Efforts to cast light on unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) added new mystery as a congressman sought answers on the mysterious death of a whistleblower ahead of testimony.
Recently, the air of the unknown that surrounds UAP (previously UFO) has become associated with an increasing sense of cover-up as top scientists and researchers linked with space and energy technology have either disappeared or turned up dead. Now, nearly two years after reports of a U.S. Air Force veteran’s death by accidental overdose, Missouri Rep. Eric Burlison (R) raised concerns about others who may be set to testify.
According to the details of an April 16 letter sent to FBI Director Kash Patel regarding the death of 39-year-old Matthew James Sullivan reported by the New York Post, Burlison wrote, “Mr. Sullivan’s death was a local Virginia medical examiner case, and the manner and circumstances of his death raise substantial questions, as he was preparing to provide testimony to Congress.”
“The sudden and suspicious circumstances surrounding his death raise significant concerns about potential foul play and the safety of other individuals involved in this matter,” he went on.
The Northern District Office of the Chief Medical Examiner marked the cause of death as stemming from a mix of alcohol, alprazolam, cyclobenzaprine and imipramine after Sullivan was found in his Falls Church, Virginia, home on May 12, 2024, mere weeks after he agreed to testify before Congress on UAP.
Per sources, the newspaper detailed that Sullivan “was part of a so-called legacy UFO program — the US government’s crash retrieval program — that has operated for decades in the shadows across several executive branch agencies … Sullivan had personally seen UFOs in the federal government’s possession and would have exposed the legacy program at the congressional hearing in November 2024.
At Sullivan’s funeral, retired Major Gen. David Abba, director of the Department of War’s Special Access Program Central Office, said the veteran held “the burden that a select few in this nation have of truly understanding what’s going on.”
In support of the notion of credible threats, U.S. Air Force and intelligence community veteran David Grusch, who had made it to his own congressional testimony, wrote a letter to the Intelligence Community Office of the Inspector General in May 2022 claiming to have received death threats and faced reprisals.
When questioned on mysterious deaths or disappearances of a growing list of scientists and researchers with connections to space and energy technology, President Donald Trump said earlier in April, “I hope it’s random, but we’re going to know in the next week and a half.”
Admitting to having just had a meeting “on that subject,” the commander-in-chief added, “Pretty serious stuff … Some of them were very important people, and we’re going to look at it over the next short period.”
Trump calls missing and mysterious deaths of top scientists ‘serious stuff’, vows to get answers https://t.co/uhv9BmBAy9
— BPR (@BIZPACReview) April 19, 2026
Since then, another death was reported when paranormal writer David Wilcock reportedly shot himself after having previously gone on the record insisting he was “Not suicidal at all.”
During an appearance on “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett (R), among the members of Congress leading on seeking transparency on UAPs, turned to the Bible as he supported his belief that something otherworldly was afoot.
“Genesis 1:1, ‘God created the heavens and the earth.’ You look at the Book of Ezekiel, Ezekiel saw the wheel, and it described a wheel within a wheel with some sort of landing craft,” he explained. “We’ve seen too much. I’ve seen too much. Not myself personally, but when I’ve been briefed by government officials, video, pictures. Some of the best-trained pilots in the world have described having close collisions with some sort of aircraft or apparatus, and so I think it’s time that they come clean.”
As to the questions about Sullivan’s death, the FBI stated, “While we do not comment on specific incidents, the FBI is spearheading the effort to look for connections into the missing and deceased scientists. We are working with the Department of Energy, Department of War, and with our state and local law enforcement partners to find answers.”
Similarly, the IC OIG told the post it can “neither confirm or deny the existence of any ongoing or potential investigations.”
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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