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Saturday, June 7, 2014

Mystery solved: This is the monster that ate that great white shark - Gizmodo


"It wasn't the Kraken. It wasn't Godzilla. And it wasn't even a rabid killer whale. The mysterious animal that had killed and eaten the 9-foot great white shark and had stumped scientists turned out to be a super predator feared by even apex predators like the great white shark. So what was it?

According to the researchers who investigated the puzzling case, it was a "colossal cannibal great white shark."

We found that the original YouTube video we posted this morning belongs to the documentary The Search for the Ocean's Super Predator, produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It seems that the Smithsonian Channel repackaged it into another documentary called Hunt for the Super Predator.

 The documentary narrates the scientific effort to catalogue Australia's great whites and the search for the killer of this 9-foot great white that initially had bewildered the scientists. It was only after further studying the bigger migrating great whites that came into the area where the 9-footer was killed when they finally guessed the identity of the killer."


Cont. on link:

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/mystery-solved-heres-the-animal-that-ate-the-9-foot-gr-1587429691


Tuesday, April 15, 2014

More Thoughts on Missing Malaysian Flight MH370:



Yahoo user Frank responds to Torrent (see previous post on this blog, below this one) with these comments regarding missing Flight MH370 via yahoo news comments (see link to article below, also I commented as yahoo user Robert):

"Great post - here's some thoughts-

So - Let's rule some stuff out.

1. Agreed - Suicide is out. The pilot would have to disable some control systems but within his capabilities. But the flew on for 7 hours - he would have had to kill all onboard too - doing that without just crashing the plane is too weird..
2. Kinda - Terrorism is out. It could have been a lone wolf type of thing - like Boston.
3. Agreed - Theft of the plane is out - this is a theory that I believe oringniated on yahoo comment boards and is about as idiotic as even the worst theories.
4. Kinda - Theft of the plane for technology is out, although terrorist would love to have a 777 to learn how to fly on - it's a difficult thing to pull off - the "radar" thing would have watched the plane land anywhere (except Diego Garcia - but the ACARS data does support the plane flying in that direction).
5. Agreed - Military seizure is a very difficult solution to a problem where so many much simpler solutions exist.
6. Out - Communicable diseases theory is straight out of Hollywood - right now there is some producer that is calling Harrison Ford about this movie right now.
7. Out - Theft of the plane to pack it full of nukes - This just couldn't happen for so many, so many, so many, so many, so many reasons - here's a short list - tracking of nukes, tracking of current flights and current squawks, the huge number of civilians that would act as part of all of these systems make a cover up in possible, RADAR - it sees planes flying around, missile defense systems, fighters ready to scramble at a moments notice, ACARS, etc.

Thought on the List of oddities:

1. Complete radio and telephone silence - last words heard: goodnight tower (no stress or concern in voice). Technological know-how and ability to disable communication systems is extreme - and the pilots should have been able to communicate using alternate forms of communication as systems began failing.
2. Disappearance from all area national radars
3. Disappearance occurred on a calm night.
4. All passengers and crew are cleared of terrorist suspicion
5. Pilots are cleared of suicidal tendencies

Conclusions: Need a single thing that can fit into all of the oddities - Rapid Cabin Depressurization - at altitude could kill everyone on board in minutes - O2 system could last 15 minutes as best (and likely on for the pilots at that time). Pilots could have still descended quickly to an altitude with enough O2. BUT, what if a spark in the O2 system cause the explosion - this would eliminate the O2 from the masks, killing everyone on board within 2 minutes. The plane would continuing flying on George - even executing the preprogrammed turnaround towards the nearest airport (common practice) but with dead pilots, the plane would keep flying til flame out."

My own thoughts are that it was either...

1. Poison gas (including, but not limited to Co2 - Carbon Monoxide).
2. Electrical fire that had deadly smoke, fire eventually burned out though.
3. Cabin Depressurization like Frank mentioned above.
4. Terrorist/Lone Wolf Bombings/Other act, also as Frank Mentioned above.
5. A fast paced deadly virus would be possible like Torrent said, possibly, killing all onboard.
6. Pilot Suicide is always possible.
7. Pilot or Hijackers crashed plane into ocean as a political act, religious one, or other. 
8. Something else.

-Rob

Mini-sub to dive again after aborting first MH370 search - Yahoo News

http://news.yahoo.com/mini-sub-tries-again-first-search-mh370-aborted-015845573.html

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Report: Ship detects "pulse" signal in search for jet airliner MH370 - CBS News



PERTH, Australia -- "
A Chinese ship involved in the hunt for the missing Malaysian jetliner reported hearing a "pulse signal" Saturday in Indian Ocean waters with the same frequency emitted by the plane's data recorders.

China's official Xinhua News Agency said a black box detector deployed by the ship, Haixun 01, picked up a signal at 37.5 kilohertz (cycles per second). However, Xinhua said it had not yet been determined whether the signal was related to the missing plane, citing the China Maritime Search and Rescue Center.

Malaysia's civil aviation chief, Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, confirmed that the frequency emitted by Flight 370's black boxes was 37.5 kilohertz.

