Congressman vows to find answers in missing, deceased scientists cases as Trump gives update on investigation

A U.S. congressman connected Thursday vowed to get to the bottommost of the enigma successful the cases of 13 dormant oregon missing scientists that person surfaced implicit the past fewer months, arsenic President Donald Trump gave an update connected the national government's investigation.

"The number is up to 13. Thirteen American scientists tied to atomic and abstraction research, missing oregon dead," Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., said connected X. "Every adversary connected the satellite celebrates each 1 we lose. We are weaker arsenic a federation contiguous due to the fact that of these losses, and I'm moving to get answers."

"I asked the FBI straight if they had opened an probe into Matthew Sullivan's suspicious death," helium said successful a aboriginal post. "They would not corroborate oregon deny. I've been pushing connected this for astir a year. The American radical merit consecutive answers from their FBI. Period."

Rep. Eric Burlison participated successful a Republican Study Committee quality league unveiling its fiscal twelvemonth 2025 fund connection astatine the U.S. Capitol connected March 21, 2024, successful Washington, D.C. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

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According to The New York Post, Sullivan, 39, died of an accidental cause overdose successful his location successful Falls Church, Virginia, connected May 12, 2024, soon aft helium agreed to attest earlier Congress connected authorities UFO programs.

Citing an obituary for Sullivan, The Post reported that helium was a U.S. Air Force quality serviceman who earned a Bronze Star during Operation Enduring Freedom, and aboriginal went to enactment astatine the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Air Force Intelligence Agency.

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The disappearance of retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland earlier this twelvemonth acceptable disconnected the cascade of theories astir the missing and dormant scientists. He was the erstwhile commandant of the Air Force Research Laboratory, and had connections to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, wherever top-secret atomic probe is conducted.

A divided representation shows retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Neil McCasland successful the greenish garment helium was past seen wearing and successful his subject uniform. (Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office, Neil McCasland/Facebook, Kirtland Air Force Base)

At slightest 13 people, including Sullivan, the immense bulk of whom were progressive successful atomic subject and abstraction research, person died oregon gone missing since 2022, immoderate nether mysterious circumstances.

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Monica Reza, 60; Melissa Casias, 53; Anthony Chavez, 79; and Steven Garcia, 48, were each reported missing betwixt 2023 and 2026, with each of their disappearances considered suspicious.

Michael David Hicks, 59; Frank Maiwald, 61; Nuno Loureiro, 47; Jason Thomas, 45; Amy Eskridge, 34; Carl Grillmair, 47; and Joshua LeBlanc, 29, each died betwixt 2022 and 2026. 

Jason Thomas, left, Melissa Casias, center, and Frank Maiwald are among scientists whose deaths oregon disappearances person drawn scrutiny arsenic officials reappraisal whether immoderate cases are connected. (Fox News: Sierra Casias: Legacy.com)

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Hicks, Maiwald and Reza were each connected to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

The inclination caught the oculus of the White House, and the FBI is investigating.

"The FBI is spearheading the effort to look for connections into the missing and deceased scientists," the bureau told Fox News Digital successful a statement. "We are moving with the Department of Energy, Department of War, and with our authorities and section instrumentality enforcement partners to find answers."

Trump connected Thursday gave an update connected the probe to Fox News' Peter Doocy, saying the concern is "very serious" but that truthful far, helium hasn't seen grounds that shows a transportation successful the deaths and disappearances.

President Donald Trump said helium wants to analyse the deaths and disappearances of 11 scientists chiefly tied to the U.S. atomic and abstraction probe programs. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

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"Well, truthful far, I mean, they're individual," Trump said. "We person a batch of scientists. When you see, you know, you enactment unneurotic 10 it's a lot. But it's, you know, a precise tiny number, compared to what overall, we person a batch of scientists. I was asking that question. Thousands, hundreds of thousands of scientists.

"So no, immoderate of them that we looked astatine are precise bittersweet cases, successful immoderate cases, immoderate were sick. Some near this world self-inflicted. Some had different things. So, truthful far, it's not a major, you know, sometime it's a small spot of a transportation anyway. And you say, 'oh, this is, this is simply a unspeakable thing.' But truthful acold we're uncovering that, there's not overmuch of a connection. We'll fto you know. We're going to beryllium doing a afloat report. And it's precise serious."