A nuclear physicist and MIT professor fatally shot outside his Massachusetts residence. A retired Air Force general missing from his New Mexico home. An aerospace engineer who disappeared during a hike in Los Angeles.

These are among at least 10 individuals connected to sensitive US nuclear and aerospace research who have died or disappeared in recent years, prompting concerns whether they are connected and fueling speculation online about the possibility of nefarious activity.

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[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

lol, the UFO fringe seems to be what caused this to turn into a story. I like how it’s been sanitized for this post. It’s filtered through social media, then news nation, then Fox News. And now I’m surprised it’s on CNN and being posted in a science community.

The UFO community says one of them had a secret anonymous Twitter account that talked about UFOs. The account stopped posting when he disappeared. William Neil McCasland. They claim he would have been some sort of top dog/authority on the topic.

I wonder if it’ll continue to be covered. The UFO community is pulling in everything they can to link it to the story to make it bigger and more inclusive of more people and things. There are also MAGA republicans in the administration talking about it, and UFOs. It’s their pet topic. The UFOs sub on Reddit has little tolerance for anyone pointing out that they are interacting with the topic just to garner support and attention from a certain demographic of people.

[–] redsand@infosec.pub 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Something to remember context wise. The guy who was trying to get in a SCIF to brief members of congress but seemingly never did and the whole thing faded away a few years ago. And Trump saying he would reveal stuff about UFOs then goes to war with Iran and doesn't mention it again. Doesn't prove anything but I would be disturbed if Bob Lazar died now.