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aaro historical record report volume 1 2024

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The Department of Defense All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) issued Volume I of its Historical Record Report in February 2024, reviewing U.S. government involvement with UAP since 1945. It found no evidence that any government investigation confirmed extraterrestrial technology, and no empirical evidence of hidden reverse-engineering programs. It says interviewee claims came from misidentified real classified programs or circular reporting. It also names KONA BLUE as an unapproved proposal and identifies an alleged crash sample as a terrestrial alloy.

  • p. 3 …16 The Robertson Panel (January 1953) ........................................................................................ 17 The Durant Report (February 1953).......................................................................................... 17 Project BLUE BOOK…
  • p. 11 …the year of the standup of the Advanced Aerospace Weapons System Application Program (AAWSAP) and Advanced…
  • p. 20 …represented technological or scientific advances outside of a terrestrial framework. The committee’s primary recommendation was…
  • p. 21 …be justified in the expectation that science will be advanced thereby.” The panel cautioned against support…
  • p. 23 …the DIA to assess long-term and over-the-horizon foreign advanced aerospace threats to the…
  • p. 28 …Even with the significant advancements in ground- and air- based sensors, the apparent inability to collect…
  • p. 36 …The oral history project will include gathering all information pertaining to the location of advanced aerospace…
  • p. 38 …represent technological advances that could pose counterintelligence and national security threats. Secrecy The USG’s need…
  • p. 39 …A similar challenge remains today, even with the advancement in technology. Most UAP sightings have no…
  • p. 40 …witnessed new technological advancements and testing and reporting them as UFOs. The below examples represent formerly…
  • p. 44 …The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) oversaw the development of HAVE Blue in the mid…
  • p. 45 …The prototype served as the basis for a more advanced design under DARPA.176 It was…
  • p. 46 45 Polecat Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Program organization, also known as “Skunk Works” developed the…
  • p. 61 …https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/from-space-to-museum-showcase- the-space-shuttles-final-mission…
  • p. 62 …Advanced Research Projects Agency, “Predator.” https://www.darpa.mil/about- us/timeline/predator; Strickland, “The Early…
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Hector Quintanilla, Jr., “The Investigation of UFOs,” Studies in Intelligence, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Fall
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