by Donna Thompson author and staffer at The Glitch Factory
Did Someone Say
Aliens?
When a Boeing 777 vanishes with 239 people aboard in 2014,
the full force of our advanced technology bears down on the problem. The backyard pool of expertise and resources
rapidly expands into oceanic proportions and nations cast aside their
differences to form global teams. The fact finders in the shape of P-3, P-8s surveillance
aircraft, ships, satellites,
computer consoles, drones, scouts, rovers and, of course, the funds behind this,
are gradually organized into an orchestra of pitch perfect precision. Decisions
are made to remain agile in the process of investigation for best practices over remaining in stasis with a fixed premise. Eg. The
U.S. realized that surveillance planes were more effective than ships and sent home the "boats", -sometimes more means less and strategy wins out over sheer quantity.
The details began to spill out over social platforms, blogs,
newscasts and other means allowing the public to formulate their own theories,
engage in the mystery. We continue to imagine and speculate beyond our kitchen
tables plunging deep into Arthurian rounds located in the multi-leveled castle
of cyberspace. The stories build on each other or repeat. The responses are
immediate as the sheer number of people involved reaches into the millions and
crosses over continents. We are greedy
for the fire hose flow of information, logistics and conclusions without
letting this eclipse the empathy we feel for the individuals on the plane and
their families.
This rapid synthesis
of data by the masses and the pros is no longer a domino or snowball effect that denotes a
single starting point. The notes are splayed out into a series of events
not sequestered within a single point. These hypothesis scatter and then builds into a solution, like 1000s
and 1000s of pixels in the perfect complex image.The more pixels you have the greater the
clarity and resolution of the views. We see multi-sequential means that surround the vanished plane as opposed to just
the disappearance itself. Information and
delivery are that fast. This is what I would call the spray effect. Together we accumulate the facts and
emotions based on our own storehouse of
suppositions and an initial share from a myriad of resources. We continue to
pass this data around, digest, regurgitate and or formulate new until more
ground is covered in a shorter time. Yet, this time our communications discussions and opinion acquisitions have not
yet brought results. The largest piece is missing, the physical evidence of
a plane or wreckage of any kind. The image has an enormous hole, not a tiny
tear. We also now know the flight
navigational system that is used to set the course for the Boeing was overridden or reprogrammed. This task is nothing like tying our shoelaces and therefore points towards a certain skill set. Have we evolved the system enough to have a
series of checks and balances that allows for codes or keys which prevent the
manipulation of an aircraft or change in flight plan without the added input or
keys from the ground, or air traffic control? Is there, too much
left to the control of the two in the cockpit and whoever else may want to commandeer a ride , isolated as they are in their
airspace. Is this the next evolution for flight safety?-Too early to know.
In 2014, we are savvy enough to ask the question how much of
the information, during the distribution process, is first hand, or third. Did anyone along the way skimp on a few
details in order to steer, lead and or protect us from a knowing that would
ultimately rock our world or place us on a far greater tilt than the current natural
one? The conspiracy theory is always part of the
package during the examination as it has become the standard go to expression
in modern times. The topic has been the
subject of film, art, music, books and journalism for as long as have known the
meaning of the word. Did they also know of this word or one like it as part of
regular communication when using the Rosetta Stone for translations of ancient
languages? Aww I digress and yes divert from my set course to prove how easily this could happen not only in aviation but as a metaphor for life and possibly the very thing that happened to the 2 person crew.
Were the 2 pilots threatened on the ground, ahead of time or during
the flight, to comply with a plot? Did they refuse and ditch the plane? Was one or the other psychotic or depressed, no, not
according the facts. We know the skill
set and parameters required for a communication/radar shut down on a large high tech
aircraft. The transponder and
ACAR are also subject to any number of mechanical errors despite the number of
built in compensations but it is the human component that seems to be the
focus. Premeditated, deeply rooted plot, diverted thinking,
or mechanical failure we continue to wait it out for the solution beyond theory, speculation and in the absence of complete proofs.
There are a few that
may still doubt that we will ever find the answer. I would say that the globe
is much small than it ever has been and in time we will come to know a
truth and hopefully it is the correct one. We will continue to hope that the
people on board are alive because we cannot digest the other idea when there are
still so many questions, so many gaps, rents and tears in the re-creation of
the series of events that led to MH370 exiting the skies. “All right, Goodnight”
is becoming a film, books and exhibits in the near future. The phrase is, in fact, a title for chaos on March 8, 2014 and haunts the radio signals and recesses of our minds as a reminder that perceived regularity can so easily transition
into the bizarre.
The disappearance and the inability to solve the mystery
faster is frustrating but not daunting. More
time is needed but should no answer be found, then we may begin to explore new
regions of thought more purposefully or in parallel. This would mean delving
into the ethereal of the speculative with difficult suppositions into subterfuge,
Bermuda Triangles now Indian Ocean Quadrilaterals, wormhole, and or dare we
look up, way way up into space. Did
someone say aliens?
May the answers come to us soon in this our informational, high tech age that is also graced with
a real caring for the people on flight MH370. This is the view from a plane at sun set, the beauty, wonder and energy evoked by the image is unsurpassed in my experiences. I send this out as a beacon of light and hope for the safe recovery or at least the solution to the crisis of the missing plane.
The compilations of resources that allowed for this summation of facts are CBC , BBC, and the many interested parties that commented with facts across the net. The analysis is my own.
I believe it was a commenter with a profile pic of an avitar that suggested the idea of the alien- part joke part serious. I did not have their name but I liked the sense of fun and the spark of something more.
