CASE 01 / AN INTERACTIVE INVESTIGATION
The light over
the test range.
One light. Three stories.
Find what connects them—and what does not.
FICTIONAL CASE · People, dialogue, programs and incident records are invented.
Historical references have separate source links.
Investigate the approach light, the recovery claim and the witness’s unusual experience. Follow at least two leads, assess four claims, then decide what to release. About 10 minutes; progress saves on this browser.
This desk is a separate investigation. It does not spend board-game turns or change your hand.
01 / READ BETWEEN THE LINES
The case files
Open a file. Pin useful details to compare them below. A document’s origin and the truth of its claims are separate questions.
02 / ASK A BETTER QUESTION
Where will you look next?
Each lead opens a new document. Choose your order; you can return for the others after filing.
03 / THE ORDER CHANGES THE STORY
Two clocks. One night?
Arrange the records by the event they describe or by when they entered the story.
04 / PUT YOUR NAME TO IT
What can you stand behind?
“Established” means supported by evidence in this fictional case. “Unsupported” means the stated support fails. “Unresolved” means the available evidence leaves the proposed explanation open.
YOUR PRIVATE NOTEBOOK
Leave yourself a thread.
OUTSIDE THE FICTION
The real reading room
These references inspired the questions and methods. They do not verify our fictional incident. Reading them is optional; everything needed to play is in the case files.