The Skyjacker That Got Away: D.B. Cooper (Full Episode) | Undercover History
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- In 1971, a hijacker, named Dan Cooper, parachuted from a plane with a request of $200,000, crafting the FBI's only unsolved hijacking case.
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Imagine Cooper's joy each time he watches this documentary.
He was inn his mid 40s at that time he be dead right now in 2023
Richard mycoy jr
@@mubashermaroof7876 there are tvs where he is aswell
@@mubashermaroof7876 Not necessarily, their are many people who can live well into their nineties and considering how much guts it would've taken to pull a stunt like Cooper did. I'd to think he could be that old. It's a possibility.
Boring
I'm not going to speculate on whether he survived or not but I personally hope he did for the balls he had. Legend.
the fbi could of rigged the parachutes (not to db coopers, benefit). though if he insisted or talked a flight attendant, etc; then "what"?
@@afg3643 Exactly, that's why the didn't rig the parachutes. Nobody believes they did
I mean he could've ruined a lot of people's plans like visiting sick family in the hospital or people that needed emergency operations. Not a legend. More like a crook.
@@commiezombie2477 not ,jealous
@@afg3643 They could have but he could have decided to take a hostage with him last minute, so the FBI would have killed someone.
Most probably he died on landing. There's no parachute strong enough to withstand such heavy balls.
😂😂😂😂
Where was the body?
😂
@@mambangtingkapimprove your sense of humor
Heeheehee!
Give his name to the student loan agencies... They'll find him😂
True
😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂🤣😂🤣 Thank you I needed to laugh❤
Same with the IRS
The IRS would find him too lol
FBI: "He was a common criminal and a loser". Me: "OK then. Did you catch him?" lol
Same thing I said.
Not very "common" if even the FBI couldn't catch him.
Exactly same thing I felt but it's just sour grapes from the Fbi Imagine having to bow down to a simple criminal 🤣🤣🤣
He probably died somewhere in the woods.
No that's not true, he was ratfucked by the goverment. Served his country with honor. FBI is a dung cesspool
Just a genius.
Never killed anyone.
Definetly fooled everyone.
2 bad he didnt survive the jump
@@budgetking2591
No one really knows
And that is what makes him fascinating.
Yes he was not a fool I can tell you that.
Well planned, kept his cool - thought of everything.
It was probably James Bond, just going on vacation. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
It was Richard McCoy..his kids even admit it
@@papag603 No it was my Grandmother, even her grandson admits it!
He was a pilot 100%. His knowledge was just too good to be a commoner.
Ex-Military with flight and skydiving experience looking to stick it to Uncle Sam.
One of the coolest, eye catching documentaries I've seen Never got tired to watch this again and again
Either dead, or long gone. I hope he survived and lived happy ever after. Nobody was hurt. He's a legend.
not a legend. a criminal
"nobody was hurt"
true, but he wasted unfathomable amounts of time, money, and manpower that was spent trying to bring him to justice for his crime. Also, the airport as well as the banks and insurance companies ultimately lost money during the scandal as the deficit was passed and increased along the chain of responsibility, and ultimately contributed to the raising of prices on the rest of the honest taxpayers to cover it.
@@hobomike6935 as if banks & insurance companies dont have enough money?... seriously?...
@@hobomike6935 government employees stay on the payroll regardless.. usually doing very little
@@richbrake9910 idc what u say it was genius and no one was hurt
Still one the most fascinating unsolved mysteries to date.
this and Alcatraz are my favorite
Solved in 1992.
Neither case has been solved, you don't know what you're talking about
@@casanovafrankenstein8538 actually I know far to much.
@@markdelgado8963 Actually not.
I'm ok guys.
Where are u nowadays
Cheers
26:27, exactly! FBI can 'solve' crimes only after someone gives them nearly packed confessions and evidence.
Biggest mistake you could ever make is to underestimate that agency.
