UFO files / Project Blue Book

UFO sightings in California: Air Force files

794 Project Blue Book case files from California, 1947 to 1969. The busiest year was 1955, with 127 reports.

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Date unknownBakersfield first page
Date unknownBoron first page
Date unknownCalifornia first page
Date unknownDaly City first page
Date unknownDeath Valley first page
Date unknownDowney first page
Date unknownFairfield first page
Date unknownLos Angeles first page
Date unknownLos Angeles first page
Date unknownLos Gatos first page
Date unknownMt. View first page
Date unknownNorth San Jaun first page
Date unknownOakland first page
Date unknownPine Grove first page
Date unknownRed Bluff first page
Date unknownRichmond first page
Date unknownSacramento first page
Date unknownSan Burnadine first page
June 1947Bakersfield first page
July 1947Oakdale first page
August 19475 Miles South Of Placerville first page
October 1947San Francisco first page
December 1947Betw. Medford Ore & Mt. Shasta first page
1948Sun Valley first page
March 1948Bakersfield first page
March 1948Bakersfield first page
March 1948Bakersfield first page
March 1948Bakersfield first page
July 1948Chamblee first page
July 1948Van Nuys first page
August 1948Los Angeles first page
September 1948San Simeon first page
November 1948San Francisco first page
February 1949Sandberg Pass first page
April 1949Catalina Island first page
April 1949Los Angeles first page
April 1949Merced first page
April 1949San Bernardino first page
May 1949Livermore first page
May 1949Sacramento first page
June 1949Glendale first page
July 1949Fairfield Suisun AFB first page
July 1949Fairfield-Suisun AFB first page
July 1949Sacramento first page
August 1949Death Valley first page
August 1949Sacramento first page
August 1949San Francisco first page
August 1949Weimar first page
September 1949Lebec first page
November 1949Mt. Palomar first page
February 1950Palo Alto first page
February 1950San Francisco first page
February 1950San Jose first page
April 1950Delano first page
June 1950Hamilton AFB first page
September 1950Mt. Palomar first page
October 1950March AFB first page
November 1950San Francisco first page
November 1950W of Bakersfield first page
January 1951Big Bear Lake first page
January 1951Salinas to King City first page
January 1951Stockton first page
February 1951Lucerne Valley first page
March 1951McClellan AFB first page
September 1951Claremont first page
September 1951Hollywood first page
September 1951Long Beach first page
November 1951Los Angles first page
November 1951Mojave first page
November 1951Riverside first page
1952Fresno first page
1952San Francisco first page
1952Santa Monica first page
January 1952Travis Afb first page
January 1952Watsonville first page
March 195260 miles west Point Conception first page
March 1952National City first page
March 1952San Diego first page
April 1952Griffin Park, Los Angeles first page
April 1952McClellan AFB first page
April 1952Richmond first page
April 1952Santa Cruz first page
April 1952Solano County first page
April 1952Vallejo first page
May 195217 miles S. Fresno first page
May 1952Edwards AFB first page
May 1952El Cenre HAS first page
May 1952George AFB first page
May 1952George AFB first page
May 1952Hiland first page
May 1952Imperial first page
May 1952National City first page
May 1952San Diego first page
May 1952Stockton first page
July 1952Hamilton Afb first page
July 1952Los Angeles first page
July 1952Red Bluff first page
July 1952Riverside first page
July 1952San Raefael first page
July 1952Santa Cruz first page
July 1952Van Nuys first page
August 1952Berkeley first page
August 1952Chico first page
August 1952Chico first page
August 1952Clear Lake first page
August 1952Cotati first page
August 1952Fort Bragg first page
August 1952George AFB first page
August 1952Hayward first page
August 1952Highland Park first page
August 1952Hillsborough first page
August 1952Lancaster first page
August 1952Loonic first page
August 1952Los Gatos first page
August 1952March AFB first page
August 1952Mendicino first page
August 1952Napa first page
August 1952Ontario first page
August 1952Placerville first page
August 1952Point Reyes first page
August 1952Red Bluff first page
August 1952Richmond first page
August 1952Redding first page
August 1952Richmond first page
August 1952Sacramento first page
August 1952San Francisco first page
August 1952Santa Rosa first page
August 1952Sacramento first page
August 1952Selma first page
