticket. U…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle to FBI Portland, marked urgent, dated December 3, 1971. FBI Seattle requests FBI Portland to advise whether the airline ticket taken from the unknown subject…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle, marked urgent, dated November 26, 1971. Subject line identifying the case as the hijacking/extortion of Northwest Orient Airlines F…

Teletype header indicating an urgent plaintext message sent from Portland FBI field office (164-41) to Seattle FBI field office (164-81) on November 26, 1971 at 1:35 PM. Subject line identifying the…

Teletype routing header: urgent message sent from FBI Seattle (file 164-81) to Portland on 11/26/71. FBI Seattle teletype to Portland regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight…

Internal FBI memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated 11/26/71, directing investigation into where the hijacking subject purchased the airline ticket used to board Northwest Airlines Fli…

FBI FOI/PA header identifying this as a deleted page information sheet associated with case 1:16-cv-01790-02. Lists four deleted pages (4, 7, 9, 20), all removed because they were duplicates. Borde…

Header of a United States Government memorandum regarding NORJAK case, from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated 4/8/77. References search area Sub E and wind and weather Sub U. A witness…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. From a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), specifically the search area Sub U wind and weather top…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated March 1, 1977. Routing block: airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing information from a redacted Continent…

Date of the airtel. Standard FBI airtel header from SAC Denver to Acting Director, FBI, regarding the NORJAK case with Seattle as office of origin. A redacted witness was shown a new composite sket…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. Weather observation data from Portland International Airport for November 24, 1971 between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m., covering surface…

Page number and FBI case file number. Weather observations at 9:00 p.m. on November 24, 1971 for Eugene, Salem, Portland (Oregon) and Toledo (Washington). Reports cloud cover, visibility, temperatur…

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

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. A witness in Washington State reported hearing a large plane fly extremely low over his property at about 8:15…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription. An individual in Washington state reported hearing a low-flying jet plane over his house on 11/24/71 at approximately 8:30 PM, trave…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An individual in Washington state reports that on the evening of November 24, 1971, between 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM,…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date of transcription 12/6/71. A witness in Washington reported hearing and seeing a low-flying jet near his house on the evening of 11/24/71 at approx…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo routing block: from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, regarding the Dan Cooper hijacking of NW Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Case file 164…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper case. An FBI Special Agent developed information about a market beacon receiver, small enough to be cigarette-package sized, that co…

Header block of an FBI report addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Thomas J. Manning regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, dated 11/30/71. Report that investigation contacts with hospitals and clini…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated November 30, 1971, marked URGENT priority. FBI teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Cincinnati regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Fl…

Standard FBI transmittal form header (FD-36), date not legible. Page two continuation. Numbered items 4 through 8 describing the UNSUB (unknown subject): physical description (mid-40s, 5'10" to 6',…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Director and Cincinnati, marked urgent, dated November 29, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: unknown subject on Nort…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype, Seattle field office case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype describing terrain (brush, clearings, Columbia River area, smaller…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 11/29/71, regarding the NORJAK hijacking case. SAC Seattle contacted SAC Whaley in Albuquerque on 11/29/71 to request…

FBI FOI/PA header identifying the FOIA case number for this deleted page information sheet. Indicates one page was deleted from this section; page 5 was removed as a duplicate. Boxed notice confirm…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Omaha to SAC Portland, dated 2/29/72, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A redacted source advised that over-the-counter insurance applications from Portland Int…

Date of the airtel document. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Omaha to SAC Portland regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Encloses 78 machine insurance applications obtained at Portland International Airport…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Portland encloses 38 copies of insurance applications obtained at Portland International Airport. A r…

Teletype routing header showing message sent from Portland FBI office to Omaha and Seattle offices at 8:54 PM on December 8, 1971. Case subject line identifying the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, NW Airlines…

Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI field office to Portland, dated December 6, 1971, sent December 7. Case subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 o…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet associated with case 1:16-cv-01790-02. Lists 6 pages deleted from the release, all marked as duplicates (pages 5, 11, 16, 17,…

Handwritten file reference number and subject notation at top of letter. FBI response letter from Roger S. Young, Inspector-in-Charge of Public Affairs Office, to a citizen in Springfield, Missouri…

Subject line referencing initials J. R. W. A citizen tip letter addressed to the FBI in Washington, D.C., dated 2-16-50 (likely misdated or referencing a different date convention), concerning the D…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 27, 1972. Handwritten annotations, possibly routing initial…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number 164-81, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK with office of origin Seattle. Handwritten date and routing/filing notations indicating…

