Part 96, page 422

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The Successful episode of D.B.Cooper.

How he pulled off the job and why the F.B.I. Haven,t Found him.

To Understand the D.B. Cooper case it is necessary build a p profile of his character.

First He had to be either extremely Stupid or very inteligent. Only an extremely stupid person would attempt to parachute out of a plane at night, over wooded country without knowing his exact location, which would be unlikely with a stupid person. Yet that is exactly what many people, including the News Media and according [guess: to] them the F.B.I.

To further eliminate the Studidity issue,let us examine why I have eliminated that possibility, At, one time I was willing to accept the version as published in the papers, figuring that the F.B.I. knew details that were not published.

On Feb 10, 1981 when the $5800.00 was found along the Columbia river it was practically proof positive that Cooper was still alive and had escaped with the money. It was reported at that time that there was a rubber band around the money when found but that it had broken off when the money was picked up. There is no way that a rubber band would have lasted over nin e years, even if burried. It is also unlikely that there would be just 5800 dollars in a bundle. there would have been an even amount for easy countability

Cooper apparently planted that money thereto further enhance the opinion that he had jumped in that area and was dead. he furthermore devised this scheme to make it easier for him to spend the money, here is what he planned. He planted this bundle in the sand on the windward side of a small dune. knowing that when a good wind came up it would uncover the sand on that side (in the meantime the ruber band would have been