Everyone enjoys hearing about a good conspiracy theory and many people enjoy coming up with new ones. You can spend an incredible amount of time reading about theories and wondering if there is any truth to them. This list is the top 10 conspiracy theories. If you feel that I have left off your favourite, or have proof that any of these are not just theory but fact, post a comment, just remember: don’t be cruel!
1. 9/11 was Planned by the US Government [Wikpedia]
Many conspiracy theories have been presented concerning the September 11, 2001 attacks, many of them claiming that President George W. Bush and/or individuals in his administration knew about the attacks beforehand and purposefully allowed them to occur because the attacks would generate public support for militarization, expansion of the police state, and other intrusive foreign and domestic policies by which they would benefit.
Proponents point to the Project for the New American Century, a conservative think tank that argues for increased American global leadership, whose former members include ex-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Vice President Dick Cheney and several other key Bush administration figures. An 1990 report from the group stated that “some catastrophic and catalyzing event — like a new Pearl Harbor” would be needed to budge public opinion in their favor.
2. UFO Recovered at Roswell [Wikpedia]
The Roswell UFO Incident involved the recovery of materials near Roswell, New Mexico, USA, in July 1947, which have since become the subject of intense speculation, rumor, questioning and research. There are widely divergent views on what actually happened, and passionate debate about what evidence can be believed. The United States military maintains that what was recovered was a top-secret research balloon that had crashed.
By the early 1990s, UFO researchers such as Friedman, William Moore, Karl Pflock, and the team of Kevin Randle and Don Schmitt had interviewed several hundred people [11] who had, or claimed to have had, a connection with the events at Roswell in 1947. Additionally, hundreds of documents were obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests, as were some apparently leaked by insiders, such as the disputed “Majestic 12″ documents. Their conclusions were that at least one alien craft had crashed in the Roswell vicinity, that aliens, some possibly still alive, were recovered, and that a massive cover-up of any knowledge of the incident was put in place.
3. John F. Kennedy’s Assasination [Wikpedia]
The assassination of John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, took place on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, USA at 12:30 p.m. CST (18:30 UTC). Kennedy was fatally wounded by gunshots while riding with his wife Jacqueline in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza. The official investigation by the Warren Commission was conducted over a ten-month period, and its report was published in September 1964. The Commission concluded that the assassination was carried out solely by Lee Harvey Oswald, an employee of the Texas School Book Depository in Dealey Plaza.
A number of conspiracy theories exist with regard to the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Such theories began to be generated soon after his death, and continue to be proposed today. Many of these theories propose a criminal conspiracy involving parties such as the Federal Reserve, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the KGB, the Mafia, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director J. Edgar Hoover, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Fidel Castro, George H. W. Bush, Cuban exile groups opposed to the Castro government and the military and/or government interests of the United States.
4. Global Warming is a Fraud [Wikpedia]
The suggestion of a conspiracy to promote the theory of global warming was put forward in a 1990 documentary The Greenhouse Conspiracy broadcast by Channel Four in the United Kingdom on 12 August 1990, as part of the Equinox series, which asserted that scientists critical of global warming theory were denied funding.
William Gray, phD (a pioneer in the science of hurricane forecasting) has made a list of 15 reasons for the global warming hysteria. The list includes the need to come up with an enemy after the end of the Cold War, and the desire among scientists, government leaders and environmentalists to find a political cause that would enable them to ‘organize, propagandize, force conformity and exercise political influence. Big world government could best lead (and control) us to a better world!’ In this article, Gray also cites the ascendancy of Al Gore to the vice presidency as the start of his problems with federal funding. According to him, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration stopped giving him research grants, and so did NASA.
5. Princess Diana was Murdered by the Royal Family [Wikpedia]
In 1997, Princess Diana (Princess of Wales) and Dodi Fayed (son of Mohamed Fayed, owner of the Ritz Hotel and Harrods) were killed in a car accident while trying to get away from press photographers in Paris. The scandal surrounding their relationship (Dodi was Muslim whilst Diana was the mother of the future head of the Church of England) has led many people to speculate that they were actually killed in order to prevent further scandal to the throne of England.
Polls suggest that around a quarter of the UK public, and a majority of people in some Arab countries, believe that there was a plot to murder Diana, Princess of Wales. Motivations which have been advanced for such a conspiracy include suggestions that Diana intended to marry Dodi Fayed, that she intended to convert to Islam, that she was pregnant, and that she was to visit the holy land. Organizations which conspiracy theorists suggest are responsible for her death have included French Intelligence, the British Royal Family, the press, the British Intelligence services MI5 or MI6, the CIA, Mossad, the Freemasons, or the IRA.
6. Jewish World Domination [Wikpedia]
This theory, in recent history, extends mainly from the booklet The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which are widely considered to be the beginning of contemporary conspiracy theory literature. The Protocols are considered by some to be an anti-Jewish literary forgery that purports to describe a Jewish plot to achieve world domination. Numerous independent investigations have repeatedly proven it to be a plagiarism and a hoax, yet numerous independent investigations have shown it to be a factual document.
The text was popularized by those opposed to Russian revolutionary movement, and was disseminated further after the revolution of 1905, becoming known worldwide after the 1917 October Revolution. It was widely circulated in the West in 1920 and thereafter. The Great Depression and the rise of Nazism were important developments in the history of the Protocols.
7. Apollo Moon Landing Hoax [Wikpedia]
Apollo Moon Landing hoax accusations are claims that some or all elements of the Apollo Moon landings were faked by NASA and possibly members of other involved organizations. Some groups and individuals have advanced alternate historical narratives which tend, to varying degrees, to state that the Apollo Astronauts did not land on the moon, and that NASA created and continues to perpetuate this hoax.
