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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.
31 Scheduling@TP.One 800.FOR.DEPO www.TP.One (800.367.3376) 1 our collection posture targeted at some of these key areas 2 that you saw on that heat map that have a lot of activity so 3 that we can turn on extra collection when an operator sees 4 something. 5 So part of this is generating as a response function in 6 what we call a tactic technique and procedure for an 7 operator when he sees something, calls back to the 8 operations floor. They can turn on additional collection. 9 What does that collection look like? How do I bring all 10 that together so I can get more data on what is that thing? 11 Senator Rosen: Can I ask really quickly -- 12 Mr. Kirkpatrick: Sure. 13 Senator Rosen: -- do you have the authorities you need 14 to extend your collection posture between agencies or 15 branches of the military? Because that seems to me to maybe 16 be a sticking point. I know my time is just about up. 17 I would love to follow up about your risk management 18 methodologies for some of these. But do you need any 19 authorities that you do not have to get the data you need? 20 Mr. Kirkpatrick: There are some authorities that we 21 need. We currently are operating under Title 10 authorities 22 but we have good relationships across the other agencies. 23 But having additional authorities for collection tasking, 24 counter-intelligence -- 25 Senator Rosen: That is something --
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