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- **January 3:** Launch of *Mars Polar Lander*.
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- **February 15:** In Scotland, an air traffic controller detects on
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his radar screen the echo of a very large object moving at 3000
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miles/h above the Scottish coast towards South-West Belfast. The
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size of the echo indicates that the object is 10 miles long and 2
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miles wide. 2 minutes later, the object disappears from the radar
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screen [\[The Observer, 04-06-2000\]]{.source}.
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- **February 20:** French astronaut Jean-Pierre Haigneré launches for *Mir*.
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- **March 24:** Beginning of NATO airstrikes against Serbia.
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- **March 28:** First launch of a *Zénith* rocket in open sea from the *Odyssey* base of the Sea-Launch firm.
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- **March 30:** The [ESA](orgsScientifiques.html#ESA) signs a contract with Matra Marconi Space for the construction of *Mars Express*.
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- **July 16:** A report from [COMETA](COMETA.html) is published through a special issue of VSD titled OVNI and Defense: What Should We Prepare For?
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- **August 11:** Solar Eclipse.
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- **September 23:** The *Mars Orbiter* probe crashes into the surface of the red planet it was supposed to observe. The [NASA](NASA.html) indicates a navigation error.
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