Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header, dated December 16, 1971, sent in plaintext via NITEL priority teletype. Teletype from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK case. Refere…

Header block identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. Listing of 165 total deleted pages from Part 98 of the D.B. Cooper FBI file, with exe…

Continuation of a FOIA exemption index listing pages 105 through 178 and the applicable FOIA/Privacy Act exemption codes (b6, b7C, b7D) used to redact information on each page. Note: Page 175 is abse…

Continuation of a FOIA deletion/exemption log listing pages withheld or removed from the released file. Pages are marked as withheld under b6, b7C, b7D exemptions, as duplicates, or as referral/consu…

FBI FD-71 Complaint Form header and subject/complainant identification fields. Subject is DB COOPER. Complainant is a female from WA, details redacted. Complaint received telephonically on 06-20-2000…

Header of a mainframe database terminal screen showing a List Summary Response dated 06/21/00 at 02:07:13, with b6/b7C exemption markings. First database record for Ted Mayfield, white male born 09/…

Header of a computer database query result dated 06/21/00, showing a List Summary Response screen with redaction exemption codes b6 and b7C. Database record for Ted Mayfield, case ID LA 46A-12313, s…

Header of an FBI database terminal screen showing a List Summary Response query run on 06/21/00 at 02:08:01. Partial code UNI05 visible with b6/b7c redaction exemptions noted. First database record…

Header of an FBI database terminal screen showing a List Summary Response dated 06/21/00 at 02:08:14, with FOIA exemption codes b6 and b7C noted. First database record for Ted E. Mayfield showing Ka…

Handwritten divider note indicating that all serials below this page are pre-ACS (Automated Case Support system). This is an FBI file organization marker. Handwritten date, October 18, 2000, likely…

Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated April 11, 1974, with NORJAK case designation and Seattle as office of origin. Follow-up memo referencing SA Louis M. Harr…

Continuation of an FBI report (SE 164-81) documenting an interview regarding a suspect named MAYFIELD in connection with the D.B. Cooper hijacking. MAYFIELD is described as an excellent pilot with a…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect #3 Ted Mayfield. Mayfield, a former world champion parachutist and former head of the Portland Parac…

FBI routing slip (FD-4 form) dated 5/24/73, from SAC Portland to SAC Sacramento (John M. Reed), regarding case NORJAK (file numbers PD 164-41 and SE 164-81). References a Seattle airtel to Portland d…

Date of the memo. Memo header: Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, specifically suspect #3 Ted Mayfield. Handwritten annotation indicating 'Sub 3' (sub-file 3). Body of…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Investigative lead items 3 and 4: directing agents to check credit and DMV records for name variations of MAYFIELD, and t…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case (164-81), dated February 26, 1974. An individual called the Seattle FBI Office from Vancouv…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 2, 1971. Routing block identifying this as an airtel from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwe…

Header and lead paragraph of an FBI investigative report filed under case number AN 164-59, Anchorage Division. States that results of an investigation at Fairbanks, Alaska will be reported along wit…

FBI file numbers and dictation/typist initials for the document. FBI report documenting tips received on November 30, 1971 from Anchorage Police Department and a source in Anchorage, Alaska identify…

FBI file number references and typist initials for the document. FBI report regarding Ted Mayfield as a possible suspect in the D.B. Cooper case. An Anchorage Police Department investigator and a so…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 9:55 AM on November 30, 1971 from Seattle FBI field office (file 164-81) to Portland FBI field office (file 164-41). Subject line of the…

Page number and case file number header for continuation page. Administrative section of a teletype continuation page. References a memo by an SA (Special Agent) dated November 26, 1971, related to…

Standard FBI teletype header form FD-36, dated November 29, 1971, sent via teletype with urgent priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A Northw…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Information was previously shared with ASAC Vinnie Ruehl in Portland, who indicated he believes MAYFIEDD had already been eliminat…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated November 29, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT via Facsimile. TELETYPE is struck through. FBI teletype from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland rega…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date, transmission method, and priority fields left blank. Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype or airtel under case SE 164-81 directing the Por…

Header of an FBI memo from the Seattle field office regarding the Northwest Flight 305 hijacking (D.B. Cooper case), dated 11/26/71. A source contacted the FBI by phone on 11/26/71 reporting knowled…

Header block of an FBI memo from the Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case. A source from Washington state advised that during a discussion about the hijacking, the…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Max L. Wilson regarding the Northwest Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. Anonymous caller tipped SA Wilson that Ted Mayfield, manager of the Sky Divin…

Handwritten case/sub-file reference number in upper right corner FOIA exemption stamps indicating redacted content under Privacy Act exemptions b6 and b7C A blank rectangular box, likely a redacted…

Fax header showing transmission from FBI Seattle dated March 26, 2001. NCIC/WASIS query on Teddy Mayfield using name, DOB, sex, race, and SSN. The WASIS search returned zero hits. NCIC Interstate I…

Final fragment of a faxed FBI Seattle teletype referencing an NCIC transaction action. The word between 'TRAN' and 'ACTION' is obscured by a dark circle (likely redaction or fax artifact). The messag…

Fax transmission header showing date, origin (FBI Seattle), and destination. NCIC/WWCIC query response indicating zero records found for FBI number 536796L3. Interstate Identification Index respons…

Fax header indicating transmission from FBI Seattle on March 26, 2001. First arrest record entry showing arrest/receipt date of September 20, 1976 by US Marshals in Portland, Oregon for interstate t…

Oregon criminal history record header for Teddy Ernest Mayfield, white male, DOB 09-05-1935, born in Oregon. Physical description: 5'06", 185 lbs, brown hair, blue eyes. Faxed from FBI Seattle on Mar…

Fax header showing transmission from FBI Seattle dated March 26, 2001, page 6 of 6. Criminal record for Teddy Ernest Mayfield showing two arrests: a 1976 arrest in McMinnville for driving under the…

Header identifying the document as an Oregon DMV record. Grayscale DMV photo of an older male wearing glasses, with a beard and mustache. Oregon DMV record for Teddy Ernest Mayfield, born 09/05/193…

