Flat EarthAtlas

Timeline

1. 1971 · eventCharles K. Johnson assumed leadership of the International Flat Earth Research Society milieu
2. 1976 · document_releaseFlat Earth Society newsletter publishing period represented in archival runs began
3. 1994 · document_releaseArchived Flat Earth Society newsletter runs in major collections end
4. 2001 · eventCharles K. Johnson died and organized society activity sharply declined
5. 2007 · amplificationOnline forums and early video channels widen flat-Earth outreach
6. 2010 · popularizationEwaranon’s Lost History of the Flat Earth video series spread in online flat-Earth circles
7. 2014 · popularizationYouTube flat-Earth content wave accelerates
8. 2014 · amplificationYouTube flat-Earth wave
9. 2016 · amplificationInternational flat-Earth meetups and media coverage expand
10. 2016 · amplificationMainstream crews filmed inside large flat-Earth conventions
11. 2017 · eventInternational flat-Earth conferences
12. 2017 · eventLarge international flat-Earth conferences draw public attention
13. 2018 · document_releaseBehind the Curve documentary followed modern advocates and public tests
14. 2018 · document_releaseBehind the Curve documentary follows modern advocates
15. 2018-01 · document_releaseColumbia Climate School essay on flat-Earth physical implications
16. 2018 · mutationExperiment livestream culture
17. 2018 · investigationMetabunk contributors published detailed Bedford Level recreation threads
18. 2018 · eventPublic experiment livestream culture peaks among advocates
19. 2019 · amplificationEssayistic video In Search of a Flat Earth widened cultural commentary on the movement
20. 2019 · amplificationStreaming release and news coverage of flat-Earth documentary widen debate
21. 2020 · investigationOxford Digital Ethnography Group staged public discussion of flat-Earth belief and identity
22. 2022 · document_releaseAcademic discourse analyses of public flat-Earth discussion continued to appear
23. 2022 · investigationAcademic discourse analysis of public flat-Earth discussion published
24. 2024 · amplificationPopular history features retold the Bedford Level episode as a society origin story