Header identifying this as an FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet associated with case number 1:16-cv-01790-02. List of 31 deleted pages with reasons: most are duplicates, two are referral/co…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with revision date. Title header and transcription date for the FD-302 interview report. A female witness from Douglas, Alaska voluntarily appeared at the FBI Juneau…

FBI transmittal form header (FD-36) dated 2/3/82 sent via AIRTEL. Classification options are struck through except UNCLAS, indicating unclassified. AIRTEL memo from SAC Anchorage to FBI Director (at…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC (164-41) from SC Joan M. Thomas regarding NORJAK, dated 2/12/82. An individual from Dallas, Oregon called the FBI and indicated he had information rel…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 17, 1982. The memo references an earlier mem…

FBI transmittal form header (FD-36). Transmission method is Airtel, classification is UNCLAS, dated 2/24/82. Routing block: From SAC Atlanta to SAC Portland regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from SC Norma Jean Mettler to SAC Portland, dated 3/9/82, regarding the NORJAK case. A sergeant from The Dalles, Oregon City Police Department contact…

FBI form identifier and revision date. FD-302 interview report. A KATU-TV employee accompanied a reporter to meet an unidentified man at the Mapleleaf Restaurant in Portland, OR on November 25, 1981…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An individual at KATU-TV in Portland, Oregon reported receiving an anonymous phone call on November 25, 1981 from a nervous mal…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A KATU-TV employee reports meeting an unidentified white male at the Mapleleaf Restaurant in Portland on November 25, 1981. The…

Page header showing FBI Portland field office case file number and page number 2 of the document. Continuation of an FBI interview report. A man walked south on SE 72nd Avenue and disappeared. A red…

FBI transmittal form FD-36 header. Transmission method selected is AIRTEL, classification and precedence not checked. Dated 3/26/82. Airtel from Seattle (164A-81) to Portland (164A-41) regarding the…

Document header identifying this as an FBI memorandum, with DOJ seal in upper right. Routing block of FBI inter-office memorandum from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK hijacking cas…

FBI file serial number, searched/serialized stamp with redaction exemption codes b6 and b7c, and a DB Cooper case tracking number.

Hand-drawn sketch of a piece of paper containing a shovel illustration, with an arrow pointing at it. A handwritten letter addressed to the FBI from an unknown member of the public, asking whether t…

Calendar grid covering July 1978 through June 1979, printed as part of a pharmaceutical promotional item. Pharmaceutical advertisement for Brevicon oral contraceptive tablets by Syntex, featuring pr…

Three postage stamps affixed to envelope: at least two 'Root of Democracy' stamps and one 'Electric Auto 1917 USA 17c' stamp. Postmark partially visible but date not legible. FOIA/Privacy Act exempt…

Personal letterhead of Max Gunther with address and phone number. Letter dated August 31, 1982 from journalist Max Gunther to the FBI Portland office. Gunther reports receiving phone calls from some…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is Airtel, dated 10/25/82. Classification options all crossed out (TOP SECRET, SECRET, CONFIDENTIAL, UNCLAS E F T O) except UNCLAS which is unch…

Letterhead for Tosaw Publishing Co., Inc. with address, phone number, and president name. Letter from Richard T. Tosaw of Tosaw Publishing Co. to the FBI Special Agent in Charge in Portland, Oregon,…

Return address and date of the FBI letter from Portland office. Recipient address block for Richard T. Tosaw of Tosaw Publishing Company. FBI letter to publisher Richard T. Tosaw detailing the appr…

Handwritten FBI case file number written across the top portion of the page. FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted personal information (b6 - personal privacy) and law enforcement source informat…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Method selected is AIRTEL, classification UNCLAS, dated 12/7/82. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Portland Po…

FBI FD-350 form metadata for a newspaper clipping from The Oregonian, Portland, Ore., dated 11/29/82, classified under 164-41-Sub, submitted by the Portland office. AP newspaper article by Denise Me…

FBI letterhead and form header for a News Inquiry document originating from Portland, Oregon office dated December 20, 1982. FBI statement regarding items found during a Columbia River dredging oper…

Hand-drawn sketch resembling a parachute or parachute shroud lines with a wavy sinusoidal pattern. A large redacted rectangle is adjacent to the sketch on the right side. Handwritten caption describ…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Classification marked UNCLAS, dated 12/30/82. AIRTEL transmit method appears selected. Memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle forwarding a cassette tape re…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to Director, Portland, and Sacramento, dated December 21, 1982, classified UNCLAS (unclassified). FBI teletype referencing a Seattle Times newsp…

Page two of an UNCLAS teletype (SE 164A-81) directing Portland and Sacramento FBI offices to interview individuals regarding possible evidence in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A newspaper article i…

FBI teletype transmittal form FD-36, marked Routine precedence, UNCLAS classification, dated 12/22/82 at 0100Z. All higher classification levels are struck through. Routing block showing the teletyp…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with UNCLAS classification selected and date 12/22/82. Page two of a Portland FBI teletype (PD 164-41) discussing former Special Agent Tosaw, who has been conductin…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with UNCLAS classification dated 12/22/82. All classification levels above UNCLAS are struck through. Page three of an FBI teletype (PD 164-41) discussing Tosaw's s…

Standard FBI teletype transmission form header (FD-36) with UNCLAS classification checked and other classification levels struck through. Page four of a Portland FBI teletype (case PD 164-41) statin…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header with UNCLAS E F T O classification checked. Page five of a teletype (PD 164-41) recommending no further action on a green cloth or money sack unre…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, Portland, and Sacramento, dated December 22, 1982, classified UNCLAS (unclassified). Teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacki…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of an unclassified teletype, file number SE 154A-81. Continuation of a teletype message. FBIHQ has expressed concern that TOSAW's public statements ab…

FBI FOIA exemption markings (b6 = personal privacy, b7C = law enforcement personal privacy) appearing in margin, indicating redactions on this page. A handwritten letter dated December 29, 1982 from…

FBI privacy act exemption codes indicating redacted personal information. Sender's name and address redacted with black box; only 'Michigan' visible as part of the return address. A citizen writes…

A member of the public writes to the FBI expressing their belief that D.B. Cooper may be living as a neighbor unknown to those around him and may have placed the $2 million in an overseas bank. The w…

Return address area in upper-left of envelope. Name and most of the address are redacted with black boxes. The word 'Michigan' and partial handwritten state text are visible. Circular postmark stamp…

Nearly blank page with only faint, mostly illegible text fragments. Possibly page numbering or faint bleed-through from another document. Bates number stamp applied during FBI Vault digitization.

