Mystery of scientists dead or missing rises to 8 as 2 more men tied to America’s most coveted secrets join the list | 31 March 2026 | The ominous web of U.S. scientists and lab employees who have died or gone missing continues to grow as two more cases have been linked to the disturbing trend. NASA scientist Frank Maiwald reportedly died on July 4, 2024, in Los Angeles at the age of 61, but the cause of death has never been made public and officials confirmed that an autopsy was never performed. Maiwald had been a prominent researcher at the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) since 1999 and worked on multiple projects tied to advanced satellite technology that could scan Earth and other planets… Meanwhile, another mysterious disappearance has come to light at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), one of America’s key nuclear research facilities, bringing the total number of unexplained incidents to eight since July 2024. Anthony Chavez, a former employee at LANL until his retirement in 2017, vanished without a trace on May 4, 2025 – just seven weeks before a key assistant at the same lab disappeared.