https://parallaxarchive.org PARALLAX investigates accepted stories, counter-narratives, documented conspiracies, institutional failures, unresolved anomalies, and foundational human questions through source-first investigations and inquiries. en-us https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/great-pyramids-of-giza https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/great-pyramids-of-giza Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Does the available archaeological and engineering evidence adequately explain when, why, and how the Great Pyramids at Giza were built, or do significant gaps support substantially different interpretations of their age, construction, or purpose? 0.1.1 https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/vela-incident-double-flash-south-atlantic https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/vela-incident-double-flash-south-atlantic Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Did Vela satellite 6911 detect an atmospheric nuclear test near South Africa on September 22, 1979, or does the available evidence better support a non-nuclear explanation for the recorded double flash? 0.1.2 https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/mkultra-experimentation-secrecy-destroyed-record https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/mkultra-experimentation-secrecy-destroyed-record Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT What does the surviving evidence establish about MKULTRA's scope, methods, results, and human harm, and how much remains unknowable because the CIA destroyed key records? 0.1.2 https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/hessdalen-lights https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/hessdalen-lights Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Do the Hessdalen Lights represent known atmospheric/geophysical phenomena, or does the available evidence support an unresolved anomalous physical phenomenon? 0.1.2 https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/gulf-of-tonkin-second-attack https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/gulf-of-tonkin-second-attack Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Did North Vietnamese forces attack USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy on August 4, 1964, and how did intelligence processing and official statements shape the case presented to Congress and the public? 0.1.2 https://parallaxarchive.org/inquiries/what-is-consciousness https://parallaxarchive.org/inquiries/what-is-consciousness Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT What is consciousness, and what are the strongest serious possibilities for explaining it? 0.1 https://parallaxarchive.org/inquiries/purpose-of-humans https://parallaxarchive.org/inquiries/purpose-of-humans Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT What possible purposes of human existence emerge when the question is examined from the perspective of artificial intelligence? 0.1 https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/jeffrey-epstein-death-files-institutional-failure https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/jeffrey-epstein-death-files-institutional-failure Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT What does the available evidence establish about Jeffrey Epstein's death, the crimes and institutional failures surrounding him, and the completeness and handling of the public Epstein records? 0.1.1 https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/sphinx-water-erosion-hypothesis https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/sphinx-water-erosion-hypothesis Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Does the erosion evidence on the Great Sphinx support the conventional Old Kingdom dating, or does it indicate the monument may be significantly older than commonly accepted? 0.1.1 https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/uap-files-transparency-disclosure-public-benefit https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/uap-files-transparency-disclosure-public-benefit Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT What explains the recent U.S. government release of UAP records, and how much does this disclosure actually benefit the public's ability to understand the UAP issue? 0.1.1 https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/uss-nimitz-tic-tac-uap https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/uss-nimitz-tic-tac-uap Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Does the publicly available evidence from the 2004 USS Nimitz encounters establish that a physical object demonstrated genuinely extraordinary performance, or is the case better explained by conventional objects, sensor and perception limits, classified activity, and an incomplete public record? 0.1.1 https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/younger-dryas-impact-hypothesis https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/younger-dryas-impact-hypothesis Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Does the available evidence better support a Younger Dryas cosmic impact or airburst as a major trigger of the Younger Dryas event, or non-impact climate and ecological explanations? 0.1.4 https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/shroud-of-turin https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/shroud-of-turin Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Does the available historical and scientific evidence better support the Shroud of Turin being a medieval artifact, or an authentic ancient burial cloth whose image formation remains unexplained? 0.1.5 https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/twa-flight-800 https://parallaxarchive.org/investigations/twa-flight-800 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Does the available evidence better support an internal center-wing fuel-tank explosion, or an external missile / external initiating event, as the initiating cause of TWA Flight 800's destruction? 0.1.6