Part 9, page 395
DB Cooper-1111Serials MI 164-36
Dictated 10 October 1975Transcribed 17 October 1975
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 9 p. 395 (DB Cooper-1111), FD-302 interview, dictated 10 Oct 1975 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-09/pages/395
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FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 10/17/75
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At 12:35 AM. [redacted] 1975, [redacted] was interviewed at [redacted] Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Police Department Station. [redacted] was at this location
[redacted] At the outset of the interview [redacted] was advised as to the identities of SA [redacted] and SA [redacted] He was advised of his rights both orally and by a written waiver which he read, stated he understood, and signed. He was thereafter interviewed with respect to a number of criminal matters and voluntarily furnished the following information:
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[redacted] was questioned regarding claims which he had allegedly made on previous occasions claiming to be D.B. COOPER, the individual who hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight 305 from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington, on November 24, 1971. [redacted] made the following claims in this regard:
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[redacted] advised that on Thanksgiving Day, 1971, he hijacked the Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 727 and subsequently parachuted from this aircraft with $200,000.00 in ransom money. [redacted] stated that earlier that day he had made reservations with Northwest Airlines in the name [redacted] COOPER which was likely the reason that D.B. COOPER appeared on the manifest.
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[redacted] stated that he hijacked the aircraft between Portland and Seattle telling a stewardess that he had a bomb in a briefcase which he would detonate unless his demands were met. He advised he asked for $200,000.00 in bills of 20 dollar denominations and three parachutes (type not specified because he had no knowledge of what type to ask for). He stated that he asked for three parachutes because it was his intention to make a stewardess parachute from the aircraft with him to guarantee against the possibility of the parachute being rigged.
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Interviewed on [redacted] /75 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin File # MI 164-36
SA [redacted] by SA [redacted] /pmc Date dictated 10/10/75
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