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676 // Missing & Dead Scientists - Part 2 of 2

Missing

Crawlspace Media

News, Society & Culture, True Crime

3.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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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 two of two. Check out Quince: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://quince.com/MISSING⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out Mint Mobile: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mintmobile.com/missing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Check out Kensington Publishing: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com. 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 Main podcast theme by Kevin Macleod. Check out his work at⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://incompetech.com/⁠⁠⁠. Additional music by David Williams. See his work at⁠ ⁠⁠http://williamsflutes.com⁠⁠⁠. Follow Missing: IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/MissingCSM/⁠. FB:⁠ https://www.facebook.com/MissingCSM⁠. X:⁠ https://twitter.com/MissingCSM⁠. Spotify:⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/0yRXkJrZC85otfT7oXMcri⁠. Youtube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/missingcsm⁠. Apple:⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/missing/id1006974447⁠. Follow Crawlspace: IG:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠. TT:⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@crawlspacepodcast⁠. FB:⁠ https://www.facebook.com/Crawlspacepodcast⁠. X:⁠ https://twitter.com/crawlspacepod.⁠ Spotify:⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/7iSnqnCf27NODdz0pJ1GvJ⁠. Youtube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/crawlspace⁠. Apple:⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawlspace-true-crime-mysteries/id1187326340⁠. Check out our entire network at⁠ http://crawlspace-media.com/⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The

0:07.0

The Welcome back to missing for part two of our coverage of the missing and deceased scientists.

0:44.3

Definitely check out episode one before you proceed here with episode two because we get to our theories here in this episode.

0:54.7

So let us know what you think on YouTube or Spotify,

0:58.1

and please follow us on social media at Missing CSM.

1:02.3

Thanks a lot for listening.

1:03.9

We're going to break quick here for commercial,

1:05.8

and we'll be right back for part two. Anthony Tony Chavez was a 78-year-old retired tradesman and facilities technician. And decades prior to his retirement,

1:47.9

Chavez had been employed as a short-term support contractor and HVec technician at Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico.

1:57.9

And his employment was strictly confined to civil infrastructure maintenance,

2:02.9

specifically repairing commercial boilers ductwork and temperature controlled systems in non-classified

2:09.1

administrative zones. Following his separation from laboratory contracting, he operated

2:15.8

a small residential plumbing and heating business before

2:18.9

fully retiring. And he was last seen alive at his residence on 37th Street in Los Alamos,

2:24.5

New Mexico, on or around May 4th, 2025, so a little over a year ago. His disappearance was

2:31.2

noted when neighbors realized his vehicle had remained parked and locked in the driveways for several days without movement.

2:39.6

And the Los Alamos police conducted a welfare check at the property and found no signs of forced entry, no structural disturbance, and no evidence of violence.

2:49.2

On the living room table investigators located Chavez's wallet, keys, and his cigarettes.

2:55.2

His bank accounts and credit cards showed zero transactional activity following May 5th.

3:01.1

The Los Alamos PD, supported by search and rescue and cadaver dogs,

3:05.1

executed sweeps of the dense residential neighborhood and the adjacent

3:09.5

steep terrain of Pueblo Canyon, but no trace of Chavez was discovered. Given his advanced age,

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