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For machine manipulation, it was desirable to be able to select the sample of cards (all reports, all sightings, oF all phenomena) to be in= laded in a particalar atudy, The concept of a SIGHTING IDENTIFICATION NUMBER was evolved fo fill this desire, Using one column of the IBM card, and the correlated working papers, the code for this function wa: Seveloped, Multiple punching eliminated the need to ase several columns for discrete expression of the variations. Selection of the proper number in...