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BUSINESS AND INDUSTRYExxon Climate Research and DenialExxon's scientists warned bosses in 1977 that fossil fuels would warm the planet, then Exxon sold the public doubt.
Operation PaperclipPaperclip was to bar active Nazis, yet the JIOA asked for revised security reports so some scientists could still come.
HISTORICAL EVENTSOperation MincemeatIn 1943 Britain floated a corpse with fake invasion plans. Operation Mincemeat worked better than fiction.
ALT HISTORYRapa Nui Beyond Ecocide: Diamond vs Hunt and LipoRapa Nui beyond ecocide—Diamond vs Hunt/Lipo contested/L1; UNESCO landscape, not alien moai.
FINANCE & BANKINGBretton Woods Exit and the Nixon ShockCamp David closed the gold window on purpose—FRUS shows managed exit, not accidental panic.
RELIGIONGospel of Jesus's Wife: The Modern-Provenance ProblemA scrap reading “my wife” acquired an ancient identity before its modern ownership story came apart.
HISTORICAL EVENTSCongo Uranium and the Manhattan PipelineSengier parked Congolese ore on Staten Island. Nichols bought it. DOE: ~two-thirds of Manhattan's uranium.
PARANORMAL & UNEXPLAINEDUmmo Letters as Social and Documentary PhenomenonUmmo letters claim a non-human origin; later letters claim a human author, and recipients do not agree.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSThe 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.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSSpirit Cave and the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone NAGPRA ReturnAffiliation was refused because the remains were called too old. Control passed in 2016, not by a DNA finding.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSHanford Tank Farms Nuclear WasteHanford: 177 tanks, “cleanup underway.” Ecology orders still name active leakers.
DEATHS AND DISAPPEARANCESPaul is DeadA 1969 rumor said Paul McCartney had died and been replaced; press doors print the claim and print denials.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSThe Farewell Dossier: Line X and the Tech-Transfer TrapThe theft looked like a Soviet success. What was not said was that Line X was being fed altered technical data.
HISTORICAL EVENTSThe Dreyfus Affair ForgeriesFrench military justice met a handwriting error with forgeries—until cassation broke the seal.
PLANETARY ANOMALIESThe Spaceship Moon HypothesisAdherents call the Moon a hollow craft that rang like a bell; Apollo seismic and GRAIL records print a layered interior.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSSutton 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.
HEALTH & MEDICINEMKUltra Subproject 68 Allan MemorialSubproject 68 put CIA money into Cameron’s Montreal wards via a cutout. Senate hearings and FOIA still hold the ledger.
ALT HISTORYRongorongo: Easter Island's Undeciphered ScriptHevesy tied rongorongo to the Indus script in 1932. Ferrara's 2024 wood dates point to an island invention instead.
ALT HISTORYNewark Earthworks and Hopewell Ceremonial Landscapes (UNESCO 2023)UNESCO 2023 Hopewell + Octagon lease politics: ceremonial geometry, not lost-race golf-course overlay.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSThe Vela Incident (22 September 1979)Vela 6911 saw a double flash. Ruina said probably not. CIA paper said 90% plus. Verdict stays contested.