The archive, day by day
On this day in conspiracies
The dated turning points behind the case files: assassinations, crashes, leaks, votes, and the moments a theory was born, each drawn straight from a file's sourced timeline. We only place an entry on a day the record actually names.
- 1975Travis Walton abductionUFOs & Aliens
Six crew members are given polygraph examinations by Arizona Department of Public Safety examiner C. E. Gilson, chiefly to test whether they had harmed Walton. Gilson reports that the men were telling the truth about seeing an object and not injuring Walton; the result for one crew member, Allen Dalis, is reported as inconclusive.
- 1999The Caracazo killingsGovernment & Intelligence
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issues its judgment on the merits in El Caracazo v. Venezuela. Venezuela acknowledges international responsibility, and the Court holds the state liable for extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, and other violations connected to the suppression.
- 2004Arafat polonium deathUnsolved Crimes & Disappearances
Arafat is pronounced dead at Percy at the age of 75. French medical records cite a massive haemorrhagic stroke amid multi-organ failure, but the underlying cause is left undetermined. At his widow's wish, no autopsy is performed, and he is buried in Ramallah.
Drawn from 1,942 dated events across our case-file timelines. Dates reckoned in UTC.