Hit or a miss at this year’s Cooper Con? It’s held at the Kiggins Theater in Vancouver, WA each November.…
D.B. Cooper/UFO Skywatch Party Preliminary Report
(NOTE: Because of the lack of support from the so-called ‘experts’ in D.B. Cooperland for this fun event, we have…
Crazy Trip to Darland Mountain – They Don’t Call Us ‘Adventure Books’ for Nothing
They said it couldn’t be done. The Department of Natural Resources guys, the Forest Service guys, four-wheelers, and some of…
D.B. Cooper – Second SUFON Skywatch Party Planned for 2022?
Due to the success of this year’s DB Cooper/Seattle UFO Network Skywatch Party that happened in July, Adventure Books of…
D.B. Cooper – Why the Prints the F.B.I. Obtained Might Be Useless to Them
After NWA Flight 305 landed in Reno, the F.B.I. searched the plane thoroughly for evidence, they also dusted for fingerprints…
D.B. Cooper – How the Seattle FBI Blew Their One Chance to Catch Him on the Ground in Seattle
Believe it or not, there WAS one narrow moment of opportunity for the Seattle FBI to catch D.B. Cooper on…
D.B. Cooper – Review of the Netflix Four-Part Limited TV Series
D.B. Cooper, Where Are You? is entertaining if nothing else. This writer watched all four episodes today in preparation for…
D.B. Cooper – FBI File Releases Now Available in a Single Searchable File Meeting PDF – X-1A Standards
Complicated title for this article, ain’t it? Some background. A few weeks ago, Dr. Bob Edwards of Great Britain (who…
Cooper Case Witness Tina Mucklow – Why She Won’t Speak to Armchair Investigators
(ABOVE: Northwest Airlines stewardess Tina Mucklow at a press conference shortly after the hijacking. The parody reference refers to the…
D.B. Cooper – Netflix Special Coming in July on the Cooper Case
A rep from Netflix (or a production company perhaps) did try to contact me some time ago concerning the special…
D.B. Cooper: He Wasn’t the ONLY U.S. Skyjacker to Get Away With It. Meet Cathy Kerkow
Fifty years after she and her boyfriend Roger ‘Willie’ Holder hijacked Western Airlines Flight 701 between Los Angeles and Seattle,…
D.B. Cooper – Five Myths Some Cooper Investigators STILL Believe are True
Fifty-plus years after D.B. Cooper pulled his little stunt on Northwest Airlines and was never seen again, many armchair investigators…
Equal Time for the UFO Folks – Why We Don’t Buy NASA’s Explanation on the ‘Mars Doorway’
NASA recently released four progressively-closer blowups of the now-famous image from Mt. Sharp on Mars, using them to convince people…
D.B. Cooper – Public Interest in Famous Case Reaches Lowest Level in Fifty Years. Here’s the Ten Reasons WHY
The year 2021 was a disappointing high-water mark for people interested in, or exploring the Cooper case. The 50th anniversary…
Cooper Investigator Dr. Bob Edwards Uploads Keyword-Searchable FBI Files on Hijacking Investigation
Dr. Bob Edwards of Bedford, England has a book out there on the Cooper case. D. B. Cooper and Flight…
D.B. Cooper – Wrapping Up Our Investigation Into the Cooper Case and Moving Forward – Part 1 of 2
Submitted by Robert Blevins: A Short History of Our Involvement in the D.B. Cooper Case – October, 2008: After reading…
D.B. Cooper – Wrapping Up Our Investigation Into the Cooper Case and Moving Forward – Part 2 of 2
Submitted by Robert Blevins: In Part One, this writer discussed the history of Adventure Books of Seattle as it relates…
D.B. Cooper – Parody – The Ballad of Kenny Christiansen
(A parody song about D.B. Cooper suspect Kenny Christiansen and his buddy Bernie Geestman, who we suspect were the brains…
D.B. Cooper – How Senior FBI Agent Dr John Jarvis Leaked to Friends that Kenny Christiansen was Indeed D.B. Cooper
After five years of secrecy, Adventure Books of Seattle staff have decided to release the full text of the famous…
D.B. Cooper – 2021 Year in Review
1….Surprisingly, the 50th anniversary of the D.B. Cooper case saw relatively little progress in the case itself, and the highly-touted…
A Break from the Cooper Case – Our Opinions on the War in Ukraine
While NATO waffles and imposes sanctions on Russia, on the ground the REAL fight is happening in Ukraine. Vladimir Putin…
D.B. Cooper – Moving on From Dropzone
Dropzone, a website based in South Africa for skydivers around the world, sent this writer a message today. ‘You are…
End of an Era – and Out of the Vortex
This is Robert M. Blevins at Adventure Books of Seattle, the author of this blog on the D.B. Cooper case.…
D.B. Cooper – The Five Biggest Myths You Hear About Adventure Books of Seattle and the Investigation Into Suspect Kenny Christiansen
(in no particular order) We say Kenny Christiansen bought a house for cash shortly after the Cooper hijacking. The Truth:…
D.B. Cooper – A Tribute to the Passing of Bryan Woodruff, Owner of the Ariel Store and Tavern
(ABOVE: Promotional photo done by the author, prior to sponsoring the final ‘D.B. Cooper Days’ party at the Ariel Tavern.…
The Comprehensive Search for Rachel Lakoduk in the North Cascades, Washington State
UPDATE: Rachel Lakoduk’s remains were finally discovered in August of 2021 by searchers, and in the area we showed the…
D.B. Cooper – Why Was He Never Caught?