Moon hoax proponents devote a substantial portion of their efforts to examining NASA photos. They point to various issues with photographs and films purportedly taken on the Moon. Experts in photography (even those unrelated to NASA) respond that the anomalies, while sometimes counterintuitive, are in fact precisely what one would expect from a real Moon landing, and contrary to what would occur with manipulated or studio imagery. Hoax proponents also state that whistleblowers may have deliberately manipulated the NASA photos in hope of exposing NASA.
8. Pearl Harbor Was Allowed to Happen [Wikpedia]
This theory states that President Roosevelt (FDR) provoked the attack, knew about it in advance and covered up his failure to warn the Hawaiian commanders. FDR needed the attack to sucker Hitler to declare war, since the public and Congress were overwhelmingly against entering the war in Europe. It was his backdoor to war.
Theorists believe that the US was warned by, at least, the governments of Britain, Netherlands, Australia, Peru, Korea and the Soviet Union that a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor was coming. All important Japanese codes were broken. FDR and Marshall and others knew the attack was coming, allowed it and covered up their knowledge.
9. The Third Secret of Fatima [Wikpedia]
The Three Secrets of Fatima are said to be three prophecies that were given by an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to three young Portuguese shepherds, Lucia Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto. From May to October, 1917, the three children claimed to have witnessed this Marian apparition, which is today popularly described as Our Lady of Fatima. On July 13 the Virgin Mary is said to have entrusted the three secrets – in the form of prophecies – to the young visionaries. Two of the secrets were revealed in 1941 in a document written by Lucia to assist with the canonization of her cousins, while the third was to remain secret, although the bishop of Leiria commanded Lucia to put it in writing and to present it to the Pope.
A Catholic priest who has apparently seen the original text of the “third secret” of Fatima disputes the official interpretation of the secret released by the Vatican. Furthermore, he has asked key people in the Vatican about the text and has gotten no response. While the Priest’s comments are somewhat radical, they are not without merit, as he has seen the secret with his own eyes. Moreover, while the first 2 secrets are fairly obvious and clear, leading some to wonder why the third one is required to be examined by a team of experts because of its complexity.
10. The Philadelphia Experiment [Wikpedia]
The Philadelphia Experiment was an alleged naval military experiment at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sometime around the date of October 28, 1943, in which the U.S. destroyer escort USS Eldridge was to be rendered invisible to human observers for a brief period of time. It is also referred to as Project Rainbow. The story is widely regarded as a hoax. The U.S. Navy has stated that the experiment never occurred, and furthermore, details of the story contradict stated facts about the Eldridge. It has nonetheless caused a significant ripple effect in many conspiracy theory circles, and elements of the Philadelphia Experiment are featured in many other government conspiracy theories.
According to some accounts, the experiment was conducted by a Dr. Franklin Reno (or Rinehart) as a military application of a Unified Field Theory. The theory, briefly, postulates the interrelated nature of the forces that comprise electromagnetic radiation and gravity. Through a special application of the theory, it was thought possible, with specialized equipment and sufficient energy, to bend light around an object in such a way as to render it essentially invisible to observers. The Navy considered this application of the theory to be of obvious military value (especially as the United States was engaged in World War II at the time) and both approved and sponsored the experiment. A navy destroyer escort, the USS Eldridge, was fitted with the required equipment at the naval yards in Philadelphia.
Note: There are so many conspiracy theories that this would be an unwieldy list if I included them all. Stay tuned for a second Conspiracy Theories list in the future.
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I heard about all of this from my uncle last night and I believe all of it! I am NOT a gullible person i’m the see it and believe it type, but numbers don’t lie. The United States wants one world government, one currency, all of it! They have been slowly planning the take over and are getting it! I mean where do you think diseases came from, like aids, it did not just magically appear, the gov. has the money to experiment with our lives and they are doing it!
i highly think its not logical for a government to experiment with our lives to that high of degree. i dont dispute that they dont but with aids and other such things it would be a big gamble for them to do that. if what they create becomes uncontrolable then there is no government because their is no people to govern.
What a foolish response by chris.
HUMMMMM , LETS SEE : KENNEDY WAS IN ANTI-NUKE PROLIFERATION MODE … FOUND OUT DOMESTIC ENEMIES INFILTRATED US GOV AND WHERE STEALING NUKE MATERIAL AND TRANSFERRING IT TO MAFIA HOME BASE , ISRAEL . FREAKY-LOOKIN’ GREASEBALL , JACK RUBINSTEIN KILLS OSWALD … COULD IT HAVE BEEN , UH , LET’S SAY … MAYBE : THE JEWS !
GET A CLUE , THERE’S NOTHING BAD GOIN’ ON THAT THE JEWS ARE NOTT INVOLVED IN … UP TO THEIR GREASY BROWN NECKS , JPEOPLE !
RE: PEARL HARBOR :
BULLETIN: GREASEBALL: FRANKIE DELANO ROOSEVELT, A MIXED RACE ENEMY WITHIN . . WAS BLOCKCADING JAPAN- AN ACT OF WAR !
FOR THE HARD-OF-HEARING : BLOCKCADING IS CUTTING OFF A COUNTRY FOR CRIMINAL PURPOSE .
^^ truth is stranger than fiction.
really good list. i think you hit all the major and interesting ones.
I might be ignorant on this issue but I find it hard to believe that a modern president will allow hundreds or thousands innocent people to be killed just to fulfill their ideals – like the Towers and Pearl Harbor.
To you it might seems bizarre, but when it comes world domination – you can not attach emotion to such choices. Go do more digging and you will see for yourself.
