US President Donald Trump has said he held a meeting regarding unconfirmed reports about missing nuclear scientists.
Trump said on Thursday that he had just held a meeting to discuss reports claiming that a number of scientists working in the nuclear field had gone missing.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said: “I just came out of a meeting on this subject,” describing the matter as “very serious,” according to The Hill.
In recent days, questions have been raised in scientific circles over unconfirmed reports of the death or disappearance of several experts in space, defense, and nuclear energy fields, with no confirmed link between the cases.
According to media reports, including Newsweek and Daily Mail, a veteran scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Michael David Hicks, reportedly died in 2023, with no official cause of death disclosed. Newsweek noted that this case is part of a list of nine deaths or disappearances involving American experts in space, defense, and nuclear-related fields.
Trump added: “I hope it’s all random, but we’ll know within a week or two,” saying that “some of these were very important people.”
His comments came after White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt hinted on Wednesday at the possibility of opening an investigation into the reports.
She said during a press briefing: “I have not yet spoken to the relevant agencies about this matter, but I will certainly do so and we will get you an answer. If these reports are confirmed, it would be something worth investigating by this administration.”
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