The Kraal Nine Signal Return

The recovered Kraal Nine core transmitted a reply to a signal no monitoring station had recorded sending.

What happened

Three contractors reported hearing their own voices answer from powered-down equipment; the incident log calls it acoustic contamination.

Outcome

The core was destroyed and all surviving telemetry became contested evidence.

Timeline role

This entry demonstrates an event with incidental importance, disputed certainty and day date precision.

It shares a date with another event and uses editorial order 2 to demonstrate deterministic same-day sorting.