E-006523LANDMARK CASE · HIGH CORROBORATIONDATE PRECISION: exactRECORD COMPLETENESS: 100%
Northern California Cobweb-Like Fall
November 9, 1958Trinidad / Rio Dell / McKinleyville area, California, United States
Residents reported extensive falls of cobweb-like strands in northern California; a newspaper said a sample examined at Humboldt State College was considered neither mold nor animal product and might be plant or plastic material.
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“Residents reported extensive falls of cobweb-like strands in northern California; a newspaper said a sample examined at Humboldt State College was considered neither mold nor animal product and might be plant or plastic material.”
“Material fall is reported, but Hall does not treat angel’s hair as significant UFO evidence. Newspaper-reported sample assessment is not a direct laboratory report.”
“Hall says NICAP did not presently consider angel's hair significant evidence of UFOs and that many cases were plainly cobwebs spun by ballooning spiders.”
SRC-002107 · Angel's-hair significance and spider-web caveat; uploaded PDF pp. 187-188
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CLAIM-693020reported
“Hall's catalogue contains 43 gossamer/angel's-hair cases; visible unidentified objects were reported in 23, rapid dissipation in 12, and 7 of those 12 also had visual UFO sightings.”
SRC-002107 · Angel's-hair catalogue statistics; uploaded PDF pp. 189-190
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CLAIM-693021reported
“Hall concludes that material which disappears before it can be analyzed does not constitute good physical evidence, while non-dissipating samples show no single pattern and may have many causes.”