# False Flags: 20th–21st Century Catalog > **TL;DR:** False Flags: 20th–21st Century Catalog: Extended catalog of known, confirmed, and suspected false flag operations. Complements the Appendix: False Flags Investigation Evidence Dossier. Status key: Confirmed = declassified/official acknowledgement; Suspected = strong evidence, contested; Alleged = theory, unconfirmed. Extended catalog of known, confirmed, and suspected false flag operations. Complements the [Appendix: False Flags Investigation Evidence Dossier](/timeline/evt-false-flags-appendix). Status key: **Confirmed** = declassified/official acknowledgement; **Suspected** = strong evidence, contested; **Alleged** = theory, unconfirmed. --- ## Confirmed / Documented ### Gleiwitz Incident (1939) Nazi SS operatives dressed as Polish soldiers attacked the Gleiwitz radio station on 31 August 1939; left concentration camp prisoners in Polish uniforms (killed by lethal injection) as "evidence." Part of **Operation Himmler** (Reinhard Heydrich, Heinrich Müller) — coordinated false flags along the Polish border. Hitler cited it on 1 September to justify invading Poland; Britain and France declared war 3 September. Declassified Nazi documents and postwar testimony confirm orchestration. **Sources:** Wikipedia [Gleiwitz incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleiwitz_incident), [Operation Himmler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Himmler). ### Mukden / Manchurian Incident (1931) Japanese Kwantung Army officers staged a small explosion on the South Manchurian Railway near Mukden, blamed Chinese saboteurs. Japan used it to occupy Manchuria and establish Manchukuo. Officer testimony confirmed the staging. **Sources:** Appendix dossier; Wikipedia [Mukden Incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukden_incident). ### Shelling of Mainila (1939) Soviet Red Army shelled the Soviet village of Mainila near the Finnish border on 26 November 1939, then falsely claimed Finland had fired. Finnish observation posts showed shells detonated ~800 m inside Soviet territory; Finnish artillery was out of range. Soviet daily reports showed no personnel losses. Soviet archives (Andrei Zhdanov; Khrushchev's memoirs) later attributed the shelling to Artillery Marshal Grigory Kulik. Finland proposed neutral investigation; USSR refused, renounced non-aggression pact, launched Winter War 30 November. Boris Yeltsin (1994) denounced the Winter War as Soviet aggression. **Sources:** Wikipedia [Shelling of Mainila](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelling_of_Mainila). ### Gulf of Tonkin (1964) Second alleged North Vietnamese attack on USS Maddox never occurred. NSA documents declassified 2005 confirmed fabrication. LBJ used it for Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; ~58,000 U.S. deaths in Vietnam. Daniel Ellsberg knew; leaked Pentagon Papers (1971). **Sources:** Appendix dossier; NSA declassified docs (2005). ### Lavon Affair (1954) Israeli agents bombed Egyptian civilian targets (cinemas, post offices), disguised as Muslim Brotherhood. Exposed when operatives caught. Israel acknowledged 2005. **Sources:** Appendix dossier. ### Operation Gladio / Bologna Massacre (1960s–1990s; Bologna 1980) NATO-backed "stay behind" network conducted bombings across Europe, blamed on left-wing groups. **Bologna station bombing (2 Aug 1980):** 85 dead, 200+ wounded; neo-fascist NAR convicted; P2 lodge (Licio Gelli) and Gladio connections established in 2020s prosecutions. Italian judge Felice Casson; Vincenzo Vinciguerra testimony. **Sources:** Appendix dossier; Wikipedia [Bologna massacre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna_massacre). --- ## Suspected / Debated ### USS Maine (1898) Explosion in Havana Harbor; blast blew outward (internal), not inward (mine). Spain helped rescue survivors. Hearst/Pulitzer media campaign. Triggered Spanish-American War. **Sources:** Appendix dossier. ### Reichstag Fire (1933) German parliament burned 27 Feb 1933; Nazis blamed communists; Reichstag Fire Decree suspended civil liberties. Van der Lubbe convicted; scholarly debate on Nazi involvement (Oberfohren Memorandum; Tobias forgery claims). **Sources:** Appendix dossier. ### Lusitania (1915) British liner torpedoed by U-boat; ~1,197 dead, 128 Americans. Ship carried war supplies. Wartime propaganda blamed Germany; contemporary investigations obstructed. Contributed to U.S. entry into WWI (1917). **Sources:** Appendix dossier (extended article); Wikipedia [Sinking of the RMS Lusitania](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_RMS_Lusitania). ### Pearl Harbor (1941) McCollum