During World War II, military bombers using the airbase near the Causby property descended to as low as 83 feet, which was 67 feet above the Causbys' house.
Notes on verification
Directly corroborated by the U.S. Supreme Court opinion in United States v. Causby (328 U.S. 256) and multiple independent legal secondary sources citing the same figures. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.94 clusters=5 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=single on The 1946 Supreme Court opinion's factual findings (based on Court of Claims trial record) are the ultimate source for the 83/67 feet figures cited by all secondary sources. (upstreams: United States v. Causby, 328 U.S. 256 (1946) - official Supreme Court opinion/syllabus and Court of Claims record) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- How Much of the Sky Overhead Do You Own? (seed:law_and_crime)
- https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep328/usrep328256/usrep328256.pdf (corroboration)
- https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/104300/united-states-v-causby/ (corroboration)
- https://law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/328/256 (corroboration)
- https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/328/256 (corroboration)
- https://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/property/property-law-keyed-to-cribbet/interests-in-land-of-another-and-in-natural-resources-affecting-anothers-land/united-states-v-causby/ (corroboration)