Interview of suspect at summer residence in Maine re November 1971 hijacking
Interviewed 14 September 1972Dictated 20 September 1972Transcribed 25 September 1972
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Id: Cooper-Part-28:432-433
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-28:432-433 Document: FD-302 interview of suspect at summer residence in Maine re November 1971 hijacking Id: Cooper-Part-28:432-433 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-28%3A432-433 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 28 pp. 432–433 (DB Cooper-10003–10004), FD-302 interview, interviewed 14 Sep 1972, serial SE 164-81-426 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-28%3A432-433
FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 9/25/72
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[REDACTED] also known as [REDACTED] was interviewed at his summer residence at [REDACTED] Maine. He was advised of the personal and official identities of the interviewing Agents. He was advised of the nature of the investigation being conducted. He was advised of his rights by Special Agent [REDACTED] and waived them as shown on an executed Warning and Waiver Form. Thereafter, he furnished the following information:
He was advised that his name had come up regarding the hijacking of the Northwest Airlines jet in Washington State in November of 1971. He furnished the following information regarding his background and his activities so as to provide an alibi for his not being involved or a suspect in that hijack. He stated that he returned to Maine with [REDACTED] and has not been back to the west coast since that time. Prior to his departure from the west coast he was working for the [REDACTED].
California, [REDACTED] had stayed with him while he was there. He stated his previous airline and flying background included being an [REDACTED]
and that he used [REDACTED] out of Seattle, Washington until he quit in February, 1963. He also worked as [REDACTED] in Seattle, Washington for the Federal Aviation Administration and in this regard stated that his thoughts regarding the skyjacking was that there was a fan marker which gives out a light and audio signal which is 75 megacycles located near Woodburn, Washington and he speculated that the person who did this skyjacking could have used this fan marker as a point to parachute out of the hijacked aircraft. He added that he has never been in a Boeing 727 and has never had anything to do with that type aircraft. He denied ever being involved in the skyjacking.
He added that on Thanksgiving eve of 1971 he drove
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Interviewed on 9/14/72 at Maine File # Boston 164-153 SA [REDACTED] 164-81-4/26 by SA [REDACTED] WFC:gms Date dictated 9/20/72 SERIALIZED... INDEXED... FILED...
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DB Cooper-10003
BS 164-153
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a friend, [REDACTED] Maine to [REDACTED] [REDACTED] New Hampshire. This establishment is [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and he felt quite certain that personnel at that establishment would recall him bringing [REDACTED] there on Thanksgiving Eve. He added that he spent Thanksgiving Day, 1971 with [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Maine. He again reiterated the fact that he was never on the west coast during the fall of 1971 and had nothing to do with the hijacking of the Northwest Airlines.
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The following description was obtained through observation and interview:
Race: White Sex: Male Height: 5'8" - Weight: 160 Build: Slender Hair: Brown (Greying) Eyes: Grey Scar: [REDACTED] Military Service: United States Air Force [REDACTED] Honorable discharge Last Employment: [REDACTED] California Marital Status: Divorced Date of Birth: [REDACTED] Place of Birth: [REDACTED]
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b6 b7C
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DB Cooper-10004
Serials: BS 164-153, SE 164-81-426
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