Part 50, page 271
Interviewed 14 July 1992Dictated 16 July 1992Transcribed 20 July 1992
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 50 p. 271 (DB Cooper-20960), FD-302 interview, interviewed 14 Jul 1992 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-50/pages/271
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FD-302 (REV. 3-10-82)
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 7/20/92
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[REDACTED] born [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Social Security Account number [REDACTED] residence [REDACTED] Oakland, California, voluntarily appeared at the Oakland, California, office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). [REDACTED] was advised of the identity of SA [REDACTED] as a polygraph examiner of the FBI. He was told that he would be interviewed regarding the truthfulness of his statements to the FBI concerning the hijacking of a Northwest Orient flight on November 24, 1971. Prior to the polygraph interview he was provided a Standard Consent to Polygraph form and a Warning and Waiver of Rights form. He read both forms and signed them.
[REDACTED] stated that he was married to [REDACTED] in 1971, then said that he wasn't sure. He had learned that he [REDACTED] at a time when he believed he was married to [REDACTED].
Regarding the hijacking he recalled that media reported the airline ticket of the subject was in the name of COOPER, but not B. D. COOPER. He saw a police sketch of the suspect, but it didn't look like anyone he knew.
[REDACTED] said that the only person he knew that was also a military parachutist was a guy named [REDACTED] who lived in Seattle. [REDACTED] had been in the 101st Airborne with [REDACTED].
He also recalled from the media that the subject had given instructions to the pilot regarding where to fly and how high. [REDACTED] thought that the jump from the plane would have been risky only if it were cloudy and there were trees. [REDACTED] had hunted in the general area where the hijacker jumped out of the plane, commenting that it was rough country.
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Investigation on 7/14/92 at Oakland, California File # 164A-SF-81
by SA [REDACTED] er Date dictated 7/16/92
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DB Cooper-20960