In early May 2025, a new round of documents related to Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) surfaced on Reddit. The files were posted anonymously by a user who claimed to be a former Department of Defense contractor with terminal illness. Identifying himself as an electrical engineer with decades of experience in black-budget aerospace and propulsion projects, the poster shared a mixture of documents, technical simulations, internal emails, and a detailed statement. He alleged the existence of operational gravitational propulsion systems derived from both reverse-engineered technology and human innovation.
The Reddit account responsible for the post disappeared less than 24 hours after the documents were made public. The short-lived nature of the account and the tone of urgency in the written statement quickly drew interest from both research communities and open-source intelligence analysts. The post named several high-profile figures involved in the study of unidentified aerial phenomena, including Jay Stratton, Lue Elizondo, and Admiral John Michael “Mike” McConnell, and accused them of suppressing technological breakthroughs. While many of the specific claims remain unconfirmed, multiple documents attached to the post match known FOIA releases or have been determined to be stylistically consistent with legitimate materials.
The files reference contract HHM402-08-C-0072, awarded to BAASS by the Defense Intelligence Agency under the now-public Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP). This program ran from 2008 to 2010 and focused on evaluating unconventional aerospace threats and technologies. The documents posted included colored versions of pages previously released in black-and-white under FOIA, leading some analysts to suggest that the individual had access to either original or earlier-generation copies.
John Greenewald, founder of The Black Vault, noted that one of the documents posted matched a page previously received through FOIA but appeared in color. According to Greenewald, his version and the official DIA release were both photocopies. The Reddit-posted version showed no signs of physical degradation, raising the possibility that the leaker either worked directly with these materials or retained original copies. Another comparison conducted by Greenewald focused on vertical banding visible in the printing, a characteristic sometimes caused by specific laser printers. The banding in both the leaked and known documents was similar, supporting the possibility of a shared point of origin.
The whistleblower’s central claim is that the widely discussed “Tic Tac” object, observed by U.S. Navy pilots in 2004, is of human origin. He stated that he worked on portions of its development and that it operates on a gravitational propulsion principle made possible through pulsed power systems, rotating magnetic elements, plasma toroids, and directed microwave emissions. He asserted that operational gravitational wave generators had been constructed using components such as Tesla turbines and crystal-based systems, without requiring meta-materials or unknown elements.
He further alleged that over 2,000 legacy programs are currently engaged in efforts to reverse-engineer unidentified aerospace technology. These programs, he stated, operate within major defense contractors including Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen Hamilton, Raytheon, Honeywell, and MITRE Corporation. According to the post, gravitational propulsion and high-frequency gravitational wave systems have been independently achieved by select engineering teams and have reached performance levels allowing for interstellar range.