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| ===== Exposed Theorized Conspiracies ===== | ===== Exposed Theorized Conspiracies ===== |
| Widely suspected, officially denied, but later confirmed. | Widely suspected, officially denied, but later confirmed. |
| * 01 1931-1932 [[wp>Mukden_incident]]: Japan's false flag pretext for invading Manchuria | | **Genesis** | **Revelation** | **Delta** | **Secret** | |
| * 27 1933-1960 [[wp>Reichstag_fire]]: Nazi false flag | | 1931 | 1932 | 1 | [[wp>Mukden_incident]]: Japan's false flag pretext for invading Manchuria | |
| * 56 1934-1990 [[wp>Cambridge_Five]]: British spies for Soviet Union | | 1933 | 1960 | 27 | [[wp>Reichstag_fire]]: Nazi false flag | |
| * 22 1935-1957 [[wp>Apalachin_meeting|Apalachin raid]] ends FBI's ability to deny Mafia's existence | | 1934 | 1990 | 56 | [[wp>Cambridge_Five]]: British spies for Soviet Union | |
| * 00 1939-1939 [[wp>Gleiwitz_incident]]: German false flag pretext for invading Poland | | 1935 | 1957 | 22 | [[wp>Apalachin_meeting|Apalachin raid]] ends FBI's ability to deny Mafia's existence | |
| * 00 1939-1939 [[wp>Shelling_of_Mainila]]: Soviet false flag pretext for invading Finland | | 1939 | 1939 | 0 | [[wp>Gleiwitz_incident]]: German false flag pretext for invading Poland | |
| * 03 1942-1945 [[wp>Final_Solution]] to the Jewish Question | | 1939 | 1939 | 0 | [[wp>Shelling_of_Mainila]]: Soviet false flag pretext for invading Finland | |
| * 47 1947-1994 [[wp>Project_Mogul|Project Mogul]]: balloons to detect Soviet nuclear tests (1 crashed at Roswell) | | 1942 | 1945 | 3 | [[wp>Final_Solution]] to the Jewish Question | |
| * 00 1948-1948 [[wp>1948_United_States_Senate_election_in_Texas|Lyndon Johnson Texas Senate election fraud]] | | 1947 | 1994 | 47 | [[wp>Project_Mogul|Project Mogul]]: balloons to detect Soviet nuclear tests (1 crashed at Roswell) | |
| * 24 1953-1977 [[wp>Operation_Mockingbird]]: CIA influence on U.S. media | | 1948 | 1948 | 0 | [[wp>1948_United_States_Senate_election_in_Texas|Lyndon Johnson Texas Senate election fraud]] | |
| * 60 1953-2013 [[wp>Operation AJAX|CIA false flag coup in Iran]] | | 1953 | 1977 | 24 | [[wp>Operation_Mockingbird]]: CIA influence on U.S. media | |
| * 06 1954-1960 [[wp>Lavon_Affair|Lavon Affair]] - Israeli false flag bombings in Egypt | | 1953 | 2013 | 60 | [[wp>Operation AJAX|CIA false flag coup in Iran]] | |
| * 19 1956-1975 [[wp>COINTELPRO]]: FBI counterintelligence vs. MLK, Black Panthers, etc. | | 1954 | 1960 | 6 | [[wp>Lavon_Affair|Lavon Affair]] - Israeli false flag bombings in Egypt | |
| * 35 1962-1997 [[https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/97/11/30/reviews/971130.30powerst.html|JFK infidelities and health problems]] covered up by mainstream media | | 1956 | 1975 | 19 | [[wp>COINTELPRO]]: FBI counterintelligence vs. MLK, Black Panthers, etc. | |
| * Ellen Rometsch, Bobby Baker, Quorum Club | | 1962 | 1997 | 35 | [[https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/97/11/30/reviews/971130.30powerst.html|JFK infidelities and health problems]] covered up by mainstream media. cf. Ellen Rometsch, Bobby Baker, Quorum Club | |
| * 41 1964-2005 [[wp>Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident|Gulf of Tonkin incident]]: U.S. pretext for Vietnam war | | 1964 | 2005 | 41 | [[wp>Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident|Gulf of Tonkin incident]]: U.S. pretext for Vietnam war | |
| * 20 1965-1985 [[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/15/us/wiretaps-reveal-dr-king-feared-rebuff-on-nonviolence.html|MLK's infidelities]] documented by FBI wiretaps | | 1965 | 1985 | 20 | [[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/15/us/wiretaps-reveal-dr-king-feared-rebuff-on-nonviolence.html|MLK's infidelities]] documented by FBI wiretaps | |
