The claims
Each entry pairs a reported miracle with the documentary record and an honest, confidence-labeled estimate of how likely it is that no natural explanation accounts for it.
5 claims
1% authenticStrong natural explanation
Relics claimed to be the charred remains of Joan of Arc, held in a Chinon pharmacy bottle since 1867, were analyzed in 2009–2010 by a multidisciplinary forensic team and confirmed to be a mummified cat leg bone and a human rib dating to the 6th–3rd century BC — Egyptian mummy components, not Joan's remains.
Disprovenrelics·Chinon pharmacy, then museum display, France
Joan of Arc 'Relics' — Confirmed 20th-Century Forgery
Relics claimed to be the charred remains of Joan of Arc, held in a Chinon pharmacy bottle since 1867, were analyzed in 2009–2010 by a multidisciplinary forensic team and confirmed to be a mummified cat leg bone and a human rib dating to the 6th–3rd century BC — Egyptian mummy components, not Joan's remains.
13% authentic
Strong natural explanation
Beginning August 2000, thousands of witnesses in Assiut, Egypt reported luminous figures and glowing doves over St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church over a period of months, with Coptic Pope Shenouda III affirming the apparitions' validity.
Explainedapparition·St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church, Assiut, Egypt
Our Lady of Assiut — Coptic Marian Apparitions, 2000-2001
Beginning August 2000, thousands of witnesses in Assiut, Egypt reported luminous figures and glowing doves over St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church over a period of months, with Coptic Pope Shenouda III affirming the apparitions' validity.
8% authentic
Strong natural explanation
On the night of December 10-11, 2009, a luminous figure described as the Virgin Mary appeared over the domes of the Coptic Orthodox Virgin Mary church in Warraq al-Hadar, Greater Cairo, witnessed by over 200,000 people within two weeks.
Unprovenapparition·Virgin Mary and Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church, Warraq al-Hadar, Giza, Egypt
Our Lady of Warraq — Cairo Apparition, December 2009
On the night of December 10-11, 2009, a luminous figure described as the Virgin Mary appeared over the domes of the Coptic Orthodox Virgin Mary church in Warraq al-Hadar, Greater Cairo, witnessed by over 200,000 people within two weeks.
24% authentic
Likely a natural explanation
Between April 1968 and 1971, luminous phenomena appearing in the form of a robed female figure were reported repeatedly over St. Mary's Coptic Church in Zeitoun, Cairo, witnessed by hundreds of thousands including non-Christians.
Explainedapparition·St. Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church, Zeitoun, Cairo, Egypt
Our Lady of Zeitoun (Cairo Luminous Apparitions)
Between April 1968 and 1971, luminous phenomena appearing in the form of a robed female figure were reported repeatedly over St. Mary's Coptic Church in Zeitoun, Cairo, witnessed by hundreds of thousands including non-Christians.
9% authentic
Strong natural explanation
Roman Emperor Vespasian reportedly healed a blind man and a man with a withered limb in Alexandria c. 69 CE, as recorded by Tacitus, Suetonius, and Cassius Dio.
Unprovenhealing·Alexandria, Egypt
Vespasian's Healing Miracles in Alexandria
Roman Emperor Vespasian reportedly healed a blind man and a man with a withered limb in Alexandria c. 69 CE, as recorded by Tacitus, Suetonius, and Cassius Dio.