Interview report (FD-302)Interview of Fort Bragg Army parachutist resembling Cooper sketchInterviewed 2 December 19761 page
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Part 68, page 130

DB Cooper-28881Serials CE 164-101, SE 164-81-7300

Interviewed 2 December 1976Dictated 6 December 1976Transcribed 9 December 1976

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FD-302 (Rev. 11-27-70)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription December 9, 1976

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[REDACTED], Fort Bragg, North Carolina, was contacted at his place of employment at which time the identity of the interviewing Agent and nature of the interview was made known to him. He furnished the following information:

He stated that he is aware of the hijacking concerning "D. B. COOPER" having read about this hijacking in a sports parachute magazine. He stated that in addition to this, he has seen several tee shirts with the name D. B. COOPER stenciled on them in several sports parachute clubs that he has been associated with over the years.

He stated on many occasion, he has been kidded about being a "look alike" to the artist's description of D. B. COOPER by members of units that he has belonged to in the Army and in other sports parachute clubs.

[REDACTED] advised he returned from Panama to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Thursday, November 11, 1976, and that he joined the sports parachute club of the [REDACTED] the following week.

He stated he made his first "free fall" parachute jump with the [REDACTED] on November 20, 1976, after joining the parachute club. He stated he has been a parachutist since June of 1954 and has been a "sky diver" or "free fall" parachutist since November of 1972.

[REDACTED] advised he has been in the United States Army since [REDACTED], and received his parachute wings in [REDACTED], and has been jumping since that date.

He stated he went to Viet Nam, September 25, 1970, and returned on May 2, 1972, and was not in the continental United States at the time of the hijack.

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Interviewed on 12/2/76 at Ft. Bragg, N. C. File # CE 164-101

by SA [REDACTED] Date dictated 12/6/76 DB Cooper-28881

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.

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[guess: sub J] 164-81-7300