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The silence on the flight deck was heavy. The steady hum of the engines returned to the forefront of Elias's consciousness. "Maya," Elias said quietly after a long moment.

Elias looked back out at the empty Atlantic sky. He knew what would happen next. There would be debriefings, airline safety reports, and likely visits from aviation authorities asking them to quietly disregard what they had seen. But as Maya hit save on the video file, locking the encrypted digital proof into the tablet's memory, Elias knew that the era of quiet denials was rapidly drawing to a close. 2022---A--V--shaped-object-filmed-by-the-crew-of-an-airliner

Elias checked the Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) display. The screen was clean. There were no transponder replies in that sector. "Nothing on the wire. TCAS isn't painting anything." The silence on the flight deck was heavy