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Date: July 1, 1966

Sent From: UN Headquarters, New York

Sent To: Ramstein Air Force Base, West Germany

Dear Commander,

Your government has currently been ordered to reassign you from West Germany to return to Brussels. I suppose you have been told the official story before due to your "honourable discharge". However, as you are aware, the reality is quite different. For the past 2 weeks, several unidentified flying objects have been detected the Balkans, as well as parts of the Midwestern United States, Indochina, Rhodesia, the North Sea and the Bering Strait. Officially, Western media outlets and Pravda have officially blamed the incidents on each other, but of course, we have no idea of what these objects might be. After further analysis of the incidents, we believe the objects to be ... extraterrestrial in nature. This letter was sent to you because the UN Security Council's recent resolution has approved the activation of United Nations Extraterrestrial Response Unit in light of the recent extraterrestrial incursion. NASA and the Soviet Space Program are still trying to piece together the events, but based on the evidence left behind, the declassified documents on the Flores Incident and various eyewitness accounts, we can infer that the extraterrestrial intents are indeed hostile. However, that does not mean Earth is incapable of responding to the increasing threat of extraterrestrial attack. You, Commander, are to oversee Earth's last line of defence. Your actions will have considerable influence on the future of humanity as a species and as a civilisation. Keep that in mind in every action you take. Good luck, Commander.

With Sincere Regards, UN Secretary General U Thant