Header identifying this as an FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-02. Deleted page listing showing 108 total deleted pages. This first visible portion lists pag…

Continuation of a FOIA/Privacy Act deleted page information sheet. Pages 68 through 108 are listed as withheld under Referral/Consult. A boxed notice at the bottom indicates deleted pages with no dup…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for case 1:16-cv-01790-02. Lists 134 total deleted pages from the release, with reasons given as either 'Duplicate' or 'Referral/Consult'. This is the first…

Continuation of a list of pages marked as duplicates in the FBI file, covering pages 122–124, 128–131, 133, and 194–253. Standard FBI FOIA processing stamp indicating deleted/duplicate pages with no…

Header block of FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report form 1-336, addressed to SAC Seattle, dated June 1, 1978, referencing file numbers 164-81 (P) and 164-2111. Body of the…

FBI FD-263 cover page for NORJAK (A) case, reporting office Seattle, dated 5/26/78, covering investigative period 11/29/77 through 5/16/78. Case character is CAA - Hijacking; Extortion. Administrati…

FBI transmittal form header (FD-36) indicating an AIRTEL communication dated 5/16/78 with no classification marked. Routing block directing the airtel from SAC Seattle to Director FBI, attention Lat…

Date of the memo. Internal FBI memo from SAC Portland to the Director of the FBI (Public Affairs Office) regarding media handling for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Portland acknowledges Seattle's r…

Case file reference number for the Portland Division. Fragment continuing from previous page referencing an interview by Mike Wallace for 60 Minutes, CBS, in New York on 5/4/78, just prior to the is…

FOIA exemption markings indicating redacted content under b6 (personal privacy), b7C (law enforcement personal privacy), and b7D (confidential source). FBI teletype from the Director to all field of…

FBI teletype transmission form header. Sent via teletype, priority precedence, classification CLEAR, dated May 2, 1978. Large red routing stamp reading 'RETURN TO MAG. CARD OPERATOR'. Teletype from…

Standard FBI transmittal form header with date 3-24-77. No boxes are checked. Page two of an FBI teletype (SE 164-81, UNCLAS) describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Details how the hijacker exchanged…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header with blanks for transmit method, precedence, classification, and date. No boxes are checked. Continuation (page 3) of FBI teletype SE 164-81. Describes…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header with blanks for transmit method, precedence, and classification. Form version dated 3-24-77. No boxes are checked. Continuation (page four) of an FBI t…

Teletype routing header from FBI Director to FBI Seattle, priority message, unclassified, dated April 28, 1978. FBI Headquarters teletype to Seattle field office regarding increased press and media…

Routing stamp or initials with redacted box, marked with b6, b7C, b7D exemptions. FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director, dated April 27, 1978, regarding press inquiries about NORJAK sus…

Page two of an unclassified teletype (SE 164-81) requesting Bureau approval that all FBI divisions refer press inquiries about this case to the Seattle Division, as Seattle is the office of origin. S…

Standard US Government memorandum header dated January 20, 1978, from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte regarding the NORJAK case. Memo directs the Butte Division to reinterview a redacted individual in Mont…

Header of a US Government memorandum dated 1/10/78 from Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. The memo references a prior Butte airtel to Seattle dated 10/13/77. On 1/5/78, a redacted in…

FBI FD-263 cover page for the NORJAK case, filed by the Seattle office on 11/28/77, covering investigative period 4/26/77 through 11/21/77. Administrative section of the FBI report noting that all i…

FBI FD-263 cover page for NORJAK case report dated 5/31/77, covering investigative period 11/24/76 through 4/11/77, originating from the Seattle office. References a prior Seattle report dated 11/30…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), specifically concerning Search Area Sub E and Wind and Weather Sub U. A witness who was a p…

Header of FBI Form 1-336 (Identification Division, Latent Fingerprint Section report) addressed to SAC, Cleveland, dated April 11, 1977. Handwritten annotation, partially legible, possibly 'Sun. Gr'…

Document type designation Date of the airtel Airtel from FBI Director to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case. The Criminal Investigative Division suggested a manual search of approximately 5200 miss…

Partially redacted FBI index or record card for an unidentified individual described as a white male, 6 feet tall, born 2/8/34, reported missing for approximately 5 years. The form references case DB…

FBI missing person index card with name, alias, and number fields. Name and other identifying information have been redacted. Height descriptor of 5 feet 8 inches listed on a Missing Person FBI reco…

Partially redacted FBI index or routing form referencing a possibly missing identification record. Notes that no data was given and instructs to notify Honorable Charles E. Bennett, House of Represen…

