Northwest Orient Airlines

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TeletypePortland to Seattle re NWA ticket agent's sale of ticket and suspect description26 November 1971 · Portland · Part 10 · 1 page

p. 443Handwritten annotation indicating this document relates to a ticket subscription or ticket subject. FBI teletype from Portland to Seattle field office describing a Northwest Orient Airlines ticket a…

News clipping'Air Force pilots following hijacked jet didn't see jump'27 November 1971 · Seattle · Part 53 · 1 page

p. 141Standard FBI FD-350 newspaper clipping form header. Newspaper article describing how Air Force pilots following the hijacked Boeing 727 were unable to see D.B. Cooper parachute due to cloudy weather…

News clippingRe manhunt slowed by foul weather near Woodland (Seattle Times)29 November 1971 · Seattle · Part 53 · 1 page

p. 115Standard FBI FD-350 form header for mounting newspaper clippings. Newspaper article describing the ongoing manhunt for D.B. Cooper after the hijacking. Foul weather has slowed search efforts in sout…

MemoSA to SAC Los Angeles re KABC radio show caller claiming hijacker resembled her husband29 November 1971 · Los Angeles · Part 54 · 4 pages · 1 of 4 pages

p. 320 · page 1 of 4Standard US Government memorandum header identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Addressed from a Special Agent to the SAC (Special Agent in Charge), dated 11/27/71. An FBI Special Agent in Los…

FD-302 interviewInterview of Northwest Orient ticket agent who sold Dan Cooper his ticket3 December 1971 · Portland · Part 110 · 1 page

p. 70Standard FD-302 header with form revision date and document date of December 3, 1971. An employee at Northwest Orient Airlines ticket counter describes selling a one-way coach ticket to Seattle to a…

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News clippingFD-350 clipping: $5,000 Secret Witness reward for Cooper, with Seattle P-I 'Lists of Hijack Bills Distributed'December 1971 · Seattle · Part 53 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 99 · page 2 of 2Handwritten letter 'M' with a dash, likely a routing or filing notation. Seattle Post-Intelligencer article dated December 19, 1971 reporting that the FBI has distributed lists of serial numbers fro…

ReportCriminal complaint, U.S. District Court W.D. Washington, re impersonating D.B. Cooper (Murphy, Fleming)2 May 1972 · Seattle · Part 108 · 8 pages · 1 of 8 pages

p. 236 · page 4 of 8Continuation of a legal document (likely an indictment or complaint) detailing numbered overt acts by defendant Donald Sylvester Murphy, who posed as D. B. Cooper. Murphy met with Karl Fleming at the…

News clippingFD-350 clipping, Los Angeles Times: "Some 'D.B. Cooper' Got $30,000"8 November 1972 · Los Angeles · Part 60 · 4 pages · 1 of 4 pages

p. 88 · page 1 of 4FBI form number header for newspaper clipping mount form. Los Angeles Times article by Alexander Auerbach about how LA weekly newspaper published a three-part series claiming to solve the D.B. Coope…

News clippingFD-350 clipping: UPI 'A Year Without Trace of Air Pirate and $200,000 Cash'23 November 1972 · Seattle · Part 53 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 14 · page 1 of 2FBI form number and revision date printed at top of clipping mount sheet. United Press International article by Eldon Barrett, dated approximately November 23, 1972, recounting the one-year annivers…

AirtelMonthly summary airtel SAC Seattle to Acting Director re NORJAK8 January 1973 · Seattle · Part 29 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 270 · page 2 of 2Seattle FBI field office case number for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) investigation. Status update on suspects: 564 total suspects with 230 eliminated, none currently outstanding. File review summary b…

MemoTo SAC Seattle re telephone numbers called from LaCenter pay phones30 January 1973 · Seattle · Part 29 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 428 · page 1 of 2Standard U.S. Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, concerning telephone numbers called from LaCenter area pay phone booths on November 24, 1971. FBI investiga…

MemoTo SAC Seattle re LaCenter pay phone numbers (file copy)30 January 1973 · Seattle · Part 29 · 1 page

p. 430Header block of FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated January 30, 1973, regarding NORJAK case. SA name redacted under b6/b7C exemption. Handwritten notation reading 'Sub. S/C', likel…