Date of the airtel. Airtel from Acting Director, FBI to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK. The Air Transport Association in Washington, D.C., which administers a reward program for aircraft piracy arrest…

Header and administrative section of FBI Complaint Form FD-71 regarding NORJAK case 164-81. Complaint received telephonically on April 29, 1972 at 2:55 PM. Physical description of the suspect: white…

FBI memo from SA Charles E. Farrell documenting a phone call received on 4/26/72 from an unidentified young male inquiring about reward money for information related to the NW Airlines Flight #305 hi…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle, dated 2/4/72, regarding the NORJAK case with Seattle as office of origin. The memo states that the only reward money o…

Standard US Government memorandum header indicating a memo to file 164-81 from SAC Seattle, dated 12/21/71, regarding NORJAK. SAC Seattle spoke with SAC HELD in Minneapolis on 12/20/71 about the NOR…

Standard FBI form header FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings. Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper article announcing a $5,000 Secret Witness reward for information leading to the arrest an…

Teletype routing header from FBI Detroit office to multiple field offices, marked urgent, dated December 7, 1971. Handwritten annotations including initials 'LMM', the word 'source', and the subject…

FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet listing 37 duplicate pages removed from the file release under case FOI/PA# 1:16-cv-01790-02. All deletions are marked as duplicates.

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated September 23, 1993. The sender SA name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. The memo lists six refe…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from the Dallas FBI field office to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated December 4, 1979. A caller from Presbyterian Hospi…

Date and sender address block with location in Georgia; personal details redacted under b6/b7C. Letter addressed to the Assistant to the Agent in Charge at the FBI office in Seattle, Washington. Not…

Header of an FBI interoffice memorandum from SC Carolyn Frankhouser to SAC Seattle, dated 8/22/79, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). An individual telephonically reported to the FBI that a man wh…

Standard FBI airtel transmittal form header dated 5/19/76, revision 2-14-74. FBI airtel from Director, FBI to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. An anonymous United Airlines emplo…

Official FBI letterhead with date and DOJ header. FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley's memorandum to all Special Agents describing computer support services available from the Data Processing Section (…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated May 30, 1974, sent via TELETYPE at NITEL priority. Routing block of the teletype addressed from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Dallas,…

Teletype header from Dallas FBI field office to Director and Seattle, regarding NORJAK case, dated May 28, 1974. Handwritten routing or indexing annotations in right margin. Dallas field office rev…

Header block of an FBI SAC memo dated 1/3/74, file number 164-81, originating office Seattle, case name NORJAK. The SA (Special Agent) name is redacted. Handwritten notation 'Sub X' written in cursi…

Inter-office FBI memo from San Francisco to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A contact at the U.S. Parachute Association in Monterey, CA advises that due to small staff and busy sched…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL communication dated February 28, 1973. AIRTEL from SAC Alexandria to SAC Seattle transmitting 14 items related to the NORJAK case, inc…

FBI airtel transmission header dated February 15, 1973, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Seattle FBI office requests Alexandria office assistance in obtaining larger-scale maps of the area in southeast Wash…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 8, 1973. Airtel memo from SAC Alexandria to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Reports that continuous investigation at the Penta…

Date of the memo. Header block of FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Louisville regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten annotations, likely routing or review initials. Body of memo noting that D.B…

Standard US Government memorandum form header (WFO-28). Memo addressed from SAC WFO to SAC Alexandria, dated November 20, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case with Seattle as Office of Origin. Handwritt…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated November 15, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to Acting Director requesting that the Washington Field…

Routing or subject classification stamps indicating Sub E, Sub F, and a name stamp reading Seib with an X mark. An FBI airtel memo dated 11/9/72 from SAC Norfolk to Acting Director FBI regarding NOR…

Date of the airtel. Airtel from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI and SAC Norfolk providing background on items the NORJAK unsub had in his possession prior to jumping: two parachute packs, briefca…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 10/19/72, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). File number 164-81. Classification marking…

FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form from Director, FBI to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK case. The Los Angeles field office requested document and fingerprint examination via Airtel dated 9/29/72. The…

FBI Laboratory report header and evidence specimen descriptions Q49-Q51: an envelope and two-page hand printed letter referencing D. B. Cooper, received 9/28/72, addressed to Los Angeles Times. Lab…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated October 4, 1972. On September 27, 1972, an individual in Vancouver, Washington advised…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated October 3, 1972. Teletype from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI and SAC Minneapolis regarding NORJAK case. Two topics: (1) request for Bur…

