A series of possible suspects with regard to the DB Cooper case have been discovered decades after the mysterious aircraft hijacking, thanks to newly released FBI files.
Dan Cooper, a well -dressed white man of middle -aged, named Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971 during a trip between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington.
Cooper – Famous Dub Cooper by the media – bought a one -way ticket of $ 18.52 for the flight, with only a suitcase and paper bag.
While he was on board, the man passed on a note to a stewardess that he had a bomb in his suitcase and demanded $ 200,000 – the equivalent of $ 1.2 million today – in piles of $ 20 accounts and four parachutes in exchange for the life of the 42 people on board.
His requirements were met and all passengers and most crews were released while Cooper received his ransom in Seattle before he told the pilots to refuel and go at Mexico City.
While the plane flew somewhere about the state of Washington, the mysterious man opened the rear staircase and parachuted from the plane to never be seen again.
Over the years, the FBI has investigated various possible suspects and trusted the only real piece of proof that Cooper left behind -a JCPENNEY -CLIP -ON TIGHER he removed before he took his legendary leap of faith.
Now the 472 newly released documents, assessed by popular mechanics, have revealed exactly who is considered a suspect in the never -ending mysterious matter, including people with expertise in parachuting, former bank robbers and people with the same last name as the hijacker.
The FBI has released 472 new documents with regard to the mysterious DB Cooper case. The files reveal a whole series of possible suspects that the desk went after looking for the hijacker
Dan Cooper, a well -dressed middle -aged man, hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971 during a trip between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington
The new pages also revealed exactly how the agency was informed about specific suspects, because the public submitted letters and tips about whom they thought that the 'armed and dangerous' cancellation, or not -inspired the subject of an investigation was.
The FBI has also looked at people with elite parachuting and those who seemed to seem to seem to be suffering from strange time lesions because of Cooper's daring to jump out of the plane.
The agency was also dependent on past conversations to help them get answers.
During the long investigation, the FBI investigated two men, but eventually closed them out of the line-up because one did not have enough hair on his head, while the other had a 'pot belly'.
The desk also crossed for ID photos of Driver's licenses to see if they match the sketch of the suspect given by witnesses.
The FBI also served a summons for a possible suspect in Bremerton, Washington, but the office of the Sheriff of Kitsap County has excluded him because they did not believe that he looked old enough to be the subject of Norjack – a name that refers to the incident that is short for the northwest.
In the meantime, another man, Alvin Earle Cooper, was also excluded from the couple because an image of him “in this case was not identical to unsubscribing,” the documents revealed.
More test subjects were excluded after they were not found in the Pacific Northwest at the time of the incident.
Over the years, the FBI has investigated various possible suspects and relied on the only real piece of evidence that Cooper left behind -a JCPENNEY -CLIP -ON draw that he removed before removing his legendary leap of faith from the plane
The documents have revealed exactly who exactly was considered a suspect in the never -ending mysterious matter, including people with expertise in parachuting, former bank robbers and people with the same last name as the hairdresser
One was in Los Angeles that day, California, while the other pulled eyebrows after he had called two days after the hijacking.
The former bank robber he was sick for his place of work in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but was released as a possible suspect.
Another possible suspect was locked up in the neighborhood of Sacramento, California on a narcotics, decisive at the time of the incident.
The FBI also looked in a Pittsburgh man who walked with a weak because of a sprained ankle. He also had ties with the Portland area, but he was also excluded.
The documents also detailed pages about two specific men, Jay Whiteford and Charles Whittaker.
Whiteford was a pilot in Seattle who was previously rejected from a corporate loan in air photography, while Whittaker went to Skydiving School in San Diego. Both were eventually excluded as suspects.
The FBI also took advantage of informing banks and financial institutions throughout the country, and informed them of reporting 'suspect or unusual financial transactions with regard to the comments of $ twenty Federal Reserve,' the pages appears.
Agents often got in the northwest orient crew members and employees to show them photos, the files showed.
One of the many declassified pages showed a letter from FBI director J. Edgar Hoover to Washington Senator Henry Jackson who thanked him for his letter that contained suggestions about the case. The information in the letter has been edited.
The recent discovery of the clip-on tie has excavated an important piece of evidence, because a dot of chemically on the material can finally reveal the true identity of the elusive suspect.
The FBI investigated Cooper in July 2016, but the draw remains in the possession of the agency. Only a handful of people is once accessed to allowed
The FBI investigated Cooper in July 2016, but the draw remains in the possession of the agency. Only a handful of people is once accessed to allowed.
One of those people is Tom Kaye, a scientist who tested the crucial artifact for the FBI twice in 2009 and 2011, looking for traces of certain metals, chemicals and pollen – small indications that can help unravel the mystery of Cooper's true identity.
The FBI has reclaimed a partial DNA profile from Cooper's draw, but repeated requests from Kaye and independent researcher Eric Ulis to gain access to that data have been refused.
