Formal documentation took most of the morning.
Sekar drafted the investigation's comprehensive findings while Dr. Chen reviewed each section for empirical accuracy—ensuring conclusions stated precisely what evidence supported rather than what the team was inclined to believe. The distinction mattered. The claim being assembled was extraordinary. Extraordinary claims required extraordinary documentation.
Final report: forty-three pages covering six weeks of investigation, every finding sourced to specific tests, every conclusion traced to specific evidence, alternative explanations examined and found insufficient at each stage.
Summary findings, stated formally:
