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NASA's Unexplained Files

NASA's Unexplained Files

NASA's Unexplained Files

NASA's Unexplained Files

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The U.S. Air Force created the Condon Report in 1968 to address supposed UFO sightings. The report stated that "further extensive study of UFO's probably cannot be justified" and is seen by some as an attempted government cover up.

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The Condon Report

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Residents of Utah see a strange fireball in the sky officially explained as a meteor – though it leaves no trace of landing. Is it evidence of a secret project - a space weapon named “Thor?” What does it do?

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Neptune’s largest moon, Triton, orbits the opposite way that most other moons do, and nobody is sure why. No, it’s not a "Death Star" or an artificial object, but it may not have originated near Neptune.

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