FBI complaint form header with form number and revision date. Form fields identifying the subject as UNSUB aka D. B. Cooper, case NORJAK 164A-SE-81. Complaint received telephonically on 02/12/2001 a…

Continuation of a memo describing a person whose alibi was initially accepted because the suspect was thought to have parachuted into the Pinchot National Forest and the individual was seen too far f…

A small rotated image of what appears to be an envelope or note card with handwritten text. The writing is largely illegible due to the angle and reproduction quality. A date of 5/29/01 is partially…

Handwritten notation and an empty checkbox in the upper-left margin area. FBI Seattle file stamp showing case number SC/64-81-Sub 3, searched/serialized/filed processing stamp dated April 23, 2002.…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 12/21/71, regarding NORJAK case. On December 15, 1971, employees of A.C. Wright Company in Auburn, WA were interviewed about suspe…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, prepared by SPC Francis E. Entler, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Flight #305 on 11/24/71. An informant telephoned the FBI Seattle o…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated February 2, 1972, sent via AIRTEL with AIR MAIL priority. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). LA i…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number reference. Banks and financial institutions in the Greater Los Angeles area were circularized to report suspicious transactions involving twenty dollar Feder…

File number and typist initials for the LA field office report page. Report paragraph stating that the following named individuals were confirmed to be in Southern California at the time of the Nort…

Teletype routing header from Salt Lake City FBI field office to Director, Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle offices, dated January 21, 1972. Salt Lake City field office reports that an informant ad…

Page header with page number and case file number SU 164-24. Continuation of a lead describing a suspect who went to Mexico possibly to exchange money, is known as a make-up expert, recently purchas…

Page header with page number and case file reference SU 164-24. A witness (redacted) states that the suspect departed Salt Lake City in late October for California, exact location unknown. She recei…

Page header identifying this as page four of a teletype under Salt Lake City file number 164-24. Continuation of FBI teletype (page four). Records show checks were negotiated on October 22 at First…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office to FBI Director and Portland, Seattle, and Salt Lake City field offices, dated January 21, 1972. NORJAK teletype from Los Angeles reporting that…

Case number and page indicator for this continuation page of an FBI teletype or memo. Continuation of an FBI investigative communication regarding a subject whose employment records show he worked 4…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent January 20, 1972 from the FBI Director to Salt Lake City and Seattle field offices. FBI Director instructs Salt Lake City field office to im…

Header block of an FBI Airtel memo dated 1/17/72 from Salt Lake City field office to Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case. An individual in Salt Lake City, Utah was interviewed by a Special Agent on 1…

FBI case file number for this document. A redacted individual is described as a hired killer who bragged about past killings. Seattle FBI exhibited photographs of this person to witnesses with negat…

Standard FBI FD-302 form header with date of December 1, 1971. An FBI FD-302 report documenting a photo lineup shown to a redacted Northwestern Airlines stewardess who was aboard hijacked Flight 305…

Page header showing page number 2 and case file number MP 164-73. Numbered list continuing from a previous page, listing two individuals: an unidentified male from Cleveland, Ohio (item 6) and Josep…

Standard FD-302 FBI interview form header with date December 1, 1971. An FBI interview documenting that a Northwest Airlines stewardess from hijacked Flight 305 was shown photographs and facsimiles…

FBI field office file number for the Minneapolis office, case 164-73. Continuation of a numbered list of individuals (items 6 and 7) shown in photographs or facsimiles to an unidentified female witn…

FBI form number and revision date header. Document header with date. An FD-302 interview report describing a Northwestern Airlines stewardess from Flight 305 (hijacked November 24, 1971 between Sea…

Page number and FBI case file reference number, indicating this is page 2 of document MP 164-73. Continuation of a numbered list of individuals. Item 6 is an unidentified male from Cleveland, Ohio w…

Date of the airtel. Header block of FBI airtel from SAC Las Vegas to the Director regarding the unknown subject of the Northwest Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. Airtel confirming a telephone call…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas field office to Director, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake City, sent urgently on November 29, 1971. Subject line identifying the UNSUB case: hija…

Page two of a teletype describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Details the unsub parachuting from the plane after takeoff from Seattle, crew's last intercom contact at 8:05 PM, and the plane landing at…

Page three of an FBI Seattle teletype directing Los Angeles office to contact Barstow Sheriff's Office for details on a redacted individual and attempt to locate him, ascertaining his whereabouts on…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmittal form header dated November 26, 1971, sent in plaintext via urgent teletype. Urgent FBI teletype from SAC Las Vegas to Director FBI, Identification Division, a…

File number and page continuation header for Las Vegas field office teletype. Page two of a Las Vegas FBI teletype regarding a possible D.B. Cooper suspect. The Bureau suggested an individual (name…

Page three of a teletype or communication bearing Las Vegas field office case number LV 164-60. Indicates an AM copy was sent to Seattle. The page is otherwise blank, suggesting the body text appeare…

FBI teletype from Seattle to Sacramento dated 11/30/71 regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking (NW Airlines Flight 305). Reports that a photograph of a redacted suspect was shown to stewardesses in Seatt…

Teletype routing header from Sacramento FBI field office to Seattle, Portland, and Las Vegas offices, dated November 29, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Orie…

Page two of a teletype (case SC 164-50) relaying information about a redacted individual believed to have been in Salt Lake City and Reno. Sheriff George Allen of Lyons County, Nevada, reportedly had…

Teletype from SAC Salt Lake City to FBI Director and multiple SACs reporting that a suspect has been discontinued from the D.B. Cooper investigation. The suspect's photograph was shown to stewardesse…

FBI teletype from Seattle to Salt Lake City dated 11/27/71 discontinuing investigation of a suspect in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 370). The suspect's photograph was sho…

Teletype routing header from Salt Lake City FBI field office to Director, Seattle, Portland, and Las Vegas offices, sent at 10:18 PM on November 26, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hi…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to FBI Director and Seattle office, sent urgently at 7:33 PM on November 26, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Nort…

