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{\an1}Tonight, the only unsolved
skyjacking case in history.
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{\an1}WALTER CRONKITE:
Today, after hijacking
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{\an1}a Northwest Airlines jet,
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{\an1}the description on one
wire service, "master criminal."
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{\an1}The perpetrator leaps
from a moving plane
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{\an1}with $200,000 cash
and is never seen again.
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{\an1}JOHN TEFFT:
There's a lot of variables.
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{\an1}When did he jump
out of the plane?
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{\an1}How long did he wait
before he pulled the ripcord?
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{\an1}What was the wind speed?
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{\an1}People don't just disappear.
He has to have gone somewhere.
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{\an1}Now, we explore the top theories
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{\an1}behind the world's
most elusive hijacker.
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{\an1}Investigators are looking
at a former cocaine dealer.
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{\an1}TRACY WALDER:
He's an ex-paratrooper,
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{\an1}looks a lot like
the D.B. Cooper sketch.
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{\an1}DREW BEESON: There are millions
of Caucasian men with dark hair,
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{\an1}but there's only
a few hundred thousand
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{\an1}that would have worked in
that kind of environment.
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{\an1}Can new evidence finally reveal
his true identity?
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{\an1}This is a better lead than they
could have ever anticipated.
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{\an1}Who is D.B. Cooper,
and will he ever be caught?
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{\an1}[music]
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{\an1}November 24th, 1971,
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{\an1}Portland International Airport.
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{\an1}A man named Dan Cooper
boards Northwest Orient Airlines
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{\an1}Flight 305 to Seattle.
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{\an1}JOHN: The flight crew
and the passengers
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{\an1}describe him as an unremarkable
guy.
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{\an1}He's a Caucasian male,
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{\an1}he's got on a dark suit,
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{\an1}black tie,
carrying a briefcase.
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{\an1}DARREN SCHAEFER: He's one
of the last to board the plane,
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{\an1}sits in the last row in 18E.
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{\an1}He orders a bourbon and soda
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{\an1}and dons a pair of sunglasses.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: The plane takes off
at 2:50 p.m.
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{\an1}DREW: The flight
from Portland to Seattle
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{\an1}is a milk run flown
several times a day.
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{\an1}It's about an hour in the air.
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{\an1}This time around, the plane's
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{\an1}carrying 36 passengers
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{\an1}and six crew members.
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{\an1}JOHN:
Everything's going to plan,
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{\an1}everything's on schedule,
until the man
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{\an1}seated in the last row,
Cooper, hands a note
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{\an1}to the flight attendant,
Florence Schaffner.
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{\an1}She doesn't read it at first,
she puts it in her pocket.
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{\an1}And then Cooper says to her,
"You might wanna read that."
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{\an1}DARREN: The note says
"I have a bomb
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{\an1}and I'd like you
to sit next to me."
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{\an1}Florence Schaffner
understandably sort of loses it,
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{\an1}but she does comply and follows
his instructions.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: Cooper opens
his briefcase
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{\an1}revealing a makeshift bomb.
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{\an1}Schaffner describes the contents
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{\an1}of the briefcase
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{\an1}as something that looks like
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{\an1}eight sticks of dynamite,
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{\an1}a battery,
and a bunch of wires.
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{\an1}DREW: Cooper has her attention.
She knows he's serious.
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{\an1}He demands four parachutes
and a ransom of $200,000
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{\an1}when the plane lands in Seattle.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: Schaffner relays
the hijacker's commands
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{\an1}to Captain William Scott.
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{\an1}But since it's such
a short flight,
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{\an1}ground forces
need more time to react.
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{\an1}So, air traffic control
keeps the plane
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{\an1}circling around for two hours
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{\an1}until they can gather
the money and the parachutes.
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{\an1}JOHN: Investigators write down
the serial number of every bill
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{\an1}and then bundle it up
into a bank bag.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: The plane finally
lands in Seattle at 5:46 p.m.
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{\an1}JOHN: Captain Scott
parks the plane
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{\an1}away from the buildings.
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{\an1}Cooper sends out
a different flight attendant,
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{\an1}Tina Mucklow, and she goes out
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{\an1}and interacts
with the authorities.
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{\an1}There, she collects the money
and the parachutes,
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{\an1}and returns to the plane.
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{\an1}She also brings
printed instructions
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{\an1}on how to use the parachutes,
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{\an1}but Cooper tells her
he does not need them.
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{\an1}DREW: Cooper agrees to let
the passengers off the plane.
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{\an1}Two flight attendants,
Florence Schaffner
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{\an1}and Alice Hancock,
also ask to leave,
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{\an1}and Cooper allows them to.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: But the ordeal
isn't over
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{\an1}for the rest of the crew.
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{\an1}JOHN: Cooper wants the 727
to take off again
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{\an1}and start to head
towards Mexico City.
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{\an1}He's going to keep the four
remaining crew members
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{\an1}as hostages--
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{\an1}the flight attendant,
the flight engineer,
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{\an1}the first officer,
and the captain.
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{\an1}LAURENCE:
For this second flight,
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{\an1}Cooper makes more demands.
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{\an1}TED YESHION: Cooper wants
the pilots to fly
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{\an1}with the wing flaps
in an unusual configuration--
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{\an1}a downward position.
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{\an1}Now, that's how a plane
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{\an1}normally takes off, but then
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{\an1}they raise the flaps.
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{\an1}You wouldn't fly a long haul
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{\an1}with the flaps down,
because it creates
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{\an1}enormous drag and means
it can't go very fast,
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{\an1}something like
200 miles per hour.
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{\an1}JOHN: Cooper also asks that
they keep the landing gear down
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{\an1}and fly below 10,000 feet.
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{\an1}He wants them to be going
super slow and super low.
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{\an1}TED: The pilots tell Cooper
it can't be done.
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{\an1}They're afraid the plane
might just fall out of the sky.
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{\an1}But the hijacker is adamant
that it will work,
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{\an1}and they need to comply.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: At 7:40 p.m.,
the plane takes off
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{\an1}for Mexico City.
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{\an1}But 20 minutes into the flight,
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{\an1}Cooper does something
completely unexpected.
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{\an1}DREW: He lowers
the plane's rear airstair.
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{\an1}The 727 has a set of stairs
that can be lowered
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{\an1}out of the back of the airplane.
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{\an1}The pilot gets a warning light
when this happens.
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{\an1}Once Cooper
lowers the aft stairs
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{\an1}around 8:00 p.m.,
he puts on his parachute,
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{\an1}grabs his $200,000,
and jumps out.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: The hijacker
is never seen again.
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{\an1}JOHN: At 11:02 p.m., the pilot
safely lands the plane in Reno.
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{\an1}At this point, the flight crew
has stayed in the cockpit,
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{\an1}and they're not sure if Cooper's
still in the plane or not.
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{\an1}But when the FBI
searches the plane,
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{\an1}Cooper is definitely gone.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: Almost immediately,
the story spreads like wildfire.
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{\an1}REPORTER: D.B. Cooper bailed out
of a Northwest Airlines jet
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{\an1}going 200 miles an hour
at about 10,000 feet.
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{\an1}The best guess is he jumped
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{\an1}almost exactly over
La Center, Washington.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: The FBI takes
the lead on the case,
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{\an1}with assistance from sheriffs
and state troopers
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{\an1}in Washington,
Oregon, and Nevada.
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{\an1}They have very little to go on.
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{\an1}This guy has committed an
incredibly well-planned crime.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: Authorities need
to begin somewhere.
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{\an1}They start with his name.
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{\an1}They know he bought a ticket
under the name Dan Cooper.
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{\an1}JOHN: The FBI doesn't really
suspect that's his real name,
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{\an1}but criminals
often choose an alias
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{\an1}that's very close
to their real name.
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{\an1}TED: So, they run this idea
by the Portland police,
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{\an1}and as luck would have it,
they know of a petty criminal
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{\an1}who goes by D.B. Cooper.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: D.B. Cooper lives
about an hour and a half
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{\an1}from Portland,
in The Dalles, Oregon.
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{\an1}TED: And he's got
a minor record,
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{\an1}so police have him
in the system.
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{\an1}DREW: It's a long shot,
but they know
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{\an1}they have to start somewhere.
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{\an1}And they're hopeful
they can nab him on his way home
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{\an1}with $200,000 of stolen money.
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{\an1}TED: A police officer
drives to D.B. Cooper's house
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{\an1}on the night of the hijacking,
planning to stake it out
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{\an1}until Cooper comes home,
and catch him red-handed.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: But as soon
as the officer arrives,
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{\an1}he sees Cooper's already home.
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{\an1}DARREN: It seems unreasonable
that D.B. Cooper
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{\an1}would have committed
the skyjacking,
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{\an1}jumped out of the plane,
and made it back home
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{\an1}to his house
in The Dalles that night.
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{\an1}TED: The timeline doesn't fit
in any way, shape, or form.
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{\an1}So, despite having
a similar name
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{\an1}and a criminal record,
D.B. Cooper is quickly ruled out
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{\an1}as the hijacker.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: Police may be done
with D.B. Cooper as a suspect,
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{\an1}but history isn't done
with his name,
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{\an1}thanks to an innocent error.
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{\an1}TRACY: A reporter
named James Long
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{\an1}for the Oregon Journal
is covering this story.
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{\an1}In all this chaos,
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{\an1}no one knows what's happening,
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{\an1}and Long makes a mistake.
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{\an1}JOHN: The hijacker actually
identified himself
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{\an1}as Dan Cooper, but Long
puts the hijacker's name out
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{\an1}as D.B. Cooper,
and it's immediately picked up
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{\an1}by all the wire services.
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{\an1}TRACY: And just like that,
D.B. Cooper becomes the name
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{\an1}on everyone's lips.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: From that moment on,
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{\an1}the case is known
as the D.B. Cooper mystery.
