The Vanishing of Flight 370

Description

On the 8th of March, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished during a routine flight between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Beijing, China. The case has since grown into one of the most puzzling mysteries in aviation history. In this video, I examine the findings of the official investigation and explore some of the leading theories.

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The Vanishing of Flight 370

Audio

Sound Effects
Pond5

Air Traffic Control Recordings
Malaysia Airlines

Beyond the Lows - The Whole Other
The Mystery - Elite Music
Lasting Hope - Kevin MacLeod

Hydroacoustic Recording HA01
CTBTO

Hydroacoustic Recording RCS
IMOS

Fortress Europe - Dan Bodan
Deep Blue - Bensound

Visuals

Stock Footage
Pond5

Maps
OpenStreetMap/CARTO

Documents
MOT/ATSB/RMP/Malaysia Airlines/Google Patents

Photograph of Zaharie Ahamad Shah
Malaysia Airlines

Photograph of Fariq Abdul Hamid
Malaysia Airlines

Photograph of Boeing 777 Cockpit
The Boeing Company

Footage of Search Operation
ATSB/RAN/ABIS/Chris Beerens

Animation of Hydroacoustic Station
CTBTO

Photograph of Flight Recorder
NTSB

Photograph of Bluefin-21 AUV
USN

Photographs of Flaperon
BEA

Simulation of Debris Drift
ATSB/CSIRO

Photographs of Debris
BEA/ATSB/MOT/Blaine Gibson/Jean Viljoen

Satellite Imagery
DigitalGlobe/AGO/SASTIND/CNES/MRSA/GISTDA/NASA

Animation of Bathymetric Mapping
Geoscience Australia

Photographs of Suspected Passengers
Malaysia Airlines

Photograph of UPS Airlines Flight 6
Konstantin von Wedelstaedt

Photograph of Swissair Flight 111
Aero Icarus

Photograph of Helios Airways Flight 522
Richard Janura

Photograph of Oxygen Masks
NTSB

Photograph of Flight Simulator
Zaharie Shah/Facebook

Flight Simulator Gameplay
Microsoft Flight Simulator X

Photograph of Zaharie Ahamad Shah
Zaharie Shah/Facebook

Photograph of Anwar Ibrahim
Chatham House

Footage of Zaharie Ahamad Shah
Zaharie Shah/YouTube

Photograph of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702
Aktug Ates

Photograph of iPhone 5S
Kelvinsong

Photograph of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Tam Ka Wai

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References & Further Reading

3,000,000 - Q&A

Description

Three million thank yous! :)

Audio

Kevin MacLeod - Covert Affair

The Great Silence

Description

For the past half-century, humanity has been listening for alien radio transmissions but so far we appear to be the only ones broadcasting into the void. Astrobiologists now seek to narrow down the search by looking for other technological and biological signatures. In this video, I explore some of the methods by which they hope to do so and why the great silence of the universe is such a mystery.

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The Great Silence

Audio

Chris Zabriskie - Stories About the World That Once Was
Francis Preve - Seductress
Chris Zabriskie - They Call It Nature
Density & Time - Meadow

Visuals

Visualization of Pulsar Data
Harold Craft

Footage of SEST Telescope
Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO

Visualization of SKA Telescope Array
SPDO/TDP/DRAO/Swinburne Astronomy Productions

Image of Arecibo Observatory
Cornell University Library

Image of Arecibo Message
Arne Nordmann

Image of Wow! Signal
Ohio History Connection

Sónar Calling GJ273b
Sónar

Image of KIC 8462852
Aladin Sky Atlas

Images of Galaxies
NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)/D. Milisavljevic/A. van der Hoeven/R. Gendler/A. Fabian/W. Harris/S. Beckwith

Footage of ALMA Telescope Array
ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/UHD Team

3D Model of Voyager Spacecraft
Brian Kumanchik/Christian Lopez/NASA/JPL-Caltech

Animation of ‘Oumuamua
ESO/M. Kornmesser/L.Calcada

Footage of Comet 67P
ESA/Rosetta/MPS/OSIRIS Team (MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA)

Image of ’Oumuamua
ESO/K. Meech et al.

Visualization of NanoSail-D
NASA

Image of ‘Oumuamua
A. Fitzsimmons/QUB/Isaac Newton Group/La Palma

Visualization of Europa Lander
NASA/JPL-Caltech

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References & Further Reading

The Battle of Los Angeles

Description
On a cloudless night in early 1942 the skies above Los Angeles erupted like a volcano when antiaircraft batteries unsuccessfully tried to shoot down one or more unidentified flying objects. The incident has since become a staple of UFO mythology while skeptics claim it was nothing more than misidentified weather balloons. In this video I dive into the available evidence to better understand what makes this case so mysterious.

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The Battle of Los Angeles

Audio
Bobby Cole - The Heartbeat of Halloween
William Pearson - Mysteries Within
Patrick Smith - Fearful Times
Luke Neumann - Rhythm and Melody Elements
Georges Bizet - Habanera
Paul Mitchell Beebe - Pravda Manuchi
Jason Donnelly - Dark Chill

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References & Further Reading