FBI airtel form header (FD-36) dated February 17, 1983, transmitted unclassified. Airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Seattle Division concurs with…

DOJ interoffice memorandum header from the United States Attorney to an FBI Special Agent regarding D. B. Cooper, dated March 11, 1983. Brief cover note transmitting miscellaneous correspondence rel…

FBI interoffice memorandum header from retired Special Agent Ralph P. Himmelsbach to SAC Portland, dated June 1, 1983, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Retired SA Himmelsbach repor…

FBI form number and revision date Document header with page number and transcription date FD-302 interview of a female witness at her Oregon residence regarding her belief that Donald Olney Burgess…

A female witness (name redacted) describes her connection to the Burgess family and recounts seeing Donald Burgess outside a hotel while she was waiting in a vehicle to pick up mail from the Post Off…

Case number and page continuation indicator for FBI report. Heavily redacted opening paragraph; a female source advised something and referenced a timeframe that is redacted. A female source believ…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with AIRTEL checked, dated 6/20/83, classified UNCLAS. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. Portland encloses an FD-302…

Header of an FBI memorandum regarding the D.B. Cooper case, dated September 27, 1983, from a Supervisor at FBI Portland, Oregon. Recipient redacted. The FBI Supervisor in Portland notes receipt of a…

Date stamp indicating the document was received or processed on February 53, 1988 (likely stamped FEB 5 3 1988, i.e., a partial/misaligned stamp). Continuation of a handwritten letter to the FBI. Th…

Redacted return address from Candler, North Carolina. Sender name and specific address blacked out under b6/b7C exemptions. Postmark from Wichita, showing a date of what appears to be September 17,…

Partially redacted header block showing sender location as Hampton, Va. and form type VII C. A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request letter dated 25 April 1983, addressed to the Department of Ju…

Return address area of envelope; content redacted or too degraded to read. Typed addressee on the envelope directed to the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. A U.S. 20-cent postage stamp dep…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland from an unidentified Special Agent regarding the NORJACK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), with Seattle as office of origin. Follow-up to a memo by retire…

Document type identifier indicating an Airtel (FBI internal communication). Date of the Airtel memo. Internal FBI Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, tr…

Addressee block of the letter directed to FBI Portland field office. A citizen writes to the FBI Portland office reporting that a composite picture of D.B. Cooper in the July 3rd edition of Northwes…

Main headline of the newspaper article about the D.B. Cooper legend and a new book. Article by Paul Pintarich reviews the publication of a paperback titled 'Ha-Ha-Ha' by Signum Books Ltd. of Portlan…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJACK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), office of origin Seattle, dated 3/7/84. A citizen from Gladstone,…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, regarding NORJACK case (Office of Origin: Seattle), dated September 2, 1984. Sender name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. An anonymous call…

FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted personal privacy information (b6) and law enforcement privacy information (b7C). A rectangular redacted box, likely containing a name or identifying informat…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland from an IA (redacted name), regarding NORJACK case, office of origin Seattle, referencing a prior memo from SPC WEST dated 9/2/84. Individuals from Po…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to a supervisor from SAC Theodore M. Gardner, dated 5/15/84, regarding valuable exhibits. References a prior ASAC memo from 5/11/84 about valuable exhibits t…

FBI Portland field office processing stamp showing the document was searched, indexed, serialized, and filed on January 27, 1985, under case number 164A-41-1908. FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal pr…

Return address and date of the letter. A citizen writes to the FBI claiming to know the whereabouts of D.B. Cooper. The writer states they previously contacted an FBI officer named Theodore Gardener…

FBI form 0-9 airtel header from Director, FBI to SAC Seattle and Portland, dated 1/15/85. Airtel from FBI Director to SAC Seattle and Portland regarding the NORJAK case. A woman from Carson City, Ne…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, date 3/15/85, unclassified. Routing block identifying the memo as from SAC Sacramento to FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with AIRTEL checked. Classification is UNCLAS dated 3/20/85; all higher classifications struck through. Routing block identifying the airtel as being sent from SAC…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with classification options. Classification markings TOP SECRET, SECRET, and CONFIDENTIAL are struck through. UNCLAS is checked. Dated 3/29/85. FBI airtel…

FBI case file number for Sacramento field office. Continuation of an FBI report from the Sacramento Division regarding a subject identified as D. E. Cooper. Sacramento requests future communications…

Teletype routing header from FBI Butte field office to Director, Seattle, Sacramento, and Portland SACs, dated April 1985. FBI Butte teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). On April…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of an unclassified teletype message. An individual appeared unsolicited at the FBI office in Billings, Montana to voice a complaint about treatment by…

Header indicating this is page three of a teletype under case 164A-26, unclassified. Form section with subject's employment and location details at Reedpoint, Montana. An SA interviewed the subject…

FBI filing stamp showing case number 164-41-1914, with searched/serialized/indexed processing fields, dated approximately March 8, 1989, from FBI Portland office. FOIA exemption codes b6 and b7C not…

FBI airtel transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 4/16/85. Classification markings are struck through, indicating UNCLAS. Routing information for the airtel. Sent from SAC But…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An individual voluntarily appeared at the FBI Billings Resident Agency to report a complaint about treatment by Stillwater Coun…

FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case), dated May 29, 1985. Memo body references a Butte airtel dated 4/16/85 and encloses FD-…

Header of an FBI internal memorandum from ADSM to SAC Portland regarding semi-annual bulky inventory of evidence property, dated March 20, 1985. Standard instructions for semi-annual bulky evidence…

FBI form FD-5 header for file serial charge out, dated February 11, 1997, for file number 164-HI. Serial number 1919 is noted as missing when the original case file could not be located. A handwritt…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. AIRTEL method selected, UNCLAS classification, dated 9/5/85. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. A retired former SA living in Neodesha,…

Header of an FBI internal memorandum addressed to SAC Portland regarding semi-annual bulky inventory of property acquired as evidence, case 164-41. Standard FBI instructions for semi-annual bulky ev…

Standard FBI memo letterhead. Memo header fields showing date, routing, and subject line for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. An individual from Columbus, Ohio appeared at the Portland FBI office on…

Continuation of an FBI report regarding a D.B. Cooper highjacking lead. The agent notes the hijacker was described as mid-40s, the hijacking occurred on 11/24/71, and after considering redacted detai…

FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland regarding the NORJAK case (Northwest Flight 305 hijacking of 11/24/71), dated 11/21/85. Sender SA name is redacted. Memo explains that as…

Teletype routing header from Portland field office to Director, Seattle, and Sacramento, classified UNCLAS, regarding the COOPER case. Portland Division reports receiving many inquiries about Richar…

Page two of a Portland Division teletype (UNCLAS) discussing former FBI Special Agent Tosaw, who has been publicizing himself as connected to the FBI in relation to the D.B. Cooper case to promote hi…

Continuation of a report describing someone seriously searching the river for Cooper's parachute or other belongings using a large steel rake attached to a rope, at a painstakingly slow pace. On Dec…

Continuation header indicating page four of an unclassified Portland teletype, file number 154-41. Portland field office affirms its commitment to meeting Bureau investigative responsibilities objec…

Page five of a multi-page teletype (PD 164-41, UNCLAS) recommending no further action on a green cloth and money sack, advising that leads from Mr. Tosaw's independent "search" be carefully evaluated…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland from retired FBI Special Agent Ralph P. Himmelsbach regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. Retired FBI Special Agent Himmelsbach reports rec…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Airtel is checked. Date is 12/3/85. Classification markings are struck through; UNCLAS appears to be selected. Routing block of FBI airtel from SAC Portland to SAC…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Butte, Las Vegas, Portland, and Sacramento offices, dated December 13, 1985, classified UNCLAS (unclassified). Seattle Division teletype regardin…

