Loeb quotes Coulthart relaying unnamed-source claims about a recovery operation and alleged White House tasking. Loeb explicitly says administration officials have not corroborated the report and it could be fact or fiction. Proposed scientific access remains conditional; this essay does not verify orders, recovery, custody or an invitation.
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Loeb recounts apparent zig-zag motion that his team attributed to missing camera data and triangulation-software malfunction. He explicitly denies classified-video access at that time. His release-announcement account is relayed through a news link; proposed material testing supplies neither a recovered sample nor custody evidence.
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Loeb reports18 television invitations after a release announcement and offers future scientific assistance to Congress and agencies. Media invitations do not establish a government programme role. His discussion of unseen classified data and possible material testing supplies no original sample, measurements, custody or achieved access.
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