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.
- 1983Hessdalen LightsUnexplained Phenomena
With no Norwegian government institute taking up the case, a group of independent researchers formally establishes Project Hessdalen to investigate scientifically.
- 2020The Great ResetSecret Societies & Power
The World Economic Forum launches 'The Great Reset' as the theme of its 2021 annual meeting. Klaus Schwab and the then-Prince of Wales present it as a call to build a greener, smarter, and fairer economy as the world exits the COVID-19 pandemic; Schwab's essay outlines 'stakeholder capitalism', ESG metrics, and Fourth Industrial Revolution technology.
- 2026Franco's alien TikToksHoaxes & Pop Culture
Franco launches a TikTok account, reported as @jamesfranco2319. His early clips repeatedly insist he is really James Franco, say he is not promoting anything, and promise followers he will soon reveal, in his words, some crazy stuff. In one video he writes his handle on paper to argue he is not an AI-generated fake.
- 2026Screwworm bioweapon claimScience, Space & Technology
USDA-APHIS confirms the first US animal case: a calf in Zavala County, Texas. The individual animal recovers, but the detection prompts border, trade, and beef-price alarm. By mid-June officials tally roughly a dozen animal cases across Texas and New Mexico.
Drawn from 1,911 dated events across our case-file timelines. Dates reckoned in UTC.