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Hello friends, worldwide

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podcast fans, and fellow

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mystery enthusiasts. Today's mystery

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is unbelievable. Literally, like

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some people just don't

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believe it. We've got

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a story full of

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aliens and UFOs, and

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maybe a slice of

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pie. So strap in

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for a wild, unidentified

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ride. I'm Carly Q,

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and this is Who

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When Wow Mystery Edition.

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Just as fast and

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wild, many things have

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brought us to this

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day. As history has

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been compiled, some important

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details are slipped away.

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In our spectacular shared

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existence, we consider it

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a business to recognize

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a few of humane...

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It started out as a normal work

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day at Butthead. Morning, good morning, good

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morning, people! Well, that stands for

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the Bureau of Universal Time Travel

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Historical Exploration Division, in case you

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didn't know. Or maybe we are

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a department? Hey. Honestly, I always

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forget which. Actually, you're on vacation.

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How was it? Morning, Charlie. It's actually

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hard. My day job is to

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catalog random historical events. They come

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to me on thumb drives dropped

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down a vacuum tube from upstairs.

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Catalog event 1941 Julie Anna the

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Great Dane extinguished an incendiary bomb

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by being on it awarded the

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Blue Cross Medal. Well that is

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a weird one catalogued. But every

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so often I get a different

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kind of file. A time-sealed event.

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Event 1969. Yes, bright lights. Now

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we're talking boxes. And this is

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when my real work begins. When

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my lunch break comes, I use

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Butthead's time-travelling elevator to go back

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in time and investigate whatever's being

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hidden on the file. Yes, Nibbles,

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I hear ya. I know, Nibbles.

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I also wish that you could

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co-host the podcast with me. Oh,

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and that's my rat friend Nibbles.

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I like to bring her with

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me when I go investigate. I

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feel like we have real chemistry,

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and the stories, we could tell.

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If you're new here, you might

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not believe me, but Nibbles can

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talk. She can speak here, but

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she can speak when we go

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back in time, for some reason.

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Oh no. Be cool. Despite plenty

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of break rooms upstairs. Hi Lewis.

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For some reason he just loves

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coming down here to bug me.

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What were you just talking to?

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What? Nobody. No no no no

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no no no no. I definitely

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heard you talking to someone. A

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rat? What is this, Carly Q

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School for Wayward Rodents? Yes it

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is, in fact, and we're taking

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applications so you can drop yours

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off right now. I'm serious. Are

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you making friends with all the

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vermin down here or just this

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one? She's not vermin. She's a

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very sweet animal, and she's very

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smart. How do you know she's

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smart? Can she use the calculator?

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Can she type? Wait. Are you

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trying to train her to do

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your job? No, but that is

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actually not a terrible terrible idea.

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nibbles if you're doing weird experiments

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down here I am totally gonna

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have to bust you unless you

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let me in on it you

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wish no nibbles and I were

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friends I talked to her all

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the time okay she gets me

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nibbles gets you and I've learned

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a lot of things from her.

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Did you know rats are actually

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very clean? They tidy themselves up

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like cats. It's a myth that

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a rat could understand you, Carly.

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Clearly you're myth taken. I am

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so funny! I think it's time

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to call an exterminator. No! No,

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she's my special body! Oh, sad.

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But you better not let the

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bosses kept you harboring rodents down

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here. I'll email you the phone

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number for that exterminator. I... So

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gross. Oh my gosh, does he

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know how to push my buttons

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or what? I am so frustrated.

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I need to go crumble some

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paper! Don't worry. I only crumpled

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one sheet and I recycled it.

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I feel better. Anyway, after my

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paper crumpling calmed down routine, it

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was time to investigate this time-sealed

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mystery. I pulled out my AI

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assistant H Dad to see if

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he could help me figure it

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out. Got anything on these keywords

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H Dad? Berkshires, 1969, bright lights.

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Analyzing, analyzing, at a lightfold emoji.

