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October 30, 1993
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MOONDOME.ASC
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This file shared with KeelyNet courtesy of Clark Matthews.
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The article was originally published
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in FATE Magazine, March 1991
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CAN MOON ILLUSIONS MOVE?
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By Felix A. Bach
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What could be more galling than spotting still further changes in
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the monstrous moon objects I've been viewing and telling folks about
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lately, especially after all the effort our vaunted "space experts"
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keep expending to convince us that _nothing_ is up there?
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Despite their sneering claims that moon objects can only be
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"illusions," new ones continue to make surprise appearances, put on
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spectacular displays of activity, and then just blithely disappear!
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A good example was the original "See Through Bags" object at Crater
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Rost, a sketch of which was published in FATE (July 1986). In all
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the sightings prior to that sketch, it showed seven puffy, gossamer
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bags draped from the hooked end of a very shiny, jet-black (a
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significant feature of many major objects) mast about 20 _miles
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tall!_
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Sometime between mid-August and September of 1986, though, the mast
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was rotated halfway around, and the "bags" were strung out on a line
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stretching some 35 miles over to Crater Schiller, reminiscent of
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laundry hanging on a clothesline.
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After a dozen or so sightings of this object I naturally assumed it
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was a permanent fixture that would stay there forever, just changing
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appearance every now and then to do whatever job it does. I
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described and sketched the new changes in a later article for the
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July 1987 issue of _The Gate._ Even before that article reached its
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readers, astounding changes had already taken place. Sometime
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before May 1987, the mast had acquired a new crossbar near its
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hooked end.
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There was also a new fabric-like skirt running down most of the
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shaft to the surface (making that part look like a very tall
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"tepee").
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_WEATHER PROTECTION?_
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A new ribbon of shiny material several miles wide was also draped
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from the crossbar swooping down to the surface like a waterfall.
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Where it landed, it transformed into a long, tubelike form a mile or
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so wide, which subsequently ran across the same 35 miles of surface
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over to Crater Schiller that was covered by its former aerial route.
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(The whole scene was reminiscent of the familiar plastic sheets we
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see draped around our earthly construction sites nowadays for
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weather protection.)
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There is very little chance of error about this since I studied the
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condition at length and under optimal conditions for three nights in
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a row, beginning the 10th night after the Full Moon (May 8, 9, and
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10) at high resolution powers up to 500x, (which according to my
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"Celestron" manufacturer allows viewing of lunar details as small
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across as a football stadium.)
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Upon looking just one month later I was very surprised to find that
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everything described here was _gone._ Apparently, whatever purpose
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this contraption served was completed and it was quickly dismantled
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and removed (or maybe just retracted?).
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_THE BEADED ARCH_
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Another of my original sightings published in that same 1986 sketch
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in FATE was the "Spectacular Beaded Arch," parts of which were first
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seen with my old 60mm starter telescope as early as 1983. As shown
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here again in the sketch accompanying this article, it runs south
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roughly 175 miles from near Mt. Hadley toward Mt. Bradley.
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Regardless that viewing conditions were good back then it didn't
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matter much because I was still to naive at the time to grasp the
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enormity of what I was viewing, anyway (and would not have believed
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it possible).
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Then I got a view of more aspects of this arch the next summer while
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looking through an 8-inch Meade (S/C) telescope of a neighbor on the
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eighth night. He was set for 600x. There were excellent viewing
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conditions at the time, which yielded better than twice the
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magnification at better clarity than I had ever experienced before.
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Even so, I was still unable to connect the various parts seen into a
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recognizable whole object yet. I did note that a mysterious bright
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bead seemed to be sitting atop Mr. Hadley though, unexplainably
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moved from its prior-year location seen somewhere to the east.
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_I SEE IT ALL_
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It all came together when the arch became gloriously visible once
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again in 1985 on the seventh night (November 19th), while I was
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viewing with my own new SPC 8-inch telescope. Because of a
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different _libration_ (viewing angle), I was able to see the whole
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arch from end to end at a single whack!
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When I saw that jet black shaft vaulting about 50 miles above the
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surface with five bright "beads" spaced along its length (all
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verified by great shadows, incidentally), I finally realized that I
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was looking at a stupendous object. I had no idea that still more
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arches were concealed in the terminator darkness heading southwest,
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so I sketched as much as I had seen up to that time for the first
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publication.
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When the moon got in another favorable libration again in July 1986,
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a second beaded arch became visible -- a virtual twin sister of the
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earlier one, running another 175 miles southward from near Mr.
