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

A person placed, buried or lost the money on the bar, months or more after the hijacking.

A person placed, buried or lost the money on the bar, months or more after the hijacking.

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Where it stands

Most likelyIts tests partly supported it: three pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

What it predicts

  • The bills show one short immersion and then burial in oxygenated sand for most of a year or more.
  • Only part of the ransom is present and the rest was never spent.

What would rule it out

  • A natural transport mechanism shown to deliver intact banded bundles from the drop zone to the bar in the required time.

Evidence 3 for · 1 against

The questions it answers

Most likelyA person placed, buried or lost the money on the bar, months or more after the hijacking

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). A person placed, buried or lost the money on the bar, months or more after the hijacking. [Answer ANS0D6SXPFG1S60]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D6SXPFG1S60
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