# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/neil-mccasland
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:02:21.168Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/neil-mccasland"
name: "Neil McCasland"
slug: "neil-mccasland"
description: "William Neil McCasland is an astronautical engineer, retired United States Air Force major general, and former commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory. He is currently the director of technology at Applied Technology Associates. Following his disappearance in February 2026, a silver alert was issued by Bernalillo County. The New Mexico Search and Rescue was reportedly assisting with the investigation."
tagline: "American retired general (born c. 1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_McCasland.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1957"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.139794666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TMBSPACESHIPS"
    handle:    "TMBSPACESHIPS"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%BB_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4"
    title: "Вільям Ніл МакКасленд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_McCasland"
    title: "Neil McCasland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_McCasland"
    title: "Neil McCasland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%BC%E7%88%BE%C2%B7%E9%BA%A5%E5%8D%A1%E6%96%AF%E8%98%AD"
    title: "尼爾·麥卡斯蘭"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%88"
    title: "نیل میک کیسلینڈ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_McCasland"
    title: "Neil McCasland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102191653"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump