Word: areas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...MISSION IS TO DEFEND THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, ALASKA AND THE NORTHEAST AREA FROM AN ATTACK: NOT TO DEFEND THE ROLES OF THE RESPECTIVE SERVICES...
...Smithsonian said it received numerous reports of sightings from persons who apparently saw airplanes instead. The Smithsonian ruled these out because the direction or the area was wrong...
...pass over Maine, Sputnik III poured a strong radio signal into the area...
...satellite should have been visible at this time in the area between the Great Lakes and North Carolina, but so far the object could not be clearly seen because of overcast skies...
This action meant that the pilot was "on his own,"and was responsible for avoiding any other planes that might be in the area. Investigators assume that the TWA plane, climbing to avoid the bad weather, came up underneath the DC-7 and hit it. Neither pilot, had he seen what was happening, would have been able to adjust course in time to avert the accident...