January 1, 1978
In
Chelsea, Davis averts an IRA car bombing.
January 31, 1978:
Stuntman
Evel Knievel jumps over pools of sharks and pirahna on national
television, during a performance in Chicago, Illinois,...
February 18, 1978
In
Auckland, New Zealand, Nineteen year old Olivia Walters begins
investigating crime as MechGirl, using improvised technology to make
up for her lack of powers.
March 19, 1978
In
Sacramento, California, Thomas Sanderson, a low level staffer at the
California State Capitol, finds that he can 'zoom in' his vision...
March 23, 1978:
Ho
Han-jae seizes control of the criminal underworld in Hong Kong,
establishing a series of underground fight clubs, drug-trafficking,
and smuggling...
March 27, 1978:
Israeli
Mossad agents assassinate Palestinian metahumans in East Berlin,
clearly stating that the Israeli government will not tolerate
metahuman weapons being used against the State of Israel,....
April 24, 1978:
Zodiac
killer taunts police and vigilantes alike in a letter to local
newspapers in San Francisco, California, forever escaping capture,...
April 30, 1978:
Heroes
led by Eric Roberts and Tina Young gather at Canterbury, England to
battle the threat of neo-fascism.
Heroes
led by "Steel Pulse" gather at Trafalgar Square in London,
England to battle the threat of neo-fascist vigilantes led by "Brutal
Attack"
May 6, 1978:
UFO
retrieval team of the United Nations disappears while in Padcaya,
Bolivia, fueling tensions in the region,...
May 20, 1978
Aurora
Black, a teenager in Tenterfield, New South Wales, discovers she has
cryokinetic powers...
June 22, 1978
In
Woolongong, New South Wales, Narelle Rawson, an education student,
finds that she can teleport short distances.
July 6, 1978
In
Alameda, California, a young woman, Julia Young, finds that her
vision is more acute...
July 15, 1978
Angus
McDonald as 'The Great McDonald' rescues the mayor of Glasgow after a
kidnapping...
Police
officers go on strike in Cleveland, Ohio, forcing the deployment of
the National Guard. The following conditions help to create
vigilantes in the region,....
August 21, 1978
In
Forbes, New South Wales, Leonard Small, a 17 year old boarding at the
Catholic College, discovers that he has some telepathic ability.
August 23, 1978
The
CIA obtains information on the Tobasco UFO...
September 11, 1978:
KGB
agents kill a Bulgarian mutant in London, England, to prevent the
discovery of the Russian metahuman weapons project,...
September
22, 1978
Switching Diseases is officially renamed Orlando Syndrome after Virginia E Wolf's Orlando. It is recorded that around five hundred people - all minors - suffer from Orlando Syndrome worldwide. Another statistic points out that the global IQ mean of Orlandos (as they come to be named) is 131 IQ points compared to the global mean of around 90 in the rest of the world
Switching Diseases is officially renamed Orlando Syndrome after Virginia E Wolf's Orlando. It is recorded that around five hundred people - all minors - suffer from Orlando Syndrome worldwide. Another statistic points out that the global IQ mean of Orlandos (as they come to be named) is 131 IQ points compared to the global mean of around 90 in the rest of the world
October 21, 1978
The
number of reported Orlandos worldwide rises to 1000.
October 22-28, 1978:
Carl
Sagan and Daniel Drake brief members of the United Nations Security
Council about the the metahuman situation, making several powerful
conclusions:
* The position, trajectory, and lack of collateral damage caused by the meteorites suggest that they aren't natural in origin. They note how they landed in every U.S. state, Canadian province, Soviet republic, and Chinese province. The precision can't be explained as "random natural occurrence"...
* Second, the fact that the mutations to the genome caused by the meteorites is so specific that the manufacturer would need hyper-specific data noting "that even one DNA gene sequence off and a person would be dead or dissolved into a puddle of primordial slime".
* The fact that the meteors also can mutate other species suggests that this procedure has been done on other worlds with similar ecological systems, but also suggests a profound distrust of any singular species,..