@@bjr4567 You mean the agency that is notorious for using entrapment to get convictions. FBI aint what it once was. They break the law more often they enforce it these days.
He got away with $200k.... The government spent $50 Millions to find him. 😕😕😕
May I also remind you the fact that our Native American population in our motherland, the Continent of America before the European Colonizers arrived, was around 15 millions, while the European population in their motherland, the Continent of Europe was around 25 millions.
Today, Native American population is 15 million, while the European population, in the Continents of America + Europe, is a staggering TWO BILLION! A shocking sad truth. 😔
In my humble opinion, it's about time to decolonize the Colonized lands, and return it to rightful owners Native American people.
Notorious global cardinal crimes the Christian West has committed, and benefited a great deals, such as Slavery & Colonialism had long been over, why on earth is notorious Colonization still lingering on, may I ask? 😔
Like they said, they have a long memory
😂😂😂😂
Right not adding up "literally" lol
Inside job
Great ROI
The biggest mystery here is that he paid 20 dollars for a flight😂😂🙏
That shows the extreme devaluation of our paper currency. Also $200k now gets you a used car or two
Not really, this was in 1971, and Portland to Seattle is a short flight.
@@LassieFarm not really, it's about pre 1973 oil prices
Yes that’s most certainly the biggest mystery here
@@LassieFarm 200k gets you a used car or 2......sounds like you have expensive taste. Used cars can be purchased for $600, going to be a shitbox, but it's better than not having a car at all.
DB Cooper is a legend!
Sure is
One thing you can say about d.b. Cooper the story never gets old. Everytime I watch this I'm always hooked. I think he lived but I'm not sure if he was able to get away with the money
Most people in this ‘documentary’ want him to have failed because they cannot accept the fact, DB Cooper planned this very well and got away with it..
go away with what ? jumped out and he’s dead. What a winner
I think and wish he survived what I feel like is he did survived and is still out there sipping bourbon and saying"huh fools" laughing at the face of authorities
yes, very well planned, but doubtful he survived. Just my two cents.
Or some random person found him with money and took his money and buried cooper in the ground.. May be that's why he was never found..
And the money was never spent though
My dad got me hooked on DB Cooper in 1990s when it was featured on tv. I've watched several documentaries over the years. It never gets old.
DB gives the middle finger to government employees.
Richard mycoy jr
I believe he died. Banknote serial numbers that was given to him never circulated in the market.
@@jonathan19900 thats the thing though....whose to say this was about the money? Do you believe he didn't realize the money would be marked and easily traced once he started spending it??? I think this guy worked for the government.....which could lead to many interesting reasons as to why he did this.......whether it be on his own volition or if he was assigned to do this for whatever bizarre reason the government would have someone do this......
Fun fact in theory if the weather had been clear I could have looked out of my bedroom window and see that very plane.
He survived. Everybody underestimated his capabilities and intelligence. In addition to physical preparation and training, mental preparation is just as important.
Legend have it that DB-Cooper is a legend.
Can you imagine if DB was watching this just laid back with a cigar drinking some whiskey 😂😂😂
he was approx 45 years old and that was 50 years ago. so probably not
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
The fact that we get free videos on UA-cam by National Geographic is truly a gift. 🤟
Not really because National Geographic is still promoting the lies that the FBI wants you to believe. Watch Dan Gryders documentary on youtube if you would like to know what really happened.
😊
The sound of the water... With these pianistic melodies... Thanks a lot for this soothing moment
Perfect
D.B. Cooper, may the legend never fade.
He made sure he didn’t hurt anyone! He was a gentleman!
I believe that this was a govt experiment.
I mean, physically yes. Psychologically, no
Wow
I'm not sure about Gentleman, but I was impressed he didn't harm anyone!
That is a demented , twisted perspective you have 😳
Not sure what's more shocking, the fact he got away or that he paid 20 bucks for a plane ticket🤔
pre 1973 fuel was most often cheaper than water
😄👍 SERIOUS non-stop inflation.
