The mysterious disappearance of a retired Air Force general with a hand in some of the U.S. military’s most top-secret programs has now dragged hundreds of New Mexico residents into a manhunt. William Neil McCasland, 68, vanished on Feb. 27, on the eve of President Trump’s first attacks on Iran. McCasland, who was heavily involved in military space and technology programs and has been linked to UFO investigations, has been missing since he walked out of his Albuquerque home and left his phone behind nearly two weeks ago. Residents in the area have now been asked to hand over their doorcam footage to help authorities find him, just a few days after the FBI joined the search. Some 600 people have been recruited for the search so far, the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement appealing for “security camera footage or information.” No sightings have been reported yet, but authorities said they are continuing to vet tips. “While none have resulted in a confirmed sighting or led directly to Mr. McCasland’s location, investigators are continuing to follow up on every piece of information received,” police said. NewsNation investigative journalist Ross Coulthart said on his Reality Check podcast that McCasland’s disappearance “is a grave national security crisis for the United States of America. This is a man with some of the most sensitive secrets of the United States in his head.”
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