Case Files
6 case files in production. First case file opens 5 July 2026.
Declassified Intelligence Op · Switzerland / Global · 1951–2020
Operation RUBICON
For over fifty years, the CIA and West German BND secretly owned Crypto AG — the Swiss company that made encryption machines used by 120 governments. The machines were rigged. Every message was readable.
Unsolved Identity · Norway · 1970
The Isdal Woman
A woman found burned in a remote Norwegian valley. All labels removed from her clothing. False identities across six countries. A suitcase of wigs, disguises, and coded diaries. The case has never been solved.
Catastrophic Failure · Soviet Union · 1986
Chernobyl
How did the world's safest reactor destroy itself in forty seconds? The INSAG-1 and INSAG-7 reports contradict each other on five critical points. The reactor design was the flaw no one was allowed to admit.
Unsolved Death · Soviet Union · 1959
The Dyatlov Pass Incident
Nine experienced hikers abandoned their tent in −30°C conditions and fled into the dark. Six died of hypothermia. Three died of injuries consistent with a car crash. No external force was ever identified.
Institutional Failure · NASA · 1969–2006
Apollo 11
The original slow-scan television footage of the moon landing was recorded on specialised Ampex FR-900 drives. NASA erased and reused them. The hardware required to read the originals was decommissioned. The tapes were gone before anyone noticed.
Unsolved Document · Medieval · Global
The Voynich Manuscript
A 600-year-old illustrated manuscript written in an unknown script that no cryptographer, linguist, or AI has been able to decode. Every theory that explains one section fails against the rest.