Brief
Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies, LLC
The claims the writer was given for Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies, LLC, in the order they were given.
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Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies, LLC initially won the contract for the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP)/Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) work.
“the contracted work by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies, LLC. who initially won the contract”
Pentagon Reinforces Mr. Luis Elizondo Had “No Responsibilities” on AATIP; Senator Harry Reid’s 2009 Memo Changes Nothing 2019-06-14 char:7289-7381 administrative
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Eric Davis told George Knapp, discussing his work on the Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) Defense Intelligence Agency contract, that there were indeed recovered extra-terrestrial craft, the information about which had not yet been revealed or published.
“Talking about his work for the Bigelow BAASS Defence Intelligence Agency contract, Dr Davis went on to tell George Knapp there were indeed recovered ET craft, the information about which had not yet been revealed or published.”
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In 2009 Harry Reid sought Special Access Program status for the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) because Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) investigators had already tracked down secret project codenames pointing to a purported secret Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) program hidden inside the US government and private aerospace industry, allegedly still attempting to re-engineer recovered alien technology.
“in 2009 to get the Pentagon’s UFO investigation program classified as a Special Access Program was because Bigelow’s dogged investigators had already tracked down the secret project codenames that pointed to a purported secret UAP program hidden inside the US government and private aerospace, which is supposedly still attempting to re-engineer recovered alien technology.”
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Much of the Pentagon funding for the UAP investigation went to Robert Bigelow's company, Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS).
“Much of the Pentagon funding went to a Robert Bigelow company, Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS).”
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Robert Bigelow hired several of the same scientists who had served on his private decade-long National Institute for Discovery Science investigations to work on the Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies program.
“Bigelow hired several of the same scientists who had served on his private decade-long National Institute for Discovery Science investigations.”
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Robert Bigelow's firm Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) was the prime contractor for the programme Lue Elizondo joined.
“Bob’s firm, Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS), was the program’s prime contractor.”
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Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) was the primary contractor firm for the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Application Program (AAWSAP).
“The program had taken on a slew of subcontractors to help with the research, but the primary firm was Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS), owned by former hotel magnate Robert Bigelow, who, as I mentioned, at the time owned Skinwalker Ranch.”
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Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) was owned by Robert Bigelow.
“...the primary firm was Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS), owned by former hotel magnate Robert Bigelow...”
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It was allegedly claimed that the names and contact information of civilian eyewitnesses had been stripped from records before submission to the government, but that the redacted reports had allegedly been uploaded to Department of Defense (DoD) databases by someone in the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Application Program (AAWSAP) government chain of command rather than by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS).
“The names and contact information of those US citizens had allegedly been stripped out before anything went to the government, but the redacted reports had allegedly been uploaded to DoD databases, not by BAASS but by someone in AAWSAP's government chain of command.”
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Colm Kelleher is a biochemist who was the deputy administrator for Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) during the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Application Program (AAWSAP).
“Colm Kelleher, a biochemist who was the deputy administrator for BAASS during AAWSAP”
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The 2018 biological sample was very similar in appearance to other samples collected earlier by the Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) team.
“It was very similar in appearance to other samples collected earlier by the Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies team.”
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James Lacatski instructed Robert Bigelow's team not to ignore anything that fell outside the UFO genre, and to pursue and run experiments on any other phenomena that mystified them.
“he gave us instructions not to ignore anything that was not just you know UFO uh kind of the genre of of UFOlogy that if we had other kinds of mystifications, things that mystified us, we were to absolutely go down that path and try to do experiments.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:36:31.6-00:36:52.5 testimony first hand
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Robert Bigelow retains copies of the 38 papers produced by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS).
“And we have BAASS, our organization, uh we have 38 papers we have copies of everything”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:40:31.6-00:40:42.6 testimony first hand
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Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) produced approximately 100 papers in total, beyond the 38 Data Element Reference Documents (DERDs), and the Defense Intelligence Agency holds copies of them somewhere.
“we have everything we have uh we have all the other papers going up to about approximately a hundred so DIA has has those someplace”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:40:44.2-00:40:52.2 testimony first hand
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The Defense Intelligence Agency denies holding the papers produced by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS).
“but they deny it they say we don't have”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:40:54.2-00:40:55.7 observation first hand
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Robert Bigelow does not know where the Defense Intelligence Agency's copies of the Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) papers are held.