I believe you should research the fact NORAD stood down and didn't shoot planes from the sky, look into the fact that bombs were hear going off in the trade centres beforehand by the custodians. How the firefighters discovered molten lava in the buildings and that jet fuel cannot burn that hot. Possibly look into the fact that building 7 mysteriously was reported to have fallen even though it was in the shot behind the newsreader reporting the story, the fact that it was never hit by a plane yet mysteriously fell at free fall speed onto itself and not touching the builldings surrounding. Oh, also, check out the fact that Larry Silverstein made sure the rubble was taken away in less than a fortnight. Ha the biggest "crime in history:" and he makes sure the evidence is gone before anyone can make a report. Just so you aren't 'ignorant on the issue'
I am a big believer that the government were involved inthe 9/11 attacks, however the one thing i would say is that what you have said here about jet fuel not burning that hot, etc. It has been prooved on a number of documentaries that the fuel does burn that hot, I’m not saying this to cause arguments, just helping out a fellow believer. Oh and by the way another great example of the governement being in on it is the only way for the towers to have gone down how they had would have been explosives in certain areas of the building, such as the lift shafts. 2 Weeks prior to the attacks, the lifts were closed off due to ‘maintenance’. Very interesting. Oh and by the way, the moon landings never happened! Shadows, wind…….. List is endless
If you guys didn’t know already, the hospital my mom works at was doing drills a couple of weeks before the 9/11 attacks. The drills were what to do in case of an attack on the towers. I find that to be very suspicious.
Hi Mark aviation fuel burns at aprox 1000 degree’s
To melt the steel gurders in the Towers it would have to be 1800+ degree’s
So there is no way the fuel melted them. Also you would have to agree with Lily 25th june 2010 the building the reporter was comenting on (That she stated had collapsed WTC7) was in fact in plain view still standing behind her.
And last but certainly not least when she was supposed to be live in Manhaton doing a live report she was talkin to the newsdesk anchorman all of a sudden the feed went down, the anchorman then appollogised and said we will get back to (whatever her name was) in downtown manhaton as soon as possible. WELL so what i hear you say ?? Well here’s the problem that aprox 5-10 secs later she is seen in camera shot at the back of the studio where the anchorman was sat. Strange how she can be in 2 places at the same time ?????????
First off, structural components do not have to melt, steel loses a very large portion of its strength as temperature rises, in an 800-1000degree fire it would be significantly weaker. It has been shown that this was enough to cause catastrophic failure and collapse. Secondly, in a fire that intense, things that would not be normally considered a fire risk can catch fire (aluminium, for example, burns hot enough to melt concrete) and burn at high temperatures, especially if air is freely available.
It has also been shown that buildings nearby were strongly affected by what was effectively an earthquake caused by the collapse of the towers – you know when the ground shake whne an underground train or a bus goes by? Now imagine that bus is a giant skyscraper falling from the sky.
I’m not saying “the government was not involved” I’m just saying that if you don’t understand how something works, doesn’t mean you can assign your own explanation.
As for the anchorwoman? Pfffft I dunno….bluescreen?
u should also take into account every and anything that is explosive or flammable in that whole situation. i don’t believe the government would have set that up for any reason. and i could be wrong be but any force that cripples something strong as that steel will automatically be weakened. there is more variables that probably helped the steel weaken that we r unaware of. of course this is just what i think.
Myth busters proved that most claims about how the moon landing is faked are false.
wow. you are an idiot if you really think that our christian conservative president staged this attack. you are soo stupid you need to find the closest hole and crawl in it.
When you don’t know the truth, anything can be true.
You are just as much an idiot for believing the opposite.
speaking about christianity… who supported the Cruzades between XI and XV century? Who supported the witch hunting? Who kill 97.000.000 of native americans around XV and XVII century “in the holy name of Jesus Christ”? So tink twice when tink in yous chistianity!!!!
you cant blame Christians in general for that it’s like saying all atheists are dicks who try to point out everything that is wrong with religion trying in a vain attempt to make themselves look better
First off, NO ONE reported molten lava. Lol that comes from volcanos. Another thing is, jet fuel was NOT the only thing burning in those building. There were a whole lot crap in there burning. The jet fuel was just what started it. Last, have you ever been in a burning high rise? I have. There are all kinds of noises that sound like bombs going off. Restaurants in those buildings had natural gas lines. The planes cutting elevator cables, ever heard an elevator hit the ground from 50 or so floors up? BOOM. Computer monitors on fire will blow. I think you get the idea. Do I believe something was fishing about 9/11. Bet your ass I do. Let us FIRST do some logical thinking first before we point fingers. Our government along with every government out there is corrupt. Does not mean that they are behind EVERY bad thing that happens in the world.
Ever heard of elevator brakes? This is a standart equipment, they were developped by Otis in 1852 and they work automatically. Tsk-tsk-tsk, people sometimes trust too much unto movies…
“Elevators have electromagnetic brakes that engage when the car comes to a stop. The electromagnets actually keep the brakes in the open position, instead of closing them. With this design, the brakes will automatically clamp shut if the elevator loses power.
Elevators also have automatic braking systems near the top and the bottom of the elevator shaft. If the elevator car moves too far in either direction, the brake brings it to a stop.”
Good point, still, that doesn’t prevent anything else from falling down the elevator shaft, and there are plenty other things around to make anomalous noises.
molten lava was the description of Thermite present for a significant time AFTER the attacks. Also, notice how the beams that were standing had a right angle cut, which is standard practice at demolition. As for the explosion, that was reported in the basement BEFORE the attacks. NORAD was holding hijack scenarios at the same time, and WTC7 collapsed without being touched. Also the Pentagon’s lawn was covered over just after the attack, kinda odd for a terrorist crime scene. Not to mention that a lot of money had been made over by a Pakistani official to the leader of the terrorists months before, and that same official was meeting US officials on the day of the attacks, and did I mention how all planes that day were grounded, except for a plane carrying Saudi’s including members of the Bin Laden family which were helped out of the country by the president.
I don’t understand this sentence:
“molten lava was the description of Thermite present for a significant time AFTER the attacks.”
