History_and_Origin_of_KONA_BLUE.pdf

The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office 
History and Origin of KONA BLUE
The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) first learned of the KONA BLUE 
program from interviews conducted as part of its historical review.  Multiple interviewees 
identified KONA BLUE as a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sensitive compartment 
established to protect the retrieval and exploitation of "non-human biologics."  AARO researched 
the information provided by the interviewees and learned KONA BLUE was a Prospective 
Special Access Program (PSAP) that had been proposed to DHS leadership but was neve…