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E-005007LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: dayRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
Operation Castle Bravo High-Altitude Radar Objects
During/after the Castle Bravo test, March 1, 1954Pacific Proving Ground, Marshall Islands, Marshall Islands
Former warrant officer Olin Hasty told Hastings that two or three high-altitude targets were tracked maneuvering within or around the Bravo cloud and that a headquarters explanation identified them as Canberra aircraft. Hastings argues that available task-force aircraft data do not support that explanation.
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// PROVENANCE COVERAGE
100% record completeness
This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.
2 SOURCES · 1 PRIMARY
Date documented
During/after the Castle Bravo test, March 1, 1954
Location documented
Pacific Proving Ground, Marshall Islands, Marshall Islands
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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