FLORIDA SCOUTMASTER DISC (1952 DISPUTED REPORT)

Case-specific round hovering object in D. S. Desvergers’s initial Florida scoutmaster account. Clark emphasizes Desvergers’s poor credibility and escalating story while also noting unresolved physical evidence, so the dossier is explicitly disputed.

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Reported Craft Diameter

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CLAIM-135022disputed

“In Desvergers’s initial statement, the overhead round object was estimated at about 30 feet in diameter and only eight to ten feet above him.”

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

SRC-002099 · “Florida Scoutmaster Case” → “Initial craft description”, PDF p. 1257

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Reported Craft Appearance

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CLAIM-135023disputed

“Desvergers described a roughly three-foot-thick lower edge with continuous porthole-, exhaust-port- or opening-like features and said he could see a dome or top against the sky.”

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

SRC-002099 · “Florida Scoutmaster Case” → “Initial craft morphology”, PDF p. 1257

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Sound Emission

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CLAIM-135024disputed

“Desvergers’s initial account said the object made no noise other than a slight hissing likened to escaping compressed air.”

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

SRC-002099 · “Florida Scoutmaster Case” → “Acoustic report”, PDF p. 1257

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Reported Craft Behavior

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CLAIM-135025disputed

“Desvergers alleged that he became unable to move beneath the object and that a red fiery or hot-air-like burst from above struck him before he blacked out.”

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

SRC-002099 · “Florida Scoutmaster Case” → “Claimed beam / physiological effect”, PDF p. 1257

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CLAIM-135026disputed

“Clark notes that despite severe credibility problems and escalating later stories, laboratory examination found the cap burns compatible with an electric spark and investigators reported charred grass roots with relatively unaffected surface grass.”

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

SRC-002099 · “Florida Scoutmaster Case” → “Physical evidence and credibility”, PDF pp. 1258–1259

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