McChord Air Force Base

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TeletypeGround radio teletype log, Flight 305 hijacking, 11/24-25/7124 November 1971 · Part 110 · 18 pages · 2 of 18 pages

p. 96 · page 6 of 18≈ McChordCommunication log entry at 4:53 PM PST on 11/25 reporting that someone is waiting for parachutes from McChord AFB, that money is available, and as soon as chutes arrive they will be ready to go to th…
p. 99 · page 9 of 18McChord AFB / Tacoma (TCM)Seattle dispatch reports having 2 back packs and the money; requests landing to come back for two chutes when they arrive and let passengers off. Flight 305 acknowledges, signed WILCHK. Flight 305 n…

Handwritten noteHandwritten contemporaneous communications log of Flight 305 hijacking, 11/24/7124 November 1971 · Seattle · Part 110 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 113 · page 3 of 3≈ McCordHandwritten chronological log of radio communications and operational notes during the D.B. Cooper hijacking event on NWA Flight 305. Timestamps are in Zulu/UTC (with PST annotations at 0107=5:07 PM…

Handwritten noteSeattle log of notifications during NWA Flight 305 hijacking, with FBI cover page (SE 164-81)24 November 1971 · Seattle · Part 110 · 7 pages · 2 of 7 pages

TeletypeNitel Seattle to Director, Portland and Las Vegas re UNSUB, Northwest Flight 305 hijacking (5:10 AM)25 November 1971 · Seattle · Part 10 · 8 pages · 1 of 8 pages

p. 320 · page 4 of 8MC Chord Air Force BasePage header indicating this is page four of a teletype with Seattle office file number 164-NEW. Continuation of teletype describing the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The plane was airborne at 7:37 PM flyin…

FormFD-340 receipt for USAF McChord radar tracking map of hijacked aircraft flight path25 November 1971 · Seattle · Part 80 · 1 page

p. 207≈ McChordFBI evidence receipt form (FD-340) documenting receipt of a radar tracking map from the U.S. Air Force at McChord, showing the flight path of the hijacked aircraft from Seattle to the California bord…

MemoSupervisor J. Robert Sutthoff to SAC Seattle re helicopter standby during hijacking29 November 1971 · Seattle · Part 11 · 3 pages · 2 of 3 pages

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Part 11 pp. 266–268 · matching p. 266, p. 267

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FD-302 interviewInterview of Northwest Airlines stewardess re Flight 305 hijacking (PH 164-133)3 December 1971 · Philadelphia · Part 64 · 8 pages · 1 of 8 pages

p. 162 · page 4 of 8≈ Mc CordThe hijacker comments that Mc Cord is close to Tacoma. The cockpit requests permission to descend without chutes present; hijacker agrees provided there is no wait after fueling. The pilot later conf…

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Part 110 pp. 50–57 · matching p. 53

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TeletypeDaily teletype SAC Seattle to Director re NWA and McChord AFB parachute jump conference28 December 1971 · Seattle · Part 17 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 354 · page 2 of 2≈ Mc Chord AFBTeletype routing header from FBI Seattle field office to FBI Director, dated December 28, 1971. FBI Seattle teletype reporting that a conference was held with Northwest Airlines and U.S. Air Force a…

TeletypeSAC Seattle re Air Force volunteers for parachute jump re-enactment29 December 1971 · Seattle · Part 18 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 155 · page 2 of 2≈ MC ChordStandard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Date field is blank. Type and priority fields are blank. Page two of an FBI teletype under case SE 164-81. Discusses coordination with MC Chord, noting th…

TeletypeDaily NORJAK teletype Seattle to Director re TWA applicant files and proposed 727 parachute experiment29 December 1971 · Seattle · Part 71 · 1 page

p. 256MC Chord Air Force BaseTeletype header showing message from FBI Seattle field office to FBI Director, dated December 29, 1971, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Three-part teletype: (1) TWA Kansas City reports reje…

TeletypeDaily NORJAK teletype Seattle to Director re missing-persons canvass of police agencies30 December 1971 · Seattle · Part 71 · 1 page

p. 254MC Chord Air Force BaseTeletype routing header from Seattle field office to FBI Director, dated December 30, 1971, regarding NORJAK case. Follow-up to December 29 teletype. A canvass of police agencies to identify missing…

ReportFBI report by SA Charles E. Farrell (Seattle) re NWA Flight 305 hijacking by 'D.B. Cooper' - synopsis, table of contents and 'The Hijack' section16 February 1972 · Seattle · Part 110 · 16 pages · 1 of 16 pages

p. 19 · page 15 of 16≈ McChordFBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of an FBI interview account describing events during the D.B. Cooper hijacking. A female crew member pleaded with the hijacker to…

News clippingSeattle Flag Vol. 1 No. 5, 'D.B. Cooper Found!' — anonymous interview with claimed hijacker10 May 1972 · Part 4 · 14 pages · 1 of 14 pages

p. 16 · page 7 of 14≈ McChordA dark, heavily contrasted photograph occupying the upper portion of the page, showing what appears to be a Boeing 727 aircraft in flight or on the ground, barely discernible against a nearly black b…

