FBI form FD-340a header identifying the case as Norjak, file number 164-81-1A. Evidence log table listing photographs, driver's license copies, and composites filed between October 1973 and February…

FBI evidence receipt form (FD-340) documenting the receipt of photographs of Allen Fairfax Cooper from the Director of the FBI on 11-19-73, filed as Sub 663. Cross-references serial 5047. Bates stamp…

Mugshot front-facing view of a male subject wearing dark sunglasses and a mustache, with Albuquerque Police Department booking placard number 67 691, dated 5/8/70. Same subject as section 1, mugshot…

Upper-left quadrant of a four-part photo evidence sheet. Mostly blank with handwritten case number 164-81-1A and circled number 455 at the bottom. Any photograph that was mounted here is missing or r…

Front-facing mugshot of a male subject wearing dark sunglasses with a mustache. Booking placard shows Albuquerque Police Department, N.M., booking number 67 691, dated 5 8 70 (August 5, 1970 or May 8…

Microfiche frame containing a handwritten FBI case number 164-81-5047 with a circled number annotation. The frame is otherwise blank. Second microfiche frame containing a handwritten FBI case number…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10, May 1962 edition). Memo routing block: from Special Agent Ronald E. Sherk to SAC Portland, regarding the unsub hijacking of Nor…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-02. List of 25 deleted pages with FOIA exemption codes. Most pages withheld under b6 (personal…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated December 2, 1971, sent in plaintext via teletype with urgent priority. Routing information: teletype sent from Portland FBI field office to…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date, transmission type, and priority fields left blank. Continuation (page two) of a teletype or message under case PD 164-41. States a subject expec…

Teletype header indicating an urgent message from Las Vegas FBI field office to Portland, dated December 2, 1971. Standard FBI case identification line referencing the D.B. Cooper hijacking of North…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header FD-36, dated December 2, 1971, sent via urgent teletype in plaintext. Handwritten routing or filing number in upper right corner. Summary teletype fro…

Teletype header showing routing information: sent at 5:57 PM on 12/2/71 from Minneapolis field office to Director, Seattle, Portland, Little Rock, and Philadelphia offices. Handwritten annotation in…

Teletype header showing Minneapolis file number 164-73, page two of the message. Continuation of a teletype describing a white male subject who was located at Seattle and resided at Bellevue, Washin…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated December 2, 1971, sent in plaintext via teletype at NITEL priority. Routing block indicating teletype sent from Portland FBI field office t…

Page two of an FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form (Pd 164-41) listing coordination with Pacific Northwestern Bell, General Telephone Company, Portland PD, and Beaverton PD. The Date, Transmit, and V…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated December 2, 1971, sent in plaintext via NITEL teletype. Teletype from Portland FBI field office to the Director and Seattle office regardin…

Teletype routing header from Charlotte FBI field office to St. Louis, Portland, and Seattle offices, dated December 2, 1971. Handwritten or stamped routing notation, likely indicating 'No Lead' or a…

Case file number and page continuation header. Continuation (page two) of a teletype regarding credit and identification checks in North Carolina that came back negative. Records were transferred to…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas field office to Director, Portland, Seattle, and Sacramento, dated December 2, 1971. Handwritten annotation indicating this is a D.B. Cooper letter from Reno w…

Continuation (page two) of a teletype message. Instructs that a note is being forwarded to the FBI Lab. Seattle office is directed to attempt to obtain a note from a Vancouver newspaper through liais…

Teletype routing header from New York field office to FBI Director and other field offices, sent urgently on December 2, 1971. Handwritten annotation indicating no Portland leads from this communica…

Page two of an FBI report describing two passengers who abandoned luggage at a counter. Port Authority Police inspected the luggage and determined the owner was an experienced sports parachutist who…

Page three of a teletype or evidence inventory listing items five through seventeen seized or catalogued. Items include an envelope, insurance policy, letters, a note on New York Hilton Hotel station…

Page four of a multi-page teletype listing items eighteen through twenty-five seized or collected as evidence, including personal notes, black and white photos, color slides, color photos, color nega…

Standard FBI interoffice memo header from a Special Agent in Portland to the SAC Portland office, regarding the NORJAK hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Case classified as CAA-H…

FBI lead assignment directing the Portland field office to conduct an investigation to determine if a redacted individual is identical with the unknown subject (Unsub) in the D.B. Cooper case. File n…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Air Lines Flight 305 on 11/24/71, classified as CAA - Hijacking; Extortion with office of origin Se…

FBI case file numbers and typist/dictator initials with page number. FBI investigative report documenting an interview conducted on November 29, 1971, by SA John N. Campbell and another redacted SA…

FBI form identifier and revision date. FD-302 interview report documenting a ransom-style letter received by The Oregonian newspaper on 12/2/71, constructed from clipped magazine letters on yellow p…

Date of the airtel document. Standard FBI airtel header from SAC Portland to Director FBI (FBI Laboratory), regarding the NORJAK hijacking case — UNSUB on Northwest Airlines Flight 305, 11/24/71. R…

Handwritten annotation noting this teletype concerns a photographic reconnaissance plane and that Portland has no leads. Urgent teletype from FBI Sacramento to Director, Seattle, Portland, and Las V…

Case file reference numbers and agent/typist identifiers for the investigative report. Attribution line identifying the investigating Special Agent and date of investigation. SA Dugan queried the O…

Case file reference numbers and dictation/typist initials. Page 2 of this particular sub-document. A witness from West Linn, Oregon advises that he is familiar with a redacted individual and describ…

FBI teletype from Seattle to Portland, urgent, dated 12/3/71, requesting Portland to advise whether the ticket taken from the unknown subject (aka Dan Cooper) when he boarded Northwest Airlines Fligh…

FBI file reference numbers and dictation initials for the document. An FBI investigative report from Portland, Oregon dated December 2, 1971. A person (name redacted) in the U.S. Army viewed a compo…

Case file numbers and dictation/typist initials for Portland and Seattle FBI field offices. An FBI Special Agent in Portland interviewed a witness on December 2, 1971. After observing a composite dr…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Portland regarding the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking (D.B. Cooper case), dated 12/1/71. The witness is ident…

Header of a US Government memorandum from an SA (Special Agent) in Portland to SAC Portland, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case, Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. The subject…

Partial physical description fields listing height (6 feet), weight (155 lbs), brown hair, and blue eyes. Likely a continuation of a suspect or person-of-interest description form from the preceding…

Document identifier and dictation/typist codes for this FBI report page. An FBI Special Agent interviewed a person at Pacific Parachute Center in Aurora, Oregon on November 30, 1971. The interviewee…

Page header showing case number PD 164-41, dictator/typist initials RPK:tms, and page number 2. A redacted individual describes a skydiving exhibition planned in Southern California involving a jump…

Case file number and typist/page notation. An FBI Special Agent reviewed Portland telephone directories on December 1, 1971 and found a listing for a redacted individual. On December 2, 1971, a reda…

FBI case number and dictation/typist codes with page number. Records check on Patrick Moses through Washington County Sheriff's Office, Beaverton Police Department, and Oregon DMV. Moses reported a…

A letter from an anonymous writer in Los Angeles to the FBI in Portland, Oregon, dated December 1, 1971, offering psychic/spiritual impressions about where D.B. Cooper may have landed. The writer bel…

Fragment referencing Postum as a coffee substitute. Writer claims the Viet Cong used spiritual contact with God to anticipate American Army movements, and discusses processed food versus natural die…

Postmark stamp dated approximately December 1, 1971. Partially obscured by a large black redaction dot. FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted personal information (b6 = personal privacy, b7C = la…

Letter header with location and date. Addressee line indicating Portland, Oregon. A letter from a self-described psychic/spirit medium offering their theory on where D.B. Cooper landed after the hi…

Handwritten 'VIA AIR' notation indicating airmail delivery, written in large letters on upper left of envelope. Three postage stamps affixed to the envelope: two Thomas Jefferson 1-cent stamps and o…

Teletype routing header showing urgent message sent December 3, 1971 to FBI Director and multiple field offices. Message origin: Cleveland field office, file number 164-88, 8 pages. Teletype from C…

Page two of a teletype reporting that an anonymous female caller advised the Cleveland FBI office that Harry William Celk of 18613 Hilliard Road, Rocky River, Ohio bore an extremely close resemblance…

Page three of an FBI teletype or report describing an interview with a redacted female witness who spontaneously identified the UNSUB artist's conception as Harry William Celk. Celk reportedly bragge…

Page header indicating this is page four of a multi-page teletype. Teletype description of subject Harry William Celk (AKA Harry W. Celk, Eric Celk). Provides physical description, DOB October 3, 19…

Continuation of teletype (page 5) describing a suspect's military background: Army, alleged rank of Lieutenant, possibly dishonorably discharged in 1957. Suspect claimed to have been stationed at For…

