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E-006345DATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 29%

Killian Multi-Airliner Three-Light Case

February 24, 1959Pennsylvania-Ohio airline corridor, Pennsylvania / Ohio, United States

American Airlines Captain Peter W. Killian and First Officer James Dee reported three bright lights pacing their DC-6B from Pennsylvania toward Ohio. Other airline crews and ground observers also reported three lights in the area. Hall notes an Air Force refueling explanation that he disputes elsewhere.

// PROVENANCE COVERAGE

29% record completeness

This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.

0 SOURCES · 0 PRIMARY
Date documented
February 24, 1959
Location documented
Pennsylvania-Ohio airline corridor, Pennsylvania / Ohio, 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

DIRECT PROVENANCE INCOMPLETE
Stored total witness estimate6
Stored verified-report count0
Instrumental evidence flagNO
Official investigation flagYES

These stored assessment values are shown transparently but should not be treated as source-backed facts until encounter-target claims cite their provenance.