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Evidence Atlas / 28 · California and Pacific Coast · Documentary first edition

The Pacific
Coast Files

California, contacts and the difference between a meeting on paper and one that actually happened.

Released schedules, reservation emails and original conference programs help distinguish what was planned from what actually happened. Atlas 28 examines California records from 2009–2013, with a separate 2026 congressional testimony check. Incomplete movements and uncorroborated meetings remain expressly qualified.

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Scope: California and Pacific Coast · Source cutoff: 13 Oct 2026 · Not yet published
Panoramic artwork is illustrative, not a geographic reconstruction or evidence of activity.
The opening document

What a travel schedule can tell us

Source-led California investigation · Historical records 2009–2013

The clearest surviving account of the April 2013 Los Angeles plans begins with an eight-page itinerary. Its final page names Hotel Bel-Air, the Milken Institute conference at the Beverly Hilton and a scheduled departure from Los Angeles. Each is a concrete lead, but the document records what was planned, not what was completed.

Other dated versions place the anticipated departure on different days. An April 30 calendar also estimates arrival at Teterboro shortly after midnight on May 1. That estimate can be reconciled with one proposed departure time, but neither document establishes an aircraft movement. The relevant passenger and airport records have not been independently authenticated.

The map below marks public venues and cities supported by identified records. It does not trace an actual flight path or imply that a person named in a program, invitation or correspondence attended a meeting. Where correspondence establishes an exchange, it is identified separately from a completed visit or encounter.

The second source pass adds a 2012 San Francisco hotel-booking thread, a September 2012 itinerary for Riverside and the independently documented WWW conference program, and a February 2013 Long Beach conference lead. Those records contain different types of evidence, sometimes in apparent conflict. The San Francisco heading on a Riverside itinerary, for example, cannot outweigh a dated Ontario flight instruction and a specific Riverside hotel address.

For the April 2013 trip, three itinerary versions disagree about departure timing. A dated room reservation and a conference-registration email support the existence of bookings, while the actual hotel stay, admission, travel movement and any completed California meeting remain unproven. Public conference programs provide geographic context without converting lists of speakers into personal connections.

A separate April 16 communication acknowledges preferred sessions at the Milken conference, but its own terms explain that a selected session does not guarantee entry. This strengthens the chronology of advance arrangements without documenting participation. An April 24 schedule creates a fourth itinerary version; even multiple released files may represent a shared draft rather than independent movement evidence.

California / photographic field guide

Places in the documentary record

These are photographs of publicly documented places, not photographs of the investigated meetings or journeys. Each image is separately dated or identified, licensed, credited and linked to a source-classified waypoint.

Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics on the Caltech campus in Pasadena
Proposed 2010 scientific program

Caltech · Cahill Center

A draft program named the center; the draft does not confirm that every proposed participant attended.

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Photograph: Dhilung · 2009 · CC BY 3.0. Cropped for layout where necessary.

Exterior of SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, photographed in 2021
2013 correspondence

SpaceX · Hawthorne

Correspondence and later recollections concern a visit. This later photograph is only location context.

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Photograph: Priwo · 2021 · Public domain. Cropped for layout where necessary.

Exterior architecture of the Mission Inn in Riverside, California
2012 conference venue

Mission Inn · Riverside

Independent organizer material documents the event venue, not individual attendance.

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Photograph: Walt Lockley · 2005 · CC BY 2.0. Cropped for layout where necessary.

The Queen Mary and Long Beach waterfront in California
2013 TED event setting

Long Beach waterfront

The coastal image provides geographic context; the TED event was elsewhere in Long Beach.

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Photograph: Erwin Kreijne · context photograph · CC BY 3.0. Cropped for layout where necessary.

The images do not establish anyone’s travel, hotel occupancy, conference attendance or criminal conduct. If an image is unavailable, a clearly decorative illustrated fallback is shown instead.

Los Angeles / source-linked waypoint view

Source-classified waypoints · Hawthorne, Riverside, Los Angeles

Choose a place to read what the documents actually establish. The Los Angeles illustration is schematic, not a mapped route. Other regional locations appear as source-linked venue records, never inferred movement paths.

