Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program: Initial Revelations

CLAIM-070001 · Technology & Spacecraft

“AAWSAP RAF Lakenheath F-15C radar-visual intercept (2007): Non-falling, unreflective black rock-shaped object (softball to watermelon sized) tracked between 17,000–18,000ft MSL with stable pulse-doppler radar locks, moving at 30–80 knots in MTRA airspace.”

CLAIM-070002 · Technology & Spacecraft

“AAWSAP Project Northern Tier (1975–1977): Over 250 UAP incursions across USAF nuclear bases (Malmstrom, Loring, Wurtsmith, Minot, Kirtland), loitering over Weapons Storage Areas (WSA) and ICBM silos, causing electronic disruptions and KC-135 radar tracking.”

CLAIM-070003 · Technology & Spacecraft

“AAWSAP Project Colares / FAB Operation Prato analysis (1977–1978): 370+ on-site investigations, 514 victims. Light beam emissions (Chupa-Chupas) penetrating roofs, causing 10 deaths, 54 burns with twin puncture wounds, extreme anemia/hemoglobin drops, and 300+ animal deaths.”

CLAIM-980001 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The encounter involved multiple unidentified aerial phenomena that were observed near RAF Lakenheath.”

CLAIM-980002 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The unidentified phenomena were observed near RAF Lakenheath by F-15C Eagle Fighter Jets.”

CLAIM-980003 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The encounter took place near RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, England.”

CLAIM-980004 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The object was seen flying at high altitudes, emitting unusual light patterns.”

CLAIM-980005 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Witnesses reported the object maneuvering in ways that could not be explained by conventional aircraft.”

CLAIM-980006 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The MUFON organization has been investigating reports of UAPs for decades.”

CLAIM-980007 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“In September 2008 the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) initiated a $22 million, two-year contract with Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) to scientifically study UFOs and their effects on humans.”

CLAIM-980008 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The program was named the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) and was kept secret from the public until The New York Times broke the story in December 2017.”

CLAIM-980009 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“James T. Lacatski, D.Eng., managed the Washington, D.C., operation at DIA, and Colm Kelleher, Ph.D., reporting to Robert T. Bigelow, was the program manager of the Las Vegas operation at BAASS.”

CLAIM-980010 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Within five months of the AAWSAP start date in September 2008, the program had recruited over 100 scientists and engineers from top universities and research institutions.”

CLAIM-980011 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The program focused on researching both UFO performance and the effects of UFOs on humans, including physiological, pathological, psychological, and paranormal effects.”

CLAIM-980012 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Grusch claimed that the US government had illegally hidden multiple specimens of technology, including actual 'craft' from off-world, for decades.”

CLAIM-980013 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Rubio said to NewsNation's Joe Khalil that he has heard from firsthand witnesses in 'high positions in our government' about some of the claims made by Grusch.”

CLAIM-980014 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Gillibrand's well-written, carefully researched language in the 'must pass' 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has already passed the Senate Committee on Intelligence and is shortly to be passed in the full Senate, and probably thereafter in the House, followed by the signature of the president.”

CLAIM-980015 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Between September 2008 and December 2010, the Pentagon spent those millions investigating UAP, as well as the paranormal and psychic correlates to UAP.”

CLAIM-980016 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The overlap between the 'nuts and bolts' UAP phenomena and psychic aftereffects and paranormal consequences is not new.”

CLAIM-980017 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“AAWSAP BAASS successfully conducted efforts in seven multidiscipline departments.”

CLAIM-980018 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The $22 million was contracted through the Defense Intelligence Agency into AAWSAP to evaluate the threat potential of UAP.”

CLAIM-980019 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The need for “examining more exotic possibilities that might account for reports of truly anomalous characteristics of the high-performance craft of unknown origin whose mode of operation appears to be well advanced beyond that presently known” was emphasized.”

CLAIM-980020 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“AAWSAP envisaged extension and expansion into 2011 and beyond for each of the six projects.”

CLAIM-980021 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The objective was to create the world’s first comprehensive high-quality searchable database of advanced aerial technology maneuvers.”

CLAIM-980022 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“AAWSAP intended to use its unique access to Skinwalker Ranch as an opportunity for simultaneous paranormal and UAP data collection in a single concentrated area in order to expedite the determination of the relationship of UAP to the paranormal.”

CLAIM-980023 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Project Consciousness was proposed to be an umbrella organization that housed multiple programs involving telepathy, remote viewing, psychic functioning, and more.”

CLAIM-980024 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“AAWSAP deliberately adopted the stance that the most productive way to learn the maximum about the twelve technical areas was to study craft that are already displaying behavior in the twelve technical areas.”

