In this new episode, Crawlspace Media's Tim Pilleri and Lance Reenstierna discuss the phenomenon of the missing and deceased scientists.
When retired Air Force General McCasland and a brilliant NASA metallurgist Monica Reza vanished without a trace, the internet ignited with theories of a coordinated global conspiracy targeting top defense and space researchers. In this episode we separate viral fiction from devastating reality, tracing these 14 distinct cases of missing and deceased scientists that has fueled an online firestorm.
This is part one of two.
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Sources:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/scientists-missing-dead-fbi-nuclear-space-ufo-b2965352.html
https://www.newsweek.com/remains-of-missing-scientist-melissa-casias-found-what-we-know-12015477
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Reza
https://www.meer.com/en/106855-the-disappearance-of-monica-reza-and-neil-mccasland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_McCasland
https://www.military.com/daily-news/air-force/2026/03/15/missing-air-force-general-case-draws-fbi-and-online-conspiracy-theories.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Grillmair
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/20/caltech-scientist-carl-grillmair-shooting-death
https://www.reddit.com/r/InterdimensionalNHI/comments/1sb70ab/newly_released_911_call_of_susan_wilkerson_wife/
https://www.mensjournal.com/news/william-neil-mccasland-missing-general-ufo-wife-roswell-disappearance
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0723mr8j3po
https://youtu.be/cHaa2EkMtmo?si=kzNSnnKoglNs6ZuH
https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/father-dead-scientist-denies-suspicious/
https://youtu.be/1gufLZs_9DY?si=mwrAZcngV0HxTfHr
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