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James Lacatski

2007

DIA official who wrote the AAWSAP contract that funneled $22M to Bigelow's company; later co-authored "Skinwalkers at the Pentagon."

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Connections (13)

confirmedJeremy Corbell
co-appeared on Weaponized Podcast
Source: Weaponized podcast (Corbell & Knapp)
confirmedBAASS
designed the contract
Source: Lacatski, Kelleher & Knapp, Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021)
confirmedColm Kelleher
co-authored "Skinwalkers at the Pentagon"
Source: Lacatski, Kelleher & Knapp, Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021)
confirmedGeorge Knapp
co-appeared on Weaponized Podcast
Source: Lacatski, Kelleher & Knapp, Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021)
confirmedGeorge Knapp
testified about his AAWSAP program and its unreleased findings
Source: George Knapp, Statement to Congress, House Oversight (HHRG-118-GO06), Jul 26 2023
confirmedGeorge Knapp
co-authored Skinwalkers at the Pentagon with him
Source: Lacatski, Kelleher & Knapp, Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021)
confirmedBrandon Fugal
his book covers Fugal's era of the ranch
Source: Skinwalker Ranch / NIDS research history; Kelleher & Knapp
confirmedDavid Grusch
cites his Weaponized podcast disclosure of breaking into a recovered craft's hull
Source: Weaponized podcast (Corbell & Knapp)
confirmedLockheed Martin
his book examines its 2011 "Kona Blue" bid
Source: To The Stars Academy disclosures; company statements
confirmedDefense Intelligence Agency
he ran its AAWSAP program
Source: Lacatski, Kelleher & Knapp, Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021)
confirmedHarry Reid
sponsored his program
Source: NYT, 'Glowing Auras and Black Money,' Dec 16 2017; Lacatski, Kelleher & Knapp, Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021)
reportedJames T. Ryder
his book Skinwalkers at the Pentagon is the origin of the anonymous 'Lockheed vice president' account later claimed to be Ryder
Source: Lacatski, Kelleher & Knapp, Skinwalkers at the Pentagon (2021)
disputedSean Kirkpatrick
disputed his Kona Blue account
Source: To The Stars Academy disclosures; company statements
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