Overview
- The recording, obtained by Law&Crime and published Friday, captured Susan McCasland Wilkerson telling 911 her husband 'planned not to be found'.
- Retired Gen. William Neil McCasland, 68, vanished February 27 from his Albuquerque home after leaving on foot without his phone or prescription glasses, and he was later reported to have taken hiking boots and a .38-caliber revolver.
- His wife described recent short-term memory loss, anxiety, and sleeplessness, while the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office said it has no indication he was disoriented or confused.
- The multiagency search remains active with a Silver Alert in place and FBI support, and authorities have reported no confirmed sightings.
- McCasland once led the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright‑Patterson in Ohio, a role that has drawn wider public attention because of the base’s long-running association in popular lore with UFO research.