01 / Hotel / scheduled stay

Hotel Bel-Air

The released itinerary lists an April 28–May 1, 2013 hotel check-in at this public Los Angeles venue. The entry documents a planned stay, not a verified completed check-in.

Evidence boundary: a named hotel and planned check-in are not a payment record, guestbook, or proof of who was physically present.

Other corridors / source-qualified venues

Follow the documentary trail along the coast

These locations come from different documents and different dates. Their appearance here does not imply travel between them or contact with anyone else at those venues.

New in passes 011–012 · California institutions and documented contacts

What can be documented—and what still needs corroboration

The California record contains different levels of evidence. An archival draft can identify a proposed conference site without proving anyone attended. A directly exchanged email is stronger evidence that two named correspondents communicated, but a conditional offer does not prove a subsequent tour happened. Route coordination can be unusually specific without becoming an aircraft manifest.

Official House testimony · 9 June 2026 · retrospective record

A recalled SpaceX visit, without a reliable year

In a June 2026 House Oversight interview, former assistant Lesley Groff said she remembered Epstein making one visit to SpaceX. When asked to date it, she offered 2014 as a guess and then acknowledged she did not know. She also said she had no knowledge of a wider relationship with Musk or of Musk visiting Epstein properties. This testimony helps corroborate that a visit was recalled, but it does not resolve the date, prove Musk met him on-site, identify visitors or establish a second tour.

A separate part of her testimony describes California trips as infrequent and says she was unaware of an Epstein residence there. That is personal recollection rather than an exhaustive travel or property record.

Read House transcript pp. 213–214 ↗ · California testimony p. 39 ↗
2009 draft · 2010 program

SpaceX, Caltech and West Hollywood

A November 2009 draft outlines a January 2010 physics summit using SpaceX, Caltech and the Andaz hotel as proposed venues. Copies of the draft appear in released material. The supplied draft is not an attendance register, proof of funding, or evidence that Epstein met any invited scientist.

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6 March 2013 · Bates-stamped scan inspected

A second tour was discussed, not established

Epstein asked about a possible SpaceX visit for people associated with the Milken conference and mentioned Leon Black. Musk said a tour could be arranged if the group had a genuine interest in space, but was uncertain whether he could attend. No subsequent entry record for this proposed group has been authenticated.

Find DOJ original EFTA01904574 (access may require age confirmation) ↗
26 April 2013 · planned route

Santa Fe to Van Nuys

A correspondence chain between Leon Black's and Epstein's offices describes a planned journey to the ranch followed by travel to Van Nuys, with pickup and aviation logistics. It does not establish a departure, completed landing, or identities of redacted companions.

Read indexed EFTA02140913 ↗
What was deliberately excluded from the connection map?

Invited conference speakers without proof of interaction; proposed Milken-group SpaceX visitors without completed-visit records; redacted passengers and private companions; all speculation about identities or ages; a present-day FAA N-number reservation as evidence of ownership or aircraft use in 2013; and any implication of criminal conduct based on venue proximity or professional contact.

Date by date / provenance attached

The Pacific Coast chronology, 2009–2013

The timeline distinguishes planned activity, contemporary correspondence, public event context and contradictory itinerary versions. Search by source identifier or subject, choose a record type, and open the precise source locator. Only twelve entries are shown initially to make the sequence easier to read.

Four-version discrepancy: an Apr 30 LA–NY plan; an Apr 1 email projecting May 1 LA–NY; an Apr 22 version still showing LA on May 1; and an Apr 24 email again projecting May 1 LA–NY. These are plans only. No confirmed departure time is established.

39 dated records · choose a category

Document details

Evidence provenance / corroborated dates and source-version audit

The source desk

Sources are labeled as official original transcripts, page-image mirrors, OCR-only materials, or research gateways. A Bates identifier is not itself authentication of an original PDF. External records may contain names or identifying details withheld from this reader edition; do not republish information about private individuals.

Source summaries
A28-S045 / mirror pdf page image inspected official DOJ image not authenticated

March 6 2013 SpaceX conditional Milken-associated group tour exchange EFTA01904574–75

Documented direct correspondence with Musk: proposal for potential visitors during Milken period, conditional offer to arrange if interested in space — No evidence of a second tour; Leon Black was named in a proposed group not confirmed as attendee; response explicitly doubts Musk own attendance. No proof of financing or wrongdoing.

