Hello, this is Cliff Gerry, Head of the Regional Aerial Phenomena Investigation, Exploration and Research

I want welcome to the inaugural episode of Unreal Exposure. Throughout the show, we will be delving into the subject of UFOs or now referred to as UAPS. We will be exploring current events in the ufology field, as well as diving into the history of the phenomena.

Today's episode is going to deal with a ever evolving case that just keeps getting larger and larger. I am referring to the disappearance of Major General William McCasland and related researchers.

This case is bizarre because of the pattern of events leading up to the disappearance. Something is very off, in my opinion. Some would call what I am about to talk about could be coincidence. I have learned that there is no such thing as coincidence. Others will say conspiracy Theory. Lately. an awful lot of conspiracy theories have come true. So, let’s dive in.

On Feb 14 Obama says “They’re real, but I haven’t seen them.” A rather interesting statement from a former President. He even said that they are not being held at area 51.

Following, that, on Feb 19 Trump says Obama shouldn’t have said that and suddenly talks about releasing UFO/UAP files. He said Obama was talking about classified stuff. Interesting...how can something the government has historically said doesn’t exist be classified?

Then, on Feb 27 McCasland disappears.

You have to understand, McCasland not just anyone. This is a man who spent years inside classified programs, special access projects and high-level defense research. You don’t walk away from that kind of knowledge. You carry it for life.

Let’s look at his background to see why he was so important. First let’s look at his education:

1979 Bachelor of Science degree in astronautical engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.

1980 Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

1988 Doctor of Philosophy degree in astronautical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

1995 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

1999 Advanced Program Manager's Course, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Va.

2004 United States-Russia Security Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Now, lets dig into his career

September 1979 - September 1980, graduate student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

October 1980 - March 1984, payload development engineer, Secretary of the Air Force Office of Special Projects-6, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.

April 1984 - June 1985, Chief, Payload Systems Division, Secretary of the Air Force Office of Special Projects-8, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.

July 1985 - September 1988, doctoral student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

October 1988 - May 1992, assistant director, Systems Engineering, Secretary of the Air Force Office of Special Projects-13, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.

June 1992 - July 1994, Director, Mission Planning, Aerospace Data Facility, Buckley AFB, Colo.

August 1994 - May 1995, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.

June 1995 - August 1997, Commander, Operations Squadron, Aerospace Data Facility, Buckley AFB, Colo.

August 1997 - March 2000, Chief Engineer, Navstar GPS Joint Program Office, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.

April 2000 - September 2001, System Program Director, Space Based Laser Project Office, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.

October 2001- May 2004, Materiel Wing Director, Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate, and Commander, Phillips Research Site, Kirtland AFB, N.M.

June 2004 - October 2005, Vice Commander, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, Utah

October 2005 - June 2007, Vice Commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.

June 2007 - June 2009, Director, Space Acquisition, Office of the Under Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C.

June 2009 - May 2011, Director, Special Programs, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

May 2011 - present, Commander, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

Now here is something to think about. If disclosure suddenly becomes real...not just talk... but actual pressure to open the files, people like him become extremely valuable. Or extremely dangerous.

What if he was contacted? Quietly.

What if he was asked what he knows?

What if he signaled that he was ready to talk?

And here’s comes the part that can really get scary. Ask yourself, what if there are parts of the system that cannot afford that? How far will they go?

In my educated opinion this isn’t just about aliens or curiosity. If certain truths come out, we’re talking about power, control, decades of secrecy and things that could shake institutions and governments.

If you have a profound, or dangerous secret, you don’t protect it using half measures. You protect it fully.

So now we have a disclosure push. Then a man with deep classified background, days later he’s gone. Phone left at home, and smart watch left behind but his gun missing. This was a man that was fitter than many 40 year olds. Now he is gone, with no trace.