| * 03 1966-1969 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel#1963_standoff_between_Israel_and_United_States|Israeli nuclear weapons program]] | | 1966 | 1969 | 3 | [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel#1963_standoff_between_Israel_and_United_States|Israeli nuclear weapons program]] | |
| * 02 1972-1974 [[wp>Watergate_scandal|CIA cover-up]] of White House-ordered DNC break-in | | 1972 | 1974 | 2 | [[wp>Watergate_scandal|CIA cover-up]] of White House-ordered DNC break-in | |
| * 33 1972-2005 [[wp>Deep_Throat_(Watergate)|Deep Throat]] Watergate informant | | 1972 | 2005 | 33 | [[wp>Deep_Throat_(Watergate)|Deep Throat]] Watergate informant | |
| * 32 1975-2008 [[wp>Madoff_investment_scandal|Madoff Ponzi scheme]] | | 1975 | 2008 | 32 | [[wp>Madoff_investment_scandal|Madoff Ponzi scheme]] | |
| * 25 1977-2002 [[wp>North_Korean_abductions_of_Japanese_citizens|North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens]] | | 1977 | 2002 | 25 | [[wp>North_Korean_abductions_of_Japanese_citizens|North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens]] | |
| * 07 1991-1998 [[wp>Bill_Clinton_sexual_assault_and_misconduct_allegations|Bill Clinton sexual harrassment]] | | 1991 | 1998 | 7 | [[wp>Bill_Clinton_sexual_assault_and_misconduct_allegations|Bill Clinton sexual harrassment]] | |
| * 07 1999-2006 [[wp>1999_Russian_apartment_bombings|Russian apartment bombings]]: false flag for war with Chechnya | | 1999 | 2006 | 7 | [[wp>1999_Russian_apartment_bombings|Russian apartment bombings]]: false flag for war with Chechnya | |
| ===== Exposed Untheorized Conspiracies ===== | ===== Exposed Untheorized Conspiracies ===== |
| Not widely suspected beforehand but later exposed. | Not widely suspected beforehand but later exposed. |
| * 00 1865-1865 [[wp>Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln|Lincoln assassination conspiracy]] | | **Genesis** | **Revelation** | **Delta** | **Secret** | |
| * 01 1921-1922 [[wp>Teapot_Dome_scandal|Teapot Dome corruption]] | | 1865 | 1865 | 0 | [[wp>Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln|Lincoln assassination conspiracy]] | |
| * 27 1940-1967 [[wp>Magic_(cryptography)|Decryption of Japanese ciphers]] | | 1921 | 1922 | 1 | [[wp>Teapot_Dome_scandal|Teapot Dome corruption]] | |
| * 35 1940-1975 [[wp>Project_SHAMROCK|Project SHAMROCK]]: U.S. government telecommunications surveillance | | 1940 | 1967 | 27 | [[wp>Magic_(cryptography)|Decryption of Japanese ciphers]] | |
| * 33 1941-1974 [[wp>Ultra_(cryptography)|Decryption of German Ultra cipher]] | | 1940 | 1975 | 35 | [[wp>Project_SHAMROCK|Project SHAMROCK]]: U.S. government telecommunications surveillance | |
| * 29 1943-1972 [[wp>Colossus_computer|Colossus computer]] used to decrypt German ciphers | | 1941 | 1974 | 33 | [[wp>Ultra_(cryptography)|Decryption of German Ultra cipher]] | |
| * 44 1943-1987 [[wp>Venona_project|Venona project]]: U.S. decryption of Soviet communications | | 1943 | 1972 | 29 | [[wp>Colossus_computer|Colossus computer]] used to decrypt German ciphers | |
| * 22 1953-1975 [[wp>MKUltra|MKUltra brainwashing]] | | 1943 | 1987 | 44 | [[wp>Venona_project|Venona project]]: U.S. decryption of Soviet communications | |
| * 16 1959-1975 [[wp>Family_Jewels_(Central_Intelligence_Agency)|Family Jewels]] - CIA assassination plots | | 1953 | 1975 | 22 | [[wp>MKUltra|MKUltra brainwashing]] | |
