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MemoTo SAC Seattle re skyjacking of NWA Flight 30528 November 1971 · Seattle · Part 64 · 1 page

p. 198Standard US Government memorandum header from SPC Francis E. Entler to SAC Seattle regarding the D.B. Cooper skyjacking of Northwest Flight 305 on 11/24/71. A redacted individual from Dallas, Texas…

AirtelSAC Sacramento to SAC Portland re 1965 Plymouth station wagon with Oregon plates30 November 1971 · Sacramento · Part 12 · 1 page

p. 114FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Portland dated 11/30/71 regarding the UNSUB (D.B. Cooper) case. References a 1965 Plymouth Station Wagon with an Oregon license plate. Sacramento encloses t…

TeletypeUrgent teletype Minneapolis to Director and Seattle re stewardess evaluation of artist's composite30 November 1971 · Minneapolis · Part 69 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 273 · page 1 of 2Teletype routing header from Minneapolis FBI field office to Director and Seattle office, dated November 30, 1971. Handwritten annotations referencing an artist's sketch, likely a routing or filing…

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TeletypeMotor vehicle records query and negative response on Edmund Charles Oldkin, Jr.30 November 1971 · Seattle · Part 99 · 1 page

p. 43Handwritten case or date reference, likely 164-81 referring to the case file number suffix or a date notation. Computerized record check query for name OLDKIEC (Oldkin, Edmund Charles) with DOB 1218…

TeletypeNitel Omaha to Albuquerque, Seattle, St. Louis and Cincinnati re suspect lead (RUC)1 December 1971 · Omaha · Part 99 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 238 · page 1 of 2Teletype routing header from Omaha field office to Albuquerque, Seattle, St. Louis, and Cincinnati. Sent at 9:27 PM CST on December 1, 1971, as a NITEL (night teletype). Subject line identifying the…

MemoASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle re fuselage inspection panels (file copy)3 December 1971 · Seattle · Part 65 · 1 page

p. 62Header of an FBI internal memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 12/3/71, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper hijacking of NW Airlines Flight #305. A redacted Special Agent reported from…

MemoASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle re caller relaying tip via Cop Joe May3 December 1971 · Seattle · Part 68 · 1 page

p. 27Header block of an FBI internal memo from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle, dated 12/3/71, regarding the UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, NW Airlines Flight #305 hijacking/extortion case. A redacted individu…

TeletypePortland to Seattle and other offices re Cooper suspect lead8 December 1971 · Portland · Part 15 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 14 · page 1 of 2Teletype routing header showing an urgent message sent December 8, 1971 at 7:15 PM from Portland FBI office to Seattle, Albuquerque, San Francisco, Oklahoma City, and Little Rock field offices, with…

TeletypeSan Antonio to Denver and Seattle re USAF records at Randolph AFB on NORJAK suspect17 December 1971 · San Antonio · Part 45 · 1 page

p. 45Teletype header showing routing from San Antonio FBI field office to Denver and Seattle offices, dated December 17, 1971 at 11:29 PM. Case designation NORJAK with reference to a redacted suspect nam…

FormFD-192 Bulky Exhibit inventory - back parachute recovered at Reno21 December 1971 · Seattle · Part 64 · 1 page

p. 130FBI evidence inventory form (FD-192) documenting a back parachute recovered from Northwest Airlines Flight #305 after landing in Reno, Nevada on 11/24/71 in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The parachu…

TeletypeUrgent teletype Sacramento to Director and Seattle re SR-71 flight request to FAA17 January 1972 · Sacramento · Part 64 · 1 page

p. 268Teletype routing header from Sacramento FBI office to Director and Seattle, marked URGENT, dated January 17, 1972. Sacramento reports that a contact at Beale AFB, California has filed a request with…

AirtelSAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle re Elmendorf/Stead AFB parachutists and survival school instructors14 February 1972 · Anchorage · Part 22 · 4 pages · 1 of 4 pages

p. 229 · page 4 of 4Header of an FBI AIRTEL memo from SAC Anchorage to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated February 14, 1972. Personnel from Elmendorf Air Force Base and formerly Stead Air Force Base near Reno pro…

MemoSAC Portland to Director (Laboratory) re NORJAK, requesting examination of necktie and tie clip24 February 1972 · Portland · Part 52 · 1 page

p. 4Memo header from SAC Portland to FBI Director, attention Laboratory division, regarding NORJAK case. Portland field office is forwarding the hijacker's narrow black necktie with tie clip (found aboa…

MemoSA William D. Grimmer to SAC Seattle re suspect's Marine Corps records at MPRC29 February 1972 · St. Louis · Part 108 · 1 page

p. 115FBI memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case number 164-81, dated February 29, 1972, from Special Agent William D. Grimmer in St. Louis, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Report on a NORJAK sus…

MemoASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle re New York information from subject's attorney26 April 1972 · Seattle · Part 75 · 1 page

p. 216Header of an internal FBI memo addressed to the SAC in Seattle, routed through ASAC Paul R. Bibler, regarding NORJAK (the FBI codename for the D.B. Cooper case). An SA called from Division 6 reporti…

MemoSAC Seattle to SAC Sacramento re parachute canopy pack found by hunter (Sub 516)31 October 1972 · Seattle · Part 28 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 309 · page 1 of 2FBI internal memo from Seattle to Sacramento division dated 10/31/72 regarding NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), Sub 516. Sacramento is requested to determine whether a redacted individual from California w…

MemoTo SAC Seattle re Seattle PD officer's suggested NORJAK suspect (file copy)8 December 1972 · Seattle · Part 29 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 72 · page 1 of 2Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 12/8/72, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK case. On 12/7/72, a Seattle Police Department member advised that he and a colleague…

AirtelSAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle re Douglas Gibson Burns, Sub 19911 June 1973 · San Francisco · Part 103 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 77 · page 1 of 2Date of the airtel document. Airtel memo from SAC San Francisco to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, Sub No. 199, suspect Douglas Gibson Burns. San Francisco reviewed Burns' bank robbery file (91-7…

FormFD-9 Identification Record Request and returned criminal record for Owen Murray Reynolds17 July 1973 · Los Angeles · Part 60 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 378 · page 1 of 2Form header identifying this as FBI Form FD-9, Identification Record Request. Standard instructions for completing the FD-9 Identification Record Request form. FBI Identification Record Request for…

LetterFrom citizen to FBI Buffalo requesting ransom bill serial number list24 November 1973 · Part 75 · 1 page

p. 102Return address and date line of the letter, with sender name/address redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. A citizen writes to the FBI Buffalo field office requesting copies of the serial number list fo…

LetterCitizen letter from Milwaukee requesting ransom bill serial numbers10 December 1973 · Part 73 · 1 page

p. 210Fragment of a letter requesting a listing of serial numbers involved in the D.B. Cooper airline extortion plot. Postal or routing stamp indicating Milwaukee, WI origin. FBI Seattle field office fil…

AirtelSAC Seattle to SAC Las Vegas re results of suspect investigation27 December 1973 · Seattle · Part 33 · 1 page

p. 154Date of the airtel memo. FBI airtel memo from SAC Seattle to SAC Las Vegas dated 12/27/73 regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Seattle requests Las Vegas Division to furnish results of a previou…

MemoSA to SAC Seattle re Shelton source's recollection of bank burglary tunnel job30 January 1974 · Seattle · Part 33 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 354 · page 1 of 2Header of a US Government memorandum from a Special Agent (redacted) to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case, referencing a prior Seattle memo dated 12/17/73 about an unsub and a Tacoma bank robbery…

MemoSA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle re interview at Yacolt, Washington24 June 1975 · Seattle · Part 68 · 1 page

p. 243Partially visible stamp or routing mark in upper left corner, largely illegible. FBI memo dated 6/24/75 from SA Thomas J. Manning regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. On 6/23/75, Manning intervi…

LetterFrom The Boeing Company to FBI Seattle forwarding a Cooper-related letter17 October 1975 · Part 68 · 1 page

p. 220Cover letter from The Boeing Company to the FBI Seattle field office, dated October 17, 1975, forwarding a copy of a letter received by Boeing relating to the D. B. Cooper case. The addressee within…

MemoSA Wick to SAC Seattle re Washington State Patrol applicant as NORJAK suspect10 June 1976 · Seattle · Part 37 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 402 · page 1 of 2Standard US Government memorandum header. From Special Agent Robert H. Wick to SAC Seattle, regarding NORJAK case (164-81), referencing a prior memo from another SA dated 4/19/76. Location: Olympia,…

AirtelSAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle re Northwest Airlines participation in serial number program13 July 1976 · Minneapolis · Part 38 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 24 · page 1 of 2Date of the airtel document. FBI Airtel header block from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, referencing a prior Seattle Airtel to the Bureau dated 6/7/76. Northwest Airlines was…

AirtelSAC Portland to SAC Seattle re NORJAK, Ariel Store witness account, with Seattle lead8 December 1976 · Portland · Part 39 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 65 · page 1 of 2Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header dated December 8, 1976, sent via AIRTEL. Routing information: from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case), with Bureau file number…

MemoTo SAC Seattle re caller reporting man with many twenty dollar bills20 April 1977 · Seattle · Part 39 · 2 pages

