Thanksgiving

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This date is written relative to its document — "last November", a weekday, "the following spring". Placing it needs the surrounding file, which a later stage of the archive pipeline resolves.

News clippingFD-350 clipping, UPI Woodland, Wash., re treasure hunters searching for Cooper ransom money27 November 1971 · Minneapolis · Part 77 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 393 · page 1 of 2FBI form number for newspaper clipping mount sheet. UPI newspaper article datelined Woodland, Wash., describing a 1971 'gold rush' of treasure hunters searching the Cascade Mountain foothills for th…

News clippingFD-350 clipping, Los Angeles Times: light plane seen near Woodland, Washington after hijacking3 December 1971 · Los Angeles · Part 54 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 306 · page 2 of 2Newspaper article describing the investigation around the D.B. Cooper hijacking, focusing on suspicious aircraft activity near La Center, Washington. Residents report seeing planes landing at night n…

AirtelDirector re NORJAK with enclosed citizen tip letter naming David L. McCartney14 December 1971 · Bureau · Part 103 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 217 · page 3 of 3Page 2 of a citizen tip letter to the FBI identifying David L. McCartney of 275 Lovitt Lane, Reno, Nevada as a suspect. The writer describes McCartney as soft-spoken and courteous when under pressure…

MemoTo SAC Seattle forwarding Seattle Post-Intelligencer Secret Witness tip re Tacoma suspect15 December 1971 · Seattle · Part 17 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 393 · page 2 of 2A tip or lead identifying an unnamed individual from Tacoma, WA 98406 as a possible suspect in the D.B. Cooper hijacking. The writer lists five reasons: the subject is a sky diver, was absent over Th…

TeletypeBuffalo to Phoenix and others re suspect Peter B. Parlo21 December 1971 · Buffalo · Part 92 · 5 pages · 1 of 5 pages

p. 214 · page 2 of 5Handwritten page number in top-left margin Case number and page continuation header Continuation of an interview or FD-302 report describing an individual who obtained funds through a fraudulent ch…

TeletypeTo Seattle re NORJAK suspect description and Thanksgiving whereabouts3 January 1972 · Part 18 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 54 · page 1 of 2Handwritten routing note with name and reference number Date stamp showing received or logged date of January 4, 1972 Standard FBI teletype header indicating a NITEL (night teletype) message sent i…

AirtelSAC Los Angeles to Director, Identification Division re NORJAK — Reynolds discontinued as suspect30 July 1973 · Los Angeles · Part 60 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 366 · page 2 of 2FBI Los Angeles field office case number reference. Continuation of an investigative report concluding that REYNOLDS does not warrant further consideration as a suspect in the D.B. Cooper case. An e…

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Part 95 pp. 333–334 · matching p. 334

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AirtelSAC Los Angeles to Director re NORJAK suspect Reynolds30 July 1973 · Los Angeles · Part 116 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 249 · page 2 of 2FBI Los Angeles field office case number reference. Continuation of an investigative report discussing suspect REYNOLDS, a meat cutter at a store. The investigation notes that REYNOLDS could not hav…

ReportInsert of Las Vegas investigation re Painter whereabouts and description of suspect12 June 1975 · Las Vegas · Part 118 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 309 · page 1 of 2File/routing header identifying the FBI field office case file number and typist/agent initials. Illegible handwritten cursive note, possibly a serial number notation, near two circular hole-punch o…

News clippingChicago Sunday Tribune (UPI) article on the unsolved Cooper skyjacking23 November 1975 · Chicago · Part 89 · 1 page

p. 123UPI newspaper article from the Chicago Sunday Tribune recounting the D.B. Cooper skyjacking case approximately four years after the event. Discusses the FBI investigation, the statute of limitations…

