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RJEDFJ 4S — 1954-08-02 — Utica/Van Dyke, Michigan (near Selfridge AFB)

1954-08-02· Utica/Van Dyke, Michigan (near Selfridge AFB)Resolved prosaic
Strangeness (S)
0.0
Credibility (P)
1.0
Evidence (EVID)
1.0
Date conf
7.0
Loc conf
0.0

Narrative

On 2 August 1954 at 0313Z, observers near Utica, Michigan reported a round bright white object descending from approximately 1500-2000 ft to below the horizon over 1 hour 38 minutes. The 661st ACWRON dispatched aircraft and investigators 1/Lt Dorsey and S/Sgt Morrison to Utica. They determined the object to be a bright star or planet intensified several times its size by atmospheric inversion layers; apparent motion was attributed to inversion-layer fluctuations and earth rotation.

extracted via: llm_subagent_v1

Witnesses (2)

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)