MemoSA to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect who filed FOIA request (file copy)31 May 1977 · Seattle · Part 40 · 1 page

p. 3Standard header block of a US Government interoffice memorandum addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. Memo discusses a NORJAK suspect who contacted the FBI via FOIA request. A file was ope…

FD-302 interviewRe personnel record of NORJAK suspect at United Technology, DetroitInterviewed 11 January 1978 · Detroit · Part 41 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 242 · page 1 of 2Standard FD-302 form header with FBI letterhead and transcription date. FD-302 interview form documenting a personnel record obtained from a technology company at 6253 Concord Avenue. The subject is…

AirtelSAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle enclosing FD-302s re Rackstraw investigation9 March 1978 · Sacramento · Part 41 · 1 page

p. 310Handwritten page or classification notation in upper right corner FBI airtel memo from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Encloses FD-302 interview forms (names redac…

News clippingFD-350 clipping UPI story doubting Cooper-King assassination link, Seattle Times18 April 1978 · Seattle · Part 54 · 1 page

p. 94Standard FBI form header FD-350 for mounting newspaper clippings. UPI newspaper article from Portland reporting that CBS was investigating a possible link between D.B. Cooper and the assassination o…

AirtelSAC Seattle to Director requesting latent fingerprint computer search, NORJAK16 May 1978 · Seattle · Part 41 · 1 page

p. 505FBI transmittal form header indicating AIRTEL transmission method, dated May 16, 1978. Airtel from SAC Seattle to FBI Director requesting the Latent Fingerprint Section review approximately 80 parti…

News clippingFD-350 clipping: AP story on Rackstraw's arrest for forged FAA licenses, Seattle Times, 2/2/792 February 1979 · Seattle · Part 54 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 155 · page 1 of 2FBI form header for mounting newspaper clippings AP newspaper article from the Seattle Times reporting that Robert Wesley Rackstraw, 35, was arrested in Fullerton, CA for forging FAA pilot license a…

News clippingFD-350 clipping: 'NEWS FOCUS' Herald Examiner article on D.B. Cooper and suspect Jack Coffelt16 December 1979 · Los Angeles · Part 43 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 96 · page 1 of 3FBI clipping mount instruction header Newspaper article recounting the D.B. Cooper hijacking. A middle-aged man in a black suit bought a one-way ticket to Seattle under the name Dan Cooper (misprint…

News clippingFD-350 clipping: Herald Examiner 'NEWS FOCUS' D.B. Cooper article (serial 164-81-8192)16 December 1979 · Los Angeles · Part 43 · 1 page

p. 101FBI FD-350 media clipping form indicating the source is the Herald Examiner, Los Angeles, CA, dated 12/16/79, Sunday Latest edition, page A-1, title NEWS FOCUS. Newspaper article recounting the 1971…

News clippingFD-350 clipping: Neil Modie, 'Cooper ransom found', Seattle Post-Intelligencer13 February 1980 · Seattle · Part 43 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 186 · page 1 of 3FBI form FD-350 header indicating this is a newspaper clipping from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, page A1, dated 2/13/80, filed under NORJAK case 164-81 from the Seattle office. Newspaper article…

News clippingFD-350 clipping: 'More D.B. Cooper cash sought', Seattle Times13 February 1980 · Seattle · Part 43 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 203 · page 1 of 3FBI form FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings, identifying the article as from the Seattle Times, page A1, dated 2/13/80, Final edition. Seattle Times article dated 2/13/80 reporting on FBI…

News clippingOn FD-350: 'Bills 1st solid clue in hijack mystery' (Oregonian, 2/13/80)13 February 1980 · Seattle · Part 43 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 261 · page 3 of 3FBI form FD-350 clipping cover sheet identifying the source as the Oregonian, Portland, page C1, dated 2/13/80, Final edition, submitted by the Seattle office. Oregonian newspaper article by Leveret…

News clippingFD-350 clipping: 'My Search for D.B. Cooper' by Darrell Bob Houston, Seattle Post-Intelligencer15 February 1980 · Seattle · Part 43 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 195 · page 1 of 3FBI form FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings, identifying this as from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, page A1, Final edition, filed under NORJAK case classification 164-81 from the Seattle…

News clippingFD-350 clipping: 'My Search for D.B. Cooper — 9 Years Trailing The Phantom Skyjacker', Seattle P-I15 February 1980 · Seattle · Part 63 · 1 page

p. 51FBI form FD-350 used for mounting newspaper clippings, identifying this as from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, page A1, Final edition, classified under NORJAK 164-81. Newspaper article by Darrell B…

News clippingFD-350 clipping: FBI geologist favors Washougal River as Cooper landing site, The Columbian15 February 1980 · Seattle · Part 65 · 1 page

p. 148FBI form FD-350 used to mount a newspaper clipping. The clipping is from page 15 of The Columbian, Vancouver, Washington, dated February 15, 1980. Character number 164-81. Submitting office is San Fr…

