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Speaking of potential nuclear tests conducted in secret in remote areas, I've always found this article interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vela_Incident quote:The Vela Incident — sometimes referred to as the South Atlantic Flash — was an unidentified "double flash" of light detected by an American Vela Hotel satellite on September 22, 1979, near the Prince Edward Islands off Antarctica, which many believe was of nuclear origin. The most widespread theory among those who believe the flash was of nuclear origin is that it resulted from a joint South African and Israeli nuclear test.[1][2][3] The topic remains highly disputed today.
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This likely was discussed in the last thread, but I was reading about the helicopter accident on the set of The Twilight Zone: The Movie (resulting in the deaths of actor Vic Morrow and two children) and it is all kinds of scary how reckless some people were and how it could have been prevented: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Zone:_The_Movie#Helicopter_accident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Zone_tragedy http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/not_guilty/twilight_zone/1.html That last link is particularly thorough.
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The original New York Times article about the first pedestrian killed by an automobile in the United States: http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C05E0DC173DE433A25757C1A96F9C94689ED7CF
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Another interesting case to read about is that of Rubin Carter, whose eventual release from jail on two separate murder convictions was somewhat accurately portrayed in the movie The Hurricane. He's also the man that Bob Dylan wrote about, though I've heard Dylan disassociated himself after learning a bit more about him and the incident in question. Unlike the West Memphis Three, it seems like there was quite a lot of very convincing evidence against him.
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RNG posted:e: I'd never heard of this Three Tramps thing before this article, but it fits in pretty well with the apophenia article from a few pages ago (like most of the JFK conspiracy stuff). Three random vagrants getting arrested in Dealey Plaza on 11-22-63? They must be the ones who did it! One of which some claim was Woody Harrelson's father, an assassin.
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ElwoodCuse posted:I can't remember enough specifics to turn it up but I read about a crashed World War 2 plane full of unexploded ordnance. It's underwater and in a busy area so no one will risk salvaging it and the government just put up buoys telling people to stay the hell away. Probably this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Tybee_Island_mid-air_collision quote:The Tybee Island B-47 crash was an incident on February 5, 1958, in which the United States Air Force lost a 7,600-pound (3,400 kg) Mark 15 nuclear bomb in the waters off Tybee Island near Savannah, Georgia, United States. During a practice exercise, an F-86 fighter plane collided with the B-47 bomber carrying the bomb. To protect the aircrew from a possible detonation in the event of a crash, the bomb was jettisoned. Following several unsuccessful searches, the bomb was presumed lost somewhere in Wassaw Sound off the shores of Tybee Island.
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