Page six of a multi-page FBI teletype directing field offices in Butte (Helena, MT), Phoenix (Scottsdale, AZ), and Portland (Klamath Falls, OR) to locate, interview, and conduct background investigat…

Exemption codes b6 and b7C noted in the right margin, indicating redactions for personal privacy and law enforcement purposes. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page seven) directing multiple field o…

Final page (page eight) of a multi-page FBI teletype. States that the investigation is continuing at Cleveland, warns that the suspect should be considered armed and dangerous because he reportedly c…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent December 3, 1971 from Minneapolis to Seattle, Portland, Las Vegas, and Philadelphia field offices. Handwritten annotation indicating the top…

Page two of a teletype discussing the aircraft's aft stair panels. States it is impossible to enter the panels while in flight because the stairs must be fully descended first. Describes the right-si…

Date stamp at top of page. An FBI memo dated 12/3/71 regarding the SKYJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. A reporter from the Oregon Journal suggests an unnamed individual as a suspect, noting the person looks…

Sender's address block with date, mostly redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Located in Sheridan, Oregon. A citizen letter to the FBI Portland office suggesting a connection between the D.B. C…

Writer requests publication of a map showing the hijacked plane's route from Seattle to Reno. Writer describes personal experience flying on a Northwest Orient plane of the same type believed used i…

Brief article about Fairview Hospital & Training Center seeking volunteers to serve as social skills coaches for residents aged 18-25 preparing for community life. Associated Press article about the…

Partial heading (likely ending in '...love') and introductory paragraph for a Fred Meyer Christmas cosmetics advertisement, promoting gift fragrances and merchandise gift certificates. Advertisement…

Partially visible banner/header text from a previous article or continuation line, mostly illegible due to cropping. Main headline of the newspaper article about the search for the parachute hijacke…

Partial article discussing race relations in America, referencing art, oppression, and plays performed at Ellen Stewart's experimental theater center. Article about Ecuador seizing American tuna boa…

FBI Portland field office return address. Response letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. L. Mattson to a redacted individual in Sheridan, Oregon, acknowledging receipt of their letter dated Nov…

FBI FD-302 memo header indicating an internal memo to SAC with file number 164-41, dated December 1, 1971, from a Special Agent whose name is redacted. An interview summary describing an unidentifie…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, marked as rough draft by agent Brack, dated December 1, 1971, sent via AIRTEL with URGENT priority in plaintext. FBI airtel memo from Portland fiel…

Fragment indicating a redacted individual was employed at the time with a redacted entity. Entirely redacted block of text, contents unknown. A female witness states she has not seen a redacted mal…

Continuation of an FBI interview (likely FD-302) in which a female witness describes an individual as 6'1", 190 lbs, with hazel eyes, coal black hair, medium/tanned complexion, who usually wears spor…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated December 1, 1971, marked ROUGH DRAFT, sent via AIRTEL with URGENT priority in plaintext. Airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regardi…

Leads section directing the Seattle FBI office to return photos of a redacted individual to Portland, and directing the Portland office at Salem, Oregon to return photos of a redacted individual to a…

Return address location on the letter Date of the letter A citizen's tip letter to Mr. Mattson suggesting investigators check land records for large mortgage payoffs ($150,000-$200,000) or bank lie…

Postmark from Germantown dated March 29, 1971, AM. Handwritten envelope addressed to Mr. Julius Mattson, FBI Agent in Charge, at the FBI Office in Portland, Oregon. Typed or stamped case identifier…

File reference numbers and dictation initials for the FBI report. An SA conducted an investigation in Portland, Oregon. A redacted source advised that approximately one and one-half years prior, a r…

File reference numbers and dictation/typist initials. Page 2 of a multi-page document. PD likely refers to Portland Division, SE likely refers to Seattle Division. Physical description of a subject:…

FBI file reference numbers and dictation/typist initials with page number. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation in Milwaukie, Oregon on December 2, 1971. A female informant, after viewing…

Date of the airtel document. Header block of FBI airtel from SAC Portland to Director FBI (FBI Laboratory) regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, hijacking of Northwest Airline Flight #305 on 11/24/71.…

Standard FBI interoffice memo header from a Special Agent in Portland to the SAC of the Portland field office, regarding the Dan Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Refere…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 3, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT. Routing information: teletype sent from Portland FBI office to Director, Las Vegas, and Seattle offices.…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype/airtel transmittal form header, with date and transmission fields left blank. Page two of an FBI teletype (PD 164-41) describing a male subject who traveled from Portland…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmission form header with date, transmission type, and priority fields left blank on this continuation page. Page three of a teletype (PD 164-41) directing the Las Ve…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 3, 1971, sent as plaintext via teletype with urgent priority. Teletype from Portland (file 164-41) to Las Vegas regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Co…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header. Date, type, and priority fields are blank, indicating this is a continuation page. Continuation (page two) of a teletype under case PD 164-41. De…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated December 3, 1971, sent via teletype, NITEL URGENT priority, in plaintext. Routing information and case title for the D.B. Cooper hijacking…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header with blank Date, transmit type, and priority fields. Page two of a teletype (PD 164-41) in which a source mentions that a newspaper should have a…

Teletype routing header from New York FBI field office (file 164-627) to Portland and Seattle offices, dated December 3, 1971, marked URGENT. Case identification line referencing the UNSUB (unknown…

Teletype routing header from Little Rock FBI field office to Seattle, Albuquerque, Portland, and San Francisco offices, sent urgently on December 3, 1971. Handwritten annotations noting the suspect…

Page two of an FBI report (case 164-22) describing a lead or interview. A source advised that the composite sketch of the UNSUB strongly resembles a person whose identity is redacted. The individual…

Page three of a teletype (LR 164-22) directing multiple FBI field divisions to investigate a D.B. Cooper suspect. Albuquerque is tasked with checking local jump clubs and obtaining a photograph; Port…

FBI teletype from SAC Butte to Director and multiple SAC offices regarding suspect Harry William Celk (AKA Harry W. Celk, Eric Celk) in the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking/extortion case (D.B…

Teletype routing identifier and page continuation marker. Page two of a teletype regarding a subject with residence in Helena, Montana. States that in accordance with a Seattle telephone call, a per…

Teletype header showing an urgent message sent from Portland FBI field office to Seattle and Minneapolis offices on December 3, 1971. Body of teletype referencing the NORJAK hijacking case (NW Airli…

Case number and page continuation header for Portland field office teletype. Physical description of a suspect or person of interest: 6'1", 190 lbs, hazel eyes, coal black hair thinning on top with…

Handwritten annotation identifying the suspect name and a note about leads. Teletype from Portland FBI office to Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Reports that a photo of suspect Joh…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 3, 1971, sent in plaintext via urgent teletype. Teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijack…

FBI case file number, dictating agent initials, and page number within the report. An FBI Special Agent investigated on December 1, 1971 at Portland, Oregon. A contact at the FAA General Aviation Di…

FBI Director teletype to Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis, and Las Vegas field offices regarding the NORJAK hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. Reports that 24 latent fingerprints and 5 latent…

Page header indicating this is page two of a multi-page teletype. Three FBI NUMBER fields with names and numbers redacted (blacked out), marked b6/b7C exemptions. Teletype continuation listing two…

FBI teletype form header (FD-36), dated December 4, 1971, sent via teletype with URGENT priority in plaintext. Teletype from Portland FBI to Seattle FBI regarding D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Reports…

FBI teletype form header, FD-36, dated December 4, 1971, sent via teletype with urgent priority in plaintext. Routing information from Portland to Seattle FBI offices regarding the D.B. Cooper hijac…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 3, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. Routing information from Portland FBI field office to Seattle, regarding the D.B. Co…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header with Date, Type, and Priority fields left blank. Page two of a Portland FBI teletype (file PD 164-41) reporting that look-alike leads were checked…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from FBI Seattle to Director, Minneapolis, Butte, and Portland field offices on December 4, 1971. Handwritten annotation noting the suspect…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with Seattle case file number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype message. The Butte FBI field office was unable to determine whether a subject…

Teletype routing header showing urgent message from Butte field office to Director, Seattle, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, dated December 4, 1971. Handwritten annotation identifying suspect nam…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with routing/serial number 3T 164-26. Continuation of a teletype describing investigative efforts to identify and establish reliability of a re…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle, Kansas City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco offices, sent at 4:25 AM on December 5, 1971. Teletype reports that on December 5, 1971…

Continuation (page two) of a teletype under case number PD 164-41. An anonymous caller expressed interest in collecting a reward for information and indicated he would recontact a redacted party. A…

Teletype routing header from Kansas City FBI field office to Portland and Seattle offices, dated December 5, 1971 at 5:57 AM. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airli…

