Interview in Anchorage re 1971 acquaintance knowledgeable about aircraft and parachuting
This copy: Part 72 pp. 123–125Also filed at Part 73 pp. 43–46 (primary) · Part 31 pp. 175–178
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Interview at Anchorage FBI office re D.B. Cooper suspect (AN 164-59)
Interviewed 15 May 1973Transcribed 16 May 1973
Another copy of this document is the primary, most legible copy: Part 73 pp. 43–46.
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Part of: Interview re Douglas Gibson Burns, Anchorage, Alaska
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-72:123-125 Document: FD-302 interview at Anchorage FBI office re D.B. Cooper suspect (AN 164-59) Id: Cooper-Part-72:123-125 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-72%3A123-125 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 72 pp. 123–125 (DB Cooper-30956, DB Cooper-30958, DB Cooper-30959), FD-302 interview, interviewed 15 May 1973 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-72%3A123-125
FD-302 (Rev. 11-27-70)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 5/16/73
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[REDACTED], Anchorage, Alaska, telephone number [REDACTED], was interviewed in the presence of [REDACTED] [REDACTED], Anchorage Police Department, Anchorage, Alaska, in the offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Anchorage, Alaska.
[REDACTED] advised that during the year of 1971 he was [REDACTED] Anchorage, Alaska, on several occasions on [REDACTED] and/or [REDACTED] and/or [REDACTED]. He stated that in the Fall of 1971 and in connection with [REDACTED] for a period [REDACTED].
[REDACTED] stated that during that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] with an individual whom he came to know as [REDACTED]. He stated that to his recollection [REDACTED] was [REDACTED] in the State of Alaska.
[REDACTED] advised that he found [REDACTED] to be a very interesting and intelligent individual. He advised that [REDACTED] was very knowledgeable about types of aircraft, aerodynamics, flight rules and regulations, speeds and altitudes. He stated that [REDACTED] was either a pilot and/or parachutist to his recollection. He advised that at that time there were numerous magazines and manuals relating to aircraft and flight and that during [REDACTED] [REDACTED] he observed [REDACTED] to be reading those various publications.
[REDACTED] advised that he can recall three conversations with [REDACTED] during this period of time wherein [REDACTED] indicated to him that he, [REDACTED], intended to do something spectacular and that what he did would be published in the newspapers. [REDACTED] never mentioned that he was going to hijack an aircraft and [REDACTED] never mentioned the fact that a plane or an airlines would be
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Interviewed on 5/15/73 Anchorage, Alaska File # AN 164-59
by [REDACTED] SA [REDACTED] Date dictated [REDACTED]
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. FBI - SEATTLE MAY 2 4 1973
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DB Cooper-30956
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Sub Q [guess: 16] [illegible] - [guess: 4/24]
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AN 164-59
[REDACTED] advised that he believes [REDACTED] has been released from all charges and that he is presently located in the area of Portland, Oregon, and/or Seattle, Washington. He stated that [REDACTED] apparently has [REDACTED] in that area. He had no further details concerning this.
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[REDACTED] advised that at the time [REDACTED] was [REDACTED] he was sporting a gray van dyke beard, full length, and he had a gray thick moustache at the time. [REDACTED] smoked cigarettes but to his recollection he did not consider [REDACTED] to be a heavy smoker and he could not recall the brand of cigarettes that [REDACTED] smoked at the time. It is his recollection that [REDACTED] had very little money and could not afford cigarettes. He stated that [REDACTED] wore reading glasses but he does not know if they were prescription or whether [REDACTED] personally owned them or that they were furnished by [REDACTED] to him.
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[REDACTED] advised that to his recollection [REDACTED] combed his hair straight back and he cannot recall any part in the hair. He stated that [REDACTED] was very calm and very cool and very self assured.
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[REDACTED] added that [REDACTED] had no accent. [REDACTED] stated that with reference to [REDACTED] feat that [REDACTED] never mentioned any guns or bombs or incendiary devices or the use of same in the accomplishment of what [REDACTED] had planned to gain notoriety.
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[REDACTED] advised that he has no background information on [REDACTED] other than the belief that [REDACTED] may be from the East Coast of the United States.
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DB Cooper-30958
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AN 164-59
[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] was also [REDACTED] and was also a / witness to the conversation of [REDACTED] concerning his plan to do something that would make newspaper headlines.
[REDACTED] advised that on May 11, 1973, he knows for a fact that [REDACTED] departed Anchorage, Alaska, with two female companions for Seattle, Washington. He stated that [REDACTED] is violently opposed to law enforcement officers and he knows for a fact that [REDACTED] would decline interview or if interviewed would knowingly and intentionally furnish false information.
[REDACTED] advised that he is self-employed in the [REDACTED] in Anchorage, Alaska.
[REDACTED] identified a photograph of [REDACTED] FBI number [REDACTED] as being identical to the [REDACTED] who was [REDACTED] and about whom the above information was furnished.
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DB Cooper-30959
Serials: AN 164-59