USS Hornet paranormal research and “Shadow People” reports

Record summary

The preserved USS Hornet has been the subject of repeated ghost-hunting visits, television segments and reported encounters involving footsteps, voices, apparitions and so-called shadow figures. Investigations after 2010 provide a maritime comparison point because the ship combines a documented military past with restricted spaces, exhibits, nighttime access and organized paranormal tourism. Reports are heterogeneous: some are personal testimony, some are entertainment productions and some are equipment-based interpretations. The lead is therefore best used to study evidentiary practices, not as confirmation that the vessel is haunted.