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Yeah. I believe there is still more to it though. I think there is a bit of science too along with fate on why the plane crashed. I still believe that they are there for a reason. So you still think the button doesn't do anything?

This timeline will follow the 108 minute buttoon push.

Format
A - B (C) or [D]
A= minutes in each 108
B= description of event
(C) = Time since Oceanic took off
[D] = Time after Oceanic turns around

1st 108
78 minutes - Oceanic takes off for LA (0 hours, 0 minutes)
108 minutes - Desmond pushes the button (0 hours, 30 minutes)

2nd 108
108 minutes - Oceanic on route to LA (2 hours, 18 minutes)
108 minutes - Desmond pushes the button (2 hours, 18 minutes)

3rd 108
108 minutes - Oceanic on route to LA (4 hours, 6 minutes)
108 minutes - Desmond pushes the button (4 hours, 6 minutes)

4th 108
108 minutes - Pilot claims radio outage and turns around for nearest airport (5 hours, 54 minutes)
108 minutes - Desmond pushes the button (5 hours, 54 minutes)

5th 108
60 minutes - Oceanic on route to Fiji [1 hour, 0 minutes]
60 minutes - PA announces 20 minute warning to evacuate Swan station. [1 hour, 0 minutes]
80 minutes - Blastdoors come down [1 hour, 20 minutes]
108 minutes - Pilot of Oceanic claims turbulance [1 hour, 48 minutes]
108 minutes - Magnet powers up pulls in Oceanic, and food drop [1 hour, 48 minutes]

The pilot was instructed to go on route for 6 hours. After that point he was to kill the radios. This was to keep rescuers in the wrong location. The pilot turns around and heads back to a cartain location. The only way on the island was to be pulled in with the magnet. Typically the button is pushed to keep the magnet from powering up. But during food drops and such, the hatch crew are evacuated to allow the magnet to power up. Evacuation and the blast doors are just a safety protocol for the hatch crews. The island is hidden, so instrumental and visual landing is out of the question. The only time the magnet activates is to pull in the food drop. Unfortunately both the food drop and Oceanic 815 collided. This is why the plane broke up. Fortunately not all was lost as the magnet was able to pull the wreckage to safety (for the most part).

Yes.

Watch the orientation video.

”Station 3 was originally constructed as a laboratory where scientist could work to understand the unique electromagnetic fluctuations emanating from this sector of the island. CUT. Not long after the experiments began, however, there was…an incident…and since that time, the following protocol has been observed. POSSIBLE CUT. Every 108 minutes, the button must be pushed. From the moment the alarm sounds, you will have 4 minutes to enter the code into the microcomputer processor. CUT …duction into the program. When the alarm sounds, either you or your partner must input the code. It is highly recommended that you and your partner take alternating shifts. In this manner you will stay as fresh and alert, and most important that when the alarm sounds, the code be entered correctly and in a timely fashion. Do not attempt to use the computer CUT

I’ve underlined the work ‘originally’. This is important.

1939-1945
Alvar Hanso makes a name for himself making weapons and ammunition for many resistance movements through out Europe.

1945-1970
Alvar Hanso becomes THE weapons man. He provides and funds companies to improve weapons. Hanso spends much of this time researching improvements himself. His thoughts go from better weapons, to better people. “How can I make the world a safer place? Maybe we can improve people’s lives to where they won’t have to resort to war.” After many years of researching, and many years of reclusive ness, Hanso comes to the conclusion that there is no hope for man. He realizes the only way to have a perfect society is to start fresh.
BEHIND THE SCENES
Alvar Hanso funds a new company responsible for making a weapon that is designed to only destroy human life, possibly affects animals too. He plans to begin life on an island he purchased after learning of its strange electromagnetic events. From here on out, we will call it Endgame.

1970
Hanso begins to recruit a group of scientists who specialize in specific categories to make his ultimate goal possible. These scientists specialize in Meteorology, Psychology, Parapsychology, Zoology, Electromagnetism, and Reconstructive Utopian Studies. Meteorology and Psychology studies will be based on the Parapsychology. Hanso had access to some Nazi records after WWII and found enough factual evidence to begin research in parapsychology. Zoology will be necessary for Hanso’s Endgame. Think Noah’s Island. It’s interesting that Hanso is an anagram of Noah(s). Electromagnetism will be used to propel his weapon, and will also be used as a power source after the Endgame. I will quote Lewis Mumford to explain the difference between Utopia of Escape and Reconstructive Utopia. This is found in his book, The Story of Utopias.