AirtelADIC Los Angeles to SAC New Orleans re suspect John Richard Merit (Sub 811)25 June 1976 · Los Angeles · Part 119 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 362 · page 2 of 3FBI report page discussing suspect JOHN RICHARD MERIT (aka CRV, aka JACK PARKER), his criminal history including a 1971 escape and 1968 violent arrest, his 1971 release from Terminal Island federal p…

News clippingFD-350 clipping 'Few drawn to Cooper Caper' (The Columbian)21 November 1977 · Portland · Part 53 · 1 page

p. 243FBI form number and revision date printed at top of clipping mount sheet. Associated Press / Columbian newspaper article about the second annual 'Cooper Caper' party held in Ariel, near Mount St. He…

News clippingFD-350 clipping: "D.B.'s card? Feds think not", 1/19/79, with continuation on skyjacker psychiatry19 January 1979 · Seattle · Part 54 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 149 · page 2 of 2Continuation of a newspaper article about D. B. Cooper. Discusses a professional parachutist from Portland who landed in the area, quotes about Cooper's personality, and psychiatrist David Hubbard's…

FD-302 interviewInterview of two Louisville, Kentucky witnesses re Colorado suspect's Thanksgiving 1971 whereaboutsInterviewed 19 March 1979 · Louisville · Part 42 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 243 · page 2 of 2Case file reference number for the FBI Louisville field office file on the D.B. Cooper case. An interviewee (name redacted) describes events around Thanksgiving in November 1971. She and her husband…

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Part 72 pp. 354–355 · matching p. 355

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News clippingFD-350 clipping, Minneapolis Tribune, D.B. Cooper feature with John Orlock and David Hubbard8 April 1979 · Minneapolis · Part 42 · 3 pages · 1 of 3 pages

p. 308 · page 3 of 3Continuation of a newspaper article speculating about where D.B. Cooper landed with the $200,000 ransom. A source describes Cooper as a loner who liked a challenge. References professional parachutis…

News clippingFD-350 clipping, Minneapolis Tribune 4/8/79: D.B. Cooper feature and Cricket Theater play coverage8 April 1979 · Minneapolis · Part 78 · 7 pages · 2 of 7 pages

News clippingFD-350 clipping, Seattle Times (UPI): eighth anniversary of D.B. Cooper hijacking22 November 1979 · Seattle · Part 43 · 2 pages · 1 of 2 pages

p. 41 · page 1 of 2FBI form FD-350 header used for mounting newspaper clippings, identifying the source as Seattle Times, p. C11, Final edition, dated 11/22/79, submitted by Seattle office. 1979 United Press Internati…

News clippingFD-350 clipping: Larry Batson feature on Richard Tosaw's search for D.B. Cooper, Minneapolis Star and Tribune12 October 1986 · Minneapolis · Part 79 · 6 pages · 1 of 6 pages

p. 11 · page 2 of 6Describes Tosaw's discovery about the money packets, the annual D.B. Cooper Party at Ariel, Wash., the origin of the name "D.B. Cooper" as a reporter's mistake, and Cooper's unremarkable appearance w…

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

p. 91 · page 5 of 6A witness recounts how suspect 'X' reacted to a radio mention of D.B. Cooper's 28th anniversary on November 24, 1999 while stuck in Atlanta traffic, undergoing a dramatic positive mood change. The wi…

Handwritten noteOriginal interview notes re a possible Cooper suspect, exhibit SE-164A-81-1A868Seattle · Part 89 · 4 pages · 1 of 4 pages

p. 158 · page 1 of 4Handwritten notes indicating a person lived in Oregon, left Portland, and references to D.B. Cooper as UNSUB. Mentions high school connection. Multiple redactions under b6/b7C exemptions. Notes abou…

LetterCitizen tip naming a Tacoma skydiver as possible hijacker (fragment)Part 102 · 1 page

p. 405A tipster identifies an unnamed individual in Tacoma, WA 98406 as a possible D.B. Cooper hijacking suspect, citing five reasons: the suspect is a skydiver, was absent over Thanksgiving for at least t…