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Nov 25 2005 in Vancouver Island Canada.
RS: I have a picture of a UFO. My Name Is Rob S_____. I live in Edmonton, Canada I'm pretty tired right now and I have to work in the morning but I think I have a pic you guys would like. I showed it to a few people and it blew them away. Anyway, I have the pic still on my flashcard and the camera. It is for sale. I made some hard copies. One of my friends who is into computers took a look at it an it blew his hair back! Anywho, I'm not gonna sit on it long. I just want get rid of it. But some people I know who saw it were mentioning some pretty big numbers. I'll sell the camera and flash card along with the rights to the photo for no less than 30 grand USD. And all hard copies(disc)will be given to the buyer. I have some restrictions if I sell it, like I want to be anonymous.The buyer will know who I am though. Pic was taken Nov 25 2005 in Vancouver Island Canada. Daylight. Clear object. These images are low resolution. The original still shows a lot more. RS: I really don't know what to do with this but I know I don't want to devalue it also at the same time I feel like people should see the pic. Any suggestion?? Rob RS: Yeah you can put it up and out there if you want, I'm real busy. I do have the original still on the flashcard. Rob RS: It's not fake. Unless my camera did something I don't know about. The pic was taken on a canon digital 3.1 megapixel camera. The setting was at Automatic. I was taking a picture of the boat in the back ground, the China shipping lines boat. When I took the picture there was nothing in the air, I didn't even know I had the object in the pic until I came home a week later and went through my pictures, and I was like...."what is that??" Anyway, it was taken on the ferry that goes to Vancouver Island. It was really windy that day. I will send you the Pic I took before and after the one you have, also a video clip so you have an idea of the weather conditions. Someone else told me they thought it was fake. I really don't care, I just want to know more about the pic. If interested, or you have questions or comments regarding the image, email Rob directly at surdive@telus.net. Email correspondence: UFO Watchdog says this is nothing but a bird, see their analysis
source and references: Original source: http://www.rense.com/general69/strr.htm |
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1980-Great Britain; RAF Bentwaters Colonel Charles Halt, RAF Bentwaters Base Commander was enjoying the Christmas season with other senior officers at a base party when he was abruptly called out and told about some amazing things that were happening over the woods around the base. Strange lights were moving around in the night in Rendlesham Forest to the point that security officers were prompted to investigate. The second night of these historic sightings they had had enough. It was time to call in Halt. Halt was one of a group of senior officers to chase the eerie glowing objects into the forest. He would become a key figure in the Rendlesham investigation, and Ufology. He would make a cassette recording of the details of his trek into the woods which would become a most valuable piece of UFO material. Rendlesham is observing its 25th anniversary this Christmas season, and has become one of the most celebrated UFO cases of all. Read the complete account of The Rendlesham Forest UFO Landings (B J Booth) source and references: http://www.ufocasebook.com/Rendlesham.html |
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INEXPLICATA-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology-December 14, 2005
Youth Records UFO over Mexico City
Given the importance of the images, I visited the eyewitness's home to interview him and conduct research at the place where the sighting took place.
Ana Luisa Cid's Interview with Sergio Javier Mayen on December 11, 2005ALC: Hi Sergio. How old are you? Sergio: I'm 16 and study at a vo-tech. I want to be an architectural engineer. ALC: Could you please tell me about your experience on October 21? Sergio: Well, that afternoon I climbed onto the roof to fetch my sister Melissa, who was playing there. It was she who told me that there was a UFO in the sky. We both saw a red-colored sphere and I quickly went down to my bedroom for the camcorder. ALC: Did you manage to record the red sphere? Sergio: It wasn't possible. When I went back to the roof, the red sphere had gone. Then I looked to the right to find it and made visual contact with anothre UFO - a spherical shining object at low altitude, hanging in the sky. Since the camera was ready, I did manage to record it. ALC: Then what happened? Sergio: After recording the sphere and taking some photos of it, I realized that an airliner was about to go by and I decided to widen the view so that this reference could appear. In the first moments of the video only a single UFO can be seen; another one in motion appeared later.
