Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA deleted page information sheet associated with case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. List of 27 deleted pages from the FOIA release, with reasons given as either Dup…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. FBI memo from an SA to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, sub-file 25 on Ted Oldfin. A DMV check on 7/10/73 revealed Edmund Charles Oldfin Jr. held a W…

Handwritten sub-file designation indicating this document belongs to Sub 25 of the case file. Reference or index numbers, possibly file tracking codes. 071173 likely refers to date 07/11/73. FBI Se…

Vehicle registration or records check result for a 1968 Volkswagen Transporter (R73 color code) registered to OLDFIN EDMUND C JR at a Seattle address, with PACNB (Pacific National Bank) listed at 900…

FBI memo dated 7/11/73 regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation, Sub. No. 25 concerning Ted Oldsin. Records checks at Seattle Police Department and King County Department of Public Safety yielded…

An informant telephonically contacted the FBI Seattle office on 11/29/71 to report that the artist's sketch of the UNSUB in the Northwest Flight 305 hijacking resembled a man named Ted Oldfin. Oldfin…

Standard US Government memorandum form (Optional Form No. 10, May 1962 edition). All fields (TO, FROM, SUBJECT, DATE) are blank or redacted. The body of the memo is entirely blank. Standard US Savin…

Teletype header indicating a nitel (night telegram) sent from FBI Albuquerque to FBI Seattle on 12/17/71 at 5:30 PM, referencing case numbers 164-81 and 149-131. Teletype from FBI Albuquerque regard…

Teletype routing header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) sent at 9:36 PM on 12/16/71 from San Francisco FBI field office to Albuquerque and Seattle offices. Opening of teletype referencing the NO…

Teletype header from Albuquerque FBI field office to San Francisco and Seattle offices, dated December 16, 1971, regarding the NORJACK case. Body of teletype referencing prior Seattle communications…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype or airtel from the Albuquerque field office, file number 149-131. Continuation of a lead or investigative communication. A subject's employment…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from the Seattle FBI field office to the Albuquerque field office on December 7, 1971. Standard case identification line for the D.B. Cooper…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype, case number 164-81. Page two of an FBI teletype regarding a subject who left Seattle on a Sunday night heading to California and then b…

Header identifying this as a communication to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) of the Seattle FBI field office, case file 164-81, dated December 6, 1971. The reporting Special Agent's name is redact…

FBI file number for the document, likely a Bureau field office case designation. Redacted sentence indicating the subject was shown as employed by a redacted entity, with a redacted location or cont…

Teletype routing header from Albuquerque FBI field office to Seattle, dated December 3, 1971. Reference to D.B. Cooper hijacking case (NWA Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, Nov 24, 1971). Investigati…

Teletype header indicating a nitel (night teletype) message sent from FBI Seattle office (file 164-81) to FBI Albuquerque office on 12/2/71 at 7:34 PM. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijac…

Standard US Government memorandum header for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 11/29/71. The sender is redacted. A tipster telephonically contacted the FBI Seattle offi…

Memo header showing SAC Seattle office, case number 164-81 (partially redacted), dated 2/28/72, with SA name redacted, under NORJAK case heading. Witness Cord Spreckel was shown a photograph of susp…

Document header with case number PD 164-41, dictated by RPC:csm, page 1. Handwritten or stamped annotation, appears to read 'Film'. An FBI special agent showed photographs to a redacted witness in…

Document header showing case/file reference PD 164-41, typist initials RPC:csm, and page number 2. List of named individuals with associated numbers/identifiers. Joseph H. Johnston is linked to the…

Standard FBI memorandum header from SA Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71). Dated 1/7/72. A wi…

Case number and initials header for the document. A numbered list of names, likely suspects or persons of interest in the D.B. Cooper case. Each name has a redacted box to its left, presumably conta…

Standard FBI memorandum header from SA Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305, 11/24/71). A witness in Seattle was shown suspect…

Case number and initials at top of page A list of names in a tabular/boxed format, possibly suspects or persons of interest. Each name appears in a separate row with small checkbox squares to the le…

FBI teletype from Minneapolis field office to Director and multiple field offices regarding NORJAK investigation. Reports that suspect photos were shown to Northwest Airlines personnel on January 5 a…

Case number and page indicator for the Minneapolis field office document, page two. A list of suspect names furnished to the FBI Minneapolis Division by Northwest Airlines. Several entries are redac…

Teletype case number and page continuation header. Continuation (page three) of a teletype message regarding Burton H King, held at Minnesota State Prison number 20190. Wayne King is also mentioned.…

Teletype routing header from Portland field office to Seattle and Chicago, marked urgent, dated January 6, 1972. NORJAK case codename reference line. References prior communications (airtels, nitel…

Case number and page indicator for the teletype continuation. List of individuals associated with various FBI field offices, some names redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. An unidentified witness rev…

Header of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Denver to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/30/71. Subject identity redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Body of memo describes follow-up on a NORJAK su…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 17, 1971. Airtel from SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, enclosing inserts and FD-302 reports for investigation of WILL…

Dallas FBI field office case file number for the D.B. Cooper case. Subject reference line with name redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. FOIA exemption codes indicating redaction for personal…

Case file number, agent initials, and page indicator. FBI investigation report by SA Harry J. Morgan conducted at Dallas, Texas. A tipster telephonically contacted the Dallas FBI Office on November…

FBI case file number and page continuation number. SA conducted investigation in Texas. On November 30, 1971, a Sheriff's Office representative and a Police Department representative advised their f…

FBI case number and page continuation number. On December 3, 1971, a redacted individual was shown a photograph and confirmed it was identical to a person they had previously referenced. Copies of t…

Teletype routing header from San Antonio field office to Denver and Seattle, dated December 17, 1971 at 11:29 PM. NORJAK teletype from San Antonio reporting military personnel records from Randolph…

Standard US Government memorandum header from an SA (Special Agent) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A witness in Seattle was shown photographs of several suspect sub…

Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle dated 12/3/71 regarding suspect William F. Johnson in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A redacted source reported hearing the FBI was checking…

Header of a US Government memorandum from SAC Seattle to file 164-81, dated 11/29/71, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. Handwritten annotation identifying suspect name…

Standard USG memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 12/3/71, regarding the NORJAK hijacking investigation. Investigation into Edmund Charles Oldkin/Oldfin Jr. as a potential suspec…

Reference or routing numbers at the top of the document. FBI Seattle name registration check indicating Edmund Charles Oldkin is not found in FBI files. Location noted as Olympia, VA. FBI Seattle p…

Handwritten case or date reference, likely 164-81 referring to the case file number suffix or a date notation. Computerized record check query for name OLDKIEC (Oldkin, Edmund Charles) with DOB 1218…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An informant provided information about Edmund Charles Oldfin, Jr. (aka Ted Oldfin), describing him as 6'1", 155 pounds, black…

FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle from a Special Agent, regarding the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. A female caller telephonically adv…

Date of the memo Memo header identifying the case as the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71, classified as hijacking and extortion, office of origin Seattle.…

Teletype routing header from San Diego FBI field office to Seattle, sent as a night teletype on December 7, 1971. Handwritten annotation, likely a serial or submission number. FBI San Diego teletyp…

Date of the memo. FBI Airtel from SAC WFO to SAC Seattle regarding suspect James Dwight Booth in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71). A phot…

Standard FBI memorandum header identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent, regarding suspect number 29, James D. Booth. Investigation confirms…

Black-and-white photograph of a suspect, appears to be a headshot/portrait style photo of a male individual. Image is dark and grainy. Handwritten notation identifying the suspect as James Dwight Bo…

Teletype header with transmission codes, timestamps, and urgency designation. Declassification stamp indicating the document was declassified per FBI automatic declassification guide on August 16, 2…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI office to Seattle and Washington Field offices, sent urgently on December 2, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest A…

Continuation header with San Francisco field office case number. Continuation of a teletype requesting the Washington Field Office obtain a photo of a person named Booth from United States Coast Gua…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message from FBI Seattle to FBI San Francisco, dated December 1, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Flight…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype directing FBI San Francisco to furnish Seattle with the most recent photo of Booth and to d…

Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK hijacking case. A witness was contacted on 11-26-71 who, after reading newspaper accounts of the hijacki…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. A redacted source felt that BOOTH had traveled extensively and was familiar with or from the Pacific Northwest. CWO W. A…

U.S. Coast Guard form for lost merchant mariner documents filed by James Dwight Booth, born December 1, 1927 in Duluth, Minnesota. He held document number Z-639 126, last served as Oiler on SS North…

Handwritten section of a U.S. Coast Guard form describing the loss of discharge documents spanning 1942-1952, which were turned in to the Coast Guard office in San Francisco on 19 Dec 1952 when the i…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from FBI Seattle (file 164-81) to FBI Milwaukee (file 164-36) on December 7, 1971 at 12:56 PM. Standard case title block identifying the D.B…

Header of a U.S. Government memorandum from SA Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) who hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight #305 from Portland to Seattle on…

Header block of an FBI memo from the Seattle field office dated December 6, 1971, regarding the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper hijacking case, Flight 305, filed under case number 164-81. Sub-file 30 investiga…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office). On December 2, 1971, Seattle Police Department and King County Sheriff's Office records were checked with no results. A…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to the SAC in Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking investigation, dated December 6, 1971. An FBI Special Agent contacted and showed…

Header of a U.S. Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated 12/3/71, regarding the unknown subject who hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/…

Teletype header showing transmission from FBI Seattle office (file 164-81) to FBI Milwaukee office (file 164-36), sent 12/2/71 via NITEL. FBI Seattle teletype to Milwaukee regarding Subject #30, Law…

Urgent teletype from FBI Milwaukee to FBI Seattle regarding the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking (D.B. Cooper case). A Milwaukee source, after seeing the composite drawing of the unsub publish…

Page two of a multi-page FBI teletype or report regarding a suspect tip in the D.B. Cooper case. A female informant (name redacted) in Seattle advised that a subject had previously been in Milwaukee…

Page three of a teletype describing a suspect with heavy eyebrows, heavy smoker, always wore sunglasses, well dressed. A female source attempted to locate someone to show him the composite drawing. T…

FBI memo header from SAC Seattle office, dated 11/29/71, regarding the NORJAK hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. A female informant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin saw the composite dra…

Page 2 of an FBI report (SE 164-81) containing a detailed physical description of a subject identified as FRANK. Includes military service dates (1959-1961), honorable discharge from U.S. Army, Wisco…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office file 164-81). An informant reported that a subject belonged to the International Accounting Society despite having no deg…

FBI FOIA/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet for case 1:16-cv-01790-03. Lists 73 total deleted pages with reasons: pages withheld as duplicates, under FOIA exemptions b3 and b6 (protection of intellige…

List of six pages identified as duplicates within the file (pages 199, 205, 220, 223, 225, and 227). Standard FBI FOIA/PA deleted page(s) notice indicating that the listed duplicate pages have been…

FBI internal memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle (Olympia office) regarding NORJAK case, dated 7/21/92. Sender and some recipients are redacted. An unidentified white male walked into the Oly…

Standard FBI interoffice memorandum header regarding NORJAK case, addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent, dated November 13, 1972. Concerns suspects Don Brenner (Sub 31) and Don Brenn…

Date of the airtel. Airtel from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK subject. References suspect Don Brenner. A redacted source in Kalispell, Montana advised that he could not locate a photogra…

Urgent teletype from FBI Sacramento to FBI Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Don Brennan. Reports that Donald A. Brennan worked as a smoke jumper in Redding, California during summer of 1958. Federal…

Teletype header showing case number SC 164-58 and page designation. Smoke jumper Bob Cersh of Redding provides information about a suspect named Brennan. Cersh stated Brennan is the type who would a…

Case number and page indicator for a multi-page teletype document. Continuation of a teletype directing the Seattle field office to locate a suspect in Olympia, Washington and determine whereabouts…

Handwritten filing notations indicating sub-file numbers. Urgent teletype from Portland FBI to Seattle and Sacramento regarding NORJAK suspect Don Brennan (also spelled Brenner). A redacted source i…

Case number and page indicator for a continuation page of an FBI teletype or report. FBI teletype (page two) regarding investigation of Don Brennan, a smoke jumper. On August 11, 1972, the Siskiyou…

Teletype routing header from Butte FBI field office to Seattle and Portland, sent urgent on August 7, 1972. Handwritten sub-file notation. FBI teletype from Butte field office regarding NORJAK susp…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle, dated March 1, 1972, regarding NORJAJ (D.B. Cooper case). A witness viewed suspect photographs on March 1, 1972 an…

Standard US Government memorandum header from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated February 28, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper hijacking). Witness Cord Spreckel, a passenger who obser…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 2/11/72. Sender (SA) is redacted. Subject is NORJAK. An FBI agent showed photographs of several pers…

FBI memo regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, Sub. 31 Donald Allen Brennan. An agent followed up on a previous memo dated 1/3/72 by contacting the Washington DMV Operator's License Section in Olympia…

Driver's license or identification record header for Donald Allen Brennan showing physical descriptors and coded record fields. Coded record entries with dates 1967-10-11 and 1969-05-07, likely rela…

Header of an FBI investigative report filed under NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), Seattle field office file 164-81, regarding subject DON BRENNAR (Sub. 31). Investigation conducted December 14, 1971. Inv…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Leads section directing the Seattle field office to investigate at Olympia, Washington whether DON BRENNAN is identical with…

Header of a US Government memorandum from SPC (redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB hijacking of NW Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. A tipster called at 6:20 PM on 11/26/71 suggesting the U…

FBI teletype from Seattle to Portland dated 12/19/71 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a Portland teletype from December 12. States that a redacted individual has been eliminated as…

Urgent teletype from Portland FBI office to Seattle regarding NORJAK case. References a Los Angeles teletype sent to multiple field offices on December 1, 1971. Portland requests status update on whe…

