# Portsmouth · Place

> Marconi's Portsmouth companies, subject of the MoD police fraud inquiry from 1986, where Victor Moore worked and Sharif spent part of early 1986. In The…

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# Portsmouth

Marconi's Portsmouth companies, subject of the MoD police fraud inquiry from 1986, where Victor Moore worked and Sharif spent part of early 1986

[The Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists)[2 events][50.8050° N, 1.0870° W]

Portsmouth is a city in the record of Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990, placed to about 10 km.

Two events on the site happened here, between 1986 and 1987: MoD police begin investigating Marconi contracts, and later Victor Moore dies of an overdose.

City point.

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Placed to about 10 km[Open the mystery's map](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists#map)

## In the mysteries

**The Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990**

Marconi's Portsmouth companies, subject of the MoD police fraud inquiry from 1986, where Victor Moore worked and Sharif spent part of early 1986 · 2 events

[The mystery ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists)

## What happened here 2

Oct 1986[MoD police begin investigating Marconi contracts](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/events/EVT0DGGES148EN0/mod-police-begin-investigating-marconi-contracts)

Feb 1987[Victor Moore dies of an overdose](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/events/EVT0DGGES14HJ7J/victor-moore-dies-of-an-overdose)

## Nearby within 500 km

[Near Basingstoke, Hampshire](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/places/PLC0DGGE5F0Y54T/near-basingstoke-hampshire)

town

51 km N

[Frimley, Surrey](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/places/PLC0DGGE5F11PPQ/frimley-surrey)

town

61 km NE

[Amesbury](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CRWPGT43GM5/amesbury)

town

64 km NW

[Camberley, Surrey](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/places/PLC0DGGE5F0XRPK/camberley-surrey)

town

64 km N

[Bluestonehenge (West Amesbury henge)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CRWPEKT46V4/bluestonehenge-west-amesbury-henge)

stone circle and henge

64 km NW

[Woodhenge](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CRWPEC01PF0/woodhenge)

timber circle and henge

65 km NW

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Portsmouth [Place PLC0DGGE5F0ZVDR]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0DGGE5F0ZVDR
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Key

**PLC** 0DGGE5F0ZVDR

Record

Place

Kind

City

Position

50.8050° N, 1.0870° W

Precision

About 10 km

In

[Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists)

Version

1

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