#  @thebookofages The Book of Ages The Book of Ages posts on YouTube about history, war, military, moments the most. They currently have [---] followers and [--] posts still getting attention that total [---------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [---------] [#](/creator/youtube::UCSzkfwqFPNQrpIuFHR2W8fQ/interactions)  - [--] Week [---------] +21,291% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/youtube::UCSzkfwqFPNQrpIuFHR2W8fQ/posts_active)  ### Followers: [---] [#](/creator/youtube::UCSzkfwqFPNQrpIuFHR2W8fQ/followers)  ### CreatorRank: [------] [#](/creator/youtube::UCSzkfwqFPNQrpIuFHR2W8fQ/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [finance](/list/finance) [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) [formula 1](/list/formula-1) **Social topic influence** [history](/topic/history) #255, [war](/topic/war) #142, [military](/topic/military) #49, [moments](/topic/moments), [air](/topic/air), [events](/topic/events), [$7846t](/topic/$7846t), [flight](/topic/flight), [engineering](/topic/engineering), [disaster](/topic/disaster) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "THE SOLDIER WHO SAVED ADOLF HITLER Marcoing France [----] British Army Private Henry Tandey. Victoria Cross recipient Henry Tandey spares the life of a wounded German corporal during the Battle of Canal du Nord. Historic encounter later identified by Adolf Hitler as the moment his life was saved by a British soldier during World War I. Search terms and topics covered: Henry Tandey Hitler story British soldier who spared Hitler [----] Battle of Marcoing WWI historical coincidences Henry Tandey Victoria Cross private who saved Hitler Adolf Hitler WWI injury British Army 5th Duke of Wellington's" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5kQ3Y26o0is) 2026-02-12T17:55Z [---] followers, 32.7K engagements "DISASTER AT FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE Fairchild Air Force Base June [--] [----] B-52 Stratofortress Bud Holland. Colonel Bud Holland exceeded the structural and aerodynamic limits of a B-52 bomber during an unauthorized low-altitude maneuver resulting in a fatal stall and crash. This catastrophic event became a primary case study in organizational psychology and aviation safety leading to radical changes in Air Force leadership culture and the regulation of rogue pilot behavior. Search terms and topics covered: [----] Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash Bud Holland Effect aviation safety B-52 bomber" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lBZMWTqyY4o) 2026-02-11T18:21Z [---] followers, 628.6K engagements "HOW ONE WELDER TOOK ON THE SYSTEM After local officials blocked access to his shop muffler welder Marvin Heemeyer spent months building an airtight fortress out of a bulldozer to exact revenge on the town government that ignored him. His armored beast stood up to SWAT teams and grenades showing the world that even a quiet man has a breaking point that can reshape a town forever. Marvin Heemeyer Killdozer Granby Colorado [----] incident Killdozer story Reasonable man Cold moments in history American legends Government vs small business Property rights One man against the system Historical events" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mDXPB1FJ9Z8) 2026-02-07T18:52Z [---] followers, 46.3K engagements "THE [--] DAY NIGHTMARE IN THE ANDES Andes Mountains 3600m Altitude Uruguayan Air Force Flight [---] [----] Crash Uruguayan Air Force Flight [---] crashed into the Andes Mountains carrying a rugby team and their families in October [----]. Survivors endured [--] days in sub-zero temperatures resorting to anthropophagy for caloric intake before Nando Parrado and Roberto Canessa trekked across the mountain range to secure rescue. Search terms and topics covered: [--]. Andes flight disaster true story [--]. Flight [---] survivors cannibalism [--]. Nando Parrado Andes trek [--]. [----] rugby team plane crash [--]. survival" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9iwp6X5oqP4) 2026-02-15T17:54Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "THREE MEN WHO SAVED ALL EUROPE Chernobyl NPP Ukraine [----] Nuclear Liquidation The Suicide Divers Mechanical engineers Alexei Ananenko and Valeri Bezpalov alongside shift supervisor Boris Baranov executed a high-stakes mission into the flooded basement of the damaged Number [--] reactor. The three-man team manually drained five million gallons of coolant to prevent a secondary steam explosion from the melting corium fuel mass. Search terms and topics covered: [--]. Chernobyl divers true story [--]. [----] nuclear disaster liquidation [--]. Alexei Ananenko Valeri Bezpalov Boris Baranov [--]. Chernobyl bubble" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=N-o-IU9i2Vs) 2026-02-15T17:37Z [---] followers, 15.2K engagements "THE SOLDIER WHO REFUSED TO SURRENDER Lubang Island Philippines 1944-1974 Imperial Japanese Army Hiroo Onoda Surrender Imperial Japanese Army Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda maintained a 29-year guerrilla campaign across the Lubang Island jungle following his [----] deployment. The World War II holdout surrendered his military katana in [----] only after Major Yoshimi Taniguchi officially rescinded the original standing orders in the Philippines. Search terms and topics covered: [--]. Hiroo Onoda survival story [--]. Japanese holdouts WW2 [--]. Lubang Island jungle warfare [--]. Hiroo Onoda surrender ceremony [----] 5." [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=e-O1bSZnIFE) 2026-02-15T17:19Z [---] followers, 22.8K engagements "SIX HOURS OF VIETNAM JUNGLE HELL Loc Ninh Vietnam [----] US Army Special Forces Roy Benavidez Medal of Honor Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez survived [--] bullet shrapnel and bayonet wounds while executing an extraction for an 8-man Special Forces team surrounded by a 1000-man NVA battalion. The Green Beret medic rescued the stranded reconnaissance unit in a 6-hour jungle engagement involving hand-to-hand combat and heavy helicopter extraction under fire. Search terms and topics covered: [--]. Roy Benavidez Medal of Honor story [--]. Vietnam War Green Beret rescue [--]. Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=KSEjmEGRVos) 2026-02-15T17:03Z [---] followers, 23.6K engagements "THE MAN WHO FLEW WITHOUT LEGS Eastern Front [----] Soviet Union Air Combat. Pilot Alexey Maresyev survived [--] days behind enemy lines after a [----] crash crawling through frozen wilderness with shattered limbs. Despite a double leg amputation Maresyev mastered prosthetic flight controls to complete [--] combat missions and down [--] enemy aircraft. Search terms and topics covered: Alexey Maresyev story pilot WWII survival story frozen forest fighter pilot double amputee Soviet Union hero history Eastern Front air combat [----] pilot shot down behind enemy lines surviving on pine needles and bark La-5" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MRPyKB7Z4AU) 2026-02-14T17:55Z [---] followers, 24.3K engagements "THE SPY REJECTED BY BRITISH INTELLIGENCE London Berlin Normandy [----]. Double agent Juan Pujol Garcia codenamed Agent Garbo orchestrated Operation Fortitude to deceive the German High Command regarding the D-Day invasion site. Garcia fabricated an entire network of [--] imaginary sub-agents to deliver high-level misinformation that forced Hitler to retain the 15th Army at Pas-de-Calais during the Allied landings. Search terms and topics covered: Agent Garbo Juan Pujol Garcia story Operation Fortitude deception tactics D-Day intelligence failure Germany WWII double agent espionage MI6 rejection" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=C4hjLvVISgw) 2026-02-14T17:37Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "7 FEET FROM TOTAL DISASTER San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge [----] 50th Anniversary. The Golden Gate Bridge 50th Anniversary pedestrian walk exceeded structural design limits by 200% when [------] people crowded the span simultaneously. This massive weight caused a critical 7ft (2m) vertical sag nearly triggering a catastrophic failure similar to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Search terms and topics covered: Golden Gate Bridge 50th Anniversary pedestrian walk [----] Golden Gate Bridge sag suspension bridge load limits bridge structural engineering failure San Francisco history [----] crowd density" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=janPVjhzQp0) 2026-02-14T17:18Z [---] followers, 32.8K engagements "THE END OF THE PIRATE ERA Gulf of Aden [----] Somali Piracy Maritime Security. Somali pirate hijacking frequency dropped from [---] incidents annually to zero for vessels employing Private Maritime Security Companies (PMSC). Elite 10-man tactical teams featuring former Navy SEALs and British SBS operators transformed cargo ship decks into fortified defense zones using long-range precision fire and acoustic deterrents. Search terms and topics covered: Gulf of Aden maritime security [----] Somali pirate hijacking tactics private maritime security companies Navy SEALs vs pirates British SBS maritime" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-WjWBN9eYsk) 2026-02-14T17:00Z [---] followers, 273.5K engagements "THE NAZI WHO SAVED THE PIANIST Warsaw Poland [----] Wehrmacht Holocaust. Wladyslaw Szpilman a renowned Jewish pianist survived the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto by hiding in city ruins until discovered by Captain Wilm Hosenfeld. The German officer provided Szpilman with food supplies and a winter coat later receiving posthumous recognition as Righteous Among Nations for his clandestine efforts to protect victims of the regime. Search terms and topics covered: [--]. Wladyslaw Szpilman The Pianist true story [--]. Captain Wilm Hosenfeld Wehrmacht officer biography [--]. [----] Warsaw Uprising survival" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=wjOeT0O0wgY) 2026-02-13T18:05Z [---] followers, 23.5K engagements "THE PILOT WHO CHOSE HONOR OVER WAR Germany [----] B-17 Flying Fortress Messerschmitt Bf [---] Luftwaffe. The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident occurred when a heavily damaged American B-17 bomber "Ye Olde Pub" was intercepted by German ace Franz Stigler. Recognizing the crew's defenseless state Stigler refused to secure his 28th victory for the Knight's Cross and instead escorted the bomber to the North Sea ensuring its safe passage to England. Search terms and topics covered: [--]. Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident [----] [--]. Ye Olde Pub B-17 survival story [--]. Franz Stigler Knight's" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=y3MGw-YriGI) 2026-02-13T17:46Z [---] followers, 188.4K engagements "THE NAZI WHO SAVED THOUSANDS Nanjing China [----] Siemens AG Nanking Massacre. John Rabe a German Siemens representative and Nazi Party member established the Nanking Safety Zone to protect [------] Chinese civilians from the Imperial Japanese Army. Using his swastika armband and diplomatic status he negotiated neutral ground during the [----] atrocities creating one of World War 2's most complex humanitarian efforts. Search terms and topics covered: [--]. John Rabe Nanking Safety Zone documentary [--]. [----] Rape of Nanjing historical facts [--]. Nazi who saved Chinese civilians [--]. Imperial Japanese Army" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Nxy9e078jIo) 2026-02-13T17:29Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "THE MAN WHO SURVIVED TWO NUKES Hiroshima Nagasaki Japan [----] Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived the Little Boy atomic blast in Hiroshima before boarding a train to Nagasaki where he witnessed the Fat Man detonation three days later. Despite severe radiation burns and temporary blindness he lived to age [--] becoming the only officially recognized nij hibakusha by the Japanese government. Search terms and topics covered: [--]. Tsutomu Yamaguchi double survivor documentary [--]. [----] Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings [--]. Little Boy and Fat Man nuclear blast distance [--]. How" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=L0dsbSmXV0M) 2026-02-13T17:11Z [---] followers, 24.3K engagements "THE SECRET HERO NAMED ALBERT GOERING Germany 1933-1945 Third Reich Goering Resistance. Albert Goering leveraged his kinship with Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering to secure exit visas and falsified documents for concentration camp inmates. While his brother directed the Luftwaffe Albert operated a clandestine resistance network across Europe to sabotage Nazi operations and protect Jewish refugees. Search terms and topics covered: Albert Goering resistance story Hermann Goering brother Jewish rescue Schindler of the Third Reich Goering family history WWII Albert Goering Oskar Schindler" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mqeN0J_5nFU) 2026-02-12T18:14Z [---] followers, 28.9K engagements "THE SOLDIER WHO SAVED ADOLF HITLER Marcoing France [----] British Army Private Henry Tandey. Victoria Cross recipient Henry Tandey spares the life of a wounded German corporal during the Battle of Canal du Nord. Historic encounter later identified by Adolf Hitler as the moment his life was saved by a British soldier during World War I. Search terms and topics covered: Henry Tandey Hitler story British soldier who spared Hitler [----] Battle of Marcoing WWI historical coincidences Henry Tandey Victoria Cross private who saved Hitler Adolf Hitler WWI injury British Army 5th Duke of Wellington's" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5kQ3Y26o0is) 2026-02-12T17:55Z [---] followers, 32.7K engagements "THE COLD END OF VIETNAM WAR Saigon Vietnam [----] USS Midway Operation Frequent Wind. U.S. Navy sailors discard UH-1 Huey helicopters into the South China Sea to accommodate desperate South Vietnamese refugees. Massive logistical evacuation marks the definitive conclusion of the Vietnam War and a pivotal shift in American foreign policy. Search terms and topics covered: Fall of Saigon [----] Operation