Unsolved D.B. Cooper

[Dan Cooper]

But your name before was J D cooper.

The FBI were on to me. Gotta stay one step ahead of the law

 

[PAdman]

The FBI were on to me. Gotta stay one step ahead of the law

Next time, make sure you forget your parachute okay?

 

[Dan Cooper]

Next time, make sure you forget your parachute okay?

Who would ever really know what happened to D.B. Cooper? One of the great mysteries of our time. My guess is he probably perished. But there's always the romantic notion he found his way back and lived happily and wealthily ever after.

 

[Ed_Gein]

Who would ever really know what happened to D.B. Cooper? One of the great mysteries of our time. My guess is he probably perished. But there's always the romantic notion he found his way back and lived happily and wealthily ever after.

Well, who knows what happened to the money? It never turned up in circulation.

 

[Dan Cooper]

Well, who knows what happened to the money? It never turned up in circulation.

That is probably a further pointer that DB didn't survive the drop. Or at least didn't make it back to civilization.

 

[Dan Cooper]

McCoy is a great suspect, but I wonder what evidence the FBI has placing him in Las Vegas the day of the hijacking?

I'm about to order a copy of this book about DB Cooper & Richard McCoy Jnr >

The book was written in 1991 by FBI agents Bernie Rhodes and Russell P. Calame. Both of the authors investigated McCoy's skyjacking case, and their book claim that Cooper and McCoy were one and the same person. They cited similar methods of hijacking, and a tie and medallion with McCoy's initials on the back left on the plane by Cooper.

After the book's publication, McCoy's widow filed suit against the book's authors and publisher, and her former attorney, Thomas S. Taylor. She claimed they misrepresented her involvement in the hijacking for which McCoy was convicted, and also misrepresented later events from interviews done with Taylor in the 1970s. She sought an injunction against publication and distribution of the book.

During court proceedings, it was revealed that McCoy's widow was deeply involved in the hijacking. Her request for an injunction to prohibit further sales of the book was denied. However, an injunction to prohibit the sale of movie rights to the book – conditional upon the movie including references to four specific allegations in the book that she protested was granted. Mrs. McCoy accepted a settlement in 1994.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

I might have to dig back into this in a bit more detail and I'm not usually a conspiracy nut, but I guess the main question on my mind is 'What if the published serial numbers were fake?'

Was there already a published list of serial numbers before the small bundle turned up several years later? When you consider how much more damaging to the FBI it would have been for more of the money to turn up somewhere and be linked to the crime (compared to the hijacker not even surviving the jump), is it outside the realms of possibility that the serial numbers could have been simply made up? The 'G-Man' who wrote a book about the investigation certainly seemed pretty confident that they would never turn up (offering a 100k reward). Not sure if there's anything that can immediately shoot down this theory, but if it could be accepted as a possibility, the possible scenarios of what happened after the jump are pretty much limitless.

And you would probably get the added bonus of spooking Cooper into never spending the money, if he did survive.

 

[Dan Cooper]

 

[Dan Cooper]

Wow, never heard the inside job theory before. Mind blown. Likes all 'round Has the airline ticket with the name 'Dan Cooper' ever surfaced? Any records of anyone buying the ticket on the airline's database? How were plane ticket records kept in those days?

The boarding pass used by the passenger who identified himself as Dan Cooper on Flight 305 >

 

[Dan Cooper]

The original 1971 newscast of Walter Cronkite announcing the hijacking of Northwest Airlines flight 305 >

 

[Dan Cooper]

All they've said is that he was a white American who might have spent time in the military in Europe where he could have gained acces to a French Canadian comic book named "Dan Cooper". Also, as he is reported to have no discernible accent it was also likely he may have been Canadian.

Good post. Little attention seems to have been paid to the "Dan Cooper" comic book connection. I feel almost certain the guy who pulled the hijack used the name Dan Cooper as a bit of a joke, and the chances of it being his real name extremely low. Far, far too much of a coincidence that it should match up with a cartoon character who jumps out of planes.

As you said, the "Dan Cooper" comic book was Canadian, and reading up on it is said to have been "fairly obscure in the English-speaking world since it did not appear in English translation".

Chances of the hijacker's name being Dan Cooper? About zero IMO.
Chances of him having French as a second language??
Chances of him being Canadian??

 

[Dan Cooper]

This excellent 3 part special by "In Search Of" and narrated by Leonard Nimoy includes a recreation and interviews with people who were actually involved. Here's Part 1 of 3 >

 

[Dan Cooper]

Part 2 of the special by "In Search Of" narrated by Leonard Nimoy >

 

[Dan Cooper]

Part 3 of the special by "In Search Of" narrated by Leonard Nimoy >

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Good watch. Makes you think the parachute never deployed and he simply plummeted to his death.

 

[Dan Cooper]

Good watch. Makes you think the parachute never deployed and he simply plummeted to his death.

That 3 part series was obviously made not that long after the DB Cooper hijacking occurred and based on what they knew or thought at that time. Many experts believe the adverse weather would have made it virtually impossible for Cooper to firstly find and pull the ripcord and then land safely.

What offsets this in my mind is that Richard McCoy Jnr, only 4 months afterward, pulled an absolute copycat crime and did manage to land safely.

Admittedly McCoy had better weather to work in.

 

[Ghostwriter]

I'm currently up in the Pacific Northwest, is there anything or anywhere you would like me to check out whilst i'm here?, btw if I find the cash i'll split it 50/50.

 

[Dan Cooper]

I'm currently up in the Pacific Northwest, is there anything or anywhere you would like me to check out whilst i'm here?, btw if I find the cash i'll split it 50/50.

Here you go >

 

[CAS79]

given the amount of posts and intense nature of his interest bordering on the obsessive does anyone think our Dan Cooper could in fact be a serious suspect?

 

[grizzlym]

Anyone see this?

D.B. Cooper was nothing like the myth

"Meltzer said that bank accounts give away who D.B. Cooper actually was because he had one lifestyle before the hijacking and a completely different one afterwards. He also suddenly had $100,000 in his bank account after the hijacking.
"We think it's an inside job by a guy on Northwest Airlines. We have people in the FBI who gave us his information," said Meltzer.
Meltzer's new book "History Decoded" explores what he believes are 10 of the greatest conspiracies of all time. He includes copies of real documents to help readers decide for themselves what to make of these mysteries."

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_...coded-brad-meltzer-talks-conspiracy-theories/

 

[grizzlym]

Please note: the first video link is purely background, not related to the Meltzer theory.

 

[Dan Cooper]

Please note: the first video link is purely background, not related to the Meltzer theory.

So who does Meltzer claim was DB Cooper?

(I just want to get a certain mod off my tail)

 

[grizzlym]

So who does Meltzer claim was DB Cooper?

(I just want to get a certain mod off my tail)

In true Meltzer style, he doesn't. There are obvious problems with the inside job scenario. And, if memory serves me, was one of the more popular early theories in the case. But is relatively easy to throw a spanner in the works.

 

[Dan Cooper]

In true Meltzer style, he doesn't. There are obvious problems with the inside job scenario. And, if memory serves me, was one of the more popular early theories in the case. But is relatively easy to throw a spanner in the works.

No name. No cred IMO.

 

[grizzlym]

No name. No cred IMO.

When he says that after the heist he lived a different life and his bank records etc But none of the notes ever appeared in circulation apparently.