KONA BLUE Program Assessment (excerpted in AARO Historical Record Report Vol. I)

Interviewees described a program called KONA BLUE that was allegedly created to investigate and exploit retrieved non-human craft and biologics. AARO's review found that while a proposal existed under that name, it was not approved by the Department of Defense and never became an active program. No evidence was located that the program possessed, examined, or reverse-engineered any off-world technology or biological specimens. The report notes this as an example of claims that trace back to circular information among a small group of individuals without supporting documentation or physical evidence.