# One of our generals is missing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 3, 2026, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154 "2026-03-03T03:57:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154/21 "2026-03-12T14:45:54Z")
Well if we are going to engage in that kind of SF flight of fancy _anything_ could’ve happened to him. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154/22 "2026-03-12T22:16:45Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > It’s the only logical explanation. It could also explain Samantha Guthrie’s grandmother. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154/23 "2026-03-12T22:33:19Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > 68 is elderly? “Elderly” is generally defined as being **65 years of age or older** , which aligns with typical retirement ages, Medicare eligibility, and social program definitions in many developed nations. Or so says AI. I’m 71 this month and fuck AI and the horse it rode in on. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154/24 "2026-03-12T22:37:06Z")
Vaporized… yep that’s what I’m thinking. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154/25 "2026-03-12T23:39:39Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > > [@needscoffee](#): > > > > 68 is elderly? > > “Elderly” is generally defined as being **65 years of age or older** , which aligns with typical retirement ages, Medicare eligibility, and social program definitions in many developed nations. > > Or so says AI. I’m 71 this month and fuck AI and the horse it rode in on Yeah, the article states, per the sheriff: > He is “an avid outdoorsman” who hikes, runs and cycles in Albuquerque’s Northeast Heights neighborhood and the Sandia Mountains foothills. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154/26 "2026-03-13T04:00:31Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Yeah, the article states, per the sheriff: > > > He is “an avid outdoorsman” who hikes, runs and cycles in Albuquerque’s Northeast Heights neighborhood and the Sandia Mountains foothills. Sounds like this could be an Amelia Earhart situation (someone disappears, some say aliens, others say Atlantis, while still others say _it’s probably the wide open expanse that they were known to be in and that people disappear in all the time because it’s so big and empty and hard to search_). Aliens it is, then! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154/27 "2026-03-13T04:07:56Z")
There’s always Bigfoot. No it really is a serious problem. I joke to not cry, for real. I have to pass thru an area with 2 elder care homes and Apartments for handicapped. There’s a big caution sign to watch for “At Large Elderly or mobility carts”. You know the picture of the deer jumping on Deer Crossing signs? This picture ain’t so clear. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154/28 "2026-03-13T04:19:09Z")
I quite like the vision of autonomous mobility carts running wild through the wilderness. Anyway, the size of the area isn’t what’s an issue, of course. It’s the type of terrain. How often has it happened that someone’s body has been found incredibly near to a house or other structure where they would have survived if they’d made it there? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154/29 "2026-03-13T12:26:42Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > Aliens it is, then! Mulder’s Razor. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154/30 "2026-03-13T19:25:35Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > On the one hand, I see your point. On the other hand, technically, I suppose he may be. In my state, “elder abuse” is defined as abusing someone who is 65 years of age or older. I’ll do you one better. A “geriatric pregnancy” is when the mother is 35 or older. Even years later, it never ceases to amaze me that a news site, even if it’s just Men’s Journal, can write an entire article based on some idiot conspiracy theorist’s tweet because a sort of oldish person disappeared 450 miles away from another older person. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154/31 "2026-03-13T20:01:59Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > I’ll do you one better. A “geriatric pregnancy” is when the mother is 35 or older. If it’s a firstborn: “elderly primigravida” ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154/32 "2026-03-13T20:04:44Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Mulder’s Razor. The truth general is out there! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154/33 "2026-03-14T00:29:09Z")
Sigh, post about 10-11 ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154/34 "2026-03-16T12:04:26Z")
Multiple news stories this morning are reporting that he left his cellphone and glasses in the house. In addition, his wallet and handgun are unaccounted for. Presumably he took those with him. 😟 ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154/35 "2026-03-16T13:20:45Z")
“Who can kill a general in his bed….” [CIA Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utopsn1AjZA) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154/36 "2026-03-16T15:29:09Z")
Now just here me out here… Remember those _documentaries_ with Tommy Lee Jones & Will Smith portraying agents with single letter names (Kay & Jay)? Just keep that in the back of your mind… What better place for the aliens to monitor what we know about them than with the 2-star in charge of alien programs. However, they are having problems with another alien who’s gone rouge (no, that’s _not_ a typo for rogue, & well, it’s actually a bit more orange than rouge). Clearly he was recalled back home for consultations, much like an ambassador might be. _Any_ other explanation is just conspiracy by the government to throw us off the trail of the truth!!! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154/37 "2026-03-16T15:44:10Z")
WAKE UP SHEEPLE! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154/38 "2026-03-16T15:58:23Z")
@Spiderman, you crack me up. Your thinking is nearly exactly as convoluted as my own. Area 51 ain’t that far away. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154/39 "2026-03-18T00:13:09Z")
> [@](#): > > McCasland “did state that he was experiencing a mental fog” and was looking into it, Allen said. > > “That was his statement about what he was experiencing, that was cited as reasons for stepping down from some groups that he was working with,” Lt. Kyle Woods added. > > “There’s no indication … that Mr. McCasland was disoriented, confused,” Woods continued. “Arguably, he would still be the most intelligent person in the room.” > **[Retired Air Force major general missing for weeks: What we know about his...](https://abcnews.com/US/retired-air-force-major-general-missing-weeks-mysterious/story?id=131126054)** > > Retired Maj. Gen. William N. "Neil" McCasland disappeared from his home in late February. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154.md?page=1)