But there is no actual evidence that they are dead.
Not one shred.
The hypothesis that the plane flew into Michelle Obama’s butt is every bit as valid as the they are all dead hypothesis.
The sad part about that is that no one alive today wants to look there, so we may never know.
Well let’s turn that around —
Is there any evidence that they are still alive???
“He’s dead, Jim.”
[Leonard McCoy to Captain James T. Kirk]
(But there is no actual evidence that they are dead.
Not one shred.)
Nor any that they are alive. This is not TV. They did not find a hidden island with a large supply of food and weapons.
Any plane crash into the sea or into land usually involves total death of all crew and passengers. Any crash with survivors would have required rescue within 48-72 hours to save anyone. I think the time of acceptance of a reality has come.
The undiscovered country from whose bourn No traveler returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of?