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Live log of amendments, new files, and evidence entering the archive
AVIATIONConstant Peg: Secret MiGs at TonopahRed Eagles flew real MiGs at Tonopah 1977–1988—USAF declass renamed the desert folklore vacuum.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSThe Euphronios Krater and the Met–Italy Repatriation AccordThe Met bought the Euphronios krater while a fresh-tomb origin was denied. Italy took it back.
ESPIONAGEOperation Ivy BellsNavy/NSA tapped Okhotsk for years until Pelton sold it—Walker is the crypto sibling, not the tap salesman.
AVIATIONLockheed A-12 Oxcart and BLACK SHIELDCIA's A-12 flew BLACK SHIELD from Kadena—29 missions—then yielded to the SR-71 path. Histories are declassified.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRYTexaco/Chevron Lago Agrio Ecuador LitigationLago Agrio's U.S. file is Aguinda forum transfer, then fraud findings blocking enforcement.
ESPIONAGEEpstein Intelligence-Tie Narratives Adherents CiteJournalism says Acosta heard “intelligence.” DOJ paper charges trafficking and finds poor judgment
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSBosnian Pyramid ClaimsVisoko pyramid park vs Schoch/Science geology + EAA. Contested—not European pyramid-as-fact.
FINANCE & BANKINGToshiba Accounting Scandal (2015)Toshiba restated years of filings after an independent probe. SESC/FSA penalty followed—execs stay in regulator verbs.
The Poisoned Alcohol of ProhibitionDuring Prohibition, federal chemists poisoned industrial alcohol knowing bootleggers would still drink it.
ESPIONAGEPan Am Flight 103 / Lockerbie Evidence ControversiesLockerbie's dead are settled fact. Megrahi's conviction survived appeals and SCCRC referral. The exhibits still argue.
FINANCE & BANKINGThe 2008 Credit Ratings FailureSEC exams, FCIC, and Senate PSI treat issuer-pays AAA as an essential cog—not mere model error.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSGiant of KandaharA giant body was claimed near Kandahar, and the accounts do not establish that body.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSDEFUSE, EcoHealth, and the Rejected DARPA ProposalDARPA rejected EcoHealth’s DEFUSE proposal. Rejection is not proof anyone built COVID.
SECRET SPACE PROGRAMProject CORONA: America's First Spy SatellitesCORONA photographed the earth in secret while the public was told the flights were Discoverer research.
HISTORICAL EVENTSAgent OrangeOrange-striped drums marked the herbicide mix whose dioxin still drives Vietnam and VA health fights.
ESPIONAGEAldrich AmesAmes's plea and DoJ OIG summary document nine years of espionage and CIA–FBI coordination failure.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSPodesta Emails and the Pizza-Code ReadingThe chairman's emails were posted, and readers treated cheese pizza in them as a code.
ESPIONAGEThe Mitrokhin ArchiveMitrokhin's notes sit at Cambridge: open typescripts, closed notebooks, ISC process paper.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSThe Gulf of Tonkin IncidentHow much of the August 1964 Tonkin clash was fog, fear, or a story built to widen the war?
HISTORICAL EVENTSPentagon Flight 77: Path, Facade Damage, and Debris ClaimsNTSB and ASCE map Flight 77 into the Pentagon. Façade and debris claim-sets stay filed too.