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News clippingFD-350 clipping (duplicate copy): 'Punk or Paradox, the Legend Lives On'16 February 1980 · Seattle · Part 43 · 1 page

p. 280FBI clipping form header with revision date. FBI FD-350 clipping metadata identifying the source as Seattle Post-Intelligencer, page A1, Final edition, dated 2/16/80, classified under NORJAK case 16…

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News clippingFD-350 clipping: 'Cooper book could blend fact, fantasy' (Daily News, Longview)27 February 1980 · Seattle · Part 43 · 1 page

p. 314FBI form FD-350 header used to mount newspaper clippings, indicating the source is the Daily News of Longview, Washington, dated February 27, 1980. Character reference 164-81, submitted by the Seattl…

TeletypePriority teletype Portland to Director re discovery of decomposed $20 ransom billsFebruary 1980 · Portland · Part 70 · 1 page

p. 328Teletype routing header from Portland field office to FBI Director and Seattle, marked PRIORITY, regarding NORJAK case. Body of teletype describing a person in Vancouver, Washington who contacted th…

MemoTo SAC Seattle re NORJAK ransom money recovery along Columbia River4 March 1980 · Seattle · Part 43 · 1 page

p. 334Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated March 4, 1980. Sender SA name is redacted. Handwritten routing or filing annotations, partially ille…

MemoTo SAC Seattle re Weippe, Idaho caller naming a Missoula acquaintance as Cooper1 April 1980 · Seattle · Part 69 · 1 page

p. 168Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, dated April 1, 1980, regarding the NORJAK case. Sender SA name is redacted. A tipster from Weippe, Idaho contacted the Spokane R…

TeletypeSAC Seattle to Director, Las Vegas, Sacramento and San Francisco re NORJAK suspects Jack Farmer and Garth Dunning (FD-36 copy)27 June 1980 · Seattle · Part 45 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 115 · page 2 of 3Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with no boxes checked. Page five of an FBI teletype (SF 164-81) discussing Garth Dunning's background: US Army service in the late 1950s including a postin…

AirtelSAC Newark to Director FBI re NORJACK suspect, with leads to San Francisco, Seattle and Newark13 April 1988 · Newark · Part 49 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 56 · page 1 of 3FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Method is AIRTEL, dated 4/13/88. No classification or precedence boxes are checked. FBI AIRTEL from SAC Newark to Director FBI regarding NORJACK (D.B. Cooper hijac…

AirtelSAC San Francisco to SAC Newark re NORJACK, closing San Francisco portion10 February 1989 · San Francisco · Part 49 · 1 page

p. 204Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header with date 2/10/89, classification and transmit method checkboxes. Addressing block identifying the memo as from SAC San Francisco to SAC Newark regarding t…

LetterAnonymous tip letter to FBI Seattle re D.B. Cooper, with mailing envelope22 March 1989 · Part 67 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 190 · page 1 of 2Classification and indexing stamps at top of page. Handwritten notation, likely a filing or routing mark. Handwritten annotation near FBI header, partially illegible. An anonymous tip letter addre…

AirtelSAC San Diego to SAC Seattle re matchbook inscribed 'D. B. Cooper' found by citizen2 May 1989 · San Diego · Part 49 · 1 page

p. 235FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Document is an Airtel dated 5/2/89. Routing block indicating the document is from SAC San Diego to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case), file…

AirtelSAC Los Angeles to SAC Sacramento re NORJAK, lead to Pine Mountain Club/Frazier Park8 May 1992 · Los Angeles · Part 50 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 214 · page 1 of 2FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is AIRTEL. Date is 5/8/92. No classification or precedence boxes are checked. Routing block of the AIRTEL. Sent from SAC Los Angeles (file 164-…

FormAMW tip form re D.B. Cooper sighting (6:05 call)1 December 1996 · Part 77 · 1 page

p. 33America's Most Wanted TV show logo/seal appearing in upper left corner of form Header section of an America's Most Wanted tip form identifying the fugitive as D.B. Cooper, dated 12-1-96 at 6:05, cat…

Handwritten noteHandwritten citizen letter from South Bend, IN to FBI re Cooper suspect (serial 164-81-9274)3 December 1996 · Part 51 · 1 page

p. 138Location and date of the letter origin. Mailing address block directed to the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. A citizen tip letter to the FBI suggesting that a man who solicits donations for a…

ListOf suggested items and equipment for ground searchSeattle · Part 74 · 1 page

p. 137A detailed list of suggested equipment and supplies for a ground search operation, including compasses, rain gear, rations, field packs, handheld radios, whistles, paint for marking paths, evidence t…

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