The missing scientists at the centre of a UFO conspiracy

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2026-07-10

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Are the disappearances or deaths of 11 US scientists really linked in a nefarious plot? Or just a conspiracy theory with roots in a bizarre broadcast that rocked Britain in the 1970s?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today, the mysterious case of the missing scientists.

  • So William Neill McCasland is a 68-year-old retired Major General.

  • He worked at the Wright-Patterson airbags, or had in the past.

  • Now that was connected to the so-called UFO Roswell incident in 1947. Carl Tinline is a writer and broadcaster,

  • and he's been following the stories of American scientists making news headlines.

  • And on 27th February this year, 2026, he went out one day.

  • He said goodbye to his wife and he just left the house.

  • My name is Susan Wilkerson.

  • My husband is missing.

  • And it's been about three hours.

  • He left the house without his phone, without his prescription glasses, without any wearable devices.

  • He may have also had with him his.38 caliber revolver scene since.

  • McCaslin retired from his job as an astronautical engineer at a government lab over a decade ago.

  • But his name recently appeared on a list, a list with 10 others

  • who appear to have gone missing or have died in the last few years.

  • Because to some, these cases don't seem random.

  • They're understood as some sort of cover up.

  • He disappeared six days right after Trump announced he was releasing the UFO files.

  • And he's not the only one.