For some reason when Alan was sighting, (and getting dizzy), the Magnetometer, it reminded me of this scene in "The Silence of the Lambs".
One of the many works based on Velasquez‘ Innocent X painting, one sees the splayed carcass as wings, and the box formed by the lines of circumstance and constriction. This imagery recurs in one of the horrific scenes from Silence of the Lambs.