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It’s a conspiracy!

UFOS

On 24 June 1947, a US pilot named Kenneth Arnold reported seeing nine objects flying in formation, in what was the first reported UFO sighting. He described the objects as flying in a saucer-like fashion, leading to newspaper accounts of “flying saucers”.

On World UFO Day, ufologists and associated organisations raise public awareness of ufology, in an effort to “tell the truth about earthly visits from

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