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FD-302 interviewInterview of subject resembling Cooper composite (NY 164-527)Interviewed 29 May 1973 · New York · Part 72 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 132 · page 1 of 2Standard FD-302 header with revision date and transcription date. An individual was interviewed by an FBI Special Agent and advised of his rights. He was told his name had been provided as someone w…

ReportFBI report re NORJAK, cont.: ground and air search, first and second terrain searches30 May 1973 · Seattle · Part 60 · 9 pages · 1 of 9 pages

p. 322 · page 8 of 9FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case. Defines the geographic search area bounded by US 5, Columbia River, Kalama River, and the Skamania-Clark County line. List of five items hunters and s…

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. 268 · page 41 of 51FBI case file number for the D.B. Cooper case. Defines the geographic search area bounded by US 5, Columbia River, Kalama River, and Skamania-Clark County line. List of items searchers should look…

MemoTo SAC Seattle re request for return of parachute retained as evidence, NORJAK parachute information (164-81-4949)20 September 1973 · Seattle · Part 32 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 276 · page 1 of 2Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) parachute information, dated September 20, 1973. The sender SA name is redacted. On August 8, 1973, a…

News clippingOregon Journal 11/22/73: 'JOURNAL ASKS: D.B. COOPER, WHERE ARE YOU? $1,000 Offered For First $20 Bill'22 November 1973 · Seattle · Part 53 · 1 page

p. 215Newspaper headline announcing a $1,000 reward offered by the Journal for the first verified $20 bill from the D.B. Cooper hijacking ransom. Byline and opening paragraphs explaining the Journal's $1,…

News clippingFD-350 clipping, Oregon Journal 11/22/73: 'JOURNAL ASKS: D.B. COOPER, WHERE ARE YOU?'22 November 1973 · Portland · Part 53 · 1 page

p. 281FBI clipping form header instruction. Large newspaper headline offering $1,000 reward for the first $20 bill from the D.B. Cooper ransom money turned in. Full article by Rolla J. Crick of The Journ…

News clippingFD-350 clipping: 'Cooper Bill Reward Offered', Oregon Journal22 November 1973 · Portland · Part 53 · 1 page

p. 282FBI filing instruction header for mounting clippings. Large stylized newspaper headline announcing a reward related to D.B. Cooper ransom bills. Newspaper article describing The Journal's cooperati…

News clipping(FD-350): '$1,000 Reward For A "D. B." Twenty' (UPI), Seattle Post-Intelligencer23 November 1973 · Seattle · Part 54 · 1 page

p. 85FBI form FD-350 header for mounting newspaper clippings. UPI wire story from the Oregon Journal reporting a $1,000 reward offer for the first $20 bill recovered from the D.B. Cooper hijacking loot.…

News clippingOregon Journal clipping: 'Skyjacked $20 Report May Be Secret' re Secret Witness plan26 November 1973 · Portland · Part 54 · 1 page

p. 39Main headline of the newspaper article about D.B. Cooper skyjacking and a secret witness plan. Left column of article by Rolla J. Crick describing The Journal's Secret Witness plan to help recover t…

ReportFBI report, Seattle, NORJAK investigation for period 7/23/73-11/23/7329 November 1973 · Seattle · Part 33 · 7 pages · 1 of 7 pages

p. 56 · page 7 of 7FBI Seattle field office case number for the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper investigation. Continuation of an FBI report covering four investigative actions: (4) a 15% / $25,000 reward arranged through Northwes…

News clippingFD-350 clipping, Oregon Journal 11/30/73: 'Cooper Bill List Sparks New Leads' with $20 note list30 November 1973 · Portland · Part 53 · 1 page

p. 187FBI form number header for newspaper clipping mount form. Oregon Journal article about new leads in the D.B. Cooper case after the newspaper offered $1,000 reward for the first $20 bill from the Coo…

News clippingFD-350 clipping 'Cooper Bill Hunt Hits Dixie' - page 21 of $20 note listing4 December 1973 · Portland · Part 53 · 1 page

p. 236FBI form number for mounting newspaper clippings. Page 21 of a list of $20 Federal Reserve Note serial numbers associated with the D.B. Cooper ransom money. Contains hundreds of serial numbers in co…

News clippingFD-350 clipping, Oregon Journal: '$20 Bills Get Close Look Here' with hijacking chronology and serial list pages 8-91973 · Portland · Part 53 · 5 pages · 1 of 5 pages

p. 201 · page 1 of 5Standard FBI form header FD-350 for mounting newspaper clippings. Oregon Journal newspaper article listing the $1,000 reward for finding D.B. Cooper's ransom bills among serialized $20 notes, follow…

