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by breakpointalpha 56 days ago
Retired USAF Major General McCasland disappearing from his house is probably the most serious.

He was the commander of the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. This would have given him direct oversight of all of the Air Force's most sensitive technology for decades. His intelligence value to a hostile adversary, even retired, is incalculable.

He was an avid hiker and biker in his neighborhood trails, so it's very unlikely that he just got lost.

Left behind were his prescription glasses, along with all his personal electronics (phone and watch).

It's shocking and alarming that there wasn't a full blown military search and rescue operation mounted within hours of his wife calling him in as missing.

How far could a 68 year old man travel on foot within 8 hours?

He was reported missing within three hours of his last contact with his wife.

New Mexico Search and Rescue wasn't dispatched until Sunday, two days later.

Again, why wasn't the DoD tasked to find him at all costs on the same day he went missing, given his knowledge of the Air Force's most sensitive technologies?

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> Again, why wasn't the DoD tasked to find him at all costs on the same day he went missing, given his knowledge of the Air Force's most sensitive technologies?

They know where he is and we (the public) don't have a need to know where he is?

My personal theory is: He's offworld with the other non-terrestrial officers Gary McKinnon found :)