Inter-office FBI memo from SAC Honolulu to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305, 11/24/71). Honolulu is forwarding nine copies each of six FD-302 interv…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date of 12/3/71. Page number is 1. An interview subject (name redacted) states he was employed by a redacted entity. He says he vague…

FBI form number and revision date Interview with a redacted individual who advised that a firm entered bankruptcy several years ago. Pertinent records were furnished to a Federal bankruptcy referee.…

Case file number and page indicator for this FBI document, page 2 of a sub-document. Heavily redacted fragment of an FBI interview or report. A redacted individual states they have no idea where ano…

An FD-302 interview form dated 12/3/71. Nearly all substantive content is redacted under b6, b7C, and b7D exemptions. The visible fragments indicate that an individual advised something (redacted) an…

Standard FBI FD-302 form revision identifier. FBI header with page number and transcription date. An FAA official (Mrs., name redacted) reported that her records showed only a letter on Hawaiian Ai…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date. Heavily redacted FD-302 interview content. An unidentified person advised that he recalled something and agree…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with form revision date and transcription date. A redacted individual advised that their records contained information regarding a redacted person's application…

Case file number and page number for this document. Heavily redacted text indicating someone left their employment and that a file contained a letter dated at an unknown time. Names, employer, and d…

File number, agent initials, and page number for the FBI report. Administrative section of an FBI report documenting an investigation conducted in Honolulu, Hawaii by Special Agent Theodore F. Bruhl…

Case file number, agent initials, and page number header. Introduction identifying the investigating Special Agent, location, and date of investigation. A contact at the HPD Identification Division…

Case file number, typist initials, and page number for Honolulu FBI field office file 164-85. SA Theodore F. Bruhl conducted an investigation in Honolulu on December 1, 1971. The Honolulu Police Dep…

FBI file number, dictating agent initials, and page number of the report continuation. An agent checked records by name and address for a redacted individual; no record was found. A female resident…

Case file reference number, typist initials, and page number for this FBI document. A partially visible sentence indicating someone (name redacted under b6/b7C exemptions) said that according to her…

Handwritten header labels indicating this teletype is a sub-ticket related to evidence. Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to Director and multiple field offices, sent December 7,…

Teletype header showing message sent from Seattle field office (file 164-81) to multiple FBI field offices at 11:59 PM on December 6, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: u…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle and Miami offices, marked urgent, dated December 6, 1971. San Francisco FBI office teletype regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. An FBI Special Agent contacted an individual by telephone and showed them a group of photographs including that of a suspect in the D.B. Cooper hijacki…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from Special Agent Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24…

Date of the document. Standard FBI airtel header from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. Body of memo referencing a C…

Airtel memo header from SAC Seattle to SAC Minneapolis regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, Northwest Airlines Flight #305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71. Body of memo referencing a Miami telet…

Standard US Government memorandum header from an FBI Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, dated 12/3/71, regarding the NORJAK hijacking case. List of suspects being discussed in this memo,…

Date of the airtel document. FBI Airtel from SAC Washington Field Office to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71, referencing a prior WFO teletype date…

Teletype routing header from Miami field office to Director, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle offices, dated December 2, 1971. Subject line identifying the NORJAK case: unknown subject hijacking…

Page two of an FBI teletype (case MM 164-552) coordinating between San Francisco, New York, Seattle, and Miami field offices regarding a suspect in the D.B. Cooper case. San Francisco determined a su…

Date of the airtel document. Standard FBI airtel header from SAC New York to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB hijacking of a Northwest Airlines 727 in Portland, Oregon on 11/24/71. Body of the airte…

FBI case file number header for the New York field office, file 164-NEW. Heavily redacted continuation of an FBI interview or report. The subject could recall no specific information and could furni…

FD-302 interview form header indicating that on 11/30/71, a Xerox copy of an application for employment was made available. The recipient and subject details are redacted under b6, b7C, and b7D priva…

Teletype header from Miami field office to FBI Director and Seattle, regarding UNSUB Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on November 24, 1971. Miami office plans to interview a redacted individu…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype from the Miami field office (MM 164-552) providing a physical description of a subject: 5'10" to 5'11", 160–165 lbs, blonde hair, blue eyes, medium complexi…

Teletype routing header from Los Angeles field office (164-497) to multiple FBI field offices including Seattle, Butte, Portland, Honolulu, New York, San Francisco, and Cincinnati. Sent at 11:59 PM o…

Case number and page indicator for FBI Los Angeles field office file 164-497, page two of a multi-page document. Continuation (page 2) of an FBI investigative report under case LA 164-497. Agents co…

Page three of an FBI report (LA 164-497) containing a subject's personal identification fields — complexion, marital status, occupation, employer, California residences, mother's name, FBI number, CI…

FBI case number and page indicator for a multi-page teletype or report. Redacted block likely containing personal identifying information about a subject. Reference to a subject's military service…

FBI Los Angeles field office case number and page indicator. Suspect Michael Charles Sullivan, born December 14, 1940 in Kellogg, Idaho, was interviewed at his Pasadena, California residence on Dece…

Case number and page identifier for the teletype/report. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page 6) regarding an interview of a subject in California. The interviewee states a close acquaintance arriv…

Continuation of teletype (page 7) regarding an arrest by a sheriff's office on November 25. Search yielded only small hand tools. Secret Service interest in subject due to President Nixon's security…

Case number and page indicator for this teletype page. Continuation (page 8) of an FBI teletype in the D.B. Cooper case. Discusses distributing artist sketch and descriptive data to develop suspects…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco field office to multiple FBI offices, sent urgently on December 1, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: unknown subject on Northw…

Page two of an FBI teletype concerning a person traveling between Oakland and Miami. The FBI Seattle office requests the Miami office to interview an individual and obtain a photograph to furnish to…

Teletype routing header from FBI Honolulu to Director and Seattle, sent urgently on December 1, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Flight 305 from Port…

Page two of an FBI teletype regarding a subject with a forwarding address in New York and connections to Hawaii. Hawaii driver's license records show no current license for the subject mentioned. Pre…

Memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler regarding a call from SA C.R. Stranger in Los Angeles about transmitting a photo via facsimile related to the D.B. Cooper UNSUB investigation. Stranger indicated an airt…

FBI facsimile transmittal form from the Los Angeles field office (file 164-499) to Seattle, dated 12/1/71, regarding the UNSUB (unknown subject) Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking from Portland…

Teletype routing header from New York field office (file 164-627) to Seattle, sent urgent on December 1, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Flight 305,…

Teletype header indicating a message sent at 2:50 AM on December 1, 1971, from the Alexandria field office (file 164-72) to Seattle. Subject line of the teletype referencing the UNSUB (unknown subje…

Upper section of the page is blank or fully redacted. Two hole punches visible at top. Scattered specks likely scanner artifacts. Lower section is a bordered box whose content has been fully redacte…

