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E-005903DATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 29%
MV Nickerson Red-Light Radar / Visual Report
October 4, 1967Offshore south of Sambro, Nova Scotia, Canada
Captain Leo Mersey and crew reportedly observed four brilliant red lights offshore while the vessel’s Decca radar showed four corresponding targets; one light later arced overhead.
// 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 4, 1967
Location documented
Offshore south of Sambro, Nova Scotia, Canada
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 count1
Instrumental evidence flagYES
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.