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E-009005LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: monthRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
Hanford Nuclear-Facility Lights — January 1945 (Thornton Source Record)
January 1945Hanford plutonium facility, Washington, United States
Thornton opens the nuclear chapter with reports that security guards at the Hanford plutonium facility observed strange maneuvering lights over the top-secret site.
// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Nuclear & Defense Incursions(P-000102)→
// PROVENANCE COVERAGE
100% record completeness
This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.
1 SOURCES · 0 PRIMARY
Date documented
January 1945
Location documented
Hanford plutonium facility, Washington, United States
Map coordinates available
Coordinate precision: approximate.
Catalogue classification linked
1 family link(s), 1 case-specific component(s).
Published citation-backed claims
1 encounter-target claim(s), 8 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 estimate1
Stored verified-report count0
Instrumental evidence flagNO
Official investigation flagYES
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COORDINATE PRECISION: APPROXIMATE