FBI missing person index card or form related to a subject missing since 1971. The subject is described as White, 6'1". Instructions to notify SAC Baltimore MD. Information received 9-6-75, follow-up…

FBI Missing Person form card with reestablished status. Subject identified by FBI number with missing-since date not given. Record received 11-28-72, processed 12-7-72. Contains California arrest pur…

FBI missing person form related to DB Cooper case (case number 32948). Subject described as 5'10". Annotated with '(Maybe Ø) Missing since 5 yrs. Notify' and processing notes indicating information r…

FBI missing person index card related to the DB Cooper case (file 32949). The card tracks a missing person from Pennsylvania with information received 7-28-72, correspondence filed 8-11-72, marked 'D…

Missing person index card referencing Hon. Lee H., Washington representatives, classified 12-20-74. Marked DO NOT FILE IN CARD INDEX. Missing person card for individual missing since December 1971.…

Missing person form entry for an unidentified individual. Male, 6'1", 185 lbs, black & gray hair, blue eyes. No fingerprints on file. Information received 11/1/76, GSN 11/3/76. Correspondence and pho…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated 3/31/77, regarding NORJAK case. An individual at FBI HQ reviewed the Bureau of Missing Persons fil…

Standard U.S. Government inter-office memorandum header from the SAC of the Seattle FBI field office to the Director of the FBI, dated December 20, 1976, regarding the NORJAK case. An FAA Chief of I…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header with GSA form information. Memo addressing block showing it is from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated December 1, 1976, regarding the NORJAK case.…

FBI cover page for a report from the Seattle office dated 11/30/76 regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305, 11/24/71). Investigative period covers 5/17/76 to 10/18/76.…

Newspaper letterhead identifying the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and its publisher/editor Robert E. Thompson. Handwritten file classification annotations, likely FBI sub-file references. Letter from…

Printed letterhead of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper, Office of the Publisher, appearing in the upper-left corner of the envelope. U.S. Postal Service postmark stamp showing Seattle, WA, d…

Standard FBI FD-36 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 the indic…

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 Count I. The documen…

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

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Seattle to FBI Director, dated July 22, 1976, regarding the NORJAK case. SAC Seattle transmits a memorandum and enclosures to the FBI Di…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to all agents (#77), from SAC Seattle, dated 7/22/76, regarding NORJAK case file 164-81 / BUfile 164-2111. Cover memo describing enclosures: 4 arti…

Continuation of a report describing the hijacker bailing out between Seattle and Reno, the disappearance of the hijacker with two parachutes and ransom money, and the preparation of composite drawing…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Continuation of an internal FBI memo directing agents on handling NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) leads. Notes the subject…

Official FBI letterhead with Seattle field office address and date. Opening of letter describing the D.B. Cooper skyjacking of November 24, 1971 and the search area bounded by US-5, Columbia River,…

FBI case file number header for the document. Continuation of an FBI investigative checklist (items 4-13) for evaluating NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) suspects. Items cover parachuting/aviation knowledge, ph…

FBI Seattle field office case file number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Continuation of an FBI investigative checklist (items 14–21) for evaluating suspects in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper)…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (redacted under b6/b7C exemptions) to SAC Seattle, dated March 26, 1976, regarding the NORJAK case. Summary of the NORJAK (D.B.…

FD-263 cover page for FBI investigation report on the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, dated 5/27/76, covering investigative period 2/3/76 to 5/5/76, originating from Seattle field office. Administrative…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header. Memo from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated February 5, 1976, regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), referencing Bureau fi…

FBI FD-263 cover page for the D.B. Cooper case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking). Report dated 11/24/75 from the Seattle office covering investigative period 8/14-11/19/75. Reporting agent na…

FBI FD-263 cover page for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (NORJAK), reporting from Seattle office dated 5/23/75, covering investigative period 3/18 - 4/31/75. Administrative section noting 763 total…

FBI FD-263 cover page for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, reporting office Seattle, dated 5/31/74, covering investigative period 11/19/73 to 5/20/74. Administrative section noting the NORJAK code na…

FBI FD-263 cover page for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, reporting from the Seattle office dated 12/3/74, covering the investigative period 5/28/74 to 11/19/74. Reference to a prior Seattle report…

FD-263 cover page header for FBI investigation report on UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #350 hijacking from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71. Report dated 11/29/73 covering investigat…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office file 164-81). Status update on D.B. Cooper suspect pool: 677 total suspects, 574 eliminated. Notes that investigation is…

