Case file number and administrative codes for the document. An FBI Special Agent documents an interview with a Portland Police Department officer on December 4, 1971. The officer provided a physical…

Page header with case file number PD 164-41, dictator/typist initials RGG:kdd, and page number 2. Physical description of a redacted individual: white male, 5'8", 210 pounds, brown hair, blue eyes,…

File number, dictator/typist initials, and page number for the Portland Division FBI report. Physical description of a suspect: white male, 5'8", 210 pounds, brown hair, blue eyes, with a last known…

United States Government interoffice memorandum dated 12/27/71, addressed to SAC Portland with file number 164-41, from an unidentified Special Agent (redacted), regarding the NORJACK case. The RE fi…

Header identifying the document as an FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-02. List of 31 deleted pages, all marked as duplicates. Pages listed are 40, 42–61, 63–…

FBI teletype from Seattle to Las Vegas and Portland offices regarding the NORJAK case. Requests Las Vegas send a black snap-on tie with tie pin bearing a Towncraft label, along with FD-302 copies doc…

Page header with page number and case/serial number. Continuation of teletype instructions directing agents to contact Penney's (J.C. Penney) purchasing department to attempt to narrow down where ce…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to Seattle and Portland offices, dated February 18, 1972. Teletype describing a source who reports that in early November 1971 he was in Portlan…

FBI case file number for the Minneapolis field office, file 164-73. Continuation (page two) of a teletype message. An individual believes D. B. Cooper who assisted him resembles the photo. He wants…

Date of memo Memo header indicating it is from SAC Portland to Director FBI, Attention Laboratory, regarding NORJAK case. FBI Portland is forwarding a narrow black necktie with attached tie clip fo…

Document header with case file number PD 164-41, dictated by agent with initials JJM, typed by csw, page 1. An FBI Special Agent interviewed a redacted individual in Medford, Oregon on February 14,…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Portland encloses two copies of an investigative insert from Medford, Oregon concerning a redacted susp…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL communication sent via AIRMAIL, dated February 22, 1972. Routing block of the airtel from Seattle field office to Portland SAC regardi…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, file 164-41, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case, dated 2/25/72. Follow-up memo on a NORJAK telephone lead. Chi…

FBI case file number for the Portland field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Chief of Police LOWREY advised his department regarding a person of interest in the D.B. Cooper case. As of 1/24/72 no i…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland from a redacted Special Agent, subject NORJAK, dated 2/25/72. Follow-up to SA Richard L. Schuhler's memo of 1/13/72. A redacted ind…

File reference numbers and dictation initials for the FBI report page. FBI investigation report from Ogden, Utah. On February 16, 1972, a U.S. Forest Service employee in Ogden confirmed via time sli…

FBI inter-office memo from Salt Lake City to Seattle (with copy to Portland) regarding the NORJAK case, enclosing seven copies of an investigative insert by a redacted Special Agent at Ogden, Utah, r…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo from ASAC Vincent E. Ruehl to file (164-41) dated 2/29/72 regarding NORJAK. An SA from WFO telephonically advised that ASAC photos of a suspect…

Teletype routing header from Washington Field Office to FBI Director, Seattle, New York, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, sent urgent on February 29, 1972. Washington Field Office teletype regardi…

Continuation of an FBI interview or report describing a redacted individual from Virginia, their employment, and social acquaintances. Most identifying details are redacted under b6/b7C exemptions.…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype or report discussing a suspect in the D.B. Cooper case. A female witness identified a photograph of a redacted individual as matching someone she had in mind.…

Page four of a multi-page FBI document describing a suspect or person of interest. Subject is a white male, 5'10", 200 lbs, blue eyes, brown hair, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is currently…

Continuation (page 5) of a teletype or report. A redacted source further advised about a person assigned in Portland, Oregon. A color photograph was made available, taken at a certain time. A personn…

Page six of a multi-page FBI teletype directing the New York office to hold investigation in abeyance pending instructions from the office of origin. The Washington Field Office is instructed to inte…

Page one of a three-page urgent teletype from Washington Field Office to FBI Director and multiple field offices (Minneapolis, New York, Portland, Seattle) regarding the NORJAK case. A woman in Virgi…

Continuation of an interview (page two). The subject discussed the feasibility of parachuting if one knew the area, claimed to do 'a little bit of everything,' and indicated knowledge of aircraft. Na…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype from Portland. A female witness was encouraged by friends to report an incident to the Bureau of Customs or the FBI; she did so around February 12. She describ…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, Minneapolis, Portland, and Washington Field Office, sent evening of February 29, 1972. Seattle office reports on NORJAK case: a sus…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype under Seattle file number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype directing Portland Division to determine the whereabouts and travel method of a red…

Teletype header indicating a night teletype sent from FBI Seattle field office (file 164-81) to FBI Director and multiple field offices on March 1, 1972. NORJAK teletype reporting that multiple witn…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, serial number S E164-81. FBI Bureau instructs that both suspects (names redacted) be interviewed. Minneapolis office to complete showing a phot…

Standard FBI teletype transmission header form, dated March 1, 1972, sent via NITEL priority teletype in plain text. FBI Portland teletype to Director and SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Portland…

Page 2 header with case/file number PD 164-41. Continuation of a report suggesting that a redacted individual now in Washington, D.C. might be contacted, as they were probably in contact with the su…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to Director, Seattle, New York, Portland, and WFO, sent urgent on March 1, 1972. Minneapolis field office reports that a Northwest Airlines stew…

Standard US Government memorandum header form. Memo routing block from SAC Omaha to SAC Portland regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, NW Airlines Flight 305 hijacking and extortion case. Office of Or…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to FBI Director, Seattle, New York, Portland, and Washington Field Office, sent urgent on March 2, 1972. Minneapolis reports that a Northwest Ai…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to Seattle, Los Angeles, Portland, and Las Vegas, dated March 2, 1972. Body of NORJAK teletype referencing prior airtels and nitels between mult…

Case number and page continuation header. List of individuals investigated and determined not identical with or resembling the UNSUB. Names furnished by Seattle office. One suspect's middle name was…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype from Portland (MP 164-73). Reports that an individual with a name tag employed at a redacted establishment in Las Vegas, Nevada resembled the UNSUB (unknown su…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated March 2, 1972, sent in plaintext via urgent teletype. FBI teletype from Portland field office to Director and Seattle regarding NORJACK (D.…

FBI Portland filing stamp indicating the document was searched, serialized, indexed, and filed on March 8, 1972, with case number 164-41-874. FBI Vault pagination/identification stamp.