August 1952Silver Lake first page
August 1952Sonoma first page
September 1952Danville first page
September 1952Fresno first page
September 1952Inyokern first page
September 1952Needles first page
September 1952Newport Beach first page
September 1952Riverside first page
September 1952Sacramento first page
September 1952Santa Barbara first page
September 1952Santa Monica first page
November 1952Imperial Beach first page
December 1952San Diego first page
December 1952Woodland Hills first page
January 1953Corona first page
January 1953Giant Rock (Near Josha Tree) first page
January 1953Malibu Beach first page
January 1953March AFB first page
January 1953Mather AFB first page
January 1953Point Mugu first page
January 1953Santa Ana first page
January 1953Sonoma first page
February 1953Blythe first page
February 1953Pasadena first page
February 1953Pittsburg first page
February 1953San Francisco first page
February 1953Victorville first page
March 1953Cambria first page
April 1953Fontana first page
May 1953Brush Creek first page
May 1953Inyokern first page
May 1953Los Angeles first page
June 1953Sacramento first page
August 1953California first page
August 1953Oxnard AFB, Ventura first page
August 1953San Rafael first page
August 1953Ventura first page
September 1953Atherton first page
September 1953Hayward first page
September 1953Modesto first page
September 1953Palmiale first page
October 1953Compton first page
October 1953Long Beach first page
October 1953Norton Afb first page
November 1953Catalina first page
November 1953Long Beach AFB first page
December 1953Agoura first page
December 1953El CAJON first page
December 1953Marysville first page
December 1953San Jacinto & Palm Springs first page
December 1953Seal Beach Naval Depot first page
January 1954Buena Park first page
February 1954Long Beach first page
February 1954Puente first page
February 1954Van Nuys first page
March 1954Long Beach first page
March 1954Oakland first page
April 1954San Nicholas Island first page
May 195420 miles SW of Los Angeles first page
May 195450 miles SW of Needles first page
May 1954Elsinore first page
May 1954Salinas first page
June 1954Los Angeles first page
June 1954Pasadena first page
July 1954Coronado first page
July 1954Hamilton, AFB first page
July 1954Long Beach first page
July 1954Los Angeles first page
July 1954Rivera first page
July 1954Stockton first page
September 1954Barstow first page
September 1954Palm Springs first page
September 1954Venice first page
September 1954W. Riverside first page
October 1954Long Beach first page
October 1954Merced first page
October 1954Mojave Desert first page
October 1954Roseville first page
November 1954Edwards AFB, (Muroc) first page
November 1954Edwards AFB first page
December 1954Banning first page
December 1954Long Beach first page
December 1954La Habra first page
December 1954Long Beach first page
195512-15 Mi W Of Little America Wyoming//Glendale first page
1955Woodside first page
January 1955Murrieta first page
January 1955Salona Beach first page
January 1955Salona Beach first page
February 1955Edwards AFB first page
February 1955King's Landing first page
February 1955Long Beach first page
February 1955Miramar NAS first page
February 1955Pacific Beach first page
February 1955Palm Springs first page
February 1955Pomona first page
February 1955San Diego first page
March 195530 M N Of Salton Sea first page
March 1955Avalon Catalina Isle first page
March 1955Azuza first page
March 1955Bakersfield first page
March 1955Burbank first page
March 1955Catalina Isle first page
March 1955Edwards AFB first page
March 1955Laguna first page
March 1955Modesto first page
March 1955Oakland first page
March 1955Redwood Valley first page
March 1955Richmond first page
March 1955Ripley first page
March 1955Salton Sea first page
March 1955San Francisco first page
March 1955San Jose first page
March 1955Soledad first page
March 1955Sonoma first page
March 1955Twenty-Nine Palms first page
March 1955Twenty-Nine Palms first page
April 1955Bakersfield first page
April 1955Beaumont first page
April 1955Hollywood first page
April 1955Hollywood first page
April 1955Jamestown first page
April 1955Mira Loma first page
April 1955Oakland first page
April 1955San Francisco first page
April 1955Van Nuys first page
May 1955Alemeda first page
May 1955Berkeley first page
May 1955Fellows first page
May 1955Hollister first page
May 1955Kentfield first page
May 1955Los Angeles first page
May 1955Mojave first page
May 1955Norton AFB first page
May 1955Orville first page
