Fact check
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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