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{\an1}Meanwhile, at Reno Airport,
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{\an1}authorities race
to gather evidence on the plane.
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{\an1}TED: Inside the plane,
FBI agents
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{\an1}find 66 latent fingerprints,
but can't identify any of them.
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{\an1}They also find Cooper's
black clip-on tie and tie clip,
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{\an1}some cigarette butts,
and two of the four parachutes.
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{\an1}That's it.
That's all they have.
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{\an1}TRACY: In 1971, we don't have
fingerprint databases
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{\an1}like we do today.
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{\an1}We also don't have
DNA at this time.
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{\an1}JOHN: The tie clip and the tie
are pretty unremarkable,
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{\an1}so they're gonna be hard
to trace.
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{\an1}There's nothing on the plane
that immediately tells us
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{\an1}who the hijacker is.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: With little to go on,
a large-scale manhunt begins.
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{\an1}TRACY: The FBI knows that
he jumped out of the plane
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{\an1}somewhere between
Seattle and Reno,
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{\an1}and now they need to know
where to look.
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{\an1}But it's hard to determine
Cooper's landing zone
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{\an1}because they don't know exactly
when and where he jumped.
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{\an1}There's so many variables
involved.
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{\an1}What was the wind speed?
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{\an1}When did he pull the ripcord?
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{\an1}When and where was the plane
exactly when he jumped?
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{\an1}TED: It's next to impossible
to establish
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{\an1}an accurate search area,
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{\an1}but they start
with a massive section
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{\an1}of really thick forest
north of Portland.
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{\an1}JOHN: This is a huge deal.
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{\an1}The Air Force actually
loans them an SR-71 Blackbird
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{\an1}to help them photograph
the entire flight area
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{\an1}in hopes of developing a clue.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: Though the Blackbird
retraces
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{\an1}the hijacked plane's
flight path five times,
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{\an1}their search turns up empty.
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{\an1}DREW: The Oregon National Guard
brings out helicopters
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{\an1}to search for Cooper.
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{\an1}They find some plastic
and broken tree limbs,
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{\an1}but it turns out it has nothing
to do with the crime.
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{\an1}JOHN: And then,
200 U.S. Army soldiers
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{\an1}search the forest on foot.
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{\an1}DARREN: There's also a private
salvage company
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{\an1}that searched Lake Merwin
with a submarine
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{\an1}looking for evidence of Cooper
at the bottom of the lake.
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{\an1}They don't find anything.
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{\an1}LAURENCE:
Despite all this effort,
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{\an1}no trace of Cooper is found.
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{\an1}DAVE: People don't just
disappear.
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{\an1}He has to be somewhere.
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{\an1}The FBI wants to get his face
out to the public,
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{\an1}hoping someone has seen him.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: With no actual photo
to go on,
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{\an1}the FBI enlists the help
of a sketch artist.
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{\an1}TED: They talk to people
who were at the Portland airport
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{\an1}who saw him buy his ticket,
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{\an1}and people who were on
the airplane.
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{\an1}Both sets of witnesses give
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{\an1}a near identical
description of the man.
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{\an1}TRACY: He's a Caucasian man
in his mid-40s
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{\an1}with a somewhat dark olive
complexion.
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{\an1}He has a receding hairline,
short dark hair,
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{\an1}and is wearing
a dark suit and sunglasses.
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{\an1}JOHN: This sketch,
which has become world-famous,
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{\an1}comes out about a week
after the hijacking
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{\an1}on November 28th, 1971.
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{\an1}It generates hundreds,
if not thousands of tips.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: Tips that will soon
break the Cooper case wide open.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: When the FBI
releases a sketch
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{\an1}of the unidentified hijacker
known as D.B. Cooper in 1971,
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{\an1}a flood of names
begins to pour in.
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{\an1}On April 8th, 1972,
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{\an1}one in particular
grabs their attention.
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{\an1}A concerned citizen
called the FBI tipline.
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{\an1}He said that him and his friend
were talking over a beer,
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{\an1}and his friend
outlined a detailed plan
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{\an1}on how to hijack an airplane.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: The friend's name
is Richard Floyd McCoy, Jr.
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{\an1}DREW: At first, it may seem like
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{\an1}another one of these fake,
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{\an1}"My friend is D.B. Cooper"
stories.
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{\an1}But as investigators dig deeper
into McCoy's background,
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{\an1}they realize, "This might
really be our guy."
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{\an1}DAVE: Richard McCoy's
a former student
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{\an1}at Brigham Young University
in Utah.
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{\an1}He drops out, he joins the Army,
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{\an1}he serves two tours in Vietnam.
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{\an1}TRACY: He was a helicopter pilot
and demolition expert.
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{\an1}After his time in Vietnam,
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{\an1}he served with the Utah
National Guard,
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{\an1}where he became a skydiver.
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{\an1}JOHN: Based on his background,
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{\an1}FBI agents believe he has some
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{\an1}of the skills that Cooper has.
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{\an1}DAVE: He knows bombs,
he knows planes,
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{\an1}and he's a skydiver.
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{\an1}JOHN: There's a lot more
to it than that,
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{\an1}because according
to the tipster,
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{\an1}McCoy has just gotten away
with another hijacking.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: On April 7th, 1972,
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{\an1}the day before
the caller's tip,
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{\an1}United Flight 855 from Denver
to Los Angeles is hijacked.
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{\an1}This hijacking occurred
just five months
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{\an1}after the D.B. Cooper hijacking,
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{\an1}and the similarities
are uncanny.
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{\an1}JOHN: This hijacker uses
the name of James Johnson
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{\an1}to buy his ticket.
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{\an1}Like Cooper, he gives
the flight crew a note
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{\an1}announcing his intentions.
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{\an1}He gives very specific
instructions to the pilot.
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{\an1}DARREN: He asked them to fly
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{\an1}to San Francisco, and he has
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{\an1}a specific runway picked out--
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{\an1}19-Left.
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{\an1}TED: He wants $500,000
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{\an1}and four parachutes.
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{\an1}And if he gets that,
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{\an1}he'll let the passengers go.
305
00:12:43,167 --> 00:12:44,500
{\an1}It's just like D.B. Cooper,
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{\an1}right down to the number
of parachutes.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: The parallels
don't end there.
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{\an1}Johnson gets the cash,
he lets the passengers off,
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{\an1}and the plane goes in the air.
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{\an1}He tells them to fly low
and slow at 16,000 feet.
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{\an1}Then he takes the cash.
straps on a parachute,
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{\an1}and jumps out the back stairs.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: But the Johnson
hijacking has something
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{\an1}the Cooper case doesn't--
a prime suspect.
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{\an1}JOHN: The first thing
the FBI does
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{\an1}is a handwriting
and fingerprint analysis
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{\an1}of the note used
in the Johnson hijacking.
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{\an1}Both samples are a positive
match to McCoy.
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{\an1}And then, the FBI conduct
a search of McCoy's home,
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{\an1}and they find a duffel bag
full of cash--
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{\an1}$499,970.
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{\an1}DARREN: McCoy is caught
red-handed
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{\an1}for the James Johnson hijacking,
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{\an1}and sentenced
to 45 years in prison.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: But is McCoy
also D.B. Cooper?
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{\an1}DAVE: Unfortunately,
unlike the Johnson hijacking,
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{\an1}there's no evidence
that ties McCoy
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{\an1}to the D.B. Cooper hijacking.
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{\an1}TRACY: First of all,
none of his fingerprints
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{\an1}match the 66 latent prints
that were found
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{\an1}off of the D.B. Cooper
hijacking airplane.
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{\an1}JOHN: Eyewitnesses
are shown photos of McCoy,
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{\an1}and they say
it does not match Cooper.
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{\an1}TRACY: Also, McCoy claimed
to be in Las Vegas at that time,
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{\an1}and that alibi
was actually verified,
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{\an1}in that his signature
appeared on receipts and forms.
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{\an1}JOHN: None of this
rules out McCoy,
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{\an1}but it makes it
a lot less likely
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{\an1}he is the Cooper suspect.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: But there's one piece
of evidence
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{\an1}that could tie
McCoy to the crime.
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{\an1}DREW: McCoy's family's asked
to look at the tie clip
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{\an1}that D.B. Cooper left behind
on Flight 305.
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{\an1}According to the family,
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{\an1}that tie clip
belongs to Richard McCoy.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: Unfortunately,
the FBI is never able
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{\an1}to interview McCoy
about the Cooper hijacking case.
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{\an1}On August 10th, 1974,
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{\an1}soon after he's sent to prison,
McCoy escapes.
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{\an1}DREW: When he's found,
he's shot and killed
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{\an1}in a shootout with the FBI,
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{\an1}and that kind of closes
the case on McCoy.
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{\an1}TRACY: The evidence
against McCoy is thin,
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{\an1}so in order to ID him
as D.B. Cooper,
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{\an1}they would need a confession,
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{\an1}which they're never going to get
now that he's dead.
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{\an1}JOHN: But the FBI agent,
Nick O'Hara,
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{\an1}who shot McCoy,
was quoted as saying,
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{\an1}"When I shot McCoy,
I shot D.B. Cooper."
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{\an1}LAURENCE: But without more
concrete evidence against McCoy,
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{\an1}it's impossible to make
a definitive ID,
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{\an1}and so the FBI
keeps investigating.
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{\an1}DREW: At this point,
there's not a lot
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{\an1}the FBI can do
on their own.
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{\an1}They find themselves
mainly running down tips
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{\an1}from the public, and there
are a lot of tips.
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{\an1}TRACY: You have to understand,
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{\an1}D.B. Cooper almost becomes
a legend.
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{\an1}There's kind of
a Cooper mania surrounding him.
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{\an1}He's kind of like a Jesse James
or a Billy the Kid,
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{\an1}this kind of common man
who beats the system.
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{\an1}And in the 1970s,
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{\an1}that's the coolest thing
you can do.
