Chapter 04 · Field Telemetry Mälardalen Loop · 1986–2024 Anomaly trend
Riksarkivet Survey Edition III

The machines didn't vanish from the fields —
they simply learned how to stand very still.

Sightings of decommissioned magnetrine cargo in rural Sweden, charted against pastoral land-use over four decades.

Anomaly density per 100 km² · Mälardalen sector recorded sightings, by harvest year
40 30 20 10 0 sightings · km² 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 +118 % YoY · spring 2006 crossover summer — fields go quiet, sightings double
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