Official Record Anomaly
Contradictions between official documents, or when a report conflicts with physical evidence. We analyse cases where different government agencies release conflicting reports, where the data within the same document do not support an official conclusion, and where the paper trail contradicts the physical evidence.
The Abbess’s Code – Testing Hildegard’s ‘lingua ignota’
Hildegard of Bingen left a 1,011-word ‘unknown language’ and a distinct alphabet. We test what survives: glossary, hymn and letterforms. Does it scale beyond a naming list, and what do the numbers say?
When the System Breaks – The Yuba County Five Investigation
In 1978, five men vanished in rural California. A stalled search, split jurisdictions, and a missed tip meant one may have lived for weeks. This is how the system failed to hold the case together.
The Yuba County Five – A Case Reclassified
For forty years, the disappearance of the Yuba County Five was a tragic accident. But a recently released official memo reclassifies the case as a homicide, revealing authorities now believe the men were victims of foul play.
The Antikythera Paradigm – The Ghost of a Lost World
Found in a Roman-era shipwreck, the Antikythera Mechanism is a machine that shouldn't exist. It contains gearing technology that wouldn't be seen again for 1,400 years. We investigate the lost world that built it.
The Fermi Paradox – How a Misunderstanding Killed the Search for Aliens
The Fermi Paradox rests on a faulty premise. Our investigation shows how a lunchtime chat was twisted into a 'paradox' that twice shut down NASA's search for extraterrestrial intelligence. It is not a story about a silent universe, it's a story about a failure of logic.
The Voynich Paradox – When Evidence Points Both Ways
Evidence suggests the Voynich Manuscript is a meaningless hoax. Yet statistical analysis proves its text behaves like a real language. This investigation isn't about deciphering the book, but exploring the paradox at its heart.
The Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic – How a Medical Crisis Became a Joke
The story of the Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic is a well-known curiosity: a joke that caused an entire region to laugh for months. But the only medical report from 1962 tells a different story, one of weeping, fear, and panic.
Condor’s Ghost – How a Cold War Assassination Program Was Rebranded
On September 16, 1976, the U.S. State Department was ordered to "take no further action" on a warning against Condor's assassination plots. Five days later, a car bomb exploded on Embassy Row. This wasn't an intelligence failure.
The Dragon That Never Was – Why the Fossil Theory is Wrong
The main scientific theory is that dragons came from dinosaur bones. There’s one problem. The earliest dragons in history were not four-legged reptiles; they were snakes. The familiar winged monster is a medieval invention from a thousand years later.
The Copper Scroll – A Treasure Too Dangerous to Find?
Found in 1952, the Copper Scroll lists 64 locations hiding tons of gold and silver. The official translator called it folklore; the scholar who believed it was real found his career ruined. This is the story of a deliberately avoided truth.