News clipping'Skyjacker, $200,000 Elude 3-Year Search' (UPI), Pittsburgh Press24 November 1974 · Seattle · Part 54 · 1 page

p. 86Handwritten annotation indicating sub-file classification UPI wire story by B.J. McFarland reporting on the third anniversary of the D.B. Cooper skyjacking. Reviews the facts of the 1971 Thanksgivin…

AirtelSAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle enclosing Northwest Orient correspondence13 December 1974 · Minneapolis · Part 35 · 1 page

p. 211Standard FBI FB-1 airtel transmittal header dated December 13, 1974, sent via AIRTEL. Routing information for the airtel from Minneapolis to Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Minneapolis FBI office tr…

LetterFrom attorney to Northwest Orient Airlines re D.B. Cooper tip (enclosure)11 August 1976 · Part 119 · 1 page

p. 187Redacted letterhead of the sending law office/individual, with partially visible phone number and area code, dated August 11, 1976. Date-received stamp indicating the letter was received by the reci…

AirtelSAC Miami to SAC Pittsburgh re NORJAK suspect Eastern Airlines employment inquiry15 February 1977 · Miami · Part 39 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 202 · page 2 of 2FBI field office file number for the Miami (MM) office, case 164-552. Subject's employment history: served in the Navy at a redacted rank, was employed by Northwest Orient Airlines in Minneapolis, t…

MemoSAC Seattle to ADIC New York re Royal Globe Insurance reward inquiries by Al Holland8 July 1977 · Seattle · Part 40 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 102 · page 2 of 3FBI case file number for the Seattle field office NORJAK investigation. Investigation of HOLLAND (real name ALAN JOHN HALL, DOB April 26, 1913) who contacted Northwest Orient Airlines and Royal Glob…

TeletypeSeattle to Director and field offices re James Bryant Coffelt as NORJAK suspect20 July 1977 · Seattle · Part 40 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 120 · page 3 of 3Teletype page header indicating this is page three of Seattle teletype SE 164-81. Continuation of an FBI teletype (page 3) directing Minneapolis field office to contact a female witness/person in Mi…

FD-302 interviewInterview of Northwest Orient stewardess, San DiegoInterviewed 21 July 1977 · San Diego · Part 121 · 1 page

p. 38FBI FD-302 report dated July 25, 1977, documenting a July 21, 1977 interview in San Diego, California with a redacted Northwest Orient Airlines stewardess. She recounts being contacted twice by a man…

TeletypeLittle Rock to Director and field offices re Coffelt/D.B. Cooper claims and film producersJuly 1977 · Little Rock · Part 40 · 13 pages · 1 of 13 pages

p. 127 · page 7 of 13Teletype page header indicating page seven of document LR 164-22. A redacted teletype page describing claims about a Mr. Boyle, a deceased Boeing executive, who was allegedly involved in a plot with…

MemoSAC Seattle to SAC St. Louis re former Northwest Orient pilot suspect4 August 1977 · Seattle · Part 40 · 1 page

p. 173Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Seattle to SAC St. Louis regarding the NORJAK case, dated August 4, 1977. Body of memo describing an unnamed suspect in the NORJAK (D.B. Coo…

AirtelSAC Seattle to Director eliminating James Bryant Coffelt as suspect, with leads17 August 1977 · Seattle · Part 40 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 219 · page 2 of 3FBI case file number for the Seattle field office D.B. Cooper case. Leads section directing the Minneapolis Division to locate and interview a Northwest Orient Airlines employee about confidential i…

News clippingFD-350 clipping 'Did D.B. Help To Kill King?' Seattle Post-Intelligencer18 April 1978 · Seattle · Part 41 · 1 page

p. 405Standard FBI form header FD-350 for mounting newspaper clippings. UPI wire story from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporting that CBS Television's 60 Minutes (Mike Wallace segment) was conducting…

FD-302 interviewInterview of NWA employee re Boeing aft airstair decalInterviewed 1 December 1978 · Minneapolis · Part 42 · 1 page

p. 181Standard FD-302 header with FBI letterhead and transcription date. An interview with a redacted Northwest Orient Airlines employee at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The interviewee disc…