Header identifying the document as a Seattle Customs Security Officers Flight Schedule for November/December 1971. A large monthly grid scheduling table for Seattle Customs Security Officers. The co…

Header section of a United States Civil Service Commission Report of Investigation form. Subject name and most identifying fields are redacted. The agency listed is Treasury (Bureau of Customs). Inve…

A United States Civil Service Commission Report of National Agency Check form dated February 11, 1971. The subject's name, date of birth, place of birth, position, and CSC serial number are redacted.…

Header and instructions for Standard Form 86, a U.S. Civil Service Commission security investigation data form for sensitive positions. Personal identification fields. Name and birth details are red…

Budget Bureau approval number printed in top-right corner of the form. Standard Form 171 (Personal Qualifications Statement, formerly SF 57) filled out for a Customs Security Officer position. Appli…

Header of a United States Government Bureau of Customs memorandum dated February 22, 1972, from TASOS Staff to FILE, regarding Identification Procedure. A TASOS staff member describes an encounter o…

Date of the document. FBI Washington Field Office AIRTEL to Director regarding NORJAK suspect. A personnel file was obtained from Customs Service and copies attached for all offices except St. Louis…

FBI internal memo from a Special Agent in Portland to SAC Portland regarding the NORJACK case. Reports that an Oregon State Police Lieutenant in Albany, Oregon advised that one of his game troopers r…

Teletype routing header indicating a message sent from Minneapolis FBI office to Oklahoma City, Seattle, and Portland offices on February 7, 1972. An FAA employee reported a resemblance between UNSU…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype under case number MP 164-73. Continuation of a teletype message describing a suspect as a white male, age redacted, 5'11", 200 lbs, with…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland, dated March 6, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. The memo references an Anchorage teletype to Portland dated 12/…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form revision identifier. An unidentified individual was contacted at his residence and shown photographs of white male individuals. He stated that none of the individu…

Header of FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated March 8, 1972. FBI lab examination of evidence items Q40 (tie) and Q41 (tie clip) received 2/28/72. No body flu…

Form identifier and revision date printed in top-left corner. FBI Laboratory letterhead with address. FBI Laboratory transmittal form regarding the NORJAK case, directed to SAC Portland. Requests m…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel from SAC Portland to Director FBI regarding Bureau telephone call on 3/9/72 ordering four agents to Seattle for a NORJAK special assignment commencing approximately 3…

Teletype from the FBI Director to five field offices (Seattle, Butte, Sacramento, San Francisco, Portland) regarding the NORJAK case. Directs that agents previously ordered to Seattle for a special o…

Date of the airtel document. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Oklahoma City to SAC Butte regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Minneapolis teletype dated 2/7/72. An employee reported a rese…

Case file reference number for the document. A person (name redacted) at the FAA stated that old records should be maintained by the FAA Central Region Office in Kansas City, Missouri. The FAA Aeron…

Date of the airtel memo. Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK, referencing a Minneapolis nitel dated 3/2/72. The Las Vegas office encloses a photogr…

FBI case file number for the Las Vegas field office, file 164-60. Continuation of an FBI report documenting a subject residing in Las Vegas, Nevada. The subject's work application card showed employ…

FBI case file number for the Las Vegas field office NORJAK/D.B. Cooper investigation. A redacted source advised that employment application photographs of a subject would be obtained for the FBI. Th…

FBI FOIA/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet listing 144 total deleted pages. Pages 3-4 deleted as duplicates; pages 6-70 (visible on this page) deleted as Referral/Consult. Case number 1:16-cv-01790-0…

Continuation of an FBI FOIA processing or deletion/exemption sheet listing page dispositions. Pages 71-85 are marked Referral/Consult; pages 87-137, 140-141, 197-198, and 263-264 are marked Duplicate…

List of pages withheld or marked as duplicates, with FOIA exemption codes b6, b7C, and b7D cited for page 336. Standard FBI FOIA deleted page(s) notice indicating no duplication fee is charged for t…

Partial routing or destruction notation referencing a communication dated 11-3-86, captioned regarding destruction of field office and records. A date of 2/10/97 appears below, possibly indicating wh…

FBI FD-204 cover page for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (NORJAK), filed from the Salt Lake City, Utah field office on 8/24/72. Bureau file 164-2111, field office file 164-24. Synopsis identifying R…

Colorado operator's (driver's) license for Marvin John Cooper of 3505 Eastman Ave, Boulder, Colorado. License number J 166586, Boulder County (Boulder-7). Issued July 6, 1961. Male, 180 lbs, 5'11", b…

Date of the airtel document. FBI San Diego airtel to Seattle regarding NORJAK case. A source in Escondido, California, contacted during another investigation, reported that upon hearing of the hijac…

FBI case file number for the document. An unnamed source confirms a physical description of MARVIN, noting graying hair, glasses, mustache covering a scar, heavy cigar smoker (not cigarettes), and d…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated March 16, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from Seattle SAC to Portland SAC regarding NORJAK case. References a San Diego airtel dated 3/…

Date of the airtel document. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland requesting Portland to conduct record checks to develop additional information on Marvin John Cooper, as referenced in a San Dieg…

Urgent FBI teletype from Seattle to Director and multiple field offices regarding NORJAK case. Instructs agents assigned to a special assignment in the Seattle Division to report to the Quay Inn in V…

Standard US Government memorandum header, addressed to SAC Portland office, dated March 20, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Sender name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. A source in Portland telephonic…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from SA Ralph P. Himmelsbach to SAC (164-41), dated 3/21/72, subject NORJAK. An individual was contacted by phone on 3/21/72 regarding a memo dated 3/…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, dated March 20, 1972 at 7:39 PM. NORJAK teletype reporting that FBI agents from multiple divisions are…

FBI Seattle teletype to Director, Portland, and Minneapolis re NORJAK. Reports that a ground and air search by Bureau agents and an Army unit totaling 300 men with nine helicopters commenced at 2 PM…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Memo from SAC J. L. Mattson to all headquarters personnel regarding the NORJAK case. A special project is underway in the Vancouver, Washington vicin…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle and SAC Portland, case NORJAK, dated 3/22/72. SA conducted follow-up investigation per Seattle letter. On 3/13/72, an Oregon State Police Lieutenant in Ontar…

