Part 45, page 65
DB Cooper-15250Serials AN 164-59, SE 164-81-7302
Interviewed 11 January 1977Dictated 17 January 1977Transcribed 18 January 1977
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 45 p. 65 (DB Cooper-15250), FD-302 interview, interviewed 11 Jan 1977, serial SE 164-81-7302 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-45/pages/65
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription: January 18, 1977
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[REDACTED] was contacted at the Fairbanks District Office, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), telephone number 452-4725.
[REDACTED] informed due to the fact that he has been employed for years as a smokejumper by the BLM, he has had a lot of curiousity type interest in the famous aircraft hijacking pulled off by D. B. COOPER. His interest has been magnified from time to time due to the newspaper publicity put out on this case. His interest has been profounded even more inasmuch as he has jumped into the area where D. B. COOPER allegedly jumped with the hijack loot and the fact that the news media reports this jump would have been very hazardous and most likely D. B. COOPER was killed during the jump. [REDACTED] stated this latter statement by the press is total hogwash. He informed that any experienced jumper could have jumped into the area involved without suffering any injury at all. He stated during his years of experience as a smokejumper, he has jumped with hundreds of guys who could have performed this jump.
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[REDACTED] informed that during the late [REDACTED] and early [REDACTED] he worked with a smokejumper employed by BLM by the name of [REDACTED] He informed they worked together in Washington State during the late [REDACTED] and were both assigned to the Fairbanks, Alaska district office in the early [REDACTED] He stated he lost track of [REDACTED] during the late [REDACTED] when
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[REDACTED] He last saw [REDACTED] in 1971 at a retirement party at the smokejumper base in Washington State. [REDACTED] drove up in a brand new car, dressed very well, and looking quite prominent. He spoke briefly with [REDACTED] talked a little bit about old times, and [REDACTED] commented that he was doing quite well and was working at the Tacoma Navy Shipyards.
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[REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED] who was [REDACTED] of BLM at the Fairbanks District Office, and is now with BLM in Washington, D.C., had once told him that he heard [REDACTED]
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Interviewed on 1/11/77 at Fairbanks, Alaska File # AN 164-59
by SA [REDACTED] Date dictated 1/17/77
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164-81-7302 DB Cooper-15250