Also, covering up a crime scene surely is not unreasonable? To prevent contamination or theft of evidence and suchlike? Especially if it was a large open space like a lawn. I mean, I’m not a crime scene specialist or whatever but this wouldn’t raise my eyebrows.
PS: when I came on just now the box said “666 comments”, oooooh spooky
You people are pathetic and have way to much time on your hands to read a bunch of crap on the internet about a conspiracy and just take it as undisputed truth when none of you have done any actual research yourselves. Just because someone writes something doesn’t make it fact. The government had nothing to do with 9/11. Stop spending all your time on Wikipedia and try going for a jog or something.
So many pathetic people out there. You can get morons to believe in things like the world ending tomorrow so they should commit suicide and there are a TON of them. The people who state ridiculous things they cut from the internet and paste them as if they are facts for no other reason than because idiots SAY it’s true are just plain sad. It really helps one understand how people blindly followed Adolph Hitler, Jim Jones, the heaven’s gate cult, etc, etc. There are a lot of stupid people out there who will latch on to ANY idea. Lost souls.
I don’t believe that but I’m not gonna argue with you, just let you know that if the american people ever found this to be the absolute truth I’m pretty sure that mob justice would be the only justice for those who where involved
To understand how such Kings, Queens, Bishops, Presidents, Politicians and other various leaders would do such things as kill (inflict or sustain "casualties" if you will) you must play the game of Chess first. The saying, "you cannot make and omelet without breaking a few eggs." should clear it up even further for you. Don't swim in the pools of naivity too long lest you find yourself stripped naked and shaved in order to work for the wolves.
Bah Bah…….
you are right, no president would kill that many of his own people for "world domination". this history channel did a great job in putting of the conspiracies to rest. take a look at it. you are not ignorant.
you are right no president will allow hundreds or thousands for "world domination ",
but will do anything to be elected in the next term,
power always corrupts and is addictive like a drug even the best of men can do horrible things just to preserve power
Money and Power corrupts people… some would let the world burn to have an extra couple of bucks
I love how you people call the guy who doesn’t buy the obvious bull***** about 9/11 naive and ignorant. And jezus, stop trying to sound so deep and smart. “Don’t swim in the pools of naivity too long lest you find yourself stripped naked and shaved in order to work for the wolves” What the ***** does that even mean?
ANYWAY.
If the U.S. government was behind 9/11, alot of people would know, because they would need alot of people to help them do such a thing, now, all those atleast 5000 people would need to be fine with killing thousands of their fellow countrymen for some money. How much would you need before you’d be quiet about something like that? A million? Two? That’s alot of money times 5000. Not to mention that these people would HAVE TO BE OK WITH KILLING THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN, and could never ever let anybody know they had anything to do with it, not even their loved ones. And they’d have to keep it a secret for the rest of their lives. Now any rational thinking person can see how unfeasable and incredibly unlikely this is. And please keep in mind these are only some of the reasons that wouldn’t allow such a thing to happen. If you “do some digging” like Ros said (which he obviously hasn’t done himself) you’ll find lots of reasons for why this could never happen.
And obviously you people saw something like that Loose Change bull*****, and instantly believed it. Talk about naivity. Do your own research, and don’t be biased while you do it, then you’ll find the truth.
The Open Civil Engineering Journal
I suggest you search their database for 9/11 and find out what professional engineers say is impossible…truth hurts!
Just so you know, 5 Trillion was reported to have ‘gone missing’ the day before the attacks….Now what were you saying?
and so you believed it instantly? boo…
Lets imagine that is true, if you were an evil genius, and wanted to knock down the WTC, why on earth would you pay so much money for it? How on earth would that be worth your while?
Ridiculous claim.
At the very least it’d be ridiculous to believe it just because “it is reported”, I’m not saying you need to see hardcopy bank statements, but SOMETHING corroborative would be useful. And that goes for everything else too.
one word MK-ULTRA
Here’s another one: Flange.
Look into the Tonkin Incident, that might be a bit of an eye-opener for you. The incident that got the US into Vietnam. It is a confirmed false-flag.
Why is it hard to believe? Those people that were killed didnt affect Bush or FDR in any way, and it gave them a great reason to go to war. I dont know how I feel about pearl harbor yet. Ill have to read some more, but I most certainly belive 9/11 was was an inside job. Do you realize that every since then our government has overthrown several middle eastern leaders and taken over countries. Just for oil. Any other countries that have no use to our government just rot away. There are so many starving people right here, and the gov is spending millions of dollars each day to rebuild what they destroyed. If you see that the price of oil per barrel is 80 dollars you better belive our gov is getting it cheaper and making money off us by selling it higher. Thats a whole different conspiracy. Does anyone know that all the rubble from the towers was flown to china and burned, thats a fact not a rumor.
“Just for oil” is a fairly naive assumption. Only a small fraction of America’s oil comes from the middles east. The vast majority comes from mainland USA, Canada and Mexico.
Erm..and of course oil is sold for profit..thats er…how the world works?
And its hard to believe someone could condone the killing of thousands of people…because killing thousands of people is bad, hellooo? If killing someone wouldnt affect you in the slightest, would *you* do it?
I can’t say I can read peoples minds, hell the goverment could be full of sadistic phsychos who went to war just to see the video footage.
But that is, like that guy says, hard to believe. Not saying one way or the other, because I can’t, but I CAN say its hard to believe.
Harder for me to believe than being surrounded by smoke-and-mirror underhand operations that would be harder to pull off than a hoaxed moon landing.
Dont get me wrong here, governments (all governments, in fact, all groups anywhere with power over others) generate corruption within themselves – that is part of the human condition, unfortunately. But seeing corruption everywhere you look (largely to make oneself feel better: “I’m obviously enlightened because I can see things others can’t!”) simply blinds you to the real world.
If you believe one of these theories, I cannot, in all honesty, challenge you that much, because I only have access to the same information that you do.
