I have decided to add a new topic to my menu. The topic is Conspiracy. I did it because there are so many conspiracy theories out there on everything from astronauts to zulus. I guess this is just another way of saying a to z. Let me say that if one believed all these different theories he or she would probably be in an institution. Having said that, how would we know if any of them were true since they are buried in thousands of other conspiracy theories? Well they are fun to read so lets get started. By the way I am not saying that any theoryI write about is true so use your own good judgment.

Shuttle
Photo Source: NASA

One of the organizations that is mentioned a lot in conspiracies is the Freemasons. Its funny, but according to posts on the internet they were involved in almost every important event since Eve gave the apple to Adam. They are blamed for so much, that if they are involved in anything we would never know. It is being said by certain people that NASA is controlled by the Freemasons. It is also being said that shuttle launches are planned by the positions of starts and planets that are important to the Freemasons. Here are the stars and planets that are said to be important to them: Sirius, the stars in Orion's Belt, Regulus, and the planet Mars. But why would any of these be considered important? Sirius is considered important because not only is it the brightest star in the sky but it was important to the Egyptians and is said to be a Freemasonry symbol. Again the starts in Orion's Belt were very important to the Egyptians and it is believed that the pyramids were laid out to mimic them. As you can see the Freemasons seem to have a tie to ancient Egypt. Regulus is a star that is in the constellation Leo. This star was considered the star of the king in ancient Egypt. Last but not least, the planet Mars was associated with Horus, the Egyptian god.

The claim is that shuttle flights only occur when these stars and Mars are in certain positions that the Freemasons think are advantageous. I guess this should be easy enough to check if anyone wants to take the time. There is a comet named Enke that is also tied into this somehow. It is the shortest term comet. Is your head starting to spin yet? What gives me a problem with this is that the Space Shuttle is not launched on schedule many times. Sometimes holds are put on the launch due to weather or malfunctions and alternate launch dates are chosen. I sort of think that this alone would destroy the above theory. So called studies have been done on the alignment of the stars I mentioned along with Mars. This studies show a goodly amount of alignment hits at launch. For example the studies show anywhere from 20% more alignment hits than the average expected to 40% more.

George Washington was a Freemason as were many other fighters in the revolution.

Conspiracy theories can exist on any topic. For example, some say that there is a conspiracy going on now to keep the fact that ufos are alien craft a secret. Supposedly the conspiracy is being conducted by a secret government organization known as Majestic 12. This carries a little more weight than most conspiracy theories since Stanton Freedman a famous ufologist found a memo mentioning Majestic 12 in the national archive. The existence of this organization has always been denied by the government. It is said that Majestic 12 or MJ 12 as it is also known, is in charge of anything to do with ufos or aliens. It is also said that James Forrestal, former secretary of the navy, was murdered by them. It is said he was thrown out of his Bethesda Naval Hospital window. He was found on the 3rd floor roof dead, he had been staying in a room on the 16th floor. Was Forrestal about to spill the beans on some secret project involving ufos or aliens? We will never know, will we? But there are also other conspiracy theories on the death of Forrestal, they range from being killed by Russian agents to being murdered by extraterrestrial aliens, of course there is the third theory that he committed suicide.

John F, Kennedy
Photo Source: CIA

We all know about the most famous conspiracy theory of all, the one that states that J.F.K. was murdered by people in the government that felt he was too liberal. Remember how some people said there was another shooter on that grassy knoll? Lee Harvey Oswald was said to be responsible for the crime, but some said he was just a dupe that was set up to take the fall and that his bullet didn't kill the president. The X Files had an interesting take on this event, if you know who the smoking man is, it seems possible. He hid in a sewer along the route and fired up into the car from close range as it passed. The sewer was the type that was built into the curb. But almost every time an important person is killed, theories spring up and some of them seem to always blame the government in some way. What makes this killing even more mysterious and open to conspiracy theories is the fact the Oswald was killed a couple of days later by Jack Ruby. There is even a theory that says that Lyndon Johnson might have been involved.

See there are enough conspiracy theories for everyone.

Hopefully, in the future, we will be able to explore more of these theories in depth.