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{\an1}DARREN: Claiming to be
D.B. Cooper,
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{\an1}especially in
the Pacific Northwest,
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{\an1}is just a way to get
your 15 minutes of fame.
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{\an1}JOHN: This is a nightmare
to these poor investigators,
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{\an1}'cause they have to sift through
all these false confessions.
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{\an1}After a few years,
many agents speculate
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{\an1}that they will never really find
the real Cooper.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: The Bureau
continues its work for decades,
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{\an1}investigating some 1,000
serious suspects,
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{\an1}but none are proven
to be Cooper.
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{\an1}Eventually, the fame
surrounding this case
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{\an1}gets the public interested
in solving this case as well.
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{\an1}DARREN: It spawned all these
armchair detectives
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{\an1}and independent investigators
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{\an1}to look at this case
for themselves.
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{\an1}LAURENCE: Among them,
news researcher Tom Colbert
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{\an1}and his team
called the Case Breakers.
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00:16:22,333 --> 00:16:24,958
{\an1}In 2011, they announce
a surprising new suspect.
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{\an1}TED: Colbert has spoken
to an informant
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{\an1}named Ron Carlson.
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{\an1}In the late '70s and '80s,
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{\an1}Carlson said he worked
in the cocaine business
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{\an1}with Dick Briggs, and apparently
Briggs used to brag all the time
397
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{\an1}about being D.B. Cooper.
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{\an1}JOHN: One night in 1980,
Carlson stated that Briggs
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{\an1}threw a party at Hayden Island,
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00:16:48,583 --> 00:16:51,417
{\an1}which sits in the middle
of the Columbia River.
401
00:16:51,542 --> 00:16:55,333
{\an1}There, once again, Briggs brags
that he is D.B. Cooper.
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00:16:55,417 --> 00:16:57,708
{\an1}LAURENCE: This time,
party guests
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{\an1}ask Briggs to prove it.
404
00:16:59,542 --> 00:17:01,000
{\an1}Carlson says that Briggs
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00:17:01,167 --> 00:17:03,208
{\an1}points out a couple
at the party.
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00:17:03,375 --> 00:17:06,625
{\an1}Their names are Dwayne
and Patricia Ingram.
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00:17:06,750 --> 00:17:09,791
{\an1}Briggs says, "If you don't
believe me, just watch.
408
00:17:09,916 --> 00:17:13,125
{\an1}They're going to find
the Cooper money in five days."
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00:17:14,166 --> 00:17:16,458
{\an1}JOHN: Five days later,
Ingram's son Brian
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{\an1}finds two bundles
buried in the sand
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{\an1}on the banks
of the Columbia River.
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{\an1}Inside these bundles was $5,800
in decomposing cash.
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{\an1}My son ran up and said,
"Wait a minute, Daddy."
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{\an1}So, he raked a place
out in the sand there,
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{\an1}and there it was, it kinda
tumbled up on the top.
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{\an1}DARREN: The bills have
deteriorated quite badly,
417
00:17:37,083 --> 00:17:38,833
{\an1}but the serial numbers
on the bills
418
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{\an1}match the ones
given to D.B. Cooper.
419
00:17:41,375 --> 00:17:43,708
{\an1}JOHN: This is most definitely
the Cooper ransom money,
420
00:17:43,833 --> 00:17:46,458
{\an1}and it's found exactly
as Briggs described it.
421
00:17:46,542 --> 00:17:49,042
{\an1}LAURENCE: This remains
the only physical evidence
422
00:17:49,208 --> 00:17:51,375
{\an1}ever found outside the plane.
423
00:17:51,542 --> 00:17:54,042
{\an1}TED: And the FBI tries
to process the money
424
00:17:54,208 --> 00:17:56,125
{\an1}to lead them back
to the hijacker.
425
00:17:56,208 --> 00:17:58,375
{\an1}Unfortunately,
the bills are falling apart,
426
00:17:58,500 --> 00:18:00,292
{\an1}and there are no fingerprints
427
00:18:00,417 --> 00:18:03,125
{\an1}or any other evidence
to tie back to Cooper.
428
00:18:04,208 --> 00:18:06,333
{\an1}LAURENCE: At the time
of the discovery in 1980,
429
00:18:06,458 --> 00:18:10,708
{\an1}the FBI has no reason
to suspect Dick Briggs.
430
00:18:10,833 --> 00:18:13,125
{\an1}The whole Briggs connection
doesn't come to light
431
00:18:13,250 --> 00:18:15,167
{\an1}until the Case Breakers
bring it up.
432
00:18:15,292 --> 00:18:19,000
{\an1}LAURENCE: By then, the FBI
can't further investigate.
433
00:18:19,167 --> 00:18:21,333
{\an1}DARREN: Dick Briggs dies
in a single car accident
434
00:18:21,458 --> 00:18:23,833
{\an1}December 12th, 1980,
and it's unlikely
435
00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,417
{\an1}that this drug dealer
was Cooper,
436
00:18:25,542 --> 00:18:27,333
{\an1}but with him gone,
we'll never really know.
437
00:18:28,500 --> 00:18:29,833
{\an1}TRACY: Once again, we're left
438
00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,083
{\an1}with more questions
than answers.
439
00:18:32,208 --> 00:18:34,500
{\an1}How do Briggs, the money,
and D.B. Cooper add up?
440
00:18:34,625 --> 00:18:36,667
{\an1}DARREN: Did Briggs
plant the money?
441
00:18:36,792 --> 00:18:40,333
{\an1}Did he know about the couple
going to find it?
442
00:18:40,417 --> 00:18:43,500
{\an1}Fortunately, the Case Breakers
aren't done digging yet.
443
00:18:47,208 --> 00:18:50,042
{\an1}LAURENCE: It's November 2011,
and while the FBI
444
00:18:50,167 --> 00:18:52,500
{\an1}has investigated
over 1,000 suspects
445
00:18:52,625 --> 00:18:56,458
{\an1}in the D.B. Cooper case,
none have panned out.
446
00:18:56,542 --> 00:18:58,833
{\an1}But a team
of amateur researchers
447
00:18:58,958 --> 00:19:01,208
{\an1}called the Case Breakers
have uncovered
448
00:19:01,375 --> 00:19:04,000
{\an1}a new person of interest.
449
00:19:04,083 --> 00:19:05,833
{\an1}JOHN: The Case Breakers
have been looking
450
00:19:05,958 --> 00:19:07,917
{\an1}at a former cocaine dealer
451
00:19:08,042 --> 00:19:10,208
{\an1}named Richard Briggs who bragged
452
00:19:10,375 --> 00:19:12,250
{\an1}that he was D.B. Cooper.
453
00:19:12,375 --> 00:19:14,167
{\an1}Now, Briggs has been dead
for 30 years,
454
00:19:14,250 --> 00:19:15,625
{\an1}so there's no way
to prove his claim.
455
00:19:15,708 --> 00:19:17,250
{\an1}Plus, there's always
been some problems
456
00:19:17,375 --> 00:19:19,167
{\an1}about Briggs being the suspect.
457
00:19:19,250 --> 00:19:21,667
{\an1}TED: First, he doesn't look
that much
458
00:19:21,792 --> 00:19:23,667
{\an1}like the D.B. Cooper sketch.
459
00:19:23,833 --> 00:19:25,667
{\an1}Second, there's no known records
460
00:19:25,750 --> 00:19:27,708
{\an1}of him having any parachute
training.
461
00:19:27,833 --> 00:19:30,542
{\an1}DARREN: This isn't the end
of the story for Briggs though,
462
00:19:30,708 --> 00:19:33,833
{\an1}because the Case Breakers find
one of his associates,
463
00:19:33,958 --> 00:19:36,958
{\an1}former paratrooper
Robert Rackstraw.
464
00:19:37,083 --> 00:19:38,833
{\an1}When they look at the picture
of Rackstraw
465
00:19:38,958 --> 00:19:40,125
{\an1}and compare it to the sketch,
466
00:19:40,250 --> 00:19:41,833
{\an1}they think maybe this guy
467
00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:43,125
{\an1}could be D.B. Cooper.
468
00:19:45,958 --> 00:19:47,583
{\an1}This guy checks all the boxes.
469
00:19:47,708 --> 00:19:49,417
{\an1}He's an ex-paratrooper,
470
00:19:49,542 --> 00:19:51,500
{\an1}looks a lot like
the D.B. Cooper sketch,
471
00:19:51,583 --> 00:19:55,083
{\an1}and was even investigated
as a suspect in the late '70s.
472
00:19:55,208 --> 00:19:59,167
{\an1}LAURENCE: The Case Breakers dig
deeper into Rackstraw's past.
473
00:19:59,292 --> 00:20:02,083
{\an1}DREW: Robert Rackstraw
joins the Army in 1969,
474
00:20:02,208 --> 00:20:03,042
{\an1}and he's assigned to
475
00:20:03,208 --> 00:20:04,000
{\an1}the First Cavalry
476
00:20:04,125 --> 00:20:06,167
{\an1}Airmobile Division in Vietnam.
477
00:20:06,292 --> 00:20:08,500
{\an1}JOHN: In the service,
he gets extensive training
478
00:20:08,583 --> 00:20:12,042
{\an1}on skydiving, use of explosives,
and how to fly a plane.
479
00:20:12,167 --> 00:20:13,250
{\an1}He makes a name for himself,
480
00:20:13,375 --> 00:20:17,208
{\an1}and quickly rises to the rank
of First Lieutenant.
481
00:20:17,333 --> 00:20:19,667
{\an1}TED: But this guy
is a total rulebreaker.
482
00:20:19,792 --> 00:20:22,750
{\an1}At one point, he even steals
his own commander's jeep.
483
00:20:22,875 --> 00:20:27,250
{\an1}In 1971, just five months
before the Cooper hijacking,
484
00:20:27,375 --> 00:20:29,292
{\an1}Rackstraw finally
gets kicked out
485
00:20:29,375 --> 00:20:31,542
{\an1}of the Army
for insubordination.
