# Several people on the list were not scientists, as the FBI director himself said

> The list includes an administrative assistant with no high-level clearance, a property custodian, a retired construction foreman, a former intelligence…

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# Several people on the list were not scientists, as the FBI director himself said

The list includes an administrative assistant with no high-level clearance, a property custodian, a retired construction foreman, a former intelligence officer and a general retired since 2013; FBI director Kash Patel said some of those named were not scientists.

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[No common cause: separate cases gathered after the fact from a large workforce](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/answers/ANS0DCQNXQ4AMY3/no-common-cause-separate-cases-gathered-after-the-fact-from)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Several people on the list were not scientists, as the FBI director himself said [Evidence EVD0DCQQKNCQ99R]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCQQKNCQ99R
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