All of the Zodiac letters were hand printed up to December 10th 1969, when the Day-By-Day Forecast for Cancer pasted horoscope was mailed to the Sacramento Bee newspaper. This horoscope page contained more information than visible in the versions shown on the internet. The FBI files state The handwritten notations on Q40 in the wording "...Flight 555 SF. 700 P.M. P.M." could not be associated with any of the other questioned material in this case (because it was cursive handwriting and not non-cursive/hand printed). It is noted in this regard that the writing on the other specimens in this matter is hand printed and that the notations on Q40 are very limited.
This means that the limited handwriting contained within the message "...Flight 555 SF. 700 P.M. P.M." was redacted from the image we are accustomed to. It appears that the pasted FLT 555 was referring to "Flight 555" after all. Very likely from San Francisco at 7:00PM, according to the sender. Howard Davis, of the Zodiac/Manson website, reported that Drew Peterson relayed information about a reporter who found a United Flight 555 that flew from San Francisco to San Diego every Wednesday at 7:30pm, tying in with the "Birds Fly South" pasted text. This almost lines up with the notation of Flight 555 SF. 700 PM (using a viniculum under 00) which was written on the horoscope page (Q40). Howard Davis has toyed with the idea of the Zodiac Killer giving hints that he was more than capable of traveling to San Diego, where on February 4th 1964 at Ocean Beach, Johnny & Joyce Swindle were murdered by a sniper alongside the seafront. Bolinas Lagoon (where Leona Roberts body was found) and San Diego Bay are also both key sites in the Pacific Flyway for migratory birds.
This means that the limited handwriting contained within the message "...Flight 555 SF. 700 P.M. P.M." was redacted from the image we are accustomed to. It appears that the pasted FLT 555 was referring to "Flight 555" after all. Very likely from San Francisco at 7:00PM, according to the sender. Howard Davis, of the Zodiac/Manson website, reported that Drew Peterson relayed information about a reporter who found a United Flight 555 that flew from San Francisco to San Diego every Wednesday at 7:30pm, tying in with the "Birds Fly South" pasted text. This almost lines up with the notation of Flight 555 SF. 700 PM (using a viniculum under 00) which was written on the horoscope page (Q40). Howard Davis has toyed with the idea of the Zodiac Killer giving hints that he was more than capable of traveling to San Diego, where on February 4th 1964 at Ocean Beach, Johnny & Joyce Swindle were murdered by a sniper alongside the seafront. Bolinas Lagoon (where Leona Roberts body was found) and San Diego Bay are also both key sites in the Pacific Flyway for migratory birds.
