{"id":2359,"date":"2012-03-26T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/americainuniform\/?p=2359"},"modified":"2012-03-16T01:56:43","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T01:56:43","slug":"aliens-from-outer-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/americainuniform\/2012\/03\/aliens-from-outer-space.html","title":{"rendered":"Aliens from Outer Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/03\/alien.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2486\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/293\/2012\/03\/alien.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a>Nights in England are coal black, making parachute jumps difficult and dangerous. So we attach small lights called chemlites to our jumpsuits to make ourselves visible to the rest of our team. 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