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a ufo captured by children in japan by

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charles lear capturing a ufo in a photo

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or video is the goal of many ufo

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enthusiasts but wouldn't it be great to

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physically capture a ufo and examine it

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from japan comes the story of a group of

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young boys who claim to have done just

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that according to them it was a small

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hat-shaped object that eventually

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managed to escape from them but not

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before they were able to make some

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detailed drawings of it the story made

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international news and is still

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discussed today japanese researcher

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otaku papa wrote a well-researched

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six-part series about the case titled

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amazing japanese boys who captured a

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small ufo in 1972 and published on his

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site otakupapa.net

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the story is told by otaku papa begins

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with a report by 8th grade middle school

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student michio sayo that at around

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sunset on august 25th 1972 he had seen a

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small strange object flying around a

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rice field according to him it would

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move instantly from one position to

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another as if it were teleporting sale

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went home and told his friend yasuo mori

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what he had seen yasuo told his older

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brother hiroshi and the two of them

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along with a friend of hiroshi's ke

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ojima went to the field with sayo to see

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for themselves a little after 8 pm sales

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saw something flying around that had

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flashing lights the other boys then saw

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it and watched it land as the boys moved

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towards it it flickered with a silverish

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light hiroshi mori reached out to touch

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the object it suddenly glowed blue and

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the boys ran away according to the boys

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it pulsated in two to three second

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cycles after about 30 minutes they

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approached again and saw that the object

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was gone they went back the next evening

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and saw a 20 centimeter circle and four

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small indentations that formed a square

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after this the boys went out every night

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and their number grew to nine they had

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more sightings and tried to take

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pictures but the camera would fail or

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the pictures would turn out blurry and

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sometimes completely black according to

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otaku papa on september 19th or 20th

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depending on the source the boys managed

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to physically capture the object they

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saw on this occasion when they got to

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the field they saw an object shaped like

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a hat they moved off to discuss what to

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do and came up with a plan they would

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cover the object with a piece of cloth

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pour water on it they never saw anything

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when it rained so they assumed what they

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were looking at was vulnerable to water

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and then grab it according to otaku papa

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depending on the source either keku

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fujimoto one of the later additions to

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the group or hiroshi mori covered the

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object poured water on it and then threw

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a cinderblock at it when the block hit

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it there was a dull thud and no reaction

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from the object either fujimoto or mori

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fearful of radiation picked the object

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up with the hem of his school uniform

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the object remained inert and the boys

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decided to take it to the mori's house

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there they examined it and noted that it

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seemed to be made of cast metal that was

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lighter than one might expect and strong

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ojima wade measured and sketched the

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object he came up with a weight of 1.3

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to 1.5 kilograms a height of 7

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centimeters a diameter of 18.2

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centimeters at the base and 6.5

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centimeters at the top on the bottom

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there were circular grooves resembling

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those on a phonograph record and a

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design that seemed to depict waves and

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birds in the center was a square that

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looked like it might be removable with a

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grid pattern of holes they tried prying

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the square up but were unable to they

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hit it with a hammer and it didn't even

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make a scratch they were able to look

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through the holes and saw something like

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radio parts inside before he went to

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sleep hiroshimuri put the object in a

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plastic bag that he then put inside a

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knapsack he then tied the mouth of the

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knapsack with string in spite of his

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efforts the object was gone when he woke

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up they found the object again and this

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time hiroshimuri made a mark on it with

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oil-based ink to settle the argument as

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to whether they were dealing with the

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same object when it disappeared for the

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second time and was once again recovered

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the same mark was there on the object

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the cycle of disappearance and recovery

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went on for a total of five or six times

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until it finally disappeared for good

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two prominent japanese astronomers suta

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maseki and koichi ike became interested

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in the case seki was known for his

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discovery of six comets in 1972 he was a

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radio personality with cochi radio

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broadcasting one of the boys sadao

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fujiwara called the radio station to

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tell seki their story a female producer

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answered took a message and passed it on

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to seki seki was intrigued called ek and

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asked him to investigate ek interviewed

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the boys and came away impressed he

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provided seki with his recordings of

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witness accounts and his pictures of the

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site and seki suspected a hoax seki went

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to investigate himself he came to

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believe that the boys were telling the

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truth and published an article in an

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astronomy journal this brought the story

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to the attention of the media and other

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ufo investigators and was treated as a

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genuine mystery and was told and retold

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for almost 40 years then in 2009

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prominent japanese researcher kinichi

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nashimoto re-examined the case nashimoto

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interviewed keku fujimoto and he stuck

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to his story according to researcher

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junichi yaoi fujimoto was the first boy

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to handle the object and had at one

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point taken it home to show his parents

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according to otaku papa fujimoto's

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father matsuo recognized it as being a

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cast ashtray nashimoto discovered there

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were garbage dumps and a casting factory

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in the area and speculated that the boys

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had found an ashtray in a dump filled it

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with radio parts and made up the stories

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about it he published his conclusions in

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an article titled the impact of the ufo

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capture incident in the 2009 book the

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complete book of japanese weirdness

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nashimoto's article didn't put an end to

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the story and hiroshi mori stuck to his

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version of the facts during an interview

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for the april 2014 issue of mew magazine

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then in 2017 tatsuya hanzo founder of

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the association for skeptical

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investigation of supernatural had an

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article about the cure incident

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published in the book ufo jiken

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chronicle chronicle of ufo incidents

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hanzo started his investigation by

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looking into a statement by matsuo

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fujimoto that he recognized the object

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as being an ashtray that was painted

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silver and that he thought the whole

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thing was a prank hanzo went to antique

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stores and auctions and then in april

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2017 he found a cast ashtray on yahoo

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japan auctions that looked very much

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like the boys ufo while it was a little

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larger than the boys object it had

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circular grooves and a lid with an image

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of a tortoise and a crane on it he also

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found one with a bank logo on it another

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researcher iquiri sakaragi published a

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picture in 2020 of an ashtray he found

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on yahoo that was almost the same as the

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kira object but was missing the square

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piece of metal with the holes despite

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the evidence that the story was a hoax

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otaku papa argues it's still too early

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to jump to the conclusion that kira's

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ufo was a hoax in support of the boy's

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tale he brings up the fact that sadao

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fujiwara's mother kyoko reported seeing

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a flying saucer-shaped object on october

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26 1972 a month after the boys said

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their ufo had disappeared for good also

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according to him there are other

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sightings in the area around the time of

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the incident he asks qui bono and closes

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with some speculation in the form of a

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science fiction narrative in the

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narrative he imagines that aliens have

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had a drone of theirs captured by

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children on another planet prior to the

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cura incident to ensure that children

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who might capture one in the future

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won't be believed they made the kyra

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drone resemble a commercially available