Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sperry UFO case

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The result was redirect‎ to UFO sightings in the United States. Since there is an objection to a Merge, I'm closing this as a Redirect as an ATD. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:15, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sperry UFO case (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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None of the cited sources are WP:RS. After searching, I cannot find a single WP:FRIND source to cover this topic. It's had a banner warning that it gives undue weight to the fringe viewpoint, but every source I can find is either an interview with the witness or from within ufology. I checked some books that cover many famous UFO sightings like Curtis Peebles' Watch the skies!: a chronicle of the flying saucer myth, and I don't see this mentioned. Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 02:10, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Photography, History, Mythology, Science, and Astronomy. Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 02:10, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 02:12, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 02:13, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - Per nom, with the additional note that some of the sources are initially linked to discussion groups, but even digging past that they just further link to primary sources. No reliable secondary sources. 49ersBelongInSanFrancisco (talk) 05:36, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge and redirect to UFO sightings in the United States – As WP:ATD. Svartner (talk) 07:10, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete for lack of worthwhile sourcing on which an article could be built. Merging when there is no encyclopedic content to merge is not a viable alternative to deletion. XOR'easter (talk) 02:41, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.