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Buster-Charlie Pre-Test Disc Formation Report

October 30, 1951, approximately 15-20 minutes before the Buster-Charlie detonationNevada Proving Ground / Nevada Test Site, Nevada, United States

Walter Webb’s investigation, reproduced by Hastings, records a former Air Force sentry’s report of eighteen silvery disc-shaped objects in formation shortly before the atomic test.

// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Disc / Saucer(C-000253)→Scientific & Observational Types(P-000101)→
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Encounter · Reported Encounter Observation

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CLAIM-200025reported
“Hastings reproduces Walter Webb’s investigation of a former Air Force sentry who said he and two others observed approximately eighteen silvery disc-shaped objects arranged in groups near the Nevada test area shortly before the October 30, 1951 Buster-Charlie detonation.”
UFOs and Nukes: Extraordinary Encounters at Nuclear Weapons Sites
SRC-002102 · Walter Webb / “Mr. M.” Buster-Charlie account; uploaded PDF pages 67-70
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CLAIM-500007reported
“Walter N. Webb’s investigation, reproduced by Hastings, records a former Air Force serviceman’s claim that eighteen silvery domed discs assembled over the Nevada Proving Ground shortly before the Buster-Jangle Charlie test and departed rapidly.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs
SRC-002027 · Chapter 7: INTRODUCTION · PRIMARY SOURCE
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UFOs and Nukes: Extraordinary Encounters at Nuclear Weapons Sites
SRC-002102 · Walter N. Webb investigation of the 1951 Nevada Proving Ground disc report
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Nevada Test Fallout / Fireball Correlation Hypothesis · Research Hypothesis / Correlation

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CLAIM-200026reported
“Hastings presents Dan Wilson’s comparison of declassified radioactive-debris trajectories with contemporaneous fireball and UFO reports and argues that numerous sightings occurred in regions recently crossed by fallout. He also states that independent scientific and statistical scrutiny is required to establish the validity of the apparent correlation.”
UFOs and Nukes: Extraordinary Encounters at Nuclear Weapons Sites
SRC-002102 · Dan Wilson fallout/fireball trajectory comparison and Hastings caveat; uploaded PDF pages 71-93
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CLAIM-500019unverified
“Hastings presents Dan Wilson’s comparison of declassified radioactive-debris trajectories with fireball/UAP reports after several Nevada nuclear tests and argues that a temporal/geographic pattern may exist.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs
SRC-002027 · Chapter 9: COLARES · PRIMARY SOURCE
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UFOs and Nukes: Extraordinary Encounters at Nuclear Weapons Sites
SRC-002102 · Dan Wilson fallout-trajectory/fireball comparison as presented by Hastings
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CLAIM-500020reported
“Hastings explicitly notes that the apparent fallout/fireball correlation requires independent scientific scrutiny and statistical modeling, and that questions remain about why reports followed some tests or trajectories but not others.”
Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs
SRC-002027 · Chapter 9: COLARES · PRIMARY SOURCE
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UFOs and Nukes: Extraordinary Encounters at Nuclear Weapons Sites
SRC-002102 · Hastings methodological caveats on the fallout/fireball correlation
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Multiple claim rows are intentionally retained when sources disagree. ANOMALY does not silently reconcile competing values.
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