Page two of a Kansas City FBI teletype (case KC 164-80) reporting that a Kansas City telephone directory search was negative for a redacted name. The directory listed five individuals with a redacted…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype form header dated December 5, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. Routing information for teletype from Portland field office to FBI Director and Seattle office r…

Header block of an FBI teletype dated 11-3-71 (November 3, 1971) from Seattle field office, with leads directed to Los Angeles, Portland (164-41), and San Francisco (164-224). Body of the teletype r…

Top section of an FBI interview or inspection record form with heavy redactions. Contains header indicating page 1 and a reference to records of inspection. An FBI investigative note indicating a co…

Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype or report. Physical description of a person of interest: white male, approximately 5'10", weight redacted, balding hair, blue eyes,…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header. From Special Agent Jerry G. Wilson to SAC Portland, regarding the UNSUB in the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. File number 164-41. Da…

Header identifying the document as from the Oregonian Publishing Company Editorial Department, form F-2760. Handwritten time notation indicating 10:45, likely the time of the call. A reporter at th…

FBI Portland index stamp with date 1971, with checkmarks or initials next to search/index/serialize/file fields. Handwritten file or sub-file reference number, likely an FBI case sub-number. Photog…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC (164-41), dated 12/4/71, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Handwrit…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Jerry G. Wilson to SAC Portland (file 164-41), dated 12/4/71, regarding the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking/extortion case on 11/24/71, with S…

Header of a US Government memorandum regarding the Northwest Airlines hijacking (D.B. Cooper case), sent from a redacted FBI office to Seattle, Kansas City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco field offic…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC regarding the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper hijacking case, Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. The Agent contacted…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo routing information: from Special Agent Thomas J. Dugan to SAC, regarding the NORJAK hijacking case. A resident of Troutdale, Oregon reported o…

Standard US Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10). Memo header block addressed to SAC Portland, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK hijacking case (Northwest Airli…

Date of the document. FBI Airtel memo from SAC Las Vegas to FBI Director and FBI Laboratory, dated 11/30/71, regarding the NORJAK hijacking case. Forwards an original letter and envelope sent to the…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 3, 1971. Airtel routing from Seattle SAC to Portland SAC regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case, Northwest Airlines Flight 3…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Subject biographical information form with physical descriptors listed (6 feet tall, 175 lbs, brown eyes, brown hair)…

Continuation of an FBI investigative report (SE 164-81). A female source related that her records reflect someone still holds title to a previously mentioned van. She also related information about a…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper case, Seattle field office. Redacted personal information fields including what appears to be a name block and marital status section. Content obscu…

FBI teletype from Sacramento to Seattle, Denver, and San Francisco field offices regarding D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A tipster in Washington state, after viewing the artist's conception of the susp…

Case number and page continuation header. Page two of a teletype regarding subject Dowell. California parole authorities in Vallejo have no parolee by that name. Phone and city directories have no l…

Case number and page indicator for a multi-page teletype or report. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page 3) regarding a subject named Dowell. Includes driver's license details (spelled out), SSAN,…

Teletype case number and page continuation header. Continuation of a teletype requesting efforts to ascertain a subject's whereabouts on November 24, and any information indicating the subject is a…

Standard FBI airtel transmittal form header with revision date 5-18-71. FBI Director authorizes Portland office to reimburse Department of the Interior $935 for helicopter use during searches relate…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date. An FBI interview on 12/3/1971 with a redacted Northwest Airlines employee at Portland International Airport. The individual was shown photographs of…

FBI form identifier and revision date. Document header with date. FD-302 interview summary: On December 3, 1971, a redacted individual at Northwest Airlines Portland International Airport was shown…

Case file number and agent/typist initials header block. Opening of an FBI interview report. SA Thomas J. Dugan conducted the interview on November 29, 1971, in Oregon. The interviewee's name and pe…

File reference number and typist initials, page 2 of the document. A source states he could probably name a number of men matching the unknown subject's facial features, and describes what would be…

Page header with case/file reference PD 164-41, typist initials TJD:csm, and page number 3. A redacted individual (likely a skydiving expert) provides opinions on the D.B. Cooper hijacking: the subj…

Case file number header with dictator/typist initials and page number. An FBI Special Agent in Portland interviewed a female witness on December 3, 1971. She provided information about a person she…

Case file number and dictation/typist identifiers for the Portland FBI field office. FBI interview of a representative of G.D. Dennis and Sons, Inc. in Portland, OR, confirming that Henry Robert Row…

Document identifier and typist initials for Portland FBI field office file 164-41. An FBI Special Agent interviewed a redacted individual in Portland, Oregon on December 1, 1971. The individual repo…

Case number and dictation/transcription codes for the FBI report. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation on November 30, 1971 in Portland, Oregon. A redacted witness advised about events on…

FBI file number and dictation/typist initials with page number, indicating this is page 2 of a document in Portland file 164-41. Continuation of a subject description form showing dress habits (neat…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with date. An employee of Northwest Airlines in Portland, Oregon was shown photographs of white male individuals, one of whom may have hijacked a Northwest…

File number, typist initials, and page number for the FBI report. An FBI Special Agent interviewed a witness in Oregon on November 30, 1971. The witness stated the composite sketch of the hijacker r…

FBI form identifier and revision date. Document header with date of the report. FD-302 interview report. On December 2, 1971, a redacted individual employed at Portland International Airport for No…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and report date. An FBI agent contacted a redacted individual employed at Portland International Airport working for Northwest Airline…

Date of the airtel. Airtel header from SAC Portland to FBI Director (attention FBI Laboratory) regarding the UNSUB case of the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. Portland office f…

Standard US Government memorandum header from an FBI Special Agent to the SAC of the Portland field office regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305, 11/24/71). Classifi…

Case/file reference number for the Portland Division FBI file. Continuation of a witness or subject statement indicating someone used to live in the Medford, Oregon area and was also familiar with t…

FBI memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle dated 12/6/71 regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Reports that a redacted FAA Security Division employee at Portland International Airport provided an…

Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent from FBI Seattle office (file 164-81) to FBI Portland on December 6, 1971 at 11:33 AM. Handwritten notation indicating 'SUSPECT' with a redacted nam…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 6, 1971, transmitted in plaintext via teletype with urgent priority. Teletype routing from Portland FBI field office (164-41) to Seattle field…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header. Date field is blank, indicating this is page two of a multi-page transmission. Page two of an FBI teletype (PD 164-41) directing the Seattle offi…

Teletype routing header from FBI Albuquerque to Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco field offices, dated December 6, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airline…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated December 6, 1971, sent in plaintext via teletype with urgent priority. Routing information: teletype sent from Portland FBI office to Littl…

Standard FBI teletype form header, FD-36, dated December 6, 1971, sent in plaintext via urgent teletype. Teletype routing and case description for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, Northwest Airlines…

Teletype header showing routing from San Francisco FBI office to Seattle, Portland, and Sacramento offices, marked urgent, dated December 6, 1971. Handwritten annotation reads 'No Rio Leads'. A witne…

Page header indicating this is page two of a multi-page document. Continuation of a teletype or communication regarding the Navy Reserve's SAMAR Division at Treasure Island, California. The division…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated December 6, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. Stamped with number #009. Summary teletype from Portland to Seattle field office re…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to Seattle, Kansas City, Portland, and San Francisco, dated December 6, 1971. Handwritten annotation indicating no plus-up leads, written next t…

FBI case number and page indicator for continuation of a teletype or report. Page two of an FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office (LA 164-497). Reports that a discreet investigation was con…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Portland and Seattle offices, dated December 6, 1971. Standard FBI teletype subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Nort…

Page header identifying this as page two of an FBI teletype or communication, with Los Angeles field office case number LA 164-497. A person was shown an artist conception of the UNSUB (unidentified…

Continuation header indicating this is page three of a teletype originating from the Los Angeles field office, file number 164-497. Reports that an attempt to locate a redacted individual was unsucc…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 6, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. Routing information showing teletype sent from Portland FBI office to New York and Seattle offi…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco field office to Seattle, Albuquerque, Portland, and Little Rock offices, dated December 6, 1971. FBI teletype regarding UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, referencing N…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype form header dated December 6, 1971, marked urgent, transmitted in plaintext. Document number 016. Teletype routing from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office regardin…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Portland and Seattle offices, dated December 6, 1971. Handwritten annotation indicating a suspect name (redacted) and a negative reply from…

Continuation header for page two of Las Vegas FBI teletype, file number 164-60. A source at the Mapes Hotel in Reno advised an FBI Special Agent on December 4 that he was unable to locate any regist…

FBI file numbers and dictation/typist identifiers for the Portland and Seattle field offices. Form header indicating the subject is a suspect who was eliminated from the investigation. An SA conduc…

