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AI Summary
- Operation Highjump in August 1946 deployed the largest heavily-armed naval task force ever sent to Antarctica under Admiral Richard E Byrd's command
- The official scientific research cover story masked goals to extend US sovereignty over Antarctica and locate a secret Nazi UFO base
- UFO sightings in the region were believed to be Nazi test flights; Byrd's expedition discovered far more than anticipated regarding these phenomena
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