# Paul 2024: The FBI may be on the verge of reopening the D.B. Cooper case

> Andrew Paul, 2024. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Journalism; used for the November 2024 state of the claim.

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# The FBI may be on the verge of reopening the D.B. Cooper case

Andrew Paul, 2024. _Popular Science, 26 November 2024_.

Reports Gryder's claim that the rig is a heavily modified military surplus bail-out parachute, the FBI visit to the property shown in his 18 November 2024 video, McCoy III's DNA sample and offer of exhumation, and the FBI's refusal to comment beyond its 2016 update.

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Journalism; used for the November 2024 state of the claim.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[Gryder calls it a 'one in a billion' rig: a heavily modified military surplus bail-out parachute of the kind…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper/evidence/EVD0D6SXENG19J4/gryder-calls-it-a-one-in-a-billion-rig-a-heavily-modified)

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[Dan Gryder](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/db-cooper/people/FIG0D6SX1Z85PQS/dan-gryder)

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

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Paul, A. (2024). The FBI may be on the verge of reopening the D.B. Cooper case. Popular Science, 26 November 2024. https://www.popsci.com/technology/db-cooper-parachute/
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