All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)

“On July 20, 2022, the DoD established the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) to be that entity.”

“The National Defense Authorization Act of 2022 established the all-domain anomaly resolution officer—AARO—to conduct or to coordinate efforts across the Department of Defense and other Federal agents to detect, identify, and investigate UAPs.”

“The FY 2022 NDAA assigns AARO, under the OUSD(I&S), responsibility for synchronizing and standardizing the collection, analysis, and identification of UAP incidents.”

“The mission of AARO is to "synchronize efforts across the Department and with other Federal departments and agencies to detect, identify, and characterize objects of interest in, on, or near military installations, operating areas, training areas, special use airspace, and other areas of interest, and, as necessary, to mitigate any associated threats to safety of operations and national security."”

“We recommend that the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, in coordination with the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office Director, issue a Department of Defense policy to integrate unidentified anomalous phenomena roles, responsibilities, requirements, and coordination procedures into existing intelligence, counterintelligence, and force protection policies and procedures.”

“AARO organized itself around four functions (analysis, operations, science & technology (S&T), and strategic communications).”

“AARO is developing IC and S&T analytic tradecraft practices, implementing a science testing plan, implementing a secure interviewee debriefing program, and is working to standardize UAP collection and reporting across the DoD and the IC.”

“Consistent with congressional direction, AARO provides quarterly reports, semiannual briefings, and an annual report to Congress in coordination with the ODNI.”

“However, AARO's budget remains classified, prohibiting meaningful oversight from Congress.”

“was largely responsible for the creation by Congress of the UAP Task Force, which later morphed into AARO, the current UFO program approved by Congress.”

“His exposure of the existence of AATIP was a major factor in the eventual creation of the UAP Task Force and later, of AARO.”

“At one point, it employed 50 full time investigators, far more than Project Blue Book or the UAP Task Force, or AARO.”

“In July 2022, the DoD established the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) to implement the duties previously assigned to the AOIMSG.”

“AOIMSG had not achieved initial operating capability before subsequent legislation in the FY2022 NDAA resulted in it being renamed to AARO and given an expanded mission set.”

“It has since been reorganized and expanded into the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office to include investigations of objects operating underwater.”

“I was my agency's co-lead in unidentified anomalous phenomena and trans medium object analysis as well as reporting to the UAP Task Force—UAPTF—and eventually, once it was established, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office—AARO.”

“Him and I had a classified conversation in April 2022 before he took over AARO in July 2022 and I provided him some concerns I had.”

“Unfortunately, I cannot read his mind. I wish he did. I was happy to give sage counsel to him on where to look when he took the helm of AARO.”

“I also want to note that Mr. Sean Kirkpatrick, Director of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the component of the DoD office that investigates UAP data, has testified before the Senate this year that his unit has found no evidence of extraterrestrial activity.”

“In a statement to NewsNation, the Department of Defense denied that the Pentagon’s new UFO office has uncovered the sort of activity alleged by Grusch.”

“the Pentagon’s new UFO office “has not discovered any verifiable information to substantiate claims that any programs regarding the possession or reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial materials have existed in the past or exist currently.””

“This is made harder by the fact that, rightly or wrongly, a number of potential sources do not trust the leadership of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office established by Congress.”

“I believe Dr. Kirkpatrick mentioned he had about 30 individuals that have come to AARO thus far.”

“A few of those individuals have also come to AARO that I also interviewed.”

“And I know what they provided Dr. Kirkpatrick and their team.”

“I was able to evaluate that information.”

“AARO established six complementary lines of effort (LOEs) to conduct the HR2 research with the goal of ensuring this report conveys an accurate and complete picture.”

“AARO reviewed official USG efforts involving UFOs/UAP since 1945.”

“AARO partnered with the U.S. National Archives to examine the records from the USAF's Project BLUE BOOK, which spanned from 1947 to 1969.”

“the volume of the documentation amounted to 7,252 files holding a total of 65,778 digital records.”

“As of September 17, 2023, AARO interviewed approximately 30 individuals.”

“AARO found no empirical evidence that any UAP investigatory effort since 1945 - foreign, domestic, government, private, or academic - has ever uncovered verifiable information regarding the recovery or existence of extraterrestrial beings or crafts.”

“AARO's work has resulted in disproving the majority of these claims using the verifiable information made within those claims.”

“AARO found no evidence to suggest that the USAF had a policy intended to cover up the evidence of extraterrestrial knowledge, material, or interactions.”

“After discussions with the CIA's Center for the Study of Intelligence (CSI), the NSA Scientific Studies Board (one of the alleged authors), and research comparing this document to a number of known SNIEs and National Intelligence Estimates, AARO concluded the document is not authentic.”

“AARO has concluded that a sample from an alleged crashed off-world spacecraft that AARO acquired from a private UAP investigating organization and the U.S. Army is a manufactured, terrestrial alloy and does not represent off-world technology or possess any exceptional qualities.”

“The sample is primarily composed of magnesium, zinc, and bismuth with some other trace elements, such as lead.”

“In the conduct of this review, and to meet the direction of Section 1673 of the NDAA for FY 2023, AARO sent guidance and requests to DoD, IC elements, DOE, and DHS to review and provide any NDAs pertaining to UAP (or its previous names).”

“Since the events initially occurred, I have learned that the objects have been detected, essentially, where all operations—our Navy operations are being conducted across the world and that is from the All-domain Anomaly Resolutions Office reporting.”

“Dr. Jon Kosloski, the director of the All Domain Anomaly Resolution Office,”

“Instead of releasing in the third tranche on June 12, this report about the event that lasted two days in October 2023, instead of releasing it to the public and admitting that 40% of the phenomena are not understood,”

“what we did within six days after I assembled the team, after we had the first Zoom call, which was last week, we came up within six days with more than 50 items of information... we submitted it to the UAP”

“I challenged DOD arrows office last year in a meeting. I was in a in a classified meeting with Representative Burlison”

“Okay, well, I will cross examine witnesses for you.”

“I named several current former government officials that ran these programs. on behalf of the government and provided them several leads”

“it's been 15 months and AARO ghosted me and never contacted me again”

“because i guess they were likely afraid of um you know what i would say or do or extract from these individuals”

“it's actually quite sad that that organization is as troubled as it is.”