CIA-UAP-017, Placement on High Alert Due to Perceived Aggressive Foreign Posturing

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CIA-UAP-017, Placement on High Alert Due to Perceived Aggressive Foreign Posturing

A never before released July 2008 report on a UFO sighting at the Harare International Airport. Individuals debated if the sighting was an advanced reconnaissance device of a foreign government or of extraterrestrial origins.

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July, 2008

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Harare, Zimbabwe

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