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Sep 2024
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Season 8 Episode 03: My God, it’s Full o...

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On November 18th 2020 a small group of biologists spotting something strange while flying over a remote part of southeastern Utah; a bizarre reflective monolith that had gone unnoticed for years... 

Written by Diane Hope and produced by Richard MacLean Smith

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