1981

Name: 1981
Start: 1981

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January56 references · 34 pages February24 references · 22 pages March33 references · 26 pages April46 references · 35 pages May19 references · 17 pages June25 references · 20 pages July25 references · 19 pages August51 references · 44 pages September75 references · 47 pages October41 references · 40 pages November186 references · 120 pages December190 references · 133 pages

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FormSeattle Police Department Identification Report on Robert Day Cooper, robbery arrest 195228 September 1952 · Seattle Police Department · Part 104 · 1 page

p. 2854 November 19811981-11-04Seattle Police Department booking form for Robert Day Cooper, arrested September 28, 1952 at 5:30 AM. Occupation listed as Seaman. Suspected of Robbery. Property: Bulova wrist watch. Cell number 442,…

FormSeattle Police Department Identification Report on Virginia Therese Hill (January 1955 arrest)23 January 1955 · Seattle Police Department · Part 111 · 1 page

p. 2264 January 1981≈ 1/04-81 (bottom date, possibly FBI review date)Upper booking section of a Seattle Police Department Identification Report for Virginia Hill. Records an arrest at 3001 W Raymond, lists her as a 30-year-old white female, occupation housewife. Suspi…

MemoTo SAC Seattle re source in Washington reporting a possible hijacking suspect in Portland25 November 1971 · Seattle · Part 10 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 367 · page 2 of 2December 1981≈ 12-81 (stamp, partially illegible)Header of an FBI memo addressed to SAC Seattle regarding the UNSUB (unknown subject) of the Northwest Flight 305 hijacking on 11/24/71, classified under Civil Aeronautics Act - Hijacking; Extortion.…

FD-302 interviewRe-interview of Flight 305 witness for composite preparationInterviewed 25 November 1971 · Minneapolis · Part 69 · 1 page

p. 26016 April 19811981-04-16Standard FD-302 form header with date December 2, 1971. An FBI interview (FD-302) of a redacted female witness to the hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971. She provided a…

MemoTo SAC Seattle (164-NEW) re source naming TED MAYFIELD as possible suspect25 November 1971 · Seattle · Part 98 · 1 page

p. 29January 1981≈ 1981-01 (stamp date approximation)Header block of an FBI memo from the Seattle field office regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking case. A source from Washington state advised that during a discussion about the hijacking, the…

TeletypeSeattle to Director re parachutist organizations and Latin Sky-Divers lead (3:34PM copy)29 November 1971 · Seattle · Part 11 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 80 · page 2 of 31981Page header indicating this is page two of document 164-81. Instructions for LA field office to identify the 'Latin Sky-Divers' parachutist organization and display composite photo of the UNSUB. Com…

MemoASAC Bibler to SAC Seattle re circularizing wanted flyer to flying and parachute clubs29 November 1971 · Seattle · Part 64 · 1 page

p. 3316 January 19811981-01-16Standard US Government memorandum header from ASAC Paul R. Bibler to SAC Seattle regarding the unknown subject (D.B. Cooper) hijacking of Northwest Airlines Flight #305 on 11/24/71. Bibler reports o…

TeletypeSeattle to Director re artist's conception and description of hijacker29 November 1971 · Seattle · Part 69 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 292 · page 1 of 24 November 198111-4-81Standard FBI teletype transmittal form header (FD-36), dated November 29, 1971, marked URGENT priority. Teletype from SAC Seattle to FBI Director regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking (NWA Flight 305,…

FormFD-340 receipt for photographs of Robert Hammond Keely from SAC Sacramento, with photos, ID cards and California DMV license record (1A serial 13)29 November 1971 · Seattle · Part 80 · 8 pages · 1 of 8 pages

p. 197 · page 7 of 8April 19814-81FBI Vault Bates-style page stamp identifying this as part of the D.B. Cooper file, numbered 35030. Handwritten file reference notation. 'SE' likely refers to the Seattle field office, '4-81' likely…

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

p. 1134 December 198112/4/81Date of the airtel document. FBI airtel memo header from SAC Sacramento to SAC Portland regarding an unknown subject (UNSUB) associated with a 1965 Plymouth Station Wagon with a redacted Oregon lice…

MemoSA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle re fixed-wing aerial search Woodland to Silver Lake1 December 1971 · Seattle · Part 65 · 1 page

p. 794 December 198112/4/81Header identifying the memo as addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Thomas J. Manning, dated 12/1/71. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking case: UNSUB aka Dan Cooper, NWA Flight 305, Portl…