Memo; Purple code broken; carriers at sea; Stimson diary. Advance-knowledge thesis; **no PH attack pilot captured alive** (§13); staging / remote-aircraft pursuit (§14); **Battle of Los Angeles (1942)** parallel (§15). Full dossier: [Pearl Harbor — Hijacked Imperial Japan](/governance/war/investigations/pearl-harbor-hijacked-imperial-japan-investigation.md). **Sources:** Appendix dossier (full evidentiary record); [Pearl Harbor investigation](/governance/war/investigations/pearl-harbor-hijacked-imperial-japan-investigation.md). ### King David Hotel (1946) Irgun (Menachem Begin) bombed British HQ in Jerusalem; 91 dead; disguised as Arab workers. **Sources:** Appendix dossier. ### USS Liberty (1967) Israel attacked U.S. ship during Six-Day War; 34 dead. Israel claimed mistaken identity; survivors maintain deliberate attack. **Sources:** Appendix dossier. ### Operation Northwoods (1962) U.S. Joint Chiefs proposed staging terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, blaming Cuba. JFK rejected. Declassified 1997. **Sources:** Appendix dossier. ### 1972 Munich Olympics Black September killed 11 Israeli athletes; security failures; political consequences aligned with Israeli/Western objectives. **Sources:** Appendix dossier. ### Oklahoma City (1995) Murrah Building; 168 dead. McVeigh convicted. Multiple witnesses reported additional devices; security footage confiscated. **Sources:** Appendix dossier. ### 9/11 (2001) See [9/11 Investigation](09-11-investigation.md). Good-actor historic antibody thesis; WTC 7 and CIA station. Related post-9/11 board: [Oct 7 / France / Vegas / *Children of Men*](related-false-flags-911-oct7-france-vegas-children-of-men-investigation.md). --- ## Alleged / 21st Century ### France Islamist-attack cluster (2015–2016) — early hotspot staging (author) **Charlie Hebdo** (Jan 2015), **Paris/Bataclan** (Nov 2015), **Nice truck** (Jul 2016). Mainstream: ISIS/Islamist packages. **Author:** staged-looking / **NSA- or Mossad-aligned** early firebreaks at European radical-Islam hotspots (*Children of Men* end-state preemption). **CIA rebrand risk:** truth-movement perp walks. Full: [related false flags dossier](related-false-flags-911-oct7-france-vegas-children-of-men-investigation.md). ### Las Vegas Route 91 (2017) — early hotspot staging (author) **1 Oct 2017** Mandalay Bay / festival shooting. **Documented:** within hours, **ISIS Amaq** claimed Paddock as **“soldier”** / **recent convert to Islam** ([Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/business/islamic-state-claims-las-vegas-shooting-says-attacker-recent-convert-to-islam-idUSC6N1J800Z/)); FBI denied operational link. **Author:** Amaq claim **is** the Muslim-blame false-flag narrative — FBI denial irrelevant to branding; clusters with France hotspot preemption. Full: [related false flags §5](related-false-flags-911-oct7-france-vegas-children-of-men-investigation.md#5-las-vegas-2017). ### October 7, 2023 — related false flag (author) Hamas-led attack; Gaza war → Iran 2026 board. **Author:** related to **9/11 board family**; ISIS-flag planting open in [good-actor](good-actor-theory-interagency-antibody-investigation.md). **CO specimen:** Gage/Corbett “wildest Oct 7 theories = U.S./Israeli govts” as **Bibi perp-walk**. Full: [related false flags](related-false-flags-911-oct7-france-vegas-children-of-men-investigation.md); [Gage §12.5](richard-gage-ae911truth-controlled-demolition-investigation.md#125-october-7--bibi-perp-walk-specimen-gage--corbett). ### Syria Chemical Weapons (2013 Ghouta; 2018 Douma) Rebel-held areas; chlorine/sarin alleged. Russia and Syria claim staging/false flag. OPCW 2023 report blamed Syrian Tiger Forces for Douma. Counter-narrative: OPCW leaker "Alex"; Ian Henderson engineering report (cylinders placed, not dropped). Contested. **Sources:** Bellingcat; CounterPunch; OPCW reports. ### Russia–Ukraine (2022–2026) Institute for the Study of War and Western sources allege Russian false-flag plans (e.g. nuclear staging in Ukraine) to justify escalation. Kremlin denies. Unconfirmed. **Sources:** ISW; news reports. ### Iran 2026 (Minab School Strike) See [Iran 2026 Propaganda Thesis](iran-2026-propaganda-thesis.md). **Project theory:** Iran may be hitting its own schools and staging "training missions" as propaganda during war. Mainstream narrative: U.S./Israel strike; both deny. ### Israel 2026 (Netanyahu — controlled visibility / faked-death motive) See [Netanyahu Faked Death / Shiva Rumors Investigation](netanyahu-faked-death-shiva-rumors-investigation.md) and reader essay [The Death Rumor That Protected Him](/events/false_flag/the-death-rumor-that-protected-him.md). March 