Explore published stories from Portland, Oregon, Estados Unidos and nearby.
In 1971 a passenger ticketed as Dan Cooper hijacked a Boeing 727, obtained $200,000 and jumped into a Pacific Northwest night. His ticket, tie, parachutes and some ransom money survived; his identity and fate did not become known.
408 km · Port Coquitlam
Robert Pickton was convicted in 2007 of murdering six women connected to the Vancouver area. The Forsaken inquiry exposed policing failures and the dismissal of missing women. This dossier distinguishes six convictions, evidence identifying 33 women on the property, and his unproven claim of 49 killings.
648 km · Plumas National Forest
Five friends left a basketball game in Chico in February 1978 and never reached home. Their car appeared on a snowy road; months later four bodies were found in Plumas National Forest. Gary Mathias remains missing. This dossier follows the evidence, conflicting accounts and questions still open.
1,086 km · Groom Lake
The Groom Lake installation began as a U-2 test site and later hosted the A-12, Soviet fighters, and stealth projects. This dossier follows declassified records, accidents, and workers’ dispute over environmental secrecy, separating verifiable history from claims of extraterrestrial craft.