* Fourth, in one of the most frightening conclusions, notes that there are only 2 conclusions currently to logically explain the mutations:
A) The biological mutations represent a sophisticated weapons system of which human beings are just guinea pigs,...
B) There is a larger and greater threat coming, and the mutations represent a "lifeboat/ life preserver for the species,...
* The position, trajectory, and lack of collateral damage caused by the meteorites suggest that they aren't natural in origin. They note how they landed in every U.S. state, Canadian province, Soviet republic, and Chinese province. The precision can't be explained as "random natural occurrence"...
* Second, the fact that the mutations to the genome caused by the meteorites is so specific that the manufacturer would need hyper-specific data noting "that even one DNA gene sequence off and a person would be dead or dissolved into a puddle of primordial slime".
* The fact that the meteors also can mutate other species suggests that this procedure has been done on other worlds with similar ecological systems, but also suggests a profound distrust of any singular species,..
* Fourth, in one of the most frightening conclusions, notes that there are only 2 conclusions currently to logically explain the mutations:
A) The biological mutations represent a sophisticated weapons system of which human beings are just guinea pigs,...
B) There is a larger and greater threat coming, and the mutations represent a "lifeboat/ life preserver for the species,...
November 18, 1978:
Jonestown
Massacre; 918 people commit suicide under orders from cult leader
Reverend Jim Jones in Port Kaituma, Guyana,....
November 27, 1978:
Mayor
George Moscone, Supervisors Willie Brown and Harvey Milk are killed
by disgruntled Dan White, claiming that he was influenced by
"telepathic messages",....
J.
Allen Hynek warns the United Nations General Assembly warns that
metahumans represent a "show of force" against the
political establishment,...
December 6, 1978:
Soviet
defectors report the creation of "Institute #22" as a means
to contain and control the "metahuman threat" via the Red
Army in Moscow,...
December 23, 1978
Evel
Knievel holds a Christmas Show at Boise, Idaho...
January 22, 1979:
Israeli
Mossad agents assassinate metahuman terrorist cell in Beirut,
Lebanon, citing them for the rising terrorism in the Middle East,....
February 4, 1979:
Citing
the foreclosure of family farms, members of the American Agriculture
Movement (AAM) militia march on Washington D.C., carrying their
firearms,...
February 9, 1979:
Gang
leader Cyrus of the Gramercy Riffs is assassinated, triggering a
series of violent gang wars across the tri-state area.
February 10, 1979:
Police
officers in New Orleans, Louisiana go on strike; in a frightening
development, KKK Grand Dragon David Duke announces plans to offer
"citizen patrols" to the embattled city,...
March 11, 1979:
Chinese
defector Tang Yu discloses to the CIA and DIA that China has been
conducting a massive psychic warfare program, fueling tensions in the
region,...
March 22, 1979:
Equal
Rights Amendment (ERA) wins quick ratification by 38 states, fueling
renewed support for feminism nationwide,...
March 28, 1979:
Three
Mile Island Disaster; FEMA orders the evacuation of Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania; Reports of massive outbreak of mutations in the
area,...
April 2, 1979:
Sverdlodsk
Disaster; Despite Soviet official denials of mutations, biological
weapons accident triggers mutations in Sverdlodsk and
Yekatrinburg,...
April 18, 1979:
Real
People (NBC-TV) hosted by Byron Allen, Sarah Purcell and Skip
Stephenson, becomes the first sho90w to highlight vigilantes and
mutant abilities
April 28, 1979:
Magical
group "Rainbow Gathering" led by "Starhawk" makes
its public debut in London, England, sparking the ire of social and
religious conservatives,...
May 25, 1979
In
Pittsburgh, Ella Langley discovers that she has enhanced healing...
June 4, 1979
In
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Oliver Rawlings discovers that he can phase
through most objects (just not those made of metal).
July 7, 1979
In
Boise, Idaho, a high school cheerleader, Erica Stroud, has a
semi-destructive 'powering' as she suddenly bursts into flame while
on top of a pyramid...
June 27, 1979
In
Bowral, New South Wales, Lawrence Talbot discovers that he can
teleport short distances...