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DEATHS AND DISAPPEARANCESPaul is DeadA 1969 rumor said Paul McCartney had died and been replaced; press doors print the claim and print denials.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSAidonia Treasure: Mycenaean Gold and the Ward Gallery Settlement1993 Ward Gallery offer → Greek suit → SPGH settlement → 1996 return of Aidonia Mycenaean gold.
ANCIENT ASTRONAUTSCrystal Skulls: Tool Marks Behind the Ancient-Origin StoriesA quartz skull donated to the Smithsonian in 1992 set off an investigation into its supposed ancient origins.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSIran-ContraIran-Contra sold arms to Tehran and diverted cash to Contras. Tower Commission pages still sting.
ALT HISTORYTutankhamun’s Tomb: Carter, Carnarvon, and the Griffith ArchiveTutankhamun’s tomb through Carter, Carnarvon, and Griffith records—documented archive, not curse lore.
SCIENCE & SPACEThe Baltic Sea AnomalySonar pinged a roughly 200-foot disc on the Baltic floor. Adherents still map it as a crashed craft.
ALT HISTORYGate of the Sun at Tiwanaku: Monumental Archaeology Beyond the Calendar StonesTiwanaku Gate of the Sun: UNESCO/AFCP monument file—not the calendar-stones sibling.
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.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRYEnron and Mark-to-Myth AccountingEnron's 2001 collapse made "mark-to-market" a punchline and helped birth Sarbanes-Oxley paperwork.
PARANORMAL & UNEXPLAINEDTWA Flight 800 Contested CausesNTSB wrote a center-tank explosion. FBI closed without a charged missile. Critics still contest the streak—L2 holds.
PARANORMAL & UNEXPLAINEDCol. Howard McCoy and Projects SIGN and GRUDGEBelievers see Colonel Howard McCoy as a keeper of SIGN's secrets; his released personnel file is silent on UFOs.
HEALTH & MEDICINEThe Willowbrook Hepatitis ExperimentsAt Willowbrook, researchers deliberately gave institutionalized children hepatitis in the name of vaccine work.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSOperation Fortitude and the Double-Cross SystemBefore Normandy, Bodyguard and Double-Cross sold Calais. KV files and MI5 pages still show how the story was written.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSThe Lungyu CavesLongyou's hand-carved caverns in Zhejiang still lack a neat builder story that satisfies every survey.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSThe Getty Kouros Forgery ControversyGetty Kouros: 1985 buy, dual authenticity label, 2018 Villa removal—prestige vs forgery limbo.
HEALTH & MEDICINELyme Disease and the Plum Island Weaponized-Tick ClaimsPlum Island's role in Lyme disease is a contested origin claim, not a dispute over whether the infection is real.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSVAERS as the Adherent COVID Safety DatasetAdherents tally VAERS COVID rows as a body count. CDC/FDA call the system passive—reports do not prove causation.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSGunung PadangNatawidjaja and Hancock call the Gunung Padang retraction suppression. The journal says the dated soil was not man-made.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSThe Zircon Affair: GCHQ's Secret Satellite vs ParliamentBBC killed a Zircon spy-satellite film. Injunctions and Official Secrets raids followed. Parliament fought the gag.
ESPIONAGEAllende, ITT, and Chile 1973Church Committee files show ITT intrigue and U.S. covert pressure around Allende before the 1973 coup.