Sightings | |
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Genre | Paranormal News |
Starring | Tim White (host) |
Theme music composer | Bill Bodine |
Composer(s) | Christopher L. Stone Michael Tavera Alan Ett |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 114 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes (seasons 1-2, 1996 behind the scenes special) 60 minutes (seasons 3-5, 1991–92 specials, 1996 home videos) 120 minutes (1998 In Depth and Beyond specials) |
Production company(s) | Winkler/Daniel Productions (1991–93) (seasons 1-2, 60-minute specials) The Berkeley Group (1991–92, specials only) Paramount Network Television (1991–92) (60-minute specials) Sather Gate Productions (1992–93) (season 2) Wilshire Court Productions (1992–93) (season 2) Ann Daniel Productions (1994–98) (seasons 4-5, 120-minute specials) Fair Dinkum Productions (1994–98) (seasons 4-5, 120-minute specials) Triage Entertainment (1996–98, season 5, 120-minute specials) |
Distributor | Paramount Domestic Television (1994-1998, seasons 3-5, 120-minute specials) CBS Television Distribution |
Release | |
Original network | Fox (1991–93) (seasons 1-2) First-run syndication (1994–96) (seasons 3-4) Sci-Fi Channel (1996–98) (season 5) |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | October 17, 1991 (specials) April 17, 1992 (series) – September 11, 1997 (series) December 23, 1998 (specials) |
Chronology | |
Followed by | Danger in Our Skies: The New UFO Threat Sightings: Heartland Ghost Unexplained Mysteries |
Sightings is an American paranormal and news television show that originally aired in the 1990s. The show began as a special titled The UFO Report: Sightings on October 18, 1991, as well as eventual follow up reports, Ghost Report and the Psychic Experience. The original Concept Creator and Supervising Producer of that hour special produced by Paramount for Fox TV was Linda Moulton Howe, an Emmy Award-winning TV producer and documentary filmmaker of TV specials about science and the environment. One of her Emmy Award-winning broadcasts was A Strange Harvest (KMGH-TV in May 1980), about the worldwide animal-mutilation mystery linked by law enforcement to extraterrestrial biological entities.
After the special broadcast to high ratings, it went forward into weekly TV production as the program Sightings. The show featured everything from UFOs to ghosts to Bigfoot in an investigative news format and was hosted by reporter Tim White. The show was created by Ann Daniels Productions, Fair Dinkum Productions (Winkler-Daniels Productions from 1991-93), and Paramount Domestic Television (Wilshire Court Productions from 1992–93) . its executive producers was Henry Winkler and Ann Daniels.
The program began on Fox in 1992, in a 30-minute-long format that aired on Friday nights. When the show was put into syndication in 1994, it was extended to an hour-long format and was on at various times. In 1996, it was picked up by Sci Fi Channel. Sightings was cancelled in 1997 (although five special episodes aired in 1998), and reruns continued on the Sci Fi Channel until April 2003.
In 1998, the producers made a new UFO special that aired on UPN, called Danger in Our Skies: The New UFO Threat hosted by Jim Forbes. [1] [2]
In 2003, a program called Unexplained Mysteries debuted in syndication. Although it did not have the same hosted news format like Sightings, it was produced by many of the same individuals involved with Sightings, and sometimes reused footage and graphics from the earlier program.
Series Title | Sightings |
Broadcast History | from October 17, 1991 to December 23, 1998 |
Number Of Episodes | 120 |
Distributor | Paramount Television |
Network(s) | FOX , Syndicated , Sci-Fi Channel |
Run Time(s) | Early Specials, 30 min. Season 1-2 , 60 min. Seasons 3-5, 60 min. In Depth and Beyond Specials, 120 min. |
Show Mottos | "No Mystery Is Closed To An Open Mind""Beyond Imagination Lies The Truth" |
Special Home Video Compilations issued by Paramount Home Video | |
Production # | Title |
80211 | The Ghost Report |
80212 | The U.F.O. Report |
80213 | The Psychic Experience |
Special Shows from 1991/92 - FOX (original 60 minute versions)
NOTE: These 3 60 minute specials should not be confused with the three Paramount Home Video issues above.
They have similar titles and subject matter but contain some different stories between them.
