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

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Showing 25 of 25 dossiersStatus: DECLASSIFIED
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
UFOs & AerospaceDECLASSIFIED

Project Blue Book

The U.S. Air Force's official UFO investigation program from 1952 to 1969, which cataloged over 12,000 sightings and concluded most had conventional explanations.

245 DOCUMENTS3 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 & 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
Ancient MysteriesDECLASSIFIED

Stonehenge

A prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, consisting of massive standing stones arranged in a circular pattern, built between 3000 and 2000 BCE.

89 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 & 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
Ancient MysteriesDECLASSIFIED

Gobekli Tepe

A 12,000-year-old archaeological site in Turkey with massive carved stone pillars, predating agriculture and challenging assumptions about civilization's origins.

67 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Ancient MysteriesDECLASSIFIED

Easter Island

A remote Pacific island famous for its massive moai statues, whose construction, transport, and the island's ecological collapse remain subjects of study.

56 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Historical MysteriesDECLASSIFIED

Antikythera Mechanism

An ancient Greek analog computer from around 100 BCE, discovered in a shipwreck, capable of predicting astronomical positions and eclipses.

45 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
UFOs & AerospaceDECLASSIFIED

Project Sign

The first U.S. Air Force official UFO investigation, established in 1948, which concluded some UFOs might be extraterrestrial.

45 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Ancient MysteriesDECLASSIFIED

Nazca Lines

Massive geoglyphs in the Nazca Desert of Peru, created between 500 BCE and 500 CE, visible only from the air.

45 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
UFOs & AerospaceDECLASSIFIED

Project Grudge

The U.S. Air Force's second official UFO investigation (1949-1951), which took a skeptical approach and aimed to debunk UFO reports.

38 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Secret SocietiesDECLASSIFIED

Order of the Golden Dawn

A late 19th-century magical and occult society that became one of the most influential esoteric organizations in history.

34 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Ancient MysteriesDECLASSIFIED

Sacsayhuaman

A massive Inca fortress near Cusco, Peru, with enormous stone walls fitted together with extraordinary precision without mortar.

34 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Secret SocietiesDECLASSIFIED

Thule Society

A German occult and völkisch organization founded in 1918 that influenced the early Nazi Party and promoted Aryan mythology.

34 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026
Secret SocietiesDECLASSIFIED

Carbonari

A secret revolutionary society in early 19th-century Italy that played a key role in the Risorgimento and European revolutionary movements.

23 DOCUMENTS2 CONNECTIONSJun 23, 2026

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