Can Buster Keaton explain the Michelson Morley experiment? ;-) https://drive.google.com/file/d/14S0qNLyghHNzB4Sp7Rg-6s8yXypz7mBz/view?usp=sharing
Instead of length contraction in the direction of the aether wind, suppose the perpendicular leg of the MM apparatus leans into the aether wind instead. The right amount of lean could have the effect of lengthening the travel time on the nominally perpendicular leg so that no fringe shift is produced. Harry