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Three Inches Across: The Silver Discs of Black Thursday 1943
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
Unknown
Source material
2
Timeline
3
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
r/UFOs
Live sighting record 494dac10-033b-45f1-97ac-226542f17012.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Moon phase
8% illumination
Waxing crescent — darker sky
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Context notes
Heavy cloud cover (99%) — limited visibility
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Oct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM
Timezone
Central European Time
Location
Schweinfurt
Witness account
Narrative
Part 8 of a series reassessing the documentary record behind the 1933 Magenta narrative. TL;DR: A wartime report describes three-inch silver discs descending near Schweinfurt, with black debris nearby and several aircraft passing through them. The observations were repeated, but the material was never identified. It does not establish controlled craft, connect the discs to wartime photographs, or authenticate the later Majestic account. Part 1 — Before the Saucers: How Captured Technology Was...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Schweinfurt.
r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.
Grouped into the Black Thursday 1943 incident dossier.
Ledger
Source material
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/UFOs.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.