Short answer
DOW-UAP-D110 is the 18 July 2008 Statement of Objectives for DIA’s Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) - a programmatic record defining 12 technical study areas out to 2050, not a crash-retrieval confession.
What this record is
This AnomalyWiki entry is a government-file page for DOW-UAP-D110. Issuing / holding agency listed in frontmatter: U.S. Department of War (DIA AAWSAP holdings). Document / release dating: 2008-07-18 (PURSUE Release 06, 2026-09-18). Format: pdf. Release batch: PURSUE Release 06. Geographic focus noted on the record: Washington, D.C.. It lives under the PURSUE / War.gov UFO archive hub so readers can open a primary file without treating every release as an origin verdict.
Use this page when you need (1) a neutral paraphrase of what the public file actually contains, (2) explicit non-claims, and (3) a durable sourceUrl for citation. Do not substitute podcast summaries for the PDF/image itself.
Agent-side cache path (not a public download mirror): tmp/sources/war-gov-ufo/release-06/DOW-UAP-D110.pdf.
Official PURSUE index title: DOW-UAP-D110, AAWSAP Statement of Objectives, July 2008.
What it says
The PDF defines AAWSAP as a contractor-supported research effort under DIA Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3) to understand physics and engineering of possible breakthrough aerospace applications for foreign-threat assessment out to 2050 - explicitly not extrapolations of then-current aerospace trends. It lists 12 technical areas: lift, propulsion, control, power generation, spatial/temporal translation, materials, configuration/structure, signature reduction, human interface, human effects, armament, and supporting peripheral topics. It sets deliverable expectations (monthly status, technical-area plans, research reports/briefings, integrated threat assessment) and personnel/expertise expectations for the contractor team.
Official PURSUE index description (paraphrase context)
This document is an administrative or programmatic record related to the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP), a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)-administered program active from 2008 to 2012. AAWSAP’s official scope of work identified 12 technical research areas relating to potential aerospace threats over a time horizon of more than 40 years. As an administrative record, the file documents how AAWSAP was scoped, organized, tasked, funded, or described at a particular point in time.
This July 2008 Statement of Objectives defines AAWSAP as a contractor-supported research effort intended to assess far-term foreign aerospace threats by understanding the physics and engineering of possible breakthrough technologies out to the year 2050 rather than extrapolating from then-current aerospace trends. It identifies 12 technical study areas, including lift, propulsion, control, power generation, spatial or temporal translation, materials, configuration and structure, signature reduction, human interface, human effects, armament, and related supporting topics. The document also sets out the program’s expected work structure, requiring monthly status reports, technical-area program management plans within 60 days, comprehensive research reports and briefings by the tenth month, and a final integrated threat assessment.
The block above tracks the War.gov/UFO catalog wording used in src/data/pursue-war-gov-ufo/manifest.json (asOf 2026-10-01). Prefer the primary PDF/image wording when it conflicts with secondary commentary.
Document-specific reading notes (from the PDF / extract)
The 18 July 2008 Statement of Objectives opens with DIA Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3) background: the division’s role supporting DoD acquisition and future-threat projections for air, naval, ground, space, missile-defense, and information systems. The stated objective is to understand physics and engineering of potential breakthrough aerospace applications for foreign-threat assessment out to 2050, with explicit focus on discontinuities rather than extrapolations of then-current aerospace trends.
The twelve technical study areas listed in the SOO are: lift; propulsion; control; power generation; spatial/temporal translation; materials; configuration/structure; signature reduction (optical, infrared, radiofrequency, acoustic); human interface; human effects; armament (RF and DEW); and other peripheral areas supporting 1–11. Deliverable expectations include monthly status reporting, technical-area program management plans, research reports/briefings suitable for senior dissemination (with non-technical executive summaries), and an integrated threat assessment. Personnel language expects deep specialist expertise (including PhD-bearing team members) and clearable TS/SCI-capable contractor performance at the contractor facility under DD-254 rules.
Those study-area names - especially “spatial/temporal translation” - are the phrases most often lifted into crash-retrieval lore. On this page they remain contracted research topics, not evidence of recovered hardware. Read the companion award package DOW-UAP-D111 next, then contrast later historical conclusions in AARO Vol. I.
Key findings (reader takeaways)
- 18 July 2008 AAWSAP Statement of Objectives
- Twelve named technical study areas through 2050
- Program framed as foreign aerospace threat / breakthrough-tech assessment
How mainstream / institutional framing reads it
Primary administrative source for what AAWSAP said it was buying. Pair with solicitation DOW-UAP-D111 and later DIRDs; do not treat objectives language as proof of exotic hardware.
Claims vs mainstream
| Claim | Mainstream / encyclopedia view |
|---|---|
| AAWSAP objectives prove the Pentagon recovered a Tic Tac. | The document is a research SOO for contracted studies - not a recovery inventory. |
| “Spatial/temporal translation” means confirmed warp drives in inventory. | It is a named study topic in a threat-assessment R&D scope, not a stockpile list. |
| Ignore AAWSAP paperwork because AARO later criticized related narratives. | Cite the SOO for program scope, and cite AARO separately for historical conclusions. |
What it does not say
Defining study areas such as “spatial/temporal translation” does not document recovered craft. This is a statement of objectives for contracted research, not a field report of alien technology.
Additionally, encyclopedia use of this page should not:
- Upgrade “unresolved,” “interview,” “rendering,” or “administrative” labels into confirmed exotic hardware.
- Treat PURSUE publication timing (2026) as a modern DoD endorsement of every historical conclusion inside the file.
- Collapse adjacent document ids (companion renderings, film memos, Blue Book folders, AAWSAP CLINs) into a single claim.
- Invent redacted names, missing pages, or “smoking gun” clauses that are not visible in the public release.
How to read / access
Open the primary source: https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/sept-18/release-06/assets/DOW-UAP-D110_AAWSAP-Statement-of-Objectives-July-18-2008.pdf.
Read the file’s own labels (IIR vs finished intel; FD-302 vs conclusion; rendering vs photograph; SOO vs field report).
Cross-check the official catalog blurb on war.gov/UFO / the editor manifest when you need batch, agency, or companion-id context.
For War.gov medialink verification in agent workflows, prefer Playwright MCP per
docs/agentic-knowledge/war-gov-ufo.mdrather than guessing URLs.Agents may run
pdftotext/ image inspection againsttmp/sources/war-gov-ufo/release-06/DOW-UAP-D110.pdfwhen an OCR extract already exists undertmp/sources/war-gov-ufo/extracts/.
Citation tip: quote the document id and release batch, then link the medialink URL. If you only need thematic browsing, start at the PURSUE archive hub instead of this deep-dive.
Related cases and objects
- pursue-war-gov-ufo
- dow-uap-d111-aawsap-solicitation
- aaro-historical-record-report-vol-1
- pursue-release-announcements
- Objects: tic-tac-ufo
FAQ
Is this a UFO crash report?
No. It is a Statement of Objectives for contracted aerospace-applications research.
What is the companion contract file?
DOW-UAP-D111 - AAWSAP solicitation and original order (BAASS).
Does this contradict AARO?
Different document types. Cite the SOO for 2008 scope; cite AARO for 2024 historical conclusions.
Sources
Primary: DOW-UAP-D110 (U.S. Department of War (DIA AAWSAP holdings); accessed via PURSUE / War.gov).
Portal: war.gov/UFO.
Editor index:
src/data/pursue-war-gov-ufo/manifest.json(not published as a public HTML dump).Hub guide: PURSUE / War.gov UFO collection.