After nearly 40 years, the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Dr. Gillian Taylor, the esteemed marine biologist and co-director of the Cetacean Institute, has become clouded in even more mystery. The FBI, in a shocking announcement, revealed that Dr. Taylor was suspected of being a Soviet spy, Leveraging her position to relay sensitive information back to the USSR under the guise of scientific collaboration.

Dr. Taylor, renowned for her groundbreaking research on whale communication, vanished without a trace in 1986.  She was last seen at the Institute where she was in a heated argument with the Institute’s Director Bob Briggs.  Briggs was investigated by San Francisco police who determined he was not involved in Taylor’s disappearance In a 1988 interview, Briggs stated, “Gillian was very upset when the whales we had at that time were released.  She was very close to them and I think she blamed me when they were shipped out.  She slapped me and stormed off, that was the last time any of us saw her.  The case had baffled investigators for decades, becoming one of the most puzzling missing person cases in the nation.

In the bombshell announcement today, the FBI revelation came after the declassification of Cold War documents.  At the same time as the marine biologist’s disappearance, The FBI was called in to investigate a soviet spy who was discovered near the nuclear reactor of the US Naval aircraft carrier Enterprise. The ship was docked at the now-closed Navel shipyard in Alameda California,  During an escape attempt, the Soviet agent was critically injured.  While under police guard at Mercy Hospital in the Mission District of San Francisco, the Soviet spy was able to escape.  Doctors and staff at the hospital all independently identified Dr. Taylor as one of the agents who assisted in the agent’s escape.  The FBI was never able to identify any of the other members of the escape party.  The involvement of Taylor as a Soviet agent outside the secret halls of the FBI has never been considered until now.

The community and her colleagues, who had long mourned her as possibly a victim of foul play, were left reeling.

“There is no way Gillian was a spy, I mean, she was pretty fanatical about those whales, but a spy for the Soviets?  there is just no way”, said retired institute colleague Michelle Minot. “it just doesn’t make any sense”

Police missing person’s investigator Ryan Hawthorn stated that the revelation did not have much to add to the investigation, only that it makes the chances of finding out whatever happened to Dr. Gillian Taylor, even more mysterious.