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Weaponry
Conspiracy theorists often attend to new
military technologies, both real and imagined.
Subjects of theories include: the alleged
Philadelphia Experiment, a supposed attempt to
turn a U.S. Navy warship invisible; the alleged
Montauk Project, a supposed government
program to learn about mind control and time
travel; and the so-called Tsunami bomb which is
alleged to have caused the 2004 Indian Ocean
tsunami.
Other theories include Peter Vogel's
debunked claim that an accidental explosion of
conventional munitions at Port Chicago was in
fact a nuclear detonation, and a theory promoted
Nibiru (Planet X) driver Richard Petty's 200th victory. Rival driver
by the Venezuelan state-run TV station ViVe that
Conspiracy theorists have long posited a Cale Yarborough's premature retirement to the
the 2010 Haiti earthquake was caused by a
plot by organizations such as NASA to conceal pit road has prompted conspiracy theorists to
secret US "earthquake weapon".
the existence of a large planet in the Solar allege that organizers fixed the race in order to
System known as Nibiru or 'Planet X', which, receive good publicity for the event.
False History allegedly, will one day pass close enough to the
Some theories claim that the dates of Earth to destroy it. Predictions for the date of Ronaldo and the 1998 World Cup
historical events have been deliberately destruction have included 2003, 2012 and 2017. Final
distorted. These include the phantom time The theory began to develop following the On the day of the 1998 World Cup Final,
hypothesis of German conspiracy theorist publication of The 12th Planet (1976), by Brazilian striker Ronaldo suffered a convulsive
Heribert Illig, who in 1991 published an discredited Russian-American author Zecharia fit. Ronaldo was initially removed from the
allegation that 297 years had been added to the Sitchin, was given its full form by Nancy Lieder, starting lineup 72 minutes before the match,
calendar by establishment figures such as Pope and has since been promoted by American with the teamsheet released to a stunned world
Sylvester II in order to position themselves at conspiracy theorist and End Times theorist media, before he was reinstated by the Brazil
the millennium. David Meade. The notion has remained popular, coach shortly before kick off. Ronaldo
A comparable theory, known as the New and received renewed attention during the "sleepwalked" through the final, with France
Chronology, is most closely associated with period prior to the solar eclipse of 21 August winning the game. The nature of the incident set
Russian theorist Anatoly Fomenko. Fomenko 2017. Other conspiracy theorists in 2017 also off a trail of questions and allegations which
holds that history is many centuries shorter than predicted Nibiru would appear, including Terral persisted for years, with Alex Bellos writing in
is widely believed and that numerous historical Croft and YouTube pastor Paul Begley. The Guardian, "When Ronaldo's health scare
documents have been fabricated, and legitimate was revealed after the match, the situation's
documents destroyed, for political ends. Sports unique circumstances lent itself to fabulous
Adherents of such ideas have included chess conspiracy theories. Here was the world's most
grandmaster Garry Kasparov. famous sportsman, about to take part in the most
Boxing
Boxing has featured in conspiracy important match of his career, when he
Space agencies suddenly, inexplicably, fell ill. Was it stress,
theories, such as the claims that the second Ali-
Liston fight and the first Bradley-Pacquiao fight epilepsy, or had he been drugged?" Questions
Scientific space programs are of particular were fixed. also circulated into who made Ronaldo play the
interest to conspiracy theorists. The most game. The Brazil coach insisted he had the final
prolific theories allege that the US moon say, but much speculation focused on sportswear
Shergar
landings were staged by NASA in a film studio, company Nike, Brazil's multimillion-dollar
The notorious theft and disappearance of
with some alleging the involvement of director sponsor – whom many Brazilians thought had
the Irish-bred racehorse Shergar in 1983 has
Stanley Kubrick. The Soviet space program has too much control – putting pressure on the
prompted many conspiracy theorists to
also attracted theories that the government striker to play against medical advice.
speculate about involvement by the Mafia, the
concealed evidence of failed flights. A more
IRA and Colonel Gaddafi.
recent theory, emergent following the activities New England Patriots
of hacker Gary McKinnon, suggests that a secret The New England Patriots have also
1985 NBA Draft
program of manned space fleets known as Solar been involved in numerous conspiracy theories.
The "frozen envelope theory" suggests
Warden exists, supposedly acting under the During their AFC Championship 24-20 victory
that the NBA rigged its 1985 Draft Lottery so
United Nations. over the Jacksonville Jaguars, several
that Patrick Ewing would join the New York
conspiracy theories spread stating that the
Knicks. Theorists claim that a lottery envelope
Serge Monast referees helped the Patriots advance to Super
was chilled so that it could be identified by
NASA also features in the work of Bowl LII. However, sports analyst Stephen A.
touch. A similar "hot balls theory", promoted by
Canadian conspiracy theorist Serge Monast who Smith stated the Jaguars were not robbed, but
Scottish soccer coach David Moyes, suggests
promoted a notion known as 'Project Blue Beam' that they had no one to blame but themselves for
that certain balls used in draws for UEFA
in the two years before his death in 1996. The the loss. There were also conspiracy theories
competitions have been warmed to achieve
theory holds that NASA is secretly planning to regarding the Super Bowl LI matchup between
specific outcomes.
use holograms, lasers and electromagnetic the Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons stating that
waves to fool people into believing that god has the game was rigged, while others said the
1984 Pepsi 400
appeared, which will permit the establishment of Falcons made questionable play-calls at the end
The 1984 Pepsi 400 at Daytona, Florida,
an evil global government. of the game. []
was the first NASCAR race to be attended by a
sitting US President, Ronald Reagan, and was