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Final Packet Presented To DepSecDef

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This Defense Intelligence Agency release is a packet prepared for the Deputy Secretary of Defense before a November 17, 2009 meeting with Senator Harry Reid. It contains a memo from Under Secretary James R. Clapper Jr., talking points, and Reid's June 24, 2009 letter asking for restricted Special Access Program protection for the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Application Program, which Reid called AATIP. It also includes DIA reviews of 26 Bigelow Aerospace technical reports. DIA and Clapper found no justification for a Special Access Program.

  • p. 1 …The AAITP that SEN Reid refers to is officially the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Application Program…
  • p. 2 …DIA awarded the contract to the sole bidder, Bigelow Aerospace Advance Space Studies (Las Vegas, NV…
  • p. 4 …These individuals must be specialized in the areas of advanced sciences, sensors. intelligence/counterintelligence, and advanced…
  • p. 6 …the U.S. to maintain its preeminence as a word leader. Thank you in advance…
  • p. 7 …of Contractor Personnel funded under the AATIP: Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies LLC (BAASS),I. '-;;;:;a…
  • p. 8 …the quality and value of the first-year technical reports delivered un er t e Advanced…
  • p. 12 …6) The report by j(b)(6) Vescrzbes the background and recent advances m the field…
  • p. 13 …The report byl(b)(6) ~escribes several possibilities how such materials can be used for advanced…
  • p. 14 …Advanced Aerospace Platforms l(b)(6) I The position l(b)(6) l,akes at the…
  • p. 16 …letter as the Advanced Aerospace Threat and Identification Program (AAITP). In reviewing the deliverables to date…
  • p. 17 …Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Application Program Contract, has forwarded draft copies of technical reports from the…
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(U) Excerpts From Reviews
(U) All of the following review information and comments are UNCLASSIFIED.
(b)(6) has provided an excellent overview ofconventional approaches to
grav1 manipulation within the confines ofNewtonian, relativistic and quantum
physics. With his typical lucid style, he takes the time to add useful explanatory
notes which are especially enlightening for those for whom Relativity is not their
first language. In addition. his extensive technical appendix concerning such
exotica as squeezed vacuum states, zero-point fluctuations and negative energy is
ofgreat benefit.
(b)(6)
Technological Approaches to Controlling External Devices in the Absence of
Limb Operated Interfaces
The paper by j(b)(6) Ilooks at the present and future prospects for the
human thought control ofrobotics and machines by way of high technology neural
interfaces. The ultimate aim ofsuch research is to allow an individual to control
the function ofa prosthetic or robot as an extension ofhis own body and mind or
to exercise thought-based control over a mechanized environment. We find from
l(b)(6) !current review that the state oft he art is still quite far away from
achieving such control but strong efforts are being made on a number of
approaches.
(b)(6)
On The Role of Superconductors in Gravity Research
l(b)(6) I
Because ofthe author ·s involvement and activity in the field, it seems natural that
he chose to write on this subject, and he is able to demonstrate not only a solid
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