Explore published stories from Plumas National Forest, Califórnia, Estados Unidos and nearby.
Five friends left a basketball game in Chico in February 1978 and never reached home. Their car appeared on a snowy road; months later four bodies were found in Plumas National Forest. Gary Mathias remains missing. This dossier follows the evidence, conflicting accounts and questions still open.
534 km · Vale da Morte
An abandoned vehicle linked to four German tourists missing in 1996, traces found thirteen years later, and two 2022 searches show how the desert can conceal people even near a road. This dossier separates facts, search hypotheses, and questions that remain open.
550 km · Groom Lake
The Groom Lake installation began as a U-2 test site and later hosted the A-12, Soviet fighters, and stealth projects. This dossier follows declassified records, accidents, and workers’ dispute over environmental secrecy, separating verifiable history from claims of extraterrestrial craft.
648 km · Portland
In 1971 a passenger ticketed as Dan Cooper hijacked a Boeing 727, obtained $200,000 and jumped into a Pacific Northwest night. His ticket, tie, parachutes and some ransom money survived; his identity and fate did not become known.