35. The Voynich Manuscript: The 600-Year-Old Coded Book Nobody Has Ever Decoded

35. The Voynich Manuscript: The 600-Year-Old Coded Book Nobody Has Ever Decoded

There is a book at Yale University that no one can read. Written between 1404 and 1438, on calf-skin vellum, in a script that appears in no other document on earth. It has 240 pages of plants that do not exist, astronomical diagrams that match no known system, and a section full of bathing figures that nobody has been able to explain. William Friedman, the greatest cryptanalyst of the 20th century, spent decades on it and gave up. Statistical analysis proves the text follows the rules of real language, but also has properties that no known language shares. Sources: 1. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University — Voynich Manuscript (MS 408), digitized collection (website, beinecke.library.yale.edu [http://beinecke.library.yale.edu]) 2. University of Arizona Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Laboratory — Radiocarbon Dating of the Voynich Manuscript Vellum (research report, published in Radiocarbon, 2011) 3. Mary E. d'Imperio — The Voynich Manuscript: An Elegant Enigma (NSA technical report, written 1978, declassified 2002; available at nsa.gov [http://nsa.gov]) 4. Marcelo Montemurro and Damian Zanette — Keywords and Co-Occurrence Patterns in the Voynich Manuscript: An Information-Theoretic Analysis (journal article, PLOS ONE, 2013) 5. Gordon Rugg — An Elegant Hoax? A Possible Solution to the Voynich Manuscript (journal article, Cryptologia, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2004) 6. Claire Bowern and Luke Lindemann — The Linguistics of the Voynich Manuscript (journal article, Transactions of the Philological Society, 2021) 7. Gerry Kennedy and Rob Churchill — The Voynich Manuscript (book, Orion Publishing, 2004) 8. Rene Zandbergen — voynich.nu [http://voynich.nu] (research website; comprehensive source for manuscript text, transcription, provenance, and scholarly analysis; voynich.nu [http://voynich.nu]) 9. Rene Zandbergen — Where was the Voynich MS kept and how did Voynich find it? (web article, voynich.nu/extra/mondragone.html [http://voynich.nu/extra/mondragone.html]) 10. National Security Agency — Declassified documents related to the Voynich Manuscript (government document archive, nsa.gov [http://nsa.gov]) 11. Johannes Marcus Marci — Cover letter to Athanasius Kircher (primary source document, 1665/1666; transcribed and translated in multiple secondary sources) 12. Live Science — Has the Mysterious Code of the Voynich Manuscript Been Cracked? (news article covering Gerard Cheshire's 2019 claims, livescience.com [http://livescience.com]) 13. Language Log, University of Pennsylvania — Yet Again the Voynich Manuscript (scholarly blog post, critical analysis of Cheshire 2019, 14. The Art Newspaper — What Is the Voynich Manuscript? (explainer article, 2022, theartnewspaper.com [http://theartnewspaper.com]) 15. Wikipedia contributors — Voynich Manuscript (encyclopedia article, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript], accessed 2026) 16. phys.org [http://phys.org] — New Study Suggests Voynich Text Is Not a Hoax (news article covering Montemurro 2013, phys.org [http://phys.org])

34. Remote Viewing: How the U.S. Government Trained Psychic Spies for 23 Years

Project STARGATE was real. For over two decades, the U.S. government trained military personnel to use their minds to spy on Soviet facilities, locate missing people, and gather intelligence no satellite or informant could reach. This week on Yeti to Rumble, we dig into the declassified documents, the cases that are hardest to explain away, and why the debate over what actually happened is still very much alive. The Typhoon submarine. The Semipalatinsk nuclear site. The missing customs agent. Remote Viewer Number One. It's all in there. Sources: 1. Stargate Project — Wikipedia   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Project_(U.S._Army_unit) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Project_(U.S._Army_unit)] 2. Remote Viewing — Wikipedia   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_viewing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_viewing] 3. Ingo Swann — Wikipedia   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingo_Swann [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingo_Swann] 4. Russell Targ — Wikipedia   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Targ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Targ] 5. Joseph McMoneagle — Wikipedia   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McMoneagle [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McMoneagle] 6. Joseph McMoneagle — The Stargate Chronicles: Memoirs of a Psychic Spy (book, 2002) 7. Russell Targ — The Reality of ESP: A Physicist's Proof of Psychic Abilities (book, 2012) 8. Hal Puthoff — CIA-Initiated Remote Viewing at Stanford Research Institute (paper)   https://www.newdualism.org/papers/H.Puthoff/CIA-Initiated%20Remote%20Viewing%20At%20Stanford%20Research%20Institute.htm [https://www.newdualism.org/papers/H.Puthoff/CIA-Initiated%20Remote%20Viewing%20At%20Stanford%20Research%20Institute.htm] 9. CIA — An Evaluation of the Remote Viewing Program (government document, 1995)   https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00791R000200180005-5.pdf [https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP96-00791R000200180005-5.pdf] 10. CIA — Analysis of Remote Viewing of URDF-3, Semipalatinsk (declassified document)    https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00791r000200240001-0 [https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/cia-rdp96-00791r000200240001-0] 11. CIA FOIA Reading Room — Remote Viewing Document Archive    12. History.com [http://History.com] — The CIA Recruited Mind Readers to Spy on the Soviets in the 1970s (article)    13. Tressoldi & Katz — Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Remote Viewing Research 1974–2022, Journal of Scientific Exploration (2023) 14. International Remote Viewing Association (IRVA) — Aperture Magazine  15. Project Unredacted — Project Stargate: The CIA's Psychic Spy Program

