Awesome or Off-Putting is a weekly delve into cryptozoology, ufology, medical marvels, scientific wonders, secret societies, government conspiracies, cults, ghosts, myths, strange facts or just plain weird, weird goings-on.
This week: Government Conspiracies
Government conspiracies aren't new. They abound in forms from UFO cover-ups to global oil domination. It's somewhat rare though, when those conspiracies include the secret murders of scientists who simply knew too much about the projects they'd been asked to work on.
GEC-Marconi was a company as it existed until 1999 – that's the year it was incorporated into British Aerospace, and then changed it's name to BAE Systems. The project of theirs most pertinent to this story is called the Sting Ray Torpedo.
The Sting Ray Torpedo has a sordid history. The project itself went smoothly enough as far as we can tell. It's the scientists and software engineers that worked on it that had the problems – those problems being that they've been dropping like flies. But everybody dies, right? It's not so weird in and of itself. What is weird is almost all of them were 'suicides' or 'accidental' deaths.
Between 1982 and 1990, 25 scientists were found dead – almost all were called suicides. Generally speaking, the families and friends of the scientists attest that there were absolutely no signs of depression or anxiety leading up to the deaths. The following is a sample of some of the scientist's grisly ends:
In October of 1986 Arshad Sharif, who'd worked on satellite methods of detecting submarines, died from tying one end of a ligature around his neck, and the other end around a tree. He then got in his car and sped off with the gas peddle 'jammed' down. The coroner called it a suicide.
A 1987 death included Richard Pugh, who was a MOD computer consultant and a digital communications expert. He was found dead in his apartment with a bag over his head, his feet were bound and his body was tied in a rope that wrapped around his neck four times. The coroner called it an accident. Another scientist, Mark Wisner died in an extremely similar manner about three months later.
In 1986, Vimal Dajibhai was one week away from quitting Marconi. He had a new job lined up in London, and his friends and family claim he was excited for it. Then he allegedly committed suicide by jumping off a suspension bridge to his death. The original police report noted a needle-sized puncture on his left buttock. This mark was later written off as incidental to his impact. The coroner's case is still open.
In 1985 Jonathan Walsh, who'd also been a digital communications expert, died from falling out of his hotel room. Before he died, he'd expressed a fear for his life. This coroner's report is still open.
In 1987, Shani Warren wasn't a scientist, but she was a personal assistant in a company that was acquired by GEC Marconi just four short weeks after her passing. She was found drowned in 18 inches of water with a noose around her neck, a gag in her mouth, bound feet, and her hands tied around her back. Coroner's verdict is still open, but some have stated it was a suicide. That suicide would have included her binding herself, and then stumbling with bound feet and stiletto heals a short ways to her liquidy death.
The examples we've given here are extremely abbreviated. For a more complete listing you should check the link below. Exactly what all these people knew that required such severe silencing is completely unknown. It's important to note though, that they aren't the only scientists dying. There's also an extensive list of microbiologists that are kicking off in mysterious droves as well. If the Marconi scientists are lumped in with them, the number is at least 88 very suspicious deaths from 1982 until now.
Maybe it's time hecklerspray changed its major.
Read more:
Master list of dead scientists and biologists – Rense
[story by Shawn Lindseth]
MikeC says
The Rense site lists 23, not 25, and only 6 of them from suicide.