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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.
- 1872Mary CelesteUnsolved Crimes & Disappearances
The brigantine Dei Gratia, under Captain David Morehouse, sights the Mary Celeste adrift roughly 400 nautical miles east of the Azores, sailing erratically with no one visible on deck.
- 1948The green fireballsUFOs & Aliens
On a single night two separate aircrews, one civilian and one military, report a bright green ball of fire over New Mexico. One crew says the object raced toward their aircraft, prompting the pilot to swerve. The descriptions liken it to a huge green meteor, but the behavior unsettles the observers.
- 1959Ourang MedanUnexplained Phenomena
A private citizen, C. H. Marck Jr., writes to the CIA relaying the Ourang Medan tale and dating the distress call to early February 1948; the letter is later declassified and posted in the CIA reading room, where it is frequently misrepresented as the CIA “confirming” the case rather than simply filing a member of the public’s letter.
Drawn from 1,962 dated events across our case-file timelines. Dates reckoned in UTC.