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GOVERNMENT & POLITICSLockheed 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.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSJonathan Pollard Espionage CaseNavy analyst pleaded guilty to delivering national defense information to Israel. Life sentence. Court verbs only.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSCIA–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.
ANCIENT ASTRONAUTSKV5: The Tomb of the Sons of Ramesses IIWeeks/TMP rediscovered KV5—sons of Ramesses II. Documented tomb, not Hall of Records.
FANDOM AND CELEBRITIESAvril and Melissa: The Replacement RumourThe Avril/Melissa rumour turns a change of style into an alleged change of person.
ALT HISTORYLord of Sipán: Walter Alva and the Moche Royal Tombs1987 Sipán: Alva’s salvage archaeology raced a looting-to-market pipeline into Moche royal tombs.
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 & BANKINGBretton Woods Exit and the Nixon ShockCamp David closed the gold window on purpose—FRUS shows managed exit, not accidental panic.
HISTORICAL EVENTSIndus Script: Still Undeciphered (Not the Civilization’s Disappearance)Indus seal script still undeciphered—documented WH/museum corpus; not civilization disappearance.
CONSCIOUSNESS & SPIRITUALITYPsychedelic Renaissance and HyperspaceAdherents say DMT opens a hyperspace of real beings; clinical records log such reports and test psychedelics as drugs.
HEALTH & MEDICINESilent Spring and the DDT CounterattackCarson put DDT on the docket. Industry fought in hearing. Ruckelshaus overruled the examiner, canceled crop uses.
AVIATIONChemtrailsAdherents say lingering jet trails are chemical spraying; agencies and 76 of 77 surveyed experts say they are contrails.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSThe Nephilim of GenesisSitchin read Nephilim as Anunnaki who came from heaven. Rashi, Numbers 13 and Sumerian tablets read it otherwise.
SCIENCE & SPACEChallenger Crew: The SurvivorsPosts say the Challenger crew lived on; NASA's record says the seven died.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSPergamon Altar: Berlin Custody vs Turkish ClaimsPergamon Altar: Berlin custody versus Turkish claims—documented dual-track heritage dispute.
PARANORMAL & UNEXPLAINEDCaballo de Troya: The Trojan Horse Time-Travel ClaimThe fight is whether Caballo de Troya reports a real time-travel mission or a novel label later withdrawn.
FINANCE & BANKINGHSBC Money Laundering SettlementsHSBC’s 2012 DPA cost $1.256B and admitted AML failures. A deferred prosecution is a bargain—not exoneration.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSThe Pike CommitteePike pushed CIA budget oversight harder than Church; House blocked the report—leak and Ford files kept it alive.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSProject West Ford: Copper Needles in OrbitLincoln Lab lofted copper dipoles to bounce X-band. The belt worked briefly; NASA still tracks the clumps.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSGoldsboro Broken Arrow (24 January 1961)B-52 breakup near Goldsboro dropped two Mk 39s. Officials said safe. Sandia: one switch stopped catastrophe.