Retired U.S. Air Force Major General William Neil McCasland, 68, was last seen around 11 a.m. on February 27 near his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Hours earlier , according to newly released bodycam footage obtained by the Law&Crime Network, McCasland had dinner with an unidentified woman and members of the U.S. Space Force — a meeting the witness described as out of character. The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office has issued a Silver Alert, and McCasland's wife says he had just started a new sleep medication.

The 6 p.m. dinner with Space Force members

The bodycam footage, captured by Law&Crime Network, records a phone call in which a woman who claims to work with McCasland tells officers she met him at a restaurant in Albuquerque around 6 p.m. local time on February 26 — the night before his disappearance. The woman says members of the U.S. Space Force were also present. According to the report, the woman noted that McCasland seemed “spacey and quiet,” which was unusual for him. The meeting adds a new layer of intrigue to a case that already involves a retired general with a history of high-level access to nuclear and UFO-related programs.

Why a retired general still held top-tier clearances

McCasland's wife, Susan Wilkerson, had previously posted online that he held only “very commonly held clearances” since retiring from the Air Force 13 years ago.. But the witness in the bodycam footage disputed that, claiming McCasland was still a key figure in secretive government circles. “He was the head of Air Force Research Lab to the point the man’s names are in the UFO documents that are fixed to be released,” she said. “He’s in that depth , so he has a very high security clearance.” According to the source, McCasland remains associated with the Kirtland Partnership, a nonprofit supporting Kirtland Air Force Base — a major military research facility and nuclear weapons lab.

New medication and cognitive decline: what his wife revealed

In the same bodycam footage, Wilkerson told police that McCasland had been prescribed a new sleep medication the night before he vanished. she said he had been expriencing weight loss — about 20 pounds — and anxiety, and that the medication was intended to help with sleep. “Today he woke up and said …,” she said, trailing off, suggesting confusion. The combination of a new drug and possible cognitive decline could explain his unusual behavior during the Space Force dinner, but it also raises the question of whether his disappearance is a medical emergency rather than a security incident.

The Silver Alert and the search timeline

The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office isused a Silver Alert for McCasland, a public notification system typically used for missing seniors or individuals with Alzheimer’s, dementia, or other mental disabilities. The alert underscores that authorities are treating this as a potential health-related missing person case, not a defection or foul play — at least not yet. As the source reports, McCasland was last seen near Quail Run Court NE in Albuquerque on Friday, February 27. The search continues, but the involvement of Space Force and the general's past with classified UFO programs means the case is being watched far beyond New Mexico.