E-009620LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
Chatsworth Multi-Witness Photographic / Film Sighting
1981-01-25Chatsworth, California, United States
Roughly twenty to thirty witnesses reported a white elongated object over Chatsworth for an extended afternoon interval; multiple photographs, slides and 8mm film were obtained, while some aided-eye observers described a domed disc.
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“Twenty to thirty independent witnesses reportedly observed a white elongated object for roughly forty-five minutes; multiple still photographs, slides and 8mm film were obtained, while some aided-eye witnesses described a domed disc with red edge lights.”
“Hall retains the 1964 principle that a still photograph is only approximately as reliable as the person who took it and the documented circumstances surrounding it.”
“Hall evaluates six factors: witness character, strangeness, camera technical data, direct testimony/circumstances, completeness of analysis and peer review.”
SRC-009500 · Hall six-factor photographic rating methodology; uploaded PDF pp. 297-299 · PRIMARY SOURCE
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CLAIM-953230disputed
“Hall discusses an anomalous October 1978 DMSP weather-satellite image obtained through an Elmendorf AFB weather center. Bruce Maccabee reportedly ruled out several image artifacts but could not fully exclude a satellite or space-debris object.”