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E-005305LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: yearRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
Airborne Launch Control Aircraft / Silver-Globe Report
1975; exact date not rememberedAirspace near Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, South Dakota, United States
Frank Hale told Hastings that a silver globe maneuvered around and briefly accompanied an Airborne Launch Control System aircraft returning toward Ellsworth AFB before rapidly departing west. Hale did not report the event at the time and no equipment malfunction is alleged.
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// PROVENANCE COVERAGE
100% record completeness
This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.
1 SOURCES · 0 PRIMARY
Date documented
1975; exact date not remembered
Location documented
Airspace near Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, South Dakota, United States
Map coordinates available
Coordinate precision: region.
Catalogue classification linked
1 family link(s), 0 case-specific component(s).
Published citation-backed claims
2 encounter-target claim(s), 0 component claim(s).
Source coverage
1 unique source edition(s); 0 marked primary for at least one claim.
Assessment has encounter-level provenance
2 encounter-target published claim(s) can carry assessment provenance.
This dossier currently depends on a single source edition; independent coverage would strengthen comparison.
No cited source is currently marked as primary for the published claims shown here.
// ASSESSMENT METADATA
Stored case-assessment fields
Stored total witness estimate1
Stored verified-report count0
Instrumental evidence flagNO
Official investigation flagNO
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