People

Everyone the files name, one entry each, with every spelling the transcripts produced folded into the person it means.

Roles, notes and the merging of name variants into one person are machine-generated and can be wrong, and some people appear in the files only under redacted names.

5,165 people named, plus the hijacker. 1,518 mentions of people whose names are withheld or unrecorded.

The hijackerD.B. CooperThe unidentified hijacker (UNSUB). Alias 'Dan Cooper' from the ticket; 'D.B.' from press error.9,838 mentions · 7,577 documents · 144 spellings

Everyone else · 1,660 with 3 or more mentions

  1. Marion Henry MooneySuspect27 mentions18 documents
  2. Richard O. CooperSuspect27 mentions21 documents
  3. Alexander R. BollingMilitaryMajor General, Fort Lewis; approved Army troops for NORJAK ground search26 mentions22 documents
  4. Bernard D. CooperSuspectSuspect from Omaha/Denver leads; letter signed 'B. D. Cooper' sent to Lab26 mentions21 documents
  5. Charles E. GillLaw enforcement26 mentions24 documents
  6. Garrett Brock TrapnellSuspectConvicted airline hijacker; photo shown to witnesses February 197226 mentions26 documents
  7. Germaine TricolaOther26 mentions21 documents
  8. Henry SchutzFBI agentFBIHQ supervisor consulted on McCoy resemblance and witness photo evaluations26 mentions21 documents
  9. Vernuce Albert HoffkeSuspect26 mentions15 documents
  10. Jerry S. EdwardsSuspect25 mentions17 documents
  11. Lee Joseph GilpatrickSuspect25 mentions19 documents
  12. Orpha Griffin CooperRelativeMother of suspect Merlin Gene Cooper; interviewed by Milwaukee office25 mentions19 documents
  13. Seth ThomasOther25 mentions12 documents
  14. Darrell Bob HoustonJournalist24 mentions22 documents
  15. Francis J. SchmidtFBI agent24 mentions24 documents
  16. Griffin B. BellOfficial24 mentions24 documents
  17. Henry Ward ConradSuspectSuspect eliminated on description; linked to Twigg inquiries in Los Angeles24 mentions14 documents
  18. James Alan CroakSuspectNORJAK suspect (Sub 829), welder; eliminated after Wyoming DMV records obtained24 mentions17 documents
  19. John A. DrakeFBI agent24 mentions23 documents
  20. Melvin CooperSuspect24 mentions17 documents
  21. Theodore F. BruhlFBI agentHonolulu SA conducting NORJAK interviews and record checks in Hawaii24 mentions22 documents
  22. Warren David SmithSuspect24 mentions17 documents
  23. Donald E. NelsonSuspect23 mentions11 documents
  24. Harold A. CountrymanSuspect23 mentions17 documents
  25. James D. BoothSuspect23 mentions17 documents
  26. John Scott MazeSuspectSuspect named by Charlottesville, Virginia witness shown Cooper composites23 mentions17 documents
  27. Rod MastersSuspect23 mentions9 documents
  28. Joe MayLaw enforcement22 mentions21 documents
  29. John A. SchmidlinSuspectRichmond, California suspect; photo shown to witnesses, negative identification22 mentions20 documents
  30. John Richard MeritSuspect22 mentions15 documents
  31. Morris Stanley BrowneSuspect22 mentions21 documents
  32. Oliver Reese BoydSuspect22 mentions17 documents
  33. Abraham LincolnOther21 mentions21 documents
  34. Alvin Earl BrownSuspect21 mentions20 documents
  35. Bud MayJournalist21 mentions19 documents
  36. Doyle BerryWitness or source21 mentions13 documents
  37. Edward Anthony LaneSuspect21 mentions11 documents
  38. George E. CatheySuspect21 mentions17 documents
  39. Harold Moody CrosbySuspect21 mentions12 documents
  40. James A. RomanSuspectPhysician considered as suspect; later reported deceased, Olympia lead21 mentions18 documents
  41. Leland Dean DrakeSuspect21 mentions11 documents
  42. Margaret B. SilkwoodRelative21 mentions5 documents
  43. Michael Charles SullivanSuspect21 mentions17 documents
  44. Ronald Lee WhiteSuspect21 mentions16 documents
  45. Ben LeibsenUnknown roleName in Minneapolis teletypes on Flight 305 ticket records and evidence20 mentions18 documents
  46. Bradley E. AyersSuspect20 mentions12 documents
  47. Charles A. SchaafOfficialCourt/prosecutorial official in Western District of Washington on Murphy warrant and grand jury papers20 mentions17 documents