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Does that mean you have an

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idea or are you just referencing

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the bright lights thing? Both. most

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likely refers to the Berkshore's UFO

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sighting of 1960. UFO as in...

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That's right, unidentified, lying out yet.

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A UFO sighting? Yes! If you've

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been listening to this podcast, which

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you haven't been because it doesn't

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exist, then you know that I'm

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fascinated by anything relating to aliens

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or the supernatural. This is happening.

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I actually have somewhat of a

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habit of thinking everything is related

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to aliens or the supernatural. But

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for once, I might actually be

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right. funhead employees. The part of

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your day where you and your

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colleagues watch each other eats will

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begin momentarily. Yes!

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Time to go investigate some aliens!

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Well, well, well, look what the

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rat dragged in. Good one, Odie.

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You used rat instead of cat

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because of nibbles. That is hilarious.

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Stop trying to butter me up,

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basement companion. It wasn't that funny.

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Fair enough. Can I ask your

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advice? If I say no, you're

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going to ask anyway? Absolutely. Fire

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away, then. So earlier today, Lewis

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heard me talking to my friend

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Nibbles, the rat, and acted like

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I was being totally silly for

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thinking she could understand me. But

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I know she does. I can

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actually talk with her when we

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go back in time. How do

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I make Lewis believe me? I

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basement companion, why does his opinion

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matter so much to you? Because

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he's wrong. Shouldn't I try to

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convince him of what's right if

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he's totally and completely incorrect? One

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who knows the truth in their

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heart need not persuade others. I'm

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confused. I need facts before I

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can know the truth, right? Exactly

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so. Now, where are you hoping

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to go today? The Berkshires for

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a UFO sighting in 1969. Ah,

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the summer of love. I remember

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it well. Were you a kid

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or? I was in the elevator.

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Wait, how? Let's review the time

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travel rules, okay? When you go

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to the past, you can't change

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or stop anything, so don't try.

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You may observe and ask questions,

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but do not meddle. Understand? I

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understand. You know about the card

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reader, the key card, and remember,

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you must be back here before

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the end of your lunch break.

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Will do. The time seal on

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this file covers the whole night

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of the UFO sighting, but I

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can send you back to the

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morning after. Okay? You ready to

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go? Ready? Up for a minute.

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Thums up, emoji. Then safe travel

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and space can go back. When

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I tell

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you I

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fell in

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love with

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the Berkshires in 1969... I really

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mean it. The old cars, the

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old buildings? Well, I mean, they

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weren't old then. Now. Anyway, it

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was beautiful. And the trees were

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all the most incredible shades of

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reds and oranges and greens. Wow,

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don't you just love fall nibbles?

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You know, my great, great, great,

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great grandmother was at that famous

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rock concert event, Bradstock. Uh, I

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think you mean woodstock. Nope. This

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was a concert in 1969 with

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a bunch of people in tie-dyed

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clothes. Fin about peace and love.

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Right, yes, woodstock. And cheese. Peace,

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love, and cheese. Okay, well maybe

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it was rat stock then, but

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I... Hey, look, a sign for

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a diner. The village on the

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green. Looks like it's just down

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the street. Maybe we could order

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a slice of pie with a

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side of clues. What do you

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say? Diners have pie nibbles and

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pie is always a good idea.

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Come on, let's go. If I

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had arms, you'd be twisting them.

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Take me to pie! How great

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would it be to actually prove

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that UFOs exist? But I could

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be famous. Well, maybe not with

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the whole time travel thing. I'm

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not actually sure how fame works

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if I saw a time sealed

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event from the past, like would

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I be famous here or in

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the future? Basically, UFOs do exist.

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What? UFO stands for an unidentified

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flying object. Okay, I thought I

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turned this thing on. So anything

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in the sky that can't be

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identified is a UFO. But what

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if we can prove that aliens

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were the ones flying those objects?

