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UFO search engine for those who want to believe

13 April 2011

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EXPECT a whole new wave of alien conspiracy theories. The FBI has placed reams of information on past UFO investigations online in a searchable database.

“The Vault” gathers together documents frequently requested via the Freedom of Information Act – and should reduce costs in answering such FOIA requests, says an FBI spokesman.

It has already grabbed attention for a 1950 memo about an incident in Roswell, New Mexico, a few years before: an FBI agent cites an unnamed US air force source revealing the recovery of three flying …

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