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E-005304DATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 29%
Grand Forks Bomber-Alert Area Two-Object Report
October 14, 1974, beginning about 9:09 p.m.Grand Forks AFB B-52 Bomber Alert Area, North Dakota, United States
Hastings reproduces an account submitted to J. Allen Hynek by an unnamed active-duty officer describing two large dark oval/saucer-like objects near Grand Forks AFB’s B-52 alert area, reportedly observed by security police, pilots and maintenance personnel, with radio static during the event. The objects were not reported over the WSA.
// PROVENANCE COVERAGE
29% record completeness
This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.
0 SOURCES · 0 PRIMARY
Date documented
October 14, 1974, beginning about 9:09 p.m.
Location documented
Grand Forks AFB B-52 Bomber Alert Area, North Dakota, United States
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 estimate18
Stored verified-report count0
Instrumental evidence flagNO
Official investigation flagNO
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