Interview report (FD-302)Interview of New York letter writer re 'D. B. Cooper Game'Interviewed 4 December 19731 page
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Part 72, page 144

DB Cooper-30985Serials SE 164-81-6002

Interviewed 4 December 1973Dictated 6 December 1973Transcribed 7 December 1973

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

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 12/7/73

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[REDACTED], Town of Tonawanda, New York, was interviewed and after being advised of the identities of the interviewing Agents and that this interview concerned his writing to the Buffalo FBI Office regarding information on how to play the D. B. Cooper game, he provided the following information:

[REDACTED] advised that he saw a newspaper article about the Northwest Airlines hijacking in the local paper the "Tonawanda News." [REDACTED] advised he did not have a copy of this article presently but the article stated that if a reader wished to help find any $20 bills used in the ransom that the reader merely was to contact his nearest FBI Office for a list of the serial numbers of the $20 bills in question. [REDACTED] stated that the "Tonawanda News" referred to finding this ransom money as the "D. B. Cooper Game."

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The following description of [REDACTED] was obtained through observation and interview:

Race White Sex Male Date of Birth [REDACTED] Height 5'4" Weight 135 pounds Hair Dark brown Eyes Hazel

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164-81-6002

Interviewed on 12/4/73 at Town of Tonawanda, N.Y. File # Buffalo 164-46

by SA [REDACTED] Date dictated 12/6/73

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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DB Cooper-30985

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