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AISS-UFOB-12-56 — 1956-01-18 — Long Beach, Long Island, New York

1956-01-18· Long Beach, Long Island, New YorkResolved prosaic
Strangeness (S)
0.0
Credibility (P)
1.0
Evidence (EVID)
1.0
Date conf
10.0
Loc conf
0.0

Narrative

On 18 January 1956 at 2155Z over Long Beach, Long Island, New York, a civilian summer-resort operator observed a white oblong spiral object with a smoke trail for 20 minutes. The object appeared at 20-30 degrees elevation to SSW, descending while drifting NNE. Sightings from Newsday newspaper and Floyd Bennett Naval AS reported similar objects nearby. Investigators concluded astronomical.

extracted via: llm_subagent_v1

Witnesses (1)

  • [anonymous] civilianrole_pattern

Source documents (1)

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Score evidence (6)

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

s

  • drift (-0.5)
  • 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)