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Chris Magee Grudge possibilities: FBI itself (similar to the Joe Lakich story, although less personal) prison bureaucracy keeping him years longer than expected colon cancer: first surgery finding "no work that gave him meaning" - decided against being airline pilot wife left him and took the kids, with no way to find them* * Magee abandoned his first family for months at a time, until his wife couldn't put up with it anymore. It was a lot for him to take over the years: not knowing whether his kids were alive or not. Other notable attributes: Black Sheep Squadron member - WWII ace fighter pilot aversion to boots when flying - wore bowling shoes (tennis shoes was an error) flew with pile of grenades in lap - lobbed out at enemy on ground "penchant for bar fighting" likely had unnoticeable Midwestern accent (Chicago, Canada) must have had security clearance for classified Greenland Thule base Points against Magee being Cooper: already known by FBI can't place him in Pacific NW (although he had friends from there and was possibly in Minnesota) unsure if he smoked or what brand less resemblance to sketches? (unless photos closer to '71 are found) I'm not saying that Magee was Cooper. He might have been, just like many others. There is no smoking gun here. I just find the story fascinating.

Chris Magee - pilot, bank bobber Apologies to Ryan for the Don Ameche mustache. Added to his image here only for comparison. Flyjack, here is a better online article than Wikipedia: https://www.vintagewings.ca/stories/wild-man The article is long, but well worth it (many photos). The ending is a father/son story. What I like about the vortex is all of the human stories. As you look for Cooper, you study history.

Cooper might have been hiding in plain sight all along - someone referenced in several books. There is a story of a pilot who robbed banks... Captain Chris Magee age 54 at the time combat fighter pilot emergency parachute trained olive-skinned Caucasian, swarthy IMO (worked in Latin America and Middle East) receding hairline criminal (multiple bank robberies, bootlegging, smuggler, black-market) felon arrested by the FBI out of prison at the time of heist single and lived alone, worked alone on weekly deadline - could be gone for days - only his girlfriend Joan would find him missing Thanksgiving - and she may have known of his bank robberies physically fit highly intelligent personality type: - "a really nice gentleman, quiet and reserved" - loner, non-conformist - "aloof behaviour, tendencies towards lone wolf tactics" - deserted his family for more conflict and adventure (adrenaline junkie) - "kind, soft spoken, and friendly" (gentleman bandit?) - "always a deep underlying sadness" Catholic self-described “soldier of fortune” CIA? Bruce Smith would like this last one, that Magee was likely a spook of some agency. He also studied Eastern philosophy and was a journalist for community newspapers. Since Magee was on the radar of the FBI, I wonder if his name or profile has appeared in the vault files yet.

I disagree. Why a lifelong loser? What about someone who was successful in early life, but couldn't seem to navigate later life (e.g. post-war), as if he had two separate lives. Many veterans experience this.

I seem to remember Tina Mucklow describing the hijacker as sad or having sadness, as though she had pity for him to some degree. I have searched but can only find her describing the whole situation as sad and the case being closed as sad, but not him personally. I already know about these compiled statements: “He wasn't nervous. He seemed rather nice. He was never cruel or nasty. He was thoughtful and calm all the time." Also: polite, and well-spoken. I also know that she prayed for him. If anyone can find (maybe in the 302s) where she had pity on him described him as sad or something similar, I'd appreciate it. Maybe I am mis-remembering or maybe it was a myth I read.

In a recent video 4/13/25, Ryan says (at 5:35) "there is no profile of D.B. Cooper." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jLoSXBdpf0 This answers a question that I've had. It seems that the FBI was using various attributes inconsistently. Any profile can also be doubted based on differences in eyewitnesses. How are suspects eliminated? Obviously if they don't match the supposed profile, but what if only one point is off? Many 302s have hand-written ELIMINATE, but there is no reason. Was the FBI just sloppy, or is there some master suspect file that hasn't been released yet?

I found this PDF signature: https://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Documents/Cooper_Report/Cooper_Report.pdf also: https://earharttruth.wordpress.com/tag/howland-island/ Maybe Slylock is saying that DBC used the name Dan Cooper due to this guy. ?

What age range are you thinking? 45+? 50-55? older?