Interview of Ohio Air National Guard pilot re suspect

Interviewed 20 January 1976Dictated 23 January 1976Transcribed 27 January 1976

Part 37pages 96–972 pagesDB Cooper-14233–14234

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 37 pp. 96–97 (DB Cooper-14233–14234), FD-302 interview, interviewed 20 Jan 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-37%3A096-097

FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

1 Date of transcription 1/27/76

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[REDACTED] Ohio, telephone [REDACTED] was interviewed at his place of employment, Pilot, Ohio Air National Guard, [REDACTED]. He furnished the following infor- mation:

[REDACTED] advised that he has known [REDACTED] for approximately ten years, and that [REDACTED] was a pilot for the Ohio Air National Guard from approximately [REDACTED], when he moved from Columbus, Ohio, to Seattle, Washington. [REDACTED] advised that he has kept in touch with [REDACTED] and considers him a stable individual who loves the outdoors.

[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] is currently residing at [REDACTED] Seattle, Washington, [REDACTED] telephone [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] was employed since 1971 [REDACTED] at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, but recently quit his job and has rejoined the Air National Guard and will be moving back to Ohio in late February, 1976.

[REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio. [REDACTED] currently resides and [REDACTED] who is originally from Lincoln, Nebraska, and is [REDACTED] employed at a hospital in Seattle, Washington.

[REDACTED] advised [REDACTED] is described as follows:

Sex: Male Race: White Age: About 39 Height: 6'1" Weight: 180 to 190 Hair: Light brown to blondish Complexion: Light

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Interviewed on 1/20/76 at Columbus, Ohio File # 164-55

by SA [REDACTED] Date dictated 1/23/76

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. DB Cooper-14233

CI 164-55 2

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[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] is very con- cerned about his health and has never smoked, and drinks beer on very few occasions. [REDACTED] has traveled extensively in the past and may have been assigned to [REDACTED] Reno, Nevada, sometime in the past.

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[REDACTED] examined composites of the individual who hijacked Northwest Airlines' jet, in November, 1971, and stated this individual is not [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] loves to fly and that is why he left his job in Seattle, and wants to finish out his flying career with the Ohio Air National Guard. [REDACTED]

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DB Cooper-14234

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Serials: CI 164-55