486
00:20:31,708 --> 00:20:34,792
{\an1}LAURENCE: From there,
his bad behavior continues.
487
00:20:34,875 --> 00:20:37,583
{\an1}JOHN: In the 1970s
he racks up a lot of charges,
488
00:20:37,708 --> 00:20:40,500
{\an1}everything from check forgery
to domestic violence.
489
00:20:40,583 --> 00:20:41,917
{\an1}At one point,
he's actually charged
490
00:20:42,042 --> 00:20:43,833
{\an1}with killing his own stepfather.
491
00:20:43,958 --> 00:20:45,542
{\an1}He actually is acquitted
of that,
492
00:20:45,708 --> 00:20:48,458
{\an1}but still faces other charges
when he disappears.
493
00:20:49,542 --> 00:20:51,417
{\an1}DAVE: While out on bail,
he fakes his own death.
494
00:20:51,542 --> 00:20:54,000
{\an1}He rents a small plane
and he fakes a mayday call
495
00:20:54,125 --> 00:20:55,042
{\an1}saying he's going down
496
00:20:55,208 --> 00:20:56,583
{\an1}in Monterey Bay.
497
00:20:56,708 --> 00:20:58,583
{\an1}DREW: Investigators
find the plane intact,
498
00:20:58,708 --> 00:21:00,875
{\an1}repainted in a nearby hangar.
499
00:21:01,042 --> 00:21:03,333
{\an1}Rackstraw's eventually
rearrested a few months later
500
00:21:03,417 --> 00:21:05,250
{\an1}and receives a short sentence.
501
00:21:05,375 --> 00:21:07,042
{\an1}All this attention
with law enforcement
502
00:21:07,208 --> 00:21:08,958
{\an1}has an unintended consequence.
503
00:21:09,083 --> 00:21:10,500
{\an1}It puts him right on the radar
504
00:21:10,583 --> 00:21:12,500
{\an1}for the D.B. Cooper
investigation.
505
00:21:12,583 --> 00:21:16,000
{\an1}TED: In 1978, two Stockton,
California detectives
506
00:21:16,083 --> 00:21:17,542
{\an1}look at Rackstraw.
507
00:21:17,667 --> 00:21:19,500
{\an1}They look at his background
and criminal record,
508
00:21:19,583 --> 00:21:21,292
{\an1}and they can't help but notice
509
00:21:21,375 --> 00:21:23,667
{\an1}his similar appearance
to the Cooper sketch.
510
00:21:23,750 --> 00:21:26,625
{\an1}LAURENCE: The detectives find
too many connections to ignore.
511
00:21:26,750 --> 00:21:29,875
{\an1}TRACY: He knows bombs,
he knows skydiving.
512
00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,375
{\an1}He runs scams with airplanes,
he knows fake identities,
513
00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:35,667
{\an1}and by all accounts,
he has nothing to lose.
514
00:21:35,750 --> 00:21:39,167
{\an1}LAURENCE: The Stockton
detectives tip off the FBI.
515
00:21:39,250 --> 00:21:41,542
{\an1}DAVE: Rackstraw gives
a jailhouse interview
516
00:21:41,667 --> 00:21:44,042
{\an1}to the Stockton, California
newspaper, The Record.
517
00:21:44,208 --> 00:21:47,625
{\an1}In it, he says he identifies
with the spirit of D.B. Cooper,
518
00:21:47,750 --> 00:21:50,583
{\an1}a guy who challenged
the legal system and beat it.
519
00:21:50,708 --> 00:21:53,625
{\an1}In the interview, Rackstraw
switches to first person,
520
00:21:53,708 --> 00:21:56,583
{\an1}and he says, "I think I stand
for the American people."
521
00:21:56,708 --> 00:21:59,500
{\an1}JOHN: Journalists find
some more circumstantial links
522
00:21:59,625 --> 00:22:01,625
{\an1}between him and D.B. Cooper.
523
00:22:01,750 --> 00:22:03,958
{\an1}He admitted to being
in the Pacific Northwest
524
00:22:04,083 --> 00:22:05,667
{\an1}during the time
of the hijacking.
525
00:22:05,792 --> 00:22:08,250
{\an1}They also learn that he was
introduced to skydiving
526
00:22:08,375 --> 00:22:11,667
{\an1}by his favorite uncle,
Ed Cooper.
527
00:22:11,792 --> 00:22:13,833
{\an1}TED: In another
sit-down interview,
528
00:22:13,958 --> 00:22:16,292
{\an1}Rackstraw is asked if he thinks
he's a good suspect
529
00:22:16,375 --> 00:22:18,250
{\an1}for D.B. Cooper.
530
00:22:18,375 --> 00:22:21,583
{\an1}He says, "If I was
an investigator, definitely so.
531
00:22:21,708 --> 00:22:25,167
{\an1}I wouldn't discount myself
or a person like myself."
532
00:22:25,292 --> 00:22:27,333
{\an1}LAURENCE: Based on all
this evidence,
533
00:22:27,458 --> 00:22:31,083
{\an1}the Case Breakers'
Tom Colbert and Tom Szollosi
534
00:22:31,208 --> 00:22:33,708
{\an1}publish a 2016 book
535
00:22:33,833 --> 00:22:37,583
{\an1}identifying Rackstraw
as D.B. Cooper.
536
00:22:37,708 --> 00:22:39,667
{\an1}But their biggest bombshell
has to do with the reason
537
00:22:39,792 --> 00:22:41,583
{\an1}that Rackstraw was never caught.
538
00:22:41,708 --> 00:22:44,125
{\an1}DARREN: Colbert and Szollosi
believe that Rackstraw
539
00:22:44,250 --> 00:22:46,250
{\an1}was protected
by friends in high places,
540
00:22:46,375 --> 00:22:48,542
{\an1}possibly the CIA.
541
00:22:48,708 --> 00:22:50,333
{\an1}Colbert and Szollosi
have discovered evidence
542
00:22:50,417 --> 00:22:53,083
{\an1}that Rackstraw worked
for the CIA.
543
00:22:54,500 --> 00:22:56,333
{\an1}TRACY: Court records show
that Rackstraw
544
00:22:56,417 --> 00:22:59,125
{\an1}flew for CIA's
Air America in Laos
545
00:22:59,250 --> 00:23:02,125
{\an1}shortly after
the D.B. Cooper hijacking.
546
00:23:02,250 --> 00:23:05,500
{\an1}LAURENCE: And he may have
also been a pilot
547
00:23:05,583 --> 00:23:08,250
{\an1}during the CIA's
Iran-Contra Affair.
548
00:23:08,375 --> 00:23:11,292
{\an1}TRACY: Colbert and Szollosi
believe that because Rackstraw
549
00:23:11,375 --> 00:23:13,833
{\an1}knows CIA secrets,
he is shielded
550
00:23:13,958 --> 00:23:16,708
{\an1}from the FBI investigation
into D.B. Cooper.
551
00:23:18,208 --> 00:23:19,500
{\an1}LAURENCE:
Despite this new evidence,
552
00:23:19,667 --> 00:23:22,667
{\an1}the FBI doesn't further
investigate Rackstraw,
553
00:23:22,792 --> 00:23:25,375
{\an1}because they officially
close the Cooper case
554
00:23:25,500 --> 00:23:29,833
{\an1}just days after
this revelation in 2016.
555
00:23:29,958 --> 00:23:33,667
{\an1}The FBI has spent 45 years,
countless man hours,
556
00:23:33,792 --> 00:23:35,667
{\an1}and millions of dollars
investigating this case,
557
00:23:35,792 --> 00:23:37,208
{\an1}and they don't have
any firm evidence
558
00:23:37,333 --> 00:23:39,000
{\an1}against any particular suspect.
559
00:23:39,083 --> 00:23:40,333
{\an1}He didn't kill anybody,
560
00:23:40,458 --> 00:23:42,708
{\an1}there's no families
clamoring for justice,
561
00:23:42,833 --> 00:23:46,042
{\an1}and at the end of the day,
he really only stole $200,000.
562
00:23:46,208 --> 00:23:48,625
{\an1}They really can't justify
spending all these resources
563
00:23:48,708 --> 00:23:50,500
{\an1}on this case anymore.
564
00:23:50,583 --> 00:23:52,708
{\an1}DREW: Robert Rackstraw
never confirms or denies
565
00:23:52,875 --> 00:23:53,875
{\an1}he's D.B. Cooper.
566
00:23:54,042 --> 00:23:56,708
{\an1}For the rest of his life
after the theory comes out,
567
00:23:56,833 --> 00:23:59,167
{\an1}he seems to like people
making their own assumptions.
568
00:23:59,292 --> 00:24:01,333
{\an1}JOHN: Maybe he was
a CIA operative,
569
00:24:01,458 --> 00:24:03,167
{\an1}maybe he wasn't,
or maybe he's just some old guy
570
00:24:03,292 --> 00:24:04,625
{\an1}having a bit of fun.
571
00:24:04,708 --> 00:24:08,000
{\an1}We'll never know either way,
because on July 9th, 2019,
572
00:24:08,125 --> 00:24:11,000
{\an1}he died of a heart condition
and took those secrets with him.
573
00:24:16,375 --> 00:24:19,292
{\an1}When the FBI officially closes
the D.B. Cooper investigation
574
00:24:19,375 --> 00:24:23,000
{\an1}in 2016, the government
assumes the public
575
00:24:23,167 --> 00:24:24,667
{\an1}will finally lose interest.
576
00:24:24,792 --> 00:24:29,833
{\an1}But in 2018, a new book reveals
a shocking new theory,
577
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,333
{\an1}one that captures
the world's attention
578
00:24:32,417 --> 00:24:35,417
{\an1}and reignites speculation
about the case.
