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injured by the ufo

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part 3 by charles lear this is the third

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in a series

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examining the rather grim subject of

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ufo-related injuries

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while we don't want to dwell on this

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aspect of the mystery too extensively

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it would be remiss to leave the subject

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without exploring what happened in

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brazil in 1977

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the events there were extraordinary as

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was the investigation by the brazilian

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air force

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fortunately it was not the start of a

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trend in ufo contact

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for had it been many of us might be

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considerably more anxious

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from april 1977 into 1978

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there was a flap over the amazon delta

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in the northeast section of brazil

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because it involved reports of attacks

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and injuries the brazilian air force was

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moved to put together a special

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operation

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to deal with it it was designated abraso

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prato

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which is portuguese for operation plate

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the name was chosen by captain nurenge

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he explained his choice to researchers

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adamar jose gevard

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and cynthia luce because he was not able

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to use the expressions flying saucer or

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flying disc he chose a cousin of a

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saucer

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a plate according to him the expression

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in portugal

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is flying plate the popular expression

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in brazil is

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discos foedors hollanda was head of

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operations for a2 the intelligence

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branch of the air force

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the operation was led by him and he had

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a team of six sergeants

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their equipment consisted of a

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theodolite tape recorders and cameras

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they were sent to the city of belem

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after the mayors of several surrounding

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villages

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complained of ufo attacks on their

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citizens the most intense activity

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was concentrated to the north around the

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village of kolaris

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the team investigated for four months

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and compiled a report consisting of

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around 500 pages

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included in the report are sketches tape

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interviews

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hundreds of ufo photos and four motion

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picture films

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the report was classified until 2005 but

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photocopies of some documents and at

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least 18 photos

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were leaked to researchers over the

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years as a result of a 2004 effort

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started by gevard to get air force ufo

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on may 20th 2005 researchers were

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invited to view selected documents

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and these included some from apparacio

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the case file is now available in

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portuguese at the brazilian national

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archives

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some of the documents have been

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translated and are available at

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theblackfault.com calaris then a village

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and now a city

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is located on kolaris island there as

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with reports from elsewhere

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glowing forms of all shapes and sizes

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were seen to come in from the north

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after nightfall

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at times creatures were seen occupying

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the ufos

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or associated with them villagers were

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so frightened

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the women and children were sent away at

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night while the men kept

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armed vigils the most disturbing aspect

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was that people reported being hit by

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beams of light

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that paralyzed them momentarily and left

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them feeling enervated afterwards

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men were left with burns on the neck and

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women with burns on the chest

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tiny punctures were seen in some of the

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burns some suspected that they'd had

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blood taken from them

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and many villagers started calling the

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ufos chupas or

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the person who witnessed the aftermath

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of many of the attacks

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was well aided sesame carvalho she was a

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22 year old nurse at the time

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and she treated more than 100 villagers

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she was interviewed in 2005 by carlos

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according to her after more than 120

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she reported what was happening to her

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superiors they didn't believe her and

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she was told by them to discourage the

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idea that something strange was

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officials from the air force told her to

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tell people that those affected were

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victims of mass hysteria

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carvalho knew better having seen ufos

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herself according to the operaso prato

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she affirmed that on two separate

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occasions she saw a bright metallic

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spinning over the village whether it was

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the same object or two different objects

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the shape was that of a truncated cone

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consisted of sudden starts and stops

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while rocking

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she told mendes that she'd seen a ship

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hollanda and his team witnessed many

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ufos themselves

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the first ufologist on the scene was

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daniel rabiso gisi

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and he wrote the first book on the

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subject extraterrestrial vampires of the

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amazon with the help of carvalho

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robert pratt also traveled to the area

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and investigated extensively

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elanda was interviewed by gavard in

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for the magazine ravista ufo he provided

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some of the most dramatic accounts

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he told cavard that they warned the

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villagers not to shoot

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at the objects a man who was 50 or 60

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years old

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ignored the advice and shouted a strange

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light with his rifle

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light enveloped him and he fell to the

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ground he was nearly paralyzed

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two accounts were from baya dos sol an

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area to the south of coloris

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alanda describes one instance where

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witnesses told him

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they'd watched as a couple of beings

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that left her unconscious

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involved a woman claudimira pejo who

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said she was awakened by a strange light

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that came through the window of her

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and the air became warm the light

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covered her face and then became red

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she then saw a creature wearing what

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it aimed what looked like a pistol at

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she then felt a hot pain in her breast

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piercing her and thought that some of

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she was terrified and unable to move her

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lips to scream

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soon after his interview alonda was

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found hanged in his house by his own

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on october 2nd 1997. his relatives

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and many ufologists suspected there was

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foul play involved

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gevard told bbc brazil i don't believe

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he had attempted suicide before

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another conspiracy theory grew up around

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the death of flavio costa one of the

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sergeants on the team

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costa was the person who wrote most of

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one of the witnesses in the report was

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ubiratan pinyon frias

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a commercial pilot and resident of belem

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frias was interviewed for the online

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magazine ufo via

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by vittorio perez in the interview he

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tells peret

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that he alanda and costa all had

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implants

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peret brings up a 1997 interview for

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where alanda talked about costa having

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an implant in his thigh

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and bleeding from there freyas corrects

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london costa had implants in their left

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and adds that his own is in the sole of

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his foot he says that costa

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died after waking up sad one day and

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according to him it looked like costa

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had a stroke but he really died because

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his mission had come to an end

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costa's son fernando refutes this in an

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interview for the online magazine

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vigila he says that freya's claims are

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imaginative

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and complete lies according to him his

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died of a heart attack following a

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stroke when asked about his opinion

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regarding the ufos and apparacio prato

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he says the occurrence of a strange

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phenomenon is undeniable

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the case was investigated by many

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ufologists including

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jacques vallet despite the fact that

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apparasso protophiles were classified

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until recently

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investigators are able to gather a huge

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amount of information

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like many tales in ufology this one is

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complicated

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and has its twists and turns a good

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place to start for those interested in

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exploring further

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is ufos at close sight maintained by

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patrick gross

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in the meantime one should always

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approach ufos with caution