Teletype routing header from FBI Honolulu office (file 164-85) to FBI Seattle office (file 164-81) via Washington, sent urgently on November 30, 1971 at 3:34 PM HST. Subject line identifying the NOR…

Page two of an FBI document (case HN 164-85 P) containing heavily redacted personal information about a subject. Visible fragments indicate locations in California and Hawaii, references to a claimed…

Page header indicating this is the third page of a multi-page teletype. Redacted biographical details about a subject, noting they attended an illegible institution and resided somewhere in the vici…

FBI teletype header from New York field office sent urgently on November 30, 1971 to multiple field offices regarding the UNSUB Northwest Airlines 727 hijacking in Portland, Oregon on November 24, 19…

Continuation (page two) of a teletype message from FBI Seattle indicating that a facsimile photo and background information regarding a redacted individual will follow by airtel. The message ends wit…

Teletype routing header from Butte FBI field office to Phoenix, Portland, and Seattle offices, dated November 29, 1971. Butte FBI office reports that an Imperial County Sheriff's Office contact in W…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype regarding case 164-26, instructing contact with USFS Region Six in Portland, Oregon to determine if a redacted individual was ever employed there. Subject n…

Teletype transmission header showing message number, priority, date/time, and operator initials. Routing block listing recipient FBI field offices and originating office (Phoenix, file 164-100). Su…

Page header indicating this is the second page of a multi-page document. Redacted passage where a source advised about the last time they saw an individual, with a reference to a person whose name i…

Page three of a multi-page FBI teletype or lead assignment document directing field offices (Butte, Honolulu, Los Angeles) to conduct investigations related to a suspect described as a white male, Am…

Page header indicating this is page four of a multi-page teletype. Continuation of a teletype directing FBI field offices to conduct investigative actions: locating a redacted individual, conducting…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from a Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case. Memo reports on efforts to identify a subject through Vancouver PD and Clark County…

Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from Special Agent Thomas J. Manning to the SAC in Seattle, dated January 19, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper). Follow-up memo noting th…

FBI memo from SAC Seattle dated 1/11/72 regarding NORJAK suspect Don Wilson (Sub 33). References a Seattle memo from 12/27/71. On January 5, 1972, a contact at the Postal Inspector's Office in Tacoma…

Header block of an FBI memo from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated 12/27/71, regarding the NORJAK hijacking/extortion case and an unnamed suspect, referencing a prior memo dated 12/15/71. Search…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. FBI report page describing a subject known by aliases, with records from the Tacoma Police Department. Physical descripti…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated December 15, 1971. The FROM field (Special Agent name) is redacted. Subject is NORJAK (the FBI codename fo…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office, NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case. An informant describes a suspect who may have committed the hijacking, noting the suspect is intelligent, shrewd, familiar…

Continuation of an FBI report (page 3 of a sub-document) under case SE 164-81. An unidentified field office or agent at a redacted location in Washington state is tasked with determining if a redacte…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from Special Agent Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (file 164-81), dated December 4, 1971. Body of the memo…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, regarding the UNSUB in the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. A caller in Seattle phoned at 6:15 PM on 11/27/71 t…

Standard FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated 12/6/71. Identifies the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, Northwest Airlines Flight #305, Portland to Seattle, 11/24/71. Classified as C…

FBI case file number header for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Redacted passage describing a request that a Special Agent not contact someone concerning the subject. Someone proceeded to…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office, file 164-81. Concluding recommendation that no further investigation be conducted on this suspect, based on preceding information. Page number 3 o…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from a Special Agent to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge) in Seattle, regarding the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. An informant contact…

Standard FD-302 interview form header with FBI seal and date of transcription. An unnamed female witness in Washington was interviewed about the activities of a redacted male individual during the e…

Standard FBI FD-302 interview form header with form revision date and transcription date. Witness in Washington state reports seeing and hearing a small single-engine plane with a light blue fuselag…

Standard FD-302 form header with date of transcription. A female witness in Washington state reports observing a small single-engine plane circle and land on the evening of November 24, 1971 (the ni…

Standard FD-302 interview report header with form revision date and transcription date of 12/9/71. Continuation of an FD-302 interview. A female witness in Washington state advised that no one lande…

FBI form identifier and revision date Standard FD-302 header with page number and transcription date Witness reported observing a small low-wing white airplane with a brownish blue stripe and parti…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date of 12/9/71. A witness in Washington stated something about the afternoon of November 24, 1971, but does not recall seeing an air…

Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A witness in Washington reported seeing a small airplane circling extremely low on November 24, 1971, between 8:00 PM and 8:30…

Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and transcription date. A male witness in Washington reported observing a small metallic-colored airplane circling low over his home on November 24, 19…

FBI form identifier and revision date. Document header with transcription date. Female witness in Washington state reported a small plane circling low over her residence prior to and after 5:00 PM…

FBI form number and revision date header. Document title and date line of FD-302 interview report. A witness reported observing an airplane flying near a redacted airfield on the night of November…

Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle with case number and date. Special Agent name redacted under b6/b7c privacy exemptions. Subject block identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: UNSUB on North…

Header block of an FBI memo from SAC Seattle, assigned to SA Thomas J. Manning, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. An FBI agent reports that a contact in Was…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 12/6/71, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, NW Airlines Flight #305 hijacking case. Supervisor Price called from…

Standard FBI interoffice memo header from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle, regarding the Dan Cooper hijacking case on NW Airlines Flight 305. Handwritten marginal notes indicating subject areas:…

Internal FBI memo from SA Charles E. Farrell to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. SA Thomas J. Manning advised that the suspect aircraft spotted near Yacolt, Washington could be a…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from Seattle FBI field office to Portland on November 30, 1971. Case identification line for the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype under case number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype instructing the Portland field office to attempt contact with a redacted individual…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from Seattle to Portland on November 23, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portl…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype with Seattle file number 1S4-31. Continuation of a teletype message in which a source reported information about small landing strips ne…

Header of an FBI memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK hijacking case, Northwest Airlines Flight 305, dated 11/28/71. Report of a door-to-door canvass on November 28, 19…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Request to forward aircraft-related information to SA Ralph Himmelsbach in the Portland Division, who has expertise in aircraft registrations…

Date of the airtel memo. Standard FBI AIRTEL routing header from SAC Portland to SAC Sacramento regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten notation, likely an agent's name or routing mark. FBI field r…

Urgent teletype from Sacramento FBI field office to Seattle and Portland, dated November 29, 1971. A sergeant from the South Lake Tahoe Police Department reported that a woman contacted him after see…

Page two of an FBI report (case SC 164-50) in which a female witness describes a male suspect she believes capable of committing the crime. She describes him as extremely intelligent and well educate…

Continuation (page 3) of a teletype instructing agents to use logical sources to discreetly ascertain a redacted individual's whereabouts during the pertinent period to determine if he could be consi…

Header block of an FBI airtel (air delivery teletype) from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing prior airtels dated 12/3/71 and 12/6/71 concerning suspect…

