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124:
115:
102:Soviet Union
82:
60:David Clarke
46:
44:
27:
26:
1277:Involvement
1097:(1947–1950)
1053:Grey aliens
1008:Foo fighter
942:New Zealand
158:", BBC News
74:Conclusions
1483:Categories
1417:Skepticism
1376:Ufologists
1258:Dulce Base
1181:Hypotheses
1058:Insectoids
465:1947 craze
130:References
23:Cover page
1401:Religions
1349:Contactee
1318:Insurance
1308:Narrative
1303:Claimants
1253:Bob Lazar
1213:Nazi UFOs
917:Indonesia
867:Australia
862:Argentina
305:Wired.com
51:sightings
1468:Category
1334:Implants
1298:Entities
121:Reaction
1396:Fiction
1389:Culture
1293:History
1241:Area 51
1082:Studies
877:Belgium
872:Belarus
857:Albania
370:General
352:Ufology
1364:GEIPAN
972:Sweden
957:Russia
952:Poland
947:Norway
932:Mexico
907:Greece
902:France
887:Canada
882:Brazil
847:Africa
728:Nimitz
405:(740s)
257:
98:plasma
68:BUFORA
1327:Other
962:Spain
937:Nepal
927:Italy
912:India
892:China
1406:list
922:Iran
755:USS
726:USS
341:UFOs
255:ISBN
79:UFOs
106:UFO
1485::
291:,
199:^
163:^
137:^
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964:(
853:)
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326:t
319:v
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