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[–]Tom_Bombadil 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Also the 9/11 wargames that confused the military and air traffic controls.

9/11 War Games

[–]useless_aether 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

some faked transponders on some of those wargame planes perhaps?

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Planned war game exercises that were overlayed on the real air traffic control creating confusion, about what was real, and what was a drill.

[–]useless_aether 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

yes, simple as that. for any successful magic trick you need a distraction to draw attention away from whatever you are really doing.