Part 85, page 284
Document date 9 December 1976
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 85 p. 284, News clipping, dated 9 Dec 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-85/pages/284
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THE UNAILING SEARCH — A helicopter takes off from search headquarters at Woodland, Wash., to scour the area highjacker Dan Cooper might have parachuted into two days before, Nov. 24, 1971. Exhaustive searches at the time brought no results. The flow of clues, hints and tips from the publi[c] [guess: was] slowed to a tricl[e] after checking out more than 1,0[00] suspects the FBI sa[id] little more about Cooper than on th[e] stormy night he d[isappeared]
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Thanksgiving eve skyjacke[r]
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EDITOR'S NOTE — There's almost no chance that Dan Cooper, who parachuted from an airliner with $200,000 strapped to his body, is still alive. But if he is, the statute of limi- tations for his skyjack runs out Thanksgiving eve.
By JOE FRAZIER Associated Press Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A mis- erably wet, wind[y], cold Thanksgiving eve in 1971.
on board and the jet, with only the crew and Cooper aboard, headed for Reno on Cooper's orders. Then somewhere over southwest Washington, Cooper, with the 21 pounds of money strapped to him, bailed out. He hasn't been heard from since. If he's alive, and that's a big "if," the five-year statute of limitations runs out this Thanksgiving eve, Nov. 24. Or does it?
Cooper picked some of the roughest country in the Pacific Northwest. He took two of the four parachutes with him when he jumped. One was a small emergency chute of the type used by stunt flyers. Under ideal conditions, someone who knew what he was doing might break an ankle or leg with it. The other was a training chute used for demonstrations. The panels had been sewn shut. It wouldn't have opened.
[right column, partially cut off:] [I]t has been sear[ched] s[e]arched in vain. What would it take[?] re[m]ains, assuming th[e] [I]'d say it might tak[e] yea[r]s. I mean, how c[ould] blac[k]berry thicket hi[de a] hea[d]" Loggers who work i[n] that [c]otes, mounta[ins] dogs [c]ould make q[uite a] body. [A]fter five year[s] 'might [be] a scrap o[f]