AAWSAP Defense Intelligence Reference Documents (DIRDs) released in PURSUE Release 06
PURSUE Release 06 (18 September 2026) included 37 of the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program's Defense Intelligence Reference Documents (DIRDs), DOW-UAP-D117 to DOW-UAP-D153. They are technical survey papers commissioned under the DIA's AAWSAP contract with Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies. Seven contract documents (D110-D116) were released alongside them. None of the DIRDs is a sighting report. They are listed here because the database tracks AAWSAP (case/aawsap). One of them, D149 (MHD propulsion), already has a record: document/aawsap-dird-33. Method note: the DIRDs were not read in full for this list. Each line gives the war.gov file ID, the official title, page count and date as listed by the ufotransparency.com mirror, plus the mirror's one-line summary. Summaries are the mirror's wording, not war.gov's, and have not been checked against the PDFs.
On the record
- The release contains 37 DIRDs (D117-D153), dated 14 December 2009 to 11 January 2011, plus D110-D116 contract papers. (war.gov Release 06 file list, via mirror)
- Several DIRDs carry DIA document numbers of the form DIA-08-xxxx-xxx and are produced for DIA's Defense Warning Office under AAWSAP, per their descriptions. (e.g. DOW-UAP-D117, D129, D138, official descriptions via mirror)
- At least one author is redacted: D123's author appears as "AAP Person 69" (per the mirror's description).
Open questions
- Explanation offered: Not applicable. There is no incident to explain.