On November 24, 1971, a passenger using the name Dan Cooper demanded $200,000 and four parachutes, released 36 passengers in Seattle, and left a Boeing 727 through its rear stair into the night.
The jump is documented. His survival, landing place, identity, and later life are not. This episode follows the official record from the ticket and ransom exchange to the $5,800 found in 1980—and explains why “D.B.” was never the name on the ticket.
Sources:
– FBI case history: https://www.fbi.gov/history/cases-and-criminals/db-cooper-hijacking
– FBI artifact record for the plane ticket: https://www.fbi.gov/history/artifacts/d-b-cooper-plane-ticket
– National Archives case CR-0451: https://www.archives.gov/seattle/highlights/d-b-cooper
– FBI Vault files: https://vault.fbi.gov/D-B-Cooper%20/
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00:00 A passenger leaves a flying jet
00:44 The name on the ticket
01:43 The Seattle exchange
02:56 The documented jump
04:24 The NORJAK investigation
05:22 The money found in 1980
06:36 Suspects, theories, and proof
07:49 What the official file proves
08:33 Where the receipts stop
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