Case file number header for the document. On March 16, 1972, a contact in Hines, Oregon advised that a particular name did not appear on records. Telephonic contacts were made with multiple parties,…

Brief teletype from FBI Seattle to Director, Portland, and Minneapolis offices reporting that the terrain search with Army troops and agents continued on 3/22/72 with no developments in the NORJAK ca…

Brief FBI teletype from Seattle field office dated March 23, 1972, reporting that the terrain search involving Army troops and FBI agents in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case continued that day with no d…

Document identifier and typist initials for FBI report PD 164-41. An acquaintance of Merlin Gene Cooper was interviewed in Eugene, Oregon on March 14, 1972. The source described Cooper as a habitual…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, from an SA whose name is redacted, regarding NORJAK case, dated March 22, 1972. Memo identifies Merlin Gene Cooper as…

Standard FBI FD-350 newspaper clipping form header. Newspaper article describing a major Army and FBI search near Merwin Dam, WA for skyjacker Dan Cooper. About 200 troops from the 3rd Armored Caval…

Date of the airtel document. Standard FBI airtel header indicating communication from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. A confidential source in Portland, Oregon reported on 3/…

Standard FBI airtel header from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 3/22/72. FBI investigation at Kalispell, Montana regarding NORJAK case. Notes that Hughes Air West is the on…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC J. L. Mattson to file 164-41, dated 3/24/72, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Memo documents a telephone call on 3/23/72 from a redacted source…

Blank FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) with file classification 164, case number 41, and last serial 9/0 filled in by hand. The body of the form and recharge section are essentially empty. A pa…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated March 27, 1972, sent in plain text via NITEL teletype. Teletype from SAC Portland to SAC Las Vegas and SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. A…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, Minneapolis, and Portland, sent evening of March 27, 1972. NORJAK terrain search update: 218 ground troops began at 7:20 AM; ~30% o…

Page two of a teletype from the Seattle field office (SE 164-81) regarding a search area for the D.B. Cooper case. The sender advised a redacted party that the search area outlined on page 274 of SA…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director and Portland, dated March 27, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Seattle field office reports on follow-up to March 24, 1972 teletype. A r…

Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent at 7:50 PM on 3/28/72 from Seattle FBI to the Director and Portland office, classified SE PLAIN. FBI teletype under NORJAK case referencing a Seattl…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, filed under Seattle case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype describing coordination between an unnamed entity (redacted) and the FBI reg…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, sent at 11:32 PM on March 28, 1972. Update on NORJAK terrain search: 202 Army troops continued searchi…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Seattle and Portland offices, sent urgently on March 28, 1972. Teletype regarding NORJAK case reporting on a subject named James Waters, a…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype from the Las Vegas field office, case number 164-60. Continuation of an interview regarding a subject named Waters who used the alias Johnny Cun…

FBI FD-36 airtel form header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated 3/27/72. A woman from Salem, Oregon called ASAC Paul R. Bibler on 3/24/72 to report a suspicious campsite s…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle (file 164-81) to Director FBI, Portland, and Minneapolis offices, sent 11:54 PM on March 29, 1972. NORJAK teletype reporting that a Deputy Sheriff from Clark…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype with Seattle case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype message stating that assistance was offered to Sheriff Eugene Cotton, an FBINA gradu…

Teletype header indicating a NITEL message from Seattle FBI field office (case 164-81) sent at 11:57 PM on 3/29/72 to the Director and multiple field offices. NORJAK search update: approximately 204…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype under Seattle field office case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype reporting that the search will resume April 3rd or 4th. Bureau agents…

All Points Bulletin (APB) from Oregon regarding a homicide. Describes the discovery of an unidentified female body, white, late teens to early twenties, 5-1, 115-120 lbs, with long light brown to san…

Header of an FBI Airtel memo dated 3/30/72 from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. A female source in Salem, Oregon reported that a person she knows in Washington state resembles…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, dated April 3, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. The FROM field (SA name) is redacted with b6/b7C exemption markings visible in right ma…

FBI Identification Division header for latent fingerprint report, form 1-336, case number A-51514, dated April 4, 1972. Addressed to Sheriff Eugene A. Cotton of Clark County, Vancouver, Washington,…

Page 2 of a memo to Mr. Eugene A. Cotton dated April 4, 1972. This continuation page notes that information was previously furnished by the FBI Seattle Division, that laboratory examination results a…

FBI Laboratory report dated April 6, 1972, addressed to Sheriff Eugene A. Cotton of Clark County, Vancouver, Washington, regarding an unidentified female found deceased near Woodland, Washington on M…

Two circular stamps or seals at the top of the page, contents not legible. Continuation of a prior page discussing the return of debris from specimens Q1 and Q2 via registered mail under separate co…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis FBI field office to Portland and Seattle offices, dated April 4, 1972. NORJAK teletype reporting that a Northwest Airlines source received a phone call from…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle forwarding an anonymous letter received by the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office regarding the NORJAK case, for information and…

Header of an FBI memo from SAC Portland to the Director of the FBI, attention FBI Laboratory, regarding the NORJAK case, dated 4/6/72. SAC Portland forwards a letter and envelope dated 3/28/72, post…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo regarding the NORJAK case, addressed from Portland to Seattle. A woman from Salem, Oregon visited an abandoned home site on Georgia Pacific Company land and…

Continuation (page 2) of an FBI report under Portland Division file number PD 164-41. The text concludes that the matter described was not unusual and that Portland Division is conducting no further…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated April 7, 1972, sent via NITEL teletype in plaintext. Routing information showing the teletype is from the Portland FBI field office to Minn…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, transmit method, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype or airtel describing suspect Cooper: white male American, DOB August 1,…

FBI teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, sent 9:15 PM on April 7, 1972. NORJAK update reporting that Army troops arrived at Lake Merwin b…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle to Director, Portland, and Minneapolis offices, sent 8:47 PM on April 3, 1972. NORJAK ground search update: search resumed at 7:15 AM on the date of the tele…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from an SPC (whose name is redacted) to SAC Portland, regarding the NORJAK case, dated April 8, 1972. An unnamed female caller from Washington tele…

