FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Sunday that the FBI has launched a major investigation into the mysterious deaths and disappearances of nearly a dozen high-level U.S. scientists with access to top-secret classified information, many of whom worked on nuclear, aerospace, propulsion, and advanced defense programs.
In an interview on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, Patel revealed that President Trump was recently briefed on the cases and that the FBI is now centralizing the investigations across multiple jurisdictions to identify patterns, connections to classified material, and possible involvement by foreign actors.
“These missing and killed scientists and former professional members of the Department of Energy vary in a wide range, and we’re working most importantly with our state and local partners who have jurisdiction on each of these cases, whether they be a homicide or a missing person’s case; they have the evidence,” Patel stated.
Patel continued, “What we’re going to do is collectively pull it all into one place. We started this process last week, and then we’re going to look for connections, on whether there are connections to classified access, access to classified information, and or foreign actors, and then we will produce that information to the White House and the world because it’s of such great public importance. And if there are any connections that lead to nefarious conduct or conspiracy, the FBI will make the appropriate arrest.”
WATCH:
NOW: FBI Director Kash Patel CONFIRMS huge investigation into the mysterious death and loss of nearly a DOZEN high-level, top-secret scientists
President Trump recently held a meeting on the investigation
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Patel’s announcement is the most significant confirmation yet that the federal government is treating the strange incidents as a potential national security matter rather than isolated tragedies.
The Gateway Pundit has been closely following the disturbing pattern.
Earlier this week, President Trump publicly stated that the White House had already launched its own review of the cases after being alerted to roughly 10 scientists with access to classified nuclear, aerospace, and defense material who had either gone missing or turned up dead in recent months.
Just two days later, as The Gateway Pundit previously reported, the total had reached 11, with Republican Rep. Eric Burlison demanding a full federal investigation, calling the pattern “too coincidental” to ignore.
The scientists have worked on highly sensitive projects, including rocket propulsion, nuclear fusion, asteroid tracking and deflection, missile technology, advanced materials, and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) research.
Several cases involve individuals who vanished while hiking or walking without their phones, wallets, or keys, while others were found shot to death under circumstances that remain unexplained.
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