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COULD BE THE GRANDDADDY OF THEM
ALL FOR FALSE INFORMATION.
A SATELLITE IMAGE APPEARED TO
SHOW A PLANE ABOVE A JUNGLE.
IT WAS SPOTTED BY A UNIVERSITY
STUDENT ON A MATCH SEARCH
WEBSITE THAT'S BEING USED BY 3.6
MILLION PEOPLE, SO-CALLED CROWD
SOURCING WITH MAP VIEWS TRYING
TO HELP FIND THE MISSING PLANE.
HE SAID TODAY THIS WASN'T THE
PLANE AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING
FOR.
EPIPHANIES USING IMAGES FROM
SPACE HAVE TURNED OUT TO BE
ILLUSIONS MORE THAN ONCE.
REMEMBER THE CHINESE SATELLITE
PICTURE THAT LOOKED LIKE FOR A
DAY THE CLUE THAT WOULD SOLVE
THE CASE.
THREE SUSPECTED FLOATING ABSENCE
FLOATING IN THE CHINA SEA.
TURNED UP NOTHING.
ALL BUT FORGOTTEN NOW.
>> WE FOUND NOTHING.
>> AN I.T. ANALYST IN THE
ANDAMAN ISLANDS THOUGHT HE MAY
HAVE SEEN THE PLANE FLYING LOW
IN SATELLITE PICTURES, BUT NOT
SO MUCH.
THE NEW ZEALAND OIL RIG WORKER
WHO CLAIMED IN A LETTER HE SAW A
PLANE GO DOWN.
TURNED OUT TO BE MORE OF
NOTHING.
AND AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, SOCIAL
MEDIA HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET IT
RIGHT EITHER.
MUSICIAN COURTNEY LOVE TWEETED
ON FACEBOOK THE COORDINATES OF
WHERE SHE THOUGHT THE PLANE WAS
LOCATED BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE
ANOTHER APPARENTLY BAD TIP.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE
QUESTION IS WHETHER ALL THE
PUBLIC INPUT INTO AN
INVESTIGATION LIKE THIS HELPS OR
HURTS.
A FORMER INVESTIGATOR AND ATF
OFFICIAL SAYS MORE
>> WHAT WE SAY IN A LOT OF CASES
IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IS WE ARE ONE
TIP AWAY FROM SOLVING THIS CASE.
>> Reporter: MIKE BOUCHARD HELPS
SUPERVISE A MASSIVE
INVESTIGATION IN THE U.S., VERY
DIFFERENT FROM THE SEARCH FOR
THE PLANE.
IT WAS THE BELTWAY SNIPER CASE
IN 2002, WITH MORE THAN 100,000
LEADS COMING IN IN JUST OVER 23
DAYS.
BUT HE SAYS RULES ON MANAGING
TIPS FROM THE PUBLIC ARE SIMPLE
AND CLEAR.
>> LIKE A TRIAGE, WRAPPED YOU
TREAT SOME MORE IMPORTANCE THAN
OTHERS AND OTHERS YOU PUT OFF
TILL LATER ON.
>> Reporter: THE OTHER THING LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN THE
U.S. HAVE FOUND IS THAT