Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header. From Special Agent Ralph P. Himmelsbach to SAC (Special Agent in Charge), Portland field office file 164-41, regarding the unknown subject aka Dan Cooper,…

FBI FOIA header identifying the deleted page information sheet and the associated FOIA case number. Lists three deleted pages (15, 101, 160) with their corresponding FOIA exemption codes (b6, b7C, b…

Header block of FBI memo identifying sender (SAC Seattle), recipient (Acting Director FBI), case name NORJAK, and date. Narrative of D.B. Cooper boarding NW Orient Flight 305 on 11/24/71 at Portland…

Header identifying document as a letter to SACs in Seattle and Portland regarding the NORJAK case. A passenger believed the unsub was Mexican-American. She had a brief encounter with the unsub befor…

Header identifying this as a letter to Special Agents in Charge in Seattle and Portland regarding the NORJAK case. Description of the clip-on tie (Towncraft brand, Snapper patent type) found after t…

Header identifying this as a continuation of a letter to SACs in Seattle and Portland regarding the NORJAK case. Stewardess observations: the unsub smoked Raleigh filter tip cigarettes with Sky Chef…

Header identifying this as a continuation of a letter addressed to Special Agents in Charge in Seattle and Portland, regarding the NORJAK case. Instructions to request FBI Lab examination of materia…

Teletype routing header indicating a message sent from Minneapolis FBI division to Los Angeles, Cleveland, Portland, and Seattle divisions on June 30, 1972 at 5:39 PM. Case codename NORJAK, the FBI'…

Case number and page indicator for this teletype continuation. Continuation of teletype about suspect Fugate. Details his criminal history including arrests for con games, fraudulent activities, pas…

Case number and page continuation header. Physical description and background of suspect Fugate: 6'1", 170 lbs, olive complexion, dark graying hair. Education at Denver University. Occupation as pil…

Case number and page indicator for this teletype continuation. Continuation of a teletype (page four) regarding a tip that a James Fugate is residing in Newport Beach, CA and scheduled to appear at…

FBI Airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a Las Vegas airtel dated 6/22/72. Investigation conducted by a redacted Special Agent. On 6/28/72, a Lane County S…

Case/file reference number for the Portland FBI field office. An individual in Creswell, Oregon confirmed that a redacted person was employed by Eastside Machinery Company during Thanksgiving week 1…

FBI airtel header dated 6/30/72 from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Portland field office reports on investigation of a NORJAK suspect in Oregon who came into approximately $…

Case file number for the document. Sheriff Tony Zarbano of Oregon states that the redacted individual is known to him personally, bears no resemblance to the D.B. Cooper sketch, and has deep promine…

Date of the airtel. Airtel header routing from Portland SAC to Seattle SAC regarding NORJAK case. CPT R. CHRISTMAN, approximately 60-year-old white male, contacted the FBI on 6/30/72 claiming to us…

Header of FBI memo from Los Angeles to Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 6/29/72, referencing a possible subject whose name and FBI number are redacted. Los Angeles office encloses California Dep…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number reference. Continuation of an FBI report noting that due to the fugitive status of a redacted individual, no additional investigative leads are being pursued…

Header block of an FBI airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC San Francisco regarding the NORJAK case, dated 6/30/72. SA Le Roy R. Elliott conducted an investigation in Oregon, looking up a vessel in…

Case file number header for this page. Investigation checked Pacific Power and Light Company records and city/telephone directories for redacted names with no listing found in the past five years.…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to file 164-41, dated July 3, 1972, from SAC J. L. Mattson regarding the NORJAK case. A female caller from Portland telephoned SAC Mattson on 7/2…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle, Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Portland offices, sent July 3, 1972. Los Angeles FBI office teletype regarding NORJAK suspect James Ra…

Case number and page indicator for continuation of teletype. Continuation of teletype regarding James R. Fugate. Efforts to locate Fugate at Laguna Beach after alleged theft/burglary were unproducti…

Case number and page header for FBI report page three. Continuation of FBI report on James R. Fugate. Describes his physical characteristics (smooth complexion, cleft chin, amputated right thumb tip…

Case number and page continuation header. Page four of an FBI teletype (case LA 164-497) describing a mandatory settlement conference in Superior Court in late June 1972 in the case of James R. Fuga…

Case number and page indicator for multi-page teletype. Continuation of FBI teletype (page 5) directing Portland to contact Chief of Police Larry Edlund at Portland Airport for information on Fugate…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case, dated June 30, 1972. A redacted individual in Portland, Oregon contacted the…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel header from SAC Portland to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a Los Angeles nitel to Seattle dated 7/4/72. Chief Larry Edlund of Portland Intern…

FBI case file number for the Portland field office. Directive to the Cleveland FBI field office to examine death certification records for the pilot of a Buckeye Air Service Beechcraft airplane that…

Date of the document. FBI airtel from SAC Portland to Acting Director FBI regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Portland field office conducted investigation at Coos Bay, Oregon, and eliminated a red…

Seattle FBI teletype to multiple field offices directing them to discontinue investigation of suspect James Ray Fugate in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, as Fugate was determined to have been killed i…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated 1/8/72, sent via NITEL in PLAINTEXT. Routing information: teletype from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office regarding NORJAK case, of…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A redacted individual employed at Northwest Orient Airlines in Portland, Oregon was shown photographs related to the D.B. Coope…

FBI file reference numbers and dictation/typist codes for the document. An FBI Special Agent conducted investigation in Hillsboro and Portland, Oregon. On June 30, 1972, the Washington County Sherif…

FBI file reference numbers and typist initials, page 2 of a continuation document. FBI investigative report documenting attempts to contact and interview a subject (name redacted) related to the D.B…

FBI case file header with Seattle and Portland file numbers, dictator/typist initials CLH:jmp, page 3, location Oregon. Physical description of a subject obtained through observation and interview:…

Continuation page header with Seattle and Portland file numbers, dictator/typist initials, and page number 4. Continuation of a report stating subjects worked together all day and planned to celebra…

FBI airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a photograph, two copies of an FD-302 relating to a photo display, and two copies of an investigative insert showing invest…

Standard USG memo header addressed to SAC Portland, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case 164-41, dated 7/23/72. Anonymous caller phoned Portland FBI office at 1:47 AM on 7/23/72 repo…

Teletype routing header indicating message sent from Butte FBI field office to Albany, Portland, St Louis, and Seattle offices on September 27, 1972. FBI teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype or serialized FBI document, serial 164-26. Continuation of an FBI teletype or report describing a subject who discussed a hijack plan approximat…

Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype, with file number 164-26. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page 3) regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. A redacted individual ma…

Page header indicating this is page four of a teletype, with case file number ST 164-26. Continuation of a teletype (page four) discussing investigative leads related to a D.B. Cooper suspect from t…

Date of the airtel memo. Standard FBI airtel header routing from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. On 7/27/72, Air West at Portland International Airport reported that a woman…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from Butte FBI office to Seattle and Portland offices on August 7, 1972. Teletype from Butte FBI office regarding a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) sus…

Date of teletype. FBI teletype from SAC Albany to SAC Butte, SAC St. Louis, and other redacted recipients regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Butte nitel dated July 27. Investigation d…

Date of the teletype message. Page two of an FBI NITEL teletype (case AL 164-47) describing efforts to obtain a redacted individual's present address. The subject is reportedly on vacation but in th…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated August 4, 1972. Routing block showing an airtel from Seattle SAC to Portland SAC regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The RE line is redac…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Continuation of an investigative lead indicating agents will locate and interview a redacted individual concerning the case and at…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated August 11, 1972, sent in plaintext via urgent teletype. Teletype from Portland to Seattle and Sacramento regarding NORJAK suspect Don Brenn…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype/transmittal form header with blank date, transmission type, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype (PD 164-41) documenting investigation of a smoke jumper suspe…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header, dated August 3, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Albany to SAC Boston regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Refere…

Continuation of an FBI lead document (case AL 164-47). Requests the Boston office check military records at Fort Devens, MA, for a redacted individual's Army serial number and whereabouts on November…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated August 14, 1972. Routing block: airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, re suspect Clair Young, number 448. Howard Jam…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Instruction to determine if a redacted individual has relatives named Clair Young and to gather descriptive info…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated August 16, 1972. FBI airtel from SAC Butte to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). A source at U.S. Antimony Corporation in Thomp…

Case or bureau teletype reference number. Lead assignment directing the Portland Division to investigate a redacted individual's description, background, and whereabouts during the D.B. Cooper hijac…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, subject Merlin Gene Cooper as suspect. Body of memo documenting investigative efforts in Roseburg, Oregon ar…