I am obviously not saying I know what happened to him. But I am saying this: When timing, roles and silence line up like this, as Fox Mulder said, “I am sensing a pattern emerging here.” I want answers to these two questions...Did he intentionally disappear, a self imposed exile? Or did someone make sure he never got the chance to speak….

The disappearance of this man is serious cause for concern, but what if I told you, that he has connections that have also disappeared?

What if I told you, that Major General McCasland was on the same program as a NASA JPL engineer who vanished 8 months earlier. The scientist who connected them is also dead.

Would this still be in the realm of coincidence?

Three people formed the complete chain of custody for a superalloy critical to American rocket engines.

Monica Reza co-invented it.

Dallis Hardwick qualified it at the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Major General William McCasland commanded the lab that housed both programs.

All three were on the same program at the same time during McCasland's 2011-2013 command. Hardwick died of cancer in 2014. Reza vanished from a hiking trail in the Angeles National Forest in June 2025, thirty feet behind a companion, thermal-imaging-negative, scent trail dead-ending at a displaced beanie.

McCasland vanished from the Sandia foothills in February 2026. Neither has been found. Four days after Reza disappeared, someone posted a memorial declaring her dead and buried. No body was ever recovered.

No your may be slightly disturbed by this, lets dig a bit deeper

Carl Grillmair. 30 years at Caltech’s Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. He was the instrument characterization specialist for NEO Surveyor, the first space telescope built specifically to find objects that could hit Earth. On February 16, 2026 he was shot on his porch.

Anthony Chavez, 78, a retired longtime Los Alamos National Laboratory employee, disappeared from his Los Alamos home in May 2025. His car was still there. Inside, his wallet, keys, and cigarettes were left on the table. Detectives found no signs of a struggle, and cadaver dogs turned up nothing. He has never been found.

Nuno Loureiro. MIT fusion scientist. Shot at his home. His killer allegedly planned it for three years.

Jacob Prichard. Jaymee Prichard. 1st Lt. Jaime Gustitus. All three worked at Wright-Patterson. All three dead in one night. Air Force Office of Special Investigations investigating. No motive. Dead October 25, 2025.

Melissa Casias, a Los Alamos National Laboratory employee, vanished in Taos County. Her purse, wallet, cash, and both cell phones were found at home. Family told the Albuquerque Journal the phones had been factory-reset. Surveillance later captured her on foot along N.M. 518 with a backpack. Search efforts followed, including canine units, but the case remains unresolved. Her husband also worked at LANL.

In AUTO ACCIDENT--Professor Keith Bowden, 45, computer scientist, Essex University. In March 1982 Bowden's car plunged off a bridge, into am abandoned rail yard. His death was listed as an accident.

MISSING PERSON--Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Godley, 49, defense expert, head of work-study unit at the Royal Military College of Science. Godley disappeared in April 1983. His father bequeathes him more than $60,000, with the proviso that he claim it be 1987. He never showed up and is presumed dead.

SHOTGUN BLAST--Roger Hill, 49, radar designer and draftsman, Marconi. In March 1985 Hill allegedly killed himself with a shotgun at the family home.

DEATH LEAP--Jonathan Walsh, 29, digital-communications expert assigned to British Telecom's secret Martlesham Health research facility (and to GEC, Marconi's parent firm). In November 1985 Walsh allegedly fell from his hotel room while working on a British Telecom project in Abidjan, Ivory Coast (Africa). He had expressed a fear for his life. Verdict: Still in question.

DEATH LEAP--Vimal Dajibhai, 24, computer-software engineer (worked on guidance system for Tigerfish torpedo), Marconi Underwater Systems. In August 1986 Dajibhai's crumpled remains were found 240 feet below the Clifton suspension bridge in Bristol. The death has not been listed as a suicide.

DECAPITATION--Ashaad Sharif, 26, computer analyst, Marconi Defense Systems. In October 1986, in Bristol, Sharif allegedly tied one end of a rope around a tree and the other end around his neck, then drove off in his car at high speed. Verdict: Suicide.

