So my biggest issues with this one, and these have all probably been discussed here already (I have skimmed the thread) are -
- '
NROL-22' was the launch number, the satellite is '
USA-184' why would any footage be watermarked with the launch number, not the actual asset id
-
MH370 disappeared between ~01:00-02:30, and, as has already been pointed out by
Sid, the moon was not high in the sky - so the illumination we see looks wrong, it doesn't appear to be IR in anyway and in fact looks more like standard visible-band daylight to me..
Both of these points would require detailed knowledge of
USA-184's technical capabilities, which are obviously not publicly available. I've looked at a lot of NRO-sat footage and see no watermarking, launch or satellite number..
Aside from all this, the idea that some group covered this alleged event up by replicating pieces of fuselage debris etc. and scattered them throughout the Indian Ocean to wash up on beaches, is completely absurd and would require a monumental effort to carry out, not to mention that all efforts by all
groups to identify them as MH-370 would have to be part of the conspiracy (including - based on the (
Aviation Safety Report) entries for debris analysis -
• the
French Judicial Authority - Item No. 1 was found on 29 July 2015 in Saint-Denis, Réunion Island ... The item was retrieved by the local French authorities and shipped to General Delegate of Armament Aeronautical Technique(DGA/TA) facility in Toulouse for detailed examination ... Although the name plate was missing, which could have provided immediate traceability to the aircraft (9M-MRO),the part was confirmed to be a right flaperon of the aircraft 9M-MRO, by tracing the identification numbers of the internal parts of the flaperon to their manufacturing records at EADS CASA, Spain.
• the
ATSB Laboratory in Canberra - many of the pieces were examined by this group
• "
the Team" (in Malaysia) - most of the pieces were examined by this group
• "
the Team" in collaboration with
Science & Technology Research Institute for Defence (
STRIDE) - "Item 16 - Cabin Interior Panel - The part has been determined to be almost certain from MH370."
• The
South African Civil Aviation Authority - 1.12.4 Process for Recovery of DebrisAt the time of writing of this report, the possibility exists that more debris might be found washed ashore, especially at the coasts of south east Africa.Arrangements have been made with the Civil Aviation Authorities there to retrieve and secure the debris and to be delivered to the Team for examination.