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By Bruce A. Smith On Wednesday, November 24, 1971, the day before Thanksgiving, a middle-aged man named Dan Cooper – but who was later to be known as DB Cooper – hijacked a Northwest Orient 727 airliner as it departed … Continue reading →

By Bruce A. Smith The FBI is arguably the world’s best investigatory organization. So, why can’t they solve the DB Cooper case? I asked former SA Gary Tallis that question, and his reply surprised me: “Because they haven’t found a … Continue reading →

By Bruce A. Smith Newly released FBI documents have shed new light on the early suspects in the DB Cooper case. Here are some of the latest findings: Besides the hundreds of confessions, there have been over a thousand suspects … Continue reading →

By Bruce A. Smith The following is an excerpt from my forthcoming 3rd Edition of DB Cooper and the FBI – A Case Study of America’s Only Unsolved Skyjacking: Tina Mucklow is the most enigmatic figure in the DB Cooper … Continue reading →

By Bruce A. Smith From the 3rd Edition of DB Cooper and the FBI – A Case Study of America’s Only Unsolved Skyjacking, due to be published in early 2021. Overview On the day before Thanksgiving in 1971, DB Cooper … Continue reading →

By Bruce A. Smith Tom Kaye, the leader of the Citizen Sleuths, an investigatory group formed by FBI Special Agent Larry Carr in 2009, has made a major new discovery in the DB Cooper case. He has found specialized diatoms … Continue reading →

By Bruce A. Smith Note: Recent postings at the DB Cooper Forum indicate that the flight path issue for DB Cooper is not resolved. As a result, I offer the following excerpt from my forthcoming edition of DB Cooper and … Continue reading →

By Bruce A. Smith Note: The following is an excerpt from my upcoming 3rd Edition of DB Cooper and the FBI – A Case Study of America’s Only Unsolved Skyjacking Sketches of DB Cooper The first drawing of DB Cooper, … Continue reading →

By Bruce A. Smith Although the DB Cooper case is over forty years-old, the suspects keep coming and one of the enduring mysteries of this case is how many middle-aged Caucasian men didn’t appear for Thanksgiving dinner in 1971.