Production # | Air Date | Special Title |
39101 & 39102 | 10-18-1991 | The U.F.O. Report: Sightings, Evidence, Contact, Abductions, Cover-Up. |
39103 & 39104 | 2-28-1992 | Ghosts: Sightings, Hauntings, Contact, Evidence, Investigations, Contact |
39105 & 39106 | 4-24-1992 | Psychic Experiences: Precognition, Psychic Detectives, Mental Telepathy, Psychokinesis. |
Special Shows from 1991/92 (30 minute versions of 60 minute shows above)
*these 30 minute versions appear to have only aired on Sci-Fi,
the airdates represent their first run on Sci-Fi.
Production # | Air Date | Special Title |
39101 | 1-4-1998 | The U.F.O. Report # 1: Possibility of UFO's and new information. |
39102 | 7-23-1998 | The U.F.O. Report # 2: Alien Abductions. |
39103 | 2-9-1998 | Ghost Encounters: Atlanta spirits, New York haunted house. |
39104 | 7-27-1998 | Ghost Contact: Electronic recordings of sound and images. |
39105 | 2-18-1998 | Hidden Powers Of The Mind # 1: Precognition, psychic detectives. |
39106 | 2-11-1998 | Hidden Powers Of The Mind # 2: Mental telepathy, psychokinesis. |
Season One - 1992 - FOX (30 minutes)
Production # | Air Date | Story Titles |
39107 | 4-17-1992 | Near Death Experience: Life after death and near death experiences. |
39108 | 5-1-1992 | Psychic Healing: Unexpected recoveries from life-threatening illnesses. |
39109 | 5-8-1992 | Mysteries Of The Earth: Forces, Evidence, Markings, Sacred Places. |
39110 | 5-15-1992 | U.F.O. Contact: Research, Abduction, Surveillance, Contact |
39111 | 6-12-1992 | Monsters: Bigfoot, Lizardman, Loch Ness Monster, Ogopogo |
39112 | 6-26-1992 | Magazine I: Vampires, Visions Of Death, Bermuda Triangle. |
39113 | 7-10-1992 | Magazine II: Vision Of Murder, Men In Black, Awakening |
39114 | 7-17-1992 | Magazine III: Curses, Past Lives, Ghosts. |
39115 | 7-31-1992 | Magazine IV: Hauntings, U.F.O.s, Superstitions. |
39116 | 8-14-1992 | Magazine V: Evidence From Beyond, Gateway To Oblivion, Soul Exchange |
39201 | 8-21-1992 | Back From The Dead, Hauntings, Millboro |
Season Two - 1992/93 - FOX (30 minutes)
Production # | Air Date | Story Titles |
39203 | 9-18-1992 | Werewolf, Paranormal Photography, Ghost Update |
39204 | 9-25-1992 | Encounter In Space, Marfa Lights, Ghost Update |
39205 | 10-2-1992 | Lizzie Borden, Deliverance, S.E.T.I. Update |
39206 | 10-9-1992 | The Uninvited, Haunted Family, The Curse Of Christopher Columbus |
39207 | 10-16-1992 | Aliens Among Us, Top Secret UFO, Ghost Investigation. |
39208 | 10-30-1992 | Halloween: Scotland's House Of Horror, Vampires, Witchcraft |
39209 | 11-6-1992 | Epidemic of Evil, Garden Grove Ghost |
39210 | 11-13-1992 | Crop Circles, Royal Curse, Lake Champlain Monster |
39211 | 11-20-1992 | Russian U.F.O. Investigation, Ghost Of Whitechapel, Iceman Update |
39202 | 11-27-1992 | Alcatraz, Mass Sightings, U.F.O. Update |
39212 | 12-4-1992 | Deadly Abduction, Lake Champlain Monster, Royal Curse Update |
39213 | 12-11-1992 | Hell's Gate, Angels, Astrology Update |
39214 | 1-8-1993 | Astrological Predictions, Close Encounters, Spy House Investigation |
39215 | 1-15-1993 | Voodoo, Russian Psychics, Black Hole Update. |
39216 | 2-5-1993 | Ghost Writer |
39217 | 2-12-1993 | Searching The Skies, Ouija, Phobos II Update |
39218 | 2-19-1993 | Cults, Super Humans, Mind Control, Ghost Writer Update |
