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How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously | The New Yorker newyorker.com Apr 30, 2021 11 facts
claimIn November 2009, the Defense Department denied the request to grant the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program 'restricted special access program' (SAP) status.
claimBigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS), a subsidiary of Bigelow Aerospace, was the only bidder for the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program contract and subsequently won it.
claimIn June 2009, Senator Harry Reid filed a request for the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program to be awarded 'restricted special access program' (SAP) status.
accountIn 2008, Luis Elizondo, a counterintelligence officer in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, was recruited into the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program after being approached by two individuals regarding his views on U.F.O.s.
claimIn November 2009, the Defense Department denied the request for the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program to be granted 'restricted special access program' (SAP) status.
claimThe Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program was announced in a public solicitation for bids to examine the future of warfare, though U.F.O.s were not explicitly mentioned in the solicitation.
claimThe Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program produced thirty-eight papers, all unclassified except for one, covering topics such as warp drives and spacetime metric engineering.
claimThe Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program produced thirty-eight papers, all unclassified except for one, covering theoretical technologies such as warp drives and 'spacetime metric engineering.'
claimIn June 2009, Senator Harry Reid filed a request for the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program to be awarded 'restricted special access program' (SAP) status.
claimThe Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program was announced in a public solicitation for bids to examine the future of warfare, though U.F.O.s were not explicitly mentioned in the solicitation.
accountIn 2008, Luis Elizondo, a counterintelligence officer in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, was recruited into the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program after being approached by two individuals regarding his thoughts on U.F.O.s.