News clippingFD-350 clipping, Minneapolis Star column 'Sky Caper Something to Admire' by Don Morrison29 November 1971 · Minneapolis · Part 78 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 9 · page 2 of 2Washington State PenitentiaryA humorous newspaper column describing various imagined comedic endings for the D.B. Cooper hijacking, each involving an ironic twist of fate. Scenarios include parachute failure, pulling the wrong r…

MemoSA Thomas J. Dugan to SAC Portland re Multnomah County source naming Lee Gilpatrick29 November 1971 · Portland · Part 90 · 1 page

p. 212Washington State PenitentiaryStandard FBI interoffice memorandum header from SA Thomas J. Dugan to SAC Portland, dated 11/29/71, regarding the NORJAK hijacking case. Report that a Multnomah County Sheriff's Office source identi…

MemoSA to SAC Portland re background and description of suspect Lee Joseph Gilpatrick29 November 1971 · Portland · Part 90 · 1 page

p. 213≈ Washington State PenHeader of a United States Government interoffice memorandum from a Special Agent (name redacted) to SAC Portland, dated 11/29/71, regarding the UNSUB in the NW Flight 305 hijacking/extortion case. B…

MemoRe Puyallup tipster naming Harold Hardesty as hijacker29 November 1971 · Seattle · Part 99 · 1 page

p. 209Walla Walla PrisonHeader 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…

TeletypePortland to San Diego re suspect lead to be developed at El Centro1 December 1971 · Portland · Part 8 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 13 · page 1 of 2Washington State PenitentiaryFBI teletype dated December 1, 1971, sent URGENT from Portland field office (case 164-41) to San Diego. References the D.B. Cooper hijacking of Northwest Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. Reports that…

TeletypePortland to San Diego re suspect Lee Joseph Gilpatrick1 December 1971 · Portland · Part 90 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 297 · page 1 of 2Washington State PenitentiaryStandard FBI teletype form header FD-36, dated December 1, 1971, marked #014, sent via teletype with urgent priority in plaintext. Teletype from Portland to San Diego regarding the NORJAK case (Nort…

ReportInvestigative insert AT BOISE, IDAHO re Idaho State Penitentiary records check6 December 1971 · Butte · Part 17 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 377 · page 2 of 2Washington State PenitentiaryPage header with case/file number BT #164-36, dictator/typist initials LBD/spr, and page number 2. Record of an unnamed inmate received at Idaho State Penitentiary on April 30, 1954 for 20 years for…

ReportButte investigative insert re Idaho State Penitentiary record on Kane6 December 1971 · Butte · Part 104 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 216 · page 2 of 2Washington State PenitentiaryPage header with case reference number, typist initials, and page number. Criminal record for inmate KANE (#8877), received at Idaho State Penitentiary on April 30, 1954 for 1st degree arson with a…

TeletypeSan Diego to Seattle and Sacramento re suspect skydiver formerly at Washington State Penitentiary8 December 1971 · San Diego · Part 8 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 33 · page 3 of 3Washington State PenitentiaryStandard FBI teletype/transmittal form header (FD-36). Date, transmission type, and priority fields are blank. Page three of teletype SD 164-91. Describes a suspect (name redacted) who served time a…

TeletypeSan Diego to Seattle and Sacramento re El Centro inquiries (duplicate copy)8 December 1971 · San Diego · Part 14 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 381 · page 3 of 3Washington State PenitentiaryPage header identifying this as page three of a teletype under case number SD 164-91. Continuation of a teletype describing a suspect who served time at Washington State Penitentiary, was known as a…

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TeletypeSan Diego to Seattle and Sacramento re suspect Lee Joseph Gilpatrick, negative results8 December 1971 · San Diego · Part 91 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 333 · page 3 of 3Washington State PenitentiaryStandard FBI transmittal form header with blank date, transmission type, and priority fields. Page three of an FBI teletype (case SD 164-91) regarding suspect Gilpatrick, who served time at Washingt…

TeletypeSacramento to Director, Seattle, Los Angeles and San Diego re weather cancellation of recon flight and subject's last address9 December 1971 · Sacramento · Part 8 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 40 · page 1 of 2Washington State PenitentiaryTeletype routing header: sent urgent at 4:26 PM on December 9, 1971 from Sacramento field office to Director, Seattle, Los Angeles, and San Diego field offices. NORJAK (DB Cooper) case update from S…

TeletypePortland to Los Angeles and Seattle re NORJAK commercial pilot suspect15 December 1971 · Portland · Part 24 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 680 · page 1 of 2Washington State PenitentiaryTeletype routing header from Portland FBI field office (case 164-41) to Los Angeles and Seattle (case 164-81), sent as a night teletype on December 15, 1971 at 6:55 PM. Body of the teletype regardin…

TeletypePortland to Los Angeles and Seattle re NORJAK suspect Lee Joseph Gilpatrick15 December 1971 · Portland · Part 93 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 1 · page 1 of 2Washington State PenitentiaryTeletype routing header from Portland FBI field office to Los Angeles and Seattle offices, dated December 15, 1971. Portland FBI office reports on possible NORJAK suspect Lee Joseph Gilpatrick. A Mu…

Teletype(FD-36 file copy) Portland to Los Angeles and Seattle re suspect Lee Joseph Gilpatrick15 December 1971 · Portland · Part 93 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 3 · page 1 of 2Washington State PenitentiaryStandard FBI teletype form header (FD-36), dated December 15, 1971, transmitted in plaintext via NITEL priority teletype. FBI Portland teletype to Los Angeles and Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Repo…