FBI teletype from Salt Lake City field office sent to Director, Seattle, Portland, and Las Vegas on 11/26/71 suggesting a possible identity for the UNSUB in the Northwest Orient Airlines hijacking of…

Case number and page continuation header for Salt Lake City FBI teletype. Continuation of an FBI teletype from Salt Lake City division noting that a redacted individual's physical description is not…

Teletype routing header from Seattle FBI field office to Director, Las Vegas, and Minneapolis, sent urgently on 11/26/71. Seattle FBI instructs Las Vegas to determine if a redacted individual is in…

Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71. An SA called from Las Vegas reporting that Dan Perrine from the Special I…

Case file number, dictation initials, and page number. An FBI Special Agent showed photographs of suspects to a redacted witness in Eugene, Oregon on January 12, 1972. The witness could not identify…

Document header showing case reference PD 164-41, typist initials RPC:csm, and page number 2. Numbered list of suspects or persons of interest. Ralph Vincent Galope is listed as entry 163 with DC nu…

Teletype routing header from Sacramento FBI to Seattle FBI, urgent priority, dated December 10, 1971. Sacramento FBI reports that suspect James Henry Zimmerman of 1226 Edgebrook Drive, Modesto, Cali…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Sacramento is forwarding copies of a California driver's license for James He…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from FBI Seattle (file 164-81) to FBI Sacramento (file 164-59) on December 1, 1971 at 3:35 PM. Case identification line for the D.B. Cooper…

Teletype header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) message sent from Sacramento FBI field office to Seattle and Portland offices on November 30, 1971, at 7:25 PM. Subject line identifying the D.B.…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype with case number SC 164-50. Investigation into James Henry Zimmerman, son of deceased Henry E. Zimmerman. Father died February 1966 leaving an e…

Teletype header indicating urgent message sent from FBI Seattle to FBI Sacramento on November 26, 1971 at 3:10 PM. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Flight 305, Port…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from SA Gregory J. Wean to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK hijacking case (Northwest Flight 305, 11/24/71). A tipster from California telephonically cont…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from Seattle SAC to Sacramento SAC regarding NORJAK case. A group photograph including suspect Fred Barnowski, provided by the U.S. Forest Service, is being retur…

Declassification stamp added during FBI Vault release, dated July 19, 2024. FBI teletype from Washington Field Office (WFO) to the Director and multiple field offices regarding the UNSUB (D.B. Coope…

Header indicating this is page two of a multi-page FBI document. First redacted block with a handwritten diagonal annotation across it. The handwriting appears to read something like 'CONFIDENTIAL'…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated November 29, 1971. Airtel from SAC Phoenix to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines 727 in Portland, Oregon on 11/24…

File number and agent/typist initials for the document. Leads memo directing the Butte Division to interview a redacted individual in Montana regarding Fred Barnowski, and directing the WFO Division…

Teletype header indicating an urgent coded message sent from Sacramento FBI office to Seattle, Las Vegas, and Phoenix offices on November 26, 1971. Subject line identifying the case as the hijacking…

Page header indicating this is the second page of a teletype. A large rectangular redaction box covering multiple lines of text. FOIA exemption codes b3, b6, b7C, b7D are noted in the right margin b…

FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle dated 12/1/71 regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. The memo encloses a photograph of a…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office, dated November 29, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, Novemb…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office to FBI Portland office, sent the evening of November 30, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Flight 305,…

Urgent teletype from FBI Butte field office to Seattle and Portland offices regarding the NORJAK hijacking case. A person from Oregon is named as a possible suspect. Physical description provided: wh…

Page two of an FBI teletype (BT 164-26) requesting Portland office to locate a person (name redacted) with ties to Oregon and to consider establishing their whereabouts on the date of the hijacking.…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle, dated 11/27/74, regarding the NORJAK case. Contains redacted subject line and a handwritten annotation. Body of memo refe…

FBI Airtel header from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 3/1/72. Sacramento field office reports a tip identifying Robert Keeley, a former radio announcer at station KGI…

Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The memo encloses xerox copies of three previously furnished items related to…

Standard FBI teletype header indicating an urgent plain-text message dated November 26, 1971. Urgent FBI teletype from Sacramento to Seattle and Portland field offices regarding a suspect in the Nor…

Standard FBI transmittal form header with blank date and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype from Los Angeles regarding suspect Robert Hampton Keely. Reports that Keely was despondent becau…

Header of an FBI AIRTEL communication dated 3/1/72 from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Sacramento field office reports that an individual suggested ROBERT KEELEY, a former…

Black-and-white photograph of a middle-aged man wearing large glasses, appearing to be a driver license photo. Handwritten annotation marking this document as Sub 9, likely a sub-file reference. Ca…

Date of the airtel document. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. A source in Sacramento identified former KGMS radio announcer Robert Keeley as a possible suspect, b…

Document reference number, typist initials, and page number for this FBI report. An FBI Special Agent showed photographs to a redacted witness in Eugene, Oregon on January 12, 1972. The witness coul…

Document header with case number PD 164-41, typist initials RPC:csm, and page number 2. List of named individuals with associated reference numbers. Includes Joseph H. Johnston identified as Mansfie…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo header fields identifying sender (SA Louis M. Harris, Jr.), recipient (SAC Seattle), date (1/7/72), and subject (the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Nort…

Standard header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated 12/17/71, regarding the NORJAK hijacking case. A Special Agent contacted an individual in Seattle…

Header block of an FBI memo from the Seattle field office, case 164-81, dated 12/3/71, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71. The subject of this pa…

Standard US Government memorandum header from an FBI Special Agent in Seattle to the SAC, Seattle field office, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight #305, Portland to S…

Date of document FBI airtel memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking (UNSUB). Sacramento is forwarding two copies each of two photographs of Robert Hammond Keely…

Large dark photocopy of a portrait photograph of a man, likely attached to or associated with the DMV record below. The image is heavily degraded and grainy. California DMV driver license cross-refe…

