When Eisen opened his eyes, he found that he was lying in a ward. Standing beside his bed was a military doctor in a white coat.
"Mr. Eisen, are you awake? How do you feel now?" the military doctor asked.
"Where is this?"
"This is a hospital at a base of the Air Force." the military doctor replied. "Are you okay?"
Aisen quickly sat up, continued to look around, and asked: "How long have I slept?"
"You only slept for less than two hours here, but..." the military doctor did not say the next words. He paused for a moment and then asked: "Did you always fall asleep on the plane?"
"On the plane? On the plane..." Eisen seemed to be in some kind of amnesia state.
The door to the ward was pushed open, and two people in suits came in from the outside, one older and one younger. Behind them was a female nurse.
"Director Liu, they are here." The nurse said to the military doctor.
"Okay." The military doctor turned to the two men and said, "He is completely awake and his physical signs are basically normal, but he seems to have a short-term amnesia."
"Thank you! We want to talk to him alone. We will inform you if necessary." The older man said.
After the military doctor and nurse went out, the older man sat in front of Aisen's bed and introduced himself: "Hello, Aisen, we are CSDA staff. You can call me Lao Wei and him Xiao Chen." p>
"CSDA?" Eisen repeated, "Is it the National Space Security and Defense Agency?" He remembered that he had heard about this agency at the international conference at Base X.
"Yes. We at CSDA have been paying attention to you in the past six months. Today we are here to learn about your trip to the UK and your experience on flight 4577. We hope you can provide us with some help.
."
Aisen moved his buttocks slightly to sit upright.
"Where are Gao Tianjun and Ding Yushi? They are also on the inspection team. You can ask them. I don't know many things." Aisen said hesitantly. This was also his true thought at the moment.
"Did you encounter anything on the plane?" Old Wei asked directly as if he didn't hear what Eisen said.
"On the plane?" Eisen thought for a while, "It seems that I didn't encounter anything..."
"I heard that you once saw a strange rainbow?" Old Wei looked at Eisen deeply.
"...Oh, I remembered it," Eisen recalled seriously, "I saw a rainbow."
"How did you see it? Can you describe it to us?"
"That's a very strange rainbow..."
"What kind of strange method is this?"
"At that time, the plane had entered level flight, above the sea of clouds... I happened to be sitting by the window, and suddenly I noticed that above the sea of clouds in front of the plane, there was a large dark gray cloud standing there, like a
A wall, a very big wall! Below it where it connects to the sea of clouds, there are many rainbows nested and overlapping together - not just one or two rainbows - it looks like a very spectacular rainbow door...
”
"Who else saw it? I mean the other passengers on the flight."
"I don't know... I told Director Gao Tianjun, who was sitting next to me at the time. But... he said he didn't see it."
"What happened next? What else did you see later?"
"Later...I didn't remember it afterwards. I seemed to have fallen asleep."
"Have you been sleeping until now? Have you never woken up since?"
"Well, right...I didn't know anything after that, and I woke up here..."
"Eisen did tell me that he saw the strange rainbow door." Gao Tianjun said to Lao Wei. "But I didn't see it. But then I did see the large thundercloud. Our plane flew away quickly.
After entering, there was a violent turbulence. For a moment, I even worried that the plane might crash!"
"Is the plane planning to bypass that thundercloud?" Lao Wei asked carefully. In his opinion, this question should not be difficult for an Air Force colonel to answer.
"No!" Gao Tianjun replied without hesitation, "I was still speculating that the captain would choose to avoid the thundercloud, but the plane went directly through it - this obviously does not comply with the normal flight operation regulations of civil aviation airliners. Therefore,
I also planned to call the flight attendants and ask them to remind the captain that he should fly around. But the plane soon became turbulent..."
"Are you saying that the flight made no evasive action at all?"
"Yes, it flew straight into that large cloud." Gao Tianjun's expression was very serious, "The captain should have been able to see the thundercloud clearly, and he should have taken evasive action early to avoid the flight.
But he didn't do it that way... However, judging from the fact that he was able to make the flight land safely on a short runway despite heavy rain, this captain's flying experience and emergency response capabilities are very sophisticated!"
"Do you know how long you have been flying?" Old Wei asked calmly.
Gao Tianjun's face suddenly turned gloomy. He stared into Lao Wei's eyes, remained silent for a long time, and replied in a low voice: "I know! When I got into the ambulance, I asked the people at the airport that we had lost contact for 10 years.
Days, right? But on the plane, I was convinced that just over an hour had passed - to be precise, only 63 minutes had passed!"
"63 minutes?! Why are you so sure?"
"When the plane entered that thunderstorm, I checked the time. Moreover," Gao Tianjun handed Lao Wei his mechanical watch, "I also checked the watch after landing, and the time only passed 63 minutes! But, with the ground
The time difference is 10 days!"
"Approximately how long has the plane been bumping in the clouds?"
"After 30 minutes, we flew out. The captain told everyone through the cabin radio that the plane had lost its way and was preparing to make an emergency landing at a nearby airport. The emergency landing took 33 minutes."
"That is to say, your flight took off from London Heathrow Airport and finally made an emergency landing here. It was only in the sky for 4 hours and 18 minutes?!" Old Wei slowly raised his head and looked at the ceiling.
Then I closed my eyes.
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"This is exactly what puzzles me!" Gao Tianjun said solemnly.
Easton and Martin did not notice the thundercloud, but the turbulence after the plane entered the clouds made them feel scared.
Martin said that he had been praying with his eyes closed, thinking that they had been doomed. He was still in shock until the flight successfully made an emergency landing.