579
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,833
{\an1}DARREN: At this point,
the FBI case
580
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,167
{\an1}has been closed
for just over two years,
581
00:24:41,292 --> 00:24:42,583
{\an1}so the only new suspects
582
00:24:42,708 --> 00:24:44,000
{\an1}are coming by the way
583
00:24:44,083 --> 00:24:45,958
{\an1}of amateur investigators.
584
00:24:46,042 --> 00:24:49,542
{\an1}LAURENCE: One in particular
comes from author Carl Laurin
585
00:24:49,708 --> 00:24:52,417
{\an1}in his book "D.B. Cooper and Me:
586
00:24:52,542 --> 00:24:55,167
{\an1}A Criminal, a Spy,
My Best Friend."
587
00:24:55,333 --> 00:24:57,333
{\an1}DARREN: He alleges
that his friend
588
00:24:57,458 --> 00:24:59,542
{\an1}and former spy Walter Reca
589
00:24:59,708 --> 00:25:00,875
{\an1}is D.B. Cooper.
590
00:25:03,875 --> 00:25:05,167
{\an1}When this theory comes out,
591
00:25:05,292 --> 00:25:06,833
{\an1}it makes huge headlines.
592
00:25:06,958 --> 00:25:09,167
{\an1}DARREN: Carl Laurin
and his publisher Vern Jones
593
00:25:09,292 --> 00:25:11,667
{\an1}start a full-scale media blitz
594
00:25:11,792 --> 00:25:13,458
{\an1}to get their suspect's name
out there.
595
00:25:13,583 --> 00:25:15,500
{\an1}JOHN: They make a documentary,
596
00:25:15,625 --> 00:25:17,000
{\an1}and they contact
the lead investigator
597
00:25:17,167 --> 00:25:18,667
{\an1}in the Jimmy Hoffa investigation
598
00:25:18,792 --> 00:25:21,208
{\an1}and ask him to write a book
about this case.
599
00:25:21,375 --> 00:25:23,208
{\an1}This book comes
to the same conclusion
600
00:25:23,333 --> 00:25:26,333
{\an1}that D.B. Cooper is Walter Reca.
601
00:25:26,458 --> 00:25:28,750
{\an1}LAURENCE: It all starts
with a phone call.
602
00:25:28,875 --> 00:25:32,667
{\an1}JOHN: According to Laurin,
in 2008 Reca calls him.
603
00:25:32,792 --> 00:25:34,333
{\an1}Laurin can tell
that he has something
604
00:25:34,458 --> 00:25:36,042
{\an1}he wants to get off his chest.
605
00:25:36,167 --> 00:25:39,500
{\an1}And his best friend tells him,
"I am D.B. Cooper."
606
00:25:39,625 --> 00:25:41,000
{\an1}Reca is getting older,
607
00:25:41,125 --> 00:25:42,917
{\an1}he wants to share his story
with someone.
608
00:25:43,042 --> 00:25:44,667
{\an1}Why not his best friend?
609
00:25:44,792 --> 00:25:46,875
{\an1}DARREN: Carl wasn't surprised
by this.
610
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,500
{\an1}In November of 1971
when he first heard the news
611
00:25:50,667 --> 00:25:52,667
{\an1}of the skyjacking,
he said out loud,
612
00:25:52,792 --> 00:25:54,000
{\an1}"I bet that's Walt."
613
00:25:54,125 --> 00:25:56,833
{\an1}DREW: He knows Reca's a trained
former paratrooper.
614
00:25:56,958 --> 00:25:58,458
{\an1}They were even
on a skydiving team
615
00:25:58,542 --> 00:26:00,292
{\an1}together in the 1950s with
616
00:26:00,417 --> 00:26:02,417
{\an1}the Michigan Air National Guard.
617
00:26:02,542 --> 00:26:04,833
{\an1}LAURENCE: Other details
line up as well.
618
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:08,667
{\an1}In 1971, Walt would have been
37 years old.
619
00:26:08,750 --> 00:26:10,958
{\an1}He looks similar
to the hijacker
620
00:26:11,042 --> 00:26:13,750
{\an1}and was living
in Washington State at the time.
621
00:26:13,875 --> 00:26:16,667
{\an1}JOHN: Laurin thinks that Reca
has the personality for it.
622
00:26:16,792 --> 00:26:20,000
{\an1}He describes his friend
as fearless and brash.
623
00:26:20,083 --> 00:26:23,833
{\an1}Laurin states, "I knew
Walter Reca was D.B. Cooper,
624
00:26:23,958 --> 00:26:26,542
{\an1}because he was D.B. Cooper."
625
00:26:27,833 --> 00:26:29,833
{\an1}LAURENCE: Before sharing
more details,
626
00:26:29,917 --> 00:26:33,417
{\an1}Reca asks Laurin
to sign a notarized letter
627
00:26:33,542 --> 00:26:35,625
{\an1}stating he'll only release
the information
628
00:26:35,750 --> 00:26:37,833
{\an1}after Reca's death.
629
00:26:37,958 --> 00:26:40,458
{\an1}DREW: Laurin signs the letter,
and then they can begin.
630
00:26:40,583 --> 00:26:42,292
{\an1}Reca agrees to let Laurin
tape record
631
00:26:42,417 --> 00:26:43,708
{\an1}all their phone conversations,
632
00:26:43,833 --> 00:26:45,875
{\an1}where he will finally
reveal everything.
633
00:26:46,042 --> 00:26:48,292
{\an1}DARREN: There's three hours
of recordings
634
00:26:48,375 --> 00:26:50,458
{\an1}where Walt
confesses to the crime
635
00:26:50,583 --> 00:26:53,000
{\an1}and describes exactly
how he did it.
636
00:26:53,125 --> 00:26:56,000
{\an1}If these tapes are true,
there are details in here
637
00:26:56,125 --> 00:26:58,042
{\an1}that only the skyjacker
would know.
638
00:26:58,208 --> 00:27:00,875
{\an1}LAURENCE: Most importantly,
Reca describes
639
00:27:01,042 --> 00:27:04,208
{\an1}precisely where he jumped
and landed.
640
00:27:05,625 --> 00:27:07,500
{\an1}TED: Reca says he leapt
from the plane
641
00:27:07,625 --> 00:27:10,167
{\an1}about 50 miles
southeast of Seattle
642
00:27:10,250 --> 00:27:11,458
{\an1}just on the edge
643
00:27:11,583 --> 00:27:13,167
{\an1}of the Cascade Mountain range.
644
00:27:13,292 --> 00:27:15,750
{\an1}JOHN: He chose a spot
where there was a highway
645
00:27:15,875 --> 00:27:18,125
{\an1}running through it
for an easier escape.
646
00:27:18,208 --> 00:27:20,833
{\an1}LAURENCE: In order to verify
Reca's claim,
647
00:27:20,958 --> 00:27:24,542
{\an1}Laurin goes to this location
and begins to ask around.
648
00:27:24,708 --> 00:27:26,917
{\an1}TED: There, he's amazed to find
an eyewitness
649
00:27:27,042 --> 00:27:29,167
{\an1}named Jeff Osiadacz,
a former cop
650
00:27:29,333 --> 00:27:30,917
{\an1}who claims to have seen Reca
651
00:27:31,042 --> 00:27:32,958
{\an1}the night of the infamous
hijacking.
652
00:27:33,083 --> 00:27:36,083
{\an1}JOHN: He stated that in
the small town of Cle Elum,
653
00:27:36,208 --> 00:27:39,167
{\an1}he saw Reca walking down a road
near a café.
654
00:27:39,333 --> 00:27:42,125
{\an1}Reca is wearing a black suit,
he's soaking wet,
655
00:27:42,208 --> 00:27:45,625
{\an1}and carrying a raincoat
wrapped up under his arm.
656
00:27:45,708 --> 00:27:48,667
{\an1}TED: Reca seems disoriented
and asks where he is.
657
00:27:48,792 --> 00:27:50,875
{\an1}He calls an unidentified friend
658
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:54,083
{\an1}and has Osiadacz give the friend
directions to their location.
659
00:27:54,208 --> 00:27:56,833
{\an1}DARREN: Before Osiadacz leaves,
Reca offers to pay
660
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,875
{\an1}for his coffee, and that's
the last of their encounter.
661
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:03,833
{\an1}LAURENCE: According to Osiadacz,
he didn't notify authorities
662
00:28:03,958 --> 00:28:06,750
{\an1}because he didn't think
this could be Cooper.
663
00:28:06,875 --> 00:28:09,583
{\an1}JOHN: Osiadacz sees the news
about the hijacking,
664
00:28:09,708 --> 00:28:11,417
{\an1}but from what he saw,
665
00:28:11,542 --> 00:28:14,458
{\an1}the hijacker jumped out
in Oregon, not in Washington.
666
00:28:14,542 --> 00:28:16,167
{\an1}Plus, he didn't think Reca
667
00:28:16,292 --> 00:28:18,958
{\an1}looked anything like
the composite sketch.
668
00:28:19,083 --> 00:28:21,250
{\an1}DARREN: Reca had
a much rounder face,
669
00:28:21,375 --> 00:28:24,042
{\an1}a little bit thicker build,
and a more crooked nose
670
00:28:24,208 --> 00:28:26,250
{\an1}than what was observed
in the sketch.
671
00:28:26,375 --> 00:28:28,667
{\an1}LAURENCE: Despite the claims
in Laurin's book,
672
00:28:28,792 --> 00:28:32,667
{\an1}the FBI doesn't reopen the case
to investigate Reca.
673
00:28:32,792 --> 00:28:34,500
{\an1}Besides the sketch, the location
674
00:28:34,625 --> 00:28:36,250
{\an1}also doesn't add up
to investigators.
675
00:28:36,375 --> 00:28:38,750
{\an1}Reca supposedly walks
to a town in Washington
676
00:28:38,875 --> 00:28:41,000
{\an1}called Cle Elum.
