I’ve seen several different stories about ten or eleven scientists and engineers who, over the last couple of years, have gone missing, have been killed, or have been reported to have committed suicide in unusual circumstances.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/05/03/missing-dead-scientists-nasa-research/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/25/conspiracy-theory-ufo-scientists-white-house

https://youtube.com/shorts/BzbS1m60vKY?si=lX4IeKscT4h—Uza

https://youtu.be/LitzZExKvKg?si=CVa2wukgL3WyfY6p

There is not much linking them. Some of them were in high energy physics or cutting edge theoretical physics, others in propulsion or exoplanets…

Certainly interesting work but not particularly linked in an obvious way. Disproportionately there is a connection to NASA but not all of them had a connection to NASA.

My gut feeling is that it’s probably nothing. The USA is a big place. It wouldn’t surprise me if there were a hundred thousand people working in such fields. And it’s the USA: a lot of people generally get killed and commit suicide and go missing as a matter of course.

Have you heard of this? Got any opinions?

maybe they all just moved to another country with better research support

Yes and no.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/25/conspiracy-theory-ufo-scientists-white-house

Conspiracy theory over UFOs and missing scientists spreads from web to White House
Claim of nefarious plot draws attention of lawmakers and president – but are disappearances and deaths really linked.

A conspiracy theory positing exactly that has roared through sections of the US population in recent weeks, spreading rapidly from the internet into rightwing media and hence into the mainstream press and prompting an inquiry from Congress and questions from Donald Trump.

Could such an outlandish theory have even an inkling of truth? Or are lawmakers, the FBI, the White House, countless substackers and podcasters, along with US media outlets, just pandering to the latest clickbait conspiracy theory in an age rife with them?

Like all good conspiracy theories, the mysterious case of the sudden flood of missing or dead US scientists is difficult to sift through. And answers to its puzzle likely lie not in the conspiracy theory itself but what it represents in an era of AI slop and social media disinformation. Especially when each morsel of conspiratorial connection creates more appetite for another and can never be satiated.

‘Never been closer’: UFO watchers buoyed by Trump and Vance’s alien ‘obsession’
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But there are a few known elements…

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I love it.

You’re right.. probly random noise… or aliens

Sidney Sheldon’s novel The Doomsday Conspiracy is about this. In the author’s note at the end, he lists NASA scientists who died under mysterious circumstances because they allegedly knew something about aliens. When I first had access to the internet, I did have a bit of a look but have largely forgotten what I found.

But yes, I’m aware of the phenomenon.

I think the oldfashioned name is burnout.

Watch “Alternative 3” on Youtube – it will explain all.

dv said:

I’ve seen several different stories about ten or eleven scientists and engineers who, over the last couple of years, have gone missing, have been killed, or have been reported to have committed suicide in unusual circumstances.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/05/03/missing-dead-scientists-nasa-research/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/25/conspiracy-theory-ufo-scientists-white-house

https://youtube.com/shorts/BzbS1m60vKY?si=lX4IeKscT4h—Uza

https://youtu.be/LitzZExKvKg?si=CVa2wukgL3WyfY6p

There is not much linking them. Some of them were in high energy physics or cutting edge theoretical physics, others in propulsion or exoplanets…

Certainly interesting work but not particularly linked in an obvious way. Disproportionately there is a connection to NASA but not all of them had a connection to NASA.

My gut feeling is that it’s probably nothing. The USA is a big place. It wouldn’t surprise me if there were a hundred thousand people working in such fields. And it’s the USA: a lot of people generally get killed and commit suicide and go missing as a matter of course.

Have you heard of this? Got any opinions?

I have heard about this, and the conspiracy theories. I agree with your assessment. NASA gets a lot of flerfs hot under the collar.

one or more decided to go missing i’d expect, some of the others are probably more(or a further) indication of what a shit country it is, unsafe in a word

buffy said:

I think the oldfashioned name is burnout.

At least one such

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southeast/death-nasa-engineer-joshua-leblanc-questioned/

Isn’t this to do with the story that they worked on or had knowledge of extra terrestrial technology
Being knocked off as their job is done and they are a security risk.

I always find these theories interesting that we are in possession of highly advanced alien technology.
Its never used except for some clandestine purpose
NASA still uses primitive rockets, the military whilst having advanced aircraft and weapons have nothing no one else can’t build.
Supposedly the only time it will be seen by the public is in the case of a nuclear war, why is never explained

bump

Heather Cox Richardson released a short or a video which said there was nothing to this.

Bogsnorkler said:

ms spock said:

roughbarked said:

Heather Cox Richardson said there was nothing to this.

so did I.

pretty sure there’s a distraction from the paedo philes to it

SCIENCE said:

Bogsnorkler said:

ms spock said:

Heather Cox Richardson said there was nothing to this.

so did I.

pretty sure there’s a distraction from the paedo philes to it

and a link to the release of the Alien Files!!!