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Immaculate Constellation (DOD USAP, Created 2017)

ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT // IMMACULATE CONSTELLATION USAP Also: Immaculate Constellation, IC USAP, parent UAP USAP, 2017 UAP USAP

01 Executive_Summary

ASSESSMENT: 'Immaculate Constellation' is a confirmed DOD Unacknowledged Special Access Program (USAP) revealed by whistleblower testimony (Michael Shellenberger, November 13, 2024 House hearing). Created in 2017 after NYT AATIP article. Shellenberger: 'The Executive Branch has been managing UAP/NHI issues without Congressional knowledge, oversight, or authorization for some time, quite possibly decades.' 'The USAP is a strategic intelligence program that is part of the US military's family of long-standing, highly-sensitive programs dealing with various aspects of the UAP problem.' 'IMMACULATE CONSTELLATION serves as a central or parent USAP that consolidates observations of UAPs by both tasked and untasked collectors.' Database includes IR, FLIR, FMV, Still Photography. F-22 encounter: 'broke trajectory and attempted to evade but was intercepted and boxed in by approximately 3-6 UAPs.' Rep. Luna: 'if I say Immaculate Constellation, I'll be on some list, maybe get a FISA warrant.' THREE-PROGRAM ARCHITECTURE: (1) Platform ($1.6B aeronautics) = CFR successor aircraft; (2) Weapons ($1.4B MFC) = plasma weapon/MARAUDER successor; (3) Intelligence (Immaculate Constellation) = UAP observation collection. Immaculate Constellation collects observations of the Weapons Program's outputs (UAP orbs = plasma structures).

03 Deep_Dive_Intelligence

Overview

ASSESSMENT: 'Immaculate Constellation' is a confirmed DOD Unacknowledged Special Access Program (USAP) revealed by whistleblower testimony (Michael Shellenberger, November 13, 2024 House hearing). Created in 2017 after NYT AATIP article. Shellenberger: 'The Executive Branch has been managing UAP/NHI issues without Congressional knowledge, oversight, or authorization for some time, quite possibly decades.' 'The USAP is a strategic intelligence program that is part of the US military's family of long-standing, highly-sensitive programs dealing with various aspects of the UAP problem.' 'IMMACULATE CONSTELLATION serves as a central or parent USAP that consolidates observations of UAPs by both tasked and untasked collectors.' Database includes IR, FLIR, FMV, Still Photography. F-22 encounter: 'broke trajectory and attempted to evade but was intercepted and boxed in by approximately 3-6 UAPs.' Rep. Luna: 'if I say Immaculate Constellation, I'll be on some list, maybe get a FISA warrant.' THREE-PROGRAM ARCHITECTURE: (1) Platform ($1.6B aeronautics) = CFR successor aircraft; (2) Weapons ($1.4B MFC) = plasma weapon/MARAUDER successor; (3) Intelligence (Immaculate Constellation) = UAP observation collection. Immaculate Constellation collects observations of the Weapons Program's outputs (UAP orbs = plasma structures).

Entity Type: Assessment — Immaculate Constellation (DOD USAP, Created 2017) is an analytical assessment synthesizing multiple data points.

Research Findings

Immaculate Constellation (DOD USAP, Created 2017) appears in 5 research analysis documents:

AFRL Air Delivered Effects 2025:

Findings: AFRL Air Delivered Effects 2025

Source PDF: [AFRL Air Delivered Effects 2025](/archive/AFRL_Air_Delivered_Effects_2025) Date range: 1972-2025 Source org: AFRL

Summary

The Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate (AFRL/RW) issued this Broad Agency Announcement to solicit research in 'Air Delivered...

AFRL Air Delivered Effects BAA 2024:

Findings: AFRL Air Delivered Effects BAA 2024

Source PDF: [AFRL Air Delivered Effects BAA 2024](/archive/AFRL_Air_Delivered_Effects_BAA_2024) Date range: 1972-2024 Source org: AFRL

Summary

The Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate (AFRL/RW) issued this Broad Agency Announcement in 2024 to solicit research a...

