Six U.S. soldiers who were arrested in Florida for leaving their military intelligence post in West Germany and who told friends they were going to rendezvous with UFOs were discharged from the Army Friday.

"They have been released from their military obligation and they are civilians again," an Army spokesman, Maj. Joseph Allred said.The six soldiers - five men and a woman - deserted their post at the 701st Military Intelligence Brigade in Augsburg, West Germany, on July 9 and were arrested in Gulf Breeze, Fla., near Pensacola, four days later.

The six, all cryptographers trained to break enemy codes, were automatically charged with desertion because of their high security clearances and were jailed at Fort Knox, Ky.

An Army counterintelligence investigation did not turn up any evidence that the soldiers were involved in espionage.

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U.S. officials blamed Libya for the attack.

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