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GOVERNMENT & POLITICSThe Gulf of Tonkin IncidentHow much of the August 1964 Tonkin clash was fog, fear, or a story built to widen the war?// exhibit added
HEALTH & MEDICINEGuatemala Syphilis ExperimentsFrom 1946 to 1948, U.S. researchers deliberately infected Guatemalans with STDs. A commission later said so.// exhibit added
The Tuskegee Syphilis ExperimentFor forty years the Tuskegee Study watched Black men with syphilis and withheld treatment. The apology came late.// exhibit added
ESPIONAGEOperation Midnight ClimaxMidnight Climax ran CIA safehouses where sex workers dosed johns so agents could watch through mirrors.// exhibit added
ESPIONAGEProject ARTICHOKEBefore MKUltra, ARTICHOKE chased hypnosis and drugs that might make a prisoner talk on command.// exhibit added
SURVEILLANCENSA Trailblazer and ThinThreadNSA poured money into Trailblazer while ThinThread offered cheaper analysis with stronger privacy filters.// exhibit added
SURVEILLANCEHTLINGUALHTLINGUAL was the CIA mail-opening program that photographed Americans' letters for years.// exhibit added
SURVEILLANCEOperation SHAMROCK: The Telegram Dragnet (1945–1975)From 1945 to 1975, NSA copied most international telegrams via RCA, ITT, and Western Union.// exhibit added
ESPIONAGEProject MINARET: The NSA Watch-List ProgramChurch Committee and declassified NSA histories document MINARET—a 1967–1973 watch-list SIGINT program..// exhibit added
ESPIONAGEVENONAVENONA decrypted 1940s Soviet intel cables and quietly confirmed spy names the public only learned later.// exhibit added
HISTORICAL EVENTSThe Phoenix ProgramPhoenix hunted Viet Cong infrastructure with interrogation and assassination tallies that still stain the war files.// exhibit added
ESPIONAGEThe Family Jewels: CIA's 1973 Self-Inventory of IllegalitiesIn 1973 Schlesinger ordered CIA's Family Jewels list of potentially illegal ops. The inventory still shocks.// exhibit added
Operation PaperclipAfter World War II, Paperclip quietly imported Nazi rocket scientists into American labs and uniforms.// exhibit added
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSBenin Bronzes Repatriation: 1897 Loot to 2022 Transfer AgreementsThe 1897 Punitive Expedition emptied Benin City. Germany's 2022 pledge covered about 1,130 bronzes.// exhibit added
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSRosetta Stone: Decipherment Engine and Repatriation DebateFound near Rosetta in 1799, the trilingual stone still fuels both decipherment glory and Egypt's claim.// exhibit added
SCIENCE & SPACERoswell Crash and Cover-UpWas July 1947 debris near Roswell a craft, or Project Mogul's cover story that never quite stuck?// exhibit added
SCIENCE & SPACEThe Hutchinson EffectJohn Hutchinson's high-voltage demos are what adherents cite as anti-gravity; critics call them arcing artifacts.// exhibit added
RELIGIONBible Code; Torah CodeTorah-code claims say skip sequences in Hebrew scripture already spell out modern wars and names.// exhibit added
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSThe Euphronios Krater and the Met–Italy Repatriation AccordIn 1972 the Met paid about $1 million for the Euphronios krater. Italy later tied it to Cerveteri looting.// exhibit added
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSBehistun Inscription: Darius, Rawlinson, and Cuneiform’s RosettaBehistun: Darius, Rawlinson, and trilingual cuneiform—UNESCO-documented, not Atlantis.// exhibit added
PARANORMAL & UNEXPLAINEDThe 1882 Flying Serpent of the Southern PacificIn March 1882 papers claimed a 30-foot flying serpent attacked a Southern Pacific train near Yuma.// exhibit added
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSMachu Picchu Artifacts: Yale, Bingham, and the Peru ReturnBingham's Yale teams hauled Machu Picchu artifacts north. Peru spent decades forcing their return.// exhibit added
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSThe Biden Replacement TheoryWhy do adherent clips claim President Biden's public appearances are animatronic doubles?// exhibit added
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSThe Protocols of the Learned Elders of ZionThe Protocols of the Elders of Zion still circulates as a forged blueprint for Jewish world control.// exhibit added
The Hobbits of Flores IslandFlores folklore about tiny hairy people suddenly had bones when Homo floresiensis entered the fossil record.// exhibit added