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C-000152CASE RECORD · CLASSIFICATION: CRAFTTERM-000114 (Cloud Cigar / Mothership)

CLOUD CIGAR / MOTHERSHIP

Historical UFO-report category described by Clark as a huge cigar-shaped structure partly hidden by cloud or luminous mist, with smaller disc-shaped objects sometimes reported entering or departing the larger object. The dossier preserves the recurring report pattern without asserting a common physical vehicle or origin.

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REFERENCE ONLY — NOT WITNESS ARTWORK
Claims are grouped by attribute so differing descriptions, measurements, and interpretations can be compared without averaging them into a single “fact.”
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Reported Craft Appearance

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CLAIM-130013reported
Clark defines the classic “cloud cigar” report pattern by three linked elements: a huge cigar-shaped structure, partial concealment in cloud or luminous mist, and smaller disc-shaped objects reported entering or departing the larger structure.
The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning
SRC-002099 · “Cloud Cigars”, PDF pp. 773–775
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CLAIM-130014reported
For the August 23, 1954 Vernon, France report, Clark recounts Bernard Miserey's description of an enormous vertically oriented cigar-like object, possibly about 300 feet long, from which several luminous disc-shaped objects emerged in sequence.
The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning
SRC-002099 · “Cloud Cigars” → Vernon, France report, PDF p. 774
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CLAIM-130015reported
Clark cites the October 4, 1960 Cressy, Tasmania report in which Lionel and Mary Browning described a roughly 300-foot dull-gray cigar just beneath a cloud bank while five or six smaller disc-like objects moved rapidly near the larger object.
The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning
SRC-002099 · “Cloud Cigars” → Cressy, Tasmania report, PDF p. 775
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CLAIM-131029reported
Within the Andreasson case history, Clark recounts Bob Luca's separate 1967 claim of two large cigar-shaped objects hovering over woods while two smaller oval devices dropped from one of them; no cloud component is described in this account.
The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning
SRC-002099 · “Andreasson Abduction Case” → “Bob Luca”, PDF p. 353
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CLAIM-132001reported
Clark’s Angel Hair entry recounts the 1952 Oloron report as a large cigar-like structure accompanied by numerous smaller aerial objects; the witness description places the larger structure above a strange cottony cloud.
The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning
SRC-002099 · “Angel Hair” → “Oloron — October 17, 1952”, PDF pp. 365–366
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CLAIM-132042reported
The BOAC entry recounts a 1954 airliner crew report of a large gray cigar-like object accompanied by six smaller black oval or globular objects. The objects were described as opaque and sharply defined, without visible flames or lights.
The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning
SRC-002099 · “BOAC Sighting” → “June 29, 1954”, PDF pp. 534–535
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Reported Craft Behavior

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CLAIM-132002reported
In the Oloron account, smaller objects moved around and ahead of the large cigar, sometimes in pairs and zigzagging, while filament-like material descended through the area.
The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning
SRC-002099 · “Angel Hair” → “Oloron — October 17, 1952”, PDF pp. 365–366
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CLAIM-132003reported
Clark also lists a 1954 Jerome, Ohio school sighting in which a cigar-shaped object was associated with falling filament-like material and then departed at high speed.
The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning
SRC-002099 · “Angel Hair” → “Jerome, Ohio — October 22, 1954”, PDF p. 369
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CLAIM-132044reported
The navigator’s account said the smaller objects appeared to enter the large cigar before the larger object diminished or disappeared as an interceptor approached.
The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning
SRC-002099 · “BOAC Sighting” → “Departure / smaller-object relationship”, PDF p. 535
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CLAIM-133008reported
The Lovasen cigar reportedly hovered about eight meters above the ground with a slight axial wobble, then accelerated northward with a whistling sound after a kitchen light was switched on.
The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the First Kind” → “Lovasen cigar behavior”, PDF p. 653
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Multiple claim rows are intentionally retained when sources disagree. ANOMALY does not silently reconcile competing values.
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Craft Length

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