FBI looks into dead or missing scientists tied to NASA, Blue Origin, SpaceX

ghstinda

Doesn't seem connected, but makes a nice film. I think ignorance is bliss and due to the current climate, many people checking out...

F7F7F7

Turns out scientists die too?

imglorp

How many of the disappearances were defections?

himata4113

This appears to be for investigating how many scientist have left the US sponsored by state powers. But this also seems like bad communication on the FBI and perhaps poor publishing. I think there is some confusion that there are more people going missing and dying in the sector while not outlining that there are more people going missing AND dying. Or I'm just completely wrong, the only reason why I am making such assumptions because there is more information about this in the ASML case where a whisleblower leaked that china has poached ASML engineers and have given them new identities to work in chip manufacturing sector in china.

wmf

I don't have the link but someone estimated the number of scientists working in the defense field (it's a lot) and the number of deaths per year you'd expect (over 100). There's probably nothing here. It probably doesn't hurt to have the FBI take a second look at any death of somebody who has a security clearance or is working on export-controlled tech, but OTOH that might be a lot of work.

neurocline

Once I saw “James Comer” I knew I could ignore this.

mmooss

The article doesn't seem to reveal the source of its information about these alleged disappearances. Is it the letters from the members of Congress? Also, what interest would a foreign power have in planetary defense against asteroids? Is there some dual-use technology in that?

m3kw9

Something about ufo conspiracy theories.

xer0x

Odd, I saw this bubble up on social media this week as a tinfoil hat curiosity. I don't know what's real anymore.

nickandbro

A lot of people are saying it’s disconnected, but even if it was, if a string of your country’s top rocket experts started disappearing, you wouldn’t just sit idly by

coppsilgold

One more addition to the conspiracy theories: The frequency of fireballs in our planet’s skies seemed to grow in recent months. NASA and other meteor experts can’t agree on what explains it. ... In response to growing public interest, a NASA public affairs official said in a blog post at the end of March, “While it may seem like meteor reports and sightings have been more frequent recently, it is not out of the ordinary.” The post explained that from February to April, there is often a 10 to 30 percent increase in the number of extremely luminous meteors — and nobody is quite sure why. Mr. Hankey said that this 10 to 30 percent increase was already baked into the American Meteor Society tally, and that it doesn’t explain the apparent doubling of fireball sightings in the year’s first quarter. < https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/science/march-fireballs-m... >