Outer Space

Explore conspiracy theories related to outer space.

63 theories documented

Alien Abductions
Unresolved

Alien Abductions

An in-depth look at alien abduction claims, from Betty and Barney Hill to modern accounts, and allegations of government suppression of evidence.

1961 · United States
Anunnaki — Ancient Alien Gods of Sumer
Debunked

Anunnaki — Ancient Alien Gods of Sumer

Zecharia Sitchin claimed Sumerian texts describe alien Anunnaki who created humans. The theory's origins, claims, and why scholars reject it.

1976 · United States
Debunked

Anunnaki & Ancient Aliens Theory

The ancient astronaut theory claims aliens visited Earth thousands of years ago and were worshipped as gods. From Sumerian tablets to the History Channel — how a fringe idea went mainstream.

1968 · Switzerland
Bermuda Triangle — Ships and Aircraft Disappear
Debunked

Bermuda Triangle — Ships and Aircraft Disappear

The Bermuda Triangle conspiracy: Flight 19, missing ships, supernatural claims, and why Lloyd's of London finds no unusual risk. Origins, evidence, debunking.

1950 · United States
Debunked

Bigfoot / Sasquatch — The Government Cover-Up

Examining Bigfoot conspiracy theories from the Patterson-Gimlin film and Missing 411 to alleged government suppression of Sasquatch evidence and UFO links.

1958 · United States
Unresolved

El Chupacabra — Goat Sucker

First reported in Puerto Rico in 1995 — livestock found drained of blood with puncture wounds. The original description (bipedal alien-like creature) differs sh

1995 · Puerto Rico
Debunked

Crop Circles — Alien Communication / Earth Energy

How crop circles went from mysterious field patterns to a debunked phenomenon after Doug Bower and Dave Chorley confessed in 1991. Full history and analysis.

1966 · Australia
David Icke & The Reptilian Elite Theory
Debunked

David Icke & The Reptilian Elite Theory

How a former BBC sports presenter became the world's most famous conspiracy theorist and convinced millions that shape-shifting reptilian aliens run the world.

1991 · United Kingdom
Extraterrestrial Life Cover-Up
Mixed

Extraterrestrial Life Cover-Up

Examining claims that governments and space agencies have suppressed evidence of extraterrestrial life, from microbial discoveries to intelligent contact.

1947 · United States
Loch Ness Monster — Nessie
Debunked

Loch Ness Monster — Nessie

The Loch Ness Monster legend from the 1933 sighting to the debunked Surgeon's Photograph. Sonar surveys, DNA studies, and the facts about Nessie.

1933 · United Kingdom
Men in Black — UFO Witness Silencing Agents
Unresolved

Men in Black — UFO Witness Silencing Agents

UFO witnesses across North America report visits from mysterious black-suited figures warning them to stay silent — first reported by Albert Bender in 1953. Whe

1947 · United States
Mothman — Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Unresolved

Mothman — Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Over 100 eyewitnesses reported a winged humanoid with red eyes near Point Pleasant, WV, from November 1966 to December 1967 — culminating in the Silver Bridge collapse that killed 46 people.

1966 · United States
Unresolved

Near-Death Experiences — Scientific Evidence for Afterlife

Dutch cardiologist Pim van Lommel's prospective NDE study of cardiac arrest patients found 18% reported veridical out-of-body perceptions during confirmed cardiac arrest — challenging materialist consciousness theories.

1975 · United States
Unresolved

Patterson-Gimlin Film — Real or Elaborate Hoax?

The 1967 film showing a large female 'Bigfoot' walking near Bluff Creek, California — analyzed by Hollywood special effects experts, primatologists, and film analysts who remain divided on authenticity.

1967 · United States
The Phoenix Lights
Unresolved

The Phoenix Lights

On March 13, 1997, thousands of Arizonans witnessed a massive V-shaped formation of lights cross the state. The governor saw it too. Military flares explain part of it — but not the first event.

1997 · United States
Skinwalker Ranch — UFO Portal / Paranormal Hotspot
Unresolved

Skinwalker Ranch — UFO Portal / Paranormal Hotspot

A 512-acre Utah ranch with documented poltergeist activity, cattle mutilations, UFO sightings, and interdimensional portals — owned by aerospace billionaire Robert Bigelow, who funded NIDS investigation.

1994 · United States
UFO Cover-Up — A History of Government Secrecy
Mixed

UFO Cover-Up — A History of Government Secrecy

A comprehensive history of the UFO cover-up, from Project Sign in 1947 through Project Blue Book, the Condon Report, AATIP, and modern UAP disclosure efforts.

