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If the Zuma launch goes well, it will mark SpaceX's 17th launch of 2017. If the landing goes off without a hitch, it will be the company's 20th overall successful landing. This includes landings on drone ships at sea as well as on land. Very little is known about the Zuma mission, as no government or commercial entity has claimed it.  Usually, even the National Reconnaissance Office — the branch of the government responsible for maintaining spy satellites — will say when a payload is theirs while keeping the mission details classified. But for some reason, whatever agency is behind...

Video covers the 1978 disappearance of the "Yuba County Five" in northern California as well as some new information regarding the case. Emphasis will be on the only witness to the tragedy that befell the Yuba County 5 and that man's name is Joseph Schons. I'll also be showing you some onseen footage of key locations related to this case. I'll basically take you on the exact same journey the Yuba County 5 took on the night they disappeared.

Twin 19-year-old brothers were found shot to death on top of a Georgia mountain a day after missing a flight to Boston to visit friends — and their family is refusing to accept probers’ murder-suicide theory. Qaadir and Naazir Lewis of Lawrenceville disappeared March 7 after missing their 7 a.m. flight, with the teens found dead by a hiker the next day at the summit of Bell Mountain near the North Carolina border. Grieving uncle Rahim Brawner said the teens were inseparable and would never hurt each other, even as the Georgia Bureau of Investigations is treating the case as...

A mystery donor has given the biggest donation so far to Luigi Mangione’s defense fund, inspired by the “quite exceptional” support for the man suspected of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The “anonymous giver” gave a staggering $36,500 earlier this week — topping the previous record of $30,000 as the total exploded to over $722,000. The nameless benefactor said he or she was inspired by the huge swelling of support from a wide cross-section of people for the 26-year-old UPenn graduate charged with the shocking murder outside a Manhattan hotel in December.

After months of speculation and sky-high conspiracy theories, the mystery around those mysterious drones has finally been grounded. Sort of. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt relayed a message “directly” from President Donald Trump during her first press briefing on Tuesday, Jan. 28, addressing the drones that have been seen over the tri-state since late last year. “After research and study, the drones that were flying over New Jersey in large numbers were authorized by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) for research and various other reasons,” Leavitt quoted Trump as saying. “Many of these drones were also hobbyist, recreational, and...

Gov. Kathy Hochul will unveil her most costly budget proposal ever Tuesday, with the $252 billion plan set to continue jacking up spending to fund new handouts. Hochul’s executive proposal is $19 billion, or 8.3%, larger than last year’s proposal and $36 billion, or 16% higher, than her first plan in 2022. The 2024-25 state budget is expected to cost $240 billion as of the end of the third quarter of last year. New handouts and tax cuts paired with continued boosts in school aid and Medicaid are driving the ballooning budget. “The big two would be Medicaid and school...

I Just got a check in the mail; It's a very official-looking check just like an IRS refund, but we are NOt DUE any refunds. Return address on the envelope is: US Department of the Treasury Bureau of the Fiscal Service Philadelphia, PA Check is printed: United States Treasury Bunch of numbers Kansas City, Mo Has Statue of Liberty Amount $1992.80 Made out to me AND my wife. I have NO Idea what this is for, but I intend to deposit it. Anybody else getting a mystery check like this? Oh, I am expecting lots of wisecracks from FReepers, but...

Another body was found in the popular Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas, where other deceased individuals were found recently. The latest body found joins the growing mystery after at least 6 additional bodies were found throughout the year in the lake in 2024. On Friday, police were called to investigate reports of a dead person in the water near 1st Street Bridge and the 300 block of Cesar Chavez. The Austin Police Department (APD) said that they do not suspect foul play as the body showed no signs of trauma, but are investigating the incident. Despite APD attempting to...

Fuller and his group’s version of ‘I Fought The Law’ is a classic rock’n’roll record, but always risks being upstaged by the macabre circumstances of his death.No matter how memorable was Bobby Fuller’s signature hit – and his version of “I Fought The Law” is inarguably a classic rock’n’roll record of any era – it always risks being upstaged by the macabre and never-explained circumstances of his death. Born on October 22, 1942 in Baytown, Texas, Fuller became a noted performer in the El Paso, Texas area to which he and his family relocated. His first appeared on disc...

An Australian scientist has claimed he’s found the “perfect hiding place” for missing plane MH370. The Malaysia Airlines flight vanished from radar after taking off from Kuala Lumpur in 2014, with this March marking 10 years since the disappearance. There were 239 people on board, including six Australians. Now Tasmanian researcher Vincent Lyne believes he’s figured out where the plane is, with a 2021 research paper of his being accepted into the Journal of Navigation.

