On this day in conspiracies

The following Saturday the sightings recur. Radar at National Airport and Andrews again tracks unexplained returns, jets are again scrambled, and one pilot reports being briefly surrounded by lights that then sped away. The second weekend cements the story on front pages across the country.

Eva Perón dies of cervical cancer at 33. Juan Perón commissions the Spanish anatomist Dr. Pedro Ara, already in Buenos Aires, to embalm her; work begins within hours and continues for months, replacing her fluids with glycerin and preservatives to produce a lifelike, near-incorruptible body.

Iranian forces counterattack in Operation Mersad and rout the incursion within days. In its aftermath the government moves against MEK supporters held in its prisons, many of them already convicted and serving sentences.

On Belgian television (RTL-TVI), a man identified as Patrick Marechal confesses that he created the famous Petit-Rechain photograph as a prank, using a triangle of styrofoam painted black with small lights fixed at the corners and suspended on threads. The wave's single most iconic image is thereby withdrawn as evidence.

A University of Adelaide team led by Professor Derek Abbott, working with genealogist Colleen Fitzpatrick, announces a DNA-and-genealogy identification: Carl 'Charles' Webb, a Melbourne-born electrical engineer.

At a Senate leadership news conference, McConnell stops speaking mid-sentence and stares silently for roughly 19 seconds before being led away. The clip goes viral and prompts widespread speculation about a stroke or seizure.

Fravor testifies under oath to a House Oversight subcommittee, calling the Tic Tac far beyond the performance of any known aircraft. The hearing, which also features whistleblower David Grusch, folds the Nimitz case into the broader push for UAP disclosure.

Former intelligence officer David Grusch tells a House Oversight subcommittee, under oath, that he was informed of a multi-decade UAP crash-retrieval and reverse-engineering program and that the government holds non-human craft and biological material. He states he has not personally seen any craft or bodies and is relaying accounts of witnesses he interviewed.

Former intelligence officer David Grusch tells a House subcommittee, under oath, that he was informed of a secret crash-retrieval and reverse-engineering program. His testimony, though secondhand, primes Congress and the public for further whistleblower claims about hidden UAP programs.