Interview re hitchhiker's encounter with suspicious man near Seattle, Nov 1979
Interviewed 3 June 1980Dictated 5 June 1980Transcribed 6 June 1980
Also filed at: Part 44 pp. 269–270
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 73 pp. 61–62 (DB Cooper-31374–31375), FD-302 interview, interviewed 3 Jun 1980 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-73%3A061-062
FD-302 (REV. 3-8-77)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 6/6/80
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[REDACTED], Buffalo, New York, telephone [REDACTED], date of birth [REDACTED], Social Security Account Number [REDACTED], was advised as to the identities of the interviewing Agents and the nature of the inquiry, that being any information he may have in regards to an airplane hijacking on the west coast and provided the following information:
He was hitchhiking near Seattle, Washington in November, 1979. It was the day following a blizzard and there was a lot of snow on the ground. He was on what he believed to be Route 17 heading towards the city when he was picked up by a white male in a big blue late model car he thought to be a [REDACTED].
He described this white male as being in his late 40's or early 50's and having salt and pepper, wavy hair, dark skin and a mustache and goatee. He was further described as having a thin build, being about 5'10" and having a [REDACTED] [REDACTED].
[REDACTED] stated he does not remember the man's name but thought he was well spoken although he was intoxicated at the time he picked him up. After the unidentified white male picked [REDACTED] up, they proceeded down Route 17 until they came to Denny's Restaurant.
This Dennys was located near 136th or 137th Streets within Seattle proper. The restaurant was further described as being very close to a college campus.
After eating at Dennys, [REDACTED] and the unidenti- fied white male proceeded to this man's home. It was approx- imately [REDACTED] away from Dennys. [REDACTED] stated the exit from Route 17 was a [REDACTED]. The unidentified white male's home was located approximately [REDACTED] from this exit. [REDACTED] said there were not many houses on the street and between the exit and the unidentified white male's home was a [REDACTED] in the yard. Both the [REDACTED] and the unidentified white male's home [guess: WERE]
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Investigation on 6/3/80 at Buffalo, New York File # Seattle 164-81[illegible] Buffalo-164-146 SAs [REDACTED] by [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] Date dictated 6/5/80
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DB Cooper-31374
BU 164-146
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were located on the right side of the street as you headed away from the freeway.
The unidentified white male's home was described as a two-floor home with an attached garage. The garage had a Genie door opener. The house was light in color and definitely not made of brick. It was about 20 - 30 years old. The house had a [REDACTED] The inside of the home had a [REDACTED] The only occupant other than the unidentified white male was an [REDACTED] old girl with long black hair.
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Once inside the home, the unidentified white male brought in from the trunk of the car a box of money. This money was in packs and was wrapped with beige masking tape. The unidentified white male then offered [REDACTED] a drink and told him a story of how he robbed something, then hijacked a plane about one and one-half years ago (as of November, 1979) and then exited the plane by parachuting from it. The uniden- tified white male then showed [REDACTED] a parachute with the following inscription: NASA I. The unidentified white male then showed [REDACTED] newspaper clippings relating a similar story. These newspaper clippings had no photographs.
[REDACTED] said he believed it was the same man be- cause the unidentified white male was drunk when he was re- lating the story and because he showed [REDACTED] the parachute and the box filled with packets of money.
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[REDACTED] stated at this point he asked to leave. The unidentified white male then proceeded to drive [REDACTED] back to Route 17, where he would continue to hitchhike across the country. As they left, however, the unidentified white male commented he lived only [REDACTED] from the Air Force Base in Seattle. The unidentified white male gave [REDACTED] a brand new $100 bill and left him on Route 17. This is the last time [REDACTED] saw the unidentified white male.
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At the conclusion of the interview, SA [REDACTED] showed [REDACTED] an artist conception of D. B. Cooper marked SE 164-81 (146) 1A1. [REDACTED] said it looked just like the unidentified white male he spoke of except the man he met had wavier hair, had a mustache and goatee, had a [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and thicker eyebrows.
It should be noted that [REDACTED] during the course of the interview seemed incapable of holding a train of thought and at times rambled. [REDACTED] had at the outset of the in- terview, admitted to [REDACTED]
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-2- DB Cooper-31375
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Serials: BU 164-146