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CFO-2023-0001

Ghost / haunting · Case file

Dark shape in a doorway of the guest room

Inconclusive
  1. Received
  2. Director's review
  3. Investigation
  4. Filed

Witness account

Guest reports a man-shaped silhouette in the bedroom doorway at approximately 02:30. The shape was darker than the corridor behind it and left when the witness turned on a lamp. A search of the room and corridor found no one. The hotel has advised that the corridor contains a coat rack.

Inconclusive

Verdict

Coat rack a fair candidate. Direct-gaze observation is not explained. Filed as inconclusive.

Filed 24 September 2026 by investigator

Evidence

  • “It was there and then I put the lamp on and it was not there.”

    Guest

Field Investigator’s memo

Memorandum

TO
The Director
FROM
Field Investigator
RE
CFO-2023-0001
Plausibility60/100

The silhouette was observed while the witness was looking directly at it, which distinguishes the file from the more usual peripheral report. The coat rack is noted and is not obviously the right shape. Recommended: Director’s review.

Closest match on file: SUBJECT-SF · Shadow Figure

  • Possible misidentification

Related files

CFO-2024-0003CFO-2023-0001

Confirmed Proposed by the Cross-Referencer

  • CFO-2024-0003Inconclusive

    A warm, gentle presence in the guest room

    Same city, same witness, related presence reports. (70%, confirmed)

Case timeline

  1. Bureau · 13 Aug 2023, 09:30 UTC

    Report received.

  2. Agent · 24 Sept 2026, 16:06 UTC

    Field Investigator: plausibility 60/100. Referred to the Director's review.

  3. Bureau · 24 Sept 2026, 16:06 UTC

    Referred to the Director's review.

  4. Bureau · 24 Sept 2026, 16:07 UTC

    Investigation opened.

  5. Agent · 24 Sept 2026, 16:07 UTC

    Cross-Referencer: 1 related file on record.

  6. Staff · 24 Sept 2026, 16:07 UTC

    Filed: INCONCLUSIVE. Coat rack a fair candidate. Direct-gaze observation is not explained. Filed as inconclusive.