Investigative insert, Butte at Helena: interview of Frontier Airlines employee

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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 45 pp. 356–357 (DB Cooper-18676–18677), Report, serial 164-31-8503 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-45%3A356-357

BT #164-26 SE #164-81 RKP/dep 1

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The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED]

AT HELENA, MONTANA

On August 1, 1980, [REDACTED] residing at [REDACTED] Helena, Montana, was contacted at his place of employment as a [REDACTED] for FRONTIER AIRLINES, Helena Air Terminal.

[REDACTED] advised that on May 31, 1980, he was in the bar at the COLONIAL INN, Helena, Montana, drinking and relaxing when he began talking with a man, who identified himself as [REDACTED] claimed to be a [REDACTED] who was just passing through Helena. [REDACTED] advised that he told [REDACTED] that he was working with FRONTIER AIRLINES, and then they began discussing airline hijacking. [REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] claimed to have heard from some waitress in a town in the State of Washington, that D. B. COOPER, the individual who hijacked the plane seven or so years ago in the State of Washington, was still alive and might be living in Europe.

[REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] did not mention the name of the waitress, the town in the State of Washington where the waitress worked or did he provide any specifics as to the real identity of D. B. COOPER or location where he "might" be living in Europe.

[REDACTED] stated that he does not recall the man's name, which [REDACTED] and after this incident, he, [REDACTED] checked with the COLONIAL INN, and [REDACTED] was not registered at the COLONIAL INN on May 31, 1980.

[REDACTED] stated additionally that he recalls that when he left the COLONIAL INN on the evening of May 31, 1980, he left [REDACTED] in the bar and drove completely around the COLONIAL INN and did not observe any [REDACTED] stated that he frequents the lounge at the COLONIAL INN, and since this incident,

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164-31-8503 DB Cooper-18676

BT #164-26 SE #164-81 RKP/dep 2

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he has not seen [REDACTED] in the COLONIAL INN LOUNGE, nor has he seen [REDACTED] at any other location in Helena, Montana.

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[REDACTED] stated that if he was going to guess, he would guess that the man was from somewhere in the State of Washington, because the man seemed to talk more about Washington than Montana; however, this is just a guess on his part.

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DB Cooper-18677

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Serials: 164-31-8503