Posted on 05/27/2026 8:07:58 AM PDT by MarlonRando
Police officers in New Mexico were recording as they spoke with a witness who allegedly had dinner with William Neil McCasland the night before he vanished without a trace on February 27. The bodycam footage, obtained by the Law&Crime Network, captured a phone call with an unidentified woman who said McCasland met with her and members of the US Space Force at a restaurant in Albuquerque around 6pm local time. 'I was shocked this morning when I saw the alert because what I noticed Thursday evening [February 26] is he wasn't his usual self. He was kind of spacey and quiet and you know that that happens with people.'
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McCasland had changed his clothes and only took a pair of boots and his .38-caliber revolver before vanishing around 11am that morning. There has been no sign of the general since that time.”
Were they wearing 1993 Heaven’s Gate Nike shoes?
“He was kind of spacey and quiet.”
Is this stuff real?
How much of this is verified?
It seems so tabloid-esque.
‘had planned not to be found.’
There aren’t very many explanations for this.
He must have been absolutely and thoroughly convinced of something very very serious, whether real or perceived.
He either left to off himself, which begs the question why.
Or he was convinced he was going to go somewhere with people and do something important enough to abandon his family and friends without any explanation.
Shadowy and blurry...
Of course Bigfoot or maybe Dogman is the photography advisor!
There are plenty of places in the rugged wastelands of New Mexico where a depressed man could go to commit suicide and never be found.
It's all complete nonsense, and probably a Fed op right from the one world folks.
I can’t take any of it seriously.
This is an interview with one of the ‘missing’ scientists; it’s long, but I find it impossible to believe that this ‘plasma physicist’ was doing any important science at all:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l0O4cEIkUZc
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GROK: Occam's razor does favor a suicide or suicide attempt in the mountains as the most straightforward explanation.
What we know (as of late May 2026)McCasland, a retired Air Force Major General (former commander at Wright-Patterson AFB's Air Force Research Laboratory, with a background in classified aerospace programs), disappeared from his Albuquerque home on the morning of February 27, 2026.
His wife returned from a short doctor's appointment (~1 hour) to find him gone. He left behind his phone, prescription glasses, and wearable devices. Missing: hiking boots, wallet, and a .38 caliber revolver.
He was an experienced hiker and outdoorsman familiar with the nearby Sandia Mountains foothills. His wife told dispatchers she had "some indication that he planned not to be found." Recent reports from body cam footage mention brain fog, unexplained ~20 lb weight loss, anxiety, and clinginess that morning. He had an unspecified medical condition.
A gray Air Force sweatshirt was found ~1.25 miles east of home. Extensive searches (including FBI assistance, helicopters, search & rescue) in the mountains have turned up little else. No confirmed sightings.
He's still missing after ~3 months. Officials have found no evidence of foul play.
Why Occam's razor points this wayThe simplest explanation that fits the known facts:Health decline (mental fog, physical symptoms) + access to a gun + deliberate removal of tracking devices + heading into rugged, familiar wilderness = intentional act to end his life without easy discovery. A retired general with health issues choosing a "hiker's exit" in the mountains he knew well requires fewer assumptions than conspiracies involving assassination, abduction, or cover-ups (especially since his wife and authorities have downplayed any direct link to his past classified/UFO-adjacent work).
Conspiracy theories (UFO secrets, "they got him," etc.) have proliferated online due to his Wright-Patterson background, but they multiply entities without hard evidence. Law enforcement continues treating it as a missing person case with concern for his safety, leaning toward the health/suicide angle.
Tragic either way. Until (or if) a body or more evidence turns up, the suicide-in-the-mountains hypothesis remains the cleanest fit.
Uh... no.
captured a phone call with an unidentified woman who said McCasland met with her and members of the US Space Force at a restaurant in Albuquerque around 6pm local time.
No recording of the former general. No recording of a meeting. You have a recording of someone (who we do not know) who claimed there was some kind of meeting.
That is quite different from what was presented in the headline.
My bet is he defected either to the Russians or Chinese or both an asset jointly run. Was a long time asset and now retired he’s lost his access, time to cash in. And before you say they’re adversaries, they are. Remember enemy of my enemy is my friend!
I wonder if he saw Alice Kramden.
The answer.
However, she noted that the retired general was just prescribed a new medication hours before he vanished which was supposed to help battle a number of symptoms he was having that may have been signaling cognitive decline.
Essentially the witness said his name is in documents about to be released, so he has high clearances. Gee, what if the documents are from 1999 and he retired in, say 2013? Sounds to me like a made-up story. The most interesting part to me is why they would try to pull this off.
Oh gosh I remember that.
None of the flight crew was found inside but they left
a cryptic message. IIRC, it was translated to “buy bog roll” or something like that.
And the coffee pot was missing.
It’s always one of “them”.
I like that!
Not a bad little photochop job. Although it’s black and white, which makes it easier, they got the shadows right. However, the graininess levels between the field and the bomber definitely do not match. Not that this needed to be debunked in any way. LOL
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