FBI form number and revision date Department and bureau header FBI FD-204 report cover page for the D.B. Cooper NORJAK case, dated 11/29/73, from the Seattle field office. Synopsis describes invest…

FBI FD-263 cover page for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, reporting office Seattle, dated May 30, 1973, covering investigative period from 11/24/71 to 5/25/73. Administrative section establishing th…

Seattle field office case file number header. Report section describing NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case status: 637 suspects with 470 eliminated, instructions for field offices on NORJAK communications, B…

FBI file number for the NORJAK case, Seattle field office. A suspect was checked and eliminated by the Portland Division. A police officer from The Dalles, Oregon Police Department visited and ident…

FBI Seattle field office file number for the NORJAK case. Continuation of a numbered investigative checklist (items 4–13) for evaluating NORJAK suspects. Items cover parachuting/aviation knowledge,…

FBI Seattle field office file number for the NORJAK case. Continuation of an investigative checklist (items 14-21) for vetting NORJAK suspects. Items cover medical records, motive/grudge, criminal b…

FBI case file number for the hijacking case. Introduction to a profile document about the hijacker, noting that it combines known facts with reasonable suppositions to aid in suspect processing. Su…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. FBI behavioral and background analysis of the NORJAK unsub (D.B. Cooper). Discusses possible motive (grudge, possibly related to Viet…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper investigation. Profile analysis of unsub (D.B. Cooper): believed unprepared for hijacking, carries a pocket knife. Conservative indica…

FBI Seattle field office case number for NORJAK investigation. Three behavioral observations suggesting the NORJAK unsub was a gentleman: he tipped stewardesses with his own money, did not use profa…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Sport parachutists advise that jumpers are emotionally attached to their own chutes and would not jump with someone else's…

Seattle field office case file number. Analysis of Unsub's drinking and smoking habits during the hijacking. He ordered one bourbon and seven, refused subsequent free drinks, suggesting he is not an…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case. Analysis of Unsub's clothing: tie suggests executive but narrow clip-on style suggests not top-level; cheap new briefcase likely purchased for the hija…

Suspect description from FBI case SE 164-81 (D.B. Cooper). Lists voice characteristics (low, intelligent, possible midwest accent), smoking habit (Raleigh filter tipped cigarettes), and clothing/acce…

Standard FBI FD-301 report header with DOJ seal. FBI FD-301 form metadata fields including office, date, file numbers, title describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, and character of investigation…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Table of contents for an FBI report on the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (SE 164-81). Sections cover the hijack itself, logs and records, search…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Section title or chapter heading reading 'THE HIJACK', underlined, appearing to be a divider page for a section of a report.…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Narrative account of the D.B. Cooper hijacking on November 24, 1971. Describes the Unsub purchasing a one-way coach ticket…

FBI case file number header Detailed account of the hijacker's demands including $200,000 in cash, four parachutes, and a fuel truck. Describes his statements about having a grudge, his careful hand…

FBI case file number header for the D.B. Cooper case. A stewardess (name redacted) served as communications relay between the hijacker (Unsub) and the aircraft captain until about five minutes after…

Case file number header. Description of a black clip-on tie with a yellow gold tie clasp and white pearl stone found in seat 18E of the aircraft at Reno. The tie was a 'Towncraft' brand 'Snapper' pa…

FBI case file number header for the document. Continuation from a previous page indicating that if comparisons between a head hair clipping and a known head hair sample were desired, the glass micro…

FBI Seattle field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper case. Section divider title indicating the following pages contain logs provided by Northwest Orient Airlines from their Seattle and Min…

Case file number header for the document. Report excerpt describing how ground personnel logs and cockpit tape recorder evidence were used to determine that the hijacker (D.B. Cooper) exited the air…

FBI case file number and page designation. Teletype log entry from Ground Operations at Sea-Tac noting at 8:12 p.m. PST on 11/25 that Flight 305 was experiencing cabin oscillations, believed related…

Flight status notation indicating airplane at 10,000 feet, 170 knots, gear down, flaps 15 degrees, fuel flow 4000 pounds per hour per engine, total air temperature -7°C. Header line indicating this…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Details of the ransom money: $200,000 in used $20 bills obtained from Seattle First National Bank, part of a $250,000 emergency ransom packag…

FBI case file number designation Underlined heading reading 'SEARCH AREA', likely a title for a map or diagram. The page area below is mostly blank with scattered dots that may represent terrain fea…

Document reference number at top of page. Description of NWA Flight 3305 hijacking on 11/24/71. The hijacker ordered the plane airborne with landing gear and flaps down. The rear door was opened and…

