Historical Record Report, Volume I

The report states that a consistent theme in popular culture and some interviewee accounts involves the U.S. government or contractors recovering off-world spacecraft and extraterrestrial biological remains, operating secret reverse-engineering programs, and concealing them from Congress and the public since the 1940s. AARO found no verifiable evidence that the U.S. government or private companies have accessed or reverse-engineered extraterrestrial technology. It determined that named alleged hidden UAP reverse-engineering programs either do not exist, are misidentified authentic national security programs unrelated to extraterrestrial technology, or resolve to disestablished programs. Specific claims, including a proposed program called KONA BLUE intended to study assumed non-human biologics and craft, were never formally established, received no funding or materials, and were based on the assumption rather than confirmed possession of such items. No extraterrestrial craft or bodies were ever collected. A sample alleged to be from an off-world spacecraft was analyzed and found to be a terrestrial manufactured alloy.