# West 2026: The UAP "Body Count" Doesn't Add Up

> Mick West, 2026. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The base-rate argument: about 700,000 Top Secret-cleared aerospace and nuclear workers would…

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# The UAP "Body Count" Doesn't Add Up

Mick West, 2026. _Mick West (Substack)_.

**America's missing scientists, 2021–2026Secondary source** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The base-rate argument: about 700,000 Top Secret-cleared aerospace and nuclear workers would see some 70 homicides and 180 suicides in 22 months, against ten names on the list.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[Ordinary death rates predict far more such deaths in the cleared workforce than the list contains](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/evidence/EVD0DCQQKC4PM36/ordinary-death-rates-predict-far-more-such-deaths-in-the)

Evidence

EVD

[The site's base-rate model expects 10 to 95 times as many homicides in the workforce as the list holds](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/evidence/EVD0DCQT2HT9TG5/the-sites-base-rate-model-expects-10-to-95-times-as-many)

Evidence

EVD

[Mick West sets out the base rate](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/events/EVT0DCR9ZTMERBH/mick-west-sets-out-the-base-rate)

EVT

[Mick West](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/people/FIG0DCQX7WHMBFX/mick-west)

FIG

[Expected deaths and disappearances in a cleared workforce (base-rate model)](https://mysteriesdept.com/methods/MTH0DCQT0608CVS/expected-deaths-and-disappearances-in-a-cleared-workforce)

Method

MTH

[America's missing scientists, 2021–2026](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
West, M. (2026). The UAP "Body Count" Doesn't Add Up. Mick West (Substack). https://mickwest.substack.com/p/the-uap-body-count-doesnt-add-up
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[Read it free at mickwest.substack.com](https://mickwest.substack.com/p/the-uap-body-count-doesnt-add-up)

Key

**SRC** 0DCQE14HCFBF

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Web page

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The publisher's

Kept

29 Oct 2026, for editors

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