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archaeologist
I will post this and see what develops. Hopfully some discussion will ensue.
okay, i will bite. what happened to him?
Hi archaeologist. That is of course the $64 dollar question - what happened to him.
The bulk of opinion is he perished, based on technical considerations. Cossey who
packed Cooper's chute has a split opinion saying 'this chute had a special hard
pull because of how Cossey rigged it', but 'if he got it open he probably landed'
meaning the chute was reliable even under hi-stress conditions. An NB6 chute,
Cossey says, but with a 28ft canopy stuffed into an NB6 container. But no evidence of Cooper has ever been found, according to those who have spent years searching, among these Jerry Thomas in Washington. And there is no
real consensus, at least none publically from the FBI, on what was the actual
flight path - accounts differ about that.
It's a very messy case! (A media driven kook's paradise unfortunately).
Then some $6000+ in Cooper money turns up at Tina Bar 4.5 miles NW of
Vancouver, in 1980. This defied the odds given the first search zone was miles
north near Merwin Lake. Later theory is the money washed down the Washougal
or the Lewis tributaries to the Columbia, then to Tina Bar, meaning the dropzone
would be miles south and east off Victor23 which flight #305 was thought to be
flying. The Tina Bar money was analysed (even for finger prints). A second
money analysis is currently underway which I cant talk about until August 09.
Very likely however, nothing in the money will point to a specific route for the
money, at least not under the level of analysis currently being applied.
So what did happen to DBC? Any thoughts, especially on the analysis side?
I am free to talk about some FBI analysis which has been given in the case.
Thanks..
Georger