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16 For machine manipulation, it was desirable to be able to select the sample of cards (all reports, all sightings, oF atl phenomena) to be in- cluded in a particular study. The concept of a SIGHTING IDENTIFICATION NUMBER was evolved to fill this desire. Using one column of the IBM card, and the correlated working papers, the code for this function was developed. Multiple punching eliminated the need to ase several columns for discrete expression of the variations. Selection of the proper...