Frequent Wind USS Midway helicopter dumping South Vietnamese refugees end of Vietnam War U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations UH-1 Huey disposal evacuation of Saigon April [--] [----] South China Sea" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=18IDYA1q5EQ) 2026-02-12T17:35Z [---] followers, 50.5K engagements "THE DAY THE SKY FELL DOWN Ramstein Air Base Germany [----] Aermacchi MB-339 PAN. Mid-air collision involving Frecce Tricolori display team results in seventy fatalities and hundreds of injuries. Catastrophic safety failure leads to immediate ban on low-altitude flight maneuvers over civilian populations. Search terms and topics covered: Ramstein air show disaster [----] Frecce Tricolori accident aviation safety regulations West Germany air show crash Flugtag '88 32nd Tactical Fighter Wing MB-339 crash air show security protocol aviation history tragedies Rammstein band name origin mid-air" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lq4MyMCUrtM) 2026-02-12T17:16Z [---] followers, 35.9K engagements "DISASTER AT FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE Fairchild Air Force Base June [--] [----] B-52 Stratofortress Bud Holland. Colonel Bud Holland exceeded the structural and aerodynamic limits of a B-52 bomber during an unauthorized low-altitude maneuver resulting in a fatal stall and crash. This catastrophic event became a primary case study in organizational psychology and aviation safety leading to radical changes in Air Force leadership culture and the regulation of rogue pilot behavior. Search terms and topics covered: [----] Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash Bud Holland Effect aviation safety B-52 bomber" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lBZMWTqyY4o) 2026-02-11T18:21Z [---] followers, 628.6K engagements "THE DAY SOVIET SHIPS STRUCK BACK Black Sea February [--] [----] USS Yorktown Bezzavetnyy Frigate. A diplomatic and naval standoff escalates into a kinetic incident when the Soviet Burevestnik-class frigate Bezzavetnyy intentionally rammed the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Yorktown. This shoulder-to-shoulder collision during the "Right of Innocent Passage" operation resulted in structural damage to the American vessel's hull and missile launchers ultimately forcing the [----] Jackson Hole Agreement. Search terms and topics covered: [----] Black Sea bumping incident Soviet Navy ramming US ship USS" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=B2quo8RcN1Y) 2026-02-11T18:03Z [---] followers, 398.4K engagements "THE DAY A DICTATOR LOST CONTROL Bucharest Romania December [--] [----] Nicolae Ceausescu Final Speech. Dictator Nicolae Ceausescu faces a collapsing regime during a final public address at the Central Committee building in Revolution Square. Spontaneous civilian protests interrupted the state-controlled rally triggering a military uprising and the summary execution of the ruling family on Christmas Day terminating [--] years of communist rule. Search terms and topics covered: [----] Romanian Revolution timeline Nicolae Ceausescu last speech reaction fall of communism in Eastern Europe Bucharest" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_7P2N1x7UDA) 2026-02-11T17:38Z [---] followers, 115K engagements "THE DAY ARKANSAS ALMOST DISAPPEARED FOREVER Damascus Arkansas September [--] [----] Titan II ICBM Launch Complex 374-7. A dropped socket wrench punctured the first-stage fuel tank of a Titan II nuclear missile triggering a massive hypergolic fuel leak and subsequent explosion. The blast ejected a nine-megaton W53 thermonuclear warhead into the surrounding woods narrowly avoiding a massive radioactive disaster. Search terms and topics covered: Damascus Arkansas nuclear accident Titan II missile explosion [----] 9-megaton W53 warhead launch complex 374-7 incident cold war nuclear near misses" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tYxZ1TuVH8U) 2026-02-11T17:18Z [---] followers, 871K engagements "THE GREATEST HEIST IN SPY HISTORY Pacific Ocean [----] Project Azorian Soviet Submarine K-129. The CIA launched a clandestine six-year recovery operation utilizing the Hughes Glomar Explorer to extract the sunken Soviet Golf-II class ballistic missile submarine K-129 from a depth of [-----] feet. The mission successfully recovered portions of the vessel including nuclear torpedoes and sensitive cryptographic materials marking one of the most expensive and complex intelligence coups of the Cold War. This deep-sea salvage operation remains a landmark in maritime engineering and covert geopolitical" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-d64m7khpVw) 2026-02-10T18:06Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "THE DAY THE NUCLEAR CODES WERE TRASHED George Washington University Hospital [----] Presidential Nuclear Football Reagan Assassination Attempt. Following the [----] assassination attempt by John Hinckley Jr. President Ronald Reagan's nuclear authentication codes known as the "biscuit" were separated from the executive office. Trauma medical staff discarded the laminated card during emergency surgical preparation leading to a temporary breach in the nuclear command and control chain of command. The FBI subsequently recovered the classified materials from an emergency room medical bin as criminal" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=bLqTjoOCx2Q) 2026-02-10T17:45Z [---] followers, 53.7K engagements "THE MAN WHO STOPPED NUCLEAR WAR Sargasso Sea October [----] Soviet Submarine B-59 Cuban Missile Crisis. Soviet Foxtrot-class submarine B-59 faced US Navy depth charge saturation during the [----] naval blockade. Second Captain Vasily Arkhipov vetoed the launch of a T-5 nuclear torpedo after high-temperature oxygen depletion and battery failure led the command to believe World War III commenced. This refusal prevented global nuclear escalation eventually forcing the creation of the Moscow-Washington hotline. Search terms and topics covered: Vasily Arkhipov B-59 incident Cuban Missile Crisis" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g9Ktn7nsvik) 2026-02-10T17:27Z [---] followers, 46.4K engagements "THE LAWNCHAIR FLIGHT TO SIXTEEN THOUSAND FEET [----] Long Beach California Lawn Chair Larry FAA Airspace Violation. Larry Walters piloted a makeshift aircraft consisting of a Sears lawn chair and [--] helium-filled weather balloons to an altitude of [-----] feet. The flight intersected commercial approach paths at Long Beach Airport prompting pilot reports and subsequent federal aviation regulation changes regarding experimental flight classifications. This legendary aviation incident demonstrates the physics of lift and the regulatory consequences of unlicensed high-altitude ballooning. Search" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qv-ebwap7vw) 2026-02-10T17:05Z [---] followers, 114.5K engagements "WHY MERCEDES QUIT RACING FOR DECADES June [--] [----]. Pierre Leveghs Mercedes [---] SLR hits a ramp at [---] mph. The magnesium chassis disintegrates sending the hood and engine block through the grandstands like a 200-pound spinning blade. [--] fans perished in seconds but organizers kept the race going so traffic wouldn't block ambulances. Mercedes left the track for [--] years. Le Mans [----] [----] Le Mans disaster worst racing accident Pierre Levegh Mercedes [---] SLR racing tragedy cold moments in history historical facts motorsport history [--] hours of Le Mans Mercedes racing ban car crash history" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MxxUeWKcHd0) 2026-02-09T18:01Z [---] followers, 211.7K engagements "THE TRASH THAT SAVED APOLLO [--] After an explosion crippled Apollo [--] halfway to the Moon the crew retreated to the landing module. Carbon dioxide was rising and their spare air filters were square while the holes were round. To save Apollo [--] engineers on Earth invented a fix in hours using only trash found on the ship building a vital adapter from cardboard and duct tape. Apollo [--] NASA space survival engineering miracle moon mission history cold moments in history space exploration [----] successful failure mission control survival stories space history engineering hack square peg round hole" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YIpvD-oAXbo) 2026-02-09T17:30Z [---] followers, 55.1K engagements "THE SECRET MISSION TO IRAN Desperate to save hostages in Tehran the military built the YMC-130H. They strapped [--] ASROC and Shrike rockets to a cargo plane so it could land and take off within the walls of a small stadium. The project died when a pilot fired the braking rockets too early causing the wings to snap and the plane to explode Operation Credible Sport C-130 Hercules military history aviation crash [----] Iran hostage crisis secret military project historical footage cold moments in history JSOC origins rocket powered plane aviation disaster failed rescue mission US Special Operations" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v5-x3wCcBXs) 2026-02-09T17:11Z [---] followers, [----] engagements "WHY SPACE NUKES ARE NOW ILLEGAL In July [----] the US detonated a 1.4-megaton nuclear warhead [---] miles above the Pacific. This blast was [---] times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb and instantly turned the midnight sky into noon. The explosion was so massive it created an artificial radiation belt that destroyed one-third of all satellites in orbit and crippled the US grid. Starfish Prime nuclear test [----] space explosion Cold War history Starfish Prime Hawaii EMP effects nuclear bomb in space Operation Fishbowl Starfish Prime footage Cold War experiments US military history [---] megaton" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uYVzCVcs8y8) 2026-02-09T16:53Z [---] followers, 55.3K engagements "134 LIVES THE FORRESTAL TRAGEDY In [----] a stray electrical surge on the USS Forrestal launched a Zuni rocket into a parked Skyhawk triggering a chain reaction of exploding bombs that claimed the lives of [---] American sailors. This tragedy forced the Navy to rewrite every safety manual in existence making every single sailor a trained firefighter from that day forward. USS Forrestal fire [----] aircraft carrier disaster US Navy history military accidents John McCain Navy Vietnam War history naval disaster footage flight deck fire Navy Damage Control Zuni rocket accident historical disasters US" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7MLIaU2Z0E0) 2026-02-08T18:02Z [---] followers, [---] engagements "THE JET THAT LANDED ITSELF Gary Foust bailed out of his F-106 at [-----] feet after it went into a death spin. Once he left the supersonic jet simply leveled out and performed a perfect landing on a snowy Montana farm. Local police arrived to find the empty plane without a scratch in a quiet field. It returned to service and flew for [--] years. F-106 Cornfield Bomber Gary Foust aviation history military mystery ghost plane self landing jet US Air Force cold moments in history historical facts aviation miracles pilot ejection fighter jet Montana [----] unexplained events military technology" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uwdjL5mm0sc) 2026-02-08T17:44Z [---] followers, 13K engagements "THE GHOST PLANE OF THE USSR On July [--] [----] Soviet pilot Nikolai Skuridin ejected over Poland after his engine failed. Miraculously the MiG-23 stabilized and then flew [---] miles through NATO airspace completely pilotless. American fighter pilots scrambled to intercept the intruder and were scared to see a ghost plane. The jet finally hit a farmhouse in Belgium. MiG-23 Cold War Soviet Union ghost plane aviation history mysterious events [----] incident pilotless flight NATO vs USSR air force fighter jet true story military history Nikolai Skuridin Belgium crash viral history aviation accidents" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-DaGGEvPV48) 2026-02-08T17:26Z [---] followers, 15.3K engagements "HOW THE COLD WAR SKYHOOK WORKED To extract agents from hostile terrain where no plane could land the CIA developed the Fulton Skyhook. A helium balloon lifted a five hundred foot nylon line which a passing aircraft snagged with steel forks. Beyond the physics of the snatch it allowed the US to steal Soviet secrets from an abandoned ice base giving the Navy an edge in Arctic submarine warfare. skyhook cia fulton surface to air recovery system operation coldfeet cold war military history aviation secret missions spy technology history facts aviation history special forces arctic raid 1960s" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mR8ifjLl47k) 2026-02-08T17:03Z [---] followers, 48.5K engagements "THE SECRET NUCLEAR TEST OF [----] September [--] [----] an American satellite detected a double flash near the Prince Edward Islands. That is the exact optical signature of a nuclear bomb yet not a single nation ever claimed it. It proved that nuclear treaties were just paper. This secret test forced the world to realize that proliferation was happening right under their noses. Vela Incident [----] mystery secret nuclear test Cold War secrets the double flash forbidden history nuclear cover up historical mysteries Vela [----] Israel South Africa nuclear mystery documentary military secrets atomic" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4Zo4BvN5r3w) 2026-02-07T19:25Z [---] followers, 48.4K engagements "THE MAN WHO BEAT SUPERSONIC In [----] Captain Brian Udell ejected from his F-15 at [---] mph. At that speed air acts like a solid object. It instantly shattered his ribs dislocated his joints and tore his helmet away. He fell into the ocean fought through the pain and used his teeth to secure his survival raft. He miraculously waited for help and survived. Brian Udell F-15 ejection supersonic survival aviation history US Air Force survival stories Mach [--] ejection military history cold moments in history pilot survival Brian Udell story ejection seat aviation accidents extreme human limits" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RMkOWK-ZZ0o) 2026-02-07T19:10Z [---] followers, 92.4K engagements "HOW ONE WELDER TOOK ON THE SYSTEM After local officials blocked access to his shop muffler welder Marvin Heemeyer spent months building an airtight fortress out of a bulldozer to exact revenge on the town government that ignored him. His armored beast stood up to SWAT teams and grenades showing the world that even a quiet man has a breaking point that can reshape a town forever. Marvin Heemeyer Killdozer Granby Colorado [----] incident Killdozer story Reasonable man Cold moments in history American legends Government vs small business Property rights One man against the system Historical events" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mDXPB1FJ9Z8) 2026-02-07T18:52Z [---] followers, 46.3K engagements "THE FLIGHT THAT ENDED THE COLD WAR In [----] a nineteen year old in a rented plane bypassed the world's most impenetrable air defense system to land right in Red Square. This single flight gave Gorbachev the excuse to fire two hundred generals. It wasn't just a pilot landing on a bridge; it was the day the Soviet military lost its political power and the Cold War finally started to end. Mathias Rust Red Square landing [----] Soviet Air Defense failure Cold War history Mikhail Gorbachev Soviet Union collapse history of USSR Mathias Rust landing Moscow Cold War documentary greatest military" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=euimRFHm_DY) 2026-02-07T18:33Z [---] followers, 155.7K engagements "THE DARK LEGACY OF DESERT ROCK In [----] the US Army sent thousands of men into the Nevada desert to witness a nuclear blast from a few miles away. The flash was so bright they could see their own skeleton through their closed eyelids. We used our own sons as sensors to see if infantry could survive a nuclear battlefield. Thousands became Atomic Veterans fighting a silent war. Desert Rock nuclear test atomic veterans Cold War history 1950s military nuclear blast footage US Army history Nevada Proving Grounds atomic bomb experiment cold moments in history historical facts shocking history" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VRKTg0MI1Vw) 2026-02-06T19:57Z [---] followers, 12.8K engagements "My Stunt green girls myspace.com/ELECTRICvideos add us on myspace Animation Animation" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Dwbq_ylMOFc) 2008-07-15T16:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements "In The Jungle This is about two girls who are in the jungle and they go through some pretty weird stuff add my video myspace at: myspace.com/ELECTRICvideos Short Film Short Film" [YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Lb_URywx1HU) 2008-07-09T23:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
@thebookofages The Book of Ages
The Book of Ages posts on YouTube about history, war, military, moments the most. They currently have [---] followers and [--] posts still getting attention that total [---------] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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"THE SOLDIER WHO SAVED ADOLF HITLER Marcoing France [----] British Army Private Henry Tandey. Victoria Cross recipient Henry Tandey spares the life of a wounded German corporal during the Battle of Canal du Nord. Historic encounter later identified by Adolf Hitler as the moment his life was saved by a British soldier during World War I. Search terms and topics covered: Henry Tandey Hitler story British soldier who spared Hitler [----] Battle of Marcoing WWI historical coincidences Henry Tandey Victoria Cross private who saved Hitler Adolf Hitler WWI injury British Army 5th Duke of Wellington's"
YouTube Link 2026-02-12T17:55Z [---] followers, 32.7K engagements
"DISASTER AT FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE Fairchild Air Force Base June [--] [----] B-52 Stratofortress Bud Holland. Colonel Bud Holland exceeded the structural and aerodynamic limits of a B-52 bomber during an unauthorized low-altitude maneuver resulting in a fatal stall and crash. This catastrophic event became a primary case study in organizational psychology and aviation safety leading to radical changes in Air Force leadership culture and the regulation of rogue pilot behavior. Search terms and topics covered: [----] Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash Bud Holland Effect aviation safety B-52 bomber"
YouTube Link 2026-02-11T18:21Z [---] followers, 628.6K engagements
"HOW ONE WELDER TOOK ON THE SYSTEM After local officials blocked access to his shop muffler welder Marvin Heemeyer spent months building an airtight fortress out of a bulldozer to exact revenge on the town government that ignored him. His armored beast stood up to SWAT teams and grenades showing the world that even a quiet man has a breaking point that can reshape a town forever. Marvin Heemeyer Killdozer Granby Colorado [----] incident Killdozer story Reasonable man Cold moments in history American legends Government vs small business Property rights One man against the system Historical events"
YouTube Link 2026-02-07T18:52Z [---] followers, 46.3K engagements
"THE [--] DAY NIGHTMARE IN THE ANDES Andes Mountains 3600m Altitude Uruguayan Air Force Flight [---] [----] Crash Uruguayan Air Force Flight [---] crashed into the Andes Mountains carrying a rugby team and their families in October [----]. Survivors endured [--] days in sub-zero temperatures resorting to anthropophagy for caloric intake before Nando Parrado and Roberto Canessa trekked across the mountain range to secure rescue. Search terms and topics covered: [--]. Andes flight disaster true story [--]. Flight [---] survivors cannibalism [--]. Nando Parrado Andes trek [--]. [----] rugby team plane crash [--]. survival"
YouTube Link 2026-02-15T17:54Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"THREE MEN WHO SAVED ALL EUROPE Chernobyl NPP Ukraine [----] Nuclear Liquidation The Suicide Divers Mechanical engineers Alexei Ananenko and Valeri Bezpalov alongside shift supervisor Boris Baranov executed a high-stakes mission into the flooded basement of the damaged Number [--] reactor. The three-man team manually drained five million gallons of coolant to prevent a secondary steam explosion from the melting corium fuel mass. Search terms and topics covered: [--]. Chernobyl divers true story [--]. [----] nuclear disaster liquidation [--]. Alexei Ananenko Valeri Bezpalov Boris Baranov [--]. Chernobyl bubble"
YouTube Link 2026-02-15T17:37Z [---] followers, 15.2K engagements
"THE SOLDIER WHO REFUSED TO SURRENDER Lubang Island Philippines 1944-1974 Imperial Japanese Army Hiroo Onoda Surrender Imperial Japanese Army Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda maintained a 29-year guerrilla campaign across the Lubang Island jungle following his [----] deployment. The World War II holdout surrendered his military katana in [----] only after Major Yoshimi Taniguchi officially rescinded the original standing orders in the Philippines. Search terms and topics covered: [--]. Hiroo Onoda survival story [--]. Japanese holdouts WW2 [--]. Lubang Island jungle warfare [--]. Hiroo Onoda surrender ceremony [----] 5."