1947 · United States
Yeti / Abominable Snowman --- Himalayan Cryptid
Unresolved

Yeti / Abominable Snowman --- Himalayan Cryptid

The Himalayan Yeti, reported by Sherpa communities for centuries and documented by British mountaineers, with DNA analysis of alleged samples pointing to bear species.

1889 · Nepal
Debunked

21 Grams — The Weight of the Soul Experiment

Dr. Duncan MacDougall's 1907 experiment claimed human bodies lose precisely 21 grams at death, suggesting a measurable soul — the experiment had only 6 subjects

1907 · United States
The Backrooms
Debunked

The Backrooms

How a single creepy photo on 4chan became one of the internet's most elaborate collaborative horror projects — and why some people think the Backrooms might be real.

2019-05-12 · United States
Flight 19 -- The Bermuda Triangle's Founding Case
Unresolved

Flight 19 -- The Bermuda Triangle's Founding Case

On December 5, 1945, five Navy Avenger torpedo bombers vanished during a training flight off Florida. The rescue plane also disappeared. Examine the facts behind the Bermuda Triangle's most famous case, the compass anomalies, and competing explanations.

1945 · United States
Mixed

Black Helicopters / SUVs — Government Surveillance

Reports of unmarked black helicopters over cattle mutilation sites, survivalist compounds, and UFO hot spots have fueled theories about secret military operations and alien-government monitoring

1975 · United States
Black-Eyed Children
Unresolved

Black-Eyed Children

Reports of pale children with completely black eyes seeking entry to homes or cars — first widely reported by journalist Brian Bethel in 1998. An exploration of the origins, theories, and psychology behind the BEK phenomenon.

1998 · United States
The Black Knight Satellite
Debunked

The Black Knight Satellite

A thermal blanket, some radio noise, and a retracted paper — how a century of unrelated events were stitched into the myth of a 13,000-year-old alien satellite orbiting Earth.

1998 · United States
Chupacabra as Government Genetic Experiment
Debunked

Chupacabra as Government Genetic Experiment

The popular Puerto Rican theory that Chupacabra is an escaped US government genetic experiment being conducted at the El Yunque rainforest — citing US military presence on the island.

1995 · Puerto Rico
Dogman / Werewolf — Michigan Beast
Unresolved

Dogman / Werewolf — Michigan Beast

An upright bipedal canine entity reported across Michigan and Wisconsin — the Beast of Bray Road reports in the 1990s documented by journalist Linda Godfrey generated hundreds of additional sightings.

1887 · United States
Dragon's Triangle — Pacific Bermuda Triangle
Unresolved

Dragon's Triangle — Pacific Bermuda Triangle

The Devil's Sea off Japan's coast — considered the Pacific counterpart to the Bermuda Triangle. Japan reportedly declared it a danger zone after losing 5 research vessels in the 1950s.

1950 · Japan
Debunked

Dulce Base — Underground Alien Facility

The Dulce Base theory claims a secret underground facility in New Mexico houses a joint US military-alien operation. Evidence examined.

1979 · United States
Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP) — Ghost Voices
Unresolved

Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP) — Ghost Voices

Since Friedrich Jurgenson's 1959 recordings of what he believed was his dead mother's voice on magnetic tape, EVP has become the backbone of paranormal investigation — a phenomenon with a simple scientific explanation and a devoted global following.

1959 · Sweden
Unresolved

Fouke Monster / Boggy Creek — Arkansas Bigfoot

The Fouke Monster near Fouke, Arkansas -- made famous by the 1972 docuhorror film 'The Legend of Boggy Creek' -- reportedly attacked the Ford family home with multiple witnesses providing consistent descriptions.

1908 · United States
Stone Tape Theory — Ghosts as Recorded Energy
Unresolved

Stone Tape Theory — Ghosts as Recorded Energy

What if hauntings aren't spirits but playback? The Stone Tape theory proposes that traumatic events are 'recorded' in stone and mineral building materials, replaying under the right conditions. Here's the science, pseudoscience, and cultural legacy.

1972 · United Kingdom
Heaven's Gate
Mixed

Heaven's Gate

In March 1997, 39 members of Heaven's Gate committed mass suicide believing a spacecraft behind Comet Hale-Bopp would carry their souls to the 'Next Level.' The conspiracy theories go deeper than the purple shrouds.

1974 · United States
Ingo Swann — Remote Viewed Moon Alien Bases
Unresolved

Ingo Swann — Remote Viewed Moon Alien Bases

In 1975, remote viewer Ingo Swann claimed a secret session showed alien structures and humanoid beings on the far side of the Moon. His CIA handlers, he said, were visibly alarmed. Here's the full story of the most exotic claim from the Stargate program era.

