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E-006318LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: seasonRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
MacDill Radar Track and B-29 Football-Light Observation
Summer 1952MacDill Air Force Base area, Florida, United States
Don Widener reported that radar near MacDill AFB tracked an unidentified target at approximately 40,000 feet. A B-29 crew later reported a glowing football-shaped white light/object near that altitude that reversed course and departed rapidly.
// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Scientific & Observational Types(P-000101)→Official Investigations & Programs(P-000105)→
// PROVENANCE COVERAGE
100% record completeness
This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.
1 SOURCES · 0 PRIMARY
Date documented
Summer 1952
Location documented
MacDill Air Force Base area, Florida, United States
Map coordinates available
Coordinate precision: region.
Catalogue classification linked
2 family link(s), 1 case-specific component(s).
Published citation-backed claims
2 encounter-target claim(s), 3 component claim(s).
Source coverage
1 unique source edition(s); 0 marked primary for at least one claim.
Assessment has encounter-level provenance
2 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 estimate4
Stored verified-report count0
Instrumental evidence flagYES
Official investigation flagYES
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COORDINATE PRECISION: REGION