INFAMOUS AMERICA | DB Cooper Ep1: “The Skyjacking”
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- INFAMOUS AMERICA presented by Black Barrel Media. This is the story of one of the most infamous unsolved crimes in American history. In November of 1971, a man calling himself “Dan Cooper” hijacks an airplane out of Portland, Oregon. He demands four parachutes and a ransom of $200,000. When he receives the money, he leaps out of the back of the plane and disappears into the stormy night. And the legend of the D.B. Cooper begins…
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OMG, actual sound social history. Yes, America was very frustrated in 1971. Cooper's deed resonated. There were a lot of people who wished they could escape their lives.
A man in his early- to mid- forties bought a one-way ticket to ... the Twilight Zone.
This is a very accurate account of the story and the social conditions of the time. The major error is the issue of the parachute. Cooper chose the military chute probably because he was familiar with it. It was, in fact, steerable but not like a sport chute would be. It was a night jump. He had no way to know where he was landing anyway, and the military chute provided a slower rate of descent. He may have been following known jump protocols for special operations. They probably have protocols for jumping in civilian street clothes and there are protocols for jumping without goggles. Some people make a issue of that too. There is, however, a lot of evidence to indicate that Cooper had special ops training and experience. He showed the ability to think quickly and the ability to improvise. Whether rightly or wrongly, I think he was confident of his ability to survive on the ground no matter where he landed.
I agree I think he was a professional he was calm and relaxed but I think he had an idea of where to jump and he had this thing planned for who knows how long he might even had some help from someone
@@jeffbogue5022 I believe his original intention was to jump south of Tacoma, not where he did. But I think he was confident of his ability to survive on the ground and find his way back to the world no matter where he landed. One thing that is overlooked is that he also carried a bag on the plane with him about the size of a grocery bag. No one knows what was in it, but he could have had plenty of survival tools with him. Crazy and capable are not mutually exclusive categories. He could have been both
@@anonymike8280 it's like I said on another story about db Cooper the stewardess even said he was nice no fear like he'd done this before
@@jeffbogue5022 @Jeff Bogue He was very confident, although confidence can be misplaced too. I look at what he knew about the plane and about the specific gaps in his knowledge and it screams special ops. He knew the flaps setting, proper altitude and all the jump protocol.
He apparently believed that the rear stairs were controlled from the cockpit, which is the case in the special ops version of the plane but not the civilian airliner version.
That's a huge tell and it also just about rules out an airline employee.
My speculation is that the government decided that they did not want his identity and backstory known to the world.
I suspect he came from a middle class family of people with credible careers and good educations but was relatively estranged from them. It would have easy to set him up as retired on disability with orders to chill for the rest of his life.
If he had outright disappeared, even if estranged from, his family, ex-wife and kids, somebody would have noticed him gone. They might then have developed some suspicions and talked eventually.
None of the identified suspects are from the kind of solid middle class background I am thinking of but there is a likelihood Cooper was given his use of language and the other indications of class station he seemed to convey.
The FBI may not have been told that Cooper was alive and under deep cover. He might have been involved in operations with major national security implication or even illegal secret operations. But it's all speculation. I know of no specific facts.
@@anonymike8280 good insight also he knew that the pilots could let the stairs down in flight planes now can't do that thanks for the information about the bag he was carrying I didn't know that
One more thing - the reserve chute is exactly that, a reserve chute. It only comes into play if the main chute fails to open. The reserve chute has to be deployed in about one of a thousand jumps or less, according to my sources. It's another fake issue.
Well Done, good information source.
It was Albert Weinberg, making his comic a reality
Nice theory, but no. Weinberg was in Europe at the time.
Historical sidelight: Cooper requested meals for the crew only. These were delivered along with the ransom money and the parachutes. The crew members refused them and they were left sitting on the seats. When the FBI and other authorities stormed the empty plane after it landed in Reno, the dogs they brought with them scarfed up the meals. So much for guarding the evidence. I believe that the FBI thought the hijacker was a typical rube who would fall into their hands either because he blabbed, because he ostentatiously spent large amounts of cash or because someone dropped a dime on him. Never happened.
I was living in Portland and working as an ALS paramedic at the time of this incident. I also remember sometime later currency that was believed to be part of the ransom money was found on the shores of the Columbia River just west of Portland on the North shore if I remember correctly so that stirred the mystery even further and there was a massive surge of people trying to find DB Cooper's money in the forest and Washington State just north of Columbia River they were indeed interesting times.
The money found at Tena Bar in 1980 was identified as being on the list of the 10,000 $20 bills given to Cooper. Does that prove that it ever was in Cooper's possession? Strictly speaking, not. Some of the money on the list could have been held back at the last minute and replaced with bills not recorded. Maybe there is more documentation but no one that I know of has seen fit to discuss it. Truth is, in a court of law, you do need chain of custody or possession.
As a child of 13 in 71 I remember feeling " this is a way to take the publics eye off the nation's problems"..it was a big deal, then- nothing ! ....hmmmmm?
Well..... there were several hundred skyjackings between 1968 and 1972 so... ya, not much eye off the nation's problems.
Has anyone ever test the cigarette butts for DNA and compare that to his family’s DNA??
FBI " Lost Them" If there ever was any!
@@dodgeramsport01they lost them before DNA was a thing. I wouldn’t read too much in to it. More of bureaucratic incompetence than anything else. Imagine if we had them, this would have been solved.
I knew him.
What I don’t get… is that pile of money found by the kid…
It's simple, the hijacker lost the bag of money when he jumped.
@@user6008
I guess it could just be as simple as that-
I was over thinkin it, huh?
Lol
Thx
@@user6008 no he didnt!
@@dodgeramsport01 Show me the proof.
@@user6008 count it! The boy found roughly 5800 there is evidence of a few shards around there also! It is though to be around 6200 total. The 20's would have been packed in 100 count! Where is the difference of those numbers I just gave? What Brian found was either the last remaining bit or someone's payment that was never picked up! Also they were wrapped in rubber bands not bank wrapping
a clue at 23:20!
Worlds fastest helicopters play round 180 210 mph but average can be out ran. Y average sport car dodge hell cat or motorcycle, and fighters are built for speed because Altitude and speed are the two biggest factors in their survival and capacity to down other fighters.
D . B . COOPER never made it I don't think. 😮
All he had to do was pull the cord. Three copycats made it, even someone who never used a parachute before. They were all caught. At the same time, his canopy was very tiny and not considered a good size by most parachutists and it was at night in woods. It was the worst set of circumstances. Still it seems an open chute with a dead body should have been easily seen by helicopter. Or maybe he landed in water. Or maybe he made it with/without money. Who knows really? 😂😂😂 why does this case even interest me? I’ve studied it for years.
Richard McCoy.
not a chance in hell!
He jumped in Northern California, not the drop zone that was searched.
did they even fly over cali?
@@dodgeramsport01 not that I know of. Cooper was not on the plane at Reno.
@@joinjen3854 then why your comment tgat he jumped in northern CA?
@@dodgeramsport01 because nobody knows for sure where he jumped. No real proof.
@@joinjen3854 because no one jumped off the plane!
At least get facts right. Sheesh. If you want to listen to a great podcast about this case, try The Cooper Vortex. It's not riddled with mistakes like this podcast. Research better.