diff --git a/sfm/database.py b/sfm/database.py
index 464c2b5..91a0bfc 100644
--- a/sfm/database.py
+++ b/sfm/database.py
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS events (
     sample_rate             INTEGER,
     record_type             TEXT,                   -- "single_shot" | "continuous"
     false_trigger           INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,  -- 0=no, 1=yes (manual flag)
+    reviewed_real           INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,  -- 0=no, 1=operator-confirmed real (mutually exclusive with false_trigger)
     blastware_filename      TEXT,                   -- event file within waveform store; extension is per-event (AB0T encodes timestamp)
     blastware_filesize      INTEGER,                -- bytes; NULL if no event file saved
     a5_pickle_filename      TEXT,                   -- "<filename>.a5.pkl" sidecar
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@ class SeismoDb:
                     sample_rate             INTEGER,
                     record_type             TEXT,
                     false_trigger           INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
+                    reviewed_real           INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
                     created_at              TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT (strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ', 'now')),
                     UNIQUE(serial, timestamp)
                 );
@@ -224,6 +226,7 @@ class SeismoDb:
             ("shape_near_peak_count", "INTEGER"),
             ("shape_sample_count",    "INTEGER"),
             ("shape_axis",            "TEXT"),
+            ("reviewed_real",         "INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0"),
         ):
             if col not in existing_cols:
                 log.info("_migrate: events ADD COLUMN %s %s", col, ddl)
diff --git a/tests/test_reviewed_real_column.py b/tests/test_reviewed_real_column.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fe153b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_reviewed_real_column.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import sqlite3
+from sfm.database import SeismoDb
+def _cols(db):
+    with sqlite3.connect(db.db_path) as c:
+        return {r[1] for r in c.execute("PRAGMA table_info(events)")}
+def test_fresh_db_has_reviewed_real(tmp_path):
+    assert "reviewed_real" in _cols(SeismoDb(tmp_path/"s.db"))
+def test_existing_db_migrates_reviewed_real(tmp_path):
+    p = tmp_path/"s.db"; db = SeismoDb(p)
+    with sqlite3.connect(p) as c:
+        c.execute("ALTER TABLE events DROP COLUMN reviewed_real")
+    assert "reviewed_real" not in _cols(db)      # dropped (read via existing handle/connection)
+    SeismoDb(p)                                   # re-open migrates
+    assert "reviewed_real" in _cols(SeismoDb(p))