Case Files

CF-0092 HISTORICAL

1816: The Year Without a Summer

Class

Strange History

Filed

September 22, 2026

Evidence

5 stars

In 1816, summer snow and damaging frosts disrupted harvests in parts of North America and Europe. A massive…

Open File

CF-0091 OPEN

The Alien DNA Hunt: The CIA and Consumer Genetics Claim

Class

Conspiracy

Filed

September 21, 2026

Evidence

1 star

A circulating allegation claims the CIA used consumer DNA databases to search for alien ancestry. This case examines…

Open File

CF-0090 LEGEND

The Mongolian Death Worm: Something Beneath the Gobi

Class

Cryptid

Filed

September 20, 2026

Evidence

1 star

An explorer was asked to capture a deadly creature from the Gobi Desert—but the officials describing it had…

Open File

CF-0089 HISTORICAL

The Pentagon’s Warp Drive Study: How Far Ahead Could They Be?

Class

UFO

Filed

September 19, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

A 2010 DIA report explored warp drives, dark energy, and extra dimensions. Why was defense intelligence studying technology…

Open File

CF-0088 HISTORICAL

The Aquatic Ape Theory: Did Water Help Make Us Human?

Class

Strange History

Filed

September 18, 2026

Evidence

Not yet rated

The Aquatic Ape Theory proposes that a watery chapter in our ancestry helped shape upright walking, reduced body…

Open File

CF-0087 OPEN

Roswell: The Flying Disc Announcement and the Balloon Retraction

Class

UFO

Filed

September 17, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In July 1947, Roswell Army Air Field announced it had recovered a flying disc. A balloon explanation quickly…

Open File

CF-0086 OPEN

Robotic Labor: Who Gets Paid When Machines Do the Work?

Class

Unexplained Mystery

Filed

September 16, 2026

Evidence

Not yet rated

Robots already perform industrial work, and humanoid machines are entering production lines. As their abilities expand, the question…

Open File

CF-0085 HISTORICAL

The Man-Eaters of Tsavo: The Lions That Stopped a Railway

Class

Strange History

Filed

September 15, 2026

Evidence

Not yet rated

In 1898, two man-eating lions terrorized railway camps along Kenya’s Tsavo River and brought bridge construction to a…

Open File

CF-0084 LEGEND

The Curse of King Tut: The Tomb That Haunted the Headlines

Class

Ancient Mystery

Filed

September 14, 2026

Evidence

Not yet rated

After Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered in 1922, Lord Carnarvon’s death helped ignite a worldwide curse legend. But the…

Open File

CF-0083 UNSOLVED

The Val Johnson Incident: Something Hit the Patrol Car

Class

UFO

Filed

September 13, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In 1979, Minnesota deputy Val Johnson reported encountering a brilliant light before losing consciousness. He awoke injured in…

Open File

CF-0082 HISTORICAL

The Bluff Creek Footprints: The Tracks That Made Bigfoot Famous

Class

Cryptid

Filed

September 12, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

In 1958, enormous footprints at a Northern California logging-road site helped make Bigfoot famous. Decades later, Ray Wallace’s…

Open File

CF-0081 UNSOLVED

The Nimitz “Tic Tac” Encounter: The Object That Outran the Fleet

Class

UFO

Filed

September 11, 2026

Evidence

5 stars

In November 2004, Navy pilots from the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group encountered a white, oblong object over…

Open File

CF-0080 HISTORICAL

Before Bigfoot: J. W. Burns and the Sasquatch Name

Class

Strange History

Filed

September 10, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

Before Bigfoot had a name in American newspapers, Sasquatch already had older roots. The strange part is not…

Open File

CF-0079 OPEN

Dogs and the Invisible World of Scent

Class

Strange History

Filed

September 9, 2026

Evidence

5 stars

Dogs live in a world humans can barely imagine. Their sense of smell allows them to track people,…

Open File

CF-0078 LEGEND

The Dark Legend of Nahanni

Class

Unexplained Mystery

Filed

September 8, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In Canada’s remote Nahanni region, stories of vanished prospectors, headless bodies, lost gold, and dangerous wilderness created one…

Open File

CF-0077 HISTORICAL

The USS Stein Monster: What Attacked a U.S. Navy Frigate?

