# Kaye n.d.: Washougal Washdown Theory

> Thomas G. Kaye, Cooper Research Team, n.d.. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the washdown reading and the evidence against it.

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# Washougal Washdown Theory

Thomas G. Kaye, Cooper Research Team, n.d.. _citizensleuths.com_.

States the theory that the money washed down the Washougal River to the Columbia and Tena Bar, and reports the team's river experiments with banded bundles, the Google Earth distance from the Ariel zone to the Washougal basin, and the DME timing argument against the aircraft having been that far east.

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## What it's used for here

Source for the washdown reading and the evidence against it.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[The bundles washed down a tributary (the Washougal) into the Columbia and were deposited on the bar by the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper/answers/ANS0D6SXMRT6419/the-bundles-washed-down-a-tributary-the-washougal-into-the)

Answer

ANS

[In river experiments, banded bundles did not survive six months and did not travel far intact; the bands on…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper/evidence/EVD0D6SXN8E0S5K/in-river-experiments-banded-bundles-did-not-survive-six)

Evidence

EVD

[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)

Evidence

EVD

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

The mystery article

MYS

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

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
Kaye, T. G., & Cooper Research Team (n.d.). Washougal Washdown Theory. citizensleuths.com. https://www.citizensleuths.com/washougal-washdown-theory/
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