Conspiracy case files

613 OCT 1307 Conspiracy 1307 CON 6 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR KNIGHTS TEMPLAR - THE ORIGINAL FRIDAY THE 13TH France, Friday 13 October 1307. King Philip IV has the Knights Templar arrested at dawn on charges of heresy. Under torture many confess; the pope dissolves the order in 1312 and its last Grand Master burns in 1314. The treasure and Grail legends came centuries later. France, Friday 13 October 1307. King Philip IV has the Knights Templar arrested at dawn on charges of heresy. Under torture many confess; the pope dissolves the order in 1312 and its last Grand Master burns in 1314. The treasure and Grail legends came centuries later. 78 MAR 2014 Conspiracy 2014 CON 7 MH370 MH370 - THE PLANE THAT TURNED BACK 8 March 2014. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, with 239 people aboard, signs off from Malaysian air traffic control and vanishes from radar. Satellite signals show it flew for six more hours, probably to the southern Indian Ocean. Debris washed up in Africa. The wreck has never been found. 8 March 2014. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, with 239 people aboard, signs off from Malaysian air traffic control and vanishes from radar. Satellite signals show it flew for six more hours, probably to the southern Indian Ocean. Debris washed up in Africa. The wreck has never been found. 625 JUN 1956 Conspiracy 1956 CON 6 PRIORY OF SION PRIORY OF SION - THE SECRET SOCIETY THAT BEGAN IN 1956 Annemasse, France, 1956. Pierre Plantard registers a small housing association called the Priory of Sion, then forges a medieval past for it, with Leonardo and Newton as Grand Masters and a holy bloodline to guard. It feeds The Da Vinci Code. In 1993 Plantard admits under oath he made it up. Annemasse, France, 1956. Pierre Plantard registers a small housing association called the Priory of Sion, then forges a medieval past for it, with Leonardo and Newton as Grand Masters and a holy bloodline to guard. It feeds The Da Vinci Code. In 1993 Plantard admits under oath he made it up. 920 JUL 1969 Conspiracy 1969 CON 9 MOON LANDING HOAX MOON LANDING HOAX - THE CLAIM AND THE ROCKS 1969 to 1972. Twelve astronauts walk on the Moon and bring back 382 kilograms of rock. In 1976 Bill Kaysing claims it was all faked. The theory survives a mountain of physical evidence, from laser mirrors still on the Moon to orbital photos of the landing sites. 1969 to 1972. Twelve astronauts walk on the Moon and bring back 382 kilograms of rock. In 1976 Bill Kaysing claims it was all faked. The theory survives a mountain of physical evidence, from laser mirrors still on the Moon to orbital photos of the landing sites. 631 AUG 1939 Conspiracy 1939 CON 6 GLEIWITZ INCIDENT GLEIWITZ INCIDENT - THE FAKE POLISH ATTACK OF 1939 Gleiwitz, Germany, 31 August 1939. SS men in Polish uniforms seized a radio station, broadcast in Polish and left a body behind to show that Poland had attacked. Germany invaded the next morning. The operation is documented by the men who planned it. Gleiwitz, Germany, 31 August 1939. SS men in Polish uniforms seized a radio station, broadcast in Polish and left a body behind to show that Poland had attacked. Germany invaded the next morning. The operation is documented by the men who planned it. 38 JUN 1959 Conspiracy 1959 CON 3 PROJECT HORIZON PROJECT HORIZON - THE ARMY'S 1959 PLAN FOR A MOON BASE 8 June 1959. Von Braun's Army team proposes a military outpost on the Moon, staffed by twelve soldiers by 1966, at $6 billion. It needed about 150 Saturn launches and two nuclear reactors. The study was passed to NASA in 1960 and rewritten as a civilian plan. 8 June 1959. Von Braun's Army team proposes a military outpost on the Moon, staffed by twelve soldiers by 1966, at $6 billion. It needed about 150 Saturn launches and two nuclear reactors. The study was passed to NASA in 1960 and rewritten as a civilian plan. 41966 Conspiracy 1966 CON 4 ACOUSTIC KITTY ACOUSTIC KITTY - THE CIA'S SPY CAT 1962 to 1967. The CIA implants a microphone, transmitter and antenna in a cat to spy on Soviet targets in Washington. A 1967 memo says cats can be trained to move short distances but the technique is impractical. The famous taxi ending rests on one officer, and the man who ran the project says the cat lived on. 1962 to 1967. The CIA implants a microphone, transmitter and antenna in a cat to spy on Soviet targets in Washington. A 1967 memo says cats can be trained to move short distances but the technique is impractical. The famous taxi ending rests on one officer, and the man who ran the project says the cat lived on. 96 JUL 1962 Conspiracy 1957 CON 9 PROJECT PLOWSHARE PROJECT PLOWSHARE - THE ATOMIC PLAN TO REMAKE THE EARTH 1957 to 1977. The US plans to use nuclear explosions for canals, harbours and gas wells, and carries out 27 tests. Sedan digs a crater 320 feet deep, Gnome vents steam in front of the press, and the gas is too radioactive to use. Plans for an Alaskan harbour and an Israeli canal are dropped. 1957 to 1977. The US plans to use nuclear explosions for canals, harbours and gas wells, and carries out 27 tests. Sedan digs a crater 320 feet deep, Gnome vents steam in front of the press, and the gas is too radioactive to use. Plans for an Alaskan harbour and an Israeli canal are dropped. 51958 Conspiracy 1958 CON 5 PROJECT A119 PROJECT A119 - THE AIR FORCE PLAN TO NUKE THE MOON 1958. After Sputnik, the US Air Force studies exploding a small nuclear warhead on the Moon so the flash can be seen from Earth. Carl Sagan models the dust cloud. The plan is cancelled in 1959 and stays secret until a biographer finds it forty years later. 1958. After Sputnik, the US Air Force studies exploding a small nuclear warhead on the Moon so the flash can be seen from Earth. Carl Sagan models the dust cloud. The plan is cancelled in 1959 and stays secret until a biographer finds it forty years later. 81954 Conspiracy 1954 CON 8 OPERATION WHITECOAT OPERATION WHITECOAT - THE ARMY'S VOLUNTEER DISEASE TESTS AT FORT DETRICK 1954 to 1973. About 2,300 soldiers, mostly conscientious objectors, are deliberately infected with diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland, to test vaccines and treatments. It was voluntary, documented and ran for nineteen years. The Army traced fewer than half of the men afterwards and chose not to fund blood tests. 1954 to 1973. About 2,300 soldiers, mostly conscientious objectors, are deliberately infected with diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland, to test vaccines and treatments. It was voluntary, documented and ran for nineteen years. The Army traced fewer than half of the men afterwards and chose not to fund blood tests. 41967 Conspiracy 1967 CON 4 IRON MOUNTAIN REPORT IRON MOUNTAIN REPORT - THE LEAKED PEACE STUDY THAT WAS A SATIRE 1967. A book claims to be a leaked government study saying permanent peace would wreck society and war must be replaced. Its author, Leonard Lewin, said in 1972 that he wrote it as satire. Believers have kept it alive anyway, and a 1990s bootleg edition ended in a copyright lawsuit. 