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What passenger lists or flight manifests exist for Jeffrey Epstein's private jets and islands?
Executive summary
Documented passenger lists and flight manifests for Jeffrey Epstein’s aircraft exist in multiple public repositories: Department of Justice releases include flight logs and a redacted contact/masseuse list [1], congressional releases by the House Oversight Committee include flight manifests and calendars [2] [3], and court evidence from the Maxwell trial introduced detailed handwritten flight logs [4]. Large compilations of these records are hosted on DocumentCloud, which holds sets of Epstein flight manifests and flight logs used in reporting and litigation [5] [6] [7].
1. What official, contemporaneous flight logs have been published?
The Department of Justice released more than 100 pages of documents that explicitly include flight logs and a redacted contact book — a primary, government-originated source for passenger names associated with Epstein’s planes [1]. Separately, nearly 120 pages of handwritten flight logs were entered into evidence during the Ghislaine Maxwell trial and published with trial reporting; those logs cover flights from roughly 1991 through early 2006 and contain detailed passenger lists and destinations [4]. The House Oversight Committee’s document releases added additional flight manifests and related calendars to the public record [2] [3].
2. Where can researchers and journalists find the raw manifests/documents?
Multiple DocumentCloud collections host the flight manifests and logs that have circulated in reporting and litigation: a 73‑page “Epstein Flight Manifests” file and a larger set labeled “Epstein flight logs released in USA vs. Maxwell” are available on DocumentCloud [5] [6] [7]. Congressional releases cited in media reports also link to flight manifest records released by the House Oversight Committee [2] [3].
3. What kinds of information do these manifests contain — and what’s redacted?
Published flight logs and manifests typically list passenger names, flight dates, departure and arrival points, and sometimes the specific aircraft used; reporting based on the DOJ and congressional releases confirms the presence of passenger names and schedules [1] [4]. Some entries in the congressional releases and DOJ documents are redacted — for example, CBS News notes passenger names for certain flights are redacted even as other occupants (including known victims) appear elsewhere in the logs [8].
4. High‑profile names and how sources present them
Media summaries of the House Oversight Committee materials highlight appearances of well‑known individuals on Epstein’s flight manifests, with reporting naming figures such as Prince Andrew, Bill Gates, Walter Cronkite, Richard Branson and multiple appearances by former President Bill Clinton [2] [9]. Coverage varies in emphasis: some outlets present these as simple manifest entries, while other reporting and court filings focus on context — e.g., noting when Secret Service accompanied a listed official like Clinton on a 2002 flight [2].
5. What gaps, limitations, and disputes should readers know?
Available sources show the documents are fragmentary and sometimes redacted; CBS News stresses that the congressional packet consisted of thousands of pages (calendars, schedules and manifests) and that some passenger names were redacted in the released logs [8]. Independent compilations and summaries (e.g., advocacy or news sites) can differ in selection and emphasis; for instance, summary lists assembled online may claim exhaustive passenger rosters, but the core public repositories are the DOJ releases, the Maxwell trial evidence, and the House Oversight Committee materials [1] [4] [2].
6. How have journalists and institutions used these records?
Reporters and prosecutors used the flight logs in courtroom evidence and investigative stories to trace travel patterns, social networks and meetings described in calendars or ledgers; CBS News said reporters reviewed over 8,000 pages of congressional documents including detailed calendars and flight manifests to assess relationships [8]. Law-and-Crime and similar outlets posted images and transcriptions of the trial-introduced logs to support reporting on who appeared on flights during specific periods [4].
7. Practical next steps for a researcher who wants to verify passenger lists
Start with the government and court releases cited in news coverage: DOJ document releases (which include flight logs and redacted contact lists) and the Maxwell trial evidence filings are primary sources [1] [4]. Then consult the House Oversight Committee packets referenced in reporting and the DocumentCloud collections that host many of the manifest PDFs [2] [5] [6] [7]. Remember that some entries are redacted and that secondary compilations may add interpretation or selective aggregation [8].
Limitations: Available sources do not mention every alleged or rumored manifest, so claims about manifests beyond these repositories are not supported in the provided reporting.