Class

Cryptid

Filed

September 7, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In 1978, the U.S. Navy frigate USS Stein experienced unusual sonar noise. When the ship’s sonar dome was…

Open File

CF-0076 OPEN

The Hugging Face Agent Dialogues: When AI Agents Started Talking Back

Class

Strange History

Filed

September 6, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In 2026, reports described an AI-agent safety incident involving OpenAI agents, a testing environment, a hidden message board,…

Open File

CF-0075 UNSOLVED

The RB-47 Encounter: The UFO Detected by Electronic Intelligence

Class

UFO

Filed

September 4, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

On July 17, 1957, a U.S. Air Force RB-47 reconnaissance aircraft on an electronic warfare training mission reported…

Open File

CF-0074 UNSOLVED

The Dradokka: Norway’s Doll That Dragged Fortune

Class

Strange History

Filed

September 3, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

In Norwegian folklore, the dradokka was a small doll-like familiar said to drag wealth, luck, or useful things…

Open File

CF-0073 OPEN

The Alien Octopus Theory: Did Earth’s Strangest Mind Come From Space?

Class

Unexplained Mystery

Filed

September 2, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

The Alien Octopus Theory claims that octopuses, or at least part of their evolutionary story, may have come…

Open File

CF-0072 HISTORICAL

Lignum Vitae: The Ironwood Called “Wood of Life”

Class

Strange History

Filed

September 1, 2026

Evidence

5 stars

Lignum vitae, meaning “wood of life,” is one of the densest and hardest woods in the world. So…

Open File

CF-0071 UNSOLVED

The 1952 Washington UFO Flap: Saucers Over the Capital

Class

UFO

Filed

August 31, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In July 1952, radar operators and witnesses reported unidentified objects over Washington, D.C., including airspace near the White…

Open File

CF-0070 HISTORICAL

The Unusual Cemeteries of Paris

Class

Strange History

Filed

August 30, 2026

Evidence

5 stars

Paris is known as the City of Light, but some of its most fascinating places are built around…

Open File

CF-0069 OPEN

The White Lighter Curse: Bad Luck, Rock Stars, and the 27 Club

Class

Strange History

Filed

August 29, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

Some cursed objects are ancient relics. Some are haunted dolls. Some are hidden in temples. And some are…

Open File

CF-0068 LEGEND

Skinwalkers: The Shape-Shifting Fear of the Southwest

Class

Ancient Mystery

Filed

August 28, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

The skinwalker is one of the most feared figures associated with Navajo/Diné tradition: a harmful witch said to…

Open File

CF-0067 HISTORICAL

The Boy Scouts of America and the Prepared Citizen

Class

Strange History

Filed

August 27, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

The Boy Scouts of America was not created as a military youth organization, but its uniforms, ranks, patrols,…

Open File

CF-0066 OPEN

Area 51: The Base Behind the Alien Legend

Class

UFO

Filed

August 26, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

Area 51 is a real classified military test site at Groom Lake, Nevada, long tied to secret aircraft…

Open File

CF-0065 UNSOLVED

The Loch Ness Monster: Scotland’s Deep-Water Mystery

Class

Cryptid

Filed

August 25, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

The Loch Ness Monster, affectionately known as Nessie, is one of the most famous cryptids in the world.…

Open File

CF-0064 UNSOLVED

The Levelland UFO Incident: The Night the Engines Died

Class

UFO

Filed

August 24, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In November 1957, multiple witnesses around Levelland, Texas reported strange glowing objects near rural roads. Several claimed their…

Open File

CF-0063 UNSOLVED

The Long-Hair Tracker Experiment: Military Myth or Forgotten Study?

Class

Strange History

Filed

August 23, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

A popular military legend claims that Native American trackers recruited during the Vietnam era lost some of their…

Open File

CF-0062 HISTORICAL

Miyamoto Musashi and the Yoshioka Ambush

Class

Strange History

Filed

August 22, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

Miyamoto Musashi was one of Japan’s most famous swordsmen, remembered as a master duelist, strategist, and author of…

Open File

CF-0061 UNSOLVED

Stalin’s Ape-Man Soldiers: The Soviet Human-Ape Experiment

Class

Conspiracy

Filed

August 21, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

The legend of Stalin’s ape-man soldiers claims the Soviet Union tried to create a hybrid army of human-ape…

Open File

CF-0060 UNSOLVED

The Betty and Barney Hill Abduction

Class

UFO

Filed

August 20, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In September 1961, Betty and Barney Hill reported seeing a strange object while driving through New Hampshire’s White…

Open File

CF-0059 OPEN

The AI Singularity: When the Machine Improves Itself

Class

Unexplained Mystery

Filed

August 19, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

The AI singularity is the theory that artificial intelligence could eventually reach a point where it improves itself…

Open File

CF-0058 OPEN

Nanobots: The Invisible Machine Theory

Class

Conspiracy

Filed

August 18, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

Nanobots are tiny engineered systems imagined as machines small enough to move through the body, deliver medicine, sense…