1967. A book claims to be a leaked government study saying permanent peace would wreck society and war must be replaced. Its author, Leonard Lewin, said in 1972 that he wrote it as satire. Believers have kept it alive anyway, and a 1990s bootleg edition ended in a copyright lawsuit. 61993 Conspiracy 1993 CON 6 HAARP HAARP - THE ALASKA ANTENNA FIELD AND THE WEATHER-WEAPON THEORY Gakona, Alaska. A field of 180 antennas, built from 1993 with Air Force and Navy money, heats a patch of the ionosphere for research. It has been blamed for storms, earthquakes and mind control. The patent is real and the site is open. The weather claims have no measurement behind them. Gakona, Alaska. A field of 180 antennas, built from 1993 with Air Force and Navy money, heats a patch of the ionosphere for research. It has been blamed for storms, earthquakes and mind control. The patent is real and the site is open. The weather claims have no measurement behind them. 61957 Conspiracy 1957 CON 6 EWEN CAMERON EWEN CAMERON - THE SLEEP ROOM AT THE ALLAN MEMORIAL INSTITUTE Montreal, late 1950s to 1964. A leading psychiatrist, paid in part by the CIA, puts patients into drug-induced sleep, gives them heavy electroshock and plays tape loops to wipe their personalities. The CIA settled a lawsuit and Canada later paid compensation. Nobody has published how many patients were treated. Montreal, late 1950s to 1964. A leading psychiatrist, paid in part by the CIA, puts patients into drug-induced sleep, gives them heavy electroshock and plays tape loops to wipe their personalities. The CIA settled a lawsuit and Canada later paid compensation. Nobody has published how many patients were treated. 58 NOV 1965 Conspiracy 1965 CON 5 DOROTHY KILGALLEN DOROTHY KILGALLEN - THE REPORTER AND THE RUBY TESTIMONY November 1965. The morning after her last What's My Line?, columnist Dorothy Kilgallen is found dead in her Manhattan home. She had interviewed Jack Ruby and published his secret Warren Commission testimony. The death was left undetermined, and her notes on the assassination are said to be missing. November 1965. The morning after her last What's My Line?, columnist Dorothy Kilgallen is found dead in her Manhattan home. She had interviewed Jack Ruby and published his secret Warren Commission testimony. The death was left undetermined, and her notes on the assassination are said to be missing. 630 APR 1943 Conspiracy 1943 CON 6 OPERATION MINCEMEAT OPERATION MINCEMEAT - THE MAN WHO NEVER WAS April 1943. A dead Royal Marines officer washes up in Spain with secret letters saying the Allies will invade Greece, not Sicily. The officer never existed. British intelligence dressed a homeless Welshman's body in an invented life, down to his overdraft, and Hitler moved his troops. April 1943. A dead Royal Marines officer washes up in Spain with secret letters saying the Allies will invade Greece, not Sicily. The officer never existed. British intelligence dressed a homeless Welshman's body in an invented life, down to his overdraft, and Hitler moved his troops. 88 AUG 1974 Conspiracy 1974 CON 8 PROJECT AZORIAN PROJECT AZORIAN - THE CLAW AND THE SOVIET SUBMARINE August 1974. Behind a Howard Hughes cover story about mining the seabed, the CIA lowers a giant claw three miles into the Pacific to steal a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine, with a Soviet ship watching. Part of it comes up. The secret gave the world the phrase "neither confirm nor deny". August 1974. Behind a Howard Hughes cover story about mining the seabed, the CIA lowers a giant claw three miles into the Pacific to steal a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine, with a Soviet ship watching. Part of it comes up. The secret gave the world the phrase "neither confirm nor deny". 92 APR 1979 Conspiracy 1979 CON 9 SVERDLOVSK 1979 SVERDLOVSK 1979 - THE ANTHRAX LEAK BLAMED ON BAD MEAT In April 1979 anthrax spores escaped from Compound 19, a Soviet military facility in Sverdlovsk, and at least 68 people died. The Soviet government blamed contaminated meat. In 1992 a team led by Matthew Meselson showed the victims fell along a plume downwind of the compound. Russia still holds to the meat story. In April 1979 anthrax spores escaped from Compound 19, a Soviet military facility in Sverdlovsk, and at least 68 people died. The Soviet government blamed contaminated meat. In 1992 a team led by Matthew Meselson showed the victims fell along a plume downwind of the compound. Russia still holds to the meat story. 810 APR 1945 Conspiracy 1945 CON 8 PLUTONIUM FILES PLUTONIUM FILES - THE EIGHTEEN PATIENTS Between 1945 and 1947 Manhattan Project doctors injected eighteen hospital patients with plutonium without informed consent. The records stayed secret until Eileen Welsome named the patients in 1993. A presidential committee followed, and in 1995 President Clinton apologised. Between 1945 and 1947 Manhattan Project doctors injected eighteen hospital patients with plutonium without informed consent. The records stayed secret until Eileen Welsome named the patients in 1993. A presidential committee followed, and in 1995 President Clinton apologised. 813 MAR 1968 Conspiracy 1968 CON 8 DUGWAY SHEEP DUGWAY SHEEP - SKULL VALLEY AND THE VX On 13 March 1968 a VX spray test at Dugway Proving Ground went wrong, and thousands of sheep died in Skull Valley. The Army denied it, then paid the ranchers without admitting fault. Its own Edgewood Arsenal lab found VX in the valley in 1970, a finding kept quiet until 1998. The dose is still unpublished. On 13 March 1968 a VX spray test at Dugway Proving Ground went wrong, and thousands of sheep died in Skull Valley. The Army denied it, then paid the ranchers without admitting fault. Its own Edgewood Arsenal lab found VX in the valley in 1970, a finding kept quiet until 1998. The dose is still unpublished. 428 FEB 1995 Conspiracy 1995 CON 4 DENVER AIRPORT DENVER AIRPORT - THE AIRPORT IN ON THE JOKE Denver International Airport opened in 1995, late and far over budget, with murals of war and ruin, a Masonic capstone and baggage tunnels. A blue horse with red eyes followed in 2008. Theories call it a secret bunker for the elite. The airport answered with its own exhibit, poster campaign and a talking gargoyle. Denver International Airport opened in 1995, late and far over budget, with murals of war and ruin, a Masonic capstone and baggage tunnels. A blue horse with red eyes followed in 2008. Theories call it a secret bunker for the elite. The airport answered with its own exhibit, poster campaign and a talking gargoyle. 822 NOV 1963 Conspiracy 1963 CON 8 JFK ASSASSINATION JFK ASSASSINATION - DEALEY PLAZA, 22 NOVEMBER 1963 Dallas, 22 November 1963. President Kennedy is shot in Dealey Plaza. Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested within ninety minutes and shot dead two days later on live TV. The Warren Commission says he acted alone; a 1979 congressional inquiry says probably not. The $19.95 rifle, the missing brain, the Umbrella Man and the files released in 2025. Dallas, 22 November 1963. President Kennedy is shot in Dealey Plaza. Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested within ninety minutes and shot dead two days later on live TV. The Warren Commission says he acted alone; a 1979 congressional inquiry says probably not. The $19.95 rifle, the missing brain, the Umbrella Man and the files released in 2025. 82016 Conspiracy 2016 CON 8 HAVANA SYNDROME HAVANA SYNDROME - THE ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCIDENTS Havana, Cuba, late 2016. US diplomats and CIA officers report a piercing sound or pressure, then headaches, dizziness, hearing loss and memory trouble. Over a thousand cases follow worldwide. A National Academies panel points to pulsed radiofrequency energy, the intelligence community calls a foreign weapon unlikely, and in 2025 two agencies change their minds. Havana, Cuba, late 2016. US diplomats and CIA officers report a piercing sound or pressure, then headaches, dizziness, hearing loss and memory trouble. Over a thousand cases follow worldwide. A National Academies panel points to pulsed radiofrequency energy, the intelligence community calls a foreign weapon unlikely, and in 2025 two agencies change their minds. 724 JAN 1961 Conspiracy 1961 CON 7 GOLDSBORO 1961 GOLDSBORO 1961 - TWO H-BOMBS AND ONE SWITCH Faro, North Carolina, 24 January 1961. A B-52 breaks up in the air and drops two 3.8-megaton hydrogen bombs. One comes down on its parachute and runs most of its arming sequence before a single switch stops it. The other smashes into a muddy field, and part of it is still there. A 1969 Sandia memo, released in 2013, shows how close it came. Faro, North Carolina, 24 January 1961. A B-52 breaks up in the air and drops two 3.8-megaton hydrogen bombs. One comes down on its parachute and runs most of its arming sequence before a single switch stops it. The other smashes into a muddy field, and part of it is still there. A 1969 Sandia memo, released in 2013, shows how close it came. 31960 Conspiracy 1960 CON 3 PROJECT ICEWORM PROJECT ICEWORM - THE MISSILES MEANT FOR THE GREENLAND ICE Northwest Greenland, 1959 to 1967. The US Army builds Camp Century, a nuclear-powered base in trenches under the ice sheet, and shows it off as a science station. Behind it sits Project Iceworm: a secret plan for 600 nuclear missiles on rails under the ice. The ice moves, the plan dies, and Denmark learns the full story in the 1990s. Northwest Greenland, 1959 to 1967. The US Army builds Camp Century, a nuclear-powered base in trenches under the ice sheet, and shows it off as a science station. Behind it sits Project Iceworm: a secret plan for 600 nuclear missiles on rails under the ice. The ice moves, the plan dies, and Denmark learns the full story in the 1990s. 627 SEP 1950 Conspiracy 1950 CON 6 OPERATION SEA-SPRAY OPERATION SEA-SPRAY - THE NAVY SPRAYS SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco, 20 to 27 September 1950. A Navy vessel sprays Serratia marcescens and Bacillus globigii over the city in a secret germ warfare test. Days later Stanford Hospital sees a rare cluster of Serratia infections, and Edward Nevin dies. The test comes out in 1976 and the Army defends it in the Senate. The courts never tie it to his death. San Francisco, 20 to 27 September 1950. A Navy vessel sprays Serratia marcescens and Bacillus globigii over the city in a secret germ warfare test. Days later Stanford Hospital sees a rare cluster of Serratia infections, and Edward Nevin dies. The test comes out in 1976 and the Army defends it in the Senate. The courts never tie it to his death. 27 FEB 2026 Conspiracy 2026 CON GENERAL NEIL MCCASLAND GENERAL NEIL MCCASLAND - THE ALBUQUERQUE DISAPPEARANCE Albuquerque, New Mexico, 27 February 2026. Retired Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland, former commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, leaves home on foot in a window of under an hour, leaving his phone and glasses but taking his wallet, a .38 revolver and a red backpack. Months of searching with FBI help have found no trace. His past ties to Tom DeLonge's To The Stars fuelled abduction and missing-scientist claims, which the sheriff and his wife say the evidence does not support. Albuquerque, New Mexico, 27 February 2026. Retired Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland, former commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, leaves home on foot in a window of under an hour, leaving his phone and glasses but taking his wallet, a .38 revolver and a red backpack. Months of searching with FBI help have found no trace. His past ties to Tom DeLonge's To The Stars fuelled abduction and missing-scientist claims, which the sheriff and his wife say the evidence does not support. 51872 Conspiracy 1872 CON 5 BOHEMIAN GROVE BOHEMIAN GROVE - THE ELITE CALIFORNIA ENCAMPMENT 1872 to present. Monte Rio, California. An annual elite retreat whose central ritual, the Cremation of Care, is a scripted, authored theatrical ceremony, not the occult sacrifice later popularized by hidden-camera footage. A real 1942 meeting there helped launch the Manhattan Project. Nixon's own tapes call the atmosphere unflattering rather than sinister. 1872 to present. Monte Rio, California. An annual elite retreat whose central ritual, the Cremation of Care, is a scripted, authored theatrical ceremony, not the occult sacrifice later popularized by hidden-camera footage. A real 1942 meeting there helped launch the Manhattan Project. Nixon's own tapes call the atmosphere unflattering rather than sinister. 431 MAY 1954 Conspiracy 1954 CON 4 BILDERBERG GROUP BILDERBERG GROUP - THE ANNUAL ELITE CLOSED-DOOR CONFERENCE May 1954 to present. An annual, invitation-only conference of roughly 130 political, business, and media figures, seeded with CIA funding during the Cold War. Attendees are publicly disclosed; discussion content is never recorded, under a formal confidentiality rule. Founding chairman Prince Bernhard resigned in 1976 after a separate bribery scandal. May 1954 to present. An annual, invitation-only conference of roughly 130 political, business, and media figures, seeded with CIA funding during the Cold War. Attendees are publicly disclosed; discussion content is never recorded, under a formal confidentiality rule. Founding chairman Prince Bernhard resigned in 1976 after a separate bribery scandal. 517 APR 1961 Conspiracy 1961 CON 5 BAY OF PIGS BAY OF PIGS - THE CIA'S DECLASSIFIED PERFECT FAILURE April 1961. Southern Cuba. A CIA-trained force of roughly 1,400 Cuban exiles is defeated within three days. Declassified records show the CIA's own planners privately deemed the operation unachievable five months earlier. The full internal CIA postmortem, held secret for decades, was declassified in 1998. April 1961. Southern Cuba. A CIA-trained force of roughly 1,400 Cuban exiles is defeated within three days. Declassified records show the CIA's own planners privately deemed the operation unachievable five months earlier. The full internal CIA postmortem, held secret for decades, was declassified in 1998. 61971 Conspiracy 1971 CON 6 ECHELON ECHELON - THE FIVE EYES GLOBAL SIGNALS INTERCEPTION NETWORK 1971 to present. A satellite interception system of the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. A 2001 European Parliament report calls it real. A former CIA director defends spying on firms over bribes. 