FLYJACK

Bundles and packets and packets and bundles... Oh my. For a long time I thought the money could have only arrived on TBAR in some type of container for the three packets to be found close together.. wrong. Until I looked for the rubber band evidence,, there isn't any other than there were rubber band frags stuck to the packets which crumbled away when touched. They were NOT intact. Also, the money was given to Cooper in packets of 100 bills rubber banded into individual bundles. Those bundles had a random number of packets. So,,, if the three packets were rubber banded together into bundles as they were when given to Cooper, how did they get separated before landing on TBAR... easiest answer that fits the evidence.. They didn't, the three packets were most likely rubber banded into a single bundle and landed on TBAR as ONE single bundle (FBI). As the rubber bands holding the bundle (of 3 packets) together deteriorated the three packets separated. There is no evidence that the three packets arrived on TBAR individually but together.

The History channel show had some TBAR find footage that I hadn't seen before.. The distance from the Columbia River waterline to the find is about 35 feet,, 40 tops. The slope is 10%. That means the money was 3.5 - 4 ft above the River. You don't need a flood event for the River to reach the money find spot. The claim that ONLY the '72 and '74 flood reached the money spot is false. A high tide or boat wake would reach that spot. This is consistent with reports at the time that the money was found along the high water mark.

Shelton Wa part 18 p 96 part 20 p 226 part 24 p 420 part 29 p 376/377 part 30 p 411 part 32 p 180/209/223/339 part 33 p 120/354 part 35 p 153 part 46 p 317/379 part 52 p 191/195 Campbell Ca part 33 p 88/382 part 50 p 368 part 52 p 191

FBI file #35 page 293 "did not resemble" "eliminated" I have read that some suspects were eliminated then "un" eliminated... So, eliminated was never definite.

WOW, what a plot twist.. Tom is not Sheridan's daughters father. The show was entertaining, I have to give Ulis credit for pulling it off. The Sheridan is Cooper narrative is nonsense and wasn't fully vetted on either side. More of an entertainment show than factual and investigative but that is the nature of these things. Funny thing, I contacted Tom Kaye back in March and asked him if he could get DNA off the sticky tabs he had from the tie.. turns out he used the vacuumed particles,, So, are the sticky tabs still a viable source for DNA??? Is there still hope.

It played at 6 PM PST here,,

Saw a clip of Ulis for the upcoming TV show.. He uses the FBI claim possibly brown eyes to suggest that may include blue eyes as Sheridan has blue eyes. That is a misread of the FBI info.. The FBI files often say "dark eyes" and "probably brown or black" or "possibly brown". Eyes were dark, possibly brown, that doesn't include blue. He also says,, he hasn't found evidence that Sheridan smoked.. we know Cooper smoked and this indicates a long term smoker.

Georger inaccurately attributed NickyB's speculation to me on Shutter's... You should correct it.

Did you even read FBI file #52.. Lots of stuff on KC.. in 2004 well after the Lyle letters. Looks like personal interviews and some investigating.

Yes, L'affaire Minos was published in the TINTIN magazine series.. even harder to explain exposure than the the Dan Cooper comic. I don't think it is relevant to Cooper. "Objectif Jumbo" takes place in and around Seattle. Weinberg's MO is to travel to a location, take pictures and build a story to be produced later. I believe Weinberg was in the PNW around 1962-63 doing the groundwork for that story. He even visits Boeing. He was also in Florida a few years later for another story. Weinberg was well connected in military and aviation and got access to locations and equipment.. Did he cross paths somewhere with Cooper?? I don't know. I also found that Dan Cooper was published in Mexico, in Spanish for Latin America. Herge, the publisher has a connection to the IGY as does Hahneman. I don't think Cooper was inspired by the Dan Cooper comics or a single image. He might have been aware of it and used the name but there is no evidence for it.

Don't remember any video,, might be stills from the video out there.. Dennis Farina season 2 episode 5

New FBI file #52 is up... https://vault.fbi.gov/D-B-Cooper%20/d.b.-cooper-part-52-of-52/view Lots of stuff.. still going through it but some.. DNA testing done on the tie and the ticket can only exclude. Info on condition of money as given to Cooper is being held back Lots on Kenneth Christiansen in 2004,, (no evidence - FBI) just claim of suspicion by (Lyle?) Barb Dayton stuff

Cigarette butts... destroyed years earlier in Vegas, and stain on right hand No chance of DNA from cigarette butts..

