The document dated 12-6-78 is interesting. the crew states "decals" came off, meaning more than one. he also explains similar event could of happened with 305. newspaper explains Cowlitz and the FBI decided not to investigate any further. then a second placard is found on 5-2-79..
It certainly seems to be a second placard. Also, apparently it was determined to be 99% likely from 305. Here are a few problems though:
1) THE LOCATION: North Skamania County where logging takes place puts it over 20 miles from the FBI Flight Path. This is simply way too far for the placard to have drifted in the wind. R99's placard drift analysis for the Hicks' placard was approximately 8 miles.
2) THE TIMING: I do not like coincidences. The fact that this placard was apparently discovered 6 months after Hicks' placard--by the way, eight months before the money find--which itself was found after 7 years strikes me as an odd coincidence.
3) THE SECRECY: If a second placard from 305 was found why hasn't this ever been reported? Why is this new news 48 years later?
4) WHERE IS IT?: Apparently no one has ever seen this piece of evidence. Larry Carr didn't mention it. Tom Kaye never saw it. Why?
Perhaps there is a second placard and it was not actually from 305, the analysis from NWO notwithstanding? Perhaps the FBI report is flawed inasmuch as it is actually the Hicks' placard that is referenced? Or, perhaps this is a legitimate find that throws an entirely new set of facts into the mix that simply do not add up?