Part 49, page 139

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FD-302 (REV. 3-10-82)

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 9/14/88

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[REDACTED] (PROTECT AND CONCEAL IDENTITY BY REQUEST), [REDACTED] Aurora, Colorado, residence telephone number [REDACTED] furnished the following information:

[REDACTED] is employed at the [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Englewood, Colorado, where he has business telephone number [REDACTED] He described the [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

One of the owners of the [REDACTED] a white male, age approximately 40, sandy colored hair, blue eyes, approximately 5' 9" in height, and weighing about 180 pounds.

He described [REDACTED] as an individual who makes a nice first impression, appears outwardly friendly, but whom he feels to be a person of questionable moral standards, who would exhibit no remorse for lying or cheating customers.

[REDACTED] went on to advise that [REDACTED] appears obsessed with the hijacking of NORTHWEST AIRLINES in 1971 by an individual described as D. B. COOPER. [REDACTED] constantly talks about the case and is currently writing a book about the hijacking, which is to be entitled [REDACTED] In addition, [REDACTED] is a skydiver and has talked in detail about how COOPER would have exited the NORTHWEST AIRLINES BOEING 727 aircraft by parachuting from the rear stairway.

[REDACTED] concluded by stating that based on [REDACTED] obsession with D. B. COOPER and the NORTHWEST AIRLINES hijacking, that he has become convinced that [REDACTED] may have some legitimate information concerning this matter.

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Investigation on 8/19/88 at Denver, Colorado File# DN-[REDACTED] SA [REDACTED] kt by [REDACTED] Date dictated 9/1/88 SERIALIZED 9/1/88 SEP 24 1988

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164A-81-8935

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DB Cooper-20245