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ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSSutton Hoo: Ship Burial, Treasure Law, and the 1939 DigIn 1939 a jury ruled Sutton Hoo a funeral, not treasure trove. Pretty owned it and gave it away.
HISTORICAL EVENTSNewgrange and the Winter Solstice Roof-BoxNewgrange’s roof-box channels winter-solstice light—documented heritage engineering, not alien authorship.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSThe Murder of Princess DianaMohamed Al Fayed called Diana's death murder; French judges, Operation Paget and the 2008 inquest found otherwise.
SURVEILLANCENSA Trailblazer and ThinThreadTrailblazer was carried as the future; oversight later called it a failure; ThinThread privacy was not built.
FINANCE & BANKINGMichael Milken / Drexel Burnham Junk-Bond ScandalDrexel pleaded; Milken pleaded to six felonies. Contested clearance keeps court verbs—and blocks afterlife sermons.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSNefertiti Bust: Berlin Custody vs Egyptian ClaimsBerlin has held Nefertiti since a 1913 split Egypt says denied it the bust. The claim is open.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSStonehenge Bluestone Quarries in the Preseli HillsParker Pearson's team traced Stonehenge bluestones to Preseli quarries at Carn Goedog and Craig Rhos-y-felin.
DEATHS AND DISAPPEARANCESDisappearance of Harold HoltHarold Holt vanished in the surf in 1967; a coroner found he drowned, and spy, submarine, and suicide claims persist.
HISTORICAL EVENTSThe Vela Incident (22 September 1979)Vela 6911 saw a double flash. Ruina said probably not. CIA paper said 90% plus. Verdict stays contested.
The Lost City of Troy and the Epic of HomerSchliemann named the mound Troy. Which layer is Homer's city, Troy II or a later one, stays unsettled.
ESPIONAGEThe Walker Spy Ring and the Navy Crypto CollapseWalker’s ring sold Navy crypto keying to Moscow for years. Pelton sold Ivy Bells—sibling wound, not the same sale.
SCIENCE & SPACEProject Pluto / SLAM: The Nuclear Ramjet That Never FlewPluto's nuclear ramjet was ground-tested, not flown. Irradiation stayed a cancellation concern, not settled policy.
Project HorizonProject Horizon is a 1959 Army study for a lunar outpost; later records do not show that a base was built.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSSevso Treasure: Provenance Fights Without a Proven FindspotSevso Treasure: provenance litigation without a proven findspot—documented claims, not dealer folklore.
HEALTH & MEDICINEUnit 731Unit 731 ran lethal human experiments for Imperial Japan's biowar lab. Postwar deals muted the reckoning.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSWatson Brake: Middle Archaic Mounds Before Poverty PointSaunders Science Middle Archaic mounds before Poverty Point—documented Indigenous labor, not civilization-rank folklore.
ESPIONAGEThe Rockefeller Commission (1975)Ford’s June 1975 Rockefeller Commission put CIA domestic excesses on paper before Church finished.
SURVEILLANCECambridge AnalyticaCambridge Analytica scraped Facebook quiz data and sold psychographic targeting into election campaigns.
FINANCE & BANKINGLIBOR RiggingLIBOR was published as an honest average. Traders bent the quotes. Barclays settled and was not convicted.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSTutankhamun’s Tomb: Carter, Carnarvon, and the Griffith ArchiveTutankhamun’s tomb through Carter, Carnarvon, and Griffith records—documented archive, not curse lore.