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E-009824LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
William Herrmann Summerville Abduction Account
March 18, 1978Summerville, South Carolina, United States
William Herrmann reported a silvery disc rushing toward him and a blue light-beam episode; hypnosis later produced an onboard encounter with short large-headed humanoids and an examination.
// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Scientific & Observational Types(P-000101)→High Strangeness & Anomalous Effects(P-000106)→
// PROVENANCE COVERAGE
100% record completeness
This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.
1 SOURCES · 0 PRIMARY
Date documented
March 18, 1978
Location documented
Summerville, South Carolina, United States
Map coordinates available
Coordinate precision: region.
Catalogue classification linked
2 family link(s), 2 case-specific component(s).
Published citation-backed claims
2 encounter-target claim(s), 10 component claim(s).
Source coverage
1 unique source edition(s); 0 marked primary for at least one claim.
Assessment has encounter-level provenance
2 encounter-target published claim(s) can carry assessment provenance.
This dossier currently depends on a single source edition; independent coverage would strengthen comparison.
No cited source is currently marked as primary for the published claims shown here.
// 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