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Coordinates on those various pieces of debris, hundreds of pieces of debris, so if they have coordinates of those, i would have assumed they were in the search area that everybody was looking in, and are they now -- this new search area, is this where they believe debris is or where the actual plane may be? i assume its where they believe debris must be, because they wouldnt be able to find the plane under water. >> reporter: they most definitely think thats a credible area for where the debris ...

Poseidon, a state of the art plane. and it was going back and forth over the search area. what i can tell you is even though we cant show you the video aboard the plane because it is so highly classified, is that we were skimming the surface, very close to the ocean, and we actually saw some objects floating as well. one of the spotters saw white objects bobbing in the water. so we took a couple of paths around it. also spotted some orange rope as well as a blue plastic type bag, unsure of exact...

>> reporter: i was with the united states p-8 poseidon crew. and as we were entering the search area, it took about two hours and twenty minutes to arrive to the search area. as we got closer to the ocean, one of the crew members, one seated to the left, looking out at the ocean, suddenly saw white debris. a number of white debris spots on the ocean from that high, all he could see from specks. then another crew member to the right saw some orange rope, what appeared to be orange rope. and then ...

We can rule anything in or out. >> i think we have to continue to search as we are until we have more information. we dont know. >> all right, here back with analysis fox news military analyst lieutenant general thomas mcinerney is with us. of course we cant rule out the possibility of terrorism. what is, in your experience, with all the different satellite images general what do you make of that? especially in light of the fact that you had some connections and some contacts telling you it migh...

Bag but we didnt have anything beyond the description of a blue plastic bag. so they are very reluctant, the people who are aboard this plane, to say anything other than, hey, we spotted something. they marked the coordinates and they are asking that a vessel go there and check it out. there were five planes out of the ten that did spot something, jim. again, we dont know if anything that is spotted is connected with the missing plane. >> so youre inside the plane. how do they mark the location ...

It is amazing the international response to this disaster and this mystery. what about the fact commander marks, that this area now that they will be searching, the currents are not as strong. how might that help with the visual search that many of these people are trying to do from these airplanes? >> really, it is a matter of the weather getting better. over the past week or so the weather has been extremely challenging. with the ceilings dropping to well under a thousand feet that makes it ve...

Days, satellite images can be tricky. lets bring in our analyst and former vice presence of digital globe who took the initial satellite images. really good to have you. i want to start with your reaction to this news that new items have been spotted. confident, hopeful? >> i am. frankly, im a little frustrated too. were looking at a new area again. you mention the distance that were talking about. the good news is that satellites will be in or bit. they should be collected in about 15 to 16 hou...

Debris field, and the satellite imagery is helpful, but i have to caution not to be too optimistic until we actually get visual confirmation. once you do, our oceanagraphers reverse plot and that will help us determine a much more specific point where this plane may have crash landed. >> commander marks, help me understand this, because im an idiot in science and this kind of thing. but for days now, weve been hearing about satellite data from a variety of different countries showing in one case...

Latch on to, you glam on to that and you stick with it. thats a mistake. when new data comes in, you have to be willing to say, our old data could be wrong. thats a good sign in the investigation. the other is confirmation bias. what you thought all along is wrong. now, for example, they said they are looking at the pilots. this new data may show that is wrong. the fact they are willing to go with the new data, thats a good thing. you are throwing the biases out the window. i am encouraged they ...

For debris. this plane did spot some debris. there was a bit of excitement but the plane got very, very close to the ocean. some white debris. an orange rope, a blue bag, but it wasnt significant enough to say it was connected to the plane at all. the ship was dispatched to these coordinates just to make sure. there were a couple of other sightings by two other countries that we heard from the pilot but as far as we can tell, there hasnt been anything that would be unusual that appears to be any...