Two Spheres Through a Pyramid

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Problem

A regular quadrilateral pyramid O-ABCDO\text{-}ABCD has base edge length 6\sqrt 6 and height 33. The sphere centered at OO with radius 2\sqrt 2 intersects the sphere O1O_1 passing through A,B,C,DA,B,C,D, and the circle of intersection has area π\pi. Find all possible values of the radius of the sphere O1O_1.

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