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E-009513LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
Eastlake Lake Erie Parent-and-Satellite Object Encounter
March 4, 1988Lake Erie near Eastlake, Ohio, United States
The Baker family and responding Coast Guard personnel reported a huge illuminated football/elliptical object over Lake Erie with smaller triangular objects moving independently. Hall reproduces a Coast Guard teletype describing the responding crew’s observations.
// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Ovoid / Egg / Oval / Football(C-000256)→Physical Trace & Environmental Effects(P-000103)→
// PROVENANCE COVERAGE
100% record completeness
This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.
1 SOURCES · 1 PRIMARY
Date documented
March 4, 1988
Location documented
Lake Erie near Eastlake, Ohio, United States
Map coordinates available
Coordinate precision: region.
Catalogue classification linked
2 family link(s), 1 case-specific component(s).
Published citation-backed claims
2 encounter-target claim(s), 1 component claim(s).
Source coverage
1 unique source edition(s); 1 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.
// ASSESSMENT METADATA
Stored case-assessment fields
Stored total witness estimate8
Stored verified-report count0
Instrumental evidence flagNO
Official investigation flagYES
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COORDINATE PRECISION: REGION