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Article #7077Re: Scientists' Deaths
From: fred j mccall 575-3539
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:37
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:37
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In <C1FCzD.EHs.1@cs.cmu.edu> KitchenRN@ssd0.laafb.af.mil writes: >Several years ago (don't ask me how many) there were *several* postings, >including excerpts from British newspapers, about the spate of "suicides" and >"accidental deaths" of British space scientists in comp.risks. If anybody is >really interested in doing the research, instead of just sarcastically >dismissing them as crackpot conspiracy fodder, they can look it up in the >Risks archive. I remember hearing this particular conspiracy theory years ago, back when it had nothing to do with space. Something about people employed at a TS research facility for communications decryption -- the UK version of the NSA. Just because something is from across the Pond doesn't mean that it didn't start with conspiracy theorists over there. -- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!tcsi.com!iat.holonet.net!news.cerf.net!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti.com!mksol!mccall From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) Subject: Re: Scientists' Deaths Message-ID: <1993Jan26.193704.22510@mksol.dseg.ti.com> Organization: Texas Instruments Inc References: <C1FCzD.EHs.1@cs.cmu.edu> Distribution: sci Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:37:04 GMT Lines: 23