Death of Max Spiers
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Contents 8
| Date | 16 July 2016 |
|---|---|
| People | Max Spiers |
| Testimony | Shellenberger testimony, p. 185 |
| Year | 2016 in UFO history |
| Timeline | 2016 on the UAP Timeline |
| Sources | 5 |
Max Spiers (1976–2016), also known as Maxwell Bates-Spiers, was a British UFO and conspiracy researcher who claimed he had been altered as a child to become a "super soldier". He died on 16 July 2016 in Warsaw, Poland, and his death became the subject of intense speculation. A British inquest in 2019 found that he died from drugs and pneumonia.[1][2]
Background
Spiers spoke at conferences about UFOs and secret programs, claiming he had been given supernatural abilities at birth and had been part of a secret military program as a child. A Polish journalist who knew him said he tended to present other people's research as his own. Spiers suffered from severe anxiety and, after a pelvic injury in the United States, had been prescribed opioids and developed an addiction that later included heroin.[1]
His death
Spiers died while visiting a friend in Warsaw. His mother, Vanessa Bates, said she had been worried about his mental health and that he had got involved with the wrong crowd; she said a final video of him showed signs of intoxication like those she had seen when he used heroin. His body was returned to Britain six days after his death, and the family was advised not to view it.[1][2]
Investigations
On 30 August 2016 Polish prosecutors opened an investigation that included possible involuntary manslaughter. A British inquest was announced in December 2016 and adjourned while the coroner waited for a Polish report. On 7 January 2019 the inquest gave the cause of death as drug intoxication and pneumonia; reports said he had taken a prescription sedative.[1][3]
Speculation
His death attracted intense speculation in conspiracy circles, some of whom claimed he had been silenced. His mother campaigned for a fuller investigation and said Polish authorities had not released all the paperwork. There is no evidence his death was connected to his claims.[1][2]
People and topics
- Unidentified flying object — An object in the sky that can't be identified; the older term for UAP.
- Max Spiers — British conspiracy researcher who died in Poland in 2016.
On the Timeline
- Christopher Mellon goes public (2016) (9 May 2016) — Former Pentagon intelligence official Christopher Mellon speaks publicly about UAP for the first time.
- DeLonge's research groups (2016) (31 August 2016) — Tom DeLonge says he became involved with groups studying crashed craft and biology.
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References
- Death of Max Spiers — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- "What happened to conspiracy theorist Max Spiers?", The Week · theweek.com · archived copy
- "Inquest finds conspiracy theorist Max Spiers died due to overdose", Singular Fortean (Jan 2019) · singularfortean.com · archived copy
- en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- bitchute.com · bitchute.com · archived copy
Further reading
- Andrew Basiago — RationalWiki · rationalwiki.org · archived copy
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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