“They could be buried in a frigging trailer or the back of a car somewhere in the trunk and it's put into a cellar. I don't know where it is, but we have ours.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:40:57.5-00:41:07.0 testimony first hand
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Robert Bigelow is unwilling to release the Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) papers beyond the 38 Data Element Reference Documents without official government approval.
“I don't think it's our business to... go around the government and divulge ours without sanction of proof, without approval... I don't mind the 38 papers. I think beyond that, I'm uncomfortable by not having some kind of official ass covering approval”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:41:09.2-00:41:34.6 opinion first hand
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George Knapp released more than a dozen of the Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) papers himself, with permission from people involved in the programme.
“Well, I released more than a dozen of those papers myself with permission from people who are involved in the program.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:41:36.1-00:41:41.1 testimony first hand
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The Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) papers contain highly sensitive material including personal medical information and the identities of people who work for the government.
“there's a lot of really sensitive stuff in there. Personal medical information. There's the identities of people who work for the government.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:41:50.9-00:41:57.6 observation second hand
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Robert Bigelow considers that release of the Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) papers would destroy the privacy of the named individuals in them.
“People's names and everything are in there. And in today's world, that's terrible if it got out. Yeah, they're... they would have no privacy.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:41:58.0-00:42:04.6 opinion first hand
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Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) employed 50 full-time investigators.
“Dr. Lakatsky explained to me your organization, BAASS, you had 50 full-time investigators, 50.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:42:12.7-00:42:18.7 measurement second hand
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The Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) run by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) was the largest programme of its kind ever funded by the US government.
“making it the largest program of its kind ever funded by the US government.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:42:19.7-00:42:23.9 observation second hand
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Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) had approximately 75 employees in total.
“You had maybe 75 total employees, but you had 50 people who are out there taking notes.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:42:24.3-00:42:28.7 measurement second hand
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Tens of thousands of pages of investigator notes went into 7,500 pages of documents produced by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS).
“There are tens of thousands of pages of notes that went into 7,500 pages of documents”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:42:29.0-00:42:33.0 measurement second hand
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The 7,500 pages of documents produced by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) were sent to the Defense Intelligence Agency on a regular basis and have never been released.
“that were sent to dia on a regular basis and that's never been released”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:42:35.8-00:42:41.6 observation first hand
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George Knapp considers it preposterous and juvenile to argue that the Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) documents do not exist.
“so there are those who quibble and say well it must not exist and it's preposterous and juvenile to say that kind of thing it does exist”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:42:42.0-00:42:48.6 opinion first hand
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A few days before the end of May 2009, Harry Reid received a thorough briefing from Robert Bigelow on the progress of the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) and Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS), and was astonished by the breadth and scope of the organisation's investigative capability.
“A few days previously, he had received a thorough briefing on the progress of the new AAWSAP-BAASS effort from Robert Bigelow and the breadth and scope of the investigative horsepower of the fledgling organization had astonished the senior politician.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:44:03.4-00:44:21.7 observation second hand
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Harry Reid was concerned that Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) would acquire too high a profile within the Department of Defense and that the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) contract would be exposed and left unprotected from potential opponents at the Department of Defense.
“Reid was concerned that BAASS would get too high a profile from DOD in the near future... And that the OSSAP contract would be exposed and essentially unprotected from both potential opponents at DOD.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:44:26.2-00:44:47.6 observation second hand
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George Knapp obtained documents relating to Russian UFO research, and Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) took that line of investigation to a far more advanced level.
“I was able to obtain some documents you guys, but you guys took it to a whole different level... But your organization, BAASS, took it to a whole different level way beyond what I coul”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:48:19.3-00:48:26.4 testimony first hand
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Harry Reid wanted the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) and Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) kept quiet because he believed others would try to cut the programme if they knew it existed.
“And he became concerned, look, we got to keep BAASS, the AAWSAP program, we got to keep it quiet because he knew that somebody would try to, the long knives would be out and try to cut it if they knew it existed.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 00:49:31.2-00:49:43.1 testimony first hand
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The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) contract for the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) was signed by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS).
“Just the contract you signed with DIA for AAWSAP, that BAASS would sign with DIA, provided for you making some modifications to the Bigelow Aerospace Plant.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 01:02:49.7-01:03:00.1 testimony first hand