Handwritten annotations indicating document routing or classification, including the word UNITNESS or WITNESS. Teletype from Portland FBI to Seattle FBI regarding D.B. Cooper case (UNSUB on NWA Flig…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown subject who hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight #305 from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71. A…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. Lists suspects Robert Hampton Keely and Gary Evan Joseph San…

Teletype routing header from FBI Sacramento office to Seattle and Portland, marked urgent, dated November 26, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case — Northwest Airlines Fligh…

Header indicating this is page two of a teletype under case number SC 164-50, directed to or from Los Angeles. Continuation of teletype about suspect Robert Hampton Keely. Reports he was despondent…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office to Sacramento and Seattle offices, dated November 26, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Orient Airlines Flight…

Partial header or routing notation, mostly obscured Page two of an FBI teletype (case PD 164-41) describing a subject named Keeley who has been in Sacramento, knows Washington and Oregon territory,…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription December 8, 1971. An individual (name redacted) reports last seeing Gary Samdal at a home on Thanksgiving Day. Samdal was present wit…

Standard FD-302 form header with date of transcription December 8, 1971. An interview subject (name redacted) states she last saw Gary Samdal at a Thanksgiving dinner on November 25, 1971. Samdal ar…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. FD-302 interview documenting the movements and alibi of GARY SAMDAL over the Thanksgiving holiday period, Novembe…

Page number (2) and FBI case file reference SE 164-81 with agent/typist initials RHT:kdl. Fragment continuing from a previous page, noting a communication from Rockford, Illinois stating that all wa…

Header of an FBI memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking of NW Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. Notes that investigation in Clark and Cowlitz Coun…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. An FBI Special Agent developed information about a market beacon receiver, cigarette-package sized, that could have…

Teletype routing header from Chicago field office to FBI Director and Seattle, dated December 2, 1971, marked urgent. Standard FBI teletype subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: N…

Page two of an FBI interview with a person named Samdal, describing his activities around November 23-24 (Thanksgiving). Samdal recounts shopping at Bob's Surplus Store, staying home for the afternoo…

Page three of an FBI interview report regarding a subject named Samdal, an aircraft controller at Rockford. He discussed the possibility of parachuting from a commercial jet and recalled discussing m…

Page four of a teletype describing a suspect named Samdal. Provides physical description (medium brown receding hair, heavy sideburns, green eyes, ruddy complexion, half-inch scar on left side of nos…

Final page (page five) of an FBI teletype directing the Seattle field office to interview a redacted individual to obtain description, background, and alibi for November 24; to reinterview a source r…

Handwritten routing annotations indicating Section 10, subject Gary Sandal, with cross-references to Course Sub F, Boeing Sub P, and Witnesses. FBI teletype from Philadelphia to Director, Seattle, a…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI report describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The hijacker stated he had a grudge to settle. He requested takeoff with rear ladder down, 15% flaps, and gear down. The…

Page three of a multi-page teletype regarding an interview with a redacted female witness (likely a flight attendant) about the D.B. Cooper hijacking. She noted the plane flew under 10,000 feet and s…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis FBI field office to Director and Seattle office, marked URGENT, dated November 30, 1971. Handwritten annotation referencing sending an aerial or artist's ske…

Page header indicating this is page two of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of a teletype (page two) describing witness evaluations of an FBI artist sketch of the hijacker (D.B. Cooper). Two reda…

Urgent teletype from FBI Seattle to Chicago dated December 1, 1971, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Three Seattle witnesses have viewed a photo of Gary E.I. Sandal and indicate he is not the hij…

Page header indicating this is page two of a document filed under number 164-81. Teletype message providing background on the D.B. Cooper hijacking for the Chicago field office. Describes interview…

Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype, with reference number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype message describing events following takeoff from Seattle. The crew communicated with…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 11/30/71, regarding the unknown subject hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71, Portland to Seattle. Case classified as CA…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to FBI Director and field offices in Seattle, Philadelphia, and Little Rock, dated November 29, 1971. Handwritten routing annotations indicating…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype or report, with case reference MP 164-73. Redacted individuals were unavailable to display Samdal's photograph. Two fully redacted blocks of te…

Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page teletype, case file MP 164-73. Instructions for the Philadelphia Division to contact a redacted individual and display Samdal's facsimile (l…

Internal FBI memo from SAC Seattle to file regarding suspect Gary Sandall in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. The Bureau called to report they had talked to a redacted source about Sandall and are sen…

FBI Seattle office memo regarding suspect Gary Sandall in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71). Instructs that photographs of Sandall be shown…

FBI routing slip (FD-4) dated 11/29/71 from the Seattle field office to the Director, regarding UNSUB Northwest Airline Flight 305 hijacking/extortion case (file SE 164-81). References a telephone ca…

Standard US Government memorandum header for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, filed by SAC Seattle on 11/29/71, regarding suspect Gary Sandall. SAC HELD called from Minneapolis reporting that a witne…

Header block of an FBI memo dated November 29, 1971, filed under case 164-81, addressed to SAC J. E. Milnes regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305. Subject line identifying…

Handwritten annotations, likely routing or classification notes, including the word 'WITNESS' and possibly 'REPLY' and a name. Urgent teletype from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office regardin…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Louis H. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown subject of the Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71. A witness in Seattle w…

Standard US Government memorandum header identifying the file number, date, author (SAC J. E. Milnes), and subject (hijacking of NWA Flight 305). Handwritten routing or cross-reference annotations i…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. An SA showed photographs…

Internal FBI memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding D.B. Cooper hijacking case, enclosing a photo of suspect Gary Evan Sandal for investigation. Composite sketch or photograph of suspect Ga…

Standard FBI teletype transmission header form FD-36, dated November 27, 1971, sent via facsimile/NITEL priority. Routing information: teletype from Chicago to Seattle and Portland regarding the hij…

Standard FBI transmittal form header with blank date, transmission type, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype or memo describing a suspect referred to as 'Sandal.' He is a sky diver with…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Date and transmission fields are blank. Page three of an FBI teletype listing leads. Directs Portland office to determine if baggage was returned on North…

