George Knapp Congressional Record submission

Kelleher. It was an astonishing effort that also produced more than 100 highly detailed
research papers, many of them more than 100 pages long. The very first case investigated by
AAWSAP was the Tic Tac incident from 2004. An initial report was compiled by DIA personnel
then shared with AAWSAP. A much larger 140-page report, packed with detailed analysis of the
Tic Tac and its capabilities, was written by AASWAP scientists and engineers. Neither
Congress nor the public has ever seen the Tic Tac report or any of the other 100-plus research
papers.
One of the things that led to the demise of AAWSAP was the pursuit of certain exotic materials
rumored to exist within special access programs. One condition of the Bigelow contract with
DIA was that Bigelow’s Aerospace plant in Las Vegas must be engineered so that it could
accept, store, and study certain exotic materials. AAWSAP managers believe these materials
were collected from sites where unknown aircraft had crashed. When Dr. Lacatski began
pressing the issue, seeking access to the exotic materials, he was met with harsh rebukes. The
door, in essence, was slammed in his face. And powerful interests began to apply pressure to
end AAWSAP. It lasted a mere 27 months before the plug was pulled, instead of a five year
operation as planned by DIA.
AAWSAP investigated a wider range of phenomena than mystery craft seen in the sky. Some of
the encounters reported by intelligence operatives were downright weird. AAWSAP personnel
suspected that the sighting of weird creatures and bizarre phenomena in the proximity of UFO
activity might be some sort of unintentional side effect of a technology that is seemingly
beyond anything we currently possess. The overall directive guiding the study was that they
follow the evidence, no matter where it lead, in order to gain an understanding of the big
picture and not to limit the investigation to lights in the sky or fleeting glimpses on radar or
other sensors. Had AAWSAP: been allowed to continue, our country might have some answers
by now.
It is my honor to bring this information forward to Congress and to clarify some of the
misinformation that has been widely circulated. After AAWSAP ended, AATIP was created from
its ashes. Lue Elizondo was able to keep the investigation going for a few years until his
frustration with a lack of interest on the part of DOD higher ups became too much to bear. His
exposure of the existence of AATIP was a major factor in the eventual creation of the UAP Task
Force and later, of AARO. The world still has very limited understanding of the important work
done for DIA in AAWSAP. The public has seen very little of the excellent work done by the
Bigelow team. Hopefully Congress can start asking questions about these and other
investigations undertaken into these perplexing issues. We have a right to know.
George Knapp
American Investigative Reporter