People
625 people in 95 mysteries
Researchers, witnesses, makers and the missing: everyone the mysteries' records name, with what they did in each.
A 8 on this page
AJ
A. J. Timothy JullArizona AMS laboratory; co-author of the 1989, 2010 and 2026 papers
Shroud of Turin
Agustín FuentesAnthropologist, Princeton; co-author of the burial and meaning-making papers · born 1966
AMHomo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims
Alexander M. PuzrinGeotechnical engineer, ETH Zurich; co-author of the 2021 model
AADyatlov Pass incident
Ali AkbarArchaeologist; co-author of the 2023 paper; leads the 2025 study and restoration team
AWGunung Padang
Allen WestCo-author of the 2007 paper and most later proponent papers
AVYounger Dryas impact hypothesis
Andrew VanderburgCo-author; developer of the K2SFF light curves
ACHD 139139, the "Random Transiter"
Anthony ClarkeGeochronologist, Curtin University; lead author of the Altar Stone study
Stonehenge
Arthur Conan DoyleAuthor of the 1884 story · 1859–1930
Mary Celeste
B 2 on this page
BL
Benedek LángHistorian; author of the 2010 review and the 2021 book
BSRohonc Codex
Benjamin SassEpigrapher; author of the 1988 corpus, who later moved the alphabet's date down to c. 1300 BC
Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet
C 7 on this page
CE
Carolyn E. BoydArchaeologist and artist; founder of Shumla; author of the creation-narrative reading
CBWhite Shaman Mural
Charles BerlitzAuthor of the 1974 bestseller
CIBermuda Triangle
Charles I. HaltLieutenant Colonel, deputy base commander; author of the memo
CJRendlesham Forest, December 1980
Choongwon JeongPopulation geneticist, Seoul National University; corresponding author 2021
CGTarim Basin mummies (Xiaohe)
Christopher G. FoxPMEL acoustic monitoring scientist; first author of the array design paper
CMBloop and NOAA's unexplained ocean sounds
Christopher M. WrightAustralian scientist; co-author of the 2017 and 2018 analyses
CR1979 Vela incident
Christopher R. MooreGeoarchaeologist, University of South Carolina; lead author of the retracted Baffin Bay paper
Younger Dryas impact hypothesis
D 4 on this page
Danny Hilman NatawidjajaGeologist, BRIN; lead author of the retracted paper · born 1961
DCGunung Padang
David C. CatlingUniversity of Washington; co-author of the statistical and instrumental critiques
DSMars methane puzzle
Denise Schmandt-BesseratArchaeologist; author of the token theory of the origin of writing · born 1933
DJProto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk
Douglas J. KennettLead author of the Room 33 genomic study
Great houses of Chaco Canyon
E 6 on this page
EB
E. B. BanningArchaeologist, University of Toronto; author of the house reading
Göbekli Tepe
Edward ElgarComposer; author of the note · 1857–1934
ETDorabella cipher
Emanuel TovEditor-in-chief of the scroll publications; co-author of the 1995 radiocarbon series
EHDead Sea Scrolls: dating, scribes and provenance
Eric H. ClineArchaeologist, George Washington University; author of 1177 B.C. · born 1960
EWLate Bronze Age collapse
Erik WahlgrenScandinavianist; author of the 1958 study · 1909–1990
ESKensington Runestone
Ester SalgarellaCo-creator of SigLA; author of Aegean Linear Script(s)
Linear A
F 3 on this page
FZ
Fan ZhangFirst author of the 2021 genomic study
FDTarim Basin mummies (Xiaohe)
François DessetArchaeologist (Liège); lead author of the 2022 decipherment
FGProto-Elamite and Linear Elamite
Fred GoernerCBS correspondent; author of the Saipan capture claim
Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
G 5 on this page
GE
George E. MendenhallAmerican biblical scholar and Near Eastern philologist at the University of Michigan (1916 to 2016), author of The Syllabic Inscriptions fro
GKGeorge KnappKLAS-TV journalist; co-author of both books
Skinwalker Ranch
Gerald HawkinsAstronomer; author of the observatory reading · 1928–2003
GLStonehenge
Greg LongAuthor of The Making of Bigfoot
GTPatterson-Gimlin film
Gábor TokaiCo-author of the 2018 decipherment
Rohonc Codex
H 6 on this page
HJ
Hans J. NissenArchaeologist of Uruk; co-author of ZATU and Archaic Bookkeeping · born 1935
HJProto-cuneiform: the archaic texts of Uruk
Harry J. ShaferArchaeologist; Witte Museum curator of archaeology; co-author of the first plasma-oxidation date
HMWhite Shaman Mural
Haruyoshi MatsumotoPMEL acoustics engineer; co-author of the array design paper
HXBloop and NOAA's unexplained ocean sounds
He XiaogeArchaeologist; author of the 2025 and 2026 studies of the bronzes
HRSanxingdui and its sacrificial pits
Helmut RixIndo-Europeanist; editor of Etruskische Texte and author of the Tyrsenian hypothesis · 1926–2004
HTEtruscan: the readable language that cannot be fully translated
Henry TantaleánArchaeologist; co-author of the 2015 survey and the 2025 study · born 1974
Monte Sierpe, the "Band of Holes"
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J 15 on this page
JB
J. B. McCullyTruro Company organiser; author of the 1862 narrative
JPOak Island money pit
J. Phil DeringArchaeobotanist; co-author on the peyote and dating studies; took the mural images to Huichol shamans
JRWhite Shaman Mural
J. Romilly AllenCo-author of the 1903 classification
JLPictish symbol stones
Jacob L. BongersArchaeologist, University of Sydney; lead author of the 2025 study
JBMonte Sierpe, the "Band of Holes"
James B. WardAgent and copyright holder of the 1885 pamphlet; suspected author
JVBeale ciphers
Jarl Van EyckeBelgian programmer; author of AZdecrypt; co-solver of Z340
JVZodiac ciphers
Javier VelazaEpigrapher; co-author of the 2020 survey and the Irulegi edition
JSIberian language and Palaeohispanic scripts
Jim SanbornSculptor; author of the ciphers and sole holder of the K4 method until 2025
JMKryptos
Jodi MagnessArchaeologist; author of the standard account of Qumran
JGDead Sea Scrolls: dating, scribes and provenance
Johan GaumeSnow and avalanche scientist, EPFL/SLF; co-author of the 2021 model
JADyatlov Pass incident
John AbrahamsonCo-author of the vaporised-silicon model
JDBall lightning
John D. AndersonJPL radio scientist; lead author of the 2008 formula paper · 1912–2000
JHEarth flyby anomaly
John HawksPalaeoanthropologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison; joint corresponding author
JCHomo naledi and the Rising Star burial claims
Jon ClindanielAuthor of a grammar of non-numerical khipu signs
JAInka khipus: the knotted-cord records
Joseph AndersonCo-author of the 1903 classification
Pictish symbol stones
K 2 on this page
KZ
Kevin ZahnleNASA Ames; co-author of the 2011 and 2025 critiques
KDMars methane puzzle
Kipp DavisLead author of the 2017 study of dubious fragments
Dead Sea Scrolls: dating, scribes and provenance
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