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ESPIONAGEOperation Holystone: Submarine Spy Missions in Soviet WatersU.S. attack subs ran Holystone in Soviet waters. Hersh named it in 1975; Ford lawyers debated confirmation risk.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSGalleon / Raj Rajaratnam Insider TradingSDNY wiretaps and a 14-count verdict sank Galleon’s tip network—docket, not tabloid.
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.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSIgbo-Ukwu: Thurstan Shaw’s Bronzes and the Chronology ShockShaw’s Igbo-Ukwu bronzes + 14C chronology shock—documented West African metallurgy, not “too early” folklore.
AVIATIONMH370 and Diego Garcia: The Secret-Base Diversion ClaimsA 2014 account sent MH370 toward Diego Garcia; the alleged diversion was not established by the reported sightings.
RELIGIONBible Code; Torah CodeTorah-code claims say skip sequences in Hebrew scripture already spell out modern wars and names.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSPCR Cycle Threshold Arguments and WHO Information NoticesWHO told labs to watch Ct, IFUs, and prevalence. Adherents read a casedemic. Contested/L2 holds both readings.
OCEANMermaids: The Fictional NOAA Cover-UpAnimal Planet's Mermaids made a fictional NOAA cover-up look like a scientific investigation.
ALT SCIENCEThe Bedford Level Experiment and Its Flat-Earth AfterlivesOld Bedford canal sightings are still read two ways: as a measured curve, and as evidence the earth is flat.
PLANETARY ANOMALIESOumuamua (The Scout)Oumuamua arrived in 2017 as an interstellar oddball. Some still call it a scout, not a rock.
CONSCIOUSNESS & SPIRITUALITYConsciousness RenaissancePages call a shift of consciousness a fact, and they do not agree what arrives.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSThe Family Jewels: CIA's 1973 Self-Inventory of IllegalitiesThe CIA ordered a list of what might fall outside its charter, and the public did not get that list in 1973.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSAble Archer 83 and the Soviet War ScareAble Archer 83 is documented; the 1990 PFIAB and the 1984 SNIE still disagree on how close the scare came.
BIBLEGiant of KandaharA giant body was claimed near Kandahar, and the accounts do not establish that body.
FANDOM AND CELEBRITIESAvril and Melissa: The Replacement RumourThe Avril/Melissa rumour turns a change of style into an alleged change of person.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSB-2 Spirit / Advanced Technology Bomber: Senior Ice vs Senior PegOn 20 October 1981 Senior Ice beat Senior Peg inside a black ATB contest—GAO later scored the flying wing.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSNORAD False Alarms of 1979–1980NORAD warning computers lied in 1979 and 1980. Conferences and sensors stood the forces down—not a lone-hero caption.
The Gateway ProcessThe CIA copy of the 1983 Gateway report lacked page 25, and the agency denied having it; the Monroe Institute did.
New World OrderAdherents say a secret plan for one world government hides behind the phrase; its best-known users spoke in public.
SURVEILLANCEHTLINGUALHTLINGUAL was the CIA mail-opening program that photographed Americans' letters for years.