Up and Vanished - Update: Airline Security Breach

Episode Date: September 16, 2024

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Okay, not even sure how to start this. This is not an official episode. And to be completely candid, I really want the internet to help here. I've been investigating Florence and Joseph's case for almost two years now, going to Nome, Alaska, completely incognito to not stand out, knowing that at some point it would eventually impact things. 20 days ago, I had booked a trip to Nome, Alaska, a long series of complicated flights to get there. But the last flight, no matter what, is from Anchorage, Alaska to Nome.

The only way to get there is by flight, commercially Alaska Airlines. On August 27th, I booked these flights out of impulse, frustrated, tossing in my bed trying to solve this shit and keep asking questions. But I did not advertise this anywhere. My own friends, my fiance, a single person I work with, no one knew I booked these flights. A week before, I changed my mind and decided to hold off and I canceled all of our flights. But I literally forgot to accidentally cancel one of them. It became one of those weird, happy accidents.

Let me highlight this again. No one knew I booked these flights. All of a sudden, starting midweek, I began to get random texts from people in Gnome that I talked to, saying, hey, are you in Gnome? Okay, maybe a coincidence. But damn, it's a weird one. But I'm sitting with my co-producer, Mike, right now in the East Coast, and even he didn't know he had a flight

booked. Then the text just kept coming. I got that annoying little bug in my brain that sometimes I can't get out unless I just chase it down. On Saturday the 7th when I would have landed in Nome had I taken my flight I noticed that people seemed to sincerely believe that I was coming to them or was in them and As the big Lebowski would say New shit has come to light Something's going on and it's not cool When all this was going down, I was talking to somebody from Nome, who I've never talked to before,

and so I asked him point blank, have you heard anywhere on social media or anything that I am in Nome? Yeah, I did. Within minutes, I have several Snapchats claiming I'm coming to Nome, or already in Nome. I'm not too sure like whose snapshot it was on. Two hours ago, Ainsley is in town, LOL. But I'm over 4,000 miles away. I never checked into the flight. I know, you wouldn't be able to see my initials or something on the app. 23 hours ago, that's when I started hearing rumors about you.

Somebody seemed to know beforehand. The reason why I'm asking is that I was never there. 23 hours ago. What's going on? So I kept poking. I was told that you were coming in on a flight two days ago. Did he come in on last night's flight? Cause that's the rumor. No, he's listed for tonight. Now 48 hours.

This is confidential information that no one should know about. Okay. Do you see why I'm concerned? I want to know how somebody found that out. That's weird. Call my attorney. The only way they could have known it was by access to the manifest. Someone saw the flight records and there's no way that someone could get

that outside of going through Alaska Airlines. A safety concern for me now. Very much so. The leak of that information is a serious issue, especially post-9-11. Someone's private flight information? That's crazy, dude. Don't risk our safety with that shit. Dude, that could put us in severe danger.

We don't know if we're gonna be waiting with a gun outside. We don't fucking know. Do we call the known police? It could trigger criminal penalties. No, please. This is Payne Lindsay working for Joseph Valdez's family. How can we not be sure? Meanwhile, I posted a picture on Instagram

pretending as if I was unknown. I'm worried somebody with access to flight logs and passenger info has potentially illegally access that. Okay, give me one moment, sir. I just spoke with an officer and they advised that that's going to be a federal issue in regards to the flight logs and passenger info being leaked. That would be if that's a FAA complaint. Okay, this thing is sketchy. I'm going to go ahead and get to the point.

I'm going to go ahead and get to the point. I'm going to go ahead and get to the point. I'm going to go ahead and get to the point. I'm going to go ahead and get to the point. I'm going to go ahead and get to the point. I'm going to go ahead and get to the point. I'm going to go ahead and get to the point. I'm going to go ahead and get to the point. I'm going to go ahead and get to the point. I'm going to go ahead federal issue in regards to the flight logs and passing tram flow being leaked. That would be a FAA complaint. Okay, this thing is sketchy as hell. There were people related to your investigation on the flight. The irony of it all. There were people that I've aired

on this podcast. It's a security issue given what you do. It's a security issue for anybody traveling. Honestly, that makes me scared. I've disguised some voices because I care about them. Someone knowing I was there as early as September 3rd. But then I kept going back even further, as in two fucking weeks ago. Let's run it up.

Did you see that painting's here? Someone was worried. It was like,, yeah, he's been here. He was sitting out BOT. I knew that for weeks already. My heart is pounding. He's known for weeks. Let's see. Your flight manifest information is not something that can be casually treated.

I don't care who knew. It doesn't even matter if it was them or not. Somebody's tracking me and trying to stop me from coming there or something. This is not a fucking drill. Alaska Airlines, I love you. This seems like a security breach. If you're listening and you care, please help.

Alaska Airlines, how on earth can I feel safe coming here again? This is ongoing. I'll still see you Thursday.