2026 rumor window + Apr 24 health reset; author **soft prediction** (no uncontrolled confirmable appearance; **2026 Congress speech** as main falsifier) **held** through Aug 2026 audit (Blair House aligned set; Graham funeral as non-public cover). Hard literal death remains open. Rumor chain and fact-checks are **context**, not closed proof. ### Israel — Ariel Sharon (Gaza 2005, coma, mediated “body politic”) See [Ariel Sharon — Gaza, Coma, Controlled-Opposition Threads](ariel-sharon-gaza-coma-controlled-opposition-investigation.md). **Documented:** disengagement timeline, Philadelphi/legal-debate summary, stroke-to-death arc, **Noam Braslavsky** 2010 Kishon Gallery installation. **Speculative:** British/deep-state **pattern** fit, **rhyme** with [CIA Iran pipeline thesis](/governance/war/investigations/cia-investigation.md) (withdrawal → militant-filled space). Not scored as proof of recruitment or substitution. ### JFK / RFK — Staged assassination hoax (1963, 1968) **Project thesis:** paired Kennedy “assassinations” as **public death theater** under **family compliance** pressure (Pavlick anchor → car-party fork). RFK forensic wedge: Hartwell **slug vs .22**. **Pre-1963 precedents** (Business Plot, health concealments, Pavlick) in investigation **§1.1**; **Nixon inverse exit** (Watergate containment) in **§1.2**; **legal gaps / autopen bills** in **§1.3**. **Death-package epistemics (announced dead, photo layer, amplifier punishment, Tier I–III):** **§1.4**. **Predictive programming (robot decoy + blood forensics + generational mock):** investigation **§2.3** — Tier A: *Girl Hair* (Phantom Cruiser ↔ motorcade; Tooth Fairy ↔ Baby Tooth Survey; **Bizarro Santa**; *“You gonna believe that fairy tale?”* = conspiracy-ridicule laugh track), *F/X*, *TDKR*, Rebecca Black *Friday*. **Warren / magic bullet containment:** **§2.4** — Epstein, Lane, Salandria, CIA 1035-960. **FBI/SS investigate → attempt → non-action:** **§2.5** — Pavlick, Oswald, Moore informant, Hinckley, Trump Crooks/Routh. **Target-list intimidation:** **§2.6** — Hodgkinson 2017, Boelter 2025, COINTELPRO, Italy Years of Lead. **Author synthesis (rogue lanes, Pavlick-only parseable motive, cartel ground cabal):** **§2.7**. **Thane Cesar cleared (Hartwell Jul 2026):** **§3.0**. **Contradictions as method / disclosure envelope (author):** **§3.3**. **Chappaquiddick / Ted credibility wedge (Jul 1969):** **§3.1**. **Connected deaths / silencing (Monroe, Kilgallen, Meyer):** **§3.2**. **Sources:** [JFK Was Never Assassinated](../../jfk/jfk-was-never-assassinated.md) (reader essay); [JFK & RFK staged assassination investigation](../../jfk/investigations/jfk-rfk-staged-assassination-hoax-investigation.md); [§2.3 PP catalog](../../jfk/investigations/jfk-rfk-staged-assassination-hoax-investigation.md#23-predictive-programming-media-catalog-robot-decoy--blood-forensics); Hartwell *Who Shot RFK* (2025). ### Nixon / Watergate — Executive containment exit (1972–1974) **Project thesis (author):** inverse of Kennedy compliance — **managed scandal theater** to **remove** a president **off-script** from the war board; **Dean** flip, **tapes**, **impeachment math**, **resignation**. Pairs with **Ellsberg antibody** (1971). Not mainstream hoax adjudication. **Sources:** [JFK investigation §1.2](../../jfk/investigations/jfk-rfk-staged-assassination-hoax-investigation.md#12-post-kennedy-inverse-exit--nixon--watergate); [good-actor antibody](../../false_flag/investigations/good-actor-theory-interagency-antibody-investigation.md). --- ## Cross-Reference - [JFK Was Never Assassinated](../../jfk/jfk-was-never-assassinated.md) - [JFK & RFK Staged Assassination Investigation](../../jfk/investigations/jfk-rfk-staged-assassination-hoax-investigation.md) - [False Flags](../a.md) - [9/11 Investigation](09-11-investigation.md) - [Iran 2026 Propaganda Thesis](iran-2026-propaganda-thesis.md) - [Netanyahu Faked Death / Controlled Visibility](netanyahu-faked-death-shiva-rumors-investigation.md) - [The Death Rumor That Protected Him](/events/false_flag/the-death-rumor-that-protected-him.md) - [Ariel Sharon — Gaza, Coma, Controlled-Opposition Threads](ariel-sharon-gaza-coma-controlled-opposition-investigation.md) - [Related false flags after 9/11 — Oct 7 / France / Vegas / *Children of Men*](related-false-flags-911-oct7-france-vegas-children-of-men-investigation.md) - [Appendix: False Flags Evidence Dossier](/timeline/evt-false-flags-appendix) - [Pearl Harbor — Hijacked Imperial Japan](/governance/war/investigations/pearl-harbor-hijacked-imperial-japan-investigation.md) --- Keywords: #20th #21st #Catalog #False #Flags #Th #St