FBI case file number header for the document. On January 6, 1972, the actual NWA 727 aircraft involved in the hijacking was flown to Seattle by a redacted individual to test whether the pressure bum…

Introduction to an attached plot showing the search area for possible landing location of the hijacker. Bulleted list of data sources used in constructing the hijacker landing area plot, including U…

Fragment discussing the physics of the exit from the airplane, referencing speed, updraft, and drag. Analysis of parachute deployment scenarios and probable landing points along Line A-B, referencin…

A photocopied USGS-style topographic map showing terrain with contour lines, township/range section grid numbers, and sparse geographic labels. The area appears to be a rural/mountainous region, poss…

FBI file number designation for the D.B. Cooper case. Description of the search area laid out on 11/24-25/71 in southwest Washington State, bounded by Woodland, Amboy, Kalama, and a point north of t…

File number and typist initials header for this FBI report page. On November 25, 1971, law enforcement agencies in Cowlitz, Lewis, Wahkiakum, and Clark Counties were alerted about the search for D.B…

File number and office designation header. Describes aerial and ground search operations conducted on multiple dates in late November 1971, using Army helicopters, police helicopters, company helico…

File reference number and agent initials List of airports and flight services in the Washington state area that were checked as part of the investigation, with various redacted contact information o…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case. Summary of FBI investigative activities from November 28-30, 1971, including checking small airfields near View, WA and Clark/Cowlitz Counties for unex…

FBI case file number header On December 1, 1971, a fixed-wing aircraft searched an 800-square-mile area from Woodland, WA north to Silver Lake in Cowlitz County, covering 40 miles along and 10 miles…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation, Seattle field office. Details of the first terrain search for D.B. Cooper evidence and remains, conducted March 21 to April 17, 1972, involvin…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case (Seattle field office 164-81). Defines the geographic search area bounded by US 5, Columbia River, Kalama River, and the Skamania-Clark County line. It…

Continuation from previous page noting that all results from a prior effort were negative. Case file SE 164-81. Details the second terrain search for D.B. Cooper. The first search area used the GEOR…

Topographic map with hand-drawn flight path annotations showing an 'OLD COURSE' and 'NEW COURSE' with corresponding 'OLD POINT A' and 'NEW POINT A' markers. The map covers a rural area in southwester…

Topographic map showing a designated search area in the D.B. Cooper case. The map covers a rural area including Schumaker Mountain, Clover Valley, Pine Grove, La Center, Etna, and Highland. A large t…

USGS-style topographic map showing a rural area in southwestern Washington state, likely Clark or Cowlitz County, in the vicinity of La Center, Ariel, and Etna. The map includes contour lines, sectio…

FBI Seattle field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper case (NORJAK). Underlined section divider heading indicating the start of a new section of the report titled 'Current Investigation'. P…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. A new color artist sketch was created to better depict the unknown subject's swarthy complexion and age, and was sent to all FBI field offices…

Case file reference number. A Boeing Company representative provided a copy of the Boeing Test Summary Report on 727 flight configuration used during air stairs testing (125 knots, 25° flaps, 10,000…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Introduction stating the unidentified subject (Unsub) smoked Raleigh filter-tip cigarettes; eight Raleigh butts were…

Continuation from a previous page noting no person found under a redacted name. Checks of 1972 suburban and 1971 city directories found no matching street in Cincinnati. Cincinnati Police Departmen…

Case file number header. Cincinnati Division report dated March 14, 1974, detailing investigative checks on DANIEL L. COOPER / DANIEL LEE COOPER. Directory and phone book searches at 5157 Colerain A…

FBI report header with file number TP 164-110, dictator/typist initials JNB:rab, page 1. SA Jerome N. Bowers conducted an investigation in Seminole and St. Petersburg, Florida in February 1973. A ph…

Case file identifier and page sequence number for the Tampa field office file 164-110, page 2. On February 14, 1973, the Suncoast Division Office in St. Petersburg, Florida reported that a redacted…

FBI file/serial number for the document. FBI report section describing the first known skyjacking utilizing a parachute, quoting a Seattle Times article from November 13, 1971. The article describes…

Continuation of a previous passage referencing SE 164-81, describing someone being attacked with a fire ax. Account of Flight 812 hijacking. The hijacker took over the plane 40 miles west of Winnipe…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office. Newspaper article excerpt describing a hijacking of an Air Canada DC-8. The hijacker claimed IRA membership, demanded $1.5 million ransom (l…

