On this day in conspiracies

Officials, including the Air Force, state that a search of the woods turned up nothing and attribute the fireball to a meteor. Astronomers analyzing the fireball's steep, fast trajectory conclude it was a meteor bolide that most likely burned out over western Lake Erie, never reaching Pennsylvania intact.

As part of a counterinsurgency operation known as Operation Rescue (Operación Rescate), Atlácatl troops under Lieutenant Colonel Domingo Monterrosa move into the guerrilla-influenced zone of northern Morazán and occupy El Mozote, a hamlet whose evangelical residents had largely tried to stay out of the war.

Gary Webb, 49, is found dead at his home in Carmichael, California, with two gunshot wounds to the head. The Sacramento County coroner rules the death a suicide, citing a firearm, a note, and other scene evidence. The unusual detail of two shots fuels a lasting theory that he was murdered; officials say two self-inflicted shots are uncommon but documented.

Gary Webb is found dead of two gunshot wounds to the head. The coroner rules it a suicide. A 2014 film, Kill the Messenger, and renewed attention to the 1998 report drive a partial reassessment of his work.

One of the two attackers who kill four people in a Jersey City kosher market had posted antisemitic material referring to Jews as “Khazars.” Investigators and the ADL cite the Khazar conspiracy theory as part of the ideology behind an attack authorities call an act of domestic terrorism.

The House passes the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, which for the fifth straight year carries UAP provisions: expanded disclosure of military UAP intercepts to Congress, centralization of data under AARO, and an accounting of the classification rules governing UAP records.