677
00:28:41,125 --> 00:28:44,375
{\an1}LAURENCE: The town
is over 150 miles northeast
678
00:28:44,542 --> 00:28:46,667
{\an1}of the hijacked plane's
flight path.
679
00:28:46,750 --> 00:28:48,833
{\an1}Also, the only evidence
they have
680
00:28:48,958 --> 00:28:51,333
{\an1}that may implicate Reca
is hearsay.
681
00:28:51,458 --> 00:28:54,875
{\an1}DARREN: The FBI isn't interested
in reopening the case,
682
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,708
{\an1}so it's just
another deathbed confession.
683
00:28:58,792 --> 00:29:00,833
{\an1}LAURENCE: But Laurin says
there's another reason
684
00:29:00,958 --> 00:29:03,500
{\an1}the FBI steers clear of Reca.
685
00:29:03,625 --> 00:29:06,917
{\an1}According to Laurin's book,
shortly after the hijacking,
686
00:29:07,042 --> 00:29:09,833
{\an1}two government agents
come knocking on Reca's door.
687
00:29:09,958 --> 00:29:13,458
{\an1}They give Reca a choice--
come work for U.S. intelligence
688
00:29:13,583 --> 00:29:15,417
{\an1}or spend a long time in jail.
689
00:29:15,542 --> 00:29:18,875
{\an1}LAURENCE: Laurin claims that
Reca then begins working
690
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:23,500
{\an1}as a spy for the CIA,
as well as Israel's Mossad,
691
00:29:23,583 --> 00:29:27,208
{\an1}and even allegedly
the Soviet KGB.
692
00:29:27,333 --> 00:29:30,083
{\an1}Laurin has evidence for this,
'cause Reca gave him
693
00:29:30,208 --> 00:29:34,083
{\an1}a bunch of passports,
some of which have fake names.
694
00:29:34,208 --> 00:29:36,792
{\an1}DREW: He also has a variety
of covert identity cards
695
00:29:36,917 --> 00:29:38,958
{\an1}from spy agencies like MI6,
696
00:29:39,042 --> 00:29:41,708
{\an1}and a diary chock full
of assassinations
697
00:29:41,875 --> 00:29:43,667
{\an1}and covert operations.
698
00:29:43,833 --> 00:29:45,208
{\an1}TRACY: I suppose that
all of these documents
699
00:29:45,375 --> 00:29:47,542
{\an1}could be forgeries,
but they really don't answer
700
00:29:47,667 --> 00:29:49,917
{\an1}the question
of if he's D.B. Cooper.
701
00:29:50,042 --> 00:29:56,833
{\an1}We'll probably never know
the answer to that question.
702
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,667
{\an1}LAURENCE: When the hijacker
known as D.B. Cooper
703
00:29:59,792 --> 00:30:04,000
{\an1}disappears with $200,000
in 1971,
704
00:30:04,125 --> 00:30:07,917
{\an1}he leaves behind
almost no evidence.
705
00:30:08,042 --> 00:30:09,333
{\an1}DREW: The only things
we know for sure
706
00:30:09,417 --> 00:30:10,542
{\an1}that are left on the plane
707
00:30:10,667 --> 00:30:11,667
{\an1}is the black clip-on tie
708
00:30:11,792 --> 00:30:13,292
{\an1}and the tie clip.
709
00:30:13,375 --> 00:30:14,875
{\an1}TED: You may be surprised
710
00:30:15,042 --> 00:30:16,667
{\an1}that he would leave
some things behind.
711
00:30:16,792 --> 00:30:18,375
{\an1}But back in the '70s,
712
00:30:18,500 --> 00:30:20,000
{\an1}nobody knows about DNA,
713
00:30:20,125 --> 00:30:21,667
{\an1}and nobody can test for it.
714
00:30:21,792 --> 00:30:23,375
{\an1}Criminals are mainly concerned
715
00:30:23,500 --> 00:30:26,125
{\an1}with not leaving behind
hairs or fingerprints,
716
00:30:26,208 --> 00:30:28,958
{\an1}neither of which
are found on the necktie.
717
00:30:29,042 --> 00:30:32,750
{\an1}LAURENCE: But 50 years later
in 2011,
718
00:30:32,875 --> 00:30:35,917
{\an1}technology evolves enough
to make a breakthrough.
719
00:30:36,042 --> 00:30:39,917
{\an1}JOHN: Back in 2009,
a paleontologist named Tom Kaye
720
00:30:40,042 --> 00:30:42,375
{\an1}assembled a group of scientists
to investigate.
721
00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:43,667
{\an1}They dub themselves
722
00:30:43,792 --> 00:30:45,333
{\an1}as Citizen Sleuths.
723
00:30:45,417 --> 00:30:47,750
{\an1}Their plan is to use
the up-to-date
724
00:30:47,875 --> 00:30:49,625
{\an1}scientific techniques
725
00:30:49,708 --> 00:30:51,167
{\an1}that have not been used
in this case.
726
00:30:51,250 --> 00:30:54,500
{\an1}In 2011, they're allowed
by authorities
727
00:30:54,625 --> 00:30:56,667
{\an1}to test the black clip-on tie.
728
00:30:56,792 --> 00:30:59,208
{\an1}Kaye and his team
feel that the tie
729
00:30:59,375 --> 00:31:02,500
{\an1}is a great piece of evidence
for one specific reason.
730
00:31:02,625 --> 00:31:04,958
{\an1}You don't usually wash ties.
731
00:31:05,042 --> 00:31:07,000
{\an1}DREW: There's a chance
that this tie was worn
732
00:31:07,125 --> 00:31:09,458
{\an1}in many different situations,
picking up various particles
733
00:31:09,583 --> 00:31:11,292
{\an1}and fibers along the way.
734
00:31:11,375 --> 00:31:14,083
{\an1}LAURENCE: The team uses
an electron microscope,
735
00:31:14,208 --> 00:31:18,000
{\an1}allowing them to look closer
at the tie than ever before.
736
00:31:18,125 --> 00:31:21,083
{\an1}DARREN: They're shocked to find
rare Earth minerals on it.
737
00:31:21,208 --> 00:31:23,958
{\an1}Specifically, these are cerium,
strontium sulfide,
738
00:31:24,042 --> 00:31:25,792
{\an1}and pure titanium.
739
00:31:25,875 --> 00:31:27,625
{\an1}These aren't just
lying around your house.
740
00:31:27,708 --> 00:31:31,000
{\an1}These elements are used
for very specific situations.
741
00:31:31,083 --> 00:31:32,875
{\an1}TED: Of course,
they were hoping for a lead,
742
00:31:33,042 --> 00:31:34,250
{\an1}but this is a better lead
743
00:31:34,375 --> 00:31:36,417
{\an1}than they could have
ever anticipated.
744
00:31:37,792 --> 00:31:40,667
{\an1}LAURENCE: In 1971,
these materials
745
00:31:40,750 --> 00:31:44,333
{\an1}would only typically appear in
aerospace maintenance facilities
746
00:31:44,458 --> 00:31:46,833
{\an1}or cutting-edge
electronics labs.
747
00:31:46,958 --> 00:31:48,833
{\an1}DREW: This narrows
things down tremendously.
748
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,667
{\an1}There are millions
of Caucasian men with dark hair,
749
00:31:51,792 --> 00:31:53,375
{\an1}but there's only
a few hundred thousand
750
00:31:53,542 --> 00:31:55,417
{\an1}that would have worked
in that kind of environment.
751
00:31:55,542 --> 00:31:58,375
{\an1}DARREN: Was D.B. Cooper
an engineer or a scientist?
752
00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:01,000
{\an1}Did he sweep up the lab
at the end of the day?
753
00:32:02,125 --> 00:32:03,667
{\an1}LAURENCE: After the team
releases its findings,
754
00:32:03,833 --> 00:32:06,833
{\an1}engineer Bill Rollins
joins the hunt.
755
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,417
{\an1}TRACY: Rollins goes
through the records
756
00:32:09,708 --> 00:32:12,167
{\an1}of people who were employed
by these companies in the 1970s.
757
00:32:12,292 --> 00:32:15,167
{\an1}He compares these with thousands
of persons of interest
758
00:32:15,250 --> 00:32:17,000
{\an1}that the FBI looked at.
759
00:32:17,125 --> 00:32:19,000
{\an1}DREW: He believes he finds
the perfect candidate
760
00:32:19,125 --> 00:32:21,250
{\an1}for D.B. Cooper,
a production supervisor
761
00:32:21,375 --> 00:32:24,333
{\an1}at an electronics factory
names Joe Lakich.
762
00:32:24,458 --> 00:32:27,917
{\an1}TED: Joe Lakich is a retired
U.S. Army Major and war veteran.
763
00:32:28,042 --> 00:32:29,667
{\an1}And at the time
of the hijacking,
764
00:32:29,750 --> 00:32:31,208
{\an1}he works at a technology plant
765
00:32:31,333 --> 00:32:33,875
{\an1}in Nashville,
where he could easily
766
00:32:34,042 --> 00:32:36,083
{\an1}come in contact with
the rare earth elements.
767
00:32:36,208 --> 00:32:37,958
{\an1}LAURENCE: But there's
something else
768
00:32:38,083 --> 00:32:40,250
{\an1}that catches Rollins' eye.
769
00:32:40,375 --> 00:32:42,917
{\an1}TRACY: He thinks Lakich
committed the hijackings
770
00:32:43,042 --> 00:32:44,958
{\an1}not for money,
but for revenge.
771
00:32:47,417 --> 00:32:49,458
{\an1}LAURENCE: When the FBI
originally questions
772
00:32:49,583 --> 00:32:53,417
{\an1}flight attendant
Tina Mucklow in 1971,
773
00:32:53,542 --> 00:32:56,417
{\an1}she mentions a conversation
that investigators
774
00:32:56,542 --> 00:32:58,500
{\an1}don't pay much attention to
at the time.
