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E-005501DATE PRECISION: rangeRECORD COMPLETENESS: 29%

Roswell 1947 Flying-Disc / Recovery Controversy

Primary public controversy centered on July 7–8, 1947; alleged crash/recovery timing remains disputedRoswell Army Air Field and recovery-area context, New Mexico, United States

Hastings reviews the Roswell case as a disputed recovery narrative. ANOMALY records the documented public “flying disc” announcement, subsequent balloon explanations, the 509th Bombardment Group nuclear context, named retrospective testimony, known discredited witnesses and unresolved contradictions without asserting extraterrestrial recovery.

// PROVENANCE COVERAGE

29% record completeness

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

0 SOURCES · 0 PRIMARY
Date documented
Primary public controversy centered on July 7–8, 1947; alleged crash/recovery timing remains disputed
Location documented
Roswell Army Air Field and recovery-area context, New Mexico, United States
Map coordinates available
No latitude/longitude is available for mapping.
Catalogue classification linked
0 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 estimate6
Stored verified-report count0
Instrumental evidence flagNO
Official investigation flagYES

These stored assessment values are shown transparently but should not be treated as source-backed facts until encounter-target claims cite their provenance.