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Facial Recognition | UAP | Rafa

TV Flash files “Facial Recognition | UAP | Rafa” as hour 607 of 767 in the TV Flash guide — 60 Minutes (1968–present) on CBS, season 53, episode 32, aired 2021-05-16, 60 min.

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This leaf is S53E32: listed hour 607 of 767 in the 60 Minutes guide, hour 32 of 36 in season 53. It aired 2021-05-16 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Ingenuity and Perseverance | The Ritchie Boys” (S53E31). Next is “Transgender Healthcare | Geldingadalir | Exhume the Truth” (S53E33). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

60 Minutes — Facial Recognition | UAP | Rafa (S53E32)

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Facial Recognition: Anderson Cooper reports on a man suing for wrongful arrest after police used facial recognition technology to help identify him. More police departments across the U.S. are using the technology, but there aren't well-established national guidelines on using it.  UAP: Former Navy pilot says flight crews observed UFOs off Atlantic Coast "every day for at least a couple years." Next month, a government report is expected to be made public on sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena, better known as UFOs. Bill Whitaker reports on the sightings. Rafa: Rafael Nadal discusses his island home, his rivalry with Roger Federer, and his family. The tennis superstar offers 60 Minutes a glimpse into his life. Jon Wertheim reports.

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Where does Facial Recognition | UAP | Rafa sit in the 60 Minutes guide?

S53E32 is listed hour 607 of 767 — hour 32 of 36 in season 53, season 53 episode 32.

When did 60 Minutes S53E32 air?

Facial Recognition | UAP | Rafa aired 2021-05-16 and is listed at 60 minutes.

Is 1980s 60 Minutes different from today's?

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Filed by Vivian Cross · The Carpet Report · Show package

The template of TV newsmagazine power — for the craft of the package and the history of broadcast investigation. Hewitt's stopwatch, Wallace's ambush, Safer and Bradley and Rooney's endnotes: Sunday night investigative theater that outrated sitcoms. Appointment news before the infinite scroll. Tick, tick, tick.

Tick, tick, tick — not a theme song, a weapon. CBS's 60 Minutes, Don Hewitt's stopwatch since 1968, was an 1980s Nielsen bully that outrated sitcoms on Sunday night: investigative pieces, profiles, commentator segments, correspondent star power. Mike Wallace, Morley Safer, Harry Reasoner, Ed Bradley, Diane Sawyer, Andy Rooney's endnotes. **Ambush interviews and gotcha lore made Wallace a fearsome brand.** The museum guard wants the package as civic virtue. The flash is the ambush. Appointment news before the…

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