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FD-302 (REV. 3-10-82)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 10/2/90

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[REDACTED] Date of Birth, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Colorado, was advised of the identity of the interviewing Agent and the purpose of the interview, which was to obtain information concerning her telephone call to the Denver FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) Office on July 10, 1990. In this call, [REDACTED] [REDACTED] she has known him that he is the individual known as D.B. COOPER who allegedly committed a hijacking many years ago.

[REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] RALPH ANTONIO PORCO, JR.; Date of Birth, February 14, 1943, in [REDACTED]. His real name, BUFORD ADRIEN ALCORN, was changed when he was adopted as a young child and, to [REDACTED] knowledge, he has always used the name RALPH PORCO. She related that RALPH has claimed to be D.B. COOPER since [REDACTED]. He is currently incarcerated in the FREMONT COUNTY JAIL for Attempted Kidnaping and Burglary, with a one-half million dollar bond. He also has pending charges of [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] She advised she is coming forward with the information on his D.B. COOPER identity now because she wants him to get everything he has coming to him and hopes he will remain locked up. She further explained that [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] stated that RALPH told her he used the name D.B. COOPER at the time of the hijacking because his nickname in the SPECIAL FORCES was "DIRTY BASTARD COOPER", and he wanted to let his buddies know it was him. He acquired this nickname because of his practical jokes in the SPECIAL FORCES, such as placing small bombs under toilets. RALPH told her the bomb used in the hijacking was Play-Doh rigged to a clock and in no way could have been detonated.

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[REDACTED] related that in [REDACTED] RALPH never swayed in his story of the hijacking and was almost obsessed with this identity. To her knowledge, RALPH's mother, a friend, and [REDACTED] were the only other people who knew about RALPH's identity. It would anger RALPH when his mother ever made reference to it, but generally he found a lot of pleasure in bragging about it. Shortly before he went to jail, RALPH had been for months

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8/6/90 [REDACTED] CO 164A-SE-81-[guess: 4098] Investigation on __________ at __________ File # __________

SA [REDACTED] tmp 8/7/90 by _________ [REDACTED] Date dictated __________

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. DB COOPER-48427