Who did it? Why here? Is the government involved? Why would a group cause so much harm to such individual gain? These are all questions you may ask when thinking about conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories often produce hypotheses that contradict the prevailing understanding of history or simple facts.

Some very mysterious conspiracies have occurred in my specialty of aviation. I say that commercial flight is my specialty because I have flown nearly one million miles on commercial aircraft in my 17 years here on Earth. I am a third generation Aviation Geek, the third generation going into aviation as a career. My flight log has 89.6 days logged in the sky, and my aviation Instagram page is nearing 14,000 followers. I have a lot of knowledge and background on this topic, and I am looking to put it to good use eventually. Dozens of strange occurrences have brought about thousands of different ideas of just what could’ve happened to these planes, passengers, and airports. But one topic sticks out like a sore thumb and is without a doubt one of the most mysterious conspiracy theories of the past two decades. Not just in aviation.

In 1995, the Metropolitan City of Denver, CO (DEN) opened a brand new airport, about 15 miles away from the central business district, at the cost of $4.8 Billion, 16 months behind schedule. The massive terminal was in fact built on ancient Navajo burial grounds. Much protest was brought about before, during and even after the airport construction process. Passengers sleeping overnight in the airport sometimes say they can see here the Native American flute being played in the dead of night when no one is around. Are the spirits of the Navajo people voicing their anger about modern urbanization attempting to claim their sacred ground? This “conspiracy” is not an opinion, but more of a fact. The airport lies on top of hallowed Navajo grounds, although the land was not part of an Indian Reservation before the excavation process for the current facility.

If you look at the geography of the city of Denver, Colorado, to the west is the Rocky Mountains, North and South are full of suburban sprawl of A-Frame houses and big box stores. The former Stapleton International Airport, which was the airport used before the new one, was on a plot of land too small for another passenger terminal to be built without disrupting operations. The Terminal at Stapleton was dilapidated and was infamous for having a leaky roof when it rained. The City of Denver had nowhere else that was at all suitable to put an airport, that wasn’t a good hour or more outside of the population center of the densely populated Northeastern Colorado.

The runways at DIA are in the shape of a Swastika, the symbol of Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler, almost identically. The strange runway pattern has an excellent reason though. The way the runways are placed and angled at DIA does help control the flow of aircraft into and out of the airport, as well as give aircraft more options to land when the winds are high, which is often due to the Rocky Mountains and elevated position of the city. Planes can takeoff and land in almost all directions at any given time; this makes Denver one of the easiest, hassle-free airports in the nation (except during a blizzard) as creepy as the pattern may look.

The next strange item in this airport is what rubs me the wrong way. There are two large painted murals in the baggage claim area that I have seen myself, as I have been through the Denver Airport upwards of 30 times. These large paintings depict some terrible events that some say may be a visual representation of Revelations. Revelations are what Christians believe is the second coming of Jesus Christ and the subsequent end of the world as we know it. Among these are environmental destruction and mass genocide. Many theorists claim that these vicious paints refer to future military oppression and a one-world government. The artist who painted these images, a man named “Leo Tanguma” says that they depict a “man-made” environmental meltdown, and the children of the world are finally coming together to restore peace on earth. As weird as the murals may seem, the quirky artist who painted them must have a twisted vision of “art.” The paintings are thought by many as the Illuminati’s plans for global genocide as well as a “New World Order” which is just a fancy term for a one world government, one president, no countries, only one world where everybody follows the same rules, laws, and ordinances. The Illuminati is a group that some say are real and same think are fictitious. They are often alleged to conspire to control world affairs, by masterminding events and planting agents in government and corporations, to gain political power and influence many of the world’s most important government decisions for their own, eventual power. There really isn’t any explanation on why the airport authority or the City Of Denver would want a picture depicting a mass genocide in their airport.

The most well-known article at the airport that calls the most attention to theorists is the DIA time capsule. This capsule has an engraving with the square and compasses of the “Freemasons” known by many to be one of the major arms of the Illuminati, as well as the words “New World Airport Commission.” The New World Airport Commission never existed according to many involved with the airport. While it sounds incredibly far-fetched, and I consider it not to be true. First of all, The New World Airport Commission was an actual committee of Colorado people and civic leaders that came together and made a board of people to try and make Denver more of a “world-class city,” to attract more tourists, events, and perhaps the Winter Olympics in the future. Second, Two Freemasonry Grand Lodges in the state of Colorado sponsored the time capsule put in the new airport.

In Conclusion, The city had absolutely no other room to build an airport than out in the middle of nowhere. The city of Denver may have just chosen some freaky artists to paint the murals in the baggage claim. A big group of people wanted to better their community, and why not sponsor the opening of a major airport to attract attention to themselves. Runways were laid out in a specific pattern to help avoid air traffic congestion and ground delays, making DEN one of the least delayed airports in North America. All of these events were coordinated and finished for a reason except for the creepy murals, which could’ve circumvented. The timeline of events just freaked a few people out. So if you’re asking me, no conspiracy to be found here anymore, just a series of decisions by local leaders that was suspicious at the time of construction and opening.

A conspiracy theory defined as a theory that explains an event as being the result of a plot by a covert group or organization; a belief that such a group caused a particular unexplained event. As well as, the idea that many important political events or economic and social trends are the products of secret plots that are mostly unknown to the general public. Some freaky things have occurred in the Aviation World, without any known explanation. There is much more than this out there that is still being questioned and or unsolved. I hope I was able to help debunk a couple of these strange theories and provide a decent explanation of what happened.