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  "note": "Citable weekly snapshot (CSV + JSON) archived on Zenodo; this DOI always resolves to the latest version."
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  "title": "AFC championship game briefly suspended after drone incursion in Baltimore",
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   "note": "Official aggregate claims, not independently verified kills. Parts are included only when explicitly sourced and sum to the reported total. Catalogue countermeasures are not incident evidence.",
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  "url": "https://droneincidents.com/incident/baltimore-afc-championship-drone-interruption-2024-01-28/",
  "citation": "DroneLedger, “AFC championship game briefly suspended after drone incursion in Baltimore”, dossier baltimore-afc-championship-drone-interruption-2024-01-28, revision 2, updated 2026-10-17. https://droneincidents.com/incident/baltimore-afc-championship-drone-interruption-2024-01-28/",
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