One of you two will go up against the winner of the Flyjack/Georger bracket in the semis.

Here's what I think about Sheridan
He could have been a huge source of info about Boeing/jumping in the '60s/jumping in Vietnam etc

But people poisoned the well.

It's kind of sad to know there's an old man that doesn't have any apparent friends from back in the day.
Why can't anyone find anyone who remembers him from Issaquah? or the Boeing Skydivers club

It was quite amazing when Sailshaw found the mentions of him on DZ.com and verified some things that were only speculation at that point. For instance, what I love: working at the Bubbleator.

I think it would be instructive to find Ginger, or Sheridan, the kids from the 2nd marriage to the Filipina, and see what they have to say. Rather than whipping up fantasies in a frenzy.

Just get more info, if it's so obvious that Sheridan's your man.
Find someone who says his nickname was "Dan" back in the day, for instance.

I think the time can be well spent investigating the '63-'64 airstairs test at Boeing and what that was, who was involved, and how it overlapped with the Boeing Skydivers club at the time.

Sheridan claims Sailshaw didn't tell him about airstairs. Believe it when Sheridan says something. Ask him about the '63-'64 727 airstairs test.

Ask him about the blonde he flirted with in fabrication at Boeing, who did fiberglass cutouts, and what that was all about.

There's tons of ways to get more info. People always seem to do the opposite though, shutting things down, rather than opening them up.

And I wonder "Why do that?"

So you're going to say Sheridan sometimes lies and sometimes tells the truth.
And that you have secret methods that decide what is truth and what is lies?

You don't.

You could do better, like by focusing on details that show Sheridan apparently read some of the articles in detail about the Cooper jump.
You could wonder why he would do that?  He definitely read enough to know what they were saying in newspapers.

Ask how he found out so much about what the press said about the Cooper jump..and when? Did he read up after the MJ interview? or before that

I always wondered if he worked in little details into his book to cause suspicion, just because Sheridan might like to do that.

I can't picture what he was like back in the day. I think he was a much more straightforward, serious guy then. His descriptions of Saigon Sport Parachute Club jumps back then is pretty intense. Not a joker kind of guy?

I suspect his cynicism started after he left Vietnam. It'd be interesting to understand if he concurs.