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August 4th, 2020 - 5:12 pm § in Misc., Science

New analysis suggests D. B. Cooper splashed down in the Columbia River

A scientist using an electron microscope to study biological material on the D. B. Cooper cash found in a Columbia River sandbar in 1980 by a boy camping with his family says the money couldn’t have been in the water for more than a few months, ruling out an early FBI theory that Cooper jumped[...]

January 5th, 2018 - 5:47 pm § in Misc.

D. B. Cooper case finally cracked?

A new History Channel documentary claims a letter proves longtime suspect Robert Rackstraw is D. B. Cooper. If they’re right, Cooper survived the jump and is still alive. Rackstraw is a plausible suspect: He resembles the police sketch, was an Army paratrooper, and has a criminal record. But a[...]