ALC: How was that object moving? Sergio: It moved very quickly and on the rise, toward the zenith. For that reason I was certain that it couldn't be an airplane or anything known. ALC: Could you describe it? Sergio: Of course. We could clearly see that it was a spherical black object that had other smaller spheres around it, that were very luminous. ALC: How long did the sighting last? Sergio: I think about 3 1/2 minutes approximately, since the UFO was rising into the firmament very quickly. It was much faster than an airplane. The first sphere, the static one, I lost from sight once I changed the camcorder's battery pack. After a few moments there was nothing unusual in the sky. It's also important to note that the original video shows that some things crossed the UFOs path. For example, small little white spheres and an elongated black object that goes by quickly and can only be seen when the recording is played in slow motion. ALC: Is this your first UFO sighting? Sergio: No, I've seen them on other occasions and even managed to record one with my cellphone, but I don't have it anymore, since my little sister erased it. I remember that on that day I'd been talking to a friend about a sighting I'd had in Guanajuato and I raised my arm to indicate the UFO's altitude at the time. Then we both turned around and we found a luminous sphere. ALC: Do you routinely watch the sky? Sergio: Yes, skywatching has appealed to me since I was young and when i see something strange I focus all my attention on it to determine if its a UFO or something identified. ALC: What are UFOs, in your own opinion? Sergio: I don't know, but I think they could be human beings from another dimension, having a more advanced technology and who can traverse dimensional doorways to get here in order to conduct research. For example, I saw a documentary about some helicopters being seen during World War 1, which is noteworthy as that means of transportation didn't exist at the time. So we can't very well believe that those helicopters were alien, right?...That's what leads me to say that UFOs are perhaps we ourselves but from another time. However, I do believe that there could be intelligent life elsewhere in the Universe. It would be illogical to be the only ones. UFOs are something we don't know well, but we know they exist. ALC: Thank you, Sergio.
Remarks by Mr. Javier Mayen Quezada, the witnesses' father"I think it is important to note that my children had their sighting on the very same day that hurricane Wilma hit Mexican soil on October 21, 2005. I don't know if there is any relation between these events, but it is relevant that researchers should look into the possible connection between UFOs and natural disasters."
Video AnalysisThe video has an approximate duration of 3 minutes and was taken with a Sony Handicam, Mini DV format, Model DCR-HC15. The evidence was recorded using manual focus and using the 10 x optical zoom. The audio track is clear and reveals the conversation between siblings during the sighting; both eyewitnesses displayed great excitement. Carefully reviewing the images, frame by frame, I ascertained that the second UFO was not present during the first minutes of the recording, considering that it appeared suddenly within an estimate time frame of a 30th of a second. The UFO presents a clearly defined contour, according to the filters applied using Corel Photo-Paint 10. The morphology, lighting and movement of the object correspond to the description offered by young Mayen. Reviewing the final part of the video and using an electronic zoom, I noticed that the UFO modified its shape at high altitude and became two reddish lights that later became a single one. This information coincides with Sergio's narration, when he states having seen a reddish flash as the sphere disappeared from his field of vision.
Final CommentsBy virtue of the foregoing, I belive that the material analyzed is authentic and represents solid evidence of the UFO phenomenon in Mexico. There is no doubt that Sergio Javier Mayen has developed the sensitivity and skill necessary to capture on video the engimatic objects that plow our country's skies, and will certainly continue to surprise us with his extraordinary sightings. Translation (c) 2005. Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology (IHU). Special thanks to Ana Luisa Cid. |
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source and references:
www.analuisacid.com
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Summary...Are alien abductions real, or are they a product of a dream, sleep paralysis, or just an overactive imagination? Those who claim to have been abducted or "abductees," as they are called today, say that they are being awakened from sleep, and transported to an alien spacecraft. Hard core scientists believe that these abductees never left their bed. Once the abductees are aboard the alien craft they are subjected to medical tests by strange looking creatures not of this world. These tests vary greatly from one account to another, but generally consist of a general overview of the human body, and sometimes sexual probing. Men may be milked of their sperm; women may have their eggs taken. Tormented afterwards by nightmares or fragmented memories, they often seek professional help.
