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if UFOs are so common why doesn't the

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mainstream media cover more UFO stories

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let's explore that on this episode of

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unknown

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[Applause]

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[Music]

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I'm Jason McClellan thanks for hanging

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out with me we'll talk about UFOs in the

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news soon but first we need to talk

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about alien Colin alien Khan lands in

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Baltimore Maryland this November

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alien Conn is essentially a giant fan

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convention for the hit TV series ancient

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aliens alien Cohn is where you can

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explore the unexplained with your

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favorite ancient aliens contributors and

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stars from television and film I'll be

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presenting some panels there my friend

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and colleague Ryan Sprague will be there

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Nick Pope Linda Moulton Howe Steve

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Bassett they'll be there and because

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this is largely an ancient aliens fan

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fest of course Giorgio tsoukalos erich

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von daniken and David Hetrick Childress

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will be there too there are still more

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guests to be announced and the schedule

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for alien Khan was recently published

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it's not the final schedule but much of

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the programming is there on Friday

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November 9th

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Ryan Sprague and I will be doing a live

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onstage podcast recording will be

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sharing personal UFO sightings then will

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give attendees the opportunity to share

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their stories as well then on Sunday

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November 11th Ryan and I are presenting

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a panel about UFOs in pop culture where

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will essentially explore how pop culture

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has influenced public perception

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regarding UFOs in extraterrestrial life

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I'll be participating in some additional

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programming as well but those are the

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events that have been published so far

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alien context place November 9 through

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11 at the Baltimore Convention Center

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you can get your tickets at the alien

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Con comm slash register it's been a long

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while since I did an event on the East

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Coast so I'm looking forward to the

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opportunity to chat with some of you

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guys on the other side of the country

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I'm also speaking at Sedona MUFON in

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Sedona Arizona on Sunday November 17th

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this presentation will touch briefly on

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my history as a UFO research

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journalist but it'll predominantly

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center around my book pointing out the

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reality that UFOs are seen by people

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from all walks of life not just crazy

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people as is the commonly held public

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perception the info for this event

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should eventually be on Sedona MUFON

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comm so watch for that and I hope to see

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some of my Arizona people at that event

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I'm asked periodically

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why aren't UFO stories covered by the

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mainstream media well the answer to this

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question is they are UFO related stories

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are published every day typically by

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media outlets around the world if you go

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to rogue planet TV you'll see that I try

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to post weekly roundups of UFO related

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stories from the week and these stories

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are always just a small sampling of the

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stories published during that week when

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I worked at the UFO media company open

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minds we published a collection of UFO

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headlines from mainstream media outlets

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every day so I guess my point is there's

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no shortage of stories about UFO

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sightings crop circles and alien life

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and other related topics in the news

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today of course not every UFO sighting

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encounter or event is going to be

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covered by a media outlet I mean let's

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be realistic there are a lot of UFO

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sightings every day many of which have

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little to no more substance then some

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lady was walking her dog and she saw

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strange lights in the sky that might be

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cool or interesting but it's certainly

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not substantive enough to merit its own

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news story well I take that back there

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are plenty of stories just like that

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they do get published from time to time

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by media outlets and it's not that

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surprising in today's media saturated

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world news outlets feel the pressure to

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pump out more and more content all the

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time

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they're all fighting with each other

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fighting for your eyeballs fighting for

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your eyeballs that sounds like that

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should be the plot element for a

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terrible yet awesome alien horror movie

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where warring aliens are after human

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eyes and they're battling each other

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fighting for your eyeballs all right

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that was a ridiculous yet necessary

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tangent but you get my point when it

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comes to websites content is king and

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news websites need to pump out stories

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quickly and they also need stories that

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attract audiences I've been a writer for

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a couple mainstream media outlets and

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the drive to get that content machine

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pumping faster and faster is crazy and

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look from a business standpoint I get it

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I've worked in digital media for more

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than 15 years and digital audience

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development is one of my specialties so

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I fully understand the drive to produce

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lots of content quickly and produce

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content that encourages some type of

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audience interaction but when a media

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outlet takes this approach story quality

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is likely going to suffer good

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responsible journalism takes time the

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best UFO stories in my opinion anyway

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are those where the journalist has been

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given adequate time to connect with the

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witness or witnesses involved to hear

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the full story from the source then

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reaching out to appropriate places like

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the FAA airports military bases and

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local skydiving teams to determine

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possible identifications this additional

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legwork on the part of the reporter had

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so much substance to a UFO story those

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are the best and unfortunately you don't

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see those that often you'll find plenty

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of news stories about UFO sightings but

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the UFO topic encompasses so much more

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than simple UFO sightings that's why I

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refer to it as UFO related news I don't

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know about you but when I'm following

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the news related to this stuff I'm

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interested in stories about upcoming TV

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shows developments in the search for

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extraterrestrial life and

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I have a lot to say when it comes to UFO

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related news and will certainly touch on

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that more in the future but for today

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I'll just quickly mention two recent

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stories that are of interest I'm sure

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you've seen stuff posted about the

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upcoming show on history called Project

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Blue Book we've talked about it on this

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show and history has been working hard

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to hype this thing up they even had a

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strong presence at San Diego comic-con

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this year which was pretty cool and

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history finally announced when we can

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start watching this thing the premiere

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is set for Tuesday January 8th I've said

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it before but to clarify this is a

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dramatic series it's not a documentary

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not a docu-series it's scripted fiction

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yes it's loosely based on the US Air

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Force's UFO study of the same name and

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yes its title character is J Allen Hynek

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the civilian scientific adviser

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contracted by the Air Force for Project

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Blue Book but don't expect the show to

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be an accurate representation of the

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real Project Blue Book viewing it like

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the x-files is probably a good idea if

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you can do that I think you'll probably

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enjoy it it looks fun and it's about a

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topic we love but if you're the type of

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person who just can't enjoy a show that

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takes something real and doesn't present

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it 100% accurately then skip it another

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recent story I want to mention briefly

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is the passing of Paul Allen Paul Allen

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was the co-founder of Microsoft he owned

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the Seattle Seahawks and the Portland

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Trailblazers

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but the 47th richest person on earth

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also spent his money funding various

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space related efforts he founded private

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space company strata launch and he

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donated millions of dollars to the SETI

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Institute over the years the SETI

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Institute which stands for the search

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for extraterrestrial intelligence

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received a twenty million dollar

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commitment from Allen for project

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Phoenix that was a SETI program that ran

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from 95 to 98 that involved renting time

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on the Parkes radio telescope in

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Australia and the Green Bank telescope

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in West Virginia the

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the Institute relied on other radio

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telescopes to perform its work that is

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until 2007 when it's Allen telescope

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array came online this 350 telescope

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array was funded by a twenty five

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million dollar commitment from Paul

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Allen the City Institute's senior

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astronomer Seth Shostak said there's no

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doubt that Paul Allen saved American

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