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Sources & Further Reading for “The Kettleman Haunting: Ghosts of the Lost Aqueduct”

  1. Navarro, Evelyn. “Liminal Infrastructure: Hydrological Memory and Residual Hauntings in Arid States.” Journal of Western Folklore and Utility Culture, Vol. 19, No. 2 (2022).

  2. “Anomalous Sonics in Confined Pipeline Networks,” Internal DWR Memorandum 22-904-FL. California Department of Water Resources, July 2022. Not available via FOIA.

  3. Davenport, Peter. “The California Central Valley: Long-Term Aerial Phenomena Survey.” National UFO Reporting Center. https://nuforc.org/webreports/ndxlCA.html

  4. Leigh, Rowena. “Preliminary Osteological Findings: Unnamed Remains, Kings Co. Aqueduct Basin.” Unpublished field report submitted to CSU Fresno Dept. of Anthropology, July 1994.

  5. Wharton, W.M. “Delta Junction Test Entry 03 Log Sheet – Segment C.” Recovered internal memo, Bureau of Reclamation Archive Box 042C-B, 1926 (last seen 2009).

  6. “Aqueduct Kinetic Events (Unexplained),” DWR Internal Tracking System Log, Entry #51892-13. Redacted spreadsheet dump obtained by SignalVault Archive, 2022.

  7. Varela, Edgardo. “Thermal Rebound Events Along Western Gate Stanchions,” FLIR Survey Logbook. CalTrans Division 9, Erosion Monitoring Unit, dated July 13, 2022.

  8. California Department of Water Resources. Operations and Maintenance Manual: Kettleman Siphon Gate Valve Complex. DWR Press, 1998. Print copy archived at UC Merced, Hydrology Annex.

  9. Stotes, Lonnie. “CB Band Interference Anomalies — Kings County Sector.” Field notebooks 1–6 (1975–1978), donated to Hanford Public Library Local History Collection.

  10. Hart, Clarence. Local Frequencies: Episode Archive (2008–2011). Digital backup recovered from private FTP server via SignalVaultArchive.net.

  11. Singh, Raj and Navarro, Evelyn. “Reverberations of Pressure: Signal Drift in Cement-Embedded Channels.” Proceedings of the Western States Paranormal Infrastructure Conference, 2021.

  12. “Unsanctioned Flow Behavior and Gate Movement Logs (Segment 42-C),” Confidential Maintenance Oversight Folder, DWR Laurel West Facility. Cited in DownPipe leak thread #4041, June 2023.

  13. “Missing Person Case: Clarence Hart.” Kings County Sheriff’s Office Incident Report 22-KC-7643. Filed August 2011.

  14. Brewster, C.T. “Where the Conduits End: Psychogeographies of Abandoned Infrastructure.” Independent monograph, 2020. Distributed via analog-only cassette format, limited to 200 copies.

  15. California State Archives. “1926 Tulare Aqueduct Blueprints.” Reproduction map series, Archive Ref. #D-01567-KETT-C, page 17A redacted (Segment C removed).

  16. Wells, J.D. “Subsurface Hydraulics and Unaccounted Voids.” American Journal of Civil Infrastructure (AJCI), Vol. 54, No. 3 (2004): 122–135.

  17. “Trench Rider: Myth or Maintenance Hazard?” Article in Utility Mythos Quarterly, Fall 2019, by Karlene Ruiz.

  18. ValleyWatch Dispatch Records (Redacted). Incident logs related to Kings County Aqueduct alarms, 1976–1991. Accessed via public records inquiry by Mallory Ibsen.

  19. “CB Band Skip Shadows: Oral History from the Merced Breakers,” interview with Ricky DeWitt. Recorded January 1999, unedited audio in the NorCal Audio Research Consortium, Tape 48-B.

  20. Jacques Vallée. Confrontations: A Scientist’s Search for Alien Contact. Ballantine Books, 1990. ISBN: 0345364376.

  21. “Room 402B: Archive Floorplan and Refrigerator Asset Log.” Obtained via FOIA denial appendix, California Evidence Storage Facilities, Sacramento. Appendix was unredacted in error, July 2002.

  22. National Weather Service, NOAA. “Localized Atmospheric Pressure Drop – Kettleman City Zone.” Event summary for July 13, 2011. No seismic activity recorded.

  23. “Bone Canal: Internal Use Only,” CSU Fresno Forensics Dept., Archive Rejection Memo, 1995. Memo sent to Leigh team regarding publishing restrictions for 1994 aqueduct remains.

  24. Navarro, Evelyn. “Community Pattern Recognition in Industrial Hauntings.” Sociology of the Unseen, Vol. 3, Issue 4 (2024).

  25. Signal artifacts received by amateur operator Daniel Kwan (callsign redacted). Posted in Backscatter.fm user archives before domain shutdown, 2014.

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