# NZPA-AP 1988: Pentagon wants to investigate scientists mystery

> NZPA-AP, 1988. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The Press, 11 October 1988, p. 11, carrying AP on a Sunday Times report that the US wanted…

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[Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists)NZPA-AP 1988

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# Pentagon wants to investigate scientists mystery

NZPA-AP, 1988.

**Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990** Article0

## What it's used for here

The Press, 11 October 1988, p. 11, carrying AP on a Sunday Times report that the US wanted Pentagon specialists to review the cases; at least 16 dead or disappeared over six years; GEC had opened an internal inquiry. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (Stuff Ltd).

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[Collins and a US source tied some of the dead to underwater simulation and SDI-applicable work](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/evidence/EVD0DGGCKF33QAF/collins-and-a-us-source-tied-some-of-the-dead-to-underwater)

Evidence

EVD

[The government withheld detail and refused an inquiry](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/evidence/EVD0DGGC4EEYRG4/the-government-withheld-detail-and-refused-an-inquiry)

Evidence

EVD

[The list grew from three Marconi deaths to thirty, mostly from other employers](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/evidence/EVD0DGGCPGJB4M1/the-list-grew-from-three-marconi-deaths-to-thirty-mostly)

Evidence

EVD

[Brigadier Peter Ferry found electrocuted](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/events/EVT0DGGES14RFTB/brigadier-peter-ferry-found-electrocuted)

EVT

[Sunday Times reports Pentagon interest](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/events/EVT0DGGES1532CK/sunday-times-reports-pentagon-interest)

EVT

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

The mystery article

MYS

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NZPA-AP (1988). Pentagon wants to investigate scientists mystery. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19881011.2.88.10
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