D.B. Cooper: The Hijacker Who Jumped Into the Night and Vanished
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- Length
- 3:17
- Scenes
- 39
- Credits
- 53
- Rendered in
- 15 min 3 s
What went in
“D.B. Cooper: the man who hijacked a Boeing 727, took $200,000 and jumped into the night - the only unsolved airplane hijacking in American history”
- Started from
- A topic
- Format
- Long video · 3:17
- Niche
- True crime
- Tone
- Dark and suspenseful
- Style
- Cinematic realism
- Visuals
- Real footage + AI
- Voice
- Matt - Natural, like a friend telling a story
- Language
- English
- Captions
- Karaoke fill
- Music
- Suspense / true crime
What it cost
$5.12 on Starter ($29 for 300 credits a month) - $1.56 per finished minute. $3.52 on Pro, the lowest price per credit.
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See plans39 scenes, directed by AI
The script is cut into scenes word for word; each one gets its own picture, motion graphic or real footage. This is the plan you review and can edit before rendering.
illustration01 · 0:00
AI imageA man in a dark suit hands a stewardess a note. She tucks it away unopened.
illustration02 · 0:06
AI imageHe leans in. She later said he told her to read it, because he had a bomb.
illustration03 · 0:11
AI imageIt's November 24, 1971, the day before Thanksgiving.
04 · 0:17
Map: journeyNorthwest Orient Flight 305 is flying from Portland to Seattle.
archive05 · 0:22
Photo: Wikimedia CommonsThe calm man in his mid-forties bought his ticket as Dan Cooper.
illustration06 · 0:27
AI imageNobody will ever learn his real name.
illustration07 · 0:29
AI imageHe opens his briefcase for Florence Schaffner. Red cylinders. Wires. A battery.
08 · 0:36
Worked calculationHe wants two hundred thousand dollars in twenties and four parachutes.
illustration09 · 0:41
AI imageIn Seattle, the money arrives.
illustration10 · 0:44
AI imageBut the FBI has recorded the serial number of every one of the 10,000 bills.
illustration11 · 0:50
AI imageCooper doesn't know that.
illustration12 · 0:52
AI imageHe lets all 36 passengers walk off. Within hours, he'll jump into the night.
illustration13 · 0:58
AI imageDid he survive it?
illustration14 · 0:59
Chapter titleHe wants Mexico City, with a fuel stop in Reno.
15 · 1:05
Footage: PixabayHe tells the pilots to fly low and slow, with the flaps partly lowered and the landing gear down.
illustration16 · 1:11
AI imageHe asked for four parachutes for a reason.
illustration17 · 1:14
AI imageInvestigators believe it meant nobody could risk handing him a sabotaged one.
18 · 1:19
Footage: PixabayOutside, it's dark and raining, and far below freezing.
19 · 1:24
ClockAt around eight thirteen at night, the crew feels the tail lurch. The rear airstair has dropped.
illustration20 · 1:31
AI imageNobody sees him go.
illustration21 · 1:33
AI imageThe jet lands in Reno. The cabin is empty.
22 · 1:37
Footage: PixabaySearchers comb the woods of southwest Washington. They find nothing.
illustration23 · 1:42
AI imageYear after year, not one listed bill turns up.
24 · 1:46
Map: placeIn February 1980, eight-year-old Brian Ingram is digging on Tena Bar, a sandbar on the Columbia River.
illustration25 · 1:54
AI imageHis hands hit rotting bundles of twenties.
illustration26 · 1:57
AI imageIt comes to about five thousand eight hundred dollars, and the serial numbers match.
27 · 2:03
Photo: PixabayIt's the first hard proof of where the money went... and maybe the man.
illustration28 · 2:08
AI imageSo is Cooper somewhere in that river, or did he walk away alive?
illustration29 · 2:13
Chapter titleHe left one thing on the plane: a clip-on tie.
archive30 · 2:18
Footage: DVIDSLater tests reportedly find a partial DNA profile on it. But it matches no one.
31 · 2:24
People of the caseSuspects come and go. Richard McCoy pulled a similar hijacking in 1972.
illustration32 · 2:31
AI imageRobert Rackstraw drew years of attention. But nobody has ever proven either man was Cooper.
archive33 · 2:38
Photo: Wikimedia CommonsThe sandbar cash stays a riddle.
archive34 · 2:40
Footage: DVIDSA flood, dredging, or a deliberate burial may have put it there. Nobody agrees.
archive35 · 2:46
Photo: Wikimedia CommonsIn July 2016, the FBI suspends its active investigation. Its view is that Cooper probably didn't survive.
illustration36 · 2:55
AI imageSo did he live? Most likely not. But there's no body, no name and no proof.
illustration37 · 3:03
AI imageIt's still the only unsolved hijacking of an American commercial airliner.
illustration38 · 3:07
AI imageOut of 10,000 twenty-dollar bills, only the ones a child dug from the sand ever came back.
illustration39 · 3:14
AI imageThe man who took them never did.
The script, as narrated
The Note in Seat 18C
A man in a dark suit hands a stewardess a note. She tucks it away unopened. He leans in. She later said he told her to read it, because he had a bomb.
It's November 24, 1971, the day before Thanksgiving. Northwest Orient Flight 305 is flying from Portland to Seattle. The calm man in his mid-forties bought his ticket as Dan Cooper. Nobody will ever learn his real name.
He opens his briefcase for Florence Schaffner. Red cylinders. Wires. A battery.
He wants two hundred thousand dollars in twenties and four parachutes.
In Seattle, the money arrives. But the FBI has recorded the serial number of every one of the 10,000 bills. Cooper doesn't know that.
He lets all 36 passengers walk off. Within hours, he'll jump into the night. Did he survive it?
The Stairs at 8:13
He wants Mexico City, with a fuel stop in Reno. He tells the pilots to fly low and slow, with the flaps partly lowered and the landing gear down.
He asked for four parachutes for a reason. Investigators believe it meant nobody could risk handing him a sabotaged one.
Outside, it's dark and raining, and far below freezing.
At around eight thirteen at night, the crew feels the tail lurch. The rear airstair has dropped. Nobody sees him go.
The jet lands in Reno. The cabin is empty.
Searchers comb the woods of southwest Washington. They find nothing.
Year after year, not one listed bill turns up.
In February 1980, eight-year-old Brian Ingram is digging on Tena Bar, a sandbar on the Columbia River. His hands hit rotting bundles of twenties. It comes to about five thousand eight hundred dollars, and the serial numbers match.
It's the first hard proof of where the money went... and maybe the man.
So is Cooper somewhere in that river, or did he walk away alive?
The Tie He Left Behind
He left one thing on the plane: a clip-on tie. Later tests reportedly find a partial DNA profile on it. But it matches no one.
Suspects come and go. Richard McCoy pulled a similar hijacking in 1972. Robert Rackstraw drew years of attention. But nobody has ever proven either man was Cooper.
The sandbar cash stays a riddle. A flood, dredging, or a deliberate burial may have put it there. Nobody agrees.
In July 2016, the FBI suspends its active investigation. Its view is that Cooper probably didn't survive.
So did he live? Most likely not. But there's no body, no name and no proof. It's still the only unsolved hijacking of an American commercial airliner.
Out of 10,000 twenty-dollar bills, only the ones a child dug from the sand ever came back. The man who took them never did.