Interview report (FD-302) · Interview of BLM smokejumper employee, Fairbanks, Alaska · Interviewed 11 January 1977 · page 2 of 2AIType, title and date: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
Interviewed 11 January 1977 · Dictated 17 January 1977 · Transcribed 18 January 1977AIDates: machine-written — generated by an AI model from the transcripts, and it can be wrong. The scan is the source; the transcript is machine-generated from it.
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 45 p. 66 (DB Cooper-15251), 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/66
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AN 164-59
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[REDACTED] He and [REDACTED] discussed this
fact and the D. B. COOPER hijacking case and between them derived
that [REDACTED] could be reduced to D. B. COOPER. They
both agreed that if [REDACTED] was involved in such a caper, he would
be just the one to think of using this alias. He stated that
[REDACTED] is the daredevil type and [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] just to prove a point of his
daring to the other men.
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[REDACTED] stated that he did not go to the FBI with this
information inasmuch as [REDACTED] stated he had discussed this
with the FBI and had furnished all information regarding his
knowledge of [REDACTED] further related to him that
he had furnished [REDACTED] name as a possible suspect in this
matter when he was interviewed by the FBI. Both he and [REDACTED]
agreed that if there was such a thing as a statute of
limitations on the crime, and [REDACTED] had been involved, he would
brag publicly about it upon expiration of the statute of limita-
tions. He was just that type of individual. Further, the artist
conception of D. B. COOPER that was circulated just after the
crime was very, very similar to [REDACTED] appearance.
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[REDACTED] informed that in the event [REDACTED] has not been
checked out by the FBI and additional information might be sought
regarding him, he would be able to furnish the names of other
individuals who were acquainted with and had knowledge of [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] One such individual who comes immediately to his mind
is [REDACTED] who is now employed by BLM at [REDACTED]
Winthrop, Washington.
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[REDACTED] reiterated that his reason for not coming forth
with this information was as he had related; merely that it was
discussed openly between himself and other people, and he was told
that it had been reported to the FBI.