The death of a NASA scientist has sent conspiracy theorists into overdrive

Conspiracy theorists have been widely condemned condemned for dreaming up madcap theories around Tiffany Huan Moisan’s death, including another suggestion she may have died after getting too close to government secrets.

Social media users have condemned the speculation, ordering the bizarre theories to stop as those close to her try to come to terms with their loss.

The NASA climatology scientist, 48, was reported missing on June 4, with her body found the next day behind a branch of budget supermarket Food Lion in Princess Anne, Maryland, US.

Local police have ruled out any foul play, but the cause of death has yet to be released and this has led to wild suspicions over what happened to her.

Conspiracy theory website Clapway.com claims the case is suspicious and NASA scientists have gone missing or died in mysterious circumstances before.

In a report, the website suggested: "Signs of suspicion, however, are rampant. Some claim aliens are to blame, while others think she was getting a bit too close to government secrets."

Ms Moisan worked at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wattsville, Virginia.

According to an obituary on www.legacy.com, she was Born in Taiwan and adopted by an American couple after her mother died in childbirth.

Her adopted father Rodney "Butch" Ashworth was an officer in the US Navy.

She is survived by her husband, John R Moisan and two daughters adopted from China, Katherine Lin Moisan, 12, and Alyssa An Moisan, 9.