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Declassified DIA Report Reveals Bigelow Aerospace Contract for Advanced Aerospace Studies Including Invisibility and Wormholes

A declassified DIA status report from August 2009 shows that Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) was in full compliance with a contract to produce research reports on topics including metamaterials and invisibility, wormholes in spacetime, and antigravity studies. The DIA recommended exercising option year 1 with $12 million in funding, and noted the program would likely become a Special Access Program by June 2010.

Published

September 7, 2026

Declassified

Date not listed

Source agency

The Black Vault (FOIA archive)

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DIA's Secretive Aerospace Contract with Bigelow Aerospace

A declassified status This recommendation came after BAASS delivered 26 detailed research reports by 30 June 2009—more than twice the minimum requirement—and received overwhelmingly positive reviews. The contract's scope encompassed studies on metamaterials and invisibility, wormholes in spacetime, antigravity, and quantum entanglement communications, among other advanced aerospace topics. The report also indicates that the program was likely to become a Special Access Program (SAP) by June 2010, a classification that imposes heightened security and access controls.

This shift toward heightened secrecy underscores the sensitivity of the research and the DIA's intent to protect it from public scrutiny. The document is a status report, not a final assessment, and does not reveal whether the option year was ultimately exercised or what outcomes resulted. However, its release provides a rare glimpse into a government-funded program that explores technologies often associated with science fiction, raising questions about the boundaries of classified defense research…

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