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Bigelow Aerospace

Bigelow Aerospace is a space technology company founded by Robert Bigelow in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1998, which the Defense Intelligence Agency contracted to run its Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program and Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program investigating UFOs.

1998 · Robert Bigelow · Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Bigelow Aerospace is a space technology company founded by Robert Bigelow in 1998 and funded mostly by his own money, specialising in manufactured space equipment.¹ It is based in Nevada Las Vegas.² NASA and other space companies have used the company’s space habitats and other equipment in their explorations and experiments, citing their reliability and safety.³

Beyond its commercial work, Bigelow Aerospace was the contractor that ran the Pentagon’s UFO programme.⁴ The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) awarded the contract for the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) to a subsidiary of Bigelow Aerospace owned by Robert Bigelow.⁵ The programme was funded through the DIA and run using Bigelow Aerospace to investigate the Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) phenomenon.⁶ Funding for the related Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) also went to Bigelow Aerospace, which hired subcontractors and solicited research on the programme’s behalf.⁷

Harold E. Puthoff served as a senior scientist for Bigelow Aerospace, working on AATIP and examining activity from the DIA-funded programme.⁸ On the company’s behalf, he commissioned about 36 papers from leading experts worldwide on where their area of expertise would be by 2050, without disclosing any connection to extraterrestrials or Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).⁹ During a later period when the follow-on UAP programme went unfunded, its participants had support from Bigelow Aerospace and other places.¹⁰

One condition of Bigelow’s contract with the DIA was that the company’s Las Vegas plant be engineered to accept, store, and study certain exotic materials.¹¹ An alien logo is painted on the exterior of the building.¹² According to reporting in The New York Times, under Robert Bigelow’s direction the company modified buildings in Las Vegas for the storage of metal alloys and other materials that Luis Elizondo and AATIP contractors said had been recovered from unidentified aerial phenomena.¹³ There were several attempts to divest materials to AAWSAP or to Bigelow Aerospace.¹⁴ A plan for Bigelow Aerospace to build facilities in Las Vegas to house materials from Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company never materialised,¹⁵ and under a related proposal known as Kona Blue, assets were to be transferred from Lockheed Martin, which held UFO material, to Bigelow Aerospace.¹⁶ Ralph Blumenthal, the New York Times reporter who co-wrote the original story, later said he had learned that no such materials were in fact provided.¹⁷

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Bigelow founded the company in 1998, funded largely with his own money, to build manufactured space equipment
“Bigelow founded his company, which specializes in manufactured space equipment, mostly with his own funding in 1998.”
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The company is a space technology company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, founded in 1998
“In 1998, he founded Bigelow Aerospace, a space technology company based in Las Vegas, Nevada.”
In Plain Sight ch15:27880-27993 View the source record →
NASA and other space companies use its habitats and equipment for their reliability and safety
“Due to the reliability and safety of Bigelow Aerospace’s equipment, NASA and other space companies use Bigelow’s space habitats and other equipment in their explorations and experiments in space.”
American Cosmic char:11822-12011
Bigelow Aerospace was the contractor that ran the Pentagon's UFO programme
“[note: Begelow Aerospace - Contractor that ran the Pentagon's UFO program]”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event line 78
The AAWSAP contract was awarded to a Bigelow Aerospace subsidiary owned by Robert Bigelow
“The contract for AAWSAP was awarded to a subsidiary of Bigelow Aerospace, owned by Robert Bigelow.”
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AAWSAP was funded through the DIA and run using Bigelow Aerospace to investigate the UFO phenomenon
“these are people who worked in the government on a big program that was funded through DIA using Bigelow Aerospace, investigating the phenomenon.”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 00:44:00.8-00:44:08.1
AATIP funding went to Bigelow Aerospace, which hired subcontractors and solicited research
“The funding went to Mr. Bigelow’s company, Bigelow Aerospace, which hired subcontractors and solicited research for the program.”
Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program (Published 2017) char:9233-9353 View the source record →
Puthoff was a senior scientist for Bigelow Aerospace working on AATIP
“When I consider some of the things that we did in the AATIP program, I was a senior scientist for Bigelow Aerospace on looking at what was happening out of the DIA-funded program.”
Episode 73: Science vs. Secrecy 00:09:33.4-00:09:46.9
Puthoff commissioned about 36 forecasting papers for Bigelow Aerospace without disclosing a UAP connection
“I commissioned, I think it was 36 papers from leading experts all over the world. asking them, saying, I was just doing a survey for Bigelow Aerospace. Where will your area of expertise be by the year 2050? I didn't tell them it had anything to do with, quote, ETs or UAPs or whatever.”
Episode 73: Science vs. Secrecy 00:11:31.2-00:11:51.7
During an unfunded period, the follow-on programme's participants had support from Bigelow Aerospace and other places
“We just had support from Bigelow Aerospace and other places.”
Episode 73: Science vs. Secrecy 00:25:41.5-00:25:45.8
The contract required the Las Vegas plant be engineered to accept, store, and study exotic materials
“One condition of the Bigelow contract with DIA was that Bigelow's Aerospace plant in Las Vegas must be engineered so that it could accept, store, and study certain exotic materials.”
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An alien logo is painted on the exterior of the Las Vegas building
“He is so fascinated with aliens that an alien logo is painted on the exterior of his massive Bigelow Aerospace building in Las Vegas.”
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Buildings were modified to store metal alloys said by Elizondo and AATIP contractors to have been recovered from UAP
“Under Mr. Bigelow’s direction, the company modified buildings in Las Vegas for the storage of metal alloys and other materials that Mr. Elizondo and program contractors said had been recovered from unidentified aerial phenomena.”
Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program (Published 2017) char:9363-9581 View the source record →
Several attempts were made to divest materials to AAWSAP or to Bigelow Aerospace
“There were several attempts to divest materials to the AAWSAP or to BAS?”
Episode 73: Science vs. Secrecy 00:12:52.7-00:12:57.2
A plan for Bigelow Aerospace to build facilities to house Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company materials never materialised
“That was the plan, but it never materialized.”
Episode 73: Science vs. Secrecy 00:30:55.2-00:30:56.9
Under the Kona Blue proposal, assets were to move from Lockheed Martin to Bigelow Aerospace
“Kona Blue, and this idea that we were transferring assets between Lockheed Martin, who had UFO material to Bigelow aerospace”
The UFO Cover-Up Leads to One Secret Society — and One Final Event 00:55:12.6-00:55:18.8
Blumenthal later said he had learned no materials were in fact provided
“But *Times* reporter Ralph Blumenthal has since walked back from that claim in an interview, admitting they have now learned that 'no materials were provided'.”
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