Biden wasn't president back in those days.....that's why it was only 20 dollars back then. .
Wow 20 dollars
Ain't that the truth !
He's a legend
In 1971 when internet and education online was barely available, getting information of the only boeing that has an exit stairway was definitely an insider's job. The way everything was planned and a smooth escape plan, all suggest it has to be an insider
Barely available? You're confusing 1971 with 1991. Try not available at all regarding online education. At the time, the internet was a defense department network of computers. The general public was not part of this.
internet ? online education ? barely available !! hahahaha
The story of D. B. Copper is just so interesting and I love it
*Cooper 😎👌✌
Right
Also the money pit on Oak Island
Everything about this case is so unique almost as if it was a movie and 52 years later with barept anything more as to who he was is just WOW
It wouldn't be DB Cooper without his iconic glasses so much so in this documentary he leaps out of the plane with his glasses on
Amazing mystery. DB Cooper is truly a legend. Seems he had all his moves well articulated. He could have survived.
I'm here because I saw this case on Unsolved Mysteries. Truly amazing!
I believe he survived
😢I believe so too
how would he survive the cold of the wilderness? and the money was never in circulation, which means he never used it. he most likely died.
This is like some James Bond movie scene. Absolutely incredible story. This guy had some massive balls to pull this off.
😁 That's True
Surely those massive balls would have hampered his escape, especially having to jump from a plane.
aaah, the good old pre 9/11 days where you could enter a plane with a rocket launcher and the staff would help you put it in the overhead compartment
🤣🤣🤣🤣
This guy and the barefoot bandit are my inspiration 😂
the incompetence is incredible. lol a ship propellor?
This video has nothing new to offer on the whereabouts of Dan Cooper, a dude who beat the FBI. The guy is a legend.
it's a great story, but the money was never spent, right. he most likely just died.
@@gordonlekfors2708he could have done any number of things to launder the money. There's so many bills in circulation.
He did not beat the FBI. The FBI killed him in 1974. Richard Floyd McCoy. Dan Gryder made a 3 hour video explaining the story.
The fact that he chose an NB8 chute tells me he was military and picked it because he was familiar with it
Yeah bec it was govt operation u sherlocks, seriously
Specially as Vietnam War was ongoing and korea was less than 25 yrs previous.
Could well have actually been a govt false flag job , possibly done as a clandestine test of security.
Not necessarily military. He could easily have just Googled it.
God, you people are dumb.....
@@chocolatetownforever7537 I can’t tell if you’re kidding or if you’re serious. So many young people can’t imagine a world without the net.
$20 flight in 1971 is the equivalent to $150 today.
Crazy how in 5 years $150 won’t be worth much 😂
The search teams didn't get going until 40 hrs after the hijacking. Himmelsback flew his plane around the next morning. But the actual 1st team was local volunteers,Sheriff's Deputy's and some police. They estimated they only covered at the most 2 sq miles.And ceased looking after Monday .The Army and National Guard didn't do their search until the following spring
I always wondered how he could be sure the fbi didnt tamper with parachutes so he would just die if he jumped. However he asked for 4 parachutes so fbi would think it was possible he would take hostages with him.forcing them to jump. This was brilliant so in turn parachutes had to be good to go. Chess move by Cooper.haha.
Your just Calling a spade a spade
@@bardshitler3328 isn't it you're calling a spade a spade not your?
@@ryannoble4789 People who don't know the difference between your and you're...I think there stupid.
One of the parachutes he left behind was a dummy 🤣 the FBI said it was a "accident" lol
@@marissamattingly1734 i didnt know that.really?wow.
I remember when this happened. I was 10 years old, I'm beginning to think this will never be solved. What a mystery!
Did he really exist or it was a plot by the flight crew.
What about mh flight 370
It has apparently now been explained by D B Cooper's surviving daughter. She didn't reveal anything until both of her parent's had passed away.
