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AMSTERDAM POLICE CONDUCT LATE-NIGHT SEARCH FOR SPACE CRAFT
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (MARCH 4) AP - Police deployed a dozen patrol cars and a
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helicopter in a late-night chase for a craft from outer space, a police
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spokesman said Friday.
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The hunt, accompanied by dozens of calls from all over the Dutch capital
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reporting unidentified flying objects, failed to yield anything
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extra-terrestrial, according to spokesman Klaas Wilting.
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''We were alerted late Thursday night by Schiphol (airport) air traffic
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controllers who observed bright lights in a stationary position over the port
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area which didn't show up on their radar screens,'' Wilting said.
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After a radio newscast had mentioned the Schiphol sighting, calls started
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pouring in from all over the city, describing objects ranging from
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''airplane-like things to fantastic contraptions with Darth Vader at the
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helm,'' said Wilting.
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Around midnight, 12 patrol cars and a police helicopter were involved, Wilting
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said.
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pal hours, ''we found nothing except some strong lamps on top of a 50-meter
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(150-foot) high crane in the harbor,'' which might have been visible from the
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airport's control tower, Wilting said.
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''We think it was a classic example of popular delusion, coupled with a number
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of jokers trying to pull a trick on us,'' the spokesman said.
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