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JFK: A Sitting Duck in Dallas

In the puzzle about the magnicide of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, there is a piece that seems to be clearly guessed within that ocean of conspiracy theories that have been surrounding the tragic event since that fateful November 22, 1963 in Dealey Plaza in Dallas: the incomprehensible lack of protection that accompanied the presidential vehicle during its journey from the airport to the heart of the Texan city, turning its occupants, and specifically the President, into a sitting duck -easy target-. Read More

Fátima 1917: What Religion Could Not Admit and Science Could Not Explain

What really happened between May 13 and October 13, 1917 in the Cova da Iria moor in Fatima? Marian apparitions as the Catholic Church maintains? UFO phenomena according to some researchers? Or simply a fraud advocated from both within and without the religious faith? Did the Catholic Church take advantage of the alleged appearances to regain power and influence, while generating a lucrative business? Read More

«Delta Sierra Juliet, it's not an aircraft, it is...»

What did 20-year-old pilot Frederick Valentich encountered while flying over the Bass Strait in Australia on October 21, 1978? After his strange encounter in full flight, he disappeared without a trace. His last words were recorded in the radio communication that he had with an aerial technician. A disturbing and distressing conversation that in real time described something that suddenly appeared, that moved and maneuvered in a disconcerting and anomalous way, and that was invisible to the radars of the Melbourne air traffic control service. Read More

Like a Fish to Water

The incredible story of Francisco de la Vega Casar, The Fish Man of Liérganes, and the tragic legend of Pesce Cola (Nicholas Fish).

When an 18th century Benedictine monk, himself Professor of Theology, not only echoes but ends up publishing essays in which he writes about the existence of fish men, rescuing in detail two specific cases between the 13th and 17th centuries, one of them in Cantabria and the other in Sicily, and also discarding any supernatural explanation for the phenomenon, it is worth at least taking a look at those texts where both events are collected and narrated. Read More