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Wonderlands.(Western Wanderings)(Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame)
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August 1, 2004|
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The USS Enterprise is close to crunching the flying saucer from The Day the Earth Stood Still, which brushes near Star Wars' Millennium Falcon.
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