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Bradley almost to Crater Eratosthenes.
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As though this second arch wasn't mind-boggling enough, still a
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third little brother arch, about 50 miles long, became visible
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snuggled under the twin sister just two months later (in September
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1986). At that time, all three arches were visible together similar
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to the condition as shown in the sketch on the next page.
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_U.S. AND SOVIET INVESTIGATIONS?_
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Please note the relative position of the Apollo 15 landing site
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shown at the announced coordinates of 24N, 2E. If you can see the
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fortuitous location as roughly central between the ends of the two
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larger arches, then you may suspect that some other very
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knowledgeable people know a whole lot about these arches, too.
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Incidentally, the Soviets also showed great interest in them
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earlier, when their Luna 2 space probe landed just 80 miles away at
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31N, 1E, (they say) a bit off the mark but still a very respectable
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position for reconnaissance.
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_WHERE DID THEY GO?_
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Once again, all arches shown in the sketch were gone by the time I
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viewed the area just one month later (in October 1986). Untimely
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bad weather has hindered follow-up viewing ever since, so I can't
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say if they have been visible lately or not. You can see parts of
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them pictured in a legitimate 1956 Mt. Wilson photo on plate 7-1 in
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Dinsmore Alter's _Pictorial Guide to the Moon_, (3rd Revised Edition
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1973), as well as on page 9 of _The Questar Moon_ (published since
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1981).
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Since we have these various sightings, plus independent photographic
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evidence of their sporadic reappearances, viewers should keep
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watching for these arches because it is most likely they will be
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visible again as soon as conditions warrant. Some special mention
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is deserved by the crane boom shown above Crater Eratosthenes.
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Unfortunately, it may show up only faintly at times, no doubt
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depending on where it was "parked" after its last use.
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When position, lighting, libration, and perigee (i.e. lunar
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nearness) are favorable, it is a joy to see. Due to its 12 or so
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mile height, it gets lit several hours before the surface below, so
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it gleams with a metallic brilliance that makes it look like a tiny
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bar of light floating magically above that whole sea of darkness.
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Several hours later, though, viewings will show its distinctive
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shadows running across the crater floor and curling around its
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western rim.
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The object shows up with sparkling clarity (with shadow) in at least
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Page 3
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a half dozen places in _The Questar Moon_, and a bit less clear but
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in more places in _Pictorial Guide to the Moon_. Artists disguise
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it as a rock or rill in most of the "official" published photos (as
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well as those that appear in many textbooks and encyclopedia sets).
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_CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF_
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Several hundred known objects are now visible on the Moon, with
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surprising new ones still popping up on occasion. That is not an
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exaggerated number, for on a good, clear night (especially around
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the 5th to 9th), a hundred or more objects can be seen in one
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evening alone. Many of these are nondescript "post" and "pole" type
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things that proliferate in certain areas though, and are not
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especially photogenic (or even sketchable).
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It is not necessary to view them all to realize something is
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dreadfully wrong with the "official" lunar photos and explanations
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foisted off on us.
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Just _one good sighting_ should convince you that these things are
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not the illusions that our space gurus and their many cronies
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piously claim and urgently insist that we believe without question.
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Check these images out with your own eyes by viewing them on a
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systematic basis right in your own backyard. You must use a minimum
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60mm telescope though, yielding a mid-range power of 140x or more.
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Dark sites on remote mountaintops are not needed for this activity
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(regardless of popular myths invented to DISCOURAGE THE PUBLIC from
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WHOLESALE VIEWING). The Moon is so big and bright that even city
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lights can hardly hinder your effort. Viewing is relatively
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inexpensive, great fun, and a constant source of wild and awesome
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excitement!
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_DISINFORMATION_
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After your first unmistakable sighting, YOU WILL KNOW that a lot of
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very prominent people have CONSPIRED TO DISINFORM US!
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That realization may disappoint you, make you angry about the
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concerted dishonesty involved, and cause a deep concern over this
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abuse of our trust, rights, and privileges. On the bright side, you
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will be immune from further hero worship, skeptical about much of
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the cunning propaganda still piled on us, and saved from much of the
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futility forced into our lives.
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Best of all, knowing the truth dispels myths and bridges many of the
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gaps that were so painstakingly programmed into our thinking,
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allowing us to share the knowledge gained from firsthand viewing.
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Thank you for your consideration, interest and support.
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Jerry W. Decker.........Ron Barker...........Chuck Henderson
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