TeletypeNitel San Francisco to Seattle re female source furnishing suspect photo1 December 1971 · San Francisco · Part 68 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 48 · page 1 of 316 November 19811981-11-16Teletype header showing message number 017, sent from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle FBI field office at 10:28 PM on December 1, 1971. Subject line identifying the D.B. Cooper hijacking c…

ReportInvestigative insert re female witness interviewed about composite drawing2 December 1971 · Portland · Part 91 · 1 page

p. 37November 1981≈ 1981-11-[illegible]Case file numbers and dictation/typist initials for Portland and Seattle FBI field offices. An FBI Special Agent in Portland interviewed a witness on December 2, 1971. After observing a composite dr…

LetterAttorney John L. Reeder to FBI Seattle forwarding client's passport and photo, with mailing envelope6 December 1971 · Part 17 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 82 · page 2 of 220 December 1981DEC 2 0 1981Front of a certified mail envelope (#886177) sent from attorney John L. Reeder of Twisp, Washington to the FBI Seattle field office, attention a Special Agent whose name is redacted (b6/b7C exemption…

TeletypePhiladelphia to Seattle, Kansas City and New York re former Leavenworth inmate as possible UNSUB7 December 1971 · Philadelphia · Part 111 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 73 · page 2 of 36 May 19811981-05-06Continuation (page two) of a teletype or report describing an individual involved in a bank robbery at First Westside Bank, Omaha. The subject and an accomplice engaged the bank manager and his wife…

MemoSA to SAC Portland re small plane observed at Springfield, Oregon8 December 1971 · Portland · Part 91 · 1 page

p. 2698 December 198112/8/81Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header from an FBI Special Agent in Portland to the SAC Portland office, dated 12/8/71, regarding the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. A source in Coos Bay,…

TeletypeOklahoma City to Seattle and Albuquerque re NORJAK suspect description9 December 1971 · Oklahoma City · Part 15 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 62 · page 1 of 34 January 19811981-01-04Teletype routing header from Oklahoma City field office to Seattle and Albuquerque, marked urgent, dated December 9, 1971. Subject line referencing NORJAK (FBI codename for D.B. Cooper case). The RE…

MemoSA Manning to SAC Seattle re suspect referred in 12/17/71 memo22 December 1971 · Seattle · Part 17 · 1 page

p. 20322 December 19811981-12-22Internal FBI memorandum from SA Thomas J. Manning to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAC (D.B. Cooper) case. References a prior memo dated 12/17/71 about a suspect whose name is redacted. Manning attach…

AirtelSAC Portland to SAC Sacramento re suspect referenced in 12/14/71 airtel17 January 1972 · Portland · Part 20 · 1 page

p. 551981Date of the airtel document. Header block of an FBI airtel memo from SAC Portland to SAC Sacramento regarding NORJAK case, referencing a Sacramento airtel to Seattle dated 12/14/71. Suspect name is…

MemoTo SAC Seattle re witness Cord Spreckel eliminating NORJAK suspects from photos28 February 1972 · Seattle · Part 104 · 1 page

p. 47016 April 19811981-04-16Standard US Government interoffice memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case file 164-81, dated February 28, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. The sender SA name is reda…

MemoTo SAC Seattle re witness Cord Spreckel photo elimination28 February 1972 · Seattle · Part 105 · 1 page

p. 103April 19811981-04Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, case 164-81, dated 2/28/72. Sender is a Special Agent whose name is redacted under b6/b7C exemptions. Subject is NORJAK (FBI codenam…

MemoSA to SAC Seattle re photographs shown to witness Cord Spreckel28 February 1972 · Seattle · Part 108 · 1 page

p. 2616 January 19811981-01-16Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from an unnamed Special Agent to SAC Seattle, dated February 28, 1972, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Witness Cord Spreckel was shown photo…

FormFD-125 Record Request for Virginia Hill (credit and criminal checks)1 April 1972 · Seattle · Part 111 · 1 page

p. 2254 November 19811981-11-04Handwritten routing instruction at top right of form FBI Record Request form (FD-125) for Virginia Hill, a white female born 1/31/1924 in Wisconsin, 5'6" 114 lbs, brown hair, hazel eyes. Credit and…

FormFD-340 receipt for interview notes re Billie Lee McGill (exhibit 690)18 April 1972 · Salt Lake City · Part 87 · 1 page

p. 86October 1981≈ 1981-10 (Se 16x1-81-1a notation)Standard FBI evidence/property receipt form header with revision date. Handwritten case/serial reference number with circled number 690. FBI FD-340 property receipt form documenting receipt of an i…

