CRESSY CIGAR CRAFT (1960 REPORT)

Dull gray cigar-shaped object reported by Rev. Lionel Browning and his wife at Cressy, Tasmania, accompanied by five or six smaller saucer-like objects. The dedicated entry’s approximately 100-foot estimate is retained rather than reconciled with a different figure elsewhere in the encyclopedia.

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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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Craft Length

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CLAIM-133117reported

“In the dedicated Cressy entry, Rev. Lionel Browning estimated the dull gray cigar-shaped object at about one hundred feet long, slightly longer than aircraft he routinely saw in the area.”

The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning

SRC-002099 · “Cressy Sighting” → “Browning craft dimensions”, PDF p. 914

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Reported Craft Appearance

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CLAIM-133118reported

“Browning described four or five dark vertical bands around the cigar’s circumference and a short antenna-like array projecting outward and upward from one end.”

The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning

SRC-002099 · “Cressy Sighting” → “Browning exterior description”, PDF p. 914

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Reported Craft Behavior

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CLAIM-133119reported

“The Cressy cigar reportedly moved level at roughly sixty to seventy miles per hour around four hundred feet altitude, stopped abruptly, and was then joined by five or six smaller saucer-like objects.”

The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning

SRC-002099 · “Cressy Sighting” → “Browning movement and companions”, PDF p. 914

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CLAIM-133120reported

“After briefly holding positions around the larger Cressy object, the smaller saucers reportedly accompanied it in an abrupt reversal back into the rain squall from which it had emerged.”

The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning

SRC-002099 · “Cressy Sighting” → “Cressy departure”, PDF p. 914

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Multiple claim rows are intentionally retained when sources disagree. ANOMALY does not silently reconcile competing values.