Open File

CF-0057 LEGEND

The Skunk Ape: Florida’s Swamp Bigfoot

Class

Cryptid

Filed

August 17, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

The Skunk Ape is Florida’s most famous cryptid, described as a large, foul-smelling, ape-like creature seen in swamps,…

Open File

CF-0056 HISTORICAL

The Battle of Saragarhi

Class

Strange History

Filed

August 14, 2026

Evidence

5 stars

In 1897, 21 Sikh soldiers of the 36th Sikh Regiment defended the small Saragarhi signaling post against a…

Open File

CF-0055 HISTORICAL

Shrunken Heads: The Tsantsa Mystery

Class

Strange History

Filed

August 12, 2026

Evidence

5 stars

Shrunken heads, known as tsantsas, were real ritual objects made by the Shuar and Achuar peoples of the…

Open File

CF-0054 CLOSED

The South Atlantic Deep-Sea Creature

Class

Cryptid

Filed

August 11, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

In 1924, witnesses near Margate, South Africa, reported a strange white, fur-covered sea creature battling whales before washing…

Open File

CF-0053 UNSOLVED

The Cash–Landrum Incident

Class

UFO

Filed

August 10, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

On December 29, 1980, Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and young Colby Landrum reported a close encounter with a…

Open File

CF-0052 UNSOLVED

The Missing Scientists Pattern: Coincidence, Cover-Up, or Internet Pattern?

Class

Conspiracy

Filed

August 10, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

A loose cluster of deaths and disappearances involving people connected to aerospace, nuclear research, JPL, defense work, and…

Open File

CF-0051 OPEN

Megalodon: The Shark That Refuses to Stay Extinct

Class

Cryptid

Filed

August 7, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

Megalodon was the largest shark known from the fossil record, ruling ancient oceans for millions of years before…

Open File

CF-0050 UNSOLVED

The Utsuro-bune: Japan’s 1803 Hollow Boat Mystery

Class

Unexplained Mystery

Filed

August 6, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

In 1803, a strange round vessel allegedly washed ashore in Japan’s Hitachi Province. Inside was a young woman…

Open File

CF-0049 OPEN

DARPA Black Project Weapon Conspiracies

Class

Conspiracy

Filed

August 5, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

DARPA has funded some of the most advanced military technology in the world, from early internet research to…

Open File

CF-0048 HISTORICAL

The Andrée Balloon Expedition

Class

Unexplained Mystery

Filed

August 4, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In 1897, Swedish explorer Salomon August Andrée and two companions tried to reach the North Pole by hydrogen…

Open File

CF-0047 UNSOLVED

The Piri Reis Map Mystery

Class

Strange History

Filed

August 3, 2026

Evidence

Not yet rated

Drawn in 1513 by Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis, the famous map shows parts of Europe, Africa,…

Open File

CF-0046 UNSOLVED

The Beast of Gévaudan

Class

Cryptid

Filed

August 3, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

Between 1764 and 1767, a terrifying animal known as the Beast of Gévaudan attacked people in rural France.…

Open File

CF-0045 UNSOLVED

The Patterson–Gimlin Film

Class

Cryptid

Filed

July 31, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In 1967, Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin filmed a large, hair-covered figure walking near Bluff Creek in Northern…

Open File

CF-0044 UNSOLVED

The Blue Room at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Class

Conspiracy

Filed

July 30, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

For decades, UFO lore has claimed that Wright-Patterson Air Force Base housed a secret “Blue Room” where recovered…

Open File

CF-0043 OPEN

The Great Pyramid Mystery

Class

Strange History

Filed

July 29, 2026

Evidence

5 stars

The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the most famous structures on Earth. Built thousands of years…

Open File

CF-0042 LEGEND

CERN and the Broken Reality Theory

Class

Unexplained Mystery

Filed

July 28, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

Some internet theories claim that CERN’s Large Hadron Collider damaged reality, shifted timelines, or caused the Mandela Effect.…

Open File

CF-0041 UNSOLVED

The Giant of Kandahar

Class

Cryptid

Filed

July 27, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

The Giant of Kandahar is a modern legend claiming that U.S. soldiers encountered and killed a massive red-haired…

Open File

CF-0040 UNSOLVED

The Orange Mother Orb Incident

Class

UFO

Filed

July 24, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

A recent UAP report described a large orange “mother orb” near a secure western U.S. military facility, allegedly…

Open File

CF-0039 HISTORICAL

Caesar’s One-Horned Beast of the Hercynian Forest

Class

Strange History

Filed

July 23, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

In Julius Caesar’s account of the Gallic Wars, he described a strange animal from the Hercynian Forest: an…

