"As in the case of TWA 800, but much MUCH less likely now, when and if the government feels the need to either restrict or deny information to the general public it is generally for a good reason."
Well, I hope so.
But I'll say I don't think the TWA 800 explanation implausible. Some say they saw a missile. But others say they didn't. The stories become apocryphal. With the JFK assassination the slanted conspiracists say "x amount of people heard three shots". However twice as many heard only two. People hear and see different things under stress. And I've read it impossible from the shore to see the minimal exhaust from a portable sam that allegedly hit 800.
But this time we a pilot eye-witness close.
Could be some test, but we'll see.
TWA 800 story also had two combat experienced pilots witness the missile attack.