INTERNAL MEMORANDUM
ORIGIN: Columbia Field Office
DATE: 2026-06-09
CLASSIFICATION: Level 2 — Temporal Coherence Division
FIELD OBSERVATION: CHRONOMETER ANOMALY
Columbia, Missouri — Dr. Elias Thorne
Incident Summary
At 03:14 Central Standard Time on June 8th, 2026, Dr. Elias Thorne’s personal chronometer—a standard 1987 Bulova Accutron, acquired from an estate sale in Boone County—began moving in reverse.
The device was 1,400 miles from the Nevada anchor at the time of the event. Columbia, Missouri is not a registered temporal node. There is no explanation for this.
Anomalous Properties
Rotation Rate:
3.14 revolutions per minute
Counterclockwise
Casing Temperature:
-3.2°C
Regardless of ambient conditions
Distance from Anchor:
1,400 miles
Columbia, Missouri
Dr. Thorne’s Statement
“I remember writing this memo. Next Tuesday. The watch… it was my father’s. He bought it the year I was born. 1987. The year everything changed.”
Dr. Elias Thorne, Columbia Field Office, June 9, 2026
⚠ ADMINISTRATIVE NOTICE
Dr. Thorne has been placed on administrative observation effective immediately. All temporal readings from the Columbia office are to be routed through the Nevada Facility Review Board until further notice. Do not attempt to interact with the chronometer. Do not attempt to breach the housing. The device is to be treated as a Class 1 Temporal Artifact.
Document ID: COLUMBIA-MEMO-060926
Classification Level 2 — Temporal Coherence Division
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