The wife of retired U.S. Air Force Major General William Neil McCasland has spoken out regarding the many UFO rumors surrounding him and his disappearance. Meanwhile, officials from multiple law enforcement agencies continue their search.
McCasland has been missing since Friday, Feb. 27, when he was last seen headed out for a trail run near his home. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) in New Mexico, New Mexico Search and Rescue, Kirtland Air Force Base, and the FBI are all assisting with the investigation into his disappearance.
McCasland served at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico and commanded the Phillips Research Site and Air Force Research Laboratory at the base. He was previously in charge of research at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, where the military’s infamous Project Blue Book focused on UFO investigations. Documents in the 2016 WikiLeaks release also described him as a key adviser on several UFO-related projects. Because of this, at least one expert described his disappearance as a “grave national security crisis.”
General McCasland’s wife attempts to clear up ‘misinformation’
A little over a week after he vanished, the general’s wife, Susan McCasland Wilkerson, attempted to clear up what she called “misinformation” around her husband’s disappearance.
“Neil does not have any special knowledge about the ET bodies and debris from the Roswell crash stored at Wright-Patt,” she wrote on Facebook. She claims his only ties to UFOs or aliens are a “brief association” after his retirement with former Blink-182 frontman Tom DeLonge, who founded a company that investigates UFOs.
That relationship was exposed in the WikiLeaks hack, but Wilkerson said, “This connection is not a reason for someone to abduct Neil.”
She also joked in her Facebook post, “Though at this point with absolutely no sign of him, maybe the best hypothesis is that aliens beamed him up to the mothership. However, no sightings of a mothership hovering above the Sandia Mountains have been reported. All the thoughts and prayers from around the country are much appreciated.”
What has the investigation determined so far?
Investigators, thus far, are not saying whether someone committed foul play in General Neil McCasland’s disappearance. When he left for his trail run, McCasland left his phone, prescription glasses, and wearable devices at home. McCasland owns a .38 caliber revolver with a leather holster. Authorities cannot currently account for it, leading to speculation that he may have had it on him when he vanished. Also, although it hasn’t yet been verified that it belongs to him, authorities reportedly discovered a U.S. Air Force sweatshirt within a mile of his residence.
Investigators have examined more than 700 residences around McCasland’s house, and authorities have requested surveillance footage and data from the area. Authorities have also utilized a drone, a K9 unit, and a helicopter in the search.
According to officials, there have been no verified sightings or videos of him departing the region or indicating his direction of travel. KOAT News reported on Monday that investigators released a new photo. In it, they believe it shows what he may have been wearing the day he vanished.