Short answer
DOW-UAP-D111 is the September 2008 solicitation/contract/order awarding AAWSAP work to Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) - administrative contracting paperwork that prices deliverables from the Statement of Objectives, not a disclosure of recovered craft.
What this record is
This AnomalyWiki entry is a government-file page for DOW-UAP-D111. Issuing / holding agency listed in frontmatter: U.S. Department of War (DIA AAWSAP holdings). Document / release dating: 2008-09-22 award/order context (PURSUE Release 06, 2026-09-18). Format: pdf. Release batch: PURSUE Release 06. Geographic focus noted on the record: Washington, D.C. / Las Vegas, Nevada (contractor). 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-D111.pdf.
Official PURSUE index title: DOW-UAP-D111, AAWSAP Solicitation and Original Order, September 2008.
What it says
The PDF is a commercial-items solicitation/contract/order package (including contract HHM402-08-C-0072 / solicitation HHM402-08-R-0211 context) identifying Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies, LLC as contractor. Per the PURSUE index, it incorporates the contractor proposal by reference and translates the earlier Statement of Objectives (DOW-UAP-D110) into priced contract line items for monthly status reports, program management plans for the 12 technical areas, research reports, a comprehensive integrated threat assessment, travel, and other direct costs, plus option-year line items.
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 September 2008 solicitation/contract/order document serves as the original contract award instrument for AAWSAP work performed by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies, Inc. (BAASS), incorporating the contractor’s proposal by reference and translating the earlier Statement of Objectives (DOW-UAP-D110) into priced contract line items. The file breaks the base year into specific deliverable categories, including monthly status reports, program management plans for the 12 technical areas, research reports, a comprehensive integrated threat assessment, travel, and other direct costs, and corresponding option-year line items for follow-on performance.
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
This September 2008 package is the award/order instrument translating DOW-UAP-D110 into priced CLINs for Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) - monthly status reports, program-management plans for the 12 technical areas, research reports, integrated threat assessment, travel/ODCs, and option years. Frontmatter cites contract/solicitation context such as HHM402-08-C-0072 / HHM402-08-R-0211. Contracting paperwork proves a research-services award existed; it does not prove possession of exotic hardware. Read SOO → order → sample DIRDs on the hub → AARO Vol. I for later historical framing.
Key findings (reader takeaways)
- Original AAWSAP award instrument to BAASS (Sep 2008 context)
- Translates D110 objectives into priced CLINs / deliverables
- Administrative companion to the Statement of Objectives
How mainstream / institutional framing reads it
Primary contracting source for AAWSAP’s BAASS award. Use with D110 and later DIRDs to separate paperwork facts from lore.
Claims vs mainstream
| Claim | Mainstream / encyclopedia view |
|---|---|
| The BAASS contract proves Bigelow reverse-engineered alien craft for DIA. | The file is a research-services contract package - not a recovery inventory. |
| Redactions hide the smoking-gun alien clause. | Cite what is present (CLINs, parties, objectives incorporation); do not invent redacted text. |
| Contract paperwork is irrelevant next to podcast claims. | Encyclopedia pages prioritize primary contract records for program history. |
What it does not say
A contract award to BAASS does not prove possession of extraterrestrial hardware. Line items for research deliverables are not field recovery logs.
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-D111_AAWSAP-Solicitation-and-Original-Order-September-22-2008.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-D111.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-d110-aawsap-statement-of-objectives
- aaro-historical-record-report-vol-1
- Objects: tic-tac-ufo
FAQ
Who was the contractor?
Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies, LLC (BAASS), per the released order package.
What should I read first?
DOW-UAP-D110 (objectives), then this award package, then sample DIRDs on the hub.
Is this proof of crash retrieval?
No. It is contracting paperwork for research deliverables.
Sources
Primary: DOW-UAP-D111 (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.