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GOVERNMENT & POLITICSJeffrey Epstein: Death or Extraction?Officials ruled Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 jail death a suicide; adherents say he was switched out and is still alive.
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.
SURVEILLANCEThe AT&T Hemisphere ProgramHemisphere let agencies search AT&T call records on admin subpoenas. OIG and Senate ask if that fits the Constitution.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSFlint Water CrisisFlint switched water sources in 2014. Lead followed. State and EPA timelines still look like a cover delay.
SCIENCE & SPACEKosmos 954: Nuclear Spy Satellite Crash Over CanadaKosmos 954 fell over Canada on 24 Jan 1978. Moscow lagged. Morning Light found radioactive debris. No invented toll.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSRongorongo: Easter Island's Undeciphered ScriptHevesy tied rongorongo to the Indus script in 1932. Ferrara's 2024 wood dates point to an island invention instead.
The Philadelphia Experiment; Project RainbowThe Navy record denies a 1943 invisibility and teleport of USS Eldridge; degaussing is not that claim.
ESPIONAGEThe Mitrokhin ArchiveMitrokhin's notes sit at Cambridge: open typescripts, closed notebooks, ISC process paper.
FINANCE & BANKINGBretton Woods Exit and the Nixon ShockCamp David closed the gold window on purpose—FRUS shows managed exit, not accidental panic.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSMerneptah Stele: Epigraphy of “Israel” in Pharaoh’s Victory TextMerneptah Stele JE 31408: Israel ethnonym in Year-5 hymn—documented Cairo epigraphy, not ballot politics.
ESPIONAGEOperation Midnight ClimaxClippings name Operation Midnight Climax; the 1977 hearing prints the safe-house file, and Turner calls it past.
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.
HEALTH & MEDICINEUnit 731Unit 731 ran lethal human experiments for Imperial Japan's biowar lab. Postwar deals muted the reckoning.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSBenin Bronzes Repatriation: 1897 Loot to 2022 Transfer Agreements1897 was a punitive sack, not a gift. Berlin and the Horniman transferred pieces in 2022. Not all are home.
SURVEILLANCECarnivore and DCSNetFBI records document Carnivore and later collection systems, and do not name a secret successor.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSThe Dogon Tribe and the Invisible StarDogon lore about Sirius B still fuels claims of star knowledge no telescope should have taught them.
FINANCE & BANKINGLIBOR RiggingLIBOR was published as an honest average. Traders bent the quotes. Barclays settled and was not convicted.
ESPIONAGEThe USS Liberty Incident (1967) and NSA TranscriptsIsraeli forces hit USS Liberty in 1967. NSA FOIA’d the transcripts—without closing deliberate vs mistake.
FINANCE & BANKINGLehman Brothers Repo 105Valukas: Repo 105 dressed the balance sheet at quarter-end—an accounting disguise, not a footnote.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSRocky Flats: FBI Raid and Grand Jury SecrecyRockwell was paid an award fee for environmental control. The 6 June 1989 raid said the plant was not under it.