Did They Really Find Him?

This is old news about extremely ancient news, but according to this article, investigators have finally discovered the identity of the mysterious "D.B. Cooper," who in 1971 hijacked an airplane, parachuted out with a couple hundred thousand dollars, and was never heard from again.

Allegedly this guy is still alive.  His name is one-time Vietnam vet Robert Rackstraw. 

Call me skeptical.

Rackstraw – a former Special Forces paratrooper, explosives expert and pilot with about 22 different aliases – was once a person of interest in the case, but was eliminated as a suspect by the FBI in 1979. His elimination was controversial amongst the investigating agents, and he remained, for many, the most viable suspect in what remains the only unsolved case of air piracy in the United States. In 2016, the FBI announced they were ending their investigation into the case.

“This has been a cover up, they’re stonewalling,” Colbert told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He believes that the FBI protected Rackstraw because he was involved in numerous classified units during the war and may have worked for the CIA. “This is an old fashioned scandal,” he said. (A rep for FBI’s Seattle field office told Rolling Stone that they have received “an immense number” of tips over the years, but “none to date have resulted in a definitive identification of the hijacker.” They did not respond to a request for comment on whether the FBI stonewalled an investigation into Rackstraw.)

That's the problem right there. It goes into conspiracy nuttery.

I will take a wait-and-see attitude. Myself, I believe "Cooper" is long since dead.