Interview report (FD-302)Interview of witness re SSgt Lonnie Forrest Cooper, Fort DixInterviewed 15 December 1971page 1 of 2
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Part 72, page 364

DB Cooper-31277

Interviewed 15 December 1971Dictated 20 December 1971Transcribed 23 December 1971

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FD 307 (REV. 11-27-70)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

Date of transcription 12/23/71

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[REDACTED], advised that she [REDACTED] Staff Sergeant (E-6) LONNIE FORREST COOPER who is currently a United States Army Drill Instructor at Company C, Fourth Battalion, Third Brigade, USATCI, Fort Dix, New Jersey.

[REDACTED] stated that [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] LONNIE COOPER, attended Army OCS class at Fort Benning, Georgia from September, 1971 through February, 1972. [REDACTED] the OCS class but due to bad hearing was dismissed from the class sometime in late October of 1971 and he returned to Evansville, Indiana [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] recalled hearing an incident regarding a hijack of an airplane between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington on November 24, 1971 while they were traveling [REDACTED]. She specifically recalls staying [REDACTED] on the night of November 24, 1971 and eating Thanksgiving dinner [REDACTED] on Thanksgiving Day of 1971.

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[REDACTED] viewed a artist conception drawing of a hijacker, whose true name is unknown using the alias DAN COOPER

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Interviewed on 12/15/71 at Evansville, Indiana File # IP 164-62 - 22

by SAs [REDACTED] RJE-jld Date dictated 12/20/71

DB Cooper-31277

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