Open File

CF-0038 UNSOLVED

The Paracas Skulls: Ancient Peru’s Elongated Head Mystery

Class

Strange History

Filed

July 22, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

In Peru, ancient elongated skulls from the Paracas region have become one of the strangest artifact debates online.…

Open File

CF-0037 OPEN

The Lubbock Lights

Class

UFO

Filed

July 21, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In 1951, residents of Lubbock, Texas reported strange V-shaped formations of lights moving silently across the night sky.…

Open File

CF-0036 UNSOLVED

The Ahool: Giant Jungle Flyer

Class

Cryptid

Filed

July 20, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

Deep in the rainforests of Java, stories tell of the Ahool, a giant bat-like creature named for its…

Open File

CF-0035 UNSOLVED

Orang Pendek: The Short Person of Sumatra

Class

Cryptid

Filed

July 20, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

Deep in the forests of Sumatra, stories tell of the Orang Pendek, a small upright creature said to…

Open File

CF-0034 OPEN

The Roman Dodecahedron

Class

Unexplained Mystery

Filed

July 18, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

Roman dodecahedra are strange twelve-sided metal objects found across parts of the former Roman Empire. Archaeologists know they…

Open File

CF-0033 HISTORICAL

The London Beer Flood

Class

Strange History

Filed

July 16, 2026

Evidence

5 stars

In 1814, a massive brewery vat burst in London, releasing a flood of beer into the surrounding neighborhood.…

Open File

CF-0032 HISTORICAL

The Great Emu War

Class

Strange History

Filed

July 16, 2026

Evidence

Not yet rated

In 1932, Australian soldiers were sent to help farmers deal with thousands of emus damaging crops. The operation…

Open File

CF-0031 OPEN

The Voynich Manuscript

Class

Strange History

Filed

July 15, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

The Voynich Manuscript is a centuries-old book filled with strange illustrations, unknown writing, mysterious plants, star charts, and…

Open File

CF-0030 UNSOLVED

The Bunyip

Class

Cryptid

Filed

July 15, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

In Australian folklore, the Bunyip is a mysterious creature said to lurk in swamps, billabongs, rivers, and waterholes.…

Open File

CF-0029 UNSOLVED

The Thunderbird

Class

Cryptid

Filed

July 14, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

Across North America, stories of enormous birds have appeared in Indigenous traditions, frontier accounts, and modern cryptid reports.…

Open File

CF-0028 LEGEND

The Philadelphia Experiment

Class

Strange History

Filed

July 14, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

The Philadelphia Experiment is a famous conspiracy legend claiming that the U.S. Navy tried to make a warship…

Open File

CF-0027 CLOSED

The Business Plot

Class

Conspiracy

Filed

July 14, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In the 1930s, Marine Corps legend Smedley Butler claimed that wealthy businessmen had approached him about leading a…

Open File

CF-0026 UNSOLVED

The Emilcin UFO Encounter: Poland’s Most Famous Alien Abduction

Class

UFO

Filed

July 14, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

In 1978, Polish farmer Jan Wolski claimed he was taken aboard a strange hovering craft near the village…

Open File

CF-0025 UNSOLVED

The Kelly–Hopkinsville Encounter

Class

UFO

Filed

July 13, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In 1955, two families near Hopkinsville, Kentucky claimed their farmhouse was surrounded by strange glowing-eyed creatures after a…

Open File

CF-0024 UNSOLVED

UFOs Over Washington: The 1952 White House Sightings

Class

UFO

Filed

July 13, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In July 1952, strange objects were tracked on radar over Washington, D.C., during President Harry Truman’s administration. The…

Open File

CF-0023 UNSOLVED

Eisenhower’s Alleged Meeting With Extraterrestrials

Class

UFO

Filed

July 13, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

In UFO lore, one of the strangest presidential stories claims that Dwight D. Eisenhower secretly met with extraterrestrial…

Open File

CF-0022 UNSOLVED

The Devil’s Footprints

Class

Strange History

Filed

July 13, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

In 1855, people in Devon, England woke to find strange hoof-like tracks stretching across snow-covered towns, fields, rooftops,…

Open File

CF-0021 UNSOLVED

The Rendlesham Forest Incident

Class

UFO

Filed

July 13, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In December 1980, U.S. Air Force personnel stationed near Rendlesham Forest in England reported strange lights, a possible…

Open File

No Image

CF-0020 CLOSED

The Tunguska Event

Class

Strange History

Filed

July 10, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In 1908, a massive explosion flattened millions of trees across a remote region of Siberia. The Tunguska Event…