| * 35 1962-1997 [[wp>Operation Northwoods|Operation Northwoods]]: rejected false flag against Cuba | | 1959 | 1975 | 16 | [[wp>Family_Jewels_(Central_Intelligence_Agency)|Family Jewels]] - CIA assassination plots | |
| * 08 1968-1975 [[wp>Project_Azorian|Project Azorian]] - U.S. retrieves sunken Soviet submarine | | 1962 | 1997 | 35 | [[wp>Operation_Northwoods|Operation_Northwoods]]: rejected false flag against Cuba | |
| * 10 1966-1976 [[wp>Operation_Snow_White|Operation Snow White]] Scientology Operation to infiltrate U.S. govt | | 1966 | 1976 | 10 | [[wp>Operation_Snow_White|Operation Snow White]] Scientology Operation to infiltrate U.S. govt | |
| * 13 1971-1984 [[wp>Operation_Ivy_Bells|Operation Ivy Bells]] - U.S. taps Soviet undersea cables | | 1968 | 1975 | 8 | [[wp>Project_Azorian|Project Azorian]] - U.S. retrieves sunken Soviet submarine | |
| * 01 1982-1983 [[wp>1982_Illinois_elections#Convictions_for_fraud|1982 Illinois gubernatorial election]] - 100K fraudulent Democrat votes in Chicago, 58 convictions | | 1971 | 1984 | 13 | [[wp>Operation_Ivy_Bells|Operation Ivy Bells]] - U.S. taps Soviet undersea cables | |
| * 05 1981-1986 [[wp>Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair|Iran-Contra]] illegal arms sales | | 1981 | 1986 | 5 | [[wp>Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair|Iran-Contra]] illegal arms sales | |
| * 01 2004-2005 [[https://www.npr.org/transcripts/312486719|NY Times delays exposing warrantless wiretapping]] until after 2004 election | | 1982 | 1983 | 1 | [[wp>1982_Illinois_elections#Convictions_for_fraud|1982 Illinois gubernatorial election]] - 100K fraudulent Democrat votes in Chicago, 58 convictions | |
| * 06 2007-2013 [[wp>PRISM]], [[wp>XKeyscore]], etc. - internet & telecommunications surveillance | | 2004 | 2005 | 1 | [[https://www.npr.org/transcripts/312486719|NY Times delays exposing warrantless wiretapping]] until after 2004 election | |
| | | 2007 | 2013 | 6 | [[wp>PRISM]], [[wp>XKeyscore]], etc. - internet & telecommunications surveillance | |
| ===== Exposed Secret Technology ===== | ===== Exposed Secret Technology ===== |
| * 06 1940-1946 [[wp>Cavity_magnetron|Radar cavity magnetron]] | | **Genesis** | **Revelation** | **Delta** | **Secret** | |
| * 04 1942-1946 [[wp>Norden_bombsight|Norden bombsight]] | | 1940 | 1946 | 6 | [[wp>Cavity_magnetron|Radar cavity magnetron]] | |
| * 03 1943-1946 [[wp>Proximity_fuze|proximity fuse]] | | 1942 | 1946 | 4 | [[wp>Norden_bombsight|Norden bombsight]] | |
| * 04 1941-1945 [[wp>Manhattan_Project|Manhattan Project]] | | 1943 | 1946 | 3 | [[wp>Proximity_fuze|proximity fuse]] | |
| * 11 1941-1952 [[wp>Thermonuclear_weapon|Thermonuclear bomb]] | | 1941 | 1945 | 4 | [[wp>Manhattan_Project|Manhattan Project]] | |
| * 05 1955-1960 [[wp>Lockheed_U-2|U-2 spy plane]] | | 1941 | 1952 | 11 | [[wp>Thermonuclear_weapon|Thermonuclear bomb]] | |
| * 21 1959-1978 [[wp>CORONA_(satellite)|CORONA/KEYHOLE spy satellites]] | | 1955 | 1960 | 5 | [[wp>Lockheed_U-2|U-2 spy plane]] | |
| * 02 1962-1964 [[wp>Lockheed_A-12|A-12/SR-71 spy plane]] | | 1959 | 1978 | 21 | [[wp>CORONA_(satellite)|CORONA/KEYHOLE spy satellites]] | |
| * 15 1962-1977 [[wp>Neutron_bomb|neutron bomb]] | | 1962 | 1964 | 2 | [[wp>Lockheed_A-12|A-12/SR-71 spy plane]] | |
| * 04 1973-1977 [[wp>RSA_(cryptosystem)|public key cryptography]] was secretly invented 4yrs earlier by the UK govt | | 1962 | 1977 | 15 | [[wp>Neutron_bomb|neutron bomb]] | |
| * 10 1978-1988 [[wp>Lockheed_F-117_Nighthawk|F-117 stealth attack fighter]] | | 1973 | 1977 | 4 | [[wp>RSA_(cryptosystem)|public key cryptography]] was secretly invented 4yrs earlier by the UK govt | |
| * 07 1981-1988 [[wp>Northrop_B-2_Spirit|B-2 stealth bomber]] | | 1978 | 1988 | 10 | [[wp>Lockheed_F-117_Nighthawk|F-117 stealth attack fighter]] | |
