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Physical · 1968

Mendoza Hospital Encounter
Documented report. Unresolved object.

At approximately 1:20 a.m.

1968Mendoza, ArgentinaEvidence-led case filePhysical
Argentina hospital
CATEGORY CONTEXT, NOT INCIDENT PHOTOGRAPH. Argentine hospital, used as location context only.
01 / why this case matters

Why This Case Matters

This case matters because it is a documented physical event whose object identity remains unresolved.

02 / the case

What is documented.

Documented

At approximately 1:20 a.m.

03 / what is debated

What remains contested.

Debated

The identity of the object

Debated

The adequacy of the conventional explanation

04 / what remains unverified

Beyond the record.

Unverified

Extraterrestrial origin

Unverified

Any claim stronger than the record supports

Unverified

That the reported physical effects were radiation

05 / what the record establishes

Keep the layers apart.

Record element
What it supports
What it does not settle
Witness report
A documented report exists.
The objective identity of the object.
Official investigation
That the case was investigated where documented.
That an extraordinary cause was proven.
Conventional reading
That a conventional explanation exists where documented.
That the conventional explanation closes the case.
06 / source room

Follow the paperwork.
Keep the claims apart.

Sources are kept in separate layers: official and contemporary material is documented; secondary UFO literature is treated as debated, not as primary evidence.

secondaryNICAP Mendoza case file, 22 July 1968

Secondary / debated material.

governmentDr Oscar Galíndez investigation records

Documented source.

secondaryJacques Vallée, Confrontations

Secondary / debated material.

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