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E-005003DATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 57%
Sandia May 1952 Cylinder / Disc Reports
May 1, 1952Sandia Base / Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico, New Mexico, United States
Howard Burgess later told Hastings that he and coworkers observed three large silver tumbling cylinders above Sandia Base. Hastings also located a contemporary newspaper account that instead described two discs followed by one cylinder, leaving exact count and configuration unresolved.
// PROVENANCE COVERAGE
57% record completeness
This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.
0 SOURCES · 0 PRIMARY
Date documented
May 1, 1952
Location documented
Sandia Base / Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico, New Mexico, 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
No substantive assessment fields require provenance.