DB Cooper

DB Cooper expert ‘abruptly halted from testing new parachute evidence’ just as FBI quietly reopens probe into case

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A SCIENTIST independently investigating the DB Cooper mystery was abruptly blocked from testing one of the parachutes handled by the skyjacker just as the FBI began hunting for new DNA evidence. Tom Kaye, a paleontologist by trade, had been scheduled to conduct tests last fall on one of the two parachutes left behind by Cooper … Read more

Passenger on DB Cooper flight says hijacker was a ‘cool’ character in ‘charge’ & stared at flyers like he was the ‘boss’

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A HOSTAGE aboard DB Cooper’s hijacked flight says he remembers the elusive crook as a suave and level-headed figure who exuded authority. Michael Cooper was traveling home for Thanksgiving when his flight, Northwest Orient 305, was hijacked on November 24, 1971, by a smartly dressed man identifying himself as Dan Cooper. 12 Dan Cooper was an alias used by … Read more