# Wright-Patterson AFB

Retired Air Force General Who Ran Wright‑Patterson Research Lab Missing as U.S. Moves on UAP Transparency

Retired Brig. Gen. William Neil McCasland, who once led the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright‑Patterson, has been missing since February 27 and local police, the FBI and military teams are searching for him. The case has drawn attention because of McCasland’s links to sensitive research and recent moves by the U.S. government to declassify records on unidentified aerial phenomena, raising the risk of conspiracy-driven speculation.