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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 his radar screen the echo of a very large object moving at 3000 miles/h above the Scottish coast towards South-West Belfast. The size of the echo indicates that the object is 10 miles long and 2 miles wide. 2 minutes later, the object disappears from the radar 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 signs a contract with Matra Marconi Space for the construction of Mars Express.
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July 16: A report from COMETA 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 indicates a navigation error.