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AWWSAP was successful in inspiring technological breakthroughs. My work directly led to me exploring new propulsion technologies I wouldn't previously have thought of. At least four of my students went on to get PhDs, that likely wouldn't have if it wasn't for this program. Two worked for BAASS, and now are at NASA, one is at Los Alamos."
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"Yes I can confirm it is authentic. How the hell did you get that?!? I never thought that would ever see the light of day!?!
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What you're dealing with is the very core of Government secrecy and how things they absolutely don't ever want to discuss are kept hidden away. 20, 50, 100 years... it doesn't matter, this doesn't come out. I'm sure you can see now why FOIA wouldn't apply to this. Either way, you definitely did get a piece of it somehow.
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AAWSAP began in 2007 under the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), before Elizondo was involved. At this time, AAWSAP had staff at DIA to set up the program, this included determining the scope of the program and creating a solicitation for a contractor to work on the program. In 2008, AAWSAP sent out their request, and Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) was the only company to bid. The search for a contractor was all done by the DIA using their standard contract solicitation procedures. The project's primary sponsor, Senator Harry Reid, had no involvement in this. There were no guarantees Bigelow would win the contract if there were other bids.
AAWSAP's scope was to research many aspects of the paranormal, including occurrences at the so-called Skinwalker Ranch in Utah. This made people inside of the government uncomfortable, especially Christians who felt some of these potentially paranormal occurrences were demonic.
Because the scope of AAWSAP was not palatable to so many inside the DIA, they created AATIP as a subgroup within AAWSAP that focused strictly on military UFO cases.
Elizondo joined AAWSAP in 2008 to work on AATIP. By 2009, because of the ongoing scrutiny of AAWSAP, AATIP became more of a focus and AAWSAP was downplayed. In June 2009, Reid wrote his letter to get a Special Access Program (SAP) status and referred to the project as AATIP. Because Reid used the name AATIP, internally, AATIP was adopted as the name for the program.
This is when AAWSAP essentially ended, and AATIP was the new name and scope of the program. The difference between the two was that AAWSAP was a paranormal research project, AATIP is UAP focused.
At this time, work on the DIRDs originally requested under AAWSAP was ongoing and still under contract for AAWSAP. The contractors completed the DIRDs for AAWSAP in 2010.
Also in 2010, Elizondo took over AATIP and moved it from the DIA to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), where he worked. According to the DIA, AATIP ended in 2012, but it was only the original funding allotment that ended, the project continued.
AATIP continues to this day, but under a different name. Elizondo says he does not know the new name. The name changed for a similar reason it changed from AAWSAP to AATIP. Now that AATIP is public, the term AATIP is being scrutinized, so having a new name allows for some cover. These name changes are similar to why the term UAV or AAV are used instead of UFO. The term UFO has too much baggage and too many connotations.
originally posted by: lakespirit
Willtell mentions the "joke" that TTSA and its affiliated orgs have a lot of T & A going on in their names, but this scatological humor in the service of intelligence operations/reaching the masses is nothing new . DeLonge's band, Blink 182, their most successful albums were "Enema of the State" and "Take Off Your Pants and Jacket". This type of humor might seem sophomoric and immature at first glance, but scatological references can serve as strong mnemonic devices. Aleister Crowley used scatological references quite frequently in his writings to great effect.
originally posted by: Baablacksheep
a reply to: celltypespecific
Is Donut man going to be teasing everyone for the next 2 or 3 weeks?
celltypespecific
But what ever he has it will be new and interesting.
Nick Pope ran the British government's UFO project.
He's a leading expert on the unexplained and conspiracy theories.
originally posted by: Baablacksheep
a reply to: mirageman
So is this false?
www.nickpope.net...
originally posted by: Baablacksheep
a reply to: ConfusedBrit
So does no one say anything?