Case File: John Diefenbach
What we know. What we suspect. What remains unknown.
Subject Profile
- Name:
- John Diefenbach
- Location:
- Off-grid cabin, Eastern Tennessee
- Status:
- Active
- Years Off-Grid / Sky-Watching:
- ~3
Background
UnverifiedJohn Diefenbach moved off-grid approximately three years ago after leaving a defense contractor. Reason for departure: reclassified aerial data that he believes the public should have seen. Chose eastern Tennessee for low light pollution and clear skies.
Maintains a sky-watching station equipped with SDR (software-defined radio), a night-vision camera, and shortwave monitoring equipment. Demonstrates technical proficiency with signal analysis and aerial observation methodology.
Maintains contact with outside world through supply runs to a store operated by "Earl"—the only named contact in documented files. Relationship with Earl appears complex; mutual wariness indicated.
Known Habits
Sky observation
Nightly watch from The Clearing with night-vision camera and SDR equipment. Primary activity, logged in hundreds of hours.
Coffee consumption
Canned, black. Described as essential. Mentioned in majority of case files.
Radio monitoring
Regular shortwave scanning, particularly during early morning hours (2-4 AM). Correlates aerial events with signal anomalies.
Documentation
Meticulous note-taking. Maps, recordings, timestamps. Evidence-focused methodology. Presents mundane explanations alongside anomalous data.
Aerial pattern tracking
Tracks cyclic aerial events, recurring intervals, and timing patterns. Particular attention to 23-day return cycles and the number 47.
Supply runs
Bi-weekly visits to Earl's store. Same route until recent anomaly detection.
Recurring Motifs
Elements that appear repeatedly across case files:
The Returns
Cyclic aerial events at predictable intervals. 23-day cycle documented across multiple occurrences.
Assessment: Strongest pattern in the case files. Too regular for coincidence, too irregular for satellites.
The Clearing
Primary observation post. Night-vision camera and SDR stationed here permanently.
Assessment: Location where most near-misses occur. Equipment failures concentrated here.
The number 47
47-second intervals, 47 supply runs, 0.47 MHz frequency
Assessment: Unknown. Appears too frequently for coincidence.
Equipment failure at the critical moment
Camera auto-focus, battery death, SD card corruption, SDR overload
Assessment: Either the worst luck imaginable, or something actively interfering.
2:17 AM
Hum onset, signal appearances, camera triggers, aerial events
Assessment: Specific operational window. Deliberate timing.
"Ecological surveys"
Road closures, land restrictions, Earl's knowledge
Assessment: Suspected government cover story. Pattern across multiple locations.
Open Questions
- ?What are the cyclic aerial events that follow predictable intervals?
- ?Why does the equipment always malfunction at the critical moment?
- ?Who is "we" in the photograph message?
- ?What is at the center of the hexagonal grid?
- ?What does Earl know?
- ?What technology operates at 0.47 MHz with that power signature?
- ?What changed in these woods three years ago?