All i ask of the human race is that, when goiven an incomplete picture (and no picture is complete, really) try and see more than one explanation. Assuming that your own opinion is always the right one is the height of arrogance and only leads to more grief (and corruption) for everyone.
Oh, and it makes it easier for the people that REALLY ARE corrupt to do their business.
So you can have your opinion, but logically, you must recognise the possibility that its not the right one, even though you think it is.
If you can give me one idea, or piece of evidence, that supports the OPPOSITE side to your view, then, for my part, I will heap credibility upon you.
BTW, in all of the above, when I say “you” I mean the collective “you” that refers to everyone.
Andre: some conspiracy theories are so outlandish that it is hard to believe anyone even remotely considers them true – I think the Philadelphia Experiment falls into that category.
dalandzadgad: Thanks
I will do another one in the future because there are just so many out there!
How do you know exactly that the book of Abraham "By Joseph smith" is false.
Princess Diana died in ’97, not 2001. Just wanted to point that out. Nice list, though.
Thanks Dan – I have corrected that error.
i think UFOs are a product of are govt and area 51 is a place where they do illegal cloning and gene splicing why else would they keep it a secret and aliens are a cover up for what they are doing
have u thought that maybe they r gene splicing WITH the aliens to create a new race.
most ignorant comment of all time
maybe because its a MILITARY BASE. do u know everything thing that happens in any other base?
Thank you for not doing the whole “flouride in the tooth paste” bit. Makes my theories look normal. At the moment I’m too tried to try.
Mix: Area 51 has been out of service for about Five years. The word getting out and all. They moved their “Research” to other places. They don’t even stop you from walking around anymore.
yea thats what i heard kind of cool i would like to go check it out some time
The Lil Probe diner needs business. They could retire with what they made over the years, but they love the place too much. Personal, I’d like to go out on the sands. See the hangers. And take my bike down the runway, Hell buy it and turn it into a street racing haven. 5 miles of runway!!!!
you could make bank hold comps and races
Global warming is a fraud. Whether or not it is a “conspiracy” remains a question.
Really? What is your evidence for that? You may want to check my blog: http://davidkramer.wordpress.com/2011/01/15/globa…
Seriously?
Freighters haul goods between Europe and Japan in the summer across the northern Russian coast, and global warming is the fraud? Fox News is funded by the News Corporation, a corporate conglomerate that just so happens to be the primary investor in Nosotek, a North Korean video game company. Literally, the same people who invest in hyper-communist dictatorships are making millions off rabid right-wing media. But of course, its global warming that’s the fraud.
Seriously.
I’d like to see a follow up list: Racial Conspiracies. Did you know 1 in 3 black people believes that HIV was created by the US government? (this is consistent in multiple polls)
I completely agree with you and I am a white male… heres some proof for you skeptics…
here's the US patents for the AIDS virus and also the cure…
The virus… http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=P…
and the cure… http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=P…
some further reading if you still think that THE US PATENTS are not enough proof http://www.deepspace4.com/pages/diseases/pagesdis…
Kurt Cobains death not being a suicide.
James: That would hardly count as Significant enough to be on here. One man of music, With problems vs. World leaders, with Influence. What did Kurts death bring? A jump in revenue by the fans and a whole bunch of potheads going “Damn Dude.” Diana and Kennedy, had significant influence in world issues. Comparing Kurt to Lady Di or JFK, would be like comparing an organge to a Multi vitamin. Which one do you care about, the tasty one or the Important one. I’m not saying there wasn’t something wrong with the investigation, but in the Grand scheme of things, Who Cares?
And before you get all huffy about it. I’m a big fan of Kurt, and an strong supporter of ***** legalization. I just have a better perspective than others of my age.
Bret, whether or not global warming is a fraud or a conspiracy, it is easy to see that humans are inflicting significant damage to our planet. If it takes a ‘fraud’ to make people wise up to the harm we are causing through pollution and overpopulation, then sign me up as a believer in global warming.
lol idiot
Thanks for the comments guys – I didn't realise this would be a controversial topic
I definitely plan to do another conspiracy list because there are so many of them.
Hey, Mr Frater. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyuyeIVbwOM
Sorry Crimanon i didnt mean anything bad by it i just thought it was something kind of interesting.
James: It’s nothing you did wrong exactly, it’s a perspective thing. One of the things I do in my free time is Rant and yell about things. One of my favorite sayings that sums up how I feel about the world, “Kids these days.”
Thats really bad concidering my age. I’m younger that you think and older than I look. I’m a little more Intense when it comes to the spiraling intellegence that is America. Hell in a hand basket and all that. It’s nothing directed At you, just more of my personal commentary on life.
coolcool
i like to put all conspiracies on my weird *****-o-meter. all of these are things that , if you found out they were true, wouldnt completely blow your mind.
as for kurt cobain…all you need to do is listen to courtney love for a while and you can understand why he killed himself
You know – I just realised, number 9 would be perfect for the Top 10 Incorrupt Corpses – I forgot all about her when I wrote the list.
I’d say that Global warming is past the conspiracy theory stage. Anybody who is competent enough to think for themselves and do a little research of their own can figure out that there is no correlation between human produced CO2 and climate. The evidence is simply in contradiction to this oft repeated lie. Global warming is simply a political devise used to manipulate and control the population. (well, actually that last sentence was a conspiracy theory. lol)
Fe, The Lie that CO2 is harmful and it’s recent classification as a pollutant is downright scary. Do you realize that you exhale CO2. The headlines of tomorrow might read “Reduce Human Emissions!!!”
Think about the implications of this position before you support it.
Anyhow, Reducing CO2 could be very counterproductive environmentally. If you recall your elementary level biology you might remember that CO2 is the equivalent to oxygen for plants. Increases in CO2 Increases the growth rate of plant life. Commercial greenhouse operations pump CO2 into their greenhouses to increase crop yield!
