john is with us. a former pilot and criminal investigator. and oceanography professor at columbia university. john, i want to ask you. we have 122 possible objects spotted yesterday. 300 objects we're seeing for the first time today plus the news japan took pictures of ten possible objects. i know until a boat gets them up and looks at exactly what they are, nothing is confirmed. this is an awful lot of debris sited in the area they think the flight ended. >> absolutely. this is a very important lead. every sighting has to be checked out. if we have a small chance to find the airplane -- by the way it's a small chance in the huge ocean -- we need to take every opportunity. finding that debris though is going to be very crucial to find out whether it's a linked to this downed aircraft or this