Handwritten routing or classification annotations, partially illegible. FBI airtel from SAC New York to SAC New Haven regarding subject MORGACK. Encloses a copy of a Chicago airtel dated 8/18/72 and…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated August 23, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Reports that a perso…

Bureau teletype or report reference number. An individual contacted the FBI by telephone regarding a book that had been given to someone in Encino, California, who likely presented it to motion pict…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from Seattle field office, case 64-81, dated August 24, 1972, regarding NORJAK case, marked Armed and Dangerous. Memo recommends distributing composite sketch of…

Handwritten sub-file routing notations. Date of the airtel. Airtel from SAC Chicago to SAC New York regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper case). SA Robert E. Hartz was advised by a redacted United Air Lin…

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

Header block of an FBI memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated 8/7/72, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, referencing a prior memo dated 8/4/72. FBI agents attached to Longview RA conducted…

Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, with redacted SA name, and NORJAK case designation. Handwritten annotations, partially legible, appearing to reference sub-file…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from the Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 8/4/72, referencing a prior memo dated 8/1/72. References a prior memo about an indi…

Standard US Government Memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated August 4, 1972. FBI agents investigated a claim by a redacted individual who alleged ability to locate…

Header of an FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81 (NORJAK), dated 8/4/72, regarding the artist's conception of the hijacker. Memo encloses photo KK5-1 from the Facial Identificati…

Memo header from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI, dated June 27, 1972, regarding case NORJAK. FBI Bureau memo reviewing the NORJAK case, recounting Dan Cooper's actions on 11/24/71: purchasing a…

Header identifying this as a letter to Special Agents in Charge in Seattle and Portland, regarding the NORJAK case. A passenger believed the unsub was Mexican-American. She had a brief encounter wit…

Page 3 of a letter to SACs in Seattle and Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Discusses the unsub's tie (Towncraft brand from Penneys, Snapper patent type, ~$1.50, favored by waiters/busboy…

Header identifying this as a letter to Special Agents in Charge in Seattle and Portland regarding the NORJAK case. Stewardess observations about the unsub: he was a chain smoker of Raleigh filter ti…

Date of the memo. Memo from Acting Director, FBI to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Discusses Air Transport Association considering a reward for information leading to arrest in aircraft piracy c…

FBI inter-office memo from the Anchorage Division to Seattle SAC regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Anchorage reports that all logical investigation has been conducted with no suspects develope…

Header block of an FBI memo to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 5/30/72. SAs field is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Case name NORJAK, office of origin Seattle. Memo body describing an extensive f…

Recommendation to have the FBI Lab examine the tie found on the hijacked aircraft, particularly dust particles in the knot area, to determine geographic origin. Recommendation to contact J.C. Penney…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Recommendations for creating a color composite sketch of the hijacker using a Bureau artist, including traveling to field offices,…

Case file number header for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Recommendation to recontact TV and newspaper sources with new sketches, ransom lists, and background material. Proposes purchas…

Seattle field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Recommendation to contact a redacted individual who worked on the Boeing 727 air stairs project in 1963 and to iden…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Investigative questions about how the hijacker secured the ransom money, his position in the aircraft, his use of parachute cords, a…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Recommendation to contact sources in Washington and Oregon about dynamite sales or thefts in the two weeks prior to the hijacking on…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation, Seattle field office. Analysis concluding that the hijacker was likely not an experienced parachutist, as he relied on airline personnel to fu…

Internal FBI memo from SAC Houston to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. Houston reports no outstanding leads and all public responses have been thoroughly investigated with negati…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated 5/18/72, sent via AIRTEL. AIRTEL from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK investigation. On 5/18/72 an individual at the FAA Aeronautic…

Header block of an FBI airtel memo dated 6/1/72 from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI, subject NORJAK. FBI Seattle reports on an extensive review of 47 main NORJAK case volumes, sub-files (Parachu…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office). Since the Army search of the probable drop area in southwestern Washington found nothing, it is now considered possible…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated May 17, 1972, sent via NITEL teletype. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Oklahoma City regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Notes the hijacke…

Inter-office FBI memo from SAC Albuquerque to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, stating that all investigation in the Albuquerque Division has been completed. Case marked RUC (Referred Upon Comp…

FBI memo from SAC Tampa to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. Tampa Division reports that the ransom list, suspect description, and composite drawing have been distributed to all m…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header on Optional Form 10, addressed to File 164-81 from ASAC Paul R. Bibler, dated February 3, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. An unidentified caller (name red…

