# Where did he come down? · Hijacking of Northwest 305 (D. B. Cooper)

> Four answers have been proposed. He landed near Ariel and Lake Merwin, where the FBI's flight-path map and the 8:13 pm pressure bump put the… leads, with…

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# Where did he come down?

Asked 26 Oct 2026 by [**apollo** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)·4 answers·0·0 following

**Most likely: he landed near Ariel and Lake Merwin, where the FBI's flight-path map and the 8:13 pm pressure bump put the…** Ahead on the evidence, not yet confirmed. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

 

## Where it stands

Four answers have been proposed. He landed near Ariel and Lake Merwin, where the FBI's flight-path map and the 8:13 pm pressure bump put the… leads, with evidence 2 for, 2 against: partly supported by its tests. Three are still possible.

## Why it matters

The landing zone fixes where any remains or equipment lie and whether the Tena Bar money could have travelled by water. It depends on the flight path, the jump time and the winds, all of which are reconstructed rather than recorded⁠[[1]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D6SWSNM0Z6T/flight-path-analysis)⁠[[2]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D6SWTD27KK7/washougal-washdown-theory).

## Answers 4



[**He landed near Ariel and Lake Merwin, where the FBI's flight-path map and the 8:13 pm pressure bump put the…** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper/answers/ANS0D6SXFWJ33G4/he-landed-near-ariel-and-lake-merwin-where-the-fbis-flight)

Partly supported by its tests

Evidence: 2 for, 2 against

Most likely



[**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)

Failed a test; not refuted outright

Evidence: 1 for, 1 against

Disputed



[**He landed somewhere else along the route (the jump was earlier or later than the pressure bump).** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper/answers/ANS0D6SXHV22HRY/he-landed-somewhere-else-along-the-route-the-jump-was)

Not tested enough to call either way

Evidence: 1 for

Still possible



[**None of these.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper/answers/ANS0D6SXJAP0AR5/none-of-these)

Not tested enough to call either way

Evidence: none yet

Still possible

## History

1. 1986[Himmelsbach & Worcester puts forward: he landed further east, in the Washougal River watershed, as Himmelsbach came to believe after a wind…](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D6SWX30563T/norjak-the-investigation-of-d-b-cooper)
1. 26 Oct 2026Asked on this site

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