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ATSS-UFOB-103-56 — 1956-04-16 — Airborne over Fairfield, Utah

1956-04-16· Airborne over Fairfield, UtahResolved prosaic
Strangeness (S)
0.0
Credibility (P)
1.0
Evidence (EVID)
1.0
Date conf
10.0
Loc conf
0.0

Narrative

On 16 April 1956 at approximately 1950 MST, USAFR Captain Thomas P. Petit, while on an IFR night flight from Kirtland AFB to Hill AFB at 37,000 feet, sighted an unidentified flying object. He had the object in sight for approximately 25 minutes. The object increased in size and changed color rapidly from very white to very blue. Its flight pattern was very rapid - horizontal and vertical within a small area with no set pattern. Headquarters concluded this sighting was probably caused by the planet Venus.

extracted via: llm_subagent_v1

Witnesses (2)

Source documents (1)

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Score evidence (6)

Why this event scored the way it did. Every contribution is traceable.

s

  • venus (-1.5)
  • outcome=resolved_prosaic (cap S<=3)
  • post-blend cap S<=3 (resolved_prosaic)

p

  • docs=1 (+0.5)
  • single agency (+0.5)

evid

  • narrative only (base 1)