Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Los Angeles and Seattle offices, dated December 15, 1971. Portland FBI office reports on possible NORJAK suspect Lee Joseph Gilpatrick. A Mu…

Case number and page identifier for the teletype continuation. Continuation of a teletype describing a subject who was issued a commercial pilot's license on July 16, 1964 at a terminal at 7000 NE A…

Standard FBI teletype form header (FD-36), dated December 15, 1971, transmitted in plaintext via NITEL priority teletype. FBI Portland teletype to Los Angeles and Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Repo…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmission form header with date, type, and priority fields left blank. Page two of a teletype from Portland (PD 164-41) regarding a commercial pilot's license holder d…

Standard FBI teletype form header, dated December 16, 1971, sent in plaintext via teletype with urgent priority. Routing block showing the teletype was sent from Portland (file 164-41) to six field…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header with blank date, transmit, and via fields. Page two of an FBI teletype (PD 164-41) reporting that on December 16, 1971, a redacted FAA-GADO source…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-02. List of 26 deleted pages with exemption codes. Pages were withheld for FOIA exemptions b6 (…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated January 11, 1972, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. Brief summary teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle regarding NORJAK (…

Document form number and clerk initials header. An FBI Special Agent investigated a report from a Cape Lookout State Park employee in Tillamook, Oregon, about a suspicious person who camped at the p…

File number, author initials, and page number for this FBI report page. An individual was cleared as a suspect in the D.B. Cooper hijacking because he was contacted by phone between 6:00 and 8:00 p.…

FBI Portland field office filing stamp with case number 164-41-707, dated January 12, 1972. Indicates the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed. FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal pri…

Standard FD-302 form header with FBI seal and date of transcription. An interviewee from Everett, WA describes planning a Greyhound bus trip to Reno, NV around December 1. During a layover in Portla…

Physical description of an unknown white female, approximately 18 years old, 5'3", 125 lbs, with light complexion and blond hair. Poorly dressed in white blouse, jeans with patches, and white buck sh…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. From SAC Seattle to SAC Portland, dated January 6, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Transmittal of two copies of an FD-302 interview report and a Gr…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 10, 1972. Airtel from SAC Chicago to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. Chicago encloses one photograph of a redacted individual…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header indicating a plaintext urgent teletype dated January 12, 1972. Brief summary teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle regarding the NORJ…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated January 12, 1972, message number 004, sent in plaintext via NITEL teletype. Portland FBI office teletype to Seattle regarding NORJAK case.…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 10:13 PM on January 12, 1972 from Washington Field Office (file 164-169) to the Director, Portland, and Seattle. A source currently emplo…

Continuation (page two) of what appears to be an FBI teletype or report describing a suspect with extensive skydiving experience in western Oregon, Texas, and Nevada. A witness last saw the subject i…

Page four of a teletype describing two individuals of interest in Corvallis/Portland, Oregon. The first is a white male, 5'10"–6', 190 lbs, dark hair receding at temples, speaks Spanish fluently. The…

Continuation (page five) of an FBI teletype regarding a hijacking investigation. States that if indicated, agents will contact a redacted individual at the above address regarding her knowledge of a…

Document header showing file number FD 161-41, dictated by agent with initials RKB, typed by tam, page 1. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation reviewing Motor Vehicle Registration Records…

Date and format header for the teletype message. Teletype routing header showing the message is from Milwaukee FBI field office to Director, Chicago, and Seattle, regarding NORJAK case with Seattle…

Date of the airtel memo. Standard FBI airtel header routing memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Report of a lead from Lane County Sheriff's Office. A Lt. received a let…

File reference number and typist initials header. An SA contacted the Probation and Parole Office in Eugene, Oregon on January 11, 1971. The office had information about an individual resembling the…

Case and page reference number for Portland FBI field office file 164-41, page 2. Detailed biographical and identification record for Merlin Gene Cooper, also known as John T. Titan. Includes physic…

Standard US Government memo header addressed to SAC Portland, dated January 13, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Sender's name is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Memo identifies Merlin Gene Co…

Date of the airtel memorandum. Airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Portland is forwarding a letter from a redacted individual in Oregon who claims that a certain…

Date stamp showing January 10, 1972, Oregon FBI Portland filing stamp with case number and serialization date Handwritten letter to FBI Portland from an unidentified citizen discussing secret Germa…

Writer argues that an event should have convinced certain people they are not as superior as they believed, but apparently it did not. Continues discussion about people who believe Germans are super…

Continuation of a letter complaining about financial exploitation, false bookkeeping, price discrimination, and withholding of commissions. The writer states they are forced to work 7 days a week, 14…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, dated January 10, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Sender SA name is redacted. Justice of Peace Earl English of Baker County, Oregon,…