Open File

CF-0019 UNSOLVED

The Mary Celeste

Class

Strange History

Filed

July 10, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In 1872, the ship Mary Celeste was found drifting in the Atlantic Ocean with no crew aboard. The…

Open File

CF-0018 OPEN

MKUltra

Class

Strange History

Filed

July 10, 2026

Evidence

5 stars

MKUltra was a secret CIA program that explored mind control, interrogation, drugs, hypnosis, and psychological manipulation. The program…

Open File

CF-0017 UNSOLVED

The Dancing Plague of 1518

Class

Strange History

Filed

July 10, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In 1518, residents of Strasbourg were swept into one of history’s strangest outbreaks: people danced uncontrollably for days…

Open File

No Image

CF-0016 OPEN

Men in Black

Class

Unexplained Mystery

Filed

July 10, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

For decades, UFO witnesses have reported visits from strange men in dark suits who appear after sightings, ask…

Open File

CF-0015 UNSOLVED

The Mothman

Class

Cryptid

Filed

July 10, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In the 1960s, residents near Point Pleasant, West Virginia reported a terrifying winged figure with glowing red eyes.…

Open File

CF-0014 UNSOLVED

The Black Knight Satellite

Class

UFO

Filed

July 10, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

The Black Knight Satellite is a strange space mystery involving claims of an unknown object orbiting Earth. Some…

Open File

CF-0013 UNSOLVED

The Goblin Fisherman of Ireland

Class

Cryptid

Filed

July 10, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

A strange online story tells of a goblin-like figure sitting beside a remote Irish stream, holding a fishing…

Open File

CF-0012 OPEN

Triangles Over Phoenix

Class

UFO

Filed

July 10, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In March 1997, thousands of people across Arizona reported seeing strange lights and a massive triangular object moving…

Open File

CF-0011 UNSOLVED

The Rougarou: Louisiana’s Werewolf of the Bayou

Class

Cryptid

Filed

July 9, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

In the swamps and back roads of Louisiana, stories tell of the Rougarou, a werewolf-like creature tied to…

Open File

CF-0010 CLOSED

Admiral Yamamoto: The Man Named 56

Class

Strange History

Filed

July 9, 2026

Evidence

5 stars

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese admiral associated with the Pearl Harbor attack, had a first name that literally meant…

Open File

CF-0009 HISTORICAL

Teddy Roosevelt and the Bigfoot Story

Class

Cryptid

Filed

July 9, 2026

Evidence

Not yet rated

Before he became president, Theodore Roosevelt wrote about a strange frontier story involving a trapper, a remote wilderness…

Open File

CF-0008 LEGEND

Mapinguari of the Amazon

Class

Cryptid

Filed

July 8, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, stories tell of the Mapinguari, a massive, foul-smelling creature said to stalk the…

Open File

CF-0007 UNSOLVED

Yeti of the Himalayas

Class

Cryptid

Filed

July 8, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

High in the Himalayan Mountains, stories of the Yeti have survived for generations. Described as a large, ape-like…

Open File

CF-0006 CLOSED

Project Blue Book

Class

UFO

Filed

July 8, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

Project Blue Book was the U.S. Air Force’s official investigation into UFO reports from 1952 to 1969. Thousands…

Open File

CF-0005 UNSOLVED

The “Wow!” Signal

Class

UFO

Filed

July 8, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

In 1977, a radio telescope picked up a powerful signal from deep space that lasted 72 seconds and…

Open File

CF-0004 UNSOLVED

Bigfoot in the Southern United States

Class

Cryptid

Filed

July 8, 2026

Evidence

3 stars

Across the forests, swamps, and back roads of the southern United States, Bigfoot stories have survived for generations.…

Open File

CF-0003 UNSOLVED

The Kecksburg Incident

Class

UFO

Filed

July 8, 2026

Evidence

Not yet rated

In 1965, witnesses in Pennsylvania reported seeing a fireball or strange object streak across the sky. The small…

Open File

No Image

CF-0001 LEGEND

The Green Children of Woolpit

Class

Strange History

Filed

July 7, 2026

Evidence

2 stars

In medieval England, two strange children reportedly appeared near the village of Woolpit with green-tinted skin, speaking an…

Open File

CF-0002 UNSOLVED

The Dyatlov Pass Incident

Class

Unexplained Mystery

Filed

July 7, 2026

Evidence

4 stars

Nine experienced Soviet hikers died in the northern Ural Mountains in 1959 after fleeing their tent in severe…

Open File