FBI Seattle teletype to Director, Portland, and Minneapolis offices reporting on the NORJAK ground search. Search resumed at 9:30 AM on April 9, 1972 and was discontinued at 3:30 PM with 269 Army per…

FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) dated 2/10/97 for file 164-41, serial 933. Notes that the serial was missing when purging the case and could not be located. Handwritten instruction says 'Do No…

Date of the airtel document. Airtel from SAC Kansas City to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case. On 3/29/72, a redacted individual at FAA, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri, advised that in…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated April 5, 1972. Investigation by SA C. Robert Stranger into Anthony Lambert C…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland field offices, sent 10:29 PM on April 10, 1972. NORJAK update reporting that 267 Army personnel conducted a ground sea…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco field office to Director and multiple field offices, dated April 11, 1972. FBI San Francisco reports that Hughes Air West tickets were reviewed as requeste…

FBI teletype from Seattle field office reporting that on April 11, 1972, 273 Army personnel along with agents conducted a search from 7 AM to 5 PM with negative findings in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) c…

Teletype routing header from Salt Lake City field office to FBI Director, Portland, Minneapolis, and Seattle offices, sent 4/12/72 with immediate priority, dated 4/11/72. Case name NORJAK with offic…

Document reference number and page indicator for a multi-page teletype. Transcript of the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacker's demands dictated to the stewardess: $200,000 in cash in a knapsack, four par…

Teletype header with Seattle file number and page indicator. Continuation of teletype (page 3) comparing two hijacking cases: NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) and a UAL case. Details flight instructions given b…

Teletype header with case reference number and page number. Continuation from previous page describing the aircraft's rear stairs being open for one and a half hours prior to the hijacker jumping.…

Teletype header with case reference number SU 164-24 and page indicator. Continuation of a teletype comparing two cases: NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) and a UAL case. Describes parachute landing pr…

Page six of an FBI teletype comparing the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case with a UAL (United Air Lines) case. Covers similarities and differences: voice descriptions, smoking vs. candy habit, use of disgui…

Case number and page designation header for this teletype page. Continuation of prior page describing terrain near airport with beacon and farmland providing good bearings for a parachute jump. Com…

File number and page indicator for this teletype continuation. Continuation of teletype discussing a subject who is a jumper (parachutist). Notes that subject had a newspaper article about the UAL h…

Case number and page header for the teletype continuation. Continuation of teletype (page 9) discussing a UAL subject believed to have conducted a dry run before a hijacking. Leads set to check tran…

Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent on April 12, 1972 at 7:21 PM from the FBI Director to Seattle, Salt Lake City, Portland, and Minneapolis field offices. Case number 164-2111. FBI Di…

Page header indicating this is page two of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of FBI teletype directing Salt Lake City office to investigate Richard McCoy as a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) suspect. Instruc…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype directing Las Vegas and Salt Lake City field offices to investigate whether a tie and clasp could belong to MC COY, and whether MC COY has employment history i…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case 164-41, dated April 10, 1972. An FBI Special Agent conducted investigation at…

Case file number for this document. Lead assigned to Portland field office directing that additional background and descriptive information be obtained regarding a redacted individual at Albany, Ore…

FBI San Francisco teletype to Director and multiple field offices reporting that a review of Hughes Air West tickets in San Mateo, CA found no tickets under the names Cooper or McCoy for flights betw…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Portland and Salt Lake City, marked urgent, dated April 12, 1972. Las Vegas FBI office relays that Salt Lake City notes similarities betwee…

FBI FD-5 File-Serial Charge Out form dated 2/10/97 for file 164-HI. Serial number 944 is noted as missing when purging the case, with the annotation 'Can not locate' and 'Do not remove'. A redacted b…

Teletype header showing urgent message sent April 12, 1972 at 4:15 PM from SAC Portland to FBI Director and multiple SAC offices (Seattle, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis). Portland FBI office reports t…

Teletype routing header from Portland field office to Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Las Vegas offices, dated April 12, 1972. Portland relays that Salt Lake City has requested color photos of a tie an…

FBI teletype routing header from Salt Lake City field office to Director, Las Vegas, Portland, and Seattle offices, sent urgent on April 12, 1972. Salt Lake City office reports on NORJAK suspect Ric…

Teletype routing or identifier header. Investigation into Mc Coy's credit card transactions (Master Charge and BankAmericard) and National Guard records. NG records show no drill attendance between…

Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype with case number SU 164-24. Continuation of FBI teletype regarding MC COY investigation. Reports no evidence of employment in aircraft industr…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle to Director and Portland field office, sent 11:40 PM on April 12, 1972. FBI Seattle reports that two sample $20 bills were obtained from an individual in Por…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, sent 11:42 PM on April 12, 1972. NORJAK ground search update: 271 Army personnel plus FBI agents searched on…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated April 12, 1972, from a redacted Special Agent. A female informant from Oregon contacted the Bend Resid…

Case file number header, continuation page of an FBI report. A female source advises that the individual left an unspecified area and now resides in California but has returned to visit on several o…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, sent at 9:49 PM on April 13, 1972. NORJAK ground search update: search resumed after weather delay with 263 t…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with date of transcription March 21, 1972. FBI interview summary regarding TWA Purser Fred Angelo Catalano. Describes his employment history with TWA starting May 196…

Page number and FBI case file number for Los Angeles field office. Continuation from previous page noting use of company passes or reduced rate tickets since August 25, 1971, for a flight from Los A…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number, page 3 of a sub-document. Structured personal information about an individual related to the D.B. Cooper investigation, listing parents (Mr. and Mrs. Fred C…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated April 7, 1972, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. AIRTEL from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Fred Angelo Catalano. Encloses photogr…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Request from the LA field office to Seattle, Portland, and Minneapolis offices to show photographs of CATALANO t…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices regarding case 164-81. Subject line indicating this teletype concerns the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Report o…

FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland reporting on the NORJAK ground search. 267 Army personnel and agents began searching at 7 AM and terminated at 5 PM, comp…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Director FBI, Minneapolis, and Portland, dated April 16, 1972, 7:19 PM. NORJAK update reporting that a ground search commenced at approximately 9…

