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On this day in conspiracies
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- 1921Carroll A. DeeringUnsolved Crimes & Disappearances
Once the seas calm, the Coast Guard finally boards the wreck and finds it deserted. The two lifeboats, the ship's log, navigation instruments, anchors, key papers, and the crew's personal effects are gone, while food appears to have been in preparation in the galley and the ship's cats are found alive aboard.
- 2023Chinese spy balloonGovernment & Intelligence
At about 2:39 p.m. Eastern, an Air Force F-22 from Langley fires a single AIM-9X Sidewinder and downs the balloon in U.S. territorial waters off Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The debris falls into roughly 47 feet of water, and Navy and Coast Guard recovery begins.
- 20262026 'stolen election' probeGovernment & Intelligence
Reporting reveals the ODNI's examination of Puerto Rico's voting machines. The office calls the machines' security practices 'extremely concerning' but provides no detailed evidence, and acknowledges it found no proof of the foreign intrusion it had been investigating. Senators demand a briefing.
Drawn from 1,977 dated events across our case-file timelines. Dates reckoned in UTC.