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.
2 claims
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.
6% authenticStrong natural explanation
In May 2001, New Delhi was gripped by hundreds of reported attacks by a supernatural monkey-like creature, resulting in documented injuries, two deaths from panic falls, and a landmark academic study of mass psychogenic illness.
Disprovenapparition·New Delhi, India
The Delhi Monkey Man: Mass Hysteria as Supernatural Belief
In May 2001, New Delhi was gripped by hundreds of reported attacks by a supernatural monkey-like creature, resulting in documented injuries, two deaths from panic falls, and a landmark academic study of mass psychogenic illness.