1975 · United States
Jersey Devil -- Pine Barrens, New Jersey
Unresolved

Jersey Devil -- Pine Barrens, New Jersey

The Leeds Devil, reported since 1735 in New Jersey's Pine Barrens -- described as a kangaroo-like creature with bat wings and a forked tail. Nearly three centuries of sightings, hoaxes, and folklore make it America's oldest cryptid.

1735 · United States
Majestic 12 — Alleged Secret Alien Government Committee
Debunked

Majestic 12 — Alleged Secret Alien Government Committee

The theory that President Truman formed a secret committee of 12 senior officials to manage the recovery and cover-up of crashed alien spacecraft and contact with extraterrestrial beings.

1984 · United States
Men in Black as Non-Human Entities
Unresolved

Men in Black as Non-Human Entities

John Keel proposed MIBs are not government agents but ultraterrestrial or interdimensional beings — witnesses frequently report them as robotic, emotionless, wi

1960 · United States
Unresolved

Mokele-Mbembe — Congo River Living Dinosaur

Congo Basin tribes have reported a massive river creature for centuries that researchers like Roy Mackal have argued could be a surviving sauropod dinosaur — multiple Western expeditions have found no proof.

1776 · Democratic Republic of Congo
Unresolved

Mothman as Disaster Harbinger

John Keel's 'The Mothman Prophecies' documented the entity's apparent predictive appearances before disasters — reports of Mothman have allegedly preceded the Chernobyl disaster, I-35W bridge collapse, and 9/11.

1967 · United States
Unresolved

Chicago Mothman Wave — 2017 Winged Humanoid Flap

Over 55 credible reports of a large winged humanoid were documented in Chicago between April-October 2017 — described consistently as 6-7 feet tall with a 10-15 foot wingspan, red eyes, and featherless wings.

2017 · United States
Ogopogo — Okanagan Lake, Canada
Unresolved

Ogopogo — Okanagan Lake, Canada

The Ogopogo — known as N'ha-a-itk to indigenous Okanagan people — has been reported for centuries. Several videos purporting to show a large creature have been analyzed but not definitively explained.

1872 · Canada
Unresolved

Poltergeist Activity -- Psychokinesis or Paranormal?

Parapsychologist William Roll proposed that poltergeist activity is 'recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis' (RSPK) generated unconsciously by a troubled adolescent rather than an external entity.

1900 · Germany
The Rendlesham Forest Incident
Unresolved

The Rendlesham Forest Incident

In December 1980, US airmen at a NATO base in Suffolk reported encountering a triangular craft in the woods. The deputy base commander recorded the investigation on tape. Britain's Roswell remains unexplained.

1980 · United Kingdom
Debunked

Shadow People — Dimensional Entities or Sleep Paralysis?

What are shadow people? From the Hat Man to old hag syndrome, explore the science of sleep paralysis hallucinations and why millions report seeing dark humanoid figures.

1980 · Global
Skinwalker Ranch -- Pentagon AATIP Connection
Unresolved

Skinwalker Ranch -- Pentagon AATIP Connection

Senator Harry Reid secured $22 million for AATIP, partly directed to Bigelow Aerospace -- which investigated Skinwalker Ranch -- creating an official government link to America's most paranormal property.

2007 · United States
Unresolved

Skinwalker Ranch -- Navajo Curse / Skinwalker Origin

Navajo and Ute tribal traditions identify the Skinwalker Ranch property as cursed land. Skinwalkers (yee naaldlooshii) are malevolent witches in Navajo tradition who can assume animal form.

1800 · United States
Skunk Ape -- Florida Bigfoot
Unresolved

Skunk Ape -- Florida Bigfoot

The Skunk Ape is a bipedal ape-like cryptid reported in Florida's Everglades, noted for its foul odor. Despite decades of sightings, no physical evidence has confirmed its existence.

1960 · United States
Unresolved

Spontaneous Human Combustion

Cases of human bodies burned to ash while surroundings remain largely undamaged. Examining the wick effect, notable cases like Mary Reeser and Michael Faherty, and what science says about SHC.

1663 · Global
Unresolved

Thunderbird — Giant Pterosaur-Like Flying Cryptid

Reports of enormous birds with wingspans exceeding 20 feet across North America, rooted in Native American legend and modern sightings including the 1977 Lawndale incident.

pre-Columbian · United States
Debunked

The Tunguska Event

In 1908, something exploded over Siberia with the force of a nuclear bomb, flattening 830 square miles of forest. No crater. No fragments. The Tunguska Event remains one of the most powerful unexplained explosions in recorded history.