May 1955Sacramento first page
May 1955San Francisco first page
May 1955San Gabriel first page
May 1955Twenty-Nine Palms first page
May 1955Ukiah first page
May 1955Van Nuys first page
June 1955Altadena first page
June 1955Camp San Luis Obispo first page
June 1955Capsan Luis first page
June 1955Fontana first page
June 1955Gillespie Fld San Diego first page
June 1955Glenavon first page
June 1955Glenavon first page
June 1955Ontario first page
June 1955Riverside first page
June 1955San Diego first page
June 1955Santa Barba first page
June 1955Santa Barbara first page
June 1955Santa Margareta first page
June 1955Santa Maria first page
June 1955Santa Maria first page
June 1955Warner Springs first page
July 195550 Miles SE of Sacremento first page
July 195550 miles SE of Sacramento first page
July 1955Arlington first page
July 1955Arlington first page
July 1955B-17 a/c over Southern first page
July 1955China Lake NAS first page
July 1955Glennavon first page
July 1955Hollywood first page
July 1955Hollywood first page
July 1955La Habra first page
July 1955La Habra first page
July 1955Lacanada first page
July 1955Long Beach and Glennavon first page
July 1955Long Beach first page
July 1955Mira Loma first page
July 1955Newport Beach first page
July 1955Newport Beach first page
July 1955San Diego first page
July 1955Santa Maria first page
July 1955Santa Maria first page
July 1955Stockton Bakersfield Calif AV/ over Southern first page
July 1955Stockton first page
July 1955Van Nuys first page
July 1955Van Nuys first page
August 1955Alhambra first page
August 1955Burbank first page
August 1955Danville first page
August 1955Fresno first page
August 1955Hermosa Beach first page
August 1955Hollywood first page
August 1955Newport Beach first page
August 1955Rialto first page
August 1955Rialto first page
August 1955Roseville first page
August 1955Sacramento first page
August 1955San Diego first page
August 1955South Bay first page
September 1955Hawthorne first page
September 1955Los Angeles first page
September 1955Mountain View first page
September 1955Oakland first page
September 1955Palmdale first page
September 1955Santa Cruz first page
October 1955Fairfield first page
October 1955Pasadena first page
October 1955Rialto first page
October 1955Sonora first page
November 1955Glen Avon first page
November 1955Glenavon first page
November 1955Santa Anna first page
November 1955Solidad first page
December 1955Camp Pompino first page
December 1955Mt Laguna first page
December 1955Riverside first page
1956San Diego first page
January 1956Turlock first page
February 1956Camp Irwin first page
February 1956North Hollywood first page
February 1956Riverside first page
February 1956San Fernando first page
March 1956Dixon, California Walnut Creek first page
March 1956Folsom Prison first page
March 1956Torrance first page
March 1956Van Nuys first page
March 1956Ventura first page
March 1956Winchester first page
April 195650 Mi South Of Bakersfield first page
April 1956Huntington first page
April 1956San Diego first page
May 1956Hollywood first page
May 1956Los Angeles first page
May 1956Palm Desert first page
May 1956San Luis Obispo first page
June 1956Banning first page
June 1956Encanto La Mesa first page
June 1956Winchester first page
July 1956400 Mi W of Monterey first page
July 1956Auburn first page
July 1956Challange first page
July 1956Hollywood first page
July 1956Lakeport first page
July 1956Lakeport first page
July 1956Long Beach first page
July 1956Los Angeles first page
July 1956NAS, North Island first page
July 1956Rialto first page
July 1956San Bernandino first page
July 1956Van Nuys first page
August 1956(near) Hamilton first page
August 1956Bakersfield first page
August 1956Fontana & La Jolla first page
August 1956Fontana first page
August 1956Fresno first page
August 1956La Jolla first page
August 1956Lindsay first page
August 1956San Ramon first page
August 1956Santa Monica first page
August 1956Shafter first page
September 1956Los Angeles first page
September 1956Pasadena first page
September 1956Stockton first page
September 1956Taft first page
October 1956Bostonia first page
October 1956Castle AFT, Merced first page
October 1956China Lake first page
October 1956Point Arguello first page
October 1956Santee first page
October 1956Tehachapi first page
October 1956Tehchapi first page
October 1956Temple City first page
November 1956Coronada Island (Ninas off first page
November 1956Delano first page
November 1956El Toro first page
November 1956Glen Avon first page
