Missing Air Force General McCasland UFO Ties Prompt FBI Search

by: aDirect - Grok - Mr. W. C. C. T.
2026-03-18
03/18/2026

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Retired Air Force Major General William “Neil” McCasland, a 68-year-old aerospace engineer and decorated veteran, built an illustrious career spanning decades in the U.S. military’s most advanced scientific programs. A graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy who later earned a doctorate from MIT, McCasland rose to command the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio before retiring in 2013. In that role, he oversaw billions of dollars in cutting-edge research and development for aerospace technologies, defense systems, and national security initiatives, earning him a reputation as a key figure in Pentagon-level innovation.

McCasland maintained only a brief, post-retirement association with the UFO research community through musician and filmmaker Tom DeLonge, founder of the To the Stars Academy. He served unpaid as a technical and scientific consultant to lend credibility to DeLonge’s fiction projects and media efforts, a connection that surfaced publicly in WikiLeaks emails linked to John Podesta. McCasland’s wife, Susan McCasland Wilkerson, has emphasized that this involvement was limited and did not grant him any classified knowledge about extraterrestrial materials or incidents such as the 1947 Roswell crash, which has long been rumored in connection with Wright-Patterson. She has actively pushed back against online speculation tying his background to more sensational UFO lore.

As of March 17, 2026, McCasland has now been missing for 18 days after leaving his Albuquerque, New Mexico home on foot around 11 a.m. on February 27 while his wife was at an appointment. He left behind his phone, prescription glasses, and wearable devices but took his wallet, hiking boots, and a .38-caliber revolver. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, assisted by the FBI and other federal partners, continues an extensive search involving K-9 units, drones, and volunteer teams amid a Silver Alert; authorities report no evidence of foul play and stress that the case remains a missing-person investigation rather than anything tied to his past professional associations. Recent clues, including items found at a vacation property, are being examined, but McCasland—an experienced hiker with a known medical condition—has not been located.

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