The Duga Shutdown: What the System Recorded Instead

Описание: In the final days of the Duga radar complex, the shutdown was classified as routine.

The system had become obsolete. Satellite surveillance replaced over-the-horizon detection. Power was reduced in phases. Arrays were taken offline. Consoles were darkened. Logs were retained only to confirm inactivity.
That was the official record.
Assigned as a senior signal supervisor during decommissioning, my role was procedural: verify transmissions, document irregularities, and certify compliance. I was not tasked with investigation.
But during the final weeks, the logs continued to update.
There were no signals. No outbound paths. No active arrays.
Only duration values.
At fixed intervals, during inactive periods, the system recorded time — advancing precisely, sometimes early, sometimes late, never at random. Attempts to recalibrate had no effect. External references were severed. Power levels continued to fall.
The entries persisted.
Operators began noticing minor inconsistencies. Reaction delays. Marginal notes. A phrase appearing briefly in handwriting: out of sync.
When final shutdown was executed and all subsystems confirmed inactive, the log updated once more.
After that, nothing followed.
The official report lists no anomalies.
The file closes cleanly.
It simply closes early.

This is a fictional procedural narrative presented in a documentary format.

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📁 The Duga Shutdown: What the System Recorded Instead
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⚠️ Content Advisory: Psychological unease, institutional isolation, temporal irregularities.

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✍️ Original fictional narrative, narration & sound design by The Fear You Feel
Inspired by the Soviet Duga over-the-horizon radar system (late 1970s–1989).

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