ReportFD-263 cover pages, NORJAK report: administrative, suspect-processing steps and hijacker profile30 May 1973 · Seattle · Part 41 · 14 pages · 1 of 14 pages

p. 16 · page 10 of 14≈ McChordFBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case. Three points indicating the unidentified subject (Unsub) behaved in a gentlemanly manner during the hijacking: offered to tip stewardesses with his own…

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Part 60 pp. 282–295 · matching p. 291
Part 76 pp. 60–72 · matching p. 68
Part 95 pp. 247–259 · matching p. 255

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ReportFBI report SE 164-81, NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) summary: administrative cover pages, suspect-processing checklist, unsub profile, hijack narrative, search operations30 May 1973 · Seattle · Part 78 · 51 pages · 1 of 51 pages

p. 237 · page 10 of 51≈ McChordFBI Seattle field office case number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Three behavioral observations suggesting the unidentified subject (Unsub) was a gentleman: he tipped stewardesses with his own mon…

ReportFBI summary report re NORJAK hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 (FD-263 cover sheet, cover pages, table of contents and body)30 May 1973 · Seattle · Part 111 · 7 pages · 1 of 7 pages

p. 5 · page 4 of 7≈ McChordFBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper investigation. Three observations supporting the assessment that the unidentified subject (Unsub) behaved in a gentlemanly manner duri…

TeletypeNitel teletype SAC San Francisco to SAC Sacramento re NORJAK suspect information9 April 1974 · San Francisco · Part 117 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 268 · page 2 of 2McCord Air Force BaseStandard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with blank date, transmission type, and priority fields. Page two of an FBI teletype/communication regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case (San Francisco…

News clippingMISSING magazine with feature 'D.B. Cooper, Where Are You?'August 1975 · Part 63 · 8 pages · 1 of 8 pages

p. 159 · page 4 of 8McCord Air Force BaseContinuation of a newspaper article about D.B. Cooper describing the hijacking demands, negotiations, passenger account from Larry Finegold, and the scene at Seattle-Tacoma Airport. Details of the f…

MemoTo SAC Seattle re review of suspect's Air Force personnel file21 October 1977 · Seattle · Part 40 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 313 · page 2 of 3McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, WashingtonFBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper investigation. Personal biographical details of a subject including last known address in Aberdeen, Washington (1977), and redacted fami…

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Part 122 pp. 56–57 · matching p. 57

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News clippingFD-350 clipping, Seattle Times (UPI): eighth anniversary of D.B. Cooper hijacking22 November 1979 · Seattle · Part 54 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 132 · page 1 of 2McCord Air Force BaseFBI form FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings, indicating this is from page C11 of the Seattle Times, Seattle, WA, dated 11/22/79, Final edition, submitted by the Seattle office. A 1979 Unit…

News clippingFD-350 clipping, Herald Examiner: Coffelt as D.B. Cooper, part two, with flight-route map17 December 1979 · Los Angeles · Part 62 · 4 pages · 1 of 4 pages

p. 216 · page 2 of 4McCord Air Force BaseNewspaper article discussing conflicting accounts of D.B. Cooper's hijacking of Flight 305, focusing on Jack Coffelt's claims (via cellmate Jim Brown) about the hijacking details, the flight route di…

AirtelSAC San Antonio to SAC Seattle re NORJAK, with insert on McChord AFB interview29 August 1989 · San Antonio · Part 49 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 383 · page 2 of 3McCord Air Force BaseFBI case number and clerk initials. An FBI Special Agent contacted a redacted individual in San Antonio, Texas on August 18, 1989. The individual was a former USAF member stationed at McCord AFB, Ta…

News clippingParachutist magazine article 'The Mystery of D.B. Cooper' by Musika FarnsworthNovember 2003 · Part 77 · 4 pages · 1 of 4 pages

p. 134 · page 2 of 4McCord Air Force BaseDescription of Flight 305 circling Seattle while FBI searched for information on Cooper; authorities gathered ransom money and military parachute rigs but Cooper rejected them and demanded state-of-t…

OtherTip sheet re suspect with initials D.B.C. retired from the serviceSeattle · Part 24 · 1 page

p. 372McChord Air BaseA tip or lead document listing information provided to the FBI about a suspect with the same initials as D.B. Cooper. The suspect was reportedly retired from the Army in spring 1967, described as a d…

ReportEnclosure: 'Reasons To Suspect X in the Cooper Skyjacking'Part 52 · 6 pages · 1 of 6 pages

p. 88 · page 2 of 6≈ McChordBackground section describing suspect X's military service in the Air Force, familiarity with Boeing 727s and the Pacific Northwest region, piloting and skydiving skills, outdoor survival expertise a…

ReportTyped tip listing characteristics of suspect C. D. Bloomer as D.B. CooperSeattle · Part 105 · 1 page

p. 69McChord Air BaseA typed list of information given to the FBI about a suspect identified as D.B. Cooper, also known as CD Bloomer (same initials). The document describes the suspect as a retired Army veteran (Spring…

ReportStewardess account of the hijacking, report pages 11-15Seattle · Part 112 · 5 pages · 1 of 5 pages

p. 36 · page 5 of 5≈ McChordFBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper hijacking investigation. Continuation of FBI report on D.B. Cooper hijacking. Describes the hijacker's interaction with crew while on the ground at Sea-Tac,…

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