39219 | 2-26-1993 | Scranton UFO Mystery, Ghost Molester, Fire In The Sky. |
39220 | 3-12-1993 | Mass Abductions, Seizure Alert Dogs, Prophecies. |
39221 | 4-9-1993 | Countdown To Doomsday, Russian Top Gun, Ghost Molester Update. |
39223 | 4-30-1993 | Psychic Detectives Special: Psychic detectives assist police in Key West FL and Milwaukee WI. |
39222 | 5-7-1993 | UFO Cover-Up, Missing Link, Wisconsin UFOs. |
39224 | 5-14-1993 | Ghost Special: Manressa Castle, Viewer Phone Calls, Anatomy Of A Haunting. |
39225 | 5-21-1993 | U.F.O. Special: U.F.O. Hot Spots, Hoaxing, Cattle Mutilations, Space Growth. |
Season Three - 1994/95 - SYNDICATED (60 minutes)
Production # | Air Date | Story Titles |
3001 | 9-11-1994 | Heartland Ghost, Gulf Breeze Encounters, A Sculptor's Gift, Black Holes |
3002 | 9-18-1994 | Heartland Ghost Update, Shared Memory Abduction, Watching The Skies, Schoolroom Angel, Colorado Cattle Mutilations, Ancient Creatures. |
3003 | 9-25-1994 | Patterns Of Denial, Pet Interpreter, Ice Circles, A Vision Of Murder, True Believers, Mars Mission Cover-Up. |
3004 | 10-2-1994 | Sasquatch, A Gift From The Light, Intuition, Abduction: Horror Or Hype, Future Life Progression, Crop Circle Mystery. |
3005 | 10-9-1994 | Tunguska, Embracing The Light, Human Candles, Crop Circles, Whaley House, Haunted High. |
3006 | 10-16-1994 | Psychic Eye, Prediction Update, Dragon Project, Making Of A Hoax, Power Of Prayer, S.E.T.I. Resurrected. |
3007 | 10-23-1994 | Ghost Of Berry Pomeroy Castle, It Came From Outer Space, Ghost Hunt, Santeria, Moon Madness, Water Witches. |
3008 | 10-30-1994 | U.F.O. Confrontation: Iran, Death In The Desert, Heartland Ghost Investigation, Gift Of Life, Heartland Ghost Investigation. |
3009 | 11-6-1994 | Heartland Ghost Investigation, Nessie, Height 611, To Swim With Dolphins. |
3010 | 11-13-1994 | U.F.O. Confrontation: Mansfield, Bodega Bay Ghost, Prophecy Of Hope, Dream Murder, Power To Heal, Encounters In Space. |
3011 | 11-20-1994 | Apocalypse Now, A Mother's Love, Montreal Mass Sighting, Baby Jane Doe, Ishii. |
3012 | 11-27-1994 | Ghost Of Brookdale Lodge, Gulf Breeze Update, Spontaneous Recall, Murder On Route 2, Message From Stephen, Sci-Fi Prophets. |
3013 | 12-4-1994 | Avebury Mystery Lights, Alien Evolution, A Sculptor's Gift, Miner's Revenge, A Child's Premonition, The Big WOW |
3014 | 1-15-1995 | Disinformation, Russian Psychics, Crop Circle Update, Trail Of Death, Guided Imagery, Quake Sense |
3015 | 1-22-1995 | Time Warp, Healing Mind, New Mexico U.F.O. Mystery, Murder In Nags Head, Seventh Sense, Cattle Mutilation Update |
3016 | 1-29-1995 | Heartland Aftermath, Curses, Sprites And Blue Jets, Gaia's Revenge, Outback Abduction, Heartland Online |
3017 | 2-5-1995 | U.F.O.'s Over F.D.R., Heartland Aftermath, Multiple Mystery, Never Forget, Hyperspace, Dream Murder Update |
3018 | 2-12-1995 | UFO Confrontation: Kentucky, SHC Update, The Final Gift, Psychic Evidence, Restless Spirits |
3019 | 2-19-1995 | Mexico Mass Sightings, Twinless Twins, Conspiracy Of Silence, Cloning, Animal Communication |
3020 | 2-26-1995 | Idaho U.F.O. Flap, Coma Healer, Perfect Harmony, Search For Danny, Haunted Knickerbocker, Mexico Mass Sightings Update |
3021 | 4-16-1995 | Top Secret Projects, Roswell Revisited, K-911, A Call For Help, Lady In White, Taos Hum |
