KONA BLUE

Primary documents · 5

• PDFKONA BLUE, History and Origin of KONA BLUE (AARO declassification)DHS / AARO
• PDFKONA BLUE, DHS Document Set (AARO declassification)DHS / AARO
• PDFAARO Historical Record Report, Volume I, 2024DoD / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
• PDFAARO HRR Vol I, Wikimedia MirrorDoD / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
• PDFAARO HRR Vol I, Pentagon Canonical PDFDoD / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)

Findings · 3

• 2020sAARO's mandated 1945–2023 historical review: no verifiable evidence of any extraterrestrial recovery program, and the famous 1961 SNIE document is a fabrication.
• 2020sSame AARO Historical Record Vol I, mirrored at media.defense.gov, the canonical DOPSR-cleared release.
• 2020sAARO Historical Record Vol I, same conclusion as the v2 mirror, with ~30 interviews behind it: no extraterrestrial recovery program found, persistent claims traced to circular reporting since at least 2009.

Quick facts

What was KONA BLUE?

KONA BLUE was a Prospective Special Access Program proposed to the Department of Homeland Security to handle alleged UAP recovery and reverse-engineering. Per AARO's February 2024 Historical Record Report, DHS never approved the program and its supporters never provided empirical evidence for their claims.

What is the source for information about KONA BLUE?

AARO's Volume I Historical Record Report (February 2024) identifies KONA BLUE by name and notes DHS never approved it. The report's corpus, including the media.defense.gov canonical PDF, is the primary source in this index.

How does KONA BLUE relate to broader reverse-engineering claims?

AARO groups KONA BLUE alongside a disestablished IC Controlled Access Program whose scope was expanded in 2021 without sufficient justification to cover UAP reverse-engineering. The Historical Record Report assesses that these programs, along with circular reporting from a consistent group of individuals active since at least 2009, form the basis of the modern reverse-engineering narrative.