CLAIM-953212reported
“Press photographer Raul Galan was credited with a photograph of a domed-disc image.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Mar del Plata photograph; uploaded PDF pp. 305-305
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Mar del Plata Domed-Disc Photograph
1970-04-15Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Press photographer Raul Galan was credited with a photograph showing a domed disc; Hall notes that little supporting technical or investigative information was available.
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CLAIM-953213reported
“Hall had essentially no technical camera data, analysis record or peer review for the image.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Mar del Plata documentation limitations; uploaded PDF pp. 305-305
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Hall Volume II Photographic-Evidence Framework · Hall Volume II Source Framework
CLAIM-953200reported
“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.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Photographic evidence witness-reliability principle; uploaded PDF pp. 297-299 · PRIMARY SOURCE
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Hall Volume II Photographic-Evidence Framework · Hall Volume II Evidence Claim
CLAIM-953201reported
“Hall evaluates six factors: witness character, strangeness, camera technical data, direct testimony/circumstances, completeness of analysis and peer review.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Hall six-factor photographic rating methodology; uploaded PDF pp. 297-299 · PRIMARY SOURCE
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.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · October 1978 DMSP weather-satellite anomalous image; uploaded PDF pp. 312-313
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Hall Volume II Photographic-Evidence Framework · Hall Volume II Source Caveat
CLAIM-953202reported
“Hall stresses that a technically authentic image does not by itself establish the identity or extraordinary origin of the photographed object.”
The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report
SRC-009500 · Image authenticity versus object identity caveat; uploaded PDF pp. 297-299 · PRIMARY SOURCE