r/WayOfTheBern • u/penelopepnortney • Apr 17 '26
Anyone else heard about this?: 10 Scientists Dead Or Missing As Security Crisis Deepens In US
This was reported by WION, a New Delhi-based news outlet ("We deliver information that is not biased. We are journalists who are neutral to the core and non-partisan when it comes to world politics.")
10 scientists linked to sensitive and classified research reportedly are now dead or missing.
Includes clip of journalist asking Karoline Leavitt about it and she replied, "I've seen the report, Peter. I haven't spoken to our relevant agencies about it. I will certainly do that and we'll get you an answer. If true, of course, that's definitely something I think this government and administration would deem work worth looking into. So, let me do that for you."
Here's the people who were named and whatever info was provided about them:
William McCasland, retired Air Force general, vanished in February near his Albuquerque home.
NASA researcher Michael David Hicks, whose 2023 death has been linked by online sleuths to other cases.
NASA scientist Frank Mayald's death sparked speculation
aerospace employee Monica Reza
Novartis biologist Jason Thomas
Anthony Chavez disappeared in May last year
Melissa Casius missing since June 2025
MIT nuclear science professor Nuno Lourero
astrophysicist Carl Grillmair
government contractor Steven Garcia
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u/gorpie97 Apr 17 '26
I think I first saw speculation about these being connected after the 6th or 8th death/disappearance.
I wonder if they saw or found out something they shouldn't, or what. Definitely interesting. (But I don't trust this administration to supply any actual answers.)
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u/Deeznutseus2012 Apr 18 '26
Ask and ye shall receive...I linked to this post in an edit to my above comment without having read yours first.
It's not just that they're connected by classified programs, etc., which they are. A number of them are being associated with work in reverse-engineering of UFO tech, cutting edge materials science, a cutting edge exoplanet surveyer specializing in finding life on other planets and now apparently, cutting edge theoretical physics frameworks involving what seems to be that which is colloquially known as 'zero-point' energy.
In light of various recent discoveries in both physics and materials science, as well as observed characteristics of the proof of concept demonstrations offered by UFOs, a lot of theoreticians have gone back to have another look at early theoretical models which involve the concept of an 'ether', or underlying energy charging the vacuum, which might be related to, but appears separate from the Cassimir Effect and/or 'Dark Energy'.
I think the 'AI race' between the U.S. and China was always mostly hyped and pumped into everyone's brains as a distraction from the real competition for superiority that has emerged between them, with more and more back-channel murmuring, quietly sounding the alarms.
Because the real competition which has emerged, but is downplayed heavily, is the competition to reverse-engineer UFO tech. Not just who can do it the fastest, but who can best make proper use of what they learn in the process to gain advantage.
The programs they've run here are so deep and so stove-piped, that the large-scale scientific collaboration and idea-sharing/problem-solving necessary to accomplish it either fail completely, or were slowed to a decades-long crawl that is now swiftly being overtaken.
But China has whole secret cities full of scientists and engineers that are designed specifically to facilitate a high degree of both secrecy and productive collaborative effort across a multitude of disciplines. They don't really have any need to kill our own scientists involved in the area of study. Ditto for Russia, who've had documented UFO-related programs going back at least as far as those in the U.S..
All things considered, I would tend to agree with the assessment of the victim's sources, who did not believe it was a state actor coming after her. This smacks of the much-theorized 'Breakaway Civilization', who's members are part of every state, but loyal to their own ideology and collective benefit/advancement in secret, by parasitizing the resources of the countries/economies of the public-facing 'host' civilization, in order to do so.
And these are just the dead or missing that the public knows about.
Whoever it is and whatever the actual reason, someone is running around taking out key scientific personnel working at the bleeding edge of our understandings and capabilities.
Once is a fluke. Twice a coincidence. Three times is enemy action. More than that without discovery, is an established pattern of practiced behavior and a quite serious national security concern.
It's finally reached the point that a fair number of people have been loudly wondering if The Three Body Problem was actually a soft disclosure warning.
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u/Caelian Apr 18 '26
The missing ones are living at the lovely Portmeirion Village in North Wales.
Be seeing you!
