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FD-302 (Rev. 10-6-95)

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 08/16/2006

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Puyallup, Washington, driver's license number [REDACTED], date of birth [REDACTED] was interviewed at the FBI office, 1145 Broadway, Suite 330 Tacoma, Washington. Also present were [REDACTED] Tacoma, Washington, date of birth [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] Puyallup, Washington, date of birth [REDACTED] [REDACTED] provided the following information:

[REDACTED] purchased a small plane in 1977, that was located at the Pierce County Airport. The plane was located near a different plane owned by BARBARA DAYTON (DAYTON). [REDACTED] and DAYTON became friends and DAYTON would visit the [REDACTED] residence frequently. After DAYTON became comfortable with the [REDACTED] she told them her secret. DAYTON had undergone sex reassignment surgery in 1969 at the University of Washington. Her given name was ROBERT DAYTON, date of birth 05/10/1926. DAYTON was born in Florida. Her parents moved her and [REDACTED] to Long Beach, California, when she was young. While she was still a male, she had been in the Army and the Merchant Marines and had traveled around the world. DAYTON was a proficient pilot and had learned how to parachute from taking a class.

Throughout their friendship, DAYTON had told all kinds of "stories", that the [REDACTED] always thought were made up because of the unusual nature of them. The story of DB COOPER was a topic of many conversations around the airport. Whenever someone called COOPER an idiot or said that he was dead from the jump, DAYTON would become very defensive. Once in 1979, [REDACTED] joked that DAYTON was COOPER in front of other people. DAYTON became very angry and told [REDACTED] not to ever say that again. DAYTON then claimed to be COOPER. DAYTON would tell a lot of details about the hijacking, including wind speed, location of the jump, wing flap location and other very precise items. DAYTON told them that she had jumped south of Portland, Oregon, near Woodburn, Oregon. DAYTON stated that she had flown her plane over the route a number of times to check out the landing locations.

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2265 B01 302

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Investigation on 08/15/2006 at Tacoma, Washington

File # SE 164A-81 - 9464 Date dictated ___________

by SA [REDACTED]

This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. DB Cooper-21887