  48. Dave FisherOther20 mentions19 documents
  49. Edward J. AndersonFBI agent20 mentions20 documents
  50. James Earl RayOther20 mentions19 documents
  51. Joseph C. KellyFBI agent20 mentions16 documents
  52. Karen Burns McCoyRelative20 mentions17 documents
  53. Martin Luther King JrOther20 mentions18 documents
  54. William ClosnerLaw enforcement20 mentions20 documents
  55. David CooperSuspectName-match suspect leads on Kauai and at Yelm, Washington, Sub 604/73819 mentions14 documents
  56. Doyle E. FieldsSuspect19 mentions8 documents
  57. Harold W. CooperSuspectName-match suspect, Sub 581; record and DMV checks run19 mentions14 documents
  58. Harry J. MorganFBI agent19 mentions18 documents
  59. Harry Nicholas MillerSuspect19 mentions8 documents
  60. Harvey Walter GraySuspect19 mentions13 documents
  61. Howard Roger MastersonSuspect19 mentions9 documents
  62. Martin J. GodfreyFBI agentSeattle SA writing memos on suspects Miller and Clampitt19 mentions18 documents
  63. Norman B. BelfreyFBI agentPortland SA; interviewed walk-ins and tipsters on NORJAK leads19 mentions18 documents
  64. Richard A. ArmstrongSuspect19 mentions13 documents
  65. Stephen P. MeravySuspect19 mentions9 documents
  66. William Francis Johnston Jr.Suspect19 mentions19 documents
  67. Albert Nelson FaulknerSuspect18 mentions9 documents
  68. Carolyn FrankhouserFBI agent18 mentions17 documents
  69. Charles Everett DevineSuspect18 mentions7 documents
  70. D.J. JohnsonSuspect18 mentions18 documents
  71. Earl Benjamin OdekirkSuspect18 mentions14 documents
  72. George Delwyn CooperSuspectVancouver-area look-alike suspect from Goldendale composite leads, Sub 78318 mentions9 documents
  73. George HolmesJournalistReporter on 1980 Cooper money and Lake Merwin stories, Longview Daily News/Oregonian18 mentions16 documents
  74. J. E. MilnesFBI agentInitials JEM on Seattle memos; SAC J. E. Milnes18 mentions17 documents
  75. Jay WhitfordSuspectAppears in Seattle photo-showing memos, likely among photographed look-alike suspects18 mentions18 documents
  76. Jerry G. WilsonFBI agent18 mentions18 documents
  77. Jesse Edwin Bell JrSuspect18 mentions9 documents
  78. John W. Frazer Jr.FBI agentMilwaukee SA who interviewed David Arthur Staudt over his Cooper claims18 mentions13 documents
  79. Les NelsonLaw enforcement18 mentions16 documents
  80. Norman Karl AllenSuspect18 mentions18 documents
  81. Ray MathisSuspectNamed as suspect in Los Angeles/San Francisco airtel; name also in 1980 money clippings18 mentions16 documents
  82. Reese H. ChipmanFBI agent18 mentions15 documents
  83. Richard Floyd McCoy SrRelative18 mentions14 documents
  84. Richard Lee WallerSuspect18 mentions8 documents
  85. Robert Van HoltonSuspect18 mentions7 documents
  86. Robert William HarshaSuspectClark County tip suspect; FAA aircraft registration and records checked18 mentions13 documents
  87. Adrian Charles McInnisSuspect17 mentions11 documents
  88. Charles DeWitt BloomerSuspect17 mentions14 documents
  89. Charles S. DukeFBI agentSeattle SA reporting on suspects, tips and Murphy bank records17 mentions16 documents
  90. David George AllenSuspect17 mentions12 documents
  91. David Vincent AllingSuspectNORJAK suspect, Sub 756, developed from trailer park manager's tip17 mentions11 documents
  92. Edgar William TottenSuspect17 mentions12 documents
  93. Harold E. AndersonFlight crew17 mentions15 documents
  94. Lou JohnsonSuspectLos Angeles NORJAK lead; associates interviewed17 mentions14 documents
  95. Maurice ChevilleWitness or sourceHonolulu-connected source in Denny Gail Robinson suspect lead17 mentions12 documents
  96. Nelson Roland FortierSuspect17 mentions14 documents
  97. Walter H. MilnarSuspect17 mentions17 documents
  98. Alan LandsburgOther16 mentions15 documents
  99. Bill Bayne BaldridgeSuspect16 mentions4 documents
  100. Clifford IrvingOtherHughes autobiography hoaxer referenced in 1972 LA magazine Cooper articles16 mentions13 documents

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