An informant or witness reports periodic contact with subject JAHNS, noting JAHNS returned home from out of town on 12/27/71. The witness considers JAHNS lazy, irresponsible, and someone who does not…

FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland dated 12/6/71 regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, referencing subject HERB JAHNS (Sub. 37) and a Portland telephone call to Seattle on 11/29/71. Chi…

FBI case file number header for the D.B. Cooper case, Seattle field office file 164-31. Instruction to check the jump area near the airport vicinity in Aurora, Oregon. Instruction to contact a reda…

FBI Airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. The memo concerns a lead on Hurbert Fredrick Jahns (previously carried as "Hurb" Jahns). On Decembe…

FBI Seattle field office case number for NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. FBI background information sheet on Hurbert Fredrick Jahns, age 43 as of April 1968, describing his physical characterist…

Standard FBI teletype transmission header form FD-37, dated November 29, 1971, marked PLAINTEXT and URGENT. FBI Portland field office teletype to Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A…

Standard FBI teletype/transmittal form header with blank date and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype (PD 164-41) directing Seattle office to contact the Chief of Police at Woodland regardi…

FBI Laboratory Transmittal Form dated December 7, 1971, addressed to SAC Las Vegas regarding the UNSUB Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71. The document discusses comparison of questi…

FBI Laboratory report header addressed to SAC Las Vegas regarding the UNSUB (unknown subject) case of Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portland to Seattle, hijacking on 11/24/71. Specimens Q1 and Q2 r…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Las Vegas to FBI Director/Laboratory requesting fingerprint examination of a letter and envelope sent to the Reno Evening Gazette, postmarked Oakdale, Ca…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Seattle, sent urgently on November 30, 1971. Standard FBI case subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Fli…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Director, Portland, Seattle, and Sacramento offices. Sent urgently on November 29, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking…

Continuation (page two) of a teletype or internal FBI communication directing that press inquiries be answered by acknowledging that a letter has been furnished to the FBI and that appropriate inquir…

Standard FBI inter-office memo header on Optional Form No. 10, from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), Subject No. 39, dated March 4, 1974. FBI memo documenting i…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office. Continuation of an FBI background report on HARDESTY. Describes his activities after release from supervision in 1955, including membership in Sail…

Header block of an FBI internal memo addressed to SAC Seattle, dated 1/31/74, referencing case NORJAK (164-81) and a prior Seattle memo dated 1/3/74. SA name is redacted. The memo encloses a copy of…

Header block of FBI memo showing case number 164-81, dated 1/3/74, NORJAK case, office of origin Seattle. SA name redacted. Subject line identifying Harold Hardsty as Sub #39 in the NORJAK investiga…

Header of a United States Government memorandum from the FBI Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case. A tipster from Puyallup, WA called the FBI Seattle office to repo…

FBI Seattle memo dated 12/28/71 regarding interview of suspect #40, Donald E. Nelson, in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case. Nelson was interviewed on 12/17/71 in Everett, Washington, where he w…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Physical description of suspect DON NELSON: 49 years old, 5'10 1/2", 145 lbs, light brown hair, brown eyes, medium to rud…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 12/15/71, subject NORJAK. Sender SA name redacted under b6/b7C. FBI investigation into DON E. NELSON (aka DONALD…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. An individual (name redacted) provided information about DON NELSON, stating Nelson is en route to Washington State a…

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

Case number and page indicator for FBI Los Angeles field office file. A composite drawing of the unidentified subject (UNSUB) was shown to a redacted individual who stated the hair line and hair sty…

Page five of an FBI teletype from the Los Angeles field office (LA 164-497) relaying information furnished to the New Haven office. A source reported a tip to the FBI regarding the hijacker reward. A…

Case number and page header for FBI teletype continuation. A source described a skydiving club in the East Los Angeles area with 10-20 members. Discussion among the group was normal interest in the…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle office to Los Angeles, marked urgent, dated December 1, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Portlan…

FBI teletype header indicating an urgent plain text teletype dated November 29, 1971. Teletype from Portland FBI office to Seattle regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case. An anonymous male caller rep…

Header identifying this as an FBI FOI/PA Deleted Page Information Sheet with case number 1:16-cv-01790-03. Listing of 39 deleted pages with reasons: 16 pages marked as Duplicate, 15 pages as Referra…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated December 17, 1971, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from SAC Dallas to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, enclosing inserts and FD-302 re investigation of sub…

FBI Dallas field office case file number for the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper case. Subject line of memo, fully redacted under b6/b7C privacy exemptions. File serial number stamp and Bates number. Serial 1…

FBI case file number, agent initials, and page number. SA Harry J. Morgan conducted an investigation in Dallas, TX on December 6, 1971. A redacted source at the Gillette Company in Dallas advised th…

Teletype routing header from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle, marked urgent, dated December 8, 1971. San Francisco office reports on a suspect investigated in response to a Cincinnati tele…

Standard FBI teletype header indicating a plaintext, urgent facsimile message dated December 7, 1971. Teletype from SAC Chicago to SAC Seattle and Denver regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, referenc…

Standard FBI teletype/airtel header form. Date and transmission details are blank or redacted. Page two of an FBI teletype from the Chicago (CG) field office, case 164-297. Records checks at redacte…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from Seattle field office (case 164-81) to five other FBI field offices on December 8, 1971. Standard FBI teletype subject line identifying…

FBI teletype header from Boston field office to Seattle and Los Angeles regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305). Body of the teletype referencing a Dallas teletype f…

Case number and page indicator for FBI teletype, page two. A large redacted block, likely containing personally identifiable information protected under b6/b7C exemptions. Page two of an FBI telety…

Standard US Government memorandum header from a Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case. An FBI Special Agent showed a group of photographs including a suspect's…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from Dallas FBI office to multiple field offices on December 6, 1971. Standard FBI case subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking o…

Page two of a Dallas FBI teletype (DL 164-191) reporting on an investigation originating from Albuquerque into a subject possibly employed by Gillette Razor Company in Dallas. The subject's employmen…

FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Cincinnati to SAC Seattle, dated 12/2/71, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Cincinnati is forwarding three copies of a photograph of a redacted suspect, referencing a…

Teletype routing header from Albuquerque FBI field office to Dallas, San Francisco, and Seattle offices, marked urgent, dated December 3, 1971. Case identification line for the D.B. Cooper hijacking…

Case number and page continuation header for FBI teletype. Continuation of a teletype describing a suspect: white male adult, 72 inches tall, 185 lbs, blond hair, blue eyes. Recently in Dallas, Texa…

Teletype routing header from Albuquerque field office to Seattle and San Francisco, sent 8:33 PM on December 2, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Flig…

Continuation header indicating this is page two of a teletype communication, Albuquerque field office file 149-131. Discussion of records check through a suspect's employer; suspect currently reside…

Teletype routing header from Omaha field office to Albuquerque, Seattle, St. Louis, and Cincinnati. Sent at 9:27 PM CST on December 1, 1971, as a NITEL (night teletype). Subject line identifying the…

