Topic
Contractors and secret programs
58 records: 29 organizations, 18 cases, 7 documents, 2 people, 1 places, 1 narratives · 1947–2025
Its 18 cases
Strength
A 6B 5C 4D 3
Plausibility
Very high 7High 9Moderate 2
On a line of years
19472025
Most connected
Lockheed Martin Skunk WorksThe MITRE CorporationThe Legacy ProgramWright-Patterson AFB & 'Hangar 18'Area 51 and S-4Project Blue BookA1959 · Wright-Patterson AFB, OhioAAWSAP and AATIP: the secret Pentagon studyA2008 · Defense Intelligence AgencyMajestic 12
Related topics
Organizations 29
Air Force Plant 42 (Palmdale)Palmdale, California (Antelope Valley)Area 51 and S-4Battelle Memorial InstituteBDM CorporationBigelow Aerospace / BAASSDepartment of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO)EG&GGeneral AtomicsImmaculate ConstellationKona Blue (DHS prospective SAP, 2011)Lockheed Martin Skunk WorksMajestic 12MIT Lincoln LaboratoryNaval Air Station Patuxent River (Pax River)St. Mary's County, MarylandNaval Surface Warfare Center Crane (NSWC Crane)Crane, IndianaNorthrop GrummanPeraton (Veritas Capital)RAND CorporationRaytheon (RTX)SAF/AQ (Air Force acquisition)SAICSRI InternationalThe Aerospace CorporationThe Legacy ProgramThe MITRE CorporationTRW Inc.WackenhutWoods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionWright-Patterson AFB & 'Hangar 18'
Cases 18
1947Twining memo and Project SignA1947 · Wright Field, Ohio1953The CIA's Robertson PanelA1953 · Washington, D.C.1959Project Blue BookA1959 · Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio1972The CIA starts testing psychicsA1972 · SRI International, Menlo Park1980Disinformation by designB1980 · Kirtland AFB, Area 51 and the Pentagon1989Area 51 and S-4 go publicC1989 · Las Vegas and Groom Lake, Nevada1995Stargate is shut downA1995 · CIA, Langley2008AAWSAP and AATIP: the secret Pentagon studyA2008 · Defense Intelligence Agency2009The Lockheed craft offered to AAWSAPD2009 · Lockheed Martin and AAWSAP, United States2009The Pentagon on the ranch: BAASS and the hitchhikersB2009 · Skinwalker Ranch, Utah; visitors' homes in Virginia, Maryland, Las Vegas and North Carolina2013The CIA admits Area 51 existsB2013 · Groom Lake, Nevada2019The Wilson–Davis memoD2019 · Leaked documents2023David Grusch comes forwardC2023 · The Debrief & NewsNation2023Grusch, Fravor and Graves under oathC2023 · House Oversight subcommittee2024'Exposing the Truth' hearingC2024 · House Oversight2024Elizondo's book: ImminentD2024 · Book2025Jake Barber and the golden eggB2025 · NewsNation2025The Age of DisclosureB2025 · SXSW, then Prime Video
Documents 7
BAASS monthly reports to DIA (March, April, June and November 2009)Government record · March-November 2009BAASS Project Management Plan for DIA (2 December 2008)Government record · 2 December 2008BAASS Summary Report on UAP Analysis Capabilities (23 November 2010)Government record · 23 November 2010CIA memo on channelling contractor IRAD (5 April 1982)Official record · 5 April 1982MUFON white papers prepared for BAASS (November 2008)Government record · November 2008Project Capella: the BAASS UAP data warehouse proposal (10 December 2008)Government record · 10 December 2008SAIC Electric Propulsion Study for the Air Force Astronautics Laboratory (1990)Military report · August 1990