33. The Jersey Devil: 300 Years of Terror in the New Jersey Pine Barrens

January 1909: a week-long wave of sightings hit southern New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania. Police officers, postal workers, and entire trolley cars full of passengers all reported the same winged, hooved creature. Schools closed. The Philadelphia Zoo offered $10,000 for its capture. New episode of Yeti to Rumble is out now. We go deep on the Jersey Devil — from the 1735 birth curse to the 1909 week of terror to the theories that still don't fully explain the tracks. Sources: 1. "Jersey Devil" — Wikipedia. Comprehensive overview of the legend, origin theories, 1909 sightings, and physical descriptions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Devil [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Devil] 2. McCloy, James F., and Ray Miller Jr. The Jersey Devil. Middle Atlantic Press, 1976. The definitive historical compilation of the legend and sighting record. 3. Regal, Brian. "The Jersey Devil: The Real Story." Kean University. Published research on the Leeds family origin theory and political context of the legend. Available through academic databases. 4. Bartholomew, Robert E., and Peter Hassall. "The 1909 Jersey Devil Sighting Wave: A Classic Example of Mass Hysteria." Research on social contagion and the 1909 events. 5. "The Jersey Devil and Folklore" — Pinelands Alliance. Cultural and geographic context of the legend within Pine Barrens communities. https://pinelandsalliance.org [https://pinelandsalliance.org] 6. "The Jersey Devil: Fact or Fiction?" — Atlantic County, New Jersey official county website. Local historical record and summary of major sightings. https://www.atlanticcountynj.gov [https://www.atlanticcountynj.gov] 7. "1909: The Devil Went Down to Jersey" — CapitalCentury.com [http://CapitalCentury.com]. Detailed reconstruction of the 1909 sightings week. https://www.capitalcentury.com/1909.html [https://www.capitalcentury.com/1909.html] 8. "The Jersey Devil, the Tale of a Viral Story from 110 Years Ago" — Philadelphia Inquirer. Analysis of the 1909 media contagion angle, including the Norman Jefferies connection. https://www.inquirer.com/news/new-jersey/jersey-devil-history-fake-news-norman-jefferies-20190123.html [https://www.inquirer.com/news/new-jersey/jersey-devil-history-fake-news-norman-jefferies-20190123.html] 9. "Joseph Bonaparte: Encounter with the Jersey Devil" — Connect Paranormal. Account and analysis of the Bonaparte sighting claim. 10. Coleman, Loren. Cryptozoology A to Z. Fireside, 1999. Overview of the Jersey Devil within the broader cryptid research context. 11. "The Jersey Devil" — Weird NJ. Long-running New Jersey publication documenting modern sightings and regional accounts. 12. "The Jersey Devil: New Jersey's Winged Legend of the Pine Barrens" — The History Girl. Detailed historical timeline and regional context. 13. "The 1909 Mass Sightings: A Week of Panic" — Headcount Coffee Blog. Reconstructed timeline of the 1909 event. 14. "The Devil Went Down to New Jersey" — National Geographic History Magazine. Overview of the Joseph Bonaparte encounter and historical context. 15. "Monster Births, Flying Kangaroos and Benjamin Franklin: The Story of the Jersey Devil" — Horror Obsessive. Analysis of the Benjamin Franklin / Leeds family conflict and its role in the legend's formation.