Descriptive data form for a male subject born 7/8/34 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. 6'2", 170 lbs, brown hair, hazel eyes, unemployed transient with tattoos on right forearm. A Douglas County detective re…

Header block of FBI teletype/airtel addressed to SAC Seattle and SAC Portland, case NORJAK, dated 8/22/72. References a prior communication dated 6/27/72. Reports that the Oregon State Employment Se…

FBI Airtel header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 8/23/72. Portland FBI office reports that a redacted individual, contacted by telephone on 8/22/72, is currently a…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated August 18, 1972. Cleveland FBI field office reports to Portland on NORJAK suspect lead James E. Fugate. Fugate, DOB 8/23/44, was a co-pilot fo…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case. Continuation of a report noting that individuals were located in different areas around the U.S. and that FUGATE never indicated he was a Junior. Stat…

FBI form FD-5 (File-Serial Charge Out) for case number 164-41, serial number 1116. The form has a large diagonal handwritten notation reading 'Permanent Charge out' across the description area. The R…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated August 22, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. SAC Seattle requests Bureau approval for two publicity leads in the NORJAK case: (1) m…

FBI FD-3 cover page for a report from the Salt Lake City office regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight #305). Investigative period covers April 11 to August 24, 1972. Re…

FBI file reference numbers and dictation initials for this investigative document. Statement indicating an FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation on April 18, 1972. The agent's name is redacte…

FBI case file number for this report page. An FBI Special Agent reviewed Richard Floyd McCoy Jr.'s bank records at Walker Bank and Trust Company in Salt Lake City on 4/13/72. McCoy had a credit card…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK investigation. Brief statement that the office will await results of an interview of a suspect's redacted associate/contact and will conduct…

Company letterhead for United Medical Laboratories, Inc. in Portland, Oregon. A letter dated 9-29-72 from an employee of United Medical Laboratories describing an encounter on 8-19-72 while hiking i…

Header of an FBI Airtel memo dated September 1, 1972, from Portland SAC to Seattle SAC regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, specifically concerning subject Clair Young, #448. Portland and Gladst…

Handwritten annotations indicating sub-file classification. FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). A key witness on 12/2/71 rejected the artist'…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Multiple witnesses expressed dissatisfaction with the artist's composite sketch of the UNSUB, stating the depicted man appeared to…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office, file 164-81. FBI Laboratory to provide hair color information to the Bureau artist based on a hair sample submitted by the Las Vegas Division. The…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated August 31, 1972, sent via airtel/airmail. Routing information: from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, with Seattle as off…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated August 31, 1972. Boston FBI field office airtel to Alexandria regarding NORJAK case. Reports that on 8/16/72, personnel at Fort Devens, Massac…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Atlanta regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 8/31/73. A witness residing in Lilburn, Georgia reported that during the first…

Case file reference number for this FBI report page. Continuation of an FBI interview report describing the discovery of a duffel bag with Air Force markings found hanging from a tree near a shelter…

An individual describes a trip with companions near Portland/Aurora, Oregon. The party camped in an area where a cache was found. Other members of the hunting party included a young relative attendin…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated September 1, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. Reports that a su…

Header of FBI inter-office memo from Seattle SAC to Portland SAC regarding NORJAK case, dated September 5, 1972. A source in Portland was contacted on 8/23/72. He reported that while staying at the…

Header of an Oregon State Police Officer's Report form regarding the skyjacking case, dated September 17, 1972, filed from Portland, Multnomah County. An Oregon State Police officer reports that a p…

Standard FBI airtel transmission header. Airtel from the Acting Director of the FBI to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. The Bureau responds to Seattle's 8/22/72 request for mats of the artist'…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated September 14, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from Seattle SAC to Portland SAC regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a copy of a Bureau airte…

Memo header indicating it is addressed to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) from SA Thomas J. Dugan, dated 9/18/72. An unidentified individual telephoned the Portland FBI Office on 9/11/72 claiming…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated September 26, 1972, sent via airtel/airmail. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Minneapolis regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Encloses…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA LeRoy R. Elliott to SAC Portland, dated October 3, 1972, regarding the NORJACK case. An employee of the Oregon Department of Revenue in Coos Bay repo…

Date of the airtel memorandum. Standard FBI airtel header routing from Portland SAC to Seattle SAC regarding the NORJAK case. Portland SAC reports that two redacted Portland witnesses from Northwes…

Case file number for the Portland field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Lead assignment for the Portland field office to show suspect photographs and a revised color artist's conception of the unk…

Date of airtel FBI Minneapolis field office airtel to Acting Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Northwest Airlines stewardesses were interviewed and shown a new artist's conception sketch…

FBI case file number header for the Minneapolis field office, file 164-73. A female witness (name redacted) compares FBI sketch B to her recollection of the Unsub (D.B. Cooper). She finds sketch B t…

Case file number reference, likely Minneapolis field office file 164-73. Continuation of a witness statement regarding the UNSUB's hair and hairline. The witness notes she is becoming foggy on the U…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Acting Director FBI and Portland, dated October 6, 1972, at 11:53 PM. Seattle requests Bureau authority for Seattle and Portland divisions to sha…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header. From SAC Seattle (file 164-81) to SAC Portland, dated October 4, 1972, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Office of Origin is Seattle. FBI mem…

Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. Lead assignment directing the Portland field office to contact a redacted individual in Milwaukie, Oregon regarding an un…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle to Butte, Las Vegas, and Portland field offices, dated October 16, 1972. Case name NORJAK (FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper hijacking) with office of origin…

FBI inter-office memo from Portland to Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. References a Portland letter to Seattle dated 8/22/72. On 9/5/72, a redacted individual at Oregon State University advised a…

FBI Portland field office filing stamp dated October 20, 1972, indicating the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed. Handwritten case or serial number at top right of page. The main…

Privacy exemption markings indicating b6 and b7C redaction codes. Redacted name/address block at top of page with 'un' visible between redaction boxes. A citizen letter to FBI Portland dated Oct 16…

Continuation of a handwritten letter to the FBI offering personal theories about D.B. Cooper. The writer discusses: (4) the plausibility of a smoke jumper making the parachute jump; (5) belief Cooper…

Standard US Government memorandum header from a Special Agent to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated October 20, 1972. A caller contacted the Portland FBI office at approximately…

Date of the airtel memo. Airtel memo from the FBI Legal Attaché in Ottawa to the Acting Director, FBI, regarding NORJAK. The Legat encloses four copies of a redacted document and notes they have no…

FBI routing slip (form 0-7, rev. 4-28-72) dated 10/16/1972 regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Copies checked for Pittsburgh, Portland (circled), and Richmond field offices. Marked 'XIX For informat…

Date written at top of letter Handwritten letter from an unidentified individual to the FBI claiming to have compiled information identifying D.B. Cooper. The writer requests a confidential intervie…

U.S. Postal Service postmark dated October 21, 1972. Pre-printed postal stamp featuring Eisenhower and 'Always Use ZIP Code' slogan cancellation mark. FBI FOIA redaction exemption codes indicating…

Official FBI letterhead with Seattle field office address and date. FBI form letter sent to the public requesting assistance locating evidence related to the D.B. Cooper skyjacking of November 24, 1…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated October 17, 1972. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a circular describing the area where the unidentifie…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A witness in Eugene, Oregon was shown six photographs. The witness identified photograph #2 as bearing a resemblance to the ind…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Chicago to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Provides background information on LEIF E. HANSEN, a TWA employee since April 1966, currently Manager o…

Background information on HANSEN's military service, employment history with TWA from 1966, various transfers between JFK, San Francisco, and O'Hare Field, and current residence. A redacted source s…

Standard US Government memorandum header from a Special Agent in Portland field office to the SAC, Portland, regarding the NORJAK case, dated October 31, 1972. A witness in Eugene, Oregon was shown…

Header of a US Government memorandum from an FBI Special Agent (name redacted) in Portland field office, regarding the NORJAC case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), dated November 1, 1972. A tipster contacte…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated October 31, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Routing block: airtel from Seattle SAC to Portland SAC regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), with Po…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking. An agent (name redacted) is assigned to conduct credit and bank checks on a redacted individual and to determine his whereabouts o…

Filing or routing stamp with what appears to be a case/serial number beginning with 164-41 and additional handwritten notations that are largely illegible. Bates number stamp applied during FBI Vaul…

US postmark with partial date showing October, alongside a stamp with 'ALWAYS USE ZIP CODE' slogan and American flag imagery. Handwritten address on envelope directed to the FBI in Washington, D.C.…