Internal FBI memo from SAC Portland office dated 1/13/72 regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References a list of FAA-approved pilot schools and parachute clubs in Oregon, furnished by the FAA on 1/…

Document header with case file number and section title indicating a list of pilot schools. List of 12 pilot schools and flying services in Oregon with their mailing addresses, likely compiled as pa…

FBI case file number header for the Portland field office. Continuation of a list of aviation-related businesses and organizations in Oregon, with their mailing addresses. This is page 3 of the list…

FBI case file number header for the document. List of three flying clubs/flight services in Oregon with their mailing addresses, continuing from a previous page. List of parachute clubs in Oregon.…

FBI memo from Portland to Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Greyhound Bus Ticket Division in Portland was contacted on 1/13/72 about identifying passengers who traveled from Portland, OR to Reno, NV on…

Urgent teletype from FBI Portland to FBI Seattle regarding NORJAK case, reporting no new developments at Portland to date. Handwritten case number and notations at bottom of page. Bates-style refer…

FBI FD-448 facsimile transmittal form from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, transmitting one map and one two-page memo from NWA (Northwest Airlines) dated 1/9/72. Marked as URGENT p…

Technical analysis describing the methodology and explanation of a plot showing the envelope of possible landing points for the hijacker (HJ) who jumped from the aircraft. The analysis incorporates U…

Analysis of probable landing zones for the hijacker (HJ) after exiting the airplane. Prioritizes search areas along and around Line A-B, with Point A as highest priority. Discusses free-fall scenario…

A photocopied USGS-style topographic map showing terrain with contour lines, roads, streams, and township/range section grid lines. Several diagonal straight lines have been drawn across the map, lik…

FBI Portland filing stamp with case number fragment and processing checkmarks indicating the document was serialized and filed. Bates stamp number applied during FBI Vault digitization.

Handwritten date notation above the map, likely indicating when this map was annotated or reviewed in connection with the D.B. Cooper investigation. USGS topographic quadrangle map of the La Center…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 13, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from Seattle SAC to Portland SAC regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a memo and revised map of t…

Technical analysis describing the envelope of possible landing points for the hijacker (HJ) based on USAF radar data from McChord AFB, probable jump time of 0411 GMT determined from cabin pressure fl…

Continuation of parachute trajectory analysis. Discusses free-fall scenarios and wind drift along Line A–B, with landing estimates at Point B or Point U depending on altitude of chute deployment. Pr…

Official Oregon state letterhead for Corrections Division, Parole and Probation, Portland Regional Office, dated January 13, 1972. Letter from Senior Parole Officer John W. Darby to FBI Special Agen…

FBI airtel memo from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, enclosing a photograph of suspect Lawrence Allison Hobart, a white male born 12/23/30 in Rochester, NY. Subject is described…

File number, dictating agent initials, and page number for this FBI report. An FBI Special Agent showed photographs to a redacted witness in Eugene, Oregon on January 12, 1972. The witness could not…

File reference number, typist initials, and page number for this FBI document. List of named individuals, including one with a DC number (166858), one associated with Mansfield Ohio Police Departmen…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated January 14, 1972, classified as URGENT, transmitted in plaintext. Portland FBI field office teletype to Seattle regarding NORJAK case. SA John N. Campb…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated January 14, 1972, sent via teletype with urgent priority, sequence number 003. Summary teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle re…

FBI teletype from Portland (164-41) to Director, FBI and Seattle (164-81), dated 1/14/72, regarding a NORJAK suspect. On January 13, 1972, a person employed in Corvallis, Oregon was interviewed and s…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype/airtel transmittal form header with blank date, transmit, and via fields. Page two of an FBI teletype (PD 164-41) documenting interviews with redacted individuals in Corv…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmission form header with blank date, type, and priority fields. Page three of an FBI teletype (PD 164-41). A female witness states she does not anticipate future con…

Document header with file number FD 164-41, dictator/typist initials NBB/gle, and page number 1. FBI investigation report documenting an interview conducted by a Special Agent at Springfield, Oregon…

File number, author initials, and page number header for the FBI report. An FBI Special Agent reviewed Motor Vehicle Registration Records for five individuals (names and DOBs redacted). All were at…

FBI Portland filing stamp dated January 17, 1972, with agent Hansen's initials. Date written by the letter's author. Addressee block directed to FBI at Federal Court Building in Portland, Oregon, w…

Continuation of a letter describing various types of criminals and dishonest people, warning that they will all lie and give vague answers. Refers to them as 'de-frauders' and 'grave-robbers.' The w…

Continuation of a handwritten letter to the FBI claiming knowledge of D.B. Cooper's identity. The writer references tracing individuals across numerous U.S. locations (Oklahoma, Kentucky, Pennsylvani…

