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Rare patches bring out some photos page 8 miscellaneous. I just finished reading a new book on the history of area 51 the super secret american military base located in nevada. Since the release of this book, new mission patches have been released that are as strange and cryptic as their predecessors. Apr 21, 2008 many military programs are black or so top secret that they appear only as a single line item in the department of defenses expense report.
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