Practically every government possesses a secretive group that is in charge of work behind the scenes, pursuing confidential missions and dealing with classified intelligence information. Civilians are often pretty unaware of any of these departments’ activities, which of their endeavors we might be paying for, and more. The government has far more secrets than I could discuss in a single article, but the following examples are intriguing, mysterious cases that we have speculated about.
- The UFO program
There were many rumors about the existence of a program for UFO surveillance in our government, but for years this program did not get formal recognition from the Department of Defense. Funds do not go to this program anymore; however, some people believe that it still operates today.
- FBI tracking down Bigfoot
As every so often people have reported a sighting of Bigfoot, the FBI was once actually studying and investigating Bigfoot. An agency file developed all about Bigfoot, which not only implies that this creature was indeed real, but also might imply that it is now deceased, since this information has been released to the public.
- The Navy UFO captures got leaked
Up to three captured photos of UFO activity were leaked to the public but were meant to be kept a secret. Along with the confirmation of the Navy actually recording it, this would prove the fact this was meant for only the Navy to have access to, not the public.
- CIA created a robotic dragonfly & robotic catfish
The government created a technological device back in the 1970s which was called the “insectothopter” and was an unmanned aerial vehicle–essentially, a miniature drone. It was hand painted to look identical to a dragonfly and sized to scale, but equipped with incredibly advanced government technology. The second device, a catfish robot spy, was made in the 1990’s also by the CIA, allegedly for the purpose of a “feasibility study”–whatever that means. Why would the CIA create an unmanned underwater vehicle if it would not serve some sort of government purpose? There has to be more to the story of these seemingly pointless inventions; the CIA might be withholding the truth.
- The military attempted to use lighting as a source of weaponry
There was this idea that lighting could be harnessed as a very powerful weapon that would not be traced by enemies. This was the CIA’s first idea involving the use of weather as an offensive and defensive weapon. According to a Popular Mechanics article, declassified documents from 1967 reveal the consideration of using lightning to assassinate people. I would highly recommend looking into this article for further information, as this is my favorite government mystery to read about. They had executed this tool proving it could actually function, but for unknown reasons, it was never put to use in the ways initially intended.
I hope that one or all of these brief summaries of government mysteries was intriguing, and maybe some details were even intriguing enough to inspire additional research or theorizing.