FD-302 interviewInterview of witness shown photograph by Newsweek reporterInterviewed 22 April 1972 · Portland · Part 109 · 1 page

p. 3234 November 19811981-11-04FBI FD-302 header with date of transcription. An unnamed interviewee was contacted by a Newsweek magazine reporter about the November 1971 Northwest Airlines hijacking. The reporter arrived and show…

ReportCast of characters and investigative insert re Port Angeles inquiries, NORJAK26 April 1972 · Seattle · Part 109 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 175 · page 1 of 230 May 19811981-05-30Title header for the document listing persons of interest or involved parties. A cast of characters list identifying individuals connected to the D.B. Cooper case, including an attorney in Atlanta,…

AirtelSAC Seattle to Acting Director recommending $25,000 reward and reporting file review1 June 1972 · Seattle · Part 71 · 1 page

p. 13716 April 19811981-04-16FBI airtel header from Seattle field office to Acting Director, dated 6/1/72, regarding case ORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Seattle FBI office reports on extensive file review of the D.B. Coope…

MemoSA Farrell to SAC Seattle re experimental flight observations8 June 1972 · Seattle · Part 65 · 1 page

p. 27116 April 19811981-04-16Memo header addressed to SAC Seattle from SA Charles E. Farrell regarding the NORJAK case, subject: Experimental Flight, dated 6/8/72. On 1/6/72, NWA conducted an experimental flight using the actua…

FormIndex record check on William Charles Bevan (Sub 458)15 August 1972 · Seattle · Part 112 · 1 page

p. 457April 19814-81Handwritten filing annotation indicating this record should be filed under Sub 458 only. FBI NCIC or index record for William Charles Bevan, DOB 12-22-35, male, brown hair, 5-11, 175 lbs, address 29…

AirtelSAC Portland to SAC Seattle re revised color artist's conception shown to witnesses4 October 1972 · Portland · Part 104 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 368 · page 1 of 24 November 198111/4-81Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with date 10/4/72, sent via AIRTEL/AIRMAIL. Airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK. Reports that a revised color artist's concepti…

MemoSAC Phoenix to SAC San Antonio re NORJAK, enclosing eight photographs and a newspaper article4 January 1973 · Phoenix · Part 115 · 1 page

p. 1006 January 19811/6/81FBI inter-office memo header addressed to SAC San Antonio and SAC Phoenix (RUC), dated 1/4/73. Contains redacted case/file numbers and a redacted block. FBI memo marked ARMED AND DANGEROUS regarding…

FormFD-340 receipt for driver's license photo from Washington DMV, Olympia9 March 1973 · Seattle · Part 84 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 9 · page 2 of 216 April 19811981-04-16Degraded or heavily faded content; only noise/specks remain. Possibly remnants of a very poor photocopy or microfiche reproduction. Bottom of page contains a redacted rectangular block (FBI FOIA exe…

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. 50 · page 1 of 71 October 19811981-10-01FBI FD-263 cover page for the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) hijacking investigation, reporting office Seattle, covering investigative period 7/23/73 to 11/23/73. Administrative section establishing the NORJA…

FD-302 interviewInterview of female witness and husband re hijacking (SE 164-81)Interviewed 4 April 1974 · Seattle · Part 72 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 157 · page 3 of 3February 19811981-02Document reference code indicating Seattle field office, February 1981. Description of interview subjects' financial assets: they acquired all assets through their own earnings, own a car and pickup…

FD-302 interviewInterview of volunteer at Sarasota RA re NORJAK, with background and physical descriptionInterviewed 1 May 1975 · Tampa · Part 35 · 4 pages · 1 of 4 pages

p. 80 · page 1 of 44 November 198111/4/81Standard FD-302 header with form revision number and transcription date. An unidentified individual voluntarily appeared at the FBI Sarasota Resident Agency and provided background information. He h…

AirtelSAC Kansas City to Director re informant on Air America pilots as Cooper suspects20 June 1975 · Kansas City · Part 35 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 156 · page 1 of 34 October 19811981-10-04Standard FBI FD-36 airtel transmission form header dated June 20, 1975. Routing block identifying the airtel as being sent from SAC Kansas City to the FBI Director regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case…

MemoRe tip on Howard Gattis, ex-paratrooper resembling Cooper composite15 December 1975 · Seattle · Part 119 · 1 page

p. 3784 November 198111-4-81Standard GSA memorandum form letterhead identifying the document as a U.S. Government memo. FBI memo from Seattle field office documenting a tip that HOWARD GATTIS, an ex-paratrooper reported to res…

MemoSA to SAC Seattle re NORJAK26 March 1976 · Seattle · Part 75 · 1 page

p. 13826 March 19811981-03-26Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC Seattle, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK case. Handwritten annotations including what appears to be routing or filing no…

FormFD-340 receipt for driver's license copies from Washington Driver Licensing, Olympia, with DMV certifications and license photocopy (item 1a 549)14 June 1976 · Seattle · Part 85 · 6 pages · 1 of 6 pages

p. 209 · page 4 of 64 November 198111-4-81Handwritten notation appearing to be a date (November 4, 1981) followed by what may be a reference or serial number '/a 549'. Printed Bates number stamp used for FBI Vault document tracking.

