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  "name": "Reported opinions on the Cottingley negatives, 1920",
  "desc": "Reported opinions on the Cottingley negatives in 1920, one row per opinion. Compiled by Hoax and Hindsight, 2026-11-06. License of this compilation: CC BY 4.0. Column sources: examiner, when, negatives, what_was_said, reported_by = Arthur Conan Doyle, The Coming of the Fairies (New York: George H. Doran, 1922), pp. 31, 33, 36, 44, 46-47, 54 and 96, including the letters and report of E. L. Gardner printed there, given in this site's own words; no_trick, ordinary_means, vouched = this site's reading of the same passages (yes, no, or not reported); qualifier = every row is as reported by Doyle or Gardner, and no examiner's own report was read. Facts from sources that do not permit reuse are not included in this file; see the article's Exhibits.",
  "lic": "CC BY 4.0",
  "lic_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "by": "Hoax and Hindsight",
  "url": "https://hoaxandhindsight.com/proven-fakes/cottingley-fairies/",
  "from": [
    "Arthur Conan Doyle, The Coming of the Fairies (New York: George H. Doran, 1922)"
  ],
  "how": "Compiled by Hoax and Hindsight from the data listed",
  "data_by": [
    "Arthur Conan Doyle, The Coming of the Fairies (New York: George H. Doran, 1922), as reported by Doyle and E. L. Gardner"
  ]
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