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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.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSThe Getty Kouros Forgery ControversyGetty Kouros: 1985 buy, dual authenticity label, 2018 Villa removal—prestige vs forgery limbo.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSThe 2003 Northeast Blackout and the Blaster WormSome believe the Blaster worm helped trigger the 2003 blackout, and that the cyber angle was buried.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSBehistun Inscription: Darius, Rawlinson, and Cuneiform’s RosettaBehistun: Darius, Rawlinson, and trilingual cuneiform—UNESCO-documented, not Atlantis.
ESPIONAGEOperation AjaxIn 1953 CIA and MI6 ran Operation Ajax to topple Iran's Mossadegh. A declassified history finally said so.
CRYPTOZOOLOGYThe Flying Serpent of Dos Palmas (1882)A flying serpent over Dos Palmas in 1882? The whole case is one unsigned item in the Los Angeles Daily Times.
ESPIONAGEThe Lavon AffairOperation Susannah's 1954 false-flag bombs in Egypt blew back as the Lavon Affair inside Israeli politics.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSEdgar Maddison Welch and the 4 December 2016 Comet ShootingHe believed a trafficking ring was inside Comet. The plea he signed says it was not, and it records the shots.
ALT HISTORYMonte Verde and the Fight Over America's First PeoplesClovis-first denied a pre-Clovis Americas. The 1997 visit accepted one Monte Verde layer, not a first date.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSThe USS Liberty Incident (1967) and NSA TranscriptsIsraeli forces hit USS Liberty in 1967. NSA FOIA’d the transcripts—without closing deliberate vs mistake.
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.
AVIATIONHave Blue and the Birth of Operational StealthHave Blue’s existence and faceted stealth shape were classified. Public acknowledgment waited years after F-117 IOC.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSMorgantina Silver: Met–Italy Return to AidoneThe Met called the purchase good faith. The digging record says otherwise. The silver is at Aidone.
PARANORMAL & UNEXPLAINEDThe Marfa Lights: The Ghost Lights of Mitchell FlatSome believe the lights over the desert east of Marfa, Texas, are older than the automobile and still unexplained.
SURVEILLANCEECHELONUKUSA states long refused to acknowledge their pact; in 2001 Europe's Parliament called their system no longer in doubt.
HEALTH & MEDICINEThalidomideThalidomide was sold as a safe sedative until Frances Kelsey and birth-defect counts stopped the myth.
ALT HISTORYJericho’s Walls: Kenyon, Wood, and Radiocarbon Calibration FightsKenyon dated Jericho’s fall away from Joshua. Wood pushed back. No conquest stamp.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSSatyam Computer Services FraudSatyam’s books showed cash and revenue that were not there. Raju confessed to keep the growth story.
The Dalai Lama CIA SalaryThe files print a subsidy beside the Dalai Lama, and they do not call that sum a salary.
GOVERNMENT & POLITICSOperation Ghost Stories / The Illegals Program (2010)Ten SVR illegals arrested June 2010. Charged as unregistered agents. Pleaded and swapped in eleven days.