{"id":78,"date":"2015-03-06T22:02:45","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T22:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/?p=78"},"modified":"2020-06-14T14:21:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T14:21:02","slug":"black-knight-satellite-mysterious-craft-looking-object-in-nasa-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/casefiles\/black-knight-satellite-mysterious-craft-looking-object-in-nasa-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Knight Satellite? 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The following, is all known information on this photo: Electronic Image Data Camera files only apply to electronic still cameras. No sound file available. 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