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E-005001LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
Hanford Silvery Disc, Radar Track and F-82 Scramble
May 21, 1949Hanford nuclear site, Washington, Washington, United States
Hastings describes a declassified Air Force intelligence report in which Hanford personnel reported a silvery disc over the plutonium-production site while an unknown target was tracked by radar at Moses Lake AFB and an F-82 fighter was scrambled. The object reportedly departed before interception.
// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Disc / Saucer(C-000253)→
// PROVENANCE COVERAGE
100% record completeness
This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.
2 SOURCES · 1 PRIMARY
Date documented
May 21, 1949
Location documented
Hanford nuclear site, Washington, Washington, United States
Map coordinates available
Coordinate precision: region.
Catalogue classification linked
1 family link(s), 0 case-specific component(s).
Published citation-backed claims
1 encounter-target claim(s), 0 component claim(s).
Source coverage
2 unique source edition(s); 1 marked primary for at least one claim.
Assessment has encounter-level provenance
No substantive assessment fields require provenance.
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