And that man worked many years for defense contractors on classified projects...

It is possible however that the man is not the Real Satoshi, and that the reporter stretched the facts a bit to fit a theory that she got excited about but which in the end was not conclusive.  Carefully pick one or two sentences from what the relatives actually told her, change a word here and there...

I have seen it happen to many of those who looked into the Voynich manuscript.  To all but one of them, actually.