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experiment. Any serious suggestion otherwise would mean that drin! "ool#aid from the crac!ed tinfoil teapot in Tower $. E%eryone who is anyone !nows that &H'$( was a )ombie Plane that made a second left hand turn at the last moment before the last conscious person re#engaged autopilot and slipped into la la land. *as it cabin depressuri+ation leading to apoxia rather than an electrical fire, &aybe li!e that golfer who wore the funny pants, -. Do not by any means discuss possible motives. The latest greatest sur%eillance tech to be installed in .ei/ing, "eep the cargo manifest list secret0 with or without explanation. "eep any info below radar concerning the 1( employees of 2reescale potentially sent to install such e3uipment. 1. The more confirmed facts that may later be unconfirmed, the better. &a!e sure that any early additional information regarding altitude fluctuation or !eyed#in flight plan changes is anonymously sourced or from a named source that can reasonably be compelled to wal! bac! confirmed facts as needed. An admission after a pre%ious denial could e%en help us establish a rapid mo%ing fire4 '. It helps a lot to have a real nemesis. The one country that potentially has really damaging proof of a nefarious scheme is currently 5ccidental enemy number ((-, .reathe a massi%e sigh of relief and cross fingers that e%en if released to 6ouTube0 it can be o%ercome. 7. Patience is your friend. 8espected media that isn9t totally malleable will e%entually grow bored or distracted. n the meantime0 count on them to ma!e weird theories weirder and more plentiful :C.C; article correction0 no aliens4<. .onus; they may help ferret out the most plausible non# conspiracy theory while gi%ing you time to wal! bac! info per =1. t may e%en be >tartlingly >implistic >imple. ?. Outright lying? Keep it to a minimum, but as needed. *hoops4 *e forgot to turn on the radar o%er there because night time. Happens. As does the occasional direct 3uestion from a pes!y reporter. Plane was flying below the radar in the &aldi%es, t is not a lie if military people there directly say the plane was not pic!ed up by radar. E%eryone important will lap it up appropriately. :And ignore it when ndonesia ma!es exactly the same claim.< f all that fails0 at least the military base in 3uestion has a nefarious enough reputation that it could ha%e simply been more prisoners flying in for a luxury stay with the C A. @. Allies. Allies. Allies. A decades long ntelligence relationship with the satellite company nmarsat that holds data on the final pings, 6up. A 2i%e Eyes partner with deep0 cold0 isolated0 potentially 3uite dangerous territorial waters not terribly far from Diego Aarcia, .rilllliant. :Australia9s radar was probably down for a >abbath too0 but who is going to as! that now.< $. ela!, "e#ve done this $ind of thing before. E%en if o%erwhelming0 T*A B(( type documentary e%idence comes out0 all the hope and change in the world will still protect our mythical prowess. Helicopter accidents happen. 5r at least they used to. As needed0 we9ll !eep thousands of pages of documents from the public record for more than ?( years. f the truth e%er does come out0 it won9t really matter much by then anyway.