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Is it true: D.B. Cooper: The Unsolved Hijacking?

Unsubstantiated30% confidence

There's no solid evidence for it.

Unsubstantiated: this is a genuinely unsolved historical mystery. The hijacking is confirmed; every identity theory put forward over 45 years has failed to produce conclusive evidence. The FBI suspended active investigation in 2016.

The claim

On 24 November 1971, a man using the alias "Dan Cooper" hijacked Northwest Orient Flight 305, extorted $200,000 in ransom, and parachuted from the aircraft over the Washington-Oregon wilderness, never

Key evidence

Hijacking and ransom payment are confirmed

No confirmed survivor evidence; jump conditions were severe

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