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Roswell, N.M.

This place is the location of the first rumored incident of a space ship crashing on Earth, with its on-board crew of small aliens allegedly undergoing autopsies.

Mount Palomar Observatory

This location is the large sky watch station operated by the University of California in Los Angeles.

SETI

This is a massive project to scan the universe for any sign or signals, radio waves or other sources, of intelligent life elsewhere in the cosmos.

Whole Life Expo

This event is an annual New Age gathering at which various non-scientific nostrums and philosophies are offered, and a place where Sagan says skepticism is definitely in order.

placebo

A medical term meaning a sugar capsule given those undergoing drug trials, as a way of comparing results against those who receive the actual drug.

perpetual motion machine

This is a pseudo-scientific pipe dream to create a machine that...

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