GC6AMCP D. B. Cooper (Unknown Cache) in Illinois, United States created by Darth Leviosa

This cache has been archived.

Darth Leviosa: Stopped by to check on this one during a maintenance run. I knew the original host was removed a while back and a finder moved it to another host. I couldn't find it today in any of the hosts near the coordinates. It might be there somewhere, but since the coords aren't good, and container was unique and I couldn't find it, I'm going to archive it. Thanks to all who visited!

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A cache by Darth Leviosa Message this owner

Hidden : 8/8/2016

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NOTE: THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES!

D. B. Cooper was an unidentified man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft in the airspace between Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, on November 24, 1971, extorted $200,000 in ransom (equivalent to $1,170,000 in 2015), and parachuted to an uncertain fate. Despite an extensive manhunt and protracted FBI investigation, the perpetrator has never been located or identified.

While FBI investigators stated from the beginning that Cooper probably did not survive his risky jump, they nevertheless pursued all credible leads, evidence, and witnesses over a 45-year period following the crime. As yet, no conclusive evidence has surfaced regarding Cooper's true identity or whereabouts. (The suspect purchased his airline ticket using the alias Dan Cooper, but because of a news media miscommunication he became known in popular lore as "D. B. Cooper".)

Numerous theories of widely varying plausibility have been proposed over the years by experts, reporters, and amateur enthusiasts. The discovery of a small cache of ransom bills in 1980 triggered renewed interest, but ultimately only deepened the mystery, and the great majority of the ransom remains unrecovered. The case remains the only unsolved air piracy in American aviation history.

The FBI officially suspended active investigation of the case in July 2016, but continues to solicit submission of any physical evidence related to the parachutes or the ransom money that might emerge.

What no one knew until now is that Cooper did not actually jump from the airplane where they thought he did. He actually commanded the pilots to fly to Chicago, where for some unknown reason he jumped over Lake Arlington exactly at the posted coordinates. There was a terrible windstorm at the time and the pilots weren't sure where Cooper landed. Investigators have scoured evidence for years trying to find where he landed that day. Now it's your turn!