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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.
- 1979The Val Johnson incidentUFOs & Aliens
At about 1:40 a.m., Deputy Val Johnson is on patrol on County Road 5 west of Stephen, Minnesota, when he reports seeing a bright light low over the road. Taking it for a possible aircraft in trouble, he turns onto State Highway 220 to investigate.
- 2014Racetrack Playa sailing stonesUnexplained Phenomena
The team publishes “Sliding Rocks on Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park: First Observation of Rocks in Motion” in PLOS ONE, documenting the mechanism in detail. The National Park Service and Scripps Institution of Oceanography announce that the long-standing mystery is solved.
- 2021RFK assassinationGovernment & Intelligence
A two-member California parole panel recommends Sirhan for parole at his sixteenth suitability hearing, finding he no longer poses a threat to public safety. Two of Kennedy's sons support release; others in the family object.
Drawn from 1,911 dated events across our case-file timelines. Dates reckoned in UTC.