Re. The [3] scientists, I’ve been digging into the history of satellite data relays and came upon Intelsat.
https:// en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelsat
What jumped out at me again was that the admin headquarters are in Tysons Corner, VA, right beside McLean, VA.
I also feel that the [3] may have been killed a while ago, as this research sounds like something we’ve known about for a while.
Hard to pin down a good search approach for research that’s been classified and for murders that were probably never listed as such.