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+tags:
+  - Event
+  - UAP
+  - Brazil
+  - 1977
 category: "Historical Phenomenon"
 summary: "Wave of UAP encounters in 1977 on the island of Colares, Brazil, where residents reported being attacked by beams of radiation from unknown craft."
 date: 1977

40 - EVENTS/HISTORICAL_PHENOMENA/Queen's Accident.md

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+tags:
+  - Event
+  - California
+  - Mariposa
+  - CoverUp
+  - 1983
 category: "Historical Phenomenon"
 summary: "1983 head-on collision in Yosemite National Park foothills involving a Secret Service vehicle scouting Queen Elizabeth II's motorcade route, killing three agents and revealing allegations of cover-up and corruption."
 date: 1983-03-05

40 - EVENTS/HISTORICAL_PHENOMENA/Roswell Incident.md

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+tags:
+  - Event
+  - UAP
+  - NewMexico
+  - CrashRetrieval
+  - 1947
 category: "Historical Phenomenon"
 summary: "Alleged crash of a UAP in the desert near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947, considered the foundational event of modern UFO lore and government secrecy."
 date: 1947

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+---
+created: 2026-06-13
+updated: 2026-06-13
+title: Watergate
+aliases:
+  - Watergate Scandal
+tags:
+  - Event
+  - IntelligenceScandal
+  - Nixon
+  - CIA
+  - 1970s
+category: "Intelligence Scandal"
+summary: "Watergate was the 1972 to 1974 political scandal, beginning with a break-in at the Democratic National Committee by operatives tied to the Nixon reelection campaign and the CIA, that culminated in President Nixon's resignation."
+start: 1972-06-17
+end: 1974-08-09
+location: "Washington, D.C."
+---
+Watergate was the political scandal that began with the June 17, 1972 arrest of five men who broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in [[Washington, D.C.]], and that ended with the resignation of President [[Richard Nixon]] on August 9, 1974. The investigation exposed a wider pattern of covert operations, illegal surveillance, and obstruction of justice directed from the [[White House]].[^1]
+
+### The Burglars and the Intelligence Connection
+
+The burglars and their supervisors were drawn from the intersection of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], anti-Castro Cuban exile networks, and the Nixon campaign. [[E. Howard Hunt]], a veteran CIA officer, and [[James McCord]], a former CIA security official, organized the operation, and several of the burglars were Cuban exiles from the [[Bay of Pigs|Bay of Pigs invasion]] milieu. Hunt and [[G. Gordon Liddy]] had earlier run the White House "Plumbers" unit, whose 1971 burglary of [[Daniel Ellsberg]]'s psychiatrist used disguises and equipment supplied by the CIA's [[Office of Technical Service|Technical Services Division]].[^1][^2]
+
+### Investigation and Resignation
+
+Reporting in the *Washington Post*, an FBI investigation, and the Senate Watergate Committee revealed a secret taping system in the Oval Office and a fund used to buy the burglars' silence. After the Supreme Court ordered release of the tapes, which confirmed Nixon's role in the cover-up, the House Judiciary Committee approved articles of impeachment and Nixon resigned. The scandal directly preceded the [[Church Committee]] and Pike Committee investigations that exposed the broader history of intelligence abuses.[^1]
+
+### Footnotes
+
+[^1]: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities. *Final Report*. Government Printing Office, 1974.
+[^2]: Hougan, Jim. *Secret Agenda: Watergate, Deep Throat, and the CIA*. Random House, 1984.

40 - EVENTS/MODERN_INCIDENTS/GoFast.md

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+tags:
+  - Event
+  - UAP
+  - USNavy
+  - Pentagon
+  - 2015
 category: "Modern Incident"
 summary: "Declassified UAP video captured by an F/A-18 Super Hornet crew showing an object moving at extreme speed low over the ocean, released by the Pentagon in 2017."
 date: 2015-01-21

40 - EVENTS/MODERN_INCIDENTS/Tic Tac.md

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+tags:
+  - Event
+  - UAP
+  - USNavy
+  - USSNimitz
+  - 2004
 category: "Modern Incident"
 summary: "UAP encountered by the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in November 2004, captured on video and designated 'Tic Tac' for its shape, released by the Pentagon in 2017."
 date: 2004-11-14