- By now, we've all heard some crazy conspiracy stories,
everything from the government is trying to control
your thoughts through flu shots to big brother
is able to hear everything that you do
through your cell phone, but how many of these
conspiracy theories are true?
Well, surprisingly, more than you might think.
If you're one of those people who thinks that the government
or some other organization is trying to control you,
persuade you, or maybe even kill you,
you may not be that far off from the truth.
Believe it or not, some of the crazy claims
and paranoid conspiracy theories that have been made
by some people have actually, over time, been proven
to be 100% accurate, confirmed by institutions
that sought justice or individuals just searching
for the truth.
Some of these stories may make you think twice,
so get your tin foil hat ready because here
are 10 Conspiracy Theories that Turned Out to be True!
Part two.
Number one is the Operation Northwoods Conspiracy.
Many people are distrusting of their government,
believing that they sometimes carry out secret operations
under the guise of being the target of an attack
when in reality, they're the ones that are deceiving
the masses to further their own ulterior motives.
Known as False Flag Operations, in 1962,
one was proven to be true.
Operation Northwoods was a proposition by the U.S.
joint chiefs of staff and the Department of Defense
that outlined a plan to incite war
between the U.S. and Cuba.
The operation called for the CIA themselves to perform
acts of terrorism against their own American citizens,
blaming Cuba and it's communist leader, Fidel Castro.
Suggested methods of terrorism included
shootings in major cities, hi-jacking planes,
blowing up American ships near Guantanamo Bay
and sinking refugee boats leaving Cuba.
This disturbing plan was presented to President
John F. Kennedy who outright rejected it
and even removed the Chair of the joint chiefs
from his position.
However, some have taken it even further,
believing that Kennedy's unwillingness to carry out
such operations was one of the reasons behind
his assassination.
Number two is the Operation Paperclip Conspiracy.
After World War II, there were whispers
that the government was looking the other way
in hiring Nazis to work within the ranks of their
own government and while many brushed this off as crazy,
as it turns out, it wasn't.
In 1945, the United States Office of Strategic Services
and the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency
or JIOA began recruiting captured German scientists,
engineers and technicians.
Code named Operation Paperclip, it succeeded in hiring
upwards of 1500 Germans, the goal of which was to prevent
the Soviet Union and the UK from gaining their expertise,
as well as to hinder Germany's military research progress.
Now publicly, President Harry Truman approved the program
so long as no former Nazi's were recruited.
However, those restrictions proved to have rendered
ineligible most of the leading scientists
from whom the JIOA had identified for recruitment.
So, their solution, create false identities
for these ex-Nazi's and recruit them into the ranks
of their own government.
Number three is the Gulf of Tonkin Conspiracy.
As many as 42 False Flag operations have been admitted
by governmental organizations up to this day
and the Gulf of Tonkin incident is yet another example.
On August 2nd, 1964, a U.S. destroyer ship
named the U.S.S. Maddox was reported to have
been attacked by three north Vietnamese torpedo boats.
The attack occurred off the coast of Vietnam
in an area known as the Gulf of Tonkin.
The U.S.S. Maddox engaged in battle
and defeated the torpedo boats, killing four and injuring
six Vietnamese crew members.
Further escalating things, just two days later,
a second attack occurred in the same area.
These events became the precursor to the Vietnam war,
except that neither of them every really happened.
Years later, declassified reports were released
that not only did American ships fire at absolutely nothing,
but the second battle with the Vietnamese was reported
with the sole purpose to escalate tensions.
It was discovered that the government staged
the entire event as an excuse to enter Vietnam
and kill as many communists as possible.
This False Flag operation may have claimed as many
as 211,000 Americans lives within the Vietnam war.
Number four is the Cointelpro Conspiracy.
Cointelpro, which stands for Counter Intelligence Program
was a secret espionage operation by the FBI
that investigated any groups or persons
who threatened the authority of the U.S. government.
The program started in August of 1956
and focused on groups like the Civil Rights Movement,
Vietnam war protestors, the Black Power movement
and feminists.
Targeted group members would receive anonymous
phone calls or documents with incriminating information
on their peers.
Some would even be wire tapped and some were audited.
Even powerful targets were affected,
including Martin Luther King, Jr and Malcolm X.
But what's most scary about this program is that
it would have continued indefinitely, except that in 1971,
documents exposing it were stolen and given to the media
after which it scaled back it's operations.
However, notice that I said scaled back, not ended.
There are rumors that versions of this program
continue today under the guise of anti-terrorism measures.
Imagine how much easier it is for the government
to do this now when everyone openly transmitting information
via cell phone.
Number five is the Operation Mockingbird Conspiracy.
Many Americans believe that the media continues to be
heavily influenced to present the views
of a small group of people and they just might be right.