Date and location heading of the letter. A citizen writes to complain about slow FBI response to their offer of pertinent information regarding the D.B. Cooper skyjacking case. They describe contact…

A private citizen writes about a person they believe used the name C.B. Cooper for the skyjacking. The writer claims this individual is a pilot, parachutist, has $700,000 stashed, and is heavily invo…

The author discusses their interaction with B.N.D.D. (Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs) agents, claiming innocence and criticizing the agents as overzealous. They describe a self-initiated pro…

Handwritten letter from an anonymous source claiming to have inside knowledge of large-scale criminal activity (possibly counterfeiting) along the West Coast, Canada, and Mexico. The writer alleges c…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo from Acting Director, FBI to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Directs Portland to interview a redacted individual from Portland, Oregon, who se…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland from a redacted Special Agent, regarding D.B. Cooper crime aboard aircraft case, dated November 6, 1972. A redacted caller from Por…

Teletype header showing urgent message from Minneapolis FBI field office to Portland, dated November 8, 1972, regarding NORJAK case with Seattle as office of origin. Minneapolis FBI office relays th…

Case number and page continuation header for a multi-page teletype. Minneapolis field office reports negative index results regarding a redacted individual and Callahan. Instructs Portland office to…

Standard FBI memo header identifying sender (SAC Portland), recipient (Acting Director FBI), case name NORJAK with Seattle as Office of Origin, dated November 13, 1972. Portland Office received a le…

Portland field office case number reference. The investigation into CALLAHAN is being closed due to a considerable height difference, presumably between CALLAHAN and the D.B. Cooper suspect descript…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated November 9, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK suspect #200 James Ray Fu…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated November 13, 1972. Seattle advises Portland that a referenced photograph was sh…

Return address and date of the FBI letter. Addressee block directed to Donald W. Bell of the U.S. Secret Service in Portland. FBI letter from SAC J. L. Mattson to Secret Service SAC Donald W. Bell…

Header of an FBI airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 11/20/72. An Oregon State Police officer suggested an unidentified individual with a criminal backgroun…

Standard US Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10, May 1962 edition). Memo routing fields: addressed to SAC (Special Agent in Charge) for case 164-41, from a Special Agent (name re…

Standard US Government interoffice memo header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated November 22, 1972. Brief memo body regarding a letter from an unidentified Mrs. [reda…

Internal FBI memo from Portland to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, enclosing two copies of an FD-302 interview report for a witness in Eugene, Oregon. The witness was shown the lates…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to the SAC in Portland, regarding the NORJAK case, dated November 30, 1972. A female informant in Albany, Oregon reporte…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Portland, dated 12/1/72, regarding the NORJAK case. A woman from Oregon City, OR called the FBI on 11/29/…

Date of the airtel document. Standard FBI airtel header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. An informant from Salem, Oregon, reports that approximately two years prior, whil…

Return address and date of the letter writer. Addressee block directed to the FBI Agent-In-Charge at the U.S. Courthouse in Portland, Oregon. A citizen letter to the FBI claiming to have possible e…

Handwritten return address on envelope from an apartment in Coquille, Oregon. Last digit(s) of ZIP code obscured by a black redaction dot. Circular postmark stamp reading Coquille, OR, dated Decembe…

Return address and date of the letter writer FBI addressee information FBI processing stamp showing case number, indexing, and date received FBI routing/assignment stamp assigning lead to Salem Re…

FBI Portland field office return address and date of letter. Recipient address block for Andrew Briner in Coquille, Oregon. Letter from FBI Special Agent in Charge J. L. Mattson responding to Andre…

FBI Portland field office return address and date of letter. FBI letter to Andrew Briner of Coquille, Oregon, acknowledging his February 20, 1973 letter and stating a Special Agent will contact him…

FBI Portland field office return address and date of correspondence. Letter from FBI SAC J. L. Mattson to Andrew Briner acknowledging Briner's February 20, 1973 letter about D. B. Cooper information…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAC case, dated February 26, 1973. Interview memo documenting William Andrew Briner of…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SA LeROY R. ELLIOTT to SAC Portland, dated 2-28-73, regarding the NORJAK case. SA Elliott documents a tip about a potential NORJAK susp…

FBI FD-5 File-Serial Charge Out form dated 2/10/1997 for file 164-41. Serial number 1168 is noted as missing when purging the case and cannot be located. A handwritten note instructs 'Do not Remove.'…

Standard US Government interoffice memo header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, concerning telephone numbers called from LA Center area pay phone booths on November 24, 197…

FBI case file number for the document. Continuation of a list of Oregon cities with area code 503 and redacted telephone numbers. Each redacted number has a handwritten X or checkmark beside it. Exe…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office, file 164-81. Lead assignment directing the Sacramento FBI division to conduct the same investigation as Portland for one telephone number in Tracy,…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from the Seattle FBI field office to the Portland SAC regarding NORJAK, dated December 5, 1972. The RE (regarding) field is fully redacted under b6/b…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Leads section directing the Portland field office to contact a redacted individual in Eugene, Oregon, to show them a copy of a redacted driver…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJACK case, dated 12/11/72. A caller reported seeing a white parachute in a remote cany…

Date of document FBI Airtel routing header from SAC Portland to SAC Las Vegas regarding NORJAK case A woman at Consumer Protection in Portland, Oregon reported on 12/18/72 that a man she met in Nov…

Document reference number for this FBI report page. Continuation of leads section describing investigative steps: checking whether a person issued a Nevada driver's license has a physical descriptio…

FBI airtel memo header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/22/72. Subject is marked Armed and Dangerous. An SA conducted investigation on 12/18/72 at the University of O…

Case or file reference number for the Portland FBI field office. A lead assignment directing the Seattle FBI field office to interview a redacted individual at a redacted location, display a copy of…

Header stamp indicating this is a true copy of an original document. Fragment of a tip or letter identifying a suspect believed to be Dan Cooper. The writer states the man formerly lived in Inglewoo…

FBI composite sketch of D.B. Cooper, left-side view, showing a man with dark features. Image is grainy due to photocopy reproduction. Second FBI composite sketch of D.B. Cooper, showing the suspect…

Scanned image of a mailed envelope addressed to FBI Headquarters in Washington D.C., postmarked from Pocatello, Idaho on December 15 (year not clearly legible). A U.S. Postage stamp is affixed in the…

Document type header indicating this is an Airtel communication. FBI Airtel memo from Acting Associate Director W. Mark Felt to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Encloses copies o…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to FILE (164-41), from ASAC (name redacted), regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/22/72. A redacted individual from the Oregon Journal called the FBI on…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC (164-41) from an SA (name redacted), dated December 27, 1972, regarding NORJAK. A citizen from Oregon contacted the FBI office suggesting th…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated 12/29/72, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Las Vegas field office reports results of a DMV records check in Carson City, Nevada on 12/…

FBI case file number for the Las Vegas field office. Instruction to contact a redacted individual associated with the Nevada Skydivers organization at the University of Nevada, Reno, to determine if…

FBI FD-36 airtel form header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated January 4, 1973. Redacted unsub (unknown subject) name block, withheld under b6/b7C priva…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Redacted text describing the use of a driver's license photograph to determine if an individual (name redacted) is the studen…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Acting Director, Honolulu, and Portland, sent urgently on January 9, 1973. Seattle FBI division reports that a Northwest Orient employee at SeaTa…

Case number and page continuation header for Seattle file 164-81, page two of a teletype. Description of a suspect: white male American, 5'7"-8", thin build, brown hair, average complexion, smoke-st…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated January 9, 1973, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT. Portland FBI office reports to Acting Director, Honolulu, and Seattle that serial numbers of…

Date of the document. FBI Airtel memo header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). An Oregon caller contacted the Portland FBI Division on 1/8/73, reporting that whi…

Case file number for the Portland FBI field office. A redacted individual described a redacted subject as a white American male in his 30s, 5'10", 160 pounds, dark brown hair, possibly brown eyes, o…

Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent from FBI Honolulu to Acting Director, Seattle, and Portland offices via Washington D.C., dated January 9-10, 1973. NORJAK teletype describing FBI co…

Case number and page indicator for this teletype continuation. Continuation of an FBI teletype from Honolulu office (HN 164-85) regarding investigation of NW Flight 87 on 1/9/73. Two individuals in…

Case number and page indicator for a multi-page teletype. Continuation of a teletype discussing possible interview of a redacted individual for identification of the suspect, a Seattle reinterview f…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Acting Director, Honolulu, and Portland offices, sent urgently on 1/9/73. Case name NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) with office of origin Seattle. Two Nort…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype under Seattle case number 164-81. A Northwest Orient Airlines employee confirmed a subject boarded Flight 87 from Seattle to Honolulu based on t…

