On Jan 2, 1932, in a rural area in southwest Missouri, 6 lawmen were shot and killed and two wounded in a shootout as a groupof 11 sheriffs and deputies surrounded a farmhouse in which two or three well-armed fugitives were holedup. They were brothers named Harry and Jennings, and possibly Paul, and they were wanted- Harry for murder of a lawman, the others for operating a multi-state auto theft ring. Just about every rule in modern policing was broken- but this was 1932, it was a rural area, and police forces were basically just peacekeepers in farm towns in those days. They had lots of courage but little training. Inside the house were two brothers who had won area shooting contests for years, they had been in prison, and did not want to go back,

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1001 Heroes takes a deep dive into Loch Ness to find Nessie- and ends up with a story which has evolved into a timeless legend.. Included in latter half-an interview with Loch Ness's own Tony Harmsworth- author, blogger, and skeptic who was once a believer. Tony has been deeply involved along with Adrian Shine in setting up information/display centers for visitors and in assisting research on Loch Ness and its marine inhabitants. Find his website at www.loch-ness.org and list of books he has authored (science fiction) at harmsworth.net

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"Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Incredible Story That Inspired the Spielberg Movie", tells of Project Serpo, a top-secret U.S. government program that arranged an exchange program with aliens that sent 12 astronauts to a planet 40 light years away with hopes of gaining insight to another civilization and their technologies. Inspired largely by a well-known physicist named Dr. Hynek, who had been the head of the classified "UFO Project Blue Book", and was hired by Speilberg and Columbia Pictures to advise the production of the 1977 film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", certain story lines and scenes, such as the one showing 12 astronauts boarding an alien craft near the end of the picture, are said to have been very close to reality.

Must see Paul Hellyer Video "Earthshaking Confession" UAMN TV Feb 13, 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgrCQpWz6iI&t=315s

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