United Association Press was a 20th century news organization on the planet Earth.
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On 17 September 1996, United Association Press released a news article out of China titled "Mystery Commandoes [sic] Steal Advanced Space Ship" following the theft of a DY-100 spaceship from the Jiuquan Satellite Base in the Gobi Desert. Journalist Sarah Jane Smith interviewed several people, including Victor Bergman from Anderson Space Command. (ST reference: Federation: The First 150 Years)
- Jiuquan Satellite Launch CenterWP is a real-world facility. References to the writer and interviewee were homages. Sarah Jane Smith is a character from the Doctor Who franchise. Victor Bergman is from Space: 1999WP, a series produced by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson.