scoutcraft
nounEtymology From scout + -craft (vehicle).
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Human sciences, Literature, Media, Mysticism, Mythology, Philosophy, Publishing, Science fiction, Sciences, Ufology Rare A spacecraft used for scouting.
- Enemy scoutcraft, extreme range.1994, Debra Doyle, James D. Macdonald, By Honor Betray'd:
- In August 1954 a Venusian scoutcraft allegedly flew Adamski around the moon, showing him extraterrestrial cities and hangars as well as forests, lakes, and rivers.1999, Jerome Clark, Unexplained!: Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences & Puzzling Physical Phenomena, Visible Ink Press, page 7:
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- He flies around the Galaxy all alone in just a little tiny scoutcraft?2001, Douglas Kendall, Battle of Infinity City, page 298:
- In the ensuing years it had never come to that, yet every scoutcraft was equipped with a self-destruct mechanism, and every commander was prepared at all times to activate it.2006, Margaret Wander Bonanno, Strangers From The Sky, Pocket Books, page 32:
- The nearer they closed in; tiny scoutcrafts could be seen continuingly migrating to and from them.2013, Chris J. Berry, The Celestial Window, page 137: