Shermer Says 9: The "Dead Scientists," Explained
4/24/202616 min
A viral story is spreading across media: a mysterious string of scientists connected to UFOs, nuclear weapons, aerospace, and defense work have disappeared or died under suspicious circumstances. Politicians are calling it a possible national security threat.
Michael Shermer takes a skeptical look.
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Michael Shermer· Host0:39
Hey, everyone. Michael Shermer here. Time for another episode of The Michael Shermer Show. This is another solo commentary. This one on the mystery of missing and dead scientists explained. Yeah, I'm gonna be one of the few that actually doubts this story. Uh, I've been aft-- often asked ever since my conspiracy book came out, "What's the craziest conspiracy theory you've ever heard?" Well, the moon landing would have to be up there with the craziest, uh, now displaced by this one. As I write this, the week of April 20th, twenty twenty-six, both mainstream media and social media are chock-a-block full of coverage of the disappearance or death of eleven US scientists who worked on UFOs, nuclear weapons, military defense, propulsion