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This backgrounder from the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) sets out the office's mission, its vision and how it is organized. It was released in full on 3/20/2025 under case number 330UAP000015. The paper defines UAP, explains why they matter for national security, and describes AARO's four functional groups, its partners and how it tells UAP apart from known objects. It says testimony from over two dozen individuals has produced no verifiable evidence of programs to reverse-engineer extraterrestrial materials.
UNCLASSIFIED ALL‐DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE BACKGROUNDER UNCLASSIFIED References: (a) James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act of 2023 (b) Message: Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Reporting and Material‐Disposition General Administration (Joint Staff, 191452ZMAY23) (c) Memorandum: Defense Department Response to Tiger Team Information Request re Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (AARO, March 2023) (U) The Defense Department and Intelligence Community are committed to ensuring a unified, coordinated, and integrated approach to mitigating safety and security threats from UAP. The All‐domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) mission is to minimize technical and intelligence surprise by synchronizing scientific, intelligence, and operational detection, identification, attribution, and mitigation of unidentified, anomalous objects in the vicinity of national security areas. (U) The Office’s vision is to create an environment in which unidentified, anomalous objects are effectively and efficiently detected, tracked, analyzed, and managed by way of normalized DoD, IC, and civil business practices; by adherence to the highest scientific and intelligence‐ tradecraft standards; and with greater transparency and shared awareness. Realization of this vision relies on cohesive management by OSD and ODNI, by which the Department and IC apply AARO strategic guidance and direction to optimize the effectiveness and efficiency of the UAP Mission within and across the Department and mission partners. (U) What are UAP? Unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) are sources of anomalous detections in one or more domain (i.e., airborne, seaborne, spaceborne, and/or transmedium) that are not yet attributable to known actors and that demonstrate behaviors not readily understood by sensors or observers. “Anomalous detections” include but are not limited to phenomena that demonstrate apparent capabilities or material that exceed known performance envelopes. A UAP may consist of none, one, or more unidentified anomalous objects and may persist over an extended period of time. (U) What is the significance of UAP? The US Government has observed UAP in or near the territory and/or operating areas of the United States, of its allies, and of its adversaries, and observing, identifying, and potentially mitigating UAP has become a growing priority for US policymakers, lawmakers, and warfighters. The All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office Chief of Staff, AARO Authority: FY24 NDAA, now codified at 44 U.S.C. 2107 Date: 3/20/2025 Released in Full: X Case Number: 330UAP000015 Page determined to be Unclassified Reviewed by Chief of Staff, AARO IAW FY24 NDAA, Section 1841(a)(1)(C) Date: 3/20/2025 015
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Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 3 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.