Shermer Says 9: The "Dead Scientists," Explained
The Michael Shermer Show
Michael Shermer
4.3 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2026
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
A viral story is spreading across media: a mysterious string of scientists connected to UFOs, nuclear weapons, aerospace, and defense work have disappeared or died under suspicious circumstances. Politicians are calling it a possible national security threat.
Michael Shermer takes a skeptical look.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone. Michael Schumer here. Time for another episode of the Michael Schumer show. This is another solo commentary. This went on the mystery of missing and dead scientists. Explained. Yeah, I'm going to be one of the few that actually doubts this story. I've been often asked ever since my conspiracy book came out, what's the craziest conspiracy theory you've ever heard? |
| 0:24.1 | Well, the moon landing would have to be up there with the craziest, now displaced by this one. |
| 0:31.7 | As I write this the week of April 20th, 26, both mainstream media and social media are chaka block full of coverage of the |
| 0:40.4 | disappearance or death of 11 U.S. scientists who worked on UFOs, nuclear weapons, military |
| 0:47.1 | defense, propulsion systems, or, well, the field keeps getting broader and broader, and the numbers |
| 0:53.2 | increasing as I'll get to in a moment. |
| 0:55.6 | House Oversight Chair James Comer, for example, told Fox News, Congress is very concerned about this. |
| 1:04.2 | Our committee is making this one of our priorities now because we view this as a national security threat, adding there's a high possibility that |
| 1:12.8 | something sinister is taking place here. |
| 1:16.1 | Right. |
| 1:17.3 | Aren't we at war with Iran? |
| 1:19.2 | Isn't that more of a concern? |
| 1:20.7 | Well, okay. |
| 1:22.0 | Congressman Eric Burleson told Fox News, this has all the harm marks of a foreign operation and suggested to Elizabeth Vargas at News Nation, who never heard or met a UFO, UAP alien story she didn't like, |
| 1:38.0 | that it could be China, Russia, or Iran behind the cabal. Famed physicist Michio Kaku opined to Fox News Digital. |
| 1:48.6 | If 10 scientists suddenly die or vanish, who all have access to sensitive research, |
| 1:54.5 | this is cause for national concern. |
| 1:57.7 | Michio, you're a physicist. |
| 2:00.7 | Study some psychology of how statistics and generalizations like this get worked over by the brain. |
| 2:07.0 | Well, you're going to hear that here. |
| 2:09.3 | Even President Trump admitted to Fox News that this is pretty serious stuff. |
| 2:14.2 | Some of them were very important people. |
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