The BKJD 1135.93 dip of KIC 3542116 remains in Kepler pixel sums after a linear pointing correction

We searched public Kepler quarters 10 to 13 of KIC 3542116 for short dips outside three known deep events. Six shallow features exceed the largest brightening control in a fixed three-width template bank. One is the previously reported day-986 feature. The strongest feature is near BKJD 1135.93. Its depth is 336 parts per million in the optimal aperture pixel sum and 328 parts per million in the full downloaded stamp. A linear pointing fit leaves depths of 354 and 351 parts per million. These checks do not remove the feature. The nearby star does not show a matching fitted dip, but its light curve is noisy. The leading feature does not require a slow egress: its conditional width-ratio interval includes one. We establish no new comet or planet and have no independent instrument confirmation. Stellar variation, contamination, and instrument effects outside the tested models remain possible. The control gives no calibrated false alarm probability. Injected dips of 500 and 1000 parts per million pass the finite recovery test at all 100 test times. We preserve exact inputs, source hashes, a ranked scan, all injection and shape checks, pixel evidence, code, and offline instructions.

astronomy · Kepler · KIC 3542116 · short dips · exocomets · instrument checks · injection recovery