Page two of a teletype or communication regarding an unidentified individual (redacted) who was in Nevada but relocated to New York. The subject stated he had heard someone was moving to California.…

Teletype routing header from Cincinnati FBI field office to Director and Seattle, dated December 1, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: NWA Flight 305, November 24, 1971.…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with case number CI 164-55. Continuation (page two) of a teletype regarding a suspect. References a prior citel from November 29 and an Albuque…

Large redaction bar obscuring the top portion of the document. FBI FOIA exemption codes indicating redacted content is protected under Privacy Act (b6) and law enforcement source/technique exemption…

Handwritten suspect name annotation added to the teletype. FBI NITEL teletype from Oklahoma City office dated November 30, 1971, sent to Director, Dallas, San Francisco, and Seattle field offices re…

Case number and page continuation header for an FBI teletype. A redacted source described a person named Williams as a white male American, 5'11", 185 lbs, with receding dark brown hair, fair comple…

FBI form number and routing notation in upper left corner. FBI headquarters memo addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB hijacking of a Northwest Airlines 727 jet on 11-24-71, classified as CAA…

Teletype routing header from Cincinnati field office (file 164-55) sent urgently to FBI Director and multiple field offices. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: unsub hijacked a…

Page header with page number and case identifier CI 166-55. Cincinnati office reports it is not obtaining a photo for witness display at this time. A redacted individual is described as 6'1", 185 lb…

Standard US Government interoffice memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated February 22, 1972, regarding the NORJAK case. The sender SA name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Witness Cord Spre…

Header of a US Government memorandum from an FBI Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated February 14, 1972. On February 11, 1972, photographs of several suspect…

Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from Special Agent Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305, 11/24/71). Dated January 7,…

File number and initials at top of page, likely case file identifier and author/typist initials. A list of named individuals, likely suspects or persons of interest in the D.B. Cooper case. Each nam…

FBI memo from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle regarding suspect Roland Cecil Lind in the NORJACK case. The DMV in Olympia, Washington provided the driver's license photograph of Lind. Physical descr…

Standard FBI interoffice memo header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, Flight #305 on 11/24/71. Sender SA name is redacted. Handwritten notation 'Sub 42' indicating…

FBI investigative report on suspect Roland C. Lind, aka Ron Lind. A Zales Jewelry Store employee at Renton Shopping Center reported that Lind purchased a $1000 diamond wedding set on credit and disap…

Subject line identifying the suspect under investigation. Interview of a source at Jim Hibel's Standard-Chevron Service in Auburn, WA, who worked with Roland Lind from August 24 to October 24, 1971.…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71), classified under CAA - Hijacking; Extortion. An informant advis…

Header line identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Seattle, file 164-81, dated 12/16/71, from an unidentified Special Agent (redacted). An individual was contacted in Washington on December 13, 19…

FBI teletype from Seattle to Anchorage and Portland (via Washington DC) dated 12/13/71 regarding NORJAK case. References prior communications from late November and early December 1971. States that a…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 7:08 PM on December 10, 1971 from FBI Portland (file 164-41) to Seattle, Anchorage (via Washington D.C.), and Butte. NORJACK teletype ref…

FBI teletype from Seattle to Portland dated December 8, 1971, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. References a prior Butte teletype dated November 29. Inves…

Handwritten annotation in upper left margin Date of the airtel FBI Airtel header from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK / D.B. Cooper hijacking case, Northwest Airlines Flight 305,…

FBI case file number for the Anchorage field office division, file 164-59. Heavily redacted paragraph referencing a person ('He added') and a date of 12/1/71 where someone located an address for a r…

Standard US Government memorandum header from an FBI Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK/DB Cooper case — the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 from Portland…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated December 2, 1971. Airtel from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case, Northwest Airlines Flight #305, Portland…

Assignment note for the Anchorage Division to report on investigation results from Fairbanks, Alaska, and relay any additional information received. Continuation of document text, but too degraded t…

File reference numbers and dictation initials for the FBI memo. Subject line of the memo, fully redacted. An unidentified female SA (Special Agent) source advised on November 30, 1971, that she cou…

Case file header with file numbers AN 164-59 and SE 164-81, dictated by agent with initials JHF, transcribed by rmm. Page 1 of a sub-document. An unidentified female source (name redacted) advised a…

Header block of an FBI memo addressed from the Anchorage field office to the Seattle SAC, regarding the UNSUB hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. Body of memo referencing a Butte teletype an…

Continuation of an FBI report (AN 164-59) describing a suspect or person of interest. A redacted individual provided information and materials to the FBI. Physical description given: white male, 40 y…

FBI case file number for the Anchorage field office, NORJAK/D.B. Cooper case. Brief lead assignment noting the Anchorage Division will attempt to locate a redacted individual's employer at a redacte…

Teletype transmission header with date, time, and priority. Routing and subject line of the FBI NITEL teletype regarding the NORJAK hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305. A person in Kalispell…

FBI Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing prior communications from late 1971. Two redacted individuals were interviewed at St. Francis Hotel in Susanville…

FBI teletype from Seattle to Portland and Sacramento regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Requests Sacramento advise on results of displaying a composite image to a redacted individual at Susanvi…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle and Sacramento, marked urgent, dated December 22, 1971. Subject line referencing NORJAK case and a prior Sacramento teletype dated N…

Page two of a teletype from the Portland FBI field office (PD 164-41). States that Seattle will advise if additional investigation is desired to locate the recent owner of a car (owner name redacted…

Teletype routing header from FBI Sacramento to Portland and Seattle offices, marked urgent, dated November 30, 1971. Handwritten annotation summarizing the teletype content: an unknown subject (unsu…

Page two of an FBI teletype (case SC 164-50) directing the Portland field office to identify the owner of an Oregon license plate, obtain a copy of the driver's license for display to witnesses in Se…

Standard US Government memorandum form header (Optional Form 10, May 1962 edition). Memorandum routing block: from Special Agent Ronald N. Nichols to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case (164-81), dat…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation (Seattle field office 164-81). A list of individuals with associated page or reference numbers, possibly an index of persons discussed in the r…

Internal FBI memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle dated 12/4/71 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case. The memo encloses photographs of two suspects: a redacted individual and Do…

Header of an FBI memo from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 from Portland to Seattle on 11/24/71. A source…

FBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of investigative efforts to contact doctors' clinics and hospitals in the corridor from Longview to Vancouver, Wa…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36), dated May 30, 1974, sent via TELETYPE with NITEL priority. Routing line of teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Dallas regarding N…

FBI transmittal form FD-36 header for case SE 164-81 SUB F, page two. Date and transmittal method fields are blank. Entire body of the transmittal form page two has been redacted under FOIA exemptio…

Routing header of FBI airtel memo from Anchorage to Seattle, dated February 7, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. Anchorage Division memo to Seattle regarding suspect JOHN E. SCHLEGEL. States that SCHLEGE…

File reference numbers and typist initials. FBI investigation report by SA Robert H. Tomer regarding John E. Schlegel in Anchorage, Alaska. Records from BLM show Schlegel was employed as a Fire Cont…

