ev-intel-e9d5a0ecd994

ATSS-UFOB-180-55 — 1955-06-16 — Topeka, Kansas (40 miles south of Topeka)

1955-06-16· Topeka, Kansas (40 miles south of Topeka)Resolved prosaic
Strangeness (S)
0.0
Credibility (P)
1.0
Evidence (EVID)
1.0
Date conf
10.0
Loc conf
0.0

Narrative

At 0330Z on 16 June 1955, 1st Lt O'Connor Rexford of the 1737th Ferry Squadron, piloting L-20 R48971 at 5,000 ft MSL on a heading of 100-103 degrees at 100 knots, observed a round green light approximately 40 miles south of Topeka, Kansas. The object appeared 20 degrees above and 45 degrees to the left, descended 30 degrees on a straight course, and burned out suddenly after forty seconds. The 4602D AISS evaluated the sighting in connection with a same-date/time sighting in Minneapolis as POSSIBLY ASTRONOMICAL.

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)