Interview re D.B. Cooper tip (interview 11/17/94)
Interviewed 17 November 1994Dictated 21 November 1994Transcribed 30 November 1994
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-51:010-011 Document: FD-302 interview re D.B. Cooper tip (interview 11/17/94) Id: Cooper-Part-51:010-011 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-51%3A010-011 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 51 pp. 10–11 (DB Cooper-21107–21108), FD-302 interview, interviewed 17 Nov 1994, serial SE 164-81-9236 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-51%3A010-011
FD-302 (Rev. 3-10-82)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
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Date of transcription 11/30/94
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[REDACTED] Paducah, Kentucky [REDACTED] date of birth [REDACTED] place of birth [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Social Security Account Number [REDACTED] was advised of the official identity of the interviewing Agent and the nature of the interview. While referring to the letter written by [REDACTED] to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Headquarters in Washington, D.C., dated October 14, 1994, [REDACTED] advised as follows:
In 1971, [REDACTED] was the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] In that capacity, he had a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] working for him by the name of [REDACTED] [REDACTED] would have been one of eight to ten [REDACTED] working for [REDACTED] at the time. [REDACTED] first advised [REDACTED] worked for him in 1974. When [REDACTED] was advised he stated in his letter to the FBI that [REDACTED] worked for him in 1971, he corrected himself.
[REDACTED] was read the quote from [REDACTED] as reflected in his letter to FBI Headquarters. [REDACTED] stated the correct quote should be, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] admitted to adding [REDACTED] to the quote and did not remember [REDACTED] saying [REDACTED]
In 1971, [REDACTED] would have been in his late 20's to early 30's according to [REDACTED] also described [REDACTED] as athletic and trim, but not real muscular. [REDACTED] advised [REDACTED] ran every day. [REDACTED] remembered [REDACTED] as an ex-serviceman who may have had "parachute" experience. [REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] did not wear eyeglasses. [REDACTED] advised [REDACTED] lived in Metropolis, Illinois, in 1971 with [REDACTED] (name unknown) who was a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] in Metropolis. [REDACTED] did not remember what [REDACTED] [REDACTED] never met [REDACTED] did not know if [REDACTED] had any children. [REDACTED] advised that judging from [REDACTED] speech, he was not from Kentucky or Illinois. [REDACTED] believes [REDACTED] was from Pennsylvania or Wisconsin based on his speech. [REDACTED] does not know if [REDACTED]
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Investigation on 11/17/94 at Paducah, Kentucky File # [REDACTED]
by SA [REDACTED] /cap Date dictated 11/21/94
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-21107
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164-81- 9236
FD-302a (Rev. 11-15-83)
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Continuation of FD-302 d [REDACTED] , On 11/17/94 , Page 2
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has ever left the area. [REDACTED] stated [REDACTED] never gave him the indication he would rob anything. [REDACTED] believes [REDACTED] to be a very cunning and intelligent person.
[REDACTED] concluded by stating his memory is not what it used to be.
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DB Cooper-21108
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Serials: SE 164-81-9236