Clearance Level 2
Contained Anomaly: CTA-023
Object Class: Ignotus
Containment Procedures:
All aircraft operating above 30,000 feet within the airspace surrounding New York City during the event of a full moon are to be closely monitored for potential encounters with CTA-023. If an aircraft reports visual contact with CTA-023, Corporation personnel are to immediately authorize the activation of long-range signal jammers and transmit an emergency landing directive to the flight crew under the guise of a technical malfunction this process is known as "Protocal-7" MF-55-121. code name "Memory halters" are to conduct the procedure.
Upon landing, all passengers and crew are to be administered TypeC RetroSketcher2 to erase memories of the encounter. The aircraft may then resume its flight using an alternate route to prevent a second encounter with CTA-023.
Description:
CTA-023 is a transparent, humanoid entity closely resembling the late pop singer Michael Jackson. The entity consistently manifests wearing clothing nearly identical to that worn during Jackson's iconic "Billie jean" onstage song performance.
CTA-023 only manifests during nights of a full moon. At precisely 00:00 (midnight), the entity begins performing a complete moonwalk dance routine, accurately replicating the choreography associated with Michael Jackson's performances. During this event, witnesses also report hearing the entity singing portions of the song *Billie Jean*.
Following the conclusion of the performance, CTA-023 ceases all dancing and wanders aimlessly through the surrounding airspace until demanifesting 5-10 minutes after the performance. The entity has displayed no signs of aggression toward aircraft or humans focusing solely on its performance, but though its unexpected appearance CTA-023 has caused widespread panic and curiosity among witnesses.
Addendum 023-1 - Discovery:
CTA-023 was first documented approximately one month after the public announcement of Michael Jackson's death. During a routine commercial flight, designated Flight-618, multiple passengers and crew members reported observing a transparent, floating figure resembling Michael Jackson at an altitude of approximately 30,000 feet.
Initial reports were dismissed by public authorities as a hoax or a case of mass hysteria. Embedded Corporation operatives within local and federal agencies successfully suppressed the incident by confiscating photographic evidence, removing all public records related to the event, and administering Type C RetroSketchers to every confirmed witness on the flight.
CTA-023 has since been observed manifesting exclusively during full moons above the airspace surrounding New York City. Ongoing surveillance operations remain in effect to prevent public awareness of the anomaly.
Addendum 023-2 — Encounter with GOI "The Ghost Hunters"
Following the events of Flight-6187, the Group of Interest (GOI) designated "The Ghost Hunters" began investigating reports of an unidentified apparition appearing over New York City during nights of the full moon. Corporation surveillance teams tracked the group's activities and later confiscated all recordings after the encounter.
The following transcript was recovered from a digital camcorder seized during the subsequent containment operation.
Video Log-023-1 — "The Ghost Hunters"
[PM 11:32:14] Hunter-A: So, we've been heard rumors of paranormal activity over in New York City.
[PM 11:32:22] Hunter-B: But we don't know if any of it's real yet!
[PM 11:32:31] Hunter-C: We'll know when we get there…
*(Video cuts. Recording resumes approximately ten minutes later.)*[PM 11:43:02] Hunter-A: Once we get video proof of this ghost, people will finally take us seriously.
[PM 11:43:15] Hunter-C: Are we even sure it's a ghost?
[PM 11:43:20] Hunter-B: Oh, it's definitely a ghost.
[PM 11:58:41] *(The group has reached the rooftop of an abandoned office building. The camera pans across the skyline. A full moon is visible overhead.)*
Hunter-C: Five minutes until midnight…
Hunter-A: Cameras rolling?
Hunter-B: Rolling.
[PM 11:59:58] *(The audio becomes distorted by a low-frequency hum. Static briefly covers the image.)*
Hunter-C: …You guys hear that?
[AM 12:00:00] *(A translucent humanoid figure materializes approximately 150 meters above the streets below. The figure strongly resembles Michael Jackson, dressed in a black sequined jacket, white shirt, black trousers, white socks, and black loafers.)*
Hunter-B: Holy— Is that…?
Hunter-A: Keep filming! Don't stop filming!
*(The entity lowers its head before assuming a familiar dance stance.)*
[AM 12:00:08] *(CTA-023 begins performing a flawless moonwalk across empty air. Despite the lack of any visible speakers, faint music resembling "Billie Jean" becomes audible. Audio analysis later confirmed that no conventional sound source was present.)*
Hunter-C: That's impossible… He's walking on nothing…
Hunter-B: Zoom in! Zoom in!
*(Hunter-B zooms the camera. CTA-023 briefly turns its head toward the camera. Although its facial features remain expressionless, all three individuals immediately fall silent.)*
[AM 12:01:12]
Hunter-A: …Did… did it just look at us?
Hunter-C: I think it knows we're here.
*(CTA-023 pauses mid-performance for approximately four seconds before slowly tipping its hat toward the camera. It then resumes dancing as if uninterrupted.)*
Hunter-B: It… acknowledged us.
Hunter-A: Keep recording. Nobody's ever going to believe this.
[AM 12:03:47] *(The performance concludes. The music abruptly ceases. CTA-023 remains motionless before slowly pacing through the air above the city.)*
Hunter-C: It's over…
Hunter-B: Wait… why is it walking this way?
*(CTA-023 changes direction and begins moving directly toward the rooftop.)*
Hunter-A: Guys…
Hunter-C: It's coming here.
Hunter-B: We should leave.
Hunter-A: No! Stay on it! Stay—
*(Camera begins shaking violently as the group retreats. CTA-023 stops approximately five meters from the rooftop edge. The entity remains silent for eight seconds before slowly raising one hand in a brief waving gesture.)*
Hunter-C: …It just waved.
*(At 12:05:02 AM, CTA-023 gradually fades from view. Simultaneously, all electronic equipment on-site resumes normal operation.)*
*(Recording ends.)*
[END LOG]
Post-Incident Report: Corporation retrieval team known as MF-5-11 "The Golden Retrievers"3 intercepted the GOI approximately twenty-three minutes after the recording concluded. All digital storage devices containing footage of CTA-023 were confiscated. Members of "The Ghost Hunters" were administered TypeC RetroSketcher and released. No further attempts by the group to investigate CTA-023 have been documented.