Evidence · Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990
Collins and a US source tied some of the dead to underwater simulation and SDI-applicable work
Tony Collins of Computer News said the three Marconi men all worked in a narrow field of underwater simulation, and a US source told the Sunday Times in 1988 that some of the dead worked on projects "applicable to star wars"; Marconi Space Systems and Easams held US-led missile-defence study contracts.
What it means
Key questionWere the people who died working on the same classified projects, such as Sting Ray, Tigerfish or the Strategic Defense Initiative?
2 answers, none ahead yet
Openunchanged
Answer this evidence bears onA shared classified field: underwater warfare and SDI simulation
Supports1 for, none against
Still possiblewas No evidence yet
What it implies
- Some of the dead worked near SDI-related business, but no shared programme is named.For the key question: Were the people who died working on the same classified projects, such as Sting Ray, Tigerfish or the Strategic Defense Initiative?
Next steps 1
1
Read Collins, Open Verdict (1990)
Adds evidenceFair odds~8 h
9score
Details
Get a copy of the only book-length study (Sphere, ISBN 0-7474-0146-2) and extract every programme and employer it gives for each death, with its sources. It would show whether a shared programme is documented anywhere.
Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes
Sources 3
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Collins and a US source tied some of the dead to underwater simulation and SDI-applicable work [Evidence EVD0DGGCKF33QAF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DGGCKF33QAF
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title = {Collins and a US source tied some of the dead to underwater simulation and SDI-applicable work},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
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