FBI letterhead with Portland field office address, file number 164-41, and date January 3, 1972. FBI letter from SAC J.L. Mattson to all Oregon law enforcement agencies requesting help identifying t…

Sheriff's office correspondence reporting that on January 12, 1972, the writer contacted the FBI Resident Agent in Coos Bay at Port Orford and provided a photo of a suspect matching a physical descri…

Header block of an FBI Airtel memo dated 1/14/72 from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Suspect name is redacted. Body of the Airtel describes a lead from a Fresno County Sher…

FBI case file number for the Sacramento field office D.B. Cooper investigation. A subject left his 1964 brown Chevrolet Biscayne station wagon at Portland airport on 12/22/71, flew to Fresno, and wa…

Date of the airtel memo. Correction memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. The referenced airtel dated 1/11/72 incorrectly listed the suspect's name as Wayne B. Kane; the c…

FBI Airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC San Diego regarding NORJAK case. Portland reports it has not yet received a picture of a redacted suspect referenced in a Chicago teletype dated 12/29/71. Req…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Portland is enclosing an insert listing photographs shown to a witness in Eugene, Oregon. All photo identi…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Sacramento regarding NORJAK case. Portland requests Sacramento advise whether a current photograph of a redacted suspect has been obtain…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal header dated January 17, 1972, sent in plaintext via teletype with urgent priority. One-page summary teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle regard…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated January 17, 1972. Routing information for a NITEL teletype from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office regarding NORJAK case, referencing…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, transmission type, and priority fields. This is page two of the document. Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype or airtel under Portl…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36 with transmission details: plaintext teletype, NITEL priority, dated January 17, 1972. Teletype from Portland FBI to Seattle FBI regarding NORJAK case. Witnes…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel memo header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a prior Portland airtel dated 1/12/72. Witness name is redacted. Portland…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated January 18, 1972, sent in plaintext via urgent teletype. Brief teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B…

FBI Director airtel to SACs in Jacksonville, Seattle, and Portland stating that latent fingerprints from the NORJAK case are not identical to fingerprints of John Emil List on file with the Identific…

Case number, agent initials, and page number header. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation in Portland, Oregon on January 10, 1972. Redacted Northwest Airlines employees at Portland Intern…

FBI case file number, dictating agent initials, and page number. FBI investigation report regarding JAMES WAYNE WALLACE, an employee of Thompson Metal Fabrication in Vancouver/Portland, Oregon. Wall…

Teletype routing header from FBI Los Angeles field office to multiple field offices, marked urgent, dated January 20, 1972. Handwritten annotation reading 'SUSPECT?' written diagonally near the top…

Header identifying this as page two of an FBI communication filed under Los Angeles case number 164-497. Continuation of an FBI teletype describing a suspect who discussed a hijacking, owned or refe…

Page header indicating this is page three of a document with Los Angeles file number 164-497. Continuation of a teletype directing multiple FBI field offices to investigate. Chicago office directed…

Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype under Los Angeles file number 164-497. Continuation of a multi-office FBI teletype directing Chicago (Highland Park, IL) and Portland to check…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated January 19, 1972. Memo body states that a parachute found in Portland, Oregon is be…

FBI file reference numbers and dictation/typist initials for the document. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation on January 17, 1972. A redacted employee of Northwest Orient Airlines in Po…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. An FD-302 interview report documenting a witness who was aboard the hijacked Northwest Orient 727 on November…

FBI field office return address and date of letter. Recipient address at the Corrections Division, Parole and Probation, with name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. FBI response letter to the Corre…

File number, dictating agent initials, and page number header. FBI Special Agent interviewed a representative of Mulino Aviation in Mulino, Oregon on January 18, 1972. Only two airplanes were rented…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated January 20, 1972, marked PLAINTEXT via TELETYPE with URTENT (urgent) priority. Summary teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle r…

Urgent FBI teletype from Chicago field office to Seattle, Houston, Minneapolis, Portland, WFO, and Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Chicago reports that records checks in Illinois…

Teletype header from Salt Lake City FBI field office to Director and multiple field offices dated January 21, 1972. Handwritten annotation, partially illegible, possibly routing or review notation.…

Page header with page number and case file number SU 164-24. A source reports a suspect went to Mexico, possibly to exchange money. The suspect is described as a make-up expert who recently purchase…

Page header indicating this is page three of an FBI report with case file number SU 164-24. A source states the suspect departed Salt Lake City in late October for California, exact location unknown…

Continuation header for page four of a teletype under case number SU 164-24. Page four of an FBI teletype (SU 164-24) reporting that checks were negotiated on October 22 at First Security Bank in Sa…

