KONA BLUE Program Documents (AARO Release)

Interviewees described KONA BLUE as a DHS sensitive compartment established to protect the retrieval and exploitation of 'non-human biologics.' AARO's review determined that KONA BLUE was a proposed program (Prospective Special Access Program) originating from efforts related to the earlier AAWSAP/AATIP program. It was never formally established as a SAP, received no funding, personnel, or materials, and was disapproved by DHS leadership for lacking sufficient justification. The proposal assumed the existence of recoverable off-world craft and biologics for study but no such material was ever collected or transferred under the program. AARO concluded that claims linking it to an active retrieval or reverse-engineering effort were inaccurate, and it fits the pattern of misidentified or unestablished programs in the broader historical review. The release includes the proposal narrative and related correspondence.[[6]](https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/dod-releases-kona-blue-documents/)[[7]](https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/08/us-alien-spacecraft-program-pentagon-report-00146013)