Interview of Lonnie Forrest Cooper re Thanksgiving 1971 whereabouts
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Original title: FD-302 interview of SSgt Lonnie Forrest Cooper, U.S. Army
Interviewed 17 December 1971Dictated 20 December 1971Transcribed 23 December 1971
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-72:363-363 Document: FD-302 interview of Lonnie Forrest Cooper re Thanksgiving 1971 whereabouts Id: Cooper-Part-72:363-363 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-72%3A363-363 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. 363 (DB Cooper-31276), FD-302 interview, interviewed 17 Dec 1971, serial SE 164-51-SUB (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-72%3A363-363
FD 302 (REV 11-27-70)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 12/23/71
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On December 17, 1971, LONNIE FORREST COOPER, 411 Adams Street advised that he in fact does recall a hijacking of an airline from Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington sometime during Thanksgiving weekend of 1971, however had no information whatsoever regarding this hijacking.
COOPER recalls staying at Little America, Wyoming on the night of November 24, 1971 and eating Thanksgiving dinner at Cheyenne, Wyoming the following day. He stated that [REDACTED] were with him at all times and [REDACTED] felt quite amused to the fact that he happened to have the same name as the hijacker, namely COOPER.
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The following is a description of LONNIE FORREST COOPER as obtained and interview:
Race White Sex Male Date of birth Februay 1, 1946 Place of birth Evansville, Indiana Height 5' 5 Weight 180 pounds Build Stocky Hair Brown, crewcut Eyes Hazel Occupation Drill Instructor Fort Dix, New Jersey United States Army Rank Staff Sergeant E-6 United States Army Service Number RA 1676517 Social Security Account Number 310-46-7415 Permanent home of record 411 Adams Street Evansville, Indiana
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COOPER viewed a artist conception drawing of the alleged hijacker, real name unknown, alias DAN COOPER and stated that this individual did not look familiar to him.
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Interviewed on 12/17/71 at Evansville, Indiana File # IP 164-62 - 23
by SA [REDACTED] -jld Date dictated 12/20/71 b6 b7C DB Cooper-31276
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164-51-Sub(i
Serials: IP 164-62, SE 164-51-SUB