Japan says one of its satellites has spotted about 10 large objects floating in the Indian Ocean that could be related to missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370.  Earlier, a Thai satellite spotted 300 floating objects in the same general area of the southern Indian Ocean.

The Japanese images were taken from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM local time on Wednesday.  After analyzing them, the Japanese Cabinet has supplied related information to Malaysia, but not to the media or general public.  The biggest object is said to be 8 meters long, 4 meters wide.

Thailand's Geo-Informatics Space Technology Development Agency says its satellite had detected objects ranging from two to 15 meters in size, which were scattered over an area about 2,700 kilometers south-west of Perth.  But these sightings, and the objects spotted by a French satellite prove only one thing:  The international community is pitching in whenever possible from all corners of the globe.  But it’s not known if any of these items are related to MH370, or are just more flotsam in the oceans which some say are “plastic soup”.

Meanwhile, the son of MH370 pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah is dismissing speculation his father may have crashed the plane intentionally.

“I’ve read everything online.  But I’ve ignored all the speculation.  I know my father better,” said 26-year old Ahmad Seth.  Malaysian police have already questioned Seth and other family members, and seized Captain Shah’s personal flight simulator and gave it to the US for analysis.  The FBI says that could be completed “within a day or two”.