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Yet Another Dead NASA Scientist: Nuclear Propulsion Expert Was Found Charred Inside Crashed Tesla

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,

The case of yet another top NASA nuclear engineer turning up dead in a fiery crash has hit the headlines, adding to the dark and mysterious pattern of experts tied to advanced propulsion and space secrets apparently being targeted.

Joshua LeBlanc, 29, a team lead on NASA’s most cutting-edge nuclear thermal propulsion projects, was found charred beyond recognition inside his burned Tesla after vanishing from his Huntsville, Alabama home. His family immediately feared abduction. He left his phone and wallet behind—an act they called completely uncharacteristic.

Tesla Sentry Mode data later showed the vehicle sat motionless at Huntsville International Airport for four hours the morning of July 22, 2025. The car was discovered that afternoon after colliding with a guardrail, slamming into trees, and erupting in flames. Authorities confirmed his identity days later through forensic examination.

A NASA nuclear scientist was found deceased in his Tesla after colliding with a guardrail, leaving his body so burned that he was completely unrecognizable, according to a new report from Fox News.

29-year-old Joshua LeBlanc, who worked on nuclear propulsion projects, died in a… https://t.co/C793en0aeU pic.twitter.com/8YIhgG7fE3

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 22, 2026

LeBlanc had worked at NASA for over five years, first as team lead for the Space Nuclear Propulsion (SNP) Instrumentation and Control Maturation project, then leading NASA’s Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operation (DRACO)—a nuclear thermal propulsion engine designed to slash travel times to Mars and beyond.

His family told local outlets the trip west was never part of his plans for the day, and he had been in regular contact right up until he vanished. “They feared he had been abducted,” reports confirmed.

NASA nuclear engineer found dead in burned Tesla after vanishing from his Alabama home last year https://t.co/gmqYCtfcvS pic.twitter.com/cQxPNevggj

— New York Post (@nypost) April 23, 2026

This case fits squarely into the disturbing wave of deaths and disappearances among scientists working on nuclear, propulsion, and space technologies—now totaling at least thirteen cases since 2022. LeBlanc’s death comes as President Trump has repeatedly signaled his intent to rip open the government’s UFO files.

The Huntsville airport connection is particularly intriguing. LeBlanc’s Tesla lingered there for hours before the fatal crash—just miles from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, a hub for exactly the kind of classified nuclear propulsion work he led.

As we highlighted yesterday, NASA payload specialist James “Tony” Moffatt and his entire family, also from Huntsville, Alabama, were killed last week in a plane crash.

This mirrors patterns highlighted in our earlier reporting on the scientist death mystery now explicitly linked to NASA.

The FBI has now confirmed it is spearheading a probe with the Departments of Energy and Defense into potential connections among the missing and deceased scientists. Trump himself addressed the issue last week: “I hope it’s random, but we’re going to know in the next week and a half. I just left a meeting on that subject.”

Independent researcher Jesse Michaels has laid out the broader pattern in stark terms just days before LeBlanc’s case resurfaced publicly. In his April 21 episode, Michaels documented how scientists at the frontier of fusion, exotic propulsion, advanced metallurgy, and space surveillance are being silenced.

He highlighted the February 2026 disappearance of retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Neil McCasland—former commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB, the alleged repository of Roswell materials—who vanished from his Albuquerque home eight days after Trump ordered the Pentagon to begin releasing UFO files. McCasland left his phone, glasses, and smartwatch behind. Despite massive searches, no trace.

Michaels connected this to the June 2025 disappearance of NASA material scientist Monica Reza, co-inventor of a breakthrough nickel-based superalloy for next-gen rocket engines developed under the very lab McCasland once oversaw. She vanished mid-hike, 30 feet behind her group.

He also detailed the December 2025 assassination of MIT fusion physicist Nuno Loureiro—shot in his own doorway—and the February 2026 murder of Caltech astronomer Carl Grillmair, who was working on the powerful Vera Rubin Observatory capable of spotting anomalous objects in Earth orbit.

Clearly these aren’t random tragedies. The expertise clusters around technologies that could upend energy cartels and expose long-hidden propulsion breakthroughs—exactly the kind of work LeBlanc was advancing at NASA.

