BAASS, month by month: the contractor's own record of running AAWSAP

Release 06 published the program's Statement of Objectives, contract and Defense Intelligence Reference Documents. Release 07 publishes the contractor. The December 2008 Project Management Plan (DOW-UAP-D168), written for contract HHM402-08-C-0072, says BAASS would cover AAWSAP's twelve technical areas through a smaller set of projects — physics research, cooperation with government-held information, academic engagement, database development, oral-history interviewing, and 'collection or review of materials described as excluded from Project Blue Book.' Its core argument, per the Department, was that the most productive approach 'would be to study "craft" or events already believed by BAASS to demonstrate novel behavior,' rather than the academic or industrial state of the art.

Project Capella (D167, December 2008) proposed a data warehouse for 'unusual' aerial phenomena — integrating catalogues, standardizing classification and reliability measures, reviewing foreign and private databases. A November 2008 compilation (D166) holds papers the Mutual UFO Network produced for BAASS under a separate supporting contract, including at least one on 'Lift.'

The monthly reports trace the build-out. March 2009 (D169) records BAASS's 'purchase of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) information from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON)' and 'efforts to become the Federal Aviation Administration's official reporting point' for UAP. April 2009 (D170) adds 'Project Northern Tier' and 'a small deployable field investigation team,' with arrangements for forensic analysis of materials obtained through MUFON. June 2009 (D171) records new facilities, 'a BAASS deployment to Brazil,' foreign liaison work, and BAASS's proposal 'to reduce MUFON's monthly stipend pending further performance review.' (The November 2009 report and the April 2010 Utah ranch report are covered in a separate entry.)

The November 2010 Self-Assessment of UAP Analysis Capabilities (D175) is BAASS describing itself: personnel, software, equipment, field sensors and data warehousing, case studies, and modeling with tools such as ANSYS Multiphysics of 'radar cross section, fluid behavior, acoustics, and aerodynamic performance.' The Department's reading is pointed — the document 'appears intended not only to describe BAASS's analytical capabilities but also to reinforce the case for the organization's continued relevance and for the continuation of AAWSAP.'