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Chronology

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Spring 1823 — The First Reported Anomaly

Palmyra, NY. A farm boy, age seventeen, describes an object he calls 'the golden plates.' Witnesses say the object glowed.

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1830 — The Book of Commandments Goes to Press

Independence, Missouri. The first 5,000 copies are printed in a single night at a press no one has ever been able to identify.

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1838–1839 — The Missouri Period

Far West, Missouri. Three separate incidents in seven months are reported in local newspapers, then retracted within days.

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June 27, 1844 — Carthage

Carthage, Illinois. Joseph and Hyrum Smith are killed at Carthage Jail. The official cause of death is contradicted by seventeen separate witness accounts.

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1847 — The Pioneer Wagon Train

Winter 1846–1847. The Mormon Battalion and the pioneer wagon train cross Iowa and Nebraska. Three wagons, sealed and unmarked, travel at the centre of the column.

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1857 — The Mountain Meadows Massacre

Southern Utah. A wagon train of 140 is attacked; 120 are killed. The pattern of injuries does not match a musket-armed militia.

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1886 — The Saltair Pavilion Fire

Salt Lake City. A popular lakeside resort burns to the waterline in 47 minutes. The cause is listed as 'unknown.'

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1986 — The Suppressed Thesis

Provo, Utah. A master's student completes the most consequential chemistry thesis of the 20th century. It is accepted under a different title and sealed.

2026-07-16

July 16, 1945 — Trinity (the coincidence problem)

The first successful nuclear test occurs in New Mexico. Three independent Utah oral histories, recorded decades later, describe a 'second light' seen that morning over the Great Salt Lake.

2026-07-16

2019 — The three graduate students

Three Midwestern graduate students who requested sealed Carthage materials stop appearing in departmental records. No missing-persons reports were ever filed.

2026-07-16

2026 — The Nauvoo cornerstone recovery

A construction crew under the Nauvoo Temple complex recovers a pallet of ledgers. Within seventy-two hours the pallet is sealed, photographed, and reclassified.