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E-006204LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: yearRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
Portage County Police Close Encounter and Pursuit (1966)
1966; the exact calendar date is not stated in the extracted Chapter 8 passagePortage County to Conway pursuit corridor, Ohio / Pennsylvania, United States
Multiple police officers sequentially reported a brilliant low-altitude object during a pursuit from Ohio into Pennsylvania. Hynek uses the case as a representative Close Encounter of the First Kind and sharply criticizes Project Blue Book's Venus/satellite explanation and limited initial interviewing.
// PROVENANCE COVERAGE
100% record completeness
This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.
2 SOURCES · 2 PRIMARY
Date documented
1966; the exact calendar date is not stated in the extracted Chapter 8 passage
Location documented
Portage County to Conway pursuit corridor, Ohio / Pennsylvania, United States
Map coordinates available
Coordinate precision: approximate.
Catalogue classification linked
2 family link(s), 2 case-specific component(s).
Published citation-backed claims
4 encounter-target claim(s), 15 component claim(s).
Source coverage
2 unique source edition(s); 2 marked primary for at least one claim.
Assessment has encounter-level provenance
4 encounter-target published claim(s) can carry assessment provenance.
// ASSESSMENT METADATA
Stored case-assessment fields
Stored total witness estimate4
Stored verified-report count4
Instrumental evidence flagNO
Official investigation flagYES
// ENCOUNTER LOCATION · OPENSTREETMAP
COORDINATE PRECISION: APPROXIMATE