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Colby Police Multi-Witness Hover / Vertical-Departure Event

August 19, 1972Colby / Oakley area, Kansas, United States

A broader 50–60-witness regional concentration included Sgt. Paul Carter’s low inverted-bowl-shaped craft, intense daylight-like illumination and rapid vertical departure, plus other police reports.

// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Unresolved Structured Object(C-000265)→Scientific & Observational Types(P-000101)→
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Encounter · Hall Volume II Encounter Claim

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CLAIM-952120reported
“Hall reports a broad local witness concentration; Sgt. Carter’s core sighting involved a low inverted-bowl craft, daylight-like illumination and rapid vertical departure.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · August 19, 1972 Colby; uploaded PDF pp. 206-206
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Encounter · Hall Volume II Recurring Feature

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CLAIM-954193reported
“Hall’s luminosity-motion table describes the Colby object producing intense blinding light with a whoosh immediately before shooting upward at high speed.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Colby luminosity/acceleration example; uploaded PDF pp. 418-418
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CLAIM-955094reported
“Colby is included in Hall’s examples of abrupt directional changes and high-speed vertical departure.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Colby abrupt-motion examples; uploaded PDF pp. 438-440
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Hall Volume II Police-Witness Evidence Framework · Hall Volume II Source Framework

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CLAIM-952101reported
“Hall argues police reports are valuable because officers routinely observe roads, communities and unusual incidents and often leave contemporaneous logs or radio records.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Police witness framing; uploaded PDF pp. 184-211 · PRIMARY SOURCE
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Hall Volume II Police-Witness Evidence Framework · Hall Volume II Recurring Feature

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CLAIM-952102reported
“Section V contains repeated low structured objects, pursuit behavior, light beams, vehicle effects, multi-jurisdiction observations and occasional traces or photographs.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Recurring Section V patterns; uploaded PDF pp. 184-211 · PRIMARY SOURCE
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Hall Volume II Hummingbird-Like Motion Framework · Hall Volume II Recurring Feature

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CLAIM-955050reported
“Hall uses hummingbird-like motion for abrupt starts, sharp turns, zigzags, point-to-point darts and rapid changes of direction.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Hummingbird-like motion discussion/Table 6; uploaded PDF pp. 436-440
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Hall Volume II Hummingbird-Like Motion Framework · Hall Volume II Source Caveat

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CLAIM-955051unverified
“Hall says such maneuvers appear inconsistent with ordinary inertial expectations, but most examples are visual reports without complete trajectory instrumentation.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Hummingbird-motion instrumentation caveat; uploaded PDF pp. 436-440
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Colby Police Multi-Witness Hover / Vertical-Departure Event (August 19, 1972): Evidence Dossier & Witness Reports | ANOMALY | ANOMALY UAP Archive & Controlled Vocabulary