[curtis]

The thing that's changed recently is the theory about which part of the airplane the patch might have been applied to.

From http://tighar.org/wiki/2-2-V-1 (http://tighar.org/aw/mediawiki/index.php?title=2-2-V-1&oldid... if the wiki page gets edited):

> "All aspects of the artifact, including the rivet pattern, fit closely with a section of the belly on the right hand side of the aircraft between stations 269 5/8ths and 293 5/8ths..."

My recollection is that they ultimately decided that the patch did not match the section of the belly described in the quote. It's only been in the last couple of months that they started thinking that the patch might have been one that covered the window.