Funding lattice — how a concealed program would be paid for (computed).
documentedanalysisGovernment Concealment & Secrecy Architecture
The end-to-end money path: buried appropriation / AF pass-through -> classified annex -> SAP/waived-SAP program element (vague nickname, deleted cost) -> classified contract -> classified IR&D overhead -> FFRDC insulation. Each hop is a documented budgeting mechanism.
LOAD-BEARING PAIR: (1) AAWSAP is the ONE place the lattice is DOCUMENTED carrying UAP money — $22M via a Reid earmark -> DIA -> sole-source BAASS -> 38 DIRDs + Skinwalker fieldwork, terminated for 'lack of merit and utility'; output was PAPERS, not craft. (2) KONA BLUE is the strongest documented rebuttal — its retrieval premise (recoverable 'non-human biologics') was, per AARO, 'assumed to exist', disapproved by DHS for lack of credible info, never funded, received no materials. Verdict: 'concealable' + '$22M once spent on research' does NOT equal 'hidden crash-retrieval program'.
Connected entities
AAWSAP (Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program).Air Force budget 'pass-through' (black-money conduit).CIA Act of 1949 — voucher secrecy + transfer authority.Classified contractor IR&D (DFARS 231.205-18).Classified intelligence budget topline (FY2024, $106.3B).KONA BLUE proposed program.The SAP/IR&D auditability gap.The UAP concealment apparatus, reverse-engineered (computed).