Call me a conspiracy nut, but here's what I believe may have happened:
It's almost a certainty that the US government has spy satellites video recording the entire planet at all times, at a level good enough to distinguish individual aircraft. ...
You are a conspiracy nut. :-)
Spy satellite time is expensive. And they typically have a narrow field of view (the better to read the license plate number off of your car). Basically they are orbiting telescopes like the Hubble, except they are pointed down instead of up.
It is inconceivable to me that they'd waste time having a spy sat looking at empty stretches of the Indian Ocean for no good reason. Especially when there are more interesting things to look at (Afghanistan, Ukraine, North Korea, etc.).
It's almost a certainty that the US government has spy satellites video recording the entire planet at all times, at a level good enough to distinguish individual aircraft. ...
You are a conspiracy nut. :-)
Spy satellite time is expensive. And they typically have a narrow field of view (the better to read the license plate number off of your car). Basically they are orbiting telescopes like the Hubble, except they are pointed down instead of up.
It is inconceivable to me that they'd waste time having a spy sat looking at empty stretches of the Indian Ocean for no good reason. Especially when there are more interesting things to look at (Afghanistan, Ukraine, North Korea, etc.).