Tell me, If CO2 does not cause “harmful global warming” (it does not) then why would we want to reduce it?
Global Warming is not real. i live in *****ing alaska i know my *****ing *****, its just a bunch of bull *****, the media likes scaring people so they have something to write about, there really isnt enough evidence of human caused warming or any warming at all, just 1 or 2 degree’s since 1900 which can be attributed to natural climate cycles or The Urban Island Heating Effect, which states that cities are warmer because of the tons of concrete and cars and just stuff in general, so weather stations in cities are just inaccurate because of this.
It’s a good list, but I think given the ongoing scandals regarding the entrance into Afghanistan and Iraq, you should let the 9/11 one play out till the end of Bush’s term before retiring it to the land of conspiracy theories.
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Great comments everyone – thanks
and we all know Bush just hates us and America and wants to kill Americans and make himself look good. NOT, wow i’m glad you elected a leader and blame him for every single one of the world’s faults. why don’t we just put Hillary Clinton in the White House so she can magically “fix” all of our problems. yep that would fix it you *****s. pull your head out of your asses and live in reality
To think that Any political leader is doing anything Entirely for the good for their country is Just Plain Blind. Political motivations are just a fancy way of saying “you’ll do it my way.” The Illuminati are just as bad as Scientologists. New World Order has to start with chaos. And what better way to get it, then to attack the strongest city/nation in the world. Stop Watching so much Damned Fox News and read between the lines.
Prepair for the worst, Hope for the best.
It's 3 years later, and Crimanon is wrong about one point. It should be "Stop Watching so much Damned MSNBC and CNN and read between the lines. And check out Glenn Beck on Fox News." Glenn is doing a fine job of connecting the damn dots and explaining what in hell's name is going on and why. (Glenn Beck haters are invited to watch his show, do their own research, and then criticize or –gasp!– catch themselves thinking "Holy crap! He was right!")
It still amazes me that people make a big deal about the “secrets” at Area 51. Do you really think that if the government wanted to keep a military base secret, they wouldn’t be able? There are probably a lot of US military bases, scattered all over the world, that we will never know about. And, everyone still thinks they’d be stupid enough to hide things at Area 51.
Dear Dr. Stefan d:
Thank you for clearing that up for me. I shall put to rest all further debate on Global Warming because you live in Alaska and “you know your *****”. I await your dissertation on microbiology next year.
Most scientist do believe Global Warming is real. The split comes on the issue of is it a man made phenomenon or is it a natural process. I personally believe it is a natural process.
The Little Ice Age ended in the 1850′s. This current warming trend is a continuation of that natural process. The Middle Ages were relatively warmer than it is today. The climate has had these cycles for billions of years before a human being was ever on the face of the Earth.
Human caused Global Warming is a political issue and not entirely based on scientific evidence. When one looks at the facts objectively it becomes apparent that scientist aren’t completely sure what the causes of the current warming trend are. However the evidence strongly suggest that increased solar activity may be behind the current cycle. Melting polar ice caps on Mars lends a lot of credibility to this theory.
However, it is still not a good thing to be pumping so many pollutants into the air. Regardless if Global Warming is natural or man made we need to find cleaner, more sustainable sources of energy than carbon based fuels. The other effects of the pollutants we release in the air are not healthy for both the plants and the animals of the Earth. Sustainable sources of energy would also have the side effect of reducing nations dependence on foreign energy sources. This will mean less conflicts between nations and possibly less wars.
soonerproud: that is very nicely put – thank you for that comment.
#12. Jane nolan said:
Did you know 1 in 3 black people believes that HIV was created by the US government?
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I am no black, but I also believe the HIV was created by humans. And the lab rats they use for creation, were African people.
Are you a moron? How deep in your @$$ did you have to reach your arm to pull out that number? Up to your elbow? All the way to your shoulder blade? Stop stating statistics you can't even prove.
I'm black and I don't know ANYBODY that believes that HIV was created by the Government. I know plenty of people who wouldn't put it pass them, myself included, but there's no evidence either way so HOW would you know?
Being reasonably suspicious of government is not the same as being a conspiracy theorist. There is precedent for so-called authority figures medically experimenting on black people, the god damn Tuskegee Experiment. Unlike the Philadelphia Experiment that's historical fact instead of hysterical fiction.
Özhan – just out of interest may I ask what you base your belief in? This is actually a theory I have not heard before and it is interesting that so many people obviously hold to it.
Hey, doofus:
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion (Russian: “Протоколы сионских мудрецов”, or “Сионские протоколы”, see also other titles) is an antisemitic text that purports to describe a Jewish and Masonic plot to achieve world domination. It is one of the most well known and discussed examples of literary forgery.
From the very Wikipedia entry you cite. There’s no legitimate debate. The Protocols are a fake.
Problem is it's been used by Arabs/Palestinians in their propaganda and the Arab world at large and even some Arab supporters in the western world believe it.
K. Donovan: Nice language, thanks. If you read the item description you will see that I have included both sides of the story. The fact remains, it is a conspiracy theory as many people do believe it to be real despite its having been proven fake. It is no different from the Book of Abraham by Joseph Smith – we know it is fake but all the Mormons believe it is not.
Another conspiracy theory:
USA supports PKK (an organization accepted as terrorist world wide that killed more than 30k people) Most of Turks believe it, including me.
*****ing Alaskans know their *****ing *****!
Hysterical. I love it!
Crimanon: Kurt Cobain was a generation defining musician and extremely important to the world of music as a whole. Lady Di was not a world leader as you state – she did a lot of charity work, granted, but that’s it. By the time of her death she was no longer part of the Royal family and was not using her title. Mother Teresa died the same week but got next to no coverage. The media loved Diana, why I have no idea, but that is the only reason why these theries came about. Other than taking time out from her schedule of 5 star hotels and Dodi’s yaght to highlight a few charities, she offered absolutely nothing to the world of any import. Cobain was the centre of a movement, Diana was the centre of a scandal. The whole Diana thing is beyond me.