Operation Mockingbird was a CIA effort to control
major American media outlets between the 1950's and 1970's.
The program was started by Frank Wisner,
Director of Plans for the CIA and in 1947,
he began recruiting leading American journalists
into a propaganda network to help present the CIA's views
to the masses.
Head journalist at the New York Times,
CBS, and Newsweek were recruited through both bribes
and being put on the payroll.
By 1953, Mockingbird had journalists at 25 different
news agencies and was finally taken over by
CIA Director, Allen Dulles.
While it was active, Mockingbird managed to ruin the careers
of the CIA's political opponents, spy on other journalists,
sensor damaging reports, and promote the fight
against communism.
It was officially ended in 1976, but many of the CIA's
news media relationships have remained intact,
even to this day.
Number six is the Watergate Conspiracy.
The Watergate scandal is the name of the infamous
political conspiracy that was uncovered in 1973
and even forced President Nixon to resign.
On June 17th, 1972, a security guard caught five burglars
at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C.
where the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee
were located.
Unbeknownst to the public, the burglars were actually sent
by Nixon's administration to repair some wire tapped
devices that they had planted in an earlier break-in.
After the release of multiple tapes incriminating Nixon,
he was forced to hand over office and nearly got him
impeached before he decided to quit himself.
Ultimately, he was pardoned by President Gerald Ford
in September of 1974.
But 48 of his top employees weren't so lucky
and received jail time for their involvement.
Number seven is the North Korea Kidnapping Conspiracy.
Many citizens of various nations around the world
are skeptical of their governments
and North Korea is certainly no exception.
Between 1977 and 1983, Japanese citizens began
mysteriously disappearing from the Japanese west coast
around the city of Niigata.
Although there were whispers that the North Korean
government was involved, they adamantly denied
any involvement.
However, it was later discovered that the
north Korean government actually kidnapped and imprisoned
as many as 13 Japanese citizens.
However, Japan claims that the number is actually 17,
but according to records of Japanese disappearances
in towns near the coast, the number could very well
be in the hundreds and unbelievably,
this theory was actually confirmed by former North Korean
Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-il in 2002.
The official reasons behind the random abductions
are still unknown to this day, but some theorists believe
that they were used to give identities to Korean spies
or to teach them Japanese.
Number eight is the Nayirah Testimony Conspiracy.
On October 10th, 1990, Nayirah Al-Sabah, a 15 year old girl,
gave a touching testimony to the
Congressional Human Rights Caucus in which she
emotionally described atrocities that were committed
by Iraqi soldiers.
She testified to a story of soldiers
committing horrendous acts to young citizens
in the Al Adan Hospital where she volunteered.
This story not only help sway public opinion
towards favoring helping Kuwait in the Gulf war,
but it was used by the United States senators
as well as President H.W. Bush
as support for their involvement in the war.
Originally, she had only given her first name
and her testimony.
However, in 1992, her last name was released
and she was exposed as the daughter
of the Kuwaiti ambassador to the U.S.
Her testimony was ultimately exposed as a lie
conceived by the citizens for a free Kuwait
and produced by the American Public Relations Agency,
Hill and Knowlton.
Number nine is the Prohibition Conspiracy.
The American prohibition on alcoholic beverages,
which lasted from 1920 to 1933,
held some dark secrets involving the U.S. government
and the poisoning of booze supplies.
After prohibition began, people took to re-distilling
industrial grade alcohol to make it drinkable.
To combat this, the government began adding several
poisonous chemicals to alcohol to prevent them
from drinking it and boy, did it work.
In fact, it worked so well that it may have led
to upwards of 10,000 poisoning deaths
of illegal alcohol consuming Americans.
The government had completely failed in their effort
to discourage drinkers and instead wound up
killing thousands of their own people.
This shocking revelation was discovered by Professor
Deborah Plum in her research for a book about poison
and was released immediately to the media.
And number 10 is the Big Brother Conspiracy.
Being watched by the government is no longer
just a theory.
It has been openly revealed that government institutions
around the world have been utilizing top secret programs
as well as software to monitor and access your private data.
Programs have been discovered like Prism,
which allow the U.S. National Security Agency
or NSA to collect your data from internet companies
such as Google, Facebook, and Apple
without your consent.
But one scary piece of software called X-Keyscore
collects private data on a global scale every single day
and is shared amongst other countries,
such as Canada, Australia, Britain, New Zealand and Germany.
And it wasn't even until recently in 2013
that the existence of these civilian surveillance programs
was leaked through documents downloaded
by Edward Snowden, a former CIA and NSA employee.
Literally every single thing you do
on your home computer or mobile phone
can and is being documented by the government
and private browsers do not help.
So, those were 10 conspiracy theories that
turned out to be true, part two.
Next time someone tells you a conspiracy theory,
remember to keep an open mind because now you know
that anything is possible.
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