Global Blackout
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The Global Blackout, or GBO, was an event that took place on October 6, 2009 at 11:00 am, Pacific Time. Nearly everyone in the world lost consciousness for two minutes and seventeen seconds - 137 seconds - during which most saw a vision - or "flashforward" - of their lives six months into the future: April 29, 2010, at 10:00 pm, Pacific Time. Some, however, merely lost consciousness, experiencing no visions.
Due to CAT scans which were still active during the GBO, it was soon discovered the hippocampus area of the brain had been active throughout the blackout, thus resembling wake state.
The reason behind the blackout remains unknown, and in an attempt to figure it out, an inter-agency taskforce, the Mosaic Investigation, was formed. One of its first actions was to launch an Internet site, the Mosaic Collective, to which people from across the world were urged to report what they had experienced during the blackout.
Although it was originally believed that each and every person across the globe had passed out, it was soon discovered that this was not the case; the security footage from a sports stadium in Detroit showed one individual still conscious, leaving the stadium during the blackout. Later it was discovered that he had been talking on phone with another man. The identities of these persons remain unknown.
In "Gimme Some Truth", the CIA noted how countries like China did not feel the full effects of the blackout because, it was mainly asleep. This led to a theory that it was an attack on America, supported by the later attack on some of the main character by Asian men, possibly of Chinese background.
In "Scary Monsters and Super Creeps", in a conversation with Simon, Lloyd Simcoe states that the Global Blackout was their experiment and that 20 million people were killed in it. Later Lloyd holds a press conference claiming responsibility for the Global Blackout, due to their plasma wakefield experiment. In the background of the tv, when they're debating if it was a crime or not they mention a total of 25 million people were killed, unlike 20 million previously.
[edit] Unanswered Questions
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- Theories for these unanswered questions should go on this article's theory page
- Did people who were asleep at 11:00 AM PDT experience a flashforward?
- What type of flashforward did people experience who were asleep at 10:00 PM PDT on Apr 29, 2010?
- What do the pylons have to do with the GBO?
- Is there any significance to 137 seconds, the duration of the blackout?
- Did astronauts, e.g. those on the International Space Station (ISS), black out?
