Will a government publicly name the perpetrator of either 16 October tanker attack off Jubail, Saudi Arabia, by 15 November 2026?

errata now: 45%
Base rate: 45%
Crowd: —
Deadline: 15 November 2026 · 24 days left
Opened: 17 October 2026
Status: open

Criteria

YES if by 15 Nov 2026 the government of Saudi Arabia, the US (incl. CENTCOM), the UK or the flag state publicly attributes either of the two tanker attacks 68 nm and 78 nm NE of Jubail on 16 Oct 2026 (UKMTO 174-26 and follow-up) to a named state or named group. General accusations not tied to these attacks are NO.

Probability over time

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Method

Batch 17.10: my number written before asking Claude Fable blind (it never saw mine); ensemble = log-odds mean of base and the two judgements.

Models are combined as a mean in log-odds; see How we forecast.

Every update

Date	Probability	Models	Reason
17 October 2026	45%	Base rate 45% mine 35% fable 55%	RPG from a small boat inside the Gulf is suggestive and Riyadh already blames Iran in general; but many 'unknown projectile' attacks this year were never formally attributed.

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