Person evidence · E-V99-044
Pratt observed that few leaked military documents mention injuries and none he reviewed mention deaths; leaked copies summarize more than 300 sightings, at least half by investigators themselves
Why this grade
ReportedFirsthand From the Evidence Log's Assessment ("Important counterweight; absence in his sample does not prove absence in the complete archive"), and Firsthand? ("Pratt firsthand to documents he reviewed"). Grade rules.
Record
- Date
- Pre-2005 review
- Evidence category
- Researcher documentary observation
- Firsthand?
- Pratt firsthand to documents he reviewed
- Publicly accessible?
- Yes
- Independent corroboration
- Not checked report by report against the full archive
- Assessment
- Important counterweight; absence in his sample does not prove absence in the complete archive
- Notes
- SRC-V99-050 pp. 5–6; checked against the Arquivo Nacional register SRC-137 (ARX 184): no deaths in any of its 130 forms; injuries appear in a few (REG 003 p. 7, paralysis after a red beam; pp. 11-12, a watchman's numbness; REG 009 p. 15; a pilot's distress, p. 135), matching 'few ... injuries'. The register holds 130 sightings, not 300+ (chunk G, 2026-11-12)
- Linked case IDs
- CASE-035
From the workbook: the Evidence Log sheet.