Joshua Kyle LeBlanc
- Life status
- Confirmed deceased
- Profession
- Also recorded as
- Joshua Kyle Leblanc · Joshua K. Leblanc
- Born
- Not recorded
- Age
- 29 · as reported by his family (obituary) (attributed), at the recorded event
- Died
- 22 July 2025 · known to the day
- Fields
- Not classified yet: categories await the owner’s taxonomy review
- Organisations
- Not stated
- Works
- None catalogued yet
In plain words
No established summary yet.
Biography
Joshua Kyle Leblanc of Huntsville, Alabama, is the person described by the Dignity Memorial obituary and identified by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (as reported by WHNT) as the driver killed on July 22, 2025.
Born in Lafayette, Louisiana, according to his obituary. Attributed
His obituary gives his age as 29. Attributed
Electrical engineer and team lead for NASA's Space Nuclear Propulsion Instrumentation and Control maturation work, according to Fox News; no NASA confirmation was read. Attributed
Reported field: instrumentation and control for space nuclear propulsion (Fox News). No source links him to UAP research; Fox News notes the 2026 "missing or dead scientists" cases have not been officially connected. Attributed
Killed on July 22, 2025, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (reported by WHNT) and his obituary.
Killed on Hill Road near Drummond Switch Cut Off Road, just outside Empire in Walker County, Alabama, according to ALEA as reported by WHNT. Attributed
Killed in a single-vehicle crash: the car he was driving left the road, hit a guardrail and caught fire, according to ALEA as reported by WHNT; Fox News adds that it struck several trees. Attributed
ALEA said it was continuing to investigate the crash (July 2025); no final determination was found. Attributed
Not established
- Not establishedNo captured text states his date of birth (the obituary heading date was not captured verbatim). Not established in the reviewed sources; Dignity Memorial obituary read 2026-11-11: born in Lafayette, LA; age 29; heading date not captured verbatim.; checked 11 Nov 2026.
- Not establishedNo read source states a medical cause of death. Not established in the reviewed sources; Obituary, WHNT (ALEA) and Fox News read 2026-11-11; no forensic finding published.; checked 11 Nov 2026.
- Not establishedNo official ruling on manner of death was found; the prototype's "accident" is not recorded as a finding. Not established in the reviewed sources; WHNT (31 Jul 2025): ALEA still investigating; no final report, coroner or forensic determination found on 2026-11-11.; checked 11 Nov 2026.
Works
No works catalogued in the approved record yet. Works mentioned in sources appear as attributed statements in the biography.
Timeline
Events and cases
No case file is published for this person. Recorded life events are in the timeline above; a case is opened only with its own evidence and review.
Sources
- Joshua Leblanc Obituary - Jasper, AL (opens in a new tab)Dignity Memorial / Kilgore Green Funeral Home, 2025 · Funeral-home obituary · read
- Huntsville man killed when Tesla crashed, catching fire in Walker County (opens in a new tab)WHNT News 19 (Nexstar), syndicated on Yahoo News, 2025 · News report · readAuthor: Maggie Matteson
- NASA nuclear engineer found dead in burned Tesla after vanishing from his Alabama home last year (opens in a new tab)Fox News, 2026 · News report · readAuthor: Peter D'Abrosca