YouTube Link 2026-02-15T17:19Z [---] followers, 22.8K engagements
"SIX HOURS OF VIETNAM JUNGLE HELL Loc Ninh Vietnam [----] US Army Special Forces Roy Benavidez Medal of Honor Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez survived [--] bullet shrapnel and bayonet wounds while executing an extraction for an 8-man Special Forces team surrounded by a 1000-man NVA battalion. The Green Beret medic rescued the stranded reconnaissance unit in a 6-hour jungle engagement involving hand-to-hand combat and heavy helicopter extraction under fire. Search terms and topics covered: [--]. Roy Benavidez Medal of Honor story [--]. Vietnam War Green Beret rescue [--]. Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez"
YouTube Link 2026-02-15T17:03Z [---] followers, 23.6K engagements
"THE MAN WHO FLEW WITHOUT LEGS Eastern Front [----] Soviet Union Air Combat. Pilot Alexey Maresyev survived [--] days behind enemy lines after a [----] crash crawling through frozen wilderness with shattered limbs. Despite a double leg amputation Maresyev mastered prosthetic flight controls to complete [--] combat missions and down [--] enemy aircraft. Search terms and topics covered: Alexey Maresyev story pilot WWII survival story frozen forest fighter pilot double amputee Soviet Union hero history Eastern Front air combat [----] pilot shot down behind enemy lines surviving on pine needles and bark La-5"
YouTube Link 2026-02-14T17:55Z [---] followers, 24.3K engagements
"THE SPY REJECTED BY BRITISH INTELLIGENCE London Berlin Normandy [----]. Double agent Juan Pujol Garcia codenamed Agent Garbo orchestrated Operation Fortitude to deceive the German High Command regarding the D-Day invasion site. Garcia fabricated an entire network of [--] imaginary sub-agents to deliver high-level misinformation that forced Hitler to retain the 15th Army at Pas-de-Calais during the Allied landings. Search terms and topics covered: Agent Garbo Juan Pujol Garcia story Operation Fortitude deception tactics D-Day intelligence failure Germany WWII double agent espionage MI6 rejection"
YouTube Link 2026-02-14T17:37Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"7 FEET FROM TOTAL DISASTER San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge [----] 50th Anniversary. The Golden Gate Bridge 50th Anniversary pedestrian walk exceeded structural design limits by 200% when [------] people crowded the span simultaneously. This massive weight caused a critical 7ft (2m) vertical sag nearly triggering a catastrophic failure similar to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. Search terms and topics covered: Golden Gate Bridge 50th Anniversary pedestrian walk [----] Golden Gate Bridge sag suspension bridge load limits bridge structural engineering failure San Francisco history [----] crowd density"
YouTube Link 2026-02-14T17:18Z [---] followers, 32.8K engagements
"THE END OF THE PIRATE ERA Gulf of Aden [----] Somali Piracy Maritime Security. Somali pirate hijacking frequency dropped from [---] incidents annually to zero for vessels employing Private Maritime Security Companies (PMSC). Elite 10-man tactical teams featuring former Navy SEALs and British SBS operators transformed cargo ship decks into fortified defense zones using long-range precision fire and acoustic deterrents. Search terms and topics covered: Gulf of Aden maritime security [----] Somali pirate hijacking tactics private maritime security companies Navy SEALs vs pirates British SBS maritime"
YouTube Link 2026-02-14T17:00Z [---] followers, 273.5K engagements
"THE NAZI WHO SAVED THE PIANIST Warsaw Poland [----] Wehrmacht Holocaust. Wladyslaw Szpilman a renowned Jewish pianist survived the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto by hiding in city ruins until discovered by Captain Wilm Hosenfeld. The German officer provided Szpilman with food supplies and a winter coat later receiving posthumous recognition as Righteous Among Nations for his clandestine efforts to protect victims of the regime. Search terms and topics covered: [--]. Wladyslaw Szpilman The Pianist true story [--]. Captain Wilm Hosenfeld Wehrmacht officer biography [--]. [----] Warsaw Uprising survival"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T18:05Z [---] followers, 23.5K engagements
"THE PILOT WHO CHOSE HONOR OVER WAR Germany [----] B-17 Flying Fortress Messerschmitt Bf [---] Luftwaffe. The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident occurred when a heavily damaged American B-17 bomber "Ye Olde Pub" was intercepted by German ace Franz Stigler. Recognizing the crew's defenseless state Stigler refused to secure his 28th victory for the Knight's Cross and instead escorted the bomber to the North Sea ensuring its safe passage to England. Search terms and topics covered: [--]. Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident [----] [--]. Ye Olde Pub B-17 survival story [--]. Franz Stigler Knight's"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T17:46Z [---] followers, 188.4K engagements
"THE NAZI WHO SAVED THOUSANDS Nanjing China [----] Siemens AG Nanking Massacre. John Rabe a German Siemens representative and Nazi Party member established the Nanking Safety Zone to protect [------] Chinese civilians from the Imperial Japanese Army. Using his swastika armband and diplomatic status he negotiated neutral ground during the [----] atrocities creating one of World War 2's most complex humanitarian efforts. Search terms and topics covered: [--]. John Rabe Nanking Safety Zone documentary [--]. [----] Rape of Nanjing historical facts [--]. Nazi who saved Chinese civilians [--]. Imperial Japanese Army"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T17:29Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"THE MAN WHO SURVIVED TWO NUKES Hiroshima Nagasaki Japan [----] Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived the Little Boy atomic blast in Hiroshima before boarding a train to Nagasaki where he witnessed the Fat Man detonation three days later. Despite severe radiation burns and temporary blindness he lived to age [--] becoming the only officially recognized nij hibakusha by the Japanese government. Search terms and topics covered: [--]. Tsutomu Yamaguchi double survivor documentary [--]. [----] Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings [--]. Little Boy and Fat Man nuclear blast distance [--]. How"
YouTube Link 2026-02-13T17:11Z [---] followers, 24.3K engagements
"THE SECRET HERO NAMED ALBERT GOERING Germany 1933-1945 Third Reich Goering Resistance. Albert Goering leveraged his kinship with Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering to secure exit visas and falsified documents for concentration camp inmates. While his brother directed the Luftwaffe Albert operated a clandestine resistance network across Europe to sabotage Nazi operations and protect Jewish refugees. Search terms and topics covered: Albert Goering resistance story Hermann Goering brother Jewish rescue Schindler of the Third Reich Goering family history WWII Albert Goering Oskar Schindler"
YouTube Link 2026-02-12T18:14Z [---] followers, 28.9K engagements
"THE SOLDIER WHO SAVED ADOLF HITLER Marcoing France [----] British Army Private Henry Tandey. Victoria Cross recipient Henry Tandey spares the life of a wounded German corporal during the Battle of Canal du Nord. Historic encounter later identified by Adolf Hitler as the moment his life was saved by a British soldier during World War I. Search terms and topics covered: Henry Tandey Hitler story British soldier who spared Hitler [----] Battle of Marcoing WWI historical coincidences Henry Tandey Victoria Cross private who saved Hitler Adolf Hitler WWI injury British Army 5th Duke of Wellington's"
YouTube Link 2026-02-12T17:55Z [---] followers, 32.7K engagements