What the Disbelievers Say...Disbelievers in the phenomena of alien abduction offer the theory that the alleged abductee is reliving memories of an alien scenario that they either read about, or saw in a movie. Mental and psychological problems produce these beliefs as a way to relieve tension or deal with other personal issues. Memories drawn from regressive hypnosis are false, created by the mind, or evoked by the hypnotist. Today, alien abductions are rarely reported for several reasons. The intimate, ofttimes embarrassing procedures performed on the abductees are generally details they would only reveal in private. Public disclosure of an abduction can expose the abductee to public ridicule, loss of friends, and loss of livelihood. Just like reporters of UFO sightings, they are also labeled as a "nut." Many times an abductee will seek professional help in the form of "regressive hypnosis," a procedure to unlock lost memories. Some abductees have a type of tracking device implanted in their body.
New Technology...Modern science has gotten into the act in the last ten years or so. New technology for analyzing sleep patterns, dreams, and sleep paralysis has shed a negative light on many abduction experiences. Scientists claim that a person's memory can trigger bizarre recreations of scenarios the abductee has seen on television or at the movies. Other psychological or mental problems lend to the person's susceptibility to have these dreams. Many disbelievers claim that regressive hypnosis creates memories, instead of releasing them.
Alien Abduction & UFOs...The modern abduction era began on a September night in 1961. Barney Hill and his wife Betty were driving home to New Hampshire from a short vacation. They began to see a bright light which seemed to follow them on their way. Soon the object moved close enough that multi-colored lights were observed. They stopped the car, and Barney, with the aid of binoculars, could see occupants in the strange, other worldly craft. The next thing the Hills remembered was being in their car again, continuing their journey home. They never saw the strange craft again. They did, however, hear a strange beeping sound. After sleeping until the next afternoon, the only thing the Hills recalled was the sighting of the craft, nothing else. They began to have nightmarish dreams. Two writers learned of the Hill story, and after taking a meticulous accounting of the journey, it was found that two hours of time was lost to the Hills. Seeking professional help with Dr. Benjamin Simon, their alien abduction story was revealed through regressive hypnosis.
The Disbelievers Stand...There is scientific proof to substantiate abduction claims in the form of many objects removed from abductees. In theory, these objects were implanted for the aliens to be able to track them. These artifacts are available for research. The bizarre nature of the abduction process, and the stigma placed on the abductees by a skeptical world precludes the reporting of more abduction accounts. Science needs to lend an open ear and mind to this phenomena, and research alien abduction on a case by case basis. Those who disbelieve accounts of alien abduction list several reasons for their stand. To believe in the possibility of alien abduction would necessitate the belief in extraterrestrial intelligence, and that they are visiting our planet. There is no proof whatsoever that any intelligent beings exist beyond our own world, and even if they did, where is the proof that they have visited our planet? Even if there were other beings in the vastness of space, the great distances to traverse make it an impossible journey. Even with our present technology, the nearest star that might be inhabitable would take many light years to reach. And the wear and tear on the body, both physically and mentally, make the trek an impossibility. Even if we subscribe to the multidimensionality theory of existence, and there are other forms of life that we are not aware of, why would these beings be interested in our society, being so much less intelligent than they? Those who claim to have been abducted may believe in their own stories, but that is all it is, a story. These individuals are in need of psychological help, and their claims of abduction are only a form of delusion, or self healing. For those who make such claims, we ask, "Where is the proof?" So-called artifacts are nothing more than foreign objects that entered the body without the person knowing it, like a small, embedded pieced of metal stepped on, and forgotten about. Alien abduction belongs in science fiction, not real science.
