Ross Coulthart: "Utterly Absurd to Downplay" Missing UFO General | William Neil McCasland
Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield
Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield
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🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield is joined by Ross Coulthart to break down the mystery of the missing Air Force general, William Neil McCasland. Ross Coulthart is an Australian investigative journalist, author, documentary producer, and host of the podcast Reality Check. As of 2023, he is the senior special investigations correspondent for NewsNation. He believes that governments have covered up knowledge of extraterrestrial spacecraft and is an advocate for UFO disclosure.
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*BREAKING* BCSO Statement 3/12:
Updated Timeline and Description in Search for William “Neil” McCasland
READ FULL STATEMENT HERE: https://x.com/bcsonm/status/203221028...
BCSO is releasing the following verified timeline to provide clarity on what is known. On February 27 at approximately 10:00 a.m., a repairman was at the residence and interacted with Mr. McCasland. At approximately 11:10 a.m., Mrs. McCasland Wilkerson left the home for a medical appointment. At approximately 12:04 p.m., she returned home and Mr. McCasland was not there. His phone, prescription glasses, and wearable devices were located at the residence. Mrs. McCasland Wilkerson began attempting to locate Mr. McCasland and contacted family and friends. At approximately 3:07 p.m., she reported him missing and the investigation began immediately.
As the investigation has progressed, BCSO has identified items believed to be unaccounted for from the residence. Investigators believe Mr. McCasland may have been wearing the shirt shown in the attached photo. The photo depicts Mr. McCasland wearing a light green, long sleeve button-up outdoor shirt. Additional items believed to be missing include his hiking boots, wallet, and a .38 caliber revolver with a leather holster.
Investigators also located a gray U.S. Air Force sweatshirt approximately 1.25 miles east of the residence on Saturday, March 7. The item was collected and processed. No blood was detected during initial processing, and additional analysis is pending. The sweatshirt has not been confirmed by family or friends to be associated with Mr. McCasland; however, it prompted an additional targeted search effort in the area.
BCSO is again asking anyone in the area to check and submit security camera footage from Friday, February 27 and Saturday, February 28, particularly between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. in and around Quail Run Court NE and routes leading away from the neighborhood. If you were in the foothills or on trails February 27 to 28, please review any GoPro or phone footage and submit anything that may help.
Video and photos can be uploaded here:
https://berncosdnm.evidence.com/axon/...
Tips can be submitted by calling the BCSO Missing Persons Unit at 505-468-7070 or anonymously through Tip411 by texting BCSO and your tip to 847411.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone. I'm Ashley Vanfield. This is Drop Dead Serious. Thanks for being here. Don't forget to |
| 0:09.5 | subscribe. So listen, I know that the majority of true crime fanatics have been following the |
| 0:18.3 | Nancy Guthrie case, right? Going into its seventh week. I mean, |
| 0:21.9 | it is, it's just this mystifying missing person's case. But there's another missing person's case |
| 0:27.4 | that should be as big because the consequences of this person going missing could be far more |
| 0:35.4 | severe for all of us, right? So if you haven't heard of retired Air Force Major General, |
| 0:42.0 | William Neal McCasland get comfy because it is a critical case. I get it. There's a silver |
| 0:50.5 | alert that went out for General McCasland, But it is a lot more than just a silver |
| 0:56.0 | alert. Okay? I think General McAisland is 68 years old. But he has no issues, medically speaking. |
| 1:03.2 | He doesn't have dementia. He's not a wanderer. It's not like that. No, he is sharp as attack. |
| 1:09.3 | Where did you hear that before sharp as attack it's what sheriff |
| 1:13.3 | nanos said about nancy guthrie in the first day uh that the story began getting coverage |
| 1:20.0 | in arizona well this is in new mexico the general mccaslin cases in new mexico and he is |
| 1:26.1 | also sharp as a tack. |
| 1:32.1 | In fact, General McCaslin might be one of the smartest Americans we've ever put out because he's got quite a resume and his resume is what is causing. |
| 1:39.4 | Let's just say a case for some alarm because this guy shouldn't go missing and if he does go missing it could |
| 1:46.0 | be really problematic for a lot of people and it could be very problematic for mccaslin's family |
| 1:52.4 | because of all the things he knows let me back it up a little bit according to the bernalio county sheriff's |
| 1:59.1 | office he goes by Neil, |
| 2:00.9 | so General Neil McCasland was last seen on February 27, about 11 o'clock in the morning. And if you |
| 2:06.6 | know the area, he's in the area of Quail Run Court Northeast in Albuquerque. So law enforcement, |
| 2:13.5 | they're saying that he left his home on foot and he did not take his phone and he did not take his |
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