𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍’𝐓 𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐃. 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐄𝐏𝐓 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘’𝐑𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐃.

As the 2026 Ocean Infinity mission presses on in the Southern Indian Ocean with Armada 86 05 continuing targeted seabed scans, Sid sits down with Jean-Luc Marchand—the aerospace veteran and former Eurocontrol Air Traffic Manager whose data has become the "North Star" for this final effort.

In this episode, we unpack:

• 𝐓𝐡𝐞 "𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞" 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫: Why the timing of the disappearance during the IGARI "handover" points toward a deliberate, manual act.

• 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟏,𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐤𝐦² 𝐙𝐨𝐧𝐞: Why Jean-Luc’s precise coordinates became the primary focus for Ocean Infinity’s 2026 "no find, no fee" mission.

• 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: How the Blelly-Marchand aeronautical model differs from other analyses and wh ...