Case by Case Basis...Alien abduction claims must be examined on a case by case basis. No blanket theory or solution can apply to all cases. There are a number of abduction accounts made by sane, well respected members of society. Many of these are accomplished while the individual is not in bed, but wide awake, and sometimes in broad daylight. Many abductions occurred after seeing an unknown flying object. What will the debunkers do with these? Write them off as coming from unbalanced people? Are all who report an abduction mentally unstable? A number of abductees do not require regressive hypnosis to recall their experience. Shortly after an abduction, the individual may be confused by fragmented memories, or tormented by nightmares, but in time they will gain total recall of their abduction. Realizing what has happened to them, they often seek counseling to answer haunting questions of why they were selected for this bizarre extraterrestrial visit. (© B J Booth) Also see... Alien Abduction Case Files source and references:
B J Booth
www.ufocasebook.com
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Leesport, Pennsylvania, November 25, 2005-4:00-6:00 A M I was sleeping on my bed and woke up quickly and for about 0.5 seconds I got a glimpse of an alien face. I only really noticed the big black eyes and details around its eyes because it was kind of close to me. It was by my dresser and right next to my dresser mirror and I would assume it was anywhere between 4-5 feet tall. I must have been hallucinating because I was 100 percent sure I was awake because I've been awake ever since it happened on that day; It was the day after Thanksgiving. As soon as I got the glimpse of the face I pulled my blanket over my face as fast as I could, and I was scared to death. I never thought I would be that scared of an alien because I have so deep of an obsession and knowing me I’d pry jump out of bed and shake its hand. It was so real. I later on heard foot rubbings on the carpet. I also heard sounds like plastic tubes getting banged on a hand. And the Last sound I heard was a loud clapping sound, kind of like a door slamming but more clap to it. If you read Whitely Strieber’s book "Communion" Then you would know what I'm talking about with that sound. When the sun was up hours later I had the courage to pull off my cover, look around the room, and go to the bathroom. My room was empty and everything was back to normal like nothing had happened. I didn't want to tell my Brother because he makes fun of my obsession to start with and so does my Dad. I told my step dad and my mom and they were neutral about it. They didn't believe it nor did they disbelieve it. I would like you to add it to his news page. Thank You, Chris Note: Chris is a 14 year old boy. source and references:
Report © Chris
UFO Casebook online report
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Some claim this is a photograph of a UFO. Can you identify it?
Click on the picture for the answer.
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UFOs & Water Case, Palmas, Tocantis, Brazil, 03-22-2001 |
Vinicius Da Silva and Marta Rosenthal were returning home from a day of fishing in the River Tocantis when they felt a bump in one of the tires. Thinking he had a flat, Vinicius stopped the vehicle and went to check. He could not find anything wrong with the tire but suddenly heard Marta screaming and saw her pointing to the right side of the road. There, only a few meters away, hovering over the water was a metallic object with small windows along its edge. Standing outside the object on a ledge was a humanoid figure of about 1.30 meters in height. The figure was holding something resembling a hose and was apparently sucking water from the river and into the craft. After about two minutes the humanoid pulled up the hose from the river and re-entered the object. The craft then became very bright and shot away horizontally into the sky.
