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Be careful reading the FBI docs about sketch B.. Around Sept '72 the sketch was shown to witnesses. Their criticisms were incorporated into a final sketch B released later. Most of the witness criticisms were incorporated into the final sketch. Developing sketch B was a process.. check the dates on the docs.

Tina also said Cooper's suit was brown. Overcoat was black.

Hair sample collected insufficient to determine overall colour... of course, the hair may not be Cooper's at all.

Sketch "B" was a process.. Witness were shown one in 1972 and modifications were made for the final release in 1973.

Yes, something big.. I can't explain it here at this time.

Robert Gregory, a paint shop co-owner described Cooper's suit as Russet.. Russet can range from light to a very dark near black.

FBI part #69 up https://vault.fbi.gov/D-B-Cooper /d.b.-cooper-part-69-of-69/view

Ulis gets it wrong,,, again He is looking for the hair sample,, thinks it is lost in Quantico.. Nope,, the very latest mention in the current FBI docs July 2002 has it going to Seattle FBI.

Video.. He gets some case things wrong forgets about wind drift and believes Gryder's theory but still an interesting video.

Cossey said Cooper's chute had a "soft top".. Hayden claimed they were the same. Here the chute Cooper left behind and returned to Hayden has the pilot chute outline.. It looks like a hard top,,, is that what this is.. This is an example of a hard top.

BBC show Witness 2015 interview with Bill Rataczak... "US currency" "no funny stuff" "I could feel the stairs coming down" "mark it on your shrimp boat" (radar screen) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-db-cooper-mystery/id1345477018?i=1000401601791

The Western Flight Path is DOA... no evidence supports it. It is a theory that never panned out. The evidence supports the "FBI" path...

A different description of the bag from a passenger.. cloth/manilla/burlap light yellow/pink tinge

It wasn't on autopilot, that was incorrect... Rataczak said he was manually flying the plane. Boeing 727-051, serial number 18803/line number 137 was delivered April 1965. This 727-22 built in 1965 had a Fairchild 5424 FDR. http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR67-AA.pdf

Northwest used the Fairchild 5424 flight data recorder in 727's during the time of NORJAK,, I can't confirm N467US had that one,, but the FDR was examined and a "bob" was found at 8:09. The Fairchild 5424 and many FDR's of that era were a foil type, they were permanent and not overwritten. But here is what is interesting, the recorded parameters were altitude, magnetic heading, indicated airspeed, vertical acceleration with respect to time. NW Airlines was involved in determining the flightpath, this data would be have been used.

Ulis throws down hard on the green/yellow paper bag Cooper had with him. (Some FBI files say brown paper bag) Sure, figuring out where it came from would be a big clue but that is virtually impossible with the little info we have. 1971, a green/yellow paper bag, no visible logo, 4x12x14 isn't very big. That sounds like a small independent retailer, probably a specialty shop, perhaps a pharmacy/chemist.. Potentially an independent pharmacy in a Hotel or one close by. Cooper could have obtained it locally in Portland or brought it from elsewhere. He did have Benzedrine for the crew, where did he buy that? did he buy stuff from a pharmacy.. cigarettes, Benzedrine and ??? Who knows..

During the sled test with a man on the end of the stairs, they did not fully open or "lock" down. When fully down to lock the permanent railing and pivoting stair railings line up, here they don't. The stairs are about half way open based on the angle between the two railings.

Something that I thought was interesting is that Rataczak said Cooper used the term "electrical fuse". That seems very specific. Why not say detonator. Turns out a "fuse" is a very generic term but a "fuze" is a more specific military term. Did Cooper mean "electrical fuze"...

New Cooper flight and witness video... I haven't watched it yet but the author thinks Dan Gryder got it right though that isn't the focus of the video. Gryder is wrong. ok, watched it.. Flies along v-23.. Witness said weather rainy and windy but not consistent, breaks in between. Witness said both front stair truck and aft stairs were used on ground Seattle,, evidence indicated the aft stairs were not. Witness said parachutes given to stew first then another bag given by somebody else, delivered by stew through aft stairs. Not consistent with evidence, the money was first but perhaps it was the food, not sure? Witness correct shades were drawn. Witness said sharpshooters in the grass.. it occurred to me that the best place for Cooper to be was the last row seat because the engines blocked most of a shooters view.

I don't see that. If she was to reject it after asking for it wouldn't that make the hijacker more angry. She asked for some ransom money claiming to be humorous (after Cooper said no kidding, or funny stuff), he offered and then she took it,, handed it back claiming company policy not to take tips using the example of Cooper offering tip money to the stews.. I think something in that story is false.. If she was being humorous why accept the money initially.. she handled it, potential fingerprints? She used the tip example to back up her story but that occurred after this incident. More, Tina moved to the PNW in the late 70's a few years before the money was found. She lived near the Columbia River and later near the Willamette both upstream of TBAR. In March 1972, the FBI announced a new large search to take place with the help of the military. On the EXACT same date there was a short blurb placed in a local paper from her sister which stated that she was offered money by the hijacker but refused it because it was the right thing to do. Clearly, this wasn't exactly true, Tina has asked for it and took it by her own statement to the FBI. Tina's sister's husband was an FBI agent. Why would that be placed in a local paper exactly when the upcoming search was announced, it was undisclosed FBI information and the stews had stated that they never talked about anything that wasn't reported in the news. IMO, the story was planted by her sister/brother in law to cover for her prior to this new search. If Cooper and the money bag was found and some money was missing she would be suspect because she already said she took some money then handed it back. The other possibility is that she did hand the money back and her prints could be on some packets of money. That shouldn't be a worry because she already told the FBI she handled it unless she was protecting herself from the FBI... The fact that this biased and undisclosed information was planted exactly when the FBI announced that new large search is very suspicious.. If the money bag was found and some was missing, she would be looked at. Planting that story in the paper front runs that possibility. This is just a theory, there is no proof but it fits the evidence well.

Sure, I don't believe Cooper was ever at TBAR, but the significance of the TBAR money is,,, did Cooper lose it all in the jump or was the money a very small portion that found its way to TBAR via natural or human intervention. If Cooper didn't lose it all then were did it go, was it spent or is it still hidden somewhere. It is unlikely it was spent in the US as no bills ever turned up in circulation. There is more evidence to support the Tina theory but no way to prove it, only Tina and Cooper know. and if Tina was involved then she would have been completely compromised as a witness. I have another theory which involves a marina on the Columbia. For that one, people associated with the marina can be tracked down.

Tina claimed Cooper said, "no kidding and no funny stuff" then Tina attempted to be humorous when asking for ransom money. (she claims) It doesn't make sense.

There were some claims but not confirmed. The FBI uses the phrase "not identical" many times which means what,, "maybe" or "not 100% sure". In 1976 the FBI effectively said the witnesses were unreliable and only Cooper's cooperation would solve the case. McCoy.. all three stews "not identical" after viewing photograph.

name redacted,, it is in part 33 page 228

Many people theorize Cooper was wearing a disguise... no indication from crew or witnesses he was disguised.