Wilbert Smith Archives Files Box 1131 11 1131-11-p019

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WEIGHTING FACTORS FOR ANALYSIS OF SIGHTING REPORTS In the analysis of sighting reports it is fairly obvious that different reporte will have widely different values from the viewpoints of reliability, confirmation and lucidity. A formula — has been devised giving approximately the same significance to | each of these factors and derived from numerical values assigned to the answers given to the various questione on the sighting report. The formula is as follows: weight equals the cube root of...