Urgent FBI teletype from Portland to Seattle and Chicago regarding the UNSUB in the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on November 24, 1971. Reports that Northwest Airlines advised that a redact…

Teletype header from Seattle field office to Minneapolis and Kansas City regarding the NORJAK hijacking case. Seattle instructs Kansas City to transmit a photograph of suspect Gary Evan Samdal (obta…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle from SAC J. E. Milnes, regarding Northwest Flight 305 hijacking/extortion case dated 11/27/71. Memo body describing suspect Gary E. Sandal, an ai…

Header of an FBI internal memo from SAC J. E. Milnes, Seattle field office, dated 11/27/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 on 11/24/71. A Special Agent from Chicago advised th…

FBI criminal record (rap sheet) for Gary E. Sandal / Gary Evan Joseph Sandal, FBI number 93E 638 D. Shows three entries: an arrest in Longview, WA on 8-2-57 for illegal possession of alcohol (forfeit…

Letterhead of the FBI headquarters form. FBI form preamble referencing an FBI record number 937 638 D, marked for official use only, with standard disclaimer about descriptive factors and identifica…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office (file 164-81) to FBI Director and Minneapolis, marked urgent, dated 11/27/71. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Air…

Page header with page number and serial/case reference. Continuation of a teletype discussing a suspect named Gary E. Samdal. Describes his physical characteristics (6 ft, 170 lbs, brown hair, blue…

FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet listing 10 deleted pages from case FOI/PA# 1:16-cv-01790-03. Eight pages were deleted as duplicates (pages 16, 48, 51, 93, 94, 119, 120, 138) and two pages w…

Header block of an FBI memo from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, dated 11/30/71, regarding the NORJAK hijacking case. SA Wick reports that on 11/29/1971 the Washington State Parole Board in Olympi…

Standard FBI memo header on a United States Government Memorandum form, from Special Agent Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle, dated 11/29/71, regarding the unknown subject in the Northwest Airlines…

Standard US Government memorandum form header FBI SA showed photographs of four suspects (including Robert Hampton Keely and Gary Evan Joseph Sandal) to a redacted witness in Seattle on 11/29/71. Th…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated 11/27/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71, classified as CAA - Hijacki…

Case file number reference Lead assignment directing the Seattle field office to show a photograph to witnesses in Seattle, with instructions to return the photo to the Tacoma Police Department. Pa…

Header of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior memo dated 11/26/71. The memo dismisses a reported sighting of a white male walking from a field near Inters…

Standard FBI memorandum header from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A female caller from San Francisco, temporarily staying in Seattle…

FBI case file number header. Addendum to an FBI report describing an interview conducted on November 27, 1971. A female witness reported seeing a man on a two-lane northbound highway approximately 2…

Header block identifying the memo as directed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated 11/26/71, regarding the UNSUB Northwest Flight 305 hijacking/extortion case. A female caller contacted the FBI…

Standard US Government memorandum header from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight #305, 11/24/71). Body of the memo documenting that on 11/2…

Internal FBI memo from a Special Agent in Seattle to SAC Seattle, dated 12/1/71, documenting a phone call received on 11/30/71. A redacted individual contacted the writer to advise that a suspect had…

Header block of an FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 11/28/71, regarding the unknown subject who hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight 305 from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71. A…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, specifically concerning suspect NORMAN KARL ALLEN, Sub 14. Report of contact on 2/27/78…

FBI memo from SAC Seattle office dated 12/2/71 regarding suspect NORMAN KARL ALLEN in the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking (D.B. Cooper case). An SA interviewed witnesses at a cafe in Seattle…

FBI case file number header. Continuation of an FBI interview or FD-302 report. A redacted individual heard on the radio that the hijacker directed the plane from Seattle to Sacramento, and was unaw…

Header block of an FBI memo from SAC office dated 12/1/71, regarding the NORJAK case (Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71). SA name is redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Memo…

King County Sheriff's Office mugshot (front and right profile views) of a young white male with short blond hair, blue eyes, weight 150 lbs. The subject appears to be in his 20s-30s with a lean build…

Header of a King County Sheriff's Office booking/identification card for Norman Karl Allen, card number 61308. Two rows of rolled fingerprints: right hand (thumb through little finger, positions 1-5…

Top margin area of the photocopy, largely unreadable. Newspaper article reporting that Norman K. Allen, 27, a University of Washington chemistry student, was cleared by a coroner's jury of criminal…

FBI memo header identifying the case as the UNSUB Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71, classified under hijacking and extortion, office of origin Seattle. Memo reports that on 11/30/…

Photocopy of a Washington State driver's license for Norman Karl Allen, an adult male residing at 7014 NE 175, Seattle, WA 98155. License number AL-LE-NN-K66305, expiring 09-25-72. DOB 09/25/34, blue…

Standard FBI memo header identifying the case as the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305, Portland to Seattle, on 11/24/71. Filed under case number 164-81. Addressed to SAC, dated 12/1/…

Standard FBI interoffice memo header regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71, from a Special Agent to the SAC of case 164-81. Investigation into…

Standard FBI memo header identifying the case as the UNSUB Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71, Portland to Seattle. Addressed to SAC with case number 164-81. Recipient SA name is re…

Header block of an FBI memo regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71, routed from SAC with file number 164-81. FBI memo documenting the review of Seattle Credit Bu…

Memo header with case number, date, and redacted Special Agent name. Case identification block for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Flight #305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71. Mem…

Handwritten annotations referencing a person named Fred Barnovsky (or similar), Sub 7, and a cross-reference to page 4. Urgent teletype from FBI Sacramento to Seattle and Portland regarding the NORJ…

Page header with case number SC 164-50, indicating this is the second page of a teletype or communication. A redacted individual from Redding came to the Redding Resident Agency on November 29 and t…

Page header with page number and case file number. Continuation of teletype (page three). Reports a 1965 Plymouth station wagon stolen from Roseburg, Oregon on November 24, recovered abandoned near…

Page header with page number and case file number. Continuation of a teletype describing a person who resembled suspect Fred Barnowsky as last observed in nineteen [redacted]. On November 29, a reda…