Case file reference numbers, author initials, and page number (page 2 of a multi-page report). An individual (name redacted) states he has viewed the sketch of the hijacking suspect and does not bel…

Header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent to the SAC, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking case. A caller contacted the FBI office on 12-6-71, claiming…

Standard FBI memorandum header for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305), dated 12/6/71, from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Portland. Suspect marked as ELIMINATED. A Fred…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, FD-36, dated December 6, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT. Teletype from Portland FBI to Seattle FBI regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, hijacking of…

Standard FBI teletype transmission header form, dated December 7, 1971, marked URGENT priority, sent via facsimile/teletype in plaintext. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the D.B.…

Teletype routing header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) message from FBI Seattle office to FBI Portland office, dated December 6-7, 1971. Case subject line identifying the unknown subject (UNSUB…

Teletype header indicating a nitel (night telegram) sent from Denver FBI office to Portland and San Francisco offices on December 7, 1971 at 8:35 PM. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacki…

Page two of an FBI report (DN 164-98) documenting an interview. The subject claimed to know no one (name redacted) and stated none of (redacted content). The subject also recalled mentioning somethin…

Page header identifying this as page three of a teletype or report filed under DN 164-98. A witness described a subject as a white male American in his twenties or early thirties, approximately 6'1"…

Page four of a multi-page FBI teletype (DN 164-98). Subject interviewed appeared very confused and unable to provide dates or specifics of activities. Subject does not resemble the artist conception.…

Teletype routing header indicating a nitel (night teletype) message sent at 11:55 PM on December 7, 1971 from FBI Seattle (file 164-81) to FBI Portland (file 164-41). Handwritten word 'WITNESS' with…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, Seattle file number 164-81. Large redacted block, likely containing personal identifying information about a subject or witness, withheld under…

Document type header indicating an Airtel (internal FBI communication). Memo header from FBI Director to SAC Sacramento regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. F…

FBI Laboratory report header addressed to SAC Las Vegas regarding the UNSUB (D.B. Cooper) Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking case, dated December 7, 1971. Description of specimens Q1 and Q2 rec…

Standard FBI Laboratory transmittal form header with FBI seal. FBI Laboratory transmittal form addressed to SAC Las Vegas regarding the UNSUB Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking case (D.B. Coope…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 6, 1971, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block identifying an airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the D.B. Cooper hija…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 6, 1971. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/2…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case (Seattle division file 164-81). Continuation of a memo or lead assignment listing action items: item 2 directs checking the jump area near an airport in…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel form header dated December 6, 1971, transmitted via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block identifying an airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date. An individual in Portland, Oregon was shown photographs of white males who might be the D.B. Cooper hijacker. The witness could not positively identi…

FD-302 interview report dated December 9, 1971. A redacted Northwest Airlines employee in Portland, Oregon was shown photographs of white male individuals who could be responsible for the hijacking o…

FBI file number references and dictation/typist initials. FBI investigation report documenting inquiries made between November 29 and December 3, 1971 in Portland, Oregon. An SA contacted a female s…

FBI FD-5 form (File - Serial Charge Out) dated 2/10/97 for file 164-HI, serial number 286. The serial is noted as missing and unable to be located, with a handwritten instruction 'Do not Remove.' The…

FBI investigation report header for case PD 164-41, documenting an investigation conducted by a Special Agent at Aurora, Oregon on December 3, 1971. The subject has been marked ELIMINATED. References…

Document reference header showing Portland file number PD 164-41, dictated by agent with initials RPK, transcribed by tam, page 2 of the document. Fragment continuing from a previous page, describin…

Document reference number and typist initials. Handwritten notation indicating the suspect was eliminated from the investigation. Subject line identifying a redacted suspect name. FBI investigatio…

Standard US Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10). Memo header block addressed to SAC with case number 164-41, dated 12/4/71, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK h…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-02. List of 20 deleted pages with FOIA exemption codes. Pages were withheld for reasons includi…

Fragment of what appears to be the bottom portion of a memo or directive referencing a communication dated 11-3-86 regarding destruction of field records. A date of 2/10/97 appears below, possibly a…

Date and location header of the letter. Addressee line directed to the FBI office in Portland, Oregon. A letter from a self-described psychic/spiritualist to the FBI Portland office offering theori…

Page 2 of a letter from an anonymous tipster to the FBI regarding the D.B. Cooper case. The writer claims to receive spiritual messages ('the spirit') and offers theories about Cooper's whereabouts a…

Small landscape photograph captioned as Eagle Rock along the North Umpqua River. Small landscape photograph captioned as the Willamette River in downtown Portland. Hand-annotated map of the Vancouv…

Photograph captioned 'Eagle Rock along North Umpqua River' showing a rocky river landscape. Photograph captioned 'Willamette River, downtown Portland' showing a bridge over a river with a city skyli…

A postscript note speculating that the subject (D.B. Cooper suspect) may have worked at a fair. The author suggests checking fair personnel, particularly veterinarians or doctors who would have knowl…

Front of a mailed envelope addressed to the FBI Portland Branch in Portland, Oregon. The envelope is marked 'VIA AIR' in large handwriting and bears an 11-cent U.S. airmail stamp in the upper right c…

A letter from an amateur tipster in Los Angeles to the FBI in Portland, Oregon, dated December 1971, offering theories about the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. The writer speculates about whether the hi…

Page 2 of a letter from a member of the public to the FBI offering theories about D.B. Cooper's fate. The writer claims a 'spirit' communicated clues, including references to a 'seater,' a 'Ford,' an…

Road map of Klamath Falls, Oregon showing major streets, Upper Klamath Lake, and directional indicators to surrounding cities. Road map of Ashland, Oregon showing the street grid and major highway r…

Standard header for a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum form. Routing block of an FBI memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC in Portland regarding the NORJAK hijacking case.…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA William S. Brown to SAC (164-81) regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, dated December 7, 1971. An individual from the LaCenter/Hazeldell, Washing…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header. From Special Agent William S. Brown to SAC (Special Agent in Charge), file 164-81, dated December 7, 1971, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest A…

Excerpt from an FBI report noting that a review of Portland indices identified an individual believed identical to the subject of an existing FBI file. The individual was described in 1968 as a white…

Handwritten case or serial number at the top right of the page. FBI Portland office filing stamp dated December 7, 1971, with search/index/serialize/file check fields and initials. Bates/tracking n…

Return address area of the envelope. Sender location is Portland, Oregon. Name and specific address redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. U.S. Postal Service postmark stamp from Portland, Oregon…

Reversed bleed-through of an evidence stamp from adjacent page. A typed letter dated 11-29-71 from an individual in Portland, Oregon, addressed to the editor of 'For Men Only' magazine at 625 Madiso…

Date of the document. FBI Airtel memo header from SAC New York (case 164-627) to Director FBI, attention FBI Laboratory Latent Prints and Document Section, regarding the UNSUB Northwest Airlines Fli…

FBI New York field office case file number for this document. A request from the FBI New York office to the Bureau's Latent Prints and Document Section asking them to examine enclosures for latent f…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from Seattle field office to WFO, Minneapolis, and Portland on December 7, 1971. Handwritten annotation identifying the suspect discussed in…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype under Seattle file number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype regarding a subject named GALOPE who left Washington, D.C. sometime in the…

Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI field office to WFO, Portland, and Minneapolis, sent urgently on December 7, 1971. Handwritten annotation identifying the suspect discussed in the teletype a…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Kansas City, sent urgently on December 7, 1971. Handwritten marginal note, partially illegible. Case s…

FBI case file number and page indicator for page two of a multi-page teletype or report. Description of a suspect or person of interest described as a white male, six feet tall, 170 pounds, with dar…

Case number and page continuation header for Los Angeles FBI field office teletype. Redacted section referencing an unknown individual, with name fields blacked out under b6/b7C/b7D exemptions. Los…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header, dated December 7, 1971, sent in plaintext via urgent teletype. Teletype routing from Portland to Seattle regarding the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper hijacking c…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated December 7, 1971, sent in plaintext via teletype with urgent priority. Teletype from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office regarding th…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype form header dated December 7, 1971, sent via urgent teletype in plaintext. Teletype from Portland FBI to Seattle FBI regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to FBI Director and multiple field offices, dated December 7, 1971. Handwritten annotations indicating suspect Ben Leibsen was investigated and…

Page header indicating this is page two of a multi-page teletype. Photographs of suspect Ben Leibsen and Daniel L. Cooper were shown to stewardesses with negative results. Photos developed by Kansas…

Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype. Page three of an FBI teletype reporting that Northwest Airlines (NWA) in Minneapolis located the unknown subject's ticket lift cou…

Standard FBI teletype transmission header form, dated December 7, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. FBI teletype from SAC Portland to Director FBI and multiple SAC offices regarding D.B. C…