1971 to present. A satellite interception system of the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. A 2001 European Parliament report calls it real. A former CIA director defends spying on firms over bribes. 66 JUN 2013 Conspiracy 2007 CON 6 PRISM PRISM - THE NSA'S DIRECT-ACCESS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM 2007 to 2013. A classified NSA program collecting electronic communications from nine major technology companies under FISA Section 702, exposed by Edward Snowden's 2013 leak. Yahoo's own 2008 legal challenge, fought and lost in secret, was declassified in 2013 at the company's request. 2007 to 2013. A classified NSA program collecting electronic communications from nine major technology companies under FISA Section 702, exposed by Edward Snowden's 2013 leak. Yahoo's own 2008 legal challenge, fought and lost in secret, was declassified in 2013 at the company's request. 51945 Conspiracy 1945 CON 5 DIE GLOCKE DIE GLOCKE - THE BELL WITH ONE SOURCE Die Glocke, the Nazi "Bell," traces to one man: Polish writer Igor Witkowski, who says he read a Sporrenberg interrogation transcript in 1997 that nobody has seen since. The concrete ring at Wenceslas Mine is real. The device, its liquid, and its antigravity are not in any 1945 file. Die Glocke, the Nazi "Bell," traces to one man: Polish writer Igor Witkowski, who says he read a Sporrenberg interrogation transcript in 1997 that nobody has seen since. The concrete ring at Wenceslas Mine is real. The device, its liquid, and its antigravity are not in any 1945 file. 53 MAR 1945 Conspiracy 1945 CON 5 JONASTAL JONASTAL - THE TUNNELS IN THURINGIA Jonastal, Thuringia, 1944 to 1945. Thousands of Buchenwald prisoners dig 25 tunnels into a hillside under SS General Hans Kammler. The project was never finished, no surviving document says what it was for, and the Soviets blew the entrances shut. Some historians argue a nuclear test took place nearby in March 1945. That claim is still disputed. Jonastal, Thuringia, 1944 to 1945. Thousands of Buchenwald prisoners dig 25 tunnels into a hillside under SS General Hans Kammler. The project was never finished, no surviving document says what it was for, and the Soviets blew the entrances shut. Some historians argue a nuclear test took place nearby in March 1945. That claim is still disputed. 613 JUN 1933 Conspiracy 1933 CON 6 MAGENTA MAGENTA - THE 1933 ITALIAN CRASH STORY Magenta, Italy, said to be 13 June 1933. The claim: a craft comes down near Milan, Mussolini sets up a secret unit to study it, and the Americans take it in 1945. For decades it was a fringe story built on documents most Italian researchers called fake. In 2023 David Grusch named it to Congress as the earliest recovery he had been told about. Magenta, Italy, said to be 13 June 1933. The claim: a craft comes down near Milan, Mussolini sets up a secret unit to study it, and the Americans take it in 1945. For decades it was a fringe story built on documents most Italian researchers called fake. In 2023 David Grusch named it to Congress as the earliest recovery he had been told about. 39 MAY 1945 Conspiracy 1945 CON 3 KAMMLER KAMMLER - THE SS GENERAL WHO VANISHED May 1945. SS General Hans Kammler, who ran the V-2 rocket program and the Nazis' secret weapons projects, vanishes in the last days of the war. Witnesses disagree on whether he shot himself, was shot or surrendered, and no body or grave has ever been found. His disappearance feeds stories about Nazi wonder weapons, Die Glocke and even Kecksburg. May 1945. SS General Hans Kammler, who ran the V-2 rocket program and the Nazis' secret weapons projects, vanishes in the last days of the war. Witnesses disagree on whether he shot himself, was shot or surrendered, and no body or grave has ever been found. His disappearance feeds stories about Nazi wonder weapons, Die Glocke and even Kecksburg. 49 OCT 2024 Conspiracy 2024 CON 4 IMMACULATE CONSTELLATION IMMACULATE CONSTELLATION - THE SECRET PROGRAM THE PENTAGON DENIES Washington, 13 November 2024. Journalist Michael Shellenberger tells Congress that a whistleblower has described Immaculate Constellation, a secret Pentagon program collecting UFO images and sensor data without telling Congress. He hands over a report. The Pentagon says no such program exists. Nobody has yet produced the program's own paperwork. Washington, 13 November 2024. Journalist Michael Shellenberger tells Congress that a whistleblower has described Immaculate Constellation, a secret Pentagon program collecting UFO images and sensor data without telling Congress. He hands over a report. The Pentagon says no such program exists. Nobody has yet produced the program's own paperwork. 42011 Conspiracy 2011 CON 4 KONA BLUE KONA BLUE - THE PROGRAM THAT WAS NEVER APPROVED Washington, 2011. Former AAWSAP staff propose Kona Blue to the Department of Homeland Security, to study recovered alien craft. DHS rejects it. AARO's 2024 history says it was never approved and held nothing. Washington, 2011. Former AAWSAP staff propose Kona Blue to the Department of Homeland Security, to study recovered alien craft. DHS rejects it. AARO's 2024 history says it was never approved and held nothing. 51974 Conspiracy 1974 CON 5 HANGAR 18 HANGAR 18 - THE BUILDING AT WRIGHT-PATTERSON Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Since 1974, 'Hangar 18' has been said to hold crashed saucers and alien bodies. It traces to writer Robert Carr. The Air Force says no Hangar 18 exists; Building 18-A tested parts. Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Since 1974, 'Hangar 18' has been said to hold crashed saucers and alien bodies. It traces to writer Robert Carr. The Air Force says no Hangar 18 exists; Building 18-A tested parts. 328 MAR 1979 Conspiracy 1979 CON 3 THREE MILE ISLAND THREE MILE ISLAND - THE PARTIAL MELTDOWN NEAR HARRISBURG Near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 28 March 1979. A relief valve at Three Mile Island Unit 2 sticks open while a control room light says it closed. About half the core melts. Pregnant women and young children within five miles are told to leave. It is the worst accident in US commercial nuclear power. Near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 28 March 1979. A relief valve at Three Mile Island Unit 2 sticks open while a control room light says it closed. About half the core melts. Pregnant women and young children within five miles are told to leave. It is the worst accident in US commercial nuclear power. 510 OCT 1957 Conspiracy 1957 CON 5 WINDSCALE WINDSCALE - THE REACTOR FIRE BRITAIN BURIED Cumbria, 10 October 1957. The core of Britain's Windscale bomb reactor catches fire and radioactive iodine pours from the chimney. One man floods it with water and watches the flames die. Milk is poured away across 200 square miles. Then the prime minister buries the full report for thirty years to protect a deal with America. Cumbria, 10 October 1957. The core of Britain's Windscale bomb reactor catches fire and radioactive iodine pours from the chimney. One man floods it with water and watches the flames die. Milk is poured away across 200 square miles. Then the prime minister buries the full report for thirty years to protect a deal with America. 