Easton was also aware of the problem of the flight time in the air. "I don't understand what's going on," he said, shaking his head. "This is simply a fantasy! Unless time travel really happens!"<
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When they heard that their flight reappeared after 10 days of missing contact, the two were even more stunned.
The conversations between Lao Wei, Easton and Martin were all translated by Xiao Chen.
"How is this possible?!" Martin yelled. "I can swear to God, I never slept. I clearly remember what happened every hour that just passed! My watch has only passed less than 12 hours so far.
!" As he spoke, he stretched out his furry left arm and showed Lao Wei his watch.
After Martin said this, Easton instinctively looked at his watch. It was a very fashionable electronic watch made in China that he bought in Nanbin. When he saw the dial, Easton was stunned.<
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"What's wrong with your watch? Dr. Easton." Old Wei asked.
"It's a full 30 minutes slower!" Easton replied.
"Does the lost 30 minutes coincide with the flight time in that thunderstorm?" Old Wei seemed to be reminding him of something.
"Could it be that..." Easton said thoughtfully, "my watch stopped during that time?!"
Katz claimed that he did not notice the thundercloud, and that he suffered extreme physical discomfort after the plane was turbulent. He then lost consciousness and was already in the hospital when he woke up. He did not know anything else.
Co-pilot Jim said that he did not notice any thunderclouds in front of the plane. He said that the plane was flying at an altitude of 12,000 feet at the time, and the visibility was excellent. The flight attitude and instrument data were all normal, so they adjusted the plane to autopilot.
Captain Lawrence had been chatting with him, and neither of them had even left their seats. It was only after the plane experienced turbulence that he suddenly realized that it was surrounded by clouds.
"Why did the plane suddenly become turbulent?"
"I can't describe it, it all seemed to happen in an instant..." Jim recalled. "At that time, Lawrence seemed to be talking about an affair he had while on vacation in the Alps, and the plane started to shake. I just lowered my head to check.
I checked the instrument and when I looked up again, the plane was already in the clouds and fog!"
"How long does that take? I mean the time it takes you to look at the meter."
"No more than 5 seconds. I first quickly checked the engine, elevator and aileron clearance, and then confirmed the flight altitude and heading."
"Did you notice anything unusual?"
"Nothing was found at the time."
"At that time? Did something go wrong later?"
Jim stared at Old Wei for a long time and suddenly asked: "Can I not answer? As a Chinese government official, shouldn't you learn these details from British Airways? And, from the moment we landed, you
They confiscated my mobile phone and I can’t even contact my girlfriend..."
"Please understand, Mr. Jim!" Old Wei said calmly, "Because your flight 4577 deviated and made an emergency landing at our military airport in China, we need to understand some situations from you and the passengers on board. I also
I can tell you that we have notified British Airways and they will send a vice president to lead an investigation team to China. According to the negotiation between the two parties, we will be responsible for the preliminary investigation work before their arrival."
"..."
"You just said that you checked the heading when the plane experienced turbulence. Was the heading normal at that time?" Lao Wei continued to ask.
"The heading is normal, but the autopilot system reported cancellation and reminded to change to manual driving. The manual driving was taken over by Lawrence."
"How long does it take from the time of turbulence to when you discover the yaw and seek an emergency landing?"
"About 30 minutes," Jim recalled. "After the turbulence stopped, we found that the fuel suddenly dropped a lot, so we had no choice but to make an emergency landing at the nearest airport."
"As far as we know, Flight 4577 carried fuel that could last for 15 hours of flight, but you only flew for less than 4 hours, and the fuel suddenly ran out. What do you think of this matter?"
"I can't explain it, and I can't believe it..."
"Did you discuss this anomaly with Captain Lawrence at the time?"
"No, we didn't have time to discuss this matter at all. At that time, all our energy was focused on how to make the plane make an emergency landing safely. And... from the moment the flight made an emergency landing to now, Captain Lawrence and I have not had a chance to meet!" Jim
This last sentence obviously has a complaining tone.
"Do you know how long Flight 4577 actually took?"
Jim looked at his watch subconsciously, his eyes showing confusion...
Captain Lawrence's answer was almost the same as Jim's. But when Wei asked about the sudden fuel drop and flight time, he obviously did not show the natural surprise and confusion. In the opinion of the experienced Wei,
It seems that Lawrence has already become aware of this anomaly.
However, no matter how Wei asked, Lawrence always answered with a very calm attitude and a very diplomatic tone. The most common thing he said was: We need to wait for the airline’s investigation results!
Lao Wei couldn't find any flaws in Lawrence's answer, nor did he get any valuable information. But when he left Lawrence's room, he had an indescribable feeling in his heart.
Flight 4577 was actually "stranded" in the air for more than 10 days from takeoff to landing, but no one on board could notice it, and the fuel it carried could only last for 15 hours! If it had not stopped midway,
If you land somewhere, how can you stay in the air for such a long time?!
CSDA is an agency specially established by China to prevent disasters caused by space objects hitting the earth. It was first responsible for monitoring the operating status of man-made spacecraft such as global satellites and space stations, and predicting the orbits of spacecraft that are about to crash. If it is confirmed that they will crash,
If the crash site is a densely populated human area, it will be destroyed in advance through the laser cannon of the "Space Police Satellite". In recent years, with the increase in the number of asteroids in low-Earth orbit, CSDA's main mission has gradually shifted to the detection of non-artificial celestial bodies.
Early warning and prevention are coming.
However, this time, X Base's research on Eisen due to the extrasolar object numbered XK-1 actually led to a series of events such as crop circles, terrorist attacks and missing flights, which was unexpected by Wei and CSDA.
and incomprehensible.
After thinking over and over again, Lao Wei had to use a word that he had never used before in his investigation report to the headquarters——
"Unnatural events that cannot be explained by existing science"!