@@89turbomk3
MH370 is not really a mystery. The plane hasn’t been found but it is almost certain that the pilot was responsible. He committed suicide, taking everyone on board with him.
@@Brinta3 it is a mystery that’s why there’s a bunch of documentary’s about where the plane could be. Lol
A captivating story like never before more of a series like blacklist.❤
Imagine Cooper coming to the party every year to laugh at FBI XD that would be hilarious
D. B. Cooper has proved to himself that he can do it.
I can't believe the FBI lost those cigarette butts years ago. There was almost certainly enough DNA on them to get a profile and run a search. It would have been their best lead by far.
The cig butts were not lost. After tests, the FBI told the lab to destroy them. It was way before DNA.
He might be one of the FBI agent?, they knew but kept quite might be
@Joe metal Well, that's a good point. But you never know -- if nothing else, it would greatly increase the chances of identifying him.
I am actually the one who found this evidence. See FBI Documents DB Cooper -3556/3557. It details the cigarette butts and a hair found on his chair when they are sent to the lab for examination. At the bottom of the document it states, "All of the above enclosures may be destroyed at the Bureau upon completion of the examination".
IF DB HAD NEVER BEEN ARRESTED, THAT DNA WOULD MEAN JACK NOTHING, YOU DO UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS I HOPE
This dude lived more in 24 hours than I have in 25 years.
This was brilliant i staggered by unsolved mysteries specially which you can not find at the end the right clue all you have in your mind speculation nothing more .he turns to be iconic more than criminal 👏👏
The fact that every missing note was traceable, yet never has turned up in any system, speaks volumes. If Cooper did survive, he had to have lost all the money.
He died
Maybe he had the after thought that the notes were traceable and decided not to spend it or he would get caught and instead just survived and is enjoying documentaries now on the case.
If he died then someone else must have found the money, then what happened then
How exhausting would it have been to track 20 dollars bills back then?
not every bill would have been traced. its not like every single dollar spent is examined and its serial number checked
D.B Cooper is an Absolute Unit
this case and this story will always be under the header: questions that can't be answered. it was a dangerous, risky mission he chose. on the one hand he seems smart, on the other he did some stupid things that weren't thought out very well.
What a legend! Salute 🙏
D B Cooper carries a bomb on a plane in 1970. I can't carry a pair of tweezers on a plane today.
It could be that someone with a boat was waiting for him. He may not have acted alone. Also, because the rest of the money was not found, he could have went to Canada. DB Cooper comes off to me as someone who had a military background, trained, and knew exactly what he was doing.
No he comes off as somebody who had absolutely no idea what he was doing and was too stupid to realize it. If he knew what he was doing he would not have made a jump like that at all, and would have recognized that the training chutes he requested were non functional dummies intended for classroom use and would have gotten him killed if he tried to use them
@@JS-wp4gs Only one chute was a dummy. He cut that open and put the money in it. That in the witness testimony.
Exactly what I think about not acting alone.
Hmm. Possible. But didn't he initially want to go somewhere else, until he was told the plane didn't have enough fuel? That would've totally thrown his plan off
Agreed. There were 4 parachutes. 2 mains. 1 military and older style and one civilian and brand new. He chose the military one probably because he was familiar with it
Also out of the 2 backups one was a dummy mistakenly given for training. It was the real backup he tore apart probably to try and wrap the money since they gave it in the wrong type of bag than he asked for and he took the dummy one probably to hold the money.
Also the rear ramp, at that time, was classified info and these planes were used during Vietnam by military and CIA to fly in troops and supplies during the war but it was classified that these civilian Boeing planes 727 had this ramp. But he knew about it.
Edit: also besides it being classified the control panel in the back of the plane for it couldn't be overridden by the cockpit or anywhere else.
Cooper if you watching this ,, u r legend .. i think u spent all the money 😂
This is the best video I’ve seen in a long time
They are really coming up with incredible theories why he died. Chances of him landing in the river and a propeller snagging him then 3 bundles of money being stacked right on top of each other and really far away from the water. How crazy is that theory
The greatest crime in this video is the fact that we went from a world where a person could have flown from Portland to Seattle for $20.00.
