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HEALTH & MEDICINECamp Lejeune Water ContaminationCamp Lejeune’s wells carried VOCs for decades. ATSDR, VA, and CLJA are the paper trail—not folklore.
HISTORICAL EVENTSGiants of the Ancient WorldNephilim, seven-foot mound skeletons, a Smithsonian cover-up: the giant claim meets the excavation records.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSPompeii Excavation History: Bourbon Treasure Hunting to Fiorelli’s MethodBourbon digs at Pompeii stripped rooms for objects. Fiorelli kept the plan, journals, and casts.
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.
ALT HISTORYNok Culture Terracottas: Goethe University Chronology ResetGoethe/DFG Nok work resets terracotta chronology with archaeobotany—not colonial mystery-clay myths.
DEATHS AND DISAPPEARANCESPaul is DeadA 1969 rumor said Paul McCartney had died and been replaced; press doors print the claim and print denials.
SCIENCE & SPACEThe Wow! Signal~72s Big Ear burst (15 Aug 1977): beacon reading vs natural hydrogen noise—dual-refuse; no sneer.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSAbydos “Helicopter” Hieroglyphs: Palimpsest, Not AircraftAbydos Seti I panel: plaster loss → helicopter lookalike. Epigraphy says palimpsest—not paleocontact fact.
ALT HISTORYChavín de Huántar and the Lanzón GalleryUNESCO Chavín + Stanford acoustics put the Lanzón gallery on pilgrimage paperwork—not serpent-contact lore.
ESPIONAGEThe PROMIS Software AffairHouse Judiciary condemned PROMIS misappropriation; DOJ’s Bua review found no credible conspiracy—keep the split.
AVIATIONBoeing 737 MAX Certification FailuresMCAS was left out of the manuals. Level B training kept a common type rating, so MCAS simulator time was not required.
HISTORICAL EVENTSBarry Jennings, Michael Hess, and the WTC 7 Explosion-Testimony ClusterTwo city officials described explosions inside WTC 7. NIST calls debris and fire. Both doors stay open.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSLinear B Decipherment: Ventris, Chadwick, and Mycenaean GreekLinear B was denied as Greek for decades. Ventris and Chadwick read it as Mycenaean Greek.
ESPIONAGECIA–Mafia Plots to Assassinate Fidel CastroChurch and CIA IG docs show Agency–Mafia cutouts aimed at Castro. The plots are history. The hit did not land.
HISTORICAL EVENTSThe Norwegian Rocket Incident (Black Brant Scare, 1995)A Norwegian aurora rocket looked like an SLBM to Russian radars. The pad flight was fine. The warning system was not.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRYLockheed Bribery Scandal and the Birth of the FCPASecret payments the filings did not show came first, and the foreign-bribery statute came after that record.
HEALTH & MEDICINEDr. Mary's MonkeyEdward Haslam ties Mary Sherman's 1964 murder to a secret monkey-virus lab; police files and pathologists differ.
ET SPECIES & CONTACTGalactic FederationChannelers tell of a Galactic Federation; an Israeli ex-space chief backed it in 2020, and a peer called it too much.
HISTORICAL EVENTSNORAD False Alarms of 1979–1980NORAD warning computers lied in 1979 and 1980. Conferences and sensors stood the forces down—not a lone-hero caption.
ESPIONAGEThe EC-121 Shootdown (15 April 1969)15 Apr 1969: MiGs down Deep Sea 129; 31 dead. Hard public account of loss and tracks lagged—now NSA/FRUS L1.