Organisation

BAASS

2008-01-01 – 2010-01-01AAWSAP

Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies - the contractor that carried out the Pentagon's AAWSAP/AATIP-era research.

In the UAP recordRuled into the unidentified-phenomena thread on 2 September 2026 from this entity's own name and role text, which contain: "aatip". An editorial classification of what thread this entity belongs to; it rests on no page and does not claim to. Neighbours were not used - see apply-subjects-2026-09-02.mjs for why.

3 of 9 connections resolve to a document you can open. 1 was tested against a document we hold and deliberately not bound.

Documents1 behind a connection

Documents behind a connection

Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection 2025-09-09

Also named in documents we hold

This entity's name appears in the 1 document below. That is the entire claim. Nothing here is evidence for anything on this map, no connection rests on it, and it says nothing about what the document is about. It is a place to look next.

Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protectionalready cited above

named on a page we have read · p. 11

…d Martin and hammered out a deal wherein Bigelow's company, BAASS, would receive a quantity of unusual material that had been…

9 connections

ColourContractorsScientistsGovernment

← Robert Bigelow

its owner, described at the 2025 hearing as "the DIA's contractor"

Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection
printed p. 11 checked against the page

Caveat Knapp's testimony gives 'Bigelow's company, BAASS', establishing ownership; the NYT of 16 Dec 2017 is also cited. Founding is carried by ordinary usage for a wholly-owned entity. The caution limits only the founding DATE and the corporate filing, both modifiers. Operator decision, 2026-08-21.scope: scoped · reviewed 2026-08-21 · decided by the operator
← Defense Intelligence Agency

received George Knapp's Soviet UFO files through it, under the AAWSAP program

same document as the row above
printed p. 34 · PDF p. 38 checked against the page
→ AAWSAP

named in sworn testimony as the company of the DIA's contractor while the programme was active

same document as the row above
printed p. 11 · PDF p. 15
← AATIP not bound, on purpose

tested against Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I

The claim we tested

closely related DIA-era research effort

What the document actually says

The contract for this DIA-managed program was awarded to a private sector organization.

Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), Volume I, 2024
printed p. 22 · read off the page footer

Why we refused it. AARO WILL NOT NAME THE CONTRACTOR. "A private sector organization" is as far as it goes, here and at printed 34 where it describes "a property owned by the private sector organization". Everyone involved knows which company is meant; this document does not say so, and supplying the name ourselves would be us writing the source rather than reading it. This is the anonymisation caution on this record doing its job.
← James Lacatski names a source we do not hold

designed the contract

Lacatski, Kelleher & Knapp, Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021)
→ Christopher "Kit" Green names a source we do not hold

contracted advisor

Lacatski, Kelleher & Knapp, Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021)
→ Hal Puthoff names a source we do not hold

contracted advisor

Lacatski, Kelleher & Knapp, Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021)
← Eric Davis names a source we do not hold

authored six AAWSAP-era propulsion research documents

Lacatski, Kelleher & Knapp, Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021)
→ Colm Kelleher names a source we do not hold

led its Skinwalker Ranch research

Lacatski, Kelleher & Knapp, Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021)