SUFFOCATION--Richard Pugh, computer consultant for the Ministry of Defense. In January 1987 Pugh was found dead, wrapped head-to- toe in rope that was tied four times around his neck. The coroner listed his death as an accident due to a sexual experiment gone awry.

ASPHYXIATION--John Brittan, Ministry of Defense tank batteries expert, Royal Military College of Science. In January 1987 Brittan was found dead in a parked car in his garage. The engine was still running. Verdict: Accidental death.

DRUG OVERDOSE--Victor Moore, 46, design engineer, Marconi Space Systems. In February 1987 Moore was found dead of a drug overdose. His death is listed as a suicide.

ASPHYXIATION--Peter Peapell, 46, scientist, Royal Military College of Science. In February 1987 Peapell was found dead beneath his car, his face near the tail pipe, in the garage of his Oxfordshire home. Death was due to carbon-monoxide poisoning, although test showed that the engine had been running only a short time. Foul play has not been ruled out.

ASPHYXIATION--Edwin Skeels, 43, engineer, Marconi. In February 1987 Skeels was found dead in his car, a victim of carbon-monoxide poisoning. A hose led from the exhaust pipe. His death is listed as a suicide.

AUTO ACCIDENT--David Sands, satellite projects manager, Eassams (a Marconi sister company). Although up for a promotion, in March 1987 Sands drove a car filled with gasoline cans into the brick wall of an abandoned cafe. He was killed instantly. Foul play has not been ruled out.

AUTO ACCIDENT--Stuart Gooding, 23, postgraduate research student, Royal Military College of Science. In April 1987 Gooding died in a mysterious car wreck in Cyprus while the College was holding military exercises on the island. Verdict: Accidental death.

AUTO ACCIDENT--George Kountis, experienced systems analyst at British Polytechnic. In April 1987 Kountis drowned after his BMW plunged into the Mersey River in Liverpool. His death is listed as a misadventure.

SUFFOCATION--Mark Wisner, 24, software engineer at Ministry of Defense experimental station for combat aircraft. In April 1987 Wisner was found dead in his home with a plastic bag over his head. At the inqust, his death was ruled an accident due to a sexual experiment gone awry.

AUTO ACCIDENT--Michael Baker, 22, digital-communications expert, Plessey Defense Systems. In May 1987 Baker's BMW crashed through a road barrier, killing the driver. Verdict: Misadventure.

HEART ATTACK--Frank Jennings, 60, electronic-weapons engineer for Plessey. In June 1987 Jennings allegedly dropped dead of a heart attack. No inquest was held.

DEATH LEAP--Russel Smith, 23, lab technician at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment. In January 1988 Smith's mangled body was found halfway down a cliff in Cornwall. Verdict: Suicide.

ASPHYXIATION--Trevor Knight, 52, computer engineer, Marconi Space and Defense Systems. In March 1988 Knight was found dead in his car, asphyxiated by fume from a hose attached to the tail pipe. The death was ruled a suicide.

ELECTROCUTION--John Ferry, 60, assistant marketing director for Marconi. In August 1988 Ferry was found dead in a company-owned apartment, the stripped leads of an electrical cord in his mouth. Foul play has not been ruled out.

ELECTROCUTION--Alistair Beckham, 50, software engineer, Plessey. In August 1988 Beckham's lifeless body was found in the garden shed behind his house. Bare wires, which ran to a live main, were wrapped around his chest. Now suicide note was found, and police habe not ruled out foul play.

ASPHYXIATION--Andrew Hall, 33, engineering manager, British Aero- space. In September 1988 Hall was found dead in his car, asphyxiated by fumes from a hose that was attached to the tail pipe. Friends said he was well liked, had everything to live for. Verdict: Suicide.my view, the pattern is unfolding before our eyes. Can there be mundane explanations for all of this? For some of these cases, maybe. But there are to many connections for them to be all mundane.