Photoshop CC is not showing save "Alpha Channels" to be checked!

This hasn't happened before! As in... it didn't happen as recently as yesterday.
I have a 3 layer image, 2 of them with a large transparent area. I will be importing this into After Effects.
It allows me to check "layers" but not to preserve the transparency. "Alpha Channels" is greyed out.
When I import into AE, even in the media browser the transparency is gone. The transparent area is now black. Ditto when I drag it into the composition canvas.
Mode = RGB, 18 bit
When I import the files from yesterday that *did* preserve the transparency, they still keep the transparency. So I know it's not a problem in AE.
This is where it gets super weird. When I take yesterday's file, open it, and try to save it under a new name -- TODAY IT DOESN'T ALLOW ME TO CHECK "ALPHA CHANNELS".
What have I done to take this option away?

HOLY CRAP -
Indeed, I did not have that.
So I added a channel, and it automatically showed up as Alpha 1...... and my whole image turned red.
When I turned off the image channel, it went back to normal.
Am I possessed?

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