Online sleuths believe they have discovered the anonymous social media account of retired Air Force Gen. William Neal McCasland — which claimed another general was killed over his handling of nuclear materials.
McCasland, 68, disappeared from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on February 27 — the same day the person behind the clearly endorsed X account focused on spacecraft and advanced science made his last post.
the account @tmbspaceships It claims to be run by a “38-year active duty retiree” from the United States Air Force with a doctorate in engineering — listing the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Air Education Training Command (AETC), and Air Materiel Command (AETC) as places they have worked.
Both AFIT and AFMC are based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which McCasland operated from 2011 to 2013. He attended the Air War College during his 34-year career, which is affiliated with the AETC. McCasland received his doctorate in astronautical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1988.
The account shockingly claimed just months before McCasland’s disappearance that Major General John Rossi, Who allegedly committed suicide in 2016He was actually killed for refusing to hand over nuclear materials to private contractors.
The 55-year-old general ended his life just two days before he was to receive a third star and take the reins of the US Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command, Army Times reported.
Army investigators ruled his death by hanging was due to severe lack of sleep and functional anxiety, according to the outlet.
He added: “General Rossi was a good friend, and in my opinion he did not commit suicide.” The account wrote in the published response On September 2, 2025.
“I believe General Rossi was killed because of A [sic] The incident was reported to the Pentagon IG [inspector general]He would not transfer nuclear weapons into private hands, just months before attempting to steal nuclear weapons from Ft. “Threshold,” the post claimed.
“General Rossi knew that the Department of Energy was the custodian of nuclear weapons, not private contractors,” the publication concluded.
Sources told The Washington Post that McCasland was briefed on some of America’s most secret technology in his capacity as commander of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, deputy commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center, and director of space acquisition at the Pentagon.
An informed source told the newspaper: “During his time he was one of the main gatekeepers to the subject of UFOs for the Air Force.” “He knew a lot, and he shared.”
Wikileaks leaked emails from John Podesta, a former advisor to President Obama, revealed that Blink-182 frontman Tom DeLonge had been in contact with McCasland who briefed him on the subject of UFOs and alien life.
General McCasland, according to emails revealed by WikiLeaks. Getty Images for WIRED
McCasland was integral behind the scenes in creating the “I Miss You” singer’s “To The Stars Academy” — which featured an advisory board that included former director of Lockheed Martin’s Skink Works Steve Justice, UFO researcher and physicist Hal Puthoff, and former Pentagon investigator of unidentified anomalous phenomena Luis Elizondo.
The search for the general has entered its second week, with investigators providing an updated timeline for the day he disappeared.
His wife, Susan McCasland, was last seen at 11:10 a.m. local time. She returned from a medical appointment at 12:04 p.m. to find an empty house and no sign of her husband, according to the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators said hiking books, a wallet and a .38-caliber handgun with a leather holster were missing from the home.
Susan McCasland is also a retired government physicist, Air Force second lieutenant and former military contracting employee. According to her online bio.
In a Facebook post a week after his disappearance, Susan bizarrely suggested that McCasland had been abducted by a UFO “mother ship.”
“Although there is no sign of him at this point, perhaps the best hypothesis is that aliens sent him to the mother ship,” she added. Facebook post on March 6.
“However, no sighting of a mother ship flying over the Sandia Mountains has been reported,” she concluded.
It did not respond to requests for comment.