FBI teletype from Seattle field office to Acting Director, Honolulu, and Portland regarding the NORJAK case. References a Honolulu teletype dated 1/10/73. A redacted individual was reinterviewed and…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, Seattle field office case number 164-81. A subject has a joint checking account under an alias used at his workplace. A bank investigation reve…

Teletype routing header from Honolulu FBI field office to Acting Director, Seattle, and Portland offices, transmitted January 11, 1973. Honolulu field office reports that all crew members of Northwe…

Page two of an FBI teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper case. Describes a passenger who smoked cigarettes (not Raleigh brand), paid for beer in small bills or coins, carried a dark shaving bag and beig…

Header of a US Government memorandum from SAC Los Angeles to Acting Director FBI regarding NORJAK case, dated January 5, 1973. Report of negative record checks conducted at multiple Los Angeles area…

Standard US Government memo header addressed to SAC Portland, from a Special Agent (name redacted), regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated January 12, 1973. An employee at a Valu-Mart on S.E. 82…

Standard FBI FOI/PA header identifying the deleted page information sheet and associated case number. List of 22 deleted pages with reasons: 18 pages removed as duplicates and 4 pages withheld under…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated January 12, 1973, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL priority. FBI airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A Spe…

Portland field office case file number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. A witness describes an unknown individual's hair as somewhat "kinky" and states he cannot be positive but sees a ve…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated January 22, 1973. An anonymous woman called the Kelso, WA Police Department on…

FBI form header for mounting newspaper clippings. AP wire story reporting that two Bremerton-area men, William "Jack" Lewis and Donald S. Murphy, were sentenced to prison for selling a fake Dan Coop…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal header dated January 23, 1973, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. References a Portland airt…

Teletype routing header from Denver field office to Butte, Seattle, and Portland offices, sent the evening of February 5, 1973. FBI teletype regarding suspect William Deems in the NORJAK (D.B. Coope…

Case number and page indicator for continuation of a teletype. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page two) describing a subject named Deems as medium build, dark hair, graying and thin in front, beli…

Date of the airtel. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Reports on investigation of suspect WILLIAM F. DEEMS in Roseburg, Oregon. DEEMS moved from Coram,…

Portland field office case number reference. Lead assigned to the Butte FBI field office to intensify investigation at Coram, Montana, to explain the source of funds referenced earlier in the docume…

Teletype routing header from Butte FBI field office to Seattle and Portland, dated February 9, 1973. Case designation NORJACK with office of origin Seattle; subject is suspect William Deems, referen…

Page header indicating this is the second page of the document. Continuation of an FBI teletype regarding suspect William Deems. A source advised on 2/9/73 that Deems was a retired airline pilot who…

FBI airtel transmittal header from SAC Seattle to SAC Butte regarding NORJAK case. William Deems (SUB 598) suggested as a possible NORJAK suspect by a redacted FAA source in Denver due to strong res…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 12, 1973, sent via Airtel with Airmail priority. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, requesting Portland D…

Header of an FBI airtel (internal communication) from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, specifically about an unknown suspect at the Totem Bar and Tavern. Body of…

Continuation of an FBI report (page 2) regarding an individual who was absent from the Totem Bar around the time of the hijacking, then returned from California in a red and white Cadillac wearing a…

FBI FD-5 Serial Charge Out form dated 2/10/97 for file 164-41. Serial number 1199 is noted as missing when purging the case — it cannot be located. A handwritten instruction reads 'Do Not Remove.' Th…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 22, 1973. A confidential source in Beaverton, Oregon advised an SA o…

Portland field office case number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. A female witness did not know the name used by a suspicious man and did not report the matter to the FBI because she did…

Standard USG interoffice memo header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 24, 1973. The memo references telephone numbers called from pay telephone booths in th…

FBI case file number header for the Portland field office, file 164-41. Large rectangular box spanning most of the page; contents have been fully redacted/withheld under FOIA exemptions b6, b7C, b7D…

FBI case or file reference number, likely a Portland field office designation. Large rectangular redacted area occupying the majority of the page. Content fully withheld under FOIA exemptions b6, b7…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 22, 1973, sent via airtel with air mail priority. Airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Encloses copies of…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header. Addressed to SAC with case number 164-41, from SC (redacted name), regarding NORJAK case, dated March 1, 1973. A person from Salem, Oregon cal…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated February 27, 1973, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. FBI airtel from SAC Butte to a redacted SAC office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Coop…

Document reference number. Physical description of subject DEEMS matching D.B. Cooper suspect profile. Background information on suspect William F. Deems, a former United Airlines pilot who resided…

Bureau teletype reference number Continuation page (page 4) of an FBI teletype directing the Tampa Division to contact a redacted individual at Bradenton, Florida to determine the extent of somethin…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated March 1, 1973, sent via AIRTEL with AIRMAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Seattle to Acting FBI Director regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hi…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle division to Honolulu, via Washington, Portland, and San Francisco offices, sent March 7, 1973 at 8:33 PM. FBI Seattle division notifies receiving offices of…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated March 8, 1973, sent via teletype in plaintext at NITEL priority. Teletype from Portland to Seattle SAC regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) c…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland, dated March 7, 1973, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Subject reference line for the UNSUB, w…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. An unidentified individual stated they will not cooperate with law enforcement on any matter. On December 23, 1…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case, Seattle field office. Heavily redacted sentence suggesting something related to a location at Woodland, Washington. Exempt under FOIA exemptions b6, b7…

Standard FBI teletype header form FD-36, dated 3/9/73, sent in plaintext via NITEL teletype. Portland FBI office notifies Seattle that an FD-26 consent form was executed by a redacted individual in…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland (file 164-41), dated 3/12/73, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), referencing a Portland airtel to S…

Standard US Government interoffice memo header addressed to SAC Portland, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated February 20, 1973. References a Denver nitel (nigh…

Standard government interoffice memo header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A female source in Woodland, Washington was contacted on March 12, 1973 regardin…

Header block of an inter-office FBI memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle, dated 3/29/73, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Portland office memo referencing prior correspondence about a lead…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, specifically about subject Clifford E. Whitten, Sub Number 591. A protected female source in Vanco…

Continuation of a subject description for WHITTEN including eye color, address in Vancouver WA, smoking habits, military experience as bomb expert/paratrooper, and employment at First National Bank P…

Header of an FBI AIRTEL memo dated April 6, 1973, from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. The RE line contains a redacted name followed by WASHINGTON. An individual in Portland,…

FBI AIRTEL header from SAC Seattle to SAC Las Vegas regarding NORJAK case, dated April 5, 1973. Body of the airtel discusses a suspect who resembles the NORJAK composite sketch. The suspect was in R…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK case. Report states no record was found for the redacted subject at local Reno-area law enforcement agencies. A member of the Nevada skydiver…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC file 164-41 from a redacted Special Clerk/Agent, dated April 16, 1973, regarding the NORJAK case. A female caller telephoned the FBI on 4/16…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Portland FBI office regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (file 164-41). Dated April 17, 1973. Send…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to the SAC of the Portland field office regarding NORJAK (the FBI code name for the D.B. Cooper case), dated April 17, 1973. The sending Special Age…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated April 19, 1973. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Las Vegas regarding NORJAK case. References a Las Vegas airtel to Portland dated 12/29/72 a…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Continuation of an FBI memo (page 2) directing agents to locate and interview the present owner of a previously descr…

FBI Airtel form header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated April 20, 1973. A protected Spokane County resident reported that TOM COLLINS was murdered in Portland in late Ma…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office, NORJAK case. Leads page directing the Portland Division to investigate the death of Tom Collins and, if feasible, set leads at Corvallis and Salem…

Header of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect CLIFFORD E. WHITTEN, Sub #591, referencing a prior Seattle letter dated 3/26/73. On 4/5/73 a contact at F…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, dated April 25, 1973, regarding NORJAK case. An individual from Portland, Oregon called the FBI on the evening of April 25, 1973,…

File numbers and dictation/typist codes for the FBI report. SA Thomas J. Dugan reports contacting a redacted individual in Milwaukie, Oregon on April 4, 1973. The person was unable to recall a parti…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior Seattle letter to Portland dated 1/22/73. Encloses two copies of an insert documenti…

Standard US Government memorandum header from Acting Director, FBI to SACs in Portland and Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated May 1, 1973. The Acting Director references a report by a redacted…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, dated May 2, 1973, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle reports tha…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated May 11, 1973, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports a new suspect, Harry Indland Haga…

