Was a space alien killed in NJ in the 1970s? The truth is out there

A retired Air Force major claims that an extraterrestrial was once shot and killed at New Jersey's McGuire Air Force Base back in the late 1970s.

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Was a space alien killed in NJ in the 1970s? The truth is out there

A retired Air Force major claims that an extraterrestrial was once shot and killed at New Jersey's McGuire Air Force Base back in the late 1970s.

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