Interview of Gerald L. Sibley, Aircraft Inspector, Kenai, Alaska
Dictated 18 April 1975Transcribed 23 April 1975
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-118:007-008 Document: FD-302 interview of Gerald L. Sibley, Aircraft Inspector, Kenai, Alaska Id: Cooper-Part-118:007-008 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-118%3A007-008 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 118 pp. 7–8 (DB Cooper-53982–53983), FD-302 interview, dictated 18 Apr 1975 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-118%3A007-008
FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
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Date of transcription 4/23/75
GERALD L. SIBLEY, Post Office Box 3324, Kenai, Alaska, telephone number 283-7488, was contacted at Falcon Aviation, Inc., Kenai Airport, telephone number 283-7657, where he is employed as an Aircraft Inspector.
Mr. SIBLEY said that approximately four or five years ago he was employed as an aircraft and power plant mechanic at Coast Air, Ketchikan, Alaska. An individual by the name of [REDACTED] was hired off the street by Coast Air [REDACTED] and eventually worked [REDACTED] worked for Coast Air about nine months and [REDACTED]; SIBLEY, to take a position as an aircraft and power plant mechanic at Sea Airmotive, Anchorage, Alaska; and [REDACTED] left Ketchikan via air for Seattle, Washington, talking of going to Canada to [REDACTED] The departure of SIBLEY and [REDACTED] from Ketchikan preceded the hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines flight number 305 on November 24, 1971.
Mr. SIBLEY said [REDACTED] is a white male, who would be approximately 30 years old at the present time, 5 feet 11 inches tall, slim build, 160-170 pounds, dark brown hair worn slightly below the collar, clean-shaven, and dark eyes. [REDACTED] was single and claimed to be an Army veteran of Vietnam where he had served [REDACTED] purported to have had experience as a parachutist and was a very intelligent person who seemed to know a great deal about many different subjects and who possessed a [REDACTED] While in Ketchikan, [REDACTED] associated with the [REDACTED] claimed to have previously visited northern Alaska cities, such as Bethel and Kotzebue.
Mr. SIBLEY said he could furnish no further information regarding [REDACTED] background, relatives, or associates.
Mr. SIBLEY said that about two months after the aforesaid hijacking, he received a Canadian Postal Service card postmarked at Vancouver, British Columbia, addressed to him at Coast Air and forwarded to him at Sea Airmotive. The post card said, "I got [REDACTED] and I also got away with it" and was signed, "D. B. COOPER."
4/15/75 Interviewed on ___ at Kenai, Alaska File # AN 164-59
SA F. FREDERICK KAMPFER:sag by___ Date dictated 4/18/75
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DB COOPER-53982
AN 164-59 2
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Mr. SIBLEY said he recognized the writing as that of [REDACTED]. This is the only communication he has received from [REDACTED] since [REDACTED] left Coast Air and he has no information concerning [REDACTED] present whereabouts. In his opinion, [REDACTED] was capable of pulling off a caper like the Northwest Orient flight 305 hijacking.
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Mr. SIBLEY said that [REDACTED] at Sea Airmotive, was also employed at Coat Air at the same time as he [REDACTED] may possibly know something about [REDACTED] background or present whereabouts.
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DB COOPER-53983
Serials: AN 164-59