NM - Retired Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland, 68, who led Air Force Research Laboratory, Bernalillo County, 27 February 2026

[al66pine]

ICYMI, there is a thread on Wesleuths re missing woman - Melissa Casias - mentioned just above.

https://websleuths.com/threads/nm-m...lking-on-hwy-518-in-talpa-26-jun-2025.748155/
thx @
[IMG alt="Curiousraccoon"]https://websleuths.com/data/avatars/m/343/343933.jpg?1720367037[/IMG]

Curiousraccoon​

for noting this disapperance.

 

[Trino]

From the same article:

"She was last seen on camera on June 25, 2025 walking alone on a highway without her wallet, phone or keys, after telling family members she would be working from home"

Bizarre similarities.

 

[Curiousraccoon]

Another woman tied to US scientific secrets vanishes: See web of links

An employee at one of America's key nuclear research labs has been missing for months, and now an FBI counterintelligence expert fears it could be part of a sinister pattern.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Not sure if this has already been shared here. Article behind paywall unfortunately

 

[RedHaus]

[Quoted from @Curiousobserver]
Not sure if this has already been shared here. Article behind paywall unfortunately
[/QUOTE]

OK, these possible links are getting my attention. Perhaps more than coincidence. I could not get behind the paywall, so I am left wondering who is the 4th person (in cover pic) being "linked" to NM.

Another woman tied to US scientific secrets vanishes: See web of links

An employee at one of America's key nuclear research labs has been missing for months, and now an FBI counterintelligence expert fears it could be part of a sinister pattern.

www.dailymail.co.uk

ETA: cite source of post I quoted...

 

[pesticidal]

I can't access the article either, but the circled man is Carl Grillmair, a renowned astrophysicist shot at the porch of his home in Llano, CA on Feb 16 2026. The suspect, Freddy Snyder, is awaiting trial.

 

[huckleberryhound]

The amount of people in similar high-clearance roles, or at least associated with them, going missing is definitely odd. Totally possible it's a coincidence, but still weird.

Search for missing former Kirtland commander intensifies

Weeks after Maj. Gen. McCasland vanished in NE Albuquerque, investigators extend the search to Colorado and urge public tips.

www.abqjournal.com

I wish they'd expand on the clothing found in his Colorado home. Clothing he was known to have in Albuquerque? Clothing that was out of place and shouldn't have been there? Definitely weird.

I just can't get past that this man, who apparently spent his much of his life involved in various top secret type military weapons research and development, just coincidently happens to vanish less that 24 hours before the U.S. drops its first bombs on Iran on Feb. 28. Weird indeed. IMO

 

[byo]

I can't access the article either, but the circled man is Carl Grillmair, a renowned astrophysicist shot at the porch of his home in Llano, CA on Feb 16 2026. The suspect, Freddy Snyder, is awaiting trial.

Carl Grillmair:

Accused killer of Caltech astrophysicist stalked his property carrying rifle months before fatal shooting

 

[cenazoic]

What's in the backpack: my gun and various other anti-dog

So, I have a question for you (or anybody else familiar with handguns). I’ve gotten a bit hung up on Gen McCasland’s gun being described as a “.38 revolver”.

Theoretically, would this be your choice for predator defense in the desert while hiking? I dunno, there’s lots we don’t know (specific model, loadout) but I don’t think it would be mine, or, anecdotally, that of EDC friends. It seems a revolver in .44/.45 might be preferred in situations where large predators (grizzlies) are a legitimate concern, but otherwise a standard semiauto in 9/10mm (or even .22lr) would be more common. (And lighter, if you’re hiking.)

 

[MAHBOOBOO]

So, I have a question for you (or anybody else familiar with handguns). I’ve gotten a bit hung up on Gen McCasland’s gun being described as a “.38 revolver”.

Theoretically, would this be your choice for predator defense in the desert while hiking? I dunno, there’s lots we don’t know (specific model, loadout) but I don’t think it would be mine, or, anecdotally, that of EDC friends. It seems a revolver in .44/.45 might be preferred in situations where large predators (grizzlies) are a legitimate concern, but otherwise a standard semiauto in 9/10mm (or even .22lr) would be more common. (And lighter, if you’re hiking.)