Page two of an unclassified teletype (SE 164-81) describing that investigative effort previously set forth by the Seattle Division or other divisions is pending completion of file review and a final…

FBI form FD-350 used to document a newspaper clipping from the West Linn Tidings, dated December 11, 1985, classified under NORJAK case 164-41, submitted by the Portland office. Headline and subhead…

Article describes Ralph Himmelsbach, a former FBI criminal investigator in West Linn, receiving a certified letter and phone call about a new D.B. Cooper suspect with compelling features matching the…

Black-and-white photograph of a man, likely Himmelsbach, shown from the chest up, appearing to be middle-aged or older, wearing casual attire. Newspaper article quoting retired FBI agent Himmelsbach…

Large stylized newspaper banner headline and graphic title for the article about D.B. Cooper. Profile of FBI agent Himmelsbach who investigated the D.B. Cooper case. Describes his career with the Po…

Discussion of the statute of limitations on Cooper's crime, Himmelsbach's belief that Cooper did not survive the jump, and the limited physical evidence found. Continuation describing the two pieces…

Newspaper article profiling FBI agent Ralph Himmelsbach, who spent nearly 14 years investigating the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. The article notes his other successful cases, including convicting ban…

FBI form identifier and revision date. FD-302 report documenting that on January 22, 1986, an FBI photographer, with the assistance of an Evidence Clerk, photographed the remains of currency identif…

Case file number header with redacted sub-reference. Introduction to an FBI investigation documenting the physical inventory of serial numbers from money recovered in 1981, conducted between January…

FBI form designation number at top left of page FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted personal information List of serial numbers of currency bills found in plastic folder number 4. Some serial…

Case file reference number for the document. FBI exemption codes b6 and b7c indicating redactions for personal privacy and law enforcement purposes. Continuation of serial numbers from a previous p…

Document identifier/case reference number at top of page. FBI exemption codes (b6 and b7C) indicating redaction justifications under FOIA. Page number 4 of the underlying document. Two pairs of se…

Case file designation header. Page number 5 of the underlying document. FBI exemption codes b6 and b7C annotated in the margin. List of U.S. currency serial numbers recovered from plastic folder n…

Case identifier header with redacted information and page number 6 of the sub-document. States that the money (likely the D.B. Cooper ransom money) was returned to the bulky evidence room at the FBI…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOIA/PA deleted page information sheet associated with case number 1:16-cv-01790-02. Listing of 122 deleted pages with reasons. Most pages (5–65) were deleted as Re…

Continuation of a FOIA exemption and disposition list. Pages 88–96 are withheld under exemptions b6 and b7C (personal privacy). Pages 104–126 and 208–209 are withheld as Referral/Consult. Numerous ot…

Internal FBI memorandum from Legal Section to SAC Portland regarding FOIPA file destruction review for a matter referenced as 'norjake'. Lists files/serials reviewed pursuant to FOIPA that may not be…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case (Northwest Flight 305 hijacking on 11/29/71). The memo states that the D.B. Cooper ransom mon…

Instruction directed to a Special Agent (name redacted) to retain documents along with 14 specimens of currency held by the government until the legal action is dismissed. Right side of page is almo…

FBI form identifier and revision date. FBI agents returned approximately $5,800 in U.S. currency (in plastic packets numbered 2-22) to Richard Tosaw and a representative of Globe Indemnity, a New Yo…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, dated 3/5/88, regarding D. B. Cooper information. A woman from Pendleton, Oregon contacted the FBI on 3/5/88 to report that approximately 17…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated 3/15/88 with standard classification and transmission options. Routing block: from Portland SAC to Oklahoma City SAC, NORJAK case (Office of Origin: Seattle).…

Case file number header Physical and background description of Eugene Cooper, a suspect described as a white American male in his 40s, medium build, light brown receding hair, who worked in military…

Teletype from Portland FBI field office to Oklahoma City, Butte, and Seattle offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, requesting all offices expedite coverage of leads set forth in a referenc…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 3/18/88. Classification and precedence boxes unchecked. Routing block of airtel from a redacted SAC office to SAC Denver, rega…

A redacted individual reported suspicious activities to an FBI agent they knew. For Denver's information, a redacted person is described as being from Santa Fe, New Mexico, and having had prior conta…

FBI routing stamp and case number header. The handwritten case number 164A-41-1944 appears at top right. Below it is an FBI search/serialization index box stamped APR 13 1988 from the FBI Portland fi…

Page number indicator showing this is page 1 of the report. Header with case file number BT 164A-26 and attribution of investigation to a redacted Special Agent in Boise, Idaho. FBI interview repor…

Page continuation marker indicating this is the second page of a multi-page document. A source provides information about COOP and an associated individual living in Muskogee, Oklahoma prior to COOP…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is Airtel; classification and precedence boxes are unchecked. Dated 4/7/88. Airtel from Acting SAC Butte to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case.…

Electronic mail system header indicating a new message arrived in inbox. Teletype routing header from FBI Portland (file 164-41) to FBI Seattle, sent April 20, 1988, routine priority, unclassified.…

Page number and case/file reference header. An unidentified female witness at Brand Clothing in Boise, Idaho was shown an artist's conception drawing of D.B. Cooper on April 13, 1988. She tentativel…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Method is Airtel, classification and precedence not checked. Dated 4/20/88. Airtel from Acting SAC Butte to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking ca…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date. Title block of the FD-302 form showing the transcription date of April 18, 1988, page 1. An unidentified individual voluntarily appeare…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Airtel selected as transmit method. Dated 4-18-88. Classification options all struck through. Oklahoma City FBI office transmits to Portland an FD-302 interview re…

FBI teletype from Portland division dated April 26, 1988, sent priority to Director, Seattle, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, and routine to Oklahoma City regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports a s…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype message from Portland Division, classified UNCL (unclassified). Describes a suspect who signed as "D.B. Cooper" and exhibited con-man tr…

Continuation header from a prior page of a teletype, ending a sentence with the word 'INJURY.' Physical description and identifying information for suspect Merlin Gene Cooper, including aliases, DOB…

Continuation of teletype instructions: obtain information on Merlin Cooper's family via birth records and vital statistics to identify parents/family members; Cooper was allegedly close to his mother…

Teletype routing header from Portland field office to Saint Louis (priority) and Seattle (routine), dated May 2, 1988. Case file 164A-41. Portland requests Saint Louis Military Records Center provid…

Header of FBI Latent Fingerprint Section report form 1-336, dated 5/10/88, addressed to SAC Portland. FBI latent fingerprint comparison report for NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). The unidentified latent…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Method is AIRTEL, dated 5/31/88. Classification markings are crossed out (unclassified). Routing block: From SAC Los Angeles to SAC Portland regarding NORJACK case…

Handwritten case file number 164A-41-19564 with two redaction boxes marked b6/b7C (privacy exemptions), a partially legible date fragment, and what appears to be a name 'McAllen' with an additional n…

