# The black clip-on tie and tie clip from seat 18E

> The only object the hijacker is believed to have worn. The clip spindle has not been swabbed for DNA. Ulis v. FBI (D.D.C. 2023) held that FOIA does not…

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**ART** 0D6SXTW41PX9·Artifact · object

# The black clip-on tie and tie clip from seat 18E

ObjectPublic domainLeft on the aircraft 24 November 1971; a JCPenney model discontinued in 1968

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/db-cooper-hijacking).

The only object the hijacker is believed to have worn. The clip spindle has not been swabbed for DNA. Ulis v. FBI (D.D.C. 2023) held that FOIA does not reach it.

Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1971. Public domain

## Copies 2

**Photo** Federal Bureau of Investigation · fbi.gov · Public domain (US government work)Primary source: [D.B. Cooper Hijacking](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D6SWQQ43WDE/d-b-cooper-hijacking)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/db-cooper-hijacking)

**Dataset** McCrone Associates for the Cooper Research Team · citizensleuths.com · 2017 · not statedPrimary source: [McCrone Labs Analysis 2017](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D6SWSDT2B8S/mccrone-labs-analysis-2017)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.citizensleuths.com/mccrone-labs-analysis-2017/)

## Where it was made

[Seattle-Tacoma International Airport](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D6SWYSP1KVJ/seattle-tacoma-international-airport) · Airport

## Sources 3

- [D. B. Cooper](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D6SWREJ65CS/d-b-cooper)_SRC_
- [McCrone Labs Analysis 2017](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D6SWSDT2B8S/mccrone-labs-analysis-2017)_SRC_
- [Titanium Particles from Cooper's Tie](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D6SWS605K49/titanium-particles-from-coopers-tie)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). The black clip-on tie and tie clip from seat 18E [Artifact ART0D6SXTW41PX9]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D6SXTW41PX9
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Key

**ART** 0D6SXTW41PX9

Kind

Object

Held by

Federal Bureau of Investigation (evidence; a federal court declined to order its release in 2023)

Dated

left on the aircraft 24 November 1971; a JCPenney model discontinued in 1968; DNA sampled 2001; partial profile 2007; particles sampled 2009 to 2016; McCrone scan 2016 to 2017

Licence

Public domain (US government work)

Place

[Seattle-Tacoma International Airport](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D6SWYSP1KVJ/seattle-tacoma-international-airport)

Part of

[Hijacking of Northwest 305 (D. B. Cooper)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper)

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