* At least 10 people tied to sensitive US research have died or disappeared https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47909942
* Conspiracy about missing/dead scientists from online forums to the White House https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47898228
* Comer and Burlison Seek Information on Missing Nuclear and Rocket Scientists https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47877825
* FBI looks into dead or missing scientists tied to NASA, Blue Origin, SpaceX https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47858246
this certainly reinforces "waves of naive people"
As far as conspiracies go, the media seems to be working extra to bury this one.