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Were the people who died working on the same classified projects, such as Sting Ray, Tigerfish or the Strategic Defense Initiative?

Asked 3 Nov 2026 by ·2 answers·0·0 following
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Where it stands

Two answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Two are still possible.

Why it matters

A shared secret project is the proposed motive. If the dead worked on separate, mostly unclassified jobs at different firms, the motive has nothing to attach to.

Answers 2

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No shared secret project
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Evidence: 1 for
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Read Collins, Open Verdict (1990)
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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.

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History

  1. The Times: collins and a US source tied some of the dead to underwater simulation and SDI-applicable workFor: A shared classified field: underwater warfare and SDI simulation
  2. Tyler Marshall: collins and a US source tied some of the dead to underwater simulation and SDI-applicable workFor: A shared classified field: underwater warfare and SDI simulation
  3. House of Commons: official answers put the dead on separate, mostly unclassified workFor: No shared secret project
  4. House of Commons: official answers put the dead on separate, mostly unclassified workFor: No shared secret project
  5. Tyler Marshall: official answers put the dead on separate, mostly unclassified workFor: No shared secret project
  6. NZPA-AP: collins and a US source tied some of the dead to underwater simulation and SDI-applicable workFor: A shared classified field: underwater warfare and SDI simulation
  7. House of Commons: official answers put the dead on separate, mostly unclassified workFor: No shared secret project
  8. Marcus Eliason: official answers put the dead on separate, mostly unclassified workFor: No shared secret project
  9. Session 1: raised the question and found two results bearing on its answers
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