Skinwalkers at the Pentagon
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| Type | Book, film or media |
|---|---|
| On the Timeline | 9 events, 2007–2022 |
Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: An Insider's Account of the Secret Government UFO Program is a 2021 book by James Lacatski, Colm Kelleher and George Knapp about the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP), the Pentagon-funded study of UFOs and other anomalies that ran from 2008. Lacatski was the Defense Intelligence Agency official who started the program.[1][2]
Authors
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James Lacatski, a scientist at the Defense Intelligence Agency, set up AAWSAP; Colm Kelleher was a senior scientist at Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS), the company that carried out the work; and George Knapp is a Las Vegas journalist who had long reported on Skinwalker Ranch.[1][3]
Content
The book gives the authors' account of how AAWSAP was set up and run, including its research contracts, its collection of UFO reports, and its investigations at Skinwalker Ranch in Utah, then owned by Robert Bigelow, where it reported strange events. It also describes the program's relationship with the better-known name AATIP, presenting a view of the program's history that one reviewer said contradicts claims made by Luis Elizondo and others.[1][2]
Clearance
Because Lacatski was a former intelligence official, the book had to pass Pentagon prepublication review. Records later obtained by researcher John Greenewald show a slow review involving several agencies; Kelleher said the process took about 14 months.[3]
Reception
The book was independently published and was well received by readers interested in the subject. Skeptic Robert Sheaffer called it the most important work yet written on the Pentagon UFO story, and it was reviewed in the Journal of Scientific Exploration. Critics have questioned how the program's roughly $22 million budget was spent.[2][4]
On the UAP Timeline
- DIA interest in Skinwalker Ranch (21 October 2007) — Bigelow says the DIA expressed interest in strange events at Skinwalker Ranch.
- AAWSAP begins (2008) (2 October 2008) — Bigelow tells Vallée the DIA's AAWSAP project has started but promised access hasn't arrived.
- Georgia witness visited by agents (2009) (8 May 2009) — A Georgia UAP witness says government agents visited him twice.
- AAWSAP special access program request (29 November 2009) — BAASS gets clearances, but the Air Force won't talk without a special access program.
- BAASS investigations (2010) — A BAASS investigator for the DIA program looks into UAP cases.
- Kona Blue (February 2011) — A BAASS director reports to the DIA program about UAP studies.
- Homeland Security and BAASS (2011) (June-July 2011) — Homeland Security officials explore setting up BAASS as a UAP program in the government.
- Eric Davis on an existing crash-retrieval program (24 June 2018) — Eric Davis says a crash retrieval program still exists.
- George Knapp's four legacy programs (19 December 2022) — George Knapp says he knows of at least four 'legacy' UAP programs.
References
- Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program — Wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org · archived copy
- Robert Sheaffer, "Skinwalkers at the Pentagon — book review", Bad UFOs (30 Jun 2022) · badufos.blogspot.com · archived copy
- "New Documents Detail Slow, Multi-Agency Vetting of 'Skinwalkers at the Pentagon'", The Black Vault · theblackvault.com · archived copy
- "The Origins of AAWSAP", Metabunk · metabunk.org · archived copy
This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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