This is a story we have been quietly working on for a while now, alongside a freelance journalist we have collaborated with professionally over the years. We are not ready to publish anything yet, but we wanted to let our readers know how we are approaching it — and frankly, why we are working on it at all.
The reason you are seeing this now is that a reporter asked about the deaths and disappearances of these scientists during a White House press briefing on Thursday, and that felt like a signal that the story is starting to surface more broadly.
The Pennant does not publish rumors unless we tell you, "This is a rumor." We focus on sourced facts and trust our readers to draw their own conclusions. That is exactly how we are handling this one.
Here is the most important fact: ten people with documented ties to America's most sensitive nuclear and UAP research programs have died or gone missing within a 33-month window. We are not claiming these cases are connected. What we are saying is that the pattern is worth looking into, whatever the explanation turns out to be.
Our research is built on open-source reporting and public records — sheriff's office statements, court filings, congressional testimony, official NASA and Los Alamos employment histories, and on-record comments from law enforcement and federal officials. That includes statements from former FBI Assistant Director Chris Swecker, congressional comments from Representatives Tim Burchett (R-TN) and Eric Burlison (R-MO), missing persons reports from the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office and Los Alamos Police Department, court records from the murders of Nuno Loureiro and Carl Grillmair, and NASA JPL's own public employment records.
We also have some connections to people involved in and around this story. We are taking our time, doing this right, and will share information as we go.
We will be upfront about what we do not know. No federal investigation has publicly linked these cases. Some deaths have identified suspects. Some disappearances may have personal explanations. There is a lot here that leads in a lot of different directions — for now.
This is not commentary or opinion, so we will not fill gaps with speculation. That said, if someone with real knowledge and experience in this area offers analysis, we will share it.
If official sources go silent, we will report that too — because sometimes silence is the story.
This will probably take some time. Please bear with us.