Aerospace hub evolution
Beyond casinos, Las Vegas houses Bigelow Aerospace industrial buildings near North Las Vegas Airport where expandable habitat modules and later BAASS secure vaults were constructed.
Intelligence presence
Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 421 and DHS fusion center Southern Nevada Counter-Terrorism operate in the metro area, providing liaison support for BAASS field teams.
Conferences and witness interviews
NIDS and BAASS convened confidential workshops at the National Atomic Testing Museum and interviewed commercial pilots at McCarran International Airport concerning luminous objects pacing airliners.