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  1. ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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  3. │                                                                             │
  4. │                                                                             │
  5. │                BERLINER  SIGHTING  REPORT  CLASSIFICATIONS                  │
  6. │               _____________________________________________                 │
  7. │                                                                             │
  8. │This is a two-part classification, with an escalating grade from one to ten  │
  9. │within each.  The "Strangeness Scale" expands on the HYNEK divisions, most   │
  10. │notably adding "Night Object" as distinguished from HYNEK's nocturnal light  │
  11. │and daylight disc; separating close encounters of the first kind into night  │
  12. │and daylight; dividing CE-2's into "ambiguous" (e.g. landing trace without an│
  13. │aerial object report) and "unambiguous"; and separating CE-3's into observa- │
  14. │tion only, occupant reaction and meaningful communication.                   │
  15. │                                                                             │
  16. │The BERLINER "Creditability Scale" ranks cases by the number and observation-│
  17. │al expertise of the witness(es) or, as more highly rated, by the device to   │
  18. │verify the observation  (radar, still photo, movie/videotape and live TV).   │
  19. │                                                                             │
  20. │Preliminary evaluations rely on the BERLINER gradings to determine the nature│
  21. │of the event as described by the witness(es).  See the March, 1987 issue of  │
  22. │the "Journal" for Mr. Berliner's explanation of this grading method.         │
  23. │                                                                             │
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  25. │                                                                             │
  26. │BERLINER - __________                                                        │
  27. │                                                                             │
  28. │                                                                             │
  29. │Strangeness Scale:                        Creditability Scale:               │
  30. │_________________                         ___________________                │
  31. │                                                                             │
  32. │0 - Identified as a known object/         0 - Witness(es) lacking            │
  33. │    phenomenon or a report lacking            believability                  │
  34. │    clear UFO content                                                        │
  35. │                                          1 - Single average witness         │
  36. │1 - Night light, no apparent object                                          │
  37. │                                          2 - Multiple average witness       │
  38. │3 - Daylight object seen at a distance                                       │
  39. │                                          3 - Single exceptional witness     │
  40. │4 - Night light close encounter of                                           │
  41. │    the FIRST Kind.                       4 - Multiple exceptional witnesses │
  42. │                                                                             │
  43. │5 - Daylight CE-I                         5 - Radar/visual observation       │
  44. │                                                                             │
  45. │6 - Ambiguous CE-II                       6 - Still photo(s) by amateur      │
  46. │                                                                             │
  47. │7 - Unambiguous CE-II                     7 - Still photo(s) by professional │
  48. │                                                                             │
  49. │8 - CE-III                                8 - Movie/videotape by amateur     │
  50. │                                                                             │
  51. │9 - CE-III with occupant reaction         9 - Movie/videotape by professional│
  52. │    to witness.                                                              │
  53. │                                         10 - Live television                │
  54. │10 - CE-III with meaningful                                                  │
  55. │    communication.                                                           │
  56. │                                                                             │
  57. │                                                                             │
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