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AI Summary
- A 300-foot spacecraft landed in Alexandria, Virginia on March 16, 1957, from which emerged a normal-appearing man who requested to see the president
- The visitor, identified as Valiant Thor, communicated in clear English and initiated a 3-year mission involving the Pentagon
- NASA was founded nine months after this encounter, suggesting connection between Thor's arrival and the space agency's establishment
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