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E-005703DATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 29%
Chernobyl Post-Explosion Fiery-Object Report
April 26, 1986, approximately three hours after the reactor explosionChernobyl Nuclear Power Station, Kyiv Oblast / Ukrainian SSR (1986), Ukraine
Appendix B reproduces later reports of a fiery ball near the damaged Chernobyl reactor several hours after the explosion, including claims of crimson beams toward Unit 4. Claims that radiation levels fell because of the object are not independently established by the cited material.
// PROVENANCE COVERAGE
29% record completeness
This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.
0 SOURCES · 0 PRIMARY
Date documented
April 26, 1986, approximately three hours after the reactor explosion
Location documented
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, Kyiv Oblast / Ukrainian SSR (1986), Ukraine
Map coordinates available
No latitude/longitude is available for mapping.
Catalogue classification linked
0 family link(s), 0 case-specific component(s).
Published citation-backed claims
0 encounter-target claim(s), 0 component claim(s).
Source coverage
0 unique source edition(s); 0 marked primary for at least one claim.
Assessment has encounter-level provenance
Assessment fields exist, but no encounter-target published citation-backed claim currently supports them.
Assessment values are present without encounter-target published citation-backed claims. Treat the matrix as unprovenanced metadata until direct claims are added.
Witness totals are stored, but no encounter-level cited claim currently documents where those numbers came from.
// ASSESSMENT METADATA
Stored case-assessment fields
Stored total witness estimate3
Stored verified-report count0
Instrumental evidence flagNO
Official investigation flagNO
These stored assessment values are shown transparently but should not be treated as source-backed facts until encounter-target claims cite their provenance.