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ESPIONAGEProject CORONA: America's First Spy SatellitesCORONA photographed the earth in secret while the public was told the flights were Discoverer research.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSThe 300-Ton Stones of BaalbekBaalbek's foundation blocks weigh hundreds of tons. Adherents ask how Roman cranes alone could have set them.
ALT HISTORYShinichi Fujimura and the Japanese Paleolithic Planting Scandal5 Nov 2000 cameras caught Fujimura planting Paleolithic finds—textbook invalidation, facts only.
PARANORMAL & UNEXPLAINEDThe Manises Incident (11 November 1979)On 11 November 1979 a commercial flight diverted to Manises; the official file and witness claims still disagree.
ESPIONAGEThe Lavon AffairOperation Susannah's 1954 false-flag bombs in Egypt blew back as the Lavon Affair inside Israeli politics.
ET SPECIES & CONTACTThe Black Knight SatelliteBlack Knight lore says a dark satellite was already in orbit before humans launched anything at all.
ANCIENT ASTRONAUTSSanxingdui Sacrificial Bronze PitsOnline theorists read Sanxingdui's giant eyes as alien portraits. Sun Hua and the excavators call them Shu ritual art.
SCIENCE & SPACERetrocausality in Quantum MechanicsAdherents say quantum eraser tests show the present rewriting the past; physicists split on whether anything goes back.
HEALTH & MEDICINEThe Willowbrook Hepatitis ExperimentsAt Willowbrook, researchers deliberately gave institutionalized children hepatitis in the name of vaccine work.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSThe Lydian Hoard: Met–Turkey Repatriation (1993)Treated as a legitimate purchase, the Lydian tomb goods came from looted Uşak tumuli and returned to Turkey in 1993.
SCIENCE & SPACEThe Clovis Comet and the Carolina BaysDid a comet end Clovis and carve the Carolina Bays? PNAS papers clash, and the bays date to many ages.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSGlencore Bribery and Market-Manipulation Resolutions (2022)DOJ/CFTC/SFO 2022: Glencore pleaded to oil bribes and benchmark games—three dockets, not one fine.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSEdgar Maddison Welch and the 4 December 2016 Comet ShootingHe believed a trafficking ring was inside Comet. The plea he signed says it was not, and it records the shots.
PLANETARY ANOMALIESIce Wall Antarctica and The Final Experiment 2024An ice rim is said to bound a flat earth, and a 2024 Antarctic trip is offered as a test of that claim.
ESPIONAGEThe Zinoviev LetterCAB 27/254 could not authenticate the 1924 letter; FCO historian Bennett's 1999 Note treats forgery as the best reading.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSProject MERRIMAC and Project RESISTANCESecurity called it facility protection. Church and Family Jewels show MERRIMAC/RESISTANCE on Americans.
ESPIONAGERadio Free Europe PsyopsRadio Free Europe went live on 4 July 1950 under a private cover while CIA money kept the transmitters hot.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSParthenon Sculptures / Elgin Marbles: The Legal-Diplomatic TrailBritain calls the removal lawful by firman and the 1816 purchase. Greece calls it a taking from the building.
PARANORMAL & UNEXPLAINEDCatalina Island UFO Reports, 1949–1955Believers see a pattern in four Catalina sightings; the files call two a probable meteor and Jupiter and leave two open.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSQuimbaya Treasure: Museo de América vs Colombian ClaimsSpain calls the 1893 delivery a gift. Colombia’s court ordered a claim. The 122 pieces are still in Madrid.