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Browse all dossiers in the archive. Each investigation compiles documented facts, supporting and contradicting evidence, open questions, and source references.

16 DOSSIERS

Showing 16 of 16 dossiersCategory: Government & Intelligence
Government & IntelligenceDECLASSIFIED

Operation Paperclip

The secret U.S. intelligence program that brought more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians to America after World War II.

312 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Government & IntelligenceDECLASSIFIED

MK Ultra

A clandestine CIA mind-control and behavioral engineering program that experimented on unwitting human subjects during the Cold War era.

284 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Government & IntelligenceDECLASSIFIED

COINTELPRO

The FBI's secret counterintelligence program from 1956 to 1971 that targeted domestic political groups through surveillance, infiltration, and disruption.

189 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Government & IntelligenceDECLASSIFIED

Iran-Contra Affair

A 1980s political scandal in which the Reagan administration secretly sold arms to Iran and diverted funds to support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

178 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Government & IntelligenceDECLASSIFIED

Tuskegee Experiment

A 40-year unethical U.S. Public Health Service study (1932-1972) that withheld treatment from Black men with syphilis to study the disease's progression.

156 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Government & IntelligenceDECLASSIFIED

PRISM

A NSA mass surveillance program exposed by Edward Snowden in 2013 that collected internet communications from major tech companies.

145 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Government & IntelligenceDECLASSIFIED

Project Stargate

The U.S. government's official program for researching remote viewing and psychic phenomena for intelligence purposes, running from the 1970s to 1995.

134 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Government & IntelligencePARTIALLY DECLASSIFIED

ECHELON

A global signals intelligence network operated by the Five Eyes alliance, capable of intercepting and analyzing communications worldwide.

112 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Government & IntelligenceDECLASSIFIED

Gladio

A clandestine NATO 'stay-behind' network in Europe during the Cold War, exposed in the 1990s for involvement in false flag operations and domestic terrorism.

98 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Government & IntelligenceDECLASSIFIED

Vault 7

A 2017 WikiLeaks publication of CIA hacking tools and documents revealing the agency's cyber espionage capabilities.

89 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Government & IntelligenceDECLASSIFIED

Operation CHAOS

A CIA domestic spying program (1967-1974) that targeted thousands of American citizens and groups opposed to the Vietnam War.

87 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Government & IntelligencePARTIALLY DECLASSIFIED

Operation Mockingbird

A purported CIA program to influence media and journalism, recruiting journalists and media organizations for propaganda purposes.

78 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Government & IntelligenceDECLASSIFIED

Able Archer 83

A 1983 NATO exercise that the Soviet Union misinterpreted as a potential first strike, bringing the world closer to nuclear war than previously known.

67 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Government & IntelligenceDECLASSIFIED

Operation Northwoods

A 1962 proposed false flag operation by the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff to generate public support for war against Cuba through terrorist acts.

67 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Government & IntelligenceDECLASSIFIED

Project SHAMROCK

A 1940s-1970s NSA program that intercepted telegrams of American citizens without warrants, shared with FBI and CIA.

45 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Government & IntelligenceUNCONFIRMED

Project Blue Beam

The theory that governmental powers plan to stage a fake alien invasion using advanced holographic technology to install a New World Order.

41 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026

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