Tin Foil Hat Post

[commadorebob]

Put on your tin foil hats. Yes, I am aware this is nutty, but part of the fun of not knowing is trying to guess the truth.

If you go to the hidden barcode site and watch the middle video, you will see the image below show up on a few frames out of nowhere. It's short enough that it could be missed, but obvious enough that no video editor would have forgotten to remove it. Was it on purpose and why?

Since this video was present before the name became public, there might be some hints. Obviously, "HUGH E. VEE" is "Huge EV" and "ECONOMY" is a reference to the low price target. The barcodes are meaningless, as far as I can tell, as no reader recognized them.

Tinfoil hat theory 1: This fake ticket was screaming the "Fathom" name. A fathom is six feet. There are 6s all over this ticket. 'F' is the sixth letter of the alphabet.

Tinfoil hat theory 2: The "crow flies" distance between the two airports is 262.79 miles. Seems very "standard battery" range....

Tinfoil hat theory 3: F616A2 at the bottom could be hinting at a color of some kind, but I don't see Ford using this color unless it is a wrap option:

Tinfoil hat theory 4a: The date of 170226 could be hinting at this purple-black color:

Tinfoil hat theory 4b: The date above in American format is more of a dark blue shade:

Tinfoil hat theory 5b: The GA 3555 might be a color code as well. However, G is not a valid hexadecimal value. Removing it and adding trailing 0s gets you this color:

Tinfoil hat theory 5b: Removing both letters gets you this color:

 

[rileyfromford]

Put on your tin foil hats. Yes, I am aware this is nutty, but part of the fun of not knowing is trying to guess the truth.

If you go to the hidden barcode site and watch the middle video, you will see the image below show up on a few frames out of nowhere. It's short enough that it could be missed, but obvious enough that no video editor would have forgotten to remove it. Was it on purpose and why?

Since this video was present before the name became public, there might be some hints. Obviously, "HUGH E. VEE" is "Huge EV" and "ECONOMY" is a reference to the low price target. The barcodes are meaningless, as far as I can tell, as no reader recognized them.

Tinfoil hat theory 1: This fake ticket was screaming the "Fathom" name. A fathom is six feet. There are 6s all over this ticket. 'F' is the sixth letter of the alphabet.

Tinfoil hat theory 2: The "crow flies" distance between the two airports is 262.79 miles. Seems very "standard battery" range....

Tinfoil hat theory 3: F616A2 at the bottom could be hinting at a color of some kind, but I don't see Ford using this color unless it is a wrap option:

Tinfoil hat theory 4a: The date of 170226 could be hinting at this purple-black color:

Tinfoil hat theory 4b: The date above in American format is more of a dark blue shade:

Tinfoil hat theory 5b: The GA 3555 might be a color code as well. However, G is not a valid hexadecimal value. Removing it and adding trailing 0s gets you this color:

Tinfoil hat theory 5b: Removing both letters gets you this color:

Obsessed with this analysis.

 

[ScooterAsheville]

Some ways of encoding color go right to left, so that might be fun. By right to left, I mean grab the rightmost two digits, then the middle two, then the left. The many ways of encoding colors drove me bonkers in my software days. Web vs Windows, etc.

 

[Mike215]

This is why I come to these forums. Great insights!

 

[gzebrick]

Gate 3555 is quite odd. Don't know of any airport with over 3000 gates 3500 would be a good sneaky reference to a tow rating, but 3555? Hmmmmmmmmm.

 

[RonTCat]

What would a small EV truck weigh?

 

[Gimme_my_MME]

What would a small EV truck weigh?

 

[commadorebob]

Gate 3555 is quite odd. Don't know of any airport with over 3000 gates 3500 would be a good sneaky reference to a tow rating, but 3555? Hmmmmmmmmm.

I considered this one too. 3555 might be a reference to a 3500 tow rating.

Also, given that airport codes are supposed to be three characters, I wonder if the "SD" and "SLO" are hinting at trims at launch.

 

[Tdubz]

Skunkworks is located in Long Beach between San Diego and San Luis Obispo. The driving distance between SD and SLO is 312 miles and the distance between LB and SLO is 209 miles. Could be indicators of standard and extended range, but it’s just as likely that those cities were used to show off the Fathoms California roots. It also gives them an excuse to use a surfboard to show off the midgate.

 

[dan_meh]

Gate 3555 is quite odd. Don't know of any airport with over 3000 gates 3500 would be a good sneaky reference to a tow rating, but 3555? Hmmmmmmmmm.

It’s a gate, so mid gate?

• 35 inches is 2’ 11” (gained with mid gate down)
• 55 inches is 4’ 7” (mid gate up bed)
• Total is 7” 6’ (almost 8 foot bed)

 

[Maverstang]

Interesting game…

Flight length is 72 minutes, which could indicate 72 weeks from Feb 17 2026 to launch date (July 2027).

Or could be 72” cargo length with mid gate down (or tailgate open)

(it better not be 72 minutes charge time!!!)

There’s probably some performance number in there too, given the emphasis on Mustang-like acceleration.