Standard FBI transmittal form header (FD-36 variant, rev. 5-22-64). Date, plaintext/code, and priority fields are blank, indicating this is a continuation page. Page two of an FBI teletype regarding…

Teletype routing header from Sacramento FBI field office to Seattle and Portland offices, marked urgent, dated December 8, 1971. Handwritten annotations indicating witness name (redacted) and 'No PD…

Standard FBI teletype form header indicating an urgent plaintext teletype dated December 8, 1971. Routing block sending teletype from Portland to Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and Seattle field offices.…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date and transmission fields left blank. Page two of an FBI teletype or lead document (case PD 164-41) directing Los Angeles and Minneapolis field off…

Teletype header showing message NR 002 from San Francisco field office to Seattle, Portland, Kansas City, and Los Angeles, marked URGENT, dated December 8, 1971. Redacted subject box with b6/b7C exe…

Header indicating this is the second page of a multi-page document. Large redacted block, content withheld under FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, b7D. FOIA exemption codes indicating redaction of personal…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated December 8, 1971, sent via urgent plaintext teletype. Routing information for the teletype from Portland to Denver and San Francisco field…

Standard FBI teletype header indicating a plaintext, urgent (NITEL) teletype transmission dated December 8, 1971. FBI teletype from Portland to Seattle regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, referencin…

Standard FBI transmittal form header (likely FD-263 or similar), with date and priority fields left blank or redacted. Continuation page (page two) of document PD 164-41. A large block of text is fu…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank Date, Type, and Priority fields. Page three of a Portland (PD) FBI teletype, case 164-41. References a photograph (redacted) and an interview co…

Standard FBI teletype form header dated December 8, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. Routing information: teletype sent from Portland FBI office to New York and Seattle offices, with FBI…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header, dated December 8, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. Routing information showing teletype sent from Portland field office to Seattle, Albuquer…

Standard FBI teletype/transmittal form header (FD-36). Date and transmission fields are blank. Page two of an FBI teletype (PD 164-41) describing a suspect lead in the D.B. Cooper case. A redacted i…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle and Portland offices, sent at 5:17 PM on December 8, 1971. Handwritten annotation noting the subject concerns SAMAR units in Sa…

Handwritten annotation identifying the suspect discussed in this teletype. FBI teletype from Minneapolis field office to Director and other offices regarding D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Rep…

Case number and page continuation header for FBI teletype. Continuation of teletype describing subject Cronk: taken to hospital in Albany, Oregon. Physical description provided — white male, DOB Oct…

Teletype routing header from SAC Butte to Director FBI and SACs in Seattle, Portland, and Minneapolis, dated December 8, 1971, marked urgent. FBI teletype from Butte field office regarding suspect H…

Teletype header indicating page two of message BT 164-26. A source explains that CELK could only sign checks on the day they were issued, meaning CELK must have been working on the dates in question…

Standard FBI teletype form header (FD-36), dated December 8, 1971, transmitted in plaintext via urgent teletype. Numbered #009. Urgent teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle regarding UN…

Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI field office (file 164-81) to Portland, sent as a night teletype on December 8, 1971. Case identification line identifying the unknown subject (UNSUB) aka Da…

Teletype header indicating message number 019, sent at 8:50 PM on 12/8/71 from Portland field office (164-41) to Seattle field office (164-81). Suspect name redacted. Handwritten note reads 'No PD LE…

Page two of a teletype (PD 164-41). A redacted individual in Vancouver, Washington may be able to provide information regarding former employees. A redacted Northwest Airlines employee at Portland vi…

Teletype header showing routing from Portland FBI office to Omaha and Seattle offices, dated December 8, 1971. Handwritten annotation indicating this teletype relates to flight insurance and is a le…

Teletype routing header indicating message NR049, sent at 9:25 PM on December 8, 1971, from the FBI Director to all SACs (Special Agents in Charge). Handwritten annotation labeling this document as…

Page two of a teletype message, likely a press release or public communication. States the suspect is believed to have parachuted from a Boeing 727 in flight from Seattle to Reno, Nevada. Mr. Hoover…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date December 8, 1971. Redacted narrative of an interview. A male subject furnished information and described his activities on the night of November 24, 1…

Airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle dated 12/8/71, enclosing two copies of an FD-302 interview report with a redacted individual in Portland, Oregon, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijac…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated December 8, 1971, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel memo from SAC Portland to FBI Director/FBI Laboratory requesting latent fingerprint examination of…

Date of the airtel document. Airtel memo from SAC Portland to FBI Director regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Portland is forwarding a copy of a previously referenced airtel that was inadvert…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding the NORJAK hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Handwritten anno…

Case file number header for the document. Biographical data sheet for subject JESSE BELL: white American male, born 11/17/19 in Baltimore, Maryland, 5'9"-10", approximately 160 pounds, dark brown sl…

Case file number for the Portland Division FBI file. Leads section directing the Portland FBI office to continue investigating Jesse Bell in Eugene, Oregon, and to display Bell's photograph to appro…

Standard government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Dugan to SAC Portland, dated 12/8/71, regarding the NORJAK case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking). SA Dugan reports that an Oregon Sta…

Document identification number and typist initials. Redacted name or routing block with partial text visible. SA John N. Campbell conducted investigation into the NWA Flight 305 hijacking. On Decem…

File number, dictator/typist initials, and page number for this FBI report page. A redacted individual stated that someone may know something relevant. On December 7, 1971, an attempt was made to lo…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from an FBI Special Agent in Portland to the SAC Portland office, dated 12/8/71, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A source in Coos Bay,…

FBI teletype from Director to Las Vegas, Portland, Sacramento, and Seattle field offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Las Vegas airtel from November 30, 1971. Reports that on…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, dated 12/8/71, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. The sender SA name is redacted. A…

Case/file identifier for the document. An individual was shown the artist's composite sketch of the hijacker and stated he had never seen the person, and in his opinion another redacted individual h…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Dugan to SAC Portland, dated 12/9/71, regarding NORJAK case (164-41). A referenced prior communication regarding a suspect is redacted. A G…

Portland Division case file number for the D.B. Cooper case. Lead assignment for Portland field office directing agents to obtain a photograph of a redacted individual from PPD (Portland Police Depa…

FBI case file reference numbers and dictation/typist codes. FBI investigation report documenting the display of facsimile and glossy photographs of HARRY WILLIAM CELK to a redacted witness at Northw…

Date header at top of page. Airtel memo header from Sacramento FBI field office to Seattle SAC regarding the D.B. Cooper Northwest Airlines hijacking case, Flight 305 Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71…

Handwritten name identifying the subject of the mugshot photos below. Standard booking mugshot pair (profile view on left, frontal view on right) of a male subject identified as Harold Lee Dowell. T…

FBI Identification Record header with record number 467 901 F, dated 12-3-71, bearing the Director's signature block. FBI criminal history (rap sheet) for Ralph Vincent Galope showing multiple arres…

Header of an FBI Identification Record form for FBI record number 467 901 F, dated 12-3-71, with standard disclaimers about official use only and fingerprint contributor data. Criminal record table…

Handwritten name identifying the subject of the mugshot. Profile (left side) mugshot photograph of a male subject, appearing middle-aged with dark hair combed back, clean shaven. Front-facing mugsh…

Date of the airtel document. FBI Airtel header routing the message from Washington Field Office SAC to Seattle SAC, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking case on Northwest Airlines Flight 305…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 8, 1971, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (UNSUB aka Dan Coo…

On December 3, 1971, a contact at the Vancouver, Washington Police Department reported that records showed a white male, 5'10½", 160 lbs, brown hair and eyes, with a connection to the Multnomah Count…

Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI office to Portland FBI office, urgent priority, dated December 9, 1971. Handwritten numbered list appearing to summarize the investigation steps described in…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype with case number 164-81. Continuation of an investigative directive (items three through five) instructing agents to: check airport security for…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle and Portland, marked URGENT, dated December 9, 1971. Subject line referencing NORJAK case, marked 'No Action'. References prior…

FBI FD-302 form header with revision date. Document title and date header. An Oregon State Police corporal reported recovering a parachute from a ponderosa pine tree on Rigdon Main Road, about 25 m…

FBI file reference numbers and dictation/typist initials. SE 164-81 is the Seattle field office case number; PD 164-41 is the Portland field office case number. A female witness from North Albany, O…

Date and location header for the memo. Subject line identifying the case as the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. Reference to a Daily Telegraph article from May 28, 1971 abou…

Investigative leads section listing three action items: (1) obtain disposition of a case involving a "Mr. Brown" and Qantas Airline from May 1971, (2) obtain a description of "Mr. Brown", and (3) det…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Portland to FBI Director regarding the Dan Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight #305, 11/24/71). Encloses a letterhead memorandum about a ho…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Thomas C. Dugan to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 12/8/71. An Oregon State Police sergeant from Milwaukie reported on 12…

