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@@#¤$*\«,. $* OPERATION CONTRASTING VALKYRIE $* .,«\*$¤#@@
##@#$*\«,. *$ IN THE SIXTIES. THE CENTRAL *$ .,«\*$#@##
###¤$*\«,. $* INTELLIGENCE AGENCY "CIA" RELEASE $* .,«\*$¤###
###¤$*\«,. *$ AEROSOLIZED SELATENINE OVER A *$ .,«\*$¤###
#$*««,,,.. $* JUPITER EQUINOX CONCERT, CREATING $* ..,,,««*$#
#@#¤$*\«,. *$ THE LARGEST SECRET PARADIGM SHIFT *$ .,«\*$¤#@#
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#@#¤$*\«,. A FESTIVAL IN BLACK TICKLE ARRANGED BY .,«\*$¤#@#
¤$\\«..... A GROUP CALLED EPICENTER OF LOVE. THERE .....«\\$¤
¤$\,...... IS NO ENTRANCE BUT VISITORS ARE ......,\$¤
###¤$*\«,. EXPECTED TO HELP WITH MAINTENANCE. FOOD .,«\*$¤###
#$\«...... AND DRINK IS SHARED. MANY BANDS ARE ......«\$#
#¤¤¤$*\«,. PLAYING OVER THE FOUR DAY COURSE OF THE .,«\*$¤¤¤#
##@¤$*\«,. FESTIVAL, AND THE STAGE IS OPEN BETWEEN .,«\*$¤@##
#@#¤$*\«,. SCHEDULED CONCERTS. JUPITER EQUINOX, .,«\*$¤#@#
##@#¤$*«,. WHILE AN UNKNOWN ACT, HAS A PRESTIGIOUS .,«*$¤#@##
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###¤$*\«,. ARRIVES AT THE FESTIVAL ABOUT A QUARTER .,«\*$¤###
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#@#¤$*\«,. QUIET MOVEMENT, AND THE LEAD SINGER .,«\*$¤#@#
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#@#¤$*\«,. SHE SAYS, WITH A CRYSTALLINE VOICE: "I .,«\*$¤#@#
@#¤¤$*\«,. HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU. I AM NOT A .,«\*$¤¤#@
#@#¤$*\«,. HUMAN BEING. I AM NOT AN ANIMAL OR A .,«\*$¤#@#
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@@#¤$*\«,. MESSAGE TO YOU. A MESSAGE OF HOPE. YOU .,«\*$¤#@@
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@@#¤$*\«,. IN THE AUDIENCE. AND IT BECOMES A CHAIN .,«\*$¤#@@
@##¤$*\«,. REACTION, QUICKLY SPREADING ACROSS THE .,«\*$¤##@
#@#¤$*\«,. FESTIVAL AREA. WITHIN SECONDS THERE IS .,«\*$¤#@#
#$*«...... A GLOBAL BLACKOUT. FESTIVAL GOERS ......«*$#
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#$$**«««,. LATER, THOSE IN THE NEARBY TOWN OF .,«««**$$#
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#$**«..... *$ THE "JUPITER EQUINOX" ACT. IT *$ .....«**$#
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#@#¤$*\«,. *$ JUPITER EQUINOX CONCERTS BEFORE OR *$ .,«\*$¤#@#
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#@#¤$*\«,. $* ENGLAND WHO HAS A VERY STRIKING $* .,«\*$¤#@#
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