Echoes_003–1D
Nickname: “Dead Ringer”
Danger Ranking: 1D
First Reported: 1958-07-29, Whidbey Island Naval Air Station

Summary:
Echoes_003–1D, informally known as “Dead Ringer,” manifests as a telephone call received on analog landlines in abandoned or disused military facilities throughout the Puget Sound region. The call originates from a number that does not exist in any government or civilian directory. If answered, the call plays a distorted audio loop of classified naval communications, interspersed with a male voice calmly stating the name, rank, and date of death of a U.S. Navy servicemember who died in non-combat situations between 1955 and 1962.

The anomaly is non-physical and does not appear to exist outside of the audio event. The same message has never been recorded twice. Voice recognition and forensic linguistics suggest the voice belongs to Lieutenant Commander Arthur Klein, a former communications officer who perished in a boiler explosion aboard the USS Skagit in 1957—an event which was officially classified.

In rare cases, individuals who answer the call have reported hearing their own name and a date that has not yet occurred. These individuals often suffer psychological destabilization and must be placed on suicide watch for a minimum of 60 days.

Known Properties:

• Only manifests on rotary or analog phones not connected to an active line.
  
• Cannot be traced, recorded successfully, or predicted.
  
• Appears linked to defunct military infrastructure with specific emphasis on Cold War-era installations.
  
• Induces psychological side effects in 12% of direct exposures, particularly when the individual is named.
  
• Call durations vary from 45 seconds to 4 minutes, never repeat content.
  

Containment Procedure:
PARADIGM has acquired and sealed off eight disused naval and army communication posts identified as high-likelihood hotspots. Any analog phones found within these sites are either removed or sealed with resin compound. Facilities are monitored remotely for signal fluctuations and unregistered audio transmissions.

All personnel entering flagged locations must undergo psychological screening and may not have a personal history of military service. In the event of an Echo occurrence, the affected phone is to be removed and incinerated within 12 hours.

Encounters:

• 1958-07-29: Initial incident. Naval technician found unconscious near Line Room 4B. Phone was off the hook, emitting only static.
  
• 1965-02-11: Unrecorded phone in decommissioned silo rang for 14 minutes. Witness refused to repeat what he heard. Retired to private life 3 days later.
  
• 1988-10-02: Operative R. Finch received a call during routine survey. The message stated her own name and the date 1990-04-19. She took leave six months later and died by overdose on the exact date mentioned.
  

Recommendation:
Maintain complete lockdown of affected infrastructure. Remove all non-essential analog communications from flagged areas. Develop countermeasures for anomalous audio transmission detection. Continue to cross-reference named individuals with classified personnel rosters.

List of Case Workers:

• Operative R. Finch (Deceased)
  
• Agent L. Okafor
  
• Technician Stanley Phelps
  
• Lt. Cmdr. Arthur Klein (Posthumous, suspected Echo origin)
  
• Dr. Marina Hsu
  
• Containment Liaison Carl Deitz