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| | NOVA Online | Vanished! | Solve the Mystery of STENDEC |
 | | As the NOVA program "Vanished!" makes clear, modern science has answered most of the questions surrounding the 1947 crash of the civilian aircraft Stardust in the Andes east of Santiago, Chile. |
 | | Yet one mystery remains: STENDEC, the final enigmatic Morse-code message sent by Stardust's radio operator just before the plane went down. |
 | | Below we offer a summary of STENDEC theories, a primer on Morse code, the official 1947 accident report, and the theories of readers who responded in the week following the initial broadcast on January 30, 2001. |
| www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/vanished/stendec.html (144 words) |
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