See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred SourceBy CHRIS MELORE, US DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR Published: 20:51 BST, 12 June 2026 | Updated: 21:38 BST, 12 June 2026
A new picture of the missing Air Force general allegedly tied to UFO secrets has opened up an even greater mystery about the final hours before he vanished.The photo captured retired Major General William Neil McCasland exiting a local sporting goods store in New Mexico with a mysterious parcel just a day before he walked out of his Albuquerque home on February 27.The new clue was released by the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office after a Freedom of Information Act request by Lauren Conlin, a reporter at Los Angeles Magazine.McCasland was seen during the day wearing sunglasses and appearing alert and composed as he walked out of REI with the large white shipping bag and another smaller item tucked under his left arm.It is not known what was in the mystery package, although such soft and malleable bags are often used for mailing clothing.According to McCasland's wife, Susan Wilkerson, the Air Force veteran left behind his phone, wallet, wearable devices and prescription glasses when he left their home around 11am local time.McCasland had also changed his clothes, leaving his normal attire behind, and only took a pair of boots and his .38-caliber revolver with him.The general's disappearance has become a national talking point after it was revealed that he possessed both US nuclear and UFO-related secrets and his career allegedly connected him to several other deaths and disappearances among scientists and nuclear workers. A new surveillance image shows retired Air Force general William Neil McCasland the day before he vanished without a trace on February 27
