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I agree new DNA techniques could help if someone with LE has access to the evidence and is willing the spend the money. Flyjack. I was at first confusing you with the guy from the history channel special who wrote a book that had posted at shutter's website. Now I think you have used a name that started with a "R" and you were a Peterson fan. I could be wrong again.
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Well, I guess that is why the FBI basically said only a Body, Money or Parachute will reopen the case. From what Flyjack says the FBI cannot 100 percent identify the the Parachute Container or Chute canopy within because they do not have a NB6 Container serial number. The FBI no longer has Cossey to personally identify the parachute. Even if you find Cooper's skeleton you cannot 100 percent identify him as DB Cooper. IMO, someone will need to find all three together to close the case. A skeleton, a parachute and Cooper money to 100 percent close the case. What a tidy ending.
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DNA from a Hahneman family member would work. It seems that L.D. Cooper was eliminated because of a DNA comparison.
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I think the FBI would have thoroughly investigated Hahneman as a DB Cooper suspect because of his hijacking activity. Much like they did with McCoy.
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Are you at odds with the folks at the DB Cooper forum run by Shutter?
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From the picture above with fancy design on front of boot? and with pants legs coming down over top they would appear as dress shoes to me.
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Yea, I looked at the bill pictures years ago and notice the flipped bill in the stack. If I remember correctly, Tom Kaye said that the bills serial number stacking sequence had been recorded but lost. If you had the bundle sequence you could see if maybe the bills had been rearranged. Oh well, another bundled (bungled) clue.
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I thought I add pictures showing the container and the chute plus pictures of identification numbers. The Chute and the Container have the same Serial Number. The container had a manufacturer date of June 1968 while the Chute canopy has a manufacturer date of Dec. 1968. I also included a picture of the round white top of the spring loaded pilot chute used to open the main chute. Pictures..... 1) NB6 Container and chute removed 2) NB6 Serial Number/ID...below that...hard to read....it reads Pioneer 3) Chute/Canopy Identification 4) Spring loaded Pilot chute Identification
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It seems Cooper had loafers on the plane as witnesses testified. Maybe he had boots in the brown bag he brung on board. He jumped at 8 p.m. and the store break in was at 11:30 pm (possibly by Cooper) after he landed. Lots of unexplained stuff and LE Blunders....no wonder...FBI...."DB Cooper: Case Closed".
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Thanks for the info! Unlike the "white" parachute described by Cossey, My chute is white, green, brown and orange. I'm guessing since this is a Navy issued parachute, mostly fighter pilots flying off aircraft carriers would use these parachutes and if they needed to eject would want the various colors so they can be seen more readily in the ocean by a search party. One other thing. I notice that People keep saying "DB6" vs "Pioneer". Could it be that all three packs being talked about were "Pioneer". This DB6 I have is a Pioneer. I believe the DB9's supplied to Cooper were also Pioneer. Cossey does not give the military contract manufacturer name above of the DB6 container Cooper used.
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Two of the Cooper parachutes that were delivered to him on the plane were Korean era NB9 type chutes from what I read. I would imagine the NB6 Cooper used was also salvaged military surplus. Since the year was 1971, I would imagine the NB6 was also a Korean era parachute given the Vietnam war was still raging on and those chutes were in use. In the below Cossey article there is a claim the parachute was 28 foot. Which is more inline with the chute that is in my container. But agent Carr says its a 26 foot chute. https://komonews.com/archive/death-at-home-of-db-cooper-chute-packer-ruled-a-homicide-11-22-2015 "The parachutes provided to the skyjacker came from an Issaquah skydive center which had recently purchased them from Cossey. The one Cooper apparently used was a military-issue NB6, nylon, 28-foot with a conical canopy."
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In the History Channel "DB Cooper: Case Closed" They said either the Money, the Parachute or Cooper body would be needed to reopen the case. Maybe they are withholding info from the public on the parachute so they will know it is the right one if someone came forward.
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To Flyjack or Anyone that might know, You are very knowledgeable about the DB Cooper case. Well I guess you would be, having written a book and such. I have a Pioneer NB6 Container with what appears to be a Pioneer C-9 canopy inside. 1968 container. Strings are not cut as what is mandatory by the military before selling for salvage. The ripcord is missing I guess someone was looking into it. The ropes are properly and nicely folded within the container. I am 100 percent sure it is not Coopers chute but I have notice there is a serial number on the Pioneer NB6 container. I have read that Coopers Chute is 26 foot. This C-9 is 28 feet from what I read, so that pretty much eliminates this as Coopers chute. I have yet to confirm the chute measurement. My question is does the FBI have the Pioneer NB6 container serial number that Cossey gave Cooper?