November 1956Hollywood first page
November 1956Linda Vista first page
November 1956Pasadena first page
November 1956Point Arena first page
November 1956San Bernardino first page
November 1956San Luis Obispo first page
November 1956Van Nuys first page
November 1956Ventura first page
November 1956W Los Angeles first page
December 1956Hamilton AFB first page
December 1956Oxnard AFB first page
December 1956Oxnard AFB first page
December 1956Santa Monica first page
January 1957E. Bakersfield first page
January 1957Glendora first page
January 1957Holtville first page
January 1957Laguna first page
January 1957Santa Maria first page
January 1957South Laguna first page
January 1957Twenty-Nine Palms first page
January 1957Yuma first page
February 1957Burbank first page
February 1957Castle AFB first page
February 1957Presidio first page
March 1957Fontana & San Bernadino first page
March 1957Fontana first page
March 1957Highland Park N.E. of Los Angeles first page
March 1957Oakland first page
March 1957Oxnard first page
March 1957Pasadena first page
March 1957Point Mugu first page
March 1957Reseda first page
April 1957El Centro first page
April 1957Reseda first page
April 1957San Pedro first page
April 1957Santa Barbara first page
April 1957Temple first page
May 1957170 miles SW of Santa Rosa Island first page
May 1957Edwards AFB first page
May 1957Ventura first page
June 1957Barstow first page
June 1957Carmichael first page
June 1957Edwards AFB first page
June 1957Gardena first page
June 1957South Fork Meadow first page
July 1957Claremont first page
July 1957Hawthorn first page
July 1957Los Angeles first page
July 1957Newport Beach first page
July 1957Pacoima first page
July 1957SW of Bakersfield first page
July 1957Santa Maria first page
August 1957Bakersfield first page
August 1957Cambria AF Station first page
August 1957Cambria AFS first page
August 1957Hollywood & Van Nuys first page
August 1957Los Angeles first page
August 1957Northern first page
August 1957Numerous sightings in area Santa Monica first page
August 1957Palm Springs first page
August 1957Paso Robles first page
August 1957Woodland Hills first page
September 1957Glaremont first page
September 1957Los Angeles first page
September 1957Palm Springs first page
September 1957Upland first page
October 1957Angelus Crest Hwy first page
October 1957North Hollywood first page
October 1957San Bernardino first page
October 1957San Diego first page
October 1957a/v over LaJolla first page
November 19571.5 mi fm ocean in N. Santa Monica first page
November 1957Anaheim (Disneyland) first page
November 1957Bakersfield first page
November 1957Cathedral City first page
November 1957Cayucos first page
November 1957Corona Del Mar first page
November 1957Del Rosa first page
November 1957Garden Grove first page
November 1957Garden Grove first page
November 1957Glendale first page
November 1957Hemet first page
November 1957Hemet first page
November 1957Hollywood first page
November 1957Lakewood first page
November 1957Long Beach first page
November 1957Long Beach first page
November 1957Long Beach first page
November 1957Long Beach first page
November 1957Long Beach first page
November 1957Los Angeles first page
November 1957Los Angeles first page
November 1957Los Angeles first page
November 1957Mission Hills first page
November 1957Sacramento first page
November 1957San Diego first page
November 1957Southern first page
November 1957Torrance first page
November 1957W Los Angeles first page
December 1957Belmont first page
December 1957E of Los Angeles first page
December 1957Loma Linda first page
December 1957Montebello first page
December 1957Parkview first page
December 1957Redlands first page
December 1957Riverside first page
January 1958Los Angeles first page
January 1958San Bernardino first page
January 1958W. of Monterey first page
February 1958Travis AFB first page
March 1958George AFB first page
March 1958Healdsburg first page
April 1958Bellflower first page
April 1958Between Fresno-Merced first page
April 1958El Centro first page
April 1958Indio first page
April 1958Long Beach first page
April 1958Morro Bay first page
April 1958NE of Palm Springs first page
May 1958National City Airport first page
May 1958Over Fresno to Over San Fransico first page
May 1958San Diego first page
July 1958La Mesa first page
August 1958Burbank first page
August 1958Concord first page
September 1958Danby first page
September 1958N Of San Bernandino first page
October 1958Yucca Valley first page
November 195810 Mi NW Of Palmdale first page
