William N. McCasland: AFRL Commander, UFO Disclosure Ties, and a 2026 Disappearance

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William Neil McCasland, a retired USAF Major General who led the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright‑Patterson for decades, was later tied in leaked emails to Tom DeLonge’s To The Stars Academy as an adviser on UFO disclosure, and in February 2026 the 68‑year‑old vanished from his Albuquerque home as the FBI conducted searches, with no trail or evidence tying the disappearance to UFOs, illustrating the tension between national security, advanced aerospace research, and public interest in unidentified aerial phenomena.