Group Psychosis: When Ruse Was Waiting for Aliens

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In the history of modern Bulgaria, there are events that remain in the annals both for their curious nature and as a vivid example of the phenomenon of group psychosis. Today, in the era of fake news and social networks, the memory of September 11, 1995 sounds more relevant than ever. Then, nearly 3,000 people gathered at the abandoned Shtruklevo airport near Ruse, convinced that they would make the first contact with extraterrestrial intelligen…