really nice job, Bruce.  Of course, the good stuff I'm not going to release right now.  That is confidential and closely held.  The FBI knows some of it and they aren't talking about Gossett either.  Sorry Sailshaw, but your guy was not DB Cooper.

To Coopsnoop:  You say: "really nice job, Bruce.  Of course, the good stuff I'm not going to release right now.  That is confidential and closely held.  The FBI knows some of it and they aren't talking about Gossett either. Sorry Sailshaw, but your guy was not DB Cooper."

I say:  "Why do you rule out Sheridan Peterson?"  What about him does not fit, is it his "Perfect Alibi" about being in Nepal? Your answer may lead us to  possibly why the FBI ruled him out and that is why the crime is not solved in 43 years.

Bob Sailshaw
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Coopsnoop,
Regarding Gossett -- In Geoff's book, he said that Carr was looking for DNA to match with a suspect in Utah. Was the Gossett?  There was some speculation it was McCoy.

I know you don't want to leak much, but can you answer that?  Kind of goes to how the FBI regards Gossett.

CoopSnoop:  You say: "To be honest, I'm not sure who Carr was referring to. It could have been either one.  Eng has had the case longer than Carr.  Eng told me that the use of DNA "will not" solve this case.  He told me the reasons too, and they were plausible explanations.  The FBI "will not" tell me of the outcome of Gossett's prints, which I submitted in 2008.  There is a reason for this too.  Carr called me at my office in early 2008 and begged me for Gossett's prints.  I guess you can read between the lines.  But there are other ways to solve the DB Cooper case besides DNA and prints.  And the FBI continues to be interested in those other approaches."

I say: " Why do you continue with a poor suspect (too short, etc) and not open your eyes to the "Best Suspect" (Sheridan Peterson) who fits all the requirements and worked at Boeing in the "Manual and Handbooks Group" just to find out about the 727 and how it could be juimped. He  even started the Boeing Skydiving Club and jumped at the Issaquah Sky Sports DZ and knew Earl Cossey the rigger. He even got particles on the tie he left onboard the skyjacked 727 of both types of Titanium (Pure and Alloy) from looking into the scrap bins of the lab just below his office in the 9-101 building. Boeing was the only place in the North West where both types of Titanium were being used. I know because my office was also on the second floor of the 9-101 building. I also did some work in the M & P Lab with flame spraying which was being expermited with to flame spray pure titanium on leading edges of the SST. Pure titanium had better temperature and abrasion characteristics than the aloy titanium that the SST was made. The FBI thinks they have good DNA from the tie clasp, but it is most likely from someone else (helping to put the tie on) and not DB Coopers. The real DNA that the FBI needs to look at and compare with what they have of Sheridan's is under the stamps/envelope flaps of the four letters sent to the news papers following Norjak.
You are following the wrong suspect!
Bob Sailshaw
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Good luck with your investigation, Sailshaw.

CoopSnoop:

The question posed by Bill Mitchell who sat in the same isle as DB, he has a Turkey Chin. So, if you look at the attached photo of Sheridan's chin you will see that he has excess skin under his chin and it laps over his shirt collar.

Vickie:
You Say:     "My point being...skeletal remains were intact after 60 years in the Pacific Northwest. There may be hope in finding the "Cooper" remains."

I Say:   "Too bad you would like to think that DB died in the jump. Actually, my suspect Sheridan Peterson made it safely as he was a Skydiving Instructor/ Smoke Jumper  with years of experience and ability to survive and walk out from anywhere. He is alive and living in California today and almost 90 years old. Hopefully, he will write part 2 of his book and it will tell us how it was done. Note that none of the other skydivers from skyjacked planes died in the jump as it was a cake-walk for an experienced skydiver."

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I don't think it's that hard to go missing after all these years. based on such a large area of where "they think" he jumped, anything is possible at this point. Amazon likes to believe that every inch of Washington has been hiked. If he landed in brush away from the search area. there is no telling what happened from that point on. the further the time frame goes on the jump time. the closer the water hazards appear.

I want to believe he made it, but I just don't think he did. I could be wrong, but I haven't seen anything convince me of anything different. circumstantial evidence can't bring the dead back.