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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
source : http://listverse.com/2007/08/21/top-10-conspiracy-theories/
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