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| william |
 Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:11 am Post subject: D.B. Cooper |
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From Wikipedia:
(read the whole thing here)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_b_cooper
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D. B. Cooper (aka "Dan Cooper") is a pseudonym given to a notorious aircraft hijacker who, on November 24, 1971, after receiving a ransom payout of $200,000, jumped from the back of a Boeing 727 as it was flying over the Pacific Northwest of the United States somewhere over the Cascade Mountains, possibly over Woodland, Washington.
No conclusive evidence has surfaced regarding Cooper's whereabouts, and several theories offer competing explanations of what happened after his famed jump. Three significant clues have turned up in the case. In February 1980, eight-year-old Brian Ingram found approximately $5,800 in decaying $20 bills that were uncovered on the banks of the Columbia River. In late 1978, a placard, which contained instructions on how to lower the aft stairs of a 727, believed to be from the rear stairway of the plane from which Cooper jumped, was found just a few flying minutes north of Cooper's projected drop zone. In October of 2007, the FBI announced they have obtained a partial DNA profile of Cooper from the tie he left on the hijacked plane. The nature of Cooper's escape and the uncertainty of his fate continue to intrigue people. Today, the Cooper case (code-named "Norjak" by the FBI[1]) remains an unsolved mystery. |
Anyone have any speculations...?
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 4:36 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds like he may not have made it, would there be enough wildlife in that part of the country to completely dismantle a corpse?
Remember only some 30% of Columbia was ever recovered and so far no sign of Steve Fossett or his plane. But who knows. |
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| william |
| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:56 am Post subject: |
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The may have found the parachute...
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