BAE Systems RadHard Microelectronics CFR 2025:

Findings: BAE Systems RadHard Microelectronics CFR 2025

Source PDF: [BAE Systems RadHard Microelectronics CFR 2025](/archive/BAE_Systems_RadHard_Microelectronics_CFR_2025) Date range: 1970-2025 Source org: SNL

Summary

This Technology Watch Report analyzes BAE Systems' Manassas facility as a critical provider of radiation-hardened ...

Boeing SkunkWorks CFR Test Ops 2025:

Findings: Boeing SkunkWorks CFR Test Ops 2025

Source PDF: [Boeing SkunkWorks CFR Test Ops 2025](/archive/Boeing_SkunkWorks_CFR_Test_Ops_2025) Date range: 2005-2025 Source org: DoD

Summary

This 2025 report analyzes the collaboration between Boeing and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works for the clandestine flight testing of the C...

DoD DefenseAcquisitionGuidebook 2013:

Findings: Dod Defenseacquisitionguidebook 2013

Source PDF: [DoD DefenseAcquisitionGuidebook 2013](/archive/DoD_DefenseAcquisitionGuidebook_2013) Date range: 1973-2018 Source org: NASA

Summary

Published by the Department of Defense in 2013, the Defense Acquisition Guidebook provides the acquisition workforce with discretio...

Source Documents

Intelligence derived from 4 source documents:

  • House Oversight Committee — Shellenberger testimony (November 13, 2024)
  • Congress.gov — HHRG-118-GO12-20241113-SD003 (Immaculate Constellation report)
  • NPR — UAP hearing coverage (November 13, 2024)
  • docs.house.gov — Hearing documents

06 Research_Findings (5)

organisation AFRL_Air_Delivered_Effects_2025.md

# Findings: AFRL Air Delivered Effects 2025 **Source PDF:** `AFRL_Air_Delivered_Effects_2025.pdf` **Date range:** 1972-2025 **Source org:** AFRL ## Summary The Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate (AFRL/RW) issued this Broad Agency Announcement to solicit research in 'Air Delivered Effects,' focusing on advanced airframe systems, bioprincipic sensing, and autonomous munitions technology. Updated in 2025, the document outlines a five-year solicitation for basic and applied rese

View Source PDF → AFRL Air Delivered Effects 2025
organisation AFRL_Air_Delivered_Effects_BAA_2024.md

# Findings: AFRL Air Delivered Effects BAA 2024 **Source PDF:** `AFRL_Air_Delivered_Effects_BAA_2024.pdf` **Date range:** 1972-2024 **Source org:** AFRL ## Summary The Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate (AFRL/RW) issued this Broad Agency Announcement in 2024 to solicit research and development proposals for conventional munitions technology under the 'Air Delivered Effects' program. The initiative covers basic and applied research in areas such as agile weapon airframes, aut

View Source PDF → AFRL Air Delivered Effects BAA 2024
organisation BAE_Systems_RadHard_Microelectronics_CFR_2025.md

# Findings: BAE Systems RadHard Microelectronics CFR 2025 **Source PDF:** `BAE_Systems_RadHard_Microelectronics_CFR_2025.pdf` **Date range:** 1970-2025 **Source org:** SNL ## Summary This Technology Watch Report analyzes BAE Systems' Manassas facility as a critical provider of radiation-hardened microelectronics and its assessed role in developing a next-generation control system for a clandestine Compact Fusion Reactor program. The document details strategic technical shifts and personnel a

View Source PDF → BAE Systems RadHard Microelectronics CFR 2025
organisation Boeing_SkunkWorks_CFR_Test_Ops_2025.md

# Findings: Boeing SkunkWorks CFR Test Ops 2025 **Source PDF:** `Boeing_SkunkWorks_CFR_Test_Ops_2025.pdf` **Date range:** 2005-2025 **Source org:** DoD ## Summary This 2025 report analyzes the collaboration between Boeing and Lockheed Martin Skunk Works for the clandestine flight testing of the CFR orb at Edwards Air Force Base. It details how the Boeing Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program office serves as a strategic cover and financial vehicle for this revolutionary technology wit

