Science, space & the strange
Moon landings, psychic spies, human experiments and Bigfoot.
On the record1953–1973 · Spies & agenciesMKUltra: the CIA's mind-control program
Mind control, secret LSD tests and a director who ordered the files shredded. The core of this one is in the Senate record.
On the record1945–1959 · Military secretsOperation Paperclip: Nazi scientists in America
The rocket team that took America to the Moon included men who had built weapons for Hitler. That part is history.
On the record1932–1972 · Science, space & the strangeThe Tuskegee syphilis study
Government doctors studied untreated syphilis for four decades, even after penicillin became the standard cure.
On the record1970s–1995 · Spies & agenciesStargate: the Pentagon's psychic spies
Remote viewers at Fort Meade tried to spy with their minds. The program is real; whether it worked is another matter.
Unproven1969–today · Science, space & the strangeWas the Moon landing faked?
Waving flags, missing stars, film-set rumors. Plus laser reflectors that observatories still bounce light off today.
Unproven1943–today · Military secretsThe Philadelphia Experiment
A destroyer that vanished, teleported and fused sailors into steel. Or a few strange letters, and a misunderstood technique.
Unproven1976–1977 · Science, space & the strangeThe FBI's Bigfoot file
A researcher sent 15 hairs to the FBI. The Bureau ran the test, and its answer sat in a file for more than 40 years.