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A28-S046 / indexed OCR inspected DOJ original PDF not authenticated

April 26–27 2013 Van Nuys planned arrival and aircraft coordination EFTA02140913–16

Planned Santa Fe ranch–Van Nuys movement; offices of Leon Black and Epstein coordinated a route, logistics and named public aviation destination — Forward-looking language does not verify Black family arrival, aircraft takeoff or landing. Names of other passengers/redacted individuals suppressed. Tail-number data cannot be used to reconstruct historical flight without original registry/manifest.

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A28-S047 / indexed draft OCR read original PDF not authenticated

November 2009 forwarded draft for Jan 2010 Physics of the Universe summit EFTA02435094

Distinct earlier proposed California scientific-institutional program naming SpaceX, Caltech Cahill Center and Andaz West Hollywood — Draft does not prove summit ran in stated form, that Epstein attended/funded it, or that any invited scientist actually participated. Multiple EFTA duplicates share upstream draft.

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A28-S048 / indexed single page OCR read original PDF not authenticated

Feb 21 2013 SpaceX lunch confirmed and ranch invitation declined EFTA00700795

A contemporaneous summary confirms Feb 25 SpaceX lunch scheduling and states Musk had commitments preventing ranch visit — Summary does not establish physical encounter by itself and expressly undermines any claim Musk visited Zorro Ranch that February weekend.

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A28-S049 / official page read temporally nonprobative

FAA N624N present-day inquiry result (2023–2025), NOT 2013 ownership

Disconfirmation: current reserved N-number is not historical registration, flight manifest or proof of April 2013 aircraft identity — Do not infer 2013 operator or ownership from 2023 reserved N-number. Historical aircraft title/registration chain would be required.

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New in passes 011–012 · Event confirmation vs actual travel

Version-controlled itinerary and independent organizer account

The April 30 itinerary and a separate May 1 after-midnight arrival estimate are compatible as plans, but neither verifies a completed flight. An Esri retrospective confirms that WWW actually occurred at Riverside and Redlands in September 2012, not that Epstein attended. The 2013 February itinerary variants likewise disagree about travel timing.

Read independent Esri event account ↗ · Compare April 30 calendar ↗
A28-S050 / official House Oversight transcript, relevant pages and page image reviewed

June 2026 Groff testimony about SpaceX and California travel

Pages 213–214: recollection of one visit, date not reliably remembered, no known broader relationship or Musk visit to Epstein property. Page 39: infrequent California travel recollection. This testimony is not a visitor log or a complete flight history.

Read the official 230-page transcript ↗
A28-S023 / indexed text read original scan pending

February 2013 SpaceX lunch correspondence

Company-side Feb 25 1pm proposed lunch and Hawthorne public facility location — Scheduled lunch is not proof of who entered or of misconduct

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A28-S024 / indexed excerpt original scan pending privacy hold

February 22 2013 visitor credentials correspondence

Visitor-identification material sent to office; redacted/anonymous companions — No passport images, nationalities, identities, ages or individual travel attributed; restricted access is not misconduct

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A28-S025 / official pdf URL located not opened secondary corrob

February 25 2013 SpaceX visitor notification

Contemporaneous message identifies a planned SpaceX visit that day — DOJ age-gate prevents page verification; presence at every facility location not established

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A28-S026 / third party excerpt confirmed original image pending

February 26 2013 tour follow-up

Post-visit acknowledgment thanks Musk for a tour — Does not show what facility rooms were entered, by whom, or meeting content; public denial/qualification must be retained

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A28-S027 / indexed text read original scan pending

April 17 2013 prospective Milken meeting and NY invitation decline

Prospective see-at-Milken expectation plus Apr 23 NY dinner regrets — Expectation does not establish a Milken encounter; invite to NY reported unlikely, not attendance

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A28-S028 / full indexed OCR read original scan pending

Sept 17 2012 WWW transport and venue separation

Mission Inn opening and lodging, Esri Redlands subsequent sessions; shuttle vs private drive discussed — No evidence actual shuttle/drive taken or Epstein present at Esri

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A28-S029 / full indexed text read original scan pending

