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

Law enforcement · 31 with 3 or more mentions

  1. Eugene A. CottonLaw enforcement42 mentions38 documents
  2. Charles E. GillLaw enforcement26 mentions24 documents
  3. Joe MayLaw enforcement22 mentions21 documents
  4. William ClosnerLaw enforcement20 mentions20 documents
  5. Les NelsonLaw enforcement18 mentions16 documents
  6. Richard NicholLaw enforcementChelan County sheriff who reported Wenatchee-area Cooper suspect leads16 mentions14 documents
  7. Richard WilliamsLaw enforcement14 mentions10 documents
  8. Robert W. LandonLaw enforcementChief of the Washington State Patrol; corresponded with citizens and FBI Seattle10 mentions10 documents
  9. George TielschLaw enforcement9 mentions9 documents
  10. Richard NickellLaw enforcement9 mentions8 documents
  11. Tom McDowellLaw enforcement9 mentions7 documents
  12. Bill ClausnerLaw enforcementSheriff who reported an Underwood, Washington suspect to Seattle FBI.8 mentions6 documents
  13. Nick GiardinoLaw enforcementBellevue, Washington chief of police who relayed a source's suspect information.8 mentions6 documents
  14. Ted BourdageLaw enforcement7 mentions6 documents
  15. Charles LightLaw enforcement5 mentions5 documents
  16. James WarillaLaw enforcement5 mentions3 documents
  17. Shirley CollinsLaw enforcement5 mentions4 documents
  18. BilkoLaw enforcementsurname only; no fuller name in the file4 mentions4 documents
  19. Don FixLaw enforcement4 mentions2 documents
  20. Earl WhitakerLaw enforcement4 mentions2 documents
  21. Jim WilliamsLaw enforcement4 mentions2 documents
  22. Joe EvansLaw enforcement4 mentions4 documents
  23. Lyle SmithLaw enforcement4 mentions4 documents
  24. T. E. RevelleLaw enforcement4 mentions2 documents
  25. Arthur EnderlinLaw enforcement3 mentions3 documents
  26. Cecil KleinLaw enforcement3 mentions3 documents
  27. Jack D. RagsdaleLaw enforcement3 mentions3 documents
  28. Orville GreeneLaw enforcement3 mentions3 documents
  29. R.A. LeeLaw enforcement3 mentions3 documents
  30. Ron ShultzLaw enforcement3 mentions2 documents
  31. Yellow HandLaw enforcement3 mentions3 documents

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