United States Department of Temporal Phenomena

The USDTP as seen in The THINK Principle

The **United States Department of Temporal Phenomena** is a reoccurring US Department that the name suggest is likely for strange time related events. None of the members are known though we see the USDTP's television public announcements throughout the series.

## Description

Seen as a clock with roman numbers with a banner reading "Tempus Fugit" A Latin saying which generally translates to "Time Flies". Text that reads Department's name is under the banner and under the "VI" (6) is a foundation date of 1981.

In Exhibition, it was shown with a small section underneath that reads "REVISED 1990", alongside an additional banner that covers most of the numbers on the bottom part of the clock, which reads "Amplecti Intuitum", roughly translating to "Embrace the View".

## History

Very little is known about the USDTP however they appear to be the primary federal authority aware of and combating Alternates. It is known due to their seal that they were established in 1981 and that they produced The THINK Principle and possibly the Metaphysical Awareness Disorder video.

It's possible that they were the "higher-ups" who received the Murray Household's footage mentioned in Intruder Alert, as well as the ones to instate the Television and Mirror Destruction Order after the Intruder had kidnapped over a thousand children throughout counties all over Wisconsin.

## Television and Mirror Destruction Order

It's heavily implied that the USDTP is responsible for both instating and enforcing the Television and Mirror Destruction Order in 1992, which had been instated in order to prevent and/or stall both Tulpa and Intruder sightings and encounters.

Despite the great cost that this would imply in the average person's wallet, monetary compensation wasn't provided to those who destroyed their televisions or mirrors, which would cause more people to opt not to break them but instead hide them away, such is the case of Dave Lee, who is said to own the last analog television in all of Wisconsin by 2009.

It's likely that some of the items that weren't destroyed were instead confiscated and hidden somewhere, which would lead to robberies of technology of interest for varying reasons, as Adam Murray and Jonah Marshall were implied to do to continue their investigation for the Bythorne Paranormal Society.

Despite it's name, some items that were not televisions or mirrors, such as GPSes and Spirit Boxes, were also forbidden by the USDTP. Though other items, such as Digital Televisions and Personal Computers are allowed. It's likely that this is because digital signals, which said televisions and computers use, are harder for The Intruder to manipulate than analog signals.

## Speculation

It is currently not made clear why the Alternates are being handled by the USDTP as so far no temporal anomalies have been seen in the series. However their involvement would imply the Alternates may be able to rewrite history or alter it in a detectable way.

United States Department of Temporal Phenomena being a powerful, high authority department is highly implied. The Television and Mirror Destruction Order was (possibly) enforced by them, they have several if not more alternates in almost captivity or "custody" for reasons unknown since around 1992.

## References

1. ↑ In the Official Series Trailer, we can see a news report that is clearly meant for television, yet the scene is clearly set in 2009.

## Gallery

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