FBI file numbers and dictation/typist initials with page number. A Master Sergeant at EAFB confirmed that JOHN E. SCHLEGEL was hired as a temporary ground equipment mechanic helper on November 1, 19…

Date of the airtel. FBI airtel header from SAC Seattle to SAC Anchorage regarding NORJAK investigation, specifically about subject John Schlegal. A redacted source in Washington advised that an unk…

Teletype from SAC Butte to SAC Seattle regarding NORJACK suspect John Schlegal. Smokejumper records in Missoula, MT show Schlegal worked as a smokejumper from 1954 to 1958 and was last employed by th…

Continuation (page two) of a teletype message numbered BT 164-26. States that a matter is left to the discretion of FBI Seattle, notes the subject is armed and dangerous, and ends with standard telet…

Teletype routing header from FBI Seattle to FBI Butte, sent urgently on November 29, 1971. Case subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking of NWA Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. A tipster…

Date of the airtel. Airtel header block from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, with two suspect names redacted under b6/b7C/b7D exemptions. Body of the airtel. References a Portlan…

Header line identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Seattle, with file number 164-81 and date 12/8/71. The Special Agent name is redacted. Subject block identifying the case as the UNSUB hijacking…

Teletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Seattle, marked urgent, dated December 6, 1971. Standard FBI case subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines F…

Case number and page indicator for this teletype continuation page. Continuation of an FBI teletype directing the Seattle office to determine which mug shot photographs were previously shown to a re…

Standard FBI FD-36 teletype transmission form header, dated November 30, 1971, marked URGENT priority. Handwritten annotation indicating this is sub-file 3 related to Mayfield. Teletype from SAC Se…

FBI airtel transmittal form header (FD-36), sent via AIRTEL, classification UNCLAS, dated 3/2/90. Seattle SAC sends airtel to Denver SAC regarding NORJAK subject Donald Otis Burnworth (SUB 48). Refe…

FBI interoffice memorandum header from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 12/28/89. Body of memo references a Seattle airtel dated 7/31/89. Denver encloses investigation inserts…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. FBI Special Agent conducted investigation in Denver on September 7, 1989, attempting to locate individuals via telephone directories and US WE…

FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. An individual in Thornton, Colorado was contacted on September 7, 1989 regarding DON BURNWORTH. The source stated that based on statements mad…

Case file number and page continuation indicator. A female witness describes meeting Donald Burnworth, a United Airlines pilot residing in Arvada, Colorado. She states Burnworth is obsessed with D.B…

FBI form number and revision date stamp. Standard FD-302 header with transcription date. A white male subject residing in Colorado was interviewed. He described his employment history and noted he…

Header of FD-302a continuation form showing case number 164A-SE-81, date 9/28/89, page 2. The interviewee recounts prior FBI interviews about the hijacking: first in December 1971 via phone by a Spe…

FD-302a continuation header showing case number 164A-SE-81, dated 9/28/89, page 3. The subject name is redacted under b7D exemption. Physical description fields for an individual: blue eyes, 5'11" t…

FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Method selected is AIRTEL. Classification and precedence boxes are unchecked. Dated July 14, 1989. Routing block: from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Denver regarding NORJ…

Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL, classification is CLEAR, dated 6/26/79. Airtel addressed from Denver to Seattle SAC offices regarding NORJAK case, subject…

Standard USG memo header showing a memo dated March 16, 1978, regarding the NORJAK case, originating from Seattle field office. Subject line referencing Sub H (Witnesses) and Sub 48, identifying Don…

Standard US Government memorandum header from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding NORJAK case, specifically about suspect Donald Otis Burnworth, Sub #48. The Denver Division investigated a rumor r…

Routing header of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, dated 7/28/76. Denver field office reports that all logical investigation, credit, and criminal c…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from Chicago to Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 350, 11/24/71). Handwritten annotation indicating suspect sub-num…

Date of document Standard FBI airtel header from SAC Detroit to SAC Chicago regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A Saginaw County Sheriff's Office contact at Tri-City Airport reported that on…

Header block of an FBI inter-office memo from SAC Denver to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated 1/28/75, file numbers 164-81 and 164-98, marked RUC, Sub 48. A male subject from Broomfield, Colo…

Continuation of an FBI report (page 2) regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (file DN 164-98). A heavily redacted witness or informant account describes events in 1972 involving someone who arrive…

Continuation of a statement noting that an individual had contact with the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. on a couple of occasions and was interviewed by an FBI agent in San Francisco. Descr…

Teletype routing header from Seattle field office to Denver, San Francisco, and Minneapolis regarding NORJAK case. Seattle FBI office reports that suspect Donald Otis Burnworth, a former United Airl…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Denver to SAC San Francisco regarding the NORJAK case. A Denver resident reported that Don Burnworth, a United Air Lines pilot formerly residing at 3070…

Case file number for this FBI document page. Investigative leads directing the San Francisco Division to contact a redacted individual at United Air Lines for further information on BURNWORTH, and t…

Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file number 48. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Las Vegas dated 9/1/72 regarding NORJAK case. References a San Francisco airtel dated 8/25/72 and states that…

Date of document Header block of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Donald Otis Burnworth. Handwritten annotation 'Sub V8' appears upper right. FBI Bu…

FBI Airtel header dated 8/24/72 from SAC Seattle to SAC Las Vegas regarding NORJAK investigation, subject DON BURNWORTH. Summary of investigation into DON BURNWORTH as a NORJAK suspect. On 11/30/71…

FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Continuation of a report on a suspect named BURNWORTH. The subject does not want a female associate to learn his…

Date of the airtel document. Handwritten annotation, likely a sub-file or routing notation. Header block of an FBI airtel memo from SAC Las Vegas to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK hijacking case,…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated April 28, 1972, sent via airtel/air mail. Airtel from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, re possible suspect D. O. Burnw…

FBI case file number and dictation initials. A source describes BURNWORTH ferrying a plane from Las Vegas to Oklahoma, which was later used on the Wichita State football team flight. BURNWORTH was e…

Case file number and dictation initials header. A source explains that all flight crew must take an annual physical to be certified for commercial aircraft. Licenses never expire but require a curre…

Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated April 17, 1972, sent via Airtel Air Mail. Airtel from SAC Los Angeles to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Reports that an anonymous United A…

Date of the airtel document. Airtel from SAC Chicago to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK possible suspect D.O. Burnworth. References prior airtels from Los Angeles and Chicago. States that leads from Lo…

Date of the airtel. Routing header of an FBI airtel from SAC Las Vegas to SAC San Francisco regarding the NORJAK case with Seattle as office of origin. A redacted UAL employee from Reno, Nevada rep…

Date of the airtel document. Routing header of an FBI airtel from SAC Chicago to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAC (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case, identifying the subject as Donald O. Bornworth. A sou…

Internal FBI memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK suspect Donald Otis Burnworth. A Bureau supervisor referenced an Oklahoma City teletype from 3/22/72 about the suspect. A re…

Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36), dated March 23, 1972, sent via teletype with urgent priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director and SAC Oklahoma City regarding NORJAK…

Teletype routing header from Oklahoma City field office to FBI Director and Seattle, dated March 22, 1972. Oklahoma City field office reports on suspect Donald Otis Burnworth, a UAL pilot on leave o…

Page continuation header indicating this is page two of a multi-page document. Mrs. Burnworth would not reveal her son's location but promised to have him contact the FBI. The Bureau was advised tha…

Date of the document. Airtel memo header from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, concerning suspect Donald Otis Burnworth. A United Airlines employee at San Francisco Internati…

File reference number and initials for the document. Physical description of suspect Donald Otis Burnworth provided by a redacted source. Includes DOB, physical characteristics, and Social Security…

Header block identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Seattle, prepared by SA Thomas J. Manning, regarding NORJAC sub-file 48 on Donald Otis Burnworth. An unidentified caller from California telepho…

Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Kansas City regarding suspect Donald Otis Burnworth (Sub. 48) in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Seattle advises that photographs of Burnw…

Handwritten annotations categorizing the document as related to sub-ticket evidence, with suspect names, ages, and a case reference number. Teletype header showing message number 007, sent at 5:41 P…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum form header. Internal FBI memorandum from Special Agent Louis M. Harris, Jr. to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305…

Header block of an FBI internal memo from the Seattle field office, case 164-81, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on 11/24/71. The memo concerns two named…

Standard FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71), naming suspects Norman Karl Allen and Donald Otis Burnworth.…

Date of the airtel document. Routing header of an FBI airtel from SAC Kansas City to SACs in Seattle, Minneapolis, and Oklahoma City regarding the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking on November…

Standard FBI case header identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Lead directing Oklahoma City division to prepare background information on BURNWORTH in case his photograph is identified by witn…

Handwritten annotation identifying the subject of the teletype as Donald Otis Burnsworth. Teletype from FBI Kansas City to FBI Seattle regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Kansas City re…

Handwritten investigative notes referencing the suspect Donald Otis Burnsworth, mentioning a suit, body composition, lead assignment, and an artist's search/sketch. FBI teletype from Minneapolis fie…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from FBI Seattle (case 164-81) to FBI Kansas City on December 1, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: UNSUB on Nor…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header from SA Charles J. Henry to SAC Seattle, dated 11/29/71, regarding the UNSUB Northwest Airlines Flight #305 hijacking on 11/24/71. Handwritten annotation n…

Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated June 28, 1972. Sender SA name is redacted. Subject is NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Witness Cord H…

Standard FBI memorandum header from Special Agent Charles R. St. John to SAC Seattle, dated June 5, 1972, regarding NORJAK case. A witness was shown photographs of six individuals (Catalano, Mc Gill…

Date of the airtel communication. Airtel from SAC Pittsburgh to SAC Washington Field regarding NORJAK case. States that an individual from W. Va. (name redacted) was previously considered a suspect…

Date header at top of document. Note: likely a typo for 1/10/72 given the body text references 1/10/72. FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC WFO to SAC Pittsburgh regarding the NORJAK case. A source in Washingt…

Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the Northwest Airlines Flight 305 hijacking (D.B. Cooper case). File number 164-81. A repo…

Urgent teletype from FBI Pittsburgh to FBI Director (Identification Division) regarding a suspect tip in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A source from West Virginia offered a name as a suspect. The s…

Continuation of a teletype (page two) referencing an individual sought by state authorities in West Virginia on an unspecified charge. Name, location details, and charge specifics are redacted. Stat…

File number, reporting agent initials, and page number header. An FBI Special Agent showed photographs to a redacted individual in Eugene, Oregon on January 12, 1972. The individual could not identi…

Document header with case file number PD 164-41, typist initials RPC:csm, and page number 2. Numbered list of suspects or persons of interest with associated reference numbers. Ralph Vincent Galope…

Standard FD-302 form header with date of transcription. An individual in Washington reports that a white male identifying himself as BEN LEIBSEN rented an unfurnished house on September 27, 1971. LE…

Page 2 of an FBI report with Seattle field office case number 164-81. A witness (name redacted) compared a man who rented property to the D.B. Cooper composite sketch, noting resemblance but more ha…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent at 5:48 PM on December 7, 1971 from Seattle FBI office (file 164-81) to Las Vegas FBI office. Standard FBI case identifier line for the D.B.…

Teletype routing header from Minneapolis field office to FBI Director and multiple field offices, dated December 7, 1971. Handwritten annotation indicating this teletype is sub-filed under ticket an…

Handwritten sub-file annotation. Urgent teletype from FBI Las Vegas to FBI Seattle regarding suspect Ben Leibson in the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Nov. 24, 1971). Rep…

Continuation (page two) of an FBI teletype from Las Vegas to Seattle regarding a suspect in the D.B. Cooper case. The suspect's belongings were found in a Carson City residence which appeared to be p…

Standard US Government memorandum form header. Memo header identifying the sender as SA Louis M. Harris, Jr., addressed to SAC Seattle, regarding the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of North…

Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case. On 12/6/71, a Special Agent contacted an individua…

Standard U.S. Government interoffice memorandum header. Memo from a redacted Special Agent to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. List of s…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas field office to Seattle, Minneapolis, and Portland offices, marked urgent. Handwritten annotation identifying the suspect name and possibly age or a reference…

Page two of an FBI teletype (LV 164-67) concerning subject Leibson. Details his Nevada and California driver's licenses, banking history at First National Bank in Carson City (checking account opened…

Page header with page number and Las Vegas field office case number. Continuation of an FBI investigative report regarding a subject named Leibson. Leibson resides in a well-furnished residence, app…

Page header with page number and case file number LV 164-69. Continuation of an FBI investigative report (page 4) regarding subject Ben Leibson. Discusses travel to San Francisco Bay Area, a Volkswa…

Page five of a multi-page teletype from the Las Vegas FBI field office (file 164-68). Reports that records of Nevada Skydiving, Inc. in Carson City show no record for Leibson. A photo of Leibson was…

First set of police mugshot photos (profile and front-facing) from Carson City, Nevada Police Department. Male subject shown. Second set of police mugshot photos (profile and front-facing) from Cars…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Seattle, marked urgent, dated December 1, 1971. Case caption identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on Nove…

Teletype routing header from Las Vegas FBI field office to Seattle, marked urgent, dated November 30, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: Northwest Airlines Flight 305, Po…

Teletype routing header indicating an urgent message sent from Seattle FBI field office (case 164-81) to Las Vegas at 11:07 AM on November 30, 1971. Case identification line for the D.B. Cooper hija…

Page header indicating this is page two of a teletype, with file number 164-81. Continuation of a teletype directing the Las Vegas FBI office at Carson City, Nevada to immediately investigate and fu…

FBI teletype from Seattle to Minneapolis and Portland regarding D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Ben Leibsen developed as possible suspect because he rented a house in rural Cowlitz County, Washington, ne…