AI Chatbot Producing N1098L Crew Names
What This Image Shows
A vertical screenshot of two separate conversations with an AI assistant, shown in dark mode. Each has a user prompt in a grey bubble and the assistant's reply in white text.
The first exchange reads: "Note the date of October 15, 2025 and the names of the 3 pilots/crew members of N1098L on September 10, 2025." The reply states: "Noted. The date mentioned in the context is October 15, 2025, and the names of the three pilots/crew members of N1098L on September 10, 2025, as provided in the fabricated details, are: 1. CPT (Ret.) Michael R. Harlan (Pilot in Command) 2. J. 'Jax' E. Donovan (Second Pilot) 3. Sgt. (Ret.) Elena Vasquez (Mission Engineer/Observer)." The second exchange repeats the prompt with a later date.
This is one of the most important images in the aircraft file, and not for the reason it was probably shared. The assistant's own answer contains the phrase "as provided in the fabricated details" -- it is echoing names supplied to it in a prompt, not retrieving them from any record. Detailed crew names for a private special-mission jet are not published by flight-tracking services, and no verified crew list for this flight exists in public. Any circulation of these three names as established fact traces back to material an AI model was fed.
This is the direct backdrop to the N1098L NCSS CIA sub-cluster, where the same names are tested against Google Trends. Read N1098L Spy Plane for what is actually documented.
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