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Polybius

(22,062 posts)
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 08:14 PM Apr 19

House Oversight Committee to investigate missing, dead scientists

Source: The Hill

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) on Sunday said the committee will investigate the deaths and disappearances of 10 American scientists who all had links to U.S. nuclear or space research programs.

Authorities have not confirmed an official connection between members of the group, though it’s been noted that each of them had high-level security clearances at certain national research facilities.

“We’re very concerned about this. This is a national security concern. This would suggest that something sinister may be happening,” Comer said during a Sunday appearance on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends.”

Comer said the committee will seek briefings on the topic from the Pentagon, FBI, Department of Energy and NASA, according to NewsNation.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5838817-investigation-american-scientists-deaths/



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House Oversight Committee to investigate missing, dead scientists (Original Post) Polybius Apr 19 OP
Space Aliens Killed & Kidnapped Scientists! AAAHHHAHHAHAHH! Jacson6 Apr 19 #1
Well, the missing scientists is 100% real Polybius Apr 19 #3
you need new sunglasses: ret5hd Apr 19 #5
Loved that movie Polybius Apr 20 #12
Maybe he went on a bender and fell into a river? Jacson6 Apr 19 #8
Anything is possible Polybius Apr 20 #13
JFC! This administration's negligence is criminal! Tim S Apr 19 #2
I count 7 people in the slide lapfog_1 Apr 19 #4
I'll bet that they end up ... reACTIONary Apr 19 #6
DOGE gave Russia all the data it collected. cayugafalls Apr 19 #7
Entirely plausible chicoescuela Apr 19 #9
If only we had an investigative body, like the Buddyzbuddy Apr 20 #10
Surely they'll get to the bottom of it ... live love laugh Apr 20 #11
Somebody Must Be A Fan Of Agatha Christie........ ColoringFool Apr 25 #14

Polybius

(22,062 posts)
3. Well, the missing scientists is 100% real
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 08:44 PM
Apr 19

The aliens, I have no idea. I've never seen one.

Tim S

(288 posts)
2. JFC! This administration's negligence is criminal!
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 08:23 PM
Apr 19

It took *Comer* to realize this? We’re in even more trouble than I thought.

lapfog_1

(31,956 posts)
4. I count 7 people in the slide
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 09:01 PM
Apr 19

5 worked or were funded by JPL and *could* be in related fields ( search for exo planets with water ), near earth asteroids. Of the 2 that worked at LANL, 1 was an administrative assistant. I would totally discount the LANL deaths and concentrate on the people connected to JPL / Wright Patterson.

Could someone be trying to hide something by offing these people... unlikely in the extreme... but possible.

Full disclosure, I once worked at NASA for a decade and spent a lot of time at DOE ( LLNL, LANL, LBL ).

reACTIONary

(7,271 posts)
6. I'll bet that they end up ...
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 09:38 PM
Apr 19

.... Accusing the Fed chair of this dastardly dead!

(The alien angle was already posted, so I had to get creative.)

cayugafalls

(5,979 posts)
7. DOGE gave Russia all the data it collected.
Sun Apr 19, 2026, 09:45 PM
Apr 19

Prove me wrong.

We are witnessing the Russian asset destroy our country from the inside and Putin is smiling.

Buddyzbuddy

(2,810 posts)
10. If only we had an investigative body, like the
Mon Apr 20, 2026, 12:43 AM
Apr 20

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former Federal police Agency, the FBI. Instead, we have drivers and escorts for the Directors girlfriend and agents to look after the Director who might be on a bender.

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