New revelations about the missing UFO-linked Air Force general reveal he attempted to leave the Pentagon‘s secret research programs days before vanishing.
Newly released police reports from New Mexico authorities state that retired Major General William Neil McCasland was attempting to step down from several high-level advisory positions at government-connected research laboratories across the US in the lead-up to his February 27 disappearance.
The new clues were released in a Freedom of Information Act request by Sara Bondink, a self-proclaimed historical researcher and author who has been following the McCasland investigation, revealing previously unseen details about the case.
The information, documented during a March 3 interview, shows communications between the general’s wife, Susan Wilkerson, and a member of the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Ghost Unit, which specializes in anti-gang and human trafficking operations.
While Wilkerson had previously claimed on social media that her husband no longer possessed any top-secret clearances with the US government, it was revealed during the interview that he was still an active member of at least four different groups with deep ties to national defense secrets.
In the report, Wilkerson told authorities that McCasland was making a desperate attempt to resign from several and possibly all of these secretive projects over fears the 68-year-old was suffering from severe mental decline.
All of the groups McCasland was reportedly connected to, including Sandia National Laboratories, Riverside Research, the Kirtland Partnership and a University Affiliated Research Center, are involved in high-level research for the Department of War, engaging in projects focused on national security and advanced technology.
McCasland’s disappearance has been at the heart of the so-called missing scientist investigation, with the general’s career appearing to overlap with several NASA scientists, nuclear lab workers and military personnel who either died or vanished without a trace in recent years.
A new surveillance image shows retired Air Force general William Neil McCasland the day before he vanished without a trace on February 27
McCasland was last seen leaving his New Mexico home without his phone, wearable devices or glasses less than two months ago.
He was only carrying a pistol, and his wife told 911 dispatchers that it appeared he was trying ‘not to be found.’
Just days before he vanished, according to the police report, McCasland flew by himself to Washington DC to officially resign from Riverside Research.
The nonprofit provides scientific research, engineering and advisory services on advanced technology projects through contracts with the Pentagon, US intelligence community and the Air Force, which are worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Authorities wrote in their report: ‘Upon returning to New Mexico, Neil told Susan that he resigned from the board of Riverside Research because he could not keep up, mentally, with the conversation.’
He was still a paid consultant for Sandia National Laboratories, a major US government-owned research lab that develops advanced technology for national security, including nuclear weapons, before his disappearance.
Sandia primarily works under the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration and supports the Air Force research and development work at multiple facilities, including Kirtland Air Force Base.
McCasland was also deeply tied to Kirtland through his work with the Air Force Research Lab.
He had been in charge of AFRL’s Phillips Research Site at Kirtland before becoming the research unit’s commanding officer from 2011 to 2013.
The veteran officer continued to maintain a key role with the New Mexico base even after retiring, becoming a member of the Kirtland Partnership, a nonprofit working to protect and expand the military research facility and nuclear weapons lab.
William Neil McCasland, 68, was last seen around 11am Friday near Quail Run Court NE in Albuquerque, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office said
The item seen in McCasland’s hand on February 26 has been compared to a waterproof first aid kit by viewers on social media
Wilkerson confirmed previously released bodycam recordings, which revealed an anonymous caller to police who claimed General McCasland had a concerning meeting with the Kirtland Partnership and members of the US Space Force on February 26, just hours before he disappeared.
The unidentified female witness who claimed she was at the dinner with McCasland told police: ‘I was shocked this morning when I saw the alert because what I noticed Thursday evening [February 26] is that he wasn’t his usual self.
‘[McCasland] was kind of spacey and quiet and you know that that happens with people.’
‘He was the head of Air Force Research Lab to the point the man’s names are in the UFO documents that are fixed to be released,’ the witness claimed during a phone call with police, obtained by the Law&Crime Network.
‘He’s in that depth, so he has a very high security clearance.’
According to the interview with Wilkerson, the former general had also attempted with resign from his position with a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) tied to an unnamed school.
UARCs are special, long-term research partnerships between a university and the Pentagon that allow the military to get independent help on advanced science and technology projects that universities are uniquely skilled at providing.
The police report noted that McCasland was attempting to quit his role with UARC due to the same fears of mental decline, however, ‘the leadership was trying to convince him otherwise.’
The day before his disappearance, McCasland was seen alert and aware as he exited a local sporting goods store in New Mexico with a mysterious parcel and what appeared to be a portable first aid kit.
Despite his wife’s claims of potential mental decline, government officials have revealed that McCasland was still being looked at as a key witness in the ongoing effort to declassify decades-old secrets related to UFOs and extraterrestrials.
In early May, Air Force veteran and UFO whistleblower David Grusch specifically named McCasland as one of the officers who had been in charge of classified programs related to non-human craft recovery and reverse-engineering.
Grusch alleged that the general had not been cooperative with recent efforts by lawmakers looking to interview him over his knowledge of America’s suspected contact with extraterrestrials.
The White House has tasked the FBI with investigating McCasland’s mysterious disappearance and the disappearances of several other individuals tied to US nuclear secrets in the New Mexico area over the last year.
So far, only one person has been found. The remains of Los Alamos National Lab worker Melissa Casias were discovered in a New Mexico park on May 28.
There has been no sign of McCasland since he vanished four months ago. He reportedly only took a pair of boots and his .38-caliber revolver with him after changing into a set of clothes Wilkerson did not know he owned.