MemoSAC Houston to SAC Seattle re employment inquiry at Tomball, Texas20 October 1976 · Houston · Part 119 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 237 · page 2 of 24 November 198111-4-81An FBI report describing an investigation conducted in Houston, Texas, in which a representative of Pona Engineers Incorporated was contacted on October 26, 1976, and reviewed old Certified Welding C…

MemoSAC Buffalo to SAC Honolulu re Jamestown NY interview and Coffelt leads30 March 1977 · Buffalo · Part 39 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 297 · page 1 of 21 October 198110/1-81FBI inter-office memo header from SAC Buffalo to SAC Honolulu regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, referencing a prior Honolulu airtel dated 3/10/77. An interview with a redacted individual empl…

MemoSAC WFO to Director re interview about Jack Bryant Coffelt's health and character21 June 1977 · Washington Field · Part 40 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 79 · page 1 of 215 July 19811981-07-15Header of an FBI memo from SAC WFO to Director FBI regarding NORJACK case, referencing a prior airtel dated 5/13/77. A redacted individual in Washington D.C. was contacted on 6/16/77 and recalled tr…

MemoSAC Seattle to ADIC New York re NORJAK8 July 1977 · Seattle · Part 74 · 1 page

p. 984 July 19811981-07-04Standard FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Seattle to ADIC New York regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Handwritten notation, likely a routing or serial number. Follow-up memo refere…

LetterRoyal-Globe Insurance Companies to SAC John M. Reed re hijacking status inquiry11 September 1978 · New York · Part 75 · 1 page

p. 794 June 19816/4-81Company letterhead for Royal-Globe Insurance Companies with New York address and phone number. Letter from Royal-Globe Insurance Companies to FBI Special Agent In Charge John M. Reed in Seattle, req…

FormFD-340 receipt and attached Northwest Airlines 727 exterior color scheme blueprints1 December 1978 · Minneapolis · Part 86 · 6 pages · 1 of 6 pages

p. 259 · page 2 of 610 August 19811981-08-10Revision log entry for a technical drawing, noting a change to Note 22 and detail for covering paint, dated 3-22-76. b6/b7C are FBI redaction exemption codes. Handwritten evidence tag with Seattle f…

MemoTo SAC Seattle re Washington woman's report of Cooper look-alike neighbor10 March 1979 · Seattle · Part 68 · 1 page

p. 971 March 19811981-03-01Header of an internal FBI memorandum addressed to the Special Agent in Charge of the Seattle field office, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, file number 164-81, dated March 10, 1979. A woman…

AirtelRe Deputy U.S. Marshal information on Cooper suspect23 July 1979 · Atlanta · Part 76 · 1 page

p. 12810 August 19811981-08-10Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Method is AIRTEL, classification is UNCLAS EFTO, dated 7/23/79. Handwritten or stamped routing notations indicating subject sub-categories H and J. AIRTE…

AirtelSAC Portland to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect, Newark, Delaware newsstand29 October 1979 · Portland · Part 43 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 13 · page 1 of 216 August 19811981-08-16FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is Airtel, dated 10/29/79. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Memo addressing block: from Portland SAC to Seattle SAC regarding NOR…

FD-302 interviewInterview of Vancouver woman re February 1980 discovery of decomposed $20 billsInterviewed 12 February 1980 · Portland · Part 46 · 1 page

p. 4523 January 19811981-01-23Standard FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. FD-302 interview of a woman from Vancouver, WA who appeared at the Portland FBI Office. She described how on Sunday a…

FD-302 interviewInterview of Portland State University geologist re Tena Bar siteInterviewed 13 February 1980 · Portland · Part 46 · 1 page

p. 4823 January 1981JAN 23 1981Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. An individual affiliated with Portland State University was interviewed at the Portland FBI office regarding the Tena Bar money…

News clippingFD-350 clipping: 'More D.B. Cooper Cash Sought', Seattle Times page A113 February 1980 · Seattle · Part 63 · 1 page

p. 484 December 198112-4-81FBI FD-350 clipping form metadata indicating this is from Seattle Times, page A1, dated 2/13/80, Final edition, classified under file 164-81, submitted by Seattle office. Seattle Times front-page ar…

