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This stenographic transcript records an April 19, 2023 open hearing of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, chaired by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, on the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office. Director Sean Kirkpatrick testified that AARO was tracking about 650 cases and had found no credible evidence of extraterrestrial activity or off-world technology. He presented trend data and two declassified MQ-9 videos, one unresolved and one resolved as a commuter aircraft.
26 Scheduling@TP.One 800.FOR.DEPO www.TP.One (800.367.3376) 1 what we have to do as we go through these, especially the 2 ones that show signatures of advanced technical 3 capabilities, is determine if there is a foreign nexus. 4 That is really hard if what we observe does not have a 5 Chinese or Russian flag on the side of it. 6 Now, I think it is prudent to say of the -- of the 7 cases that are showing some sort of advanced technical 8 signature of which we are talking single percentages of the 9 entire population of cases we have. I am concerned about 10 what that nexus is and I have indicators that some are 11 related to foreign capabilities. 12 We have to investigate that with our IC partners and as 13 we get evidence to support that that gets then handed off to 14 the appropriate IC agency to investigate. Again, it becomes 15 an SEP at that point. 16 Senator Ernst: Yeah, somebody else's problem. 17 Mr. Kirkpatrick: Right. 18 Senator Ernst: Very good. Thank you. Yes. 19 Is it possible that the Chinese or Russian advanced 20 technologies could be causing some of these anomalous 21 behaviors? And you said there seems to be some indicators. 22 So just for us today could you describe a potential threat 23 that might exist out there if they are of foreign nexus? 24 Mr. Kirkpatrick: Sure. In order to do this research 25 appropriately we have to also be cognizant of what is the
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