Browse Conspiracy Theories

Militia-era claims that unmarked black helicopters signaled UN or federal occupation plans.

Claims that the Jade Helm 15 military exercise was preparation for martial law or hostile takeover of US states.

Claims that 15-minute city urban planning is a plot to confine residents to districts.

Claims that FEMA maintains secret detention camps for political dissidents or mass internment.

Claims that a hidden planet is approaching Earth and repeatedly predicted to cause apocalypse.

Claims that genetically modified crops are categorically unsafe or part of a hidden population-control plan.

Claims that fires or accidents at food facilities prove a coordinated plan to create shortages.

Claims that the Smithsonian hid giant human skeletons to suppress alternative history.

Claims surrounding Korean Air Lines Flight 007, including espionage, cover-up, and intentional provocation narratives.

Claims that elites reveal planned events through movies, television, music, or advertisements before they happen.

A label for liberal or anti-Trump conspiracy claims, including overextended claims about hidden coordination or staged events.

The Milwaukee Police Department's May 27, 1991 return of 14-year-old Konerak Sinthasomphone (fleeing from Jeffrey Dahmer's apartment) back to Dahmer, despite bystander objections. The victim was killed that night. This incident and broader investigative failures are well-documented; claims of intentional protection remain contested.

The July 16, 1999 crash of a small aircraft off Martha's Vineyard piloted by John F. Kennedy Jr., killing him, his wife Carolyn Bessette, and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette. Conspiracy claims allege assassination by the Clintons, a senior Kennedy family cabal, or staged disappearance — the latter a QAnon staple.

The July 20, 1993 death of Deputy White House Counsel Vincent Foster in Fort Marcy Park, Virginia, officially ruled suicide by five separate investigations. Conspiracy claims allege murder by the Clintons or a cover-up of connections to Whitewater or Hillary Clinton.

TWA Flight 800 (Boeing 747) exploded and crashed off Long Island on July 17, 1996, killing all 230 aboard. The NTSB ruled the cause was an ignition of flammable fuel-air vapor in the center wing fuel tank. Claims of a Navy missile strike or terrorist attack have persisted.

Claims that the US Air Force HAARP (High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program) facility in Gakona, Alaska is used for weather modification, earthquake generation, or mass mind control.

A sophisticated computer worm discovered in 2010 that sabotaged centrifuges at Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment facility — later confirmed to have been developed jointly by the US (NSA/CIA) and Israel (Unit 8200) under Operation Olympic Games.

The Nixon administration orchestrated the June 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex, then engaged in a systematic cover-up involving hush money, witness tampering, and abuse of federal agencies. Led to the only presidential resignation in US history.

Volkswagen deliberately programmed 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide with "defeat device" software that detected emissions testing and temporarily reduced pollution output. During normal driving, the cars emitted up to 40 times the legal limit of nitrogen oxides. Exposed by West Virginia University researchers in 2014.

Major international banks including Barclays, UBS, Deutsche Bank, and Rabobank colluded to manipulate the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), which underpins over $300 trillion in financial contracts worldwide. Traders coordinated via chat rooms to rig rates for profit. Exposed 2012; $9+ billion in fines; four convictions.

Facebook secretly manipulated the news feeds of 689,003 users for one week in January 2012 to test whether emotional contagion could be achieved through social media. Published in PNAS in 2014 without informed consent from subjects.

1962 proposal by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to commit false-flag terrorist attacks against American civilians and military targets to justify war with Cuba. Rejected by President Kennedy. Declassified in 1997.

CIA program from the 1950s onward to cultivate relationships with American journalists and influence media coverage, particularly during the Cold War. Partially confirmed through Church Committee findings and documentary research.

US program (1945-1959) that secretly recruited over 1,600 former Nazi scientists, engineers, and technicians — including many with documented war crimes — and brought them to America for military and space programs, circumventing President Truman's anti-Nazi directive.