#28: Hale Boggs
Year of disappearance: 1972
Year of discovery: never found
Hale Boggs, a towering Democratic leader and House Majority Leader in the late 1960s, played a pivotal role on the Warren Commission investigating JFK’s assassination. This position later fueled intrigue around his own fate. In 1972, their plane mysteriously disappeared while traveling with Congressman Nick Begich on a fundraising trip to Alaska.

Despite extensive searches, neither wreckage nor bodies were ever found. The unexplained nature of the incident, coupled with Boggs’ high-profile status, ignited a wave of conspiracy theories. Was it foul play or merely a tragic accident? Boggs’ story remains one of American politics’ most enduring mysteries.