A 12-year-old boy found a nuclear weapon in his bedroom in 2018. The FBI visited after that

Claim:

The FBI visited the home of a 12-year-old boy who found nuclear fusion in his bedroom.

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While social media posts in 2025 didn’t give this story a date, it happened in 2018. He received the merger on his 13th birthday, but a few hours before his birthday, according to Guinness World Records, according to Guinness World Records, according to Guinness World Records, according to Guinness World Records.

In the year 2025, many social media sites share a story about a 12-year-old boy who gets a nuclear bomb at home and is then attacked by the FBI. Those posts, as well as articles published (archived) in September (archived) and October (archived) in 2025 (archived) 2025 (archived), are encouraged by email readers to send us emails and search for the truth about the truth of the matter.

But social media posts sharing this claim appeared long before those articles. A Facebook post (archived by Rwabongo) from August 2025 was viewed 2.3 million times. While going into more details about its topic, a text in a post on Instagram (archived) from July was surprised, “a 12-year-old science project was attacked.” Many Instagram posts (saved) (saved) (saved) and red thread (saved) share the claim in March 2025.

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This event really happened, although it happened in the year 2018 and many social media posts described the offensive goals. Recent interest in the matter may have been related to the post from Guinness World Records.

The boy, Jackson Oswalt, became the youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion in 2018. Guinness published a blog post about him in February 2025 and a post) about him in March 2025.

According to Guinness, Jackson was inspired at the age of 11 by Taylor Wilson, who was the youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion when he graduated. Jackson was able to achieve the benefit of his 13th birthday, but Guinness said that because it was two hours before his birth time was still technological, it made him the youngest new record holder to achieve nuclear fusion. Guinness added that the FBI visited the boy’s home to de-radiate him after his accomplishment.

At the time of his achievement, Jackson posted details of his project and evidence of his success on the forum of amateur fuseeers (archives), a term used to refer to people who discover nuclear fusion. The device created by Jackson and many other Amateur Fuseeers was a fuse, which did not produce energy like a reactor. Some of the Foundery on the forum confirmed that Jackson achieved fusion based on the evidence he provided, relying on the detection of neutrons, and was declared the youngest.

In 2019, Jackson was invited to speak at the University of Rochester for Laser Energetics, and to reveal himself as the world’s youngest. He also featured his ranch on a local news station (archived) in Memphis, Tennessee, where he came from, that year.

Jackson already posted a thread on his X account (archived) explaining how he created his fusur. He said “almost every single part” of the device turned up on eBay, where hidden research and military sites would drop parts for a price.

Near the end of the thread, he noted his experience with the FBI (reserved): “One Saturday) I woke up FBI agents around the house with a geiger counter to make sure everything was okay.” Then it sunk in that he remained a free man after that. Jackson did not mention “attacks.”

Sources:

Bakogianni, Vassiliki. “12-year-old Jackson found a nuclear weapon in his room and visited the FBI!” Guinness world records5 Feb. 2025, Children.GuinnessWorldRoldRoldRecords.com/News Accessed 5 September 2025.

Desle, Jacob. “World’s futurist visiting Lle – Laboratory for laser Energet.” Laser endgetics LaboratoryUniversity of Rochester, 16 September 2019, www.lle.rochester.edu/worlds-younces-visits-fleera-visits-lle/. Accessed 5 September 2025.

Oswalt, Jackson. “Fusion Claim – Jackson Oswalt.” Fusur.net31 Jan. 2018, fusor.net/board/Veewtopic.php?t=12115#12115#12115. Accessed 5 September 2025.

—. “jackson oswalt nuclear fusion thread.” X (formerly twitter)19 Dec. 2024, x/jacksososkwalt/status/1869829729551024484. Accessed 5 September 2025.

Wreg News Channel 3. “At the age of 12, Jackson Oswalt of Memphis became the youngest nuclear power of fusion ever. And now at the age of 14, his goals do not stop there. | Wreg News Channel 3. Facebook.com2 Feb. 2019, www.facebook.com/watch/?v=647467795682932. Accessed 5 September 2025.

“Youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion (male).” Guinness world records6 Oct. 2020, wguinnessWorldrecords.com/world-records/596440-younger-Porson-to-achivelle-Unuc-bon. Accessed 5 September 2025.