CLAIM-980025 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“EarthTech International and its subcontractors were tasked to deliver 38 in-depth position papers targeted at these technical areas.”

CLAIM-980026 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Perhaps this research could explain some aspects of behavior over the last six decades of observing very advanced spacecraft.”

CLAIM-980027 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The present book will examine four of these technical studies: Lift, Propulsion, Spatial/Temporal Translation, and Power Generation.”

CLAIM-980028 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Because Project Physics is the most difficult area in the book to understand, this examination will be conducted at multiple levels.”

CLAIM-980029 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The 38 in-depth position papers were published by DIA as Defense Intelligence Reference Documents (DIRDs) and are available at Defense Intelligence Agency > FOIA > FOIA Electronic Reading Room (dia.mil).”

CLAIM-980030 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“No Visible Means of Propulsion”

CLAIM-980031 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Silent Flight”

CLAIM-980032 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Instant Acceleration/Stopping”

CLAIM-980033 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Sudden Reversal of Direction”

CLAIM-980034 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Hovering”

CLAIM-980035 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Transition from Hovering to High-speed Flight to Stopping”

CLAIM-980036 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Abrupt Directional Changes”

CLAIM-980037 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Color Variations with Acceleration”

CLAIM-980038 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Interference with Electrical and Electronic Systems”

CLAIM-980039 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Appearance of Blinking During Flight”

CLAIM-980040 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“For more than sixty years, reports of craft flying in Earth’s atmosphere have consistently demonstrated flight characteristics that illustrate revolutionary technology.”

CLAIM-980041 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Change Shape and Size”

CLAIM-980042 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Multiple Craft Merge into One”

CLAIM-980043 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Become Fuzzy in Appearance”

CLAIM-980044 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Suddenly Appear in the Sky”

CLAIM-980045 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Disappear from View”

CLAIM-980046 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Balls (Orbs) Under Intelligent Control”

CLAIM-980047 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Doppler Red Shift before Disappearing”

CLAIM-980048 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Spacetime is any mathematical model that combines space and time into a single construct called the spacetime continuum.”

CLAIM-980049 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“A wormhole is a hypothetical topological feature of spacetime that is fundamentally a 'shortcut' through space and time.”

CLAIM-980050 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“A black hole is a theoretical region in space in which the gravitational field is so powerful that nothing, not even electromagnetic radiation (visible light), can escape its pull after having fallen past its event horizon.”

CLAIM-980051 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Teleportation is the movement of objects from one place to another, more or less instantaneously.”

CLAIM-980052 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Faster-than-light communications and travel refer to the propagation of information or matter faster than the speed of light.”

CLAIM-980053 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Time travel is the concept of moving between different moments in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space.”

CLAIM-980054 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“A craft made of positive mass and a ball made of negative mass would move off in the same direction with accelerations that are proportional to the force of gravity between them.”

CLAIM-980055 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Under this hypothesis, we compare predicted corollary consequences against claimed characteristics of UFO observations to determine whether there is a sufficient match to conclude that (at least some) observations appear to provide support for the spacetime alteration hypothesis.”

CLAIM-980056 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The object appeared to be a single object with one main body and no discernible attachments. The object’s size was between that of a softball and a watermelon. The shape did not appear to be uniform, not necessarily jagged, but the edges did not appear to be smooth or symmetrical. The object was black and may have had a red dot or some reddish discoloration.”

CLAIM-980057 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The object did not appear to be highly reflective. The object looked like a 'meteor rock.'”

CLAIM-980058 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The object was always seen and tracked between 17,000 and 18,000 feet MSL.”

CLAIM-980059 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The object was not falling.”

CLAIM-980060 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The object was described as looking like a 'rock' and 'a very small black object' that 'did not look like a bird.'”

CLAIM-980061 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The object was soft to watermelon sized.”

CLAIM-980062 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The object was black and 'did not appear to be uniform' (smooth or symmetrical) and 'may have had a red dot or discoloration.'”

CLAIM-980063 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The AAV was no known aircraft or air vehicle currently in the inventory of the United States or any foreign nation.”

CLAIM-980064 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The AAV exhibited advanced low observable characteristics at multiple radar bands rendering US radar-based engagement capabilities ineffective.”

CLAIM-980065 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The AAV exhibited advanced aerodynamic performance with no visible control surfaces and no visible means to generate lift.”

CLAIM-980066 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The AAV exhibited advanced propulsion capability by demonstrating the ability to remain stationary with little to no variation in altitude, transitioning to horizontal and/or vertical velocities far greater than any known aerial vehicle with little to no visible signature.”

CLAIM-980067 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The AAV possibly demonstrated the ability to “cloak” or become invisible to the human eye or human observation.”

