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E-009522LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
America West Flight 564 Bovina Cigar-Object Sighting
May 25, 1995Airspace near Bovina, Texas, United States
America West Flight 564 cockpit witnesses reported sequential bright lights outlining a dark wingless elongated object near Bovina. FAA voice tapes documented real-time communications; the sighted object was not on FAA radar, and a later controller account of a separate unusual NORAD target could not be confirmed.
// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Elongated / Cigar / Cylinder(C-000255)→Physical Trace & Environmental Effects(P-000103)→
// PROVENANCE COVERAGE
100% record completeness
This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.
1 SOURCES · 1 PRIMARY
Date documented
May 25, 1995
Location documented
Airspace near Bovina, Texas, United States
Map coordinates available
Coordinate precision: region.
Catalogue classification linked
2 family link(s), 1 case-specific component(s).
Published citation-backed claims
2 encounter-target claim(s), 1 component claim(s).
Source coverage
1 unique source edition(s); 1 marked primary for at least one claim.
Assessment has encounter-level provenance
2 encounter-target published claim(s) can carry assessment provenance.
This dossier currently depends on a single source edition; independent coverage would strengthen comparison.
// ASSESSMENT METADATA
Stored case-assessment fields
Stored total witness estimate3
Stored verified-report count0
Instrumental evidence flagYES
Official investigation flagYES
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COORDINATE PRECISION: REGION