The real sad story is Charles and Camilla – childhood sweethearts denied their love by the Royal family because it didn’t suit them. And now they are finally together she is public enemy number 1. Figure that one out. Anyway, that really has nothing to do with anything, sorry about that. At least I’ve got it off my chest now…
jay there is no sad story here m8-charles was pumping camilla the whole time ,while she was married,diana sold her soul-literally by marrying into the royal family-sounds cold but she had to pay the piper,she couldve sat back and shagged the odd cousin etc,they all do it,but she believed her own press ,going on bashir fluttering her eyelides and looking mournfully at the ground and up,she had obv studied body language and came out to destroy charles thinking she could somehow become the queen as she was queen of hearts,lizzie the lizard didnt get where she is to be shown up by some poor little rich girl act-as i said she blew the lid of,and to do that a price must be payed-she was killed and the royals arent "normal"they brought di in before the wedding and showed their true forms to her-dis own words-im glad the people are walking up to these scum bags who i was going to say were blackhearted but you need a heart first so,vive le revelutione
this is a cool list, not sure how i missed it in august. Im surprised no one has brought up the “moon landings are fake” idea, but then maybe that dumb hysteria has passed
Here we go again…
Jay: Nirvana was one of three to start the Grunge legacy. Kurt didn’t do it himself and if it wasn’t for Pearl Jam getting recognized First it would never have exsisted. Lady Di, RIP, Worked with more charities than I can remeber. To say She Wasn’t a world leader is naive’. Kurt married Courtney and did heroin til he died. Di married royalty and helped the world. Lets let the Inquest handle the answer to this.
I have close ties to a couple of the charities she worked with and all she did was basically lend her name to them as an endorsement so as to boost donations – which is of course a great thing. But she herself often did no more than the charity and NGO workers themselves. She was just more high profile so received much more publicity as a result. The real heroes were and still are unsung(eg Mother Teresa). Why Diana has the status of a martyr is beyond me; it is not right and undermines the hard work of the real charity workers on the ground.
A world leader is someone who makes daily decisions that decides the fate of many – Diana endorsed a few charities who in turn tried to help people… She was definitely not a world leader. I’m afraid we are going to have to agree to disagree on this one..
As for Cobain, RIP, I never said he started Grunge, I said he was at the centre of it. Pearl Jam obviously are great, but Cobain without doubt “touched” a lot more listeners than Pearl Jam did. The reason he was so popular was because he had so much passion – he may not have got the ball rolling, but no one can deny he is the icon of that genre.
im throwing in another name killed by nwo after they got him done on a bogus charge tupac shakur-he was and is a shining star who wouldnt play the game and was supposedly paid the price-but there are theories about him also-he done more to help the poor than di did-he gave them hope she fluttered her eye lids,she had to do something while being paid millions of pounds-she was a scam artist with the morals of an alleycat-she became what she married into—-we got to start to see these changes,keep your head up
I saw a show, I think it was on either the Discovery Channel or History Channel, that looked at all the different theories the moon landing people have come up with for why it was a hoax, and pretty much blew them all out of the water. This included taking pictures in the desert with the same camera and lighting and seeing that the stars didn’t appear in the photograph, proving that it was possible to operate the camera with a space suit on, and slowing down a tape of someone walking in a spacesuit on earth and showing that, no, it didn’t look just like the moonwalk video. It basically went on like this for an hour. The whole flag blowing in the wind thing, which seems to be a popular point among theorists, was disproven, because you only see the flag move as it’s being put up, meaning it was just moving because of vibrations. My favorite part was someone arguing that humans couldn’t pass through the Van Allen belt, even though Dr. Van Allen said that they could.
Punjar: thanks for that info – very informative.
Why does nobody bite anymore?
jay: hehe if you included jews in the comment I am sure sakul would
“Jay: Nirvana was one of three to start the Grunge legacy. Kurt didn’t do it himself and if it wasn’t for Pearl Jam getting recognized First it would never have exsisted.”
Actually, Alice In Chains was the first of that group to hit it big in 1990. The album was Facelift and the band toured with Van-Halen that year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_in_Chains
Perl Jam hit it big in 1991 with the release of Ten on August 27, 1991. It was slow to sell until the second half of 1992.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Jam
Soundgarden was the first band to sign on to a major label and had moderate success before any of these band released their first album. The Album was “Louder Than Love” and they toured with GnR in 1989. They also received a Grammy nomination for best Metal performance in 1990. The band only hit it big with their release of Badmotorfinger in 1991.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundgarden
Nirvana released Nevermind on September 24, 1991 around the same time that Perl Jam released Ten. By January 1992 it was number one on the Billboard charts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(band)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevermind
This means you are wrong and that Perl Jam is not responsible for Nirvana’s success. That credit goes to first Heart, for giving AIC exposure (The members of AIC were good friends with Ann and Nancy Wilson before they were famous.) and then Soundgarden and AIC and their early success. Pearl Jam rode on the coat tails of all four of these other bands.
Soonerproud: Thanks for pointing that out, good info. However I never said that,it was Crimanon who said it – see above. Good try though.
All I said was Cobain was the nost recognised and affiliated with that movement.
Should take it up with Crimanon; my point was that Diana was a normal rich person who did a bit of charity, not some kind if saint…
Arn’t we off of the subject??? Diana, world leader or NO, had more influence than Cobain. It all comes down to Hero of Potheads vs. Hero of the Downtrodden. Who ever has the balls to route for the underdog has my vote. Now Can We Please Stop Talking About Kurt Ka-blam??? If you really want this debate to continue take it up with James.
I guess people do bite after all.
