"Look at the sky. Just — look at it. That's not a normal cloud."
Analyst note: subject correct. Reclassify to Severity 4.
CASE 77-MV-4419 // CLEARANCE: DENIED TO SUBJECT
1,284 days of passive collection. 41 flagged statements. 19 confirmed rotary-wing overflights above Mount Vernon within 400m of the subject's delivery route. The file is complete. The subject has not read it.
OBSERVED VEHICLE
DELIVERY VAN · WHITE
ROUTE DEVIATION: 11 EVENTS
INTERAGENCY COORDINATION — REFERENCES REDACTED PER SEC. 7(b)
SECTION I — SUBJECT PROFILE
Cooperation was never requested. It was not required.
Subject maintains persistent and unprompted criticism of a former head of state. Sentiment analysis rates hostility at 94.6%, consistency at 100%. No softening observed across 1,284 days of collection. Remarkable, frankly.
2021.03.14
File opened. Trigger phrase spoken near an unmuted device.
2022.08.02
Subject photographs sky. Photograph retrieved from cloud backup within 4 minutes.
2023.11.29
Subject tells █████ "they can hear us." Assessment: accurate.
2024.06.17
Van idled 9 minutes outside ███████. Logged as "deliberate."
PRESENT
Subject is reading this entry. Entry updated accordingly.
SECTION II — ACTIVE COLLECTION
RECORDING · DO NOT CLOSE TAB
Collected automatically. Deletion requests may be filed on Form 9 and will be acknowledged in writing within 60 years.
| TIME | TAIL | ALT | NOTE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02:14 | N███4K | 410 ft | Two passes. Lights off. |
| 05:48 | N812█ | 600 ft | Hover, 6 min, above route start. |
| 13:02 | — | 380 ft | Transponder disabled. |
| 21:37 | N█████ | 455 ft | Subject looked up. Noted. |
Official position: routine traffic reporting. Mount Vernon has no traffic at 02:14.
THU 04:10
GRID 7 · COMPLIANCE BLEND
FRI 03:55
GRID 7 · ███████
SAT 05:20
GRID 8 · APATHY, LOW DOSE
SUN 04:45
GRID 7 · TARGETED PASS
Weather forecasts for these windows have been revised to "partly cloudy." Residents reporting persistent linear cloud formations should consult the forecast.
SECTION III — SPEECH ASSESSMENT
The subject's political commentary has been transcribed, scored and archived. Containment of the subject's speech has been recommended by two of three reviewing analysts. The third abstained and is no longer with the office.
"Look at the sky. Just — look at it. That's not a normal cloud."
Analyst note: subject correct. Reclassify to Severity 4.
"I'll say what I want about █████. What are they gonna do, send guys in suits?"
Analyst note: two men were dispatched. They were stuck behind the subject's van on Route ██ for 40 minutes and returned without contact.
"Nothing they tell you is the whole story. ████████████."
Remainder of statement withheld. Public release would require correcting the record.
RECOMMENDATION — CONTAINMENT OF SPEECH
Preferred method: ridicule by peers. Secondary: algorithmic de-amplification. Tertiary: █████████████████. Cost analysis favors the first and it is already in progress.
SECTION IV — HANDLER STATEMENTS
"Easiest assignment I ever had. He narrates everything out loud. We barely needed the equipment."
"Subject identified our vehicle in under nine seconds. We have since stopped using that vehicle. And that street."
"I was assigned to discredit him. After fourteen months I requested reassignment. I'd rather not elaborate."
SECTION V — ANTICIPATED INQUIRIES
That is the correct question and we are pleased you asked it. The answer has been determined to be outside the scope of this release.
You provided it. Repeatedly. Out loud. Near a phone.
Yes. The request itself is appended to the file, which lengthens it. Most subjects file three before stopping.
Drones are in use. The helicopters are for the ones you are meant to notice.
Visitation is a budgetary matter. Current fiscal guidance favors observation. Guidance is reviewed quarterly.
FORM 14 — SUBJECT-INITIATED DISCLOSURE REQUEST
Submission confirms identity, confirms interest, and confirms that the subject reads things sent to him. All three are useful to us. Proceed.