Thanks for that MrShutter as I had never seen it either.
I am amazed this FBI agent thinks DB started tumbling the minute he left the stairs and tumbled all the way down till he hit the ground. I assume that meant splat on the ground as in death.
If that were the case don't you think there would have been some evidence found from an accident like this? If not soon after, in time? The plane was on a regular flight path so it would be easy to check, right?
Does anyone here know where that concrete pad circle is that Left Coast thought DB landed close by? Is that near where this agent shows the point on the map where DB jumped?
Hi guys. After the hijacking the FBI (and others) received a number of
'expert opinions' from a number of sources including for example, members
of the Boeing skydive club. The bulk of opinion they received at the time
was that Cooper probably had not survived, for a number of reasons,
some reasons based on the personal experience and estimates of experts,
and some reasons purely hypothetical. Tumbling was one possibility
suggested. So in fairness, much of what RH and others said (for the
press) following the hijacking, was actually based on opinions the FBI had
been given by experts in various fields at the time, as opposed to being
spontaneous forumulations by Bureau members.
The FBI in Washington was highly dependent on expertise from outside
sources in this case. This happened again after Ingram found the money.
Scandi is referring to two former posters here, Left Coast & Right Coast,
who back in 2007-08 thought Teddy Mayfield was DB Cooper. Since
Mayfield lives in Washington and is an expert skydiver, LC/RC were looking
for a likely landing place from which Ted could have moved quickly to then
be calling RH personally, the same evening of the hijacking (about
10:00pm as I recall?) LC thought he had found a circular cement pad
which might fit the requirement, except that of course it would be
impossible to sight much less land on such a small target, from 10k feet in
the weather that night etc etc etc. The Ted Mayfield theory collapsed for
a number of reasons, after a lot of publicity.
This is the Myers & Dvorak I have referred to elsewhere.