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CFO-2026-0009

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Long-necked shape in calm water

In review
  1. Received
  2. 2Director's review (current stage)
  3. 3Investigation
  4. 4Filed

Witness account

Witness on the shore observed a dark, elongated shape moving against the direction of the surface ripple for about three minutes. The shape had a raised section that the witness estimated at 1.5 metres. No boat traffic was visible. A second observer, on the far bank, has not been located.

Evidence

  • Exhibit AThe shape, 420 metres out, a small dark mark on flat water

  • “It was going the wrong way for a log.”

    Witness

Field Investigator’s memo

Memorandum

TO
The Director
FROM
Field Investigator
RE
CFO-2026-0009
Plausibility47/100

Observation distance of 420 metres is at the limit where floating debris becomes convincing. The witness’s point about direction is fair: a log moves with the current, and the loch has several. The photograph does not settle it. Recommended: Director’s review.

Closest match on file: SUBJECT-LN · Loch Ness Monster

  • Possible misidentification
  • Low detail

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Case timeline

  1. Bureau · 21 Aug 2026, 16:15 UTC

    Report received.

  2. Agent · 24 Sept 2026, 16:27 UTC

    Field Investigator: plausibility 47/100. Referred to the Director's review.

  3. Bureau · 24 Sept 2026, 16:27 UTC

    Referred to the Director's review.