The earliest confirmed @The Silence artifacts were not recognized for what they were. Unusual materials recovered from remote excavation sites were catalogued as rare mineral formations or remnants of abandoned human equipment. Several samples vanished into classified laboratories after producing unexplained reactions to electrical fields and neural activity.
As additional discoveries were made, investigators began identifying recurring characteristics: dark or reflective surfaces, violet luminescence, repeating geometric forms, localized communication failure, and a strange absence of expected background noise.
There is no universally accepted date for humanity’s first contact with the Silence. Each major power maintains its own records, and some evidence suggests that Silence material may have been recovered decades before the official incidents acknowledged in classified archives.
It is possible that humanity discovered the Silence much earlier than anyone currently realizes.