"THE COLD END OF VIETNAM WAR Saigon Vietnam [----] USS Midway Operation Frequent Wind. U.S. Navy sailors discard UH-1 Huey helicopters into the South China Sea to accommodate desperate South Vietnamese refugees. Massive logistical evacuation marks the definitive conclusion of the Vietnam War and a pivotal shift in American foreign policy. Search terms and topics covered: Fall of Saigon [----] Operation Frequent Wind USS Midway helicopter dumping South Vietnamese refugees end of Vietnam War U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operations UH-1 Huey disposal evacuation of Saigon April [--] [----] South China Sea"
YouTube Link 2026-02-12T17:35Z [---] followers, 50.5K engagements
"THE DAY THE SKY FELL DOWN Ramstein Air Base Germany [----] Aermacchi MB-339 PAN. Mid-air collision involving Frecce Tricolori display team results in seventy fatalities and hundreds of injuries. Catastrophic safety failure leads to immediate ban on low-altitude flight maneuvers over civilian populations. Search terms and topics covered: Ramstein air show disaster [----] Frecce Tricolori accident aviation safety regulations West Germany air show crash Flugtag '88 32nd Tactical Fighter Wing MB-339 crash air show security protocol aviation history tragedies Rammstein band name origin mid-air"
YouTube Link 2026-02-12T17:16Z [---] followers, 35.9K engagements
"DISASTER AT FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE Fairchild Air Force Base June [--] [----] B-52 Stratofortress Bud Holland. Colonel Bud Holland exceeded the structural and aerodynamic limits of a B-52 bomber during an unauthorized low-altitude maneuver resulting in a fatal stall and crash. This catastrophic event became a primary case study in organizational psychology and aviation safety leading to radical changes in Air Force leadership culture and the regulation of rogue pilot behavior. Search terms and topics covered: [----] Fairchild Air Force Base B-52 crash Bud Holland Effect aviation safety B-52 bomber"
YouTube Link 2026-02-11T18:21Z [---] followers, 628.6K engagements
"THE DAY SOVIET SHIPS STRUCK BACK Black Sea February [--] [----] USS Yorktown Bezzavetnyy Frigate. A diplomatic and naval standoff escalates into a kinetic incident when the Soviet Burevestnik-class frigate Bezzavetnyy intentionally rammed the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Yorktown. This shoulder-to-shoulder collision during the "Right of Innocent Passage" operation resulted in structural damage to the American vessel's hull and missile launchers ultimately forcing the [----] Jackson Hole Agreement. Search terms and topics covered: [----] Black Sea bumping incident Soviet Navy ramming US ship USS"
YouTube Link 2026-02-11T18:03Z [---] followers, 398.4K engagements
"THE DAY A DICTATOR LOST CONTROL Bucharest Romania December [--] [----] Nicolae Ceausescu Final Speech. Dictator Nicolae Ceausescu faces a collapsing regime during a final public address at the Central Committee building in Revolution Square. Spontaneous civilian protests interrupted the state-controlled rally triggering a military uprising and the summary execution of the ruling family on Christmas Day terminating [--] years of communist rule. Search terms and topics covered: [----] Romanian Revolution timeline Nicolae Ceausescu last speech reaction fall of communism in Eastern Europe Bucharest"
YouTube Link 2026-02-11T17:38Z [---] followers, 115K engagements
"THE DAY ARKANSAS ALMOST DISAPPEARED FOREVER Damascus Arkansas September [--] [----] Titan II ICBM Launch Complex 374-7. A dropped socket wrench punctured the first-stage fuel tank of a Titan II nuclear missile triggering a massive hypergolic fuel leak and subsequent explosion. The blast ejected a nine-megaton W53 thermonuclear warhead into the surrounding woods narrowly avoiding a massive radioactive disaster. Search terms and topics covered: Damascus Arkansas nuclear accident Titan II missile explosion [----] 9-megaton W53 warhead launch complex 374-7 incident cold war nuclear near misses"
YouTube Link 2026-02-11T17:18Z [---] followers, 871K engagements
"THE GREATEST HEIST IN SPY HISTORY Pacific Ocean [----] Project Azorian Soviet Submarine K-129. The CIA launched a clandestine six-year recovery operation utilizing the Hughes Glomar Explorer to extract the sunken Soviet Golf-II class ballistic missile submarine K-129 from a depth of [-----] feet. The mission successfully recovered portions of the vessel including nuclear torpedoes and sensitive cryptographic materials marking one of the most expensive and complex intelligence coups of the Cold War. This deep-sea salvage operation remains a landmark in maritime engineering and covert geopolitical"
YouTube Link 2026-02-10T18:06Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"THE DAY THE NUCLEAR CODES WERE TRASHED George Washington University Hospital [----] Presidential Nuclear Football Reagan Assassination Attempt. Following the [----] assassination attempt by John Hinckley Jr. President Ronald Reagan's nuclear authentication codes known as the "biscuit" were separated from the executive office. Trauma medical staff discarded the laminated card during emergency surgical preparation leading to a temporary breach in the nuclear command and control chain of command. The FBI subsequently recovered the classified materials from an emergency room medical bin as criminal"
YouTube Link 2026-02-10T17:45Z [---] followers, 53.7K engagements
"THE MAN WHO STOPPED NUCLEAR WAR Sargasso Sea October [----] Soviet Submarine B-59 Cuban Missile Crisis. Soviet Foxtrot-class submarine B-59 faced US Navy depth charge saturation during the [----] naval blockade. Second Captain Vasily Arkhipov vetoed the launch of a T-5 nuclear torpedo after high-temperature oxygen depletion and battery failure led the command to believe World War III commenced. This refusal prevented global nuclear escalation eventually forcing the creation of the Moscow-Washington hotline. Search terms and topics covered: Vasily Arkhipov B-59 incident Cuban Missile Crisis"
YouTube Link 2026-02-10T17:27Z [---] followers, 46.4K engagements
"THE LAWNCHAIR FLIGHT TO SIXTEEN THOUSAND FEET [----] Long Beach California Lawn Chair Larry FAA Airspace Violation. Larry Walters piloted a makeshift aircraft consisting of a Sears lawn chair and [--] helium-filled weather balloons to an altitude of [-----] feet. The flight intersected commercial approach paths at Long Beach Airport prompting pilot reports and subsequent federal aviation regulation changes regarding experimental flight classifications. This legendary aviation incident demonstrates the physics of lift and the regulatory consequences of unlicensed high-altitude ballooning. Search"
YouTube Link 2026-02-10T17:05Z [---] followers, 114.5K engagements
"WHY MERCEDES QUIT RACING FOR DECADES June [--] [----]. Pierre Leveghs Mercedes [---] SLR hits a ramp at [---] mph. The magnesium chassis disintegrates sending the hood and engine block through the grandstands like a 200-pound spinning blade. [--] fans perished in seconds but organizers kept the race going so traffic wouldn't block ambulances. Mercedes left the track for [--] years. Le Mans [----] [----] Le Mans disaster worst racing accident Pierre Levegh Mercedes [---] SLR racing tragedy cold moments in history historical facts motorsport history [--] hours of Le Mans Mercedes racing ban car crash history"
YouTube Link 2026-02-09T18:01Z [---] followers, 211.7K engagements
"THE TRASH THAT SAVED APOLLO [--] After an explosion crippled Apollo [--] halfway to the Moon the crew retreated to the landing module. Carbon dioxide was rising and their spare air filters were square while the holes were round. To save Apollo [--] engineers on Earth invented a fix in hours using only trash found on the ship building a vital adapter from cardboard and duct tape. Apollo [--] NASA space survival engineering miracle moon mission history cold moments in history space exploration [----] successful failure mission control survival stories space history engineering hack square peg round hole"