3022 | 4-23-1995 | Allagash Abduction, Future Shock, Baleroy Ghost, Touched By Angels, U.F.O. Home Videos |
3023 | 4-30-1995 | My Past Life, Heartland Ghost, Clear Intent, Snake Church, Transformed By The Light |
3024 | 5-7-1995 | U.F.O. Contact: The Holyland, Saved By Angels, Bigfoot Update, Ghosts Of Gettysburg, Gaia's Revenge, U.F.O. Protocols |
3025 | 5-14-1995 | What's Inside Hangar 18, Monticello Murder, Waiting Room For The Soul, Michigan Abduction, Luck, Spark Of Life In Space |
3026 | 5-21-1995 | Saucers Are Real, Psychic Trauma, Walk Ins, Obeah, Mexico Update, Heal Thyself |
Season Four - 1995/96 - SYNDICATED (60 minutes)
Production # | Air Date | Story Titles |
4027 | 9-10-1995 | Intruder On The Range, What Happened To Debbie?, IN THE NEWS, The Roswell Autopsy, A Spirit Of Love, Update - Bigfoot In Ohio |
4028 | 9-17-1995 | Psychic Cop, Ica Mystery Stones, IN THE NEWS, The Shag Harbour Incident, Haunted Queen Mary, Sightings Online |
4029 | 9-24-1995 | Poor Souls, U.F.O. Encounter: Shikmona, IN THE NEWS, The Burning Within, U.F.O. Initiative |
4030 | 10-1-1995 | Black Forest Haunting, The Mars Complex, IN THE NEWS, Restless Warrior, Update - U.F.O. Confrontation (Iran) |
4031 | 10-8-1995 | Generational Abduction, Blind Sight, IN THE NEWS, Amazing Grace, Haunted Catacombs, Update - Saucers Are Real |
4032 | 10-15-1995 | Silent Intruder, Psychic Constable, IN THE NEWS, Dream Vision, Stalked By Spirits, Update - Nellis A.F.B. |
4033 | 10-22-1995 | Spirit Of Oregon, Tesla's Death Ray, IN THE NEWS, Consumed By Vampires, Anatomy Of An Autopsy, Update - Nessie Lives |
4034 | 10-29-1995 | U.F.O. Encounter At 30,000 Feet, One Missing Link, IN THE NEWS, Miracle On I-74, A Vision Through Time, Update - Crop Circles |
4035 | 11-5-1995 | Contact In Colorado, Boomtown Ghost, IN THE NEWS, Miracle At Betania, Update - Prophecy |
4036 | 11-12-1995 | Shag Harbour Investigation, Angel Of Fire, IN THE NEWS, The Curse Of H-3, Spiritual Warfare, Update - Sightings On Line (Roswell Film) |
4037 | 11-19-1995 | Return To Black Forest, Coming From The Light, IN THE NEWS, Shag Harbour Investigation, Update - Gaia |
4038 | 1-14-1996 | Attack On Washington, Spiritual Exorcist, IN THE NEWS, Wandering Souls, Whitley Strieber's Breakthrough, Update: Visions Of Mary. |
4039 | 1-21-1996 | Contact At Socorro, Shaman Healer, IN THE NEWS, Reclaiming The Farm, Close Encounters Of The Fourth Kind, Update - Gaia's Revenge |
4040 | 1-28-1996 | Without A Trace, IN THE NEWS, Vision Quest, The Doomsday Machine, Update - U.F.O. Investigation |
4041 | 2-4-1996 | Abducted, IN THE NEWS, South Bend Mystery, Renovation Haunting, Update - Star Is Born |
4042 | 2-11-1996 | Echoes From The Battlefield, Psychic Espionage, IN THE NEWS, Crash Of '62, Candomble, Update - Black Forest |
4043 | 2-18-1996 | A Search For The Truth, Murder On The Interstate, IN THE NEWS, Voices From Beyond, The Sci-Fi Prophet, Update - Contact In Israel |
4044 | 3-10-1996 | Murder For Hire, Healing The Causes Of Violence, IN THE NEWS, Boomtown Revisited, Ancient Visitors, Update - Martian Canals |
4045 | 3-17-1996 | Trapped In Time, Miracle Child, IN THE NEWS, Messengers Of Destiny, Sacred Sites, Update - Bigfoot |
4046 | 4-14-1996 | Edwards Encounter, My Two Lives, IN THE NEWS, Paranormal Politics, Spirit Message, Update - Face On Mars |