Page header indicating this is page five of a teletype under case number SC 164-50. Continuation of a teletype report describing a 1965 Plymouth station wagon stolen from a hospital parking lot in R…

Header line identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, dated 11/30/71. SA name redacted. Subject line identifying the case as the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest…

Memo header identifying the case as the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71, addressed to SAC Seattle from ASAC Paul R. Bibler. Bellevue Chief of Police Nick Giardino reported a conf…

Header of an internal FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated December 5, 1972, regarding NORJAK case file 164-81. The Special Agent name and RE line are redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. The memo…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated 11/20/72, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case with Office of Origin Seattle. A redacted informant in Se…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper investigation. Occupation field for a subject, content redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Leads section directing the Seattle…

Header block of an FBI memo from Seattle field office, case NORJAK (164-81), dated 8/31/72, addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent. Subject references an individual with last name un…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Leads section directing the Seattle Division to contact a redacted individual to determine the identity and descriptive inform…

Standard header for a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case, dated December 15, 1971. On December 6, 1971, Bellingham Police Chief Cecil…

Header of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to the SAC of the Seattle field office, dated 12/5/71, regarding the unknown subject who hijacked Nort…

Standard US Government memorandum header from two Special Agents (Reynolds and Steele) to SAC Seattle, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, dated December 3, 1971. Handwritten annotation indica…

Continuation of previous discussion about parachute jump timing, noting a 40-second delay would place the jumper at approximately 2,000 feet when the chute opens, giving three more minutes to the gro…

Two circular stamps or seals at the top of the page, partially visible/illegible. Continuation of a Q&A interview (likely FD-302 or similar FBI interview) with a parachuting expert regarding the D.B…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of an FBI interview (Q&A format) with an experienced parachutist regarding the D.B. Cooper skyjacking. The i…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI office to Seattle FBI office, sent urgently on December 3, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case involving Northwest Airlines Flight…

Second page of a teletype or communication with case number PD 164-41, routed through FBI Seattle. Most substantive content is redacted under b6, b7C, and b7D exemptions. The message ends with 'END'…

Header block showing destination as SAC Seattle with file number 164-81, dated 11/30/71. The Special Agent name is redacted. Case subject block identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Air…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case (Seattle field office file 164-81). Physical description of an individual (5'8", 145 pounds) followed by a heavily redacted statement indicating someone…

FBI seal/logo stamp at top of document. FBI memo from SA John Lee Reef, Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. A witness at a bu…

Header block of an FBI memo from SPC Francis E. Entler to SAC Seattle, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 on 11/24/71. A redacted individual telephonically contacted the FBI Seatt…

FOIA exemption codes b6 (personal privacy) and b7C (law enforcement – personal privacy) indicating redacted content. A rectangular box appears in the upper-left area of the page. The interior is bla…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, from SPC Francis E. Entler, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 on 11/24/71. A redacted source telephonically advised that an…

FBI Airtel memo from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle dated 12/6/71 regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71). Refere…

Standard US Government memorandum header for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, from a Special Agent in Seattle to the SAC Seattle office, dated 12/8/71. Handwritten notation indicating this memo conce…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Sacramento is enclosing copies of California driver's licenses, including one for Jos…

FBI case file number for this document. FBI report listing three California driver's licenses checked against a surname of interest. License 1 was issued to Joseph Richard Cucuzza, Sr. Licenses 2 an…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding suspect Joseph Richard Cucuzza in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (NW Airlines Flight #305, Portland to Seattle,…

Handwritten notation showing the number 16 and a partial signature or annotation with a line. Teletype header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle, marked urgent, regarding the UNSUB hijacki…

Page two of an FBI teletype (LA 164-497) relaying a tip about a suspect named John Richard Cucuzza. An unidentified female source described Cucuzza as a heavy drinker whose physical description close…

FBI facsimile cover sheet from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Transmitting a photograph of suspect Joseph Richard Cucuzzo. References Northwest Airlines Flight 3…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from Seattle FBI to Sacramento and Los Angeles offices on December 1, 1971. Subject line identifying the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper case: hijackin…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype with case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype message. Subject has no license and is not collecting unemployment insurance from Washington…

Header of an FBI memo from the Seattle field office dated 12-1-71 regarding the NORJAK case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking), specifically about suspect J. R. Cucuzza. An interview conducte…

FBI case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper investigation. Investigation notes indicating that the address led to a three-story apartment building with mailbox #303 bearing the name Dick Cucuz…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated 11/28/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71. Handwritten annotatio…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK investigation. Source reports the individual believed to reside on Aurora, used public transit or walked, and was frequently seen in Universi…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of a suspect or person-of-interest description. Subject wore no hat, white shirt, had a signet ring on left ring…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 11-28-71, regarding the UNSUB NWA Flight 305 hijacking case. A source in Seattle telephonically reported additional information about susp…

FBI internal memo from SA John R. Kellison to SAC Seattle, dated 8/3/73, regarding the NORJAC (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports negative results from checks of city directories in Tacoma and Puyallup areas…

Internal FBI memo from SA (Special Agent, name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Records checks on a redacted subject were conducted on June 29, 1973 (Seattle PD, Seattle Traffic Bu…

FBI Record Request form (FD-125) dated 7/6/73 requesting background checks (birth, credit, criminal, motor vehicle, driver's license) on a redacted individual described as a white male, approximately…

Header block of an FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 7/5/73, with case file number 164-81 (partially redacted), regarding NORJAC case with Office of Origin Seattle. Reports that on 1…

FBI memo dated 11/27/71 regarding NWA Flight 305 hijacking. Reports that NWA at Sea-Tac received an anonymous call at 1:20 a.m. on their Tacoma line, with the caller making a reference to redacted in…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated August 14, 1972. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. A subject located by the San Francisc…

FBI Sacramento field office memo to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. On 7/19/72, a Special Agent contacted California Highway Patrol Headquarters in Sacramento and determined that a redacted in…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior airtel dated 6/13/72. The memo reports that a referenced individual claimed to…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. San Francisco lead directing agents to locate and interview a redacted individual to establish their whereabouts on Novemb…