31979 Conspiracy 1979 CON 3 DULCE DULCE - THE BASE UNDER THE MESA Dulce, New Mexico. Since the early 1980s, a legend has put a seven-level human-alien base under Archuleta Mesa, with hybrid experiments and a 1979 firefight between Delta Force and the Greys. It traces back to one Albuquerque businessman, Paul Bennewitz, and the Air Force's decision to feed him false information. The mesa is real. The base is in no record. Dulce, New Mexico. Since the early 1980s, a legend has put a seven-level human-alien base under Archuleta Mesa, with hybrid experiments and a 1979 firefight between Delta Force and the Greys. It traces back to one Albuquerque businessman, Paul Bennewitz, and the Air Force's decision to feed him false information. The mesa is real. The base is in no record. 41992 Conspiracy 1992 CON 4 MONTAUK MONTAUK - THE PROJECT AND THE MONSTER Montauk, Long Island. Two legends. The Montauk Project claims secret time-travel and mind-control experiments at Camp Hero, and comes from one self-published 1992 book. The Montauk Monster is a real, rotting carcass that washed up in July 2008 and was never examined. Locals blame both on the government animal lab at Plum Island. Montauk, Long Island. Two legends. The Montauk Project claims secret time-travel and mind-control experiments at Camp Hero, and comes from one self-published 1992 book. The Montauk Monster is a real, rotting carcass that washed up in July 2008 and was never examined. Locals blame both on the government animal lab at Plum Island. 61955 Conspiracy 1955 CON 6 AREA 51 AREA 51 - THE BASE THAT DIDN'T EXIST Groom Lake, Nevada. For decades the US government wouldn't admit the base existed. In 2013 a declassified CIA history of the U-2 spy plane named 'Area 51' and confirmed it began in 1955 as a test site for secret aircraft. The years of silence left room for stranger explanations, and people filled it. Groom Lake, Nevada. For decades the US government wouldn't admit the base existed. In 2013 a declassified CIA history of the U-2 spy plane named 'Area 51' and confirmed it began in 1955 as a test site for secret aircraft. The years of silence left room for stranger explanations, and people filled it. 229 SEP 1957 Conspiracy 1957 CON 2 KYSHTYM KYSHTYM - MAYAK WASTE CLOUD AND EAST URALS TRACE 29 September 1957. A tank of high-level waste explodes at Mayak, inside a city on no map. A plume drifts north-east, more than 10,000 people are moved, and the local paper reports an aurora. Medvedev brings it to the West in 1976. 29 September 1957. A tank of high-level waste explodes at Mayak, inside a city on no map. A plume drifts north-east, more than 10,000 people are moved, and the local paper reports an aurora. Medvedev brings it to the West in 1976. 311 FEB 1976 Conspiracy 1975 CON 3 PIKE COMMITTEE PIKE COMMITTEE - HOUSE WITHHOLDS DRAFT, VILLAGE VOICE PRINTS House Select Committee on Intelligence, 1975. Otis Pike in the chair. Its report on costs, failures and covert action is withheld by a House vote of 246 to 124; the Village Voice prints it in February 1976. House Select Committee on Intelligence, 1975. Otis Pike in the chair. Its report on costs, failures and covert action is withheld by a House vote of 246 to 124; the Village Voice prints it in February 1976. 31966 Conspiracy 1966 CON 3 CONDON REPORT CONDON REPORT - COLORADO STUDY USED TO CLOSE BLUE BOOK University of Colorado, 1966-68. An Air Force contract under Edward U. Condon. Robert Low's memo on how to appear objective leaks in Look. The report leaves about a quarter of its cases unexplained, yet its summary is used to close Project Blue Book in 1969. University of Colorado, 1966-68. An Air Force contract under Edward U. Condon. Robert Low's memo on how to appear objective leaks in Look. The report leaves about a quarter of its cases unexplained, yet its summary is used to close Project Blue Book in 1969. 517 JAN 1953 Conspiracy 1953 CON 5 ROBERTSON PANEL ROBERTSON PANEL - THE CIA'S PLAN TO DEBUNK UFOS Washington, 14 to 17 January 1953. A CIA-sponsored panel under physicist H.P. Robertson reviews Air Force UFO reports, finds no threat and urges a campaign to end their mystery and a watch on civilian groups. Washington, 14 to 17 January 1953. A CIA-sponsored panel under physicist H.P. Robertson reviews Air Force UFO reports, finds no threat and urges a campaign to end their mystery and a watch on civilian groups. 31967 Conspiracy 1967 CON 3 OPERATION OFTEN OPERATION OFTEN - THE CIA OCCULT STORY, ONE SOURCE DEEP Gordon Thomas writes in 1989 that a CIA programme called Often paid astrologers, palmists and a medium. The only Project OFTEN in the CIA's record is a 1967 drug-testing programme run with Edgewood Arsenal. Gordon Thomas writes in 1989 that a CIA programme called Often paid astrologers, palmists and a medium. The only Project OFTEN in the CIA's record is a 1967 drug-testing programme run with Edgewood Arsenal. 51952 Conspiracy 1952 CON 5 PBFORTUNE PBFORTUNE - THE CIA'S FIRST GUATEMALA COUP PLAN 9 September 1952. The CIA approves PBFORTUNE to arm Castillo Armas against Guatemala's elected president, Árbenz. Arms ship as farm machinery. Somoza talks, and Acheson has it cancelled on 8 October. 9 September 1952. The CIA approves PBFORTUNE to arm Castillo Armas against Guatemala's elected president, Árbenz. Arms ship as farm machinery. Somoza talks, and Acheson has it cancelled on 8 October. 51957 Conspiracy 1957 CON 5 OPERATION LAC OPERATION LAC - THE ARMY SPRAYS THE MIDWEST 2 December 1957. An Army C-119 releases zinc cadmium sulfide from South Dakota to Minnesota; particles reach New York, 1,200 miles off. Separate tests spray St. Louis from rooftops. Residents are not told. 2 December 1957. An Army C-119 releases zinc cadmium sulfide from South Dakota to Minnesota; particles reach New York, 1,200 miles off. Separate tests spray St. Louis from rooftops. Residents are not told. 51973 Conspiracy 1973 CON 5 MKSEARCH MKSEARCH - MKULTRA SUCCESSOR RETITLED, NOT ENDED CIA, mid-1960s into the early 1970s. MKSEARCH is the successor cover after MKULTRA: interrogation and incapacitating work retitled rather than ended. Helms 1973 destruction hits this drawer too. Church learns the second name. CIA, mid-1960s into the early 1970s. MKSEARCH is the successor cover after MKULTRA: interrogation and incapacitating work retitled rather than ended. Helms 1973 destruction hits this drawer too. Church learns the second name. 410 SEP 1968 Conspiracy 1968 CON 4 GARDEN PLOT GARDEN PLOT - THE ARMY'S CIVIL DISTURBANCE PLAN GARDEN PLOT is the Army's 1968 plan for sending troops into American cities when riots overwhelm the police. It has fed martial-law theories for decades, and its shape turned up again in the 1992 Los Angeles riots. GARDEN PLOT is the Army's 1968 plan for sending troops into American cities when riots overwhelm the police. It has fed martial-law theories for decades, and its shape turned up again in the 1992 Los Angeles riots. 