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PROGRAM RECORD

DOW-UAP-D169, BAASS Monthly Report, March 2009

File ID
DOW-UAP-D169
Agency
Department of War
Release
Release 07, 23 Oct 2026
Event date
4/10/2009 (read as 10 Apr 2009; precision: day)
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada
Type
PDF
Redactions
Yes, parts of the official copy are blacked out

The official record

Official copy at war.gov
First page of the official copy

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 March 2009 Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) progress report summarizes contractor activities for the period March 1–31, 2009. The report addresses staffing and clearance processing, progress on contracted technical papers, development of advanced aerial phenomena databases, BAASS’s purchase of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) information from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), efforts to become the Federal Aviation Administration’s official reporting point for unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), and review of UAP-related materials released by foreign governments. It also documents BAASS’s broader effort to establish centralized UAP collection and analysis capabilities, including database development, and external reporting pipelines. Overall, the file reflects ongoing program activity, particularly its emphasis on UAP reporting intake, reporting infrastructure, and archival or case-based analysis.

Named in this file

11 names

People, 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.

Our reading

PROGRAM RECORD

BAASS's March 2009 report: 33 full-time staff including former law enforcement and AFOSI investigators, a six-part data warehouse of 234,364 reports (NIDS, Blue Book, UFOCAT, MUFON and others), a February 2009 purchase order for MUFON case notifications and physical samples, and a request that the FAA replace NIDS with BAASS as its UAP reporting point. It also funds UNLV scenario studies of escalating UAP activity and carries a 'UFO Assault on Brazil' summary centered on Colares.

Three separate measures, each with its reason. They are never added into a score.

E Evidence 0 of 3

Administrative progress report; case material is summary statistics

N Novelty 2 of 3

Judged from the file; no earlier publication checked

L Linkage 3 of 3

BAASS monthly report under the AAWSAP contract

Flags

  • Redacted: parts of the official copy are blacked out.

People and programs

Tier A Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS), LLC institutionTier C Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) institutionTier A National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS) programTier A Operação Prato (Operation Saucer) program

Reading published 31 Oct 2026.

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