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May 2023
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Aliens and the Oval Office Pt. 1

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When a flying saucer crashed in Roswell, New Mexico, President Harry Truman tried to downplay the incident to keep the public from panicking. But he wasn't the first US President to deal with a UFO encounter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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