In the USA, the “usual suspect” is on the agenda once again. The CIA, which has been known for MK-Ultra and similar secret programs since the Cold War, has once again become the center of controversy with the increasing number of scientist deaths and disappearances in recent years. According to analyzes in international media and the US press, the successive disappearances and suspicious deaths of people working in critical fields such as nuclear energy and aviation reminded the dark intelligence operations of the past and forced Congress and federal institutions to a comprehensive investigation process. Although all eyes have almost always been on the CIA in such dark cases in US history, no investigation has been concluded.
SUSPICIOUS DEATHS AND DISAPPEARANCES
According to information provided by US-based NBC News and Fox News In recent years, there has been a remarkable increase in the cases of disappearances and deaths of scientists working on sensitive projects involving high levels of confidentiality. happened. The death of Michael David Hicks, who worked at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 25 years, on July 30, 2023, at the age of 59, is shown as one of the first links in the process. The cause of death was not officially announced. The death of space research expert Frank Maiwald in Los Angeles in 2024, and the disappearance of NASA Materials Processing Group Director Monica Reza during a walk in 2025 and still not being found expanded the file. The murder of fusion physicist Nuno FG Loureiro, who worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in an armed attack at his home in December 2025, and the similar death of Caltech-affiliated astrophysicist Carl Grillmair were also among the notable events.
MILITARY AND NUCLEAR PROGRAMS
According to the statement of the House Oversight Committee A significant portion of those who disappeared or lost their lives are people who had access to nuclear, space and defense projects. The disappearance of retired Air Force Major General William Neil McCasland, who left his home in New Mexico on February 27 without taking any of his personal belongings, also led to Pentagon-related investigations being put under the spotlight. It is known that McCasland previously worked on “secret” projects at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The disappearance of Melissa Casias, who worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory, in 2025 and her phone being found reset to factory settings were also included in the investigation file.
CIA’S DARK PAST IS ON THE AGENDA
According to international research organizations and archive documents, this is not the first time that scientists have disappeared and suspicious deaths have occurred in the USA. It is known that many academics and researchers were used in experiments within the scope of the MK-Ultra program carried out by the CIA between the 1950s and 1970s, and in some cases the deaths were recorded as “suicides”. According to the reports of the US press and the Senate Intelligence Committee, the death of biochemist Frank Olson, who fell from a hotel in 1953, was recorded as one of the most controversial cases related to the CIA’s secret experiments. Official documents released later revealed that Olson had been subjected to LSD experiments. Four scientists working in Olson’s team were found dead, which drew attention to MK-Ultra, the mind manipulation program that the CIA was running at the time. carried out during the Cold War While studies on mind control and behavior manipulation were carried out in programs such as Project ARTICHOKE and MK-Ultra, some scientists involved in this process disappeared or died under suspicious circumstances. The allegations were discussed in the US public for a long time. In the analysis of the Washington-based Quincy Institute and Responsible Statecraft, it is underlined that information about the deaths of scientists working on US intelligence projects is not shared with the families no matter how much time passes.
IT’S NOT A COINCIDENCE ACCORDING TO CONGRESS
While the White House described the developments as “extremely serious” in its statement, White House Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt announced that federal agencies were working in coordination. House of Representatives Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer stated in his assessment that the events were “unlikely to be a coincidence.” Democratic Representative James Walkinshaw said in his statement that the investigation was necessary, but there was no definitive evidence that all cases were managed from a single center. According to the US press, the CIA is at the center of the investigations.
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