CLAIM-980068 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The AAV possibly demonstrated a highly advanced capability to operate undersea completely undetectable by our most advanced sensors.”

CLAIM-980069 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“a brand new organization was successfully created de novo, including hiring 50 personnel and building the entire security infrastructure in weeks, not years.”

CLAIM-980070 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“it needed to instantaneously become the central information source on UAP in the United States and around the world.”

CLAIM-980071 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“planning was for a staff of possibly 250 people”

CLAIM-980072 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“one way for BAASS to achieve this goal was to contract with an organization that had hundreds of investigators already in place around the United States.”

CLAIM-980073 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“MUFON had been in existence for four decades”

CLAIM-980074 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“had approximately 1,000 volunteers who could investigate reports of UAP sightings in all 50 states”

CLAIM-980075 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“In February 2009, BAASS executed a purchase order with MUFON”

CLAIM-980076 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“receive notification of significant reports on UAP sightings from anywhere in the United States within hours”

CLAIM-980077 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“receive timely reports from MUFON investigators regarding investigations of these incidents”

CLAIM-980078 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“receive physical evidence (including photographs, digital recordings, samples of soil, insects, plants, and animals) for scientific analysis”

CLAIM-980079 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“BAASS had multiple laboratories that were ready to conduct forensic, photographic, metallurgic, isotope, biological, and chemical analyses of any specimens that BAASS received from MUFON”

CLAIM-980080 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“one of the immediate changes made was to give BAASS real-time access to witness contact information for cases in MUFON’s Case Management System (CMS) where the witness agreed to have their information released to third parties”

CLAIM-980081 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“MUFON was able to successfully initiate Dispatch and Field Deployment operations on April 1, 2009”

CLAIM-980082 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“BAASS hired a small team of ten high-quality investigators with extensive intelligence and law enforcement investigative experience”

CLAIM-980083 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“a specialized paid team of investigators hired by MUFON to rapidly deploy to the most compelling UAP cases”

CLAIM-980084 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“to rapidly deploy to the most compelling UAP cases”

CLAIM-980085 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Richard Miller”

CLAIM-980086 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“During the late evening hours of October 30, 1975, several ground personnel reported seeing an airborne unidentified (reported as a helicopter) in the area of the perimeter of the base.”

CLAIM-980087 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The unidentified began its flight on the southeast side of the base and followed the perimeter, traveling to the north passing the main gate, where it was again sighted by the on-duty gate guard.”

CLAIM-980088 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Another USAF enlisted member who was in the area of the Base Motor Pool also observed the unidentified as it traveled along the perimeter.”

CLAIM-980089 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The unidentified then purportedly traveled on to the north, approaching the Strategic Air Command (SAC) Alert Facility and the area of the Weapons Storage Area (WSA).”

CLAIM-980090 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The unidentified then departed the WAFB area and proceeded to the east over Lake Huron.”

CLAIM-980091 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“A KC-135 aircraft was returning from a routine flight at the time of this incident.”

CLAIM-980092 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The 135 was tasked with locating and identifying the unidentified based on ground-based radar confirmation of the ground sightings.”

CLAIM-980093 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Reporting shows they made contact with the unknown over the lake and followed it to the general area of Bay City, MI, where they lost contact.”

CLAIM-980094 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The 135 crew returned to base and landed.”

CLAIM-980095 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“numerous witnesses (over 100 from varying locations) reported 12-15 yellowish-orange lights in the sky that moved slowly in formation.”

CLAIM-980096 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“A witness reported to local police regarding an object like “a floating house” with very bright internal lights flying at low altitude traveling southwest.”

CLAIM-980097 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The pilot of an Argentina Airlines B-727 had to make an aggressive maneuver to avoid collision with a strange object.”

CLAIM-980098 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The pilot and two additional crew members of an Air France A320 Airbus observed a dark, bell-shaped object several miles away.”

CLAIM-980099 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“No classification system is complete without a way of assigning credibility or 'weight' to an observation.”

CLAIM-980100 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“UAP can be thought of both as physical and as 'psychic.'”

CLAIM-980101 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The AAWSAP BAASS data warehouse (named CAPELLA by its designer, Dr. J. Vallee) currently includes 248,141 unusual aerial phenomena reports of sightings occurring from 593 B.C. to the present time.”

