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ENC-902476LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: monthRECORD COMPLETENESS: 57%
NIDS Light-Tunnel / Humanoid Event — August 1997
a warm clear night in August 1997Skinwalker Ranch, Utah, Utah, United States
One NIDS investigator observed a growing yellow light while another, using night vision, reported a tunnel-like form and large faceless black humanoid emerging. Follow-up searching and measurements produced substantial negative evidence.
// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:High Strangeness & Anomalous Effects(P-000106)→Distinct / Unclassified Humanoids(S-000099)→
// PROVENANCE COVERAGE
57% record completeness
This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.
0 SOURCES · 0 PRIMARY
Date documented
a warm clear night in August 1997
Location documented
Skinwalker Ranch, Utah, Utah, United States
Map coordinates available
Coordinate precision: region.
Catalogue classification linked
2 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 estimate2
Stored verified-report count0
Instrumental evidence flagYES
Official investigation flagNO
These stored assessment values are shown transparently but should not be treated as source-backed facts until encounter-target claims cite their provenance.
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