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This Man Claims He Watched Malaysia Air Flight 370 Go Down in Flames
New York Magazine ^ | 3/12 | Joe Coscarelli

Posted on 03/12/2014 2:53:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway

ABC's Bob Woodruff has shared an email from an oil rig worker stationed near the coast of Vietnam that alleges to have witnessed the missing jet go down in flames. "The timing is right," writes Mike McKay. "While I observed the burning (plane) it appeared to be in ONE piece."

McKay's employer has confirmed that the letter is not a hoax. "From when I first saw the burning (plane) until the flames went out (still at high altitude) was 10-15 seconds," he writes. "There was no lateral movement, so it was either coming toward our location, stationary (falling) or going away from our location."

"I tried to contact the Malaysian and Vietnam officials several days ago. But I do not know if the message has been received," he adds. Although McKay provides coordinates for his location at the time, Woodruff reports that Vietnamese officials say they found nothing at the site. Although the alleged eyewitness account has not been corroborated, it couldn't hurt to look again.


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 777; ccp; china; chinashotitdown; iran; malaysia; mh370; oilrig; oilrigworker; planecrash; shotdownbychinese; southchinasea; vietnam; vungtau; waronterror
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1 posted on 03/12/2014 2:53:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I saw DB Cooper and Elvis at my local Olive Garden a few weeks ago, should I tell someone?


2 posted on 03/12/2014 2:56:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Sarah Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: nickcarraway

Most people think that the very most expensive US defense item developed for use in World War 2 was The Bomb.

Right? Wrong:

It was developing and perfecting the B-29 that delivered it.


3 posted on 03/12/2014 2:56:32 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: nickcarraway

Puts it right about where the Chinese say they have satellite images of floating debris.


4 posted on 03/12/2014 2:59:36 PM PDT by Bobibutu
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To: nickcarraway
If this guy sighted the doomed 777 from near the coast of Vietnam then either he has the world's greatest eyesight or the image below is wrong.


5 posted on 03/12/2014 3:01:17 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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Light pollution is minimal. Burning objects are quite visible at great distances during the night. I spent 10 years in the area back in the 60s & 70s & its dark at night there.


6 posted on 03/12/2014 3:06:07 PM PDT by Bobibutu
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“I saw DB Cooper and Elvis at my local Olive Garden a few weeks ago, should I tell someone?”

Were they a ‘couple’?


7 posted on 03/12/2014 3:06:21 PM PDT by DugwayDuke
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

LOL! Whenever we get a call at work and there’s no one on the line (for whatever reason - usually a Robo Call) I always say:

“I LOVE how Elvis checks in with me from wherever he is in the world!”


8 posted on 03/12/2014 3:08:06 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: DugwayDuke

lol


9 posted on 03/12/2014 3:08:11 PM PDT by Kackikat
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To: DugwayDuke

And what if they were? As long as they’re happy, blah, blah, blah. And now you must bake them a wedding cake and make them a floral display!


10 posted on 03/12/2014 3:08:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Sarah Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: gaijin
So surprising, I had to check.

According to wikipedia, total cost of Manhattan Project: $2.4 billion. Total cost of B-29: over $2.5 billion.

11 posted on 03/12/2014 3:09:54 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Tell me and I’ll tell Art Bell.


12 posted on 03/12/2014 3:13:04 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad and lived with his parents .)
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To: InterceptPoint

The coordinates on the letter put the rig’s postion about 100 or so miles off the coast, to the north east of the last recorded position on your map. But he spotted it at around 270° from his position and having no lateral motion, which is odd. So the plane would have been going east or west, not north east.


13 posted on 03/12/2014 3:14:04 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: TurboZamboni
I already told David Icke, he's supposed to tell Art next time he sees him at Golden Corral. Did you know they have lobster tails now for $3.99?
14 posted on 03/12/2014 3:15:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Sarah Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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15 posted on 03/12/2014 3:19:21 PM PDT by Dallas59 (Obama: The first "White Black" President.)
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To: InterceptPoint

He said he is on an oil rig. His coords put him well out off the SE coast of VN.


16 posted on 03/12/2014 3:19:26 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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I saw DB Cooper and Elvis at my local Olive Garden a few weeks ago, should I tell someone?

Olive Garden is still alive?

17 posted on 03/12/2014 3:22:59 PM PDT by SgtBob (Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
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To: doorgunner69

running the numbers puts the crash site ~240 miles at ~230 degrees from the oil rig.


18 posted on 03/12/2014 3:23:51 PM PDT by Bobibutu
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To: SgtBob

This administration can only destroy so many businesses at a time. Be patient.


19 posted on 03/12/2014 3:24:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Sarah Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Kackikat

“And what if they were? As long as they’re happy, blah, blah, blah. And now you must bake them a wedding cake and make them a floral display!”

I, in no manner, wanted to give you the perception that I did, or did not, wish to imply any moral judgement on any activities, they may, or may not, have participated in. And, equally, I, in no manner, wanted to give you the perception, that I did, or did not, imply any moral judgement on any activities they may, or may not, only have considered, or did not consider, participation in, at that particular, or any other, Olive Garden, or any other commercial or non-commercial, public or private, location, whether or not, they ever did, or did not, engage in these activities, at that time, or any other time in the past or future. In fact, I did not, nor will I ever, consider or not consider, posting any comments to this thread regardless of any evidence that may or may not exist to the contrary, in this or any other forum, on or off the world wide web.


20 posted on 03/12/2014 3:43:22 PM PDT by DugwayDuke
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