Despite huge acreage and treacherous terrain, most missing persons at Yellowstone National Park are found. But a small number of disappearances have never been solved. The reasons why are as vast as the park. =============================================================== Dan Campbell was illegally hunting elk antler sheds in Yellowstone Park when he disappeared more than three decades ago. Campbell had set off from Hellroaring Trailhead to Jardine, Montana, outside of the park's boundaries, with his dog Freckles for a four-day trek. However, when the 42-year-old Montana man failed to appear at the designated location and time, his girlfriend, Tracy Erb, reported him missing April...

Type 57 SC Atlantic disappeared back in 1938The upcoming auction of a Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic Recreation by RM Sotheby's in Dubai has sparked immense interest due to its ties to an elusive piece of automotive history. This particular model pays homage to the original Type 57 SC Atlantic, one of the rarest and most iconic cars ever produced. Ettore Bugatti crafted only four of these masterpieces between 1936 and 1938, each embodying the pinnacle of automotive engineering and design at the time. The body of the original Atlantic was the brainchild of Jean Bugatti, Ettore's son, featuring revolutionary 'Art...

Former U.S. President Barack Obama called in at the British Prime Minister’s official residence on Monday, but the office is keeping tight-lipped about the purpose of the one-hour meeting. Barack Obama surprised when he turned up at Rishi Sunak’s front door on Monday, going inside the historic Downing Street residence for an hour and meeting with the Prime Minister. Former President Obama walked up to the famous black door alone but later emerged alongside the U.S. Ambassador to London Jane Hartley. Former US President Barack Obama has arrived at 10 Downing Street for a private meeting. pic.twitter.com/l9hZEHyYvp — Harry Stedman...

The newly disclosed video shows a dark SUV pulling up to the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C., at 9:44 a.m. on Jan. 6, 2021. It sits for several minutes until a uniformed man with a bomb-sniffing dog enters from the right and steps up to the vehicle. The driver complies with his command, the dog sniffs inside and outside the car which is soon allowed to enter the parking garage. The man and his dog exit back to the right.This scene is unremarkable except for one detail: The uniformed man and his trained canine came within...

Emergency workers in Trinidad and Tobago are racing to clean up a massive oil spill after a mystery vessel ran aground near the Caribbean island, casting a pall over Carnival tourism. The spill was "not under control" as of Sunday, said Prime Minister Keith Rowley, who added that the country is grappling with a national emergency. The mystery vessel capsized Wednesday in waters off the Caribbean island, having made no emergency calls, with no sign of crew, and no clear sign of ownership.

A canal was drained in Broad Ripple Village this week with ties to one of the most bizarre stories in Indianapolis history. It's the story of an eccentric millionaire, multiple massive heists, murder and lost riches that span from here to the Arizona desert. It's the story of Indy grocery heiress Marjorie Jackson, who kept more than $9 million hidden in her home on Spring Mill Road until she was murdered in one of the biggest residential burglary heists in U.S. history.

More than 100 dodecahedrons have now been found in northwestern Europe, but archaeologists still don't know what they were used for.Amateur archaeologists in England have unearthed a stunning Roman dodecahedron — a mysterious class of objects that has baffled experts for centuries.The dodecahedron — a 12-sided metal shell about the size of a grapefruit — was found this past summer during a dig in a farmer's field near the Lincolnshire village of Norton Disney, located about 35 miles (56 kilometers) southeast of Sheffield.A previous geophysical survey, which had detected underground areas where the Earth's magnetic field had been disturbed, had...

CONCERN has mounted over Russia’s central bank governor after she suddenly cancelled an appearance at an exhibition without explanation. It comes amid circulating rumours that Elvira Nabiullina, 60, has undergone an unspecified surgery at the Kremlin. Russia's central bank has declined to comment on the rumours, Reuters reported. The Kremlin has also refused to comment on the surgery rumours, appearing annoyed at the question. “I do not consider this question appropriate at our conference call,” Putin’s spokesman told journalists today. "This is absolutely personal information about health and we have neither the scope nor the desire to comment on it."

With new revelations calling into question the theory of the "lone gunman", Clare Thorp explores how JFK's assassination continues to live on in popular culture.This November, it will be 60 years since the assassination of President John F Kennedy. A significant anniversary usually provides a chance to remember and reflect on past events – but, in the case of JFK's death, interest has never really faltered. Almost immediately after those gunshots rang out on a sunny autumn day in Dallas, speculation over Kennedy's death began, and it hasn't stopped since.

‘Aliens,’ or a foreign power? Pentagon UFO chief says someone is in our backyard This week, the director of the U.S. government’s UFO analysis office stated that there is “evidence” of concerning unidentified flying object activity “in our backyard.” According to physicist Seán Kirkpatrick, who heads the congressionally-mandated All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, this alarming UFO activity can be attributed to one of two extraordinary sources: either a foreign power or “aliens.” To be sure, the ramifications of either would be significant. But Kirkpatrick’s comments, which come as he is about to retire after a 27-year defense and intelligence-focused career, are...