Cooper's Treasure

Darrell: PREVIOUSLY ON

"COOPER'S TREASURE"...

This is astronaut Gordon Cooper.

Darrell:

GORDON COOPER WAS ONE

OF THE ORIGINAL

MERCURY SEVEN ASTRONAUTS.

WHEN HE LANDED,

HE HAD THE LARGEST

TICKER-TAPE PARADE IN HISTORY.

BEFORE HE DIED, I GET ALL THESE

SECRET DOCUMENTS FROM GORDON,

WHO I.D.'d POSSIBLE SHIPWRECKS

FROM SPACE.

THIS IS WHAT HE GAVE ME.

GORDON HAS GIVEN ME FILES

AND A LIST OF SHIPWRECKS

WITH THEIR NAMES,

THEIR DATES,

HAND-DRAWN ILLUSTRATIONS

OF WRECK SITES.

BUT MY DAD GOT A MASTER CHART

FROM GORDON,

WHICH IS PROBABLY THE KEY

TO WHERE THESE SHIPWRECKS

MIGHT BE.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA TAKE CREDIT

FOR SOMETHING I BUSTED MY ASS

YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

THIS IS MY HOUSE,

AND THERE'S THE DOOR.

FRANKLY, IF MY FATHER'S

NOT GONNA HELP ME,

I WILL FIND

SOMEONE ELSE WHO WILL.

VOICE RECORDINGS.

THIS IS HUGE.

RIGHT THERE!

I GOT IT!

I JUST NEED TO PROVE

THAT THIS WRECK REALLY EXISTS.

WHAT A VIEW.

BOY, OH, BOY.

- Captions by VITAC --

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY

DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

ROLL 34 DEGREES RIGHT.

CAGE, GYROS FREE.

BACK ON AUTO.

ROGER.

FEELS GOOD, BUDDY.

Darrell:

PEOPLE WOULD KILL FOR THIS.

**

SO, HERE'S WHERE I AM.

I MAY BE ON ONE OF THE CRAZIEST

TREASURE HUNTS IN HISTORY.

I HAVE DETAILED MAPS.

I EVEN HAVE ILLUSTRATIONS,

HAND-DRAWN BY GORDON HIMSELF.

BUT THERE'S ONE THING

THAT I DON'T HAVE,

AND THAT IS THE MASTER CHART.

IF I HAD THE CHART,

I COULD CONNECT THE LOCATIONS

ON THE MASTER CHART

WITH THE DOCUMENTS

AND THE MAPS

THAT I ALREADY HAVE,

AND I CAN USE THOSE TO LOCATE

SHIPWRECKS THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE.

AFTER THAT, I'LL DECIDE WHICH

ONE I WANT TO DIVE ON FIRST.

GORDON ONLY TRUSTED

A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE.

I DON'T WANT TO BEG

MY FATHER FOR A CHART,

SO THE NEXT BEST THING,

PROBABLY EVEN BETTER,

IS TO GO VISIT SUZAN,

GORDON'S WIDOW.

I KNOW THAT WHATEVER GORDON

WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT,

SUZAN SUPPORTED.

WHAT I'M NOT SURE OF

IS HOW MUCH GORDON

ACTUALLY TOLD HER.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE

WHO WOULD DO ANYTHING

FOR THAT CHART.

SO MAYBE HE KEPT HER

IN THE DARK FOR HER OWN SAFETY.

I KNOW IT'S A LONG SHOT, BUT

IF GORDON ACTUALLY HAD A COPY

OF THE ORIGINAL CHART,

MAYBE SUZAN KNOWS

WHERE IT MIGHT BE.

HOW ARE YOU?

I'M WELL. AND YOU?

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

GREAT. LIKEWISE.

IT'S KIND OF STRANGE

BEING HERE,

BECAUSE IT'S BEEN

SO MANY YEARS.

RIGHT.

AND I'VE GOT --

YOU KNOW, GORDON AND I,

WE SHARED THAT OFFICE.

IT WAS KIND OF

LIKE OUR MAN CAVE.

YES.

AND GORDON TOLD ME

LOTS

OF REALLY UNIQUE STORIES

ABOUT HIS SPACE FLIGHT.

RIGHT.

AND HE TOLD ME THAT

HE WAS ACTUALLY ON A MISSION

TO NOT ONLY PHOTOGRAPH,

BUT PINPOINT

CERTAIN "POTENTIAL"

NUCLEAR THREATS AT THE TIME.

THAT'S ABOUT AS MUCH

AS I KNOW ABOUT THAT,

BUT, YES,

THAT'S WHAT I'VE HEARD.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE IDEA

THAT PERHAPS

THERE WAS TECHNOLOGY

ON BOARD THE SPACECRAFT

THAT COULD HAVE LED GORDON

TO DISCOVER SOME OF THE THINGS

THAT HE TOLD ME ABOUT?

I WAS LED TO BELIEVE THAT

IT WASN'T SO MUCH TECHNOLOGY

AS JUST, LITERALLY,

EYES OUT THE WINDOW.

VISUAL REFERENCE?

EXACTLY.

HE MENTIONED A SHIPWRECK,

BUT DIDN'T GO

INTO GREAT DETAIL ABOUT IT.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING

THAT RELATES TO TREASURE

OR CHARTS OR MAPS

OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

THERE MIGHT BE IN THE GARAGE

IN THE FILE FOLDERS.

HERE IN THE GARAGE HERE?

THERE MAY BE SOMETHING.

UH-HUH.

BUT YOU THINK

IT'S POSSIBLE?

I THINK, YOU KNOW,

PROBABLY ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

**

OKAY.

THERE ARE BOXES.

OKAY.

THERE ARE FILE CABINETS.

MM-HMM.

I DON'T KNOW

EXACTLY WHAT'S THERE.

OKAY.

BUT YOU ARE FREE TO TAKE A LOOK.

OKAY?

ALL RIGHTY.

OH, MY GOD.

HOLY

WHERE THE HELL AM I GONNA START?

I'M GONNA HAVE TO...

GOT THAT.

A CLUE --

IT'S GOT TO BE IN HERE.

SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO

WITH A NAME OF A SHIP,

SOMETHING THAT HAS

TO DO WITH MEXICO,

SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO

WITH THE CARIBBEAN.

**

OH!

HOLY SHM--

WHAT THE IS THAT?

IT'S A CHART.

"FLIGHT PATH."

THAT'S FREAKING HUGE.

THIS IS GORDON'S PERSONAL COPY.

MAYBE HE MADE

SPECIFIC NOTES ON IT.

THIS ORBITAL CHART SHOWS

THE EXACT PATHWAYS

GORDON'S SPACE CAPSULE

FOLLOWED

AS IT CIRCLED THE EARTH --

ALL 22 ORBITS.

RIGHT HERE.

ORBIT 3 OF 10.

IT'S FREAKING AMAZING.