Operation Migration

Article summary

Operation Migration was a nonprofit, charitable organization, which developed a method using ultralight aircraft to teach migration to captive-raised, precocial bird species such as Canada geese, trumpeter swans, sandhill cranes, and endangered whooping cranes. The organization operated from 1994-2018 and flew migration flights from 2001-2016.

Key claims

1. date of establishment: 1999 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 1994 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1999". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1994". What evidence would count against this claim?
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5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378203826