View Source PDF → Boeing SkunkWorks CFR Test Ops 2025
organisation DoD_DefenseAcquisitionGuidebook_2013.md

# Findings: Dod Defenseacquisitionguidebook 2013 **Source PDF:** `DoD_DefenseAcquisitionGuidebook_2013.pdf` **Date range:** 1973-2018 **Source org:** NASA ## Summary Published by the Department of Defense in 2013, the Defense Acquisition Guidebook provides the acquisition workforce with discretionary best practices and guidance for managing national investments in military technologies and programs. The document details the integration of three primary decision support systems: the Planning,

View Source PDF → DoD DefenseAcquisitionGuidebook 2013

07 Key_Findings

  • ▸ Entity Type: Assessment — Immaculate Constellation (DOD USAP, Created 2017) is an analytical assessment synthesizing multiple data points.
  • ▸ AFRL Air Delivered Effects 2025:
  • ▸ Source PDF: `AFRL_Air_Delivered_Effects_2025.pdf`
  • ▸ AFRL Air Delivered Effects BAA 2024:
  • ▸ Source PDF: `AFRL_Air_Delivered_Effects_BAA_2024.pdf`

09 Timeline_Mentions (10)

2009

Jay Stratton — co-founded AAWSAP/AATIP/UAPTF, 32+ years IC, Chief of Air & Space Warfare DIA, continuity figure

32+ years IC. AAWSAP co-founder. UAPTF first Director. Nimitz investigator. Grusch's boss. DIA Air & Space Warfare. At NSF meeting. Memoir deal.

uap-research
2019

Travis Taylor (directed energy expert) serves as UAP Task Force Chief Scientist (2019-2022)

Directed energy weapons expert investigates UAP. Redstone Arsenal, SDI, lasers, beamed energy. At NSF meeting with Chase/Puthoff/Nolan. Directed energy = plasma = UAP orbs.

defense-programs
2023

Grusch whistleblower testimony (July 2023): 'multi-decade crash retrieval and reverse engineering program,' non-human biologics

Under oath: multi-decade crash retrieval, reverse engineering, non-human biologics, exact locations, denied access despite clearance. Stratton tasked him 2019.

uap-research
2023

UAP Disclosure Act trajectory (2023-2026): filed 3x, gutted 3x by HPSCI — eminent domain, review board stripped, House blocks floor vote

Most ambitious UAP records reform since JFK Act. Schumer+Rounds. Eminent domain over private UAP material. Review board. Gutted by HPSCI (Turner) 3x. House blocks floor vote FY2027.

uap-research
2023

Grusch full testimony (July 26, 2023): 'cleared to all compartments,' 'multi-decade crash retrieval,' 'non-human biologics,' '40+ witnesses'

14-year intelligence officer. NRO reservist UAPTF. Cleared to all compartments. Informed of multi-decade crash retrieval. Denied access. 40+ witnesses. Non-human biologics. Exact locations. PPD-19.

uap-research
2024

'Immaculate Constellation' USAP revealed (Nov 2024) — DOD parent UAP program, F-22 intercepted by 3-6 UAPs

USAP created 2017. 'Parent' UAP consolidation program. IR/FLIR/FMV database. F-22 boxed in by 3-6 UAPs. Three-program architecture: platform + weapons + intelligence.

uap-research
2024

Elizondo under oath (Nov 2024): 'U.S. has UAP technologies,' crash retrieval programs, reverse-engineering 'alien craft'

Under-oath testimony: UAP real, U.S. has UAP tech, crash retrieval YES, reverse-engineering YES, multi-decade arms race, hidden from Congress.

uap-research
2024

Shellenberger reveals 'Immaculate Constellation' USAP (Nov 2024): ARV/RV, NHI technologies, no congressional oversight for decades

