On this day in conspiracies

A university professor and his two daughters, hiking in Isdalen valley below the north face of Mount Ulriken near Bergen, find the partly burned body of a woman lying among the scree, surrounded by charred belongings and the smell of petrol.

In the early hours, Wood is discovered to be missing from the yacht. Her body is recovered from the water that morning, roughly a mile from the Splendour, with the boat's small dinghy found beached nearby. She is wearing a nightgown, socks, and a down jacket.

Near Eupen, in eastern Belgium, gendarmes on patrol (among them officers von Montigny and Nicoll) report a large, silent, triangular object hovering low over a field, casting three powerful downward beams from its corners with a red flashing light at its center. Dozens of other reports come in from the same region that night, including from other police officers.

Murray is sentenced to four years in prison. He ultimately serves under two years before release. The conviction establishes a documented cause and a documented culpable party, yet does not settle the broader questions circulating among fans and skeptics.