Retired General Missing After Space Force Dinner

A retired Air Force general with a background in sensitive aerospace research vanished from his Albuquerque, New Mexico home on February 27, 2026, after a dinner meeting with U.S. Space Force personnel, according to newly released police footage. Authorities continue to search for 68-year-old William Neil McCasland, whose disappearance has drawn attention due to his former leadership roles at facilities historically linked to advanced military projects.

The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office has issued a Silver Alert for McCasland. Body camera footage from the investigation shows deputies interviewing a woman who said she attended a dinner with McCasland and Space Force members at a restaurant on the evening of February 26. The woman, who identified herself as a colleague through the Kirtland Partnership nonprofit, told police McCasland seemed unusually quiet and distracted during the meal.

In the same footage, McCasland’s wife, Susan Wilkerson, informed officers that her husband had recently been prescribed a new medication for sleep issues and anxiety. She said he had experienced unexplained weight loss and described him as feeling foggy and unmotivated on the morning he...