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E-006313DATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 43%
Reida B-29 Pacing Sphere after Palembang Raid
August 10, 1944, shortly after midnightPalembang area, South Sumatra, Indonesia
Capt. Alvah M. Reida reported that a bright red/orange spherical object paced his B-29 for about eight minutes after a raid on Palembang and maintained relative position through large course and altitude changes before accelerating upward into overcast.
// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Sphere / Orb(C-000257)→
// 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 10, 1944, shortly after midnight
Location documented
Palembang area, South Sumatra, Indonesia
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.
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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 estimate3
Stored verified-report count0
Instrumental evidence flagNO
Official investigation flagYES
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