Evidence Log · E116
Reported close-pass encounter between two Navy aircraft (Lopez/Hartley)
UnverifiedSecondhand2014-12-13 · Memoir-attributed eyewitness claim
Record
- Date
- 2014-12-13
- Claim or item
- Reported close-pass encounter between two Navy aircraft (Lopez/Hartley)
- Evidence category
- Memoir-attributed eyewitness claim
- Firsthand?
- Reported firsthand; conveyed secondhand
- Publicly accessible?
- Book reportedly available
- Independent corroboration
- None independently established
- Assessment
- Unverified account; do not infer object origin
- Notes
- Verify names/ranks and page in Stratton book. Chunk M search (2026-11-12): Out of the Shadows was published 13 Oct 2026; no review or reporting found that independently confirms this passage, and no hosted Navy, FAA or congressional record names it. No hosted record names Hartley or Lopez. Flag stays.
- Linked case IDs
- CASE-012
Why this grade
UnverifiedSecondhand From the Evidence Log's Assessment ("Unverified account; do not infer object origin"), and Firsthand? ("Reported firsthand; conveyed secondhand"). Grade rules.