Interview report (FD-302)Interview re hitchhiker's encounter with suspicious man near Seattle, Nov 1979Interviewed 3 June 1980page 2 of 2
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Part 44, page 270

DB Cooper-1814Serials BU 164-146

Interviewed 3 June 1980Transcribed 6 June 1980

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BU 164-146 -2-

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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.

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[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.

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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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DB Cooper-1814[1]

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