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2014-04-19 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Malaysian Flight 370 Diego Garcia conspiracy theory.
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Posted by Besoeker 2014-04-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 That was actually posted in an anonymous comment here back on the 10th to some consternation. A cursory search (bing, web only) suggests it may have originated on March 17 on an eclectic Canadian site.
Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2014-04-19 01:47||   2014-04-19 01:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Thanks Zen. Appears to be making the rounds. The shame is, not that it is being told, but that events are in such a mess we could give it a second thought.
Posted by Besoeker 2014-04-19 02:55||   2014-04-19 02:55|| Front Page Top

#3 My theory is that it somehow went back in time to 9/11, and then didn't crash into the Pentagon. Soon to be a major motion picture.
Any takers?..
Posted by ed in texas 2014-04-19 07:36||   2014-04-19 07:36|| Front Page Top

#4 I still smell a rat.

I still think the danged thing is sitting on the ground somewhere remote waiting to be turned into an enormous flying bomb coming to a neighborhood near you.

All of this chasing around checking on seagulls, pallets, and stray Styrofoam is a series of red herrings diversionary tactics.

If anything, someone knows exactly where this bird went down so it should not be this needle in a haystack thing. I am surprised neither the Aussies, the Chinese or us have a clue where this thing went down...

Has anyone been tracking large random purchases of JP-5?
Posted by Bill Clinton 2014-04-19 10:19||   2014-04-19 10:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Until the truth is know, there are no bad ideas, only degrees of likely probability to be racked and stacked.
Posted by Besoeker 2014-04-19 10:28||   2014-04-19 10:28|| Front Page Top

#6 a Coast-To-Coast AM radio fanboy, I'm sure
Posted by Frank G 2014-04-19 10:31||   2014-04-19 10:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Until the truth is know, there are no bad ideas, only degrees of likely probability to be racked and stacked.

Elvis. In a flying saucer. With a candlestick.
Posted by Pappy 2014-04-19 11:03||   2014-04-19 11:03|| Front Page Top

#8 Elvis. In a flying saucer. With a candlestick. Posted by: Pappy

Ranks a very strong 'B' coming from you.

[B - Usually Reliable Minor doubt about authenticity, trustworthiness, or competency; has a history of valid information most of the time]

Posted by Besoeker 2014-04-19 11:12||   2014-04-19 11:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Besoeker, I think a lot of the conspiracy theories floating around are deliberate lies being spread as chaff because the truth just isn't that bloody useful to them, and would be (to use an unfortunate turn of phrase) inconvenient. Noone had any grand money-making plans for going to war with Malaysia.

Anyway, if you want to see something that is less agit-proppy, I would suggest Duncan Steel's website. He's constructed routes for the plane that go through the Northern arc of the ping ring that match the doppler data from Immarsat. (In short, their data re: the southern route was either wrong or they were dissembling). You can reach it at http://www.duncansteel.com/.
Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-04-19 11:41||   2014-04-19 11:41|| Front Page Top

#10 Thanks MFSM.
Posted by Besoeker 2014-04-19 12:01||   2014-04-19 12:01|| Front Page Top

#11 
Posted by Shipman 2014-04-19 13:47||   2014-04-19 13:47|| Front Page Top

#12 It's at the bottom of the ocean.

Diego Garcia is a US base, but does anyone think an airliner could land at DG and for a month and a half none of the US servicemen there would remark on it?

How'd they guide the plane in without the ATC crew knowing?

How'd they get it into a hangar without the air service crews being told one of their buildings was off limits?

How'd it taxi from the landing strip to the hangar without anyone noticing? Even at night, it either has lights on it or blocks out lights on the background AND MAKES A LOT OF NOISE.

How'd they deal with the passengers -- dead or alive -- without anyone noticing?

But, hey, the US is the target de jour, so the nutcases will make up anything.

Since when does the US take directions from Malaysia...


We ALWAYS wait for advice from the local government during disasters. It's called respecting sovereignty and not doing it causes endless problems.

The press doesn't mention DG because the press is populated by uneducated, uninformed talking heads hired for their relations and looks.
Posted by Rob Crawford 2014-04-19 23:12||   2014-04-19 23:12|| Front Page Top

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