diff --git a/engine/MUNGA/GAUGREND.cpp b/engine/MUNGA/GAUGREND.cpp
index 1c2f6af..4548350 100644
--- a/engine/MUNGA/GAUGREND.cpp
+++ b/engine/MUNGA/GAUGREND.cpp
@@ -3643,7 +3643,18 @@ void
 		while ((entity = master_iterator.ReadAndNext()) != NULL)
 		{
 			if (entity->IsDerivedFrom(*Mover::GetClassDerivations()))
-				movingEntities.Add(entity);
+			{
+				// DEAD-MECH RADAR DROP (2026-07-20): a destroyed/disabled mover
+				// (movementMode 2||9 == the wreck latch, unified with
+				// simulationState) is no longer a live sensor contact.  The
+				// authentic engine removes it via the interest feed
+				// (NotifyOfBecomingUninterestingEntity); the port's per-frame
+				// grid-rebuild dropped that feed, so the red blip lingered on the
+				// frozen wreck after the kill.  Skip it -> blip goes away on death.
+				unsigned st = entity->GetSimulationState();
+				if (st != 2 && st != 9)
+					movingEntities.Add(entity);
+			}
 			else
 				staticEntities.Add(entity);
 		}
@@ -3655,7 +3666,11 @@ void
 		while ((entity = replicant_iterator.ReadAndNext()) != NULL)
 		{
 			if (entity->IsDerivedFrom(*Mover::GetClassDerivations()))
-				movingEntities.Add(entity);
+			{
+				unsigned st = entity->GetSimulationState();	// dead-mech radar drop (see the master loop above)
+				if (st != 2 && st != 9)
+					movingEntities.Add(entity);
+			}
 			else
 				staticEntities.Add(entity);
 		}