Part 72, page 341
DB Cooper-31245Serials HN 164-85, SE 164-81-7937
Interviewed 19 May 1978Dictated 23 May 1978Transcribed 23 May 1978
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 72 p. 341 (DB Cooper-31245), FD-302 interview, interviewed 19 May 1978, serial SE 164-81-7937 (as read from the transcript) — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-72/pages/341
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FD-302 (REV. 11-27-70)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Date of transcription 5/23/78
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[REDACTED], Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, phone [REDACTED] of JACK BRYANT COFFELT (now deceased), advised that photos of BRYANT COFFELT as obtained by SA C. ROBERT STRANGER of the Los Angeles Division of the FBI were similar in appearance, but she did not think the individuals in the photographs were identical to JACK COFFELT. She advised that JACK COFFELT always wore horn-rimmed glasses as compared to the regular frame glasses as displayed in the one photograph; and in addition, JACK COFFELT did not display the smoking mannerism of having his cigarette dangling from his lips at center mouth as depicted in the other photograph.
She further advised she still has one photo of JACK COFFELT somewhere which she has displayed to the FBI in Honolulu in the past, and she will make it available again for comparative purposes. She stated, however, she will not allow the photograph to be reproduced.
A comparison of this photograph of JACK COFFELT with that of the Bureau artist's conception of "D. B. COOPER" in early 1977 would lead an observer to conclude that the two individuals are not identical.
[REDACTED] stated she has recently moved, and the photo is in her personal possession somewhere, and she will attempt to locate it for additional comparative purposes.
[REDACTED] provided a five-page handwritten letter [REDACTED], California, in which matters concerning JACK COFFELT were discussed. She advised as the letter explains, much of the contents of the letter pertained to a book which COFFELT had written [REDACTED] advised that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] with regard to the efforts of one [REDACTED] of JACK COFFELT's, to obtain the rights to the book written by COFFELT so that the book could be published and subsequently made into a movie. [REDACTED] further advised that the letter also Sub G 164-81-7937
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Interviewed on 5/19/78 at Honolulu, Hawaii File # HN 164-85
by SA [REDACTED] Date dictated 5/23/78
DB Cooper-31245
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