FBI case file number for the document. Continuation of a news report or summary describing a hijacking incident. Passengers were transported by police van; the hijacker warned them not to talk or he…

FBI case file number for the document. Comparison table correlating the Calgary skyjacking incident with the D.B. Cooper case across multiple dimensions: ransom amount, aircraft type, weapons used,…

FBI file/serial number stamp Section headers for the SR-71 flight topic Sacramento Division reported that Beale AFB offered free use of an SR-71 to photograph the terrain the hijacked aircraft flew…

FBI case file number header. Analysis of the unsub's attache case (supposedly containing a bomb). Since items were not found at Reno, unsub took them or discarded them before jumping. The attache ca…

File reference number for the document. Continuation of a report discussing the feasibility of using infrared and aerial photography to locate D.B. Cooper's attache case. Three interviewed individua…

FBI report cover page for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (NORJAK), filed by the Seattle office, covering the investigative period from 11/24/71 to 5/25/73. Administrative section establishing the NO…

FBI Seattle field office file number for the NORJAK case. Cover page (page B) of a NORJAK case report from the Seattle field office. Reports 637 suspects with 470 eliminated. Requests standardized N…

Header identifying the document as an FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-02. Lists 9 deleted pages with reasons: seven were duplicates, Page 24 was withheld und…

Header of an internal FBI memorandum from Knoxville field office to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case, dated May 29, 1980. Handwritten annotation, likely a routing or fil…

Standard FD-302 form header with sub-file designation and transcription date of April 23, 1980. An unidentified female witness in Charlottesville, VA was shown four artist composites of D.B. Cooper.…

FBI interoffice memorandum header from Atlanta field office (AC) to Seattle SAC, dated March 13, 1980, regarding a CCA subject with Seattle as office of origin. Handwritten notation indicating subje…

FBI airtel transmittal form header dated 1/22/80, sent via Airtel with no classification or precedence checked. Routing information: memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Atlanta regarding D. B. Cooper case.…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 11/20/79. No boxes are visibly checked for transmit via, precedence, or classification. Airtel from SAC Atlanta to SAC Seattle regarding the D…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Method is AIRTEL, classification is UNCLAS EFTO, dated 7/23/79. Handwritten or stamped routing notations indicating subject sub-categories H and J. AIRTE…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case, dated July 25, 1977. Memo body listing names and addresses of NO…

Header of a United States Government inter-office memorandum from the Chicago FBI field office to the Seattle SAC regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated March 11, 1974. Handwritten notation,…

Standard USG memorandum header from an FBI Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated 12/19/73, regarding NORJAK case, specifically demonstration of photographs to witnesses, sub-file HH. A…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from a Special Agent (redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, specifically about demonstrating photographs to witnesses, sub-file HH. A wi…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated December 19, 1973. Subject line indicating the memo concerns the demonstration of photographs to witnes…

Header of an FBI inter-office memo from Minneapolis to Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 5, 1973. Reference lines citing prior airtels (inter-office communications) exchanged between…

Date of the airtel document. FBI Denver field office airtel to Acting Director regarding NORJAK case. A former Northwestern Airlines stewardess (name redacted) was contacted in Denver on 4/30/73 and…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated April 23, 1973. Airtel from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. A suspect's photo from British Columbia was shown to thr…

Header of an FBI memo from a Special Agent to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) in Seattle, regarding case 164-81 (NORJAK), dated 4/25/73. Subject line references SUB H.H. On 4/23/73 a photograph wa…

Document type header indicating this is an FBI Airtel communication. FBI Airtel dated 4/17/73 from Acting Director FBI to SACs in Seattle, Minneapolis, Honolulu, and Denver regarding NORJAK case. En…

Standard US Government memorandum header regarding the NORJAK case, from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated December 5, 1972, concerning demonstration of photographs to witnesses under su…

Standard FBI memorandum header regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), from an unidentified Special Agent to the SAC in Seattle, dated December 5, 1972, regarding the demonstration of photographs to…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC of the Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK case, specifically about demonstrating photographs to witnesses u…

Standard FD-302 form header with date of transcription. An individual from Eugene, Oregon was shown six photographs and identified photograph #2 as bearing a resemblance to the hijacker from the Nov…

Internal FBI memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Encloses two copies of an FD-302 interview report form for a witness interview conducted in Eugene, Oregon. The witness w…

Standard US Government memorandum header from a Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC in Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, Sub file HH, dated September 12, 1972. Body of memo documenting that o…

