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Unmasking D.B. Cooper
n y magazine ^ | October 22, 2007 | geoffery gray

Posted on 10/22/2007 10:17:35 AM PDT by dickmc

On a rainy night in 1971, the notorious skyjacker jumped out of a 727 and into American legend. But recently, a chance lead to a Manhattan P.I. may have finally cracked the case.

(Excerpt) Read more at nymag.com ...


TOPICS: History; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bonneylake; cooper; dancooper; dbcooper; godsgravesglyphs; hijack; kennethchristiansen; lylechristiansen; skyjack; washington
The case of D.B. Cooper is one of the most famous crimes in American history. It is also the only skyjacking in the world that has gone unsolved. Over the past three decades, the FBI has investigated nearly 1,000 suspects. They might as well be looking for Sasquatch. D.B. Cooper is folklore now. He’s inspired books, movies, safety regulations for airplanes, and treasure hunters.

Lyle Christiansen contacts the detectives at Sherlock Investigations, a P.I. agency on the Upper West Side, claiming his brother, Kenny, is "without a doubt" Cooper.

See the article. Looks like there is a very good chance his brother was the guy.

1 posted on 10/22/2007 10:17:36 AM PDT by dickmc
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To: dickmc
They might as well be looking for Sasquatch. D.B. Cooper is folklore now.

Pssst. D.B. Cooper IS Sasquatch.


2 posted on 10/22/2007 10:21:42 AM PDT by weegee (NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
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To: dickmc

bump


3 posted on 10/22/2007 10:22:16 AM PDT by VOA
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To: dickmc

Interesting.


4 posted on 10/22/2007 10:24:49 AM PDT by SoldierMedic (Rowan Walter, 23 Feb 2007 Ramadi)
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To: dickmc
This was the posted URL:
http://nymag.com/news/features/39593/?imw=Y
Try this URL instead:
http://nymag.com/news/features/39593/

5 posted on 10/22/2007 10:31:41 AM PDT by KayEyeDoubleDee (const Tag &referenceToConstTag)
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To: dickmc
—interesting.

I have an acquaintance who is a dead-ringer for the wanted poster. He was investigated by the FBI but was-(provably)-- in a Denver hospital having knee surgery when the event occurred-—

6 posted on 10/22/2007 10:47:39 AM PDT by rellimpank (-don't believe anything the MSM states about firearms or explosives--NRA Benefactor)
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To: KayEyeDoubleDee

What does “?imw=y “ at the end of the link do?? I could not find anything in google or wikipedia that explains it.


7 posted on 10/22/2007 11:24:48 AM PDT by dickmc
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To: dickmc
See the article. Looks like there is a very good chance his brother was the guy.

Having read the article at the link, and further links, I agree the arguments are compelling.

But thorough as they seem to be, the articles fail to address a few very relevant points:

Was it possible in 1972 to track the approximate location of the 727 when Cooper jumped? How about the on board navigation equipment? Did keeping the plane at 10,000 prevent any attempt at tracking?

Next, someone had to prepare the parachutes that were delivered to Cooper and would know for a fact whether the parachutes were fully functional or rigged to fail.
The FBI would certainly know that and this long after the fact, there is no reason to keep this detail secret.

8 posted on 10/22/2007 11:45:12 AM PDT by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: weegee

LOL! And what did that guy have to say about John Wayne?


9 posted on 10/22/2007 11:47:25 AM PDT by al_c
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To: Publius6961

What is the reason he asked for two of each type of parachute? Maybe he wanted to quickly inspect one without having to rerig it. Also there is the possiblity (from the point of view of the ransom collectors) that an innocent person would have had to use one chute and thus it could not be rendered inoperable.


10 posted on 10/22/2007 12:23:49 PM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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To: Publius6961
Was it possible in 1972 to track the approximate location of the 727 when Cooper jumped? How about the on board navigation equipment? Did keeping the plane at 10,000 prevent any attempt at tracking?

Only approximately. They don't know exactly when he jumped, since he sent the one flight attendant remaining on the plane up to the cockpit as soon as they took off.

11 posted on 10/22/2007 12:32:29 PM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep
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To: dickmc
What does “?imw=y “ at the end of the link do??

HTTP query string parameters; in this case, in the form of name/value pairs. What they "do" generally is determined by the web site's interpretation of them.

12 posted on 10/22/2007 9:20:21 PM PDT by KayEyeDoubleDee (const Tag &referenceToConstTag)
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To: dickmc

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_DB_Cooper.html


13 posted on 10/24/2007 10:47:10 AM PDT by SoldierMedic (Rowan Walter, 23 Feb 2007 Ramadi)
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Arkansas man says he’s boy who found hijacker ransom money in Washington state
Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Sunday, February 12, 2006 | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Posted on 02/12/2006 5:00:16 PM EST by skeptoid
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1577202/posts

D.B. Cooper (Vanity)
Posted on 05/06/2006 1:22:55 AM EDT by Ptarmigan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1627716/posts


14 posted on 10/29/2007 10:18:51 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Monday, October 22, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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15 posted on 10/29/2007 10:19:53 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Monday, October 22, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Ready4Freddy

Interesting article here (D.B. Cooper ID’d?)


16 posted on 11/04/2007 6:20:24 AM PST by leilani
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