Year File · 2008 31 cases on file
Year File

2008 · paranormal events

31 catalogued cases recorded in 2008.

24 UFO 4 Possession 2 Other 1 Cryptid
Selected Cases

Featured · 2008

Source document: PURSUE doc 193
UFO 2008

2008 UAP Sighting — AARO Records

Unknown location

LTG Maples, Director of DIA, was briefed by Senator Reid regarding a congressional add of $10M in startup funds for a proposed research effort. This effort aimed to research advanced aerospace threats and technologies.
CIA SECRET//NOFORN cable routing header on the Zimbabwe report.
UFO 2008

A Disc Over Harare Airport: The CIA's 2008 Flash Cable to the White House

Harare, Zimbabwe

A SECRET//NOFORN CIA cable, declassified in the June 2026 PURSUE release, reported an unidentified disc-shaped object — tracked 'possibly by both radar and optical means' — hovering over Harare International Airport in July 2008, with beams emanating from it before it shifted colors and shot upward.
Government contract form for goods or services.
UFO 2008

AAWSAP Solicitation and Original Order, September 22, 2008 — Department of War File

Washington, D.C.

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…
Document listing goals and study areas for an advanced aerospace program.
UFO 2008

AAWSAP Statement of Objectives, July 18, 2008 — Department of War File

Washington, D.C.

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…
White cover sheet framed by a thin black border.
UFO 2008

BAASS Project Management Plan, December 2008 — Department of War File

Las Vegas, Nevada

This December 2008 Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) Project Management Plan is an overview paper setting out the contractor’s proposed strategy, priorities, and milestones for executing contract HHM402-08-C-0072 (AAWSAP). The plan states that BAASS would address the program’s 12…
Plain white cover page with centered block text.
UFO 2008

MUFON Reports Prepared for BAASS, November 2008 — Department of War File

Las Vegas, Nevada

This November 2008 compilation appears to be a set of technical materials prepared by the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) for Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) under a separate supporting contract. The file presents MUFON-produced topical papers framed around AAWSAP’s technical…
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Archive · 2008