Ep 225: Skinwalkers at the Pentagon

 

 
AAWSAP was the largest, most ambitious UFO study ever funded by the US government.
— George Knapp
 

Description:

One of the most baffling, disturbing, and popular subjects we've ever covered on the show is the mystery of Skinwalker Ranch. The groundbreaking book Hunt for the Skinwalker was the source for most of our research. And this is why we're honored and excited to discuss the follow-up book Skinwalkers at the Pentagon: An Insiders' Account of the Secret Government UFO Program, with two of its authors, Colm A. Kelleher, Ph.D., and George Knapp. Colm Kelleher is a biochemist specializing in cell biology and, since the early 1990s, has focused his work initially in the fields of cancer research and immunology. George Knapp is an investigative journalist based in Las Vegas, Nevada, whose probing into the secrets of Area 51 and related paranormal phenomena have garnered him accolades and authority for his 30 years of reporting. It's also secured him a recurring role for the past 12 years as a guest host for the legendary Coast to Coast AM radio program. Both men were tapped early on by hotel magnate and aerospace industrialist Robert Bigelow to lend their talents to his National Institute for Discovery Sciences (NIDS). The goal was to apply bona fide scientific study to the High Strangeness experienced on the Sherman property in northeastern Utah, now known popularly as "Skinwalker Ranch." With their sequel Skinwalkers at the Pentagon, Kelleher, and Knapp, along with James T. Lacatski, D. Eng. have revealed the startling connection between the Defense Intelligence Agency's Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) and its investigation into troubling interactions with military operations such as the infamous "Tic Tac video" and universal, trickster-like paranormal actors. Government investigators found that simply visiting the Ranch could spur UFO sightings, poltergeist activity, frightening visits from Shadow Beings and cryptids, and most chillingly, the encounters would follow them and spread like a contagion to family members and even their neighborhoods. From tonight's discussion, we can conclude that far from each phenomenon being unrelated, everything may very well be connected. And that implication is a profound shock to our complacent reality because there's nothing any of us can do about it.

Acronyms and Initialisms Key:

  1.  AATIP Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program 

  2. AAP Abnormal Aerospace Phenomena 

  3. AAV Advanced Aerospace Vehicle or Anomalous Aerial Vehicle 

  4. AAWSAP Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program

  5. AFB Air Force Base 

  6. AFOSI Air Force Office of Special Investigations 

  7. ATFLIR Advanced Targeting Forward-Looking Infra-Red 

  8. BAASS Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies 

  9. BEAM Bigelow Expandable Activity Module 

  10. BICS Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies 

  11. CIA Central Intelligence Agency 

  12. COR Contracting Officer Representative 

  13. DCIS Ductal Carcinoma In Situ 

  14. DHS Department of Homeland Security 

  15. DIA Defense Intelligence Agency 

  16. DIRD Defense Intelligence Reference Document 

  17. DoD Department of Defense 

  18. DSS Defense Security Service 

  19. DWO Defense Warning Office

  20. FBO Fed Biz Opps or Federal Business Opportunities 

  21. HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 

    The HIPAA Privacy Rule

    From HHS.gov – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    The HIPAA Privacy Rule establishes national standards to protect individuals' medical records and other individually identifiable health information (collectively defined as “protected health information”) and applies to health plans, health care clearinghouses, and those health care providers that conduct certain health care transactions electronically. The Rule requires appropriate safeguards to protect the privacy of protected health information and sets limits and conditions on the uses and disclosures that may be made of such information without an individual’s authorization. The Rule also gives individuals rights over their protected health information, including rights to examine and obtain a copy of their health records, to direct a covered entity to transmit to a third party an electronic copy of their protected health information in an electronic health record, and to request corrections.

  22. ISS International Space Station 

  23. JWICS Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System 

  24. LEO Low Earth Orbit 

  25. LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 

  26. MDA Missile Defense Agency 

  27. MUFON Mutual UFO Network 

  28. NIDS National Institute for Discovery Science 

  29. NVG Night Vision Goggles 

  30. ODNI Office of the Director of National Intelligence 

  31. OpSec Operational Security 

  32. PE Program Element 

  33. PMR Project Management Report 

  34. RAF Royal Air Force 

  35. RF Radio Frequency 

  36. RFP Request for Proposals 

  37. RV Remote Viewing or Remote Viewer 

  38. S&T Science and Technology 

  39. SAB Science Advisory Board

  40. SAP Special Access Program 

  41. SCI Sensitive Compartmented Information 

  42. SCIF Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility 

  43. SME Subject Matter Expert 

  44. SVP Source Visit Probability-A numerical index of credibility for UAP cases designed by Dr. Jacques Vallee 

  45. TS Top Secret 

  46. TS-SCI Top Secret - Sensitive Compartmented Information 

  47. TTSA To the Stars Academy 

  48. UAP Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon 

  49. UAPTF Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force 

  50. UFO Unidentified Flying Object 

  51. USAF United States Air Force 

  52. USDI Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence 

  53. USO Unidentified Submerged Object

 

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Location:

Approximate location of the Sherman family ranch, now know colloquially as “Skinwalker Ranch” in northeastern Utah in the Uintah Basin.

 
 
 

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Credits:

Episode 225: Skinwalkers at the Pentagon. Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Audio Editing by Brandon Schnexnayder and Sarah Vorhees Wendel. Sound Design by Ryan McCullough; Tess Pfeifle, Producer, and Lead Researcher; Research Support from the astonishing League of Astonishing Researchers, a.k.a. The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2022 Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.