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originally posted by: ThinkYouSpeak
a reply to: ZeddicusZulZorander
Logic would dictate with so many freaking known satelites, spy sats and even more secretive space cameras deployed we could have multiple angles and multiple sources to collect information from. As a complete freaking amateur i would follow the plane based on *last known position* and gosh maybe use those satelites to see which direction it went in for how long..it's not like we live in 1766 things just don't disappear anymore. there is visual proof of what happened to that plane and or where it went/is. If we can hunt christopher dorner who imho is roughly 200x smaller than a jet i think it's pretty safe to assume the governments in charge have without a shadow of a doubt exact knowledge and fate of this plane.
originally posted by: ZeddicusZulZorander
originally posted by: ThinkYouSpeak
a reply to: ZeddicusZulZorander
Logic would dictate with so many freaking known satelites, spy sats and even more secretive space cameras deployed we could have multiple angles and multiple sources to collect information from. As a complete freaking amateur i would follow the plane based on *last known position* and gosh maybe use those satelites to see which direction it went in for how long..it's not like we live in 1766 things just don't disappear anymore. there is visual proof of what happened to that plane and or where it went/is. If we can hunt christopher dorner who imho is roughly 200x smaller than a jet i think it's pretty safe to assume the governments in charge have without a shadow of a doubt exact knowledge and fate of this plane.
Yes, I only quoted a bit of your post, but again...not much knowledge of actual capabilities. We can see a small object sure. A known object used to fall under the 4" bolt rule, meaning a 4" bolt could be seen from space by spy satellites (in the 70's no less) and not the grainy neighborhood pictures Google shows. But that's focus on a known location or spot with extreme zoom, not a general view of a huge expanse of ocean.
And you mention Dorner, which 1) "possibly" used drones, not satellites and 2) the use of drones has never been confirmed so your "pretty safe" assumption doesn't even use a solid starting logic point. Switching between a satellite catching one plane on a global scale (and factoring ocean depth as well) versus a drone hunting a smaller mountain range with thermal cameras is really apples to oranges.
Things do disappear...although you're right, it's not 1766. In 2003 a 727 completely vanished flying out of Angola and has never been found. I could go on back to 1945 and Flight 19, but I think it shows that yes...things can disappear. We don't want them to. Our ego says we should be able to find anything in this world of instant information/communication. Our conspiratorial mind wants to fill in gaps and think that the United States can follow Will Smith around in a movie, so surely it knows exactly where the plane is, but that's just not factual.