Journal Entry #247 — Anomaly Signal

The old oscilloscope in the EEE lab flickered to life at 3:14 AM. What came through wasn't noise — it was a date, encoded in binary, pulsing in sequences of light and dark. Three rows. Three numbers. Something is coming.

▸ signal received — 03:14:15 ◂

Component A

First row counts how many days into the month

Component B

Second row marks which month of the year

Component C

Last row is the year — last two digits only

How to read the signal: Each lit bulb = 1. Each dark bulb = 0. Read left to right. The place values are 128 · 64 · 32 · 16 · 8 · 4 · 2 · 1. Add the values of every lit bulb to get the number.

Decode the signal. Enter the full date:

Enter your decoded date first.