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1985)", "type": "diplomatic_cable", "location": "Papua New Guinea", "date": "1985-01", "files": [ "02_Military_Documents/dos-uap-d1-cable-1-papua-new-guinea-january-1985.pdf", "02_Military_Documents/dos-uap-d1-cable-1-papua-new-guinea-january-1985 (1).pdf" ] }, { "episodeId": "EP-003-02", "title": "Kazakhstan Incident (January 1994)", "type": "diplomatic_cable", "location": "Kazakhstan", "date": "1994-01", "description": "Post-Soviet era incident near Kazakhstan", "files": [ "02_Military_Documents/dos-uap-d2-cable-2-kazakhstan-january-1994.pdf", "02_Military_Documents/dos-uap-d2-cable-2-kazakhstan-january-1994 (1).pdf" ] } ] }, { "caseId": "CASE-004", "title": "NASA Apollo & Skylab Missions", "type": "space_program", "description": "UAP observations and anomalies documented during Apollo and Skylab space missions", "yearRange": "1969-1973", "agency": "NASA", "missionTypes": ["Apollo 11", "Apollo 12", "Apollo 17", "Skylab"], "episodes": [ { "episodeId": "EP-004-01", "title": "Apollo 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