Retired Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, Chief Coordinator of the Joint Agency Coordination Center -- the Australian government agency coordinating the search -- said Saturday the Haixun's report of electronic pulse signals could not be verified at this time. U.S. officials from the NTSB and FAA were not able to confirm the report, either.

Houston also said the report of a number of white objects on the water's surface about 90 kilometers from the signal detection area could not be confirmed to be related to the missing plane.
The deployment of Royal Australian Air Force assets to the area where the Chinese ship detected the sounds is being considered, Houston said."

Read more here:

CBS News - Flight MH370 Located?

Monday, March 24, 2014

Officials Say Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane 'Ended in the Southern Indian Ocean' -ABC News/yahoo

Very sad news to report:

New satellite data reveals that missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 "ended" its journey in a "remote location" of the southern Indian Ocean, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said today.

"This is a remote location, far from any possible landing sites. It is therefore with deep sadness and regret that I must inform you that, according to this new data, flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean," a somber Razak said during a media briefing.

The jet vanished March 8 with 289 people on board after it took off from Kuala Lampur bound for Beijing.

The announcement follows weeks of searches that spanned the South China Sea, Strait of Malacca and finally the south Indian Ocean off of Australia as authorities tried to figure out what happened to the plane.

More of the story here:

http://gma.yahoo.com/missing-malaysia-airlines-plane-ended-south-indian-ocean-140638663--abc-news-topstories.html

Note: I had a dream over a week ago, regarding missing flight MH307. It was a dream with
3 skeletons on the edge of an island, the west coast of Australia it looked like. Maybe it meant
something? -Rob

Malaysia Flight MH370 Mystery: UPDATE

Here is some updated info on missing Malaysia Flight MH370:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/satellite-locates-malaysian-flight-370-still-flying-seven-hours-after-takeoff/2014/03/15/96627a24-ac86-11e3-a06a-e3230a43d6cb_graphic.html

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

MALDIVES RESIDENTS REPORT SIGHTING -news.com.au



EYEWITNESSES claim to have seen a low-flying jumbo jet “with red stripes” similar to that of a missing Malaysia Airlines jet flying over their houses in the Maldives, local media reports.

The Maldivian daily newspaper Haveeru
reports residents described a white aircraft with red markings similar to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 passing overhead about 6.15am on March 8.

The claims, which have not been confirmed, follow reports of radar and satellite signals indicating the missing airliner could have followed a track in that general direction.

The holiday islands are about halfway between Malaysia and the east coast of Africa.
It’s about 3200 kilometres from Malaysia — placing it at the extreme edge of how far flight MH370 could travel.
TOMNOD USER SPOTS PLANE — BUT IS IT MH370?

A Taiwan university student who has assisted the search effort by scouring satellite images on the website Tomnod claims to have found an image of Flight MH370.

The Taiwan China Times reported that the image had not yet been verified and the surrounding jungle landscape had yet to be identified.

Three million people have joined the effort to locate the missing plane on Tomnod, in what may be the largest crowdsourcing project of its kind.

The satellite firm DigitalGlobe, which owns the Tomnod platform, said that its search area now has some 24,000 square kilometres (9,000 square miles) and that more images are being added daily, including a new area in the Indian Ocean.

The company said more than three million people had participated in the program, with some 257 million “map views’’ and 2.9 million areas “tagged’’ by participants.

The response was so great it overloaded the system’s computers for a time last week.

It is unclear whether the above Tomnod image even shows a Malaysia Airlines plane. Commentators have suggested the coloured ring towards the tail seems more like the paint scheme of Qantas than Malaysian Airlines.

Source: http://www.news.com.au/world/malaysia-airlines-missing-plane-families-dragged-away-by-security-satellite-data-in-australia-could-hold-planes-location/story-fndir2ev-1226858579129

Note:

It's obvious this plane is missing, most likely, b/c of:

a) Pilot suicide (due to ideology or a radical political statement being made)
b) Depression/suicide
c) A hijacking/Terrorism
d) A radical religious statement/beleif
e) Theft/Criminal Act
f) Political Hostages being taken
g) Mental Problems by one of the pilots
h) Gay love affair between pilots
i) Love triangle between pilots
j) Act for religion or ideology
k) Insurance money/Sabotage
l) Family/Love/Money/Health problems
m) Misc reasons(s).

Least likely or impossible/improbable:

a) Mechanical/engine problems or even failure
b) An accident
c) Pilot disorientation/confusion
d) Weather
e) Electric Problem/Failure
f) Lack of oxygen/Hypoxia
g) UFO
h) Missile/Bomb/Explosion (Maybe after 8/11 am?)
i) Government/Military action
j) Odd Weather
k) Misc.

The plane kept flying until 8:11 am or after. I wonder why no passengers
attempted to use their cell phones, PDA's, etc? Does 8:11 or after have to
do with 9/11 by any chance?

I also wonder if this was a random act or deliberate. It seems it was planned.
Premeditated. A criminal act.

One or both pilots are responsible for this imo. However the two Irans on board could also have had a key in this as well.

Just my thoughts on the matter.

-Rob