Ball Lightning: A Glowing Globe of Mystery
By Iris Kowalczyk · Published May 8, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 Last reviewed: May 8, 2026. Direct Answer Ball lightning is a rare luminous sphere reported during or just after thunderstorms. Witnesses describe a glowing ball, roughly grapefruit-sized, lasting seconds before fading or exploding. Atmospheric physicists treat the phenomenon as real but unexplained. […]
Voynich Manuscript: Deciphering an Ancient Puzzle
By Iris Kowalczyk · Published May 8, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 Last reviewed: May 8, 2026. The Voynich Manuscript: A Cold-Case File on the World’s Most Studied Cipher The Voynich Manuscript is a 234-page illustrated codex written in an unknown script, carbon-dated to 1404-1438 and held at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript […]
The Tunguska Explosion: A Siberian Catastrophe
By Iris Kowalczyk · Published May 7, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 The Tunguska Explosion: A Siberian Catastrophe On the morning of 30 June 1908, an immense explosion flattened roughly 80 million trees across about 2,150 square kilometers of Siberian taiga near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River. No crater. No body. The first scientific expedition […]
Amelia Earhart’s Final Flight: What Happened?
By Iris Kowalczyk · Published May 7, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 Last reviewed: May 7, 2026. Amelia Mary Earhart, born July 24, 1897, and Frederick Joseph Noonan, born April 4, 1893, were last heard from at 8:43 a.m. local Howland Island time on July 2, 1937. They were flying a Lockheed Electra L-10E, […]
The Zodiac Killer: Cryptic Clues Left Unresolved
By Iris Kowalczyk · Published May 7, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 The Zodiac Killer case is a working file. It has been open since December 1968. The suspect is unidentified. Five canonical victims are confirmed killed; two assault survivors gave statements. Three of the killer’s ciphers remain solved; two do not. The most […]