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Top 10 Mysteries of American History
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Phoenician Coin
10. Did Phoenicians and Carthaginians sailors visit America ? Of all ancient peoples, the Phoenicians and the Carthaginians were the only ones with the skills and the sea-going capability required for a trans- Atlantic crossing.In 450 BC, the Carthaginian Hanno, sailed with a fleet of 60 ships through the Straits of Gibraltar and down along the western coast of Africa at least as far south as present day Guinea and Sierra Leone . Phoenician coins and have been found in Georgia, South Carolina ,Texas and Tennessee, possible Punic inscription have also been found . The Melungeons , a native tribe found in Tennessee with Semitic features have a tradition that they were descendants of Carthaginians who fled the sack of Carthage in 146 B.C.
Aaron Burr
9. What was Aaron Burr up to ? According to some historians ,Former vice President Aaron Burr, virtually an exile after his deadly duel with Alexander Hamilton, Burr planned to forge a new nation in the west with himself as the emperor in 1805.
8. Mystery Airship sightings of the 1896 ~ 97 The Mystery Airships were a class of unidentified flying objects, the best-known series of which were reported in newspapers in western states of the U.S., starting in 1896 and continuing into 1897.The best-known of the Mystery Airship waves began in California in 1896. Afterwards, reports and accounts of similar airships came from others areas, generally moving east.Some accounts during this wave of airship reports claim that occupants were visible on some airships, and encounters with the pilots were reported as well. These occupants were said to be human, though their behaviour, mannerisms and clothing were sometimes reported to be unusual
7. The Welsh Indians Madoc , a Welsh prince who, according to legend, sailed to America in 1170 with a group of settlers . The legend claimed the settlers were absorbed by groups of Native Americans .Their descendants migrated to the American Midwest, where there were reports from the first explorers in the area finding Indian tribes that spoke Welsh . The stories Welsh Indians became popular enough that even Lewis and Clark were ordered to look out for them . In 1833, artist George Catlin visited the Mandan Indians, whom he believed were the "Welsh Indians." The Mandan were almost wiped out by European disease, the last full-blood Mandan died in 1971.
6. Were POWs left behind in Vietnam ? According to some historians , 500 to 600 surviving former U.S. airmen and infantry were in fact marooned in Vietnam after the end of the Vietnam War . 13 French prisoners were kept by Vietnam 16 years after their capture at Dienbienphu.
5. Was there a bigger conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln ?
Was Booth solely responsible for the assassination? Or was he simply a tool in a much larger conspiracy? Did Booth survive as some claim ?
4. Who Was Deep Throat?(solved) Helms? Haig? Buchanan? Bob Woodward has protected his Watergate source, but also provided some intriguing hints.
3. Did Reagan Plan an October Surprise? When Iran released American hostages right after Reagan? inauguration, some suspected a secret deal.
2. What happened to Amelia Earhart ?
Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island during an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937.Many theories emerged after the disappearance of Earhart , including that she was sent to spy on Imperial Japanese bases in the Pacific .
1. The Kennedy assassination
President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on November 22, 1963 . Approximately 80% of the American people have consistently not believed the Commission's findings since the mid-1960s in many Gallup Polls taken on the issue of Oswald's guilt or innocence, partly due to the findings in the Zapruder film that many believe shows the fatal shot being fired from the front, allege many witnesses who ran towards the infamous Grassy Knoll area. |
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