PINE RIDGE OBSERVATION STATION
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This file has been marked for deletion.
The previous operator left one final instruction:
"The answer is what the tower showed you when the power was gone."
FIELD LOG 001 MAY CONTAIN THE ANSWER.
October 16, 1998 — 02:13 AM
The tower light was visible again last night.
At first, I counted one flash every ten seconds.
Then it began flashing in groups of three.
I checked the old signal manual.
The pattern wasn't listed anywhere.
Someone had written a message inside the cover:
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