Part 45, page 354

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BT #164-26 SE #164-81 KPH/ddp Page 1

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The following investigation was conducted by SA [REDACTED] and SA [REDACTED] on July 11, 1980:

AT BUTTE, MONTANA

[REDACTED] ad- vised that he recalls a few months ago when he was watching television when a composite photograph of the individual known as D. B. COOPER appeared on the screen. He recalled at the time that the picture "jumped out", and he said to his children at the time [REDACTED] advised that at the time there was little doubt in his mind that the photograph appeared to be [REDACTED]

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A composite photograph of D. B. COOPER was shown to [REDACTED] and he advised that that photograph did not give him the same impression that the photograph on tele- vision had, although the composite photograph does have the same general facial characteristics as [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was also shown a photograph of [REDACTED] which had been taken on April 28, 1978, and [REDACTED] stated that is definitely [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] stated that he had worked in several places with [REDACTED] such as New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado, but he recalls that in each instance [REDACTED] did not last very long. [REDACTED] described [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and therefore did not last very long on any one job. [REDACTED] also advised that [REDACTED] was a [REDACTED], but he had a good personality and was a very likeable individual who could talk people out of just about anything.

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[REDACTED] advised that he was not aware of any experience on the part of [REDACTED] relative to flying or using parachutes; however, he did feel that [REDACTED] would be capable of attempting such an act as hijacking an air- plane and subsequently bailing out of it. [REDACTED] ad- vised that [REDACTED] was the kind of a person that would do

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164-21-8502 DB Cooper-18674