When and where was Puckett C-47 Encounter with Luminous-Port Cylinder documented?

This encounter was documented on August 1, 1946 in Northeast of Tampa, Florida, United States.

What sources and physical claims back the Puckett C-47 Encounter with Luminous-Port Cylinder record?

The ANOMALY archive indexes 0 independent source citations across 0 claims, achieving a provenance completeness score of 43%.

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Puckett C-47 Encounter with Luminous-Port Cylinder

Name: Puckett C-47 Encounter with Luminous-Port Cylinder
Start: August 1, 1946
Location: Northeast of Tampa, United States

August 1, 1946Northeast of Tampa, Florida, United States

Capt. Jack Puckett, co-pilot Henry F. Glass, and the flight engineer reported a long cylindrical object approaching their C-47 on a collision course before veering across their path. They described luminous portholes and a fire-like trail.

// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Elongated / Cigar / Cylinder(C-000255)→

// PROVENANCE COVERAGE

43% record completeness

This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.

0 SOURCES · 0 PRIMARY

Date documented

August 1, 1946

Location documented

Northeast of Tampa, Florida, United States

Map coordinates available

No latitude/longitude is available for mapping.

Catalogue classification linked

1 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

DIRECT PROVENANCE INCOMPLETE

Stored total witness estimate3

Stored verified-report count0

Instrumental evidence flagNO

Official investigation flagNO

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