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ENC-902422LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
Houston Airport Red-Orange Oval Object
August 3, 2009Houston International Airport, Texas, Texas, United States
Three pilots in an airliner cockpit reportedly observed a bright red-orange oval/football-shaped object near final-approach airspace; it disappeared/reappeared and twice released smaller red lights before fading.
// LINKED CLASSIFICATIONS:Ovoid / Egg / Oval / Football(C-000256)→
// PROVENANCE COVERAGE
100% record completeness
This measures documentation coverage, not whether the encounter or its claims are true.
1 SOURCES · 0 PRIMARY
Date documented
August 3, 2009
Location documented
Houston International Airport, Texas, Texas, United States
Map coordinates available
Coordinate precision: site.
Catalogue classification linked
1 family link(s), 1 case-specific component(s).
Published citation-backed claims
2 encounter-target claim(s), 2 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 estimate3
Stored verified-report count0
Instrumental evidence flagNO
Official investigation flagNO
// ENCOUNTER LOCATION · OPENSTREETMAP
COORDINATE PRECISION: SITE