From Secrecy to Oversight: The Pentagon’s UAP Programs from AAWSAP to AARO

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Starting in 2008, the Pentagon quietly funded a chain of programs (AAWSAP, AATIP, BAASS, the UAP Task Force, and later AARO) to study unidentified aerial phenomena, including Skinwalker Ranch work and possible advanced tech, led by people like Luis Elizondo with support from Harry Reid, Ted Stevens, and Daniel Inouye, producing declassified videos and reports that confirm UAPs are real but mostly unexplained and that the inquiry is ongoing across military and intelligence channels.