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Missing Cases

失踪谜案

Disappearances and missing-object cases with timelines, search records, and unresolved questions.

This page collects published case files and developing reports in this category so readers can move from broad patterns into the source-backed cases behind them.

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Clustering

Items with matching names, dates, places, and references become one candidate.

Publishing

Only source-backed clusters clear review and become public case files.

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Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370

A Boeing 777 disappeared on 8 March 2014 after deviating from its route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

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Ranked by signal, sources, evidence, and freshness

Australian Transport Safety Bureau
#1Missing CasesLatest report Jul 30, 2018

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370

94

A Boeing 777 disappeared on 8 March 2014 after deviating from its route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

11 sources11 evidence items
National Park Service
#2Missing CasesOccurred Aug 18, 1590

Roanoke Colony

83

The Roanoke Colony case concerns the disappearance of English colonists from Roanoke Island and the enduring uncertainty around their fate.

3 sources3 evidence items
Wikipedia
#3Missing CasesOccurred Jul 2, 1937

Amelia Earhart Disappearance

83

Amelia Earhart disappeared during her 1937 world flight attempt, leaving a heavily documented but still debated aviation mystery.

3 sources3 evidence items
Smithsonian Magazine
#4Missing CasesOccurred Dec 4, 1872

Mary Celeste

83

Mary Celeste was found adrift and abandoned in 1872, creating one of the most durable maritime mystery cases.

3 sources3 evidence items
Wikipedia
#5Missing CasesOccurred Dec 1, 1948

Somerton Man

83

The Somerton Man case centers on an unidentified body found on an Australian beach, the Tamam Shud clue, and later identification work.

3 sources3 evidence items
Missing Cases
#6Missing CasesOccurred Dec 5, 1945

Flight 19

83

Flight 19 was a group of U.S. Navy aircraft that disappeared during a 1945 training flight, later becoming central to Bermuda Triangle lore.

3 sources3 evidence items
Archive
#7Missing CasesDate unknown

SS Alkimos

71

SS Alkimos is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 sources4 evidence items
Wikipedia
#8Missing CasesDate unknown

Carroll A. Deering

70

Carroll A. Deering is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 sources4 evidence items
Archive
#9Missing CasesDate unknown

Gervasio

70

Gervasio is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 sources4 evidence items
Yale
#10Missing CasesDate unknown

Rita Gorgonowa

70

Rita Gorgonowa is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 sources4 evidence items
Archive
#11Missing CasesDate unknown

SS Baychimo

69

SS Baychimo is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 sources4 evidence items
Archive
#12Missing CasesDate unknown

Zviad Gamsakhurdia

68

Zviad Gamsakhurdia is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 sources4 evidence items
Wikipedia
#13Missing CasesDate unknown

Ghost ship

68

Ghost ship is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

3 sources3 evidence items
Archive
#14Missing CasesDate unknown

Death of Cleopatra

66

Death of Cleopatra is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 sources4 evidence items
Bbc
#15Missing CasesDate unknown

Arctic Metagaz

65

Arctic Metagaz is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 sources4 evidence items
Washingtonpost
#16Missing CasesDate unknown

John Garang

65

John Garang is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 sources4 evidence items
Missing Cases
#17Missing CasesOccurred Jan 1, 1808

Duc de Dantzig (1808 ship)

64

Duc de Dantzig (1808 ship) is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

3 sources3 evidence items
Nih
#18Missing CasesDate unknown

Egtved Girl

63

Egtved Girl is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 sources4 evidence items
Tandfonline
#19Missing CasesDate unknown

Gaius Gracchus

63

Gaius Gracchus is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 sources4 evidence items
Bbc
#20Missing CasesDate unknown

MV Alta

63

MV Alta is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

3 sources3 evidence items
Wikipedia
#21Missing CasesDate unknown

Rudolf Diesel

62

Rudolf Diesel is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

3 sources3 evidence items
Wikipedia
#22Missing CasesDate unknown

DB Cooper

56

DB Cooper is being reviewed for source density, chronology, media provenance, and competing explanations before full publication.

6 sources6 evidence items
Wikipedia
#23Missing CasesDate unknown

Dyatlov Pass Incident

54

Dyatlov Pass Incident is being reviewed for source density, chronology, media provenance, and competing explanations before full publication.

5 sources5 evidence items
Wikipedia
#24Missing CasesDate unknown

Flannan Isles Lighthouse

53

Flannan Isles Lighthouse is being reviewed for source density, chronology, media provenance, and competing explanations before full publication.

4 sources4 evidence items