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UFO SEEN IN ISRAEL, SYRIA AND IRAN
- In the evening of June 7 hundreds of Israelis and Armenians have seen unrecognized flying object (UFO) in the sky. International media outlets say that UFO could be seen in Palestine, Libya, Syria and Iran. UFO could be seen at 21:00 p.m., eye witnesses say it was a bright object covered with smoke. Areg Mikayelyan, the head of Armenian astronomical association told Panorama.am it was either a meteorite or a rocket. However, head of Israel's astronomical association excluded the variant of a meteorite. Israel's Armed Forces, as well as Armenian Defense Ministry said military operations were not held in the air the time UFO was seen.
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