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Supernatural sightings

UFOs in Zimbabwe, the birth of communist China, a wind power pioneer, trailblazing Chinese students and a radical Syrian playwright.

Is there anybody out there? Max Pearson hears about a UFO sighting in rural Zimbabwe in 1994 and talks to Gideon Lewis-Kraus of the New Yorker about whether the US Pentagon is taking UFOs more seriously. Plus, the birth of communist China, a wind power pioneer, trailblazing Chinese students and a radical Syrian playwright.
Image: Composite of children's illustrations of UFO, Zimbabwe 1994.

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