Continuation of a prior paragraph discussing ownership, with redacted personal details. HAGAN paid $200/month child support; a 1972 bench warrant for delinquent support payments since 1968 was dismi…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number header. Biographical data for subject HAGAN including birth date, physical description, occupation history, redacted marital status, SSN, CII number, and Gle…

FBI file reference numbers and dictation initials. Subject reference line identifying Ted Mayfield as the subject of the document. An Anchorage Police Department investigator advised an FBI Special…

Case file numbers and dictation/typist initials with page number 2, indicating this is a continuation page of an FBI report. A redacted source describes MAYFIELD as a white male, 38-42 years old, 5'…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL sent via AIR MAIL dated 5/21/73. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK subject Ted Mayfield, designated Suspect #3. Seattle…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office, NORJAK case. Investigative leads: paragraph 3 instructs checking credit and DMV records for name variations of MAYFIELD; paragraph 4 instructs cont…

FBI routing slip header for file PD 164-41 / SE 164-81, title NORJAK, referencing a Seattle airtel to Portland dated 5/21/73. Routed to SAC Portland. Standard FBI FD-4 action desired checklist with…

Date of the document. FBI Airtel memo header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, specifically suspect #3 Ted Mayfield. Portland FBI office reports that Ted Mayfield, a former wo…

FBI FD-263 cover page for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, reporting office Seattle, dated May 30 1973, covering investigative period 11/24/71 through 5/25/73. Case involves unknown subject aka Dan Coo…

FBI Seattle field office file number for the NORJAK case. FBI report section discussing the status of 637 suspects (470 eliminated), requesting NORJAK communications include suspect names/aliases, n…

FBI file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK case. A NORJAK suspect was checked by the Portland Division and definitively eliminated after a police officer from The Dalles, Oregon identified…

FBI Seattle field office case number for NORJAK investigation. Continuation of an FBI investigative checklist (items 4–13) for evaluating NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) suspects. Items cover parachuting/aviat…

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

FBI case file number for the document. Introduction explaining the purpose of the profile document: to list known facts about the hijacker combined with reasonable suppositions to aid in suspect pro…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK investigation. FBI analytical profile of the NORJAK unsub. Covers motive (grudge, possibly related to Vietnam loss or financial problems), ph…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation, Seattle field office. FBI behavioral profile analysis of D.B. Cooper (unsub). Notes he was likely unprepared, conservative in dress and thinki…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Three behavioral observations suggesting the unidentified subject (Unsub) was a gentleman: he tipped stewardesses wit…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper investigation. Analysis of the hijacker's parachuting experience. Points 2-4 argue the Unsub was likely not an experienced sport parachutist: sport ju…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Analysis of the unsub's drinking and smoking habits during the hijacking. He ordered one bourbon and seven, refused further free d…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Analysis of the unsub's clothing and briefcase suggesting he was possibly a mid-level executive with conservative or limited wardr…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Continuation of a suspect description form detailing D.B. Cooper's voice, characteristics, and wearing apparel. Describes a l…

FBI FD-201 report cover page summarizing the D.B. Cooper skyjacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #350 on November 24, 1971. The unknown subject demanded $200,000 and four parachutes, then parachuted…

Case file identifier in upper left Table of contents for an FBI report on the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (SE 164-81). Lists sections covering the hijack, logs and records, search areas with maps, te…

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

FBI case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper case. Narrative account of the D.B. Cooper hijacking. On November 24, 1971, the unsub purchased a one-way coach ticket at Portland International Air…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Detailed account of the D.B. Cooper hijacking: the hijacker's demands ($200,000 cash, parachutes, fuel truck), his statemen…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case. A stewardess (name redacted) served as the communication link between the hijacker and the captain until about five minutes after departure from Sea-Ta…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Description of a black clip-on tie found in seat 18E of the aircraft at Reno, including brand (Towncraft, Penneys Store #3)…

FBI case file number for the document. Continuation of a report discussing forensic hair comparison evidence. States that if further comparison between a head hair clipping and a known head hair sam…

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

Case file number header for the San Francisco FBI field office file on the hijacking. Report excerpt describing how ground personnel logs and cockpit tape recordings were used to determine that the…

Case file number header for this page of the report. Teletype log entry from Ground Operations at Sea-Tac noting cabin oscillations on flight 305 at 8:12 p.m. PST on 11/25, suggesting activity with…

Page 2 of document, Seattle field office case number 164-81. Flight status notation indicating aircraft at 10,000 feet, 170 knots, gear down, flaps at 15 degrees, fuel flow 4000 pounds per hour per…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Describes the $200,000 ransom composed of used random $20 bills, obtained from Seattle First National Bank as part of a $250,000 e…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Title or label for what appears to be a map or diagram of a search area. The underlying map or diagram content is too faint o…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Narrative summary of the D.B. Cooper hijacking of NWA Flight #305 on 11/24/71. Details the sequence of events after takeoff from S…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. On January 6, 1972, the actual NWA 727 aircraft involved in the hijacking was flown to Seattle by a redacted individual t…

Technical analysis document describing the methodology for plotting D.B. Cooper's probable landing zone. It details inputs including USAF radar data from McChord AFB, probable jump time (0811 GMT), w…

Continuation of a technical analysis of D.B. Cooper's probable landing zone based on parachute deployment scenarios. Describes prioritized search areas relative to Line A-B, Point A, Point D, Point U…

USGS-style topographic map showing a rural area with contour lines indicating terrain elevation. The map includes section numbers (township/range grid), place names such as Clover Valley, Pine Grove,…

FBI Seattle field office case number header Description of the initial aerial search area layout in southwest Washington state following the NWA hijacking on 11/24-25/71. The prime search area was c…

File number and typist initials header. Describes the initial mobilization of law enforcement agencies in Cowlitz, Lewis, Wahkiakum, and Clark Counties on November 25, 1971 to search for the subject…

Case file identifier and notation On November 25, 1971, the banks of Lake Merwin were patrolled by Cowlitz County Sheriff's Office personnel. A white object sighting on the south side of the lake wa…

FBI case file number and file coding for the D.B. Cooper case. List of airports and flight services in the Vancouver/Southwest Washington area that were canvassed as part of the D.B. Cooper investig…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. FBI report detailing ground and air search activities from November 28-30, 1971 in the D.B. Cooper case. Covers checking airfields in Clark an…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. On December 1, 1971, an aerial search by fixed-wing aircraft covered 800 square miles from Woodland, WA north to Silver Lak…

FBI file number reference for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Details of the first terrain search for D.B. Cooper evidence conducted March 21 – April 17, 1972, involving 218–265 Army troo…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Description of the search area bounded by US 5, Columbia River, Kalama River, and Skamania-Clark County line. Lists items to look…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation from previous page noting all results of prior activity were negative. Section heading for the second terrain search. Describes…

Topographic map of the area in southwestern Washington state (Clark/Cowlitz County region near La Center, Ariel, and Hockinson) with hand-drawn annotations showing an 'OLD COURSE' and 'NEW COURSE' fl…

Topographic map showing the designated terrain search area for the D.B. Cooper case, covering an area around Ariel, Washington, including Schumaker Mountain, Clover Valley, Cedar Creek, Etna, Pine Gr…

USGS-style topographic map of the area around Ariel, Washington, showing the zone designated as the '2nd Terrain Search' in the D.B. Cooper investigation. The hatched area runs diagonally through the…

Seattle FBI field office case number for the D.B. Cooper case. Underlined section header indicating the start of a 'Current Investigation' section. No body text follows on this page. Page number 32…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. A new color artist sketch of the unidentified subject (Unsub) was created to better depict his swarthy complexion and age, and distributed to…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation from a previous page describing efforts to identify the hijacker (Unsub), all yielding negative results. On July 31, 1972, a red…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, Seattle field office. FBI investigative lead on Raleigh cigarettes found near D.B. Cooper's seat. Agents contacted the Brown and Will…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Directory checks of 1972 suburban and 1971 city Williams Cincinnati directories found no matching street for the redacted…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Cincinnati Division report dated March 14, 1974, detailing directory and records checks for Daniel L. Cooper / Daniel Lee Cooper a…

FBI file number, dictator/typist initials, and page number within the sub-document. SA Jerome N. Bowers conducted investigation in Seminole and St. Petersburg, FL. On Feb 6, 1973, reviewed phone dir…

FBI case file number and page number within the document. On February 14, 1973, a representative at the Suncoast Division Office in St. Petersburg, FL confirmed that a redacted individual is employe…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK investigation. FBI report section titled 'First Skyjacking Utilizing Parachutes' describing a review of pre-NORJAK media coverage. Quotes a Seattle Times article…