1908 · Russia
Unresolved

The Wow! Signal

In 1977, a radio telescope detected a signal so unusual that the astronomer who found it wrote 'Wow!' on the printout. It has never been detected again. Was it aliens, a comet, or something else entirely?

1977 · United States
Unresolved

Almas — Central Asian Wildman

Reports of Almas — primitive humanoids — across Central Asia and Siberia have led some researchers to theorize they represent surviving populations of Neanderthals

1420 · Mongolia
Bennington Triangle — Vermont's Vanishing Zone
Unresolved

Bennington Triangle — Vermont's Vanishing Zone

Five people vanished near Vermont's Glastenbury Mountain between 1945-1950 — the area has a long history of strange disappearances, Bigfoot sightings, and Native American warnings

1945 · United States
Unresolved

Bridgewater Triangle — Massachusetts Paranormal Zone

A 200-square-mile paranormal zone in southeastern Massachusetts centered on Hockomock Swamp — UFO sightings, Bigfoot reports, poltergeist activity, and cattle mutilations

1970 · United States
Cadborosaurus — Pacific Coast Sea Serpent
Unresolved

Cadborosaurus — Pacific Coast Sea Serpent

A long-necked sea creature reported along the Pacific coast from Alaska to California — investigated by oceanographers and proposed as an unknown marine species

1933 · Canada
Unresolved

The Cash-Landrum Incident

In 1980, three Texans encountered a diamond-shaped object escorted by military helicopters. All three suffered radiation-like symptoms. Betty Cash never fully recovered. The US government denied everything.

1980 · United States
Crop Circle Plasma Vortex Natural Phenomenon Theory
Unresolved

Crop Circle Plasma Vortex Natural Phenomenon Theory

Meteorologist Terence Meaden proposed that crop circles are created by plasma vortexes — miniature whirlwinds generating electromagnetic fields — a non-alien, non-hoax explanation that still doesn't account for complex geometric formations.

1980 · United Kingdom
Crop Circles at Sacred Site Nodes — Earth Energy Theory
Debunked

Crop Circles at Sacred Site Nodes — Earth Energy Theory

The observation that crop circles appear disproportionately near ancient sacred sites in Wiltshire (Stonehenge, Avebury, Silbury Hill) has inspired earth-energy theories connecting megaliths to crop formation.

1990 · United Kingdom
Dover Demon — Three-Night Massachusetts Encounter (1977)
Unresolved

Dover Demon — Three-Night Massachusetts Encounter (1977)

Over two nights in April 1977, four separate groups of credible witnesses reported an orange-eyed, hairless entity with a large spherical head and elongated limbs in Dover, Massachusetts — no explanation found.

1977 · United States
Unresolved

Fresno Nightcrawler — Stick Figure Cryptid

Security cameras in Fresno, California captured footage of a bizarre stick-like bipedal entity walking across a lawn. Multiple video experts found no evidence of tampering. What are the Fresno Nightcrawlers?

2007 · United States
Unresolved

Indrid Cold — The Smiling Man / Men in Black Adjacent

In 1966, a West Virginia sewing machine salesman reported contact with a grinning humanoid named Indrid Cold. The encounter became entangled with the Mothman sightings, the Silver Bridge collapse, and John Keel's theories of ultraterrestrials.

1966 · United States
Mongolian Death Worm — Olgoi-Khorkhoi
Unresolved

Mongolian Death Worm — Olgoi-Khorkhoi

The Olgoi-Khorkhoi — reported by Mongolian nomads as a blood-red worm capable of killing at distance through electric discharge or corrosive spray. Multiple scientific expeditions have searched the Gobi Desert without confirmation.

1926 · Mongolia
Orang Pendek — Sumatra's Short Upright Ape
Unresolved

Orang Pendek — Sumatra's Short Upright Ape

Unlike most cryptids, Orang Pendek is taken seriously by mainstream researchers — naturalist Deborah Martyr collected compelling footprint and hair evidence in Kerinci Seblat National Park.

1900 · Indonesia
Coordinate Remote Viewing (CRV) -- Scientific Protocol
Unresolved

Coordinate Remote Viewing (CRV) -- Scientific Protocol

Ingo Swann developed Coordinate Remote Viewing, a structured protocol where viewers describe geographical locations given only numerical coordinates. The US government spent $20 million studying it.

1981 · United States