Date of the airtel. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Salt Lake City regarding the NORJAK case. Encloses three colored Polaroid photographs of a tie clasp and necktie found during the search of the…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated April 13, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block: airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A w…

Teletype routing header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) message sent from FBI Seattle to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland field offices on April 17, 1972, regarding case 164-81. FBI Seattle r…

FBI teletype from Salt Lake City to Director and field offices regarding NORJAK suspect Richard Floyd McCoy Jr. Reports BankAmericard charge records showing gas purchases on November 25 and 26 at Pro…

Teletype header indicating Salt Lake City office, case number 164-24, page two of a multi-page message. Continuation of a teletype (page two) requesting checks with airlines and Air West to determin…

Date of the airtel memo. Standard FBI airtel header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. A confidential source contacted SA Himmelsbach by phone to identify a suspect in the…

FBI file number reference for the Portland field office D.B. Cooper case. Administrative page identifying a confidential source used in an airtel communication. The source identity is redacted (blac…

Teletype from FBI Seattle to Director and field offices (San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland) regarding NORJAK case. Reports that ten agents on special assignment from SF, LA, and Portland assisting…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, dated April 18, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. Sender name redacted. A Portland doctor called the FBI to report that he and anot…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Director and multiple field offices, sent urgently on April 18, 1972. Las Vegas FBI field office reports on investigation of Richard Floyd…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with Las Vegas field office case number LV 164-60. Continuation of an FBI teletype from the Las Vegas field office regarding the D.B. Cooper ca…

Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype from the Las Vegas field office, case number 164-60. Continuation of an FBI teletype from Las Vegas (LV 164-60) discussing a gas purchase rece…

Closing instructions of a teletype message directing all questions to the originating office and requesting all offices return to talk. Bates number stamp applied during FBI Vault digitization.

Standard US Government memorandum header from ASAC Vincent E. Ruehl to SAC Portland, dated 4/18/72, regarding NORJAK Bank Robbery Suspects Program. Bureau Supervisor Howard W. Arendt advised that a…

Header of FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated April 18, 1972. FBI Laboratory examination of an envelope (Q40) postmarked Jacksonville, FL, March 28, 1972, ad…

Form identifier and revision date in top-left corner. FBI Laboratory transmittal form dated April 18, 1972, from J. Edgar Hoover to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. References a letter dated…

Teletype routing header from Salt Lake City FBI office to Director, Las Vegas, Portland, and Seattle offices, sent urgently on April 19, 1972. Salt Lake City FBI office reports that a witness advise…

Page header indicating this is page two of a multi-page document. Continuation of an FBI investigative report on Richard Floyd McCoy (Mc Coy). Details his first free-fall parachute jump in October 1…

Page three of a multi-page teletype directing Las Vegas and Portland offices to check military airfields for flights by McCoy on November 23-25. Salt Lake City continuing interviews of McCoy's associ…

Teletype routing header from FBI Chicago office to Director, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco field offices, dated April 19, 1972. Subject line identifying the NORJAK case, suspe…

FBI Las Vegas teletype to Director, Portland, Seattle, and Salt Lake City offices regarding NORJAK suspect Richard Floyd McCoy Jr. Reports that a gas station attendant on duty the night of November 2…

Teletype header indicating Las Vegas field office file number 164-60, page two of the message. Details three military flights in November with passenger capability that landed at Nellis AFB with sto…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to Director, Las Vegas, Seattle, and Portland offices, sent April 19, 1972 at 10:33 PM. NORJAK teletype from Los Angeles reporting that a check…

Date of the document. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Portland to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. Reports a telephone tip about an individual who registered at a location in Oregon under a name, stayed…

Physical description and habits section of an FBI form describing a suspect: brown eyes, tan corduroy clothing, claimed Army Paratrooper service, smoked Lucky Strike cigarettes, drank gin and vodka h…

Sender's redacted address in Oregon with date of letter. Letter addressed to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover in Washington, D.C. A citizen writes to FBI Director Hoover reporting a suspicious individu…

Standard FBI transmittal form header (FD-36 variant), indicating an Airtel communication. Airtel from FBI Director to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. References a letter dated April 12, 1972 fro…

Official letterhead of the Multnomah County Oregon Sheriff's office listing county commissioners and contact details. Cover letter from Sheriff J. Bard Purcell of Multnomah County to FBI Special Age…

FBI Portland field office memo to the Director suggesting that the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) ransom money list be disseminated to Liberian authorities, since Liberia uses U.S. currency as legal tender and…

Standard FBI airtel transmittal form header, revision date 5-18-71. FBI Director airtel to Portland and Seattle SACs regarding NORJAK case. References Portland letter dated 4-6-72 submitting envelop…

Teletype routing header from FBI Portland to Salt Lake City and Seattle field offices, marked URGENT, dated April 21, 1972. FBI Portland reports that checks of three military units at Portland Inter…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, FD-36, dated April 22, 1972, sent in plaintext via teletype with urgent priority. Portland FBI office reports to Seattle that witnesses were unable to…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A redacted individual was interviewed at his residence and shown photographs of six white males. He could not identify any of t…

Teletype routing header from Washington Field Office to Director and multiple field offices, marked URGENT, dated April 22, 1972. Washington Field Office reports that a Northwest Airlines stewardess…

Case number and page indicator for this teletype continuation page. A witness was recontacted at WDC and shown a second photograph of the suspect (bare headed, wearing sunglasses). She stated it did…

Page three of a WFO teletype (case 164-169) referencing redacted individuals in Richfield, Minnesota and Fordise, Arkansas. States that copies of photographs depicting an unknown subject bare headed…

Standard FBI teletype form header indicating an urgent plain text teletype dated April 23, 1972. FBI teletype from Seattle to Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports results of showing…

Continuation page header indicating this is page 2 of document PD 164-41. A witness noted that a redacted individual advises he made no identification of a photo displayed by a redacted person, but…

Standard FBI teletype form header (FD-36), dated April 23, 1972, marked urgent, transmission #003, plain text via teletype. Teletype from Seattle to Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). A s…

Routing header of FBI memo from SAC Portland to Director FBI, FBI Laboratory Latent Fingerprint Section, dated 4/24/72, regarding NORJAK case. FBI memo describing a letter postmarked March 23, 1972…