Regarding Jewish world domination: Whether the Protocols are authentic or not, the plausibility of such a conspiracy is observable by simply correlating a few known and established FACTS about the Jews and their culture:
1. Jews form closed communities exclusive of outsiders. They routinely discourage marriages outside of their race.
2. Jews regard themselves as superior to other human cultures. One of their better-known words for non-Jews – "goyim" – means cattle or livestock.
3. Jews will pool their resources to buy out mutliple businesses in a region, allowing them to gain control of the economy in that region. This is why Hitler turned against them.
4. Jews are highly education-oriented and as such often demonstrate above-average intelligence. This intelligence allows them to evaluate their cultural environment, a vital survival trait in evading the numerous pogroms they have been subjected to.
5. Jews' intelligence and understanding of human nature has made them masters of propaganda and social manipulation. This is why the Holocaust stands out in history despite the fact that there have been many far worse racial massacres. This is why they have their own special term of discrimination; "anti-Semitism" instead of the more general "racism" applied to discrimination against any other culture. This is why anybody who dares say the sort of things I've posted here is reviled and can even be jailed. Even though all I've done is point out demonstrable facts without advocating any course of action.
These are all facts that can be demonstrated and proven wherever a Jewish community exists. That these facts clearly indicate predisposition to dominate other cultures is evident on its face. Think about it.
goyim means member of a nation; hell the jews even call themselvs goy at one point. Also, they prize education even before they met other groups. Also, they were forcibly banned from all other jobs leaving banking the only option. anti-semitism means hatred of arabs and other semites as well. Also, there are other genocides (armenia for instance) publicly acknowledged. Your theories are garbage plain and simple.
you are too stupidto insult. jews do not pool there money together to buy out different areas.the problem is there have been so many mixed couples.I could not agree with ryan anymore than right now
Speaking as a Jew, where is my share of the loot? I guess I did not get that email.
1. applicable to most religeons and also many other non-religeous organisations.
2. see #1.
3. a baseless assumption.
4. see #3, there is no reason to assume that the Jewish are more or less education oriented than any other religeous or non-religeous grouping.
5. The holocaust stands out in history because most of the world was involved in the war surrounding it, no propaganda was necessary. There may have been “worse” genocidal events somewhere in history, but because of the war the holocaust affected a huge proportion of the world directly.
Loved the way you capitalised “FACTS” in your first sentence, I was expecting it but its always a little thrill to have your expectations realised. Using the word “fact” does not lend weight to your points.
Sorry, I’m not trying to antagonise you, but in all seriousness your points come across as biased and fabricated, I have heard very little to support any of these points.
I hope that this helps you to form your arguments in future.
freethinker: I agree that your points are probably true in general, but I do have some issues:
1. This is not a situation unique to Jews – traditionally Catholics recommend marriage with other Catholics – in fact, traditionally if a Catholic marries a non-Catholic (who absolutely must be baptised even if he isn’t a Catholic by practice) they must be married in a smaller side-chapel as it is not seen as ideal. Normally the non-Catholic parent is obliged to sign a document stating that they will raise their children as Catholics.
2. The Muslims are the same as this
3. Again, this is not particularly unique to Jews.
4. I think intelligence comes not from learning but your mind in general. You can read a lot of books and still be a moron.
5. Anti-semitism is not a reference for racism against Jews, it is a term that refers to racism against anyone of the peoples that speak a semitic language – Hebrew is one, but so is Arabic and Maltese.
So while what you are saying is correct in many ways, it is not unique to the Jews, it is a common trait of closed communities.
Oh – and I promise not to arrest you for posting on listverse
10 conspiracies??? I only see two!
The other eight are "real"!
no but if there come to gether
I’ll bet you that on Nov.22,1963 Oswald was aiming at the guy on the grassy knoll.
well at risk of sounding like a nut, the kind of people I used to laugh at… well ok, I still do… sometimes when looking at one of these theories, you cant help but think about who gained what out of what went down.
No lies that there is oil in the middle east. no lies that the states like their oil… you think that osama bin laden would not have expected a serious lashback and occupation by the states? I mean if you really hate the “freedom” other countries have… why not attack Canada? *****, lets fly some planes into Jamaica’s weed fields. If those guys aren’t free, then I dont know who would be.
anywho dumb stories aside, 9/11 has been the impetus behind the occupation of afghanistan, invasion of iraq who was obviously in league with al qaeda, and god knows what other oil bearing non conforming country.
that, and the terrorism insurance on the world trade centers, that was good thinking. Who gained from these attacks?
anyway, im sure you’ve heard the above bs from every conspiracy nut you’ve talked to, and I really cant blame anyone for wanting to think that the gov’t is acting in the interest of the people. I cant.
anyway, if you’ve made up your mind, fine, I understand completely.
if however, you are unsure, please do check out the movie on http://www.zeitgeist.com . be sceptical about it… check the sources, do your own search for fact and all that good stuff.
enjoy
this is a great list jfrater. u real have ur eyes open . u would make a great reporter
Has anyone thought about Tupac and Biggie. There are theories that our government were behind their so called killings. If you think about it, the time of their deaths were in a time where riots were breaking out everywhere and constantly. during the time of tupac’s death, he was staging a huge riot, one of astronomical numbers, or so I have been told by others, and our government was fed up and didnt want to deal with an incident like that so they just took him out.
Think about this, what are the odds of someone or somebodies getting away with a shooting like that, especially in las vegas where there are many people on every corner at all hour of the night. And there were no witnesses. Now who are the only people who can get away with whatever they want and hide anything they want from the public’s eyes, our government.
Also take this into account. Government officials could have been *****ed at him because of the fact that he got away with killing two cops. The cops tried to assault tupac with weopons they stole from the evidence room and they were intoxicated at the time and were the ones doing the provoking. Tupac shot both of them in self defence.
Just thought I would throw that out there. I would like to hear other’s opinions.