Ric, I always have to respect those like you who have really researched nearly every aspect of this mystery and my opinions are only that, just opinions. I'm not trying to disagree with the evidence trail Tighar has uncovered, in fact, I've believed that evidence and Jeff Glickman's enhanced images of the BO. I don't see how a reef landing on the eastern side precludes the distress calls, because I believe they are real and the evidence points to them being real. I'm just not convinced that they landed near the Norwich City, but may have walked there to find items to help their survival. Betty's entry about "something that sounds like NY" is to me some of the most powerful evidence as it couldn't be faked. I'm really in your camp. Item 2-2-V-1 is nearly conclusive. I only thought that the Lambrecht photo with the report of recent habitation was identifying that location where the bones were found later. My comment about the banjo (I'm smiling here Ric) only meant that the BO was always interpreted evidence, and could be mistaken. I thought it led to the reef sonar scan which led to the anomaly. But people have interpreted blurry images as " looking like" objects, until someone joked to me about someone seeing a banjo (huh?). So with no malice of intent, I only note that some of the evidence is very interpretive and "could be" mistaken. All of which is only my opinion, not meant to undermine the heroic effort to get the Hail Mary images. And much kudos to the guy with the home built ROV. I'm just trying to explain the lack of finding anything and just accepting that the images didn't reveal anything and what does it mean? It "might" mean the plane isn't there.
I'm certain they landed on Gardner, just not sure where. Just discussing, not disagreeing. I'm sorry I'm not a sophisticated blogger, this is the only forum where I've ever commented and maybe I'm not coming off well. So thanks for your personal replies, actually I didn't expect to get replies directly from you. So I'm really impressed.