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News clippingFD-350 clipping, The Columbian: 'FBI geologist favors Washougal River landing for D.B. Cooper'16 February 1980 · Part 43 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 426 · page 1 of 215 February 19811981-02-15FBI form FD-350 used to mount newspaper clippings, indicating this article is from The Columbian, Vancouver, WA, dated 2/16/80, with case character 164-RL and submitting office SE (Seattle). Newspap…

FormFD-340 receipt (RH 164-167) for two photographs from Danville, Virginia contributor, with withheld photograph page19 February 1980 · Richmond · Part 87 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 258 · page 1 of 215 September 19819-15-81FBI FD-340 form (Receipt for Property Received) documenting a submission received on 2/19/80, filed under RH 164-167, from a contributor in Danville, Virginia. Contributor name and address redacted u…

MemoSAC Minneapolis to SAC Omaha re NORJACK suspect tip from Willmar, Minnesota28 February 1980 · Minneapolis · Part 43 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 348 · page 1 of 25 March 19811981-03-05Memo header showing date, office of origin (Minneapolis), case name NORJACK, office of origin Seattle, and copy to SAC Omaha. Subject stamp with partially visible classification markings and the wor…

FD-302 interviewRe witness account of 2/10/80 discovery of Cooper ransom money4 March 1980 · Portland · Part 46 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 46 · page 1 of 223 January 19811981-01-23Standard FD-302 interview form header with date of transcription. A woman from Vancouver, Washington contacted the FBI on February 13, 1980 to provide her account of being present on February 10, 19…

FD-302 interviewRe Terrebonne, Oregon interview on subject's employment applicationInterviewed 5 March 1980 · Portland · Part 46 · 1 page

p. 4923 January 19811981-01-23Standard FD-302 interview form header with revision date and transcription date. An interview with a person in Terrebonne, Oregon who described a subject's past application for employment with an un…

FormFSA Blue Slip (FD-536) paying New Columbia Garden Co. $450 for beach excavation equipment15 March 1980 · Seattle · Part 74 · 1 page

p. 1131 October 19811981-10-01FBI FSA Blue Slip (FD-536) requesting $450.00 payment to New Columbia Garden Co., Inc. for renting two tractors, a disc, and backhoe to excavate the Columbia River beach where hijack money from the N…

ReportFBI Laboratory report to SAC Portland re mineralogical examination of four $20 bills (Q60-Q63)18 March 1980 · Bureau · Part 43 · 1 page

p. 4221 August 19811981-08-01FBI Laboratory report header addressed to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case, dated March 18, 1980. FBI Laboratory received four U.S. $20 bills (specimens Q60–Q63) on February 3, 1980, with listed s…

FormFD-192 Bulky Exhibit inventory, four $20 bills Q60-Q63 recovered 2/14/198026 March 1980 · Portland · Part 90 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 54 · page 1 of 21 August 19818/1/81FBI FD-192 form documenting the acquisition of four $20 bills (serials Q60-Q63) as evidence in the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. The currency was acquired on 2/14/80, stored at the FBI Safety Deposit at…

FD-302 interviewInterview of Charlottesville witness re John Scott Maze as Cooper suspectInterviewed 11 April 1980 · Richmond · Part 45 · 4 pages · 1 of 4 pages

p. 349 · page 1 of 421 January 19811981-01-21FBI FD-302 form revision identifier. Handwritten annotation, possibly routing or review initials. An FD-302 interview summary. A female witness from Charlottesville, VA contacted the FBI after watc…

FD-302 interviewInterview of Charlottesville, VA witness shown four Cooper compositesInterviewed 14 April 1980 · Richmond · Part 45 · 1 page

p. 34721 January 19811981-01-21Standard FD-302 interview form header with form revision date and transcription date. A female witness in Charlottesville, VA was shown four artist composites of D.B. Cooper. She identified the blac…

MemoSAC Omaha to SAC Seattle re Cherokee, Iowa caller's Cooper suspect22 April 1980 · Omaha · Part 44 · 1 page

p. 12128 February 19811981-02-28FBI routing header dated 4/22/80 from SAC Omaha to Seattle, regarding NORJACK case. A woman from Cherokee, Iowa called on 3/26/80 to report that she believes a redacted individual may be D. B. Coope…

MemoSAC Cleveland to SAC Seattle re NORJAK (A) suspect (file copy)19 May 1980 · Cleveland · Part 44 · 1 page

p. 2251 June 19816/1/81FBI inter-office memo header showing routing from Cleveland to Seattle, dated 5/19/80, regarding NORJAK (A) case, Bureau file 164-2111. An Assistant United States Attorney (name redacted) advised th…

