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

Department of War · 4/1/09 · Las Vegas, Nevada · Document

DOW-UAP-D170, BAASS Monthly Report, April 2009 is indexed as a Department of War record with incident date 4/1/09 and location Las Vegas, Nevada. 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. Redactions have been made to protect the identity of eyewitnesses, the location of government facilities, or potentially sensitive information about military sites not related to UAP. No redactions have been made to any files released under President Trump's directive concerning information about the nature or existence of any encounter reported as a UAP or related phenomena.

Notable / anomalous element

• unidentified as it traveled along the perimeter. (native PDF text, page 37)
• These investigators are currently located in Las Vegas and are trained to deploy as "special forces" rapid reaction investigative teams that are deployable anywhere in the United States if BAASS determines that high value UAP cases warrant additiona l investigations. (native PDF text, page 11)
• BAASS Progress on Northern Tier Sightings INITIAL ANALVSIS Project Northern Tier In an effort to organize the information and enhance the progress of the BAASS investigation of the Northern Tier (NT) events the following initial analysis was prepared. (native PDF text, page 34)
• During the timing of the events numerous ground personnel reported direct observation; however, despite numerous attempts an Air National Guard helicopter crew was unable to observe the object from the air. (native PDF text, page 38)

Details

• PREFACE This Progress report summarizes BAASS activities and progress for the period April 1-April 30. (native PDF text, page 3)
• TABLE OF CONTENTS Topics covered in this report are the following: Progress on Recruiting Staff. (native PDF text, page 3)
• Page 2 Progress on Obtaining Clearances for Existing Staff. (native PDF text, page 3)
• Page 4 Progress on Earthtech Contract to Deliver 24-30 papers. (native PDF text, page 3)
• Page 5 BAASS has Contracted to Purchase Information on UAPs from MUFON. (native PDF text, page 3)
• Progress on Staff Recruitment Between April 1-30, 2009 in response to job advertisements in multiple on line locations, BAASS received a total of 281 resumes. (native PDF text, page 4)
• The first level of screening (removal of applications on the basis of too frequent job changes, those obviously inexperienced to wo rk at BAASS, non-US citizens et c) was conducted on all resumes. (native PDF text, page 4)
• More than three dozen phone and face-to-face interviews were conducted during the month of February. (native PDF text, page 4)

Tags: War Department, Nevada, BAASS, MUFON, AAWSAP, Helicopter encounter, Anomalous object, Weapons, Helicopter, UAP