{"type":"locations","slug":"las-vegas-nevada","title":"Las Vegas Nevada","url":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/las-vegas-nevada","description":"City hosting Bigelow aerospace facilities, NIDS headquarters, and AAWSAP operations supporting UAP investigations","date":"1905-05-15T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Headquarters"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","lat":36.1699,"lng":-115.1398,"connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"## Aerospace hub evolution\n\nBeyond casinos, Las Vegas houses Bigelow Aerospace industrial buildings near North Las Vegas Airport where expandable habitat modules[^1] and later BAASS secure vaults were constructed.\n\n## Intelligence presence\n\nAir Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 421 and DHS fusion center Southern Nevada Counter-Terrorism[^2] operate in the metro area, providing liaison support for BAASS field teams.\n\n## Conferences and witness interviews\n\nNIDS and BAASS convened confidential workshops at the National Atomic Testing Museum[^3] and interviewed commercial pilots at McCarran International Airport concerning luminous objects pacing airliners.\n\n[^1]: [NASA: Media invited to see Bigelow Expandable Activity Module at North Las Vegas facility](https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/media-invited-to-see-bigelow-expandable-space-station-module-ahead-of-shipment-to-nasa/)\n\n[^2]: [Nevada Office of Emergency Management: Nevada Fusion Centers](https://www.oem.nv.gov/homeland-security/nevada-fusion-centers/)\n\n[^3]: [National Atomic Testing Museum Area 51: Myth or Reality exhibition announcement](https://museumpublicity.com/2012/03/26/national-atomic-testing-museum-opens-area-51-myth-or-reality-exhibition/)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/las-vegas-nevada","title":"Las Vegas Nevada","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/locations/las-vegas-nevada","license":"CC-BY-4.0"}}