FBI Seattle field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper case (NORJAK). Large bordered rectangle occupying the majority of the page. Content is either fully redacted or the page is blank within…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated September 12, 1972, from a redacted Special Agent. Body of the memo states that on September 1, 197…

Standard US Government memorandum header for case NORJAK (D.B. Cooper), from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated September 12, 1972, Sub file HH. Memo body describing that on September 1,…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case (Seattle field office). A large rectangular bordered area that appears to have contained a photograph, now largely redacted/obscured. Faint marks or art…

Standard FBI airtel transmittal form header with revision date and transmission method. Airtel from Acting Director, FBI to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. The Bureau is responding to Seattle's r…

Date of the airtel document. Handwritten filing annotations indicating sub-file designations. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Encloses copies of…

Standard FBI transmittal form header (FD-9 revision 5-22-64), dated August 23, 1972, sent via Airtel. Memo from Acting Director, FBI to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Discusses the development o…

Header of the airtel continuation page, addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Bureau Laboratory reports that the submitted hair sample was insufficient to determine hair color; the 'B' ske…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Charles R. St. John to SAC Seattle, dated June 5, 1972, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). A witness was shown photographs of several individuals i…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header regarding the NORJAK case, from Special Agent Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated May 11, 1972. On May 11, 1972, an unidentified witness viewed photog…

FBI memo from SA Charles R. St. John to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. On May 11, 1972, a redacted individual in Sumner, Washington was shown an artist's conception of a hijacker who recently…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date. An NWA stewardess who witnessed the hijacking of NWA Flight 305 on November 25, 1971 was shown seven photographs at Washington…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated May 4, 1972. Brief memo body stating that four FD-302 interview report forms (t…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with revision date and transcription date. A Northwest Airlines employee at Portland International Airport was shown 12 photographs including one of an unid…

An FBI FD-302 interview report documenting that an employee of Northwest Airlines at Portland International Airport was shown 12 photographs including one of an unidentified suspect wearing dark glas…

Standard FBI transmittal form header (FD-36) dated May 2, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL - REGISTERED priority. Memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, enclosing FD-302…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An individual associated with Northwest Airlines at Portland International Airport was shown nine photographs of…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. A Northwest Airlines employee at Portland International Airport was shown nine photographs of white adult males,…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An NWA flight attendant from Minnesota, a witness to the hijacking of NWA Flight 305 on November 25, 1971, was sh…

Continuation of an FBI report (page 2 of a sub-document under WFO file 164-169) stating that a witness indicated the appearance of an individual in a photograph was not similar to the hijacker's appe…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated April 27, 1972. Airtel from SAC Washington Field Office to SAC Seattle enclosing two copies of an FD-302 interview of a redacted Northwest Air…

Teletype header showing routing from Washington Field Office to Director and Seattle, dated April 29, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Washington Field Office reports that a Northwest Airlines employee…

Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file number 263 and initials H.H. Teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. A third photo of a current unidentified suspect was shown…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to Seattle, Portland, and WFO, sent urgent on April 28, 1972. Handwritten annotations, likely routing or classification notes. 'Sul-363' may be…

Page two of a teletype (MP 164-73) coordinating the display of a photograph to a redacted individual arriving at National Airport in Washington, D.C. from Detroit, Michigan on Flight 300 at 7:57 AM o…

Teletype header from San Francisco FBI field office to Director, Seattle, and Los Angeles, regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. San Francisco field office reports that photos of Donald S…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated April 27, 1972, sent via teletype with urgent priority. Urgent FBI teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Minneapolis and SAC Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B.…

FBI memo from SA Charles R. St. John to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. A redacted witness in Washington was shown a photograph of an unknown bald male wearing dark glasses on April 27, 1972.…

Airtel memo dated 4/25/72 from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses FD-302 interview report forms concerning display of photographs to Portland witnesses. A portion of the text…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription. A redacted witness, reached by telephone at Northwest Airlines at Portland International Airport, was shown seven photographs of…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An employee of Northwest Airlines at Portland International Airport was shown 17 photographs of white adult males…

Header of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 4/27/72, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case. A witness was shown a photograph of a bald-headed man on…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated April 25, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, enclosing three FD-302 i…

Standard FD-302 form header with date of transcription. An individual was shown eleven photographs at his residence at 1:30 a.m. He picked one photograph of a white male in a tie, sweater, and wire-…

Header area showing FBI form number PD 164-41, page 2, with partially illegible stamps or seals at top. A redacted individual telephoned another redacted individual on the evening of April 21, 1972…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date of transcription. An individual was interviewed in a Bureau car and shown 12 photographs of white males. He selected one photograph as most resemb…

