CASE-8801 UNRESOLVED opened 1998-08-20 · last reviewed 2000-04-01

Northline Silence

Loss of Relay NORTHLINE. Shelter found; logs unreadable; map confidence low.

Uncertainty is part of the file. Fictional institutional record — not a real-world claim.

Lead
Directorate I
Status
UNRESOLVED
Opened
1998-08-20
Last reviewed
2000-04-01

Known

  • Last acknowledged traffic around 1996 (month uncertain).
  • 1998 recovery found shelter intact and logs wet past readability.

Unknown

  • Whether the relay failed, was dismantled locally, or was never where the map said.

Open questions

  • Was NORTHLINE ever at the coordinates later published on the routing map?

Competing explanations

  1. Equipment failure and abandonment.
  2. Map / siting error — node never at published coordinates.
  3. Deliberate silence — not supported by public evidence.

Evidence

  1. SEN-98-003
  2. SEN-86-044

Counter-evidence / limits

  • Public record does not support a claim of deliberate silence.

Timeline

  1. 1996-11-00

    Last acknowledged traffic (month uncertain)

  2. 1998-08-20

    Recovery party report indexed

Disclosure history

  1. 1998-08-20 — Recovery indexed
  2. 2000-04-01 — Status set UNRESOLVED; remains listed
  3. [ Investigation remains open — further events possible ]

Current status / finding

Unresolved. Listed so routing histories do not silently omit a node.

Institutional fiction. Uncertainty is retained on purpose — do not read a finding as a real-world claim.

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