Orange County Jail booking form for a male individual booked under number 13918. Subject is a white male, 6'2", 160 lbs, medium build, born 8 July 1934 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. U.S. citizen, divorced…

FBI file number stamp and serialization block with case number 164A-41-1956. Date partially illegible but appears to be a June date. A name, possibly McPhatters, appears below the stamp. FOIA exempt…

California DOJ Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation record for Merlin Gene Cooper, CII number 1 776 957. Physical descriptors: brown hair, hazel eyes, 6-2, 180 lbs, born in Wisconsin c…

Stamped or handwritten number in upper right corner, possibly a reference or date code. Standard FBI criminal record header with record number 115 541 D. Handwritten notation, partially illegible,…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with classification and precedence options. Dated 6/10/88. AIRTEL checked for transmit method. FBI airtel from Portland to Seattle regarding NORJAK case. E…

FBI case file designation number. Arrest record and physical description of an unnamed suspect. Arrested in 1959 for insufficient funds check in Madison, Wisconsin and family offense/non-support. Bo…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with classification and routing fields. Dated 7/7/88, no boxes checked for transmit method, precedence, or classification. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC…

FBI airtel transmission form header dated 7/28/88, sent via AIRTEL, classification UNCLAS. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case. Merlin Gene Cooper (Subject Number 1002)…

FBI form identifier and revision date. Document header with title and transcription date. FBI agent interviewed Orpha Cooper at her retirement home in Delavan, Wisconsin on August 2, 1988, regardin…

Standard FBI FD-302a continuation form header identifying the interview of Orpha Cooper, page 2, dated August 2, 1988, under case MI 164A-36. Mrs. Cooper describes MERLIN as 'kind of a con man' but…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with classification UNCLAS dated 8/4/88. Routing block identifying the memo as from SAC Milwaukee to the FBI Director regarding NORJAK case. Milwaukee fie…

FBI memorandum header from SA Samuel M. McPheters to SAC Portland, dated 8/18/88, regarding NORJAK hijacking case. Retired SA Ralph Himmelsbach informed SA McPheters that a former witness in the D.B…

FBI Laboratory report dated September 2, 1988, addressed to SAC Milwaukee regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case. The lab received a two-page letter and envelope (specimen K5) bearing purp…

Teletype routing header from FBI Portland to Director FBI and multiple field offices (Milwaukee, Chicago, Butte, Oklahoma City, Seattle), dated September 30, 1988. Classified UNCLAS. Message body st…

Page two of an unclassified teletype reporting that the Pendleton, Oregon Resident Agency determined on September 30, 1988, that a suspect named Cooper was an in-patient at Walla Walla General Hospit…

FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) dated 2/11/97 for file 164-41, serial number 1965. The serial is noted as missing when pursuing the case and could not be located. A 'Do Not Remove' instruction…

FBI Portland routing/serialization stamp dated October 11, 1988, with case number 164-41-19616 and a handwritten name that appears to read Mc Peters or similar. FOIA exemption markings b6 (personal…

Confidential classification stamp at top of page. Date of the letter. Addressee block directed to the FBI SAC in Portland, Oregon, with a cc or reference to Senator William Proxmire in Washington D…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying the memo as being sent to SAC Portland from SA Samuel M. Mc Pheters regarding the NORJAK case, dated October 11, 1988. Body of memo details criminal record…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Sent via Airtel, unclassified, dated 6/9/88. Routing information: from SAC Milwaukee to Director FBI regarding NORJAK case (aircraft hijacking), office of origin S…

Milwaukee field office file number for the case. States that Merlin Gene Cooper was born in the Township of Campbell, LaCrosse County, Wisconsin. Investigative leads assigned to Los Angeles and Mil…

FBI interoffice memorandum header from SA Reuben M. Herrmann to SAC Milwaukee, dated 6/27/88, regarding the NORJAK aircraft hijacking case. Chief of Police Michael Raasch of Coon Valley, WI was cont…

FBI file number for this document page. File note about MERLIN and a redacted individual, with birth information redacted. An interviewee states that after divorce, MERLIN COOPER moved to the weste…

FBI case file number for the Milwaukee field office. A witness (name redacted) described MERLIN COOPER's appearance: about 6'0", medium-to-heavy build, dark brown hair, resembled actor Paul Newman.…

FBI transmittal form header (FD-36) dated 7/22/88, sent via Airtel. Classification markings struck through (TOP SECRET, SECRET crossed out). FBI airtel from SAC Milwaukee to Director FBI regarding N…

FBI case file number for the Milwaukee field office. Interviewee states that after divorcing, MERLIN COOPER moved to the western U.S., possibly Washington State. She believes he married two more tim…

Continuation of a prior paragraph referencing case MI 164A-36. An unnamed source states that ORPHA may have a daughter whose name and location are unknown. Lead assigned to Milwaukee Division at Del…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission via AIRTEL, dated 8/16/88. Classification and precedence boxes not checked. Memo routing from SAC Milwaukee to FBI Director regarding NORJAK…

FBI case file number header for this page. Continuation of an FBI interview regarding a subject connected to D.B. Cooper investigation. The interviewee discusses a person (name redacted) who was arr…

FBI Milwaukee Division case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper case. Closing paragraph of an FBI report stating investigation continues in Milwaukee Division, with FBIHQ and Seattle to be kept…

Return address printed in top-right corner of the letter. Date of the letter, written in the top center area. A personal handwritten letter addressed to 'Mom' from an unnamed 33-year-old individual…

A deeply personal handwritten letter, apparently from a child (now adult) to their mother. The writer reflects on mistakes made in life, expresses regret for causing suffering, and discusses feelings…

Printed letterhead or address at top right of the page. Continuation of a personal letter. The writer reflects on past mistakes and hurting people, describes a marriage where they tried to provide e…

Continuation of a personal letter from someone signing as Matt. The writer describes his physical appearance (6'2", 195 lbs, going bald), expresses affection for Grandma and Grandpa Charlie, apologiz…

Return address on envelope from Merlin R. Clarke at 2605 State Street, Salem, Oregon 97310. The number 32061 may be an additional identifier or post office box. Postmark dated September 25, 1967 wit…

FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement - personal privacy) marked in upper-right corner, indicating reason for redactions on this page. Handwritten notation appearing to…

Anonymous handwritten tip suggesting that Ole Turnbow of P.O. Box 408, Christmas Valley, Oregon, might be D.B. Cooper. The writer lists reasons: he lives at an airport in a remote area, is a pilot wh…

Scanned image of a mailed envelope addressed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation at 709 NW Wall, Bend, Oregon 97701. The envelope bears a postmark dated October 24, 1968 from Bend, OR. Postage sta…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is Airtel, dated 11/15/88. Classification markings are struck through (TOP SECRET, SECRET, CONFIDENTIAL). Airtel from SAC Newark (164A-402) to…

Instructions to St. Louis and Portland Divisions regarding a photo of suspect Larry William Quandt taken in November 1969, approximately two years before the hijacking. Agents are asked to determine…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL. Classification, precedence, and other options are unchecked. Dated November 7, 1988. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regardi…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date of 10/12/88. An interview subject (name redacted) recalls Gene Cooper as a mobile home salesman living with an older woman near…

