The pub where Brakenreid enjoys his chicken wings has many images of anchors around the room. The world famous Buffalo wing was invented at Buffalo's own Anchor Bar.
The pilot relocation program that the victim was a part of is cleary a precursor to the Witness Protection Program. The Relocation Agreement Tactic, as it's called in the episode, would have the acronym RAT. To rat on someone is to testify against them- which might just cause someone to need witness protection.
This episode takes place in 1904.