Teletype routing header from Houston field office to multiple FBI field offices, marked urgent, dated January 21, 1972. Handwritten notation indicating no post office leads. Houston field office re…

Case number and page continuation header for Houston field office file 164-118. Continuation of an FBI teletype regarding interviews conducted in Texas with witnesses who noted some similarities bet…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated January 21, 1972, marked PLAINTEXT via TELETYPE with URGENT priority. Handwritten '#005' notation at top. Summary teletype from Portland FB…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated January 21, 1972, sent via urgent NITEL teletype in plaintext. Portland FBI field office teletype to Seattle and Los Angeles regarding the…

Teletype routing header showing message NR007 sent at 7:35 PM on January 21, 1972, from Minneapolis to multiple FBI field offices. NORJAK teletype referencing a Los Angeles teletype to Chicago dated…

Continuation header (page two) of an FBI teletype or report under case number MP 164-73. A redacted source confidentially advised information; most content is redacted under b6, b7C, and b7D exemptio…

Continuation header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype under Minneapolis file number 164-73. A Northwest Airlines employee in Minneapolis reports having seen a redacted individua…

Teletype routing header from Jackson field office to FBI Director, Seattle, Portland, and Minneapolis offices, sent at 9:00 PM on January 21, 1972. Body of NORJAK teletype from Jackson field office…

Teletype routing header and page number indicating this is page two of message IJN 164-32. A source reports that a redacted individual was a former U.S. Marine or paratrooper with skydiving training…

Case number and page identifier for this teletype continuation page. Continuation of a teletype (page 3) describing a suspect's background data derived from employment records. Physical description:…

Teletype header indicating file number JN 164-32, page four of the message. A suspect was described by Crisler and redacted individuals as very intelligent but not believed capable of the captioned…

Continuation header for teletype, case number JN 164-32, page five. Continuation of teletype message describing ongoing investigation to locate a suspect and account for his whereabouts. Glossy phot…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Director, Portland, Seattle, and Salt Lake City offices, dated January 21, 1972. Handwritten notation indicating no PD (police department…

Case number and page continuation header for FBI Los Angeles field office file 164-497. Employment records confirm an individual worked forty hours during the pay period November 20–24, including ei…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, from a Special Agent (name redacted under b6/b7C), regarding NORJAK case 164-41, dated January 23, 1972. A caller from the Clackam…

Case file numbers and dictation/typist codes for the FBI report. An individual in Aurora, Oregon reported that no aircraft were rented to unknown persons before the hijacking; all rentals were local…

Letterhead of the Sherman County Sheriff's Office in Moro, Oregon, under Sheriff Gerald A. Lohrey. Letter addressed to FBI SAC J.L. Mattson in Portland, Oregon, referencing file 164-41, AKA Dan Coop…

Final portion of a letter from an unknown sender to the FBI, offering information about an unnamed individual. The writer mentions an attorney who was closely associated with the subject and who migh…

Header of FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing prior Sacramento teletype dated 11/30/71 and Seattle nitel dated 12/30/71. Two individuals interviewed…

FBI case file number for the Sacramento field office D.B. Cooper investigation. A redacted source advised that the suspected individual was possibly flashing a large amount of money to make bar patr…

Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK suspect Charles Allen Whitaker (aka Jack Whitaker). Investigation determined his true name and confirmed his presence in Honolulu at the…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 20, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Sacramento furnished a photograph of…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to multiple offices including Seattle, Chicago, Houston, Portland, Minneapolis, Sacramento, San Francisco, and all offices via Washington. Da…

Case number and page indicator for an FBI Los Angeles field office teletype, page two. Page two of an FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office (LA 164-497) relaying information to San Francisc…

FBI case number and page indicator for a multi-page teletype or report. Page three of an FBI teletype (LA 164-497) describing investigation of an unnamed individual who worked in Portland, Oregon. C…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number reference for the teletype. Continuation (page four) of an FBI teletype directing Sacramento to obtain a photograph and furnish it to Seattle, Portland, and…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated January 24, 1972, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. Number 4007 handwritten at top. Summary teletype from Portland FBI field office to S…

Standard FBI teletype header form FD-36, dated January 24, 1972, transmitted in plaintext via urgent teletype. Teletype from Portland FBI office to Seattle regarding NORJAK case. A Deputy Sheriff fr…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype/transmittal form header (page two continuation). Date and transmission fields are blank. Continuation (page two) of an FBI communication referencing case PD 164-41. State…

File number, typist initials, and page number header. On January 6, 1972, FBI SAs in Portland obtained a recovered parachute from the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office Intelligence Unit, receipted i…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and date of transcription. A Sergeant from the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office Intelligence Unit reported that a green Naval type parachute was recov…

