Disappearing Scientists and the UFO Narrative: A Mick West–Led Critique of Media Claims and Base-Rate Thinking

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Top-secret cleared scientists vanishing is a flawed claim, argues Mick West, because it rests on loose definitions, cherry-picked cases, and search bias, with many deaths natural or unrelated and no evidence from official investigations, despite amplification by UFO networks and politicians like Eric Burlison, Anna Paulina Luna, and Tim Burchett.

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"Missing Scientists" Nonsense Is 2026's Dumbest Conspiracy Theory ( @MickWest & Ramsey Faragher)

#scientists #uap #ufo #missing #conspiracytheory #conspiracy The missing scientists narrative being pushed by US politicians, media figures and podcasters in the US is entirely baseless and rests on shoddy statistical analyses. It is deeply unethical to rake over the tragic deaths and disappearances of individuals to make political hay or push forward your conspiracy theory of choice. Time stamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:34 How did this start? 04:54 Who is driving this? 07:07 Why cover this? 09:44 Mick's analysis 11:05 What is being claimed? 15:27 They aren't all scientists 19:47 Are they really similar people? 23:52 Spatial clustering is overdetermined 28:30 Similarity to other conspiracy theories 32:30 Reaction to Mick's analysis 39:38 How should this be cleared up? 42:44 Similarity to climate conspiracies 44:21 UFO hazing? 46:01 What is it like to have a clearance? Story: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2026/04/missing-scientists/686885/ Analysis of claims by Mick West: https://x.com/MickWest/status/2044918023077925243 https://t.co/rDCTDSpMuZ Guests: Mick West: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MickWest YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MickWest Ramsey Faragher: Twitter: https://twitter.com/RamseyFaragher Host: - Website: www.badboyofscience.com - Twitter: https://twitter.com/Samuel_Gregson... - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebadboyof...... - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/badboyofscie...... - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-gregs......