51950 Conspiracy 1950 CON 5 PROJECT BLUEBIRD PROJECT BLUEBIRD - THE CIA'S FIRST MIND-CONTROL PROGRAMME 20 April 1950. CIA Director Hillenkoetter approves BLUEBIRD: teams using drugs, hypnosis and the polygraph. In Japan they test four subjects that July and 25 more by October. In 1951 it becomes ARTICHOKE. 20 April 1950. CIA Director Hillenkoetter approves BLUEBIRD: teams using drugs, hypnosis and the polygraph. In Japan they test four subjects that July and 25 more by October. In 1951 it becomes ARTICHOKE. 41969 Conspiracy 1969 CON 4 OPERATION MENU OPERATION MENU - SECRET B-52 BOMBING OF CAMBODIA 18 March 1969 to 26 May 1970. Secret B-52 bombing of officially neutral Cambodia under Operation Menu, from Breakfast to Dessert. Real targets go by back channel and the paperwork is burned. The Times reports it in 1969. Congress hears the truth in 1973. 18 March 1969 to 26 May 1970. Secret B-52 bombing of officially neutral Cambodia under Operation Menu, from Breakfast to Dessert. Real targets go by back channel and the paperwork is burned. The Times reports it in 1969. Congress hears the truth in 1973. 62013 Conspiracy 2013 CON 6 EDGEWOOD EDGEWOOD - ARSENAL TESTS OF LSD, BZ, AND NERVE AGENTS ON SOLDIERS For twenty years the US Army tested LSD, BZ, VX and sarin on thousands of volunteer soldiers at Edgewood Arsenal. The veterans say they were never told what they were given, and in 2013 and 2015 the courts agreed the Army still owed them answers. For twenty years the US Army tested LSD, BZ, VX and sarin on thousands of volunteer soldiers at Edgewood Arsenal. The veterans say they were never told what they were given, and in 2013 and 2015 the courts agreed the Army still owed them answers. 51967 Conspiracy 1967 CON 5 PHOENIX PROGRAM PHOENIX PROGRAM - THE CIA'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE VIET CONG NETWORK 1967-72. A US and South Vietnamese program, heavily backed by the CIA, to capture, turn, or kill the Viet Cong's political cadres. William Colby tells Congress in 1971 that 20,587 were killed. Quotas, torture testimony, and uncountable civilian deaths make the true toll impossible to know. 1967-72. A US and South Vietnamese program, heavily backed by the CIA, to capture, turn, or kill the Viet Cong's political cadres. William Colby tells Congress in 1971 that 20,587 were killed. Quotas, torture testimony, and uncountable civilian deaths make the true toll impossible to know. 21962 Conspiracy 1962 CON 2 RANCH HAND RANCH HAND - AGENT ORANGE HERBICIDE RUNS STOPPED 1962 to 1971. In Operation Ranch Hand, US Air Force planes spray about 19 million gallons of herbicide over Vietnam and its neighbours to strip forest cover and destroy crops. Agent Orange carried dioxin. The hotspots are still being cleaned, and the human toll is still disputed. 1962 to 1971. In Operation Ranch Hand, US Air Force planes spray about 19 million gallons of herbicide over Vietnam and its neighbours to strip forest cover and destroy crops. Agent Orange carried dioxin. The hotspots are still being cleaned, and the human toll is still disputed. 55 JUL 1987 Conspiracy 1984 CON 5 REX 84 REX 84 - THE MASS DETENTION EXERCISE April 1984. A FEMA and Pentagon exercise tests mass detention in a declared emergency. It surfaces in July 1987 when Rep. Jack Brooks asks Oliver North about suspending the Constitution and is cut off. The plan was real. The standing camps are not in the record. April 1984. A FEMA and Pentagon exercise tests mass detention in a declared emergency. It surfaces in July 1987 when Rep. Jack Brooks asks Oliver North about suspending the Constitution and is cut off. The plan was real. The standing camps are not in the record. 31961 Conspiracy 1961 CON 3 OPERATION MONGOOSE OPERATION MONGOOSE - THE CIA'S SECRET WAR ON CASTRO Cuba, from November 1961. After the Bay of Pigs, the Kennedys want Castro gone without another invasion. Operation Mongoose plans sabotage and a revolt for October 1962. October brings the missile crisis instead, and Castro stays. Cuba, from November 1961. After the Bay of Pigs, the Kennedys want Castro gone without another invasion. Operation Mongoose plans sabotage and a revolt for October 1962. October brings the missile crisis instead, and Castro stays. 31962 Conspiracy 1962 CON 3 PROJECT 112 PROJECT 112 - SHAD AND THE SAILORS WHO WEREN'T TOLD 1962-73. The Pentagon's Project 112 and its shipboard arm, SHAD, spray Navy ships and crews with nerve agents and biological simulants, often without telling them. Denied until 2000; about 6,000 participants later identified. The GAO found the list still incomplete in 2008. 1962-73. The Pentagon's Project 112 and its shipboard arm, SHAD, spray Navy ships and crews with nerve agents and biological simulants, often without telling them. Denied until 2000; about 6,000 participants later identified. The GAO found the list still incomplete in 2008. 51954 Conspiracy 1954 CON 5 OPERATION PBSUCCESS OPERATION PBSUCCESS - THE CIA'S COUP IN GUATEMALA Guatemala, 1954. A CIA operation drives out the elected president, Jacobo Árbenz, whose land reform took unused land from the United Fruit Company. A small rebel force, a fake jungle radio and rumour do the work. The CIA's own history of the coup was declassified in 1997. Guatemala, 1954. A CIA operation drives out the elected president, Jacobo Árbenz, whose land reform took unused land from the United Fruit Company. A small rebel force, a fake jungle radio and rumour do the work. The CIA's own history of the coup was declassified in 1997. 55 OCT 1986 Conspiracy 1986 CON 5 IRAN-CONTRA IRAN-CONTRA - THE PLANE THAT BROKE THE SECRET Nicaragua, 5 October 1986. A cargo plane full of weapons is shot down and its one survivor, Eugene Hasenfus, says he was flying for the CIA. Weeks later the world learns the White House had also been secretly selling missiles to Iran, and using the money to arm the Contras against a ban passed by Congress. Hearings, shredded files, convictions, pardons. Nicaragua, 5 October 1986. A cargo plane full of weapons is shot down and its one survivor, Eugene Hasenfus, says he was flying for the CIA. Weeks later the world learns the White House had also been secretly selling missiles to Iran, and using the money to arm the Contras against a ban passed by Congress. Hearings, shredded files, convictions, pardons. 51967 Conspiracy 1967 CON 5 PROJECT MINARET PROJECT MINARET - THE NSA WATCH LIST 1967 to 1973. The NSA pulls the overseas calls and cables of Americans named by the FBI and others, among them Martin Luther King and Senators Frank Church and Howard Baker. Its reports are disguised. 1967 to 1973. The NSA pulls the overseas calls and cables of Americans named by the FBI and others, among them Martin Luther King and Senators Frank Church and Howard Baker. Its reports are disguised. 