Header of FD-302a continuation form, page 2 of an interview conducted on 3/7/88, case number PD 164A-41. Continuation of an FBI interview. The interviewee describes COOPER as frequently without mone…

FBI form identifier and revision date. An unidentified female telephonically contacted SA McPheters regarding a painting titled "Final Resting" she removed from her wall. The back of the painting li…

Header of FBI FD-302a continuation form, page 2, dated 3/7/88, case number PD 164A-41. Physical description of GENE COOPER provided by a redacted witness: white male, 6'0", early forties, 165-170 lb…

Header block of FBI FD-302a continuation form, case PD 164A-41, page 3, dated 3/7/88. Interviewee name redacted. Witness states COOPER gave her a painting depicting tombstones titled 'Final Resting'…

FD-302a continuation form header showing case number PD 164A-41, interview date 3/7/88, page 4. Interviewee name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. A female interviewee (name redacted) stated on Marc…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. Interview of a redacted female witness who recalled GENE COOPER from approximately 1970-1971 in Pendleton, Oregon. She knew him…

Header of FD-302a continuation form, case number PD 164A-41, page 2, dated 3/7/88. A redacted person states that people used to joke about the subject being D.B. Cooper because the hijacking happene…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with revision date. FBI FD-302 interview of Jane Miller regarding Merlin Eugene Cooper. Miller describes Cooper as a pleasant individual who lived with her for about…

FD-302a continuation header identifying the interview of Jane Miller on 3/10/87, page 2, case number PD 164A-41. Physical description attributes of Cooper as recalled by Miller: eyes unrecalled, ple…

FD-302a continuation form header identifying this as page 3 of the interview of Jane Miller, dated 3/10/88, case number PD 164A-41. Jane Miller denies Cooper was ever injured but mentions a bad car…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with revision date. An unnamed female witness in Hermiston, Oregon describes MERLIN EUGENE COOPER ("COOP") as a con man who joined the Elks Club, had a checking accou…

FBI FD-302a continuation form header with case number PD 164A-41, dated 3/10/88, page 2. Source states COOPER lived in Hillsboro, OR, managed a service station there, then moved to Hermiston, OR to…

Standard FD-302a continuation form header with case number PD 164A-41, dated 3/10/88, page 3. A witness (name redacted) provided a list of associates or contacts located in Hillsboro, Oregon; Muskog…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date. Title block and page number with transcription date. A witness from Umatilla, OR describes meeting Merlin Eugene Cooper at Arrow Chevro…

Standard FBI FD-302a continuation form header with case number PD 164A-41, dated 3/11/87, page 2. Continuation of an FBI FD-302 interview regarding Eugene Cooper, a former salesman at Arrow Chevrole…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A female source was telephonically contacted in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She advised that Merlin Eugene Cooper had lived with a reda…

Standard FD-302a continuation form header with case number PD 164A-41, dated 3/11/88, page 2. Physical description of EUGENE COOPER: white American male, about 45, 180 lbs, over 6'0", right-handed,…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A witness from Portland, Oregon describes EUGENE COOPER's marriage to JANE MILLER around 1970-1971. The witness knew Cooper fro…

FBI FD-302 form header with revision date. FD-302 interview report documenting a witness recalling Eugene Cooper, who resided with Jane Miller in Hermiston, Oregon. The witness noted Cooper broke hi…

FD-302a continuation form header showing case number PD 164A-41, dated 3/11/88, page 2. A witness recounts seeing the D.B. Cooper composite sketch in 1971 and noting the resemblance to someone she k…

LEDS (Law Enforcement Data System) response to a query on subject Cooper, Merlin Gene. Returns criminal record identifiers including SID, FBI number, physical descriptors (6'02", 170 lbs, brown hair,…

LEDS (Law Enforcement Data System) response showing a misdemeanor warrant hit for Cooper, Thomas Gene (also queried as Cooper, Merlin Gene). Warrant is for driving intoxicated, with caution notes abo…

Electronic message system header indicating one document in inbox #333. FBI teletype from Director to all field offices and legal attaches, dated March 6, 1989, advising that NBC's 'Unsolved Mysteri…

Page two of an FBI teletype (HQ 0082, UNCLAS) instructing field divisions to ensure investigative personnel are aware of the Wednesday evening broadcast of "Unsolved Mysteries." Divisions are advised…

NCIC response indicating no identifiable record found in the Interstate Identification Index for FBI number 115541D. Notes that matching records may still exist in local, state, or FBI Identification…

Physical identifiers (scars/marks/tattoos), Social Security number, miscellaneous number, and aliases for subject JOHN TITAN aka JOHN COOP. Criminal history listing six arrests (#06 through #01) for…

FBI FD-302 form revision identifier An unidentified female witness in Newport, Oregon recalled EUGENE COOPER as having come from Eugene, OR and residing with JANE MILLER in Hermiston, OR. He broke h…

Document identifier and agent initials with page number. FBI investigative report by SA Samuel M. Mc Pheters documenting a series of inquiries in Pendelton and Hermiston, Oregon, and Walla Walla, Wa…

Document identifier and page number for this FBI report continuation page. Investigation into property near Umatilla Army Depot exit; JANE MILLER, who married MERLIN GENE COOPER, sold her ranch and…

FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated February 22, 1989. Transmitted via AIRTEL; precedence and classification not checked. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with revision date. FD-302 interview report documenting a witness in Columbia, Missouri being shown a six-photograph spread on February 9, 1989. The witness could not…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, classification UNCLAS, dated 2/28/89. Kansas City FBI airtel to SAC Portland regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Enclose…

FBI Kansas City field office case number reference. References a redacted individual in Eugene, Oregon, as described in a Newark airtel communication sent to St. Louis dated 11/15/88. Warning desig…

FBI FD-5 form (File-Serial Charge Out) dated 2/11/97 for file 164A-SE-81 (the D.B. Cooper case). Serial number 8 is noted as missing (can't locate) when purging the case, with a handwritten instructi…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription. A female witness in Eugene, Oregon was contacted at her residence and shown a photographic spread of six photographs from variou…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Method selected is AIRTEL, dated 3/13/89. All classification and precedence boxes are unchecked. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK (D.B. Co…

FBI routing slip (FD-4) directing materials to SAC Newark regarding case NORJACK, with file numbers PD 164A-41 and NK 164A-402, dated March 1989. Note indicating a photo spread of six photographs wa…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated 7/10/89. Classification and precedence boxes are unchecked. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Houston regarding NORJACK…

FBI form FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings, identifying this as from The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, dated July 1, 1989, filed under title NORJAK with character numbers 164-41 and 80-715.…

Main headline of the newspaper article about an investigator's belief that D.B. Cooper likely died when he parachuted. Continuation of article discussing the physical resemblance of List to the Coop…

FD-350 form metadata identifying the clipping source as The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, dated June 30, 1989, filed under title NORJAK with character numbers 164-41 and 80-715. Newspaper article by…