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MemoSAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle re NORJAK enclosing FD-302 and airplane decal3 August 1979 · Minneapolis · Part 42 · 1 page

p. 417Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated August 3, 1979. Handwritten routing or filing annotations referencing sub-files. Mi…

MemoSAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle re NORJAK (duplicate copy)3 August 1979 · Minneapolis · Part 42 · 1 page

p. 418FBI inter-office memo header dated 8/3/79, from SAC Seattle to SAC Minneapolis, regarding NORJAK case. References a prior Seattle letter dated 5/23/79 and encloses an FD-302 interview with a redacte…

News clippingNevada State Journal (UPI) clipping: '8th anniversary marked in D.B. Cooper hijacking'22 November 1979 · Part 96 · 1 page

p. 277UPI article by Clyde Jabin marking the 8th anniversary of the D.B. Cooper hijacking. Recounts the 1971 Thanksgiving eve hijacking of a Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 727 from Portland to Seattle, w…

News clippingThe Daily News: 'Cooper's Caper Days' in Ariel29 November 1979 · Seattle · Part 43 · 2 pages

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News clippingFD-350 clipping: 'Finally, a fact is added to Cooper saga', Seattle Times13 February 1980 · Seattle · Part 43 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 199 · page 1 of 2FBI form FD-350 used to mount and catalog a newspaper clipping. The clipping is from the Seattle Times, page B1, dated February 13, 1980, Final edition. Filed under title NORJAK (FBI code name for th…

News clippingFD-350 clipping: 'Finally, a fact is added to Cooper' by Steve Johnston, Seattle Times13 February 1980 · Seattle · Part 63 · 1 page

p. 50FBI form FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings, identifying this as a Seattle Times article from February 13, 1980, classified under NORJAK case 164-81. A Seattle Times article by Steve Johns…

News clippingOn FD-350: 'Geologist's finding contradicts theory' (Daily News, Longview, 2/14/80)14 February 1980 · Seattle · Part 43 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 269 · page 3 of 3FBI form FD-350 header used to catalogue a newspaper clipping from the Daily News of Longview, Washington, dated February 14, 1980, Final edition, page B1, submitted by the Seattle office. Newspaper…

News clippingOn FD-350: 'Cooper a hero or crook?' (Daily News, 2/14/80)14 February 1980 · Seattle · Part 43 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 272 · page 1 of 2FBI form FD-350 clipping cover sheet identifying the source newspaper, date, edition, and submitting office. Newspaper article by Bud May in The Daily News polling local residents in Kelso/Longview,…

FormAmerica's Most Wanted tip form re D.B. Cooper (#305)30 November 1996 · Part 77 · 1 page

p. 8America's Most Wanted TV show logo/emblem Header of an America's Most Wanted tip form identifying the fugitive as D.B. Cooper, dated 11/30/96. AMW checkbox is marked. Caller states that people in t…

News clippingFD-350 clipping: AP anniversary story, The Columbian, Clark County23 November 2001 · Seattle · Part 52 · 1 page

p. 48FBI form FD-350 used to mount a newspaper clipping. The clipping is from The Columbian, Clark County, dated 11/23/2001, with FBI case title 164A-SE-81-LL. Associated Press article from Seattle dated…

News clippingFD-350 clipping: 'In D.B. Cooper Caper - $1,000 For Hijacked $20 Bill Offer Stands' by Rolla J. Crick, Oregon JournalPortland · Part 53 · 1 page

p. 287FBI filing instruction header for mounting newspaper clippings. Article by Rolla J. Crick describing The Oregon Journal's standing offer of $1,000 for any verified $20 bill from the D.B. Cooper hija…

News clipping(FD-350), Oregon Journal: '$20 Bills Get Close Look Here' with hijacking chronology and Cooper bill list pages 7-9Portland · Part 54 · 5 pages · 1 of 5 pages

p. 2 · page 1 of 5FBI form instruction for mounting clipping. Headline of newspaper article about the D.B. Cooper $20 bills being checked by The Journal. Newspaper article from The Oregon Journal detailing the seria…

News clippingBerkeley Barb clipping 'Take the Money and Jump - How He Foiled FBI'Part 69 · 1 page

p. 176Main headline and publication header for the Berkeley Barb newspaper, page 11. Sub-headline describing how Cooper evaded the FBI. Left column of article recounting D.B. Cooper's hijacking of a Nort…

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