Header of a United States Government inter-office memorandum from SAC Seattle (164-81) to SAC Portland (164-41), dated 1/24/72, regarding NORJAK case. Routing indicators SUB-Z, X, M visible. The mem…

FBI AIRTEL memo dated 1/24/72 from SAC WFO to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case, forwarding copies of the January 1972 issue of the Pilot Bulletin published by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10). Memo addressing block: from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case 164-81, dated January 20, 1…

Standard header for a US Government interoffice memorandum from the Director of the FBI to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) in Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case. The FBI Director responds to a Sea…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, from SA Charles R. St. John, regarding the NORJAK case, dated 1/12/72. Memo body regarding the NORJAK case. Encloses a summary insert about airp…

Standard US Government interoffice memo header from SA John L Ketcham to SAC Seattle, regarding the UNSUB on NWA Flight #304 (Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71), classified as CAA - Hijacking; Extortion.…

Teletype routing header from FBI Miami to FBI Seattle, dated January 12, 1972. FBI Miami reports to Seattle that on January 11, 1972, a representative of National Airlines (NAL) in Miami advised tha…

Header block of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC J.E. Milnes to each Senior Resident Agent, dated January 11, 1972, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). File classification sub BB, cro…

FBI airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. On 1/7/72, an individual appeared at the Portland Office and spoke with SA Norman B. Belfrey, volunteering to assist the FBI by…

Teletype routing header: NITEL from Miami field office to Seattle, dated January 5, 1972, referencing case numbers 164-81 (Seattle) and 164-552 (Miami). Miami field office reports on NORJAK investig…

Kansas City FBI field office teletype to Seattle reporting that TWA has advised that information in their company files regarding rejected applicants is insufficient to link any applicant with the NO…

Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland directing additional NORJAK investigation across Oregon: contact all flying schools, airfields, and skydiving schools/clubs to identify anyone matching the sub…

Teletype header from Seattle field office to Washington Field Office, dated 12/27/71, regarding NORJAK case 164-81. Seattle FBI requests Washington Field Office to contact the Airline Pilots Associa…

Teletype routing header from Kansas City to Seattle, dated December 23, 1971. Kansas City FBI office reports that TWA will review its company files on rejected applicants for the flight engineer pos…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas field office to Seattle, dated December 23, 1971. Las Vegas field office reports to Seattle that all local sources and bank robbery suspect programs have been…

Date and communication type headers for the FBI airtel memo. Routing block of the airtel: from SAC Atlanta to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Atlanta office is searching Delta Airlines records i…

Header block identifying the SAC Seattle office, case number, date, assigned Special Agent, and case name NORJAK. An Aberdeen resident reported hearing about the FBI extending its investigation. She…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle, marked urgent, dated December 21, 1971. San Francisco FBI office reports reviewing pilot and flight engineer applications at H…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 12/21/71, regarding NORJAK case. SAC Seattle spoke with SAC HELD in Minneapolis on 12/20/71 about the NORJAK hijacking…

Teletype header indicating a night teletype message sent from Minneapolis field office to FBI Director, Seattle, and Portland on December 21, 1971, regarding the NORJAK case. Minneapolis Division re…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header FD-36, dated December 20, 1971, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Daily teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. West Coas…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header with blank date, transmit, and via fields. Page two of an FBI teletype reporting that Seattle has completed its ground and air search of the prime…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI office to Seattle FBI office, dated December 20, 1971. Handwritten routing or classification annotations, likely 'Sub M' with additional markings. Las Veg…

Teletype header from Seattle FBI field office sent to multiple field offices via Director, dated December 29, 1971, at 6:31 PM. NORJAK case communication reporting that the unidentified subject (hij…

Continuation header indicating this is page three of a teletype, with case file number 164-91. Continuation of a list pairing major U.S. cities with airlines, likely instructions to contact airline…

Date of the document. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC New York to Director FBI (Latent Fingerprint Section) regarding NORJAK case. Encloses an envelope and carbon copy of a letter received by The New York…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office (file 164-81) to multiple western US field offices, sent as a NITEL (night teletype) on December 20, 1971. FBI Seattle instructs receiving field…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with Seattle field office case number 164-81. Continuation of teletype describing FBI efforts to circulate the ransom bill serial number list.…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header indicating a plain-text NITEL-priority teletype dated 12/17/71. Daily teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case…

Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI field office (file 164-81) to Portland, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Sacramento offices, sent at 11:30 PM on December 17, 1971. Seattle FBI requests status…

