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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Andrew Feinberg

Trump puts the FBI on case of missing NASA and nuclear research scientists: ‘No stone will be unturned’

President Donald Trump has asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation to lead an inquiry into whether there are links between a series of deaths and disappearances involving scientists who worked on sensitive space and defense matters, the White House announced Friday.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on X to reveal that the White House was “actively working” with the FBI and “all relevant agencies” to “identify any potential commonalities that may exist” between cases involving a number of government scientists and officials who’ve either vanished or died in recent months.

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