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E-009610LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
Rex Heflin Santa Ana Polaroid UFO Series
1965-08-03Santa Ana / Myford Road area, California, United States
Highway traffic engineer Rex Heflin reported and photographed a domed disc near Santa Ana in three Polaroids, followed by a separate smoke-ring image. Later analyses produced competing authenticity and hoax interpretations.
// PROVENANCE COVERAGE
100% record completeness
This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.
1 SOURCES · 1 PRIMARY
Date documented
1965-08-03
Location documented
Santa Ana / Myford Road area, California, United States
Map coordinates available
Coordinate precision: region.
Catalogue classification linked
2 family link(s), 1 case-specific component(s).
Published citation-backed claims
4 encounter-target claim(s), 4 component claim(s).
Source coverage
1 unique source edition(s); 1 marked primary for at least one claim.
Assessment has encounter-level provenance
4 encounter-target published claim(s) can carry assessment provenance.
This dossier currently depends on a single source edition; independent coverage would strengthen comparison.
// ASSESSMENT METADATA
Stored case-assessment fields
Stored total witness estimate1
Stored verified-report count0
Instrumental evidence flagNO
Official investigation flagNO
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COORDINATE PRECISION: REGION