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Ooh, that would probably be a

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big deal. H-dad, do you have

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anything else on the supposed sighting

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here? Analyzing. Analyzing. Analyzing. Analyzing. Analyzing.

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You know H-dad, today I am

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not even annoyed that you won't

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have this answer for a- What?

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No. Because look, we just got

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to the diner. And it's pie

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time. Yummy piece of moji. I'll

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just head back inside the backpack.

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I'm not very popular in restaurants.

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Make sure this hit me some

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pie, OK? Of course I will.

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Eating some pie in the past,

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past pie. Time travel pie is

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better than real time pie. I

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thought that only happened in movies.

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Um, hi? Welcome to the Village

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on the Green Diner. Are you

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here from the FBI to investigate

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the lights? Yes. Yes I am.

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I'm Agent Pi, son. Yep, yep,

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yep, agent Pison from the FBI.

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That's me. Oh, thank you for

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coming. No, we don't need the

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FBI here, Mabel. There's a logical

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explanation for the lights, and everyone

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just needs to calm down. Hogwash!

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This was aliens, plain and simple,

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Bobby. I saw the lights in

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the sky! You need to gain

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control of this, Agent Tyson! Right.

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Agent Rat. Girl. Okay, hold on,

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hold on. I want to hear

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what happened last night, but I

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can't hear anything if everyone keeps

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talking over each other. Now. Before

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we get down to business, can

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I please get a slice of

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that cherry pie? Right away. Okay.

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So, who else? What's the most

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interesting story here about seeing the

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lights? Oh, you should talk to

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Jonathan over there. I think he

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goes to school with the reed

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boy. He said he heard all

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about it. Right Jonathan? Uh, yeah,

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sure, I guess. Here's your pie.

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Thank you. Mm. We're delicious. Oh,

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right. Jonathan. What do you got?

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Well, it was my friend Thomas.

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See, he was in the car

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with his mom, and Granny, and

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his brother. Thomas' family actually owned

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this diner, and I think they

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were going home last night after

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they closed or something. Thomas was

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in the back seat with his

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brother. They never get to sit

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up front, just like me and

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my sister. Even if there's not

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another grown-up in the car. Which

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is totally not fair, if you

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ask me. I mean, if no

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one is sitting there, why can't?

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So I heard there was a

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big bright light that just appeared

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behind the trees while they were

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driving home When they drove over

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that bridge the Shuffield bridge The

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light was a little higher in

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the sky and it was really

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bright So bright they could see

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the inside of the car and

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then and then are you gonna

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need the rest of that pie?

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Yes, but right now. I really

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need to know what Thomas told

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you As if all of a

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sudden they were in this huge

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building. Like one of those places

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where they parked airplanes, you know?

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A hangar? They were in a

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hanger? Yeah, that. And there were

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more lights there in the hallway.

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And room with rounded walls? I

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don't know. I think Thomas couldn't

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remember it. He said it felt

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like a dream he had or

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something, and I sort of zoned

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out after a while. Tell them

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what happened next, Johnny? Tell them.

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Oh yeah, that's the cool part.

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So all of a back in

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the car. What? Just like that?

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Yeah. Except everything outside was quiet.

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Like silent. No sound anywhere at

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all. Whoa. And that's when Thomas

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said he noticed that his mother

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and his grandmother had switched seats.

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What? And then everything went back

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to normal all of a sudden.

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Can I have a bite of

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that? Huh? Oh, yeah, well, okay,

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I guess. Wait, no! I don't

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believe a word of it. Why

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not? Thomas wouldn't just make that

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up. I saw the lights, too.

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And so did lots of people.

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Folks kept calling into the radio

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station sharing their accounts of where

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they saw it. And my brother's

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a police officer. He said the

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phones down at the station were

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ringing all night. It sure sounds

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like a lot of people saw

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it. Not me. I didn't see

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anything and I'm not the only

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one. Well then what do you

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think happened? How do you explain

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so many people seeing the same

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thing? Could have been a fire

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off in the distance or lights

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from a low-flying flying airplane. There's

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lots of possibilities. Why are we

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jumping right to aliens? Nobody said

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nothing about aliens. Oh, yeah, yeah,

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yeah, yeah. Okay, right. You're right.

