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February 2023 North American Object Interceptions (Thornton Source Record)
February 2023North American interception corridor, Alaska, Yukon Territory, Lake Huron, United States / Canada
Thornton groups the post-Chinese-balloon engagements over Alaska, Yukon, and Lake Huron as three additional object interceptions whose detailed imagery and identification remained restricted in his account.
// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Scientific & Observational Types(P-000101)→
// PROVENANCE COVERAGE
100% record completeness
This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.
1 SOURCES · 0 PRIMARY
Date documented
February 2023
Location documented
North American interception corridor, Alaska, Yukon Territory, Lake Huron, United States / Canada
Map coordinates available
Coordinate precision: region.
Catalogue classification linked
1 family link(s), 1 case-specific component(s).
Published citation-backed claims
2 encounter-target claim(s), 5 component claim(s).
Source coverage
1 unique source edition(s); 0 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.
No cited source is currently marked as primary for the published claims shown here.
// ASSESSMENT METADATA
Stored case-assessment fields
Stored total witness estimate1
Stored verified-report count0
Instrumental evidence flagYES
Official investigation flagYES
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