😂 facts
he made sure he didn't hurt anyone! he was a true gentleman
The jets that followed kept him safely 😂😂😂❤
When the FBI tasks you with solving the DB Cooper case it means they don’t want you around.
The whole story is mind boggling. But few people seem to realise how astonishing it is that Cooper was able to jump from the plane and land safely with the giant balls with him
The case is already solved. The FBI is still lying about this case to save face.
Richard McCoy was Cooper.
McCoy was a fixed wing pilot, helicopter pilot, a green beret. 2 tours in Vietnam.
Dan Gryder has a 2 part video about McCoy being Cooper.
Gryder has over 1k jumps, owns a DC3 and is a commercial jet pilot.
the fact that none of the ransom bills ever re-entered circulation, plus the bills found in the river, makes me think he didn't survive
He probably got eaten by wil animal
Or that the money was not secured properly and fell into the river while he managed to land and flee.
I knew DB. DB was a friend of mine. He survived and lived out his life discreetly. He inspired Elton John who sang " Daniel is flying tonight on a plane..."
Has anyone else seen the Dan Gryder jump, where he recreates the whole jump? He wore the same kind of suit, same shoes, same kind of bag weighted like the money, and he filmed the whole thing with a gopro. He did the whole jump, but the bag moved around so much it was a danger to his safety, so half way through he pitched it. He thinks Cooper survived just fine, and probably also had to pitch the bag and continued on and landed, never finding the bag.
All that effort and to ditch the bag I think he would chance it bouncing around safety didn't seem to be the highest thing on his mind jumping out the back end of a 727 in the evening in the brutal cold
Have you watched part 2? Dan found Coopers parachute in his mom’s attic! Matches the very unique modifications known to have been made to the one supplied.
You know you probably got away with it, when a paleontologist is investigating the case. 🤣
I mean, he obv wasn't caught back then, but people go missing all the time, even non-criminals. he most likely died, as the money was never in circulation.
Google Richard Floyd McCoy. aka Cooper.
McCoy got away with it, but tried the same stunt a few months later and got caught.
FBI killed McCoy in 1974.
Dan Gryder made a video. watch it.
Dan Cooper was John Anglin, who, along with his brother Clarence, and Frank Morris, escaped from Alcatraz in ‘63.
I heard this story from my grandfather 5years ago. He told me this and that about how he survived that night
What if... there was no DB Cooper and it was the crew who were "forced" to remain with the plane. They came up with this idea to create a fake guy who later jumped out the back of the plane and no one could find him...
I like how u think
and this crew buried some of the money? and the rest was never spent.
and where they hid the money or how they got it off the plane without being seen or registered by the authorities?
@@ssartre5240 Good point. I suppose it wouldn't be too difficult since they always have bags... so long as they weren't searched. Just a thought tho.
@@pippin_bc it occurred to me that the police should have covered all possibilities. Although they did not check as much as they do today, it seems logical that in the face of a heist of that magnitude they were thorough in the review of the plane, as well as in the review of the passengers who get off, some of them could have taken the money too, if the kidnapper let them go after receiving the money.
This is one story I would love to know who he really was. I've always been fascinated with DB Cooper. I wish it would get solved in my lifetime. But if he hasn't been found in 40 years I really don't see it happening 😕. I've watched all the documentarys and if anymore come out I will watch them to. Loved this one.
It'll probably never get solved, so don't worry about it. There's no evidence to dna test and his corpse/parachutes were never found. It'll most likely remain a mystery forever
51 years...that puts him in his mid 70$....I mean 70s.
@@scottwhitworth2023 witnesses said Cooper was middle aged in 1971....40s or early 50s.