source and references:
Source: Thiago Luiz Ticchetti, Brazil
With thanks to researcher Albert S Rosales of:
http://iraap.org/rosales
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(last update, 12-14-05)
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ASHVILLE -- I was driving on Highway 11, on a Wednesday night (on or about Nov 15, 2005) around 7:00 PM. I was noticing a light in the sky that appeared to be possibly Mars or Venus, as they are visible this time of year. As I looked, it seemed to be moving slowly. I looked up again, a few seconds after I noticed the very bright lights. There are sometimes military helicopter operations since we are close to a military base. It seemed to be moving closer as I was driving. and suddenly it was practically above me. I looked up and saw it, then at the road, a few seconds later it seemed to be very high in the sky, higher than it was just seconds earlier. A few days later, I saw it again, about 20 miles away from where I saw it the first time. I was on Highway 11 between Steele and Ashville and it moved towards us and we drove directly under it. It was triangular with very bright lights around the perimeter of the craft. It disappeared moments later. I saw it every night for the next couple of weeks but have not seen it for at least a week. I think there is the possibility that it could be a military craft. Thanks to MUFON http://www.mufon.com/ |
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LA HABRA HEIGHTS -- On December 5, 2005, in the foothills at sunset, I witnessed a cigar shaped object fly over my home. The object was long, brown or black and was followed by a military helicopter, circled a few times and had its spotlight on my house. The object grew larger then reduced its size to a small ball of colored light. The whole episode lasted about 15 minutes. On November 28, in the same area, a white ball of light appeared in the south/east night sky, stayed there for a bout 20 seconds, and then darted across the night sky. Right after that a bright object appeared, stayed motionless for a moment then flew toward the San Gabriel Mountains. Three minutes later, there was another bright flash as the object appeared over Catalina Island and then sped off following the first object. Was this some type of "UFO" cat-n-mouse game? One thing for sure the activity over north Orange County this fall has been heavy and my friends and I have seen some beautiful and amazing things. I looked west and spotted a jet that was near what looked to be a small orange dim star but it was moving along with the nearby jet (roughly 1/2 an inch away. The "star" had pulled to roughly an inch away from the jet and was heading directly towards us, traveling due east. I called out to my husband and he and my father-in-law came outside to watch as the craft flew above us at a relatively low altitude. The jet was about 5 inches behind the craft and we could hear the rumble of its engines and clearly see a contrail. The craft that it was chasing was completely silent and had no contrail. They were low enough that we could make out a dark underbody for the first craft. All we could say was "oh my God." It had a dim orange colored light towards the front with a second dimmer white light towards the middle. I could see what appeared to be a whitish light at the rear of the craft. We could make out a dim outline of the ship itself and it seemed to be narrower towards the front with a much wider back. It was completely silent as it passed over and its lights were much dimmer than the flashing lights of the jet chasing it. We watched it as both passed over our roof. The last time I saw it, it was roughly 8 inches ahead of the jet and then we couldn't see anything but the jet still following. We were all excited but scared, too. Thanks to MUFON http://www.mufon.com/ THOUSAND OAKS --A friend and I were shooting some hoops at a park on November 21, 2005. It was dusk and we were just playing around, having fun at 5:27 p.m. I took a shot and looking up to watch the ball, a triangular shape shot across the sky. My friend also saw it but it only lasted for about a second. It was very high up at around the height of a plane's cruising altitude, I would guess. I saw 3 lights, a bright orange at the top or direction it was flying and 2 neon green lights behind on each side. About 7 or 8 minutes later another darted in the same area. It could not have been a plane judging by its great speed.Thanks to Brian Vike www.hbccufo.com .
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Port Charlotte--My name is Suzanne and I live in Port Charlotte, Florida. This morning at 6:10 am I was taking my dog out when I noticed a very large, white, bright light in the north sky. I immediately came back into the house and woke my fiance who came out to look. We both admitted never seeing anything so large or so bright in the sky before. For the few minutes we watched it was stationary. It was cool out and neither of us was dressed for the morning air so we went back inside. I went hunting for the binoculars and by the time I went back out side (about 6:20) it was gone. Did anyone else see this? www.ufocasebook.com online report I found someone else who saw it. A lady I work with lives 1/2 mile from me. I came into the room when she was telling someone about something she saw in the sky yesterday morning around 6 am while sitting on her lanai. She noticed a very bright light in the sky (she said it looked like a collection of small lights) through the trees. She went into the house for a cup of coffee and when she came back it was gone. She assumed it "moved" behind a tree out of her sight. I added my story after