About The Cold File

The Cold File is an evidence-first publication about documented, unsolved mysteries. Real events, with a real evidentiary record, that remain genuinely unexplained. Our flagship subject is UFO/UAP, but we cover the whole space of the documented unknown: disappearances, unexplained deaths, aviation and maritime mysteries, and cold cases.

The internet is full of low-effort paranormal content. We are trying to be the opposite of that. Every claim here is sourced, every piece of speculation is labeled as speculation, and we are honest about what is not known. The mystery is the point, so we do not pretend to have solved it.

How we build a case

Every article keeps three things separate and never lets one bleed into the next.

1. The documented account. What is actually in the record, sourced.
2. The evidence. What the physical, testimonial, instrumental, and official record shows.
3. Hypotheses and open questions. Competing theories and speculation, always labeled as such, never asserted as fact.

If something cannot be sourced into the first two layers, it lives in the third, and we say so plainly.

The sourcing standard

Every factual claim traces to a verifiable, reputable source: contemporaneous reporting, official and government records, court and inquest files, archives, peer-reviewed work, or reputable books. No claim rests on a single forum post, a lone anonymous video, or AI output. Where the sources disagree, we show you the conflict instead of choosing the most exciting version. Every article ends with a linked source list, so you can check our work.

The line we will not cross

We favor cases that are firmly in the public historical record, and we treat the people in them with care. We do not accuse the living of crimes. We do not publish private details about victims or families. We center the mystery, not the gore. When a case cannot be told without harming someone, we choose a different one. There is no shortage.

A note on where we are

The Cold File is young and still small. We would rather publish a few cases properly than many cases carelessly, so the archive will grow slowly and deliberately. That pace is the standard, not a limitation.

We will not tell you what we cannot support, and we will not tell you a question is settled when it is not. What we will do is lay out the record, show you the evidence, mark the speculation as speculation, and leave the open question open. The file stays open until the facts close it.