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Flying Saucers: An Opening Salvo of the Cold War?
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nickcotter
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Cthulhu_
8 months ago
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Makes sense; iirc the Enigma code was broken in part due to many / all messages having the same "heil hitler" sign at the end. Encouraging the messages to use the same words - like "flying saucer" or "ufo" - would help with the decoding process.
BMc2020
8 months ago
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I recall reading the 'ghost rockets' craze in Sweden at the time was part of an operation to probe Soviet radar capabilities.
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