diff --git a/drb-c2-core/app/internal/intelligence.py b/drb-c2-core/app/internal/intelligence.py
index 956aaf1..e5c1624 100644
--- a/drb-c2-core/app/internal/intelligence.py
+++ b/drb-c2-core/app/internal/intelligence.py
@@ -94,11 +94,13 @@ def _is_garbage_transcript(transcript: str) -> bool:
     if not words:
         return False
 
+    # Threshold of 12: well above any legitimate plate/name spellout (~6–8 words)
+    # but catches the full-alphabet hallucination (26 words in sequence).
     run = 0
     for w in words:
         if w in _PHONETIC_ALPHA_WORDS:
             run += 1
-            if run >= 5:
+            if run >= 12:
                 return True
         else:
             run = 0
@@ -154,6 +156,10 @@ async def extract_scenes(
             f"Intelligence: call {call_id} — garbage transcript detected "
             f"(Whisper hallucination), skipping extraction"
         )
+        try:
+            await fstore.doc_set("calls", call_id, {"skip_reason": "garbage_transcript"})
+        except Exception:
+            pass
         return []
 
     raw_scenes: list[dict] = await asyncio.to_thread(
diff --git a/drb-c2-core/app/routers/admin.py b/drb-c2-core/app/routers/admin.py
index abcb9d1..966fe09 100644
--- a/drb-c2-core/app/routers/admin.py
+++ b/drb-c2-core/app/routers/admin.py
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ async def debug_correlation(
             "corr_candidates":       call.get("corr_candidates"),
             "corr_shared_units":     call.get("corr_shared_units"),
             "corr_sweep_count":      call.get("corr_sweep_count"),
+            "skip_reason":           call.get("skip_reason"),
         }
 
     # ── Fetch recent incidents ────────────────────────────────────────────────