@@joinjen3854 good point, however I cannot see an old guy jumping out of an aircraft over water in freezing weather. He may have wanted people to think he was old I guess . Lots of ways to do so. Anything is possible. I hope he made it. If he did ? He earned it.
@@scottwhitworth2023 I hope Cooper made it. There was no clothes or bones on the ground. It was well planned and he was calm and cool.
The odds of them finding that money in the ground like that are crazy.
These stories are so motivational to be like Dan Cooper lol
The most shocking thing about this story is that a flight from Seattle
to Tacoma cost $20
Short flight and it was 1971
Seattle to Portland.
He knew EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS DOING.
Have you seen the 1979 "In Search Of" episode narrated by Leonard Nimoy? It is under this title on UA-cam "In Search Of 4x11 D B Cooper" See from about 10:15 to 10:50. Nimoy states "The dam was crested with a series of brilliant lights. If Cooper could have seen these lights as he descended through the cloud layers, he would have been provided with an unmistakable landmark, he would have known exactly where he was". So, coming down by a dam like this, is it planned or just coincidence?
@@tomikaawomi5424 okokkkkokokkookkkkooookkkk
There's another documentary by sam kiley he's british journalist he made a series covering bizarre crimes and one episode covers D B Cooper its worth a watch there's the Canadian connection which he could well be i believe.
i think he was a failure a failure in his career i believe he had some experience but was kicked out of the military early on with enough experience to jump and thats it he was a wannabe who couldn't hack it and he's possibly canadian that may explain why he didnt use a Firearm i believe he finally after Some planning decided to live out the movie in his head because he could never jump in a real mission or have a military career and he did this job only he's a failure it went perfectly until he jumped then it all went wrong and he's still where landed near enough scattered about an area thanks to wildlife with enough of the money making its way to the river to be washed up on the sand bank partially buried i know there were searches but that doesnt mean they looked properly remains are often overlooked and a bit of canvas is a bit of canvas to the average joe remember the first search area was nowhere near there until the money was found he'll be around that area scattered around a rotting parachute covered in vegetation or dirt .
Just like Obama - Marc Rubio
It’s a great tale I hope he’s sitting in Arizona or even here in Melbourne Australia laughing at this❤😂😂😂😂😂😂
This story is so exciting. But as someone in aviation business, I agree with special agent Kenn that he died. There is absolutely no chance of survival in that kind of situations.
Love the story of Cooper. He's my hero!
@@mikejensen4238 True. There's so much more to him and the story than generally known. It just irks the FBI that they have never been able to find him or at least know who he truly was. As an A/C inspector I always knew he had a lot of knowledge about flying machines with some of the things he did during his escapade. As an airline employee seeing him "stick it" to the airline gave me joy.
Wow,it's hard to believe that you could board a plane back then with no checks at all.
too bad we can't have nice things anymore.
I remember when the airlines actually treated you with dignity. Instead of like prison inmates nowadays
For $20 !!
@@jeffweaver7011 $144.88 in today's money. Out of curiosity, I checked Delta for a one-way ticket at a "walk-up" price (for tonight). $199.00. No free Bourbon and 7s on today's flight either!
@@LassieFarm nah today is good 💀 they should of added more security measures cause of this is they didn’t not 9/11 😹
Someone still alive today knows who cooper is and knows how to keep secrets😂
25:25 "He never admitted that he is DB COOPER", wow, here you go, so it's most definetly not him
I believe it was him. The brother identified him and the flight attendant said for first time that's the most similar pic to Cooper she had ever seen. The agency dismissed it just because the guy didn't say "yes I am your guy" knowing fully well Cooper didn't want to be found in the first place seeing how he never spent the money (he didn't need to, as he had enough money I believe).
@@tytrack95 My comment is only meant to be sarcastic
@@nacerdjaafri9919 yes I know ;) I was just adding commentary to your comment because the video and especially that moment got me thinking the same
@@tytrack95 :)
No human is limited. Incredible unsolved mystery. Artistic robbery and high precision escape
This and the escape from Alcatraz will always be fascinating. There's evidence pointing in all sorts of directions and unless skeletal remains are found, neither case will ever be solved.
