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E-005005LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: monthRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
USS Curtiss Operation Ivy Light Report
Reported by Tom Kramer as roughly a week before the November 1, 1952 Mike shot; exact date not rememberedPacific Proving Ground, Marshall Islands, Marshall Islands
Tom Kramer told Hastings that while serving aboard USS Curtiss during Operation Ivy he observed a round white object that hovered, performed abrupt zigzag maneuvers and departed rapidly. The account is retrospective and Hastings does not present a contemporaneous record of Kramer’s sighting.
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// PROVENANCE COVERAGE
100% record completeness
This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.
2 SOURCES · 1 PRIMARY
Date documented
Reported by Tom Kramer as roughly a week before the November 1, 1952 Mike shot; exact date not remembered
Location documented
Pacific Proving Ground, Marshall Islands, Marshall Islands
Map coordinates available
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Catalogue classification linked
1 family link(s), 0 case-specific component(s).
Published citation-backed claims
1 encounter-target claim(s), 0 component claim(s).
Source coverage
2 unique source edition(s); 1 marked primary for at least one claim.
Assessment has encounter-level provenance
No substantive assessment fields require provenance.
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