Missing Scientists

society, culture, documentary, government, true crime · EN

Where is Neil McCasland? Where is Monica Reza? What happened to Amy Eskridge? Eleven Americans, dead or missing since 2022. All with access to America's most sensitive research.On February 27, 2026, a retired Air Force major general walked out of his Albuquerque home and disappeared into open desert. He left his prescription glasses on the kitchen table. He took a wallet, a pair of hiking boots, and a .38 revolver.His name is William Neil McCasland. He was commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson. Before that, Director of Special Programs for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense. Before that, directed-energy work at Kirtland. He spent thirty-three years on the most secret line in the United States national security apparatus. On the morning he vanished, no one could tell you where he had gone.His name didn't stay alone for long.A materials scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory named Monica Reza, who walked up a hiking trail in the Angeles Nati