"One of these functions is escape or compensation; it seeks an immediate release from the difficulties or frustrations of our lot. The other attempts to provide a condition for our release in the future. The Utopias that correspond to these two functions, I shall call the Utopias of escape and the Utopias of reconstruction. The first leaves the external world the way it is; the second seeks to change it so that one may have intercourse with it on one's own terms. In one we build impossible castles in the air; in the other we consult a surveyor and an architect and a mason and proceed to build a house which meets our essential needs; as well as houses built of stone and mortar are capable of meeting them."

As luck would have it, Hanso found the DeGroots. The DeGroots have based a lot of their research on B.F. Skinners research. B.F. Skinner is the inventor of the operant conditioning chamber aka Skinner box. What this box did was allow someone to study the behavioral response in animals, usually rats and monkeys. The subject would do something, and they would be rewarded, to put it simply. With the use of this box, a person has many response requirements that would produce many actions. Read ‘Superstition’ in the Pigeon for more info.
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Skinner/Pigeon/
Hanso gathered these scientists and placed them all on this island to research till their hearts content.
BEHIND THE SCENES
Alvar Hanso has his own scientists that know of the Endgame. These people are unknown to the rest of the Dharma group. A majority of them within the Reconstructive Utopian Studies and Parapsychology.

1970-1980
These group of scientist made a name for themselves. The Dharma Initiative. Led by the DeGroots, their research was to improve life, and hopefully bring about a utopian society. They decide to build a kind of biodome on the island. One of the tests the scientists do is try to recondition animals to learn to live in an environment that was different than their own. They developed a machine that basically turned the entire island into a Skinner box. A lot of their research was possible because of the harnessing of the electromagnetic phenomenon. This virtual Skinner Box is able to produce a holographic image anywhere on the island. It can produce sound, images, and smells. It even has the ability to physically interact with anything on the island. Another project is the ‘security system’. This machine is basically the first aid kit of the Skinner Box project. It also can gather information that cannot be gathered by the Skinner Box alone. Close to the end of the decade, Hanso’s weapons company had built its weapon to Hanso’s liking. He informs Marvin Candle, head of Electromagnetism Division, that he has a new addition to his station. He informs Candle that he wants him to incorporate the weapon into his research. Candle tells him that he won’t do it, and Hanso threatens to pull the plug on Dharma. Candle reluctantly decides to do Hanso’s wishes. The only way to launch the weapon is from station 3. Candle is able to incorporate it into the station, but it requires them to input a code to keep the weapon from launching. The incorporation of the missile is the ‘incident’ that Candle speaks of in the Orientation video. Hanso takes measures to insure Endgames secrecy. One of these things is telling the scientists to not use their computers to contact the outside world. Insuring that it will “destroy the project”.
BEHIND THE SCENES
Hanso and his research scientists (not Dharma) begin hand picking their subjects for their Endgame project. He needs someone to continue life in his new utopian society.

1980-1985
Dharma retaliates. Dharma scientists with Candle in the lead learn more and more of Endgame. They decide to sabotage the plan. Dharma knows that there are some scientists that are Hanso’s moles. So they are subtle in their sabotage. One of these things is altering the Orientation videos. They remove the importance of not using the computers to contact others. The film is hidden and not destroyed. Candle decided that he may need it later as some sort of evidence. Hanso’s gang learns of the revolt and attempt to silence Dharma. Some are killed, and some go into hiding.
BEHIND THE SCENES
Hanso’s scientists develop a serum that enhances brain activity, more precise, telepathic abilities. Now they need test subjects…

1985-1988
With Dharma gone, Hanso’s team begins their experiments. Altering Dharma’s research, they adapt control numbers for their subjects. They transmit this number out to sea. Danielle’s boat shipwrecks on the island. Her crew picked up the transmission. Everyone on her crew is given the serum, except Danielle. All reject the serum and go crazy. They kidnap her daughter and inject her. The girl is a success. Hanso’s team realizes that in order for the serum to be successful, it must be administered near birth. Meanwhile, the utopians are picked and action is taken to lead them to the island. Their arrival to the island must be believable. They must believe that they have come to the island at their own will, or at least, at nature/God’s will.
BEHIND THE SCENES
There are a few Dharmans left. Candle for one. They continue to leave clues to sabotage Hanso’s endgame project. Luckily they still have access to their research.

Some things to note
Read after Maternity Leave


The stallion is a stimulant used on Kate to lead her somewhere. Did she take the bait?

Jack’s father is another stimulant. They needed water, and Jack’s father led him to water, NOT his coffin.

We really don’t know who is sending these messages, but I’m thinking its Dharma.

Read after The Hunting Party


Now after reading my theory, watch the orientation video again. At the end, there is a sleight hint of discontent when Candle says the name "Alvar Hanso" during his "thank you" sentence.