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Colm A. Kelleher, program manager of the Advanced Aerospace System Weapons Application Program (AAWSAP) and a contractor at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) present a talk from Maj 2023.

Between 1991-1996, Kelleher was an immunology research scientist at the National Jewish Center in Denver, Colorado. From 1996-2004, he led the National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS) team on Skinwalker Ranch as well as multiple other NIDS projects. From 2004-2008, he served as laboratory director at San Francisco biotechnology company Prosetta where he led teams of scientists in executing Department of Defense (DoD) contracts to discover drugs against Ebola virus and other viruses of interest to DoD.

In 2008, Kelleher became deputy administrator of Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) where he led the day-to day operations in executing the AAWSAP contract with Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). From 2012-2020, he led the Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS) Department at Bigelow Aerospace where he managed projects that cumulatively resulted in the building of life support systems for expandable spacecraft in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Kelleher co-authored "Hunt for the Skinwalker" in 2005 with journalist George Knapp and "Skinwalkers at the Pentagon" in 2021 with James Lacatski and George Knapp.