4047 | 4-21-1996 | Messages From Beyond, Cluster U.F.O., IN THE NEWS, Psychic Warrior, Update - N.D.E. |
4048 | 4-28-1996 | Her Name Was Cathy, The New Area 51, IN THE NEWS, The Great Gadsden, Master Healer, Update - Lost Civilizations |
4049 * | 5-5-1996 Syndication or 10-25-1996 Sci-Fi | Gallows Ghost, Re-Wiring The Brain, IN THE NEWS, Incident At Exeter, Healing Wisdom, Update - U.F.O.'s: Japan, Sightings Online |
4050 * | 5-12-1996 Syndication or 11-1-1996 Sci-Fi | Ruwa Re-Examined, Healing Hands, IN THE NEWS, Fire From Heaven, Simulated O.B.E., Update: Ghost Investigation |
* NOTE: There is some reason to suspect that episodes 4049 & 4050, despite their 4th season production numbers, may not have aired in syndication but rather have had their initial airing on The Sci-Fi Channel as part of the 5th season of Sightings (the 5th season was exclusive to The Sci-Fi Channel). For this reason, we've provided two airdates for each episode.
Season Five - 1996/97 - SCI-FI CHANNEL (60 minutes)
* NOTE: Episodes 4051 & 4052 (formerly 5051 & 5052), despite their 4th season production numbers, actually seem to have had their initial airing on The Sci-Fi Channel as part of the 5th season of Sightings (the 5th season was exclusive to The Sci-Fi Channel).
Production # | Air Date | Story Titles |
4051 * | 9-19-1996 | Hunt House Haunting, Solar Obliteration, IN THE NEWS, The Message, Love Ties, Update - Altered States |
4052 * | 9-26-1996 | Deliberate Deception, A Psychic's Vision, IN THE NEWS, (title unknown), Highway 666, Update - Silent Intruder |
5053 | 10-4-1996 | Purging The Spirits, IN THE NEWS, My Brother's Keeper, The Brazilian E.T. Case, Millennium Watch: A Millennium Primer |
5054 | 10-11-1996 | The Iron Woman, The Way Of The Explorer, IN THE NEWS, A Time To Remember, Update - Crop Circles |
5055 | 10-18-1996 | Mantell Re-examined, Hands Of Remembrance, IN THE NEWS, Olivas Haunting, Omen In The Sky, Update - Life On Mars |
5056 | 11-8-1996 | Silent Vulcans, The Conversion Of Nick Pope, IN THE NEWS, The Haunted Jerome Grand, Reprogramming The Brain, Update - Curse Of H-3 |
5057 | 12-6-1996 | Autopsy: Exposing A Fake, Red Lion Haunting, IN THE NEWS, Shadow Of Evil, Threat From Space, Update - Missing Soul Boy |
5058 | 1-22-1997 | The Watchers, Life Before Life, IN THE NEWS, Ghosts Of Chillingham Castle, Lab Of Consciousness, Millennium Watch - Mayan Prophecy |
5059 100th Episode! | 2-5-1997 | The Majestic 12 Documents, Sao Paolo Haunting, IN THE NEWS, Vanished, The Secret Of The Sphinx, Update - Cattle Mutilation |
5060 | 2-26-1997 | House Of Plenty, IN THE NEWS, 1947, Healing Harps, Update - U.F.O.'s: The Holy Land |
5061 | 3-5-1997 | U.F.O. Encounter: Argentina, Cancer Alert Dogs, IN THE NEWS, House Of Plenty, Update - U.F.O.'s |
5062 | 3-12-1997 | The Heartland Ghost, Echo Missile Encounter, IN THE NEWS, Crop Circle Video Mystery, Healing With Music, Millennium Watch - Quatrain 72 |
5063 | 4-9-1997 | Restless Spirits, IN THE NEWS, Foo Fighters, Unexpected Visitors, Millennium Watch - The Spiritual Quest |
5064 | 5-21-1997 | Case Closed, Angel Of Death, IN THE NEWS, Restless Spirits, The Call Of Sasquatch, Update - Hubble Discoveries |
5065 | 6-4-1997 | Encounter Over England, The Way Of The Explorer, IN THE NEWS, School Spirits, Monster Of The Andes, Mars: The Next Step |
