# Eyewitness testimony · Concept

> What people say they saw, and what is known about how well that matches what happened.

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# Eyewitness testimony

What people say they saw, and what is known about how well that matches what happened.

[Marfa lights](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights)

The account of a witness is evidence, and the research on memory says how far to trust it: strong on the broad event, weak on times, sizes, distances and sequence, and shaped by later telling. Most of the site's sightings (Rendlesham, Phoenix, Roswell, Loch Ness, the Patterson-Gimlin film) rest on it, so each account is weighed by when it was first recorded and what else can check it.

## Where it comes up

**[Marfa lights](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marfa-lights)**

What is left is a handful of witness accounts and the 2005 object.

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Eyewitness testimony [Concept CPT0DECW06XVBA5]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPT0DECW06XVBA5
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[Chain of custody](https://mysteriesdept.com/concepts/CPT0DECW073M56Z/chain-of-custody)

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[Chain of custody](https://mysteriesdept.com/concepts/CPT0DECW073M56Z/chain-of-custody)

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