# Inspector task sheet

Fátima: the crowd, the photographs and the solar reports

## 1. Audit the source record

Retrieve the named records for Fátima: the crowd, the photographs and the solar reports. Record author, edition, page or section and access date. Treat a catalogue, mirror or translation of one document as the same evidence, not independent corroboration.

Status: proposed; not completed.
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## 2. Build the dated evidence ledger

Build a concordance between newspaper issue, witness account and photograph. Record whether each observer looked directly at the Sun, the time stated, and whether the account was contemporary or recalled later. Keep any proposed optical explanation separate from a reported observation.

Status: proposed; not completed.
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## 3. Test the interpretation

Compare independent contemporary descriptions and stated observing conditions. Distinguish recognition documents from direct measurements. Record what would favour or weaken each explanation; leave unperformed work marked as proposed.

Status: proposed; not completed.
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