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FDO Row Abe 27-70) Dy . 7 FEDE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION @ ~~ nee 12/3/72 Dote of tronscription . : b6 L__] California, was interviewed at the Skylark COSTE bre at Elsinore, California, and furnished the following ' information: Upon hearing the newscasts and reading the papers concerning the skyjacking of a commercial aircraft in Seattle, Washington, on November 24, 1971, and upon seeing an artists conception of the individual who perpetrated this crime, advised he believes he talked to a man who closely b6 resembles the subject during July or August 1971. Based upon bic his conversation with this individual he strongly suspects the man may be the person connected with this crime. [am tected that he talked to this man for . approximately ten to fifteen minutes concerning different bIc aspects of parachute jumping and during this conversation the man asked several unusual ques ch as how would one go about jumping out of jets. specifically recalls telling the man it'could be done the door of the, | - aircraft opened inward or if it had a rear stairwell that | could be raised and lowered, ‘The man appeared interested and they discussed this further, to the point where air speed and drag was talked about, The fact was brought up that full flaps and lowered landing gear would supply the drag needed to exit froma jet. The man also ask where jump centers were b6 ‘Located in the northwest, old him about three b7C -tocations in the State of Washington, ‘one by the Boeing Air Field in Seattle, one on the Washington side of the Columbia River, just north of Portland, Oregon, and the other ' center inbetween. The man was apparently interested, but did ne own the names or locations of those centers mentioned y ; stated it was his opinion that a person b6 contemplating a skyjacking of a commercial aircraft would ask b7c questions such as those purposed. He recalled at the time ' these questions were asked he thought it was strange as nobody 1 £ise has ever purposed sugh questio laterviewed on 22 /2/74_c pstnowe,Galitornta ene F tos_Angeles_14l,-1:97 + SA EDWARD A, ROMANOFF/clip 12/2/72 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI, It is the property of the FBI and is looned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. : DB Cooper-5130 age ol: mots . . ro , yf 1 . ¢