James Lacatski specialized in foreign strategic missile systems at the Defense Intelligence Agency Defense Warning Office. Colleagues noted his interest in disruptive aerospace propulsion and unconventional source reporting.
Catalyst visit to Skinwalker Ranch
During a 2007 Las Vegas security conference, billionaire Robert Bigelow arranged for Lacatski to tour Skinwalker Ranch. Inside the homestead kitchen Lacatski witnessed a silent translucent object described as a "bell shaped tunnel of light," an event he interpreted as technologically significant.1
Authoring the AAWSAP proposal
Back in Washington he drafted a fourteen-page statement of objectives outlining an Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program focused on propulsion, power generation, human effects, and materials analysis. Senate allies Ted Stevens and Daniel Inouye inserted twenty-two million dollars into the fiscal 2008 supplemental to fund the proposal through Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies.
Program management 2008–2010
As contracting officer representative, Lacatski oversaw 38 Defense Intelligence Reference Documents on warp drives, wormholes, and meta-materials, while coordinating field teams investigating military UAP encounters. He briefed DIA leadership that certain incidents displayed signatures beyond known adversary capabilities.
Post-government authorship
Retiring in 2011, Lacatski co-wrote Skinwalkers at the Pentagon in 2021 with Colm Kelleher and George Knapp, providing the first insider account of AAWSAP and detailing medical anomalies in close-encounter witnesses.
References
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Kelleher, C. et al., Skinwalkers at the Pentagon, 2021. ↩