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  "url": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23345422",
  "note": "Citable weekly snapshot (CSV + JSON) archived on Zenodo; this DOI always resolves to the latest version."
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  "id": "us-open-stadium-drone-crash-2015-09-03",
  "title": "Drone crashes into empty seats during US Open match",
  "place": "New York City",
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  "date": "2015-09-03",
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  "summary": "A drone crashed into an empty seating area at Louis Armstrong Stadium during a US Open match on 3 September 2015. Tennis officials reported no injuries. AP described the broken device and a brief interruption between points while emergency personnel checked it.",
  "impact": "The crash interrupted the match briefly, according to AP. The device broke into pieces; neither source establishes damage to stadium property. Tournament officials said nobody was injured and no spectators were in the immediate crash area.",
  "evidence": "ABC reports tournament officials’ account. AP provides separate match reporting, a player interview and an AP photographer contribution, while also quoting the same USTA spokesperson. The no-injury statement has a shared official origin; it is not two independent medical assessments. The physical crash and wreckage support confirmed drone involvement.",
  "unknown": "The incident occurred shortly before20:30EDT on Thursday3September; the AP publication date4September is the next day, not a second incident. A player’s initial fear about the unidentified sound is not evidence of an explosive device or attack intent. Later legal proceedings are outside these selected contemporary reports; no claim that an operator remained permanently unidentified and no charge, conviction or sentence asserted.",
  "attribution": "No organisational or state attribution established in these selected contemporary sources; later legal proceedings not assessed here.",
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    "url": "https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/drone-crashes-into-stands-during-match-no-injures",
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   "note": "Only published archive records with an editorial entity mapping; unassigned records excluded. Not all real-world incidents or a common cause. No same-day matching."
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  "url": "https://droneincidents.com/incident/us-open-stadium-drone-crash-2015-09-03/",
  "citation": "DroneLedger, “Drone crashes into empty seats during US Open match”, dossier us-open-stadium-drone-crash-2015-09-03, revision 1, updated 2026-10-16. https://droneincidents.com/incident/us-open-stadium-drone-crash-2015-09-03/",
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    "date": "2026-10-16",
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    "note": "Curated dossier created after checking the cited sources line by line."
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