Part 60, page 134

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the plane. Again [REDACTED] did not thing anything par- ticularly unusual happened. He said that when they landed that the runway lights were dark and that they were on a distant part of the runway. He said that a gas truck came up on the right-hand side of the plane and [REDACTED] jokingly remarked to his new companion sitting alongside that maybe they were going to refuel and go back up. This joke was simply reference to the long time that they were circling from 3:00 P.M. until 6:00 P.M. and still [REDACTED] did not have any inkling that a skyjacking was taking place. He said that they were finally told to deplane and told to stand nearby the plane. They were then asked to move 30 or 40 feet away and were then asked to move about 100 feet away from the plane. He said that they may have been asked one or two more times to move a 100 feet in addition or additional increments of 100 feet. He said that about the second or third place that they moved to after departing from the plane an automobile with a lone driver who said he was the chief pilot stopped near their grouping. This driver opened the trunk and [REDACTED] saw parachutes and bags which appeared to be money bags or appeared to contain money. He said that he and everyone else then realized that they were in the midst of a skyjacking. At that time someone in their group said that it must have been the guy in the rear seat. To the best of his recollection he said one of the stewardesses walked back and forth picking up the parachutes and the money and he thinks that the lone automobile driver who undoubtedly was an FBI agent but claimed to be the chief pilot, perhaps accompanied her to the plane but did not at any time board the plane. Later the man claiming to be the chief pilot came back to the group and the stewardess got on. At that time the man claiming to be the chief pilot said something to the effect, "I'm out of it but that girl has got to get back on that plane with that mad man".

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[REDACTED] said that he had read the article in the Seattle Flag and said that he had three following comments to make. He said that the Flag article has the money coming on board before the passengers are released and he also believes that the Flag article had the wrong seat for Cooper.

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