President Donald Trump announced Thursday his administration will provide answers within days about a disturbing pattern that has lawmakers demanding a federal investigation: eleven scientists with access to classified aerospace and UFO research have vanished or died under mysterious circumstances.
Trump Pledges Swift Investigation
The President told reporters he hopes the deaths are a random coincidence but promised definitive answers soon. “Pretty serious stuff, hopefully a coincidence, or whatever you want to call it,” Trump stated. The cases show no known connection, yet Missouri Representative Eric Burlison believes the pattern is too significant to ignore. His office has tracked several disappearances for approximately one year, and he warned that hostile foreign powers, including China, Russia, or Iran, may be involved in targeting American defense researchers.
Scientists Vanished Without Trace
Retired Air Force Major General William McCasland disappeared from his Albuquerque home in February after Burlison attempted to contact him twice regarding his Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena research. McCasland, who retired in 2013, had worked in top space research positions. Burlison revealed the scientists left all personal devices behind when they vanished, calling the circumstances abnormal. “These are some of the most advanced scientists, researchers in our nation, some of the most important people for national security efforts,” the congressman said Friday on Fox and Friends.
Researcher Reported Threats Before Death
Amy Eskridge, 34, died from a gunshot wound in Huntsville, Alabama in 2022. Her death was ruled suicide, but evidence suggests otherwise. Eskridge had founded The Institute for Exotic Science to publicly disclose anti-gravity technology and UFO information. Before her death, she described escalating harassment in a 2020 interview, stating someone had been “digging through my underwear drawer” and making sexual threats. Retired British intelligence officer Franc Milburn investigated her case and submitted findings to Congress in 2023, concluding her death was not suicide.
National Security Implications
Burlison called for the FBI and every federal agency to investigate what he described as a potential threat to national security. The congressman believes some scientists received threats before disappearing or dying. The cases span from 2022 through February of this year, affecting researchers involved in classified aerospace technology, defense systems, and UFO phenomena. Trump’s promised timeline puts answers within the next week and a half, as pressure mounts for transparency about whether America’s top scientists face coordinated attacks from foreign adversaries.