Category File
Disaster Theories
7 documented theories filed under this subject.
- The HAARP Haiti Earthquake (2010)A disaster conspiracy theory claiming that the January 2010 Haiti earthquake was triggered by HAARP or related U.S. tectonic warfare technology in order to test disaster-response control, humanitarian intervention models, or “disaster capitalism.” The theory blends earthquake trauma, suspicions around U.S. power, and long-running beliefs that HAARP can affect the Earth far beyond the ionosphere.
- The Deepwater Horizon (2010) False FlagA conspiracy theory claiming that the Deepwater Horizon disaster was not an industrial blowout caused by failures on the Macondo well, but a deliberate act of sabotage or attack. Variants alleged a North Korean torpedo, covert explosives, or a staged environmental disaster designed to accelerate anti-oil policy and the broader “Green Agenda.”
- The Paul Walker (2013) MurderA conspiracy theory alleging that actor Paul Walker was deliberately killed because he had learned about corruption linked to drones, private contracting, or aid diversion during Philippine disaster relief work connected to his charity, Reach Out Worldwide. The theory fused Walker’s charity activity around Typhoon Haiyan with speculation that his fatal crash was arranged rather than accidental.
- The Teacher in Space SabotageA conspiracy theory alleging that the Space Shuttle Challenger was intentionally sabotaged in order to kill Christa McAuliffe, the first selected Teacher in Space, and use the highly public disaster to overwhelm media attention surrounding a separate government scandal. In many retellings, McAuliffe’s civilian status is treated as the key reason the mission was chosen as a sacrificial public spectacle.
- The Japanese and the California EarthquakeThis wartime theory claimed that Japan was not limited to shelling and coastal harassment but had discovered a way to trigger California earthquakes through undersea explosives aimed at the San Andreas system. It framed seismic catastrophe as a covert military option and treated natural disaster as disguised attack.
- The FEMA CoffinsA disaster-preparedness theory claiming that FEMA began quietly stockpiling black plastic “mass coffins” in 1994 for use during a future emergency crackdown, pandemic, or martial-law event. The theory later attached itself to photographs of large stacks of plastic burial vaults in Georgia and merged with wider fears about FEMA camps, mass graves, and domestic contingency planning.
- The "Krakatoa" WeaponThis theory claimed that the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was not entirely natural, but was triggered by a secret undersea industrial experiment, often described in later retellings as mining, blasting, or other large-scale interference beneath the Sunda Strait. The idea attaches itself to the fact that Krakatoa became one of the first truly global telegraphic catastrophes, generating worldwide reports, sensational speculation, and technological awe. In conspiracy form, the eruption becomes an early man-made geophysical disaster.