FBI form number designation. Request to the FBI Bureau's Latent Fingerprint Section to compare developed latent fingerprints from letters, compare the attached letter with other received letters for…

Date of the airtel. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses three FD-302 interview forms for a redacted witness in Eugene, Oregon. Notes that forms regarding other wi…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An employee of Northwest Airlines at Portland International Airport was shown a photo lineup of seven white male…

FBI form identifier and revision date. Document header with transcription date. An employee of Northwest Airlines at Portland International Airport was shown 17 photographs of white adult males, in…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, enclosing FD-302 interview report forms about display of photographs to Portland witnesses. A portion of…

Date of the airtel. Airtel from SAC Las Vegas to FBI Director (ATTN: FBI Laboratory) regarding the NORJAK case and Richard Floyd McCoy, Jr. Encloses a BankAmericard invoice carbon copy and 2 carbons…

Case file reference number for the Las Vegas FBI field office, file 164-60. Continuation of a memo discussing documents handled at the Power Thrust Station by redacted individuals. Las Vegas office…

Date of document. FBI airtel header from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References prior communications between FBI field offices and notes that photographs…

Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI field office to Minneapolis and Portland, marked URGENT, dated April 27, 1972. FBI teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Newsweek magazine furnished…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with Seattle case file number 164-81. FBI teletype continuation directing Minneapolis office to pick up photos being sent via pilot cou…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated April 28, 1972, sent in plain text via urgent teletype. Urgent teletype from Portland to Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. A third photo of…

Teletype routing header: urgent message sent April 28, 1972 at 5:35 PM from Minneapolis field office to Seattle, Portland, and Washington Field Office. Minneapolis FBI reports that Northwest Air Lin…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype under case file MP 164-73. Washington Field Office was telephonically advised that a redacted individual is departing Detroit, Michigan on Fligh…

FOIA exemption codes marked in right margin indicating redacted personal information. FBI Airtel memo from Director FBI to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a telephone…

Document type header indicating this is an FBI Airtel communication. Routing block and subject line for an FBI Airtel dated April 27, 1972. Addressed to one or more SACs with file numbers. Subject i…

Document type header indicating this is an FBI Airtel communication. FBI Airtel dated April 27, 1972 from the Director, FBI to SACs in Las Vegas and Seattle regarding NORJAK / Richard Floyd McCoy Jr…

Header of FBI Laboratory report addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated May 1, 1972. FBI Laboratory examination comparing photocopied $20 bills (Q43) with serial numbers L 54904730 A,…

Form identifier and revision date printed at top of page. FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form dated May 1, 1972, addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Signed by J. Edgar Hoover as Director…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header indicating a plaintext urgent teletype dated May 1, 1972. Urgent teletype from Portland FBI field office to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Coo…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. A redacted Northwest Airlines employee at Portland International Airport was shown a group of photos of white adult m…

Standard FD-302 form header with transcription date of March 10, 1972. FBI checked Air Travel Life Insurance applications made at Portland International Airport on November 23-24, 1971, cross-refere…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An individual was contacted by a Newsweek magazine reporter regarding the Northwest Airlines hijacking of November 1971. The re…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An unnamed witness was shown 12 photographs of white males in an FBI Bureau car. He selected one photograph as mo…

FBI form number and revision date stamp in upper left corner. Document header with agency name and transcription date. FBI FD-302 interview report describing a witness who was shown eleven photogra…

FBI Portland field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. A redacted individual telephoned another redacted individual on Friday night April 21, 1972, from Seattle, Washington, asking…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A witness was shown twelve photographs of white males and asked to identify the Northwest Airlines hijacker from November 24, 1…

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

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

Airtel memo dated 5/2/72 from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, transmitting FD-302 interview forms of Portland witnesses concerning a current unidentified suspect. Distribution…

Date of the teletype message. Teletype header from SAC WFO to Director FBI and SAC Seattle regarding a photograph of an unknown individual AKA D. B. Cooper forwarded by pilot courier on April 28. A…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A redacted individual associated with Northwest Airlines at Portland International Airport was shown 12 photographs including o…

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

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle, dated 5/4/72, transmitting two copies each of two FD-302 interview report forms concerning Portland witnesses whose names are redacted. Distri…

FBI Laboratory report examining questioned writing specimens (Q46, Q47) against known handwriting (K5) of Donald Sylvester Murphy. The lab could not determine authorship due to insufficient known han…

FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form from Acting Director Clyde A. Tolson to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. The lab reports that signatures on Q47 were written in a different style from known sign…

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

Form identifier and revision date printed at top left. FBI Laboratory letterhead. FBI Laboratory transmittal form from Acting Director Clyde A. Tolson to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, req…

Date of document FBI airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Seattle airtel dated 4/13/72. Reports that on 4/27/72 an individual at a redac…

Reference to PD 164-41 case file. States that for the information of the Seattle office, a redacted individual contacted a redacted party. Large redacted block follows. Lead section directing the Se…

Standard US Government memorandum header on Optional Form 10, addressed to SAC Portland, from a redacted Special Agent, dated 5/5/72, subject NORJAK. Follow-up investigation into suspect Merlin Gene…

FBI Laboratory report header addressed to SAC Las Vegas regarding NORJAK case, dated April 27, 1972. FBI Laboratory examination of BankAmericard invoice carbon copies (specimen Q42) for account #476…

Form identifier and revision date printed at top-left corner. FBI Laboratory letterhead with Washington D.C. address. FBI Laboratory transmittal form addressed to SAC Las Vegas regarding the NORJAK…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Portland, attention Himmelsbach, regarding NORJAK case, dated May 8, 1972. A caller reported on 5/8/72 that on 4/27/7…

Portland field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. A redacted individual was asked if they had seen the composite sketch of the D.B. Cooper suspect published in newspaper…

Standard FBI transmittal form header (form 0-9, revised 5-18-71), indicating an Airtel communication. Airtel from Acting Director, FBI to SACs in Portland and Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Referenc…

Return address and date of the letter, with sender name redacted. A citizen letter to the FBI reporting that while fishing at Lake Merwin, the writer and companions sighted a large white object rese…

