The difficult thing with this sort of article is that while it generally sounds plausible, the layperson reader doesn't know about the specifics. I don't know anything about BFO spoofing or handshake rings. This means that all I can really judge this article on is its presentation and logical reasoning, and while both seem okay, there's no way for me to evaluate the premises and finer points that the piece critically hinges upon.
Reading this article sort of left me feeling the same way I imagine a child might feel when reading Erich von Daniken or a book about Roswell or something like that: a set of allegations that are (1) surprising, (2) seem to make sense, and (3) that are totally beyond the reader's capacity for counterargument.
I will deliver one counter-argument: I think the focus on Yubileyniy might be unwarranted. The extrapolation of the flight-path is mere speculation, and don't forget that there are lots of places to land a plane, even a very large one. Out of all the larger airfields on the eastern hemisphere of our planet, I'm not surprised to see one that's large enough for this plane and that had some apparently-unusual things going on within the last few months. Statistically, I just regard such an event as probable to occur, independently of any missing planes.
Anyway, it was an interesting read.
Reading this article sort of left me feeling the same way I imagine a child might feel when reading Erich von Daniken or a book about Roswell or something like that: a set of allegations that are (1) surprising, (2) seem to make sense, and (3) that are totally beyond the reader's capacity for counterargument.
I will deliver one counter-argument: I think the focus on Yubileyniy might be unwarranted. The extrapolation of the flight-path is mere speculation, and don't forget that there are lots of places to land a plane, even a very large one. Out of all the larger airfields on the eastern hemisphere of our planet, I'm not surprised to see one that's large enough for this plane and that had some apparently-unusual things going on within the last few months. Statistically, I just regard such an event as probable to occur, independently of any missing planes.
Anyway, it was an interesting read.