Thanks. I don’t believe this to be an alternator problem at all, but at this point, I’m not ruining anything out.
I went outside again to follow your instructions. Clearly the battery is fully charged. It’s brand new and is maintaining a charge. I put the key in turned it to the on position. Let it sit for half a second and then tried to crank the car. I returned the key to the own position when it did not crank I then let it sit for over a minute without touching anything, and there was no sound of any fan or any other indication during that entire minute