Pentagon Review Finds No Evidence of Alien Cover-Up

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US once considered program to reverse-engineer alien spacecraft, Pentagon report reveals - POLITICO

AARO Historical Record Report Volume 1 (defense.gov)

Detailed Analysis of the Government's Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena - The Debrief

But what about Project Kona Blue?  This wasn't covered-up, it just wasn't disclosed.  Got it?  

KONA BLUE: A Proposed UAP Recovery and Reverse-Engineering Program
KONA BLUE was brought to AARO’s attention by interviewees who claimed
that it was a sensitive DHS compartment to cover up the retrieval and 
exploitation of “non-human biologics.” KONA BLUE traces its origins
to the DIA-managed AAWSAP/AATIP program, which was funded through a 
special appropriation and executed by its primary contractor, a private
sector organization. DIA cancelled the program in 2012 due to lack of
merit and the utility of the deliverables. As discussed in Section IV 
of this report, while the official purpose of AAWSAP/AATIP was to conduct
research into 12 areas of cutting edge science, the contractor team, and
at least one supportive government program manager, also conducted UAP 
and paranormal research at a property owned by the private sector 
organization. When DIA cancelled this program, its supporters proposed 
to DHS thatthey create and fund a new version of AAWSAP/AATIP under a 
SAP. This proposal, codenamed KONA BLUE, would restart UAP 
investigations, paranormal research (including alleged “human 
consciousness anomalies”) and reverse-engineer any recovered
off-world spacecraft that they hoped to acquire. This proposal 
gained some initial traction at DHS to the point where a Prospective 
Special Access Program (PSAP) was officially requested to stand up this 
program, but it was eventually rejected by DHS leadership for lacking 
merit. As demonstrated by the proposal package and by statements from 
the originator, Senators Lieberman and Reid asked that the PSAP be 
established with the promise of additional funding. The proposed KONA 
BLUE lines of effort closely mirrored those conducted by the private 
sector organization for AAWSAP/AATIP.
KONA BLUE’s advocates were convinced that the USG was hiding UAP 
technologies. They believed that creating this program under DHS would 
allow all of the technology and knowledge of these alleged programs to 
be moved under the KONA BLUE program. The program would provide a 
security and governing structure where it could be monitored properly
by congressional oversight committees. This belief was foundational 
for the KONA BLUE proposal, based on the proposal documents and 
several interviewees who have provided the same information to AARO 
and Congress.
 The Oral History Initiative section of the KONA BLUE proposal was 
to collect data: “…from an already identified and calibrated list of 
retired, previously highly placed government, armed services, 
contractor and intelligence community individuals. The oral history
project will include gathering all information pertaining to the 
location of advanced aerospace technology and biological samples, 
including records, files, reports, photographs, as well as physical 
samples.” It is critical to note that no extraterrestrial craft or 
bodies were ever collected—this material was only assumed to exist 
by KONA BLUE advocates and its anticipated contract performers. This 
was the same assumption made by those same individuals involved with 
the AAWSAP/AATIP program. The SAP was never approved or stood up, and 
no data or material was transferred to DHS.
• KONA BLUE was not reported to Congress at that time because it was 
never established as a SAP and, therefore, did not meet the threshold
for congressional reporting. However, the Deputy Secretary of Defense 
provided a Congressional Notification concerning the program when it 
was identified in the spirit of transparency.