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We got to get out of

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here. Let me, oh. Oh, that's

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it. Come on. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Okay, right. You're right. We got

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to get out of here. Let

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me just get in the right

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of time. Oh, that was intense.

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Oh, well. They were suddenly a

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passionate. Yeah, but I

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get it. If they're right about

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what they saw, it could mean

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aliens are actually real. Except that

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doesn't mean we're any closer to

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the truth because I don't know

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what to believe. Maybe we should

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ask you a dad machine. Oh,

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good idea. Okay, H-dad, I know

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you probably want another two weeks

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to analyze... Or not? Just when

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you count him out, he's back

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in the game, baby! Okay, so

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what are the most popular theories

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about the UFO sighting here? It

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was all meet-up. Meetup, but why

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would somebody do that? According to

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a top UFO researcher, people lie

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about UFO sightings for three reasons.

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One, to create mischief. Two, to

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make money off their story. Or

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three, to make UFO experts look

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foolish. I don't know about that.

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The diner folks who thought they

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saw it seemed pretty convinced. Theory

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two? The government conducted an experiment

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on the residence of the Bircher.

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Whoa! What kind of experiment? Mind

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control? Faked memories? Flying saucer identification

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tests? Maybe testing people's reaction to

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bright lights? You know, I feel

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like I'm being tested on dim

16:31

lights down in the butthead basement,

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and let me tell you, the

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results are not good. The goals

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of the alleged experiments are unclear.

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Okay, any more theories? Theory 3?

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It actually happened. Really? So it

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is possible that this UFO was

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real, that it actually came from

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outer space? Researchers call it the

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most convincing UFO sighting in history.

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In 2015, the Great Barrington Historical

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Society found Thomas Reed, the boy

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who claimed to be a witness.

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They brought him in for a

17:03

polygraph test. Oh, a lie detector!

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Well, what do they find? He

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passed the test. And as a

17:10

result, locating audio clip? To all

17:12

interested parties, the Great Barrington Historical

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Society has formerly and officially inducted

17:17

the first off-world slash UFO case

17:19

in US history. A historical society?

17:21

That's pretty convincing. But how do

17:23

I know for sure? How do

17:26

I decide what the truth is

17:28

when everybody on both sides seems

17:30

so sure about what they believe?

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You know, what you human beings

17:35

really believe something. It can be

17:37

very difficult to convince you otherwise.

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Maybe the truth depends on what

17:41

information you have. That's a really

17:44

good point. The information we have

17:46

is pretty limited, but it sure

17:48

does seem like there was something

17:50

up in the sky that night.

18:00

in five minutes. All eating

18:02

in miscellaneous lunch adventures must

18:04

end in five minutes. Oh,

18:06

miscellaneous lunch adventures, that's us. Come

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on, we gotta get back to

18:11

the elevator. Let's go! Welcome

18:42

back, basement companion. Did

18:44

you find any aliens? Not quite.

18:46

There were lots of people who

18:48

saw all the bright lights, and

18:50

some of them 100% believe that

18:53

it was a UFO from out

18:55

of this world. But then others

18:57

seem convinced that there must be

18:59

a more logical, not aliens explanation.

19:01

Honestly, I don't know how I'm

19:03

supposed to get a clear answer.

19:05

It's like, the truth is a

19:07

slippery thing. It's like... One who

19:10

knows the truth in their heart

19:12

need not persuade others

19:14

It's like sometimes there are

19:17

things that are true or

19:19

are true to you and

19:21

it doesn't matter what other

19:23

people think That's what you

19:25

meant with your riddle Exactly

19:27

correct. Sometimes you have to

19:30

be okay with people not

19:32

believing what you believe and

19:35

that is some real truth

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Wow Thanks for

19:39

all your help

19:41

today, Odie. You're

19:43

welcome, basement companion.