Date of the airtel. Routing header of an FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Oklahoma City regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle informs Oklahoma City that the unidentified subject used the name DAN CO…

Standard FBI Airtel form header with date 12/7/71. Routing or classification codes handwritten on the right margin. FBI Director's Airtel to SAC Albany and LEGATS Ottawa and Mexico City introducing…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown subject who hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight #305 from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71.…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 11/29/71, regarding the NORJAK hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. Handwritten routing or indexing annotations…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 9, 1971, marked URGENT priority. SAC Seattle sends NORJAK investigative leads to SAC Portland requesting three backtracking efforts…

Standard FBI FOI/PA header identifying the deleted page information sheet and associated case number. Lists 7 pages deleted from the release, all marked as duplicates (pages 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14)…

Date of the document. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. References a Seattle facsimile from 1/13/72 transmitting a memo and map. Encloses a memo and revised map…

Date, case file number, and handwritten routing annotations. Memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Based on maps received at Longview RA pinpointing a search area wher…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated January 11, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. SA Manning reports that SA Wick obtained aerial survey photogr…

Title/header of the document listing suggested equipment and supplies for a ground search operation. Detailed checklist of suggested items for a ground search operation, including compasses, rain ge…

Header block identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Seattle, from SA Charles E. Farrell, dated 1/11/72, regarding NORJAK search using U.S. Air Force SR-71 aircraft. Memo describes offer from Beale…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating a teletype message dated 12/23/71. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Minneapolis regarding the NORJAK case. An Air Force map of the flight path w…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel memo from SAC Sacramento to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. Encloses two aeronautical charts showing the flight path of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 drawn w…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel memo from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Flight #305 on 11/24/71. Encloses copies of investigation inserts and a ra…

File number, typist initials, page number, and reporting period header for FBI Las Vegas field office report. An FAA Tower Supervisor at Reno Municipal Airport provided an FBI Special Agent with a r…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-02. Lists 28 deleted pages with reasons: pages 7-12 withheld under FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, b7D…

FBI transmittal form FD-36 header. Method selected is AIRTEL, dated 3/10/80. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Routing block showing the airtel is sent to Seattle field office (164-6x,…

WFO memo to FBI Director recommending that the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case file be exempted from the automatic file destruction program due to the notoriety of the skyjacking and the existence of a Fe…

Header of an FBI Airtel memo dated 5/31/77 from the Director of the FBI to ADIC New York and SACs in San Francisco and Seattle, regarding the NORJACK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), with Seattle as the…

Page 2 of an FBI Airtel memo addressed to ADIC New York and SACs in San Francisco and Seattle regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper case). Contains a suspect description form listing a Caucasian male, 5'11"…

FBI Identification Division criminal record form (page 2 of a multi-page record), dated 2-10-75, with all personal identifying information redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. The form is a stan…

Document type designation Date of document Routing header from FBI Director to SAC Seattle, case name NORJACK, office of origin Seattle Handwritten routing or approval notation FBI Director infor…

Continuation of airtel memo to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case. States that 16 of 21 persons matching Cooper's description had fingerprint cards on file, all compared to latent prints with negativ…

Header of a continued FBI airtel addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. Entry #5 in a list of missing persons compared to the NORJACK suspect. Subject is 5'11", 200 lbs,…

Header identifying this as an Airtel memo to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) in Seattle, regarding the NORJACK case. Continuation of a previous entry and entry number 9, listing physical descripti…

Header of an Airtel memo addressed to Special Agent in Charge, Seattle, regarding the NORJACK case. Introduction stating that individuals #12 through #15 reported missing in 1971 or 1972 have since…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA (Special Agent, name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, BUfile 164-2111, referencing Sub Z Bureau instructions and Sub GG reports. O…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. FAA official reports that Allen Landsburg Productions, Inc. of Los Angeles contacted th…

Standard header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from Special Agent Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated December 1, 1976, regarding the NORJAK case (file 164-81). SA Manning…

FBI transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL sent via AIRMAIL dated November 26, 1976. AIRTEL from SAC Portland to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Encloses copies of a grand jury indictment…

First page of a federal grand jury indictment filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, charging JOHN DOE, also known as DAN COOPER, with aircraft piracy under 49 U.S.C. §1301(15),…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Director and Seattle, dated November 1976, priority classification. U.S. Grand Jury in Portland, Oregon returned an indictment on November 2…

Standard FBI airtel transmittal form header, revision date 2-14-74. Airtel addressed from the FBI Director to the SACs in Seattle and Indianapolis regarding NORJAK case, dated 11/11/76. Director in…