# A Continental pilot's wind data exposed errors in the first drop-zone estimate and led the FBI to favour the…

> A Continental pilot's wind data exposed errors in the first drop-zone estimate and led the FBI to favour the Washougal.

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# A Continental pilot's wind data exposed errors in the first drop-zone estimate and led the FBI to favour the…

A Continental pilot's wind data exposed errors in the first drop-zone estimate and led the FBI to favour the Washougal.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[He landed further east, in the Washougal River watershed, as Himmelsbach came to believe after a wind…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper/answers/ANS0D6SXH3M7D1V/he-landed-further-east-in-the-washougal-river-watershed-as)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A Continental pilot's wind data exposed errors in the first drop-zone estimate and led the FBI to favour the… [Evidence EVD0D6SXHBE3K65]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0D6SXHBE3K65
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