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Nov 2020
46m 17s

Incident at Fort Benning Pt. 1

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In the late summer of 1977, Private John Vasquez was allegedly abducted by aliens at Fort Benning, Georgia along with 1500 of his fellow soldiers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
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