I personally believe Cooper died in the jump but I still hold out hope that he landed safely and used the cover of darkness and wilderness to successfully escape. Same with the Alcatraz escapees. Some of the rare occasions where I'm kind of rooting for the bad guys
Search up Chael sonnen DB Cooper that’s the closest you’ll ever get for info
D. B. Cooper was named Duane Weber. The hijack was an intel project authorized by Nixon called Operation Norjack. Weber survived and lived on for many years.
One thing I think it says it all about Alcatraz they didn't take them wanted posters down so that means at least in secret they thought they made it I mean you have a genius at the helm and his IQ was genius level. I mean the family gave them a picture that's clearly in South America and experts looked at the picture and said it if they believed it was the angling brothers the family members said they knew where all three of them were and they weren't going to tell them and that all three of them make it I didn't think they would attempt it unless they were pretty sure they could make it and with a genius at the helm it seems likely
As far as DB Cooper whose name was actually signed Dan Cooper I don't think the money was the reason he done that I think he done that to prove he could get away with it. When the lady asked him why did you pick on this airlines he said I don't have a problem with this airlines I just have a problem with the whole system
@@danielwebster5748 I watched that special also and when they got the FBI facial recognition guy to try and match up the picture from South America, I believe it was in Brazil,and he said that he believes that it was them and from everything that their family said I believe that they made it out. Those were different times then and I believe that they definitely escaped from Alcatraz.
This guy was the real OG 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Military parachutes are maneuverable. Not as much as a sport chute but you can still turn. All you have to do is grab the set of risers on either side of the harness and pull on them.
How come the documentary mentioned that pollen was found on the tie which might reveal where Cooper was from, but then never returned to the subject?
that was LoL
Amazing documentary regarding one of the most fascinating unsolved mysteries.I really look upto D.B Cooper.He was such a badass for pulling such move.The FBI are still unable to solve this mystery even till this day.
Right
Thanks for sharing. They may have a break in the case. They got DNA from his tie and trying to find out if he has kids. This is so exciting. I honestly hope he NEVER gets caught. He didn't kill anyone. 🤷🏽♀️
I’d like to think he made it and lived a quiet life without anyone trouble.
At one point in the story, they said they had the cigarette butts from the ashtray in the plane. Why haven't those been tested for familial DNA? I remember a few years ago in another story about DBCooper, they said there was a parachute found in the desert and they speculated it was DBCooper's chute. All their calculations here assumed he jumped when the cockpit alert told the pilots the rear stairway was deployed. What if he didn't jump at that moment? How would things change if he waited 15 minutes or 30 minutes before he jumped? He had everything else planned so meticulously. Why would he bobble that last detail and jump right away knowing his landing could be calculated from that point? I think he waited a long time before he jumped. He might even have thrown a few bundles of money out to let them think he jumped early and then waited until they were over the desert (remember they were headed to Reno) to jump. That cylinder in the briefcase that was supposed to be part of the bomb could have been an oxygen cylinder so he could breath while the cabin was depressurized.
The FBI “lost” the cigarettes.
Or he never jumped at all? Some say that DB was actually the co-pilot that removed his regalia and it was an inside job.
You are very intuitive. I think you were his accomplish 😃😃
DNA degrades over time. Even if they still had these butts the DNA would not be viable for testing.
@Bob Quickenden No one knows that he stood on the stairway once it was deployed. They show that for dramatic effect in the TV shows, but he could have deployed the stairway and sat in the passenger compartment for a while before he actually jumped.
the dude was very well prepared and experienced that I believe he survived.
Why didn't he spend any of the money?
@@MrSerendipity01 what do you mean?
@@MrSerendipity01 He could have spend it in a foreign nation. There are quite a few dollar reserves in other countries that never return to the source. To say he did not spend it cant be stated with such certainty.