Teletype from the Acting FBI Director to the Portland field office regarding the NORJAK case. Congressman Ullman of Oregon forwarded information from a constituent (identity protected) suggesting cer…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header, FD-36, dated May 10, 1972, sent in plaintext via teletype with urgent priority. FBI teletype from Portland field office to Acting Director regarding N…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, type, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype (PD 164-41) reporting that airport facilities in Eugene, Creswell, and Cottage Grov…

Header block identifying the memo as from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated 5/10/72. A redacted individual from Portland, Oregon wrote to the Portland FBI office reporting…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from Portland to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 5/10/72. An anonymous male caller contacted the Portland FBI office on 5/8/72 reporti…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated May 11, 1972, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT priority. Portland field office reports to Acting Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. A canvass of…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Portland, Minneapolis, and Alexandria offices, sent 8:22 PM on 5/12/72. Seattle relays Alexandria's request that an artist's conception of an uns…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, from an unidentified Special Agent (redacted under b6/b7C), dated 5/14/72, regarding NORJAK case number 164-41. An anonymous male…

Date of teletype Teletype header from Portland field office to Alexandria, case file 164-51, 1 page, sent via NITEL Subject line identifying an unknown subject (UNSUB) with redacted alias, related…

Date of the letter. A citizen tip letter addressed to Mr. Ullman requesting that J. Edgar Hoover investigate an unnamed individual. The writer mentions the subject had a home in a redacted location,…

Letter from U.S. Representative Al Ullman (D-Oregon) to the FBI Congressional Liaison dated May 2, 1972, forwarding an attached communication from a constituent for investigation. Ullman requests the…

Date of the letter. Addressee block for Congressman Al Ullman. Letter from Acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray III to Congressman Al Ullman acknowledging receipt of a letter from an unidentified co…

Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo dated 5/12/72 from SAC Seattle to SAC Minneapolis regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), with Seattle as Office of Origin. The memo encloses a photograph of a redact…

FBI filing and serialization stamps indicating the document was indexed and serialized on May 19, 1972. A handwritten note on a decorative floral postcard addressed seemingly to the FBI or media, re…

Photocopy of a mailed envelope addressed to the Washington State Police in Woodland, Washington, care of the FBI. The envelope bears a U.S. Postal Service postmark dated March 27, 1972 (PM), and an E…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an Airtel sent via Airmail dated May 17, 1972. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle forwards…

Date of the airtel. Standard FBI airtel header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Anonymous male caller reported to Portland FBI office on 5/19/72 that an unidentified fema…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK. Reports Oregon motor vehicle and driver's license records for DON D. DIMENT (aka DONALD DELMER DIMENT), DOB 3/31/15…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL sent via Registered Mail, dated May 16, 1972. AIRTEL from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Encloses two photo…

Date of the document. FBI Airtel memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Sacramento reports that the California DMV furnished an enclosed driver's license issued to a reda…

Header block of an FBI NITEL teletype from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle and SAC Sacramento regarding NORJAK case, dated May 15, 1972. Body of teletype reporting a new NORJAK suspect. An individual…

FBI case number and page indicator for a Los Angeles field office report, page two. Continuation of an FBI interview report describing a conversation overheard at a Long Beach bar a month or two bef…

Case number and page header for FBI teletype. FBI teletype page 3 describing a subject's employment history (hired Feb 2, 1966; quit Sep 28, 1966; rehired Nov 29, 1970; quit Jun 10, 1971) with an ad…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number and page designation. Continuation of FBI teletype (page four) describing a suspect investigated in the D.B. Cooper case. Subject was arrested for drunk driv…

Case number and page continuation header for Los Angeles FBI field office file 164-497, page five of a multi-page teletype. Conclusion of a teletype noting that Minneapolis and Portland field office…

Header block of an FBI AIRTEL (internal air mail communication) dated 5/25/72, from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Report that photos of two suspects were shown in photo line…

Standard FD-302 form header with FBI seal and date of transcription. An individual was interviewed at his residence and shown seven photographs of white male individuals. He selected one photograph…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated May 26, 1972, sent in plaintext via teletype with NITEL priority. Teletype from Portland FBI office to Seattle regarding NORJAK case. A wit…

Standard US Government memorandum header from an FBI Special Agent in Portland field office to SAC Portland, dated May 26, 1972, regarding case NORJACK (case number 164-41). A Clackamus County Deput…

A deputy visited the Wigwam Sporting Goods Store and spoke with employees who recalled two men purchasing fishing licenses. One man paid with a $50 bill (SN L 01767381 A, Series 1969). The men were i…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated May 26, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Seattle FBI office reports to Portland on attempts to eliminate a suspect in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) c…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Lead assigned to Portland field office to check employment records at St. Helens, Oregon, to determine whether a redacted individual…

Header of an FBI airtel memo from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 5/26/72. Body of the airtel referencing a prior communication dated 5/16/72. Two photographs of a su…

Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI office to Portland FBI office, urgent priority, dated June 1, 1972. A Clark County Sheriff's Office deputy in Vancouver, WA reported that a suspect identifie…

Continuation header for page two of a teletype, referencing case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype instructing the Portland FBI office to contact a redacted individual at Oregon City, Oregon…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated June 2, 1972, sent via AIRTEL. Routing block: airtel from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. Mi…

Case file MP 164-73 continuation page listing redacted source information furnished by Seattle, Los Angeles, and Alexandria Divisions. Subject noted as ARMED AND DANGEROUS. Leads section directing t…

Teletype header from FBI Butte field office to Seattle, Las Vegas, and Portland offices regarding the NORJAK case, sent June 5, 1972. FBI teletype regarding NORJAK suspect Ben Franklin Stephens, Sr.…

Teletype header and page number indicating this is page two of document BT 164-26. Page two of an FBI teletype regarding a D.B. Cooper suspect. The suspect's father is identified as Artley C. Stephe…

Urgent FBI teletype from Seattle to Butte, Las Vegas, and Portland field offices regarding NORJAK suspect (FNU) Stevens. A protected source in Seattle reported on June 5, 1972 that a woman mentioned…

Page header with page number and case/serial reference 164-81. A female source describes where a male subject works and states he makes his living by gambling in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he has live…

Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype, with case number 164-81. Continuation of an FBI teletype assigning investigative leads across multiple field offices (Butte, Las Vegas, Portl…

FBI teletype from Oklahoma City field office to Portland regarding NORJAK investigation. Reports FAA records for Robert William Harsha, DOB 01/25/1925, who holds a private pilot's license (number 209…

