Photo credits
Last updated October 25, 2026
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We resized and cropped these images to fit the page. Images marked BY-SA remain under their original license in their edited form.
Ancient Aliens
| Image | Creator | License | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hummingbird geoglyph, Nazca, aerial | Diego Delso | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
| The "Astronaut" geoglyph, Nazca, aerial | Diego Delso | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
| The Monkey geoglyph, Nazca, aerial | Diego Delso | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
| Drawing of Pakal's sarcophagus lid | Madman2001, updated by eurythmia1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
| H-shaped blocks, Puma Punku | Janikorpi | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
| The Great Pyramid of Giza | Warren LeMay | CC0 | Wikimedia Commons |
| Erich von Däniken speaking, about 1974 | Stephen Jackson | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| Giorgio Tsoukalos at Alien Con, 2016 | goatling | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
Dyatlov Pass
| Image | Creator | License | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| The tent as searchers found it, February 26, 1959 | Soviet investigators | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| Decision to close the criminal case, May 1959, page 1 | Sverdlovsk Region prosecutor's office | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| The group's memorial, Mikhailovskoe cemetery, Yekaterinburg | Dmitry Nikishin | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
MKUltra
| Image | Creator | License | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A page from the declassified MKUltra files | Central Intelligence Agency | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| CIA Director Richard Helms at the White House | Yoichi Okamoto | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| The Allan Memorial Institute, Montreal | Thomas1313 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
The Illuminati
| Image | Creator | License | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Illuminati's Minerval emblem | Unknown | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| Title page of Proofs of a Conspiracy, 1797 | John Robison | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| Reverse of the Great Seal of the United States | U.S. government | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
D.B. Cooper
| Image | Creator | License | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| FBI composite sketch A, 1971 | Federal Bureau of Investigation | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| Snow along the Washougal River | Drown Soda | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
Flat Earth
| Image | Creator | License | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Flammarion engraving, 1888 | Unknown artist | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| The Old Bedford River at Welney | J.Hannan-Briggs | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
| The Blue Marble, 1972 and 2022 | NASA | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| Gleason's New Standard Map of the World, 1892 | Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library | Public domain | Wikimedia Commons |
| Union Glacier camp, Antarctica | Christopher Michel | CC BY 2.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
| Union Glacier, Antarctica | Christopher Michel | CC BY 2.0 | Wikimedia Commons |
Character portraits
The portraits of Rex Marlowe and June Okafor were made for Rumor & Record and belong to the site. They aren't licensed for reuse.
Maps and diagrams
Maps, timelines and charts in the files, such as the Dyatlov Pass footprint map and the D.B. Cooper flight map, were drawn for this site from the sources listed in each file.
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