December 1958Berkeley first page
December 1958Redlands first page
January 1959Taft first page
February 195929 Mi W of Oceanside first page
February 1959Victorville first page
March 195930 Mi of Oceanside first page
March 1959Oro Grande first page
March 1959Stockton first page
March 1959West of Los Angeles first page
April 1959Lemoore first page
April 1959Travis AFB first page
May 1959Elsinore first page
June 1959Los Angeles first page
June 1959Ventura first page
July 1959Madera first page
July 1959Needles first page
August 1959Woodside first page
September 195910 NM S Of Monterey Peninsula first page
September 1959Camp Pendleton first page
September 1959San Jose first page
February 1960San Jose first page
April 1960Arcata first page
April 1960San Diego first page
May 1960San Gabriel first page
June 1960Palm Springs first page
July 1960Arnold first page
July 1960Chico first page
July 1960Los Angeles first page
July 1960Mather AFB first page
August 19603 Mi NW of Concord first page
August 1960Fairfield first page
August 1960Red Bluff Area first page
September 196010 NM E of PointArena first page
September 1960Camp Irwin first page
September 1960E Of Mt. Whitney first page
September 1960Los Angeles first page
September 1960N of Susanville first page
September 1960Ridgecrest first page
October 1960250 mi W Of San Francisco first page
October 1960500 Mi W Of first page
October 1960Crescent City first page
November 1960Chula Vista first page
November 1960Covina first page
December 1960Crescent City first page
December 1960San Diego first page
January 1961Oakland first page
January 1961Southern first page
February 19612 Mi NW of Van Nuys first page
February 1961San Bernardino first page
February 1961Vandenberg AFB first page
March 1961San Bernardino first page
March 1961San Bernardino first page
April 1961Pebble Beach first page
June 1961San Clamente Is. first page
July 1961Los Angeles first page
July 1961Mc Clellan AFB first page
July 1961Oakland first page
August 1961Fontana first page
August 1961Fremont first page
August 1961N Highlands first page
August 1961Redondo Beach first page
September 1961150 Mi WNW of Ukiah first page
September 1961San Diego first page
October 1961Los Angeles first page
November 1961Catalina Island first page
November 1961Del Mar first page
November 1961San Mateo first page
December 196125N 12533W &NE Vandengerg AFB first page
March 1962La Puente first page
April 1962Edwards AFB first page
May 1962Santa Barbara first page
June 1962Lake Britton first page
July 1962Los Angeles first page
August 1962Azuza first page
August 1962Harvey Mountain first page
September 1962Los Angeles first page
October 1962Altadena first page
October 1962Pacific Grove first page
November 1962Klamath first page
December 1962Cambria first page
December 1962Greenfield first page
December 1962San Mateo first page
January 1963Bellflower first page
February 1963Los Angeles first page
March 1963San Bernardino first page
March 1963San Diego first page
March 1963Southern first page
June 1963San Jose first page
September 1963Arcada first page
September 1963Healdsburg first page
September 1963Long Beach first page
September 1963Niland first page
September 1963Sacramento first page
September 1963San Diego first page
September 1963San Jose first page
September 1963Susanville first page
October 1963Pasadena first page
October 1963Redding first page
December 1963San Jose first page
January 1964Red Bluff first page
January 1964Sacramento first page
February 1964Los Angeles first page
March 1964Lakewood first page
April 1964Merced first page
April 1964San Jose first page
May 1964Los Angeles first page
May 1964Orangevale first page
June 1964San Jose first page
July 1964Bridgeport first page
July 1964Folsom first page
July 1964Sacramento first page
July 1964Vandenberg first page
August 1964Lone Pine first page
August 1964San Jose first page
August 1964Yosemite Park first page
September 1964Red Bluff first page
September 1964Sacto Area first page
September 1964San Jose first page
October 1964Ft Jones - Mt Shasta first page
October 1964San Jose first page
November 1964Redwood City first page
November 1964Temple City first page
January 1965La Selva Beach first page
January 1965Mecca first page
January 1965Norwalk first page
January 1965Santa Barbara first page
February 1965Costa Mesa first page
February 1965San Fernando first page
March 1965Pacific 100 mi W first page
April 1965McClellan AFB first page
April 1965Sacramento first page
May 1965Anaheim first page
