Sleuth claims hidden encryption links Cooper letter to highly trained Vietnam vet
FOX NEWS Website; by Ryan Gaydos; 1/5/18;
A stream of numbers at the bottom of a typed letter believed sent by the mysterious fugitive D.B. Cooper came from a man...
Special Report: Has the Cooper mystery finally been solved?
By Gary Baum; Hollywood Reporter; Sept. 4, 2019
Long before the...
New Evidence May Hold Key Clue to Identifying Cooper
Inside Edition
January 5, 2018
Investigators dedicated to solving the notorious 1971 hijacking of a Boeing 727 believe they’ve finally discovered the identity of the air bandit known as D.B. Cooper...
Code-breaking could reveal D.B. Cooper’s true identity
Daily Mail
January 8th, 2018
Rod Ardehali/Mailonline & James Wilkinson
Dogged independent investigators examining documents reportedly sent by D.B. Cooper believe a secret coded message may finally have confirmed the true identity...
Sleuths: Hijacker brags of escape, outfoxing FBI in encrypted note
NEWSWEEK; By Maria Perez, Friday, June 29, 2018;
An investigative team led by former FBI agents claims it has unmasked a coded message in a 1972 letter from the infamous...
Many believe this ‘homeless disabled vet’ was D.B. Cooper
By Morgan Krakow; Washington Post, Wednesday, July 10, 2019;
Robert W. Rackstraw Sr., the targeted subject in a 2016 History Channel documentary about...
D.B. Cooper: Sleuths claim they’ve discovered skyjacker’s identity
A private team digging into the cold case says they used a “confession” from the 1970s to finger a former CIA operative, now living in San...
Former outlaw featured in TV program dies in San Diego
By Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union
Tribune; 7/9/19
He was a high school dropout and U.S.
Army paratrooper trained in explosives and psychological operations. In
addition, he...
Californian’s 7-Year Cooper Quest: Results & Reflections
By Gretchen Wenner; Ventura County Star Edition; August 22, 2019;
When a 75-year-old grandfather passed away last month of natural
causes in his San Diego...
Rackstraw, lead Cooper suspect with Oregon connections, is dead
The Oregonian
By Douglas Perry; Wednesday, July 10,
2019
Robert Rackstraw loved adventure. He
also embraced danger and confrontation. And for a...