Iran Air Flight 655 was a routine commercial flight with civilian passengers. BUT it encountered a fateful turn when it became a victim of devastating military action by the U.S.

Sources
Tina's Story
Aviation Files
Iran Air Flight 655 – 3 July 1988

Business Insider
Inside the US Navy's mistaken shooting of Iran Air Flight 655 in 1988, which killed 290 people--by James Pasley

Chicago Tribune
Iranian airline crash serves as grim reminder of time U.S. Navy shot down civilian jet in 1988, killing 290--by Jon Gambrell

CNN
In 1988, a US Navy warship shot down an Iranian passenger plane in the heat of battle--by Brad Lendon

History on the Net
Operation Praying Mantis: US Retribution Against Iran

Iran Chamber Society
Shooting Down Iran Air Flight 655--by Shapour Ghasemi

Naval History and Heritage Command
Operation Praying Mantis

Newsweek
The U.S. Killed 300 Iranian Citizens. Americans Don't Remember This—But Iranians Do--by Tom O'Connor

Simple Flying
34 Years Ago Today: The Shootdown Of Iran Air Flight 655--by Jake Hardiman

Wikipedia
Operation Praying Mantis

Photos
USS Vincennes--by Ronald W. Erdrich, USN Public Domain via Wikipedia
Shootdown Path--by Dual Freq CC-BY-SA 3.0 via Wikipedia
Captain Will Rogers III--by Ronald W. Erdrich, USN Public Domain via Wikipedia

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Hillary’s Story
The Office of Alien Property Custodian began with the purpose of holding property belonging to enemies of the United States. BUT things go too far when bribes are exchanged for patents and other goods.

Tina’s Story
Melissa Lucio lost her daughter in 2007 after a tragic accident. BUT despite no evidence to the contrary, the State of Texas sentenced her to death for a murder that never happened.

Sources
Hillary's Story
Cornell Law School
50 U.S. Code § 4306 - Alien Property Custodian; general powers and duties

Duke Law School
THE WORK OF THE ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN--by PAUL V. MYRON

National Archives
Civilian Agency Records RG 131
Records of the office of Alien Property

Smithsonian Magazine
The U.S. Confiscated Half a Billion Dollars in Private Property During WWI--by Daniel Gross

University of Hawaii
Government Documents - Independent Agencies, Boards, and Commissions: Alien Property Custodian

University of Virginia
"Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Office of Alien Property Custodian:" Draft, 1943

Wikipedia
Office of Alien Property Custodian

Photos
President Wilson and Mitchell Palmer--Bain News Service, Public Domain
Outside the sale of the A.W. Faber Pencil Co. Plant--via National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain
Letter to the MET Museum of Art regarding Sale of Antiques--via The MET Museum

Tina's Story
The Action Network
Melissa Lucio: Innocent Woman on Death Row in Texas

Death Penalty Information Center
Federal Appeals Court Overturns Mother’s Conviction in Texas Child Murder Case That May Have Been an Accidental Death
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Federal Appeals Court Ruling Overturning Grant of a New Trial for Texas Woman on Death Row for What May Have Been the Accidental Death of Her Child

Free Melissa Lucio
Free Melissa Lucio

Independent via Yahoo News
Juror who sentenced Melissa Lucio to death for daughter’s murder calls for retrial: ‘I was wrong’--by Justin Vallejo

Innocence Project
Melissa Lucio: 9 Facts You Should Know About This Innocent Woman Facing Execution

The Intercept
Rush to Judgment--by Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith

Jezebel
Kim Kardashian Urges Clemency for Melissa Lucio, Woman on Death Row in Texas--by Kylie Cheung

Justia
MELISSA ELIZABETH LUCIO v. THE STATE OF TEXAS (concurring)

KRGV
'She's innocent': Family asking Valley officials to watch documentary, halt execution of Melissa Lucio--by Stefany Rosales

Ms.
Texas Set to Execute Melissa Lucio Despite Credible Claims of Innocence--by MICHELLE ONELLO

NPR
Lawyers hope new evidence can stop Texas woman Melissa Lucio's execution--by The Associated Press

Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Death Row Information: Lucio, Melissa Elizabeth

US Courts
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 16-70027

The Washington Post
Her execution date looming, a mother maintains innocence in 2-year-old daughter’s death--By Marisa Lati

Wikipedia
Melissa Lucio
The State of Texas vs. Melissa

Photos
Melissa Lucio Mug Shot--from Texas Department of Criminal Justice via Yahoo News

Melissa Lucio Prior to Her Conviction--screenshot of family photo via The Innocence Project
Kim Kardassian Tweet Regarding Lucio's Case--screenshot via ABC News

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Zachary Durand is a south Florida native, an aide to the mayor of Fort Lauderdale, a volunteer for local democratic organizations, and an amateur astronomer.
His interest in the phenomenon has been lifelong but was significantly elevated in 2017 when the New York Times broke the story of the Pentagon's secret UFO program. He has spoken at a variety of institutions, including NYU and Pace University, and strives to lead by example as a face for a younger generation of public servants.

David Fry practices law as an Assistant Public Defender and is a former history teacher with absolutely zero formal training in engineering or physics. That said, much of his legal practice exists among more the nebulous concepts of perspective, bias, and intent -- those pesky human attributes that all so often creep into "knowledge" and obscure what would otherwise be universally observable as "truth." His passions have always been directed toward the unknown, wherever it may exist in time or space, with a particular focus as to how humans develop knowledge about ourselves and the universe in which we exist. In defending his clients, David has learned to question the basis of what experts or lay individuals call fact by probing to question their basis of knowledge and processes for ascertaining a conclusion.

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