CLASSIFIED / ECHO-VERTEX / READ-IN ONLY
SUBJECT: Anterovault Object 23 (“Hinge”)
LOCATION: ████████ Facility (Sublevel R-5)
Object 23 is currently held in Room 9 at Site R-5. Subject classified as non-communicative, non-mobile, cognitively hazardous. Object is believed to predate physical acquisition. Initial encounter was conceptual in nature (see Incident 62-BLACK) and is ongoing.
Room is sealed and externally grounded. Entry permitted only for maintenance or higher-priority access with two (2) concurring director-level clearances.
Object appears as a suspended aperture of indeterminate depth, originating approximately 34cm above the surface of a reinforced table bolted to a six-ton foundation slab. Surrounding the base is a containment rig with four iron restraints, anchored by industrial chain. No physical motion observed; anchoring remains policy due to Event Drift (see 89-AUG).
Visual distortion noted at all angles. Object generates Class 2 audiovisual interference and has been linked to multiple unauthorized memory events among staff, including false childhood recall, repetition loops, and personality inversion under stress.
No confirmed physical emissions. Residual temperature drop (-2.3°C) within two meters. No consistent EM signature. No confirmed life forms inside aperture. Personnel describe peripheral sounds as “whispers,” “chanting,” or “own voice reversed.” These reports are consistent and considered accurate.
The Hinge is not simply an object of study; it is an active threshold—an unresolving transition between states. Its presence corrodes anchoring: physical, temporal, ontological. Individuals exposed too long begin to experience dissonant continuity, slipping into out-of-sync versions of themselves or recalling futures that did not occur. It does not transmit information; it erodes the distinction between signal and frame. To the Liminal Systems Division, the Hinge is not anomalous—it is central. It is what happens when a threshold event never completes, when reality forgets which side you were on.
Access permitted only during scheduled diagnostic intervals. No recording devices permitted inside Room 9. No verbal communication within line-of-sight to the object.
Operational personnel must undergo 72-hour isolation post-exit and submit to sleep-locked debrief. Cognitive sync tests mandatory. Reflections and fingerprints are compared to baseline. If incongruent, containment override is triggered. Subject is held until continuity can be confirmed or reestablished.
Three personnel have failed reentry sync. They remain in holding. No signs of physical alteration. All three insist they are in the correct timeline.
The object is not considered hostile. It is not considered safe. It is considered correct. Senior staff advised to avoid prolonged observation.
It does not want anything. It is not waiting. It is remembering us.
Found on hardcopy beneath final assessment paragraph. Not part of original report.
The object is not considered hostile.
It is not considered safe.
It is best not considered at all.
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Note: Handwriting matches Technician ████, presumed lost during breach drill simulation. No record of their name in current personnel logs. Text was discovered following a scheduled lighting replacement. Light was functioning. Room had not been accessed in 11 days.