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Last year, posts on reddit brought up a "new" Cooper suspect. Actually, this person has been on the vortex radar for many many years. Images of Jim MacDonald were usually labeled wrong online as being either Jack Coffelt or Don Burnworth (medium.com still lists such). A couple new points for me. First I didn't realize (or remember) that he had any familiarity with parachutes and skydiving. There is also a new (3rd, younger) image. Fellow Canadian John Barker covers MacDonald the most on his blog, soundingsjohnbarker.wordpress.com, every Thanksgiving, along with other Cooper suspects. My thoughts on MacDonald as a suspect have lessened over time, for these reasons: less need for a suspect to be connected to Canada does not appear very ethnic or swarthy his plane more likely crashed in a lake https://www.reddit.com/r/dbcooper/comments/1fas951/new_db_cooper_suspect_james_h_macdonald/ https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/1fbmo8m/new_potential_db_cooper_suspect_james_h_macdonald/

Good catch Fly! You certainly have a knack for spotting details in images. Thanks for your time. Ever thought about finding stolen art (in addition to guitars)? There is actually a public database: https://artcrimes.fbi.gov/ I don't agree that a hair part should exclude anyone automatically, but I suppose it is something not only of habit (which could be changed) but also where a person's hair naturally parts. This couple is fascinating. Their story kept coming up now and then in my Cooper searches, and now I know why... many different commenters noted he could have been Cooper. Even Ryan chimed in once:

Do you know what it means by "with wave in front, up over his forehead"? Is this wave somehow referring to his shades or a marcelled hair wave?

Dan Cooper's Alter Ego? Jerry Alter and his wife Rita were a music teacher and speech therapist who died leaving a stolen painting in their bedroom worth more than a hundred million dollars. Additionally, they had regularly traveled to over 100 countries and left over $1,000,000 in the bank by 2017. The heist was from the University of Arizona Museum of Art of a piece titled Woman-Ochre by Willem de Kooning. It was stolen by a couple on the morning after Thanksgiving Day, 1985. (At least two other paintings in the Alter's possession have also been recently identified as stolen - from Harwood museum.) Jerry retired early from teaching at age 47/48 in 1977 and they presumably lived off Rita's income until her retirement. Most people now question how they could have lived such an affluent lifestyle.

This latest Cooper Vortex podcast #97 was about Daniel P Waltener. He "participated in robbing over 200 banks." There is a Congo connection with Ted Braden and 727s. If nothing else, this would interest Drew Beeson. Regarding the Dan Cooper comic books, her French cousin said "all the soldiers had them." Some of this was hard to follow and sketchy, but still interesting... including a second skyjacking: the Seychelles Affair. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDYphVQ3sAs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Who8JP0-kxY One commenter asks: Is Sophie’s father the suspect Ryan Burns is planning on suggesting?

Another point from Bill's video. He shows a document where J. Edgar Hoover himself asked for a review of West Coast bank robbery suspects. This was a bank robbery. Change my mind. How many Cooper suspects were bank robbers? The video starts by mentioning Ryan B and explains how the root cause of a problem is so important (FBI/Cooper stuff starts at 9:52).

Note to self: add to profile comparison. https://www.vintagewings.ca/stories/wild-man

From April: I finally found it... mentioned in a new video. Cooper was a "very sad man." Unfortunately, this was a 2003 telephone conversation between Tina and Jo Weber, not any document. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-YiekYN-xs The closest documentation I could find is August 10, 2011, post #24809 by Jo herself. I assume either Bill Rollins or Tim Collins may have repeated this phrase before, which would be where I originally heard about it. Although hearsay since Tina is now silent (unless Jo taped it), I still see the quote as a valid possibility that Tina really said that... and that Cooper was sad. I'm not sure how Jo thought it helped her angry husband Duane as a suspect. It would fit other suspects though, such as J Lakich, C Magee, B Dayton, J List.

Also on YouTube:

Most certainly he was on amphetamine since he offered benzedrine to the pilots. (Or was this another myth not mentioned in the 302s?) Anymore thoughts on how a narcotic would influence him?

Someone here had also mentioned the possibility that his grudge was against the insurance company for NWO... who actually reimbursed the airline. I doubt this, since you'd have to be a real insider to know such. This is similar to a grudge against the bank - which I'm sure didn't lose a dime. The Cooper case was essentially a bank robbery, except he likely didn't know which bank the money would come from. A grudge against the FBI was first proposed by Bill Rollins (regarding Joe Lakich). That may seem far out there, but if the FBI (also a good proxy for the Man or the system) had done you wrong, you might commit a crime that you'd be certain would automatically involve them, such as air piracy. We don't even know if Personal vs. General was a distinction to Cooper in his grudge. One can have a personal grudge, but blame the larger system for his issue. For example, Chris Magee was an adrenaline junkie who excelled at combat, but was a square peg outside the military. He found "no work that gave him meaning." He knew he could do things rare few others would even dare, and found few options in legitimate endeavors, so decided for criminality instead. Sad.

Here is another "suspect" (eliminated) who turned out to be an astronaut. Pages 416 and 417 of vault part 109:

Two points stand out that seem to contradict standard folklore about this case: Tina describes him as an "executive type", but didn't Flo instead describe him as a laborer? Most people telling the Cooper story describe him as desperate. I'm not doubting the veracity of this page. I just find fascinating these diametrically opposed views and how it epitomizes the case.

Is there another searchable source similar to Newspapers.com? These Reddit pages reference three more articles prior to 1971 with the phrase "negotiable American currency". Maybe the hyphenization of Amer-ican is an issue. ?

I like Georger's idea. Maybe regional ethnolinguistics can shed light on this phrase.