D. B. Cooper (aka “Dan Cooper”) is an alias of an aircraft hijacker who, on November 24, 1971, after receiving a ransom payout of US$200,000, jumped from the back of a Boeing 727 as it was flying over the Pacific Northwest of the United States somewhere over the Cascade Mountains, possibly over Woodland, Washington. No conclusive evidence has surfaced regarding Cooper’s whereabouts; the FBI believes he did not survive the jump. Several theories offer competing explanations of what happened after his famed jump. Three significant clues have turned up in the case. Read more
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