Case number and page indicator for a continuation teletype. Teletype continuation stating that no aircraft was registered to a person named Harsha. Message originated from AMCC Seattle, routed via R…

FBI Portland field office filing stamp with case number 164-41-1054, dated June 6, 1972. Includes standard SEARCHED/INDEXED/SERIALIZED/FILED processing fields. FBI Vault reference identifier for the…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview report header dated June 2, 1972. A former Kitsap County Sheriff's Office employee in Port Orchard, Washington, called the FBI from Las Vegas, Nevada on June 2, 1972 re…

FBI case file numbers and page number. SE and LV likely refer to Seattle and Las Vegas field offices. A redacted individual states that he recalls another redacted person who used to tell of his exp…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, enclosing two copies of an FD-302 about a telephone call from a redacted individual in Las Vegas. Leads…

Teletype header indicating a message sent from Seattle FBI field office to Portland, transmitted at 10:44 PM on June 6, 1972, classified SE PLAIN. NORJAK teletype reporting that a confidential sourc…

Page header with page number and partial case/serial number. Continuation (page 2) of a teletype directing the Portland FBI office to contact a redacted individual employed in Portland, Oregon, to o…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Portland, dated June 7, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). The memo references two earlier Portland memos (dated…

Teletype header showing urgent message from FBI Seattle to Director and Portland, regarding NORJAK case, dated March 24, 1972. Body of teletype describing a tip received in Seattle about someone in…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype under Seattle case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype message directing the Bureau and Seattle to attempt arrangements to observe…

FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices providing a weekly NORJAK summary dated 3/24/72. Reports that terrain search with U.S. Army troops and agents con…

FBI Seattle teletype to Director, Minneapolis, and Portland offices reporting that the NORJACK ground search has been temporarily halted due to snowfall. Army troops remain on location. Weather forec…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated March 25, 1972, sent in plaintext via NITEL teletype. Teletype from Portland FBI office to the Director and Seattle office regarding the NO…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, dated March 27, 1972, regarding D.B. Cooper. The sender's name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. A caller from Las Vegas, Nev…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director and Portland, dated March 26, 1972, sent at 4:16 PM. Seattle office advises that negotiations between a redacted individual in Seatt…

FBI Seattle teletype to Director, Portland, and Minneapolis reporting that a terrain search with U.S. Army troops for NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) commenced at noon on March 26, 1972, with negative results.…

Standard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated March 26, 1972, transmitted in plaintext via NITEL. Portland FBI field office teletype to Director and Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports no contac…

FBI file reference numbers and dictation/typist initials for Seattle and Portland field offices. An FBI Special Agent interviewed individuals at airport facilities on May 10, 1972. None could recall…

FBI case file identifiers and page continuation number. A Lane County Sheriff's Office employee reported no records matching the subject names. An Oregon State Police employee in Eugene also found…

Case file reference numbers and typist initials; this is page 3 of the document. Investigation follow-up in Eugene, Oregon. An address was verified through EWEB (Eugene Water & Electric Board). On M…

Teletype header indicating a NITEL (night telegram) sent from Portland to Oklahoma City on June 1, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (164-41). Portland FBI requests Oklahoma City to investigate suspec…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Robert W. Harsha. Reports Harsha's residence in Oregon City, physical description (DOB 1/25/25, 5'9", 1…

Airtel memo header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a redacted suspect name. Portland office reports that inquiry at a redacted location in Portland, Oregon found…

Header block of an FBI airtel memo dated 6/6/72 from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. An individual located in Prescott, Oregon was interviewed on 6/6/72 regarding a subject wh…

FBI teletype from Butte field office to Seattle, Las Vegas, and Portland regarding NORJAK suspect Ben Franklin Stephens, Sr. The postmaster in Big Fork, Montana reports Stephens rented P.O. Box 224 o…

Teletype case number and page indicator. Page two of an FBI teletype regarding efforts to locate a suspect. Mrs. Johnson confirms the suspect was with her on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1971. Las…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal header, dated June 12, 1972, sent via NITEL teletype in plaintext. Portland FBI office teletype to Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. A source in Portland adv…

Header of an FBI Airtel memo dated June 12, 1972, sent from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. A contact was interviewed about a suspect in the NORJAK case. She has little knowle…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated June 12, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing information: from Seattle SAC to Portland SAC, subject line MORJAK (code name for D.B. Cooper…

Standard FBI AIRTEL transmission header dated June 12, 1972. Routing block indicating the memo is from SAC Miami to SAC San Antonio regarding the NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. A redacted i…

Anonymous tip letter dated June 8, 1972 sent to the FBI in Washington, D.C. The writer suggests that a young man from Oregon who suddenly came into $200,000 around November 1971 may be connected to D…

Standard FBI form header (0-9) for an Airtel communication, revised 5-18-71. Airtel from Acting Director, FBI to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK. Forwards copies of a letter from a redacted source all…

FBI Portland memo to SAC Seattle regarding a white nylon parachute canopy found by children near the Bomber Motel in Milwaukie, Oregon on 6/12/72. The canopy, serial number 100519, had a striking dat…

FBI seal stamp at top of document. FBI Airtel memo from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a suspect associated with the Copper Penny Restaurant in Long Beach, Californ…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number reference. FBI field report describing investigation of a white male suspect at Long Beach and Redondo Beach, California. Subject is described as having brow…

Standard USG memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, dated 6/22/72, regarding NORJAK case and suspect Merlin Gene Cooper. Sender SA name is redacted. On 6/16/72, an informant in Eugene, Oregon…

Case/file number for the document. Investigative instructions to locate and interview a redacted female individual in Medford, Oregon to determine if she has knowledge of D.B. Cooper's whereabouts.…

Date of the document. Airtel header block identifying this as an air mail communication from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Reports that a thorough…

FBI case file number for Las Vegas field office, file 164-60. Leads section directing the Portland Division to identify a redacted individual at a redacted location in Oregon, furnish descriptive da…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated June 26, 1972, sent via Airtel / Air Mail. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. On 6/23/72, a Vancouver WA Police De…

Standard US Government interoffice memo header addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated 6/28/72. Sender's name is redacted. Follow-up memo referencing serial #950. On 6/15/72 the writi…