19:45

Till next time. Hey,

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Nibbles, you ever think about

19:50

what it would be like

19:52

to go to space? Hey,

19:54

hey, they're calling you! Shh!

19:57

Nibbles, Lewis is coming!

19:59

Oh no! Are you supertending

20:01

that rat can understand

20:03

you? I am not

20:05

pretending. No? Okay. What's

20:07

its name again? Nibbles.

20:09

And she's a she.

20:12

Nibbles. Listen up. I

20:14

want you to prove

20:16

that you can understand

20:18

us. Sing the birthday

20:20

song while dancing the

20:22

chacha. Ready? One, two,

20:24

three. Go! Hmm. And

20:27

she's just sitting there.

20:29

What a surprise. You

20:31

know what, Lewis? I

20:33

don't have to prove

20:35

anything to you, and

20:37

neither does nibbles. You're

20:40

entitled to your opinion,

20:42

but I have the

20:44

facts and my own

20:46

personal experience to back

20:48

me up. Well, la-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-a-da-da-a-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-

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When I walked in

20:52

this morning, I certainly

20:55

wouldn't have guessed that

20:57

I'd travel back to

20:59

1969 to investigate a

21:01

UFO. But that's what

21:03

I love about doing

21:05

this. Every day is

21:07

a new discovery. Okay,

21:10

you got some moves

21:12

there, my rat sister.

21:14

Happy Happy birthday to

21:16

you too. And if

21:18

you're wondering what I'll

21:20

find on my next

21:22

time sealed adventure. Well,

21:25

I guess you'll just

21:27

have to tune in

21:29

next time. Until then,

21:31

this is Carly Q

21:33

signing off from this

21:35

UFP, Unidentified Flying Podcast.

21:37

And remember, you never heard

21:40

this. Unless you're an alien,

21:42

then call me. Handshake emoji

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high five emoji for Tinkercast

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the executive producers are Guy

21:48

Ross Mindy Thomas and Meredith

21:50

Halper and Ranser the shows

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are written by Aaron White

21:55

Daniel Nikki Tom Van Kalkin,

21:57

Kenny Curtis and Mindy Thomas.

21:59

Carly Sharaki is a producing

22:01

consultant. Big shout-outs to Jed

22:03

Anderson, Steve Sosa, Henry Moskul,

22:05

Jessica Bodie, Natasha Krendel, Rebecca

22:08

Kaban, Sona Ali Mohammed, Anna

22:10

Danaker, Anna Zagorski, and the

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rest of a team at

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Tinkercast. Megaphone emoji, A Plause

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Emogy, Who When Wow's theme

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song was composed and performed

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by the pop-ups. For more

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information on their three-time Grammy

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nominated, all-nom all-nom music, all-ages

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music, Find them at the

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pop-ups.com. Producers for Genzi Media

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are David Kriesman, Ben Strauss,

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Chris Terry, Claire McClanahan, and

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Amy Servini at GZM shows.com.

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Sound design and editing is

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by Chris Terry, an Oeded

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Lev Ari, voice editing by

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Yoni Rekham. Headphones emoji, microphone

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emoji, thumbs-up emoji. Original music

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was created by Jennifer Ro

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Camp, and voice direction is

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handled by David Kriesman. Our

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main cast features Carly Sharaki

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as Carly Q. Brandon Salerno

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as Lewis. Melissa Vandership as

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Nibbles the Rat. Kenny Curtis

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as H-Dad and Angela DeSai

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as Odi. Want to explore

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Who When Wow's mysteries even

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further? You can find free

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activities and resources to extend

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the wow at Who Went

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wow.com. And if you have

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a time-sealed mystery you want

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Carly Q to explore, email

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us at Hello at takercast.

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