Kona Blue — Unknown location, July 11, 2011
Kona Blue: A Prospective Special Access Program (PSAP) named KONA BLUE was established by the Under Secretary for Science & Technology. The program aimed to address an unspecified threat or vulnerability, but its proposal was reviewed and ultimately terminated by the Deputy Secre
Background
A UFO/UAP incident extracted from page 48 of AARO DHS Kona Blue, an All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) document published in 2024-2025. The incident is dated July 11, 2011 and located in Unknown location.
What the document records
A Prospective Special Access Program (PSAP) named KONA BLUE was established by the Under Secretary for Science & Technology. The program aimed to address an unspecified threat or vulnerability, but its proposal was reviewed and ultimately terminated by the Deputy Secretary. The decision was made after a progress review and discussion of the proposal’s justifications.
Witnesses on file: Under Secretary for Science & Technology Tara O’Toole.
Status of the case
The page-level assessment recorded in the document is: no agency assessment. AARO designates unresolved cases as those for which the agency has not concluded the events were anomalous, has not concluded they were conventional, and has not ruled out either possibility. Conventional candidates for sightings of recent periods include drones, classified test platforms, satellite re-entry, balloon traffic, atmospheric optical phenomena, and astronomical objects.