Continuation of an article discussing the D.B. Cooper case and the List family murders. Investigators believe Cooper likely perished in the woods. FBI agent Himmelsbach comments on the case. The sear…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Charlotte, dated March 10, 1980, regarding the D.B. Cooper aircraft hijacking case. The sender SA name is redacted. A female tipster from…

FBI form number and revision date printed at top left. Title and File Number fields at top of the form; both appear blank or illegible. Evidence tracking table with one entry: Item 1, dated 5/1/80,…

FBI evidence receipt form (FD-340) documenting receipt of photographs of D. B. Cooper. Filed under Field File No. 164-219-1A1, received from what appears to be the Seattle Division around 7/6/82. The…

FBI composite sketch of D.B. Cooper suspect, labeled 'B'. The sketch depicts a middle-aged white male wearing dark sunglasses, a dark suit jacket, white dress shirt, and a dark narrow tie with a tie…

Upper portion of the page is almost entirely black or heavily overexposed, with no legible content. Possibly a photocopy artifact, redaction, or photograph. Date stamp reading January 2, 1973. Case…

FBI composite sketch of D.B. Cooper suspect. Black-and-white line drawing depicting a middle-aged Caucasian male with dark, slicked-back hair parted on the left, wearing large dark-tinted sunglasses,…

Upper portion of the page is blank or fully redacted; no legible text visible. Printed Bates-style reference label identifying this as page 43761 of the DB Cooper file. Handwritten FBI case file nu…

FBI composite sketch of D.B. Cooper suspect. The drawing depicts a middle-aged white male with short dark hair parted to the side, dark eyes, a straight nose, thin lips, and a pointed chin. He is wea…

Upper portion of the page is blank or fully redacted, with a horizontal dashed line roughly in the middle of the page. Bates stamp or document identifier printed in the lower-right area of the page.…

FBI composite sketch of D.B. Cooper suspect, labeled 'B'. Black-and-white artist rendering showing a middle-aged white male with dark, short, combed-back hair parted on the left, dark eyes, straight…

Upper portion of the page is blank or too faded to read. May be the reverse side of another document or a heavily redacted page. Date stamp reading January 2, 1973, printed vertically (rotated 90 de…

Header of an FBI memo from the Charlotte field office regarding subject George Alan Mears in the D.B. Cooper aircraft hijacking case, referencing a prior memo dated 3/10/80. A representative of the…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date. An individual from Apex, NC appeared at the Raleigh FBI Resident Agency and was interviewed after being advised of the agent's…

Case file number and page indicator. A redacted witness describes COOPER showing her something and threatening her with physical harm. She found photographs of COOPER in airplanes with parachutes. C…

Document reference number and page indicator, likely a continuation page of an FBI investigative form. Continuation page of an FBI investigative form documenting personal details of a subject: dress…

Document type marker indicating this is an AIRTEL communication. Date of the airtel. Routing header from SAC Charlotte to SAC Seattle, referencing NORJAK case. Charlotte office forwards an FD-302…

FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Seattle to SAC Charlotte, Greensboro Resident Agency, dated May 6, 1980, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. Cover note stating that four a…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Describes the hijacker bailing out between Seattle and Reno, and notes that FBI Exhibit Section prepared artist conception composite drawings…

FBI inter-office routing header from Seattle SAC to Charlotte division, dated 5/22/80, with file numbers 164-81 and 164-219. A female caller from Rural Hall, N.C. contacted the Greensboro FBI office…

Continuation of a prior section noting that the subject's credit record has numerous but satisfactory entries. Forsyth County City Identification Division officer reports no identifiable record for…

FBI case file reference number for the Charlotte Division. Descriptive profile of subject DAROLD EUGENE OESTREICH obtained from observation and interview, listing personal details, physical descript…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Charlotte, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case), with Office of Origin Seattle and Bureau file number 164-2111. A femal…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Charlotte from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated January 30, 1981. A protected source at Belmont Abbey College provided…

Case file number for the document. A lead was set via FD-125 for the SC (redacted agent/office) to conduct a credit check in Charlotte, N.C. on VAN ORDEN. Results will determine further investigatio…

Case file number and page designation with redaction markings. An investigation conducted by a Special Clerk on January 29, 1981. A representative of the Charlotte Credit Bureau in Charlotte, NC adv…

Routing header for an FBI communication from Seattle to Charlotte field offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. Charlotte office reports that a source identified professor Carl Va…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, routed from Charlotte to Seattle. A source in Raleigh, NC (identity protected by request) reported on 12/3/81 that h…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Charlotte from a redacted Special Agent, dated January 31, 1983, regarding the NORJACK case with Seattle as the office of origin. A tipster from Mayod…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Charlotte, filed under case 164A-219, subject NORJACK, dated February 2, 1990. An anonymous caller from Burlington, NC, contacted the FBI on 2/2/90 cl…

FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Charlotte, case 164A-219, dated 2/2/90, subject NORJACK. A caller from Burlington, NC reports knowing an individual resembling D.B. Cooper who has resided in N…

Section divider label indicating the beginning of old format manual serials in the case file. Section divider label indicating the beginning of old format automated serials in the case file. Bates-…

Internal FBI memorandum from File Supervisor to SAC Charlotte regarding the NORJACK (D.B. Cooper) case. Notes that on 2/9/90 the matter was opened with Charlotte as Office of Origin, but since Seattl…

Section divider label indicating the start of old format manual serials in the case file. Section divider label indicating the start of old format automated serials in the case file. FBI Vault page…

FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Sacramento to SAC San Francisco regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), dated July 24, 1989. Sacramento FBI office reports on a tip regarding GEDDES EUGENE H…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case (Seattle field office 164-50). Leads section assigning the San Francisco Division to investigate GEDDES HARPER as a possible D.B. Cooper suspect in Fort…

FBI FD-491 memorandum from SAC Charlotte to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case (164A-SE-81). Charlotte is forwarding 17 items (Original Notes and Miscellaneous Documents) to Seattle because the f…

FBI interoffice memorandum header from IA George Alan Mears to SAC Charlotte, regarding NORJACK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking), office of origin Seattle. Agent Mears documents attempts to contact a so…

FBI transmittal form header. Method is AIRTEL, classification and precedence boxes unchecked. Dated July 31, 1989. Routing block showing airtel sent from Seattle division to Portland division regard…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating an AIRTEL communication, classified UNCLAS, dated August 7, 1989. Routing block showing communication from Seattle field office to Portland field office…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Method: AIRTEL. Classification markings all struck through. Dated August 7, 1989. Routing information for an AIRTEL from Seattle to Portland regarding the NORJAK c…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Method is AIRTEL. Classification markings for TOP SECRET, SECRET, and CONFIDENTIAL are struck through. Date is 8/7/89. Routing block indicating the AIRTEL is from…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with classification and precedence options. Date is 8/21/89. All classification levels appear struck through except UNCLAS. Routing block identifying the m…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with revision date. An FBI FD-302 interview record in which an unidentified female was contacted regarding a possible NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) suspect. She reported that…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. An FBI FD-302 interview of a redacted female witness in McMinnville, Oregon regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper)…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date. Title header and page number with transcription date. FD-302 interview summary in which an individual was contacted at their place of e…

FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, dated August 26, 1989. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). References prior airtels…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date. FD-302 interview report from the Denver FBI office dated September 30, 1987. A redacted individual reported that an acquaintance believe…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission via AIRTEL, no precedence or classification boxes checked except AIRTEL. An FBI airtel from Seattle to Portland regarding the NORJAK case. It encloses…

FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 8/31/89, sent via AIRTEL, classification and precedence not checked. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Portland reports th…

FBI FD-350 form header used to catalog a newspaper clipping from The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, dated September 13, 1989, filed under NORJAK case number 164-SE-81 or 80-715. Oregonian article by R…

FBI FD-302 form header with revision date. Page 1 header of FD-302 form with transcription date of October 3, 1989. Interview of a redacted individual from Beaverton, Oregon regarding the NORJAK (D…

FBI airtel transmittal header dated 10/3/89, sent via AIRTEL. Classification options all struck through or unchecked. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Encloses FD-302 o…

FBI case file number stamped/written at top of page. Handwritten letter from an anonymous or partially redacted tipster claiming possible knowledge of D.B. Cooper's identity. The writer suggests Coo…

Handwritten statement from an informant or witness recounting memories related to D.B. Cooper hijacking. The writer recalls someone mentioning having to help find something in an area, someone being…

Writer states that someone (redacted) is very familiar with the area in which Cooper disappeared, and has also been on [redacted] many times. Writer offers to provide further help if the FBI finds t…

Redacted blocks in upper corners of envelope, likely return address area and additional markings. Partial return address line showing Walla Walla, Washington, with name/street redacted. U.S. Postal…

FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 12/11/89, classified UNCLAS. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJACK case. Portland forwards an anonymous letter from a writer in…

FBI FD-350 clipping form identifying the source as The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, dated December 2, 1989, with case title NORJACK and character numbers 164A-SE-81 and 80-715. Associated Press arti…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Method is AIRTEL, dated January 12, 1990. All classification options are struck through or unchecked. Airtel addressed from Seattle to SAC Portland regarding an Un…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, date 2/13/90, classification UNCLAS. Routing block: airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), off…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date of 1/20/89. A female witness in Enumclaw, Washington was interviewed. She stated that in March 1988, while living in Aurora, Ill…

Case number and page number header for FBI Seattle field office file 164A-81, page 2. An interviewee states she has not had contact with a redacted individual for several years. She visited someone…

FBI FD-36 AIRTEL transmittal form header, dated January 12, 1990, classified UNCLAS. AIRTEL from Seattle to Portland regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References an FD-302 interview conducted…

Page number indicator An FBI Special Agent contacted a female witness in Aurora, Oregon on March 2, 1990. She stated she does not suspect her brother is D. P. Cooper and has no knowledge of his invo…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Method is AIRTEL, dated 4/13/90. Classification and precedence boxes not checked. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case. References a Seat…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, classification is UNCLAS E F T O, dated 8/22/90. Routing block: memo from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle, with file numbers 164A-81 and…

FBI Complaint Form header with standard instructions and indices notation. Subject identification section of FD-71 form for D.B. Cooper case. Complaint received telephonically on 8/17/91 at 12:09pm.…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission is via AIRTEL, dated 10/18/91. All classification and precedence options are struck through or unmarked except AIRTEL. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Newark to D…

FBI FD-350 form metadata identifying the clipping source as The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, dated February 6, 1992, with case file numbers 164A-SE-81 and 80-715 under NORJACK title. Associated Pres…

FBI FD-350 newspaper clipping cover sheet with metadata identifying the source as The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, dated February 22, 1992. Case title NORJACK, file numbers 164A-SE-81 and 80-715. Sta…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated June 1, 1992. Sender name redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Memo requests indefinite retention of eviden…

FD-302 interview report dated 1/6/93 in Rowlett, Texas. An individual reported that while watching a FOX television program about D.B. Cooper, he recalled meeting someone who closely resembled Cooper…

FBI transmittal form FD-36 dated 1/14/93, sent via AIRTEL, classification and precedence not checked. Routing block indicating communication between Seattle, Dallas, and possibly other field offices…

Continuation of an interview in which an individual describes a conversation with a suspect who offered to sell land, claimed to be a former Marine with 25 years of service, two tours in Vietnam, and…

FBI Portland Division letterhead with DOJ seal and office address. Letter from FBI SAC Robin L. Montgomery to a redacted individual at KPTV Channel 12 in Portland, acknowledging receipt of material…

FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated September 17, 1993. Transmission method is AIRTEL; precedence and classification boxes are unchecked. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission via AIRTEL, dated February 2, 1994. Classification markings struck through. Memo from SAC Omaha to SAC Portland regarding a tip received on 1/20/94. A…

Case or file reference number for the document. Brief note indicating that the enclosed information is being forwarded to the FBI Portland Division for their discretionary use. Page number or pagin…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland regarding the D.B. Cooper UNSUB case, dated April 24, 1995. A tipster contacted the Portland FBI office on 4/24/95 to report a customer at Bi…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, dated 5/28/95, from an unidentified Special Agent, regarding information on the DB Cooper case. A female caller from Fayetteville, AR contac…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Portland, from a redacted Special Agent, dated 5/28/95, regarding possible identification of DB Cooper. A caller contacted the FBI on 5/27/95 after wa…

Header of an FBI memorandum regarding U.S. v. John Doe, aka Dan Cooper, case CR 76-229, dated October 4, 1995, from an AUSA to a Supervisory Special Agent. Names redacted under b6/b7C. An AUSA repor…

File reference number and typist initials for the FBI report page. An FBI Special Agent showed photographs to a redacted individual in Eugene, Oregon on January 12, 1972. The person could not identi…

Case identifier, typist initials, and page number for this FBI document. Numbered list of suspects or persons of interest with associated identifiers. Ralph Vincent Galope is listed with DC number 1…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with date. A Northwestern Airlines stewardess who was aboard hijacked Flight 305 (Seattle to Portland, November 24, 1971) was shown photographs and facsimil…

Page number and FBI case file reference number. List entries 6 and 7 of individuals investigated. Entry 6 is an unidentified male from Cleveland, Ohio with a redacted number. Entry 7 identifies Jose…

FBI form identifier and revision date. An FBI FD-302 interview record dated December 1, 1971. A Northwest Airlines stewardess (name redacted) who was aboard hijacked Flight 305 on November 24, 1971…

Page header showing case file number MP 164-73, page 2 of the document. Continuation of a numbered list of individuals. Item 6 is an unidentified male from Cleveland, Ohio with a redacted number. It…

FBI form number and revision date header Introduction of FD-302 interview document. A redacted Northwestern Airlines stewardess from hijacked Flight 305 was shown photographs and facsimiles of 14 ma…

Page 2 continuation header with FBI field office file number MP 164-73. Numbered list items 6 and 7 from an FBI report identifying suspects or persons of interest. Item 6 is an unidentified male fro…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with revision date. An FBI FD-302 interview report dated December 1, 1971, documenting the showing of 7 photographs and at least 5 facsimiles of different m…

