A retired two-star general who oversaw every classified program in the Department of Defense vanished from his Albuquerque home on February 27, 2026. No footage. No trail. No body. The FBI arrived before most people knew he was gone.
McCasland's career placed him at the intersection of the most classified programs the United States operates. His disappearance matters because of what he knew — and because the public record of the case itself is unusually thin.
Comprehensive investigative profiles for both McCasland and his wife — career timelines, classified access history, network connections, and relevance to the case.
34-year Air Force career, NRO satellite programs, SAPOC Executive Secretary, AFRL commander, post-retirement directed-energy work. Full service record, education, decorations, and network map.
PhD astrophysics, NASA astronaut semifinalist, classified satellite imagery handler, independently invited to Podesta UAP meeting. Career timeline, statement analysis, and the dual-clearance household question.
Each thread examines a different dimension of the case. Together they build a picture that no single thread can show on its own.
What did McCasland oversee? The classified-program oversight structure and why his SAPOC role is the strongest documented thread in the entire case.
Who was he connected to? The Podesta emails, DeLonge, TTSA, and how McCasland became the quiet center of the public UAP disclosure story.
What institution did he inherit? The lineage from Roswell-era Wright Field to the Air Force Research Laboratory McCasland commanded.
Where did he live and work? The geographic density of Kirtland, Sandia, nuclear storage, directed energy, and UAP history surrounding the disappearance.
What actually happened? The timeline, the Silver Alert contradiction, the surveillance gap, the search response, and which scenarios remain viable.
If this is your first time, follow the numbered order above. Thread 01 explains what made McCasland important. Thread 02 shows how he entered public UAP discourse. Threads 03 and 04 add institutional and geographic depth. Thread 05 brings it back to the disappearance itself.
Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office issued its first official timeline and disclosed previously unknown details about what McCasland took with him.
A missing person who leaves behind all electronics but takes hiking boots, wallet, and a loaded handgun is making deliberate choices. The "wandered off confused" scenario becomes significantly harder to sustain. Read the updated analysis:
Every claim on this site is tagged with one of four labels. This is the single most important design choice in the dossier — it prevents the documented record from being confused with speculation.
On the public record. Official statements, confirmed assignments, released documents, verified institutional history.
Stated by a named source but not independently verified. Includes DeLonge's email descriptions of McCasland, media commentary, and attributed but unconfirmed reports.
Analytical conclusion drawn from documented facts. Reasonable but not proven — connecting institutional dots, reading structural implications, or extrapolating from patterns.
Actively contested between credible sources. The Silver Alert criteria vs. family statements, AARO conclusions vs. whistleblower allegations, the meaning of McCasland's role in the disclosure network.
Beyond the five investigative threads, the site includes a full analytical overview and the complete original dossier preserved as a single-page archive.
The convergence map, route descriptions, condensed chronology, and priority unknowns — the full analytical frame that connects all five threads.
The original single-page dossier, preserved in full. Over 400KB of unedited research in one scrollable document.