Interview report (FD-302)Interview of Columbus, Ohio caller naming possible 'Dan Cooper'Interviewed 5 July 1972page 2 of 3
fbi_formLegibility: medium

Part 26, page 534

DB Cooper-8944Serials CI 164-55

Interviewed 5 July 1972Transcribed 6 July 1972

Open in FBI Vault (Part 26, page 534 of the PDF)

FBI 164-81, Vault Part 26 p. 534 (DB Cooper-8944), FD-302 interview, interviewed 5 Jul 1972, serial SE 164-81-3668 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-26/pages/534

Transcript

The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.

CI 164-55 2

---

and above the temple. He could not recall what colored eyes [REDACTED] had. [REDACTED] indicated that [REDACTED] did wear sunglasses a great deal of the time, when outdoors, and these are sunglasses with a metal frame, much like the type of glasses, which are worn by airplane pilots. [REDACTED] was light complected, and had a clear complexion. He had a very sparse beard, which was normally only visible around the area of his chin. He described [REDACTED] as being one of those persons who only had to shave in the one particular area of his face in that his beard is almost nonexistent on other portions of his face. [REDACTED] was described as having no particular accent of any consequent and if one had to describe his accent, he might say it was midwestern. [REDACTED] smoked both cigarettes and a pipe, during this time, however, [REDACTED] was unable to recall any brand of either type of tobacco, which [REDACTED] favored.

[REDACTED] indicated that [REDACTED] was single when they knew one another, but ultimately [REDACTED] who had been introduced to him by [REDACTED] could not recall this individuals name. [REDACTED] indicated that he had come to Alaska, from the State of Florida, where he had worked for a telephone company in that state. [REDACTED] indicated that he attended Stetson University in Florida, for approximately one year. [REDACTED] indicated that he had no prior experience in [REDACTED] or in [REDACTED] [REDACTED] However, [REDACTED] indicated that there was not a great deal to learn about the job and [REDACTED] became quite a satisfactory employee.

[REDACTED] indicated that [REDACTED] was a private aircraft pilot and [REDACTED] He stated that the [REDACTED] however, no particular [REDACTED] came to mind. He said that it was one of the aircraft that took off in a very short distance and landed in a comparable distance. [REDACTED] was an avid and frequent pilot. He spoke of taking long-distance flight on occasion even to the extent of planning a flight from Alaska to Florida. [REDACTED] advised that he was not sure if [REDACTED] ever made any of these long flights. [REDACTED] had indicated his interest in obtaining a multi-engine, and an instrument rating, and he indicated that he was going to take lessons, in order to obtain these goals. [REDACTED] indicated that [REDACTED] in Anchorage, Alaska, [REDACTED]

---

DB Cooper-8944