Social media posts said scientists have disappeared or died because they were working on nuclear programs or researching UFOs. But publicly available information doesn’t support some of these theories.
The Los Alamos National Laboratory main campus is seen in the pre-dawn hours in Los Alamos, N.M. , April 16, 2019. Social media users are posting about people who died or disappeared, claiming they are all scientists who knew secrets about nuclear research and unidentified flying objects.
They theorize that what happened to these people, who have died or disappeared since 2021, is concerted and not a coincidence. A viralread,"Can anyone explain what the deal is with all the missing scientists lately? We've had like 10 disappearances in the last two years. …What's the deal?
It's too much to be coincidence. It's a legitimate anomaly. It's spooky.
""There are 11 missing or dead or suicided scientists all linked to space or military programs and the FBI just now opened a ‘probe,’" former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Remember when it was wall to wall coverage of missing Nancy Guthrie like the media could not talk about anything else? There are 11 missing or dead or suicided scientists all linked to space or military programs and the FBI just now opened a “probe.
”Discussion about the scientists isn’t limited to social media. The FBI and the House Oversight Committee said they areany potential connections among the missing and dead scientists and whether a national security threat exists. NASA, where several of the people were employed, said it is working with the relevant agencies. April 16 that he had a meeting on the topic and"we’re gonna look at it over the next short period.
" We tracked 14 names that have surfaced in these posts. We examined their backgrounds and the circumstances of their deaths or disappearances, and some of the claims about potential connections among them don’t hold up. We also found that they were not all scientists. That’s overstated.
We found no evidence that"nearly all" were colleagues. Carl Grillmair, died in February; worked at the California Institute of Technology and collaborated with NASA. Nuno Loureiro, died in December 2025; worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ning Li, died in 2021; worked at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, founded AC Gravity.
"TEN American scientists familiar with the US nuclear program are either missing, have died suddenly or have been murdered in the last 12 months. Nobody with power seems to think that’s in any way strange…" read oneread,"BREAKING: General William Neil McCasland and seven other scientists, now dead or missing, were linked to UFO and alien research & exposure, according to Tim Burchett.
" InNASA Spokesperson Bethany Stevens, which said:"NASA is coordinating and cooperating with the relevant agencies in relation to the missing scientists. At this time, nothing related to NASA indicates a national security threat. The agency is committed to transparency and will provide more information as able.
" NASA is coordinating and cooperating with the relevant agencies in relation to the missing scientists. At this time, nothing related to NASA indicates a national security threat. The agency is committed to transparency and will provide more information as able. Some of the people studied nuclear science but it’s unclear whether they were involved in classified programs; others worked at nuclear research facilities but not in scientific roles.
Those who worked at Los Alamos, a nuclear research facility, did not appear to have scientific roles. Casias worked as an administrative assistant, and Chavez as a construction foreman, USA Todaythat he"had access to some highly classified programs and information," but he retired from the Air Force almost 13 years ago.
"It seems quite unlikely that he was taken to extract very dated secrets from him," she said. She also said McCasland had a"brief association with the UFO community," when he worked as a consultant for a fiction book. The others who worked at different institutions included Garcia, who was a government contractor and property custodian at the Kansas City National Security Campus, whichthat he had top security clearance at the facility.
Grillmair, the astrophysicist, studied dark matter, Galactic structure, stellar populations and exoplanets, according to histhat foreign adversaries such as China, North Korea, Iran or Russia may be involved because of their interest in the U.S. nuclear program. Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, a Portuguese national, fatally shot Loureiro and two students on Brown University’s campus in Rhode Island. Neves Valente died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound days later.
The Justice Department said Neves Valente had been planning the shooting foron a day when she dropped off her husband at work, went back home, and brought lunch for her daughter at her workplace. Casias’ personal belongings remained at her home. New Mexico State Police said April 21 that the investigation continues, and the agencythat a detective said there are no signs of foul play, but also no indications that he had planned to leave.
McCasland walked out of his home without his phone, prescription glasses and wearable devices, and disappeared. We found no public information about Maiwald’s cause of death. Email exchange with Nate Lucas, communications director for Rep. Eric Burlison, April 28, 2026Email exchange with Jennifer Talhelm, chief communications officer, and Steven Horak, lab spokesperson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, April 24, 2026Image shows President Donald Trump asked Florida Gov.
Ron DeSantis on Truth Social to pardon Tiger Woods following a DUI charge. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies “have forced American families to pay more than $1,700 each in tariff costs” since last year. Imagen muestra que “950 inmigrantes derrumbaron el muro fronterizo entre México y Estados Unidos intentando ingresar a Estados Unidos” en abril 2026.
“Tras el atentado a Trump”, en la cena de corresponsales de la Casa Blanca el 25 de abril, “Irán lanza un mensaje fuerte: ‘no le crean nada, miente’”. “As a result of the 'Big Beautiful Bill' 15 million Americans have been thrown off the healthcare that they need. " U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds voted"against three pay raises for military service members, including the largest pay raise for the military in 22 years.
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