AirtelSAC Butte to SAC Seattle enclosing Deer Lodge, Lewistown and Boise inserts21 December 1971 · Butte · Part 17 · 3 pages · 2 of 3 pages

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AirtelSAC Butte to SAC Seattle re Benjamin Robert Kane aka Ben R. King21 December 1971 · Butte · Part 104 · 3 pages · 2 of 3 pages

FormFD-340 evidence receipt for photos of Ben R. Kane, with penitentiary mugshots and description card (1A serial 244)4 February 1972 · Seattle · Part 82 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 175 · page 2 of 3Washington State PenitentiaryUpper set of booking mugshots (front and side profile) of B. Kane taken at Washington State Penitentiary, prisoner number 028278, dated 3/10/70 (March 10, 1970). Subject is a white male with short/ba…

MemoTo SAC re Harold Hardsty Sub #39, lead at Walla Walla3 January 1974 · Seattle · Part 99 · 1 page

p. 208Walla Walla PrisonHeader 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…

MemoTo SAC Seattle re Hardesty source at Washington State Penitentiary31 January 1974 · Seattle · Part 99 · 1 page

p. 207Washington State PenitentiaryHeader 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…

MemoSA Wick to SAC Seattle re Washington State parole file on Hardesty4 March 1974 · Seattle · Part 34 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 72 · page 1 of 2Walla Walla PenitentiaryStandard US Government memorandum header from SA Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, dated March 4, 1974, regarding NORJAK case. SA Wick references a prior memo dated 1/31/74 and reports that on February…

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MemoTo SAC Seattle re San Francisco PD informant naming Bill Louis as unsub7 June 1976 · Seattle · Part 120 · 1 page

p. 67Walla Walla State PenitentiaryStandard FBI memorandum header identifying it as a NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case memo from a Special Agent to the SAC Seattle, dated 6/7/76, referencing subject Bill Louis aka Bill Lewis. Memo body repo…

MemoTo SAC Seattle re Washington State Penitentiary record on William B. Lewis29 June 1976 · Seattle · Part 120 · 1 page

p. 66Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla, WashingtonStandard FBI memorandum header identifying the routing (TO Seattle SAC, FROM redacted Special Agent), dated 6/29/76, subject NORJAK case, referencing subject 'Bill Louis' aka Bill Lewis, Sub 825. Na…

MemoSAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle re suspect William Bucklin Lewis (Sub #825)14 July 1976 · San Francisco · Part 38 · 2 pages

MemoCommunication SAC Seattle to SAC San Francisco re William Bucklin Lewis, NORJAK Sub 82514 July 1976 · Seattle · Part 120 · 1 page

p. 65Washington State PenitentiaryRouting header for an FBI airtel/memo from SAC Seattle to SAC San Francisco dated 7/14/76, referencing the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case and subject William Bucklin Lewis, Sub #825. Narrative recounting…

FD-302 interviewInterview of inmate re claim that D.B. Cooper was a CanadianInterviewed 30 July 1976 · Seattle · Part 38 · 2 pages

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FD-302 interviewJail interview in Seattle re volunteered Cooper leadInterviewed 30 July 1976 · Seattle · Part 72 · 1 page

p. 197Walla Walla PenitentiaryStandard FBI FD-302 interview form header with transcription date of August 5, 1976. An unidentified individual was interviewed by an FBI Special Agent in Seattle, Washington. The subject was read h…

FD-302 interviewInterview by SA Clark S. Smith of redacted subject re Cooper claimInterviewed 30 July 1976 · Seattle · Part 120 · 1 page

p. 225Walla Walla PenitentiaryAn unidentified individual (name redacted) is interviewed by SA Clark S. Smith at Seattle regarding an outstanding charge. The interviewee describes a prior dismissed charge from Alaska/Spokane, stat…

MemoSA to SAC Seattle re NORJAK tip about Walla Walla inmate and boat leads6 August 1976 · Seattle · Part 38 · 2 pages

MemoSA Clark S. Smith to SAC Seattle re Ed Bytheway claim about Cooper money6 August 1976 · Seattle · Part 120 · 1 page

p. 223Walla Walla PenitentiaryStandard U.S. Government memorandum letterhead identifying the recipient (SAC, Seattle, file 164-81), sender (SA Clark S. Smith), date (8/6/76), and subject (NORJAK, office of origin Seattle). An un…

MemoTo SAC Seattle re elimination of Edward Ray Bytheway as NORJAK suspect13 September 1976 · Seattle · Part 38 · 1 page

p. 141Washington State PenitentiaryStandard US Government memorandum form header (Optional Form No. 10, July 1973 edition). Memo addressing block showing it is directed to SAC Seattle, from an unnamed Special Agent, regarding the NOR…

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LetterFrom Washington State Penitentiary inmate to FBI Spokane re D.B. Cooper sighting, with envelope20 February 1980 · Part 43 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 298 · page 1 of 2Washington State PenitentiaryLetter addressed care of the FBI office in Spokane, Washington. Date of the letter. Sender identification block showing the letter is from an inmate (name redacted) at Washington State Penitentiary…

Letter(duplicate copy) from inmate to FBI Spokane re D.B. Cooper20 February 1980 · Part 43 · 1 page

p. 300Washington State PenitentiaryAddressee block directing letter to the FBI office in Spokane, Washington. Date of the letter. Sender identification block showing the letter originates from an inmate at Washington State Penitenti…

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