NORJAK · Flight 305 · The jump and the drop zone
We're Getting Some Oscillations in My Sanity
Where the F@$# Did He Jump
Jump · 8:11 PM ±1 minHeard live on the company radio and reproduced by the January 1972 sled test
Drop zone · 1972 zone holdsEvery 8:11 zone rebuilt with real 1971 winds falls inside NWA's envelope
Route · V-23 or bustLow, slow and gear-down left one workable way south
We're Getting Some Oscillations in My Sanity
Where the F@$# Did He Jump
When Cooper left the plane, where the plane was, and every place the FBI decided he could have landed. The report also tests the "later jump" theory, shows how Cooper's own demands pinned the plane to Victor 23, and rebuilds the drop zone with the 1971 weather-balloon winds.
Key findings
- Jump: 8:11 PM, ±1 minute. Heard live on the company radio and reproduced by the January 1972 sled test.
- Drop zone: the 1972 zone holds. Every 8:11 zone rebuilt with the real 1971 winds falls inside NWA's envelope.
- Route: V-23 or bust. Low, slow and gear-down left one workable way south.