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Riley Mellen
@riley_mellen
now: @nytimes visual investigations. then: @Dataminr. let's chat: [email protected], Signal, DMs open.
Joined January 2015
- Three Ecuadorean fishing boats disappeared in January and March. Our new story shows that a mysterious maritime patrol plane was flying directly toward each boat on the days before each disappearance.
- Satellite images from today show at least 70 U.S. military aircraft of various types are parked at Muwaffaq Salti air base in Jordan -- a massive influx over just a few days. PC: @planet 🧵
- For those who believe, no explanation is necessary. For those who don't, no explanation will suffice. RIP Bob.
- Sentinel-2 captured (and @oballinger detected) what is likely a U.S. Navy destroyer zooming east on Monday in pursuit of some of these tankers. Coords: 13.6276, -61.4294NEW: The United States is pursuing several oil tankers across the Atlantic after a mass departure from Venezuelan waters this weekend. Most of the ships are carrying oil; one flies the Russian flag. w/ @riley_mellen @EricSchmittNYT ht/ @oballinger nytimes.com/2026/01/08/wor…