There is a scene from the film Raiders of the Lost Ark when Indiana Jones and Sallah look at each other and…
Message For Cooperland
A short video on ‘Cooperland,’ the group of fans and investigators exploring the D.B. Cooper case.
Suspects 101: Ten Good Reasons Why Walter Reca ISN’T D.B. Cooper (But You’ll Only Need ONE)
Walter R. Reca, a Michigan native who died in 2014 and was a member of a parachute team in that…
D.B. Cooper Videos Coming Soon – from the Olympic Mountains.
Mass quantities (as the Coneheads used to say) of electronic gear and supplies now ready to go for my Big…
Another ‘Cooper Campout’ Scheduled for June 21-24, 2019 – This Time in Oregon
Adventure Books of Seattle is organizing another ‘DB Cooper Campout,’ and this time it is being held in the Mount…
D.B. Cooper – Our Office Cat ‘Coco’ and Why You Should Like Her
Most articles you see on the Cooper case are really serious. This suspect was Cooper, or that one. Over here…
Finally! Spring Breaks Out for Cooper Campout.
As George Harrison once said, “It’s been a long, cold, lonely winter.” Here at Adventure Books of Seattle, we’ve had…
Lyle Christiansen – His Character and Motivations Explained
Lyle Christiansen, a retired US Postal Service worker and the brother of accused ‘DB Cooper’ hijacker Kenny Christiansen, has been…
Who Was D.B. Cooper? So Simple Even a Couple of Kids Figured It Out.
Received this message at my main email, adventurebooksofseattle@gmail.com: Mr Blevins, Just wanted to say thank you for all of your…
‘If They Did It’ – Part Two. A Detailed Timeline on How We Think Christiansen and Geestman Pulled Off the D.B. Cooper Hijacking
From Start to Finish – A timeline developed by Adventure Books of Seattle staff on how we believe Kenny Christiansen and…
D.B. Cooper: Christmas Break 2018
EDIT Jan 21, 2019 – Thank you for the emails about Coco’s picture. The ‘thing’ on her neck behind her…
Suspects 101 – Seven Good Reasons Why Suspect Sheridan Peterson ISN’T D.B. Cooper
Sheridan Peterson, a retired teacher from Santa Rosa, California, was once a suspect in the Cooper hijacking. He is an…
D.B. Cooper – The Parachute Found in Amboy, WA – and Why The FBI’s Explanation Makes No Sense
In late March of 2008, a story broke in the press that some kids from the town of Amboy, WA…
Adventure Books of Seattle: Moving Forward With the D.B. Cooper Case, Our Plan to Reopen Submissions, and Other Issues
(Above : Rob and Susan at the 2021 DB Cooper/UFO Skywatch Party near Mt. Rainier.) Six months after Susan Rapp…
Applications to Attend the Annual D.B. Cooper/UFO Skywatch Party are Now Closed
Response was good to our proposal to sponsor a party up near Mt. Rainier, WA this coming July. U.S. Forest…
Our Upcoming D.B. Cooper/UFO Skywatch Party and What AB Staff Think About the Holdouts in Mariupol, Ukraine
The ongoing battle at the massive steel works in Mariupol reminds us of The Alamo. Not just the famous movie(s)…
Final Gear Test for D.B. Cooper/UFO Skywatch Party a Success
Adventure Books of Seattle CFO Susan Rapp and AB head honcho Robert Blevins (yours truly) just returned from a full-scale…
D.B. Cooper/UFO Skywatch Party, Mt. Rainier, Washington state. Public Informational Release on the Event
From Friday morning, July 8th, 2022 until Sunday morning, July 10th, Adventure Books of Seattle staff, in cooperation with the…
Final Gear Test for UFO/DB Cooper Skywatch Party Goes South. And How We Recovered From All That.
Adventure Books of Seattle, in cooperation with SUFON (the Seattle UFO Network) have been planning the biggest party ever tossed…
D.B. Cooper – ‘How is the Road to the DB Cooper/UFO Skywatch Party?’ Our Easy Answer.
We’ve been getting questions from people who are either considering attending, or already plan to show up to our Skywatch…
D.B. Cooper – Videos Planned for the 2022 Cooper/UFO Skywatch Party, and the People Behind Them
Three different groups have decided to shoot comprehensive video over the three days of the Skywatch Party near Mt. Rainier,…
D.B. Cooper – AB of Seattle and the Seattle UFO Network Finalize Plan for 2022 Skywatch Party
The so-called ‘experts’ in the D.B. Cooper case, a relatively small group these days, not only engineered our ban from…
The DB Cooper Hijacking 