An FBI interview report documenting a witness who was contacted by a Newsweek magazine reporter regarding the November 1971 Northwest Airlines hijacking. The reporter showed the witness a photograph…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Director, San Francisco, Seattle, and New York offices, dated April 29, 1972. Los Angeles field office reports showing a recent photograp…

Case number and page continuation header for Los Angeles FBI field office file 164-497. Continuation of a teletype (page two) regarding a witness who viewed photographs and stated they "definitely l…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 4/25/72, regarding the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) in the Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking case from 11/24/71. An individual in Seattle was…

FBI memo from SAC Seattle dated 4/25/72 regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A redacted individual in Seattle was shown a photograph of an unknown man wearing a black and white knit hat and stat…

Teletype routing header indicating origin from FBI Seattle to General Administrative channels. Handwritten serial number notation. Teletype header block showing urgent message sent at 10:13 AM on A…

Upper portion of teletype page two is almost entirely illegible due to heavy speckle artifacts and degradation. Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype. A redacted individual stated that photos o…

Header block of an FBI memo dated 4/24/72, from SA Charles R. St. John, regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. On 4/21/72, a redacted individual was shown a photograph of an unknown male w…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office file 164-81). First redacted block containing names or identifying information, exempted under b6, b7C, b7D. A partially…

Header of a US Government memorandum from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated April 24, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (file 164-81). Handwritten notation 'Sub 363' and initials 'H H.' appear…

Privacy exemption markings repeated along right margin of page. Portland FBI office teletype to Seattle reporting that a Portland witness (Northwest Airlines employee, name redacted) viewed 16 photo…

Page two of a teletype (PD 164-41) regarding photo identification of the UNSUB (D.B. Cooper). A redacted individual advises he made no identification of the photo displayed by a redacted party, but d…

Partially visible classification or routing notation in upper right corner. Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent at 2:25 PM on April 23, 1972, from Portland FBI field office (file 164-4…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, dated April 22, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Routing information for the teletype: from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Minneapoli…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, transmission method, and priority fields. Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype or airtel regarding witness evaluations of photograph…

Memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. On 4/22/72, a spread of photos was displayed to a witness who noted strong similarities between a photo of an unknown man wea…

Header block of an FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, attention ASAC Paul R. Bibler, regarding the NORJAK case, dated 4/22/72. A Special Agent called from Portland on 4/22/72 reporting that…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message from FBI Portland office to FBI Seattle office, dated April 22, 1972. Handwritten notations in upper right corner, partially illegible. Appears t…

Teletype routing header from Washington Field Office to FBI Director and multiple field offices, marked URGENT, dated April 22, 1972. Handwritten sub-file notations indicating filing references. FB…

Case file number and page indicator for Washington Field Office file 164-169, page two of a multi-page teletype. Description of a photo spread shown to a witness, consisting of six white males weari…

Heavily redacted or blacked-out strip across the top of the page, likely containing header or addressee information. Case number and page continuation indicator for the teletype. Continuation of a…

Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. A redacted individual called from Eugene, Oregon RA reporting that a witness was shown 12 pictures including one o…

Header of an FBI internal memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 4/22/72, regarding the NORJAK case. SA St. John reported that when he showed a photo of the UNSUB wearing a black and wh…

Header block of FBI memo from SAC J.E. Milnes to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 4/22/72. A stewardess reviewed a photo of an individual in a black and white knitted hat and stated it was t…

Header block identifying FBI file number 164-81, dated 4/22/72, addressed to SAC J.E. Milnes, re: NORJAK case. Author called a Special Agent in Portland on 4/22/72 regarding showing a photo of an in…

Memo header showing file number 164-81, dated 4/22/72, addressed to SAC J.E. Milnes, regarding NORJAK case. An SA called from the Washington Field Office on 4/22/72 and reported that a female witnes…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated April 21, 1972, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), file number 164-81. Report on showing photographs of a…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype/airtel transmittal form header with date and priority fields left blank. Airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper). Minneapolis field office…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype/transmittal form header with blank date, transmission type, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype (SE 164-81) describing witness photo identification attempts.…

Teletype header indicating message number 001, sent plain text at 11:10 AM on April 23, 1972, from Minneapolis field office (164-73) to Seattle field office (164-81). Minneapolis teletype to Seattle…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated April 22, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Several RE: lines are redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Memo describe…

Handwritten case name 'NORJAK' (Northwest Hijacking) written at top of page above a ruler/scale bar. A ruler marked in inches is positioned at the top of the page, suggesting the photographs below a…

