INFAMOUS AMERICA | DB Cooper Ep1: “The Skyjacking” 

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

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.

Nice theory, but no. Weinberg was in Europe at the time.

Well..... there were several hundred skyjackings between 1968 and 1972 so... ya, not much eye off the nation's problems.

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.

not a chance in hell!

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

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.

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!