The Pentagon Reacts to Recent Release of Skinwalkers at the Pentagon Book

Note: This began as a tweet thread that became considerably large. It was decided to write it here for those outside of social media, as well. This is an informally written article, and only meant to convey the Pentagon’s ultimate stance on the release of Skinwalkers at the Pentagon.

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I was contemplating on what, if anything, I could write about this issue, but since many of you have asked on social media, I’ll just bring it to you.

Obviously, my video critiquing the numerous contradictions about AAWSAP/AATIP has gotten quite a bit of reaction. Some loved the overview. Some hated the overview. Others are sick of the topic all together!

However, my critique was of the overall contradictions, and for anyone who watched the video, should know I did not side with any one person or stance. I simply presented, with attributable quotes, information that spans the past few years.

I pulled stuff from Luis Elizondo, George Knapp, the Pentagon, multiple government agencies, the Skinwalkers at the Pentagon book, former Senator Harry Reid and others.

I endorsed no side.

After I purchased the book and went through the information, I wrote to Susan Gough, Pentagon spokesperson who deals with these UAP/UFO/AATIP/AAWSAP/Elizondo issues. She was well aware of the book. I asked an overall question on how at least one new voice, who came from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) may change the Pentagon’s stance on what AAWSAP and AATIP were all about.

After weeks of waiting, I received the following from her.

tl;dr: The Pentagon is not changing their stance on AAWSAP/AATIP beyond what has been said already.

The longer of it is she noted the following disclaimers on the inside first page:

“The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government.”

and also she pointed out the book stating:

“The public release clearance of this publication by the Department of Defense does not imply Department of Defense endorsement or factual accuracy of the material.”

She then added:

“That page also provides a case number from the Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review (DOPSR), which the second disclaimer is referring to. As you probably already know, the clearance process conducted by DOPSR reviews manuscripts to ensure that they do not contain classified information, controlled unclassified information, or unclassified information that may individually or in aggregate lead to a compromise of classified information or disclosure of operations security.  Once DOPSR approves a manuscript, that approval does not imply DoD endorsement or factual accuracy of the material.”

She then finished off her attributable statement with the following:

“If we have any comments or new statements on AATIP, I’ll let you know.”

The Black Vault has already filed a FOIA request regarding this DOPSR review, and records relating to it. Once those records are received, they will be posted on The Black Vault.

Although none of these statements are earth shattering, it does show that regardless of everything that has happened in the past few years; the voices that have come out; the information that has been presented; and even the DoD’s new look on UAP investigations — the Pentagon will not be altering any of their views of AATIP and AAWSAP and the fact that they were not UFO related programs (but did utilize UAP information).

To summarize what that stance is, I will reprint a full quote I received (as did others) from the Pentagon back in May of 2021:

Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP)

The purpose of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) was to investigate foreign advanced aerospace weapon system applications, with future technology projections over the next 40 years, and to create a center of expertise for advanced aerospace technologies. The goal was to help understand the threat posed by unconventional or leap-ahead aerospace vehicles and technologies that could have national security implications for the United States.

The program commenced in Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 with $10 million appropriated in the Defense Supplemental Appropriation Act. DIA awarded a contract to a sole bidder, Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies, LLC.  The contract was known as the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Applications Program (AAWSAP).

The contract goal was to study 12 technical areas: lift, propulsion, control, armament, signatures reduction, materials, configuration, power generation, temporal translation, human effects, human interface, and technology integration.  The contractor identified and worked with academics and scientists to produce technical reports.  In developing the reports and exploring how to create a “center of expertise,” the contract allowed for research drawn from a wide variety of sources, including reports of UAPs.  However, the examination of UAP observations was not the purpose of AATIP.

The first 26 reports were completed by late 2009. The Defense Appropriations Act for FY2010 included an additional $12 million for the program, and 12 additional reports were produced. A total of 38 technical reports were delivered.  The list is below.  All of the reports are either classified or marked For Official Use Only.  Only a few have been released to the public.

After a review in late 2009, it was determined that the reports were of limited value to DIA.  The department terminated AATIP when funding for the program ended in 2012.

Reports produced under AATIP:

1. 1. 1. Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion
      2. Advanced Nuclear Propulsion for Manned Deep Space Missions
      3. Pulsed High-Power Microwave Technology
      4. Space Access
      5. Advanced Space Propulsion Based on Vacuum (Spacetime Metric) Engineering
      6. BioSensors and BioMEMS
      7. Invisibility Cloaking
      8. Traversable Wormholes, Stargates, and Negative Energy
      9. High-Frequency Gravitational Wave Communications
      10. Role of Superconducters in Gravity Research
      11. Antigravity for Aerospace Applications
      12. Field Effects on Biological Tissues
      13. Positron Aerospace Propulsion
      14. Concepts for Extracting Energy from the Quantum Vacuum
      15. An Introduction to the Statistical Drake Equation
      16. Maverick Inventor Versus Corporate Inventor
      17. Biomaterials
      18. Metamaterials for Aerospace Applications
      19. Warp Drive, Dark Energy, and the Manipulation of Extra Dimensions
      20. Technological Approaches to Controlling External Devices in the Absence of Limb-Operated Interfaces
      21. Materials for Advanced Aerospace Platforms
      22. Metallic Glasses
      23. Aerospace Applications of Programmable Matter
      24. Metallic Spintronics
      25. Space-Communication Implications of Quantum Entanglement and Nonlocality
      26. Aneutronic Fusion Propulsion I
      27. Cockpits in the Era of Breakthrough Flight
      28. Cognitive Limits on Simultaneous Control of Multiple Unmanned Spacecraft
      29. Detection and High Resolution Tracking of Vehicles at Hypersonic Velocities
      30. Aneutronic Fusion Propulsion II
      31. Laser Lightcraft Nanosatellites
      32. Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) Air Breathing Propulsion and Power for Aerospace Applications
      33. Quantum Computing and Utilizing Organic Molecules in Automation Technology
      34. Quantum Topography of Negative Energy States in the Vacuum
      35. Ultracapacitors as Energy and Power Storage Devices
      36. Negative Mass Propulsion
      37. State of the Art and Evolution of High Energy Laser Weapons [SECRET//NOFORN version]
      38. State of the Art and Evolution of High Energy Laser Weapons

AATIP vs. UAP Task Force (UAPTF)

The UAPTF is not a continuation of AATIP.  Since the majority of reporting about UAP observations in recent years came from naval aviators, the Department of the Navy had been leading assessments of UAP incursions into DOD training ranges and designated airspace since approximately 2018.  Beginning in 2019, DOD undertook efforts to formalize the good work done by the Navy for DOD.  Former Deputy Secretary Norquist approved the establishment of the UAPTF on Aug. 4, 2020.

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