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1. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · Zita Ballinger Fletcher

   He Was the Key to a Top-Secret Missile Program. Then He Walked Out of His Office—and Vanished. (opens the original)

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   Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: On July 21, 1962, a crowd of journalists gathered in a bleak stretch of desert near Wadi El Natrun, an ancient valley in Egypt. That day Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Egyptian president and military dictator, was determined to prove to the world that his country was a military superpower. Blasting dust everywhere, four surface-to-surface rockets shot off into the skies one after another and fell into the Mediterranean, shocking the media. Afterward, t

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2. Article · Jul 14, 2026 · Zita Ballinger Fletcher

   A Plane Vanished With 31 People Aboard. Sabotage Could Be to Blame, Air Vice Marshal Claims. (opens the original)

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   Flying in total darkness across icy Atlantic waters in the early hours of January 30, 1948, a passenger aircraft making a routine transatlantic journey vanished without a trace. The Avro Tudor plane “Star Tiger,” operated by British South American Airways, communicated regularly without a hint of distress and seemed assured of reaching Bermuda. Yet shortly before it was due to land, the plane evaporated into the unknown, along with 31 passengers and crew—including Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningha

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