eyewitnesses claiming actually that many people:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009...a.html?_r=2&hp

"In California, Tom Hagler said he saw a group of about a dozen children and four adults Sunday morning at the Oroville Municipal Airport, about 70 miles north of Sacramento.

Hagler, owner of Table Mountain Aviation, described the children as ranging from about 6- to 10 year olds. He let the children into his building to use the restroom.

''There were a lot of kids in the group,'' he said. ''A lot of really cute kids.''

Hagler said he showed the pilot where he could fill up on fuel, and the pilot said he expected his flight to take two-and-a-half hours."

yikes.