Standard FBI teletype form header, FD-36, dated December 9, 1971, sent in plaintext via urgent teletype. Routing information showing teletype sent from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office rega…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype/airtel transmittal form header with date, type, and priority fields left blank. Continuation (page two) of a Portland Division teletype (PD 164-41) directing the Seattle…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header indicating a plaintext urgent teletype dated December 9, 1971. Urgent teletype from the Portland FBI field office to the Director requesting 250 c…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated December 9, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. Summary teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header, FD-36, dated December 9, 1971, sent in plaintext via urgent teletype. Urgent teletype from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office regarding NORJAK c…

Teletype header from FBI Los Angeles field office (file 164-497) sent urgently on December 9, 1971 at 6:18 PM to Seattle, Portland, Kansas City, and San Francisco field offices regarding the NORJAK c…

Case number and page indicator for an FBI Los Angeles field office document. A female subject's statement regarding the purpose or details of a trip, which is unknown. Content heavily redacted under…

Case number and page continuation header for Los Angeles FBI field office file 164-497, page three. Indicates a reinterview of a redacted individual located in Oakland, California. Name and addition…

Physical hole-punch artifacts Page four of LA field office teletype (case 164-497). Describes a white male subject: 6 feet tall, 155 pounds, brown hair and eyes, with a Social Security number checke…

Teletype routing header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) message sent from Minneapolis to Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle FBI offices on December 9, 1971, at 7:22 PM. Subject line identifying…

Continuation of a teletype or report (page two) under file MP 164-73. A redacted female source advised on a subject but does not know what type of business he is associated with. A redacted source f…

Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype with file number MP 164-73. Continuation of an FBI teletype directing the Portland field office to conduct an investigation in West Linn, Oreg…

Date of the document. 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 reda…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL communication dated December 3, 1971. AIRTEL from SAC Cleveland to FBI Director regarding suspect Harry William Celk (aka Eric Celk) i…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 7, 1971. Routing and subject block identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, sent from Seattle SAC to Albany SAC, with case number…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Administrative instructions requesting that all communications about Cooper suspects include sub-captions with the suspect's name…

Letterhead for KPOK Radio station in Portland, Oregon, indicating AM and FM broadcast capability. Date line of the editorial broadcast, with internal reference number 71/89. KPOK Radio editorial fr…

Header block of FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report, form 1-336, dated December 7, 1971, addressed to SAC Seattle. Subject line identifying the case as the UNSUB hijacking…

Addressee and date of the report page. FOIA exemption codes marked in the right margin, indicating redacted personal information. A rectangular redaction box obscuring text, likely containing ident…

FBI Airtel header from the Director to SAC Albany and Legal Attachés in Ottawa and Mexico City, dated 12/7/71, under case number 164-2111 with code word NORJAK. Directive establishing the code word…

Continuation header of an airtel addressed to SAC Albany and Legal Attachés in Ottawa and Mexico City. Page 2 of an FBI airtel directing that all leads involving individuals named Cooper matching th…

File reference numbers and dictation/typist initials for the FBI report. FBI report documenting a lead in which a witness near Troutdale, Oregon reported observing what appeared to be parachutes. SA…

FBI case file numbers and dictation/typist identifiers for Portland and Seattle field offices. An Oregon Journal contact telephoned SA Ronald E. Sherk on December 3, 1971, suggesting that a redacted…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date. FBI interview of James Dewitt Rankin, a cytonology technician and former paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division, about his whereabouts on Novemb…

FBI case file numbers for Portland and Seattle field offices. Continuation of a subject physical description and personal data form. Describes a male subject born in Roseburg, Oregon, 6 feet tall, 1…

File numbers and typist/page identifiers for the FBI report. An FBI Special Agent conducted records checks on December 2, 1971 at the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, Portland Police Department, a…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Portland, regarding the NORJAK hijacking case. Sheriff Woody Jones of Polk County reported that two ind…

Standard FBI memorandum header from SA Thomas G. Ackerman to SAC Portland regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines on 11/24/71. SA Ackerman reports follow-up on a Springfield, Oregon Poli…

Case file number header for this report page. A redacted female source states that to the best of her knowledge, a redacted individual has never jumped out of an airplane. Names are withheld under b…

Standard US Government memorandum header on Optional Form No. 10, addressed to SAC (164-41) P, from a redacted Special Agent, dated 12/9/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight…

FBI case file number and page continuation indicator. A female source stated she would ask a male subject to call FBI interviewing agents upon his return to Portland. She provided a physical descrip…

FBI Portland filing stamp dated December 10, 1971, with handwritten reference number and processing checkboxes for searched, indexed, serialized, and filed. FBI Vault page reference identifier for t…

Return address of the letter writer Addressee of the letter A citizen named W. M. W. Terrell writes to the FBI Agent in Charge in Portland offering amateur theories and suggestions about D.B. Coope…

Handwritten letter (likely from a member of the public) offering speculative observations and theories about the D.B. Cooper hijacking suspect. The writer comments on the inadequacy of the composite…

A citizen letter to the FBI regarding D.B. Cooper, offering observations and theories. The writer suggests the hijacking may be imitated on the West Coast and recommends thorough investigation of par…

FBI Portland filing stamp with case number, indexing fields, and date of December 10, 1971. Initials PNB appear below. FBI Vault document identifier stamp. Two black hole-punch marks visible at the…

Date and location header of the letter. Addressee of the letter: FBI Portland, Oregon field office. A letter from a self-described spiritual person writing to the FBI Portland office about the D.B.…

Page 2 of a letter from an unidentified individual to the FBI offering psychic/spiritual guidance on the D.B. Cooper case. The writer claims to communicate with a 'guardian angel' and offers theories…

Standard FBI teletype transmission header indicating a plaintext urgent teletype dated December 8, 1971. Routing block identifying the teletype as sent from San Diego FBI office to Seattle and Sacra…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype/airtel transmission form header. Date and transmission fields are blank. Page two of an FBI airtel/teletype (SD 164-91) regarding the D.B. Cooper investigation. An indivi…

Standard FBI transmittal form header with blank date, transmission type, and priority fields. Page three of an FBI teletype (case SD 164-91) regarding suspect Gilpatrick, who served time at Washingt…

Standard US Government memorandum header. Addressed to SAC Portland from a redacted Special Agent regarding the UNSUB (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, 11…

FBI file number, typist initials, and page number for the Portland field office report. An FBI Special Agent in Portland interviewed a female witness (name redacted) by telephone on December 8, 1971…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated 12/10/71. A female witness telephonically reported on 12…

FBI Portland case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation from a previous page; a female individual indicated that a redacted person would like to be contacted by the FBI. Lead…

Standard US Government memorandum header with case details for the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation, FBI file 164-41. Handwritten annotation summarizing the key content of the memo — a sky…

Arrest record for Johnston Joseph Henry, arrested 11-19-71 in Portland. Charged with operating/chauffeur violation involving a 1960 Dodge vehicle with Washington plate PAU282. Case assigned to Distri…

Header of an Oregon State Bureau of Identification and Investigation criminal record transcript, dated November 23, 1971, for OSB Number 169663, FBI Number 514 393 A, prepared by Director G. A. Kanz.…

Header of page 2 of an Oregon State Bureau of Identification and Investigation criminal record transcript. Criminal record table for Joseph Henry Johnston showing multiple arrests from 1961 to 1964…

A redacted or obscured header line consisting of asterisk-like characters. Criminal record entry for Joseph H. Johnston showing a 1962 arrest by Multnomah County Sheriff's Office in Portland, Oregon…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case (file 164-41), dated 12/11/71. The sender (a Special Agent) is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemp…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal header (FD-36 form) dated December 10, 1971, sent as urgent plaintext teletype number 004. Portland FBI field office teletype to Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Coop…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated December 10, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. Summary teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B.…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to Director FBI, Portland, Seattle, and Washington Field Office, dated December 10, 1971. Handwritten annotation of suspect name. Minneapolis F…

Teletype routing header. Urgent message dated December 10, 1971 from Portland FBI office (file 164-41) to Seattle, Anchorage (via Washington D.C.), and Butte. Handwritten notation indicating this su…

Teletype routing header from FBI Director to New York, Seattle, and Portland field offices, marked URGENT, dated December 10, 1971. Handwritten annotations, likely routing or processing notes refere…

Handwritten notation referencing D.B. Cooper and prints, partially illegible. FBI Director teletype to Portland and Seattle field offices regarding NORJAK case. Reports that latent prints from an en…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle, Portland, Kansas City, and San Francisco, sent urgently on December 10, 1971 at 9:34 PM. NORJACK teletype from Los Angeles repor…

Continuation of an FBI report (page two) under case number 164-497. States that the subject does not know a redacted individual or anyone resembling the artist's conception of the unknown subject. Re…