FBI case file reference number. Continuation of a sentence from the previous page describing how the hijacker was subdued with a fire ax. Account of Air Canada Flight 812 hijacking. The hijacker to…

FBI case number header for the Seattle field office file 164-81. Continuation of a newspaper article or report describing an Air Canada DC-8 hijacking. The hijacker claimed IRA membership, demanded…

Continuation of a newspaper article or report describing a hijacking incident at Great Falls International Airport. Details include: passengers were evacuated by police van; the hijacker warned passe…

FBI case file number reference. Side-by-side comparison table correlating the Calgary skyjacking case with the D.B. Cooper case across ransom amount, aircraft type, weapons, mistakes, and modus oper…

FBI case file reference number stamped on the page. Report section detailing the U.S. Air Force's offer to use an SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft to photograph the terrain over which the hijacked airp…

Case file number header. Analysis of the unsub's attache case believed to contain a bomb. Discusses the likelihood that the unsub threw the case from the 727 aircraft before jumping on November 24,…

File classification stamp indicating Seattle field office file number 164-81. Continuation of a report discussing the feasibility of using infrared and aerial photography to locate D.B. Cooper's att…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from Portland to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 5/31/73. The Re: line is redacted. The memo reports contact with a Multnomah County S…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated June 4, 1973, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL priority. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Boston regarding NORJAK case, Suspect #598 William Deens. E…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with revision date and transcription date. FBI FD-302 interview of a redacted witness in Anchorage, Alaska, regarding an individual known as DOUG BURNS. The…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated May 22, 1973. Cover note enclosing an FD-302 interview report and photograph of su…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL sent via AIRMAIL, dated June 4, 1973. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Seattle to Acting Director FBI regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case) susp…

FBI form FD-350 used to mount a newspaper clipping from The Oregon Journal, Portland, Oregon, dated 6/6/73. UPI article from Los Angeles reporting on Assistant Secretary of Transportation Benjamin D…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle, dated 6/11/73, regarding NORJAK case. An Alaska State Trooper sergeant in Anchorage advised that NORJAK suspect no. 199, D…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated June 12, 1973. A redacted individual was suggested as a NORJAK suspect by a source…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation page of an FBI report directing the Seattle field office to contact a redacted individual at a former ad…

FBI file reference numbers and dictation/typist codes. A U.S. Post Office employee in Silverton, Oregon confirmed HARRY I. HAGAN lived at Route 2, Box 171A, Silverton for about 3.5 years before fili…

FBI Complaint Form (FD-71) regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. A complainant from Hillsboro, Oregon telephoned the FBI office on June 25, 1973 at 7:40 PM to report an individual they b…

FBI Airtel transmittal header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing a prior communication from Salem, Oregon. An informant in the Seattle Division rep…

Inter-office FBI memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Subject Douglas Gibson Burns (Sub 199) has been cleared as a suspect following investigation by the San…

Date of the document. FBI airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Reports that on 7/2/73, contact with personnel offices of a redacted entity operating in Salem, Oregon de…

Header block of an FBI memo from Portland field office, dated 6/29/73, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case. An FBI agent contacted a redacted individual at his Oregon residence after m…

A redacted individual displayed something to someone in Seattle, Washington. Another redacted person furnished information. A person advised they had seen composite drawings and photographs of the un…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Ralph P. Himmelsbach to SAC (164-41) regarding NORJAK, dated 7/8/73. An individual from Medford, Oregon called at 9:08 PM on 7/8/73 to report that he…

FBI airtel transmittal form header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case, referencing a new suspect named Owen Reynolds. A redacted informant from Bellflower, CA wrote to the LA…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number header. Form fields describing characteristics, military service, and occupation of subject OWEN MURRAY REYNOLDS. A confidential source in Los Angeles advis…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number reference. Lead directing Sacramento office to obtain copies of a California driver's license and forward to Seattle. Lead directing St. Louis office to rev…

Header block of FBI inter-office memo addressed from Portland to Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Harry Midland Hagan. References a prior Los Angeles airtel and encloses investigation inserts from S…

Inter-office memo header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 7/17/73. References a Seattle airtel dated 5/2/73. A redacted individual was contacted by tel…

Routing header for FBI inter-office communication regarding NORJAK case, from Boston to Seattle. An interview conducted on 7/6/73 in Springfield, Mass. with a redacted individual regarding suspect W…

Standard header for a United States Government inter-office memorandum, addressed from SA Ralph P. Himmelsbach to SAC (164-41), dated July 23, 1973, regarding the NORJAK case. A complainant in Hills…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Seattle (file 164-81) to SAC Portland, dated July 19, 1973, regarding the NORJAK case. The RE line is redacted. Body of the memo describ…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA (Special Agent) in Portland field office, dated 7/30/73, regarding NORJAK (FBI code name for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Sender name redacted und…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated July 30, 1973. Routing block indicating memo is from the SAC of Los Angeles field office to the FBI Director, Identification Division. Subject…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. Continuation of an FBI report discussing suspect REYNOLDS. An employer states REYNOLDS's workplace is very busy around Thanksgiving and any abs…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated August 2, 1973, sent via AIRTEL / AIR MAIL. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case suspect #598, William F. Deems.…

FBI San Francisco field office case number reference. Leads assigned to FBI field offices in Butte (Helena, MT), Jacksonville (Tallahassee, FL), and Portland (Salem, OR) to obtain copies of DEEMS' d…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated August 1, 1973, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior Portland airtel da…

Standard US Government interoffice memo header from SAC Portland to SAC Anchorage, dated August 6, 1973, regarding the NORJAK case. Portland is enclosing a copy of a letter to Seattle dated 2/22/73…

Header of FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle, dated 8/8/73, regarding NORJAK case. Re line is redacted. References a Seattle letter dated 6/12/73. Portland files contain no addit…

FBI Portland field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. A warrant was never served and was dismissed upon motion by a Deputy District Court Clerk. On July 18, 1973, Special Agent Ra…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 8/6/73, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. FBI airtel from SAC Los Angeles to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. Reports that suspect PE…

Continuation of an FBI report (page 2) on RAYMOND T. HEALD, a parachutist investigated in the D.B. Cooper case. Subject was described as early thirties, familiar with Seattle/Portland, and trained as…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. Witnesses describe RAY HEALD's background—attending college and working as a part-time disc jockey in Ashland, Oregon, studying to be a TV spor…

HEALD traveled to Phoenix and called in sick from there to avoid duty at Santa Monica; he was actually judging a parachuting contest. A redacted source describes HEALD's career history as a trainee…

FBI case file number for the Los Angeles field office. Physical description and biographical details of suspect Raymond Torrey Heald, including birth data, physical characteristics, military service…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number reference. FBI Los Angeles field office lead assignments: Burbank office to recontact Pete Picciolo for a color photograph of Heald to send to Seattle; Los A…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated August 14, 1973. Sender SA name is redacted. References a prior Portland memo dated 7/30/7…

FBI Identification Division Latent Fingerprint Section report header, addressed to SAC Los Angeles, dated August 17, 1973. Handwritten RE line referencing NORJAK case number, partially illegible. R…

Case file number, typist initials, and page number of the FD-302 or investigative insert. Interview of William Francis Deems on July 17, 1973 at his workplace, World Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oreg…

Routing header for FBI memo from Butte field office to Seattle and Butte SACs regarding NORJAK case. References prior airtel to Portland and states that copies of a 1972 Montana driver's license for…

Header block of an FBI inter-office communication from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 8/31/73. FBI interview summary from 8/29/73 in Seward, Alaska. Witn…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper case. Witnesses describe an unidentified individual: approximately 50 years old, 5'10", medium build, balding gray hair. They recognized a composite…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect William Francis Deems (suspect No. 598). Portland reports that Deems has been eliminated as a suspect and no further in…

Portland FBI office memo to Seattle reporting that indices searches for last names beginning with a redacted string yielded negative results. All logical investigation on the suspect has been complet…

FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated September 18, 1973, sent in plaintext via airtel with airmail priority. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK subject 430, Robert W.…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated September 18, 1973, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Seattle FBI office transmits to Butte regarding the NORJAK case. An anonymous note…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper case. Direction to the Portland FBI field office to conduct credit and criminal background checks to further identify a redacted suspect name…

