MODULE 17
MISSING RESEARCHERS
UNDER FEDERAL REVIEW
The Documented Cluster
Twelve scientists, engineers, and researchers in aerospace, nuclear, plasma, and UAP-adjacent fields who have died or disappeared since 2022. Each case is presented with its official cause, primary reporting, and statistical context. The site does not assert a unifying explanation — only that the cluster is documented and federally reviewed.
EPISTEMIC NOTE
This is a case record, not a claim of foul play. Cases with documented mundane causes are marked EXPLAINED and appear in the filter above. No living person is implied as connected. Public sources are cited on every case card. The clustering itself is documented and federally reviewed; whether the cluster reflects a pattern is exactly the question the review is meant to answer.
TOTAL CASES
12
9 organizations
DECEASED
7
confirmed
MISSING
5
active investigations
WITHOUT CLEAR EXPLANATION
6
of 12 cases
FEDERAL REVIEW
ACTIVE
FBI · House Oversight
STATUS
EXPLAINED?
TAG
CASE FILES· 12 of 12
SOURCED · OFFICIAL CAUSE LISTEDFEDERAL RESPONSE
FBIINVESTIGATING
Spearheading effort to look for connections (April 2026)
House Oversight CommitteeINVESTIGATING
Opened investigation
Rep. James Comer (Chair)CONCERNED
Deaths/disappearances "unlikely to be a coincidence"
Rep. Eric Burlison (MO)CONCERNED
Requested FBI involvement; framed as UAP-adjacent
Rep. James WalkinshawSKEPTICAL
Skeptical of foreign-operation framing
NASASKEPTICAL
"Nothing related to NASA indicates a national security threat"
National Nuclear Security AdministrationINVESTIGATING
"Paying attention"
President Donald TrumpCONCERNED
Called it "pretty serious stuff" but "hopefully coincidental"
STATISTICAL CONTEXT
Among an estimated 700,000 top-secret-cleared aerospace and nuclear workers, an expected ~250 homicides and suicides would occur over a comparable 4-year window per population base rates.
The site presents this counterweight because credibility requires it. A cluster is interesting; a cluster that survives base-rate analysis is more so.
Mick West· Science writer
Among ~700,000 top-secret-cleared aerospace and nuclear workers, roughly 250 homicides and suicides over a 4-year window is the expected baseline rate.
Michael Shermer· Editor, Skeptic
"Mystery-mongering data mining" — finding patterns in random noise by ignoring base rates and the much larger pool of researchers who didn’t go missing.
Robert Bartholomew· Medical sociologist
Apophenia: the tendency to see meaningful links in unrelated events.