Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carson Sink UFO incident


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. North America1000 16:21, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

Carson Sink UFO incident

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Article is sourced to a mention in a book by Edward Ruppelt. All other sources are UFO enthusiast web pages and books simply repeating Ruppelt and pushing the fringe POV that two Air Force Colonels could not be wrong so any conventional explanation must be ruled out. No WP:FRIND sources found to provide critique or analysis and help establish this topic as notable per WP:GNG and WP:SIGCOV. - LuckyLouie (talk) 15:19, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Paranormal and Nevada. Shellwood (talk) 15:27, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions.  5Q5 &#124;&#9993; 10:46, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. As per LuckyLouie, this article fails WP:GNG and WP:SIGCOV. No WP:FRIND sources were found in my search for WP:RS, instead I found only pro-fringe items that simply echo each other, and cut/paste replicates of the WP page. I also, for what it is worth, found no entries for the alleged pilot witnesses here or here. JoJo Anthrax (talk) 16:03, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Couldn't find the other guy, but here's John L. McGinn . - LuckyLouie (talk) 16:14, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Cool. I also found this about him, and I note that neither source mentions anything even remotely resembling a UFO incident. JoJo Anthrax (talk) 16:19, 19 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:SIGCOV PianoDan (talk) 16:41, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete sadly as I love a well-written UFO page. I know this isn't R/S but looking at Issac Koi's Top 100 UFO Cases website, the Carson Sink case isn't mentioned . I went though some of my books that are my go-to when I work on UFO pages and nothing was found. Newspapers.com has no mention for any year and I used multiple search terms. Skeptical Inquirer and Skeptic Magazine did not cover this story either. I did find three sentences in a book about UFO's but even that it just parroted what I've found on pro-UFO blogs and it wasn't even enough to give it a full paragraph in the book. The lack of attention to the Carson Sink UFO incident shows that this is not notable enough to warrant a Wikipedia page. Sgerbic (talk) 18:16, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete Not finding anything to add to existing sources, which seem insufficient. Artw (talk)
 * Delete Regretfully can't find any references beyond the sources cited here. AtFirstLight (talk) 00:36, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per LuckyLouie and Sgerbic reasons. --mikeu talk 00:54, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete sources are insufficient. Does not meet notability. Craigwikiman (talk) 17:06, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, article is overreliant on dicey sources, some of which seem to be citogenesis. Carguychris (talk) 21:53, 25 May 2022 (UTC)


 * 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.