Person · Albuquerque, NM
Steven Garcia
- Who: property custodian at the NNSA Kansas City National Security Campus office in Albuquerque, which makes non-nuclear parts for US nuclear weapons. Not a doctor and not at LANL.
- What happened: he walked away from his home on 28 Aug 2025 carrying a handgun, leaving his phone, wallet, keys and car. He is still missing.
- The claims: an anonymous source says he had "top security clearance" and oversaw assets. A NewsNation headline called him a contractor linked to UFO information, with no source given.
- The list: its job, employer, status and date all differ from the record.
Property custodian, KC National Security. The only Steven Garcia in this story is a property custodian for the NNSA Kansas City National Security Campus office in Albuquerque. He walked away from his home on 28 Aug 2025 carrying a handgun and leaving his phone, wallet, keys and car. He is still missing. The list's job, employer, status and date all differ from the record.
On the record
- Missing since 28 Aug 2025.
- List check (Igor's list and the press lists): entry wrong. Not a Dr., not a nuclear engineer, not LANL, not dead. He is a KCNSC property custodian, missing since Aug 2025.
- As the list had it: "Dr. Steven Garcia, Nuclear Engineer, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Deceased (May 2025). Worked in nuclear propulsion, classified materials processing, and weapon systems."
- Cause or status, as sourced: Missing, no outcome. Albuquerque Police: "no new developments"; FBI "able to assist" (Apr 2026). Police warned he may be a danger to himself. Personal crisis: proposed, not demonstrated.
- Left home in SW Albuquerque on foot 28 Aug 2025 with a handgun; police said he may be a danger to himself.
- Property custodian at KCNSC's Albuquerque operation, not LANL.
- APD: no new developments; FBI has reached out and is able to assist (22 Apr 2026).
- House Oversight letter of 20 Apr 2026 includes "a government contractor working at a nuclear weapons component production facility" and calls the reporting unconfirmed.
- KCNSC did not respond to requests for comment. Not counted against anyone.
- Listed by Solve the Case as an open missing-person case.
Claims (6)
He had "top security clearance" and "a very high-level, overseeing position for all the assets".anonymousSourced, unconfirmed
He oversaw tens of millions of dollars of assets, some classified.secondhandSourced, unconfirmed
He had no known mental-health problems or suicidal thoughts.anonymousSourced, unconfirmed
His case is "like the same thing" as McCasland's.analysisSourced, unconfirmed
He was a government contractor with links to UFO information.speculationSourced, unconfirmed
Nuclear-weapons workers are prime targets for hostile foreign services.analysisSourced, unconfirmed
Connected
Nuclear weapons and nuclear propulsion fieldAir Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) orgKansas City National Security Campus (NNSA, Honeywell FM&T), New Mexico Operations orgKirtland Air Force Base orgLos Alamos National Laboratory orgSandia National Laboratories orgAnthony "Tony" Chavez personDr. Christopher Adams (as listed) personJoshua K. LeBlanc personMelissa Casias personMaj. Gen. William "Neil" McCasland person