Case Evidence · CE-144
Commercial aircrew, including Capitol Airlines pilot C. S. Pierman, report unusual lights
Unverified1952-07-19/20 · Pilot visual testimony
Record
- Date / period
- 1952-07-19/20
- Reported event / document
- Commercial aircrew, including Capitol Airlines pilot C. S. Pierman, report unusual lights
- Evidence type
- Pilot visual testimony
- Original data accessible?
- Partial: witness descriptions preserved
- Verification status
- Named witness account; not authenticated object identification
- Competing explanations / missing data
- Visual descriptions do not alone prove correspondence to radar returns
- Next step
- Compare aircraft location and observation times with radar records Pierman's own account, taken by Air Force intelligence: Air Intelligence Report AFXOI FLYOBRPT 5-52 (SRC-V99-138, hosted), p. 4. (chunk F, 2026-11-12)
- Source ID
- SRC-128; SRC-V99-138
Why this grade
Unverified From Case Evidence's Verification status ("Named witness account; not authenticated object identification"). Grade rules.