DIA Says It Finally Located the Missing AAWSAP Files
- Outlet
- Bigelow Podcast / Episode 10
- Format
- Podcast
- Runtime
- 2:00:34
- Hosted by
- George Knapp
- Featuring
- Robert Bigelow, Colm Kelleher
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Original source
Bigelow Podcast / Episode 10. “DIA Says It Finally Located the Missing AAWSAP Files.” October 6, 2026.
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Key points
Robert Bigelow, whose company ran the DIA-funded AAWSAP study, reads from a September 29 DIA letter saying the agency has located its inventory of the program's reports and intends to release them. Dr. Colm Kelleher describes his October 2 call with DIA about redactions.
Why it is notable
The program's former contractor and one of its lead investigators give a firsthand account of a potential release of roughly 5,000 to 6,000 unreleased AAWSAP pages, a program whose contract appeared in PURSUE Release 06.
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Useful timestamps
- 00:18
Bigelow introduces the DIA letter dated September 29.
- 00:51
He estimates 5,000 to 6,000 AAWSAP pages have never been released and says DIA has found its inventory of them.
- 01:23
He reads that DIA understands BAASS does not object to disclosure, and that the contract gave the government unlimited data rights.
- 02:08
Knapp recalls that DIA earlier told the White House it could not find the material.
- 06:50
Kelleher describes his October 2 call with a DIA assistant general counsel about protecting witnesses, medical data, and active-duty personnel.
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Editorial notes
- The DIA letter has not been published. Its contents, its author, and the October 2 call are Bigelow's and Kelleher's attributed accounts. No DIA public statement was located as of October 13, 2026.
- No AAWSAP reports had been released under this arrangement as of October 13, 2026.
- Kelleher's descriptions of medical-injury cases are attributed accounts of unreleased program material.
- Timestamps were checked against the episode's YouTube auto-generated captions.
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