Coast to Coast AM with George Noory

Coast to Coast AM with George Noory

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New D.B. Cooper Suspect Emerges

The already-complex case of notorious skyjacker D.B. Cooper has  seemingly become even more difficult to unravel as a new and  heretofore-unmentioned suspect has been proposed. The theory surrounding  this individual was detailed this week by the newspaper The Oregonian,  which broke the story of an anonymous U.S. Army data analyst who is  convinced that he has solved the infamous mystery of who was behind the  daring 1971 mid-air heist which has captivated and confounded  researchers for over 40 years.

According to the unnamed armchair investigator, the suspect in question  is a man named William J. Smith. He arrived at this conclusion by way of  a somewhat convoluted trail which began with a 1985 book on the case  that claimed to feature communication between the author and the  mysterious skyjacker. Although the work was considered to be less than  honest by serious Cooper researchers, the anonymous analyst suspected  that there may be a grain of truth hidden in the tale.

He managed to trace the name used by the self-proclaimed skyjacker in  the book to a person with a similar moniker who appears to have been  that same individual. This conclusion was based on the fact that  numerous life events depicted in the book by 'Cooper' matched this man's  personal history. Digging further, the dogged researcher eventually  discovered that his suspected correspondent had a friend named William  J. Smith who bore what he believes to be an uncanny resemblance to the  FBI sketches of the skyjacker and would have had both the motivation as  well as the means to pull off the caper. 

More on this fascinating story at the Coast to Coast AM website.


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