32. 1,700 UAP Pages the Government Hoped You'd Never Read (Part 1)

The FBI kept a 1,700-page classified file on UFOs. America's leading meteor scientist examined what was flying over Los Alamos and Sandia Base and concluded — formally, in writing — that it was not natural in origin. Edward Teller, one of the men who built the hydrogen bomb, was in the room when the classified findings were discussed. We went through the actual FBI case file 62-83894 and the picture it paints is unlike anything you've seen covered before. Kenneth Arnold, the Maury Island incident, the first documented Man in Black encounter, the Portland police sightings, and the nuclear green fireball problem that stumped everyone from J. Edgar Hoover to Edward Teller. Sources: 1. Federal Bureau of Investigation — Case File 62-83894, "Flying Saucers" (declassified government document, 1947–1960s) — vault.fbi.gov [http://vault.fbi.gov] 2. Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting — Wikipedia — en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Arnold_UFO_sighting [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Arnold_UFO_sighting] 3. Kenneth Arnold — History.com [http://History.com] — history.com/articles/kenneth-arnold [http://history.com/articles/kenneth-arnold] 4. Maury Island Incident — Wikipedia — en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Island_incident [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Island_incident] 5. Maury Island Incident — UAPedia — uapedia.ai [http://uapedia.ai] 6. Maury Island — Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber, "75th Anniversary" (article) — vashonbeachcomber.com [http://vashonbeachcomber.com] 7. Green Fireballs — Wikipedia — en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_fireballs [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_fireballs] 8. Project Twinkle — UFO Casebook — ufocasebook.com/twinkle.html [http://ufocasebook.com/twinkle.html] 9. Project Twinkle — Unidentified Phenomena — unidentifiedphenomena.com/topics/project-twinkle/ [http://unidentifiedphenomena.com/topics/project-twinkle/] 10. History.com [http://History.com] — "When Mysterious Green Fireballs Worried the US Government" — history.com [http://history.com] 11. HistoryLink.org [http://HistoryLink.org] — "Flying Saucers in Washington" — historylink.org/file/2067 [http://historylink.org/file/2067] 12. HistoryLink.org [http://HistoryLink.org] — "Flying saucers first reported near Mount Rainier, June 24, 1947" — historylink.org/File/5336 [http://historylink.org/File/5336] 13. Edward J. Ruppelt — The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (book, 1956) — sacred-texts.com/ufo/rufo/ [http://sacred-texts.com/ufo/rufo/] 14. Jerome Clark — UFO Encyclopedia (book, Omnigraphics, multiple editions) 15. David Michael Jacobs — The UFO Controversy in America (book, Indiana University Press, 1975)

31. The Hal Saflieni Hypogeum: Malta’s Underground Temple, Missing Skulls, and the 110 Hz Secret

In 1902, construction workers in Malta broke through a floor and found themselves staring into carved chambers filled with the bones of 7,000 people. The site they discovered had been sealed underground for 4,000 years. One of its chambers resonates at a frequency that shifts human brain activity toward altered states. This week on Yeti to Rumble, we are going into the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum Sources: * Zammit, Themistocles. The Hal Saflieni Prehistoric Hypogeum at Casal Paula in Malta. Museums Committee of Malta, 1910. * Evans, John D. Prehistoric Antiquities of the Maltese Islands. Athlone Press, 1971. * Mifsud, Anton and Savona-Ventura, Charles. Echoes of Plato's Island. Prehistoric Society of Malta, 1999. * Zahra, Ruben et al. "Archaeoacoustic Analysis of the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum in Malta." University of Malta Open Access Repository, 2014. um.edu.mt/library/oar [http://um.edu.mt/library/oar]. * Cook, Ian A. et al. "Ancient Architectural Acoustic Resonance Patterns and Regional Brain Activity." Time and Mind: The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture, 2008. * Reznikoff, Iegor and Dauvois, Michel. "La Dimension sonore des grottes ornees." Bulletin de la Société Préhistorique Française, 1988. * Heritage Malta. Site documentation, conservation history, myth-busting series, and skull collection updates. heritagemalta.mt [http://heritagemalta.mt]. * UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (No. 130) and Megalithic Temples of Malta (No. 132), inscribed 1980. whc.unesco.org [http://whc.unesco.org]. * Curry, Andrew. "Malta's Hypogeum, One of the World's Best Preserved Prehistoric Sites, Reopens to the Public." Smithsonian Magazine, 2019. smithsonianmag.com [http://smithsonianmag.com]. * van der Crabben, Jan. "Hal Saflieni Hypogeum." World History Encyclopedia, 2021. worldhistory.org [http://worldhistory.org]. * MaltaToday. "Prehistoric Aliens in Malta? Hypogeum's Trove of Elongated Skulls to Get Cutting-Edge Study." maltatoday.com.mt [http://maltatoday.com.mt], 2017. * World Archaeology Magazine. "Great Excavations: Zammit at the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum." world-archaeology.com [http://world-archaeology.com].