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Transcript: Briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities - Open Hearing: April 19, 2023

All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office · 2023 · 50 pages · text from the file's own layer

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.

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  • p. 3 …Kirkpatrick is the director of the All-Domain 10 Anomaly Resolution Office, or AARO. Congress established…
  • p. 7 …6 The recent downing of the Chinese surveillance balloon 7 and three other objects underscores the…
  • p. 11 …we will have greatly 19 advanced the capability of the entire United States 20 government, including…
  • p. 26 …A handful of them 8 have made it all the way out to the other side…
  • p. 27 …19 Is it possible that the Chinese or Russian advanced 20 technologies could be causing some…
  • p. 28 …17 The adversary is not waiting. They are advancing and 18 they are advancing quickly. If…
  • p. 30 …5 And, unfortunately, the existence of advanced UAPs in 6 the U.S. airspace and over…
  • p. 48 …our advanced weapons and 12 manufacturing industry, monitor it using advanced means like 13 the -- 14…
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2 Finally, we need to ensure efficient interagency
3 coordination. Multiple elements of the DOD and IC own a
4 piece of this mission. To add value, AARO's efforts cannot
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6 Thank you again. We look forward to your testimony.
7 Senator Gillibrand: Dr. Kirkpatrick, you can give your
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