2.1 KiB
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Observation of an Iraqi Plane Passing. See images/1985.jpg.
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Paul Bennewitz is in a psychiatric hospital.
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Demonstration of SRI's "psychic seers" (project Aquarius).
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January 7: Japan launches its first probe, Sakigake, towards Halley's Comet.
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April 12: American Senator Garn is the 1st non-professional astronaut in history.
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April 29: Challenger completes its 7th flight.
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June 11: Above the province of Gansu (China), the captain of a Boeing 747 en route from Beijing to Paris sees a UFO crossing its trajectory, prompting him to consider a crash landing. The width of the object is estimated to be 10 km.
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July 2: The European probe Giotto, launched by Ariane 1, begins its journey to Halley's Comet.
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July 22, 5:45 PM: Residents of 6 nearby towns report seeing an UFO above Boulawayo (Matabeleland, Zimbabwe). 2 Hawk interceptor planes from the ZAF take off from Thornhill airbase to investigate. Boulawayo airport picks up the UFO on its radar, which is observed by spectators on the ground. Round in shape, topped with a small cone, it is so brightly lit in the afternoon light that other details are indistinct. The ZAF Hawk planes approach the UFO as it hovers at an altitude of 2000 m, but it then rises to 21000 m in less than 1 minute. The Hawks pursue it up to 9500 m before abandoning the chase as the UFO levels off. It then follows the jets back to their return to Thornhill before finally speeding off.
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End of the observation wave starting in December 1981 in Hessdalen (Scandinavia).
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Groom Lake, end of the Tacit Blue stealth aircraft program USAF Press Release, January 4th 1996{.source}.
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October 24: Launch of the satellite Nimbus 7, which detects the "hole" in the ozone layer.
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4 December: Declaration of Ronald Reagan.
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December 27th, early morning hours: Abduction of Whitley Strieber.