The pattern is no longer deniable. While authorities insist there is “no evidence” of coordination, the sheer concentration of losses in these hyper-specific fields—nuclear propulsion, plasma physics, advanced materials—defies coincidence. Tesla’s own data in LeBlanc’s case raises further questions about remote access possibilities in modern vehicles, a capability long acknowledged in intelligence circles.

President Trump’s America First push for transparency on UAPs and government records is clearly rattling cages. These experts held the keys to technologies that could secure American dominance in space and energy independence. Their sudden, suspicious exits just as disclosure momentum builds scream for full, public investigation—not another quiet federal handwave.

Many believe that Trump’s commitment to releasing the files is the only path forward to protect innovation, expose the gatekeepers, and reclaim technological sovereignty for a free republic. Anything less leaves the best minds in America vulnerable to the very forces working against national strength.

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Tyler Durden Thu, 04/23/2026 - 14:00

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Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei Surrounded By 24/7 Medical Team In Hideout As Generals Run Iran: NYT

The NY Times in a new deep dive of what governing structures now look like inside Iran says what's already long been obvious to many in the wake of longtime Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death: "When Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ruled Iran as the supreme leader, he exerted absolute power over all decisions about war, peace and negotiations with the United States. His son and successor does not play the same role."

The publication says it was able to interview at least half-a-dozen Iranian insiders, including IRGC officials, and individuals who know the younger Khamenei "well". The NY Times describes of Mojtaba Khamenei: "His father, wife and son were all killed. Access to him is extremely difficult and limited now. He is surrounded mostly by a team of doctors and medical staff who are treating the injuries he sustained in the airstrikes."

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Apparently even top 'trusted' generals and IRGC commanders do visit him for fear of being surveilled and tracked to his location by Israel and the United States.

Per the sources cited in the Times, "Though Mr. Khamenei was gravely wounded, he is mentally sharp and engaged, according to four senior Iranian officials familiar with his health."

And more: "One leg was operated on three times, and he is awaiting a prosthetic. He had surgery on one hand and is slowly regaining function. His face and lips have been burned severely, making it difficult for him to speak, the officials said, adding that, eventually, he will need plastic surgery."

All of this provides an explanation as to why he has never been seen or heard from in public since Trump's Operation Epic Fury began on February 28. He has not so much as been photographed, and when state media has issued a few prior statements, it does so via text or what appears to be AI-configured audio over state media airwaves.

This fact has unleashed an avalanche of speculation as to his fate over the course of the war, and who is "really in charge". And yet it's also well-known that Iran is able to function militarily based on autonomy and dispersion of command among units, with the IRGC given more independence to act.

The White House has alleged there are essentially two factions vying for power and direction over the war - the civilian leadership and the IRGC command sides. 

"Mojtaba is not yet in full command or control," Sanam Vakil, the director of the Middle East and North Africa for Chatham House, claimed in the NYT report. But as expected the situation is nuanced: "There is, perhaps, deference to him," he continued. "He signs off or he is part of the decision-making structure in a formal way. But he is presented with fait accompli presentations right now."

As we and other have pointed out, in public at least the de facto day-to-day leader of the country remains speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. He has taken point as lead negotiator with the United States in Pakistan, and has been the public face of updating his country and the world on both the status of the war and the now stalled negotiations.

One other interesting detail in the Times report is seen in the following:

Messages to him are handwritten, sealed in envelopes and relayed via a human chain from one trusted courier to the next, who travel on highways and back roads, in cars and on motorcycles until they reach his hide-out. His guidance on issues snakes back the same way.

Some pundits have correctly pointed out that skepticism is warranted, also given the NYT's often deeply inaccurate reporting on Bush's Iraq war invasion, and other Mideast conflict zones including Syria:

With all due respect, remain skeptical about the credibility of the The New York Times report.

- If leaks of this magnitude were truly that easy, it would have been just as easy for Mossad to obtain precise information on Mojtaba Khamenei’s whereabouts, with obvious… https://t.co/g36ONAQUpd

— Babak Vahdad (@BabakVahdad) April 23, 2026

The NY Times alleged findings has it to the conclusion that even big decisions are currently under control of the generals and IRGC apparatus: "The combination of concern for his safety, his injuries and the sheer challenge of reaching him has resulted in Mr. Khamenei's delegating decision making to the generals, at least for now," the report concludes.

Tyler Durden Thu, 04/23/2026 - 13:40

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