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Here’s why the pilot of Enola Gay had no regrets about dropping the first atom bomb

Early in the morning of August 6, 1945, a U.S. Air Force B29 bomber, the Enola Gay, took off with a 9,700 top-secret bomb named Little Boy. Its pilot, Paul...

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Navy releases incident reports from pilots describing UFO encounters

In one report, a pilot described a "metallic object," about the size of a suitcase, and silver in color.

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The Trump administration claims these satellite photos prove Iran was behind the drone attack on a Saudi oil field

Trump administration officials have claimed that intelligence assessments indicate that Iran was likely responsible for Saturday's attack on two major oil fields in Saudi Arabia that put global markets in...

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In his sanctions announcement, Trump accidentally named the wrong supreme leader of Iran, who has been dead since 1989

President Donald Trump on Monday mistakenly named a supreme leader of Iran who has been dead since 1989 as the target of new U.S. sanctions

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Here’s why the pilot of Enola Gay had no regrets about dropping the first atom bomb

Navy releases incident reports from pilots describing UFO encounters

The Trump administration claims these satellite photos prove Iran was behind the drone attack on a Saudi oil field

In his sanctions announcement, Trump accidentally named the wrong supreme leader of Iran, who has been dead since 1989