Trends: Michael Harlan, Two Spikes
What This Image Shows
A Google Trends capture. Search term Michael Harlan, region Washington DC (Hagerstown), window Past 12 months. The graph runs Oct 20, 2024 to Sep 21, 2025 with two sharp isolated spikes, the labelled one reading "Aug 24 - 30, 2025. Michael Harlan. 100."
The name is the first entry on the disputed crew list -- given there as CPT (Ret.) Michael R. Harlan, pilot in command. Six separate captures of this term appear in this sub-cluster, run against different regions and windows, which tells you how much weight the researcher was trying to put on it.
The late-August 2025 peak falls about two weeks before September 10. Reading that as significant requires assuming somebody was looking up the name in advance, which would mean assuming foreknowledge. This site does not make that assumption and no evidence supports it. The far more ordinary reading is that Michael Harlan is a common name -- there are public figures who share it -- and that a one-week bump in a single metro market reflects unrelated news.
No verified crew list for N1098L exists. See the cluster overview.
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