June 1965Bryte first page
June 1965Sacramento first page
June 1965San Jose first page
July 1965Burbank first page
July 1965Covina first page
July 1965Yosemite National Park first page
August 1965Bakersfield first page
August 1965Bryte first page
August 1965Clovis first page
August 1965Freemont first page
August 1965Fresno first page
August 1965Hollywood Hills first page
August 1965Lancaster first page
August 1965Los Angeles first page
August 1965Martines first page
August 1965N Highland first page
August 1965Palos Verdes first page
August 1965Ramona first page
August 1965Richmond, Walnut Creek first page
August 1965Sacramento first page
August 1965Salt Springs Reservoir first page
August 1965San Mateo first page
August 1965San Pablo first page
August 1965San Rafael first page
August 1965Santa Ana first page
August 1965Sequoia National Park first page
September 1965Bakersfield first page
September 1965Los Angeles first page
September 1965Menlo Park first page
September 1965Rio Vista first page
October 1965Cupertino first page
October 1965Edwards AFB first page
October 1965Los Angeles first page
October 1965San Gabriel first page
October 1965Sunnyvale first page
December 1965Santa Susana first page
December 1965Whittier first page
January 1966Big Sur Hot Springs first page
January 1966Big Sur first page
January 1966Mather AFB first page
March 1966Alvion first page
March 1966Anaheim first page
March 1966Cambria first page
March 1966Hemmet first page
March 1966Klamath first page
March 1966Los Angeles first page
March 1966San Francisco first page
April 1966Cloverdale first page
April 1966Long Beach first page
April 1966Los Angeles first page
April 1966Napa, Camp Pendleton, Los Angeles first page
April 1966Sacramento first page
April 1966Sacramento first page
May 1966Central Valley first page
May 1966Fair Oaks first page
May 1966Lakewood first page
June 1966Claremont first page
July 1966Concord first page
July 1966Del Paso Heights first page
July 1966Lakewood first page
August 1966National City first page
August 1966Oakland first page
August 1966Sacramento first page
August 1966San Luis Obispo first page
August 1966San Luis Obispo first page
September 1966Arroya Seca first page
September 1966San Bernardine first page
October 1966Coursegold first page
October 1966Diamond Springs first page
November 1966Los Angeles first page
November 1966North Sacramento first page
November 1966Rocklin first page
November 1966Sacramento first page
November 1966San Pedro first page
December 1966Hollywood first page
December 1966McClellan AFB first page
December 1966San Diego first page
December 1966San Mateo first page
January 1967Arizona first page
January 1967Fair Oaks first page
January 1967Oakland first page
January 1967Roseville first page
January 1967San Diego first page
January 1967Santa Maria first page
February 1967Glendale first page
February 1967Los Angeles first page
February 1967Redwood City first page
February 1967Sacramento first page
February 1967San Diego first page
March 1967Torrance first page
April 1967Burney first page
April 1967Ft. Erwin first page
April 1967Riverside first page
May 1967Riverside first page
June 1967Barstow first page
June 1967Landers first page
June 1967Van Nuya first page
July 1967Anaheim first page
July 1967Kernville first page
July 1967Meadow Vista first page
July 1967Studio City first page
August 1967North Highlands first page
September 1967Barstow first page
September 1967Lafayette first page
September 1967Los Angeles first page
September 1967Van Nuys first page
October 1967Vandenburg AFB first page
December 1967Edwards AFB first page
December 1967Lemoore first page
January 1968Edwards AFB first page
January 1968Torrance first page
February 1968Citrus Heights first page
February 1968Edwards AFB first page
February 1968Redlands first page
February 1968Vista first page
April 1968San Luis Obispo first page
July 1968Thousand Palms first page
July 1968Thousand Palms first page
August 1968Camarillo first page
August 1968Selma first page
August 1968Yorba Linda first page
September 1968Monrovia first page
September 1968Near Santa Barbara first page
September 1968San Francisco first page
November 1968Fairfield first page
November 1968Ontario first page
December 1968Saratoga first page
January 1969Cupertino first page
January 1969Sacramento first page
February 1969Shingel Spring first page
April 1969McClellan AFB first page
August 1969California first page
September 1969San Francisco first page

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