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The truth, as the X-Files always told
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us, is out there. These declassified
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photographs from the US government's
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Central Intelligence Agency are sure to
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give you some chills. Some will make you
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question the things you've trusted in
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all your life and challenge what you've
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generally considered to be the truth.
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The government often keeps things under
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wraps until such time as they believe
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it's safe to release the information to
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the public. These releases often go
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unnoticed, which is why we've gone to
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work gathering some of the most shocking
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declassified photos. Some historical
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affairs are so extraordinary, you'll
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never read about them in conventional
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history books. We'll summon your
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interest and educate you about our
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incredible world. A warehouse full of
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chemical weapons. Imagine seeing this
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image during the 60s when many Americans
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were so paranoid they built bunkers
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simply in case Cuba or Russia pressed
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the missile launch button that would
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instigate a nuclear war. Had it been
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released at the time it was taken, this
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image surely would have inspired
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dangerous levels of fear and paranoia.
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Luckily for the American public, the CIA
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kept this image a secret. It shows
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Russian officers in a storehouse filled
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with synthetic weapons during the Cold
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War. China's secret telescope. The
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secret is out. China has been named the
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world's next extraordinary superpower.
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This 500 meter aperture spherical radio
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telescope, fast, allegedly has the
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world's most powerful signal. It can
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catch a wide range of radio signs, even
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those that are 1,000 light years away.
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Some experts have claimed that this base
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is almost certainly an ionosphere
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regulator that could likewise control
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the climate. The radio telescope
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appeared in the search for intelligent
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life on Earth, an episode of National
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Geographic Channels Cosmos, Possible
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Worlds. The first nuclear test, a
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photograph of an assembly line laborer
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adjacent to a colossal machine, may not
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cause a stir. However, look once more.
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This uncommon photograph was taken in
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1945 in the desert of New Mexico. What
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you believe is a plant is really where
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the United States Army carried out its
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Trinity project. Trinity was the code
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name of the first ever detonation of a
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nuclear weapon. The Fat Man. Let's make
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it clear, the Fat Man has nothing to do
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with obesity. Rather, it was the code
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name given to the bomb that was dropped
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by the US on the 9th of August 1,945
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over the Japanese city of Nagasaki. This
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rare image is a piece of history that
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everybody should see. This is how the
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bomb looked before it devastated
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Nagasaki and ruined the lives of so many
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Japanese citizens. The mysteries of the
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American military truly are terrifying.
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John McCain as a prisoner of war. This
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is a photograph taken in Vietnam when
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the late Senator John McCain was being
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removed from the water by Vietnamese
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residents just after his plane was shot
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down by a missile. McCain was a US
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aviator who was stationed in Vietnam
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during the war. When his plane went down
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and smashed in a waterway in Hanoi,
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Vietnam, local people saved his life.
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But since he was technically the enemy,
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they had to take him to jail. This
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photograph was taken in 1967. JFK
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moments before he was assassinated. This
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image of the 35th US President, John F.
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Kennedy, shows him alive and happy just
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before he was shot by an assassin in
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Dallas, Texas. The president is
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displayed in this image with his wife,
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Jacqueline. This recently declassified
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picture is said to also show one of the
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professional killer associates, but this
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detail is yet to be officially
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confirmed. JFK was killed by Lee Harvey
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Oswald. The official version of his
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killing expresses that the murder was
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the work of a single individual.
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However, the rumors surrounding this
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picture suggests that others may have
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been involved. Cages for children. This
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strange photo shows a snippet of what
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life was like in the 20s and 30s. Some
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experts at the time decided that it
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would be good for a baby's health to be
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exposed to the outside air. The idea was
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that this would toughen them up mentally
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while giving their immune systems a
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workout. As wild as this looks, it was
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standard practice for many parents in
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those days. These were most popular
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among parents who lived in apartments
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and didn't have gardens for the children
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to explore. Their popularity died off as
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concerns for child safety grew. Queen
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Elizabeth in the military service.
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Relatively few individuals realized that
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the queen did military service for the
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British government. Her grandkids,
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William and Harry, followed suit, both
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serving in the British forces. This
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declassified picture shows Queen
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Elizabeth wearing the military uniform
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of the Women's Auxiliary Service. In
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the Queen was elected as an honorary
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second sub alternate. She trained as a
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mechanic and driver and was promoted as
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honorary junior commander. Construction
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of the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall was
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constructed with very little preparation
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or planning. This recently exhibited
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picture shows development was rapid,
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isolating West Berlin from East Berlin
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in just 2 weeks back in 1961. The
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structure ushered in the beginning of
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the Cold War, coinciding with the split
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between the United States and Russia.
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The barrier included watchtowers along
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huge cement walls joined by a wide
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region that contained anti-vehicle
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channels and beds of nails. The Berlin
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Wall remained in place until 1989, the
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last moon landing. Some people couldn't
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get their heads around the fact that the
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last moon landing happened in 1972
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and none has been done since. In this
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declassified image of Apollo 17, we can
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see the last mission to ever land on the
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surface of the moon. In spite of
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technological advances in space travel,
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no mission has made it to the moon
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since. This detail further fuels
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conspiracy theorists who imagine that no
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mission ever made it to the moon. Osama
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bin Laden in happier time. Before Osama,
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Bin Laden was tagged as the most wanted
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terrorist in the world. He had an
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ordinary life with his loved ones. This
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declassified photograph of Osama shows
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him on a vacation in Germany with his
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entire family. Though they look like a
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happy, colorful crew, it's been reported
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that Osama already held extremist views
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at this time. This claim has been
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contested by members of his family, so
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the truth is not all that clear.
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However, it is known that a rift between
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close family members had already formed
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at the time this picture was taken. The
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arrest of Saddam Hussein. This
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declassified picture of former Iraqi
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President Saddam Hussein was taken when
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American forces captured him in his
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underground refuge. This was the image
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presented to then US President George W.
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Bush to confirm that the mission had
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been a triumph. Saddam was caught by US
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forces on the 13th of December 2003
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through Operation Red Dawn. Named after
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the film Red Dawn 1,984,
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this dramatic operation led the US
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military to a tiny 6x8 ft underground
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dugout in Adar, Iraq. This is where
