A completely unassuming and mundane Brainer appears to give you the report. She has some strange device strapped to her waist, but you've seen them doing... let's say, much less wholesome stuff. She speaks in a monotone voice:
'We have researched the Gnome Question... quite thoroughly... Cap'n... VERY thorougly indeed... sadly we must... conclude... that all evidence points to the conclusion... that Gnomes do not exist... Gnomes do not exist... That is the conclusion indeed...'
[-50 Infamy. Your Brainer now has the Paranoid trait. It does not have any effect on her research efficiency, though.]