ALL IMO

I'm by no means a gun guru, but here's my family's take on it. Revolvers are dependable, pistols aren't. If you don't maintain a pistol or if it gets dirt in it you've got a good chance that it will jam and not fire (which is probably what happened with Richard Allen's pistol and led to him cycling a round out on the forest floor).

Revolvers can get dirty and they're still gonna fire. Much more dependable for self defense if you're an average gun owner. So yeah for a dusty arid climate, the revolver would definitely be a wiser choice.

 

[starlightstarbright]

ALL IMO

I'm by no means a gun guru, but here's my family's take on it. Revolvers are dependable, pistols aren't. If you don't maintain a pistol or if it gets dirt in it you've got a good chance that it will jam and not fire (which is probably what happened with Richard Allen's pistol and led to him cycling a round out on the forest floor).

Revolvers can get dirty and they're still gonna fire. Much more dependable for self defense if you're an average gun owner. So yeah for a dusty arid climate, the revolver would definitely be a wiser choice.

It may also simply be a matter of bringing what you have. Unless you are a collector of guns of various sorts, maybe you just aren’t into guns but you do have one that you see as fairly general purpose that you felt competent enough using. So you bring what you have because that’s what you’ve got in the moment.

 

[Tillicum]

 

[Ontario Mom]

First thought after the first few minutes...

Why a call to 911 of him only being gone 3 hours? That very much stands out to me.
Mostly because the behavior would be 100% contrary to what she's used to from him.
To me this case has all the red flags of self harm.

jmo

 

[SlimPickens]

It seems like the general was contently married. If he had planned to end his life, there is zero chance he wouldn't have said goodbye to his wife in some way. That he didn't is indicative of something else.

JMO.

 

[NoSpoonFeeding]

It seems like the general was contently married. If he had planned to end his life, there is zero chance he wouldn't have said goodbye to his wife in some way. That he didn't is indicative of something else.

JMO.

You are incorrect in thinking that it wasn't suicide because he "didn't say goodbye in some way", when he appeared to be contently married. Many of us (surviving families), also did not get a "goodbye", it doesn't mean our victims were murdered, and it doesn't mean they didn't love us or we didn't love them enough.
People looking for reasons, answers, or a place to put some guilt or "blame", will question relationships. This is wrong, another stigma of suicide that continues to add to our guilt and shame.

 

[StarryStarryNight]

McCasland is mentioned in this article.

GOP congressman makes hair-raising admission about alien life: ‘This country would have come unglued’

“The public has a right to know, dadgummit.”

nypost.com

 

[moonglow123]

If Neil did commit suicide, I wonder why he decided to hide himself such that he would never be found. I could buy him finding a crevice in the mountain and choosing to do that, but I just wonder why. I am genuinely surprised no one else saw him heading to his chosen destination (beyond the person at the beginning of the trail.)

His former coworker going missing in a similar fashion and also never being found is definitely eerie and strange. Could very well be a coincidence, but it's just sad.

I know we have countless instances of people going missing while hiking and never being found, but it's just frustrating that search parties, search dogs, helicopters, etc. have resulted in nothing in both cases. I wish there could be closure for their families' sakes.

 

[Swansee]

I found the guest's statement here interesting:
21:20
"So, it's almost like these items are mentioned to create this confusion.
And that's I guess where I'm going there in that thought process. It's like there's too many little details that do not make sense. You know, the the boots, you know, the wallet, all the stuff that he left behind, but he takes his gun and it's like, well, wait a minute. That's not lining up."
BBM.

 

[Han]

We learn during the first sixteen seconds of the 911 call that Susan Wilkerson’s husband has been missing for about three hours and he must have planned not to be found.

Actually four hours have already elapsed (remember she left at 11:10) and Neil Mccasland has been gone with no phone (left behind and powered down) and he probably has a gun. That alone should worry you because he could be a danger to others as well as himself.

He’s anxious, experiencing short term memory issues, sleep deprived and he’s armed! His clothing is unknown and he’s left devices that could locate him. It was time to sound an alarm as much as a missing person alert. IMO

 

[Megnut]

https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/missing-air-force-general-wife-911/amp/l

 

[nhmemorymaker]

https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/missing-air-force-general-wife-911/amp/l

@Megnut article not found ... 404?????

https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/missing-air-force-general-wife-911/