MemoKnoxville memo to SAC re NORJAK informant report (file copy, page 1)29 May 1980 · Knoxville · Part 44 · 1 page

p. 161August 19811981-08Standard US Government memorandum header addressed to SAC with case reference NORJAK, the FBI code name for the D.B. Cooper hijacking case. Handwritten routing or classification notation. An inform…

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FD-302 interviewRe source report on American Indian claiming to be D.B. CooperInterviewed 9 June 1980 · Los Angeles · Part 45 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 364 · page 1 of 22 January 1981JAN 2 1981Standard FD-302 header with FBI letterhead and date of transcription. An FD-302 interview report documenting a telephone call from a source in Billings, Montana to the FBI Los Angeles office. The so…

FormRouting slip to SAC Seattle enclosing Latent Fingerprint Section report on recovered currency27 June 1980 · Bureau · Part 70 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 167 · page 1 of 24 June 19811981-06-04 · 1981-06-30FBI Routing Slip form O-7 dated 6-27-80, directed to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case. No other field offices or legats checked. Routing slip remarks section indicating that an enclosed LFPS (Laten…

TeletypeAnchorage to WFO, Portland and Seattle re NORJAK passport applicant30 July 1980 · Anchorage · Part 45 · 1 page

p. 26130 July 19811981-07-30 · 1981-08-01 · 1981-08-04Teletype routing header indicating message originated from FBI Anchorage field office, file number 164-227, dated July 30. Routing instructions sending this teletype at priority level to Washington…

LetterSAC Seattle to correspondent re elimination of Jack Scott Farmer as a NORJAK suspect6 August 1980 · Seattle · Part 45 · 1 page

p. 27316 August 19811981-08-16FBI Seattle field office letterhead with date and address. Handwritten bureau sub-file reference number. Letter from FBI SAC Paul L. Mack to an attorney in Mountain View, CA confirming that fingerp…

AirtelSAC Detroit to Director re Southfield source claim of D.B. Cooper identity12 August 1980 · Detroit · Part 45 · 1 page

p. 3001 August 19811981-08-01Standard FBI AIRTEL header from SAC Detroit to Director FBI, Identification Division, regarding NORJAK case, office of origin Portland. A Southfield, Michigan police department source reported that…

ReportLatent Fingerprint Section report to SAC WFO re NORJAK latent comparisons12 August 1980 · Bureau · Part 67 · 1 page

p. 381 July 19811981-07-01Header of FBI Latent Fingerprint Section report form 1-336, addressed to SAC WFO, regarding the D.B. Cooper case, dated August 12, 1980. Reference information listing the airtel dated 7-15-80, exami…

ReportLatent Fingerprint Section report re NORJAK (duplicate copy, serial 164-81-8529)15 August 1980 · Bureau · Part 46 · 1 page

p. 2829 August 19811981-08-29Header block for the FBI Latent Fingerprint Section Identification Division report. Form header fields identifying the file numbers, recipient (SAC, WFO), subject (NORJAK), and reference communicati…

TeletypeWashington Field to Director re June 1980 telephone call on NORJAK22 August 1980 · Washington Field · Part 70 · 1 page

p. 3321 August 19811981-08-01FBI Washington Field teletype to Director FBI and FBI Seattle regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. Reports that on June 26, 1980, a telephone call was received from a person at a transient tempor…

FD-302 interviewInterview of Rainier National Bank employee re VA checks, Vancouver WAInterviewed 28 August 1980 · Seattle · Part 45 · 1 page

p. 3412 January 19811981-01-02Standard FD-302 form header with revision date and transcription date. A person at Rainier National Bank in Vancouver, WA confirmed that checks deposited into a redacted individual's savings account…

ReportLatent Fingerprint Section report to SAC Sacramento re Farmer (file copy)16 September 1980 · Bureau · Part 45 · 1 page

p. 3061981Header of FBI Latent Fingerprint Section report form 1-336, addressed to SAC Sacramento, dated September 16, 1980, referencing file numbers 164-59(P), 164-2111, and latent case A-45410. Handwritten…

AirtelTo SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect Robert Ned Bishop17 November 1980 · Washington Field · Part 96 · 1 page

p. 39517 February 19811981-02-17Document type designation as an Airtel communication. Date of the airtel. Routing header of the airtel from Washington Field Office SAC to Seattle SAC regarding the D.B. Cooper case. WFO encloses…