CLAIM-980102 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Establish liaison operations (relationships) with DoD Data Facilities such as the Aerospace Data Facility/Denver Security Operations Center at Buckley Air Force Base in Colorado”

CLAIM-980103 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Collect and Analyze Uncorrelated Target Data”

CLAIM-980104 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Collect and Analyze Radar and Radar/Visual Case Data”

CLAIM-980105 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Build a Database of Sounds Detected in Novel Spacecraft Incidents”

CLAIM-980106 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Build a Database of Odors Detected in Novel Spacecraft Incidents”

CLAIM-980107 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Develop a Plan for Locating and Monitoring “Windows” or “Portals””

CLAIM-980108 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Define a Plan to Attract Novel Spacecraft”

CLAIM-980109 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Collect Oral/Written Histories”

CLAIM-980110 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Project Physics, Engagement and Database were all very manpower and time intensive and needed to commence as soon as possible in the AAWSAP startup during November 2008–May 2009.”

CLAIM-980111 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Decades of research have suggested that consciousness (including telepathic communication) may play an integral role in human-UAP interactions.”

CLAIM-980112 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Project Consciousness was an umbrella project that would eventually house multiple programs involving telepathy, remote viewing, psychic functioning, and more, to obtain critical data with regard to the activity and behavior of UAP.”

CLAIM-980113 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Multiple UFO incursions at USAF nuclear missile bases in the 1970s”

CLAIM-980114 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“UFO encounters with the Brazilian people during the 1970s and up to the present day”

CLAIM-980115 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Unusual activity at Skinwalker Ranch”

CLAIM-980116 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Antigravity effects can be implemented by manipulating spacetime.”

CLAIM-980117 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Laser propulsion is a new and exceptional method for reaching space.”

CLAIM-980118 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“If large-scale manned spaceflight has any future, a high-specific-impulse, high-thrust propulsion system is needed.”

CLAIM-980119 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Antimatter is considered an extremely attractive fuel for aerospace propulsion because of its enormous advantage in energy density over all other known sources of energy.”

CLAIM-980120 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“A theme that has come to the fore in advanced planning for long-range space exploration in the future is the concept that empty space itself (the quantum vacuum, or spacetime metric) might be engineered to provide energy/thrust for future space vehicles.”

CLAIM-980121 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Controlled fusion energy production has been under development for 60 years.”

CLAIM-980122 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The paper reviews novel propulsion concepts utilizing plasmas (ionized gases) and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD).”

CLAIM-980123 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“It is easy to prove that there are negative masses all around us, albeit hidden behind positive masses.”

CLAIM-980124 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“If one is to realistically entertain the notion of interstellar exploration in the timeframe of a human lifespan, a dramatic shift in the traditional approach to spacecraft propulsion is necessary.”

CLAIM-980125 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The most attractive feature of the warp drive is that the theory of relativity places no known restrictions on the motion of space itself, thus allowing for a convenient circumvention of the speed of the light barrier.”

CLAIM-980126 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“One salient feature of dark energy is its intrinsic ability to generate negative pressure, causing the fabric of space to expand in the way that is currently observed.”

CLAIM-980127 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Traversable wormholes are unlike the well-known, non-traversable Einstein-Rosen Bridges or Schwarzschild wormholes that are formed from collapsed stellar matter (that is, black holes) or spherically symmetric vacuum regions.”

CLAIM-980128 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Explorers could deploy a wormhole-stargate near the Earth’s surface, in Earth’s orbit, or anywhere in the solar system they like and just pass through the “stargate” and come out the other side in remote spacetime within seconds.”

CLAIM-980129 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Exotic matter is generally defined by general relativity physics to be matter that possesses (renormalized) negative energy density (sometimes negative stress-tension = outward pressure, aka gravitational repulsion or antigravity).”

CLAIM-980130 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“This report provides an overview of the basics, current experimental status, supporting theory, and potential applications of inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) fusion.”

CLAIM-980131 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Dr. George Miley, Univ. of Illinois, 10 March 2010 (72 pages)”

CLAIM-980132 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Dr. Eric Davis, EarthTech International, 6 April 2010 (57 pages)”

CLAIM-980133 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Ultracapacitors, also known as supercapacitors, hybrid capacitors, electrochemical capacitors, electrochemical double-layer capacitors, or ultracaps, are energy-storage platforms that offer energy storage capable of extremely rapid charge and discharge rates.”

CLAIM-980134 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Future aerospace vehicles could have an advanced propulsion system that uses negative quantum vacuum energy to modify the spacetime geometry in the immediate vicinity surrounding the vehicle in order to induce faster-than-light motion via traversable wormholes or warp drives, or even levitation via antigravity.”

CLAIM-980135 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“Although all known forms of classical matter have a non-negative energy density, it is not so in quantum field theory. A general quantum state can be a superposition of particle number eigenstates and may have a negative expectation value of energy density in certain spacetime regions due to quantum coherence effects.”

CLAIM-980136 · inside the us government covert ufo program initia Observation

“The former is a static quantum vacuum effect while the latter is a time-domain quantum vacuum effect.”