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This story is extraordinary, especially if it's true.

And it all started in the desert.

It's north of Las Vegas.

A local scientist who worked at Groom Lake,

said to be where top-secret weapon systems have been tested over the years.

He has asked that his identity be shielded.

Exactly what's going on up there.

What's going on up there could be the most important event in history.

Physical contact and proof from another system, another planet, another intelligence.

What would happen to you if the government learned that you were giving us this information?

He just wanted to stay alive. Maybe this has been kept from us for a good reason.

Sir, how do we know you are who you say you are?

My name is Bob Lazar.

I'm known for working at a classified base and reverse engineered alien spacecraft.

It's actually quite unlike anything we've ever seen before.

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