House Oversight Asks FBI for Briefing on Missing Scientists

‘If the reports are accurate, these deaths and disappearances may represent a grave threat to U.S. national security,’ the committee chair said.

FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington on Aug. 11, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The House Oversight Committee has requested a staff-level briefing with the FBI over the recent mysterious deaths and disappearances of at least 10 scientists or government employees with connections to U.S. nuclear secrets or rocket technology.

The committee sent letters to FBI Director Kash Patel, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, War Secretary Pete Hegseth, and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on April 20, announcing a probe into the reported disappearances and deaths of U.S. scientists.