Interview of Apache Junction witness re Arthur B. Derham

FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95)

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 01/12/2004

On 01/09/2004, Special Agent (SA) [REDACTED] Federal Bureau of Investigation, interviewed [REDACTED] outside her residence [REDACTED] Apache Junction, Arizona.

After SA [REDACTED] identified himself, [REDACTED] provided the following information:

[REDACTED] DOB [REDACTED] Arthur B. Derham, aka Arthur Boy Derham,

[REDACTED] Derham collapsed [REDACTED] on 03/02/1998 and had to be hospitalized due to what [REDACTED] described as a "cerebral bleed". Derham died 07/20/1998 from cancer at Mesa Lutheran Hospital, Mesa Arizona. [REDACTED] had the body cremated and spread the ashes in the area. [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] Derham often hinted to [REDACTED] that he was D.B. Cooper. When watching a videotape of a documentary about D.B. Cooper, Derham made comments indicating that he knew the true facts about the case that the documentary producers did not, saying the money Cooper had been taken had been hidden at the landing site but not retrieved or found by the authorities. Derham also said he was very familiar with the airplane used in the hijacking. On the day of his death, Derham told her that he was in fact D.B. Cooper, and that he had committed the hijacking not for money, but for "the notoriety of sport parachuting." Derham said he had been interviewed by the FBI in Chicago, who allegedly told him that "you are the only man who could have done this." [REDACTED] also believed Derham had committed the hijacking at the direction of the FAA, FBI, or [REDACTED] to improve airline security. [REDACTED] claimed Derham had connections with, or inside knowledge of, Howard Hughes, [REDACTED] and organized crime. [REDACTED] said she suspected Derham may have been in the Witness Protection program.

[REDACTED] said Derham had been born 02/07/1933 in Knoxville, Illinois as Arthur Boy Anders, but had his name legally changed to Derham. Derham had always insisted on the use of the initial "B" in his name. [REDACTED] speculated that the middle name "Boy" may have indicated he was a foundling.

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Investigation on 01/09/2004 at Apache Junction, Arizona

File # SE-164A-81-DNA -[REDACTED] SE/64A-81-1058-2 Date dictated n/a

by SA [REDACTED]

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DB Cooper-33545

FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95)

SE-164A-81-DNA

Continuation of FD-302 of [REDACTED] , On 01/09/2004 , Page 2

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Derham [REDACTED] Derham made [REDACTED] [REDACTED] After Derham's death, she received a telephone call from a man who said he [REDACTED] wanted to know where Derham was buried. [REDACTED] did not talk to him, as she suspected he was someone attempting to gain information about her and because Derham had never mentioned [REDACTED] [REDACTED] but was staying in Mesa, Arizona.

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[REDACTED] Derham had formed a company, "Superstition Foothills, Inc." which had developed Superior (Arizona) Airport.

Derham had originally intended for the airport to be used as a base for sport parachuting activities, but zoning regulations prevented it.

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[REDACTED] said Derham had been a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division and an accomplished sport paracutist, and told her he had been a "spy" who was captured in Russia but escaped with the aid of [REDACTED] said [REDACTED] and that Derham had requested a meeting [REDACTED] which was granted.

[REDACTED] identified [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] said she had made several trips to the FBI Phoenix Field Office to discuss Derham and his connection with D.B. Cooper, [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] had not responded to previous business cards left at her residence, as she did not know what they were about. [REDACTED] said she initially thought the interviewing agent had contacted her concerning [REDACTED]

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DB Cooper-33546

FD-302a (Rev. 10-6-95)

SE-164A-81-DNA

Continuation of FD-302 of [REDACTED] , On 01/09/2004 , Page 3

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[REDACTED] said she had retained several personal items belonging to Derham, as well as his dentures and some locks of hair. [REDACTED] agreed to get the items out of storage and provide them for testing. [REDACTED] said she would contact SA[REDACTED] when she located them.

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DB Cooper-33547