YouTube Link 2026-02-09T17:30Z [---] followers, 55.1K engagements
"THE SECRET MISSION TO IRAN Desperate to save hostages in Tehran the military built the YMC-130H. They strapped [--] ASROC and Shrike rockets to a cargo plane so it could land and take off within the walls of a small stadium. The project died when a pilot fired the braking rockets too early causing the wings to snap and the plane to explode Operation Credible Sport C-130 Hercules military history aviation crash [----] Iran hostage crisis secret military project historical footage cold moments in history JSOC origins rocket powered plane aviation disaster failed rescue mission US Special Operations"
YouTube Link 2026-02-09T17:11Z [---] followers, [----] engagements
"WHY SPACE NUKES ARE NOW ILLEGAL In July [----] the US detonated a 1.4-megaton nuclear warhead [---] miles above the Pacific. This blast was [---] times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb and instantly turned the midnight sky into noon. The explosion was so massive it created an artificial radiation belt that destroyed one-third of all satellites in orbit and crippled the US grid. Starfish Prime nuclear test [----] space explosion Cold War history Starfish Prime Hawaii EMP effects nuclear bomb in space Operation Fishbowl Starfish Prime footage Cold War experiments US military history [---] megaton"
YouTube Link 2026-02-09T16:53Z [---] followers, 55.3K engagements
"134 LIVES THE FORRESTAL TRAGEDY In [----] a stray electrical surge on the USS Forrestal launched a Zuni rocket into a parked Skyhawk triggering a chain reaction of exploding bombs that claimed the lives of [---] American sailors. This tragedy forced the Navy to rewrite every safety manual in existence making every single sailor a trained firefighter from that day forward. USS Forrestal fire [----] aircraft carrier disaster US Navy history military accidents John McCain Navy Vietnam War history naval disaster footage flight deck fire Navy Damage Control Zuni rocket accident historical disasters US"
YouTube Link 2026-02-08T18:02Z [---] followers, [---] engagements
"THE JET THAT LANDED ITSELF Gary Foust bailed out of his F-106 at [-----] feet after it went into a death spin. Once he left the supersonic jet simply leveled out and performed a perfect landing on a snowy Montana farm. Local police arrived to find the empty plane without a scratch in a quiet field. It returned to service and flew for [--] years. F-106 Cornfield Bomber Gary Foust aviation history military mystery ghost plane self landing jet US Air Force cold moments in history historical facts aviation miracles pilot ejection fighter jet Montana [----] unexplained events military technology"
YouTube Link 2026-02-08T17:44Z [---] followers, 13K engagements
"THE GHOST PLANE OF THE USSR On July [--] [----] Soviet pilot Nikolai Skuridin ejected over Poland after his engine failed. Miraculously the MiG-23 stabilized and then flew [---] miles through NATO airspace completely pilotless. American fighter pilots scrambled to intercept the intruder and were scared to see a ghost plane. The jet finally hit a farmhouse in Belgium. MiG-23 Cold War Soviet Union ghost plane aviation history mysterious events [----] incident pilotless flight NATO vs USSR air force fighter jet true story military history Nikolai Skuridin Belgium crash viral history aviation accidents"
YouTube Link 2026-02-08T17:26Z [---] followers, 15.3K engagements
"HOW THE COLD WAR SKYHOOK WORKED To extract agents from hostile terrain where no plane could land the CIA developed the Fulton Skyhook. A helium balloon lifted a five hundred foot nylon line which a passing aircraft snagged with steel forks. Beyond the physics of the snatch it allowed the US to steal Soviet secrets from an abandoned ice base giving the Navy an edge in Arctic submarine warfare. skyhook cia fulton surface to air recovery system operation coldfeet cold war military history aviation secret missions spy technology history facts aviation history special forces arctic raid 1960s"
YouTube Link 2026-02-08T17:03Z [---] followers, 48.5K engagements
"THE SECRET NUCLEAR TEST OF [----] September [--] [----] an American satellite detected a double flash near the Prince Edward Islands. That is the exact optical signature of a nuclear bomb yet not a single nation ever claimed it. It proved that nuclear treaties were just paper. This secret test forced the world to realize that proliferation was happening right under their noses. Vela Incident [----] mystery secret nuclear test Cold War secrets the double flash forbidden history nuclear cover up historical mysteries Vela [----] Israel South Africa nuclear mystery documentary military secrets atomic"
YouTube Link 2026-02-07T19:25Z [---] followers, 48.4K engagements
"THE MAN WHO BEAT SUPERSONIC In [----] Captain Brian Udell ejected from his F-15 at [---] mph. At that speed air acts like a solid object. It instantly shattered his ribs dislocated his joints and tore his helmet away. He fell into the ocean fought through the pain and used his teeth to secure his survival raft. He miraculously waited for help and survived. Brian Udell F-15 ejection supersonic survival aviation history US Air Force survival stories Mach [--] ejection military history cold moments in history pilot survival Brian Udell story ejection seat aviation accidents extreme human limits"
YouTube Link 2026-02-07T19:10Z [---] followers, 92.4K engagements
"HOW ONE WELDER TOOK ON THE SYSTEM After local officials blocked access to his shop muffler welder Marvin Heemeyer spent months building an airtight fortress out of a bulldozer to exact revenge on the town government that ignored him. His armored beast stood up to SWAT teams and grenades showing the world that even a quiet man has a breaking point that can reshape a town forever. Marvin Heemeyer Killdozer Granby Colorado [----] incident Killdozer story Reasonable man Cold moments in history American legends Government vs small business Property rights One man against the system Historical events"
YouTube Link 2026-02-07T18:52Z [---] followers, 46.3K engagements
"THE FLIGHT THAT ENDED THE COLD WAR In [----] a nineteen year old in a rented plane bypassed the world's most impenetrable air defense system to land right in Red Square. This single flight gave Gorbachev the excuse to fire two hundred generals. It wasn't just a pilot landing on a bridge; it was the day the Soviet military lost its political power and the Cold War finally started to end. Mathias Rust Red Square landing [----] Soviet Air Defense failure Cold War history Mikhail Gorbachev Soviet Union collapse history of USSR Mathias Rust landing Moscow Cold War documentary greatest military"
YouTube Link 2026-02-07T18:33Z [---] followers, 155.7K engagements
"THE DARK LEGACY OF DESERT ROCK In [----] the US Army sent thousands of men into the Nevada desert to witness a nuclear blast from a few miles away. The flash was so bright they could see their own skeleton through their closed eyelids. We used our own sons as sensors to see if infantry could survive a nuclear battlefield. Thousands became Atomic Veterans fighting a silent war. Desert Rock nuclear test atomic veterans Cold War history 1950s military nuclear blast footage US Army history Nevada Proving Grounds atomic bomb experiment cold moments in history historical facts shocking history"
YouTube Link 2026-02-06T19:57Z [---] followers, 12.8K engagements
"My Stunt green girls myspace.com/ELECTRICvideos add us on myspace Animation Animation"
YouTube Link 2008-07-15T16:58Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
"In The Jungle This is about two girls who are in the jungle and they go through some pretty weird stuff add my video myspace at: myspace.com/ELECTRICvideos Short Film Short Film"
YouTube Link 2008-07-09T23:47Z [---] followers, [--] engagements
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