Interview report (FD-302)Interview of Hale Koa Hotel caller naming military acquaintance as possible CooperInterviewed 30 November 19811 page
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Part 46, page 242

DB Cooper-19064Serials HN 164-85, SE 164-81-8627

Interviewed 30 November 1981Dictated 1 December 1981Transcribed 3 December 1981

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FD-302 (REV. 3-8-77)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

1 Date of transcription 12/3/81

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[REDACTED] Hale Koa Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, telephone [REDACTED] telephonically advised he has been following the case on D. B. Cooper, who escaped about ten years ago from an airplane over the northwest territory. He advised he was planning to write the Special Agent in Charge of the Portland FBI Office regarding his thoughts in this matter. He stated he was furnishing this information in the event it may be helpful to the FBI.

[REDACTED] advised he went to jump school in Fort Benning, Georgia, in [REDACTED] with a [REDACTED] and they graduated on [REDACTED] address at that time was [REDACTED] Idaho. He and [REDACTED] graduated [REDACTED] from a parachute packing course in Fort Lee, Virginia. He stated he served with [REDACTED] in Japan from [REDACTED] after which time he [REDACTED] went on to OCS (Officer Candidate School). He last saw [REDACTED] in [REDACTED] at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, when they were both assigned to the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] was a [REDACTED] at that time and [REDACTED] was an [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] was a free fall skydiver and a member of the Special Warfare Center Parachute Team. [REDACTED] believed, although he was not sure, that [REDACTED] was also a member of the Special Warfare Center Parachute Demonstration Team.

He stated he believed [REDACTED] could be identical with the D. B. Cooper who disappeared approximately ten years ago. He described [REDACTED] character as a very dislikable person, meaning that not many people liked him. He would personally characterize [REDACTED] as a "punk."

[REDACTED] stated he has a class picture including [REDACTED] back in [REDACTED] and would make it available to the FBI, if necessary.

[REDACTED] described [REDACTED] as a white male, age approximately 47 at the present time, who could pass for a few years younger. He is 5 feet 9-10 inches, 160-165 pounds, light brown hair, short, crewcut.

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Investigation on 11/30/81 at Honolulu, Hawaii File # HN 164-85

by SA(A) [REDACTED] (EJK/keh) Date dictated 12/1/81

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DB Cooper-19064 /6 4A-81-8627