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            "title": "What Is a UFO? The U.S. Shot down Three Mysterious Objects as Interest and Concern Increase Over Unidentified Craft",
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            "snippet": "And no, they're not aliens. Yet. Plus, how AI is being used in drug development, and the startups trying to remove methane from the air.",
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            "title": "UFOs: why scientists take close encounters seriously",
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            "title": "UFO Shot Down Over Canada Probably Belonged To Hobby Group From Illinois: Report",
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            "title": "There's a ton of crap in the sky we haven't shot down (yet)",
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            "title": "Biden's Administration Says It's Not Shooting Down Alien Life. Americans Still Want To Believe.",
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            "title": "We Just Walked into America's Strangest Egyptian-UFO Cult",
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            "snippet": "The horrors of the world wars shook public confidence in technical expertise and the state's ability to ensure the safety of its citizens.",
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            "title": "UFO shot down with $400k missile by US Air Force may just have been $12 hobby balloon",
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            "title": "Key Moments From Joe Biden's UFO Speech",
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            "title": "Mich. UFO leader on object shot down over Lake Huron: It wasn't a UFO",
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            "title": "That UFO shot down over Alaska likely belonged to a group of amateur radio balloon hobbyists",
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            "title": "'X-Files' creator on objects shot from sky: 'The truth is out there'",
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            "title": "A Rising Awareness That Balloons Are Everywhere in Our Skies (Published 2023)",
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            "title": "Looking for UFOs and snowy owls",
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            "title": "What's Going On in the Sky? What We Know About UFOs and the Balloon Saga",
            "snippet": "A suspected Chinese spy balloon and three unidentified flying objects were shot down over the US and Canada in recent weeks.",
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            "title": "Fans blame Kim Kardashian for UFO sightings after alien-themed Skims Swim ad",
            "snippet": "Kim Kardashian shared a futuristic Skims Swim ad campaign that has fans wondering if she was responsible for the recent flying objects over America.",
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            "title": "Russian State TV Suggests U.S. Is Using UFO Incidents As 'Smoke Screen'",
            "snippet": "Russian State TV host Ivan Trushkin said the U.S. was using UFOs to distract people from the allegations it destroyed the Nord Stream pipelines.",
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            "title": "UFOs and Aliens and Drones and Balloons: Understanding the U.S. Sky Wars",
            "snippet": "Feb 17·Plain English with Derek Thompson ... Since a big white Chinese spy balloon floated across the ocean and into U.S. airspace, the United States has shot...",
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            "title": "'When it stopped still I thought that's not right' North Tyneside gran spots 'UFO' in clear blue sky",
            "snippet": "Get the latest Chronicle Live breaking news on WhatsApp ... A grandmother spotted what she believed could have been an Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) in North...",
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            "title": "Which Texas city has the most reported unidentified object sightings?",
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