41945 Conspiracy 1945 CON 4 PROJECT SHAMROCK PROJECT SHAMROCK - THIRTY YEARS OF COPIED TELEGRAMS August 1945 to May 1975. RCA, ITT and Western Union give the NSA copies of international telegrams, about 150,000 a month at the end. No warrant or statute covers it. Defense Secretary Schlesinger ends it. August 1945 to May 1975. RCA, ITT and Western Union give the NSA copies of international telegrams, about 150,000 a month at the end. No warrant or statute covers it. Defense Secretary Schlesinger ends it. 31970 Conspiracy 1970 CON 3 HUSTON PLAN HUSTON PLAN - NIXON'S SPY PLAN THAT LASTED FIVE DAYS July 1970. Nixon approves aide Tom Huston's plan to lift limits on break-ins, mail opening and wiretaps. Hoover objects, and five days after the decision memo goes out, the White House recalls every copy. July 1970. Nixon approves aide Tom Huston's plan to lift limits on break-ins, mail opening and wiretaps. Hoover objects, and five days after the decision memo goes out, the White House recalls every copy. 627 JAN 1975 Conspiracy 1975 CON 6 CHURCH COMMITTEE CHURCH COMMITTEE - THE SENATE INQUIRY THAT OPENED THE CIA'S FILES Senate Church Committee, 1975-76. Hearings on CIA assassination plots, mail opening and NSA intercepts, a dart gun shown on camera, and six books of findings. A permanent Senate intelligence committee follows. Senate Church Committee, 1975-76. Hearings on CIA assassination plots, mail opening and NSA intercepts, a dart gun shown on camera, and six books of findings. A permanent Senate intelligence committee follows. 41975 Conspiracy 1975 CON 4 OPERATION CONDOR OPERATION CONDOR - SOUTHERN CONE CROSS-BORDER INTELLIGENCE PACT Santiago, 25 November 1975. Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia found Condor to hunt exiles across borders. Letelier is killed in Washington in 1976. Paraguay's police files surface in 1992. Santiago, 25 November 1975. Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia found Condor to hunt exiles across borders. Letelier is killed in Washington in 1976. Paraguay's police files surface in 1992. 48 JUL 1977 Conspiracy 1973 CON 4 OPERATION SNOW WHITE OPERATION SNOW WHITE - SCIENTOLOGY IRS MOLE AND FBI RAID Guardian Order 732, 1973: get files on Scientology "legally expunged". Instead, church agents take IRS jobs and copy files. FBI raids on 8 July 1977. Eleven convicted, including Mary Sue Hubbard. Guardian Order 732, 1973: get files on Scientology "legally expunged". Instead, church agents take IRS jobs and copy files. FBI raids on 8 July 1977. Eleven convicted, including Mary Sue Hubbard. 51967 Conspiracy 1967 CON 5 OPERATION CHAOS OPERATION CHAOS - MHCHAOS INDEX OF THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND NAMES August 1967. CIA Director Richard Helms has Richard Ober set up a unit to find foreign hands in the antiwar movement. It finds little, but indexes more than 300,000 names. It is closed in March 1974. August 1967. CIA Director Richard Helms has Richard Ober set up a unit to find foreign hands in the antiwar movement. It finds little, but indexes more than 300,000 names. It is closed in March 1974. 41955 Conspiracy 1955 CON 4 MIDNIGHT CLIMAX MIDNIGHT CLIMAX - CHESTNUT STREET SAFEHOUSE AND UNWITTING LSD 225 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, 1955-65. George White’s safe house for Midnight Climax: two-way glass, recorders in outlets, unwitting LSD doses. Named in the 1977 Senate hearing. 225 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, 1955-65. George White’s safe house for Midnight Climax: two-way glass, recorders in outlets, unwitting LSD doses. Named in the 1977 Senate hearing. 41980 Conspiracy 1980 CON 4 PAUL BENNEWITZ PAUL BENNEWITZ - KIRTLAND LIGHTS AND PROJECT BETA DISINFO Kirtland AFB lights, 1980. Paul Bennewitz of Thunder Scientific builds Project Beta. Richard Doty at the table. Senators are told there was no investigation. Kirtland AFB lights, 1980. Paul Bennewitz of Thunder Scientific builds Project Beta. Richard Doty at the table. Senators are told there was no investigation. 51952 Conspiracy 1952 CON 5 MKNAOMI MKNAOMI - THE CIA'S TOXINS AND THE DART GUN 1952-70. The CIA and Fort Detrick develop and store biological agents and toxins for covert use, with a silent dart gun to deliver them. After Nixon orders them destroyed, the CIA keeps 11 grams of shellfish toxin, found in 1975 by the Church Committee. 1952-70. The CIA and Fort Detrick develop and store biological agents and toxins for covert use, with a silent dart gun to deliver them. After Nixon orders them destroyed, the CIA keeps 11 grams of shellfish toxin, found in 1975 by the Church Committee. 419 AUG 1953 Conspiracy 1953 CON 4 OPERATION AJAX OPERATION AJAX - THE CIA COUP IN IRAN Tehran, August 1953. The CIA and MI6 move against Prime Minister Mosaddegh. The first attempt fails and the Shah flees. On 18 August headquarters cables that operations should be discontinued. The station keeps going, and on 19 August Mosaddegh falls. Tehran, August 1953. The CIA and MI6 move against Prime Minister Mosaddegh. The first attempt fails and the Shah flees. On 18 August headquarters cables that operations should be discontinued. The station keeps going, and on 19 August Mosaddegh falls. 31967 Conspiracy 1967 CON 3 OPERATION POPEYE OPERATION POPEYE - CLOUD SEEDING TO MAKE MUD ON THE TRAIL Operation Popeye. 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron cloud-seeding over the Ho Chi Minh Trail, 1967-72, to make mud, not war. Denied, then named in 1972 and aired in congressional hearing in 1974. Operation Popeye. 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron cloud-seeding over the Ho Chi Minh Trail, 1967-72, to make mud, not war. Denied, then named in 1972 and aired in congressional hearing in 1974. 51934 Conspiracy 1934 CON 5 BUSINESS PLOT BUSINESS PLOT - THE COUP AGAINST ROOSEVELT THAT NEVER MARCHED November 1934. Smedley Butler tells Congress a bond salesman asked him to lead 500,000 veterans and sideline Roosevelt. The committee says the plot was discussed and planned. No one is charged. November 1934. Smedley Butler tells Congress a bond salesman asked him to lead 500,000 veterans and sideline Roosevelt. The committee says the plot was discussed and planned. No one is charged. 59 MAY 1973 Conspiracy 1973 CON 5 FAMILY JEWELS FAMILY JEWELS - THE CIA'S 693 PAGES OF SKELETONS CIA Family Jewels. Schlesinger orders a skeletons inventory in May 1973; 693 pages accumulate; Colby locks them; Hersh publishes in December; full release in 2007. CIA Family Jewels. Schlesinger orders a skeletons inventory in May 1973; 693 pages accumulate; Colby locks them; Hersh publishes in December; full release in 2007. 725 JUL 1972 Conspiracy 1932 CON 7 TUSKEGEE TUSKEGEE - USPHS SYPHILIS STUDY WITH PENICILLIN WITHHELD Alabama, 1932 to 1972. The US Public Health Service follows 399 Black men with syphilis while telling them they are being treated for 'bad blood'. When penicillin becomes the cure, it is withheld so the disease can be watched to autopsy. A whistleblower takes it to the press in 1972, and President Clinton apologised in 1997. Alabama, 1932 to 1972. The US Public Health Service follows 399 Black men with syphilis while telling them they are being treated for 'bad blood'. When penicillin becomes the cure, it is withheld so the disease can be watched to autopsy. A whistleblower takes it to the press in 1972, and President Clinton apologised in 1997. 