| | | 1981 | 1988 | 7 | [[wp>Northrop_B-2_Spirit|B-2 stealth bomber]] | |
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| ===== Exposed Disinformation Campaigns ===== | ===== Exposed Disinformation Campaigns ===== |
| ===== Unconfirmed Conspiracies ===== | ===== Unconfirmed Conspiracies ===== |
| Widely suspected, long denied, never confirmed. | Widely suspected, long denied, never confirmed. |
| | * 1144 [[wp>Blood_libel|Jewish Blood Libel]] |
| | * [[wp>Judeo-Masonic_conspiracy_theory|Jews & Freemasons]] |
| | * [[wp>New_World_Order_conspiracy_theory#Illuminati|Illuminati]] |
| | * [[wp>Khazar_hypothesis_of_Ashkenazi_ancestry|Khazars]] |
| | * [[wp>Rothschild_family#Conspiracy_theories|Rothschilds]] |
| | * [[wp>The_Protocols_of_the_Elders_of_Zion|Elders of Zion]] |
| | * [[wp>Committee_of_300|Commitee of 300]] |
| | * [[wp>New_World_Order_conspiracy_theory|New World Order]] |
| | * [[wp>Bilderberg_Meeting#Conspiracy_theories|Bilderberg Group]] |
| | * [[wp>Trilateral_Commission#Conspiracy_theories_involving_the_Trilateral_Commission|Trilateral Commission]] |
| | * [[wp>George_Soros_conspiracy_theories|George Soros]] |
| | * [[wp>Satanic_panic|Satanic ritual abuse]] |
| | * [[wp>Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory|Pizzagate pedophilia rings]] |
| | * [[wp>Adrenochrome#In_popular_culture|Adrenochrome ritual murder]] |
| | * [[wp>QAnon]] |
| * 1849 [[wp>Modern_flat_Earth_beliefs#19th_and_early_20th_centuries|Flat Earth]] | * 1849 [[wp>Modern_flat_Earth_beliefs#19th_and_early_20th_centuries|Flat Earth]] |
| * 1879 [[https://historyofvaccines.org/vaccines-101/misconceptions-about-vaccines/history-anti-vaccination-movements|vaccines as ineffective/poison]] | * 1879 [[https://historyofvaccines.org/vaccines-101/misconceptions-about-vaccines/history-anti-vaccination-movements|vaccines as ineffective/poison]] |
| * 1889 [[wp>USS_Maine_(1889)|USS Maine false flag]] | * 1889 [[wp>USS_Maine_(1889)|USS Maine false flag]] |
| * 1903 [[wp>The_Protocols_of_the_Elders_of_Zion|Elders of Zion]] | |
| * 1945 [[wp>Holocaust_denial#Efforts_to_conceal_the_historical_record|Holocaust hoax]] | * 1945 [[wp>Holocaust_denial#Efforts_to_conceal_the_historical_record|Holocaust hoax]] |
| * 1947 [[wp>1947_flying_disc_craze|government knowledge of aliens]] esp. [[wp>Roswell_incident|Roswell alien crash]] | * 1947 [[wp>1947_flying_disc_craze|government knowledge of aliens]] esp. [[wp>Roswell_incident|Roswell alien crash]] |
| * 1950 [[wp>Water_fluoridation_controversy#Communist_conspiracy_theory_(1940s%E2%80%931960s)|Communist water fluoridation]] | * 1950 [[wp>Water_fluoridation_controversy#Communist_conspiracy_theory_(1940s%E2%80%931960s)|Communist/Cabal water fluoridation]] |
| * 1960 [[wp>1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois#Analysis|Illinois POTUS election fraud]] | * 1960 [[wp>1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Illinois#Analysis|Illinois POTUS election stolen]] |
| * 1962 [[wp>TFX_Program|General Dynamics blackmail of Kennedy for FTX contract]] | * 1962 [[wp>TFX_Program|General Dynamics blackmail of Kennedy for FTX contract]] |
| * 1963 [[wp>John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories|JFK assassination by U.S. govt]] | * 1963 [[wp>John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories|JFK assassination by U.S. govt]] |
| * 1969 [[wp>Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories|faked moon landings]] | * 1969 [[wp>Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories|faked moon landings]] |