Whistleblower report names DOD Unacknowledged SAP 'Immaculate Constellation.' ARV/RV (Alien Reproduction Vehicles). NHI technologies. Created 2017. No congressional oversight. Decades.

uap-research
2024

AARO Volume 1 (March 2024): 'No verifiable evidence' — criticized for errors, limited access, IC CAP contradiction, no DNI sign-off

AARO claims no crash retrieval evidence but confirms IC CAP expanded 2021 for reverse engineering. 30 interviews for 80 years. Limited access. Factual errors. No DNI sign-off. Limited hangout.

uap-research
2025

Mellon testifies (Sept 2025): AARO report 'most error-ridden,' 'omitted entire agencies,' 'omitted efforts to hide classified info'

Mellon (DASD Intelligence, TTSA, Disclosure Foundation): AARO report error-ridden, omitted agencies, omitted classified info, no DNI sign-off. Supports classified program hypothesis.

uap-research
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10 FAQ

What is Immaculate Constellation (DOD USAP, Created 2017)? ▾
ASSESSMENT: 'Immaculate Constellation' is a confirmed DOD Unacknowledged Special Access Program (USAP) revealed by whistleblower testimony (Michael Shellenberger, November 13, 2024 House hearing). Created in 2017 after NYT AATIP article. Shellenberger: 'The Executive Branch has been managing UAP/NHI issues without Congressional knowledge, oversight, or authorization for some time, quite possibly decades.' 'The USAP is a strategic intelligence program that is part of the US military's family of long-standing, highly-sensitive programs dealing with various aspects of the UAP problem.' 'IMMACULATE CONSTELLATION serves as a central or parent USAP that consolidates observations of UAPs by both tasked and untasked collectors.' Database includes IR, FLIR, FMV, Still Photography. F-22 encounter: 'broke trajectory and attempted to evade but was intercepted and boxed in by approximately 3-6 UAPs.' Rep. Luna: 'if I say Immaculate Constellation, I'll be on some list, maybe get a FISA warrant.' THREE-PROGRAM ARCHITECTURE: (1) Platform ($1.6B aeronautics) = CFR successor aircraft; (2) Weapons ($1.4B MFC) = plasma weapon/MARAUDER successor; (3) Intelligence (Immaculate Constellation) = UAP observation collection. Immaculate Constellation collects observations of the Weapons Program's outputs (UAP orbs = plasma structures).
When did Immaculate Constellation (DOD USAP, Created 2017) appear in the research timeline? ▾
Immaculate Constellation (DOD USAP, Created 2017) is referenced in 10 timeline events, including "Jay Stratton — co-founded AAWSAP/AATIP/UAPTF, 32+ years IC, Chief of Air & Space Warfare DIA, continuity figure" (2009). The full timeline provides chronological context for all documented activities.
What source documents are available for Immaculate Constellation (DOD USAP, Created 2017)? ▾
4 source documents are available in the research archive, including primary source PDFs from defense research collections. These documents provide the evidentiary basis for the intelligence assessment.
What does the deep dive analysis reveal about Immaculate Constellation (DOD USAP, Created 2017)? ▾
The deep dive intelligence assessment provides a comprehensive analysis of Immaculate Constellation (DOD USAP, Created 2017), covering strategic role, network connections, and operational significance. The analysis is derived from 4 primary source documents and cross-referenced with the network graph.

Source_Documents 4 FILES

House Oversight Committee — Shellenberger testimony (November 13, 2024)
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Congress.gov — HHRG-118-GO12-20241113-SD003 (Immaculate Constellation report)
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NPR — UAP hearing coverage (November 13, 2024)
PDF Archive →
docs.house.gov — Hearing documents
PDF Archive →

External_References 4 REFS

House Oversight Committee — Shellenberger testimony (November 13, 2024) ref
Congress.gov — HHRG-118-GO12-20241113-SD003.pdf (Immaculate Constellation report) url ↗
NPR — UAP hearing coverage (November 13, 2024) ref
docs.house.gov — Hearing documents ref
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Last updated: 2026-08-09