FBI Airtel memo dated 10/31/72 from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. Reference line is redacted. A redacted source provided information about the NORJAK UNSUB, including claims…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Continuation of a numbered investigative action item (item 3). An agent or office (redacted) will conduct credit and bank che…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated September 18, 1973. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a previous Seattle airtel to P…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated September 19, 1973, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL in plaintext. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, referencing a Butte a…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case, dated September 20, 1973. Seattle Division reports findings on a redacted suspect who resided in…

Standard government memorandum header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK investigation, suspect Raymond Torrey Heald. Handwritten annotation adding the name 'Ray Heald' and what ap…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number reference. Los Angeles office defers to Portland and Seattle on whether to obtain a driver's license photograph of HEALD from the Oregon DMV, since LA is not…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland, dated September 27, 1973, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. FBI memo referencing an Anchorage letter. On…

FBI case file number for the Seattle division D.B. Cooper case. Interviewing agent SA Thomas J. Manning noted a blanket was approximately the size of a parachute. Further questioning of a redacted i…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Reports that a redacted organization near Donald, Oregon had disbanded by June 1972 and its former clubhouse was aban…

Teletype header showing message number, originating office (Kansas City), time, date, and transmission type (NITEL). Routing block listing recipients (Director, Houston, Boston, Portland, Seattle fi…

Page header with redacted case identifier and page number designation. Page 2 of a multi-page teletype or nitel communication. The Portland FBI office is investigating a subject who was interviewed…

Page header with redacted identifier and page number designation. An individual recounts attending a party in Vancouver, British Columbia in December 1972. At the party, someone claimed the event wa…

Continuation (page 4) of an FBI interview. A redacted individual describes a cafe near Vancouver, British Columbia. The individual was shown a photograph of a redacted person and identified her based…

A male interviewee states he cannot comment on certain persons, most of whom are unknown to him, but could find out who they are via telephone calls. He says his last visit to Vancouver, BC was Janua…

Page 6 (final page) of an FBI teletype. Houston and Minneapolis field offices were advised. An administrative note indicates a redacted individual is willing to return to Vancouver, British Columbia,…

Brief FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Raymond Torrey Heald. Portland advises Seattle that the State of Oregon does not yet photograph drivers for licen…

FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 10/18/73. A female witness in Portland, Oregon advised SA Himmelsbach on 10/16/73 about a room she observed…

Internal FBI memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Seattle airtel to Butte dated 9/18/73. Reports that credit and criminal record checks conducte…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect ROBERT W. HARSHA (Sub. No. 430). Investigation at Portland established that HARSHA worked the entire day shift on 11/24…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated October 19, 1973, sent via TELETYPE at NITEL priority in CODE. Routing block indicating the teletype is from Portland to the Director and fi…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmission form header with blank date, transmit method, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. References prior com…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, type, and priority fields. Page three of an FBI teletype or airtel concerning a request for a duplicate birth certificate from Newberg, Or…

FBI NITEL (night teletype) sent from an unspecified field office via Washington to the Director, Boston, Houston, Portland, and Seattle offices. References NORJAK case BUFILE 164-2111, Kansas City fi…

Page two of a multi-office teletype referencing Boston, Seattle, and Portland NITELs to the Bureau in October 1973. The document concerns the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). A redacted individual was inte…

Page header with redacted name/case identifier and page number. Continuation (page 3) of an FBI interview. A redacted individual describes traveling from Calgary to Vancouver via Air Canada under an…

Page four of a multi-page FBI report. A redacted witness describes a white male suspect with big shoulders and chest, 175-195 pounds, 5'8"-9", crew cut, dressed in casual clothes. The witness also de…

Page header with redacted identifier and page number designation. Description of a building with two floors; the second floor and first floor are used for different purposes. The location is reporte…

Page header indicating this is page six of a multi-page document. A redacted individual described as well known in Newberg; a source could provide no further information and advised they had absolut…

Page header indicating this is page seven of a larger document. Continuation of a report (item 3) describing Sunburst, Montana as a favored border crossing point due to minimal guard coverage over 6…

Page header indicating this is page eight of a multi-page teletype or report. A name or office is redacted. Administrative instruction to forward information to the FBI Legal Attaché (LEGAT) in Otta…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated 10/30/73. The RE line is redacted. FBI memo reporting results of a neighborho…

File reference number and dictation initials for this FBI report page. FBI investigation report documenting attempts to locate and interview a redacted individual in Astoria, Oregon between August a…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA William S. Brown to SAC, Portland field office case 164-41, dated November 7, 1973, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). An employee at Oddfellows Ce…

Standard US Government memorandum header from a clerk in the Portland FBI office to SAC Portland, regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case, dated November 11, 1973. A tipster from Longview…

Date of the communication. Routing header identifying destination offices (Seattle and Portland SACs) and case name NORJAK. An employee at Oddfellows Cemetery in Lebanon, Oregon called the Portland…

Letter header dated November 12, 1973, addressed to the Director of the FBI at the United States Courthouse in Portland, Oregon, referencing D.B. Cooper. FBI Portland receipt stamp showing the lette…

Page number indicator showing this is page 2 of a multi-page document. Second page of an anonymous tip letter to the FBI regarding a suspect believed to be D.B. Cooper. The author describes the susp…

Postal cancellation mark dated November 13, 1973, and a pre-printed Eisenhower-era US postage stamp with 'Serving America' slogan. Mailing address on an envelope directed to the FBI Director at the…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA William S. Brown to SAC (164-41), dated 11-12-73, regarding NORJAK (the FBI code name for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case). A tipster from Vancouver,…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated November 9, 1973. Routing block showing the airtel is from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, with Seattle as the office of…

FBI Los Angeles field office file number for the D.B. Cooper case. A witness in Highland Park, CA observed an individual get into a car with Oregon license plates and drive off hurriedly; attempts t…

Vertical sidebar stamp or annotation indicating this information was submitted to FBI, with a partial date reference. Handwritten notes describing a person of interest who had a second California dr…

FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement personal privacy) marked at top right. Margin note indicating this information was submitted to the FBI on November 8, 1973. The s…

Header for the employment section of what appears to be an FBI interview or background form. Subject reportedly liked to work more than one job at a time. An employer entry references Redondo Beach…

Handwritten notes listing locations and approximate dates where a subject reportedly worked, including Redondo Beach (1970), Tacoma WA (early 60s), Bellingham WA (63 or 64), and Los Angeles (mid 60s)…

Vertical marginal annotation indicating submission and compilation details, partially illegible. Appears to reference a date in 1973. First sighting entry: an unnamed witness reports seeing a person…

Header/title of the form section describing personal characteristics of a subject. Vertical marginal notations, likely administrative references including possible dates and file numbers. Mostly ill…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. An individual whose true name is redacted was interviewed at his place of employment in Santa Monica, California.…

FBI Los Angeles field office case file number. Leads section for the Portland field office directing investigation at Monmouth, Oregon to conduct background and financial investigation of a redacted…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated November 15, 1973, sent via airtel with air mail priority. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number header. Continuation of an FBI interview (likely FD-302) with a female subject discussing a person declared dead via legal petition, a possible sighting in H…

FBI Los Angeles field office case file number for NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. Female witness describes the subject's smoking habits, noting he was a moderate smoker who favored Winston cigar…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. A female interviewee states her income taxes were audited by the IRS the previous year and a redacted individual…

Continuation of an FBI report under case LA 164-497. States that a records check returned no identifiable record for the subject, and suggests further investigation including displaying enclosed phot…

Routing header of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle, dated 11/19/73, with NORJAK case file numbers. A Hertz Rent-A-Car employee at Portland International Airport provided inf…

Case/document identifier number. Notes that redacted individuals were contacted by Hertz and had no information concerning a redacted subject. The subject was allegedly formerly employed by Western…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC file 164-41 (P), dated 11/22/73, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). A caller from Clackamas County telephon…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC J. L. Mattson to file 164-41, dated 11/23/73, regarding the NORJAK case. A reporter at The Oregon Journal received a phone call from an individual (…

FBI form number and revision date printed at top of page. Oregonian newspaper article by Everett Richards recounting the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Nov. 24, 1971. Two years later the FBI has no clues.…

Black and white composite sketch or photograph of the D.B. Cooper suspect, showing a middle-aged man with dark hair wearing sunglasses. Newspaper article on the second anniversary of the D.B. Cooper…

FBI FD-5 File-Serial Charge Out form dated 2/10/97 for file 164-41. Serials 1298 and 1299 are noted as missing when purging the case and cannot be located. A handwritten note instructs 'Do not Remove…

Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated November 27, 1973. A redacted individual from Longview, Washington, unemployed, con…

Continuation page (page 2) of an FBI report under Portland file number PD 164-41. Portland indices were negative regarding redacted individuals. A lead is assigned to the Seattle field office to cont…

