Kona Blue (AARO)

Kona Blue (AARO)

Purpose: Kona Blue — proposed AARO declassification program Category: Policy & Disclosure This node documents Kona Blue (AARO), a policy or disclosure milestone. It connects to 7 entities, tracing the political and institutional dimensions of UAP transparency efforts.

Key Relationships

• → AARO Vol 2 Delay (assessment): AARO declassified Kona Blue but admitted IC CAP expanded 2021 for UAP reverse engineering. AARO Volume 2 delayed 2+ years — can't reconcile 'transparency' with classified CAP. AARO caught in contradiction.
• → Lacatski (Kona Blue) (assessment): AARO declassified Kona Blue (Feb 2024). Lacatski created Kona Blue. 'Investigate, identify, analyze sensitive materials and technologies, to include advanced aerospace vehicles.' Killed after 6 months.
• → LMT 2025 10-K (3 Programs) (assessment): AARO: 'one IC CAP unnecessarily expanded in 2021 to include UAP reverse-engineering mission.' 2021 = Building 648 opened. Kona Blue killed because Lockheed's existing program didn't want oversight.
• → Eric Davis (assessment): Kona Blue advocates 'convinced USG was hiding UAP technologies.' Davis's Lockheed SCIF revelation confirms they were right. Kona Blue killed to protect Lockheed's existing crash retrieval program.
• → Mellon (Disclosure Fdn) (assessment): Mellon: AARO 'omitted entire agencies.' Kona Blue declassification reveals AARO knew about IC CAP expanded for reverse engineering. Mellon's criticism confirmed by AARO's own documents.
• ← Reid ($22M AAWSAP) (assessment): Reid + Lieberman requested PSAP for Kona Blue. AARO declassified it (Feb 2024). Reid's SAP requests were blocked by 'opposition' = existing programs didn't want oversight.

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