KUWAIT CYLINDER-DOME CRAFT (1978 REPORT)

Case-specific large cylinder-shaped object with a dome and flashing lights reported landed near Kuwait oil facilities in November 1978, alongside equipment-interference testimony.

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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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Reported Craft Appearance

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CLAIM-136046reported

“Press accounts described the November 10 object as a cylinder-shaped structure with a large dome and flashing lights.”

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

SRC-002099 · “Kuwait Sightings” → “November 10 morphology”, PDF p. 1643

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Craft Length

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CLAIM-136047reported

“Witnesses compared the object qualitatively to something bigger than a jumbo jet.”

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

SRC-002099 · “Kuwait Sightings” → “Qualitative size”, PDF p. 1643

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Sound Emission

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CLAIM-136048reported

“The November 10 object reportedly landed silently.”

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

SRC-002099 · “Kuwait Sightings” → “Landing sound”, PDF p. 1643

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Reported Craft Behavior

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CLAIM-136049reported

“The object reportedly remained on the ground for about seven minutes before a rapid departure.”

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

SRC-002099 · “Kuwait Sightings” → “Landing duration and departure”, PDF p. 1643

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CLAIM-136050reported

“A senior Kuwait Oil Company official reported that automatic pumping equipment shut down at the object’s appearance and restarted by itself when it vanished.”

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

SRC-002099 · “Kuwait Sightings” → “Equipment interference”, PDF pp. 1642–1643

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CLAIM-136051reported

“A November 21 oil-field sighting was accompanied by reported loss of long-distance communications while the internal phone system continued working.”

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

SRC-002099 · “Kuwait Sightings” → “Communications effects”, PDF p. 1643

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