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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.
- 1964Gulf of TonkinGovernment & Intelligence
Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, citing 'renewed hostile actions' on August 4; the Senate votes 88–2 and the House votes unanimously.
- 1985Monster with 21 FacesUnsolved Crimes & Disappearances
Yamamoto, a Shiga Prefecture police superintendent tied to the failed investigation, dies by self-immolation, dousing himself in kerosene. His death becomes a symbol of the pressure the uncatchable case placed on investigators.
- 1993The Kelly Cahill encounterUFOs & Aliens
On a Saturday night, Kelly Cahill, 27, and her husband Andrew drive home from visiting friends, on a dark stretch of road in the Dandenong foothills near Narre Warren, southeast of Melbourne. Cahill later says she saw a row of orange lights on a large round craft hovering over or beside the road.
Drawn from 1,911 dated events across our case-file timelines. Dates reckoned in UTC.