The history of human civilization reliably stores many secrets, many of which will not be solved. But the last two centuries have presented the world with many puzzles, over which researchers are racking their brains. The most mysterious events in the world of the XX-XXI century - let's talk today about the ten secrets of modern history of mankind.
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crop circles The most mysterious incidents in the world are the mysterious crop circles on the fields. These are various geometric figures formed by mashed plants in agricultural fields. Figures are created perfectly smoothly and can form complex pictograms. Their size varies: they can be small and huge, completely visible only from an airplane. Great attention they began to call in 1970 in England. In 1972 in the south of the country two eyewitnesses, watching the moonlit night in hopes of seeing a UFO, noticed how the grass on the field had lain, forming a circle. The peak of interest in the mysterious phenomenon occurred in the 1990s. The earliest mention of the appearance of such pictograms( drawings) in the fields date back to the 17th century.
Hypotheses of the origin of circles on the fields are put forward by the most diverse: the activities of extraterrestrial civilization, micro-tornadoes, ball lightning and mystification of interested persons. So, the British David Chorley and Douglas Bauer confessed in 1991 that the appearance of the first circles is their handiwork. They assure that they have created about 250 pictograms since 1978.But many people continue to believe that the mysterious phenomenon of amazing pictures in the fields is not mystification, but the unsolved messages of mysterious forces. Crop Circles are on the 10th place among the most mysterious incidents on Earth.
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The fall of the Tunguska meteorite
June 30, 1908 at 7 am in the Podkamennaya Tunguska area( right tributary of the Yenisei, Central Siberia), local residents witnessed the flight of the celestial body, which left a trail, like a falling meteorite. The sound of the fall was heard at a distance of more than a thousand kilometers from the crash site. A powerful shock wave knocked trees within a radius of 30 kilometers. This mysterious incident became known to the world as the fall of the Tunguska meteorite .But what kind of object exploded in the Podkamennaya Tunguska area, and whether it really was a meteorite, is still unknown. The mystery of this phenomenon is being studied by more than a thousand years of researchers. Many hypotheses have been put forward, none of which has been documented. The famous Tunguska meteorite, the mystery of which has not been revealed, is on the 9th place in the list of the most mysterious incidents in the world.
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Roswell incident
With space bound and Roswell incident , which caused a huge resonance in the world. In 1947, near Roswell, a catastrophe allegedly occurred - the fall of a cosmic body of artificial origin. This incident has become one of the most mysterious incidents in the world. Until now, there has been a fierce debate over the nature of the fallen object. The US authorities, in the person of the country's air force, maintain that there has been a wreck of the weather probe that the locals took for the wreckage of the UFO.The incident in Roswell is the eighth place on our list.
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Maria Celesta
The mysterious disappearance of the crew of the ship "Maria Celesta" - in the seventh place among the most mysterious incidents in the world. In 1872, a sailing vessel was found by an English brig. On the trajectory of the movement it was clear that no one was controlling them. No crew members and passengers were found on board. Things were not touched, the supply of water and provisions - too. It follows from the entry in the logbook that the ship reached the point where it was found. What happened to the crew is still unknown. The commission investigating the case suggested that the crew for some reason left the ship, leaving all their belongings and provisions. There was simply no other explanation for what had happened.
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The Orleans Woodcutter and the History of Jack the Ripper
Many mysterious incidents are connected with crimes. The most famous story is the Jack the Ripper case, which was never solved. XX century contributed to the history of serial killers. From 1918 to 1919 in New Orleans acted a criminal who received the nickname "Woodcutter."The weapon of the murders was an ax, with the help of which a maniac cracked the doors of the houses of the victims. Like Jack the Ripper, the Woodman wrote letters to the newspapers, reporting on future murders. The crimes suddenly ceased, and the identity of the Woodman was never established. The mystery of the murders in New Orleans is on the sixth place in the list of the most mysterious incidents in the world.
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Developing on the beach Somerton
The most mysterious stories in the world include the criminal case of the discovery in 1948 of the body of an unidentified man on the beach of the city of Adelaide( Australia).The case received a great public response for a number of reasons: neither the identity of the unknown nor the cause of death could be ascertained. In addition, in a secret pocket of trousers was found a piece of paper with a strange inscription "Taman Shud".As it turned out, the paper was torn from a rare edition of the works of Omar Khayyam. The mysterious story that occurred on the beach in Somerton - the fifth most mysterious incident in the world. This incident inspired Stephen King to write the novel "The Guy from Colorado."
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Kyshtymsky dwarf
The fourth place among the most mysterious incidents in the world is the history of "Kyshtymsky dwarf" .In 1996, an elderly woman in the village near Kyshtym discovered a living creature of an unknown biological species. Outwardly it looked like a humanoid of a small size - about 30 centimeters in length. The woman called him Alyoshenka and nursed for about a month. Then the creature died. His mummified remains were later discovered by the police. Then the body of the "Kyshtymsky dwarf" mysteriously disappeared.
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The mysterious signal from the constellation Sagittarius
The mysterious signal from the constellation Sagittarius is on the third place in the list of the most surprising and mysterious incidents in the world. Since the 1970s, the United States has launched a program to search for extraterrestrial civilizations. For this, a radio telescope was used, scanning various parts of the sky. Scientists with his help were allowed to detect the signals of other civilizations. In 1977, at a frequency that does not work any terrestrial transmitter, a signal was received from the constellation Sagittarius. It lasted 37 seconds. His origin is still unknown.
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The Marlboro Ship
The History of the Marlboro , the new Flying Dutchman, ranks second among the most mysterious incidents in the world. The ship left the port in New Zealand in 1890 with a load of frozen lamb. He did not reach his destination, having disappeared near Cape Horn. On board there were 23 crew members and several passengers. It was decided that the sailboat sank during the storm. But after 23 years he appeared on the shores of Tierra del Fuego. It is well preserved, and on board found skeletons in the decayed clothes. True, there were ten less of them than it was in the logbook. What happened to the crew, why people died and where ten people disappeared from the side of the sailboat - is unknown. Because of the bad weather, the ship could not bring to the port."Marlboro" is still surfing the sea.
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The mystery of the death of the group Dyatlov
The most mysterious incident in the world is the mystery of the death of the group Dyatlov .This tragic story is known all over the world and gives no peace to those wishing to reveal the truth about what happened more than 50 years ago. In 1959, a tourist group led by Igor Dyatlov, mysteriously died in the mountains of the Northern Urals. The causes of the terrible death of nine people have not been established so far.