Part 55, page 125
DB Cooper-23268Serials LA 164-497
Interviewed 1 December 1971Dictated 2 December 1971Transcribed 3 December 1971
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 55 p. 125 (DB Cooper-23268), FD-302 interview, interviewed 1 Dec 1971 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-55/pages/125
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FD-302 (Rev. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
1 Date of transcription 12/3/71
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[REDACTED], California, was interviewed at the Skylark Airport at Elsinore, California, and furnished the following information:
Upon hearing the newscasts and reading the papers concerning the skyjacking of a commercial aircraft in Seattle, Washington, on November 24, 1971, and upon seeing an artists conception of the individual who perpetrated this crime. [REDACTED] advised he believes he talked to a man who closely resembles the subject during July or August 1971. Based upon his conversation with this individual he strongly suspects the man may be the person connected with this crime.
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[REDACTED] recalled that he talked to this man for approximately ten to fifteen minutes concerning different aspects of parachute jumping and during this conversation the man asked several unusual questions, such as how would one go about jumping out of jets. [REDACTED] specifically recalls telling the man it could be done if the door of the aircraft opened inward or if it had a rear stairwell that could be raised and lowered. The man appeared interested and they discussed this further, to the point where air speed and drag was talked about. The fact was brought up that full flaps and lowered landing gear would supply the drag needed to exit from a jet.
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The man also asked [REDACTED] where jump centers were located in the northwest. [REDACTED] told him about three locations in the State of Washington, one by the Boeing Air Field in Seattle, one on the Washington side of the Columbia River, just north of Portland, Oregon, and the other center inbetween. The man was apparently interested, but did not right down the names or locations of those centers mentioned by [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] stated it was his opinion that a person contemplating a skyjacking of a commercial aircraft would ask questions such as those purposed. He recalled at the time these questions were asked he thought it was strange as nobody else has ever purposed such questions to him.
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Interviewed on 12/1/71 at Elsinore, California File # Los Angeles 164-497 -[guess: 1733] SA EDWARD A. ROMANOFF/clp by ___________________________ Date dictated 12/2/71
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