| * 1975 [[wp>Sam_Giancana|Sam Giancana]] murdered right before testifying about CIA-mafia ties | * 1975 [[wp>Sam_Giancana|Sam Giancana]] murdered right before testifying about CIA-mafia ties |
| | * 1987 [[wp>Majestic_12]] |
| * 2001 [[wp>9/11_conspiracy_theories|9/11 inside job]] | * 2001 [[wp>9/11_conspiracy_theories|9/11 inside job]] |
| * 2016 [[wp>Links_between_Trump_associates_and_Russian_officials|Trump collusion with Russia]] | * 2016 [[wp>Links_between_Trump_associates_and_Russian_officials|Trump collusion with Russia]] |
| | * 2016 [[wp>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartarian_Empire|Mud Flood theory of hidden history]] |
| * 2019 [[wp>Death_of_Jeffrey_Epstein|Jeffrey Epstein murdered]] | * 2019 [[wp>Death_of_Jeffrey_Epstein|Jeffrey Epstein murdered]] |
| | * 2020 [[wp>COVID-19_misinformation#Population-control_scheme|COVID-19 as population control]] |
| | * 2020 [[wp>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election#Conspiracy_theories|U.S. POTUS election stolen]] |
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| ===== Plain-Sight Conspiracies ===== | ===== Plain-Sight Conspiracies ===== |
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| ===== Formerly Disbelieved Phenomena ===== | ===== Formerly Disbelieved Phenomena ===== |
| Year the phenomenon was first seriously hypothesized, to the year that the phenomenon was generally accepted as real. | Delta is from the year the phenomenon was first seriously claimed/hypothesized to the year that the phenomenon was generally accepted as real. |
| Here's the table with the column order reversed: | |
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| | Confirmed | Hypothesized | Delta | Discovery | | | **Confirmed** | **Hypothesized** | **Delta** | **Phenomenon** | |
| | 1638 | 1100 | 538 | Narwhal | | | 1638 | 1100 | 538 | Narwhal | |
| | 1697 | 100 | 1597 | Black Swan | | | 1697 | 100 | 1597 | Black Swan | |
| | 2012 | 1880 | 132 | Ball lightning | | | 2012 | 1880 | 132 | Ball lightning | |
| | 2012 | 1964 | 48 | Higgs boson | | | 2012 | 1964 | 48 | Higgs boson | |
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| ===== Scientific Paradigm Shifts ===== | ===== Scientific Paradigm Shifts ===== |
| Year the theory was first seriously proposed, to the year that the theory was generally accepted. | |
| * 1927-1964 Big Bang | | **Confirmed** | **Hypothesized** | **Delta** | **Theory** | |
| * 1915-1965 plate tectonics | | 1964 | 1927 | 37 | Big Bang | |
| * 1933-1980 dark matter | | 1965 | 1915 | 50 | Plate tectonics | |
| * 1967-1985 endosymbiotic theory of organelles | | 1980 | 1933 | 47 | Dark matter | |
| * 1965-1987 Out Of Africa | | 1985 | 1967 | 18 | Endosymbiotic theory of organelles | |
| * 1980-1991 K/PG extinction due to impact | | 1987 | 1965 | 22 | Out Of Africa | |
| * 1868-1996 birds are dinosaurs | | 1991 | 1980 | 11 | K/PG extinction due to impact | |
| * 1980-2003 cosmic inflation | | 1996 | 1868 | 128 | Birds are dinosaurs | |
| * 1998-2004 dark energy | | 2003 | 1980 | 23 | Cosmic inflation | |
| | | 2004 | 1998 | 6 | Dark energy | |
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| | ===== Debunked Discoveries ===== |
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| | | **Hypothesized** | **Debunked** | **Discovery** | |
| | | 1989-03-23 | 1989-05 | Cold fusion | |
| | | 1996-08-06 | c1999 | Fossil bacteria in Mars ALH 84001 Meteorite | |
| | | 2010-12 | 2012 | Arsenic-based bacterial life | |
| | | 2011-09-23 | 2012-03 | Faster-than-light neutrinos | |
| | | 2023-07 | 2023-08 | LK-99 ambient temperature superconductor | |
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