Date of the airtel document. Airtel from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK investigation. Encloses nine copies of an investigative insert and three photographs of a possible suspect…

Case file number and agent/typist initials header. An FBI Special Agent conducted an investigation at Richmond, California to identify a suspect suggested by someone at Universal Airlines, Oakland.…

FBI Airtel header from SAC Seattle to SAC Los Angeles regarding NORJAK case, dated 6/13/72. A suspect name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. References a Seattle night teletype to Los Angeles dat…

Date of the airtel document. Airtel memo from SAC New Haven to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Seattle airtel to New Haven dated 5/15/72. An investigation was condu…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated May 15, 1972, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC New Haven regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle reports it ha…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo from Special Agent Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. A witnes…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated May 4, 1972. The sending Special Agent's name is redacted. A witness was shown photographs…

Header block of an FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC New Haven regarding the NORJAK case. A source in Seattle advised that the composite sketch of the NORJAK unsub bears a striking resemblance…

Continuation of an FBI report page showing subject fields for Last Known Address and Relatives, both redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. Leads section assigning investigative tasks to the New…

FBI memo from SAC St. Louis to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, enclosing two photos of a redacted suspect and four copies of an insert reflecting a review of the suspect's milita…

File reference number and dictation initials for the document. Military service records from the National Personnel Records Center showing an individual served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1956–1959) a…

Page 2 of an FBI investigative form (case SL 164-63) containing personal identifying information fields for a subject. Most fields (addresses, relatives, VA claim number, social security number, sele…

Date of the airtel communication. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC St. Louis regarding NORJAK case. Investigation to date has yielded negative results in locating a redacted suspect. St. Louis is requ…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports investigation conducted by SA William R. Jenkins on 12/31/71 in Amarillo, Texas, a…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office (file 164-81) to Dallas and St. Louis field offices, dated December 30, 1971 at 7:43 PM. FBI NORJAK teletype describing a suspect whose resemblance to…

Page header with page number and case file number SE 184-81. A subject from Amarillo, Texas knew a redacted individual in Vietnam and may have kept in contact. The redacted person graduated from a p…

Teletype routing header indicating a nitel (night teletype) message from the Atlanta FBI field office to Seattle, dated 12/29/71, referencing case file numbers 164-81 and 164-254. Redacted content u…

Teletype header indicating a night message sent from Seattle FBI field office to Atlanta, dated December 28, 1971, regarding the NORJAK case. Teletype body describing a suspect resembling the NORJAK…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype from the Seattle field office, case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype reporting negative results in locating a redacted individu…

Header of an FBI Airtel memo from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/21/71. San Francisco field office reports that a suspect's name was not found in military records a…

Teletype header from St. Louis FBI office sent to Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle offices on December 28, 1971 at 11:46 PM. NORJAK teletype from St. Louis reporting that a suspect's military…

Teletype from FBI Seattle to FBI St. Louis referencing a Los Angeles teletype from December 17, instructing St. Louis to discontinue a lead to review military records concerning a redacted individual…

Teletype header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) message sent from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle and St. Louis, dated December 17, 1971, regarding the NORJAK case. FBI teletype referenc…

Case number and page continuation header for an FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office. Page two of an FBI teletype from the LA field office regarding the D.B. Cooper case. Reports that a su…

Handwritten classification or sub-file notation. FBI San Francisco NITEL to Director and Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports that a contact at the United States Parachute Association in Monterey,…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to New Haven and Seattle offices, dated December 2, 1971 at 10:41 PM. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Air…

FBI case number and page identifier. Investigation of a suspect in July 1971 showing employment at Ralph M. Parsons. Santa Barbara Police Department records revealed Donald Ern Nelson, DOB February…

FBI case file number and page indicator for Los Angeles field office file 164-497, page five. An individual reported information to the FBI regarding the hijacking, apparently motivated by a possibl…

Case number and page indicator for this teletype page. A suspect was described and interviewed. After viewing the artist's conception sketch of the hijacker, the interviewee advised it does not appe…

Case number and page identifier for this teletype page. Page seven of an FBI teletype regarding investigation of a skydiving club in the East Los Angeles area in connection with the D.B. Cooper hija…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office (file 164-81) to St. Louis, dated December 1, 1971 at 10:47 AM. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: UNSUB on Northwest Airlines F…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype, case number 164-81. Instructions to the St. Louis FBI field office to locate a redacted suspect's service record at the Army Record Cen…

Teletype routing header: urgent message from Seattle field office (file 164-81) to Los Angeles, dated November 30, 1971. Subject line identifying the NORJAK case: unknown subject hijacked Northwest…

Header indicating this is page two of a document with Seattle file number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype directing the FBI Los Angeles field office to conduct leads on an unnamed subject who was…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a redacted SPC to SAC Seattle, regarding the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. A caller fro…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, from SA Donald J. Steele, regarding the NORJAK case and a suspect whose name is redacted. An employer confirmed that a suspect was employed full…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, from SA Louis M. Harris Jr., regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71, classified under CAA - Hijacking; Extort…

Header of a US Government memorandum from SA Reese H. Chipman to SAC Seattle, dated 12/10/71, regarding NORJACK case. Charlotte FBI office eliminated a NORJACK suspect because the individual was ver…

Teletype routing header from Charlotte FBI field office to Seattle, dated December 8, 1971, regarding NORJAK case file 164-81. Handwritten annotation, likely a routing or processing notation. Charl…

Teletype header indicating a message sent from FBI Seattle to Charlotte at 3:36 AM on December 8, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper case: unknown subject hijacking of Northwest Airlines…

Page header indicating this is page two of an FBI document with Seattle field office case number 164-81. Redacted text indicating several persons advised that a formerly-known individual fits the de…

Page header indicating this is page three of a teletype, Seattle FBI file number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype (page 3) reporting that Veterans Administration Hospital records in Seattle show a…