FBI memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. A woman contacted the Portland Division on 11/23/73 reporting that around the time of the hijacking she had read a newspaper artic…

Faint markings in upper-left corner, mostly illegible. Possibly page or file reference numbers. Bottom of page contains two redaction blocks (b6/b7C exemptions), a handwritten case file reference nu…

Newspaper headline about D.B. Cooper reward offered by The Journal to aid the search. Two FBI composite sketches of the hijacker known as D.B. Cooper, shown side by side. The left sketch shows a man…

Envelope addressed to the FBI Portland field office, postmarked November 28, 1973. The return address is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. An Eisenhower 8-cent stamp is affixed with a slogan…

FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case. An individual from Longview, Washington, who previously lived in Wilsonville, Oregon, contacted the FBI after a press release ab…

Lead assignment for the Portland Division to conduct a logical investigation at Wilsonville, Oregon, in connection with case SE #164-81. Subject is noted as armed and dangerous. Page number indicato…

Header of an FBI inter-office memo from Anchorage to Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 11/28/73. An SA in Anchorage contacted Western Airlines on 11/26/73 regarding a redacted individual. A f…

Continuation (page 2) of an FBI report referencing an individual who worked for Pacific Northern Airlines (which merged into Western Airlines) in southeast Alaska. A Wien Air Alaska employee recalled…

FBI case file number for the Anchorage field office, file 164-59. An FBI source or agent contacted a redacted individual and determined through telephone conversation that a person was in Bethel, Al…

FBI Anchorage field office case number for the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper investigation. Lead assignments for the Anchorage Division: (1) investigate the whereabouts of a redacted individual in Bethel, Alas…

Teletype routing header with date/time stamp and destination FBI Portland. The Hood River County Sheriff's Office, under Sheriff Robert D. Lynch, requests from FBI Portland a list of serial numbers…

A handwritten letter from a member of the public addressed to the FBI, requesting copies of the first four published serial number lists (November 22, 23, 24, 25) of the $20 bills from the D.B. Coope…

U.S. Postal Service postmark dated November 30, 1973. An 8-cent U.S. postage stamp affixed to the envelope. Partially redacted return address showing Portland, Oregon. Sender name and details redac…

Handwritten routing or processing note indicating a copy list was sent, with initials and what may be a date fragment or reference number. Printed Bates-style identifier for the DB Cooper FBI file,…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Ralph P. Himmelsbach to SAC, Portland office, file 164-41, dated 12/3/73, regarding NORJAK case. Memo describes follow-up on an anonymous letter rece…

Header section of a Tillamook County Sheriff Special Report form. Marked as 'Information' type report concerning a 'Possible Wanted Suspect'. Original report date is 4-30-23 (likely 1973 context) at…

Complainant states belief about where the suspect lived; location redacted under b6/b7C. Physical description of suspect: white male, light colored hair, 5'7" to 5'9", 160-165 lbs. Name and age reda…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel routing header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 12/4/73. SA conducted investigation on 11/26/73 checking Oregon DMV records for a subject w…

Case/file reference number for this document page. Interview on 11/26/73 with a property owner in Monmouth, Oregon, who was not familiar with a named individual ever living at a residence. He recall…

FBI case file number for the Portland field office, file 164-41 (D.B. Cooper case). Continued leads section directing agents in Hollywood, CA to contact a redacted individual or entity regarding pay…

FBI inter-office memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. On 10/4/73, a woman in Trail, Oregon advised an SA that a male subject was not in Oregon when the hijacking…

FBI Portland office memo to SAC San Francisco regarding a letter received 11/27/73 by the Portland Police Department from a redacted individual in Campbell, California, who apparently suggested a pos…

A citizen's handwritten tip letter to the Portland Police Department dated Nov 23 (likely 1971). The writer describes riding a southbound Greyhound bus from Seattle and observing a suspicious male pa…

Scanned image of a mailed envelope addressed to Portland Police Dept., Portland Oregon, postmarked November 24, 1973. The return address is partially obscured. The recipient address line is redacted…

FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/5/73. An anonymous caller from Sunnyside, WA telephoned the Portland FBI office on 11/26/73 identifying…

Standard USG memo header addressed to SAC Portland, file 164-41, dated December 5, 1973, from a Special Clerk (SC) whose name is redacted, regarding NORJAC. An informant from Camas, Washington telep…

Case or file reference number for this FBI document. A redacted individual commented that someone resembles the photo of D. B. Cooper and noted his casual attitude about money, prompting the individ…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from Portland to Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated December 5, 1973. Cover note indicating a parcel of nylon cord is enclosed for the Se…

Date of document FBI Airtel header from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case Portland field office reports follow-up on a lead in Coquille, Oregon. A redacted individual has been emplo…

FBI lead assignment directing the Anchorage field office to locate and interview a redacted individual in Nome, Alaska, as a suspect in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. File number PD 164-41. FBI exem…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to FILE (164-41), from SAC J. L. Mattson, dated 12/6/73, regarding NORJAK. A woman from Lebanon, Oregon called the FBI office on 12/3…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, file 164-41, dated December 6, 1973, from a redacted SC, regarding NORJAC. A caller from Salem, Oregon telephoned the…

Standard header of a US Government memorandum form (Optional Form No. 10) addressed to file 164-41, from SAC J. L. Mattson, dated 12/6/73, regarding the NORJAK case. An individual from the Oregon Jo…

Date of the letter A citizen writes to an FBI agent suggesting that a police sketch artist should have been used to create a composite drawing of D.B. Cooper from stewardess and passenger descriptio…

FBI FD-5 File-Serial Charge Out form dated 2/10/97 for file 164-41, serial number 1320. The serial is noted as missing when purging the file, with a question of whether it can be located. A handwritt…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, addressed from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle. A tipster from Camas, Washington telephonically contacted the Portland F…

Case file number for the Portland FBI field office document. A redacted individual commented that someone resembles the photograph of D.B. Cooper due to their casualness about money matters, and con…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed from Special Agent Ralph P. Himmelsbach to SAC Portland, dated December 10, 1973, regarding the NORJAK case. The Portland FBI office received a spe…

FBI memo from Portland to Seattle offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A parachute recovered from the woods in the Gopher Canyon area north of Sheridan, Oregon is being transmitted via Gr…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated December 7, 1973, from a redacted Special Agent. A source in Portland reported to an…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Ralph P. Himmelsbach to SAC (164-41), dated 12/11/73, regarding NORJAK. A follow-up memo reporting that a person contacted the Portland FBI Office by…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 14, 1973, sent via Air Mail. Airtel from FBI Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. On 11/28/73, a redacted source in Seattle…

FBI file serial number for the document. Leads section directing the Portland field office to contact a redacted individual at Port Orford, Oregon to gather further information and investigate a red…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 12/11/73, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from a SAC (field office redacted) to the FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) and TWABOM cases. On 1…

A source states that a redacted individual made no direct admissions regarding involvement in NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) or TWABOM (Trans World Airlines bomb threat) or other CAA/DAMV crimes, oth…

Continuation of a numbered list (items 10-18), entirely redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. An unidentified person (redacted) stakes their professional reputation that a redacted individual was respon…

Continuation of a numbered list (items 5-7) with heavy redactions. An unidentified source advised that a subject had the same characteristics as in the above case and used similar terms, and the sour…

A source states that the individual responsible for TWABOM had the same characteristics and could have been responsible, noting the subject had mobility during the relevant period and probably had ac…

Redacted block in upper left, likely a name or office identifier. FBI agents' observations about an interview with a redacted individual regarding the NORJAK and TWABOM cases. The subject was friend…

Redacted field (likely field office name) followed by the section header LEADS. Request to the FBI Laboratory to compare materials from a redacted case with the demand letters in the captioned case…

Header block of an FBI memo from SAC Portland to the Director, FBI, regarding the NORJAK case. Office of Origin is Seattle. SAC Portland forwards Oregon Journal newspaper clippings from 11/22–12/14/…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. SA Himmelsbach reports on an anonymous letter received 11/30/73 suggesting a suspect in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. MVR records checked on 12/6/73…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, dated 12/27/73, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Sender's name is redacted. An anonymous female caller contacted the Portland…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated December 27, 1973, sent via airtel with air mail priority. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK subject Raymond Torrey He…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 27, 1973, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Re…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated December 27, 1973, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL in plaintext. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle req…

FBI FD-5 File-Serial Charge Out form dated 9/10/97 for file 164-41, serial 1334. The serial is noted as missing when purging the case and cannot be located. A handwritten note instructs 'Do Not Remov…