Interview of BLM smokejumper employee, Fairbanks, Alaska
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Interview of BLM smokejumper re D.B. Cooper theory (AN 164-59)
Interviewed 11 January 1977Dictated 17 January 1977Transcribed 18 January 1977
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 45 pp. 65–66 (DB Cooper-15250–15251), FD-302 interview, interviewed 11 Jan 1977, serial SE 164-81-7302 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-45%3A065-066
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription: January 18, 1977
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[REDACTED] was contacted at the Fairbanks District Office, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), telephone number 452-4725.
[REDACTED] informed due to the fact that he has been employed for years as a smokejumper by the BLM, he has had a lot of curiousity type interest in the famous aircraft hijacking pulled off by D. B. COOPER. His interest has been magnified from time to time due to the newspaper publicity put out on this case. His interest has been profounded even more inasmuch as he has jumped into the area where D. B. COOPER allegedly jumped with the hijack loot and the fact that the news media reports this jump would have been very hazardous and most likely D. B. COOPER was killed during the jump. [REDACTED] stated this latter statement by the press is total hogwash. He informed that any experienced jumper could have jumped into the area involved without suffering any injury at all. He stated during his years of experience as a smokejumper, he has jumped with hundreds of guys who could have performed this jump.
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[REDACTED] informed that during the late [REDACTED] and early [REDACTED] he worked with a smokejumper employed by BLM by the name of [REDACTED] He informed they worked together in Washington State during the late [REDACTED] and were both assigned to the Fairbanks, Alaska district office in the early [REDACTED] He stated he lost track of [REDACTED] during the late [REDACTED] when
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[REDACTED] He last saw [REDACTED] in 1971 at a retirement party at the smokejumper base in Washington State. [REDACTED] drove up in a brand new car, dressed very well, and looking quite prominent. He spoke briefly with [REDACTED] talked a little bit about old times, and [REDACTED] commented that he was doing quite well and was working at the Tacoma Navy Shipyards.
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[REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] who was [REDACTED] of BLM at the Fairbanks District Office, and is now with BLM in Washington, D.C., had once told him that he heard [REDACTED]
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Interviewed on 1/11/77 at Fairbanks, Alaska File # AN 164-59
by SA [REDACTED] Date dictated 1/17/77
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164-81-7302 DB Cooper-15250
AN 164-59 (2)
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[REDACTED] He and [REDACTED] discussed this fact and the D. B. COOPER hijacking case and between them derived that [REDACTED] could be reduced to D. B. COOPER. They both agreed that if [REDACTED] was involved in such a caper, he would be just the one to think of using this alias. He stated that [REDACTED] is the daredevil type and [REDACTED] [REDACTED] just to prove a point of his daring to the other men.
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[REDACTED] stated that he did not go to the FBI with this information inasmuch as [REDACTED] stated he had discussed this with the FBI and had furnished all information regarding his knowledge of [REDACTED] further related to him that he had furnished [REDACTED] name as a possible suspect in this matter when he was interviewed by the FBI. Both he and [REDACTED] agreed that if there was such a thing as a statute of limitations on the crime, and [REDACTED] had been involved, he would brag publicly about it upon expiration of the statute of limita- tions. He was just that type of individual. Further, the artist conception of D. B. COOPER that was circulated just after the crime was very, very similar to [REDACTED] appearance.
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[REDACTED] informed that in the event [REDACTED] has not been checked out by the FBI and additional information might be sought regarding him, he would be able to furnish the names of other individuals who were acquainted with and had knowledge of [REDACTED] [REDACTED] One such individual who comes immediately to his mind is [REDACTED] who is now employed by BLM at [REDACTED] Winthrop, Washington.
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[REDACTED] reiterated that his reason for not coming forth with this information was as he had related; merely that it was discussed openly between himself and other people, and he was told that it had been reported to the FBI.
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DB Cooper-15251
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Serials: AN 164-59, SE 164-81-7302