ev-intel-1b6a5ad0be17

OPS 62 / AISS-UFOB-201-56 — 1956-07-23 — Over Preco Hill fire tower, 9 miles SW of Alpena, Michigan

1956-07-23· Over Preco Hill fire tower, 9 miles SW of Alpena, MichiganResolved prosaic
Strangeness (S)
0.0
Credibility (P)
1.0
Evidence (EVID)
1.0
Date conf
9.0
Loc conf
0.0

Narrative

On 23 July 1956 at 1600Z, an observer near Alpena, Michigan reported a round object making circles in and out of clouds over Preco Hill fire tower. The observer happened to look up while watching someone on the road. The object disappeared in cloud. Conditions were cloudy with wind 270 deg at 9 knots. The intelligence officer judged the observer rational and noted the object was possibly a weather balloon.

extracted via: llm_subagent_v1

Witnesses (1)

  • [anonymous] military officerrole_pattern

Source documents (1)

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Score evidence (6)

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

s

  • weather balloon (-2.0)
  • 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)