Canton, Ohio informant recants prior statement re Cooper
Interviewed 29 March 1973Transcribed 4 April 1973
Part of: Interview of informant at Canton, Ohio RA recanting claim to know D.B. Cooper's identity
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-72:127-127 Document: FD-302: Canton, Ohio informant recants prior statement re Cooper Id: Cooper-Part-72:127-127 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-72%3A127-127 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 p. 127 (DB Cooper-30961), FD-302 interview, interviewed 29 Mar 1973 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-72%3A127-127
FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription: 4/4/73
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[REDACTED], Canton, Ohio, voluntarily appeared at the Canton, Ohio Resident Agency. Upon arrival [REDACTED] informed that during previous contact with Bureau Agents regarding "D. B. COOPER" he had lied in that he does have a strong feeling as to the identity of 'COOPER'.
[REDACTED] related that prior to 1964 he, [REDACTED] was associated with a group of parachutists in Canton, Ohio, who performed with [REDACTED] known [REDACTED] He stated that through [REDACTED] he became acquainted with [REDACTED] aka., [REDACTED] an experienced parachutist and [REDACTED] [REDACTED] informed that [REDACTED] was a skilled paratrooper, although somewhat of a loner.
[REDACTED] advised that subsequent to the hijacking of a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727, he observed a composite of the individual known as "D. B. COOPER". He stated immediately after observing this photograph in a local newspaper, he felt that it was an "excellent" likeness of the aforementioned [REDACTED].
He further related that during September - October, 1972, he received a telephone call from [REDACTED] who informed [REDACTED] Canton, Ohio. [REDACTED] stated that during the telephone conversation he told [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Thereafter, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and that he would visit [REDACTED] in person. [REDACTED] stated that later that day, [REDACTED] visited him at his residence. He stated that during their visit which last approximately 2 hours, they discussed "old times" and also the aforementioned hijacking. [REDACTED] commented that [REDACTED] did not specifically admit involvement in the hijacking, but made an off-hand com- ment as [REDACTED] He stated that he was afraid to ask [REDACTED] [REDACTED] commented also that at the time he saw [REDACTED] similar to those depicted in the composite drawing of "D. B. COOPER".
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Interviewed on 3/29/73 at Canton, Ohio
SERIALIZED [REDACTED] INDEXED [REDACTED] 164-88 JUN 1973 by SA [REDACTED] Date dictated [REDACTED] 3/29/73
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DB Cooper-30961
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4/4/73 Sub- [illegible]
Sub- Q 14 4-8/- 4736
Serials: CV 164-88