Header of a US Government memorandum from SA Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown subject who hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. On 12/2/71 a redacted individu…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case. On December 6, 1971, an FBI Special Agent contact…

Header block of a US Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (NORJAK). Lists the case as UNKNOWN SUBJECT, Northw…

Header block identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Seattle, from SA Louis M. Harris Jr., regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71, classified as CAA hijacking and…

FBI FOI/PA header identifying this as a Deleted Page Information Sheet associated with case FOI/PA# 1:16-cv-01790-03. Indicates 2 pages were deleted from this section: page 6 as a duplicate and page…

Partial header or tab markings at the very top of the page; largely illegible. A volume-separator card indicating that the case file continues in the next volume. Two punch holes are visible on the…

Handwritten annotation noting the suspect connection to sky diving. FBI NITEL teletype from SAC Butte to SAC Los Angeles and SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Reports that a sour…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message from FBI Seattle office (file 164-81) to Butte office, dated November 29, 1971. Case title line identifying the NORJAK case: unknown subject hija…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, file number 164-81, from SPC Francis E. Entler regarding the UNSUB skyjacking of Northwest Flight 305 on 11/24/71, classified as CAA - Hijacking; Extortion.…

Teletype routing header from Charlotte FBI field office to Seattle, dated December 10-11, 1971. Charlotte field office reports on NORJAK suspect Otis P. Freedle, a retired Army sergeant residing in…

Teletype routing header from Charlotte field office to St. Louis, Portland, and Seattle offices, dated December 2, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines F…

Case number and page indicator for page two of a teletype communication. Results of credit and identification checks in North Carolina locations, all returning negative. Records holding inquiry resu…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from Indianapolis field office to Charlotte, Phoenix, and Seattle offices on November 29, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hij…

Continuation header for FBI teletype regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, Northwest Airlines Flight 727, page two. Subject has twenty years of active military service and is apparently awaiting reti…

Teletype header indicating an urgent message sent from Phoenix field office (file 164-100) to Seattle, Charlotte, and Indianapolis offices on November 29, 1971 at 10:22 AM. Subject line identifying…

Page header identifying this as page two of teletype PX 164-100. A witness (First Sergeant Troy Oates) at the 623rd Quartermaster Corps in Camrahn Bay, Vietnam, describes suspect FNU Fredal (phoneti…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated 10/8/74, regarding NORJAK case, Sub J - Miscellaneous Information. Dick Wayne Stafford contacted the FBI on 9…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated February 22, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. The sender (Special Agent) name is redacted. Witness Cord Spreckel, a business pers…

FBI internal memorandum dated 2/14/72 from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). On 2/11/72, photographs of several suspects were shown to a witness in Seattle.…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from Special Agent Louis M. Harris, Jr. to the SAC in Seattle regarding the unknown hijacker of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Handwritten…

FBI file number and office code designation. A numbered list of suspect or subject names associated with the D.B. Cooper case. Numbers 23 and 270 appear as index or reference numbers beside certain…

FBI internal memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAC (D.B. Cooper) case. Manning obtained a photograph of Anthony (Tony) Fernandez from the Longview Daily News morgue (phot…

Dark, grainy photograph or microfiche artifact spanning the top of the page. Content is largely indiscernible. FBI Office Memorandum dated 12/6/71 from a Special Agent (redacted) to SAC regarding th…

Header block identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Seattle, prepared by SA Thomas J. Manning, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. ASAC Bibler relayed a tip…

Header block of an FBI memo from the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case, Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71. An Assistant US Attorney received a ca…

Header of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAC case, dated July 5, 1973. SA name and RE line are redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. FBI memo concluding that a suspect is unlikely to…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles FBI field office to Seattle, San Diego, and San Francisco offices, sent December 3, 1971 at 8:26 PM. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case:…

Case number and page indicator for this teletype continuation. List of major motion picture and television studios in the Los Angeles/Hollywood area, including Academy Films, Columbia Pictures, Walt…

Page three of an LA field office teletype (file 164-497) stating that an intelligent search of Hollywood writing sources requires the full name of a specific writer; Los Angeles will take no further…

San Francisco FBI office teletype to Director and Seattle advising that lists referenced in a prior November 27 NITEL were delayed in preparation, are being xeroxed, and will be transmitted to the Bu…

San Francisco FBI field office teletype to Director and Seattle office regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Advises that lists referenced in a prior teletype (November 26) will not be available…

Teletype routing header from San Diego FBI field office to Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles offices, sent urgently at 6:25 PM on November 27, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hi…

Page header indicating this is page two of a multi-page document. A large handwritten X mark spanning across the upper portion of the page, likely indicating the page has been reviewed or crossed ou…

Page header indicating this is page three of a multi-page document. Physical description of a suspect: olive complexion, dark brown/black hair with normal cut, low ear-level sideburns, possibly brow…

Page header indicating this is page four of a multi-page teletype or report. An individual advised on the best method to drop a package from an aircraft: fly low, slow, with cabin depressurized, and…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco field office to Seattle, San Diego, and Los Angeles offices, sent urgent on 11/27/71. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: NWA Flight 3…

Page header with page number and case file reference SF 164-220. Continuation from a prior page describing an individual who explained he was writing a script involving throwing an object from a pla…

Continuation header indicating this is page three of an FBI teletype filed under San Francisco case number 164-220. Continuation of a teletype message discussing an unidentified person who stated a…

FBI FD-125 Record Request form dated 7/6/73 for subject Teo Olofin, residing at 95th NE or NW Seattle. Credit, Criminal, Motor Vehicle, and Driver's License checks were requested. The purpose was to…

FBI FD-125 Record Request form for a criminal background check on Edmund C. Oldfin Jr., SSN 532-26-0259, white male, filed under case 164-81 (SUB 25 ONLY). Handwritten notes indicating this is a NOR…

FBI index card or record sheet for Edmund Charles Oldfin, referencing reports (rpts). The entry is numbered 033 and dated sometime in August 1971. The subject heading is 'INDECENT EXPOSURE' describin…