Interview, Buffalo NY, re hitchhiker's account (file copy)

Dictated 27 May 1980Transcribed 27 May 1980

Part 44page 2661 pageDB Cooper-18136

Also filed at: Part 73 p. 58

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Part of: Interview, Buffalo NY, re hitchhiker's account of unidentified white male · 27 May 1980 · Part 44 pp. 264–265

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Document: FD-302 interview, Buffalo NY, re hitchhiker's account (file copy)
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 44 p. 266 (DB Cooper-18136), FD-302 interview, dictated 27 May 1980, serial SE 164-81-8410 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-44%3A266-266

FD-302 (REV. 3-8-77)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 5/27/80

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[REDACTED] Buffalo, New York, telephone number [REDACTED] was advised as to the identity of the interviewing Agent and the nature of the inquiry, that being the information he had regarding NORJAK. [REDACTED] stated that on May 21, 1980, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in regards to a local employment. [REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] and based on his experience, stated he believed [REDACTED] statements.

During the course of a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] related the following story to [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] advised that in January, 1980, he was hitchhiking on Route 5, going towards Seattle, Washington, during a snow storm. At that time, an unidentified white male driving a late model [REDACTED] stopped to give him a ride. This white male could only be described as being in his mid 40's and having [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and the unidentified white male pro- ceeded to the Seattle area until they came to an unidentified body of water. At this point [REDACTED] and the unidentified white male proceeded to take a motorboat to [REDACTED] [REDACTED] On [REDACTED] was a log cabin in which the unidentified white male apparently resided.

Once inside, the unidentified white male showed [REDACTED] a parachute with the word NASA written across it. The unidentified white male then proceeded to tell [REDACTED] a story of how several years earlier he had hijacked an un- identified plane for $1,000,000. The unidentified white male further explained that after receiving the $1,000,000, he parachuted from the plane. At that point, [REDACTED] stated that the unidentified white male showed [REDACTED] large amounts of cash, which [REDACTED] believed to be close to $1,000,000. Before retiring for the night, the unidentified white male showed [REDACTED] a newspaper clipping giving an account of the aforementioned hijacking in which a photograph of the perpe- trator of this hijacking was shown. The photograph [REDACTED] stated was that of the unidentified white male in the room with him.

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Investigation on [REDACTED] Buffalo, New York File.# Buffalo 164-146 by SA [REDACTED] ph Date dictated 5/27/80

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.

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164-81-8410 DB Cooper-18136

Serials: SE 164-81-8410