5066 | 6-18-1997 | Ohio's Area 51, Anyone Can See The Light, IN THE NEWS, Chicago's Most Haunted, Mysteries From Above, Update - Lunar Discoveries |
5067 | 7-17-1997 | The Oak Ridge Mystery, Sacred Healing, IN THE NEWS, Exposing Project Blue Book, The Soul Catcher, Update - Angels |
5068 | 8-21-1997 | Black Swan Haunting, IN THE NEWS, Klinger Encounter, Spirits In The Garden, Update - U.F.O.'s In Korea |
5069 | 9-4-1997 | To Catch A Killer, Unearthing Atlantis, IN THE NEWS, White Lady Of Avenel, Mysterious Ley Lines, Millennium Watch: Divining The Future |
5070 | 9-11-1997 | Incident At Cherry Creek, Power Of Chi, IN THE NEWS, Spirit Photography, Profilers, Update: Omen In The Sky |
SIGHTINGS SPECIAL (30 minutes)
Production # | Air Date | Title(s) |
ISAB | 9-20-1996 | Inside Sightings And Beyond: A behind-the-scenes look at Sightings with Tim White, Carla Wohl, Henry Winkler, Ann Daniel and more. |
SIGHTINGS: IN DEPTH AND BEYOND 2 hour specials (some information incomplete)
Production # | Air Date | Title(s) |
IDAB1 | 1-17-1998 | In Depth And Beyond: The 100 Year Cover-Up: U.F.O.'s: Is Seeing Believing, The Saucers Arrive, Roswell, The UFO Cold War, The Sightings Increase, Authorities Who Believe, Now The World Knows, The Evidence Is Mounting. |
IDAB2 | 3-14-1998 | In Depth And Beyond: Secrets Of Alien Abduction: Case studies show similarities between claims of alien abduction. |
IDAB3 | 6-13-1998 | In Depth And Beyond: Bioperfection: Building The New Human Race: Stephen Hawking, cryonics volunteers and people with prostheses predict changes to the quality and span of peoples' lives. |
IDAB4 | 10-25-1998 | In Depth And Beyond: The Living Dead: Speaking From The Grave: Beyond Death, Watch The Kid, White Bird, A Child's Past Life, The Heartland Haunting. |
IDAB5 | 12-23-1998 | In Depth And Beyond: Fire In The Brain: Unleashing The Power Of The Mind: Law-enforcement and government agencies begin to validate clairvoyance, premonition and precognition. |
Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | Network | |
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Fox specials | 3 | October 17, 1991 | April 24, 1992 | Fox | |
1 | 11 | April 17, 1992 | August 21, 1992 | ||
2 | 24 | September 18, 1992 | May 21, 1993 | ||
3 | 26 | September 11, 1994 | May 21, 1995 | Syndication | |
4 | 24 | September 10, 1995 | May 12, 1996 | ||
5 | 20 | September 19, 1996 | September 11, 1997 | Sci-Fi Channel | |
Specials | 6 | September 20, 1996 | December 23, 1998 | ||
Sightings: Heartland Ghost | October 27, 2002 | Showtime |
There have been three home video releases of the Sightings television show: Sightings: The UFO Report, Sightings: The Ghost Report, and Sightings: The Psychic Experience. The videos were repackaged segments from season one and two of the television show. All three videos were originally released in 1996 on VHS tapes.
In 2002, one of the stories featured on Sightings became the subject of a television movie on the Showtime network, called Sightings: Heartland Ghost. The movie tells the story of a Sightings crew sent to investigate a poltergeist haunting, eventually becoming victimized by the ghost themselves. The movie was later released on DVD. [3]
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