India, April 9 -- A series of eight deaths and disappearances involving scientists and military figures has raised concern across the United States. Some of the cases are very confusing and several of the people involved had professional connections with each other. It is still not clear if the cases are linked but the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department in New Mexico told Newsweek that the agency is "looking into this to see if there is any connection at all."

Out of the eight cases, four people disappeared without any clear explanation. While some of the deaths seem unrelated because of different circumstances, two of the missing individuals, retired Air Force General William "Neil" McCasland and NASA scientist Monica Reza "had a cl...