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Artist’s Early-Warning Jet Tracker Flags Potential Nuclear Apocalypse

5/10/2026

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U.S. artist and coder Kyle McDonald created an “Apocalypse Early Warning System” that tracks private jets worldwide.
The system monitors private-jet movements to detect sudden departures from city centers.
McDonald argues that a mass exodus of jets to bunkers and remote resorts would signal an imminent nuclear apocalypse.
He notes that global oligarchs possess unlimited funds, sophisticated bunkers, and private jets.

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U.S. artist and coder Kyle McDonald created an “Apocalypse Early Warning System” that tracks private jets worldwide.
The system monitors private-jet movements to detect sudden departures from city centers.
McDonald argues that a mass exodus of jets to bunkers and remote resorts would signal an imminent nuclear apocalypse.
He notes that global oligarchs possess unlimited funds, sophisticated bunkers, and private jets.