Research field · NRO, Los Angeles AFB, Kirtland, Skunk Works, OSD special programs
Classified space and special access programs
Classified satellites and the special access programs (SAPs) that hide the most sensitive projects. McCasland spent his career here, from NRO-era special projects to running DoD's SAP oversight secretariat in 2009 to 2011. Grusch says UFO crash-retrieval programs live inside this world; AARO says it found no evidence.
On the record
- McCasland was OSD Director of Special Programs and executive secretary of the DoD SAP Oversight Committee in 2009.
- Aug 2009: AAWSAP staff expected the program would 'likely become SAP by June 2010'.
- KONA BLUE, a proposed DHS SAP (2011), was disapproved.
- AARO Vol. 1 (Mar 2024): no verified evidence of a crash-retrieval program.
Claims (5)
Legacy crash-retrieval programs are hidden in SAPs run inside contractors.secondhandSourced, unconfirmed
McCasland oversaw classified programs involving such craft and was uncooperative with lawmakers.secondhandSourced, unconfirmed
McCasland 'had access to things the rest of world wasn't supposed to know even existed'.speculationSourced, unconfirmed
Black projects have built antigravity triangles like the 'TR3B'.speculationSourced, unconfirmed
His wife: he held only 'very commonly held clearances' after 2013.firsthandSourced, unconfirmed