"Didn't want to draw attention": George Knapp addresses how classified UFO files are connected to the AAWSAP program

UFO files have raised many questions over the years, and George Knapp is now explaining how some of these records are linked to the AAWSAP program. The American journalist, who has also served as a producer on UFOs: The Best Evidence and as an associate producer on The Phenomenon, explained why the Defense Intelligence Agency gave the AAWSAP program a plain name and how its secret files remained hidden for years.

For those wondering about AAWSAP, it stands for Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program, a US Defense Intelligence Agency program that studied reports of unidentified flying objects and unusual aerospace threats. In a recent discussion with Mystery Wire, Knapp addressed AAWSAP, which is widely seen as the largest publicly known US government-funded study of unidentified flying objects.

Speaking of it, he said that some people argued AAWSAP was not an unidentified flying object program because its official documents and contracts did not specifically mention unidentified flying objects, adding:

"That was on purpose. They didn't want to draw attention to what it was really doing."

More on the story below.

George Knapp explains the link between UFO files and the AAWSAP Program

When asked about the acronym during an interview with Mystery Wire and reported by 8 News Now — Las Vegas, George Knapp explained that AAWSAP stands for Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program. He said the name was deliberately made to sound ordinary and hide what the program was really about.

Knapp also explained why some people claimed that AAWSAP had nothing to do with UFOs. He said the official documents and the contract did not specifically mention UFOs, but that was done on "purpose." The idea was to keep people from asking too many questions about what the program was really studying.

He explained that the name made it sound like a regular Defense Intelligence Agency study looking into future technology and the research being done by other countries. This included looking at what kind of weapons other countries might be developing and whether they could become a threat in the future. However, Knapp pointed out that while the program did look into these areas:

"It was UFO stuff from the beginning."

Knapp also pointed out that Senator Harry Reid, who pushed for the $22 million in secret government funding for AAWSAP, had called it an unidentified flying object program. He added that Robert Bigelow, who had been interested in UFOs for decades, also described it as one. However, some people continued to deny that the program was connected to unidentified flying objects.

In addition to Knapp, Dr. James Lacatski also explained the link between unidentified flying objects and AAWSAP, saying that the program was entirely focused on unidentified flying objects. He explained that the contract documents did not make this clear because they used a format that did not show the full details of the project. However, the proposal from Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies clearly mentioned plans to create a worldwide database of advanced aerospace vehicles, leaving no doubt that it was an unidentified flying object project.

Lacatski added that AAWSAP produced over a hundred reports related to UFOs. It included technical studies and a large UFO database that he said is still used by the US military.

Trending

Last week, The Phenomenon Files reported that Robert Bigelow said the Defense Intelligence Agency plans to release files from its secret unidentified flying object program, AAWSAP, which his company ran in Las Vegas. However, there is no release date announced as of now.

×

Was this article helpful?

Thank You for feedback