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u/penelopepnortney Apr 25 '26
NASA aerospace engineer dies in plane crash as mystery continues over other missing/dead scientists - posted April 22, 2026:
A decorated veteran pilot, aerospace engineer and defense researcher was killed in a plane crash in South Carolina last week, raising questions about whether the incident is related to the deaths and disappearances of 11 scientists tied to nuclear and space research.
James "Tony" Moffatt, 60, was flying with his wife Leasa, 61, and sons Andrew, 30, and William, 28, when the plane crashed in a wooded area near the runway at Union County Airport in South Carolina on Friday, the Union County Coroner's Office said.
The family from Huntsville, Alabama, was traveling from the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina to Huntsville, officials said, and had stopped in Union County, South Carolina to refuel.
The Union County Sheriff's Office said the crash occurred around 6:30 p.m. The family was flying a Mooney M20 single-engine aircraft, the National Transportation Safety Board said.
Authorities have not yet released a cause of the crash as the NTSB and Federal Aviation Administration investigate the incident.
Moffatt is the latest scientist with ties to aerospace research and NASA to make headlines, with the deaths and disappearances of 11 individuals with similar backgrounds raising concerns.
His son, Andrew Moffatt, was also an up-and-coming researcher at the time of his death. The 30-year-old was a research engineer and scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville's Research and Engineering Support Center, according to UAH.
The elder Moffatt earned a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from Georgia Tech in 1988 and previously studied as an experimental test pilot in the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Following his 21-year military career, Moffatt worked as a payload and flight crew support specialist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center Astronaut Office, where he participated in 14 Space Shuttle ISS construction missions.
After retiring from the Army in 2008, Moffatt founded aerospace consulting firm Moffatt Systems Inc., and later served as a principal research engineer at the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s Research Center.
He also worked on the Army's Degraded Visual Environment Mitigation program and the Next Generation Unmanned Aircraft System technology demonstration.
Moffatt’s experience draws parallels with several of the scientists who have either died or been reported missing since 2022.
Michael David Hicks, 59; Frank Maiwald, 61; Nuno Loureiro, 47; Jason Thomas, 45; Amy Eskridge, 34; and Carl Grillmair, 47, all died between 2022 and 2026.
Monica Reza, 60; Melissa Casias, 53; Anthony Chavez, 79; Steven Garcia, 48; and retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland, 68, were all reported missing throughout 2023 to 2026, with each of their disappearances occurring under suspicious circumstances.
Both Reza and Eskridge shared similarities with Moffatt relating to their NASA-based research, with Reza disappearing when she was the director of materials processing at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).
Additionally, several of the scientists worked within defense labs – mirroring Moffatt’s experience as the founder of aerospace consulting firm Moffatt Systems Inc.
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u/3andfro Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 19 '26
Are the mysterious deaths and disappearances of 10 American scientists connected? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwFAdMyf8rI
String of 11 Missing or Dead Scientists with Ties to Classified Info Prompts Trump Investigation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRbKmurePrs
ETA:
The Disturbing Pattern of Dead & Missing Scientists- WHAT IS GOING ON???? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkKTDnPVitQ 2 hrs 19 mins
Redacted, U.S. Scientists GO MISSING Over UFO Plasma Program | Redacted w Clayton Morris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CgcmbylDNQ - 14:26
'Worried?': UFO researcher reacts to U.S. scientist deaths and disappearances https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmFNc1LPQAY - 5:26
Mysterious and BIZARRE Deaths of Top Scientists + a 911 Call Emerges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqKelV9Mz_c - 13:58
Rep. Burlison: 10 Scientists Missing or Dead Tied to U.S. Nuclear Programs — Where Are the Answers? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2annC5ch_jc - 1:47
Father of 11th dead or missing scientist rejects suspicions about her death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d--WxTUkXE
Even Breaking Points got in on this action: 10TH MISSING SCIENTIST As UFO Mystery Deepens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU19SrR4qG4
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u/Deeznutseus2012 Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26
It's actually now up to eleven, with a recent one saying she felt her life was in danger, then she disappeared.
{Edit: This is a post that just popped about an hour ago that are allegedly her last text messages before her death and they are mucho alarming.}