# Could D.B. Cooper have been a French-Canadian?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 26, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-d-b-cooper-have-been-a-french-canadian/604117 "2011-11-26T03:43:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Valteron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f17d59/32.png) [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-d-b-cooper-have-been-a-french-canadian/604117/81 "2011-12-02T04:13:13Z")

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The answer is right here!  
[http://statelywarrenmanor.blogspot.com/2011/08/far-side-of-news.html](http://statelywarrenmanor.blogspot.com/2011/08/far-side-of-news.html)

Thank you all for contributing to my OP! Old D.B. will continue to fascinate us for many years, I think. The thing that makes him a sort of folk hero is that he did not hurt or kill anyone (except himself, possibly).

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**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-d-b-cooper-have-been-a-french-canadian/604117/82 "2011-12-02T05:35:53Z")

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> [@Esox\_Lucius](#):
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> Replying to your post again (it was getting late last night).
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> There’s a reference to oscillations on page 106 of the PDF file: “8:12 PM PST - Getting some oscillations in the cabin, must be doing something with air stairs”.

I don’t know how I missed that- well, I think I know. I started scrolling down, barely glancing at the transcript, until I got more than half way down and found the same time period covered (on p. 196-197) but no mention of oscillations. I’m not sure why, or why there appear to be two versions of the transcript. Maybe they covered two sets of communications, to Minneapolis Flight Ops and to Seattle.

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**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-d-b-cooper-have-been-a-french-canadian/604117/83 "2011-12-02T06:09:53Z")

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I found it confusing, too. There are three different transcripts, two of which overlap, and the third which leaves a gap and only covers the flight to Reno after Cooper had jumped. As comprehensive as the site is overall, it’s a bit scattered with lots of typos. But at least it’s there.

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-d-b-cooper-have-been-a-french-canadian/604117/84 "2011-12-03T01:18:41Z")

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> [@tommymann](#):
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> This no longer interests me.

Ignorance 1, SDMB 0 (5 innings)

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**Author:** ![tommymann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@tommymann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tommymann)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-d-b-cooper-have-been-a-french-canadian/604117/85 "2011-12-31T17:49:26Z")

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> [@Frank](#):
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> > [@tommymann](#):
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> > This no longer interests me.
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> Ignorance 1, SDMB 0 (5 innings)

You left out part of my message:

> [@tommymann](#):
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> Sorry but when it stops being fun I stop participating.

So who is being ignorant?

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