FBI Portland field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper case (NORJAK). Continuation of a numbered list (items 6-7) discussing a number associated with August 1949 and an apparently block-stam…

FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) for file 164-41, dated 2/10/97. Serial number 769 is noted as missing when purging the case, with instruction 'Do not Remove'. Employee name is redacted under b…

Standard US Government memorandum header for NORJAK case, dated 1/21/72, from a redacted Special Agent to SAC (164-41). A redacted source in Wallowa, Oregon confirmed that Donald E. "Don" Wilson (DO…

FBI file number, typist initials, and page number for the document. An FBI Special Agent in Portland interviewed a source on December 27, 1971, regarding a person of interest in the NORJAK (D.B. Coo…

Header of a US Government memorandum from an unnamed Special Agent to the SAC of the Portland field office, dated January 24, 1972, regarding the NORJACK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Follow-up memo…

FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) dated 2/10/97 for file 164-41, serial number 772. The serial is noted as missing when purging the file, cannot be located, and marked 'Do not Remove.' The emplo…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 21, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL - REGISTERED priority. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Sacram…

Teletype routing header from Chicago field office to multiple FBI field offices including Seattle, Houston, Portland, Minneapolis, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and WFO, sent urgently at 9:…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI investigative report. A female source states she last saw a subject over two years ago in Portland, Oregon. The subject recently married or is living with someone be…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype from the Portland field office regarding the D.B. Cooper case. The message describes a subject (identity redacted) and requests Portland attempt to locate the…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated January 25, 1972, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. Summary teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Co…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype form header indicating an urgent plaintext teletype dated January 25, 1972. FBI teletype from Portland to Denver and Seattle offices regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) c…

Document header with case file number PD 164-41, dictated by LLD, typed by sao, page 1. Introduction line identifying the investigating Special Agent, name redacted. On January 19, 1972, a redacted…

Case file number, dictator/typist initials, and page number of the original document. A redacted source advised on January 19, 1972, that no one matching the subject's description had service done a…

File number, dictation initials, and page number for this FBI report page. An SA interviewed a redacted individual at Troutdale, Oregon on January 19, 1972. The interviewee stated that during Novemb…

FBI form identifier and revision date. Document header with transcription date. An employee of Northwest Airlines at Portland International Airport was shown five photographs and could not identify…

FBI FD-302 form revision identifier. Document header with transcription date. An employee of Northwest Airlines at Portland International Airport was shown five photographs on January 24, 1972, and…

File number and dictation/typist codes for this FBI report page. An FBI Special Agent in Astoria, Oregon showed a composite photograph of the D.B. Cooper hijacker to a redacted individual on January…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated January 25, 1972. Investigation conducted on 1/19/72 referencing a prior memo (Serial #719…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated January 20, 1972, sent via Airtel with Air Mail priority. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Los…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. The FBI artist's sketch of the hijacker was shown to recent associates of a redacted subject. They noted he has a noticeable large nose and in…

FBI file reference numbers and dictation initials for the report page. An FBI Special Agent contacted a redacted individual at his office on January 17, 1972. The individual stated that a redacted p…

FBI case file numbers and dictation/page identifiers. Partial biographical data for an unidentified subject: 6'1", 145 lbs, residing in Junction City, Oregon. Date of birth and street address are re…

Case file numbers and dictation/typist initials with page number. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation in Portland, Oregon on January 7, 1972. A redacted individual provided time clock re…

FBI interoffice memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Relays Bureau instructions to solicit cooperation from radio, television, and newspaper outlets to publicize…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated January 26, 1972, marked plaintext and urgent priority, numbered #007. Short NORJAK summary teletype from Portland to Seattle reporting no…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 21, 1972. Airtel from SAC Jackson to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. References a Jackson teletype dated 1/21/72 and encloses p…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated January 26, 1972. An FBI interview conducted on 1/25…

FBI Portland field office routing/filing stamp showing the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed in January 1972. Case number 164-41-786 is handwritten above the stamp. Bates stamp n…

FBI case file identifier and dictation/typist codes. SA Robert H. Tober interviewed a member of the Anchorage parachutists' club on January 10, 1972. The interviewee was shown the artist's conceptio…

FBI file number, agent initials, and page number header. A female interviewee describes an unidentified male subject as good-looking, well-dressed, and always smiling. He was employed until about 2.…

Date of the airtel document. FBI Airtel from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Anchorage is forwarding investigative inserts and a photo to Seattle, Minneapolis, and Portland field…

Header block of an FBI airtel memo dated 1/27/72 from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Body of the airtel describing a suspect investigated in the NORJAK case. A source advised…