775
00:32:58,583 --> 00:33:01,208
{\an1}TRACY: She asked Cooper
why he's hijacking the plane.
776
00:33:01,333 --> 00:33:04,167
{\an1}"Do you have something against
Northwest Orient Airlines?"
777
00:33:04,292 --> 00:33:06,458
{\an1}He responds,
"I don't have a grudge
778
00:33:06,583 --> 00:33:09,167
{\an1}against your airline, Miss,
I just have a grudge."
779
00:33:09,292 --> 00:33:11,583
{\an1}LAURENCE: For Rollins,
that grudge
780
00:33:11,708 --> 00:33:13,208
{\an1}is a critical detail.
781
00:33:13,333 --> 00:33:15,375
{\an1}Rollins believes Lakich
has a serious grudge
782
00:33:15,500 --> 00:33:16,750
{\an1}against the FBI.
783
00:33:16,875 --> 00:33:20,208
{\an1}In 1971, the same year
as the hijacking,
784
00:33:20,333 --> 00:33:23,125
{\an1}Lakich's daughter Susan
dies in a tragic accident
785
00:33:23,208 --> 00:33:25,458
{\an1}involving the Bureau.
786
00:33:25,542 --> 00:33:28,917
{\an1}TRACY: Susan is kidnapped by
her estranged husband George.
787
00:33:29,042 --> 00:33:30,750
{\an1}He drags her on board
a private plane
788
00:33:30,875 --> 00:33:33,167
{\an1}against her will
at gunpoint in Nashville.
789
00:33:33,292 --> 00:33:36,292
{\an1}TED: He demands the pilot
fly them to the Bahamas,
790
00:33:36,417 --> 00:33:38,167
{\an1}but this requires
a refueling stop
791
00:33:38,333 --> 00:33:40,667
{\an1}at Jacksonville
International Airport.
792
00:33:41,833 --> 00:33:44,292
{\an1}DARREN: The FBI is waiting
for them in Jacksonville,
793
00:33:44,417 --> 00:33:46,958
{\an1}and they end up shooting
the tires out on the plane.
794
00:33:47,083 --> 00:33:48,708
{\an1}But before they can rush
on board,
795
00:33:48,833 --> 00:33:52,458
{\an1}George has killed everyone
on board, including himself.
796
00:33:52,542 --> 00:33:54,958
{\an1}LAURENCE: Lakich files
a wrongful death suit
797
00:33:55,083 --> 00:33:56,750
{\an1}against the Bureau.
798
00:33:56,875 --> 00:33:58,167
{\an1}TRACY: And just
two months later,
799
00:33:58,292 --> 00:34:00,167
{\an1}D.B. Cooper hijacks the plane,
800
00:34:00,250 --> 00:34:03,167
{\an1}creating a years-long headache
for the FBI.
801
00:34:03,250 --> 00:34:06,000
{\an1}TED: For Rollins, the timeline
of Susan's murder
802
00:34:06,083 --> 00:34:08,250
{\an1}and the Flight 305 hijacking
803
00:34:08,375 --> 00:34:10,875
{\an1}points directly to Lakich
as a suspect.
804
00:34:11,042 --> 00:34:13,167
{\an1}TRACY: In some warped sense
of justice,
805
00:34:13,250 --> 00:34:15,417
{\an1}he decides to stick it
to the FBI
806
00:34:15,542 --> 00:34:17,458
{\an1}by hijacking a plane himself.
807
00:34:18,625 --> 00:34:20,375
{\an1}DREW: And Lakich seems to be
one of the few suspects
808
00:34:20,542 --> 00:34:22,333
{\an1}who was ever
on the FBI's radar
809
00:34:22,417 --> 00:34:24,167
{\an1}who could have had access
to the rare metals
810
00:34:24,292 --> 00:34:25,917
{\an1}found on the tie.
811
00:34:26,042 --> 00:34:28,333
{\an1}LAURENCE: Unfortunately,
Lakich dies
812
00:34:28,458 --> 00:34:30,875
{\an1}before Rollins can question him.
813
00:34:31,042 --> 00:34:33,083
{\an1}TRACY: But Rollins
hasn't given up.
814
00:34:33,208 --> 00:34:35,167
{\an1}He's still trying
to track the ransom money,
815
00:34:35,292 --> 00:34:36,542
{\an1}which he believes will lead
816
00:34:36,708 --> 00:34:38,875
{\an1}to Lakich's home town
of Nashville.
817
00:34:39,042 --> 00:34:41,292
{\an1}Maybe if he finds it,
we'll finally know
818
00:34:41,375 --> 00:34:43,208
{\an1}D.B. Cooper's true identity.
819
00:34:47,750 --> 00:34:49,375
{\an1}LAURENCE: As amateur
investigators continue to study
820
00:34:49,542 --> 00:34:52,125
{\an1}the D.B. Cooper case
in the late 2010s,
821
00:34:52,250 --> 00:34:54,458
{\an1}some focus on one detail--
822
00:34:54,542 --> 00:34:57,542
{\an1}that he's a man
with a grudge.
823
00:34:57,708 --> 00:34:59,458
{\an1}DREW: At some point
during the flight,
824
00:34:59,583 --> 00:35:01,875
{\an1}flight attendant Tina Mucklow
asked D.B. Cooper
825
00:35:02,042 --> 00:35:04,000
{\an1}if he had a grudge
against her airline.
826
00:35:04,083 --> 00:35:05,667
{\an1}And Cooper's response was no,
827
00:35:05,750 --> 00:35:07,000
{\an1}that he just had a grudge.
828
00:35:07,167 --> 00:35:08,875
{\an1}Now, if we could just figure out
829
00:35:09,042 --> 00:35:10,708
{\an1}exactly what D.B. Cooper's
grudge was,
830
00:35:10,833 --> 00:35:13,833
{\an1}it would be a huge clue
to ultimately solving this case.
831
00:35:13,958 --> 00:35:17,000
{\an1}LAURENCE: In 2018, a reporter
832
00:35:17,125 --> 00:35:18,750
{\an1}for the Oregonian newspaper,
833
00:35:18,875 --> 00:35:22,833
{\an1}Douglas Perry,
announces he's found the answer.
834
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:24,375
{\an1}The reporter has been handed
835
00:35:24,500 --> 00:35:26,292
{\an1}a treasure trove of research
836
00:35:26,417 --> 00:35:28,958
{\an1}that an army analyst
had put together.
837
00:35:29,042 --> 00:35:30,333
{\an1}The analyst
wants to remain anonymous,
838
00:35:30,458 --> 00:35:31,833
{\an1}and is hesitant of the publicity
839
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:33,083
{\an1}that the case might bring him.
840
00:35:33,208 --> 00:35:35,833
{\an1}He's right-- it makes
international headlines.
841
00:35:35,958 --> 00:35:38,417
{\an1}The analyst has done years
of research, and shares it
842
00:35:38,542 --> 00:35:40,667
{\an1}with both Perry and the FBI.
843
00:35:40,792 --> 00:35:44,167
{\an1}LAURENCE: According to him,
D.B. Cooper didn't act alone.
844
00:35:44,292 --> 00:35:46,708
{\an1}He believes
there's a co-conspirator.
845
00:35:49,250 --> 00:35:51,167
{\an1}The analyst claims
his research began
846
00:35:51,333 --> 00:35:53,333
{\an1}in the early 2000s.
847
00:35:53,458 --> 00:35:54,958
{\an1}The analyst
reads an obscure book
848
00:35:55,042 --> 00:35:56,958
{\an1}that was written in 1985.
849
00:35:57,083 --> 00:35:59,000
{\an1}The book was titled
"D.B. Cooper:
850
00:35:59,167 --> 00:36:00,458
{\an1}What Really Happened."
851
00:36:00,542 --> 00:36:02,958
{\an1}In the book,
the author, Max Gunther,
852
00:36:03,083 --> 00:36:06,042
{\an1}claims that he received
a phone call from D.B. Cooper,
853
00:36:06,208 --> 00:36:08,250
{\an1}and later, D.B. Cooper's widow.
854
00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:11,042
{\an1}TRACY: These people
outline to Gunther
855
00:36:11,167 --> 00:36:13,125
{\an1}the real story
of what happened,
856
00:36:13,250 --> 00:36:15,958
{\an1}and the name they give him
is Dan LeClair.
857
00:36:16,083 --> 00:36:17,500
{\an1}DREW: The book gives
further details
858
00:36:17,667 --> 00:36:20,125
{\an1}such as biographical information
and birthdays,
859
00:36:20,250 --> 00:36:23,000
{\an1}so the analyst is able
to connect Dan LeClair
860
00:36:23,125 --> 00:36:25,208
{\an1}with a very real
former Army veteran
861
00:36:25,333 --> 00:36:27,333
{\an1}named Dan Clair.
862
00:36:27,500 --> 00:36:28,833
{\an1}He thinks
that's who called Gunther.
863
00:36:30,125 --> 00:36:31,833
{\an1}LAURENCE: Clair died in 1990,
864
00:36:31,958 --> 00:36:34,333
{\an1}and he doesn't resemble
the Cooper sketch.
865
00:36:34,417 --> 00:36:37,542
{\an1}But a colleague of his does.
866
00:36:37,667 --> 00:36:41,083
{\an1}JOHN: The analyst looks
into Clair's family and friends,
867
00:36:41,208 --> 00:36:43,792
{\an1}and while doing so,
he believes he's come up
868
00:36:43,875 --> 00:36:47,167
{\an1}with a match, a man
named William J. Smith.
869
00:36:47,292 --> 00:36:51,000
{\an1}Smith is a manager
at Clair's railyard.
870
00:36:51,167 --> 00:36:52,667
{\an1}LAURENCE: Smith is
a New Jersey native
871
00:36:52,833 --> 00:36:55,833
{\an1}who graduates high school early
to join the Navy.
