All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office

All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office

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Office overview
FormedJuly 20, 2022 (2022-07-20)
Preceding agencies
Office executive
  • Jon T. Kosloski, Director
Parent officeUnited States Deputy Secretary of Defense
Key document
Websitewww.aaro.mil

The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) is an office within the United States Office of the Secretary of Defense that investigates unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and other phenomena in the air, sea, and/or space and/or on land: sometimes referred to as "unidentified aerial phenomena" or "unidentified anomalous phenomena" (UAP). Its first director was physicist Sean Kirkpatrick, and its current director is Jon T. Kosloski[1] who reports to Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks.

Established in 2022, AARO was preceded by the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF), a 2020[2] to 2021 program within the Office of Naval Intelligence used to "standardize collection and reporting" of sightings of UFOs. UAPTF was detailed in a June 2020 hearing of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.[3][4][5] The UAPTF issued a preliminary report in June 2021. NASA's UAP independent study team held a public meeting in June 2023 showing further UAP footage released by AARO.[6] In March 2024, AARO released a report titled "Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Volume I", which found "no empirical evidence" of alien technology.[7]

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  2. ^ "Establishment of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  3. ^ Cooper, Helene; Blumenthal, Ralph; Kean, Leslie (December 16, 2017). "Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  4. ^ Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick and Tyler (June 26, 2020). "Here Are The Air Force's Reports On Aircrew Encounters With Unidentified Flying Craft". The Drive. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  5. ^ Science, To the Stars Academy of Arts &. "TTSA Announces Support for UAP Task Force Inclusion in Intelligence Authorization Act for 2021". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  6. ^ Sundaravelu, Anugraha (May 30, 2023). "Nasa UFO task force: How to watch the first public livestream". Metro. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  7. ^ Tingley, Brett (March 8, 2024). "Pentagon UFO office finds 'no empirical evidence' for alien technology in new report". Space.com. Retrieved March 8, 2024.