Re: umm
I believe things can be cleared up.
By the time this message is transmitted completely to your world, the amount of time it takes to input the temporal encoding to make the most minor of temporal disruptions as possible, my adjutant (whom I have sent to transmit this message), will have already left, and unable to answer your questions.
On the evening of January 28th, 2036, a temporal distortion was detected by NORAD. Project PHOENIX was at its return, and inside the vessel was Corporal Vance Johnson, US Army. On the evening of February 2nd, 2036, another temporal distortion was detected by NORAD, Project DAEDALUS was at its return, and inside the vessel was Private First Class Michael L. Szwaizke, US Army.
Corporal Vance Johnson is whom you know as "time_traveler_0" and Private Szwaizke is whom you know as "time_traveler_1."
Your theories of temporal science are indeed correct. Even the slightest disruption of the temporal slipstream will disrupt any timeline, and will alter the course of history (and the future), dramatically. We were fortunate enough that even with an alteration so large, CPL Johnson and PFC Szwaizke's disruptions were not altering most parts of our society today, with a few minor exceptions (environmental exceptions, which have been detected by NORAD, as well). Hopefully, with proper emplacements will time be disrupted only slightly.
All the events that CPL Johnson and PFC Szwaizke have described to you are hoaxes. Nothing more, nothing less. The US Army regrets this incident and formally apologizes. There is no so-called "civil war," and there is no so-called "World War III."
Fortunately, CPL Johnson and PFC Szwaizke admitted to the crime, and our temporal scientists have worked expediently to restore your timeline to the fullest capacity. I am no expert in temporal science, merely a Colonel in a US Army Infantry unit.
They have been arrested for hijacking projects PHOENIX and DAEDALUS, and will summarily tried by a Court-Martial which I will head myself.
Lead your normal lives, as our hope is that temporal repair can be done and even this message will disappear, as there will be no need for it. Unfortunately, there will be no such reprieve for CPL Johnson and PFC Szwaizke, as they will most likely be executed soon for tampering with the Temporal Statues and Law of the United States (developed in 2031).
Again, I apologize for any inconvenience this timeline may have faced.
Godspeed,
Jack P. Garby
COL, US Army
Commander, 4th Infantry Division
P.S. If you are the ones who actually believe this letter, then there isn't any doubt as to why you believe in "John Titor's claims." If you don't believe this letter and still believe in the JT theories out there, then.. tsk tsk tsk.. And if you don't believe this letter and don't believe the JT theories.. congratulations, perhaps humanity has taken a step forward in gullibility.