# He held senior posts in classified space and special-access programmes for decades

> McCasland's career included the Air Force's Office of Special Projects, the Aerospace Data Facility, the Space Based Laser office and the Pentagon's…

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# He held senior posts in classified space and special-access programmes for decades

McCasland's career included the Air Force's Office of Special Projects, the Aerospace Data Facility, the Space Based Laser office and the Pentagon's directorate of special programmes before he commanded AFRL, the kind of background on which the abduction theory rests.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[He was taken or harmed by others because of what he knew](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/missing-scientists/answers/ANS0DCQP4R4MZ28/he-was-taken-or-harmed-by-others-because-of-what-he-knew)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). He held senior posts in classified space and special-access programmes for decades [Evidence EVD0DCQRJJ11WX8]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCQRJJ11WX8
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