I heard hers. The only difference was my view was totally unobstructed - no trees, no buildings - nothing obstructed my view. With her confirmation I am certain my fiance and I did see something "out of the norm". JACKSONVILLE -- The witness reports, "I was standing in a parking lot with six other friends talking and just hanging out. The objects all came together and moved in a formation like 2-3-4-3-2 on June 5, 1968. They moved from the east to west until they were directly above us. Then, they started moving in a figure eight or dog fighting motions. They, then, came back together into the same formation, moved west to east and then flew in all directions. My friends decided to leave. As I watched, I noticed a light moving west that became brighter until I saw a large black and white bull's-eye target. The next moment a blue white saucer flew over at 20 to 100 feet altitude and I was standing there with a bleeding nose and an hour difference in time for it now was 10:45 PM,. One friend came to me and told me he had been there looking for me earlier and couldn't find me. I explained to him that I had not gone anywhere, and then he noticed my bleeding nose. I have no memory of the lost time or the object after seeing the bull's-eye. Thanks to Jack |
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| On December 10, 2005, I was at a friend's house hanging out when the owner said, "He and other people had seen a UFO, so we went out side and looked and it was there. He said it never appears in the same spot and increases and decreases in intensity and changes colors. It flew high and low and left to right. It looked like a street lamp, but started to move and flew close. Three of us were watching and began to feel uncomfortable. As soon as we said that, a bright ball of light shot over the hill below the original light making a very loud sound. We saw three more of these lights throughout the night. We never fully lost sight of the object until we got in a car and started to drive toward it. Thanks to MUFON |
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| MAPLE SHADE – Tom Madden phoned to say, he saw a fast moving object flying towards Philadelphia; saw it for about three or four seconds on December 9, 2005, at from 10:15 to 10:20 PM. It flew faster than any thing he has ever seen with no trajectory at very low altitude. The object appeared over the Cherry Hill area, and he saw other aircraft in the normal landing pattern to Philadelphia airport. It was much larger than commercial jets also flying at the same time. The object did not look metallic but was the largest object in the sky. He does not feel it was a meteor or shooting star. No arc with nothing falling. Thanks to Tom Madden. |
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TEXARKANA --Last night on November 7, 2005, I dropped off my girlfriend by the store and pulled into my parents back driveway and was sitting there for an hour before I noticed a real bright light. I watched the glow for a couple of minutes and went back to listening to the radio and drinking my beer. About 25 minutes later, the glow went totally black, and at the same time my neighbors security lights went out. The lights stayed off for about two minutes, then popped back on as the glowing object also popped on at the same time. It then began to move sideways very slow untill it was out of my view behind some trees. I got out of my car to watch and it changed direction and glided damn near over my house. It had a triangular shape with rounded edges, with huge windows at the top half of the craft. There was a red light under the craft but it was not flashing like a normal aircraft. It was the size of a hospital. I have been in the military and grew up near an air force base and this wasn't anything that I have seen before. |
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SCARBOROUGH --Paul Michael Shishis writes that on December 6, 2005, at exactly 12:36 PM, I witnessed from our work parking lot towards Lake Ontario a single round white light, moving east, at about 150 MPH, at about 2500 feet. It was moving parallel with the shoreline and I watched it against the blue sky. The next morning at 10:05 AM, with a co-worker we saw a dark fast moving military jet flying at about 2,000 feet altitude. The next day on break at 3:10 PM, a white low flying helicopter flew right above me and I had my camera ready in time to catch it passing over. We also saw someone para-sailing over Victoria Park at about 1500 feet, but he was swaying back and forth, maintaining the same altitude. On Friday, December 9, 2005,at 9:05 AM, I noticed directly south, two miles over Lake Ontario another rainbow prism of light, in a "perfect" circle against a pure blue sky. Later we had a power outage and heard a loud thunderous noise above our roof as a low flying helicopter flew over with a low tone green light on it's tail. Thanks to Paul Michael Shishis |
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| DORADO -- Eduardo Cerdeiros Gonzalez, and Sonia Felix Maldonado were driving along the Caribbean Sea on the north shore of Puerto Rico on November 11, 2001 at 11:11 PM. The radio sound turned to static and the car lights dimmed. The engine sputtered and stopped. They looked toward the sea and saw a black disk come out the water with pulsating red and orange lights. It flashed it lights heading north and strait up and out of site in about15 seconds. Some other persons like the Puerto Rico Police Department also viewed the incident, and reported to his headquarters. the name of the official is Jaime D. of the Highway Patrol Police. |
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