Page 2 header with FBI case file number MP 164-73. Continuation of a numbered list of individuals. Item 6 is an unidentified male from Cleveland, Ohio with a redacted number. Item 7 identifies Josep…

FBI headquarters form (1-221) from Director J. Edgar Hoover to SAC Seattle, dated December 14, 1971, regarding Joseph Henry Johnston in the NORJAK case (Bureau File #164-2111). The checked box indica…

FBI criminal record header with record number 514 393 A, dated 12-14-71, signed by J. Edgar Hoover as Director. Marked FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY. FBI criminal record table listing arrests for Joseph Hen…

FBI criminal record header for FBI record number 514 393 A, dated 12-14-71, with standard disclaimer that fingerprints were not provided and the Bureau cannot guarantee the record concerns the indivi…

Header and disclaimer for FBI Identification Record number 514 393 A, page 3, dated 12-14-71. Criminal record table for Joseph Henry Johnston showing three arrests: compulsory registration in Akron…

Official DOJ/FBI letterhead with date and file reference number. FBI record number 514 393 A describing a white male, 6 feet tall, 155 lbs, grey hair, blue eyes, born April 18, 1923 in Alabama. Has…

Header block of a United States Government memorandum from an SA (Special Agent, name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. FBI memo reporting that Joseph Henry Johnston (DOB 4/8…

Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent 11/26/71 at 10:20 PM from FBI Seattle (file 164-81) to the Director and multiple field offices, routed via Washington, D.C. Subject line identifying…

Header block identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Charles E. Farrell, regarding the NORJAK case (UNSUB, Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking/extortion on 11/24/71). File number…

Teletype routing header from Cincinnati FBI field office to Director, Seattle, and Cleveland, marked urgent, dated 11/26/71. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlin…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office (file 164-41) to Director and multiple field offices, sent urgent on 11-26-71, relayed 11-27-71 via Washington. Portland FBI teletype directing all o…

FBI teletype from Memphis field office dated November 26, 1971, reporting on efforts to identify Joe Henry Johnston in connection with the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Flight 305. All air facil…

End of first page marker from a multi-page teletype message. Page two of a teletype (case ME 164-78) regarding MPD number 74468. States that because Ohio State Penitentiary has a more recent photogr…

FBI teletype from the Cleveland field office sent urgently on November 26, 1971 to multiple FBI offices regarding a suspect named Joseph Henry Johnston in the Northwest Airlines 727 hijacking (D.B. C…

Document reference number and page indicator for an FBI report continuation. Continuation of a suspect background report. Suspect registered as a compulsory registrant at Portage Hotel, Akron. Mothe…

Page three of a teletype (CV 164-NEW) describing an FBI investigation into a suspect initially reported for unarmed robbery but who actually absconded with employer funds. Details the suspect's parol…

Teletype header indicating case number CV 164-NEW, page four of a multi-page message. Continuation of a teletype (page 4) regarding a suspect's parole file, USPS change of address from Akron to Memp…

Teletype header indicating case number CV 164-NEW, page five of a multi-page message. Page five of a multi-office FBI teletype directing field offices in Birmingham, Cincinnati, Jackson, Little Rock…

Possible file or routing notation, partially illegible. FBI teletype from Little Rock field office sent urgently to Director and multiple field offices regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Nort…

Case number and page indicator for FBI teletype continuation page. Continuation of a subject profile listing relatives (mother Mrs. Ida Johnston at 312 South Franklin Street, Aberdeen, Mississippi;…

Document reference number and page indicator for a multi-page teletype. Page three of a teletype report on a suspect (Joseph Henry Johnston). Details U.S. Army service record (Feb 1943–Dec 1943), se…

Document reference number and page indicator for a multi-page teletype. Continuation of a teletype detailing the criminal history of a suspect named Johnston, including parole and arrest dates at Lo…

Continuation (page five) of FBI teletype under case LR 164-22. States that appropriate investigation will be conducted at 400 Northeast 69th Street, Portland, concerning a suspect. The Little Rock Di…

Header block of an FBI memo from SA J. David Jackson to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking, 11/24/71). FBI memo detailing a lead on a 1960 Dodge vehicle.…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. A detective whose name is redacted states that JOHNSTON is apparently the same man that the Longview Police Department had in…

FBI suspect information sheet for Joseph Henry Johnston in connection with the hijacking of a Northwestern Airlines 727 jet on 11/24/71. Lists physical description, SSN, police department number, and…

Mostly blank or fully redacted FBI document page. A rectangular redaction box appears in the lower-center area with the handwritten annotation '-neg' (likely indicating a negative result). FOIA exemp…

Header block of an FBI memo dated November 26, 1971, addressed to SAC J. E. Milnes, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305, with suspect Joe Henry Johnston named. An FBI Spe…

File number and date of the memo. Memo from SAC J. E. Milnes regarding suspect Joe Henry Johnston. A call from Cleveland advised that a photograph of Johnston was being placed aboard Northwest Fligh…

Header block of an FBI memo dated November 26, 1971, addressed to SAC J. E. Milnes regarding the NORJAK hijacking case, specifically concerning suspect Joe Henry Johnston. The author called Assistan…

File number and date of the memo. Memo addressed to SAC J. E. Milnes regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305, with subject line identifying suspect Joe Henry Johnston. Autho…

Header block of an FBI internal memo dated 11/26/71 addressed to SAC J. E. Milnes regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71, classified as hijacking/extortion with t…

Header block of a US Government memorandum from an unidentified Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated 11/30/71, regarding the NORJAK hijacking case (Unknown Subject, NWA Flight #305, 11/24/71). Witnes…

Header block of an FBI memo from SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 11/30/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. A Boeing Company employee at 7755 East Marginal…

Teletype header indicating message NR002 sent from Seattle field office at 6:28 AM on 11/25/71 to the Director, Portland, and Las Vegas offices. New case number 164. Subject line identifying the cas…

Page header indicating this is page two of an FBI report with Seattle field office case number 164-NEW. Continuation of an FBI report describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The pilot circled Sea-Tac…

Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype with file number SE 164-NEW. Continuation of an FBI teletype describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Details include: the plane carried 37 passe…

Page header indicating this is page four of teletype SE 164-NEW. Continuation of FBI teletype describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The plane was airborne at 7:37 PM flying southerly under surveilla…

Page header indicating page five of document SE 164-NEW. A stewardess (name redacted) describes the hijacker displaying the contents of a black vinyl briefcase containing red sticks claimed to be dy…

Page header indicating this is page six of teletype SE 164-NEW. Passenger observations: stewardess and hijacker conversed throughout the flight. Upon landing at Sea-Tac, hijacker briefly used the re…

Page header indicating page seven of a teletype, Seattle field office case number 164-NEW. Detailed description of two back pack parachutes provided to the UNSUB. Number one was a civilian luxury ty…

Page header indicating this is page eight of a teletype under Seattle file number 164-NEW. Continuation of a teletype message describing how $200,000 was obtained by Northwest Airlines from Seattle…