Page three of an FBI Los Angeles field office report (case LA 164-497). A redacted individual from Sun Valley, California telephonically contacted FBI Los Angeles. The individual denied involvement i…

Case number and page indicator for a multi-page teletype from the Los Angeles FBI field office. Continuation of a teletype directing the Kansas City field office to interview a redacted individual a…

Teletype routing header from FBI Minneapolis field office to Director and multiple field offices, dated December 12, 1971. Handwritten name of suspect Ralph V. Galope. FBI NORJAK teletype reporting…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 11, 1971, transmitted in plaintext via teletype at NITEL priority. Portland FBI field office teletype to Seattle and Los Angeles regarding the…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype/airtel transmittal form header. Date and transmittal fields are blank. Page two of a Portland Division teletype (PD 164-41) providing a physical description of a person n…

Standard FBI teletype form header (FD-36), dated December 11, 1971, transmitted in plaintext via NITEL teletype. Teletype from Portland FBI field office (164-41) to Seattle (164-81) regarding NORJAK…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco field office to Seattle, Los Angeles, Kansas City, and Portland, sent 7:57 PM on December 11, 1971. NORJAK teletype body. References an LA teletype of Dece…

FBI office stamps showing receipt and serialization at FBI Portland, dated December 16, 1971. Letter origin: Los Angeles, California, December 9. A letter from an anonymous individual in Los Angeles…

Hand-drawn investigative map of south-central Washington state showing a 'check area' approximately 90 air miles from Seattle-Tacoma Airport. The map highlights geographic features including rivers (…

Postage area of envelope showing three Thomas Jefferson stamps, one 8-cent flag stamp, a California postmark, and a 'VIA AIR' airmail designation. Typed recipient address on envelope directed to the…

The page appears mostly blank or heavily darkened with no discernible text content in the main body area. A partially visible rubber stamp impression, too degraded to read reliably. Bates number st…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated December 12, 1971. FBI Seattle SA telephonically advised that a man fitting the hijacker description w…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, dated 12/13/71, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case (164-41). An individual from Vancouver, Washington called the…

Case/file number header for the document. Continuation of an FBI report (page 2). A redacted individual mentioned a stolen car connected to the hijacking and agreed to an FBI interview at his reside…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 8, 1971. Airtel routing from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK hijacking case, with handwritten annotation identif…

Case file number for the document. An individual (name redacted) had no home address for HORTON but provided a photograph taken by Multnomah County Sheriff's Office (number 13742) on 5/20/70. The ph…

FBI airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK investigation. A Special Agent conducted an investigation in Portland, Oregon on 12/10/71 by observing a suspect at his place of business.…

Header of an FBI Airtel memo dated 12/13/71 from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a redacted suspect. SA Thomas J. Dugan reports that a Gresham, Oregon PD detective inv…

Case file number for the Portland Division. SA (Special Agent) reports that on 12/10/71 the Portland PD Identification Division made available two photographs of a suspect, which are enclosed for th…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 13, 1971, transmitted in plaintext via urgent teletype. Routing information: teletype sent from Portland FBI office (file 164-41) to Seattle (…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent 12-13-71 from Minneapolis field office to Seattle, Dallas, Denver, and Portland offices. Case file numbers 164-81 (Seattle) and 164-41 (Portl…

Page two of a report detailing the criminal history of a subject named Fugate, including convictions for passing no account checks, mail fraud, a con game, and interstate theft/transportation of an a…

Page three of a multi-page teletype regarding a suspect named Fugate. Describes his background (Denver University, USAF pilot, United Airlines, engineer at Martin-Marrietta Corp., president of Air Ca…

Final page (page four) of an FBI teletype instructing the Dallas field office at Lubbock, Texas to contact the federal penitentiary to establish a suspect's current location and obtain a current phot…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 13, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT, URGENT priority. Teletype from Portland FBI office to Seattle regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper case). Ref…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36), dated December 13, 1971, sent via teletype with urgent priority in plaintext. Portland FBI office teletype to Seattle regarding NORJACK case. R…

FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 13, 1971, transmitted in plaintext via teletype with urgent priority. Portland FBI office teletype to Seattle regarding NORJACK case. References a WFO…

FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted personal information. Urgent teletype from FBI Director to Portland field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The Identification Division reviewe…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated December 13, 1971, marked URGENT priority. Summary teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hij…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle to FBI Portland, dated December 13, 1971. Handwritten name annotation identifying the subject of the teletype. FBI Seattle teletype regarding NORJAK case. R…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated December 13, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT via TELETYPE, priority URGENT. Teletype from Portland FBI office to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B.…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype/airtel transmittal form header. Communication from SAC Portland to SAC Sacramento and SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 12/13/71. A suspect was developed in th…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated December 13, 1971, number 014, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Teletype from Portland to Las Vegas and Seattle SACs regarding the NO…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office (file 164-81) to FBI Portland office (file 164-41), sent at 7:07 PM on December 13, 1971. Subject line is redacted. Case name NORJAK (FBI code name fo…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office to Butte and Portland offices, dated December 13, 1971, regarding NORJAK case. Relay of Omaha nitel reporting that a protected source in Nebraska advi…

Header indicating this is page two of a teletype or memo with Seattle file number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype stating that records were reviewed until December 13 and contained no reference t…

FBI teletype from Seattle to Anchorage and Portland (via Washington DC) dated December 13, 1971, regarding case NORJAK. References prior communications from late November and early December 1971. Sta…

FBI Los Angeles teletype to Seattle and other field offices dated 12/13/71 regarding NORJAK case. References a San Francisco teletype to Seattle from December 11. A redacted individual in Sun Valley,…

Continuation page (page two) of an FBI Los Angeles field office report (case 164-497). States that a subject traveled to the FBI office to have a photo taken. The remainder of the line and nearly all…

Case number and page designation for an FBI Los Angeles field office teletype, page three. A redacted individual is discussed in relation to December 9, when he learned the FBI was looking for him.…

Case number and page continuation header for Los Angeles FBI field office file 164-497, page four of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of a multi-office FBI teletype assigning leads: Los Angeles t…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated 12/13/71, transmitted in plaintext via teletype NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle and SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJACK cas…

File reference numbers and dictation/typist initials for this FBI document. PD 164-41 and SE 164-81 are case file numbers. JSG:pjb are agent/typist initials. Page 1. An FBI Special Agent in Portland…

Standard US Government memorandum header on Optional Form No. 10, addressed from a Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions) to the SAC of the Portland FBI office, regarding NORJACK weath…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) in Portland to SAC Portland, dated 12/13/71, regarding the NORJAK hijacking investigation and suspect Frank J. Ma…

Case file number header for Portland field office file 164-41. Continuation of an FBI investigative report regarding FRANK J. MARCOTTE, a property disposal worker at UAD. A female source (from a pre…

Standard FD-302 form header with date. FD-302 interview report documenting the employment file of Floyd J. Snider obtained from Radiation International, Inc. Contains biographical details including…

Case or file reference number for this report page. A source provided information about SNIDER's employment at Radiation International, Inc. (parent of Electronics Speciality). SNIDER progressed fro…

Standard FD-302 form header with date December 10, 1971. An unnamed coworker at Radiation International, Inc. in Portland, OR was interviewed about Floyd J. Snider. The interviewee described Snider…

Handwritten routing note indicating this is a D.B. Cooper letter from Reno with no Portland leads. FBI AIRTEL memo dated 12/6/71 from SAC Las Vegas to Director FBI (ATTN: FBI Laboratory) regarding t…

FBI Laboratory report header addressed to SAC Portland regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71, classified as CAA - Hijacking; Extortion. Specimens Q5 and Q6 recei…

FBI laboratory examination results for specimens Q5 through Q12 in the D.B. Cooper case. No matches were found in the Anonymous Letter File. No watermarks or indented writing of evidentiary value wer…

Form identifier and revision number in top-left corner. FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form from Director Hoover to SAC Portland regarding the UNSUB Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71.…

Date of the document. Airtel header routing from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Milwaukee regarding the hijacking of Pacific Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Office of Origin is Seattle. Handwrit…

FBI case file number for the Minneapolis field office, D.B. Cooper case. An individual (name redacted) reported to the FBI that another person (name redacted) bore resemblance to the composite sketc…

Date stamp at top of page. Header/routing block of the FBI document. Extremely degraded. Appears to contain office routing, case references, and the date 12/1/71. The word TICKET is visible on the r…

Date of the airtel document. FBI Airtel from SAC Minneapolis to Director FBI, Identification Division-Latent Fingerprint Section, regarding the Dan Cooper hijacking case on Northwest Airlines Flight…

