# Artifacts: America's missing scientists, 2021–2026 > The 22 artifacts of America's missing scientists, 2021–2026: photos, scans, transcriptions and documents, each with its own catalog key. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/artifacts Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- **MYS** 0DCQBTNA3C0F·[America's missing scientists, 2021–2026](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists) # Artifacts 22 Every copy this mystery rests on, each with its own key and its distance from the original. Document1 step from object [Letter to FBI Director Kash Patel, 20 April 2026](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCQZ6K8TRXE/letter-to-fbi-director-kash-patel-20-april-2026) House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Public domain (US federal government work) Document1 step from object [Letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, 20 April 2026](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCQZ73PSY7C/letter-to-energy-secretary-chris-wright-20-april-2026) House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Public domain (US federal government work) Scan2 steps from object [DODOIG-2024-000205 letter: page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCR43PJ0S83/dodoig-2024-000205-letter-page-1) Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General · Public domain (US federal government work) Document1 step from object [Letter to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, 20 April 2026](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCQZ7CZFPSH/letter-to-secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-20-april-2026) House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Public domain (US federal government work) Document1 step from object [Letter to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, 20 April 2026](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCQZ7RD4GY9/letter-to-nasa-administrator-jared-isaacman-20-april-2026) House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Public domain (US federal government work) Scan2 steps from object [Letter to FBI Director Kash Patel, 20 April 2026: page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCR42E2MG97/letter-to-fbi-director-kash-patel-20-april-2026-page-1) House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Public domain (US federal government work) Scan2 steps from object [Letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, 20 April 2026: page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCR42TMYNP2/letter-to-energy-secretary-chris-wright-20-april-2026-page-1) House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Public domain (US federal government work) Scan2 steps from object [Letter to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, 20 April 2026: page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCR4338VS0M/letter-to-secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-20-april-2026-page-1) House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Public domain (US federal government work) Scan2 steps from object [Letter to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, 20 April 2026: page 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCR43BKFC25/letter-to-nasa-administrator-jared-isaacman-20-april-2026) House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Public domain (US federal government work) Photo1 step from object [Photograph: The Sandia Mountains above Albuquerque](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCQYX7SSRC1/photograph-the-sandia-mountains-above-albuquerque) BrandonStephenson (Flickr) · Public domain Document1 step from object [House Oversight press release, 20 April 2026: web page](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCQZW3B4EBH/house-oversight-press-release-20-april-2026-web-page) House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Public domain (US federal government work) Document1 step from object [DODOIG-2024-000205 letter: document](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCQZWEE4AA1/dodoig-2024-000205-letter-document) Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General, FOIA, Privacy and Civil Liberties Office · Public domain (US federal government work) Document1 step from object [CRADA 19-15: document (link)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCQZX4M58EC/crada-19-15-document-link) US Army CCDC Ground Vehicle Systems Center and To The Stars Academy of Arts and Science · Released under FOIA by the US Army; co-signed by a private company, so not copied here Document1 step from object [LA County District Attorney release, 28 May 2026: web page](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCQZXCV5GVE/la-county-district-attorney-release-28-may-2026-web-page) Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office · Los Angeles County; linked, not copied Document2 steps from object [Los Alamos police bulletin, May 2025: web page (link)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCQZXPW1GHP/los-alamos-police-bulletin-may-2025-web-page-link) Los Alamos Police Department, as published by the Los Alamos Reporter · Linked, not copied; the bulletin carries photographs of a private person, which this site does not reproduce Document2 steps from object [New Mexico State Police release, 30 May 2026: web page (link)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCR0Y5HE0KC/new-mexico-state-police-release-30-may-2026-web-page-link) New Mexico State Police, as published by the Los Alamos Reporter · Linked, not copied; the published release carries a photograph of a private person, which this site does not reproduce Document1 step from object [US Air Force biography of William N. McCasland: web page (link)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCR0YDHQ6YE/us-air-force-biography-of-william-n-mccasland-web-page-link) US Air Force · US federal government work; linked, not copied, because the page carries his official portrait and this site does not reproduce photographs of people in this case Document1 step from object [Boulder County Sheriff's Office update, 2026: web page (link)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCR10B4VEQC/boulder-county-sheriffs-office-update-2026-web-page-link) Boulder County Sheriff's Office · Boulder County; linked, not copied Document1 step from object [Obituary of Ning Li: web page (link)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCR14DTNS2D/obituary-of-ning-li-web-page-link) Berryhill Funeral Home & Crematory · Family notice; linked, not copied, and its photograph is not reproduced Photo1 step from object [Photograph: Elena Gallegos Open Space](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCR4FSGV58V/photograph-elena-gallegos-open-space) BrandonStephenson (Flickr) · Public domain Photo1 step from object [Photograph: JPL from the air](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCR4MZJ4VD5/photograph-jpl-from-the-air) Kevin Gill (Flickr) · CC BY 2.0 Photo1 step from object [Photograph: Mount Waterman from the east](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/copies/CPY0DCR4NDG0T1R/photograph-mount-waterman-from-the-east) Eeekster (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA 3.0