@@MrSerendipity01 Money was not the objective of this hijacking. When Tina asked him why he chose her aircraft to hijack, he replied "I'm hijacking your aircraft because I have a grudge to settle" (from FBI documents). The money was just to taunt the FBI, the entity with whom he settled his grudge.
No mention is made of the carry-on bag that Cooper had with him IN ADDITION to the briefcase. Cooper may have had cold weather gear and/or a pair of jump boots in there. He may have put these on when he went to the air lavatory or just before he jumped...
You guys don't get it... he figured out a way to beat the search when the plane landed in Reno! That's what he ....that's what he started with! That was his Ace card... he figured out a way to beat the search! The ramp being lowered and asking for four parachutes was DECEPTION! = to make them think he was going to jump! This guy was clever...but not enough for me. Everyone sayin "oh that's been debunked"....but he figured out a way to defeat that search in Reno! 🤔
takes guts and brains to do what mr cooper has done... not a bad achievement
You are suspicious..are you Dan Cooper?🤔🤨
@@RoxyDennis that would make me - - years of age?... 😇
@@RoxyDennis No, he's Mark kington.
I believe he survived, I just can't believe a meticulous planner like him would ignore the geography of the area wherever he landed.
I agree this hijacking was meticulously planned. Search for the UA-cam video "Calling D. B. Cooper".
It would have been virtually impossible for him to know the geography, what was below when he jumped
@@billrollins7951 you have never lived in the pacific northwest, have you. I have. I have also flown on planes in that area that time of year. There is no "seeing through the clouds. And even if so, only a fool would jump out of an airplane over a lake in November at night with a parachute you cant steer.
@@redrustyhill2 I live in the Northeast and I am an instrument rated pilot, so I know what it is like to fly in IMC conditions. Regarding the jump, you can distinguish Joe Lakich from all other suspects in that live or die, he views this jump as a win-win situation.
Unless he had a terminal disease and wanted to commit suicide in a grandiose way.
Everyone saying that he only paid $20 .. That was back in '71. That $20 is the equivlent of about $150 in today's value.
in 1971 if he was in his mid fourties then by 2020 he would have been mid ninties and probably dead... but his sotry still lives on ... amazing
I'm glad he got away with it. Long live the legend of DB Cooper.
yeah cause if they found him than it wouldn't be a mystery anymore
@@aidanbarnes4290 I'd say he's dead by now. There was a guy who made a death bed confession to his family that he was "DB COOPER". look for the story its out there somewhere
@@lie380 yeah he most likely is dead. the video said he was in his 40s at the time of the hijacking and if you do the math he would be over 90 years old today. So he either died after he jumped or lived a double life and eventually passed away of natural causes
@@aidanbarnes4290 I think he died when he jumped. Why else would 3 racks be found and non of the money was in circulation. Usually robbers spend the money.
@@ThatGirlLib that's most likely it
I am from Portland, Oregon. The theory that a large ocean -going ship's propeller took the money to where it was found does not make sense to me, because the site where the money was found is up-river from where the ships went or still go. There are barges that go up river further, but they are mainly grain barges, which would not have been operating a that season. Only about 20 miles further up river is Bonneville Dam, with a lock for barges and small boats.
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You have my sympathy. Living in Portland must be unbearable.
That guy was full of SH17, basically what he said was "based on purely supposition, if all these seven things happened, then that's where the body is" what a plonker.
What if Dan Cooper Was watching this right now LMAO 🤣
Yeah, being dragged upstream by a ship? I dont see why thats described as a "rational explanation" The landing in water theories from 10,000ft when the river is only 300ft wide? That seems far more of a possible than probable.
Nothing can be deemed as definite as to where he actually left the plane nor landed considering no one seen him jump, winds at the planes altitude wont be constant in speed or direction below it during his descent either.
Not every case can be concluded.
Greatest mystery ever
It was funny in Loki Season one they made Loki D.B Cooper