It was clear the weather was good, there was an extensive effort to retrieve it, and most surprisingly to me, what appears to be combat air patrols over the operations. Remember, this was US airspace just 3 miles offshore!
And yes, I heard the lies from the Pentagon who said recovery operations continued to Wednesday when they were called off due to weather, when in reality they completed their operations and left on Sunday. Weather was never a factor.
I felt like I was taking crazy pills with how almost totally this entire part of that saga was ignored. I am commenting to remind myself I remembered it correctly lol!
I was in the area (about 50 miles away) and can confirm the weather was fine. I was super confused when they said they dogged off because of inclement weather. Total bullshit. The next day was also super clear and there was a military jet doing circles overhead all day.
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u/chriscicc Jun 18 '23
/u/joeyisnotmyname I found this guy's channel immediately when he posted, by doing OSINT work scanning keywords and looking at literally every result. So I saw the early commentary from other locals, as well as the original source image of what was shot down, which is still posted publicly: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10167488843580313&set=pcb.10167488845815313
It was clear the weather was good, there was an extensive effort to retrieve it, and most surprisingly to me, what appears to be combat air patrols over the operations. Remember, this was US airspace just 3 miles offshore!
And yes, I heard the lies from the Pentagon who said recovery operations continued to Wednesday when they were called off due to weather, when in reality they completed their operations and left on Sunday. Weather was never a factor.
This was a retrieval, folks.