Sunday, October 2, 1988 ·Night
The jet engine falls into Donnie’s bedroom
While Donnie sleeps on the golf course, a jet engine crashes through the roof of the Darko house into his empty room. The FAA cannot match it to any aircraft. It is the Artifact.
Who is there
In Sparrow's terms
- Artifact
- The metal object that marks the start of a Tangent Universe and must be returned to the Primary Universe to end it. In Donnie Darko, the jet engine.
- Metal
- The second element of time travel. Artifacts are always made of metal - in the film, the jet engine.
- Tangent Vortex
- The point at which a Tangent Universe touches the Primary Universe. In the film it is directly above the Darko house.
What happens at this moment.