Brief
Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Programs (WUSAPs)
The claims the writer was given for Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Programs (WUSAPs), in the order they were given.
1
A Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Program (WUSAP) means the Secretary of Defense has waived all normal oversight laws and reporting procedures, and its existence is concealed and overseen only by the so-called Gang of Eight in Congress.
“A WUSAP means the Secretary of Defence has waived all the normal oversight laws and reporting procedures; not only is its very existence concealed, it is only overseen by the so-called Gang of Eight in Congress.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch14:11734-11936 administrative
2
The Gang of Eight includes the chair and vice-chair of the House Intelligence Armed Services Committee, the Senate Majority and Minority leaders, and a bipartisan elected group allowed to review Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Programs.
“This includes the chair and vice-chair of the House Intelligence Armed Services Committee, the Senate Majority and Minority leaders, and a bipartisan elected group allowed to review WUSAPs.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch14:11946-12128 administrative
3
Admiral Tom Wilson was Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and would have needed superior discretion to be granted access to the alleged Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Program on UAPs.
“Admiral Tom Wilson would have known that even he, a Deputy Director of the Defence Intelligence Agency, had to ask to be given access, which was only then given at the discretion of his superiors.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch14:20199-20385 administrative
4
Harry Reid was for years one of the so-called 'Gang of Eight', entitled to be briefed on highly classified intelligence matters including Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Programs (WUSAPs).
“Having served as both a Senate Minority and Majority leader, Reid was for years one of the so-called 'Gang of Eight', entitled to be briefed into highly classified intelligence matters including Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Programs.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch17:1357-1589 administrative
5
In the memo, Tom Wilson is reported as saying he was told of 'a special projects record group not belonging to usual SAP - a special subset of the unacknowledged/carve-outs/waived programs'.
“‘They told me of a special projects record group not belonging to usual SAP – a special subset of the unacknowledged/carve-outs/waived programs,’ Wilson reportedly said in the memo.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch26:13817-13992 hearsay second hand
6
If a UAP reverse-engineering program were authorised and overseen solely by Congress's so-called Gang of Eight as a Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Program (WUSAP), it would be required to stay secret under the National Defense Authorization Act 2023's UAP provisions.
“so long as it was 'authorised', perhaps by being oversighted solely by the Congress' so-called Gang of Eight as a WUSAP, it would be required to stay secret under these laws.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch30:16075-16244 opinion first hand
7
Ross Coulthart considers it possible that a plausibly deniable Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Program (WUSAP) hidden within private aerospace is concealing recovered alien technology that has been secretly reverse-engineered for decades.
“the holy grail of (as yet, unproven) UFO-UAP conspiracy theories has it that dark forces in either the United States government or, more likely, a plausibly deniable Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Program (WUSAP) hidden within private aerospace, are concealing recovered alien technology and that for decades they have been secretly attempting to back-engineer this awesome discovery.”
In Plain Sight 2023-11-17 ch30:3760-4140 opinion first hand
8
The most tightly held category of United States compartmentalised secrets is the Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Program (WUSAP), above the Unacknowledged Special Access Program (USAP).
“Unacknowledged Special Access Programs, and then the biggest one of all are the WUSAPs, the Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Programs.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:34:06.8-00:34:13.1 administrative first hand
9
Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Programs and Unacknowledged Special Access Programs are generally put before the Gang of Eight, so that congressional oversight nominally remains.
“They are generally put before the Gang of Eight. And it means that there's still congressional oversight.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:34:19.2-00:34:25.2 administrative first hand
10
Ross Coulthart considers congressional oversight of Waived Unacknowledged Special Access Programs through the Gang of Eight not to work in practice, with information still held back by the CIA and the defence community.
“And that, frankly, doesn't really work in practice. And there's still, I think, holding back of information. ... By the CIA, by the defense community, because they don't trust.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 00:34:33.7-00:34:44.6 opinion first hand
11
David Grusch had knowledge of over 2,000 special access programmes, up to and including waived unacknowledged special access programmes.
“He had knowledge of, I think over 2000 special access programs right up to WUSAPs.”
The DANGEROUS Truth About UFOs - Ross Coulthart | DEBRIEFED ep. 76 2026-02-20 01:19:01.8-01:19:05.8 testimony first hand
12
Robert Bigelow pursued his own approach to gaining unacknowledged special access program (USAP) status, without mentioning it to James Lacatski or anyone else.
“So I didn't even mention it to Lacatski or to anybody, but I had my own approach to becoming SAP-ed, to being an unacknowledged special access program.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 01:00:49.5-01:01:02.3 testimony first hand
13
Entry into an unacknowledged special access program (USAP) happens only where the applicant has a need to know serious enough that those already inside are obliged to give information limited to that applicant's situation.
“That's at a very high level, and the only way that that happens is if you have a need to know that is so serious that it behooves people in the know to embrace you, to give you information only as it applies to your situation.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 01:01:05.1-01:01:24.4 testimony first hand
14
Robert Bigelow's approach to gaining a need to know was to offer aerospace companies holding hardware and materials something none of them possessed, which he could create, and which required him to know enough about what he had to accommodate.
“My approach, my personal approach was I could offer something to aerospace companies that had hardware and different materials, different things, and there was something that they didn't have, none of them had, that I could create that gave me a reason to have a need to know.”
The Evolution of AAWSAP | Bigelow Podcast, Ep. 2 2026-08-11 01:01:51.3-01:02:15.2 testimony first hand