Re source report on American Indian claiming to be D.B. Cooper

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

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

1 Date of transcription 6/17/80

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[REDACTED], Billings, Montana, furnished the following information during a telephone call from Billings to Los Angeles, California:

[REDACTED] advised that approximately one year ago (1979), [REDACTED] also known as [REDACTED] an American Indian now residing in Kyle, South Dakota, confided he was planning to eventually publish a book regarding his past activities and adventures and [REDACTED] an excerpt from what was purported to be a [REDACTED] of his forthcoming book. The excerpt was an account of [REDACTED] hijacking of a commercial airliner in the early 1970's using the name "Cooper." According to [REDACTED], this document contained many details of the crime and were represented by [REDACTED] to be in account of his own accomplishment of the hijacking. [REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] is a heavy drinker and

[REDACTED] shortly thereafter, [REDACTED] made additional references to the hijacking and cautioned [REDACTED] that no one else was aware of his proposed book and his accomplishment of this crime. [REDACTED] was unable to recall all of the details of the [REDACTED] of the hijacking, but remembered there was an explanation of the planning of the crime, including use of the name "Cooper" and a reference to the perpetrator parachuting from the aircraft.

[REDACTED] explained she did not question [REDACTED] in any detail concerning this matter in 1979 as she was unaware at that time of a hijacking of a commerical airliner in Seattle involving a suspect using the name "Cooper" who parachuted from the plane while in flight.

According to [REDACTED] served in the United States Marine Corp from approximately [REDACTED] and was a combat veteran of two or more tours in Vietnam. He claims to have been parachute trained in the Marine Corp and is believed to have been active in "skydiving" subsequent to his discharge from the military service.

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Investigation on 6/9/80 at Los Angeles, California File # [REDACTED] 4[guess: 8]7 SEARCHED...INDEXED... SERIALIZED...FILED... JAN 2 1 1981

by SA [REDACTED] /BAR Date dictated ___ DB Cooper-18684

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency;

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164-81-8507 1019 SEARCHED...INDEXED... SERIALIZED...FILED... JAN 2 1 1981

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[REDACTED] further stated she has learned through casual conversations with several unidentified American Indians in South Dakota, that [REDACTED] reportedly gave large sums of money to the American Indian Movement (AIM) in South Dakota in the early 1970's. It was reported that Amiotte's donations [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] was described as follows:

Name [REDACTED] Alias Race American Indian Date of birth Parents [REDACTED] father (deceased) [REDACTED] mother; possibly residing at Rosebud, South Dakota with [REDACTED] Residence Kyle, South Dakota Employment Little Would School

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[REDACTED] explained that this matter has been on her mind for several months and after considerable deliberation has elected to furnish this information to the FBI.

During the above interview [REDACTED] requested that her identity be protected.

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DB Cooper-18685

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