A note referencing the FBI Latent Fingerprint Section, stating that a latent fingerprint scan was conducted on a flight coupon in an attempt to develop any latent prints of value. Dated 2-5-73 with r…

Date of the teletype. Teletype header showing an urgent message from Oklahoma City (file 164-56) to Seattle (file 164-81) and Albuquerque, regarding the NORJAK case. Subject line is redacted. Body…

Page two of a multi-page FBI communication (case OC 164-56) discussing an individual's movements and residences. Most personal identifying information is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. The…

Case number and page continuation header for Oklahoma City FBI office file 164-56, page three of a multi-page teletype. Description of an unidentified subject (redacted name) located in Oklahoma. Su…

FBI Identification Division latent fingerprint report dated December 10, 1971, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71). The Las Vegas f…

Header line addressing SAC Las Vegas, dated December 10, 1971. Boxed section listing two individuals with dates of birth and places of origin. Portions above and below the names are redacted (b6/b7C…

Document header with case file number PD 164-41, dictated by agent with initials JAM, transcribed by tam, page 1. FBI interview conducted at Madras, Oregon on November 30, 1971. An interviewee was c…

FBI report header with case file number PD 164-41, dictated by agent JAM, typed by tam, page 2. An individual states he knew nothing about the redacted person having commented about committing a hij…

Case number header and typist initials, page 3 of the report. Redacted passage referencing someone in Oregon who would have more information. An interview conducted on November 30, 1971 at Sisters,…

Case file reference number PD 164-41, typist initials JAM:tam, page 4 of document. Physical description fields for an individual: born September 17, 1933 in Shell Knob, Missouri; 5'11", 160-165 lbs,…

Date of the airtel. Airtel memo from SAC Portland to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Portland office reports it did not retain a copy of a hand-printed letter purportedly from D. B. Cooper addre…

File reference number, dictating agent initials, and page number for the report. An FBI Special Agent contacted a redacted individual at the U.S. Forest Service Smoke Jump Center in Redmond, Oregon…

Case file number and dictation/typist identifiers. FBI Special Agent report documenting investigation of a suspect lead in Dallas, Oregon related to the D.B. Cooper skyjacking. Oregon DMV records we…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and document date. A redacted Northwest Airlines employee at Portland International Airport stated that a photograph of a redacted ind…

FBI file and serial numbers with dictator/typist initials and page number. An FBI Special Agent in Klamath Falls, Oregon reports that on December 9, 1971, an Oregon State Police officer on Altamont…

Case file identifiers and page number for this FD-302 continuation page. A redacted statement indicating someone commented on something; content withheld under b6/b7C exemptions. An unidentified fe…

Case file reference numbers and dictation/typist initials, page 3 of a sub-document. A source provided four photographs and a physical description of an unidentified male subject: white, male, 5'11"…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date. A redacted Northwest Airlines employee viewed photographs of several individuals and could not identify any of them as the hijacker. The employee's n…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date. A redacted Northwest Airlines employee at Portland International Airport viewed photographs of individuals and could not identify any as the hija…

Case file number and agent/typist initials header block. An FBI Special Agent contacted a female witness at her place of employment in Portland, Oregon on December 1, 1971. She viewed the composite…

FBI Portland field office case number and dictation/typist initials. FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation on December 13, 1971 in Portland, Oregon. A male subject was interviewed at his plac…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK, dated 12/14/71. On 12/13/71 someone from SOG telephonically requested informati…

Header block identifying the case: unknown subject aka Dan Cooper, hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71. Crime classification is hijacking and extortion. Office o…

FBI Portland field office return address and date of the letter. Addressee block identifying the recipient as Chief of Police Arthur Enderlin of the West Linn Police Department. Thank-you letter fr…

Return address and date of the letter. Addressee block; Colonel's name is redacted. Thank-you letter from FBI SAC J. L. Mattson to an Oregon Army National Guard Colonel, expressing gratitude for ae…

Return address (redacted) in California with date of December 9, 1971. A member of the public writes to FBI Special Agent Julius Mattson requesting a composite picture of the D.B. Cooper skyjacker.…

Two identical US postage stamps depicting Francis Parkman, American Historian. Postmark is partially visible but date is mostly illegible. Handwritten address on an envelope directed to Julius Matts…

Return address and date of the letter from FBI Portland field office. FBI Special Agent in Charge J. L. Mattson responds to a citizen's letter from California, forwarding two composite sketches of t…

Letterhead with telephone number and address fields, partially redacted. Origin is Portland, Oregon. FBI Portland received stamp dated December 13, 1971. A citizen letter dated December 10, 1971, a…

Continuation page indicator showing this is page 2 of a multi-page document. Carbon copy distribution list from a letter or memo, listing four recipients: The Oregonian newspaper editor, The Oregon…

FBI Portland field office return address and date of letter. Redacted recipient name and address in Portland, Oregon. FBI acknowledgment letter thanking a citizen for submitting suggestions to help…

FBI Portland filing stamp with case number 164-41-431, dated December 1971. Handwritten address/header directing the letter to the FBI Portland Office. A citizen writes to the FBI Portland Office o…

Continuation of a handwritten letter suggesting the FBI use air and ground observers to track where jumpers land along the flight route, which would help determine where to dig for evidence. The auth…

Continuation (page II) of a handwritten letter discussing the difficulty of searching for a person in wooded terrain. The author argues that despite wearing a parachute, the subject would not be easy…

Continuation of a letter offering search advice for the D.B. Cooper case. The writer uses a deer-hunting analogy to suggest searchers should look for small visible parts (an elbow, knee, or foot) rat…

Page number marking 'III' and FBI case identifier DB Cooper-40845. The writer suggests a small winter search party of 2–4 men with snowshoes should go into the brush to more thoroughly inspect the t…

Continuation of a handwritten letter to the FBI. The writer states they mention something so the recipient knows the writer has some knowledge of the subject, and offers to assist if needed. Closing…

Redacted return address area with handwritten notation 'Vane, Wash' (likely abbreviation for Vancouver, Washington). U.S. Postal Service circular date postmark from Vancouver, dated December 11, 197…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Portland forwards a letter from a redacted individual in Vancouver, Washington, who furnishe…

FBI case file number for the Portland field office. Return address and date of the letter from FBI Portland field office. Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. L. Mattson to a redacted individ…

Date of the airtel. Airtel header from SAC Portland to SAC Minneapolis regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a prior Minneapolis airtel dated 12/8/71. Suspect named is Robert Lee Horton. Portland…

FBI case file number for Portland field office. Identifies HORTON's residence address, telephone number, and student status at Portland State College. Lead assignment directing Portland field offic…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated December 13, 1971. Routing information: airtel from Seattle SAC to Portland SAC regarding NORJAK suspect. Report describing a tip received o…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation, Seattle field office. A redacted individual advised they could not give an exact date of a theft, but stated the individual told him he was fr…

Continuation of a prior statement indicating that several people at an establishment may know or recall a person of interest being present there. Portland leads: (1) Obtain a theft report from Portl…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to Denver, Portland, and Seattle, marked URGENT, dated December 14, 1971. Handwritten annotation of the subject's name. NORJAK teletype regardi…

Handwritten notation of the suspect's name. FBI teletype from Los Angeles field office to Seattle, Kansas City, Portland, and Sacramento regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References Kansas City t…

Case number and page indicator for the teletype continuation. Page two of an FBI teletype regarding suspect Siegrist, described as a white male American born November 27, 1923, 5'9", 168 lbs, brown…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header (FD-36), dated December 14, 1971, sent in plaintext via teletype with urgent priority. Summary teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle regar…

Urgent teletype from Portland FBI office to Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Suspect Clyde Kennedy was eliminated based on physical characteristics (hair color, eye color, age, and height). A Portland…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header indicating an urgent plaintext teletype dated December 14, 1971. Portland FBI field office teletype to Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. References a…

FBI teletype header from Portland field office to Director and Seattle, dated 12/14/71, transmitted via NITEL priority teletype in plaintext. Case file numbers 164-2114 (Director), 164-81 (Seattle),…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, transmission type, and priority fields. Page two of a Portland (PD 164-41) teletype describing a suspect who does not fit the hijacker's d…

Teletype header showing message from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office, sent 6:25 PM on December 14, 1971. Portland FBI reports that Jim Allen, supervisor at the Redmond Jump Center (U.S. Fo…

FBI teletype from Director to Minneapolis, Seattle, and Portland field offices, dated December 14, 1971, regarding the NORJAK case. States that no latent prints of value were found on the airlines ti…

Envelope mailed from the Lake County Examiner newspaper in Lakeview, Oregon to the FBI Portland office. Postmarked December 11, 1971 and received/stamped by FBI Portland on December 14, 1971. The env…

Redacted block, likely containing the recipient address and possibly a date. A letter from a newspaper columnist forwarding enclosures received from a redacted individual. The writer notes they see…