For some reason, I have leftover passive/thermal contacts from a race that I created through SM and who then got conquered/assimilated by the players. I used SM to transfer their assets over to the conquerors (basically Russia, China and Japan&S.Korea ganged up on North-Korea). Everything else went well but for some reason there's still a hostile thermal contact on Earth, reading "ID16398 Thermal 1".
I've gone through the "View Race Details" menu and I can't find a trace of them. Going to "Battle Control Window" doesn't help since it's a mere thermal contact and doesn't show up there. "Intelligence and Diplomacy" doesn't show them either, not for any race.
It wouldn't be an issue otherwise but the first civilian cargo ship was just launched and instead of doing what was contracted to it, it immediately ran away to the outer system. So I need to get rid of these hostile ghost contacts or the civilian shipping lines will be screwed over. Is there a way to do it or is the game doomed?