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GOVERNMENT & POLITICSBenin Bronzes Repatriation: 1897 Loot to 2022 Transfer Agreements1897 was a punitive sack, not a gift. Berlin and the Horniman transferred pieces in 2022. Not all are home.
PARANORMAL & UNEXPLAINEDD.B. Cooper SkyjackingA man calling himself Dan Cooper jumped with ransom money in 1971. The FBI never identified him to charging standard.
SURVEILLANCEHTLINGUALHTLINGUAL was the CIA mail-opening program that photographed Americans' letters for years.
FINANCE & BANKINGSavings and Loan CrisisInsolvent thrifts stayed open while bad assets were papered over. The cleanup priced the delay, not a secret plot.
ALT HISTORYModern Flat Earth: From Zetetic Astronomy to the YouTube RevivalZetetic astronomy told readers not to trust a theory they had not tested, and the video revival has not ended the fight.
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.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSThe Kharsag EpicsKharsag: an Anunna settlement in clay, or O'Brien's supplements to a 1918 translation called tentative?
The Philadelphia Experiment; Project RainbowThe Navy record denies a 1943 invisibility and teleport of USS Eldridge; degaussing is not that claim.
BIOLOGYMinnesota Iceman: The Disputed Original and the Replacement StoryA frozen fairground exhibit became a new-hominid claim before it could be examined outside the ice.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRYTheranosTheranos promised blood tests from a finger prick. WSJ reporting and Holmes's trial turned the pitch into fraud.
ANCIENT ASTRONAUTSIca Stones: The Alien Library Claim and Its Unresolved ProvenanceA collection of engraved stones became an alien library without a documented ancient excavation behind it.
FINANCE & BANKINGThe 2008 Credit Ratings FailureSEC exams, FCIC, and Senate PSI treat issuer-pays AAA as an essential cog—not mere model error.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSSociété Générale / Jérôme Kerviel Rogue TradingSocGen lost billions on unauthorized Kerviel positions. Courts convicted him and later shared civil fault..
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSX-20 Dyna-Soar: The Cancelled Boost-Glide SpaceplaneMcNamara killed X-20 on 10 December 1963 for mission definition—not because boost-glide physics suddenly died.
HISTORICAL EVENTSThe Phoenix ProgramPhoenix hunted Viet Cong infrastructure with interrogation and assassination tallies that still stain the war files.
PARANORMAL & UNEXPLAINEDAdrenochrome HarvestingA real compound, a 1950s psychiatric hunch and one line from a 1971 novel feed the claim elites harvest it from people.
ALT HISTORYDinosaurs Are Not RealOne anatomist coined the word in 1842, sculptors built the beasts in brick, and museum giants are often fiberglass.
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONSChromosome 2 FusionGenome papers read human chromosome 2 as a fusion of two ape chromosomes; creationist researchers dispute that reading.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSNugan Hand BankNugan Hand collapsed in 1980. Stewart’s Royal Commission mapped the wreckage—not a sealed finding that CIA ran the bank.
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.