Aug 15 2012 draft WWW program

Draft reveals different speaker pairings versus Sep 17 revision — Unreconciled program versions cannot prove any pairing occurred as announced

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A28-S030 / indexed excerpt read original scan pending

April 29 2013 conditional early-checkout reminder

Staff calendar condition: if checkout April 30, hotel must be notified by 6pm Apr 29 — No evidence condition acted upon; duplicates EFTA02141047 and EFTA02140608 not independent

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A28-S031 / indexed text read original scan pending

Sept 17 2012 WWW revised program details

Revised program locates Sept 18 opening in Riverside and Sept 19–20 sessions at Esri — A program is not venue check-in or proof of meeting a named participant

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A28-S033 / indexed excerpt read original scan pending

Feb 25 SpaceX lobby-access restriction correspondence

Facility proposed separate lunch and restricted main-facility access for companions — No established identity/age of companions, no conclusion on access beyond approved areas

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A28-S034 / source id located secondary summary original pending

Feb 24 2013 intended SpaceX visit to colleague

Sender explicitly describes intention to visit SpaceX following day — Language does not by itself prove it happened; do not identify private companions

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A28-S035 / secondary reporting with document crosslinks

Feb 2013 independent reporting on correspondence and restricted visit, Bloomberg reporting

Corroborating journalist account on office arrangements and restricted access — Reporting is not substitute for original EFTA scans or proof of prohibited conduct

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A28-S002 / Released itinerary / mirror inspected

April 2013 — EFTA00287420

Eight-page scan, PDF pages 7–8. Scheduled Los Angeles hotel and conference entries, plus planned departure notation.

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A28-S010 / Official contemporaneous notice

2013 Milken conference venue

April 23 official organizer-related announcement places conference sessions at the Beverly Hilton. Not an attendance list.

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A28-S003 / OCR transcript / original pending

Alternate itinerary EFTA00392990

Read as machine-transcribed text only. Its May 1 LA–NY notation requires original scan and date comparison.

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A28-S004 / OCR transcript / original pending

Conference registration email

Indexed April 15 message lists Jeffrey Epstein as a registrant. Registration is not attendance and scan inspection remains open.

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A28-S005 / index excerpt read original PDF pending

Hotel Bel-Air reservation

Indexed March 14 booking names dates and $2,240 room rate. A rate is not money paid.

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A28-S011 / indexed OCR read original PDF pending

Third Los Angeles itinerary version

April 22 email puts May 1 in Los Angeles, contrasting with two other itinerary versions.

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A28-S012 / index excerpt read original PDF pending

San Francisco reservation

2012 Ritz-Carlton booking extract; actual arrival and payment are unverified.

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A28-S013 / indexed OCR read original PDF pending

San Francisco correspondence

August 5 email chain discusses a Ritz-Carlton meeting; completion remains unconfirmed.

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A28-S014 / indexed OCR read original PDF pending

September 2012 Riverside itinerary

Ontario flight and Riverside hotel plan; source contains misleading San Francisco header.

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A28-S016 / published document text read official house original pending

Intellectual Jazz 2012 program

Original historical conference-program text, in House-file index; dates Riverside and Redlands, not an attendee record.

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A28-S017 / indexed OCR read original PDF pending

February 2013 Pacific Coast itinerary

Proposed San Francisco and Long Beach travel with TED/Hyatt context.

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A28-S018 / official original web page read

TED2013 organizer venue

TED’s own 2013 archive confirms the event in Long Beach; no individual attendance is implied.

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A28-S021 / OCR index; original pending

Milken 2013 panel selection acknowledgement

April 16 electronic selections; note explicitly says panel choice does not guarantee admission. Transcript only, original pending.

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A28-S022 / OCR index; original pending

April 24 itinerary from Dataset 10

May 1 LA–NY scheduling line. Does not establish the travel occurred or independently corroborate another itinerary copy.

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Method: a planned venue is not proof of actual physical presence; a program or registration is not proof of a meeting; a booking rate is not a completed payment. The 2012 Riverside itinerary contains a misleading “San Francisco” heading, which must not become a location claim. Confidential contact details, private survivor identities and unsupported personal-network links are excluded.

DOJ source archive ↗ · House estate documents ↗ · FAA record inquiry ↗ · California corporate registry ↗