← ENCOUNTERS DIRECTORYENCOUNTER-CLAIM PROVENANCE PRESENT
E-006373LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: approximateRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
GOC and Radar Track Orange Object across White Plains Sector
Late August or early September 1954White Plains Filter Center region, New York / Connecticut / New Jersey, United States
Former Ground Observer Corps supervisor James C. Beatty recalled a large orange object tracked visually across the sector while two radar stations reportedly maintained an electronic fix and interceptors were scrambled.
// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Scientific & Observational Types(P-000101)→
// PROVENANCE COVERAGE
100% record completeness
This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.
1 SOURCES · 0 PRIMARY
Date documented
Late August or early September 1954
Location documented
White Plains Filter Center region, New York / Connecticut / New Jersey, United States
Map coordinates available
Coordinate precision: region.
Catalogue classification linked
1 family link(s), 2 case-specific component(s).
Published citation-backed claims
1 encounter-target claim(s), 2 component claim(s).
Source coverage
1 unique source edition(s); 0 marked primary for at least one claim.
Assessment has encounter-level provenance
1 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 estimate3
Stored verified-report count0
Instrumental evidence flagYES
Official investigation flagYES
// ENCOUNTER LOCATION · OPENSTREETMAP
COORDINATE PRECISION: REGION