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EPISODE · Apr 29, 2026 · 1H 7M

Scientific evidence in the DB Cooper case

from Unlocking the Unknown · host Atlas Gray

On November 24, 1971, a man using the alias Dan Cooper hijacked a Northwest Orient flight, extorted $200,000 and four parachutes, and vanished after jumping into a storm over the Pacific Northwest.Modern scientific analysis has revealed rare earth elements like titanium on his discarded tie and springtime diatoms on ransom money found at Tena Bar, suggesting a suspect with an aerospace or Boeing background.Despite decades of scrutiny regarding prominent suspects like Sheridan Peterson, Robert Rackstraw, and Richard McCoy II, the identity of the skyjacker remains the only unsolved air piracy case in U.S. history.

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