File number and date header for the memo. Internal FBI memo from SAC J.E. Milnes dated 4/22/72 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Milnes coordinated the distribution and showing of a second ph…

FBI FOI/PA header identifying the deleted page information sheet and associated case number. Lists 9 pages deleted from the release, all marked as duplicates. Pages affected: 12, 13, 15, 20, 27, 32,…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel memo header from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Handwritten routing or classification notations. FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted pe…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memo header. From Special Agent Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, dated 8/30/76, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Marked Sub II. SA Wick reports that editors of…

Page number and FOIA exemption codes indicating redactions under b5 (deliberative process, per EOUSA), b6 (personal privacy), and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy). The main content of the page…

FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted content: b5 per EOUSA (deliberative process privilege per Executive Office for United States Attorneys), b6 (personal privacy), and b7C (law enforcement perso…

Standard US Government memorandum header from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated August 17, 1976, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), Sub II, referencing Bureau file 164-2111. A redacted individ…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header, dated August 3, 1976, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding the NORJAK case. Seattle office recommends canceling a planned ex…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated 7/27/76, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), referencing BUfile 164-2111 and a prio…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to the FBI Director, dated July 22, 1976, regarding the NORJAK case. The SAC Seattle enclosed a memorandum with enclosures that was dissemin…

Standard US Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10, July 1973 edition). Memo from SAC Seattle to all agents (#77) dated 7/22/76 regarding NORJAK case. Encloses four artist's composi…

Official FBI letterhead with date and location. FBI form letter describing the D.B. Cooper skyjacking of November 24, 1971, requesting citizens in the defined area report any evidence. The search ar…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, Seattle field office. Continuation of an investigative checklist (items 4–13) for vetting NORJAK suspects. Items cover aviation/parac…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office NORJAK case. Continuation of an FBI investigative checklist (items 14–21) for NORJAK suspect leads. Items cover medical records, motive analy…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Richard Avery Dyer regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a prior memo dated 5-14-76. A contact at The Columbian newspaper i…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated July 13, 1976. Routing block directing the airtel to SAC Seattle and SAC Minneapolis (RUC), regarding the NORJAK case. Minneapolis field offi…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), Sub II, dated July 14, 1976. An FBI Special Agent contacted…

Header of a US Government memorandum from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, dated June 12, 1976, regarding the NORJAK case. SA Manning suggests that as the five-year statute of limitations on NOR…

Header of a US Government memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a prior memo dated 5/14/76. An FBI agent contacted a representative of the Port Angeles Daily New…

FBI San Francisco field office reports to Director that efforts to get San Francisco newspapers to publish the serial numbers of the $20 bills from the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case were unsuccessful. Ne…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior memo dated 5/14/76. A contact at the Bellingham Herald agreed to publish ransom bill se…

Standard US Government memo header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated June 14, 1976. An SA contacted a representative of the Bremerton Sun newspaper on 6/8/76 about a contemplated…

Standard USG interoffice memo header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, from a redacted Special Agent, dated June 10, 1976. SA contacted a representative of the Yakima Herald-Republic n…

Standard FBI memorandum header from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated March 26, 1976, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten annotations near the subject line, including what app…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. States that the FBI Exhibit Section prepared black-and-white and later color composite drawings of the hijacker, considered a reas…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an airtel sent via airmail dated June 7, 1976. Airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a copy of ransom bill lis…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated June 2, 1976. Los Angeles ADIC responds to Seattle SAC regarding a request to publish NORJAK ransom serial numbers in Los Angeles media. LA re…

Standard US Government memorandum header from a Special Agent in Seattle to the SAC, Seattle office, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated May 27, 1976. A representative of Royal Globe Insu…

Header block identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, from SA Thomas J. Manning, re NORJAK case. SA Manning reports contact with a redacted individual at the Longview Daily New…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. The sender's name is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. References a prior Bureau airtel dated 5…

Date of the airtel document. Routing header of FBI airtel memo from SAC Minneapolis to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. Handwritten notations in upper-right corner, lik…

FBI field office case file number for Minneapolis office, case 164-73. Summary of opinions from involved parties opposing a proposed publicity campaign related to the D.B. Cooper case. Redacted indi…

Standard FBI airtel transmission header dated May 19, 1976, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK. In response to a Bureau airtel dated 5/12/76, the Las Vegas Di…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated May 12, 1976, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. AIRTEL from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Requests Minneapolis contact Northwest Orient A…