320 AUG 1951 Conspiracy 1951 CON 3 ARTICHOKE ARTICHOKE - CIA INTERROGATION SHOP BEFORE MKULTRA CIA Artichoke interrogation shop, 1951-53, asks in January 1952 whether a person can be made to act against self-preservation. Then Ultra. Morse Allen’s operational limits sit in the same drawer. CIA Artichoke interrogation shop, 1951-53, asks in January 1952 whether a person can be made to act against self-preservation. Then Ultra. Morse Allen’s operational limits sit in the same drawer. 618 JAN 1955 Conspiracy 1953 CON 6 PROJECT SUNSHINE PROJECT SUNSHINE - THE BONES COLLECTED TO MEASURE FALLOUT From 1953. The US Atomic Energy Commission's Project Sunshine measures fallout in human bone, and the most useful samples are young: stillborn babies, infants and children, gathered from dozens of countries. An official admits in 1955 that doing it legally would be 'very difficult'. The families were not asked. From 1953. The US Atomic Energy Commission's Project Sunshine measures fallout in human bone, and the most useful samples are young: stillborn babies, infants and children, gathered from dozens of countries. An official admits in 1955 that doing it legally would be 'very difficult'. The families were not asked. 86 MAY 1947 Conspiracy 1947 CON 8 UNIT 731 UNIT 731 - PINGFANG DATA TRADED FOR SILENCE Unit 731 at Pingfang under Shirō Ishii. Postwar Detrick interviews in 1947 trade data for silence in intelligence channels. Principals are kept off the Tokyo war-crimes dock. Unit 731 at Pingfang under Shirō Ishii. Postwar Detrick interviews in 1947 trade data for silence in intelligence channels. Principals are kept off the Tokyo war-crimes dock. 624 OCT 1990 Conspiracy 1972 CON 6 GLADIO GLADIO - ANDREOTTI ADMITS ITALY'S SECRET STAY-BEHIND ARMY 24 October 1990. Giulio Andreotti tells Italy's parliament about Gladio, a CIA- and NATO-linked stay-behind network of 622 civilians and buried arms caches, after magistrate Felice Casson found its files while investigating the 1972 Peteano car bomb. The network's existence is settled. No court has tied it as an organization to any bombing. 24 October 1990. Giulio Andreotti tells Italy's parliament about Gladio, a CIA- and NATO-linked stay-behind network of 622 civilians and buried arms caches, after magistrate Felice Casson found its files while investigating the 1972 Peteano car bomb. The network's existence is settled. No court has tied it as an organization to any bombing. 48 MAR 1971 Conspiracy 1956 CON 4 COINTELPRO COINTELPRO - FBI DOMESTIC PROGRAM AND MEDIA BREAK-IN EXPOSE FBI domestic counterintelligence program, 1956-71. Exposed when the Media, Pennsylvania, resident agency was broken into on 8 March 1971 and files showed roughly one percent organised crime work in that office. FBI domestic counterintelligence program, 1956-71. Exposed when the Media, Pennsylvania, resident agency was broken into on 8 March 1971 and files showed roughly one percent organised crime work in that office. 628 NOV 1995 Conspiracy 1972 CON 6 STARGATE STARGATE - ARMY DIA REMOTE VIEWING PROGRAM CLOSED 1972 to 1995. US agencies fund secret tests of psychic remote viewing for intelligence, under code names ending in Stargate. A 1995 review for the CIA ends it, but its two reviewers disagree on the results. 1972 to 1995. US agencies fund secret tests of psychic remote viewing for intelligence, under code names ending in Stargate. A 1995 review for the CIA ends it, but its two reviewers disagree on the results. 72 AUG 1964 Conspiracy 1964 CON 7 GULF OF TONKIN GULF OF TONKIN - SECOND-NIGHT ATTACK LATER DISPUTED 2 August 1964 Tonkin incident stands in the record. 4 August does not, in the later official read. Captain Herrick doubted the second night’s radar and weather the same evening. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed in three days. 2 August 1964 Tonkin incident stands in the record. 4 August does not, in the later official read. Captain Herrick doubted the second night’s radar and weather the same evening. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed in three days. 51963 Conspiracy 1963 CON 5 MOCKINGBIRD MOCKINGBIRD - THE CIA AND THE AMERICAN PRESS CIA relationships with the American press. 1963 tap on two columnists; Church Committee in 1976 counts dozens of assets; Bernstein’s 1977 piece widens the title beyond one order. CIA relationships with the American press. 1963 tap on two columnists; Church Committee in 1976 counts dozens of assets; Bernstein’s 1977 piece widens the title beyond one order. 51945 Conspiracy 1945 CON 5 PAPERCLIP PAPERCLIP - GERMAN SPECIALISTS CLIPPED INTO US FILES From 1945. German specialists clipped into U.S. files under Overcast and Paperclip, jackets cleaned so visas would pass. Wernher von Braun to Huntsville among them. From 1945. German specialists clipped into U.S. files under Overcast and Paperclip, jackets cleaned so visas would pass. Wernher von Braun to Huntsville among them. 313 MAR 1962 Conspiracy 1962 CON 3 NORTHWOODS NORTHWOODS - JOINT CHIEFS CUBA PRETEXT OPTIONS, UNSIGNED 13 March 1962. Joint Chiefs Northwoods paper lists staged pretexts for war with Cuba. Kennedy did not approve. Declassified and released in 2001. 13 March 1962. Joint Chiefs Northwoods paper lists staged pretexts for war with Cuba. Kennedy did not approve. Declassified and released in 2001. 41943 Conspiracy 1943 CON 4 PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT - THE WARSHIP THAT SUPPOSEDLY VANISHED Claimed 1943 vanishing of USS Eldridge in Philadelphia. Paper trail is Carl Allen’s 1955 letters to Jessup and the ONR Varo annotated edition, including a Happy Easter parcel story. Navy logs sit elsewhere and do not support the vanishing. Claimed 1943 vanishing of USS Eldridge in Philadelphia. Paper trail is Carl Allen’s 1955 letters to Jessup and the ONR Varo annotated edition, including a Happy Easter parcel story. Navy logs sit elsewhere and do not support the vanishing. 324 SEP 1947 Conspiracy 1947 CON 3 MAJESTIC 12 MAJESTIC 12 - ALLEGED 1947 RECOVERY POLICY COMMITTEE Alleged secret committee of scientists, military officers, and government officials formed in 1947 to manage recovered extraterrestrial technology and related policy. Central documents first surfaced in 1984 and remain among the most contested artifacts in UFO conspiracy research. Alleged secret committee of scientists, military officers, and government officials formed in 1947 to manage recovered extraterrestrial technology and related policy. Central documents first surfaced in 1984 and remain among the most contested artifacts in UFO conspiracy research. 528 NOV 1953 Conspiracy 1953 CON 5 PROJECT MKULTRA PROJECT MKULTRA - CIA LSD HUMAN EXPERIMENTS WITHOUT CONSENT CIA behavioral modification research program, authorized in 1953 and running into the early 1970s. Extensive use of LSD and other drugs, hypnosis, sensory deprivation, and electroshock on witting and unwitting subjects. Most records ordered destroyed in 1973. Exposed through the Church Committee and related mid-1970s probes. CIA behavioral modification research program, authorized in 1953 and running into the early 1970s. Extensive use of LSD and other drugs, hypnosis, sensory deprivation, and electroshock on witting and unwitting subjects. Most records ordered destroyed in 1973. Exposed through the Church Committee and related mid-1970s probes.