872
00:36:57,375 --> 00:36:58,833
{\an1}TRACY: Smith trains
as an aerial gunner
873
00:36:58,958 --> 00:37:00,417
{\an1}and photographer.
874
00:37:00,542 --> 00:37:03,208
{\an1}His job is to take
reconnaissance pictures.
875
00:37:03,375 --> 00:37:06,500
{\an1}He gets an honorable discharge
in 1947,
876
00:37:06,625 --> 00:37:09,167
{\an1}where he makes his way home
to Jersey City
877
00:37:09,250 --> 00:37:13,167
{\an1}and begins his job
at Lehigh Valley Railroad.
878
00:37:13,292 --> 00:37:15,417
{\an1}In the 1960s,
he befriends Dan Clair.
879
00:37:15,542 --> 00:37:17,542
{\an1}LAURENCE: After working
for the railroad
880
00:37:17,708 --> 00:37:21,042
{\an1}for over 20 years,
Smith is eventually promoted
881
00:37:21,167 --> 00:37:23,500
{\an1}to the position of yard master.
882
00:37:23,583 --> 00:37:25,458
{\an1}JOHN: It's a management
position.
883
00:37:25,542 --> 00:37:28,292
{\an1}It oversees everything
that's going on in the railyard.
884
00:37:28,375 --> 00:37:31,417
{\an1}TED: There are two key reasons
why this is important.
885
00:37:31,542 --> 00:37:32,958
{\an1}First, Smith would have worn
886
00:37:33,042 --> 00:37:34,333
{\an1}a tie to work.
887
00:37:34,417 --> 00:37:35,625
{\an1}Second, he would have been
888
00:37:35,750 --> 00:37:38,500
{\an1}wearing that tie
near the exotic metals
889
00:37:38,625 --> 00:37:41,167
{\an1}present in the railroad's
repair facilities.
890
00:37:41,292 --> 00:37:43,208
{\an1}This could explain
the rare materials
891
00:37:43,333 --> 00:37:45,500
{\an1}found on D.B. Cooper's tie.
892
00:37:45,625 --> 00:37:47,500
{\an1}LAURENCE: Could the duo's
work with railroads
893
00:37:47,625 --> 00:37:50,000
{\an1}motivate Cooper's
alleged grudge?
894
00:37:50,083 --> 00:37:52,625
{\an1}In the late 1960s
and early '70s,
895
00:37:52,708 --> 00:37:55,333
{\an1}the railroad industry
is in shambles.
896
00:37:55,417 --> 00:37:58,167
{\an1}The rise in airplane travel
and air freight
897
00:37:58,292 --> 00:38:00,417
{\an1}has crushed their bottom line.
898
00:38:00,542 --> 00:38:03,000
{\an1}Railroads nationwide
are plagued
899
00:38:03,125 --> 00:38:05,167
{\an1}with wage reductions
and furloughs.
900
00:38:05,333 --> 00:38:07,417
{\an1}DREW: In 1970,
this comes to a head
901
00:38:07,542 --> 00:38:09,542
{\an1}when Smith and Clair's railroad
files for bankruptcy.
902
00:38:09,708 --> 00:38:11,875
{\an1}It ends up being
the biggest bankruptcy
903
00:38:12,042 --> 00:38:13,458
{\an1}in history up till that time,
904
00:38:13,542 --> 00:38:15,667
{\an1}until the Enron collapse
in 2001.
905
00:38:16,667 --> 00:38:18,500
{\an1}TRACY: Thousands of people
lose their jobs,
906
00:38:18,583 --> 00:38:21,583
{\an1}and many of them lose
their life savings and pensions.
907
00:38:22,792 --> 00:38:26,042
{\an1}LAURENCE: The analyst believes
this incites the hijacking.
908
00:38:26,167 --> 00:38:28,375
{\an1}TED: He doesn't believe
Smith and Clair got laid off,
909
00:38:28,542 --> 00:38:31,333
{\an1}but he does believe that
seeing all their coworkers
910
00:38:31,500 --> 00:38:33,917
{\an1}get laid off
did inspire their revenge.
911
00:38:34,042 --> 00:38:37,208
{\an1}JOHN: They decide to attack
the air industry
912
00:38:37,375 --> 00:38:39,667
{\an1}because that's what's ruining
their business.
913
00:38:39,750 --> 00:38:42,583
{\an1}LAURENCE: The analyst
suggests that Smith and Clair
914
00:38:42,708 --> 00:38:45,333
{\an1}planned the hijacking together.
915
00:38:45,417 --> 00:38:47,917
{\an1}TED: He thinks they make
D.B. Cooper's so-called bomb
916
00:38:48,042 --> 00:38:49,667
{\an1}out of railroad flares.
917
00:38:49,792 --> 00:38:51,333
{\an1}These could look
a lot like dynamite
918
00:38:51,458 --> 00:38:53,250
{\an1}when they're wrapped in wire.
919
00:38:53,375 --> 00:38:55,625
{\an1}LAURENCE:
Then, they study rail maps
920
00:38:55,708 --> 00:38:59,583
{\an1}of the Pacific Northwest
to plan the hijacking route.
921
00:38:59,708 --> 00:39:01,958
{\an1}DREW: It's possible D.B. Cooper
chose that flight path
922
00:39:02,042 --> 00:39:03,958
{\an1}due to his knowledge of where
the railroad tracks were
923
00:39:04,042 --> 00:39:05,792
{\an1}to make an easy getaway.
924
00:39:05,917 --> 00:39:08,917
{\an1}JOHN: Smith and Clair
prep together,
925
00:39:09,042 --> 00:39:11,375
{\an1}and Smith is the one
that actually does the crime,
926
00:39:11,542 --> 00:39:13,500
{\an1}based on his aviation training.
927
00:39:13,625 --> 00:39:17,292
{\an1}Smith does look a lot like
the sketch of D.B. Cooper.
928
00:39:17,417 --> 00:39:19,167
{\an1}He may be one
of the closest resemblance
929
00:39:19,333 --> 00:39:21,292
{\an1}of all the suspects.
930
00:39:21,375 --> 00:39:23,833
{\an1}Maybe even Clair is out there
on the night of the hijacking
931
00:39:23,958 --> 00:39:25,792
{\an1}helping Smith escape.
932
00:39:25,875 --> 00:39:27,542
{\an1}The analyst noted
that Clair retired
933
00:39:27,667 --> 00:39:29,542
{\an1}a year and a half
after the hijacking,
934
00:39:29,708 --> 00:39:31,667
{\an1}and he was only 54 years old.
935
00:39:31,750 --> 00:39:33,917
{\an1}Maybe he got his share
of the ransom money.
936
00:39:35,542 --> 00:39:37,208
{\an1}LAURENCE: When Perry
writes his story,
937
00:39:37,333 --> 00:39:39,833
{\an1}he asks the FBI for comment.
938
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,333
{\an1}The FBI has received
the analyst's file
939
00:39:42,458 --> 00:39:44,708
{\an1}on Smith and Clair,
that much we know.
940
00:39:44,833 --> 00:39:48,250
{\an1}But as far as how seriously
the FBI takes them as suspects,
941
00:39:48,375 --> 00:39:50,542
{\an1}we actually have no idea,
942
00:39:50,708 --> 00:39:54,000
{\an1}because they give
a strangely cryptic response.
943
00:39:54,167 --> 00:39:57,667
{\an1}They officially close
the investigation in 2016,
944
00:39:57,833 --> 00:39:59,292
{\an1}so they could have
just said that,
945
00:39:59,417 --> 00:40:00,833
{\an1}"We're not looking into them."
946
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,458
{\an1}Or, like many candidates
before him,
947
00:40:03,583 --> 00:40:05,250
{\an1}they could say
Smith isn't the guy,
948
00:40:05,375 --> 00:40:06,833
{\an1}that he's not D.B. Cooper.
949
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:08,792
{\an1}DREW: But that's not
what they say.
950
00:40:08,917 --> 00:40:11,458
{\an1}Instead, they said, quote,
"It would be inappropriate
951
00:40:11,583 --> 00:40:13,667
{\an1}to comment on tips
related to Smith."
952
00:40:13,792 --> 00:40:15,625
{\an1}What does that mean?
That's usually the language
953
00:40:15,750 --> 00:40:17,667
{\an1}used in an active investigation.
954
00:40:17,792 --> 00:40:20,125
{\an1}TRACY: Sadly, it turns out
that Smith died
955
00:40:20,250 --> 00:40:22,417
{\an1}in January of 2018,
956
00:40:22,542 --> 00:40:24,500
{\an1}just 10 months before
the article was published.
957
00:40:24,625 --> 00:40:26,750
{\an1}So, we may never know the truth.
958
00:40:26,875 --> 00:40:28,625
{\an1}DAVE: Maybe the FBI is still
looking at William Smith.
959
00:40:28,708 --> 00:40:30,750
{\an1}Or maybe it's just
another red herring
960
00:40:30,875 --> 00:40:32,792
{\an1}in a case full of red herrings.
961
00:40:35,667 --> 00:40:37,458
{\an1}The unsolved case continues
962
00:40:37,583 --> 00:40:39,000
{\an1}to captivate the public
963
00:40:39,083 --> 00:40:40,333
{\an1}five decades after
964
00:40:40,458 --> 00:40:41,708
{\an1}the skyjacking took place.
965
00:40:41,875 --> 00:40:45,042
{\an1}Perhaps someday, one of
the many passionate sleuths
966
00:40:45,167 --> 00:40:47,083
{\an1}still investigating this mystery
967
00:40:47,208 --> 00:40:51,125
{\an1}will help us discover
D.B. Cooper's real name.
968
00:40:51,208 --> 00:40:53,333
{\an1}I'm Laurence Fishburne.
969
00:40:53,458 --> 00:40:55,042
{\an1}Thank you for watching
970
00:40:55,208 --> 00:40:57,750
{\an1}"History's Greatest Mysteries."
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