FormFD-340 receipt for Texas driver's license photo from Texas DPS, serial 7467 January 1981 · San Antonio · Part 87 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 294 · page 1 of 27 January 19811981-01-07 · 1981-01-08FBI evidence receipt form (FD-340) documenting receipt on 1/7/81 of a Texas driver's license photo from the Texas Dept. of Public Safety, Crime Analysis Services, Austin, Texas. The item is not to be…

MemoSAC San Antonio to SAC Seattle re NORJAK suspect, Texas DPS records8 January 1981 · San Antonio · Part 46 · 1 page

p. 607 January 19811/7/81 · 1/8/81 · JAN 17 1981Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from the San Antonio SAC to the Seattle SAC regarding the NORJAK/D.B. Cooper hijacking case, dated January 8, 1981. Body of the memo describes a foll…

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MemoTo SAC Charlotte re Belmont Abbey College professor resembling D.B. Cooper8 January 1981 · Charlotte · Part 97 · 1 page

p. 2402 January 19811981-01-02 · 1981-01-06 · 1981-01-07 · 1981-01-08FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Charlotte, from a redacted Special Agent, regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case), with Office of Origin Seattle and Bureau file number 164-2111. A femal…

ListFD-340a bulky exhibit inventory, items 715-75421 January 1981 · Seattle · Part 87 · 3 pages

AirtelSAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle re no outstanding NORJAK leads (RUC)22 January 1981 · Sacramento · Part 46 · 1 page

p. 6122 January 19811/22/81FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header dated 1/22/81. Transmit via AIRTEL is checked; no precedence or classification boxes are checked. Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle regarding the NOR…

AirtelSAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle re no outstanding NORJAK leads (copy)22 January 1981 · Sacramento · Part 46 · 1 page

p. 6222 January 19811981-01-22Communication type marker indicating this is an airtel (inter-office FBI communication). Airtel from SAC Sacramento to SAC Seattle dated 1/22/81 regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking case). Sacram…

FormFD-340 evidence cover for notes dated 1/26/81 with enclosed handwritten notes re Flight 64126 January 1981 · Part 64 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 327 · page 1 of 326 January 19811/26/81FBI evidence receipt form (FD-340) documenting submission of notes dated 1/26/81 under field file number 164B332-1A(0). The item is not to be returned. Contributor name, address, and agent name field…

MemoTo SAC Charlotte re snapshot of Carl Van Orden, NORJAK suspect30 January 1981 · Charlotte · Part 97 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 241 · page 1 of 228 January 19811981-01-28 · 1981-01-29 · 1981-01-30FBI memorandum header addressed to SAC Charlotte from a redacted Special Agent, regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case, dated January 30, 1981. A protected source at Belmont Abbey College provided…

ReportCharlotte credit bureau investigation results on Carl Van Orden9 February 1981 · Charlotte · Part 97 · 1 page

p. 24329 January 19811981-01-29 · 1981-02-09Case file number and page designation with redaction markings. An investigation conducted by a Special Clerk on January 29, 1981. A representative of the Charlotte Credit Bureau in Charlotte, NC adv…

AirtelSAC Seattle to SAC Portland re photographic display of NORJAK suspect11 February 1981 · Seattle · Part 46 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 73 · page 1 of 211 February 19811981-02-11FBI FD-36 transmittal form header indicating AIRTEL transmission dated February 11, 1981. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) case. References a WFO airtel dated N…

AirtelTo SAC Portland and Seattle re NORJAK suspect (office of origin Seattle)11 February 1981 · Part 96 · 1 page

p. 39611 February 19811981-02-11 · 1981-02-17Standard FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Method is AIRTEL, classification markings are struck through except UNCLAS, dated February 11, 1981. Routing block directing the airtel to SAC Portland an…

MemoSAC Charlotte to SAC Seattle re Belmont Abbey College Cooper look-alike27 February 1981 · Charlotte · Part 46 · 2 pages

MemoSAC Charlotte to SAC Seattle re Belmont Abbey College lookalike lead27 February 1981 · Charlotte · Part 69 · 1 page

p. 1052 January 19811981-01-02 · 1981-01-06 · 1981-01-07 · 1981-01-28 · 1981-02-27Routing header of an FBI inter-office memo from Seattle to Charlotte field offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. Charlotte field office investigated a tip that someone at Belmon…

AirtelCharlotte to Seattle re Carl Van Orden NORJAK lead (RUC)27 February 1981 · Charlotte · Part 97 · 1 page

p. 2442 January 19811/2/81 · 1/28/81 · 1/6/81 · 1/7/81 · 2/27/81Routing header for an FBI communication from Seattle to Charlotte field offices regarding the NORJAK (D.B. Cooper hijacking) case. Charlotte office reports that a source identified professor Carl Va…

