A search is ongoing for a retired Air Drive main common who disappeared in New Mexico practically two weeks in the past, native legislation enforcement officers mentioned Thursday.
A silver alert was issued final week for Maj. Gen. Neil McCasland, who was final seen at his Albuquerque dwelling at 11 a.m. Feb. 27, in accordance with the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Workplace. McCasland’s spouse left their dwelling simply after 11 a.m. for a medical appointment, and McCasland was gone by the point she returned about an hour later.
“His telephone, prescription glasses, and wearable gadgets had been situated on the residence,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned Thursday. His mountain climbing boots and pockets and a .38 caliber revolver with a leather-based holster had been lacking from the house.
Susan McCasland Wilkerson started contacting members of the family and associates in an try to search out her husband however ultimately reported him lacking by 3:07 p.m. that afternoon, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
McCasland was described as 5 ft, 11 inches tall with white hair and blue eyes. He might have been sporting a light-weight inexperienced long-sleeve, button-up shirt.
Authorities are searching for McCasland utilizing search-and-rescue groups, canine, drones and helicopters, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned. The FBI confirmed it was aiding within the investigation.
“Up to now, BCSO has not obtained any confirmed sighting or confirmed video displaying Mr. McCasland leaving the world or indicating a route of journey,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
The sheriff’s workplace urged the general public to come back ahead with any attainable details about McCasland’s whereabouts.
Officers mentioned final week that there was no proof of foul play however that it’s not like McCasland to be out of contact from his household for thus lengthy. McCasland has medical points, which the sheriff’s workplace didn’t disclose, that added trigger for concern.
The sheriff’s workplace believes he left his dwelling on foot.
“He’s an avid outdoorsman and is thought to usually hike, run, and cycle within the Northeast Heights and the Sandia foothills,” it mentioned.
The workplace urged anybody with video taken Feb. 27 and Feb. 28 within the Sandia mountains or in McCasland’s neighborhood to evaluation it and submit something that may be useful.
The sheriff’s workplace mentioned data aside from what it has issued is “not verified or confirmed.”
“There are individuals who try and develop their very own theories based mostly on the restricted data out there to the general public and this makes discovering Neil tougher,” it mentioned.
Wilkerson, McCasland’s spouse, tried to right some misinformation that had been circulating. She wrote on Fb final Friday that although her husband does have medical points, it isn’t associated to dementia or Alzheimer’s illness.
She then dissuaded those that would possibly consider McCasland was taken as a result of he had some form of categorised data.
“He retired from the [Air Force] nearly 13 years in the past and has had solely very generally held clearances since,” she wrote. “It appears fairly unlikely that he was taken to extract very dated secrets and techniques from him.”
McCasland graduated from the Air Drive Academy in 1979 with a bachelor’s diploma in astronautical engineering. He additionally has a doctorate within the topic from the Massachusetts Institute of Know-how, in accordance with the Air Drive.
He held many roles with the Air Drive, together with commander of the Air Drive Analysis Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Drive Base, Ohio.
He was additionally accountable for $2.2 billion in funds for the Air Drive’s science and expertise program and one other $2.2 billion in analysis and improvement, in accordance with the Air Drive.
Wilkerson addressed McCasland’s connection “with the UFO group.” McCasland as soon as volunteered to work with Tom DeLonge, lead singer and guitarist for Blink-182. DeLonge’s group, “To The Stars,” has printed fiction books, music and a docuseries associated to aliens and unidentified flying objects.
McCasland had “much less contact” with DeLonge and the UFO group after political strategist John Podesta’s emails had been publicly posted on WikiLeaks, Wilkerson mentioned. Podesta, who labored in each the Clinton and Obama administrations, had shared emails with DeLonge about his curiosity in UFOs.
A few of the emails included exchanges a couple of documentary that Podesta took half in, and not less than one e-mail talked about McCasland.
Wilkerson mentioned McCasland has no particular data of any terrestrial our bodies or any UFO crash particles saved by the federal government.
“This connection shouldn’t be a cause for somebody to abduct Neil,” she wrote.
Wilkerson didn’t reply to a voicemail Thursday asking to talk about her husband’s disappearance.
