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AISS-UFOB-209-55 — 1955-07-12 — Southern California (B-17 aircraft over Bakersfield/Oak Flat

1955-07-12· Southern California (B-17 aircraft over Bakersfield/Oak Flats area)Resolved prosaic
Strangeness (S)
0.0
Credibility (P)
1.0
Evidence (EVID)
1.0
Date conf
9.0
Loc conf
0.0

Narrative

On 12 July 1955 at 0400Z, observers in a B-17 aircraft at 10,000 ft over Southern California, plus GOC observers at Bakersfield, sighted a bright red object resembling a comet with tail moving NW to SW in a straight line for two minutes. The object exploded leaving a luminous smoke trail. Multiple observers reported the same time and location. The reporting officer concluded the sighting was probably a meteorite, though the long duration did not fully substantiate that theory.

extracted via: llm_subagent_v1

Witnesses (1)

  • [anonymous] military pilotrole_pattern

Source documents (1)

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Score evidence (5)

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

s

  • 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)