# He landed further east, in the Washougal River watershed, as Himmelsbach came to believe after a wind…

> Disputed: He landed further east, in the Washougal River watershed, as Himmelsbach came to believe after a wind re-analysis.

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Answer · Hijacking of Northwest 305 (D. B. Cooper)

# He landed further east, in the Washougal River watershed, as Himmelsbach came to believe after a wind…

He landed further east, in the Washougal River watershed, as Himmelsbach came to believe after a wind re-analysis.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The aircraft was east of the published path, or the jump was later than 8:13 pm.
- The Tena Bar money could have travelled down the Washougal to the Columbia.

## What would rule it out

- A confirmed track along Victor 23 at the jump time with no time for the aircraft to reach the Washougal basin.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[A Continental pilot's wind data exposed errors in the first drop-zone estimate and led the FBI to favour the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper/evidence/EVD0D6SXHBE3K65/a-continental-pilots-wind-data-exposed-errors-in-the-first)

Suggestive

FOR

[The DME timing in the transcripts leaves no time for the aircraft to have flown over the Washougal basin, and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper/evidence/EVD0D6SXHK816DM/the-dme-timing-in-the-transcripts-leaves-no-time-for-the)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Where did he come down?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper/questions/QST0D6SXA8W22H3/where-did-he-come-down)

Most likelyHe landed near Ariel and Lake Merwin, where the FBI's flight-path map and the 8:13 pm pressure bump put the…

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). He landed further east, in the Washougal River watershed, as Himmelsbach came to believe after a wind… [Answer ANS0D6SXH3M7D1V]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D6SXH3M7D1V
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