{"id":81202,"date":"2026-03-09T09:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T13:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=81202"},"modified":"2026-03-09T09:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T13:34:15","slug":"ufo-experts-disappearance-in-new-mexico-is-a-grave-national-security-crisis-reporter-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/ufo-experts-disappearance-in-new-mexico-is-a-grave-national-security-crisis-reporter-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"UFO Expert\u2019s Disappearance In New Mexico Is A \u2018Grave National Security Crisis,\u2019 Reporter Warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From<em> New York Post:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The mysterious disappearance of a retired Air Force major general with deep expertise about UFOs who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/02\/us-news\/retired-general-william-mccasland-goes-missing-in-new-mexico\/\">went missing without a trace<\/a>\u00a0Feb. 28 constitutes a \u201cgrave national security crisis,\u201d according to an investigative journalist.<\/p>\n<p>Local law enforcement said William Neil McCasland, 68, disappeared after leaving his Albuquerque, New Mexico, home on foot, leaving his phone behind in a missing persons investigation that has since been joined by the FBI. \u201cThis is a man with some of the most sensitive secrets of the United States in his head,\u201d journalist Ross Coulthart said in the latest edition of his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/us-news\/southwest\/mccasland-disappearance-national-security-concern-ufo-uap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cReality Check\u201d podcast<\/a>, adding that McCasland possesses deep knowledge about what the US government might be hiding regarding extraterrestrials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1773048855\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"UFO Expert\u2019s Disappearance In New Mexico Is A \u2018Grave National Security Crisis,\u2019 Reporter Warns\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From New York Post: The mysterious disappearance of a retired Air Force major general with deep expertise about UFOs who\u00a0went.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}