Wrong. This is not the place for that.

Sketch "B" is "the best likeness possible"... end of story.

Key witness.. artist sketch was not good.. the "Bing Crosby" sketch. Sketch,, too young, "swarthy" complexion not shown

This was the plan for Sketch "B".. to get a sketch "more agreeable to the majority".. and colour..

Cooper tie had noticeable dust lodged in the knot area.. The tie was manufactured/sold about 1964/65.. the particles suggests it was never cleaned and the dust suggests it was not used recent to NORJAK. It was sitting for some period of time perhaps years.

It was the "Bing Crosby" sketch that was in disagreement,, This doc is dated May 1972, after this sketch "B" was made to be more accurate and show complexion.. Sketch "B" is more accurate. The "big Crosby" sketch was the second one. The "final artist's sketch" referred to here is the "Bing" sketch as sketch "B" was produced many months later. Cooper was Latin/Mexican...

Found a unique pic of the NORJAK crew... captures a completely different mood. This is the common one.. heads down, somber and serious. Laughing... not so serious.

Does this decal look like it was sitting in out in the woods for seven years,, the back had adhesive. No dirt, no debris, no stains, the edges are crisp. It looks "fresh".

Eric Ulis and Robert99 have created an argument for the Western Flight Path based on the placard. It is a bunch of layered assumptions presented as a fact to support a narrative. There is no proof the placard was from NORJAK - FBI The placard could have come from any passing 727 - FBI The placard does not match the 727-100 internal emergency system. The placard looks too clean to have been in the woods for 7 years. The placard tearing looks like it was placed over rivets, none inside. There is no room for that decal next to the interior bulkhead door. There would have likely been a remnant of the torn decal still on the plane it came from. There is no proof that NORJAK even had that decal or the optional emergency system. The wind drift analysis is garbage, there is no wind data for that location and time or even close. We can't prove it didn't come from NORJAK but the evidence suggests it is extremely unlikely. If it did, the wind drift analysis with irrelevant wind data proves nothing.

There is no winds aloft data at the Placard find location/time or anywhere close. Tom Kaye's data is too far from the Placard location. FBI data is also very far from the placard location (Portland and Salem) and averaged over an hour (8-9). It was an estimate for Woodland. The wind data used for the drift calculation is a meaningless assumption. Winds aloft are important, using data from far away locations makes the drift calculation meaningless and amateur. Without accurate wind data at the placard location any drift analysis is worthless and invalid.

I found 727-100 safety cards for Northwest, Piedmont and Keyair.. the airlines that flew the NORJAK plane. None of them had the optional emergency release - "pull red handle". Either NORJAK never had it or it was removed.

It isn't that simple. There are 3 lights for the aft airstairs.. Red Light - at the aft stair control lever, interior and exterior. The cockpit engineer's panel has only two lights.. Amber Light - aft stairs are not locked up and control handle is not in up position. Green Light - aft stairs are down and locked That means the light that came on in the cockpit was the Amber one which DOES NOT confirm the aft stairs were open/moved, only that the lever was moved from the up detent position. Light indicated "unlatched" not red, it was amber. Tina noted the red light, it wasn't red but amber. Amber can be mistaken for faded red. There is no red aft airstair light in the cockpit. The timing of the light "going on" doesn't make sense.. Crew saw light at 7:42 and Tina saw light come on about 8PM. If they are both accurate,, THEN.. (about 7:42) Cooper pushed the handle out from the up detent (light goes on) and didn't move it all the way to the down detent (stairs don't move) causing the stairs to not drop at all.. Cooper was struggling with the stairs. He moved the handle back to the up detent and the light goes out. He then tries the handle again and moves it all the way to the down detent, the light comes back on and stairs drop to partially open. (about 8PM) Tina sees the light come back on. If this is what happened the stairs did not lower/open (partially) till about 8PM.