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This changes everything.

Just found this sketch in the Vault. It's uncanny.

Don’t know who that is. One of the passengers. Not sure it helps you much because he’s saying Cooper had a broader face and a broader nose than those of a suspect, not of a sketch. You will come across some witness statements saying he had a broader nose than the sketch, but that’s generally a reference to the Bing sketch with his Michael Jackson nose. I do believe there is one passenger witness who said Cooper had a broader nose than Comp B sketch. But let’s be real. Reca’s nose was unique. It’s like Weber’s ears. It’s a disqualifying feature IMO. No witness ever said anything about Cooper’s nose being unique.

They didn't release it because the person who probably got the best looks at Cooper, Florence, threw a fit and said the sketch was terrible and looked nothing like him. That's right, Florence likely had the best look at Cooper, not Tina. Throughout the FBI files, Tina repeatedly indicates that she did not get a good look at Cooper. She claims that she never saw him head on and only saw him briefly a few times from his side profile. It’s possible that she failed to get a good look at Cooper on purpose. Just as it might be wise to avoid staring down a bank robber, it's likely that she intentionally avoided looking directly at him. This is why the FBI appeared to put so much stock into Florence Schaffner’s opinion on the sketches. She was, after all, the only stewardess to see him without his sunglasses on and the only stewardess to interact with him as a passenger, and not just as a hijacker. She had multiple different interactions with Cooper before the hijacking started and all before he put his shades on. Aside from Reca's square shaped head not being a match to the sketches and also not matching the photos that the stews thought bore a resemblance to Cooper, Reca's nose is quite bulbous. Alice described Cooper's nose as "small". She said that Comp B's nose was too "rough and lumpy looking". Florence said that Cooper's nose was somewhere in between the nose the comp A and comp B sketches.

Ever given any thought as to why they never released that sketch?

Older pic of Al Cooper on left. I feel confident in saying that Cooper almost certainly had this same head/face shape. Should effectively rule out blockheads like Reca (not that he needed to be ruled out visually)

He's a bit older, not as friendly looking, eyebrows don't look manicured, and has Comp B's nose.

All of it was public knowledge at that point. The first copycat attempts employing all the elements of the “Cooper heist” were happening as soon as a month later. In fact, the first copycat was exactly a month later on Dec 24, 71. Also involved an NWO 727. Hijacking took place in Chicago. Everett Holt was the name of the skyjacker. 24 years old. I’m writing a book on the copycats so I tried to figure out how to contact him to interview him. He’s sadly STILL institutionalized as best I can tell.

Given that the Stews and Bill had such strong reactions to Don Murphy and Al Cooper, I feel it’s safe to say that Cooper very likely had a face/head shape like theirs: long thin face, high cheek bones, pointed chin.

No, there isn't a way to improve that. I may file a FOIA for a few of these, specifically the ones that the witnesses picked out (which wasn't many). The only ones I've ever seen get picked out are Catalano, Al Cooper, Newsweek hoaxer Donald Murphy, and an unidentified suspect from Ottawa whose photo unnerved Tina a bit because it was such a good resemblance. The guy from Ottawa isn't unknown because of a redaction, but it literally says on the 302 "unidentified". Weird they would even show that to her if that was the case. I've tried to make Catalano's mugshot from his late 60's look a little younger. Didn't work so well.

Yeah you've got those. I can't make out the last word either. I think it might end with "stew", so maybe it's an abbreviation for "request of stew" or something like that. I think the helmet thing might be "suit ty helmet"

Our first African-American suspect :-)

A letter found at a redacted address in Seattle in March 1972. No further info to give. They haven't yet started scanning the numbered suspect files (this is No. 260). So I assume we'll know more about this letter and it's provenance at some point in the future. Also, the numbered suspect files aren't all relating to actual named suspects. Often times leads such as this one were given a "suspect file". We might not ever know the outcome of this letter. It's almost certainly not to do with Cooper, but you never know I guess. It's hard to make out some of it, but I've got: "Points to remember when skyjacking.... A plane for money [redacted] Ask for - the money (important - 2 person worth of parachute Remember - let passenger off but keep crew - keep cool - bring bomb fake or real - jump only at night - Don't ask for too ??? ??? - ??? - put crew in cab before jumping Optional - ??? Helmet - Name [redacted]

Yeah, I noticed first thing how much he looks like Hoodlum. The Bing sketch really did a number on the FBI's resources in these early days. Notice how many of these dudes are in their 30's.

military radar techs, civilian radar techs, Air Force pilots, air traffic controllers, and the flight crew don't work for the FBI. People who apply conspiracy theories to the Cooper case don't realize that Cooper wasn't special. There were 150 skyjackings in the previous four years over American skies. He was the first successful parajacker, sure, but much of his success was due to being first. The FBI quickly adapted and every parajacker who came afterward were apprehended. The Cooper skyjacking was nothing more than a clever bank robbery. Even today with modern crime fighting techniques and forensics, the FBI only solve 60% of bank robberies. There didn't need to be a conspiracy or cover up for Cooper to have successfully eluded the FBI for all those years.

If only Reca had told a more cohesive lie you wouldn’t have to be bending over backwards claiming that military radar was wrong, civilian radar was wrong, the chase plane pilots were wrong, the air traffic controllers were wrong, and the pilots of Flight 305 were wrong. The flight path surely couldn’t have been where ALL of these different witnesses agree on, it was actually 140 MILES away. Everyone is agreeing an event took place in New York City and you’re claiming that it actually took place in Baltimore. Cle Elum to the the Cooper DZ is almost that far in distance. That’s how utterly ridiculous supporting Reca makes someone.

You realize there are somewhere around 75,000 pages of INTERNAL documents on the case i.e. documents never intended to be seen by the public. That's quite a lot of red herrings.

Yep, good catch. Not sure how that happened.

I cleaned up the ARINC transcript so they aren't all crooked and gross looking. ARINC-Transcript.pdf

Dude, nothing you are working on is undermined by that FOIA. Stop. Your work, if legitimate, will either stand on its own or it won’t. I don’t hoard info. The Vortex should be full of collaborators. I have now filed FOIA’s for over ten hijackings. I will post those in PDF format on Ulis’ Facebook page as I get them.

For the record, I filed a FOIA for that. This is nothing that YOU shared with me. Please explain to everyone in the Vortex how me posting that FOIA has ruined your case? Seems like you can dish out criticism but can’t take it. Look at how violently angry you are reacting. This isn’t YOUR research. These are 50 year old files.

Ok, here are the Hahneman FOIA files. Making Stewardesses cry, putting guns to heads and stomachs, a noose around the Captain's neck, scaring passengers, making no attempt to keep the passengers unaware, wearing gloves, making passengers exit out the rear stairs, telling people your parents nationalities, telling people where your father was buried, claiming that you had 2,000 confederates waiting for you at your DZ, having a stewardess tell the FBI that you are mentally impaired. It's JUST. LIKE. the Cooper hijacking. Hahneman-FOIA.PDF

Yes. I’ll post the complete FOIA for Hahneman in a few minutes so everyone can see how ridiculous a suggestion it is that he was Cooper.