DOW-UAP-D170, BAASS Monthly Report, April 2009

Official Conclusion

Kansas case: 'UAV unknown' (investigator); Arkansas case: 'a real event... object is definitely unknown and does not appear to be a military craft'; all cases remain under MUFON investigation.

Official Description

This document is an administrative, programmatic, or contractor-produced record related to the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP), a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)-administered program active from 2008 to 2012. AAWSAP’s official scope of work identified 12 technical research areas relating to potential aerospace threats over a time horizon of more than 40 years. As part of the broader program record, the file documents how AAWSAP was scoped, organized, tasked, funded, executed, or described at a particular point in time. This April 2009 Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) progress report summarizes contractor activities for the period April 1–30, 2009. The report addresses staffing and clearance processing, progress on contracted technical papers, BAASS’s purchase of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) information from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), work on “Project Northern Tier,” and review of UAP-related materials released by several foreign governments. It also describes BAASS’s development of investigative and laboratory support capabilities, including a small deployable field investigation team and arrangements for potential future forensic and scientific analyses of materials obtained through MUFON reporting. Overall, the file documents ongoing program activity, particularly in UAP case acquisition, field investigation, and archival research.

Key Findings

• →BAASS had 35 full-time and 6 part-time staff as of April 30, 2009, with plans to reach 50-60 personnel, and cited the need for more funding to expand coverage.
• →BAASS holds a February 2009 purchase order with MUFON for rapid notification of UAP reports, investigator reports, and physical evidence; MUFON logged 319 US cases in April (9 Cat 2, none Cat 3), a drop of 150-200 reports that BAASS flagged as a concern.
• →MUFON Case #16644 (Dardanelle, AR, 20 Apr 2009) describes a large dark triangular craft with rotating lights passing within ~100 feet of a vehicle, a bright flash, a dead phone battery (blown internal fuse), and witness physical symptoms; investigators concluded the object was 'definitely unknown' near power lines feeding Arkansas Nuclear One.
• →Project Northern Tier analysis notes 1975 UAP incidents at Malmstrom, Wurtsmith and Loring AFBs and discusses a Wurtsmith 30 Oct 1975 case with ground witnesses, ground radar, and a KC-135 crew with visual and electronic contact, plus SAC/NORAD high-level message traffic.
• →Earthtech International was contracted to deliver 24-30 position papers on advanced aerospace physics topics (antigravity, warp drives, wormholes, spacetime modification, signature reduction, etc.) due by July 2009.

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