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946:Indonesia
896:Australia
891:Argentina
1497:Category
1363:Implants
1327:Entities
137:See also
29:(NIDSci)
1425:Fiction
1418:Culture
1322:History
1270:Area 51
1111:Studies
906:Belgium
901:Belarus
886:Albania
399:General
381:Ufology
105:History
99:ufology
51:Defunct
43:Founded
1393:GEIPAN
1001:Sweden
986:Russia
981:Poland
976:Norway
961:Mexico
936:Greece
931:France
916:Canada
911:Brazil
876:Africa
757:Nimitz
434:(740s)
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1356:Other
991:Spain
966:Nepal
956:Italy
941:India
921:China
1435:list
951:Iran
784:USS
755:USS
370:UFOs
316:Fate
193:ISBN
114:and
93:and
77:The
54:2004
46:1995
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