FBI case file number for Portland Division file 164-41 (NORJAK case). On January 24, 1972, Northwest Airlines employees were shown a photograph of a redacted individual and both stated the person is…

Standard FBI teletype header with date, transmission type PLAINTEXT, priority URGENT, sent via facsimile/teletype. Routing block of the teletype: from SAC Chicago to SAC Seattle and SAC Portland, re…

FBI case number and dictation/typing identifiers. SA Ralph P. Himmelsbach reports that Troutdale Airport confirmed on January 14, 1972, that a review of aircraft rental records for November 18–25, 1…

Date of the memo. An AIRTEL memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. References a Seattle nitel dated 12/13/71 concerning a redacted suspect. Encloses two copies of an insert…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header, dated January 27, 1972, sent as NITEL (night teletype) priority. FBI NORJAK teletype from San Francisco field office to Seattle, Portland, and Los Ange…

Standard FBI transmittal form header (FD-36, revised 5-22-64) with blank date and transmission fields. Page two of an FBI teletype or airtel (case SP 164-220) regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking inv…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated January 27, 1972, sent in plaintext via teletype with urgent priority. Brief summary teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle rega…

Header/title of the document, underlined. FBI press release requesting news media cooperation in encouraging the public to check $20 bills against the recorded serial numbers of ransom money paid to…

FBI case file number notation. Cover letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. L. Mattson, Portland Division, dated January 28, 1972, addressed to media outlets. Requests assistance in alerting the…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated January 28, 1972, marked PLAINTEXT via TELETYPE with URGENT priority. Summary teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle regarding…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date. An FBI agent showed photographs of several individuals, including John Donald Page, to a redacted Northwest Airlines employee a…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An FBI agent showed pictures of several individuals, including John Donald Page, to a redacted Northwest Airlines emp…

Form header identifying this as FBI Form FD-9, an Identification Record Request, revised 4-28-65. Standard printed instructions for completing the FD-9 Identification Record Request form. FD-9 form…

Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo dated 1/25/72, from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case. Sacramento FBI office reports obtaining a California driver's license from the DMV on…

Standard US Government memorandum header from Seattle FBI field office to SAC Portland, dated January 26, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A protected source in Washington state advise…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated January 27, 1972, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. Denver FBI field office teletype to Seattle and Salt Lake City re NORJAK (D.B. Coop…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype/transmittal form header. Date and transmit fields are blank on this continuation page. Page two of an FBI FD-36 transmittal regarding a tip on an unnamed subject in the D…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header with blank date and transmission fields. Page three of an FBI teletype describing a suspect sought in connection with the extortion of $200,000 fr…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 27, 1972. Airtel routing from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Northwest Airlines personnel (names redacted…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 31, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Portland encloses two photographs ea…

Photograph of an individual, largely obscured by a redaction box. Only partial edges visible. Identifies John Donald Page as a subject whose photographs were compared to the unknown subject (Unsub)…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated January 31, 1972, message number 009, sent in plaintext via NITEL teletype. Portland FBI office teletype to Chicago and Seattle regarding N…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header with blank date, transmission type, and priority fields. Continuation (page two) of a teletype regarding case PD 164-41. States that the suspect w…

Case file number and dictation identifiers for the FBI document. An FBI Special Agent visited a redacted individual at a flying service business in Newport, Oregon on January 26, 1972. The individua…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header (FD-36), dated January 31, 1972, marked PLAINTEXT, sent via TELETYPE with URGENT priority, number 002. Teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seatt…

FBI file reference numbers and dictation initials for this investigative report page. On January 19, 1972, an individual at Pendleton Airport was interviewed by an FBI Special Agent. The person stat…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header (FD-36), dated February 1, 1972, sent in plaintext via urgent teletype. Summary teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle regarding the NORJAK…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office to Director, Portland, and Minneapolis field offices, sent the night of February 1, 1972. FBI Laboratory compared typewriter samples from a redacted s…

File number, typist initials, and page number header. An FBI Special Agent conducted interviews at Hillsboro and McMinnville, Oregon. Individuals at aircraft rental organizations were contacted abou…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated February 2, 1972, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT. Portland FBI office teletype to Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Northwest Airlines employees…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle and Portland offices, dated February 2, 1972. FBI NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) teletype from Los Angeles office regarding suspect (FNU) F…

FBI teletype case number and page indicator. Continuation of FBI teletype regarding D.B. Cooper investigation. Reports that a suspect named Faulkner's whereabouts on November 24 were established by…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36), dated February 1, 1972, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK case. Seattle repo…

Date of the airtel document. Airtel header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Portland advises Seattle that a lead from a 12/1/71 teletype regarding Skytracker in Medford,…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated February 3, 1972, sent in plaintext via NITEL teletype. Portland FBI office teletype to Seattle and Chicago regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Coope…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header indicating an airtel sent via airmail dated February 2, 1972. Routing information: airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B…

Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent from FBI Dallas office (file 164-191) to Seattle and Portland offices on February 4, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. An FAA investigator in Fort Wo…

Header classification line indicating plaintext teletype sent via NITEL. Teletype from FBI Director to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. The Bureau concurs with Seattle's proposal to discontinue da…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated February 4, 1972, sent in plaintext via teletype, NITEL priority. Portland FBI office teletype to Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports th…

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) regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. A r…

Teletype routing header from Houston FBI field office to Seattle, Minneapolis, Portland, El Paso, and Kansas City offices, dated February 4, 1972, three pages in length. Case reference line identify…

Document header showing case number and page continuation. An informant describes Joe Staggs as living in Portland, listed under his true name, owning a Ford pickup and dogs, possibly operating a ke…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype (case HO 164-118) directing field offices to investigate Joe Staggs as a suspect. El Paso is instructed to review records at La Tuna (federal correctional inst…

Privacy act exemption markers b6 and b7C in top right margin. Federal correctional institution file on Joseph Royce Stagg, inmate #A44524-T at La Tuna. Contains biographical details: white male born…

FBI form number visible in upper left corner FBI personnel/subject form for an individual named STAGG, listing employment history, residence, education, FBI number, La Tuna prison number, military s…

FBI form listing family relations and contacts for a subject, including former wife, two sons, two step-daughters, a correspondent, and an attorney. All names and identifying details are redacted. L…

FBI mugshot card for Joseph Royce Stagg showing front-facing and left-profile booking photographs. The front-facing photo shows a male subject; the profile photo is very dark. FBI number 716,405 F is…

Teletype routing header from El Paso FBI field office to Seattle, Houston, Portland, and Minneapolis offices, marked urgent. FBI teletype regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports on suspect Jos…

Page two of a teletype (EP 164-52) regarding a subject named Stagg, believed transferred to Leavenworth Penitentiary. Confidential source information indicated Stagg planned a $200,000 mail truck rob…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype (case EP 164-52, NORJAK) directing the Seattle field office to immediately show a photo of suspect Joseph Royce Stagg to NORJAK witnesses and report results to…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed from a Special Agent (SPC) to SAC Portland, regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 4, 1972. On 2/3/72 a report surfaced that a $20 bill connec…

Standard US Government memorandum header from ASAC Vincent E. Ruehl to SAC, case 164-41 (NORJAK), dated February 7, 1972. A Sky Marshal at Portland International Airport received a call from Western…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated January 31, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with REGISTERED priority. Memo routing from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper h…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number header. References a Los Angeles case from April 1971 involving subjects in Riverside, California who were arrested while armed by local, state, and federal…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated February 7, 1972, sent in plaintext via urgent teletype. Portland FBI field office teletype to Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case).…

Teletype from FBI Butte office to Director, Portland, and Seattle regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Reports that the Deputy Attorney General of Idaho in Boise advised that the name John…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, dated February 8, 1972, sent in plaintext via NITEL teletype. Portland FBI office teletype to Director, Butte, and Seattle regarding NORJACK (D.B. Coo…

Date of the airtel memo. Standard FBI airtel header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Portland FBI office reports on a NORJAK suspect. Records were ordered o…

Description of an unidentified subject obtained from redacted records. Physical description: 72 inches tall, 165 pounds, medium complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, ninth grade education. Name, DOB, PO…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, dated February 7, 1979, sent via teletype, NITEL priority, in plaintext. Routing information showing the teletype was sent from SAC Minneapolis to mul…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Date field is blank. Page two of an FBI communication (MP 164-73) in which a redacted source advised that none of the pictures shown resembled the hijacke…

Standard USG memorandum header from SA Ralph P. Himmelsbach to SAC Portland, dated 2/10/72, regarding NORJAK case. An informant advised on 2/7/72 that a published sketch of the NORJAK unsub strongly…

Case or file reference number for the Portland FBI field office. The document concludes that an individual (name redacted) is eliminated as a suspect due to obvious discrepancies between description…

Teletype routing header from Butte FBI field office to Director, Portland, and Seattle, dated February 10, 1972. FBI teletype from Butte field office regarding NORJAX (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). T…

An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation in Portland, Oregon on 1/26/72. A witness provided a physical description of a person who worked in their employ around the time of the November 24, 19…

Pre-printed "From the Desk of" memo form header addressed to FBI Portland, dated January 21, 1972. Sender name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. FBI case number stamp and routing/recording marks in…

