RELEASE 07 / DOW-UAP-D166
DOW-UAP-D166, MUFON Reports Prepared for BAASS, November 2008
- File ID
- DOW-UAP-D166
- Agency
- Department of War
- Release
- Release 07, 23 Oct 2026
- Event date
- 11/1/2008 (read as 1 Nov 2008; precision: day)
- Location
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Type
- Redactions
- Yes, parts of the official copy are blacked out
The official record
Official copy at war.gov
Official summary, as published
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 November 2008 compilation appears to be a set of technical materials prepared by the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) for Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) under a separate supporting contract. The file presents MUFON-produced topical papers framed around AAWSAP’s technical research areas, including at least a paper on “Lift,” while treating historical and contemporary unidentified flying object or unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) reporting as a relevant source base for evaluating advanced aerospace capabilities.
Named in this file
6 namesPeople, programs and institutions from The Legacy Program research board whose names appear in this file, found by exact spelling against a hand-checked list. A match says only that the file names them, not what part they play. People and programs lists every file that names each one.
- Tier A Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) program
Named in the official summary.
dia-program
- Tier A Bigelow Aerospace institution
Named in the official summary.
contractor
- Tier A Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS), LLC institution
Named in the title, the official summary and pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 5 more.
contractor
- Tier A Defense Intelligence Agency institution
Named in the official summary.
Combat support agency; AAWSAP/AATIP executive agent
- Tier C Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) institution
Named in the title, the official summary and pages 1, 2, 7, 14, 17, 19, 20, 22.
US civilian UFO investigation network, founded 1969
- Tier A National Aeronautics and Space Administration institution
Named in pages 22, 23.
Civil space agency; host of the 2023 UAP Independent Study Team
Our reading
PROGRAM RECORDFive short MUFON Advanced Technology Establishment papers delivered to BAASS in November 2008, one per AAWSAP technical area: Lift, Power Generation, Control, Human Interface and Propulsion. They treat UFO reports as engineering data: superconducting toroids riding Earth's magnetic field, purchase of a cold fusion research facility, and, in Human Interface, reverse engineering of alleged abductee implants. One milestone list reads 'Results surprise everyone'.
Three separate measures, each with its reason. They are never added into a score.
E Evidence 0 of 3
Technical proposals, not observations
N Novelty 2 of 3
Judged from the file; no earlier publication checked; contractor papers not seen in earlier releases we checked
L Linkage 3 of 3
Prepared by MUFON for BAASS under the AAWSAP contract
Flags
- Redacted: parts of the official copy are blacked out.
People and programs
Reading published 31 Oct 2026.
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