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Members of the team were experts in specific areas drawn from the Laboratory&#8217;s various Science and Technology Directorates\u00a0as well as from military personnel assigned to the Laboratory. The original team membership was as follows:<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3504 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-11-29_16-05-38.jpg\" alt=\"2016-11-29_16-05-38\" width=\"421\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-11-29_16-05-38.jpg 421w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-11-29_16-05-38-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-11-29_16-05-38-150x87.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Additional expert personnel were added to the core Task Force as needed. These individuals\u00a0included<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3505\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-11-29_16-06-38-300x121.jpg\" alt=\"2016-11-29_16-06-38\" width=\"300\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-11-29_16-06-38-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-11-29_16-06-38-150x60.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-11-29_16-06-38.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below, you will find the declassified document\/study that the NRL conducted.<\/p>\n<h3>Declassified Document<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/images\/pdf.gif\" \/>\u00a0<a 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