Handwritten note from an unidentified person describing needing someone urgently to unload contents. A redacted individual picked someone up for work. The writer speculates there could be a slight co…

Standard FBI teletype form header (FD-36), dated February 9, 1972, sent in plaintext via teletype with urgent priority. Portland FBI office teletype to Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports that on…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date, transmission type, and priority fields left blank. Page two of an FBI teletype or airtel (case PD 164-41) reporting that indications exist a tri…

FBI FD-302 form header with revision date. Document title and transcription date. A redacted Northwest Orient Ticket Agent employee was shown photographs and stated he does not recognize any as mat…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A redacted individual, identified as a Northwest Orient Airlines Ticket Agent, was shown photographs but did not recognize any…

FBI case file number, typist initials, and page number within the sub-document. An FBI Special Agent interviewed a representative of Scappoose Flight Service on January 17, 1972. The interviewee con…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 7, 1972, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Routing information: from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case and a redacte…

FBI teletype from Los Angeles to Sacramento field office regarding the NORJACK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). The message discusses a suspect whose name was previously furnished by sources in Torrance…

FBI Los Angeles field office file number and page indicator for page two of a multi-page document. States that associates in California who knew a redacted individual have been interviewed, and it w…

Case number and page indicator for an FBI field office report from Los Angeles. An individual in California was interviewed and shown an artist's sketch of the hijacker. She stated the sketch did no…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number and page continuation header. A subject obtained a private pilot's license but last flew in 1962 before moving to California. His wife/associate claimed he h…

Date of the document. Airtel memo header from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Body of memo referencing a Los Angeles nitel to Sacramento dated 2/8/72. Encloses copies of Ca…

FBI case file number for the Seattle (SC) field office, file 164-50, related to the D.B. Cooper investigation. Description of a male subject from a California driver's license record: 5'11", 150 lbs…

FBI teletype from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. The message discusses a suspect whose name and aliases are redacted. The suspect's name was previously fu…

Page 2 of an FBI Los Angeles field office report (case LA 164-497) describing interviews with associates in California regarding events on November 22. An individual advised on January 25 that he con…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. FBI interview of a female witness in California regarding a person of interest in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. She view…

FBI Los Angeles field office case file number. A subject had obtained a private pilot's license but last flew in 1962 before moving to California. His wife claimed he had no knowledge of commercial…

FD-302 report documenting the FBI examination of Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 727 (Flight 305) at Reno Municipal Airport on 11/24/71. Agents found a black clip-on "Towncraft" tie with a yellow go…

Standard FD-302 form header with date of 12/1/71. Two redacted individuals at Penneys Store Number 44 on Maryland Parkway were interviewed and shown a black snap-on tie with a Towncraft label and #3…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated 2/9/72, sent via AIRTEL. AIRTEL from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a black tie with tie clasp labeled "Towncraft" fro…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, message number 007, dated February 14, 1972, sent in plaintext via teletype with NITEL priority. Routing information: teletype sent from Portland…

Header of FBI airtel memo dated 2/14/72 from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, with Seattle as office of origin. Personnel at Elmendorf Air Force Base and Sted Air Force Base near…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Continuation of a report noting that no one could recall anyone resembling the suspect's composite. They provided names of parachutis…

FBI case file number for this document. A witness recalls someone from 1956 or 1957 who might be considered a suspect due to having proper training. The witness could not recall the individual's nam…

FBI teletype from Minneapolis to Miami, Seattle, and Portland regarding NORJAK suspect Robert H. Boles. A redacted informant in Rapid City, SD provided information to SA George D. O'Clock on February…

Case number and page indicator for teletype continuation. A redacted source believes Robert H. Boles is capable of the D.B. Cooper hijacking based on physical resemblance to the composite sketch and…

FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for case 1:16-cv-01790-02, indicating 263 total deleted pages. This page lists pages 3-71, with pages 3-4 deleted as duplicates and pages 7-71 deleted due to…

Index listing pages 72 through 144, each marked as 'Referral/Consult'. This is part of an FBI FOIA processing sheet indicating that these pages were withheld or referred to another agency for consult…

Continuation of a FOIA/PA processing sheet listing pages 145 through 217, each marked as 'Referral/Consult', indicating those pages were referred to or require consultation with another agency and ar…

Continuation of a FOIA/PA deleted-pages list indicating pages 218 through 267 were withheld under the Referral/Consult exemption. Standard FBI FOIA deleted-page notice indicating no duplication fee…

FBI records destruction stamp indicating this extra-duplicate serial was destroyed pursuant to an airtell dated 11-3-86 regarding destruction of field files and records. Dated 2/10/97. FOIA redactio…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 17, 1972, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle advise…