MemoTo SAC Seattle re Yakima/Tacoma citizen report of Cooper look-alike10 March 1981 · Seattle · Part 46 · 1 page

p. 801 March 19811981-03-01Header of a standard US Government interoffice memorandum from the FBI, addressed to SAC Seattle, regarding the NORJAK case (D.B. Cooper), dated March 10, 1979. A female informant from the Yakima/Ta…

AirtelSAC Portland to SAC Seattle enclosing four photographs re Eugene witness12 March 1981 · Portland · Part 46 · 1 page

p. 7811 February 19811981-03-16 · 2/11/81 · 3/12/81FBI FD-36 transmittal form header. Transmission method is Airtel, dated 3/12/81. No precedence or classification boxes checked. Airtel from Portland SAC to Seattle SAC regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper…

MemoSAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle enclosing photographs and suspect description12 March 1981 · Minneapolis · Part 46 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 81 · page 1 of 212 March 19811981-03-12 · 1981-03-18FBI inter-office memorandum header from SAC Minneapolis to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK case, dated March 12, 1981. References a prior San Francisco letter and encloses two photographs for Seattle,…

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AirtelSAC Portland to SAC Seattle enclosing four photographs of Robert Ned Bishop12 March 1981 · Portland · Part 96 · 1 page

p. 39711 February 19811981-02-11 · 1981-03-12FBI airtel from SAC Portland to SAC Seattle regarding NORJAK (D.B. Cooper case). Portland encloses four photographs of suspect Robert Ned Bishop, whose photo was altered by the special projects unit…

MemoSAC Little Rock to SAC Seattle requesting return of five photographs23 March 1981 · Little Rock · Part 46 · 1 page

p. 791981 · 1981-03-23Header of a US Government interoffice memorandum from SAC Little Rock to SAC Seattle regarding the NORJAK case. Little Rock requests Seattle return five photographs (three color, two black and white…

MemoSAC Little Rock to SAC Seattle returning suspect photographs (NORJAK)23 March 1981 · Little Rock · Part 69 · 1 page

p. 10423 March 19811981-03-23FBI internal memo from SAC Little Rock to SAC Seattle dated 3/23/81 regarding the return of color and black-and-white photographs of an individual. The photographs were enclosed with a prior letter d…

AirtelSAC Seattle to SAC Portland enclosing photographs of NORJAK suspect for display26 March 1981 · Seattle · Part 46 · 1 page

p. 6311 February 19811981-02-11 · 1981-03-12 · 1981-03-26 · 1981-03-30FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header with AIRTEL checked as transmit method. Dated 3/26/81. Airtel from SAC Seattle to SAC Portland regarding NORJAK case. Seattle is enclosing a photograph of a…

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TeletypeSan Francisco to Seattle and Salt Lake City re NORJAK suspect in Paulo, California26 March 1981 · San Francisco · Part 71 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 15 · page 1 of 226 March 19811981-03-26Teletype routing header showing transmission from San Francisco FBI field office to Seattle, Salt Lake City, and other offices, with file numbers 164-259 and 164-61. Body of NORJAK (D.B. Cooper) tel…

AirtelSAC Seattle to SAC Portland enclosing Bishop photo spread for display in Eugene26 March 1981 · Seattle · Part 96 · 1 page

p. 39811 February 19811981-02-11 · 1981-03-12 · 1981-03-26 · 1981-03-30FBI FD-36 airtel transmittal form header, classified UNCLAS, dated 3/26/81, sent via AIRTEL. Airtel from Seattle to Portland regarding NORJAK case. Encloses a photograph of Robert Ned Bishop, a NORJ…

FormFD-340 receipt for three photographs (Cooper artist's conception and Ned Bishop Sacramento arrest photos), serial 747, with enclosed photosMarch 1981 · Washington Field · Part 87 · 11 pages · 1 of 11 pages

p. 296 · page 1 of 11March 19813/81FBI evidence/property receipt form FD-340 for the D.B. Cooper case, filed from Washington Field Office. Handwritten description of three photographs: one artist's conception of the hijacker D.B. Coo…

FormFD-5 File-Serial Charge Out, file 164-81 serial 1A(708)10 April 1981 · Seattle · Part 87 · 1 page

p. 14210 April 19814-10-81FBI File-Serial Charge Out form (FD-5) for case number 164-81, serial 1A (708), date charged 4-10-81 (April 10, 1981). The form tracks the checkout of a file serial from FBI records. The employee nam…

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