Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland is a retired 68-year-old United States Air Force officer who formerly commanded the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He vanished from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on February 27, 2026, leaving behind his phone but allegedly taking his revolver. McCasland's key contribution to the UAP discourse is his deep historical association with advanced aerospace research at Wright-Patterson, the legendary alle
Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland is a retired 68-year-old United States Air Force officer who formerly commanded the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He vanished from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on February 27, 2026, leaving behind his phone but allegedly taking his revolver. McCasland's key contribution to the UAP discourse is his deep historical association with advanced aerospace research at Wright-Patterson, the legendary alleged storage site for the 1947 Roswell debris. His sudden disappearance prompted massive FBI and local manhunts, given his previous highly classified clearances. Lawmakers have explicitly linked his vanishing to ongoing congressional efforts to uncover legacy UAP retrieval programs.