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James Moffatt plane crash death: Huntsville link brings back Amy Eskridge case in focus after David Wilcock tragedy

James Moffatt, aerospace engineer, died in a plane crash, with questions being raised if it was related to deaths and disappearances of 11 other scientists. 

Published on: Apr 24, 2026, 06:49:18 IST
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James ‘Tony’ Moffatt, an aerospace engineer, was killed in a plane crash in South Carolina last week. Now questions are being raised if the death was related to the deaths and disappearances of 11 other scientists linked to space and nuclear research.

James Moffatt was traveling with his family when they died in a plane crash. (X/@Cortex_Zero)
James Moffatt was traveling with his family when they died in a plane crash. (X/@Cortex_Zero)

Moffatt was also a decorated veteran pilot and defense researcher. He was traveling with wife Leasa, 61, and sons Andrew, 30, and William, 28. Their plane – a Mooney M20 single-engine aircraft – crashed in a wooded area located near the Union County Airport runway on Friday. The family hailing from Huntsville, Alabama and were traveling from the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina. They had stopped in Union County to refuel.

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While an official cause of the crash has not yet been released, Moffatt is the latest scientist with links to aerospace research and NASA who has died. There is now a federal investigation looking into the cases of these scientists. Moffatt's son, Andrew, was also a researcher at the University of Alabama in Huntsville's Research and Engineering Support Center, at the time of his death.

The news about Moffatt has managed to bring attention to the case of Amy Eskridge once again. “Just wow. NASA, worked in Huntsville Alabama where Amy Eskridge lived and discussed the facility where they worked,” one person commented.

What to know about the Amy Eskridge case

Amy Eskridge was a UFO researcher who died in 2022 in Huntsville. The official cause of death was ruled as a self-inflicted gunshot wound. However, the Daily Mail reported on her text exchange with a friend, that has cast suspicion on the case.

“If you see any report that I killed myself, I most definitely did not. If you see any report that I overdosed, I most definitely did not. If you see any report that I killed anyone else, I most definitely did not,” she allegedly wrote in the 2022 text, as per the Mail.

Eskridge had also allegedly leveled accusations of being harassed and intimidated so that her work would be derailed. “Everything's fine, Franc, I'm feeling okay. If anything happens to me - suicide or an accident - it wasn't, it's suspicious, treat it as such,” she reportedly told her friend.

Eskridge's death has come back to focus after the tragic passing of David Wilcock in Colorado. He was also a UFO expert and longtime guest on Ancient Aliens, the History Channel series.

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