{"type":"events","slug":"1991-1994-project-identification","title":"Project Identification","url":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1991-1994-project-identification","description":"Researchers monitored recurring lights over Piedmont, Missouri from 1991 to 1994 using scientific instruments","date":"1991-07-05T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Research"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","disclosureRating":5,"lat":37.1542,"lng":-90.6965,"connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"## Instrumented stakeout\n\nLed by physics professor Harley Rutledge, the team documented unexplained aerial lights with cameras, magnetometers, and spectrographs.[^1][^2] Observations sometimes showed structured objects moving silently.[^2]\n\n## Findings and debate\n\nRutledge concluded the lights represented controlled craft of unknown origin.[^2] Skeptics argued the data could be misinterpreted atmospheric phenomena.[^3][^4]\n\n[^1]: [Anomaly Archives: Project Identification](https://anomalyarchives.org/collections/file/project-identification/)\n[^2]: [Harley D. Rutledge, Project Identification archive text](https://archive.org/download/rutledge-project-identification/Rutledge-Project_Identification_djvu.txt)\n[^3]: [Skeptical Inquirer, Rutledge and Sheaffer exchange on Project Identification](https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/03/Issue-03-4.pdf)\n[^4]: [Missouri Department of Conservation: Spooklight](https://mdc.mo.gov/magazines/conservationist/1997-01/spooklight)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1991-1994-project-identification","title":"Project Identification","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/events/1991-1994-project-identification","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"witnesses":["Researchers monitored recurring lights over Piedmont"]}