A Depression-era mural depicting colonial Massachusetts has reignited online time-travel conspiracy theories after viewers claimed an Indigenous man in the painting appears to hold a modern smartphone, though a historian identified the object as a European trade mirror years ago. The painting, Mr Pynchon and the Settling of Springfield, was completed in 1937 by Italian-born […] The post A 1937 painting went viral over a "smartphone" in the frame — historians say it's a mirror appeared first on American Almanac .
A Depression-era mural depicting colonial Massachusetts has reignited online time-travel conspiracy theories after viewers claimed an Indigenous man in the painting appears to hold a modern smartphone, though a historian identified the object as a European trade mirror years ago. The painting, Mr Pynchon and the Settling of Springfield, was completed in 1937 by Italian-born artist Umberto Romano, who grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts. It is one of six New Deal-era murals depicting the city's history. The scene shows English colonist William Pynchon, Springfield's founder, trading with members of the Pocumtuc tribe in western Massachusetts during the 1630s. In the foreground, a Native man holds a small, flat, rectangular object and…Open
Ross Coulthart reveals that the former United States Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was reportedly frustrated with the way the CIA operated with respect to her office.
Ross Coulthart walks through the Skinwalker Ranch dire wolf recovery claim, the DNA results, and how researchers found a wolf jawbone with no explainable origin.
AI:Investigative journalist Ross Coulthart examines controversial claims surrounding Skinwalker Ranch, specifically focusing on reports of a dire wolf recovery and recent DNA analysis. The discussion highlights a significant discovery involving a wolf jawbone that lacks an explainable biological or historical origin, further fueling ongoing scrutiny regarding intelligence agency cover-ups and anomalous phenomena.Open
Ross Coulthart explores mysterious untold stories using a fact-based approach to address various topics, from unidentified aerial phenomena to other mysteries that often go unreported. Now, he is turning to viewers, answering their pressing questions each week. In this week's episode, Coulthart tackles questions about the reported dire wolf recovery and DNA results at Skinwalker Ranch, the CIA's continued influence inside the ODNI following Tulsi Gabbard's exit, and whether the legacy program is in possession of technology that could make time travel possible. Coulthart also responds to a retired detective's daytime sighting of a silver metallic cylinder over a Southern California freeway and why the phenomenon may be capable of…
EGYPT — Newly unearthed records appear to indicate a man claiming to be from the future traveled to ancient Memphis to wow the early Egyptians with the futuristic technology of Gushers.